Effect of anastomotic reinforcement with barded suture on anastomotic leakage prevention following laparoscopic low anterior resection for rectal cancer: a retrospective single-cen... by Xinyu Qi, Kai Xu, Maoxing Liu, Fei Tan, Pin Gao, Chuanyong Zhou, Zhendan Yao, Nan Zhang, Hong Yang, Chenghai Zhang, Jiadi Xing, Ming Cui, Xiangqian Su

“…The patients were divided into two groups: the continuous barbed suture reinforcement group (N = 296) and the control group (N = 429). …”
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Mid-term outcomes of a smoking cessation program in hospitalized patients in Türkiye by Esin B. Konyalıhatipoğlu, Dilek Karadoğan, Tahsin Gökhan Telatar, Ünal Şahin

“…Results Totally data of 183 patients included to the study, there were 163 participants who completed periodic follow-ups during 1 year and among them the quit rate was 47.2%. …”
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Disparities in Antenatal Care Visits between Urban and Rural Ethiopian Women by Senahara Korsa Wake, Abera Botore, Ahmed Mohammed, Kolato Gemede, Moyata Bariso, Urge Gerema

“…Utilizing antenatal care is one of the best ways to identify issues that are already present or could arise throughout pregnancy. …”
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Long-term mortality in patients with end-stage renal disease undergoing hemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis: a propensity score matching retrospective study by Pengjie Zhang, Liru Xun, Nan Bao, Ding Tong, Bin Duan, Du Peng

“…Background Hemodialysis (HD) and peritoneal dialysis (PD) are effective ways to treat end-stage renal disease (ERSD). This study aimed to investigate the differences in survival and the factors that influence it in patients with end-stage renal disease treated with HD or PD.Methods We retrospectively analyzed factors related to all-cause death with renal replacement therapy and compared the long-term mortality between HD and PD strategies in patients with ESRD who started HD or PD treatment in our renal HD center between January 1, 2008, and December 1, 2021.Results Overall, 1,319 patients were included, comprising 690 and 629 patients in the HD and PD groups, respectively, according to the inclusion criteria. …”
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Intracapsular and extracapsular fracture types and inpatient mortality in failed hemiarthroplasty by Kürşat Tuğrul Okur, Koray Özdemir, Ahmet Yesevi Sarıaslan, Fırat Ozan

“…Methods This retrospective cohort study included 68 patients (16 males and 52 females) who underwent revision of uncemented bipolar hemiarthroplasties at a single institution between 2017 and 2024. …”
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A Hybrid Artificial Neural Network and Particle Swarm Optimization algorithm for Detecting COVID-19 Patients by Alla Ahmad Hassan, Tarik A Rashid

Subjects: “…Particle Swarm Optimization, Neural Networks, Logistic Regression, Nave Bayes Classifier, Multilayer Perceptron, Support Vector Machine, BF Tree, Bayesian Networks.…”
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Comorbidities reduce survival and quality of life in COPD with severe lung hyperinflation by Else A.M.D. ter Haar, Dirk-Jan Slebos, Karin Klooster, Simon D. Pouwels, Jorine E. Hartman

“…Results We included 830 COPD patients with Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) stage III and IV. …”
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Peculiarities of Forming the Methodology for Investigating Criminal Offenses against the Authority of State Agencies in the Law Enforcement Sphere by V. O. Gusieva

“…It has been established that the specified group of criminal offenses includes: 1) interference in the activities of a law enforcement officer; 2) the threat of murder, bodily injury or destruction or damage to property in a generally dangerous manner in respect to an official or his relatives or in respect to a citizen performing public duties, used to terminate the activities of a citizen performing public duties or to change its nature in the interests of the person who makes threats; 3) unauthorized appropriation of powers combined with the commission of any socially dangerous actions. …”
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Indigenous Knowledge on Shifting Cultivation and Sustainable Agriculture by Krisnawati Krisnawati, Alia Bihrajihant Raya

“…This can be seen in the agricultural activities of Arfak farmers who are still applying indigenous knowledge to this day. …”
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Development and usability testing of an online platform for provider training and implementation of cognitive-behavioral therapy guided self-help for eating disorders by Laura D’Adamo, Agatha A. Laboe, Jake Goldberg, Carli P. Howe, Molly Fennig Steinhoff, Bianca DePietro, Marie-Laure Firebaugh, Zafra Cooper, Denise E. Wilfley, Ellen E. Fitzsimmons-Craft

“…Abstract Background Most individuals with eating disorders (EDs) do not receive treatment, and those who do receive care typically do not receive evidence-based treatment, partly due to lack of accessible provider training. …”
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Vaccination status and hepatitis A immunity in children: insights from a large-scale study in Turkey by Metin Yigit, Furkan Kalayci

“…Conclusion These findings underscore the critical need for targeted interventions to close vaccination gaps, especially among older, unvaccinated children who exhibit lower immunity levels. These insights are crucial for enhancing vaccination outreach and improving public health measures against hepatitis A.…”
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Stereotactic body radiation therapy for hepatocellular carcinoma: Practice patterns, dose selection and factors impacting survival by Jared R. Robbins, Ryan K. Schmid, Abdulrahman Y. Hammad, Thomas Clark Gamblin, Beth A. Erickson

“…Materials/Methods Query of the National Cancer Database (NCDB) identified patients with unresectable, nonmetastatic HCC who received SBRT from 2004 to 2013. Biological Effective Dose (BED) was calculated for each patient in order to uniformly analyze different fractionation regimens. …”
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LEGAL POSITIONS OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF UKRAINE REGARDING THE CONSTITUTIONAL DUTIES OF A PERSON AND A CITIZEN by Anton Kazakov

“…Fourthly, in addition to the formalized guarantees, the body of constitutional jurisdiction indicated that the implementation of some constitutional duties requires public support and respect for the persons who implement them. Fifth, constitutional duties, giving rise to a wide variety of legal relations, are able to influence the relevant subjects and change, strengthen or fundamentally transform their legal status. …”
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Urinary Microbiota of Healthy Prepubescent Girls and Boys—A Pilot Study by Yulia L. Naboka, Mikhail I. Kogan, Johannes M. Mayr, Irina A. Gudima, Elizaveta M. Koliva, Violetta M. Kotieva, Marina L. Chernytskaya, Vladimir V. Sizonov

“…Methods: We included healthy children aged between 4 and 10 years who were free of functional or organic urinary tract diseases and had no history of urinary tract infection. …”
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An evidence-based tailored eHealth patient education tool for patients with knee osteoarthritis: A randomized controlled trial by Chong Li, Chuanmei Zhu, Kangping Song, Xiaona Xiang, Xiaoyi Wang, Jing Hu, Zhao Li, Yi Deng, Daoxin Jiang, Lixin Guo, Ting Ren, Luwen Zhu, Haibo Ai, Shaojun Zhang, Zhongliang Liu, Yonghong Yang, Siyi Zhu, Chengqi He

“…This study aimed to evaluate the long-term effectiveness on patient knowledge level and analyzed the patient's satisfaction with the proposed tool. Methods A two-arm randomized controlled trial was performed, with 218 KOA patients allocated 1:1 to two groups by balanced block randomization. …”
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Comparison of intensity normalization methods in prostate, brain, and breast cancer multi-parametric magnetic resonance imaging by Savannah R. Duenweg, Samuel A. Bobholz, Allison K. Lowman, Aleksandra Winiarz, Biprojit Nath, Michael J. Barrett, Fitzgerald Kyereme, Stephanie Vincent-Sheldon, Peter LaViolette

“…Specifically, in the prostate cancer cohort, we tested these methods on T2-weighted imaging (T2WI) and additionally looked at a subset of patients who were scanned with and without the use of an endorectal coil (ERC). …”
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Zoological exhibitions in natural history museums: classic design and modern approach by Igor Evstafiev

“…This means of recreating a part of the natural environment helps to demonstrate the peculiarities of the ecosystem and the atmosphere itself in which the represented animal species live. The author, who has been visiting zoological museums in different cities and countries for many years, has had the opportunity to observe the emergence of fundamentally new approaches to exhibition activities in modern museums, and the impetus was his acquaintance with the Grande Galerie de l’Évolution in Paris, which is part of the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle. …”
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Experiences of change following a blended intervention for adults with ADHD and emotion dysregulation: a qualitative interview study by Emilie S. Nordby, Viktor Schønning, Alice Barnes, Hayley Denyer, Jonna Kuntsi, Astri J. Lundervold, Frode Guribye

“…Lastly, the third theme, ‘sustaining change’, includes aspects important to maintain change, with two subthemes: 3a) working consistently and 3b) giving it time. …”
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Carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic human health risk assessment of some vegetables irrigated with wastewater in Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria by Usman Bawa, Ahmad AbdulHameed

“…The metals of interest were Cd, Pb, Cr, Cu, and Zn. Results: Concentrations of Cd, Pb, and Cr in all the vegetables exceeded the WHO’s permissible limits while Cu and Zn did not. …”
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Efficacy of Intravenous Ibuprofen and Paracetamol on Postoperative Pain and Tramadol Consumption After Arthroscopic Shoulder Surgery: A Prospective, Randomized, Double-blind Clinic... by Muhittin CALIM, Serdar YESILTAS, Mustafa GUNAY, Ismail SUMER, Sedat AKBAS

“…Methods: In this study, we enrolled sixty-four patients who were scheduled to undergo arthroscopic shoulder surgery and met the inclusion criteria of having American Society of Anesthesiologists scores between 1 and 3 and falling within the age range of 18 to 85 years. …”
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