Modern Percutaneous Hallux Valgus Surgery for Revision of Recurrent Hallux Valgus by Andreas Kurt Toepfer MD PhD, Pawel Chomej MD, Pablo Mococain MD, Henryk Liszka MD PhD, Robbie Ray MBChB, ChM(TO), FRCSed(Tr&Orth), FEBOT, Tom Lewis MBChB (Hons) BSc. (Hons) MFSTEd FRCS(Tr&Orth), Peter Lam MBBS (Hons), FRACS, FAOA, David Gordon MB ChB, MRCS, MD, FRCS (Tr&Orth)

“…HVA was corrected from a mean of 33.5° to 10.3° at 6 weeks and 9.0° at 12 months, IMA from a mean of 13.9° to 4.8° and 5.1°, respectively. …”
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Impact on mortality of being seropositive for hepatitis C virus antibodies among blood donors in Brazil: A twenty-year study. by Hélio Ranes de Menezes Filho, Ana Luiza de Souza Bierrenbach, Maria Ligia Damato Capuani, Alfredo Mendrone, Adele Schwartz Benzaken, Soraia Mafra Machado, Marielena Vogel Saivish, Ester Cerdeira Sabino, Steven Sol Witkin, Maria Cássia Mendes-Corrêa

“…Donors seropositive for HCV had a 29.5 (95%CI: 3.9-221.7), 2.8 (95% CI: 1.4-5.5) and a 1.9 (95% CI: 1.2-3.0) times higher risk of death due to hepatocellular carcinoma, infection or trauma, respectively, compared to seronegative donors.…”
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VRU Safety at Road Intersections: An Ontology-Driven Digital Twin by Victor M. G. Martinez, Salim S. Mussi, Moises R. N. Ribeiro, Divanilson R. Campelo, Tereza C. Carvalho

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Comparative Study of Time-Frequency Decomposition Techniques for Fault Detection in Induction Motors Using Vibration Analysis during Startup Transient by Paulo Antonio Delgado-Arredondo, Arturo Garcia-Perez, Daniel Morinigo-Sotelo, Roque Alfredo Osornio-Rios, Juan Gabriel Avina-Cervantes, Horacio Rostro-Gonzalez, Rene de Jesus Romero-Troncoso

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Identifying Ventricular Dysfunction Indicators in Electrocardiograms via Artificial Intelligence-Driven Analysis by Hisaki Makimoto, Takayuki Okatani, Masanori Suganuma, Tomoyuki Kabutoya, Takahide Kohro, Yukiko Agata, Yukiyo Ogata, Kenji Harada, Redi Llubani, Alexandru Bejinariu, Obaida R. Rana, Asuka Makimoto, Elisabetha Gharib, Anita Meissner, Malte Kelm, Kazuomi Kario

“…Model performance, evaluated among different ECG configurations (3 s strips, single-beat, and two-beat overlay) and segments (PQRST, QRST, P, QRS, and PQRS), showed two-beat ECGs performed best, followed by single-beat models, surpassing 3 s models in both internal and external validations. …”
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Evaluation of hydro-geochemical processes controlling groundwater quality in Balkh center (Mazar-e-Sharif), northern Afghanistan by Asadullah Farahmand, Abdulhalim Zaryab, Nasrullah Ameri, Shakir Ali, Mohammad Naim Eqrar

“…Results: The results reveal that 1) The prevailing groundwater within the study area is predominantly characterized by Na-(Ca)-HCO3 and Ca-(Mg)-SO4 water types. 2) Physicochemical variables such as NO3−, F−, TDS, and SO42− exceeded the World Health Organization (WHO) safe limits in many wells. 3) Hydro-geochemical processes such as silicate weathering, cation exchange, and gypsum dissolution controls the groundwater chemistry. 4) Cl/Br ratios reveal, that high salinity may originate from evaporitic lacustrine and evaporite deposits and found to be localized in nature. 5) The Water Quality Index (WQI) classification suggests that approximately 60 % of the groundwater samples fall into poor to very poor water quality categories, highlighting substantial public health concerns. …”
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The association between medical diseases and orofacial abscess: A retrospective, hospital-based study by Hassan Abed, Majed Obaid, Khalid Al-Johani

“…The International Classification of Diseases (ICD-10) was used to classify the reported medical diseases. …”
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Can External Neuromodulation Garments Improve Gait and Function in Children With Cerebral Palsy? A Prospective Single‐Arm Study by Lindsey Jean Ross Weller, Shelly‐Anne Marie Sherwood, Shin Huey Ng, Maheswari Vellaichamy, Asila Alia Noordin, Ling Ying Tan, Arjandas Mahadev, Tong Hong Yeo, Zhi Min Ng

“…Methods Individuals aged 4–18 years with spastic CP, Gross Motor Function Classification System level I–III were included for a prospective single‐arm study from January 2021 to January 2022. …”
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Retinopathy progression and the risk of end-stage kidney disease: results from a longitudinal Japanese cohort of 232 patients with type 2 diabetes and biopsy-proven diabetic kidney... by Kengo Furuichi, Takashi Wada, Masayuki Yamanouchi, Mikiro Mori, Junichi Hoshino, Keiichi Kinowaki, Takeshi Fujii, Kenichi Ohashi, Yoshifumi Ubara

“…Adjusting for known risk factors of ESKD, the HR for ESKD (patients with no apparent retinopathy as a reference) were 1.96 (95% CI 0.62 to 6.17) for patients with mild non-proliferative diabetic retinopathy (NPDR), 3.10 (95% CI 1.45 to 6.65) for patients with moderate NPDR, 3.03 (95% CI 1.44 to 6.37) for patients with severe NPDR, and 3.43 (95% CI 1.68 to 7.03) for patients with proliferative diabetic retinopathy, respectively. …”
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Evaluation of the performances of ‘typical’ imaging abnormalities of axial spondyloarthritis: results of the cross-sectional ILOS-DESIR study by Maxime Dougados, Laure Gossec, Anna Molto, Pascal Richette, Marie-Martine Lefèvre-Colau, Violaine Foltz, Romain Beaufort, Jean-Denis Laredo, Philippe Dieude, Philippe Goupille, Antoine Feydy

“…SIJ lesions were consistently more frequent in the axSpA group (35.0% vs 11.8% p<0.001, 35.0% vs 8.4% p<0.001% and 32.0% vs 10.0%. p<0.001 for modified New York criteria, MRI sacroiliitis and ≥3 erosions of the SIJ on MRI, respectively), and performed well (LR+ for ≥3 erosions 3.0 (95% CI 1.6 to 5.8)). …”
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High-Quality Road Detection Using U-Net-Based Semantic Segmentation with High-Resolution Orthophotos and DSM Data in Urban Environments by M. Fawzy, M. Fawzy, A. Juhász, A. Barsi

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Advancing soil biology research: Empowering European databases with ontological frameworks for enhanced data integration of soil biodiversity data by José F. Aldana-Martín, David J. Russell, Carlos A. Martínez-Muñoz, Christine Driller, Stephan Lesch, Ismael Navas-Delgado

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Optimizing IoT intrusion detection with cosine similarity based dataset balancing and hybrid deep learning by Arvind Prasad, Wael Mohammad Alenazy, Naved Ahmad, Gauhar Ali, Hanaa A. Abdallah, Sadique Ahmad

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Creative economies in Romania – spatial projections and trends by Pintilii Radu-Daniel, Peptenatu Daniel, Ciobotaru Ana-Maria, Toma Sorin George, Grigore Ana Maria, Drăghici Cristian-Constantin, Dobrea Răzvan-Cătălin, Simion Adrian Gabriel, Andronache Ion, Teodorescu Camelia, Diaconu Daniel Constantin

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Stem radiofrequency monoablation in the treatment of decompensated forms of varicose veins of the lower extremities by O. B. Kutovyi, O. V. Sokolov

“…Also, in the postoperative period (day 7 and 1 month), we observed neuropathy phenomena in 3 (10.0%) patients of I group and 1 (3.45%) of a patient of II group. …”
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Determinants of dental caries in deciduous teeth among Iranian school children: Evidence from a developing country. by Bahareh Sadat Pezeshki, Awat Feizi, Bahareh Tahani

“…Based on logistic regression analysis, the odds of having a filled tooth were significantly greater in girls (OR = 2.33; 95% CI: 1.51-3.59, P < 0.001), children attending private schools (OR = 1.91; 95% CI: 1.17-3.11, P = 0.01), and children whose caregivers possessed a high school diploma (OR = 1.9; 95% CI: 1.07-3.5, P = 0.048) or a university degree (OR = 2.47; 95% CI: 1.28-4.74, P = 0.007).…”
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Preoperative Planning for Cervical Pedicle Screw Placement: Identifying Key Morphological Parameters by Yuya Okada, Hiroaki Nakashima, Sadayuki Ito, Naoki Segi, Jun Ouchida, Tetsuya Urasaki, Shiro Imagama

“…C3 had the highest perforation rate (45.5%), whereas C7 had the lowest (3.1%). …”
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Subtype-specific analysis of gene co-expression networks and immune cell profiling reveals high grade serous ovarian cancer subtype linkage to variable immune microenvironment by Kaylin M. Carey, Corey D. Young, Alexis J. Clark, Eric B. Dammer, Rajesh Singh, James W. Lillard

“…The M18 module exhibited strong B cell signatures (p = 6.24e-28), along with significant FCRL5 (adj. p = 3.09e-30) and IRF4 (adj. p = 3.09e-30) coexpression. …”
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Systematic Review of Femoral Artery Stent Fractures by Arielle Bellissard, Salomé Kuntz, Anne Lejay, Nabil Chakfé

“…SF was classified according to a standard classification: 1 = single strut fracture; 2 = ≥ two struts fracture; 3 = type 2 with deformation; 4 = multiple struts fracture with acquired transection; 5, type 4 with gap in the stent body. …”
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A Comprehensive Evaluation of Nutritional Quality and Antioxidant Capacity of Different Chinese Eggplant Varieties Based on Multivariate Statistical Analysis by Jian Lyu, Ning Jin, Xianglan Ma, Xueyun Yin, Li Jin, Shuya Wang, Xuemei Xiao, Jihua Yu

“…Moreover, antioxidant capacity characterizations including 2, 2’-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) (ABTS), ferric-reducing antioxidant power (FRAP), and 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) were performed. …”
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