Willingness-to-pay and parametric trends in cost-effectiveness and cost-utility studies in ophthalmology by Tina Felfeli, Rafael N Miranda, Aswen Sriranganathan

“…The primary outcomes measured included trends in WTP thresholds, funding sources, types of interventions and disease classifications.Results A total of 82 US-based CEAs met the inclusion criteria. …”
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Clinical Utility of Next-Generation Sequencing-Based Molecular Panel in Thyroid Nodules by Hetashvi Gondaliya, Suruchi Aggarwal, Kranti Khadilkar, Shivaprasad S. Kumbenahalli, Basavaraj Sooragonda, Anirudh J. Shetty, Vijay Pillai, Vidhya Bhushan, Vivek Shetty, Yogesh Dokhe, Akhila Lakshmikantha, Subramanian Kannan

“…Methods: The study included patients with Bethesda III and IV and selected Bethesda II nodules who underwent Thyrotrack NGS-based assay on fine needle aspirate (FNA) material. …”
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Study the Possibility of Using the Treated Industrial Wastewater of North Refineries Company, Baiji-Iraq, for Irrigation Purposes by Mohammed M. Numaan, Abbas J. Kadhem, Mohammad Salim Moyel, Mohammed B. Bayati, Nadia N. Sabeeh, Waleed M. Sh. Alabdraba, Abbas Hadi Abbas, Enos C. Inniss, Maria M. Fidalgo

“…An adsorption ratio for sodium was calculated, which ranged from 0.0034-0.12. CL-, HCO3-, and NO3- all had high ratings and suitability except for NO3-, which varied from medium-high in suitability for irrigation at (40-47.5) mg/L, 30–62 mg/Las CaCO3, and 0.2–7.2 mg/L, respectively. …”
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Quantitative analysis of intraocular pressure and clinical-morphometric characteristics in Peters’ anomaly: a single-center study by Sebastião Cronemberger, Artur W. Veloso, Maria Valeria C. Pereira, Felipe Leão de Lima, Alexandre Higino Gonçalves da Silva, Luciana de Figueiredo Barbosa, Eduardo Gutemberg Milhomens, Márcio Placedino Martins

“…All presented with central discoid corneal opacities; 33 cases were bilateral, 13 unilateral. Clinical classifications included 26 Peters I, 10 Peters II, 7 Peters III, and 3 Peters-plus syndrome. …”
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Describing the Prevalence of Neural Tube Defects Worldwide: A Systematic Literature Review. by Ibrahim Zaganjor, Ahlia Sekkarie, Becky L Tsang, Jennifer Williams, Hilda Razzaghi, Joseph Mulinare, Joseph E Sniezek, Michael J Cannon, Jorge Rosenthal

“…The reported NTD prevalence ranges and medians for each region were: African (5.2-75.4; 11.7 per 10,000 births), Eastern Mediterranean (2.1-124.1; 21.9 per 10,000 births), European (1.3-35.9; 9.0 per 10,000 births), Americas (3.3-27.9; 11.5 per 10,000 births), South-East Asian (1.9-66.2; 15.8 per 10,000 births), and Western Pacific (0.3-199.4; 6.9 per 10,000 births). …”
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Using computer vision to classify, locate and segment fire behavior in UAS-captured images by Brett L. Lawrence, Emerson de Lemmus

“…YOLOv8 models were trained on NWCG Rank 1–3 fire behavior descriptions in grassland, shrubland, forested, and combined fire regimes within our study area. …”
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Using Machine Learning to Estimate Near-ultraviolet Magnitudes and Probe Quenching Mechanisms of z = 0 Nuggets in the RESOLVE and ECO Surveys by Derrick S. Carr, Sheila J. Kannappan, Zackary L. Hutchens, Mugdha S. Polimera, Mark A. Norris, Kathleen D. Eckert, Amanda J. Moffett

“…At these masses, the AGN frequency for green nuggets is higher (48.2% ${}_{-5.3 \% }^{5.3 \% }$ ) than for either blue (39.2% ${}_{-2.8 \% }^{2.9 \% }$ ) or red (29.3% ${}_{-2.8 \% }^{3.0 \% }$ ) nuggets. …”
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Identification of undetected SARS-CoV-2 infections by clustering of Nucleocapsid antibody trajectories by Leslie R. Zwerwer, Tim E. A. Peto, Koen B. Pouwels, Ann Sarah Walker, the COVID-19 Infection Survey team

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Comprehensive Review: High-Performance Positioning Systems for Navigation and Wayfinding for Visually Impaired People by Jean Marc Feghali, Cheng Feng, Arnab Majumdar, Washington Yotto Ochieng

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Modern achievements in pharmacotherapy of osteoarthritis based on endo- and phenotyping by I. V. Sarvilina, O. A. Shavlovskaya, O. A. Gromova, A. V. Naumov, M. N. Sharov, Yu. S. Prokofyeva

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Operator Theory on Hilbert Spaces. by Ampeire, Anitah

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Genetic evaluation of udder health traits in Spanish Holstein cows by M.A. Pérez-Cabal, J. López-Paredes, I. Cervantes, J.P. Gutiérrez, N. Charfeddine

“…Data were edited according to the Udder Health Golden Standard harmonization, and then 6 CM traits and 6 SCS traits were considered, as the result of combining 3 lactation classifications (1, 2, ≥3) and 2 milking periods (early, late). …”
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Facial asymmetry revisited: Part I- diagnosis and treatment planning by Dhirendra Srivastava, Harpreet Singh, Sonal Mishra, Poonam Sharma, Pranav Kapoor, Lokesh Chandra

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Clinical and cost-effectiveness of paramedics working in general practice: a mixed-methods realist evaluation by Matthew Booker, Sarah Voss, Nicky Harris, William Hollingworth, Nouf Jeynes, Hazel Taylor, Kirsty Garfield, Helen Baxter, Jonathan Benger, Andy Gibson, Trudy Goodenough, Justin Jagosh, Kim Kirby, Cathy Liddiard, Alyesha Proctor, Sarah Purdy, Behnaz Schofield, Hannah Stott, Grace Scrimgeour, Nicola Walsh

“…Qualitative interviews The analysis was conducted at three levels (patient, practice and wider system/NHS). …”
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The modification of risk assessment ranking when considering the female population and children in the INFORM risk index for selected countries by Yasir Shafiq, Ameer Muhammad, Saba Noor, Kantesh Kumar, Ume e Aimen Chhipa, Martina Valente, Junaid Razzak, Luca Ragazzoni, Francesco Barone-Adesi, Phuong Pham

“…INFORM Index Risk formulation is “Risk = Hazard and Exposure 1/3 x Vulnerability 1/3 x Lack of coping capacity 1/3’ resulted in a total score ranging from 0 to 10, with the higher score being the higher risk. …”
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Congenital Clubfoot Treatment Outcome with Ponseti Method is not Influenced by Nutritional Status by ANNA LETÍCIA C.C. VILLARDI, AGATHA EVELIN C. DE LIMA, EDUARDO B. DE SOUSA, ANA CAROLINA L. DE OLIVEIRA

“…The sample consisted of 18 patients (mean age = 3.85 months), predominantly Caucasian (55.5%) and eutrophic (50%) at birth. …”
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THE FINTECH EFFECT ON ORGANIZATIONS MANAGEMENT by Marius Sandy STANESCU

Topological data mapping of online hate speech, misinformation, and general mental health: A large language model based study. by Andrew William Alexander, Hongbin Wang

“…We then utilized OpenAI's GPT3 to derive embeddings of these posts, which are high-dimensional real-numbered vectors that presumably represent the hidden semantics of posts. …”
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Chronic atrophic gastritis as a precancer: the evolution of ideas from the Sydney consensus to Maastricht VI by Yu. M. Stepanov, Yu. A. Haidar, O. A. Maltseva

“…Patients with IM of one location, with a family history of cancer, or with incomplete IM and persistence of H. pylori chromo endoscopy with biopsy must be done once every 3 years. Patients with extended fields of atrophic aggression (pronounced atrophic changes) or IM in the antrum and body, OLGA/OLGIM III/IV should be screened with chromoendoscopy with biopsy every 3 years. …”
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Co-infection of pulmonary tuberculosis with fungal pathogens in patients with lower respiratory tract infections referred to St. Peter's Specialized Hospital, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia... by Zenawit Lakew, Solomon Bati, Mesele Admassie, Adane Bitew

“…Of 42 Gene Xpert-positive patients 23(4.3 %) were infected with TB only and 19(3.9 %) patients were TB co-infected with fungal pathogens. …”
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