Do non-mammary conditions influence patients’ cosmetic perception after breast conserving surgery? by Idam de Oliveira-Junior, Idam de Oliveira-Junior, Fabíola Cristina Brandini da Silva, Fabíola Cristina Brandini da Silva, Almir José Sarri, René Aloísio da Costa Vieira, René Aloísio da Costa Vieira

“…The ANOVA were performed with the adjusted Bonferroni correction to compare the four groups.ResultsA total of 300 patients were evaluated, 298 underwent self-assessment of the breasts (76.8% satisfactory results and 23.2% unsatisfactory) and 297 underwent BCCT.core evaluation (29.9% satisfactory results and 79.1% unsatisfactory), which had a kappa of 0.095 (p = 0.01). …”
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Una flâneuse disidente en la farmacopornomegalópolis. Promiscuidad, amor y ciudad en Plástico cruel de Jóse Sbarra by Atilio Raul Rubino

“…Con un estilo fragmentario y polifónico que pasa de lo lírico a lo narrativo, siempre en un tono irónico llevado por momentos al absurdo, la novela de Sbarra constituye para la época un fuerte cuestionamiento a los estándares de la familia tradicional así como a la incipiente normalización de lo gay.…”
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The Multifaceted Sustainable Development and Export Intensity of Emerging Market Firms under Financial Constraints: The Role of ESG and Innovative Activity by Tamara Teplova, Tatiana Sokolova, Mariya Gubareva, Viktoria Sukhikh

“…We find that other significant factors are political links of the top management, the gender composition of production and administrative units, employee training facilities, and ownership structure.…”
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Effect of Absorbents on NOx Removal through Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) Hollow Fiber Membrane Modules by Irfan Purnawan, Sutrasno Kartohardjono, Levana Wibowo, Annisa Faiza Ramadhani, Woei Jye Lau, Arifina Febriasari

“…NOx (NO and NO2) are air toxins that endanger life and represent a hazard to the environment, such as photochemical smog, global warming, acid rain, ozone depletion, and the occurrence of respiratory infections. …”
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Time-Dependent Reliability-Based Design Optimization Utilizing Nonintrusive Polynomial Chaos by Yao Wang, Shengkui Zeng, Jianbin Guo

“…The optimization goal is to minimize the mean and the variance of the total weight under both of the time-dependent and the time-independent reliability constraints.…”
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Elastography in Hepatology by Ludovico Abenavoli, Christophe Corpechot, Raoul Poupon

“…A common characteristic of all chronic liver diseases is the occurrence and progression of fibrosis toward cirrhosis. Consequently, liver fibrosis assessment plays an important role in hepatology. …”
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Improved early postoperative cognition in elderly gastrointestinal patients: a randomized controlled trial on the role of ultrasound-guided stellate ganglion block by Ruyue Xue, Yuexian Li, Mei Zhan, Lin Yang, Defeng Sun

“…BackgroundThis study evaluates the impact of ultrasound-guided stellate ganglion block (SGB) on early postoperative cognitive dysfunction (POCD) in elderly patients who underwent laparoscopic gastrointestinal (GI) surgery, as well as its potential effect on oxidative stress and inflammatory responses.MethodsIn this randomized controlled trial, 104 elderly patients scheduled for elective laparoscopic GI surgery were randomized to receive ultrasound-guided SGB before general anesthesia (SGB group) or general anesthesia alone (control group). A total of 98 patients completed the study. Cognitive function was assessed using the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) and Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) preoperatively, and on postoperative days one and three. …”
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Application and Validation of Simple Isocratic HPLC-UV-DAD Method with Dual Wavelength Detection for Ivabradine Determination and Its Application in the Study of Stress Degradation by Joanna Nowakowska, Piotr Pikul, Marcin Marszałł, Krzesimir Ciura

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METHODOLOGY FOR DATA COLLECTION IN SIMULATED IRRADIATIONS USING MONTE CARLO TECHNIQUES ON DICOM IMAGES FOR X-RAY FLUORESCENCE EMISSIONS LOCALIZATION IN HIGH ATOMIC NUMBER MATERIALS by Nicolás E. Martín, F. Malano, Miguel Sofo Haro, M. Valente

“…We applied this methodology to localize nanoparticles in computer-generated phantoms, demonstrating its feasibility and versatility through Monte Carlo simulations and correlation with micro-tomography. This methodology emerges as a promising tool for obtaining functional information in complex biomedical environments.…”
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Identification of Oil Vertical Migration Through Tectonic Fractures: A New Insight into the Oil Migration Process in the Central Ordos Basin, China by Yiwei Ren, Aiguo Wang, Yanjun Du, Chunyu Li, Bianyang Wang, Zilong Li, Jie Wang, Jinxiang Wei

“…Here, we provide a case study showing that combined geochemical and geological analyses are a robust tool for identifying oil vertical migration through tectonic fractures. …”
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TIESA IR TIKRUMAS WITTGENSTEINO FILOSOFIJOJE by Albinas Plėšnys

“…The third aspect of truth is ethical, but it is not the topic of present discussion. In his Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus Ludwig Wittgenstein proposed the ontological model by means of which he formulated the conception of truth as the correspondence of facts to reality in a logical space. …”
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Investigation on Mechanical and Thermal Properties of a Kenaf/Jute Fiber-Reinforced Polyester Hybrid Biocomposite by Munirah D. Albaqami, Yagya Dutta Dwivedi, N. Krishnamoorthy, M. Logesh Kumar, L. H. Manjunatha, Ch. Mallika Chowdary, Saikh Mohammad Wabaidur, A. Rajendra. Prasad, Rupesh V. Chikhale, S. Praveen Kumar

“…The following stacking sequences were used to manufacture a total of five different types of laminates: polyester resin 80 wt%/kenaf fiber 20 wt%, polyester resin 80 wt%/jute fiber 20 wt%), polyester resin 80 wt%/kenaf fiber 5 wt%/jute fiber 15 wt%, polyester resin 80 wt%/kenaf fiber 10 wt%/jute fiber 10 wt%, and polyester resin 80 wt%/kenaf fiber 15 wt%/jute fiber 5 wt%. …”
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Motivators for Physical Activity among Ambulatory Nursing Home Older Residents by Yuh-Min Chen, Yueh-Ping Li

“…Five motivators of physical activity emerged from the result of analysis: eagerness for returning home, fear of becoming totally dependent, improving mood state, filling empty time, and previously cultivated habit. …”
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High-Q Fabry-Pérot Cavity Based on Micro-Lens Array for Refractive Index Sensing by Qi Wang, Xuyang Zhao, Man Luo, Yuxiang Li, Junjie Liu, Xiang Wu

“…A strong mode-profile restriction of the micro-lens simultaneously reduced the mode volume and enhanced the Q factor, exhibiting high tolerance to non-parallelism of mirrors compared with that of the plane-plane FP (PP-FP) microcavities. …”
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Cattle Fencing BMP Can Reduce Phosphorus Loads from Florida Ranches by Sanjay Shukla, Wendy D. Graham, Alan Hodges, James M. Knowles

“… BMPs are an important tool in helping the state and individual landowners protect and enhance state’s waters. …”
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Enhanced Myocardial Tissue Visualization: A Comparative Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Study of Gradient-Spin Echo-STIR and Conventional STIR Imaging by Sadegh Dehghani, Shapoor Shirani, Elahe Jazayeri Gharebagh

“…Furthermore, the acquisition time (27.17±3.53 vs. 36.9±4.08 seconds, p=0.041) and the local torso SAR (<13% vs. <17%, p=0.047) were significantly lower for GraSE-STIR compared to conventional STIR in short-axis plan. …”
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THE CHORAL FRAMEWORK IN THE OPERA DECEBAL BY TEODOR ZGUREANU by Luminiţa GUŢANU

“…It is a style the composer has perfected with great toil, characterized also by timbral refinement and subtlety in the game of nuances. …”
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Heart disease in pregnancy and adverse outcomes: an umbrella review by Jiani Zhang, Jiani Zhang, Yuxin Ren, Yuxin Ren, Bingjie Li, Qi Cao, Qi Cao, Xiaodong Wang, Xiaodong Wang, Haiyan Yu, Haiyan Yu

“…The quality of the systematic reviews and meta-analyses was assessed using the A Measurement Tool to Assess Systematic Reviews 2 (AMSTAR2), while Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development, and Evaluation (GRADE) was used to evaluate the strength of the evidence for each outcome.ResultsA total of 12 meta-analyses and systematic reviews were included, which documented 156 adverse outcomes for mothers and 65 adverse outcomes for offspring. …”
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EURAD State-of-the-Art Report: ACED assessment of the chemical evolution at the disposal cell scale—part I—processes at interfaces and evolution at disposal cell scale by Erika Neeft, Guido Deissmann, Diederik Jacques

“…The key element is the narrative of the evolution at the disposal cell scale based on process understanding. In part II, tools to obtain process understanding–experiments, analogues, modelling–are discussed in detail.…”
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Molecular Interactions of Renin with Chikusetsusaponin IV and Momordin IIc by Hai-Ling Zhang, Gui-Lan Zhu, Xiao-Tian Chen

“…The molecular mechanics Poisson–Boltzmann surface area (MM-PBSA) yielded −1.10812 kcal/mol and −39.0587 kcal/mol total binding energy for the two complexes, respectively, which were primarily contributed by electrostatic and van der Waals interaction energies, and the binding was strongly unfavored by polar solvation energy, a further confirmation that momordin IIc has stronger hydrogen bonding and hydrophobic effect in the inhibition of renin than the chikusetsusaponin IV.…”
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