Denervation of rectus capitis posterior minor as neglected factor in Chiari malformation type I revealed by double blinded prospective study by Yunsen He, Qinjiang Huang, Mingbin Bao, Mengjun Zhang, Xiaolin Hou, Ping Liu, Ye Tao, Hongliang Li, Kun Li, Li Liu, Lili Guo, Hao Wang, Zhou Zhang, Bo Wu

“…Compared to controls, CMI patients show widespread denervation damage in RCPmi, strongly linked to enhanced obstruction of CCJ-CSF flow and typical headache symptoms. …”
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Respiratory pathogens in children with acute lower respiratory infection detected through multiplex real-time PCR by María del Pilar Montilla-Velásquez, Diego Mauricio Galvis-Trujillo, Suli Liliana Lizcano-Gamboa, Gisell Adriana Cobos, Angela Tatiana Rojas-Pinto, Daniel Mauricio Rincón-Fernández, Paola Jimena Soler-Rincón, María Alejandra Perdomo-Rivas, Diana Carolina Orozco-Vanegas, María Consuelo Mor-Rodríguez

“…Detection of multiple microorganisms through molecular testing of nasopharyngeal swab samples could change the paradigm of a single pathogen being the cause of respiratory disease in children and prove its usefulness in clinical practice. …”
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In vitro antiviral activities of thymol and Limonin against influenza a viruses and SARS-CoV-2 by Gomaa Mostafa-Hedeab, Akram Hegazy, Islam Mostafa, Ibrahim H. Eissa, Ahmed M. Metwaly, Hany Abdelfattah Elhady, Abozer Y. Eledrdery, Sager Holyl Alruwaili, Alaa Oqalaa E. Alibrahim, Fawaz O. Alenazy, Muhannad Faleh Alanazi Alruwaili, Thamer Alshami Marghel, Muharib Alruwaili, Alaaeldin Mohamed Saad, Mahmoud Bayoumi, Assem Mohamed El-Shazly, Luis Martinez-Sobrido, Ahmed Mostafa

“…The anti-influenza activities of Thymol and Limonin were further validated by testing them against the avian influenza A/H5N1 virus, resulting in anti-influenza activities with IC50 values of 18.5 and 15.6 ng/ml, respectively. …”
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Development of a clinical decision support tool for Primary care Management of lower Urinary tract Symptoms in men: the PriMUS study by Adrian Edwards, Ridhi Agarwal, Janine Bates, Alison Bray, Sarah Milosevic, Emma Thomas-Jones, Michael Drinnan, Marcus Drake, Peter Michell, Bethan Pell, Haroon Ahmed, Natalie Joseph-Williams, Kerenza Hood, Yemisi Takwoingi, Chris Harding

“…Objectives To determine which of several index tests in combination, best predicted three diagnoses (detrusor overactivity, bladder outlet obstruction and/or detrusor underactivity) in men presenting with lower urinary tract symptoms in primary care. …”
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Deep Learning–Based Precision Cropping of Eye Regions in Strabismus Photographs: Algorithm Development and Validation Study for Workflow Optimization by Dawen Wu, Yanfei Li, Zeyi Yang, Teng Yin, Xiaohang Chen, Jingyu Liu, Wenyi Shang, Bin Xie, Guoyuan Yang, Haixian Zhang, Longqian Liu

“…A 5-fold cross-validation was performed on an inpatient dataset, with additional testing on an independent outpatient dataset and an external cross-population dataset of 500 images from the IMDB-WIKI collection, representing diverse ethnicities and ages. …”
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Clinical and cost-effectiveness of detailed anomaly ultrasound screening in the first trimester: a mixed-methods study by Jehan N Karim, Helen Campbell, Pranav Pandya, Edward C F Wilson, Zarko Alfirevic, Trish Chudleigh, Elizabeth Duff, Jane Fisher, Hilary Goodman, Lisa Hinton, Christos Ioannou, Edmund Juszczak, Louise Linsell, Heather L Longworth, Kypros H Nicolaides, Anne Rhodes, Gordon Smith, Basky Thilaganathan, Jim Thornton, Gillian Yaz, Oliver Rivero-Arias, Aris T Papageorghiou

“…But there may be disadvantages: early scanning could suggest the baby has a condition which further testing shows not to be the case. This could cause worry and further unnecessary tests. …”
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Pengaruh Pemberian Valsartan Dan Kurkumin Terhadap Pembentukan Fibrosis Di Tubulus Proksimal Ginjal Akibat Obstruksi Ureter Unilateral pada Tikus Wistar. by Lubis M, Alvarino Alvarino, Tofrizal Tofrizal, Erkadius Erkadius

“…Significant difference between fibroses forming in proximal tubulus analyzed by Chi Square Statistic Test with correction of Yates and T-Test, beside that, hydofic degeneration and atrophy in proximal tubulus analyzed by T-Test Statistic Test. …”
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Effects of the Surgical Ligation of the Ureter in Different Locations on the Kidney over Time in the Rat Model by Abdolreza Mohammadi, Leila Zareian Baghdadabad, Parisa Zahmatkesh, Hedieh Moradi Tabriz, Alireza Khajavi, Gholamreza Mesbah, Parsa Nikoofar, Seyed Mohammad Kazem Aghamir

“…The location of ureteral obstruction is also crucial in deciding to intervene to relieve the complete ureteral obstruction. …”
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Developing a data‐transfer model for a novel Wildlife‐tracking network by Melanie J. Davis, Sravan Thokala, Xinyu Xing, N. Thompson Hobbs, Daniel P. Walsh, Richard Y. Han, Shivakaht Mishra

“…Wireless sensor networks use a collection of nodes to ferry data from one destination to another. We tested data‐transfer capabilities at several transmission strengths (−25 decibel‐milliwatts (dBm), −15 dBm, −10 dBm, −5 dBm, and 0 dBm) and with several types of bodily obstruction (unobstructed, human, bighorn sheep). …”
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The role of heterotopic gastric mucosa with or without colonization of Helicobacter pylori upon the diverse symptomatology of Meckel's diverticulum in children by P Oğuzkurt, B Talim, F C Tanyel, M Cağlar, M E Senocak, N Büyükpamukçu

“…The slides were stained with hematoxylin eosin and Giemsa to identify the presence of heterotopic tissue, ulceration, hemorrhage, inflammation and HP. Bleeding, obstruction and inflammatory groups were statistically compared with chi-square test. …”
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Diagnostic capabilities of external respiration function methods in children with bronchial asthma by A. A. Lebedenko, O. E. Semernik, E. B. Tyurina

“…The article compares the capabilities of modern external respiration function tests, such as peakflowmetry, spirometry and bodipletizmography, in diagnosing bronchial obstruction syndrome in children with bronchial asthma.…”
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HAVEN: Haptic And Visual Environment Navigation by a Shape-Changing Mobile Robot with Multimodal Perception by Barry W. Mulvey, Thrishantha Nanayakkara

“…The robot was tested approaching differently sized apertures in obstructed environments ranging from greater than its shape to smaller than its narrowest possible size. …”
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Dysphagia in a young girl: A rare cause by Manjappillil Sabu Gokul, Pankaj Singhania, Abhranil Dhar, Pranab Kumar Sahana

“…Most of the presentations are due to oropharyngeal obstruction, including dysphagia, dyspnea, and dysphonia. …”
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Trajectory of the response to bronchodilator and respiratory outcomes in adults with asthma-like symptoms by Daniel Gimenez da Rocha, Monique Olivia Burch, Luciana Aparecida Teixeira Soares, Jessica Regina Bertolino, Ana Lúcia Bergamasco Galastri, Daniel Antunes, Ronei Luciano Mamoni, Eduardo Vieira Ponte

“…They responded to questionnaires and underwent a spirometry test. In individuals without airway obstruction in the first visit, those with asthma-like symptoms and persistently negative BDR were less likely to lose forced expiratory volume in the first second during follow-up or progress to airway obstruction at the final visit compared to individuals with asthma proven by positive BDR. …”
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Impact of a quality improvement programme on the preparation and administration of medications via a nasoenteral feeding tube: 2014–2019 intervention study by Fernanda Raphael Escobar Gimenes, Rosana Aparecida Pereira, Fabiana Bolela de Souza, Mayara Carvalho Godinho Rigobello, Laís Rosa Moreno da Costa, Carlos Alberto Grespan Bonacim, Marcia Mazzeo Grande

“…Aims Evaluate the impact of a quality improvement programme on the reduction of feeding tube obstruction frequencies, analyse the predictive variables of this safety incident, and estimate the economic costs related to the quality improvement programme during the period from 2014 to 2019.Methods Plan–Do–Study–Act cycles were performed to test the changes in drug preparation and administration processes via a nasoenteral feeding tube and to evaluate the outcome, process and balance measures. …”
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Assessing small airway disease in GLI versus NHANES III based spirometry using area under the expiratory flow-volume curve by James K Stoller, Octavian C Ioachimescu

“…We compare here the performance of AEX in differentiating between normal, obstruction, restriction, mixed defects and SAD, as defined by Global Lung Initiative (GLI) or National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) III reference values, and using various predictive equations for FEF50.Methods We analysed 15 308 spirometry-lung volume tests. …”
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LYMPHEDEMA AND PERIPHERAL LYMPHOSCINTIGRAPHY by Ayşe Mudun

“…Factors affect ing the outcome of the test and different test protocols can make it difficult to interpret. …”
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Antral Gastrin Cell Hyperfunction Associated with Chronic Pancreatitis by Atilla Ertan, Martin S. Litwin, Robert A. Hammer, Paul Vega

“…These decreased to 515 pg/ml during an intravenous secretin test and increased up to 2155 pg/ml after a protein meal test. …”
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Selective upper segment ureteral reimplantation for duplicated urinary tract using vesicoscopic access by A. V. Pirogov, V. V. Sizonov, M. I. Kogan

“…During the correction of ureterovesical junction (UVJ) obstruction of the upper segment of the duplicated upper urinary tract (DUUT), the healthy part of the DUUT may be involved around surgery area. …”
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Impact of visibility on traffic Incidents at signalized intersections –a case study in Polish cities by Damian Iwanowicz, Radosław Klusek

“…Our research evaluated whether obstructed sight distances between major and minor traffic streams could be a significant problem at these intersections. …”
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