Siliconomas Siliconomas by Marilho Tadeu Dornelas, Marilia de Pádua Dornelas Correa, Felipe Marcellos Lemos Barra, Carlos Alberto Correa de Sá Junior, Marcília de Cássia Dornelas, Ludmila Leite Sant'Anna, Gabriel de Mendonça Netto, Fabrizio Romagnoli de Arruda

“…Of these, 7 were male and 4 female, and there were 3 transvestites. All patients clearly referred the material injected into their bodies and have done all the procedure in a non-hospital environment and by lay individuals. …”
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A Systematic Literature Review and Meta-Regression Analysis on Early-Life Energy Restriction and Cancer Risk in Humans. by Rachel J J Elands, Colinda C J M Simons, Martien van Dongen, Leo J Schouten, Bas A J Verhage, Piet A van den Brandt, Matty P Weijenberg

“…Summary relative risks were not computed for colorectal cancer, because of heterogeneity, and for stomach-, pancreas-, ovarian-, and respiratory cancer because there were <3 available studies. Longer duration of exposure to ER, after adjustment for severity, was positively associated with overall cancer risk in women (p = 0.02). …”
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Fibrinolytic and factor XIII activity in subarachnoid hemorrhage Actividad fíbrinolítica y del factor XIII en la hemorragia subaracnoidea by Luis A. Pliego, Salomon Muchnik

“…Factor XIII activity in the first bleeding was 82.1 ±4%, while the levels of FDP were 3.8±lmg/ml. In patients presenting rebleeding (n4), Factor XIII activity was 67.3±4.5% the day it manifested, which is significantly less than the values previously observed (p<0.01), while the FDP level was 4.1±2mg/ml. …”
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ADHERANCE TO BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING ENSURING COMPLIANCE WITH ETHICAL PRINCIPLES IN THE REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN by A. G. Shamsutdinova, B. S. Turdaliyeva, B. A. Ramazanova, A. G. Beltenova

“…Women, who had little information about screening as a whole and about screening test before it was taken, were 3 and 2 times less likely to come to screening again (OR=3 95 % CI 1.6; 5.9 and OR=2 95 % CI 0.8; 3.7, respectively). …”
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Pre-contoured Allograft Wedge Resorption and Complication Rates in Foot and Ankle Surgery at a Single Institution from 2017-2022 by Allison L. Boden MD, Seif El Masry, Grace DiGiovanni BS, Constantine Demetracopoulos MD, Elizabeth A. Cody MD

“…Of the 78 wedges used in 2022, 11 wedges resorbed and there were 3 non-unions without resorption, for an overall complication rate of 18%. …”
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Effect of Perfluorane on the Amplitude-Frequency Spectrum of Fluctuations in Cerebral Blood Flow in Hemorrhagic Hypotension and During the Reperfusion Period by I. A. Ryzhkov, Yu. V. Zarzhetsky, I. S. Novoderzhkina

“…LDF (ЛАКК 02 device, LAZMA, Russia) was used to record blood flow in the pial vessels of the left parietal region (the center coordinates were 3 mm caudal to bregma and 2 mm left of the sagittal suture. …”
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Analysis of Microbial Diversity Dominating Nitrite Enzymatic Degradation and Acidic Degradation in the Fermentation Broth of Northeast Sauerkraut by Xiangru Xu, Meng Zhang, Yuefei Tao, Wei Wei

“…During the nitrite peak period of Northeast sauerkraut fermentation broth, the nitrite concentration reached 32.15 mg/kg, the pH was 4.7, and the abundances of the nitrite reductase genes <i>nirK</i> and <i>nirS</i> were 3.0 × 10⁴ and 4.9 × 10⁴ copies/μL, respectively. …”
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Effect on postpartum hemorrhage of prophylactic oxytocin (10 IU) by injection by community health officers in Ghana: a community-based, cluster-randomized trial. by Cynthia K Stanton, Samuel Newton, Luke C Mullany, Patience Cofie, Charlotte Tawiah Agyemang, Edward Adiibokah, Seeba Amenga-Etego, Niamh Darcy, Sadaf Khan, Deborah Armbruster, John Gyapong, Seth Owusu-Agyei

“…In oxytocin and control arms, respectively, PPH-1 rates were 2.6% versus 5.5% (RR: 0.49; 95% CI: 0.27-0.88); PPH-2 rates were 3.8% versus 10.8% (RR: 0.35; 95% CI: 0.18-0.63), and PPH-3 rates were similar to those of PPH-2. …”
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Feeding, dysphagia, weight, and sleep in pediatric patients: mediation analysis and comparison of autism and non-autism by Ann H. Johnson, David Farbo, Wilson Johnson, Andrea M. Smith, Lisa Bashore

“…Feeding difficulties and dysphagia predicted sleep disorders in the sample; however, those with autism were 3.83 times more likely to have feeding difficulties than patients without autism and 2.19 times more likely to have dysphagia. …”
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Biometabolic Distribution of Tc-3PRGD2 and its Potential Value in Monitoring Chemotherapeutic Effects by Jian-Guo Wu, Shao-Li Song, Xiang Zhou, Fan Wang, Yin-Yan Zhu, Lei Xie, Fan Zhang, Gang Huang

“…The half-life (t 1/2 ) of the radiotracer in heart, liver, and tumor in the NTG were 3.43 ± 0.94 minutes, 13.41 ± 9.17 minutes, and 70.83 ± 33.37 minutes, respectively. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Radio Frequency Ablation for Benign Thyroid Nodules: Initial Clinical Experience in United Arab Emirates by Kwang Hwi Lee, Eui Yong Jeon, Sung June Jang

“…Nodule diameter (cm), volume (mL) at pre-RFA, post-RFA 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months were 3.86 ± 1.26, 2.64 ± 1.14, 2.06 ± 1.09, 1.82 ± 1.14, and 18.8 ± 18.79, 8.82 ± 12.42, 4.47 ± 5.59, 4.11 ± 9.17 (p< 0.001). …”
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New Predictive Diagnostic Method for Cardiac Dynamics Based on Probability Distributions by Javier Rodríguez Velásquez, Leonardo Juan Ramírez López, Sofia García Torres

“…In the 2001–3000 range, the repetitions for normal dynamics were 3 to 0, for chronic cases 14 to 10, for acute cases 6 to 3, and for pacemaker dynamics 2. …”
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Circulating ACTH and Cortisol Investigations in Standardbred Racehorses Under Training and Racing Sessions by Cristina Cravana, Pietro Medica, Esterina Fazio, Katiuska Satué, Giacoma Brancato, Deborah La Fauci, Giuseppe Bruschetta

“…Four of them were 2-year-olds and a further six were 3-year-olds. Training and racing effects on both ACTH (<i>p</i> < 0.01) and cortisol (<i>p</i> < 0.01) values were obtained. …”
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A competing risk analysis of predictors of time to lost to follow-up among adults with TB/HIV coinfection in Bahir Dar by Robel Demelash, Getachew Hailu, Taye Abuhay, Zemenu Addis, Ayenew Tega, Degarege Nibret, Yitagesu Habtu

“…Incidence rates of LTFU for ART and TB treatment were 3.90 and 19.17 per 1000 person-months of observation (PMOs), respectively. …”
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Postpartum Remote Health Coaching Intervention for Individuals With a Hypertensive Disorder of Pregnancy: Proof-of-Concept Study by Jaclyn D Borrowman, Lucas J Carr, Gary L Pierce, William T Story, Bethany Barone Gibbs, Kara M Whitaker

“…A total of 19 women who were 3‐6 months postpartum HDP; currently inactive; 18 years of age or older; resided in Iowa; and without diabetes, kidney disease, and CVD were enrolled. …”
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Utilization and access to metered-dose inhalers and sustainable alternatives among older adults in the United States: a population-based studyResearch in context by Ashwaghosha Parthasarathi, Isao Iwata, Catherine Chen, Amy R. Li, Novella Lye, Poonam Gandhi, Melanie Rua, Reynold A. Panettieri, Jr., Jared Radbel, Mahesh Padukudru Anand, Mary Bridgeman, Soko Setoguchi

“…Median deductible-phase out-of-pocket costs were $3–9 for SABA MDIs vs. $42–49 for DPIs/SMIs and $3–4 for ICS MDIs vs. $3–116 for DPIs/SMIs. …”
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Levels of neurotrophins in the brain of female rats in an experimental model of malignant tumor growth under conditions of hypothyroidism by E. I. Surikova, E. M. Frantsiyants, V. A. Bandovkina, I. V. Kaplieva, I. V. Neskubina, Yu. A. Pogorelova, L. K. Trepitaki, N. D. Cheryarina, L. A. Nemashkalova, A. Yu. Arakelova, A. M. Salatova

“…NT3 levels in the control group 1 were 3.0- and 1.6-fold lower in the cortex and subcortical substance, respectively. …”
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Global, regional and national mortality burden of laryngeal cancer attributable to occupational exposure to sulfuric acid and asbestos: 1990–2021 and projections to 2040 by Xin Gong, Yinxia Xu, Yong Hao, Meitao Yi, Chao Yuan, Zhenhong Zheng, Jia Gong, Gongjie Shen, Yongqi Dong

“…Additionally, Bayesian age-period-cohort model was used to predict future trends up to 2040.ResultsIn 2021, global LC deaths attributable to OESA and OEA were 3,612.35 (95% uncertainty intervals (UI): 1,504.31–6,492.29) and 3,392.00 (95% UI: 1,892.13–5,134.88), respectively, representing increases of 37.5% and 21.4%, respectively, from 1990. …”
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Willingness to pay for dental check-ups and the associated socioeconomic factors among Japanese adults with fewer than 20 remaining teeth: a cross-sectional study by Katsuo Oshima, Moeka Araki, Rika Takei, Yasushi Kumono, Ryutaro Kobayashi, Tomoko Tanaka, Masaomi Fukuda

“…The median (mean) WTP values for dental check-ups were 3,000 (3,559) Japanese Yen (JPY) and 2,000 (2,778) JPY in the DCR and non-DCR groups, respectively. …”
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Evaluation of neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) in critical care patients with synthetic cannabinoid (bonzai) intoxication by Mustafa Kaplan, Alpaslan Tanoglu, Tolga Duzenli, Muhammet Yildirim, Yusuf Serdar Sakin, Musa Salmanoglu, Yalçin Önem

“…As complete blood cell count; mean WBC values were 9.43 ±3.27 × 103/mm3 vs 7.05 ±2.12 × 103/mm3 (p < 0.001), mean platelet counts were 237.33 ± 60 × 103/mm3 vs 263.90 ± 65.98 × 103/mm3 (p = 0.022), NLR counts were 3.17 ± 1.95 vs 2.32 ± 1.27 (p = 0.003) and PLR values were 114.43 ±36.39 vs 133.94 ±45.27 (p = 0.008), in patients and controls, respectively. …”
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