Efficacy Evaluation of Primary Oncological Knee Arthroplasty in Patients with Tumor Involvement of the Distal Femur by Ilkin M. Mikailov, Rashid M. Tikhilov, Petr V. Grigoriev

“…Functional outcomes were assessed using the MSTS scale at the 12-month follow-up, while mechanical and infectious complications were evaluated according to the ISOLS classification. We also examined the factors affecting these outcomes. …”
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Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) as a Secondary Diagnosis among Hospitalized Patients in Germany: Outcomes and Economic Burden by Markus Weinert, Jana Diekmannshemke, Kylie Braegelmann, Manuel Batram, Julian Witte, Stefan Scholz, Darshan Mehta, Bernhard Ultsch, Kristina Dobrindt, Jens Gottlieb

“…Patients with RSV were identified using the International Classification of Diseases, tenth revision, German Modification (ICD-10-GM) codes directly related to RSV (narrow approach) and indirectly related to RSV (ICD-10-GM codes covering lower respiratory tract infections, broad approach). …”
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DETERMINANTS OF INTEREST RATES ON CORPORATE DEBT by O. Tereshchenko, M. Stetsko, N. Tkachenko, N. Babiak

“…Keywords: debt capital, default probability, non-performing loans, credit default swap, credit spread, debt capital premium, shadow economy. JEL Classification E47 Formulas: 16; fig.: 0; tabl.: 3; bibl.: 15. …”
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Gout and the risk of advanced chronic kidney disease in the UK health system: a national cohort study by Austin G Stack, Michelle Elizabeth Johnson, Betina Blak, Alyssa Klein, Lewis Carpenter, Robert Morlock, Andrew R Maguire, Victoria L Parsons

“…Patients were excluded for history of advanced CKD, juvenile gout, cancer, HIV, tumour lysis syndrome, Lesch-Nyhan syndrome or familial Mediterranean fever.Primary and secondary outcome measures Advanced CKD was defined as first occurrence of: (1) dialysis, kidney transplant, diagnosis of end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) or stage 5 CKD (diagnostic codes in Read system or International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision); (2) estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) <10 mL/min/1.73 m²; (3) doubling of serum creatinine from baseline and (4) death associated with CKD.Results Advanced CKD incidence was higher for patients with gout (8.54 per 1000 patient-years; 95% CI 8.26 to 8.83) versus without gout (4.08; 95% CI 4.00 to 4.16). …”
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Combining a Risk Factor Score Designed From Electronic Health Records With a Digital Cytology Image Scoring System to Improve Bladder Cancer Detection: Proof-of-Concept Study by Sandie Cabon, Sarra Brihi, Riadh Fezzani, Morgane Pierre-Jean, Marc Cuggia, Guillaume Bouzillé

“…Some new models based on cytology image classification were recently developed and bring good perspectives, but there are still avenues to explore to improve their performance. …”
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Block Prediction and Support Analysis for Layered Excavation in an Underground Oil Storage Cavern by LIU Si-xin, YING Yong-jian, KONG Ke-wei, MAI Zhi-jie, ZHANG Qi-hua

“…Traditional rock mass classification methods focus solely on analyzing and evaluating the overall stability of the surrounding rock, often neglecting the problem of block instability caused by unfavorable combinations of structural planes. …”
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Ambulatory Smoking Habits Investigation based on Physiology and Context (ASSIST) using wearable sensors and mobile phones: protocol for an observational study by Donghui Zhai, Giuseppina Schiavone, Ilse Van Diest, Elske Vrieze, Walter DeRaedt, Chris Van Hoof

“…The secondary objectives are to (1) analyse cue factors and contextual situations of smoking events; (2) describe smoking types with regard to users’ characteristics and (3) compare smoking types between and within subjects.Methods and analyses This is an observational study aimed at reaching 100 participants. …”
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Providencia pseudovermicola sp. nov.: redefining Providencia vermicola and unveiling multidrug-resistant strains from diabetic foot ulcers in Egypt by Samira M. Hamed, Manal M. Darwish, Reham Monir, Ahmed Al Taweel, Ayat I. Ghanem, Ihab N. Hanna, Mai A. Amer

“…DFU52T possessed a conjugative plasmid encoding bla CMY−6, bla NDM−1, rmtC, aac(6’)-Ib10, sul1, aph(3’)-Ia, and qacEΔ1. DFU6 carried an ISEcp1-associated bla CTX−M−14, along with aadA, dfrA1, lnuF in a class 2 integron, and armA, msrE, and mphE on a resistance plasmid. …”
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Prospects for the application of recombinant antigens Treponema pallidum TР0163 and TР0971 in enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay for the detection of immunoglobulin M in the serum o... by N. V. Arbuzova, M. V. Shpilevaya, G. L. Katunin, N. Yu. Nosov

“…The diagnostic sensitivity of detection immunoglobulin M with recombinant antigen TР0971 accounted for 91.7%, 83.3%, 84.6%, and 7.7% for patients in the primary, secondary, early latent, and late latent syphilis groups, respectively. …”
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Time-Dependent Fragility Functions and Post-Earthquake Residual Seismic Performance for Existing Steel Frame Columns in Offshore Atmospheric Environment by Xiaohui Zhang, Xuran Zhao, Shansuo Zheng, Qian Yang

“…At a drift ratio of 4%, the probability of complete damage to columns with 40, 50, 60, and 70-year service ages increased by 18.1%, 45.3%, 79.2%, and 124.5%, respectively, compared with columns within a 30-year service age. …”
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Patient Sociodemographic Factors Are Associated with Receiving Point-of-care Ultrasound in the Emergency Department by Brandon M. Wubben, Devin Spolsdoff, Karisa K. Harland, Marina Del Rios

“…We included ED patients diagnosed with an International Classification of Diseases code mapped to chest or flank pain, who had a cardiac troponin obtained, or had been evaluated as a trauma activation or alert. …”
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Socio-Epidemiological and Clinical-Laboratory Characteristics of Patients with HIV and Chronic Hepatitis B+D by E. B. Yastrebova, A. G. Trishina, S. Yu. Romanova, T. N. Vinogradova

“…In both groups, severe liver fibrosis (F3-F4) predominated, accounting for a total of 70%. …”
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Correlation between postprandial hypotension and post-induction hypotension in the elderly: a protocol for a prospective cohort study by Li Xu, Lu Che, Quexuan Cui, Han Zang, Tianchun Li

“…Follow-up will be conducted at 1, 3, 7 and 30 days and 6 months postoperatively. …”
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ORGANIZATIONAL AND FINANCIAL DETERMINANTS OF THE INNOVATIVE COMPONENT OF THE COUNTRY’S COMPETITIVENESS by О. Baula, S. Zhukov, О. Liutak, Ya. Stoliarchuk, L. Korolchuk

“…Keywords:innovations, financial support of innovative development, country competitiveness, innovation system, cluster, regression, correlation, integration processes. JEL Classification O11, O19, O16, O33, E62, F20 Formulas: 1; fig.: 5; tabl.: 3; bibl.: 12. …”
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Features of the compound ALM-802 antiarrhythmic action by V. V. Barchukov, V. P. Zinchenko, I. B. Tsorin, I. Yu. Teplov, V. N. Stolyaruk, M. B. Vititnova, G. V. Mokrov, S. A. Kryzhanovskii

“…Thus, based on the spectrum of its antiarrhythmic activity, the compound ALM-802 combines the properties of antiarrhythmic drugs of class IA or IC and class III according to the E.M. Vaughan Williams classification. …”
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INCIDENCE OF PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS IN RUSSIA: TRENDS AT THE PRESENT STAGE AND PROSPECTS by O. S. Mishina, T. V. Korotaeva, V. I. Starodubov, E. L. Nasonov

“…In 2011 in the Russian Federation as whole, the incidence of PsA, or arthropathic psoriasis (according to the International Classification of Diseases (ICD)), was 12.3 per 100,000 population or 5.7% of all registered psoriasis cases, which was substantially lowerthan that in other countries. …”
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Exploring potential methylation markers for ovarian cancer from cervical scraping samples by Ju-Yin Lien, Lu Ann Hii, Po-Hsuan Su, Lin-Yu Chen, Kuo-Chang Wen, Hung-Cheng Lai, Yu-Chao Wang

“…Methylation data were initially divided into training and testing sets in a 3:1 ratio comprising 120 and 40 samples, respectively. …”
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Multimodal DTI-ALPS and hippocampal microstructural signatures unveil stage-specific pathways in Alzheimer’s disease progression by Peng Yu, Lu Shen, Lijun Tang, Lijun Tang

“…Statistical analyses included ANOVA with Bonferroni correction, Pearson correlations, and ROC curve evaluation for disease classification.ResultsDTI-ALPS exhibited a progressive decline (HC: 1.31 ± 0.12 → MCI: 1.26 ± 0.09 → AD: 0.87 ± 0.19; p < 0.001 for AD vs. …”
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Assessment of Geriatric Problems and Risk Factors for Delirium in Surgical Medicine: Protocol for Multidisciplinary Prospective Clinical Study by Henriette Louise Möllmann, Eman Alhammadi, Soufian Boulghoudan, Julian Kuhlmann, Anica Mevissen, Philipp Olbrich, Louisa Rahm, Helmut Frohnhofen

“…In addition, a telephone follow-up will be performed 3, 6, and 12 months after discharge. …”
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Association between the triglyceride glucose index and long-term outcomes in patients with acute coronary syndrome and chronic kidney disease by Feng Wang, Wendi Huang, Chonghao Shi, Yongfu Zhu, Weicheng Ni

“…Over a median follow-up period of 30.1 months (IQR: 16.5 to 40.0 months), we recorded 167 (15.3%) all-cause mortality events and 285 (26.1%) MACE. …”
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