Renal transplant recipient and deceased-donor risk profiles at Wits Donald Gordon Medical Centre, Johannesburg, South Africa: A 9-year review by F van der Schyff, M Barnard, B Ströbele, M de Jager, R Britz, P Gaylard, J Loveland

“…Deceased-donor and renal recipient risk scores commonly used internationally performed poorly in predicting graft survival in our cohort, and should be used with caution in the SA setting. …”
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Archibald Henry Sayce (1845–1933) and the Transition from 19th-Century Comparative Philology to 20th-Century General Linguistics by Subbiondo Joseph L., Kilarski Marcin

“…On the other hand, his reinterpretation of examples from the languages of North America, Southern Africa, and Tasmania as evidence of the lack of abstract and generic terms not only violated his methodological assumptions but was also consistent with the common nineteenth-century practice of treating words as an index of civilizational development.…”
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The Influence of Reservoir Composition on the Pore Structure of Continental Shale: A Case Study from the Qingshankou Formation in the Sanzhao Sag of Northern Songliao Basin, NE Chi... by Jianguo Yang, Liu Wang, Shichao Li, Cheng Zuo, Fei Xiao, Yuchu Chen, Yulai Yao, Longhui Bai

“…Although the TOC contents of shale are commonly less than 2.5%, it has a good positive correlation with porosity; TOC is greater than 2.5%, and the increase of residual oil fills part of the pores, leading to a decrease in porosity with the increase of TOC. …”
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Characterization of Patients with Helicobacter pylori-Negative Peptic Ulcers by Roberto Hernández Conde, Guillermo Noa Pedroso, Carlos Domínguez Álvarez, Isabel Mora Díaz, Marcos Félix Osorio Pagola, Yagén Pomares Pérez

“…The antrum was the most common location for gastric ulcerations (92.3% negative; 90.5% positive). …”
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Comparison of Serum Zinc and Copper Concentrations in Females with Ovarian and Uterine Tumors by Hiba Ghmeedh Adhab, Liwaa Hussein Mahdi, Eman M. Al-Hilo

“…Background and Aims: Ovarian and uterine tumors are among the most serious gynecological diseases and the most common cause of mortality globally. In recent times, the role of trace elements in the onset and development of tumors has come under the review. …”
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Quality, topics, and demographic trends of animal systematic reviews - an umbrella review by Bernard Friedrich Hild, David Brüschweiler, Sophia Theodora Katharina Hild, Julia Bugajska, Viktor von Wyl, Marianna Rosso, Kimberley Elaine Wever, Eva Furrer, Benjamin Victor Ineichen

“…Results From 18‘065 records identified, we included 1‘358 animal systematic reviews in our study. These reviews commonly focus on translational research but with notable topical gaps such as schizophrenia, other psychiatric disorders, and brain tumours. …”
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Training Specialists in the Field of Innovative Financial Technologies in Russia by A. A. Tsyganov, S. V. Brovchak, Yu. A. Gorelova, L. S. Krutova

“…It is shown that in the conditions of an underdeveloped market and the initial stage of a professional community development, educational infrastructure can become a tool for market development based on a common understanding and standardization of educational competencies and programming of its further development. …”
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Ionized and total magnesium levels and health outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by Juhaina Salim Al-Maqbali, Salwa Al Harasi, Qasim Al Mamary, Henrik Falhammar, Ibrahim Al-Zakwani, Mohammed Al Za’abi, Abdullah M. Al Alawi

“…An iMg/tMg ratio above 80% was associated with elevated HbA1c levels, while ratios below 60% were associated with diabetic retinopathy and hypertension. Dysmagnesemia was common among patients with T2DM. The iMg/tMg ratio was associated with diabetic control and presence of complications. …”
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Preoperative myosteatosis and perioperative serum chloride levels predict 180 day major complications after radical cystectomy by Wassapol Sornthai, Achiraya Teyateeti, Tawatchai Taweemonkongsap, Siros Jitpraphai, Varat Woranisarakul, Kantima Jongjitaree, Katunyou Mahamongkol, Nattaporn Wanvimolkul, Thitipat Hansomwong

“…Among the cohort, 30.7% of patients experienced major complications within 90 days, and 36.2% within 180 days. Sepsis was the most common major complication (19 of 241 complications, 7.9%). …”
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Clinical Benefits of Metronomic Chemotherapy in Platinum-Refractory, Recurrent, and Metastatic Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma by Amira Elwan, Adel Bakry, Mohamed Eesa, Hoda Ismail, Mohamed Alnemr

“…Kaplan Meier curve was used to show the survival/Wilcoxon signed-rank test.Results: The most common observable toxicity findings were grade 1 plus grade 2 fatigue in 49 (52.1%), oral mucositis in 40 patients (42.5%), and anemia in 37 patients (39.4%) in the absence of notified grade 3 or 4 toxicities. 20 patients out of 94 exhibited complete responses (CRs). …”
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Lung Function Abnormalities in Sickle Cell Anaemia by Yvonne A. Dei-Adomakoh, Jane S. Afriyie-Mensah, Audrey Forson, Martin Adadey, Thomas A. Ndanu, Joseph K. Acquaye

“…Abnormalities in lung function tests have been shown to commonly occur in a majority of patients with sickle cell disease (SCD) even at steady state. …”
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Time-varying harmonic impedance estimation based on locally-geographically weighted regression by XU Fangwei, XIE Pei′ang, WANG Chuan, LIU Kai, GUO Kai, FAN Lijuan

“…In existing estimation methods for utility harmonic impedance, it is commonly assumed that the harmonic impedance remains invariant, which often diverges from actual conditions. …”
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Care coordination across healthcare systems: development of a research agenda, implications for practice, and recommendations for policy based on a modified Delphi panel by Aneesa Motala, Susanne Hempel, Michelle Wong, Maria Bolshakova, Ning Fu, David Ganz, Sonali Saluja, Timothy Kim, Carolyn Turvey, Kristina Cordasco, Aashna Basu, Tonya Page, Reshma Mahmood, Jenny Barnard, Isomi M Miake-Lye

“…We introduced common care scenarios and differentiated recommendations for a large (main) healthcare organisation and external healthcare professionals that contribute additional care.Participants The panel composition included health service providers, decision makers, patients and care community, and researchers. …”
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OA-MEN: a fusion deep learning approach for enhanced accuracy in knee osteoarthritis detection and classification using X-Ray imaging by Xiaolu Ren, Xiaolu Ren, Lingxuan Hou, Shan Liu, Peng Wu, Siming Liang, Haitian Fu, Chengquan Li, Ting Li, Yongjing Cheng

“…Radiographs function as a common modality for primary screening; however, traditional X-ray evaluation of osteoarthritis confronts challenges such as reduced sensitivity, subjective interpretation, and heightened misdiagnosis rates. …”
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An assessment of awareness, knowledge and perception of monkeypox (mpox) disease among internet users in Nigeria: a cross-sectional survey by Omotayo Olojede, Damola Bakare, Abiodun Sogbesan, Julius Salako, Ayobami Bakare

“…Across Northern and Southern Nigeria, most respondents (87.7% and 86.7% respectively) identified contact with the body fluid of an infected person (84.9%) as the means of transmission and fever (80.9%) as the most common symptom.  More than half of respondents (52.2%) in both regions had good knowledge scores (≥ mean score of 10). …”
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Circumventing cigarette regulation: Product characteristics of cigarette-like cigarillos on the Dutch market by Jeroen L. A. Pennings, Charlotte G. G. M. Pauwels, Erna Schenk, Reinskje Talhout

“…Methods We analyzed product data notified by manufacturers via the European Common Entry Gate system (EU-CEG), as extracted on the 1 June 2022. …”
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THE COLLABORATIVE DESIGNING OF A PERSONALIZED HYBRID LMS USING A VIRTUAL MACHINE IN A CLOUD ENVIRONMENT by Lina Čeponienė, Péter Galambos, Tamás Haidegger, Dariusz Mikulowski, Branislav Mišota, Oliver Moravcik, Enikő Nagy, Mariya P. Shyshkina, Pavel Smolka, Stefan Svetsky

“…As part of collaborative research in the field of technology-enhanced education and e-Learning design, the international team in the V4 EDUPORT project is implementing a personalized hybrid system on the IT infrastructure consisting of a specially designed desktop application WPad or web application (PIKS) and a common shared remote computer (virtual computer on a cloud server with Windows 2022). …”
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Hip Strength, Change of Direction, and Falls in Recreational Pickleball Players by Betsy Myers, June Hanks

“… # Conclusion Falls are common among recreational pickleball players, particularly older players. …”
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ACUPRESSURE AND AROMATIC GINGER HERB FOR A MIGRAINE by Mayla Khayra Al ‘Amali, Ario Imandiri, Sukardiman Sukardiman

“…Headaches are one of the most common disorders of the nervous system. It has been estimated that 47% of the adult population experience headaches at least once in the past year in general. …”
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Education Phenomenon in Terms of “Metaphysics of Man” by G. K. Saikina

“…Scheler’s concept of an “educated creature” was taken as an example of a bearer of a metaphysical relation to education, the essential features of which are ontological participation, the culture of the soul, openness to others, and living integrity, freedom, decency, guidance by common sense. The novel nature of the study is in the substantiation of the heuristic meaning of the comparative analysis of the institutional and metaphysical dimensions (modes of existence, aspects) of the educational process, which appeared to us in the form of individual models of education. …”
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