Protocol for a randomised phase 3 trial evaluating the role of Finasteride in Active Surveillance for men with low and intermediate-risk prostate cancer: the FINESSE Study by Samuel Smith, Peter Sasieni, William Cross, Richard Bryant, Steven Kennish, James Catto, Rachel Hubbard, Simon Faulkner, Rohit Chahal, Mohantha Dooldeniya, Marcus Cumberbatch, Bernard North, Alastair D Lamb, Roseann Kealy, Selina Bhattrai

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Clinical assessment of urinary prostate cancer antigen 3 in Chinese population: a large-scale, prospective and multicenter study by Xuan Shu, Jiaming Wang, Wen Cai, Shen Lin, Jiangfeng Li, Xueyou Ma, Yufan Ying, Yat Sai Terry Wang, Xiao Wang, Hong Chen, Chunyu Jin, Ben Liu, Liping Xie, Jindan Luo

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Mycochemistry, antioxidant, anticancer activity, and molecular docking of compounds of F12 of ethyl acetate extract of Astraeus asiaticus with BcL2 and Caspase 3 by Swapan Kumar Ghosh, Koushik Pandey, Madhuparna Ghosh, Pradip Kumar Sur

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Preoperative Butyrylcholinesterase Level as an Independent Predictor of Overall Survival in Clear Cell Renal Cell Carcinoma Patients Treated with Nephrectomy by Takuya Koie, Chikara Ohyama, Jotaro Mikami, Hiromichi Iwamura, Naoki Fujita, Tendo Sato, Yuta Kojima, Ken Fukushi, Hayato Yamamoto, Atsushi Imai, Shingo Hatakeyama, Takahiro Yoneyama, Yasuhiro Hashimoto, Masato Kitayama, Kazuyoshi Hirota

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Effect of General Anesthesia Combined with Transversus Abdominis Plane Block on Postoperative Sleep Disorders in Elderly Patients Undergoing Gastrointestinal Tumor Surgery: A Prosp... by Pu J, Guo C, Xiao Y, Cao Y, Liu Z, Jin Y, Hu Y

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Restoring natural killer cell activity in lung injury with 1,25-hydroxy vitamin D3: a promising therapeutic approach by Johnny Amer, Ahmad Salhab, Mohammad Abuawad

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Safety assessment of preventive pressurized intraperitoneal aerosol chemotherapy in combined treatment of gastric cancer: preliminary results by N. Ya. Muratova, I.  V. Kolobaev, D.  D. Kudryavtsev, E. I. Smolenov, A. B. Ryabov, V. M. Khomyakov, L. O. Petrov, S. A. Ivanov, A. D. Kaprin

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Phytochemical Characterization and Biological Activity of Two <i>Anacardiaceae</i> Species from Guinea-Bissau by Quintino Malú, Maryam Malmir, Gonçalo Infante Caldeira, Sofia Encarnação, Katelene Lima, Luís Catarino, Beatriz Silva Lima, João Rocha, Olga Silva

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The Effect of Steep Trendelenburg Positioning on Retinal Structure and Function during Robotic-Assisted Laparoscopic Procedures by Kazuyuki Hirooka, Kaori Ukegawa, Eri Nitta, Nobufumi Ueda, Yushi Hayashida, Hiromi Hirama, Rikiya Taoka, Yuma Sakura, Mari Yamasaki, Hiroyuki Tsunemori, Mikio Sugimoto, Yoshiyuki Kakehi

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Phytochemical Profile Screening and Selected Bioactivity of <i>Myrtus communis</i> Berries Extracts Obtained from Ultrasound-Assisted and Supercritical Fluid Extraction by Ilir Mërtiri, Gigi Coman, Mihaela Cotârlet, Mihaela Turturică, Nicoleta Balan, Gabriela Râpeanu, Nicoleta Stănciuc, Liliana Mihalcea

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Novel Thiosemicarbazone Derivatives from Furan-2-Carbaldehyde: Synthesis, Characterization, Crystal Structures, and Antibacterial, Antifungal, Antioxidant, and Antitumor Activities by Wilfredo Hernández, Fernando Carrasco, Abraham Vaisberg, Evgenia Spodine, Maik Icker, Harald Krautscheid, Lothar Beyer, Carmen Tamariz-Angeles, Percy Olivera-Gonzales

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Artificial Intelligence Models May Aid in Predicting Lymph Node Metastasis in Patients with T1 Colorectal Cancer by Ji Eun Baek, Hahn Yi, Seung Wook Hong, Subin Song, Ji Young Lee, Sung Wook Hwang, Sang Hyoung Park, Dong-Hoon Yang, Byong Duk Ye, Seung-Jae Myung, Suk-Kyun Yang, Namkug Kim, Jeong-Sik Byeon

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Presenting the professional thinking model of employees based on the dimensions of ambivalence and psychological empowermen by Abdolmajid Kord, Mansur Garkaz, Alireza Maetoofi, Ali khuzin, Alireza Hasan Maleki

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A Study on Lower Limb Movement Intention Recognition Based on Multi-Source Information Fusion by Siyu Zong, Wei Li, Dawen Sun, Xiaojie Wei, Junjie Chen, Zhengwei Yue, Daxue Sun

“…The multivariate flow-limited sliding time window BPGN reduced the mean knee error by 11.2&#x00B0; and the mean ankle angle error by 7.4&#x00B0; compared to Radial Basis Function (RBF) Neural-network intent recognition. …”
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Lightweight Cryptographic Algorithms for Guessing Attack Protection in Complex Internet of Things Applications by Mohammad Kamrul Hasan, Muhammad Shafiq, Shayla Islam, Bishwajeet Pandey, Yousef A. Baker El-Ebiary, Nazmus Shaker Nafi, R. Ciro Rodriguez, Doris Esenarro Vargas

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Combined Color-Doppler Flow and Angio Planewave UltraSensitive™ Imaging for Analysis of Hemodynamic Characteristics of Normal Upper Limb Arteries by Yanzhou Liu, Xiyue Zhang, Hang Yang, Xueyan Tan, Duo Huang, Hongmei Yuan, Lili Yu, Fang Yang, Yuan Zou, Xiuli He, Yuqun Luo, Fangzhao Cui, Ping Wang, Zukun Li, Qing Zhang, Ning Zhang, Binglei Jiang, Wensheng Yue

“…The measured ultrasonic parameters included the vessel diameter, blood-flow spectrum waveform, peak systolic velocity, end-diastolic velocity, resistance index, pulsatility index, ratio of PSV to EDV, blood-flow volume, along with systolic acceleration of each BA, radial artery, superficial palmar arch artery, palmar proper digital artery, and third-grade artery arch of the fingernail bed. …”
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Comparison of Accuracy in Expert Clinical Examination versus Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Arthroscopic Exam in Diagnosis of Meniscal Tear by Seyed Ali Hashemi, Mohammad Reza Ranjbar, Mohammad Tahami, Reza Shahriarirad, Amirhossein Erfani

“…Arthroscopic results showed 32 meniscal tears, of which 28 (87%) and 4 (13%) were in medial and lateral menisci, respectively, including 10 bucket handle, 17 longitudinal, and 5 of other types (transverse, oblique, radial) of injuries. Comparing MRI results to arthroscopic results, we had 2 false-positive and 2 false-negative cases. 62 cases of McMurray test results were accurate; 15 and 9 cases were reported false positive and false negative, respectively. 60 cases of Apley test results were accurate; 16 and 10 cases were reported false positive and false negative, respectively. 78 cases of Thessaly test results were accurate; 5 and 3 cases were reported false positive and false negative, respectively. …”
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Experimental identification of I-mode characteristics at the edge of FIRE mode in KSTAR by Chweeho Heo, SangJin Park, GyungJin Choi, Jaewook Kim, Eun-jin Kim, YoungMu Jeon, Minjun J. Choi, Hyunsun Han, Choongki Sung, TaikSoo Hahm, Yong-Su Na

“…When the coupling manifests, intermittent bursts are observed concurrently, not just at the radial location where the WCM amplitude peaks, but throughout the edge region. …”
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Resultados da Intervenção Coronariana Percutânea Recomendada pelas Diretrizes em Mulheres com Doença Arterial Coronariana Obstrutiva: um Estudo de Coorte Longitudinal by Tacianne Rolemberg Braga Delamain, José Henrique Herrmann Delamain, Sergio Luiz Navarro Braga, Ricardo Costa, Dimytri Alexandre Alvim de Siqueira, Fausto Feres, Marinella Patrizia Centemero

“…Os fatores de risco foram frequentes (hipertensão: 88%, dislipidemia: 85%, diabetes: 47,5%) e 69% foram internadas devido à SCA. O acesso radial foi usado em 59% das pacientes; 1516 vasos foram tratados com 1725 stents implantados (1,5 stents/paciente). …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Elderly Patients Undergoing Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: An Observational Cohort Study by Ahmed Hassan, Amr Yosry Emam, Mohammed Thabet, Ahmed Osman, Khaled Ahmed Shams, Mina Samir Labib, Ahmed Elguindy

“…Conclusion: Compared to younger patients, elderly patients undergoing pPCI had a higher prevalence of hypertension and CKD and were more likely to have a worse Killip class. The radial approach was utilized less often in the elderly group. …”
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