Do Pathologic Fractures in Long Bone Following Bony Malignancy Increase the Risk of Venous Thromboembolism? A Comparative Study by Sanjay Kumar Rai, Tej Pratap Gupta, Bhavya Sirohi, Surbhi Rajauria, Nitish Khandelwal

“…The anticoagulation protocols in published literature might not be suitable for this specific group. Materials and Methods: In a retrospective study on patients who underwent surgeries for pathological fracture fixation between September 2010 and October 2020. …”
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Movement traits important to conservation and fisheries management: an example with red snapper by Susan K. Lowerre-Barbieri, Kara Wall, Claudia Friess, Sean Keenan, Chad Lembke, Joseph Tarnecki, Laura Jay Williams-Grove, William F. Patterson

“…This made it difficult to compare results and highlights the need for greater standardization in AT methods.…”
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One-minute sit-to-stand test: Reference values for the Chilean population. by Matías Otto-Yáñez, Rodrigo Torres-Castro, Marisol Barros-Poblete, Marcela Barros, Carola Valencia, Alex Campos, Leticia Jadue, Homero Puppo, Pamela Serón, Jordi Vilaró

“…The objective of this study was to establish reference values for the 1min-STST in a healthy Chilean population.<h4>Methods</h4>A multicenter cross-sectional study involving data collection from six locations in Chile was conducted. …”
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Building digital platform ecosystems: A synthetization of fundamental design topics from a literature review by Thomas Goertler, Marcel Papert, Isabel Fischer, Malou Schmidt

“…The results of our study reveal a detailed framework that includes various design topics tailored to different stakeholders within the platform ecosystem. …”
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A Survey of Nature-Inspired Meta-Heuristic Algorithms in Network Alignment by Anagh Awal, Farsuram Pandit

“…The review delves into the underlying principles of each algorithm, their practical applications, and their performance in network alignment tasks. By analyzing detailed discussions and practical examples, the paper highlights the strengths and limitations of various meta-heuristic algorithms. …”
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Bridging Strategy from Both Business Economics and Design Sciences by Jörn Bühring, Brigitte Borja de Mozota, Patricia A. Moore

“…This impact broadly assumes the following forms: • Design impact for strategy in action and customer experience • Design impact for business strategy, process, innovation, and performance • Design impact for cultural change and organization transformation Despite these revelations, precious little guidance is found in the way of forming a holistic view of the why of design science, core capabilities, theo-ries, and methods in business economics and the ultimate pertinence of the design function in any given organization. …”
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Persistent currents in a strongly interacting multicomponent Bose gas on a ring by Pecci, Giovanni, Aupetit-Diallo, Gianni, Albert, Mathias, Vignolo, Patrizia, Minguzzi, Anna

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Opioid Prescribing Trends by Croatian Dentists - Is there a Reason for Concern? by Lara Vranić, Krešimir Bašić, Ivana Šutej

“…Opioids have a limited role in general dental practice; hence the aim of this study was to assess prescribing rates of opioids in dentistry from 2013 to 2023 in Croatia. Materials and Methods: Data on opioid prescribing practices for this study were provided by the Croatian Health Insurance Fund. …”
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Prevalence of Depression and Burnout among Family Medicine Residents in Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia by Alaa AlNahedh, Asma BinRusayyis, Mohamad Al-Tannir, Isamme AlFayyad

“… # Objectives The study aimed to determine the prevalence of depression and burnout among family medicine residents in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. # Materials and Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted among 213 family medicine residents, using a self-administered survey. …”
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Prevalence of Postpartum Depression among Women in Childbearing Age Attending Primary Health Care Centres, Qassim Region. by Huda G. Alonazi, Saulat Jahan

“…This study aimed to determine the prevalence of PPD and factors associated with PPD among women of childbearing age in Buraidah, Qassim region, Saudi Arabia. # Methods This was a cross sectional study including 204 mothers aged 18-45 years in postpartum period attending primary health care centres in Buraidah during April to August 2021. …”
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Micro CT Analysis of Hard Tissue Debris Accumulation Created by SAF vs. ProTaper systems by Diyar Kh Bakr, Hussien Al-Hwaizi, Raid Salman

“…This study investigated the amount of debris accumulated when the canal instrumented by SAF compared with ProTaper by using high resolution computed tomography (micro CT). Methods: Twenty extracted single canalled teeth were utilized for this study; and randomly divided into 2 groups. …”
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Suvorexant, a Novel Dual Orexin Receptor Antagonist, for the Management of Insomnia by Andrew H. Han, Caroline R. Burroughs, Evan P. Falgoust, Jamal Hasoon, Grace Hunt, Juyeon Kakazu, Tim Lee, Adam M. Kaye, Alan D. Kaye, Latha Ganti

“…It covers the background, pathophysiology, and significance of addressing insomnia, the pharmaceutical details of Suvorexant, and its safety, efficacy, and implications in treating insomnia. …”
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Wedge holographic complexity in Karch-Randall braneworld by Yichao Fu, Keun-Young Kim

“…The distinct corrections arising from fluctuations in the CA and CV proposals suggest that the CV proposal is more sensitive to geometric details. Furthermore, we discuss these results in relation to Lloyd’s bound on complexity, their general time dependence, and the effects of fluctuations.…”
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Risk of progression and the cause of mortality at chronic viral mixed-hepatitis by K. I. Yesmembetov, D. T. Abdurakhmanov, A. V. Odintsov, N. A. Mukhin

“…To estimate risk of development of liver function decompensation, hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) development and prognostic factors of liver-related mortality in patients with chronic viral mixed-hepatitis.Material and methods. 82 patients with hepatitis D, 56 – with hepatitis B+C and 20 – with hepatitis B+C+D, followed-up from Jan 2002 to Dec 2011, were included in the study. …”
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Cost Analysis of the Use of Voriconazole, Posaconazole and Micafungin in the Primary Prophylaxis of Invasive Fungal Infections in Recipients of Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell T... by Santiago Grau, Carlos Solano, Carol García-Vidal, Isidro Jarque, Jon A. Barrueta, Carmen Peral, Irene Rodríguez, Darío Rubio-Rodríguez, Carlos Rubio-Terrés

“…**Objectives:** Compare the cost of the primary prophylaxis of invasive fungal infections (IFI) with voriconazole, posaconazole, and micafungin in patients undergoing allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) in hospitals of the National Health System (NHS) in Spain. **Methods:** A cost analysis was made for 100 days and 180 days of prophylaxis and a decision tree model was developed. …”
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Relationship between weather parameters and risk of exertional heat injuries during military training by Beng Hoong Poon, Alexander Wilhelm Gorny, Kaiyuan Zheng, Wee Kiong Cheong

“…Introduction: The Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) collaborated with the Meteorological Service Singapore (MSS) to study the relationship between weather parameters and the incidents of exertional heat injury (EHI) to mitigate the risk of EHI in a practical manner. Methods: Data from the SAF's heat injury registry and MSS’ meteorological data from 2012 to 2018 were used to establish a consolidated dataset of EHI incidents and same-day weather parameters rank-ordered in deciles. …”
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Frequency, Prevalence, Interaction, and Gender Differences of Six Psychosocial Factors in Patients Presenting to a Psychiatric Emergency Service by James C. Patterson II, Ovais Khalid, Sarah E. Wakefield, Justin K. Liegmann, Saima Maqsood, Rajeev Srivastava, Elizabeth Allen

“…Our objective was to determine the frequency and relationship between six psychosocial factors in our patients, in comparison to the general population. # METHODS We completed a retrospective chart review of 160 patients selected at random who utilized the PES during 2009-2010. …”
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The effect of the strategy to nominate ideas on divided and selective attention and perform some volleyball skills by Fadya Abdul Hussein Kadhim, Alyaa Hussein Farhan, Tahseen Husnl Tahseen, Suhad Qassem Saeed Al-Mousawi, Haider Radhi Raheem

“…The experimental group integrated the nomination of ideas strategy into their training sessions, while the control group followed traditional training methods. Pre- and post-tests were conducted to assess selective attention, divided attention, and volleyball skill performance, ensuring a comprehensive evaluation of cognitive and motor improvements. …”
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Probing the role of Coniferin and Tetrahydrocurcumin from Traditional Chinese medicine against PSAT1 in early-stage ovarian cancer: An in silico study. by Jia Zhang, Shalesh Gangwar, Nagmi Bano, Shaban Ahmad, Mohammed S Alqahtani, Khalid Raza

“…In this work, we used computational approaches to find putative Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) inhibitors that target Phosphoserine Aminotransferase 1 (PSAT1), a crucial enzyme linked to the development of early-stage ovarian cancer. Using a methodical screening approach, we chose a panel of TCM compounds and prepared them, expected to interact with PSAT1. …”
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Brief Coping Scale TCS-9: Optimising the Assessment of Coping Strategies. The case of Health Care Workers. by Basant K. Puri, Anastasia Miari, Maria Theodoratou

“… # Setting The setting for this study was amongst healthcare workers in Greece, during the COVID-19 pandemic, a period marked by significant psychological demands on medical staff. # Methods We conducted an unbiased exploratory factor analysis on the Toulouse Coping Scale's 54 items, drawing from a sample of 144 healthcare workers, adhering to strict methodological criteria…”
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