Pediatric endoscopic retrograde pancreatography expertise in chronic pancreatitis: a single-center analysis by Hongxi Guo, Juan Luo, Hu Yang, Jun Yang, Hongqiang Bian, Xufei Duan, Xin Wang

“…However, data on endoscopic treatment of CP in children are still limited.MethodsDemographics, etiology, surgical indications, diagnosis, treatment details, associated complications, and follow-up information were retrospectively studied in consecutive patients (<18 years old) who underwent ERP for CP between January 2020 and October 2024.ResultsA total of 17 children (7 male, 10 female) with a mean age of 10.0 ± 2.7 years were included in the study. …”
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The Relationship between Left Ventricular Diastolic Function Parameters and Coronary Artery Disease Severity by Khadije Mohammadi, Mohammad Masoomi, Mahsa Akrami, Shirin Habibi Khorasani, Mina Moridi, Sara Saidi

“…Two-dimensional (2D) strain echocardiography was used to assess left ventricular (LV) function parameters, followed by coronary angiography. …”
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Biomarkers of pembrolizumab efficacy in advanced anal squamous cell carcinoma: analysis of a phase II clinical trial and a cohort of long-term responders by Jeffrey A Meyerhardt, Sunil Kumar, Jessica A Zerillo, Aparna Parikh, James M Cleary, Scott Rodig, Benjamin Schlechter, Kimmie Ng, Stephanie K Dougan, Nora Horick, Glenn J Hanna, Andrew L Coveler, Anuj K Patel, Nadine J McCleary, Douglas A Rubinson, Jeffrey W Clark, Kent Mouw, Kathleen Pfaff, Thomas A Abrams, Matthew B Yurgelun, Eliezer M Van Allen, S Jennifer Wang, Leah H Biller, Harshabad Singh, Emma L Welsh, Brandon M Huffman, Lestat R Ali, Megan T Hoffman, Katherine A Metayer, Shayla Murray, Alexandra Bird, Jennifer A Chan, Wolfram Goessling, Jeffrey S Wisch, Brendan Reardon, Robert J Mayer, Catherine Del Vecchio Fitz, Charlotte Kuperwasser

“…To characterize the clinical features of long-term responders, we combined data from our prospective trial with a retrospective cohort of patients with anal cancer treated with anti-PD-1 immunotherapy (n=18).Results In the phase II study, the ORR to pembrolizumab monotherapy was 9.4% and the median progression-free survival was 2.2 months. …”
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Impact of blastocyst biopsy for preimplantation genetic testing on maternal and neonatal outcomes following single frozen embryo transfer cycles by Tingting He, Wenhao Shi, Xia Xue, Juanzi Shi

“…Methods A total of 1,008 women were involved in this study from January 2020 to June 2022, who underwent ICSI cycles and received single FET, leading to the birth of a live singleton newborn. …”
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Problematic Issues of Protecting Property Rights from Illegal Actions of Public Authorities by K. I. Varava

“…The most problematic in these cases is the establishment whether the property was taken out of the possession of the owner or the person to whom he transferred the property into possession, not on their will (paragraph 3 of Part 1 of the Art. 388 of the Civil Code of Ukraine). …”
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Decoding MexB efflux pump genes: structural, molecular, and phylogenetic analysis of multidrug-resistant and extensively drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Muhammad Bilal Habib, Naseer Ali Shah, Afreenish Amir, Huda Ahmed Alghamdi, Muhammad Haseeb Tariq, Kiran Nisa, Mariam Ammoun

“…The current investigation aims to detect MexB genes in P. aeruginosa, their structural and molecular analysis and their impact on antimicrobial susceptibility profiling.MethodsA total of 42 clinical specimens were aseptically collected from hospitalized patients who had underlying infections related to medical implants. …”
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Corneal Clarity and Visual Outcomes after Small-Incision Lenticule Extraction and Comparison to Femtosecond Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis by Apostolos Lazaridis, Konstantinos Droutsas, Walter Sekundo, Michael Petrak, Stephan Schulze

“…Fifty-eight myopic eyes of 33 patients who underwent SMILE were compared to 58 eyes of 33 patients treated with FS-LASIK. …”
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Self-selected vs. prescribed aerobic exercise intensity: impacts on pleasure in women with obesity by Carlos Eduardo Rosa Da Silva, Wilian Jesus Santana, Gustavo Almeida, Adriano Verame, Antonio Roberto Doro, Eduardo Barbosa, Leonardo Lima, Helton Magalhães Dias, Marcelo Callegari Zanetti, Aylton Figueira Junior

“…Statistical analyses were conducted using two-way ANOVA for HR and FS, and one-way ANOVA for VL, PACES, INT, and BPNFS with Tukey post hoc test and significance criteria (p < 0.05).ResultsThe results showed that HR and VL were similar (p > 0.05) between the protocols IPI, SGS and ISS, while FS, PACES, and INT were significantly higher in SGS and ISS than IPI protocols (p < 0.05). …”
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The impact of climate change on the development of water resources by M.D. Teweldebrihan, M.O. Dinka

“…Stakeholder analysis was used to identify seven types of stakeholders who expressed interest in the Dhidhessa sub basin.FINDING: The results indicate that the basin experienced a decrease in water level and river flow as a result of climate change. …”
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Three effective cases of transcatheter arterial embolization after atezolizumab and bevacizumab treatment for hepatocellular carcinoma: a case report by Koji Rinka, Kiyohide Kioka, Yuga Amano, Takashi Nakai, Yasuko Kawasaki, Norifumi Kawada

“…The authors herein describe three Japanese patients with hepatocellular carcinoma who were treated with atezolizumab and bevacizumab followed by transcatheter arterial embolization or transcatheter arterial chemoembolization. …”
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The effect of life skills group counseling with a cognitive-behavioral approach on coping strategies among abused women by Faeze Mohammadi, Sakineh Taherkhani, Maryam Zamanian, Elaheh Elahy

“…Methods & Materials: This quasi-experimental study involved 120 abused women who attended health centers affiliated to Arak University of Medical Sciences in 2022. …”
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Complex Ureteral Reconstruction via Open or Robotic Ureteroplasty with a Buccal Mucosa Onlay Graft: A Two-center Comparison by Antonio Andrea Grosso, Fabrizio Di Maida, Daniele Paganelli, Simon Udo Engelmann, Emily Rinderknecht, Christoph Eckl, Sebastian Kälble, Alexey Barskov, Rino Oriti, Sofia Giudici, Christoph Pickl, Maximilian Burger, Andrea Mari, Andrea Minervini, Roman Mayr

“…Methods: We compared prospectively recorded data for 26 patients who underwent robotic or open BMG ureteroplasty at two academic institutions. …”
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Analysis of emergency centre recidivism for interpersonal violence in a district-level hospital in Cape Town, South Africa by J J Horn, L Bush, D J van Hoving

“…An analysis of a prospectively collected observational database combined with a retrospective chart review was conducted of all trauma patients who presented to Khayelitsha Hospital from 1 October 2020 to 30 September 2022. …”
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Historical-Philosophical Components of Policy and Mo-Rality Relations by Dmytro V. Usov

“…To analyze comprehensively the policy as a way of human being, as well as the important today’s criteria of legitimacy of the government and the nature of political morality through a consistent reconstruction of the relations between morality and politics in the contemporary and classic historical and philosophical discourses. …”
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Automated method of bronchus and artery dimension measurement in an adult bronchiectasis population by Angelina L.P. Pieters, Qianting Lv, Jennifer J. Meerburg, Tjeerd van der Veer, Eleni-Rosalina Andrinopoulou, Pierluigi Ciet, James D. Chalmers, Michael R. Loebinger, Charles S. Haworth, J. Stuart Elborn, Harm A.W.M. Tiddens

“…To assess bronchial wall thickness, we used the Bwt/A ratio and the ratio between the bronchus wall area (Bwa) and the area defined by the outer airway (Boa) (Bwa/Boa). …”
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Agreement Between Isokinetic Dynamometer and Hand-held Isometric Dynamometer as Measures to Detect Lower Limb Asymmetry in Muscle Torque After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruc... by Angelica Ivarsson, Anna Cronström

“… # Study design Cross-sectional measurement study # Methods Seventy-two participants who had undergone ACL reconstruction (35 men, 37 women; age= 25.8 ± 5.4 years) were included. …”
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A relational approach to co-create Advance Care Planning with and for people living with dementia: a narrative study by Tharin Phenwan, Judith Sixsmith, Linda McSwiggan, Deans Buchanan

“…This was reflected in the Relational interdependency narrative where PwD almost always co-created and revised their ACPs with trusted key persons who provided relational support. …”
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Assessing the Air Quality Impact of Train Operation at Tokyo Metro Shibuya Station from Portable Sensor Data by Deepanshu Agarwal, Xuan Truong Trinh, Wataru Takeuchi

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A Psychometric Study of the Student Evidence-Based Practice Scale S-EBPQ-Arabic Version for Use among Undergraduate Nursing Students by Basmah F. Alharbi

“…The exploratory factor analysis identified the same four factors (practice, attitude, retrieving and reviewing evidence, and sharing and applying evidence-based practice). All KMO values for the individual items ≥0.876 were also well above the acceptable 0.6 limit. …”
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The Rise of Transradial Artery Access for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes in Australia by Ryan James Ocsan, Ata Doost, Paul Marley, Ahmad Farshid

“…Secondary outcomes included Bleeding Academic Research Consortium (BARC) bleeding events scored 2 or higher, haematoma formation, and stent thrombosis, in addition to all individual components of MACE. Results. We treated 3624 patients (77% male), with PCI via TFA (n = 2391) or TRA (n = 1233). …”
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