Combined morphology and radiomics of intravoxel incoherent movement as a predictive model for the pathologic complete response before neoadjuvant chemotherapy in patients with brea... by Yunyan Zheng, Hui Zhang, Huijian Chen, Yang Song, Ping Lu, Mingping Ma, Mengbo Lin, Muzhen He

“…BackgroundTo develop a predictive model using baseline imaging of morphology and radiomics derived from intravoxel incoherent motion diffusion-weighted imaging (IVIM-DWI) to determine the pathologic complete response (pCR) to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (NACT) in breast cancer patients.MethodsA total of 265 patients who underwent 3.0 T MRI scans before NACT were examined. …”
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Integrated hip fracture care pathway (IHFCP): reducing complications and improving outcomes by Louise Heyzer, Rani Ramason, Joseph Antonio De Castro Molina, William Wai Lim Chan, Chen Yi Loong, Ernest Beng Kee Kwek

“…A five-year Integrated Hip Fracture Care Pathway (IHFCP) was implemented at our hospital for seamlessly integrating care for these patients from admission to post discharge. We aimed to evaluate how IHFCP improved process and outcome measures in these patients. …”
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Electrocardiogram Parameters That Affect the Success Rate of Radiofrequency Ablation in Patients with Outflow Tract Ventricular Premature Complexes by Zhen Ye, Zhe Xu, Kezeng Gong, Xuehai Chen, Weiwei Wang, Jianhua Chen, Lianglong Chen, Feilong Zhang

“…Based on the outcome of ablation, 154 consecutive patients with OT-VPCs who underwent RFCA from January 2017 to December 2019 were divided into two groups. …”
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Analysis of Five-Year Trend of Malaria at Bichena Primary Hospital, Amhara Region, Ethiopia by Awoke Minwuyelet, Yibeltal Aschale

“…Malaria is a life-threating infectious diseases caused by protozoan parasite of the genus Plasmodium. The WHO African region bears the largest burden of malaria morbidity and mortality every year. …”
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Safety and efficacy of intraoperative radiation therapy using a low-energy X-ray source for resectable pancreatic cancer: an interim evaluation of an ongoing prospective phase II s... by Xingyun Chen, Shuo Li, Chuntao Gao, Wei Wang, Haorui Li, Yuxiao Liu, Rui Liu, Jihui Hao

“…Methods: Patients with RPC who underwent radical pancreatectomy and IORT were enrolled. …”
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Monitoring for 5-aminosalicylate nephrotoxicity in adults with inflammatory bowel disease: prognostic model development and validation using data from the Clinical Practice Researc... by Abhishek Abhishek, Richard D Riley, Christian D Mallen, Guruprasad P Aithal, Georgina Nakafero, Matthew J Grainge, Maarten W Taal, Tim Card, Matthew D Stevenson

“…Model performance was assessed in terms of calibration and discrimination.Results 13 728 and 7318 participants who contributed 40 378 and 20 679 person-years follow-up formed the development and validation cohorts with 170 (1.2%) and 98 (1.3%) outcome events respectively. …”
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Carbon Monoxide and Particulate Matter Concentrations inside the Road Tunnels of Guanajuato City, Mexico by Adrián Zamorategui-Molina, Norma L. Gutiérrez-Ortega, Juan Carlos Baltazar-Vera, Julio Del Ángel-Soto, David Tirado-Torres

Subjects: “…CO…”
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Disseminated tuberculosis masquerading as a psychiatric illness—A case report by Shalini Bhaskar, Mimi N. M. Noh

“…We report a patient who presented primarily for psychiatric symptoms of three months’ duration, which later turned out to be a case of DTB involving the central nervous system as well as the spine and lungs. …”
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy versus chemotherapy in untreated advanced pleural mesothelioma in the Chinese healthcare system by Wenwang Lang, Yulong He, Changchun Hou, Hua Li, Qinling Jiang, Liuyong Mei

“…This was not favorable compared to China’s willingness-to-pay (WTP) threshold of $38,042.49/QALY, with an INHB of −0.25 QALYs and an INMB of $-9,605.00. …”
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Analiza kakovosti strokovnih usposabljanj na področju digitalizacije poslovanja v izbranem javnem zavodu [Analysis of Professional Training in Business Digitalisation at a Selected... by Dobruša Lipovž, Melita Moretti

“… Kvantitativno analizo kakovosti strokovnih usposabljanj na področju digitalizacije poslovanja v izbranem javnem zavodu smo izvedli s pomočjo merskega instrumenta SERVQUAL, s katerim smo merili udeleženčeva pričakovanja in njihove zaznave kakovosti strokovnih usposabljanj na področju digitalizacije poslovanja, in sicer s pomočjo petih razsežnosti: zunanje podobe, zanesljivosti, odzivnosti, zaupanja in pozornosti. …”
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The Role of Metacognitive Processes and Emotional Schemas in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder by Sevinc ULUSOY, Kaasim Fatih YAVUZ, Tugba KARA, Mehmet Emrah KARADERE

“…Also according to multiple linear regression analysis; its determined that RTSQ total scores predict YBOCS obsession, YBOCS compulsion and YBOCS total scores, TAFS Moral sub-scale total scores predict only YBOCS obsession total scores. …”
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Changing trends from inguinal radical orchiectomy to testis-sparing surgery in pediatric testicular tumors by Özlem Balcı, Aslı Nur Abay, Şule Yeşil, İbrahim Karaman, İsmet Faruk Özgüner, Burçak Kurucu, Derya Erdoğan, Gürses Şahin, Ayşe Karaman

“…Methods The patients who underwent surgery for scrotal tumors between 1992 and 2022 were reviewed retrospectively. …”
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Very first real-world data on zongertinib use in non-small cell lung cancer patients with HER2 mutations: A brief report by Oliver Illini, Anna Sophie Lang-Stöberl, Hannah Fabikan, Christoph Weinlinger, Arschang Valipour, Maximilian J. Hochmair

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Design of a new class of broad-spectrum therapeutics targeted to drug-resistant bacteria by Amrutha Surendran, Agnes Turnbull, Allen Flockhart, Fern Findlay-Greene, Martyna Nowosielska, Donald Morrison, David J. Mincher, Samantha Donnellan

“…Herein we present the synthesis of two novel spacer-linked, anthraquinone-triphenylphosphonium (AQ-TPP) conjugates (4) and (5) as early lead compounds in a new class of agent designed to penetrate the lipophilic barriers of the membranes of a diverse family of species; and establish bacterial growth inhibitory properties against methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (NCTC 13616) and Mycobacterium smegmatis [mc2155] (as a surrogate for Mycobacterium tuberculosis). …”
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Additional Education for Children with Special Needs and Disabilities in the Russian Federation: National Monitoring Concept by Z. V. Puzanova, M. A. Simonova, V. M. Filippov, T. I. Larina

“…The article could be of assistance for experts who study inclusion problems.…”
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Xen 63 versus Preserflo MicroShunt implant in patients with primary open-angle glaucoma by José María Martínez-de-la-Casa, Antonio Pascual-Santiago, Laura Morales-Fernandez, Federico Saez-Frances, Sofia Garcia-Saenz, Noemi Guemes-Villahoz, Ruben Sanchez-Jean, Carmen Mendez, Julian Garcia-Feijoo

“…It is a retrospective and single-center study conducted on consecutive on patients with medically uncontrolled POAG who underwent either a standalone Xen 63 or a standalone Preserflo and had a 12-month follow-up visit. …”
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Serum Magnesium Level among Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients and Its Correlation with Intra-hospital Complications: A Cross-sectional Single-center Study among Sudanese Patient... by Mohammed Taha, Ayman Azhary, Nooh Mohamed Hajhamed, Waleed Azhary Sir Alkhatim, Salahdeen Ismail Mohammed, Abdullah M Bakheit, Abdallah Elssir Ahmed, Abubakar Abdelbagi

“…Methods: One hundred AMI patients who came to the Wad Madani Heart Center were included in a cross-sectional research study. …”
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Writing papers: literary and scientific by Kun Hwang

“…Arbuthnot” that was dedicated to a friend who was both a poet and a physician. In this poem, we receive an answer to the questions of “Why do you write? …”
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Effect of ripasudil after trabeculectomy with mitomycin C: a multicentre, randomised, prospective clinical study by Kazuyuki Hirooka, Eri Nitta, Yoshiaki Kiuchi, Masaki Tanito, Shunsuke Nakakura, Tetsuya Baba, Hideaki Okumichi, Aisyah Muhlisah, Ariyanie Nurtania, Hiromitsu Onoe, Yotaro Matsuoka

“…Background To investigate if there are improvements in trabeculectomy outcomes supporting filtration bleb formation caused by Rho-associated protein kinase (ROCK) inhibitors.Methods This prospective, multicentre, randomised, open-label clinical study examined open-angle glaucoma patients who underwent trabeculectomy or trabeculectomy combined with cataract surgery followed by 3-month postoperative ripasudil treatments. …”
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Role of the regulator in enabling a just culture: a qualitative study in mental health and hospital care by Roland Bal, Ian Leistikow, Jan-Willem Weenink, Iris Wallenburg, Guy Widdershoven, Laura Hartman, Eva van Baarle

“…Objectives A just culture is considered a promising way to improve patient safety and working conditions in the healthcare sector, and as such is also of relevance to healthcare regulators who are tasked with monitoring and overseeing quality and safety of care. …”
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