Mechanisms of Development of Hemostatic Disorders after Liver Resection by S. A. Shaposhnikov, S. V. Sinkov, K. F. Ivanov, I. B. Zabolotskikh

“…Objective: to reveal the mechanisms of development of hemostatic disorders after liver resection. Material and methods. One hundred and twenty cases of liver resections for primary hepatic cancer were retrospectively analyzed. …”
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Predicting Sugarcane Yield Through Temporal Analysis of Satellite Imagery During the Growth Phase by Julio Cezar Souza Vasconcelos, Caio Simplicio Arantes, Eduardo Antonio Speranza, João Francisco Gonçalves Antunes, Luiz Antonio Falaguasta Barbosa, Geraldo Magela de Almeida Cançado

“…The results indicate that the heteroskedastic gamma regression model outperformed the other methods in explaining yield variability, particularly in commercial sugarcane fields, achieving a Coefficient Determination (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msup><mi>R</mi><mn>2</mn></msup></semantics></math></inline-formula>) of 0.89. …”
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Cultural Adaptation of the “Language-Based Reading Disabilities Checklist” for Persian-Speaking Students: A Psychometric Study by Mina Armin, Masoomeh Salmani, Mozhgan Asadi, Fatemeh Paknazar

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Neopterin as a Surrogate Marker for Coronary Artery Disease in Rheumatoid Arthritis by Maryam K. Khaery, Rana A. Hamdi

“…In addition, a correlation between neopterin and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and anthropometric measures. Methods: The study included 120 women, 60 of whom had rheumatoid arthritis and 60 of whom were controls. …”
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The Persian Brief Illness Perception Questionnaire: Validation in Patients with Chronic Nonspecific Low Back Pain by Sarvenaz Karimi-Ghasemabad, Behnam Akhbari, Ahmad Saeedi, Saeed Talebian Moghaddam, Noureddin Nakhostin Ansari

“…Methods. 116 patients with chronic nonspecific LBP with a mean (standard deviation) age of 36.4 years (10.7) participated in this cross-sectional study. …”
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Reducing acute respiratory infections in under-five children in Nigeria through the mirror of risk factors: a cross-sectional study by Addie Oluwaseun, Funmilayo K. Seun-Addie

“…Despite advancements in the management of ARIs in Nigeria, the country has not yet met global control targets. Methods This cross-sectional study investigated the spatial heterogeneity of identified ARI risk factors in under-five children in Nigeria with the goal of determining which to address in each location, utilizing data from the 2021 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) and the 2018 Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey. …”
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E-Procurement and Procurement Performance of Central Government Procuring and Disposing Entities in Uganda: A Case Study of Kabale Regional Referral Hospital. by Kekitinisa, Privas

“…Data was collected using a questionnaire and interview guide, and simple random and purposive sampling methods were used. Both qualitative and quantitative methodologies were used to analyze data as a sample size of 59 respondents was used. …”
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Community Participation and Fisheries Management in Western Uganda Case Study of Rwenshama Landing Site on Lake Edward. by Tumwesigye, Paul

“…The study adopted a descriptive case study research design, incorporating both qualitative and quantitative methods. The population comprised 2,306 individuals, and the computed sample size was 370, including members of the Landing Site Management Board, staff, and site users. …”
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Quantifying the Ki-67 Heterogeneity Profile in Prostate Cancer by Shane Mesko, Patrick Kupelian, D. Jeffrey Demanes, Jaoti Huang, Pin-Chieh Wang, Mitchell Kamrava

“…Background: Ki-67 is a robust predictive/prognostic marker in prostate cancer; however, tumor heterogeneity in prostate biopsy samples is not well studied. Methods: Using an MRI/US fusion device, biopsy cores were obtained systematically and by targeting when indicated by MRI. …”
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The prediction of karst-collapse susceptibility levels based on the ISSA-ELM integrated model by Jiaxin Wang, Ying Yang, Xian Yang, Yulong Lu, Yang Liu, Da Hu, Yongjia Hu

“…When validated against 20 datasets from a representative karst region, the proposed model achieved exceptional performance, with a mean absolute error (MAE) of 0.0544 and a coefficient of determination (R2) of 0.9914, significantly surpassing the prediction accuracy of conventional ELM and SSA-ELM models. …”
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Use of the ReSVinet Scale for parents and healthcare workers in a paediatric emergency service: a prospective study by Pablo Vásquez-Hoyos, Jhon Camacho-Cruz, Shirley Briñez, Jorge Alvarez, Victoria Leal, Licet Villamizar Gómez

“…The Respiratory Syncytial Virus network (ReSVinet) Scale offers a version for parents that could potentially help as an early warning system.Objective To determine whether or not the ReSVinet Scale for ARI in infants can be reliably used by HCWs and parents in an emergency service.Methods A prospective study was done of infants with ARI who were admitted to a paediatric emergency room to assess the ReSVinet Scale when used by faculty (paediatric doctor-professors), residents (doctors doing their first specialty in paediatrics) and parents. …”
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High-intensity interval training improves blood pressure and adropin plasma levels in elderly with hypertensive treatment by Alireza Ghardashi-Afousi, Abbasali Gaieni

“…The statistical analysis was performed by two-way repeated ANOVA to determine differences between groups and Pearson’s correlation coefficient to determine correlation.Results: The results showed that, following the six-week HIIT intervention, the plasma levels of adropin and NO significantly increased when compared to both control group (P= 0.0016) and the baseline (P= 0.0003) measurements. …”
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Boosting grapevine phenological stages prediction based on climatic data by pseudo-labeling approach by Mehdi Fasihi, Mirko Sodini, Alex Falcon, Francesco Degano, Paolo Sivilotti, Giuseppe Serra

“…Performance metrics, including the coefficient of determination (R2) and root-mean-square error (RMSE), are employed to assess the effectiveness of the models. …”
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Sociodemographic correlates of perceived physical literacy in Spanish adolescents: results from the EHDLA study by María Mendoza-Muñoz, José Francisco López-Gil, José Francisco López-Gil, Damián Pereira-Payo, Raquel Pastor-Cisneros

“…This study tried to determine the sociodemographic correlates of PPL among adolescents in Spain.MethodsA total of 1,378 participants [51% girls, median age = 14 years, interquartile range (IQR) 13 to 16] were analyzed. …”
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Blood pressure variability combined with coagulation function in early prediction and outcome assessment of germinal matrix-intraventricular hemorrhage in preterm infants with gest... by Lijun Jiang, Qian Yu, Hui Li, Fudong Wang, Feng Liu, Zhenxing Xu

“…<h4>Methods</h4>This retrospective study included 106 preterm infants. …”
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Quality of the record of drug-related problems in a database for voluntary adverse event reporting by Maria Teresa Aznar-Saliente, Laura Roca-Aznar, Amparo Talens-Bolós, Paola Herraiz-Robles, Manuel Bonete-Sánchez, Laia Pons-Martínez, Borja Marcos-Ribes

“…Methods: A Pharmacist reviewed the database and refined the adverse events reported from January to August, 2014, considering the “describe_what_happened” field as the gold standard. …”
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Risk factors for venous thromboses in patients with rheumatoid arthritis by M. A. Satybaldyeva, T. M. Reshetnyak, N. V. Seredavkina, S. I. Glukhova, E. L. Nasonov

“…Objective: to determine risk factors (RFs) for venous thromboembolic events (VTE) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).Subjects and methods: The investigation enrolled 374 patients (311 women and 63 men) with a reliable diagnosis of RA who met the 2010 ACR/EULAR classification criteria. …”
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Predicting the Nonunion of the Acute Osteoporotic Vertebral Compression Fracture Following Low‐Energy Injuries by Quantifying Vertebral Marrow Fat Fraction on T2‐Weighted Dixon Seq... by Pengguo Gou, Rui Wang, Zhihui Zhao, Yunguo Wang, Yuan Xue

“…The aim of this study was to assess the predictive value of fractured vertebrae MFF quantified on T2‐weighted Dixon sequences for the prediction of nonunion risk of acute OVCF. Materials and Methods Medical records of 39 patients with OVCF, including a total of 60 fractured vertebrae, were reviewed retrospectively. …”
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The effects of cigarette smoking and exercise on total salivary antioxidant activity by Shahba'a Munther

“…Material & methods: the study group consisted of 120 males, 20–25 years old selected from patients at the College of Dentistry/University of Baghdad. …”
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Automated age grading of female Culex pipiens by an optical sensor system coupled to a mosquito trap by María I. González Pérez, Bastian Faulhaber, Mark Williams, Joao Encarnaçao, Pancraç Villalonga, Carles Aranda, Núria Busquets

“…Methods In this contribution, an automated age-grading system was developed to classify the age of female Culex pipiens, which is the primary vector of West Nile virus and other pathogens of medical and veterinary importance in northern latitudes. …”
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