Impact of re-operation on progression-free survival in patients with recurrent GBM: Experience in a tertiary referral center. by Houssein Darwish, Tasnim Diab, Sarah Kawtharani, Mounir Barake, Bader Ali, Nagham Ramadan, Hiba Fadlallah, Jeannot Kekedjian, Marwan Najjar, Hazem I Assi

“…Remarkably, complications following the initial surgery emerged as a significant factor associated with the decision not to undergo reoperation (p = 0.018). The most common complications following both initial and subsequent surgeries included DVT, weakness, seizures, and wound leakage and infection. …”
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Hubungan Antara Tingkat Aktivitas Fisik dengan Fungsi Kognitif pada Usila di Kelurahan Jati Kecamatan Padang Timur by Milfa Sari Muzamil, Afriwardi ., Rose Dinda Martini

“…<br />Kata kunci: fungsi kognitif, aktivitas fisik, usia lanjut</p><p>Abstract<br />Cognitive impairment is common and highly age-related in the world. The prevalence of cognitive impairment is high in the country with high proportion of elderly. …”
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Risk factors associated with degenerative glenohumeral osteoarthritis by Ravi Prakash, Nitin B Jain, Ziyi Chen, Folefac D Atem, Michael S Khazzam, Rashmi Pathak, Daniel Tai, Ursa BezanPetric, Estefanie Garduno Rapp

“…Objective Glenohumeral (GH) osteoarthritis (OA) is the third most common large joint disease, after hip and knee OA. …”
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When can cancer patient treatment nonadherence be considered intentional or unintentional? A scoping review. by Leon Wreyford, Raj Gururajan, Xujuan Zhou

“…An aim of meta-ethnography is to identify common and refuted themes across studies. This is not a mixed methods study, but due to a limited qualitativevidence base and to broaden findings, the qualitative elements (author interpretations) found within relevant quantitative studies have been included.…”
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The Malayan Landscape Paintings by Sarena Abdullah, Yuen Beng Lee

“…Traveller artists who arrived in Malaya and Singapore during the 18th and 19th centuries illustrated various subject matters that they observed. The most common examples included tropical flora and fauna, various views and landscapes, British residences, and so on. …”
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INTERNATIONAL AND NATIONAL LEGAL MECHANISMS OF JUDICIAL LIABILITY IN THE CONDITIONS OF ECONOMIC GLOBALISATION OF MODERN SOCIETY by Konul Akhundova

“…The employment of a comparative legal methodology has facilitated the identification of both common and distinctive characteristics in both international and national legislation. …”
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Prospective Evaluation of Results of Surgical Treatment of Patients with Idiopathic Macular Hole by Phacovitrectomy and Combined Cataract and Vitrectomy Surgery by Kinga Tochman-Kanty, Monika Jasielska, Jerzy Mackiewicz

“…There were no statistically significant differences between phacovitrectomy and the combined procedure in terms of the improvement achieved in the values of distance visual acuity parameters, near vision and retinal sensitivity in the macula 12 months after trans pars plana vitrectomy. A common feature of patients with worse results on individual variables was a longer duration of the disease and a larger size of the hole prior vitrectomy.…”
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Blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm: a Swiss case series of a very rare disease and a structured review of the literature by Ramona Meier-Lienhard, Cosima Suter, Thomas Pabst, Felicitas Hitz, Jakob R. Passweg, Olivier Spertini, Nathan Cantoni, Daniel Betticher, Lucas Simeon, Michael Medinger, Stefanie Hayoz, Adrian Schmidt

“…Upfront allogenic transplantation as well as ALL regimens performed best, with response to first-line therapy clearly associated with better overall survival. The Swiss cohort contained 26 patients (23 males and 3 females) over 18 years (2005–2022). …”
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Advances in machine learning applications to resource technology for organic solid waste by Hongzhi MA, Yichan LIU, Jihua ZHAO, Fan FEI, Ming GAO, Qunhui WANG

“…This study explores a range of commonly used ML models, including artificial neural network (ANN), support vector machine (SVM), decision tree, random forest, and extreme gradient boosting (XGBoost). …”
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Reflections by a member of the Editorial Board by Kevin T. Smith

“…We see the journal as a tool to support research and development of specific technologies, as well as to develop common terminology. I would like to use this opportunity to sketch out how I came to be involved with wood science in Slovenia. …”
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The effect of prone positioning on maternal haemodynamics and fetal wellbeing in the third trimester-A primary cohort study with a scoping review. by Laura Ormesher, Jessica Catchpole, Linda Peacock, Heather Pitt, Anastasia Fabian-Hunt, Dexter Hayes, Claudia Popp, Jason M Carson, Raoul van Loon, Lynne Warrander, Karli Büchling, Alexander E P Heazell

“…However, fetal accelerations were less common in prone position (86% vs 95%, p = 0.03). Anxiety was reduced after the procedure, compared to beforehand (p = 0.002), despite a marginal decline in comfort (p = 0.04).The model predicted that if occlusion of the inferior vena cava occurred, the sBP, dBP and CO would generally decrease. …”
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Optimization of Key Parameters for Coal Seam L-CO₂ Phase Transition Blasting Based on Response Surface Methodology by Xuanping Gong, Xiaoyu Cheng, Cheng Cheng, Quangui Li, Jizhao Xu, Yu Wang

“…This study systematically investigates the key process parameters of L-CO₂ phase transition blasting in deep coal seams using response surface methodology and numerical simulation. First, three commonly used L-CO₂ blasting tubes with the overpressure of 150 MPa, 210 MPa, and 270 MPa were selected, and the corresponding material parameters and state equations were established. …”
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Transconjunctival correction of involutional entropion: A video demonstration by Neelam Pushker, B. Mounica, Sahil Agrawal

“…Background: Involution or aging is the most common cause of lower eyelid entropion (in-turning of eyelid margin) in the elderly population. …”
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The Malayan Landscape Paintings by Sarena Abdullah, Yuen Beng Lee

“…Traveller artists who arrived in Malaya and Singapore during the 18th and 19th centuries illustrated various subject matters that they observed. The most common examples included tropical flora and fauna, various views and landscapes, British residences, and so on. …”
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Effect of temporal water restrictions on drinking behavior and time budget in lactating dairy cows according to their position in the social hierarchy within the herd by E. Nizzi, O. Dhumez, C. Hurtaud, A. Boudon

“…This study examined how different types of temporary water restriction, similar to those commonly encountered on farms, may affect the individual behavior and physiological dehydration status of cows and whether these effects could differ according to the cow's position in the social hierarchy of the group. …”
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Traditional and Non-Traditional Risk Factors of Acute Coronary Syndrome in Young Women: Evidence from the ANCORS-YW Study by Ibdah R, Al-Nusair M, Abuhalimeh R, Mahmoud SA, Laswi B, Rawashdeh S, Hamoudeh A, Kheirallah KA

“…Bivariate analyses and logistic regression models were used to predict independent risk factors of ACS using adjusted odds ratios (AOR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI).Results: The study included 572 young women (≤ 50-years) with a median age of 45-years, divided into an ACS group (n=154, 26.9%) and a control group with no atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (n=418, 73.1%). The most common presentation of ACS was non-ST-elevation ACS (n=98, 64%). …”
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Identification of the optimal candidates to benefit from surgery and chemotherapy among elderly female breast cancer patients with bone metastases by Yuchen Hu, Junfeng Tang, Xiaofeng Liu, Yusheng Sun, Baojun Gong, Qing Gao

“…Abstract Breast cancer is currently the most common malignant tumor affecting women’s health worldwide. …”
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A Case Study Identified a New Mutation in the TTN Gene for Inherited Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy by Dong J, Liu M, Chen Q, Zha L

“…Jiangtao Dong,1– 4,&ast; Meilin Liu,1– 3,&ast; Qianwen Chen,1– 3,5 Lingfeng Zha1– 3 1Department of Cardiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, People’s Republic of China; 2Hubei Key Laboratory of Biological Targeted Therapy, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, People’s Republic of China; 3Hubei Provincial Engineering Research Center of Immunological Diagnosis and Therapy for Cardiovascular Diseases, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430022, People’s Republic of China; 5Department of Pediatric Cardiology, Maternal and Child Health Hospital of Hubei Province, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430070, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Lingfeng Zha, Department of Cardiology, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, 1277 Jiefang Avenue, Wuhan, 430022, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86-15827177185, Email zhalf@hust.edu.cnBackground: Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common hereditary cardiomyopathy, with variable pathogenesis, clinical presentation, and prognosis. …”
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Spectrum and trends of cancer among HIV patients in Southwestern Uganda. by Raymond Atwine, Mitala Yekosani, Abraham Birungi, Brian Ssenkumba, Barbra Tuhamize, Richard Ezinga, Keneth Male, Taseera Kabanda

“…<h4>Results</h4>Males were more common at 64.5% while the median age was 37 years (IQR 29-47 years). …”
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Biogas quality and nutrient remediation in palm oil mill effluent through Chlorella vulgaris cultivation using a photobioreactor by T. Handayani, I.N. Djarot, N. Widyastuti, F.D. Arianti, A. Rifai, A.I. Sitomurni, M.M.A. Nur, R.N. Dewi, N. Nuha, J. Haryanti, D. Pinardi, Y. Suryana, A. Aziz, E. Syamsudin, T. Rochmadi, P.A. Lomak, A. Hadi, M.D. Pertiwi, E. Yuniastuti, N.A. Putri

“…The biogas can be further refined into biomethane, a valuable resource commonly used in transportation and power generation. …”
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