Urological complications after radical hysterectomy: Incidence rates and predisposing factors by Likić-Lađević Ivana, Kadija Saša, Lađević Nebojša, Stefanović Aleksandar, Argirović Rajka, Petković Spasoje, Petronijević Miloš, Vrzić-Petronijević Svetlana

“…The ureter can be crushed, caught in sutures, transsected, obstructed by angulation, or ischemic by the stippling or periureteric fascia. …”
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Domestic Savings as a Pillar of Long-Term Stability Amid Socioeconomic Challenges: Key Determinants in Oil-Rich Developing Economies by Ali Alsubaie

“…Utilizing secondary data from the World Bank, the study employs the Augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF) test and the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model to assess both short- and long-term relationships. …”
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Importance of evaluating GPS telemetry collar performance in monitoring reintroduced populations by James A. Vance, David S. Jachowski, Allen C. Boynton, Marcella J. Kelly

“…During 2013, we deployed GPS collars at fixed sites varying by habitat and terrain conditions in the mountains of southwestern Virginia, USA, where elk (Cervus elaphus) were recently reintroduced, to test 2 hypotheses: 1) collar precision would decrease and fix rate bias would increase with increasing terrain and vegetation obstructions; and 2) variability in fixes and associated errors can affect evaluations of habitat use by reintroduced elk populations. …”
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Safety and efficacy of remimazolam tosilate combined with low-dose fentanyl for procedural sedation in obese patients undergoing gastroscopy: study protocol for a single-centre, do... by Xiao Wang, Hao Li, Bin Yang, Lijuan Yan, Zhenyi Chen, Ningning Wu

“…Propofol combined with low-dose opioids is commonly used as a sedation strategy, but it can exacerbate hypoxaemia by causing cardiopulmonary depression and airway obstruction, especially in obese patients. Remimazolam, a novel ultra-short-acting benzodiazepine, has minimal accumulative effects and less cardiorespiratory depression. …”
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Research on vehicle scheduling for forest fires in the northern Greater Khingan Mountains by Jie Zhang, Junnan He, Shihao Ren, Pei Zhou, Jun Guo, Mingyue Song

“…Improvement of ordinary genetic algorithm, design of double population strategy selection operation, the introduction of chaotic search initialization population, to improve the algorithm’s solution efficiency and accuracy, through the northern pristine forest area of Daxing’anling real forest fire cases and generation of large-scale random fire point simulation experimental test to verify the effectiveness of the algorithm, to ensure that the effectiveness and reasonableness of the solution to the problem of forest fire emergency rescue vehicle scheduling program. …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Treatment of Middle-Aged and Elderly Patients with IBD in Shanghai, China by Mi L, Wang K, Yao J, Ma J, Chen YW, Zeng Q, Liu K

“…The demographic, clinical features, symptoms, laboratory tests and treatment data of the patients were retrospectively analyzed.Results: This study included 454 patients with UC and 333 patients with CD. …”
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Effects of WSSV and ammonia nitrogen stress on the enzyme activity and transcriptome of Litopenaeus vannamei by Shan Gao, Linxin Dai, Yue Wang, Zuluan Liang, Yinhuan Zhou, Chengbo Sun

“…The toxicity of ammonia nitrogen and WSSV to L. vannamei was measured by the LC50 test, and semilethal concentrations at 72 hpi, 96 hpi, 120 hpi, and 144 hpi were obtained. …”
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Using large administrative data for mining patients' trajectories for risk stratification: An example from urological diseases. by Harvey Jia Wei Koh, Dragan Gašević, David Rankin, Mark Frydenberg, Stella Talic

“…For non-surgical procedures, calculus of the bladder, urethral stricture and bladder neck obstruction were associated with higher-risk groups. …”
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Functional outcome and quality of life index after endonasal versus external dacryocystorhinostomy by Rashmi A Dave, Suryasnata Rath, Devjyoti Tripathy, Samir Mahapatra, Mohd Hasnat Ali

“…All adult patients presenting with primary nasolacrimal duct obstruction (PANDO) undergoing EXT-DCR and NEN-DCR at a tertiary eye care center were included. …”
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A Comprehensive Data Description for LoRaWAN Path Loss Measurements in an Indoor Office Setting: Effects of Environmental Factors by Nahshon Obiri, Kristof van Laerhoven

“…As an example of how this dataset can be utilized, we tested and evaluated a refined Log-Distance Path Loss and Shadowing Model that integrates both structural obstructions (Multiple Walls) and Environmental Parameters (LDPLSM-MW-EP). …”
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Clinical Characteristics of Pediatric Chronic Rhinosinusitis: A Nationwide Retrospective Multicenter Study by Donghyeok Kim, Gwanghui Ryu, Sang Duk Hong, Shin Hyuk Yoo, Sue Jean Mun, Eun Jung Lee, Sung-Jae Heo, Jin Hyeok Jeong, Dae Woo Kim, Hyung-Ju Cho, Min-Seok Rha, Yong Min Kim, Ki-Il Lee, Ji-Hun Mo

“…The Kruskal-Wallis and Fisher exact tests were used to compare the quantitative and qualitative data, respectively. …”
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Effect of add-on therapy with leukotriene receptor antagonists and Chungsangboha-tang in patients with asthma: a protocol for a randomized, placebo-controlled, parallel, multicente... by Sung-Woo Kang, Hae-Seong Nam, Yang-Chun Park, Jun-Yong Choi, Ki-Tae Kim, Seo-Jung Ha, Kwan-Il Kim, Hee-Jae Jung, Beom-Joon Lee

“…Abstract Background Asthma is a chronic disease characterized by airway inflammation and obstruction. Treatment aims to control symptoms with minimal medication, using disease-controlling and symptom-relieving drugs. …”
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Research on an orchard row centreline multipoint autonomous navigation method based on LiDAR by Chen Zhenyu, Dou Hanjie, Gao Yuanyuan, Zhai Changyuan, Wang Xiu, Zou Wei

“…Row centreline navigation tests and headland turning tests were conducted, and the performances of 16-line and 32-line LiDAR with this method are compared. …”
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Experimental study on propagation attenuation characteristics of UWB electromagnetic wave in different coal and mixed media by Xuezhao ZHENG, Yuan HUANG, Ziyu SUN, Jun GUO, Duo ZHANG, Guobin CAI, Xin TONG

“…And utilize the RF signal attenuation system to carry out the propagation attenuation test of UWB electromagnetic wave in four thicknesses (30, 60, 90, 120 cm) of lignite, lean coal, sandstone, limestone and coal-rock mixing (mixing ratios of 3∶7 and 7∶3) media. …”
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The role of urodynamic study in pudendal nerve entrapment syndrome by C. Fernandes, V. Viegas, A. Artiles Medina, J. Morale Herrea, J. Casado, L. Vega, C. Luque, L. San José, L. López-Fando Lavalle

“…The diagnosis of PNE was established based on neurophysiological tests (NFS) and response to pudendal nerve block. …”
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“Better Handshake Together”: 3 years in interdisciplinary approach of endoscopic dacryocystorhinostomy by Kai Ping Ong, Zhi Xiang Yeoh, Jing Hern Khoo, Mohamad Azizul Fitri Khalid, Adlina Abdul Rahim, Ida Sadja’ah Sachlin, Ramiza Ramza Ramli

“…Additionally, we analysed the contributing factors impacting anatomical and functional failure with SPSS version 29 via chi-square test. Results Surgical success was defined as the complete resolution of epiphora in the presence of anatomical patency of the lacrimal system, proven by endoscopic visualization or the syringing test. …”
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The Er.Cr.YSGG laser’s impact in the occlusion of dentinal tubules: in vitro study by Mohammed Ziad Tarik, Mohamed Dhahir, Salah Alkurtas

“…Mann-Whitney U test was carried out to show a comparison between groups (control, laser group). …”
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Quantitative Assessment of Soldering-Induced PM_2.5 Exposure Using a Distributed Sensor Network in Instructional Laboratory Settings by Ian M. Kinsella, Anna N. Petrbokova, Rongjie Yang, Zheng Liu, Gokul Nathan, Nicklaus Thompson, Alexander V. Mamishev, Sep Makhsous

“…The health impact of this exposure is significant, with up to 22% of soldering workers worldwide being diagnosed with conditions such as occupational asthma, restrictive lung disease, and bronchial obstruction. Studies have reported that soldering can produce PM_2.5 concentrations up to 10 times higher than the U.S. …”
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Urinary stones as the initial presentation in a child with late-onset molybdenum cofactor deficiency type B: a case report and review of literature by Abdelrahim A. Sadek, Mohammed A. Aladawy, Rofaida M. Magdy, Mohammed Fawzy Fouad, Tarek M. M. Mansour, Eman Fathalla Gad, Elsayed Abdelkreem

“…Laboratory tests showed hypouricemia, xanthinuria, and positive urine sulfite. …”
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Development of a Human Performance Baseline of Lay Error in Targeting by Thirimachos Bourlai, Parker Ensing, Alexia Toma, Victor Philippe, Jennifer Forsythe, Cody L. Lundberg, Nicholas R. Gans

“…To address these objectives, a photo-realistic simulation environment using Unreal Engine was developed featuring four different targets, four motion configurations, four levels of zoom, four ranges, three levels of contrast, and four levels of obstructions. After prototyping and evaluation, the simulation environment was used to collect lay error metrics as 110 IRB-approved subjects aligned crosshairs on targets under various conditions. …”
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