Microbial profile and associated factors of external ocular bacterial and fungal infections in Arba Minch General Hospital: a cross-sectional study by Melat Woldemariam, Addis Aklilu, Aseer Manilal, Masresha Mengistu, Dagimawie Tadesse, Munira Siraj, Ashraf Atef Hatamleh, Bassam Khalid Alnafisi, Akbar Idhayadhulla

“…Abstract External ocular infections are of serious global concern, which cause significant visual morbidity and even blindness, particularly in low-income and resource-limited countries. …”
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Antimicrobial activity of copper-nickel coated door handles: a blinded, randomized controlled study in a clinical setting by Idelevich, Evgeny A., Schlattmann, Andreas, Sauerland, Cristina, Gebert, Carsten, Becker, Karsten

“…Statistically significant differences (p<0.05) were obtained for time points 4 h and 12 h. Conclusion: Our data indicate a trend of reduced bacterial and overall bioburden on copper-nickel-coated door handles. …”
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Comparative study of arthroscopic autologous cancellous bone grafting and medial malleolar osteotomy combined with autologous periosteal iliac bone grafting for the treatment of os... by Xinyu Tang, Xinkun Han, Haitao Fu, Youliang Shen, Dongfang Zhang, Qinwei Guo, Chao Qi

“…Methods A retrospective analysis of clinical data from patients who underwent surgical treatment for Hepple IV-V OLT (2020–2023) was conducted. …”
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Survival outcomes of hybrid total hip replacement following failed proximal femoral nail antirotation: a retrospective study with a median 10-year follow-up by Yannan Chen, Zhifen Lai, Weiguang Yu, Xianshang Zeng, Mingdong Zhao, Guangquan Zhu

“…Additionally, we aimed to analyze secondary outcomes, including patient-reported experiences quantified by the EuroQol Visual Analogue Scale (EQ-VAS) and the Likert pain scale. …”
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Effects of varying longitudinal bending stiffness in running shoes on lower limb biomechanics of elite marathon runners by Hailiang Yang, Hailiang Yang, Yuhui Cai, Kuang Li, Xiangdong Wang, Tao Liu

“…Kinematic and kinetic data were synchronously collected using the VICON motion capture system and three AMTI force plates. …”
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Midterm Outcomes of Transfibular Total Ankle Arthroplasty: Clinical and Radiographic Analysis of 130 Cases with Minimum 5-Year Follow-Up by Jonathan Day MD, Amanda N. Fletcher MD, MSc, Morgan Motsay BS, Maggie K. Manchester BS, Mark Arthur MD, Zijun Zhang PhD, MD, Lew C. Schon MD

“…Patient demographics and perioperative data were collected. PROMs included: 12-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-12) physical (PCS) and mental (MCS) component scores, Ankle Osteoarthritis Scale (OAS), and Visual Analog Scale (VAS). …”
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Efficacy of local injection therapy with hyaluronic acid of different molecular weight in patients with knee osteoarthritis by V. E. Bialik, E. I. Bialik, M. A. Makarov, S. A. Makarov, V. A. Nesterenko

“…Intra-articular administration of hyaluronic acid (HA) is one of the methods of conservative treatment of knee osteoarthritis (OA). However, the data of its efficacy in the modern literature are contradictory.Objective: to assess the efficacy of intra-articular administration of HA preparations with different molecular weight in the treatment of patients with knee OA and to study the factors that can influence the effectiveness of such therapy.Subjects and methods. …”
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A rare case of a long-lived patient with Canavan syndrome by Giuseppe Liardi, Salvatore Dongiovanni, Michelangelo Carucci, Valentina Andreozzi, Connye Mattera, Federica Quadro, Gennaro Calafiore, Sabrina Gentile, Nicoletta Liardi

“…This accumulation will result in oligodendrocyte dysfunction, axonal myelin degeneration and cerebral spongiform changes [3]. Sufficient data is unavailable to calculate the prevalence [4]. …”
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The effectiveness of the REAL™, a school-based, virtual reality-integrated social emotional learning intervention to promote mental health for early Malaysian adolescents by Aimi Nur Athira Putri Baharuddin, Nik Ruzyanei Nik Jaafar, Normala Ibrahim, Abdul Rahman Ahmad Badayai, Hajar Mohd Salleh Sahimi, Nurul Ain Mohamad Kamal, Nur Husna Ismail, Ely Salwana, Mohd Pilus Abdullah, Mohd ‘Ammar Ihsan Ahmad Zamzuri

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Radiomic study on preoperative multi‐modal magnetic resonance images identifies IDH‐mutant TERT promoter‐mutant gliomas by Haoyu Wang, Shuxin Zhang, Xiang Xing, Qiang Yue, Wentao Feng, Siliang Chen, Jun Zhang, Dan Xie, Ni Chen, Yanhui Liu

“…A total of 3654 radiomic features were extracted from the preoperative multimodal MRI images (T1c, FLAIR, and ADC maps) and filtered in a data‐driven approach. The discovery cohort was split into training and test sets by a 4:1 ratio. …”
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Double-level knee valgization osteotomy has high survivorship and a low complication rate in a single-center series of 58 cases with a mean clinical follow-up of 10 years by Ahmed Mabrouk, Michael Risebury, Sam Yasen

“…Radiographic findings from available imaging data were positive, although long-term imaging was not consistently obtained. …”
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Optimal exercise temporal parameters of Traditional Chinese Exercises for cognitive function of older adults with mild cognitive impairment: a systematic review and dose–response m... by Qingpan Wen, Qin Luo, Yangjun Liu, Lu Li, Marcin Białas, Dominika Wilczyńska

“…Literature was screened based on inclusion and exclusion criteria. Data from the selected studies were extracted, and the risk of bias was assessed using the RoB2 tool. …”
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Environmentally safe sorbent from ash-and-slag waste of heat power engineering by S. A. Bushumov, T. G. Korotkova

“…A comparative analysis of data on the effectiveness of the developed sorbent and currently available analogues based on sludge and slag is presented.Conclusions. …”
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Construction and validation of a risk prediction model for extensive abdominal aortic calcification in hypertensive patients aged 40 and above: a cross-sectional study based on the... by Shanbing Hou, Ying Jiang, Fangfang Zhao, Zixuan Wei, Tingting Wang, Jing Chen, Min Dou, Lixiang Zhang

“…Methods This study extracted data from the 2013–2014 NHANES database, including 1,564 middle-aged and elderly hypertensive patients who met the inclusion criteria. …”
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Long-Term Complications of Neonatal Necrotic Enterocolitis: Twisting of Stenosed Small Intestine by V. P. Gavrilyuk, E. V. Donskaya, D. A. Severinov

“…Due to the severity of the condition, the baby was hospitalized.In the initial examination, no data for intestinal obstruction were detected. The patient received parenteral nutrition, antibacterial therapy. …”
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The effect of lumbar multifidus muscle degeneration on upper lumbar disc herniation by Bingwen Wang, Lifei Xu, Peng Teng, Lin Nie, Lin Nie, Hongwei Yue

“…Cross-sectional area, fat infiltration area, anteroposterior diameter (APD), lateral diameter (LD), cross-sectional area of the bilateral multifidus muscles at the corresponding level, intervertebral disc area at the corresponding section, and visual analog scale (VAS) score for low back pain (LBP). …”
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Assessment of Microbial and Nutritional compositions of Fermented Plantain flour across the three Senatorial districts in Ogun State, Nigeria by Osiyemi, E. O., Okoh, O. A., Akindele, S. T., Raufu, T. T., Obafebi, T. O.

“…All results were analyzed using descriptive statistics (percentage values), and graphical representations were created using SPSS and Microsoft Excel to visualize differences in microbial and nutritional data.  …”
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COL11A1 Polymorphisms Are Associated with Primary Angle-Closure Glaucoma Severity by Yani Wan, Shengjie Li, Yanting Gao, Li Tang, Wenjun Cao, Xinghuai Sun

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Evaluation of Postoperative Pain in Periodontal Flap Surgery with and without Photobiomodulation using Diode LASER: A Split-mouth Randomised Controlled Study by Neeraj Chandrahas Deshpande, Aayushi Shah, Monali Amit Shah

“…For inter group comparison of the amount of analgesics taken and assessing the VAS score, the Mann-Whitney U test was used. Data analysis was done using IBM Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) Statistics 20.0 (IBM Corporation, Armonk, NY, USA), with the level of significance set at p=0.05. …”
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SOC: clay ratio: A mechanistically-sound, universal soil health indicator across ecological zones and land use categories? by Walter W. Wenzel, Alireza Golestanifard, Olivier Duboc

“…The European Union has recently launched a proposal for a soil monitoring and resilience directive (“soil monitoring law”, SML), defining the SOC: clay ratio as descriptor of the soil organic carbon (SOC) status, with a ratio of 1/13 separating “healthy” from “unhealthy” soils. Using data of the Lower Austrian soil database, this article explores the mechanistic foundation and applicability of the SOC: clay ratio in the ecologically diverse study region. …”
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