Hyperglycemia effect on coronary disease in patients with metabolic syndrome evaluated by intracoronary ultrasonography. by Beatriz Dal Santo Francisco Bonamichi, Erika Bezerra Parente, Ana Carolina Noronha Campos, Adriano Namo Cury, João Eduardo Nunes Salles

“…IVUS was useful for diagnosing 8% of severe cases initially considered to be moderate obstructions when using just CA in this scenario.…”
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The Mindfulness Levels of Adults During the Covid-19 Pandemic: The Role of Solution Focused Thinking and Valuing by Faika Şanal Karahan, Orkide Bakalım

“…Stepwise regression analysis was conducted to test whether progress, obstruction, goal achievement, problem disengagement and resource activation were meaninful predictors of mindfulness. …”
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DYNAMICS OF HOSPITALIZATION OF PATIENTS WITH ACUTE SURGICAL PATHOLOGY OF ABDOMINAL AND ABDOMINAL ORGANS IN KUZBASS by Валерий Иванович Подолужный, Ольга Викторовна Шабалина, Владислав Александрович Пельц, Орлан Валерьевич Ооржак

“…At this time, the number of people treated with 100000 people with acute pancreatitis increased by 94.7 %; with acute cholecystitis by 12.4 %; with an acute intestinal obstruction by 9.8 % and with a strangulated abdominal hernia by 35.1 %.…”
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Measuring Mobile Starlink Performance: A Comprehensive Look by Dominic Laniewski, Eric Lanfer, Nils Aschenbruck

“…(2) How does the mobile performance compare to stationary performance? (3) How does obstruction impact mobile performance? To answer these questions, we conduct our own 300 km long test-drive on the German Autobahn (highway) with car velocities up to 140 km/h. …”
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Implementation of YOLOv7 Model for Human Detection in Difficult Conditions by Arijal B, Andi Sunyoto, M. Hanafi

“…Analysis was performed using convusion matrix to evaluate performance metrics such as accuracy, precision, recall, and F1-score. Based on the test results, the YOLOv7-w6-person.pt model showed the best overall performance, especially in detecting humans in obstructed conditions and complex lighting with a precision of 90.4%, Recall 88.7%, and F1-Score 89.5%. …”
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Prune Belly Syndrome Associated with Interstitial 17q12 Microdeletion by Surasak Puvabanditsin, Miry Shim, Jeffrey Suell, Jeffrey Manzano, Kristin Blackledge, Avram Bursky-Tammam, Rajeev Mehta

“…We report a term male neonate presenting with a “prune belly,” bilateral hydronephrosis, hydroureter, posterior urethral obstruction, and bilateral undescended testes. Analysis with the whole genome SNP microarray revealed an interstitial deletion of about 1.49 megabase (MB) at chromosome 17q12. …”
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LIQUID SMOKE SUBMERSIVE EFFECTIVENESS OF ACRYLIC PLATE TO THE GROWTH OF CANDIDA ALBICANS by Mochamad Haldi Tri Hutama, Windriyatna Windriyatna, Dwi Ngestiningsih, RR Mahayu Dewi Ariani, Tyas Prihatiningsih

“…This treatment covered acrylic plate soaking into liquid smoke in specific concentration level 1%, 2%, 4%, and 6% to obstruct the growth of Candida albicans. Moreover, the statistic test was conducted through Kruskal-Wallis and continued to Post-Hoc test through Mann-Whitney theory. …”
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Mesenteric Ischemia and Its Need for Timely Recognition and Management by Anish Kumar Shrestha, Anisha Shrestha, Bikal Ghimire, Prajwal Ram Ghimire, Simin Kunwar, Prajjwol Luitel, Niranjan Adhikari

“…Presenting with nonspecific symptoms such as abdominal pain, nausea, constipation, tachycardia, and gastrointestinal bleeds, it can masquerade as other causes of acute abdomen, particularly bowel obstruction. Ideal laboratory tests and markers are still lacking due to complexity in bowel’s anatomy, physiology, blood supply, and drainage. …”
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ICS teaching module on urodynamics for lower urinary tract symptoms in men by Sanjay Sinha, Tufan Tarcan, John Speich, Mauricio Plata, Enrico Finazzi-Agro, Marcus Drake

“…Analysis includes scrutiny of the traces, and calculation of the ICS-Bladder Outflow Obstruction Index and ICS-Detrusor Contraction Index. …”
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Retrograde ureteral catheterization under local anesthesia for emergency drainage in patients with infection and hydronephrosis secondary to ureteral calculi: Experience from a ter... by Chun-Kai Hsu, Wan-Ling Young, Shu-Yu Wu

“…Records of past history, physical examination, laboratory tests, and imaging investigations were reviewed. …”
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Basic Repairs and Maintenance for Home Landscape Irrigation Systems by Mary S. McCready, Michael D. Dukes, Kati Migliaccio

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Thyrotoxicosis and Choledocholithiasis Masquerading as Thyroid Storm by Christian L. Horn, Patricia A. Short

“…Further work-up with magnetic resonance cholangiopancreatography (MRCP) revealed an obstructing cholelith within the distal common bile duct. …”
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A Case Report of Post-Operative Jöd-Basedow Phenomennon Following Oral and IV Iodine Contrast Administration by Maureen Higgs, Erroll Hull, Eugenio Lujan

“…This is a case of thyrotoxicosis, due to the Jöd-Basedow phenomenon following administration of oral and IV iodinated contrast in a patient with history of gastrointestinal stromal tumor (GIST) and small bowel obstruction. The patient developed atrial fibrillation and had an extended stay in the intensive care unit. …”
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Meconium Peritonitis in the Newborn with Cystic Fibrosis and Negative Neonatal Screening for Immunoreactive Trypsinogen: Clinical Case by Naila R. Pimenova, Elena I. Kashirskaya, Diana F. Sergienko, Dmitry A. Molev, Olga A. Tyurina, Anastasia V. Alekseeva, Sergey V. Chukarev

“…It is characterized by intestinal obstruction with viscous meconium leading to perforation and peritonitis. …”
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Epiphytic Plants of Citrus in Florida by Ramdas Kanissery, Mongi Zekri

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Quantifying marine growth on pipelines with archival remotely operated vehicle footage – a case study by B. Bayley, T. Griffiths, F. Pistani, P. Helmholz, D. Belton, I. Parnum

“…The scenario in which the procedure is tested represents a difficult, but realistic test case. …”
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Prerequisites for a dry powder inhaler for children with cystic fibrosis. by Anne J Lexmond, Paul Hagedoorn, Henderik W Frijlink, Bart L Rottier, Anne H de Boer

“…No effect was found of medium to high airflow resistance on total inhaled volume, which implies that the whole resistance range tested is suitable for children with CF aged 4-14 years. …”
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Idiopathic Intestinal Smooth Muscle Hyperplasia in a French Bulldog: Clinical, Imaging, Capsule Endoscopy, and Histopathological Findings by Hyomi Jang, Sang-Woo Kim, Joon Woo Lee, Munso Kim, Dong-In Jung

“…A 3-year-old intact female French Bulldog presented with chronic diarrhea, intermittent vomiting, hyporexia, and weight loss over seven weeks. The blood test results were unremarkable, except for mild hypocholesterolemia. …”
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An empirical study of the glass ceiling’s impact on gen-der equality and career opportunities in the food and beverage sector by Jelena Lukić Nikolić, Pero Labus

“…The data analysis was performed using Microsoft® Excel® 2019 and Statistical Software for Social Sciences, version 21.0. The Mann-Whitney U-test, Kruskal-Wallis H-test, and Tukey HSD test were employed to examine the research hypotheses. …”
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The characteristic of patulous eustachian tube patients diagnosed by the JOS diagnostic criteria. by Yoshinobu Kawamura, Ryoukichi Ikeda, Toshiaki Kikuchi, Hiromitsu Miyazaki, Tetsuaki Kawase, Yukio Katori, Toshimitsu Kobayashi

“…<h4>Method</h4>Initial diagnosis, aural symptoms (voice autophony, aural fullness and breathing autophony), tubal obstruction procedures (posture change and pharyngeal orifice obstruction) and objective findings (tympanic membrane movement, Tubo-Tympano-Aerodynamic Graphy (TTAG) and sonotubometry) were evaluated. …”
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