Advanced slit-lamp-assisted toric marker by Neeraj Israni, Shruti Kochar, Amol Kadu, Rwituja Thomas

“…The axis marker is a simple modification to our age-old marker, with the advantage of no touch and slit-lamp assistance, which will make it error free and easy to use. Conclusion: This innovation answers the problem of a stable, economical, and accurate marking solution. …”
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Robust Data Reconciliation in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Thermal Systems: From Framework Design to Performance Evaluation by Jiarui You, Yikang Liu, Yonghui Xie

“…Results demonstrated the effectiveness of the proposed robust data reconciliation framework, where the mean relative error (MRE) of all measurements can be reduced from 1.02% to 0.39%, and the MRE of the gross errors can even be reduced from 4.79% down to only 1.11%. …”
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Tigecycline and intravenous fosfomycin zone breakpoints equivalent to the EUCAST MIC criteria for Enterobacteriaceae by Fernando Pasteran, Celeste Lucero, Melina Rapoport, Leonor Guerriero, Irene Barreiro, Ezequiel Albornoz, Omar Veliz, Alejandra Corso

“…For the 15µg tigecycline disc, the best performance was achieved with the corresponding zone diameters of susceptible ≥ 21mm and resistant ≤ 16mm, which eliminated the very major and major errors but not the minor errors (34.4%). Conclusions: Based on these results, tigecycline and fosfomycin can be included in the routine panel of antibiotics for susceptibility testing by disc diffusion to provide fast and reliable information for the selection of treatment alternatives, especially for strains with extreme resistance, as carbapenemase producers. …”
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Peculiarities and Consequences of Different Angiographic Patterns of STEMI Patients Receiving Coronary Angiography Only: Data from a Large Primary PCI Registry by Alexandru Burlacu, Grigore Tinica, Bogdan Artene, Paul Simion, Diana Savuc, Adrian Covic

“…Patients with diagnostic errors and normal arteries displayed strong correlations with all cardiovascular risk factors. …”
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Problems of follicular thyroid carcinoma diagnostics by S. E. Titov, S. A. Lukyanov, S. V. Sergiyko, Yu. A. Veryaskina, T. E. Ilyina, E. S. Kozorezov, S. L. Vorobyov

“…The risk of malignancy at the cytological conclusion «follicular tumor» was 25.4 % (error 74.6 %). …”
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"APOPTOSIS COLOR." SCREENING STRATEGY FOR DIAGNOSIS EARLY STAGES OF PRIMARY OPEN-ANGLE GLAUCOMA by M. A. Kovalevskaya, M. I. Sergeeva

“…Control group — SITA-SWAP within the norm, Mansell test: TES = 40,1±17,3 (p<0.05), medium level of color recognition, lack of color vision absent / mild, single deviations.Conclusion: in patients with glaucoma suspicion, the score of errors was higher than in the control group with Munsell test. …”
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The mediating role of self-esteem in the relationship between nursing students’ self-efficacy in paediatric medication administration and their self-confidence-anxiety levels in cl... by Ahmet Butun, Hediye Özbay, Nilay Filoglu Ersü

“…Abstract Background Preventing medication errors and ensuring safe medication application for students to enhance their self-efficacy are important for patient safety. …”
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Comparison of manual and virtual model surgery for wafer fabrication in maxillary repositioning: an in vitro study by Junho Jung, Jongseok Shin, Joo-Young Ohe, Byung-Joon Choi

“…It aims to achieve maxillary repositioning outcomes mediated by intermediate wafers while eliminating intraoperative errors. Materials and methods Both MMS and virtual model surgery (VMS) were performed for each patient to fabricate CW and 3DW. …”
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Health literacy in relation to web-based measurement of cognitive function in the home: UK Women’s Cohort Study by Alan J Gow, Janet Cade, Darren C Greenwood, Gareth Hagger-Johnson, Stian Reimers

“…Inadequate health literacy was associated with making fewer choice reaction time errors among those providing valid data but was also associated with not providing valid data. …”
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Interoceptive signals and emotional states shape temporal perception through heart rate modulation by Maria Volodina, Maria Volodina, Anna Rusinova, Kristina Terenteva, Vladimir Kosonogov, Vladimir Kosonogov

“…Participants viewed 36 video clips designed to elicit positive, negative, or neutral emotions, and their duration estimation errors, normalized heart rates, and subjective ratings were recorded.ResultsEmotional content significantly influenced time perception. …”
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The MAR method versus the visual estimation method in predicting external blood loss: a randomized controlled study by Betul Akbuga Ozel, Gurkan Ozel, Elmas Burcu Mamak Ekinci, Ahmet Eren Demirtola, Gizem Sahin, Gokcen Aksoy, Ilke Yanikyurek, Mehmet Ufuk Karaaslan

“…Analytical tests evaluated absolute differences and percentage errors in both intergroup and intragroup comparisons. …”
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Visualization of subthalamic nucleus on susceptibility weighted imaging and the verification of accuracy by microelectrode recording by Kaijia Yu, Qi Yao, Yuanyang Wu, Jianyu Li, Lihua Shen, Xiaosu Gu, Zhongzheng Jia, Jiajia Zhang, Jianhong Shen

“…There was no significant difference in the location of the dorsal and ventral borders of the STN visualized by SWI when compared with MER data (p > 0.05). Errors for the dorsal and ventral borders of SWI-STN, as verified by MER (0.56 ± 0.32 mm and 0.72 ± 0.33 mm, respectively) were significantly lower than errors on T2w (0.75 ± 0.33 mm and 0.82 ± 0.45 mm for the dorsal and ventral borders, respectively) (p < 0.05).Conclusion3-T SWI was a superior method for delineating the STN than conventional T2w. …”
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Effectiveness of smartphone technology for detection of paediatric ocular diseases—a systematic review by Sruthi Vijendran, Yash Alok, Neetha I. R. Kuzhuppilly, Jayasheela R. Bhat, Yogish S. Kamath

“…Overall, these applications demonstrated the potential of smartphones in paediatric eye disease detection. Conclusion Smartphone applications are effective tools for detecting important causes of childhood eye disorders such as strabismus, retinopathy of prematurity, chalazion, and refractive errors. …”
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Cardioprotective effects of CoQ10 in pediatric patients with lysosomal storage disorders by Yasmine Abuzaid, Ghada Abdul Moemn Suliman, Osama Abd Rab El Rasool Toulba, Ahmed Abd El Basset Abo Elezz, Alshimaa Badraldeen, Heba Dawoud

“…Given the role of oxidative stress in many inborn errors of metabolism, many studies are evaluating oxidative stress and hence the role of antioxidants in patients with LSDs. …”
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Medium-term Results of Body Balance Trainings in Primary School-Aged Children with Generalized Joint Hypermobility and Symptomatic Mobile Flat Foot: Cohort Study by Alena Yu. Dimitrieva, Vladimir M. Kenis

“…Clinical evaluation of balance was carried out according to the BESS (Balance Error Scoring System) scale and computer pedobarometry. …”
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Restoration of the patient‐specific anatomy of the distal fibula based on a novel three‐dimensional contralateral registration method by Anna‐Katharina Calek, Sandro Hodel, Bettina Hochreiter, Arnd Viehöfer, Sandro Fucentese, Stephan Wirth, Lazaros Vlachopoulos

“…The restoration showed the highest errors using the 75% fibula segment (rotation error 3.2° (0.1–8.3); Euclidean distance 4.2 mm (3.1–5.8); Euler’s angle 5.8° (3.4–9.2)). …”
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KFESO-based composite anti-disturbance control for distributed cooperative path following of unmanned surface vehicles by Haoyu CHEN, Haixiang XU, Xiao WEI, Jian WANG, Wei CHEN

“…In terms of state estimation accuracy, the proposed method significantly improves the estimation accuracy of various state variables, enables the distributed state observer to effectively estimate the speed of the virtual leader, and achieves smaller errors in speed and control force (moment), effectively mitigating the frequent actuator response to noise.ConclusionThis method can resolve the trade-off between estimation speed and accuracy in ESO, and improve the precision of multi-USV cooperative path following.…”
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Prediction equation for hardness in heat-affected zone of X80 pipeline welds and its application by Qingmei JIANG, Liyang DENG, Hao WANG, Xiaoqiang ZHANG, Ying ZHEN, Dongdong REN

“…These results indicate a high prediction accuracy of the proposed equation. ConclusionAlthough the equation showed significant errors in predicting the extreme fluctuations and distribution of hardness, it can effectively assess the overall material properties of pipeline weld areas. …”
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Oxygen as a drug and scarce commodity: Do we use it rationally? by Linda Groenewald, Lurika Faber, Jean-Pierre Fourie, Cornelius J. Oosthuizen, Miécke Müller, Kayla van der Westhuizen, Dian D. Kapp, Righard Swanepoel, Hanneke Brits

“…A quarter of the patients possibly received oxygen therapy unnecessarily. Conclusion: Poor oxygen therapy practices were identified, including prescription errors, oxygen administration errors and oxygen wastage. …”
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Evaluation of constitutive modeling for dynamic plastic-fracture modeling of dual phase (DP590) steel sheets by F. Najafnia, H. Talebi-Ghadikolaee, A.H. Bamdad, E. Dorchepour, R. Hashemi

“…Uniaxial tension slightly increases the error rate, with Ayada and Brozzo models predicting fracture strains with errors between 5 and 7 %. …”
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