Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease and Coronary Heart Disease: Is There a “Mutual Burden” Syndrome? by O. P. Alekseeva, D. V. Pikulev

“…The combination of CHD and GERD is a common clinical situation. In recent years, more and more information has appeared indicating a non-accidental character of the comorbidity of both diseases. …”
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Integrity of Best-Answer Assignments in Large Enrollment Classes; the role of Compulsory Attribution by Kurt Schmitz, Veda Storey

“…However, cheating is regularly confirmed at disturbingly high levels, and commonly used content comparison tools are unsuited to identify original authors of best-answer assignments. …”
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Profile of Torso Trauma Following Road Traffic Accidents by Nandkishor Shinde, Vikram Siddareddy, Mohammed Abdul Baseer, Afia Kauser, Ayeesha Uzma

“…Data were collected on demographics injury characteristics presentation hemodynamic stability investigations treatments and outcomes.Results Among 500 trauma patients road traffic accidents involving four-wheelers were most common 38. Blunt trauma occurred in 77.6 of cases. …”
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Criminalistics characteristics of arms trafficking offences committed by organised groups and criminal organisations by R. E. Veliiev

“…The article identifies which criminal offences fall into the category of those related to illicit arms trafficking and are the most common in the recorded proportion of criminal offences committed by organised groups and criminal organisations. …”
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Applying cognitive diagnostic models to mechanics concept inventories by Vy Le, Jayson M. Nissen, Xiuxiu Tang, Yuxiao Zhang, Amirreza Mehrabi, Jason W. Morphew, Hua Hua Chang, Ben Van Dusen

“…Finally, we then tested and refined this coding using a common cognitive diagnostic model, the deterministic inputs, noisy “and” gate model. …”
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Risk Assessment of Trace Element Contamination in Drinking Water and Agricultural Soil: A Study in Selected Chronic Kidney Disease of Unknown Etiology (CKDu) Endemic Areas in Sri L... by W. P. R. T. Perera, M. D. N. R. Dayananda, D. M. U. C. Dissanayake, R. A. S. D. Rathnasekara, W. S. M. Botheju, J. A. Liyanage, S. K. Weragoda, K. A. M. Kularathne

“…This study evaluates the contamination status of heavy metals/metalloids of the drinking water and agricultural soil in two CKDu endemic areas compared with a reference area in Sri Lanka based on common indexes and attribute of the commonly used fertilizers evaluated to identify the basic sources of toxic metals in the agricultural soil. …”
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Performance Evaluation and Microstructure Study of Pervious Concrete Prepared from Various Solid Waste Admixtures by Yi Li, Jiong Zhang, Jie Ding, Feng-zhen Chen, Ming-zhu Liu, Jia Liu, Zhao Hou

“…Abstract Solid waste materials (SWM) are commonly used in the preparation of building materials due to their structural characteristics and chemical composition. …”
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Anal Sphincter Function After Hemorrhoidectomy by A. M. Kuzminov, O. Yu. Fomenko, I. A. Mukhin, S. A. Frolov, D. V. Vyshegorodtsev, V. Yu. Korolik, S. T. Minbaev, S. V. Belousova

“…The haemorrhoid disease is one of the most common human diseases and the most common reason for visiting a coloproctologist. …”
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Traumatic Dental Injuries: Clinical Case Presentation and a 10-Year Epidemiological Investigation in an Italian Dental Emergency Service by Alberto Murri Dello Diago, Luigi Generali, Roberto Apponi, Vittorio Colombini, Vittorio Checchi

“…Traumatic dental injuries (TDIs) are very common in the world population, and international literature reports several studies which helped in the definition of international guidelines. …”
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Self-Limiting OX513A Aedes aegypti Demonstrate Full Susceptibility to Currently Used Insecticidal Chemistries as Compared to Indian Wild-Type Aedes aegypti by Prabhakargouda B. Patil, Kevin J. Gorman, Shaibal K. Dasgupta, K. V. Seshu Reddy, Shirish R. Barwale, Usha B. Zehr

“…The results confirm that, aside from historical resistance to DDT, OX513A has retained full sensitivity to these commonly used compounds and exhibits responses akin to those of susceptible Indian wild-type strains.…”
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Case Report: Combined Autoimmune Pancreatitis, Ulcerative Colitis and Sclerosing Cholangitis in 28-y.o. Patient by A. R. Khurmatullina, A. V. Okhlobystin, L. N. Androsova, R. T. Rzayev, A. S. Tertychnyy, A. P. Kiryukhin, O. Z. Okhlobystina, M. S. Zharkova, O. S. Shifrin, V. T. Ivashkin

“…This required differential diagnostics between PSC with IgG4 elevation, UC and type 2 autoimmune pancreatitis (AIP) (more common in European population) on one hand and IgG4-associated systemic disease (more common in Asian population) with bile ducts, pancreas and large intestine involvement on the other. …”
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Effects of Purple and Green-Colored Bottle Traps on Captures of Ambrosia Beetles in Ornamental Nurseries by Ramkumar Govindaraju, Shimat V. Joseph

“…Because the colorless bottle trap is commonly used to monitor ambrosia beetles in ornamental nurseries, it is unclear if adding purple or green, commonly used for collecting cerambycids and buprestids, would improve adult <i>X. crassiusculus</i> and <i>X. germanus</i> captures. …”
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Fast binary logistic regression by Nurdan Ayse Saran, Fatih Nar

“…Furthermore, to address the common problem of collinear features, we apply singular value decomposition (SVD), resulting in a low-rank representation commonly used to reduce computational complexity while preserving essential features and mitigating noise. …”
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Microplastic and human health with focus on pediatric well-being: a comprehensive review and call for future studies by Rogers Wainkwa Chia, Ntegang Venant Atem, Jin-Yong Lee, Jihye Cha

“…These studies found that milk and infant formulas are common sources of MP exposure in infants. Infant formula is the dominant source of MPs in babies, while plastic toys are a common source of MPs in toddlers. …”
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Adaptive Frequency Regulation of Doubly-Fed Pumped Storage Unit Considering Speed and Power Limit by LAO Wenjie, SHI Linjun, WU Feng, YANG Dongmei, LI Yang

“…First, based on the dynamic model of the unit considering reversible pump turbine, the frequency regulation modules are built, in which the frequency deviation is converted to additional power command in generating mode but to additional speed command in pumping mode. …”
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Distinct relative abundances in pathogens detected in mechanically ventilated patients with suspected pneumonia in the intensive care unit at King Abdulaziz University Hospital by Haifa Algethamy, Diyaa H. Bokhary, Ibrahim Abushoshah, Abdulrahman A. Alalyani, Maan K. Baamer, Dalya M. Attallah, Ruba M. Alotaibi, Shehla N. Amin, Shaza A. Mass, Nisreen R. Tashkandy

“…K. pneumoniae and S. maltophilia were the most common taxa detected in the samples, although some variations in microbial composition were observed. …”
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Association of Acute Kidney Injury with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Preterm Infants by Saime Hacer OZDEMIR, Husnu Fahri OVALI

“…Objective: Bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) is among the most common complications of prematurity and is associated with high morbidity and mortality rates. …”
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Uncovering antidepressant prescription patterns: a three-year analysis of outpatient trends by Hossein Karami, Reza Mehrizi, Mohammad Effatpanah, Azamsadat Rivandi, Rajabali Daroudi, Nezam Armand, Leila Ghamkhar

“…Results SSRIs were the most commonly prescribed class, accounting for 63.71% of prescriptions, with sertraline being the most common drug (24.65%). …”
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A Rare Cause of Pain in a Patient Following Roux-en-Y Choledochojejunostomy by Kristiana Sather, Matthew Wheelwright, Guru Trikudanathan, Gregory Beilman

“…Sump syndrome is a rare complication following bilioenteric anastomosis, most commonly following choledochoduodenostomy. This is only the third case in the literature of sump syndrome of the distal common bile duct (CBD) following end-to-side Roux-en-Y choledochojejunostomy (RYCJ). …”
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Machine learning based predictive model and genetic mutation landscape for high-grade colorectal neuroendocrine carcinoma: a SEER database analysis with external validation by Ruixin Wu, Ruixin Wu, Sihao Chen, Sihao Chen, Yi He, Yi He, Ya Li, Song Mu, Aishun Jin, Aishun Jin

“…Molecular data with the most common mutations in CNEC were extracted from the Catalogue of Somatic Mutations in Cancer (COSMIC) database.ResultsIn this prognostic analysis, the data from 714 participants with HCNEC were evaluated. …”
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