The Screening of Antiphospholipid Antibodies in Obstetric Antiphospholipid Syndrome-Like Events: A Regional Perspective by Onder Onen, Fusun Gulizar Varol

“…To determine which antibody level best corresponds to the risk of these clinical outcomes is difficult. …”
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Irritable Bowel Syndrome Onset after New Coronavirus Infection COVID-19 by I. Yu. Feklina, M. G. Mnatsakanyan, A. P. Pogromov, O. V. Tashchyаn

“…Depression was scored with the Beck Inventory, anxiety — with Spielberger—Khanin (adapted STAI) questionnaire; childhood psychogeny has also been assessed.Results. …”
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Estimation of minimum miscible pressure in carbon dioxide gas injection using machine learning methods by Ali Akbari, Ali Ranjbar, Yousef Kazemzadeh, Fatemeh Mohammadinia, Amirjavad Borhani

“…Comparative analysis with experimental MMP data revealed that the Glaso method achieves an accuracy of 0.8749, among the most precise methods, while SVM performed best among the mentioned ML algorithms with an accuracy of 0.986 and RMSE of 0.027.…”
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Innovative approach to Pb (II) removal using zinc-based MOFs-derived carbon: In-depth analysis of adsorption mechanisms, isotherms, thermodynamics, and kinetics by Samira Ahmadzadeh, Alireza Hemmati

“…According to kinetic studies, the best match was given by the pseudo-second-order model (R2 = 0.9993). …”
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Efficacy of a simple intravitreal perfluoropropane injection in treating unclosed idiopathic macular holes following vitrectomy by Zexia Dou, Jindong Han, Shaozhen Zhao

“…Comprehensive evaluations, including best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), indirect ophthalmoscopy, fundus photography, and OCT, were performed before PPV, 1 week after surgery, and at follow-up intervals of 1–3 months after the intravitreal gas injection. …”
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Resource constraints, patient emotions, and therapy: experiences of healthcare providers in the screening and management of gestational diabetes mellitus in northern Ghana by Mohammed Bukari, Abdulai Abubakari, Hawa Malechi, Thomas Hinneh, Humphrey Garti, Faith Agbozo

“…Understanding the experiences of healthcare providers in the screening and management of GDM has the potential to identify best practices to improve GDM care. Hence, this study sought to explore the experiences of healthcare providers in screening and managing GDM. …”
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Kinetic and Photochemical Disequilibrium in the Potentially Carbon-rich Atmosphere of the Warm Jupiter WASP-69 b by Nidhi Bangera, Christiane Helling, Gloria Guilluy, Patricio Cubillos, Luca Fossati, Paolo Giacobbe, Paul Rimmer, Daniel Kitzmann

“…Cross-correlation of synthetic spectra with observed data shows that models with C/O = 2 best match observations, but models with C/O = 0.55 and 0.9 lead to statistically equivalent fits, leaving the C/O ratio unconstrained. …”
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Immunotherapy in metastatic renal cell carcinoma: Insights from a Dutch nationwide cohort by Hilin Yildirim, Anke Richters, Adriaan D. Bins, Arnoud W. Postema, Maureen J.B. Aarts, Martijn G.H. van Oijen, Patricia J. Zondervan, Katja K.H. Aben

“…Overall, 55% received at least one line of systemic therapy, 7% underwent cytoreductive nephrectomy without systemic therapy, and the remaining 37% received best supportive care. In the systemic treatment cohort, first-line TKI use decreased from 94% in 2018 to 21% in 2022, while IO use increased from 6% to 79%. …”
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Attitudes towards transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) in Australia: a national survey of TIPS centres by Jacob George, Avik Majumdar, Golo Ahlenstiel, Stuart K Roberts, Scott Read, Eric Kalo

“…This study aimed to address this gap in knowledge and benchmark the current landscape of TIPS services in Australia against international guidelines.Methods We designed a 42-item questionnaire according to practice-based recommendations and standards of international guidelines to investigate current landscape of TIPS service across four key domains: (1) service provision, (2) patient selection and indications, (3) best procedure practice, and (4) postoperative care.Results Gastroenterologist/hepatologists from 23 major liver centres (67.6%) across Australia currently performing TIPS completed the questionnaire. …”
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Internal Dosimetry in Patients Undergoing Peptide Receptor Radionuclide Therapy (PRRT) with 177Lu-[DOTA0-Tyr3] Octerotate: A Single-Center Experience by Elahe Mahmoudi, Mahasti Amoui, Mohammad Reza Deevband, Elahe Pirayesh, Mohammad Reza Asgari, Mehdi Ghorbani

“…PRRT applications are continuously expanding in most departments of nuclear medicine in Iran, but the best of all, no one has studied the mean doses of organs of the patients. …”
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Developing a new clinical governance framework for chronic diseases in primary care: an umbrella review by Walter Ricciardi, Gianfranco Damiani, Alessandra Buja, Vincenzo Baldo, Mark H Ebell, Roberto Toffanin, Mirko Claus

“…These interventions should be shaped by an approach to their clinical management that achieves the best clinical governance, which includes quality assurance, risk management, technology assessment, management of patient satisfaction and patient empowerment and engagement. …”
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Effect of different instrument systems on the quality of bio-ceramic obturation material by Dizhwar Hussein Mahmoud, Salman R. .F

“…Results: statistics for groups 1, 2 and 3 revealed that Wave one group showed the best leakage (mean of 0.7 mm) with significant difference. …”
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Water quality prediction and carbon reduction mechanisms in wastewater treatment in Northwest cities using Random Forest Regression model by Jingjing Sun, Xin Guan, Xiaojun Sun, Xiaojing Cao, Yepei Tan, Jiarong Liao

“…Compared to five other models, the RFR model demonstrates the best performance across all water quality indicator predictions. …”
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Techno-economic assessment of hydrogen application in cereal crop farming by Katumwesigye Anthony, Magnus Hellström, Jonas Spohr

“…The results indicate that economic feasibility is a significant challenge, with LCOH reaching as high as 57 €/kg of hydrogen in some cases, while the best-case scenarios achieved LCOH as low as 7.5 €/kg. …”
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Patient Knowledge About Diabetes: Illness Symptoms, Complications and Preventive Personal Lifestyle Factors by Rakesh Kumar, Ramaiah Itumalla, Bilesha Perera, Mohamed Tharwat Elabbasy, Mahesh Singh

“…Most respondents indicated that insulin injection (92%) and avoiding sugary foods (91.6%) were the best ways to control blood sugar. Even though work related to the medical field (p=001) and age (p=0.018) were significantly and positively associated with knowledge, the association of gender, income, level of education, medical field related education, nationality, and marital position with knowledge were not significant…”
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Otodectes cynotis (Acari: Psoroptidae) infestations in Southern pudus (Pudu puda): In situ and ex situ data of an unexpected host-parasite record by Caroline Wilhelm, Edwin Kniha, Pamela Muñoz, Ángelo Espinoza, Laura Platner, Saskia Dreyer, Lisa Grund, Zoë Tess Lara Lindhorst, Ulrich Gärtner, Julia Walochnik, Anja Taubert, Dominik Fischer, Stephan Hering-Hagenbeck, Carlos Hermosilla, David Ebmer

“…In some cases, mites were found as a secondary finding when clinical examination under general anesthesia was performed for other reasons. To the best of our knowledge, this signifies the first report of O. cynotis infestations in pudus by combining morphological and molecular identification. …”
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Assessment of Machine Learning Algorithms in Short-term Forecasting of PM10 and PM2.5 Concentrations in Selected Polish Agglomerations by Bartosz Czernecki, Michał Marosz, Joanna Jędruszkiewicz

“…Employing analysis and cross-validation, we found that XGBoost performed the best, followed by random forests and neural networks, and stepwise regression performed the worst. …”
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Influence of sowing amount and substrate thickness on the quality of sandy ecological grass blankets by ZOU Jiatong, YU Weijie, ZHANG Zheng, FENG Zhidao, ZHANG Changlin

“…Z5/45 treatment had the highest root length density, while Z9/15 treatment had the smallest leaf width and the best texture. Z9/45 treatment received the highest comprehensive score for blanket formation traits, as assessed by both variation analysis and membership function methods. …”
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Particle Filtration Efficiency, Breathability, and Reusability of Common Masks by Heikki Junninen, Nieves Maria Flores March, Marko Vana, Kalju Tamme, Helina Lipp, Sander Mirme, Siim Pikker, Tareq Hussein, Markku Kulmala

“…It is concluded here that disposable masks and respirators can be washed and used several times without losing much quality of the masks regarding the FE and breathability. The best masks for FE were N95 respirators, but they had relatively low breathability. …”
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A Comparative evaluation of smear layer removal using: sonic, ultrasonic, and erbium, chromium: yttrium scandium gallium garnet Laser as activated irrigation techniques (an SEM stu... by Dara Zakaria Shakir, Ihsan Neimat Bahnam

“…Conclusion: All the activation techniques were useful in the removal of the smear layer with the favorite to laser technology that was the best one. Smear layer removal was more effective in the coronal and middle thirds than in the apical third for all groups.   …”
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