Inequities in Access to Tricuspid Valve Treatments by Colin M. Barker, MD, Lisa S. Kemp, PhD, Melissa Mancilla, MBA, Sarah Mollenkopf, MPH, Candace Gunnarsson, PhD, Michael Ryan, MS, Guy David, PhD

“…We created 10 scenarios based on low, medium, and high hospital volumes for combinations of transcatheter aortic valve replacement, transcatheter edge-to-edge repair, tricuspid and mitral valve procedures. …”
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Surgical Management of Thumb Carpometacarpal Osteoarthritis: A Systematic Review, Network Meta-analysis, and Longitudinal Analysis of Surgical Complications by Annora Ai-Wei Kumar, BBioMedSc, Matthew Lawson-Smith, MBBCh BAO

“…Methods: A systematic review was performed, and the Medline, EMBASE, and SCOPUS databases were searched. Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) investigating the surgical management of CMC OA were included. …”
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Experimental and machine learning based analysis of pervious concrete enhanced with fly ash and silica fume by Siva Shanmukha Anjaneya Babu Padavala, Siva Avudaiappan, Venkatesh Noolu

“…Experimental investigations were performed using FA replacement levels of 20 %, 30 % and 40 %; and SF replacement levels of 7.5 %, 10 % and 15 % to determine optimal mix proportions for compressive strength, flexural strength, split tensile strength evaluation. …”
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Seroprevalence of transfusion transmissible infections among blood donors by chemiluminescent assay in a tertiary care centre by Raja Sundaramoorthy, Ramesh Arunagiri, Vithiya Ganesan, Sethuammal Perumal, Rajendran Tiruvanamalai, Jhansi Charles

“…Voluntary donors were 68.7%; replacement donors 31.3%. Voluntary donation increased by 3% in 2016 (69.7%) vs 2015 (67.1%). …”
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Effect of Different Dietary Doses of Black Soldier Fly Meal on Performance and Egg Quality in Free-Range Reared Laying Hens by Carlos Romero, Juan Carlos Cenalmor, Susana Chamorro, César Redondo

“…Therefore, this study evaluated the effect of this dietary replacement on laying performance, egg quality, and yolk nutritional composition in free-range reared hens. (2) Methods: Three diets were formulated: a control diet with 210 g/kg of soybean meal, a diet with 105 g/kg of soybean meal and 80 g/kg of BSF meal, and a diet with 160 g/kg of BSF meal. …”
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Development of sustainable sandcrete bricks using industrial and agricultural waste by Bamidele Charles Olaiya, Mustapha Muhammad Lawan, Kolawole Adisa Olonade, Sani Aliyu Abubakar

“…After casting and curing the bricks under controlled conditions, they underwent mechanical and durability testing. …”
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Establishment of Occupational Health Related Files in Laboratory Animal Institutions by XU Chao, SUN Qiufang, SHAO Qiming

“…These include: documents outlining the responsibility system for occupational disease prevention and control; occupational hygiene management systems and standard operating procedures, lists of types of occupational disease hazard factors in workplaces, their distribution by job distribution, and records of work exposure, basic information on occupational disease prevention and emergency rescue facilities, along with records of their allocation, usage, maintenance, inspection and replacement; records concerning the provision, distribution, maintenance and replacement of personal protective equipment (PPE); and reports on occupational disease hazard incidents; and corresponding emergency response records—amounting to twelve specific requirements in total. …”
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Impact of GGBS on the rheology and mechanical behavior of pumpable concrete by Hanzlah Akhlaq, Hanzlah Akhlaq, Tianbo Peng, Tianbo Peng, Muhammad Mubashir Ajmal, Muhammad Salman Khan, Mamoon Riaz

“…The splitting tensile and flexural strength results followed similar trends, demonstrating optimal performance at 40% GGBS replacement. This study confirms that the controlled use of GGBS in pumpable concrete enhances both fresh and hardened properties while promoting sustainability by reducing OPC consumption and associated carbon emissions. …”
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Three Years of Experience with the STELLA Robotic Observatory by Thomas Granzer, Michael Weber, Klaus G. Strassmeier

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Effectiveness of preformed physical factors in the correction of dry eye syndrome after phacoemulsification: a randomized trial by Marina K. Shulikova, Irina P. Shurygina

“…Patients, depending on the treatment, were divided into three groups of 30 people (30 eyes).In the control group, patients received standard tear replacement therapy (RT) with Stillavit 4 times a day for 7 days,in the comparison group — in addition to ST 7 procedures of low-frequency magnetic therapy in the orbital area and in the main group — TRT was expanded by the complex application of low-frequency magnetic therapy to the orbital area and medicinal electrophoresis (EP) of the Taufon using the orbital-occipital technique for 7 daily procedures performed daily. …”
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Analysis of Echocardiography Indicators Depending on the Type of Surgical Correction of the Mitral Valve in Patients with Ischemic Heart Disease by Volodymyr S. Moroz, Vasyl V. Lazoryshynets

“…The division into study groups was performed retrospectively, according to the mitral valve operation performed: plasty (experimental group) or replacement (control group). Results. We identified the features of the main echocardiographic data that guide the cardiologist when choosing the tactics of surgical correction of the mitral valve. …”
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Impact of Pumice Substitution on Mortar Properties: A Case Study on Mechanical Performance and XRD Analysis by Pablo Julián López-Gonzalez, Rodrigo Vivar-Ocampo, Humberto Raymundo González-Moreno, Oscar Moreno-Vazquez, Efrén Meza-Ruíz, Sergio Aurelio Zamora-Castro, David Reyes-González, Joaquin Sangabriel-Lomeli

“…This research examines the mechanical behavior and microstructural features of alternative mortars in which pumice acts as a partial cement replacement. By applying the Taguchi methodology, nine mortar mix variations were assessed at different pumice replacement rates (15%, 25%, and 50%), and their mechanical strength was compared against a control mixture without substitution. …”
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Analysis of the Dynamics of a Cubic Nonlinear Five-Dimensional Memristive Chaotic System and the Study of Reduced-Dimensional Synchronous Masking by Lina Ding, Pan Wang

“…Finally, the synchronization of the dimensionality reduction system and the confidential transmission of the image are achieved, using the control voltage of the system to replace the internal state variables of the memristor to achieve the one-dimensional reduction process, and an adaptive synchronization controller is designed to synchronize the system before and after the dimensionality reduction. …”
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The relationship between multiple plasma biomarker levels and renal disease activity in Fabry disease by Seyda Gul Ozcan, Necmi Eren, Mevlut Tamer Dincer, Zeynep Atli, Murat Bolayirli, Metin Ergul, Hakan Ozer, Kultigin Turkmen, Sinan Trabulus, Nurhan Seyahi

“…Fabry patients on renal replacement therapy were analyzed as a subgroup. Primary analyses focused on 62 Fabry patients receiving enzyme replacement therapy. …”
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The Impact of Acquired Hypothyroidism on the Growth and Metabolic Profiles of Pediatric Patients: A Retrospective Monocentric Study by Elena Malavolta, Ignazio Cammisa, Giulia Rotunno, Lucia Celeste Pane, Federica Arzilli, Giorgio Sodero, Donato Rigante, Clelia Cipolla

“…We also included 104 healthy controls who underwent thyroid function testing during the same period, followed up in the same department for regular auxological check-ups. …”
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Optimization of a sustainable composition of fine-grained concrete for 3D-printing with partial substitution of sand with fly ash and slag waste by Murat A. Rakhimov, Zulfiya A. Aubakirova, Aliya K. Aldungarova, Ignacio Menéndez Pidal de Navascués, Zhangazy N. Moldamuratov

“…Experimental mixtures with 25% and 50% sand replacement showed reduced density and strength compared to the control mix. …”
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The Influence of the Addition of Multi-Scale Zirconia on the Properties of Ultra-High-Performance Concretes by Qilin Wang, Haifeng Liu, Yongtao Zhang, Peishuai Chen, Jianwu Gong, Yu Zhong, Ran Gao, Jinnan Lei, Haiyang Yu, Lingya Tang

“…Findings reveal that replacing 0.5% of the cement with MZ and NZ results in workability and mechanical performance comparable to the control mix. …”
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Copper-enriched hydroxyapatite coatings obtained by high-velocity suspension flame spraying. Effect of various gas parameters on biocompatibility by Long-Quan R. V. Le, M. Carolina Lanzino, Matthias Blum, Anika Höppel, Ali Al-Ahmad, Andreas Killinger, Rainer Gadow, Wolfgang Rheinheimer, Michael Seidenstuecker

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Risk factors, management and outcomes for peritoneal dialysis access damage by Ruoxi Liao, Xueli Zhou, Xia Liu, Xueqin He, Li Pu, Dengyan Ma, Hui Zhong

“…Managements included cutting and repairing (N = 24), transfer set replacement (N = 11), catheter removal (N = 9) and catheter replacement (N = 4). …”
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Thin GB14 coatings on implants using HVSFS by Maria Carolina Lanzino, Long-Quan R. V. Le, Janka Wilbig, Wolfgang Rheinheimer, Michael Seidenstuecker, Jens Günster, Andreas Killinger

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