The Survival Relationship between Preoperative Inflammation Markers and Patients with Special Pathological Types of Gastric Cancer by Ying Han, Ziyu Zhu, Qi You

“…This aims to research whether the PLR could predict overall survival (OS) of gastric cancer (GC) patients with SRC component. Methods. The data were collected from Harbin Medical University Cancer Hospital between January 2001 and December 2013 in China. …”
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Effect of Recast Cobalt Chrome Base Metal Alloy on Flexural Bond Strength of Metal Ceramic Restoration by Gibi Babu Philip, Kavan A. Patel, Liya Neha Bipinchandra, Ruchita Patel, Soniya Sara Jacob, V.H. Dhanya

“…Aim: The aim of this study was to assess and compare the outcome of recasting of CoCr alloy on the metal ceramic flexural bond strength. Materials and Methods: 50 resin patterns were fabricated and divided into 5 equal groups and casted as: Group 1 containing 0%, Group 2 containing 20%, Group 3 containing 30%, Group 4 containing 40%, and Group 5 containing 100% recast alloy. …”
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Video Analysis of Soccer Players’ Injuries during the 2010 World Cup Games by farshid aghabeigi, reza rajabi, mohamad esmaeili, Mostafa zarei

“…The area 5 with 20.7% and then areas 2 and 8 with equal ratio of 18.5% had the most percentage of injuries (P<0.05). …”
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Serum Uric Acid as a Marker of Coronary Calcification in Patients with Asymptomatic Coronary Artery Disease with Preserved Left Ventricular Pump Function by A. E. Berezin, A. A. Kremzer

“…To evaluate the interrelation between serum uric acid and artery calcification in asymptomatic coronary artery disease subjects. Design and Methods. 126 subjects with previously documented asymptomatic coronary artery disease were enrolled in the study. …”
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Investigate the Effect of Strength and Endurance Training on the Severity of Depression and Patients' Working Memory Capacity by Seyed Pourya Tabatabaei Nabaviy

“…Background and Aims: The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of strength and endurance training on the severity of depression and patients' working memory capacity. Materials and Methods: For this purpose, out of 100 depressed people referred to psychological clinics in which depression was diagnosed, 30 people who had a score of 20 or higher on the depression scale were available and selected Equally and randomly, they were divided into three groups: strength, endurance and non-training. …”
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Development of microemulsion containing thai herbal remedy extract for treatment of urticaria by Natta Choedchutirakul, Intouch Sakpakdeejaroen, Sumalee Panthong

“…This work aims to develop and optimize a ME containing an herbal remedy extract. The construction methods utilized were pseudo-ternary phase diagrams and mixture design using system engineering software. …”
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A Comparison of the Efficacy and Cost of Different Venous Leg Ulcer Dressings: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Syed M. Asim Hussain

“…The leg ulcer clinic at the University Hospital of South Manchester. Subjects and Methods. The healing rates of twelve leg ulcer patients treated with simple nonadherent dressings (e.g., NA Ultra) were compared with an equal number of patients treated with modern dressings to determine differences in healing rates and cost. …”
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QUANTIFYING OPTIMAL POLICY IN AN ENDOGENOUS MODEL: A THEORETICAL ANALYSIS by Ahmed Bellakhdhar

“…The article solves the following tasks: finding the model economy’s decentralized equilibrium and social optimal solution, comparison of the welfare effects of different fiscal variables, consideration of the different market distortions and the choice of the appropriate policy variables that allow the decentralized economy to achieve sustainable optimal growth. Methods of mathematical formulation, theoretical analysis and economic interpretations have been used.  …”
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Mental Foramen Size, Position and Symmetry in a Multi-Ethnic, Urban Black Population: Radiographic Evidence by Seidu Adebayo Bello, John Ademola Adeoye, Nosa Ighile, Nathan Ukuoghene Ikimi

“…Objectives: To determine the approximate location, shape and dimensions of the mental foramen in African subjects using panoramic radiographs. Material and Methods: This study analysed 320 orthopantomograms of subjects from two centres. …”
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The analysis of volatility of gold coin price fluctuations in Iran using ARCH & VAR models by Younos Vakilolroaya

“…The study gathers daily prices of gold coins as the dependent variable and the price of gold in world market, the price of oil in OPEC, exchange rate USD to IRR and index of Tehran Stock Exchange from March 2007 to July 2013 and using ARCH family models and VAR methods, the study analysis the data. The study first examines whether the data are stationary or not and then it reviews the household stability, Arch and Garch models. …”
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Access to civics content and evidence-based instructional approaches in U.S. schools by Corey Savage, Saki Ikoma

“…Methods We build on prior research using survey items from the 2018 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Civics Assessment and provide descriptive evidence on disparities in access to three categories of civics content and four evidence-based instructional approaches. …”
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Spectrum reconstruction of experimentally produced nano-colloids using Mie theory by Hamid Nadjari, Hadi Movahedinejad

“…Aim: Synthesis of plasmonic nanoparticles, characterization, size detection by modeling. Methods: Colloidal plasmonic gold and silver nanoparticles were prepared by laser ablation with a 1,064 nm pulsed Nd:YAG laser with equal fractional volume and then were illuminated with its 532 nm second harmonic pulse. …”
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Salivary hormones in depression: the future in diagnosis and treatment by Stefan Harsanyi, Ida Kupcova, Maria Csobonyeiova, Martin Klein

“…This treatment gap could be reduced by effective and available diagnostic methods that have the potential to aid in depression diagnosis, stratification of patient subgroups, and treatment monitoring. …”
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Metrics and Algorithms for Identifying and Mitigating Bias in AI Design: A Counterfactual Fairness Approach by Dongsoo Moon, Seongjin Ahn

“…Traditional fairness evaluation methods primarily focus on dataset-level biases, overlooking biases arising from model decision-making processes. …”
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Retinal and choroidal microvascular assessment of children receiving recombinant growth hormone therapy by Ismail Omar, Yousra Samir Fadle, Noura M. Ibrahim El Bakry

“…Abstract Background The purpose of this study is to evaluate the retinal and choroidal microvascular state in children with congenital isolated growth hormone deficiency (IGHD) and determine the effect of recombinant human growth hormone treatment on these structures compared with healthy controls. Methods The study included children with IGHD under recombinant human GH treatment as group one and another group of healthy controls. …”
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Young Adults’ Knowledge and Perceptions of Permanent Noise-Induced Tinnitus and its Influence on Behavioural Intentions by Lucy Runciman, Christine Johnson

“…This study aimed to assess knowledge of permanent tinnitus and whether this knowledge may influence listening behaviours to a greater degree than knowledge of hearing loss. Materials and Methods: A two-group (between subjects), randomised post-test only, single-factor experimental design was used to determine the effects of health message focus (permanent tinnitus vs. permanent hearing loss) on the main outcome measure of protective behavioural intention. …”
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Bilateral Reversible Corneal Edema as a Novel Side-Effect of Levetiracetam &ndash; A Case Report by Caruana K, Ellul M, Grixti A

“…To the best of our knowledge, this is the first documented case of bilateral reversible corneal edema secondary to levetiracetam use.Patients and Methods: A 59-year-old woman was referred to the ophthalmology department with a few weeks’ history of bilateral blurring of vision. …”
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Graph Theory Students’ Perceptions of Graph Isomorphism by Ali Jafari, Majid Haghverdi, Abolfazl Tehranian

“…This study aimed to explore students' perceptions of graph isomorphism and identify the conceptual metaphors they employ when reasoning about this concept. Methods: Using a two-stage qualitative research design, the study combined surveys and task-based interviews to collect data. …”
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Knowledge, attitude, perception towards COVID-19: A cross sectional study among nonprofessional population of Lahore

“…Objective: It is aimed to investigate the knowledge, attitude and perception regarding COVID -19 among non-professional population of Lahore. Methods: A cross sectional survey was conducted in June, 2021 by validated self – dministered questionnaire. …”
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How lifespan and life years lost equate to unity by Annette Baudisch, Jose Manuel Aburto

“…It can reveal macro-level regularities that may aid development of novel forecasting methods in the future. It could also support more comparative research across species by quantifying the relative impact of the environment on species’ life histories. …”
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