Oral dydrogesterone versus oral micronized progesterone in threatened miscarriage: protocol paper for a randomized controlled trial by Alka Kriplani, Gouri Shankar Kamilya, T Ramani Devi, Ashima Taneja, Amol Pawar, Gayathri Karthik Nagesh, Tapan Pattanaik, Tanusree Gupta, Mahima Jain, Monjori Mitra

“…Scheduled visits after enrollment will be conducted during 6–13, 8–14, 18–20 and 24–26 weeks of gestation, in addition to a visit at the end of treatment at 14 weeks and another after parturition. The primary endpoint of the study is the miscarriage rate before 20 weeks of gestation. …”
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Exoscope-assisted spine surgery: Current applications and future directions–A short review by Tomas Ferreira, Sakshi Roy, Joecelyn Kirani Tan, Wireko Andrew Awuah, Vallabh Shet, Favour Tope Adebusoye, Adrenito Nicolas, Toufik Abdul-Rahman

“…Ethical considerations regarding patient safety, technology dependency, and health inequity add another dimension to these challenges. Despite these challenges, exoscope-assisted spine surgery holds significant potential for transforming clinical practice and improving patient outcomes. …”
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The use of photovoice in research with adolescents living with HIV in Africa: A scoping review by Yolanda R. Mayman, Brian van Wyk

“…Method: Eight electronic databases (ERIC, Ebscohost, PubMed, SCOPUS, CINAHAL, PsycINFO, CABI Direct and Africa Index Medicus) were searched to identify articles that used photovoice methods with ALHIV in Africa to publish between 2000 and 2024. …”
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“Common sense is hard work” but benefits from persistent collaboration: Lessons learnt from the development of The Collaborative Network for European Clinical Trials for Children (... by Sabah Attar, Carla Peacock, Mandy Wan, Erin Halil, Chloe Bickerstaff, Lionel Tan, Hafsah Bhatti, Ricardo M. Fernandes, Regis Hankard, Mark A. Turner

“…This paper aims to review the learning points identified during co-development of c4c processes by academic and industry partners. …”
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Surface defect detection on industrial drum rollers: Using enhanced YOLOv8n and structured light for accurate inspection. by Guofeng Qin, Qinkai Zou, Mengyan Li, Yi Deng, Peiwen Mi, Yongjian Zhu, Hao Liu

“…Finally, Wise-IoU was applied to replace CIoU in the loss function, so that the network pays more attention to the high-quality samples. …”
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Higher AVCO2 and Lactate Gradient Combined with SOFA Score as a Mortality Predictor during the 6-Hours of Resuscitation of Septic Shock by Morteza Talebi Doluee, Sahar Azam Ghasemzadeh, Ahmad Bagheri Moghadam, Zahra Abbasishaye, Davood Soroosh, Elnaz Vafadar Moradi

“…One of the key indicators used to assess the severity and prognosis of sepsis is lactate level. Another key indicator of sepsis severity is a significant difference in the level of carbon dioxide (CO2) between veins and arteries. …”
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A novel roseosiphovirus infecting dinoroseobacter shibae DFL12T represents a new genus by Nana Wei, Longfei Lu, Yingying Li, Bo Ding, Lanlan Cai, Yunlan Yang

“…R26L has siphovirus morphology with an elongated head and a long, non-flexible tail. The phage has a narrow host range and demonstrates a long infection cycle with a latent period of 3.5 h and a burst size of 22 plaque-forming units (PFU cell− 1). …”
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Comparison of clinical and pharmacodynamic features of proton pump inhibitors efficacy in gastroesophageal reflux disease by O. A. Storonova, A. S. Trukhmanov

“…At a choice of PPI dose or shift from one PPI to another it is necessary to be guided by the concept of equivalent dosages according to the instruction leaflet on the drug application. …”
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Initial use of supplementary oxygen for trauma patients: a systematic review by Trine Grodum Eskesen, Josefine Stokholm Baekgaard, Jacob Steinmetz, Lars S Rasmussen

“…No patient died in either group. Another interventional trial, not strictly fulfilling the inclusion criteria, was presented for descriptive purposes. 21 trauma patients were alternately assigned to two types of mechanical ventilation (first 48 hours), both aiming at an FiO2 of 0.40, but resulted in estimated mean FiO2s of 0.45 (intervention group) and 0.60 (control group). …”
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Non-print Periodicals in the Wroblewski Library: what does the Collection Tell us about the History of Publishing in Lithuania? by Rima Cicėnienė

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Study of evolution for 3D structured surface with nano-balls and walls-like features with thickness variation for WO3 thin films made by spray deposition by Mirela Petruta Suchea, Ioan Valentin Tudose, Cosmin Romanitan, Cristina Pachiu, Marian Popescu, Kyriakos Mouratis, Marina Manica, Stefan Antohe, Stelios Couris, Dragos Gabriel Zisopol, Octavian Narcis Ionescu, Emmanuel Koudoumas

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Effect of power training on physical functional performance of patients with Parkinson's disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. by Samuel Brito de Almeida, Emmanuelle Silva Tavares Sobreira, Charles Phillipe de Lucena Alves, Danielle Pessoa Lima, Janine de Carvalho Bonfadini, Manoel Alves Sobreira-Neto, Thiago Holanda Freitas, Simony Lira do Nascimento, Pedro Braga-Neto

“…Inclusion criteria were randomized controlled trials comparing PT to a control group or another PA intervention in PD patients. PFP was the primary outcome. …”
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The utility of Glaucoma Information Cards for grasping glaucoma subtypes: a single-center pilot study by Yukinori Yamada, Tetsuya Murase, Emiko Mashida, Yuki Kakeda, Yuuka Shibata, Hiroaki Matsuo

“…One patient was administered cibenzoline for atrial fibrillation. Another patient received isosorbide dinitrate for coronary angiography. …”
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Do You Speak Dialect? Yes! by Vytautas Kardelis, Gabriela Forgeron

“…It is important to note that it is not possible to draw any broader generalisations from a selection of several or even a few dozen informants on one or another of the points under study. The snowball method, a favoured approach among sociolinguists and dialectologists, may appear advantageous in terms of material collection. …”
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Virgin coconut oil lessens trichloroacetic acid assault on the stomach and intestine of rats via enhancement of Nrf2 but inhibition of TNF-α, IL1β/NF-kB signalling pathway by OO Oladokun, KO Ajeigbe, MA Adelakun

“…Materials and Methods: Rats received TCA (250 mg/Kg b.wt, p.o) for ten days, followed by either 5 % or 10 % VCO per gram feed alone or in combination with 5FU (50 mg/kg, i.p) for another ten days. Stomach and intestinal tissue oxidative stress parameters and inflammatory markers were evaluated along with histological examination. …”
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Extensive composable entropy for the analysis of cosmological data by Constantino Tsallis, Henrik Jeldtoft Jensen

“…Being extensive means that in the micro-canonical, or uniform, ensemble where all micro-state occur with the same probability, the entropy becomes proportional to N asymptotically: S(N)∝N for N→∞. …”
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An optimized data analytics pipeline for improving healthcare diagnosis using ensemble learning by Lomat Haider Chowdhury, Shaira Tabassum, Swakkhar Shatabda, Ashir Ahmed

“…To reaffirm the rectification of our model, we experimented with it on another COVID-19 routine blood test dataset. In both cases, our proposed model acquired better results regarding different performance measures. …”
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The Role of Aspartate Aminotransferase/Platelet Ratio Index Score in Predicting Intrahepatic Cholestasis of Pregnancy and its Relationship with Total Bile Acid Level: A Case-Contro... by Merve Demir, Emre Sertel

“… OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study is to examine the value of the first-trimester aspartate aminotransferase to platelet ratio index (APRI) score in predicting intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy (ICP) occurring later in pregnancy. Another aim of the study is to determine the relationship between APRI scores and total bile acid (TBA) levels in pregnant women with ICP. …”
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Real-World Treatment Patterns in Men with Castration- Resistant Prostate Cancer Receiving Docetaxel by Keith L. Davis, Benjamin Gutierrez, Teresa Zyczynski, James A. Kaye

“…After CRPC diagnosis, 8% of patients had initiated another cancer-directed therapy before starting docetaxel. …”
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