An Evaluation of the Performance of Low-Cost Resin Printers in Orthodontics by Fırat Oğuz, Sabahattin Bor

“…Results: One-way ANOVA showed significant differences in trueness among the printers at 45° (<i>p</i> < 0.001) and 90° (<i>p</i> < 0.001). …”
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Gut microbiota in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease varies by CT-verified emphysema status by Anders Ørskov Rotevatn, Tomas Mikal Eagan, Solveig Tangedal, Gunnar Reksten Husebø, Kristoffer Ostridge, Rune Nielsen

“…Emphysema was defined based on thoracic computed tomography (CT thorax) low attenuating areas ≥/<10% at threshold -950 and -910 hounsfield units, respectively. …”
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Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Innovative Therapies for Patients with Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Michal Pochopien, Jakub Wladyslaw Dziedzic, Samuel Aballea, Emilie Clay, Iwona Zerda, Mondher Toumi, Borislav Borissov

“…Although it incurred higher costs (a difference of $188,771 vs. lifestyle intervention and $197,702 vs. small molecule), it generated more QALYs (a difference of 1.58 and 1.38 QALYs, respectively), resulting in an ICER below the willingness-to-pay threshold of $150,000 per QALY. …”
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A phosphoprotein gene RT-qPCR assay for detecting all lineages of peste des petits ruminants virus by Jiao Xu, Yonggang Zhao, Huicong Li, Qinghua Wang, Jiarong Yu, Yingli Wang, Jingyue Bao, Zhiliang Wang

“…The results of the specificity test indicated that only the different lineages of PPRV could be detected using the developed method, with no cross-reaction observed with other viruses. …”
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Adaptive Blind Stokes-Space Based Equalizer for RSOP in SV-DD Systems With High Chromatic Dispersion Tolerance by Yu Jin, Di Li, Pin Yi, Mengfan Cheng, Songnian Fu, Ming Tang, Deming Liu, Lei Deng

“…Therefore, our algorithm has strong robustness to CD and good suitability for SV-DD systems with different modulation formats. In our simulation, the conventional Stokes space-based method and the training sequences (TS) method are both evaluated for comparison. …”
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Effectiveness of a Telerehabilitation-Based Exercise Program in Patients with Chronic Neck Pain—A Randomized Clinical Trial by Laura Guerra-Arencibia, Cristina Santana-Déniz, Daniel Pecos-Martín, Samuel Fernández-Carnero, Nerea de Miguel-Hernando, Alexander Achalandabaso-Ochoa, Daniel Rodríguez-Almagro

“…Key outcome measures, including neck-related disability, kynesiophobia, anxiety and depression, pain intensity, pressure pain threshold, quality of life, and adherence to self-treatment, were evaluated at baseline and post-treatment. …”
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Evaluation of Selection Criteria of Clinicians in the Treatment of Osteoporosis, OSTREQ Research in Türkiye by Emir Gökhan Kahraman, Barış Önder Pamuk, Servet Akar, Aliye Tosun

“…Factor analysis showed item loadings between 0.33 and 0.92, exceeding the 0.32 threshold. The overall Cronbach’s alpha was 0.855, indicating high internal consistency. …”
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Clinical efficacy of sacubitril/valsartan combined with cardiac rehabilitation in patients with heart failure after acute myocardial infarction: a single-center randomized trial by Yan-Mei Zhao, Jun-Ting Luo, Kai-Fang Pang, Ying Feng, Jian-Ping Tan, Ming Liu, Zhi-Hai Lin

“…However, there was no significant difference in BNP, Left atrial diameter (LA) or Left ventricular end diastolic diameter (LVD) between the two groups (P > 0.05). …”
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Integrating circuit theory and network modeling to identify ecosystem carbon sequestration service flow networks by Chen Qu, Jia Xu, Wen Li, Yucen Zhai, Yiting Wang, Baozhu Liu, Shaoning Yan

“…We examined how network structure influences differences in the supply and demand for carbon sequestration services. …”
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Ivacaftor–tezacaftor–elexacaftor, tezacaftor–ivacaftor and lumacaftor–ivacaftor for treating cystic fibrosis: a systematic review and economic evaluation by Steven J Edwards, Benjamin G Farrar, Kate Ennis, Nicole Downes, Victoria Wakefield, Isaac Mackenzie, Archie Walters, Tracey Jhita

“…However, for all genotypes studied the incremental cost-effectiveness ratios were above what would be considered cost-effective based on the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence threshold of £20,000–30,000 per quality-adjusted life-year gained. …”
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Effektive way of local use of essential oils in dorsopathia by L. G. Agasarov, T. V. Konchugova, T. V. Apkhanova, B. S. Bazarova, A. A. Maryanovsky

“…On the other hand, the first two groups showed differences in the pace of achieving sustained analgesia, with the advantage of the 2nd group. …”
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Relationship between ischemia-modified albumin and abdominal aortic calcification in maintenance hemodialytic patients by Yu Lan, Xu Xiao-hui, Wang Ying, Yao Ying, Liu Liu

“…Objective To explore the level of ischemia-modified albumin（IMA）in patients with maintenance hemodialysis（MHD）and examine the association between IMA and abdominal aortic calcification（AAC）.Methods An observational study was conducted for 97 hemodialytic patients.Clinical data and laboratory parameters were recorded.Serum IMA was measured by a colorimetric assay based upon albumin-cobalt binding.And AAC was evaluated by a lateral lumbar spinal radiograph.According to the degree of calcification,they were divided into the groups of non-calcification（n=19）,mild calcification（n=26）,moderate calcification（n=37）and severe calcification（n=15）.IMA levels were compared in each group.Results The serum level of IMA for MHD patients was 83.82（74.30,97.44）U/mL.IMA level was positively correlated with dialytic duration（r=0.527,P<0.01）,calcium & phosphorus product（r=0.209,P<0.05）,serum iron（r=0.245,P<0.05）and AAC score（r=0.649,P<0.01）.IMA levels were 72.04（64.12,76.39）U/mL,82.03（71.96,88.47）U/mL,88.21（81.29,97.36）U/mL and 104.07（101.43,125.20）U/mL in non-calcification,mild calcification,moderate calcification and severe calcification groups respectively.Statistically significant differences existed among the groups（P<0.01）.With a threshold value of 76.95 U/mL,IMA provided a sensitivity of 75.6% and a specificity of 89.5% for predicting AAC.Conclusions Hemodialytic patients with AAC have an elevated level of IMA and it is correlated with the severity of calcification and the serum level of iron.IMA is an effective predictor of AAC in hemodialytic patients.…”
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Anorectal function and symptoms 6 months after robot-assisted laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: a single-center study by Theodoros Psarias, Susanna Walter, Martin Holmbom, Issa Khayoun Issa, Firas Abdul-Sattar Aljabery, Olof Hallböök

“…There were no other statistical significant differences in any of the physiological tests performed. …”
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Scalpel versus electrocautery skin incisions in postauricular tympanoplasty: a randomized clinical trial study by Behrouz Barati, Sara Sharifi, Matin Ghazizadeh, Mahboobe Asadi, Fatemeh Jahanshahi, Ehsan Barzanouni

“…Subjective and objective scar scores did not significantly differ between the two groups at the end of the first and sixth postoperative months. …”
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Evaluating the link between insulin resistance and cognitive impairment using estimated glucose disposal rate in a non-diabetic aging population: results from the CHARLS by Bingqing Wang, Fei Xu, Minheng Zhang

“…Restricted cubic spline analysis identified non-linear threshold effects, with risk accelerating below certain eGDR levels (P &lt; 0.05). …”
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Analgesic Efficacy of Pfannenstiel Incision Infiltration with Ropivacaine 7.5 mg/mL for Caesarean Section by N. K. Nguyen, A. Landais, A. Barbaryan, M. A. M'Barek, Y. Benbaghdad, K. McGee, P. Lanba

“…There is no significant difference in the threshold of VAS in the two series. …”
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Viral RNA Load in Symptomatic and Asymptomatic COVID-19 Omicron Variant-Positive Patients by Qian Wu, Lixia Shi, Haomin Li, Shuping Huang, Hongwei Li, Li Li, Jin Han, Qi Wu, Zhengcun Pei

“…Methods. This study comprised 361 patients. The Ct values of SARS-CoV-2-related respiratory samples were compared between symptomatic and asymptomatic patients. …”
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Perioperative bladder management: Assessment of residual pre-operative bladder volume to mitigate post-operative urinary retention by Carl Yuile, Rika Subedi, Vicki Patton

“…The study followed the Standards for quality improvement reporting (SQUIRE) guidelines, and the SQUIRE checklist is declared in the materials and methods section. Results: Most patients (79%, n = 158) had bladder volumes below 150 ml; the remainder (21%, n = 42) had volumes exceeding this threshold. …”
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Practice patterns on the management of secondary hyperparathyroidism in the United States: Results from a modified Delphi panel. by David E Henner, Beatrice Drambarean, Teresa M Gerbeling, Jessica B Kendrick, William T Kendrick, Lisa Koester-Wiedemann, Thomas L Nickolas, Anjay Rastogi, Anis A Rauf, Brenda Dyson, Michael C Singer, Pooja Desai, Kathleen M Fox, Sunfa Cheng, William Goodman

“…Consensus was determined via iterative responses to a questionnaire based on the 2009 and 2017 KDIGO guidelines and published literature on the identification, evaluation, monitoring, and interventional strategies for patients with SHPT. The threshold for consensus was 66% agreement.<h4>Results</h4>Panelists generally agreed with KDIGO recommendations, with some differences. …”
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of capecitabine versus active monitoring in stable or responding metastatic colorectal cancer after 16 weeks of first-line therapy by Tong Liu, Ruihong Yao, Zhiqiang Tong, Mei Dong, Lu Zhong

“…A willing-to-pay (WTP) threshold was set at 37653 USD/QALY, which was three times the gross domestic product (GDP) per capita of China in 2021. …”
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