Physician Characteristics Associated With Opioid Prescribing After Same-Day Breast Surgery in Ontario, Canada: A Population-Based Cohort Study by Shaila J. Merchant, MD, Jonas P. Shellenberger, MSc, Monakshi Sawhney, PhD, Julie La, MD, Susan B. Brogly, PhD

“…Patients ≥18 years of age who underwent same-day breast surgery in Ontario, Canada from 2012 to 2020 were identified and linked to prescriber data. …”
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Management of Bone Defects and Complications After Bone Tumor Resection Using Ilizarov Method by Kai Zheng, Xiu‐Chun Yu, Jinfang Cai, Ming Xu, Haocheng Cui, Qian Chen, Jing‐Yu Zhang

“…Methods A retrospective clinical study was conducted to analyze patients with primary bone tumors who underwent distraction osteogenesis using the Ilizarov method from 2010 to 2020. …”
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Comprehensive Evaluation of Inflammatory Biomarkers in Cervical Cancer Treated with Chemoradiotherapy by Timur Koca, Nurcihan Gocen Vardar, Rahmi Atıl Aksoy, Aylin Fidan Korcum

“…This study aims to comprehensively evaluate the predictive value of inflammatory biomarkers on survival outcomes in cervical cancer patients undergoing chemoradiotherapy. <b>Methods</b>: A total of 90 patients who had undergone chemoradiotherapy for cervical cancer were included. …”
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A descriptive analysis of a medical humanitarian aid initiative for quality perinatal management in war-torn Ukraine by Iryna Mogilevkina, Dmytro Dobryanskyy, Rhona MacDonald, Diane Watson, David Southall

Subjects: “…Ukraine war…”
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The negative impact of missing primary teeth with the importance of space maintainer among children attending the college of dentistry, hawler medical university in Erbil: Iraq. by Hozan Farid Tawfiq, Alaa Mahmud Mustafa

“…The data was collected from September 2020 to May 2021 and consisted of 815 case sheets, with 395 boys and 420 females ranging in age from 5 to 13 for both genders. …”
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Association between transcription factors expression and growth patterns of nonfunctioning pituitary adenomas by Jiakun Xu, Shaolin Zhang, Weijie Su, Jia Yang, Lixuan Yang, Xixi Li

“…Abstract Transcription factors (TFs), including steroidogenic factor-1 (SF-1), T-box transcription factor (TPIT) and pituitary transcription factor–1 (PIT-1), play a pivotal role in the cytodifferentiation of adenohypophysis. …”
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Multicentre adaptive randomised trial of GvHD prophylaxis following unrelated donor stem cell transplantation comparing Thymoglobulin versus calcineurin inhibitor-based or sirolimus-based post-transplant cyclophosphamide (Methods of T cell Depletion, MoTD trial) by Simon Gates, Matthew Collin, Victoria Potter, Rebecca Bishop, Ronjon Chakraverty, Kavita Raj, Adrian Bloor, Andrea Hodgkinson, Jeff Davies, Emma Kempshall, Fiona Dignan, Ram Malladi, Siobhan Smith, Charlotte Gaskell, Gabrielle Smith

“…About 1 in 10 patients die as a result of GvHD or through complications of its treatment. In patients who survive GvHD and or the complications of treatment, about 1 in 3 patients develop chronic GvHD which has a negative impact on quality of life (QoL). …”
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Development and validation of a nomogram model for prolonged length of stay in spinal fusion patients: a retrospective analysis by Linghong Wu, Xiaozhong Peng, Yao Lu, Cuiping Fu, Liujun She, Guangwei Zhu, Xianglong Zhuo, Wei Hu, Xiangtao Xie

“…A receiver operating characteristic curve was used to evaluate the models’ predictive performance. We employed Delong tests to compare the area under the curve (AUC) of the different models. …”
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Peripheral Arterial Disease and Its Associated Factors among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients at Debre Tabor General Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia by Yonas Akalu, Ambaye Birhan

“…Clinicians should prevent PAD; screen T2DM patients who are aged, with high HbA1c, and cigarette smokers; and treat them timely.…”
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Mitigation of human factor in tomographic post processing of additive manufactured critical parts for aviation application by Stefano Benuzzi, Davide Borghi, Maria Grazia Righi, Natanaele Galavotti, Fabio Esposito

“…The purpose of this presentation is to analyse some ways to mitigate the human factor in the post processing of tomographic data for NDT applications in the aviation industry and, ultimately, focus the attention to who is responsible for defining whether a component is fit for service or not. …”
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Twelve-Week Quadriceps Strength as A Predictor of Quadriceps Strength At Time Of Return To Sport Testing Following Bone-Patellar Tendon-Bone Autograft Anterior Cruciate Ligament Re... by Joseph P Hannon, Sharon Wang-Price, Shiho Goto, Steven Singleton, Lindsey Dietrich, James Bothwell, Curtis Bush, Craig Garrison

“…Participants were tested at two time points: 12 weeks following surgery and again at time of RTS testing. …”
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Does high body mass index increase the risk of shoulder instability surgery? The LUXE prospective cohort study on 227 recurrent anterior shoulder instability by Vincent Roy, MD, MSc, Claire Bastard, MD, MSc, Emilie Sandman, MD, MSc, FRCSC, Alexis Rousseau-Saine, MD, FRCSC, Marie-Lyne Nault, MD, PhD, FRCSC, Dominique M. Rouleau, MD, MSc, FRCSC

“…Complication rates were significantly higher in patients with high BMI following ABR compared to AB, and so were reoperation rates in patients with high BMI undergoing Latarjet compared to AB.…”
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Atherogenic Index in Type 2 Diabetes and Its Relationship with Chronic Microvascular Complications by Zhen Li, Qi Huang, Li Sun, Tengfei Bao, Zhe Dai

“…Furthermore, AIP values directly correlated with BMI (r=0.182, P<0.001), waist circumference (r=0.129, P<0.001), blood glucose index (FBG (r=0.153, P<0.001), PPBG (r=0.117, P<0.001), and HbA1c (r=0.074, P<0.001)), insulin resistance (HOMA-IR; r=0.112, P<0.001), and uric acid (UA, r=0.177, P<0.001). …”
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Triglyceride-glucose index: carotid intima-media thickness and cardiovascular risk in a European population by Chiara Pavanello, Massimiliano Ruscica, Sofia Castiglione, Giuliana Germana Mombelli, Antonia Alberti, Laura Calabresi, Cesare Riccardo Sirtori

“…Methods Primary prevention patients were selected from a cohort of individuals who underwent c-IMT measurement between 1984 and 2018 at the Dyslipidemia Center at the ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda in Milan, Italy. …”
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Novel Models for the Prediction of Left Atrial Appendage Thrombus in Patients with Chronic Nonvalvular Atrial Fibrillation by Do Van Chien, Pham Thai Giang, Pham Truong Son, Le Van Truong, Pham Nguyen Son

“…The CHA2DS2-VASc score alone had a low predictive value for LAAT in this population (χ2 = 3.53), whereas the combination of CHA2DS2-VASc score with LA volume index had significant association and better predictive value (χ2 = 12.03), and the combination of CHA2DS2-VASc score with LA volume index and LA positive strain or negative strain rate in the four-chamber view had the best predictive ability for LAAT (χ2: 33.47 and 33.48, respectively). We propose two novel and simple models for noninvasive LAAT prediction in patients with chronic nonvalvular atrial fibrillation. …”
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Automatic summarization of cooking videos using transfer learning and transformer-based models by P. M. Alen Sadique, R. V. Aswiga

“…This will make the cooking process easier for individuals who are searching for precise step by step cooking instructions. …”
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Determinants of Higher-Risk Sexual Behavior in Some Selected African Countries by Adikwor Ewoenam Puplampu, Seth Afagbedzi, Samuel Dery, Dzifa Adimle Puplampu, Chris Guure

“…Meanwhile, the prevalence of H-RSB in Namibia and Uganda decreased in period two to 1.84 and 5.76 but increased in period three to 2.01 and 6.83, respectively. …”
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Association between use of heated tobacco products and long-term respiratory effects considering smoking history: internet-based cross-sectional study in Japan by Yuki Kimura, Minoru Sugita

“…Results Of the participants from whom responses to the questionnaires were obtained, 17,406 participants were included in the analysis. …”
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Type 2 diabetes mellitus’ impact on heart failure patients’ exercise tolerance: a focus on maximal fat oxidation during exercise by Huiying Zhu, Huiying Zhu, Jianchao Pan, Jianxuan Wen, Jianxuan Wen, Xiaojing Dang, Xiaojing Dang, Xiankun Chen, Xiankun Chen, Yunxiang Fan, Yunxiang Fan, Weihui Lu, Weihui Lu, Wei Jiang, Wei Jiang

“…After adjusting for age, sex, body mass index (BMI), log N-terminal pro-B type natriuretic peptide (log NT-proBNP), left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), hemoglobin, renal function, coronary heart disease and hypertension, the peak VO2 was lower in the T2DM group compared to the non-T2DM group with a mean difference (MD) of −2.0 ml/kg/min [95% confidence interval (CI), −3.18 to −0.82, P &lt; 0.01]. …”
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Impact of trainees involvement on surgical outcomes of abdominal and laparoscopic myomectomy by Olga M. Fajardo, Ekaterina Grebenyuk, Katherine F. Chaves, Zhiguo Zhao, Tan Ding, Howard L. Curlin, Lara F.B Harvey

“…Background To determine the association of trainees involvement with surgical outcomes of abdominal and laparoscopic myomectomy including operative time, rate of transfusion, and complications.Methods A retrospective cohort study of 1145 patients who underwent an abdominal or laparoscopic myomectomy from 2008–2012 using the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database (Canadian Task Force Classification II-2).Results Overall, 64% of myomectomies involved trainees. …”
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