Correlation between subfoveal choroidal thickness and optic nerve head changes using optical coherence tomography in cases of primary open-angle glaucoma by Mohamed M.S. Ahmed, Mahmoud A. Kamal, Mahmoud A.E. Hassan, Mahrous H.A.E. Shaheen

“…Results The SFCT was statistically significantly less the POAG patients than in normal eyes (P<0.0001), with a cut-off value of SFCT less than or equal to 316 μm (sensitivity=95% and specificity=83%). …”
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Influence of Altered Knee Angle on Electromyographic Activity of Hamstring Muscles Between Nordic Hamstring Exercise and Nordic Hamstring Exercise with Incline Slope Lower Leg Boar... by Taspol Keerasomboon, Toshiaki Soga, Norikazu Hirose

“… # Purpose This study aimed to investigate the influence of changing muscle length on hamstring electromyographic activity during an isometric NHE, while maintaining an equal moment arm. # Study Design A crossover study design # Methods Sixteen male volunteers performed two types of conventional NHE, one with knees on the floor (NHE) and one with the legs placed upon an incline slope of a lower leg board (NHEB). …”
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A Comparative Evaluation of Platelet-derived Growth Factor in a-PRF and a-PRF plus, with and without Low-level Laser Therapy – An Ex vivo Pilot Study by Varatharajan Kalaivani, Vivek Narayanan, Potluri Leela Ravishankar, Kunga Mohan Ramkumar, Nizar Ahmed, Divya Vinayachandran

“…Following the preparation of A-PRF and A-PRF+, each sample was divided into two equal halves. One half of the A-PRF and A-PRF+ samples was subjected to LLLT, while the other half did not receive any light treatment. …”
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Monitoring and measuring noise pollution in urban environments (Case study: Khorramabad city by Ali Jafari, Mansour Ghaderpoori, Samira Saadati, Faramarz Azimi

“…The mean of sound measured in the monitored stations was equal to 68.28±2.6 dB. The maximum measured sound level belonged to station S2. …”
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INFLUENCE OF LASER BEAM PROFILE ON LIGHT SCATTERING BY HUMAN SKIN DURING PHOTOMETRY BY ELLIPSOIDAL REFLECTORS by M. A. Bezuglyi, N. V. Bezuglaya, S. Kostuk

“…The correct accounting of laser emitter parameters for improvement of diagnostic authenticity of methods of optical biomedical diagnostic is important problem for applied biophotonic tasks. …”
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Efficacy of a four-drug combined regimen compared to uterine curettage in the treatment of incomplete medical abortion: a prospective observational study by Yanlin Feng, Linai Zhang

“…Conclusion The combined regimen of four drugs boasts favorable efficacy for the treatment of incomplete MA, and is equally efficient as compared to uterine curettage.…”
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Effectiveness of a resilience, gender equity and mental health group intervention for young people living in informal urban communities in North India: a cluster randomized control... by Varadharajan Srinivasan, Miguel San Sebastián, Samson Rana, Pooja Bhatt, Greg Armstrong, Smita Deshpande, Kaaren Mathias

“…Methods This cluster randomised controlled trial used an analytic sample of 476 adolescents and young adults aged 11–25 years from randomised clusters in urban Dehradun, India. …”
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Identification of Genetic Variants Based on Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms and Insertion-Deletion Events in TLR8, IRF10b, and GAPDH Genes Related to the Immune System in Rainbow T... by Najmeh Fazeli Moghadam, Ghodrat Rahimi Miyanji, Ayoub Farhadi, Ardeshir Nejati Jawarami, Elham Younesi Melardi

“…In the GAPDH downstream gene position, each of the SNP and InsDel variants was detected with frequencies equal to 47.6% and 12.5%, respectively, only in the downstream site of this gene. …”
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Exploring Mortality and Prognostic Factors of Heart Failure with In-Hospital and Emergency Patients by Electronic Medical Records: A Machine Learning Approach by Yu CS, Wu JL, Shih CM, Chiu KL, Chen YD, Chang TH

“…To improve the explainability of the AI models, Shapley Additive Explanations methods were also conducted.Conclusion: Exploring HF mortality and its patterns related to clinical risk factors by machine learning models can help physicians make appropriate decisions when monitoring HF patients’ health quality in the hospital.Keywords: mortality, risk factor, cardiovascular disease, multivariate statistical analysis, machine learning, artificial intelligence…”
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SKIN AVILABLE MASTOID AREA ON THE STAGE OF ITS STRAIN by D.S. Avetikov, D.V. Steblovskii, I.I. Starchenko

“…Also, significant length of areas in which the boundary between the epidermis and dermis by a pronounced flattening of papillae looked like almost equal lines were proved. …”
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Comparative diagnostic accuracy of pre-test clinical probability scores for the risk stratification of patients with suspected pulmonary embolism: a systematic review and Bayesian... by Ali Etemadi, Mohammadmobin Hosseini, Hamed Rafiee, Amir Mahboubi, Tara Mahmoodi, Toshiki Kuno, Yaser Jenab, Claire E. Raphael, Wilbert S. Aronow, Kaveh Hosseini, Jay Giri

“…Diagnostic test accuracy indices were synthesized using beta-binomial Bayesian methods. Results Forty studies (37,027 patients) were included in the meta-analysis. …”
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Evaluation of the efficiency and safety of combined therapy with a symptomatic sustained-release drug and hyaluronic acid versus monotherapy with hyaluronic acid in patients with... by K. A. Berdyugin, I. V. Kadyntsev, O. V. Berdyugina, E. A. Taskina, N. G. Kashevarova

“…Searching for new treatment methods and regimens for OA is relevant.Objective: to evaluate the efficiency and safety of therapy with a symptomatic sustained-release drug (Alflutop) in combination with intra-articular hyaluronic acid (HA) injection versus monotherapy with HA in patients with knee OA in routine clinical practice.Patients and methods. …”
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Investigating The Possibility of Extracting Phenolic Compounds from Raisin Waste with The Aim of Waste Management from Raisin Processing Units by Amir Abbas Matin, Bahar Azimi, Hosein Hashempoor

“…To measure the antioxidant property, the DPPH free radical scavenging method and to calculate the total phenol content, the Folin reagent reaction method was used.Results: The results showed that all raisin wastes contained phenolic compounds in different amounts. …”
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Potential Causal Relationship Between Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Diabetes: A Bidirectional Two-Sample Mendelian Randomization Study by Wang X, Chen X, Feng R, Jiang H, Liu W

“…However, their causal relationship still needs to be confirmed.Methods: We conducted a comprehensive bidirectional two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis to evaluate the causal links between COPD and both type 1 diabetes (T1D) and T2D by using genome-wide association study (GWAS) summary statistics in European and Asian populations. …”
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Olive Oil Solution of Volatile Oil from Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride Alleviates Slow-Transit Constipation via Regulating SCF/c-Kit Signaling Pathway and Intestinal Flora by Zou S, Xie B, An Z, Li F, Cui L, Zhang Z, Bu W, He D

“…This study aimed to explore the mechanisms by which volatile oil from Citri Reticulatae Pericarpium Viride (VOCRPV) alleviates slow-transit constipation (STC).Methods: The main active ingredients in VOCRPV were determined by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC). …”
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VOLODYMYR VYNNYCHENKO’S PHILOSOPHICAL AND AESTHETIC VIEWS: THE EXPERIENCE OF FRENCH EXISTENTIAL by Galyna M. Syvachenko, Antonina V. Anistratenko

“…The set of goals determines the need for the use of hermeneutic (analysis of artistic texts), historical-literary, comparative-typological (posing and solving a number of literary problems in the context of equal national literature, and biographical (using diary entries) research methods. …”
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lectrical cardiometry compared to transesophageal doppler for hemodynamics monitoring and fluid management in pediatrics undergoing Kasai operation. A randomized controlled trial. by M. Lotfy, K. Yassen, O. El Sharkawy, R. Elshoney, A. Moustafa

“…FTc negatively correlated with SVV and CVP . Conclusions Both methods were able to monitor the trend changes of CO and equally guide fluid management, with a good degree of reliability, but their limits of agreement werenoted to be wide. …”
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The Assessment of Spatial Distribution of Industrial Development Components: Case Study: Chaharmahal Bakhtiari Province by Bahman Sahneh, Ebraham Moammari, Masuod Savari

“…Since it is possible to use more than one decision making process in a multi- valued decision making process, the results of the method is not always the same. In this study to merge the results of Saw and Topsis methods we used the ranks mean method. …”
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Molecular Epidemiology and Genetic Characterization of Carbapenem-Resistant Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates from the ICU of a Tertiary Hospital in East China by Liu L, Huang Y, Wang Y, Jiang Y, Liu K, Pei Z, Li Z, Zhu Y, Liu D, Li X

“…Lili Liu,1,* Yuan Huang,2,* Yaping Wang,3 Yunlan Jiang,1 Kang Liu,3 Zhongxia Pei,1 Zhiping Li,1 Yuqiong Zhu,1 Dan Liu,1 Xiaoyue Li4 1Department of Nosocomial Infection, Anqing First People&rsquo;s Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Anqing City, Anhui Province, People&rsquo;s Republic of China; 2Department of Science and Education, Anqing Municipal Hospital, Anqing City, Anhui Province, People&rsquo;s Republic of China; 3Department of Clinical Laboratory, Anqing First People&rsquo;s Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Anqing City, Anhui Province, People&rsquo;s Republic of China; 4Subdean Office, Anqing First People&rsquo;s Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Anqing City, Anhui Province, People&rsquo;s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Xiaoyue Li, Subdean Office, Anqing First People&rsquo;s Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Intersection of Yixiu Avenue and Xuefu Road, Yixiu District, Anqing City, Anhui Province, 246003, People&rsquo;s Republic of China, Tel +86-556-5865167, Email 18496701@qq.comPurpose: To evaluate the clinical characteristics, antimicrobial resistance (AMR) phenotypes and genotypes, and homology features of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii (CRAB) in intensive care unit (ICU) and to provide basis for effectively prevention, control and treatment of nosocomial infections caused by CRAB.Methods: A total of 39 CRAB strains isolated from hospitalized patients in the ICU and neurosurgical ICU (NICU) between 2020 and 2023 were subjected to antimicrobial susceptibility testing and whole-genome sequencing (WGS). …”
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Photosynthetic pigments and phenolic potential of Rhodiola rosea L. from plant communities of different ecology and geography by Sergeeva Irina Yu., Zaushintsena Alexandra V., Bryukhachev Evgeniy N.

“…The experiment began in 2018, when the rhizomes were dissected into equal shares of 40–42 g and placed in a medicinal plant nursery. …”
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