Robotic-assisted costectomy using a Gigli saw for fibrous dysplasia by Chen Yang, Lei Chen, Hui Wang, Qianyun Wang

“…Methods We reviewed five patients with benign rib tumors who underwent three-port robotic-assisted rib resection using a Gigli saw between May 2021 and December 2022. …”
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Reduced functional independence and multimorbidity increases the risk of severe infection among older patients with Omicron: a multicenter retrospective cohort study by Wan Yu, Runnian Huang, Shuning Sun, Li Bu, Xin Chen, Yunhua Di, Shuwu Lin, Qian Li, Yang Yang, Xingyue Ye, Wenxu Wang, Rui Ren, Linze Xi, Ru Zhang, Yi Li, Xin Li, Tianbo Hou, Zibo Ning, Yang Peng, Difei Wang

“…Patients aged ≥ 60 years, who were diagnosed with COVID-19 at the time of admission or during hospitalisation. …”
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Case report: Deciphering the clinical significance of a novel partial BRCA1 exon 10 duplication in a patient with triple-negative breast cancer by Alice Faversani, Debora Manuelli, Davide Barteselli, Giulia Melloni, Carlo Santaniello, Luigi Corsaro, Luigi Corsaro, Davide Sacco, Davide Sacco, Davide Clerici, Laura Gargiulo, Fulvio Ferrara, Lucy Costantino

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Twitter (X) and the Commercial Determinants of Health: Characterizing the Most Amplified, Influential, and Connected Voices Driving Twitter Discourse About Tobacco Regulatory Polic... by Nathan A. Silver, Miao Feng, Elexis C. Kierstead, Hy Tran, Steven Binns, Sherry Emery, Barbara A. Schillo

“…The vast majority of interaction took place in communities dominated by e-cigarette advocates, but only reaching 2.5% to 8.2% of users. We identified 58 tobacco policy top users who had 1,000 or more total retweets and were among the top 100 for any of our influence metrics at more than one time period. …”
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Some issues of prosecutor’s participation in proceedings on administrative offences: based on the European Court of Human Rights case law by S. O. Shatrava, О. V. Dzhafarova, О. V. Pohorilets

“…The scientific work focuses on reviewing the works of scholars who have studied various aspects of the implementation of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights. …”
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Administration of non-national immunization program vaccines for children under six in a rural county, Henan Province: Did costs matter? by Miaomiao Yin, Yuan Cao, Xiaolin Xu, Hanzhi Peng, Yu Wang, Qian Long

“…Caregivers of children under six who came to township health centers for child vaccination were interviewed. …”
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Managing the work of living with heart failure: a qualitative study using the cumulative complexity model from Southeastern Minnesota by Dawn Finnie, Víctor M Montori, Jamie Smith, Margaret M Redfield, Jill M Killian, Nathan Shippee, Shannon Dunlay

“…Interview transcripts were analysed using a mixed inductive and deductive coding approach with organisation into larger thematic categories.Setting Southeastern Minnesota USA (11 counties) with capture of data from local community healthcare providers under the auspices of the Rochester Epidemiology Project.Participants Intentional sampling of local patients with HF (n=24, median age 69.5 years, 54% women, 63% rural, 54% preserved ejection fraction) who reported high treatment burden and/ or poor health status on a questionnaire.Results Three major themes emerged: using capacity to manage workload, disruptions resulting in workload exceeding capacity and regaining workload-capacity balance. …”
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Nondigital skin ulcers in systemic sclerosis: A neglected entity by Benzeeta Pinto, Ramya Janardana, Sowmya Kaimal, B Sheba Charles, K N Sangeeta, Jasmine Mathew, Kodishala Chanakya, John Michael Raj, Vineeta Shobha

“…Patients and Methods: All patients with SSc who fulfilled the 2013 ACR/EULAR criteria were included in the study. …”
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The association of previous and current non-chronic low back pain with daily physical activity in middle- and older-aged adults by Tatiana Rehder Gonçalves, Diana Barbosa Cunha, Mauro Felippe Felix Mediano, Amal A. Wanigatunga, Eleanor M. Simonsick, Jennifer A. Schrack

“…Methods This is a cross-sectional analysis including volunteers from the Baltimore Longitudinal Study of Aging who answered questions about LBP and wore an Actiheart accelerometer for 7days. …”
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Health system interventions and responses to anti-microbial resistance: A scoping review of evidence from 15 African countries. by Jacob Albin Korem Alhassan, Clement Kamil Abdallah

“…According to the World Health Organization (WHO) this global health crisis is particularly acute in Africa, largely due to fragile and underfunded health systems. …”
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Frequency, Prevalence, Interaction, and Gender Differences of Six Psychosocial Factors in Patients Presenting to a Psychiatric Emergency Service by James C. Patterson II, Ovais Khalid, Sarah E. Wakefield, Justin K. Liegmann, Saima Maqsood, Rajeev Srivastava, Elizabeth Allen

“…Our objective was to determine the frequency and relationship between six psychosocial factors in our patients, in comparison to the general population. # METHODS We completed a retrospective chart review of 160 patients selected at random who utilized the PES during 2009-2010. …”
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Hypoglycaemia and monitoring practices following insulin-dextrose therapy for hyperkalaemia by Samuel Ford, Julian Williams, Ian Coombes, Adam La Caze

“…Methods: Adult patients with hyperkalaemia (>5.5 mmol/L) who received IDT in a large metropolitan ED were included. …”
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An internationalization framework for Brazilian higher education and the role played by languages by Liliane Assis Sade

“…Borrowing De Wit et al.’s (2015) conceptualization of internationalization, this paper reflects on some core elements that relate to who should be involved in the process, why and how it should be conducted and to whom it is aimed. …”
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Assessing the factors affecting the formation of entrepreneurial opportunities in rural areas; Case study: Behbahan County by sara ferdosi, hasanali faraji sabokbar, alireza darbaneh astaneh, fazileh khani

“…The number of experts was 52 who were purposefully sampled using the snowball method. …”
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Research progress of femoral head necrosis in HIV-infected patients by Youhan Yang, Futao Ke, Zhengqi Pan, Liaobin Chen

“…Patients infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who also have necrosis of the femoral head tend to present at an earlier age, with a rapid disease progression and a high incidence of bilateral onset. …”
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Does treatment with somatostatin analogs differ in the uptake of normal target organs and malignant lesions on 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT imaging? by Çağlagül Erol, Ahmet Volkan Çelik, Özlem Şahin, Gonca Kara Gedik, Hasan Önner, Farise Yılmaz

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Cyclophosphamide and mycophenolate mofetil as induction therapy in lupus nephritis by Božić-Majstorović Ljubinka, Popović-Pejičić Snježana, Mrđa Jelena, Mrđa Vladimir, Ovčina Irma

“…Almost 50 % of patients who suffer from systemic lupus erythematosus have lupus nephritis (LN) as well. …”
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Visual Performance after Bilateral Implantation of a Four-Haptic Diffractive Toric Multifocal Intraocular Lens in High Myopes by John S. M. Chang, Vincent K. C. Chan, Jack C. M. Ng, Antony K. P. Law

“…Prospective, observational case series to include patients with axial length of ≥26 mm and corneal astigmatism of >1 dioptre who underwent bilateral AT LISA 909M implantation. …”
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Clinical experiences with robotic computed tomography-guided interventions: A comparison with manual technique by Ashwin Kumar A, Sivakumar Kannappan, Geetha G

“…Materials and Methods: A total of sixty patients who underwent CT-guided biopsies were retrospectively divided into two groups: Group A (manual procedure) and Group B (robot-assisted procedure). …”
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COVID-19 and cesarean section rates: A retrospective observational study at our rural tertiary center using robson's classification by Shreya Mor, Shuchi Jain, Poonam Varma Shivkumar, Manish Jain

“…Based on the mode of delivery, all delivered women were classified into two groups: vaginal or cesarean, and the information was then further classified according to Robson's classification. …”
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