Revolution of Plastic Surgery by Innovation in 3D Printing by Aqsa Mir, Yusra Mir

“…Shen et al. [4] developed the first alveolar bone graft simulator, using three-dimensional printing, polymer, and adhesive techniques. …”
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Mortality trends in Serbia during the 1990s by Penev Goran D.

“…During the 1990s, the annual number of deaths as well as the crude death rates continued increasing. The crude death rate of 13.8 per 1000 in the year 2000 represents the maximum in the last 50 years. …”
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Three security challenges for Lithuania by Paul A. Goble

“…In addition to striving to become part of the Western institutions, NATO and the EU, Lithuania should seek to improve its relations with Russia; second, although to the detriment of Baltic unity, Lithuania must develop as a regional actor, closely allied with Poland and the other Central European states; third, Lithuania must continue to expand its ties with the United States; fourth, Lithuania must recognize that in the post-cold war environment, NATO and the EU will not save Lithuania; fifth, Lithuania must get busy working on building the institutions of a civil society. …”
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Remote, smart telemonitoring of COVID-19 survivors for early detection of deterioration in cardiac health (the PARTMO study) by Josephine Sau Fan Chow, Josephine Sau Fan Chow, Josephine Sau Fan Chow, Josephine Sau Fan Chow, Josephine Sau Fan Chow, Nutan Maurya, Nutan Maurya, Susan San Miguel, Rumbidzai Teramayi, Ahilan Parameswaran, Annamarie D’Souza, Gregory Melbourne, Joseph Descallar, Young Juhn, Enoch Chan, Jerome Pong

“…Descriptive analysis was conducted for categorical variables (frequencies and cross-tabulations) and continuous variables (means, standard deviations, and medians). …”
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Defining neonatal status epilepticus: A scoping review from the ILAE neonatal task force by Magda L. Nunes, Elissa G. Yozawitz, Courtney J. Wusthoff, Renée A. Shellhaas, Efraín Olivas‐Peña, Jo M. Wilmshurst, Ronit M. Pressler, Chahnez C. Triki, Hans Hartmann, Terrie Inder, Geraldine B. Boylan, Kette Valente, Solomon L. Moshe, Eli M. Mizrahi, Nicholas S. Abend

“…As a next step, the Neonatal Task Force intends to develop a standardized approach to assessing and describing neonatal seizure burden and defining neonatal SE. …”
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Novel duplex TaqMan-based quantitative PCR for rapid and accurate diagnosis of Leishmania (Mundinia) martiniquensis and Leishmania (Mundinia) orientalis, responsible for autochthon... by Kanok Preativatanyou, Nopporn Songumpai, Pathamet Khositharattanakool, Rinnara Ampol, Chulaluk Promrangsee, Chatchapon Sricharoensuk, Kobpat Phadungsaksawasdi, Thanapat Pataradool, Tomas Becvar, Barbora Vojtkova, Petr Volf, Padet Siriyasatien

“…The World Health Organization has recently declared Thailand a leishmaniasis hotspot in Southeast Asia due to the continuous increase in new symptomatic and asymptomatic cases over the years. …”
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Evaluation of control strategies for airport refueling system by Qing SHEN, Peng LIU, Jing GONG, Xiaoping LI, Yanqing WANG

“…Methods An offline simulation program was developed utilizing the characteristic method for hydrant pipeline systems. …”
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Successful conservative treatment of spontaneous intrathoracic esophageal perforation using a temporary covered esophageal stent with a check valve: a case report by Ryu Matsumoto, Ken Sasaki, Itaru Omoto, Masahiro Noda, Yasuto Uchikado, Takaaki Arigami, Yoshiaki Kita, Shinichiro Mori, Kosei Maemura, Shoji Natsugoe

“…The two trocars and the W-ED tube were under continuous suction at − 5 cmH2O and at − 20 cmH2O every 30 s. …”
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Global, regional, and national burden of mortality and DALYs attributable to high body mass index from 1990 to 2021 with projections to 2036 by Feng Xie, Fei Xiong, Baoqin Yang, Zeng Yan, Yong Shen, Hui Qin, Li Chen, Tiantian Chen, Jigui Chen, Shaihong Zhu, Yongbiao Xu, Xulong Sun

“…In contrast, low-SDI regions continued to face escalating health burdens. Population aging was a primary driver of the increasing burden, which made up 49.43% of the increase in deaths and 47.03% in DALYs. …”
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Performance characteristics of three Brucella canis serological assays in the United States by Tessa E. LeCuyer, Rebecca Franklin-Guild, Cassandra Guarino, Alexandra Fox, Kelli Maddock, Rebecca Barber, David H. Baum, Felipe Bustamante, Joshua Daniels, David M. de Avila, Dubraska Diaz-Campos, Lisa G. Glick, Jessica Haley, Sheila Heinen, Laura Leger, John Dustin Loy, Deepti Pillai, Korakrit Poonsuk, Michael M. Russell, Mithila Shukla, Erika R. Schwarz, Matthew Stempien, Deepanker Tewari, Joany C. van Balen, Stephen R. Werre, Julie T. Cecere

“…Serial testing of positive samples with a more specific test, such as AGID II, will continue to be necessary when using any of the three assays tested in this study.…”
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Prevalence, Incidence and Predictors of Anal HPV Infection and HPV-Related Squamous Intraepithelial Lesions in a Cohort of People Living with HIV by Margherita Sambo, Alessandra Bailoni, Federico Mariani, Massimo Granai, Natale Calomino, Virginia Mancini, Anna D’Antiga, Francesca Montagnani, Mario Tumbarello, Stefano Lazzi, Franco Roviello, Massimiliano Fabbiani

“…In total, 80 patients (72.7%) had an available longitudinal screening. No patient developed SCC during follow-up. However, a high incidence of new cytological abnormalities and new HPV infections was observed. …”
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Randomized phase II study of the Bruton tyrosine kinase inhibitor acalabrutinib, alone or with pembrolizumab in patients with advanced pancreatic cancer by Al B Benson, Anirban Maitra, Milind Javle, Michael Overman, Richard E Davis, Pankaj Vats, Chandan Kumar-Sinha, Lianchun Xiao, Niharika B Mettu, Edwin R Parra, Charles D Lopez, Veerendra Munugalavadla, Priti Patel, Lin Tao, Sattva Neelapu

“…Efforts to understand and target the pancreatic tumor microenvironment should continue.Trial registration number NCT02362048.…”
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Evolution and model prediction of mechanical ventilation temperature field in high-geotemperature tunnels: Experimental analysis and machine learning by Feng Huang, Song Wang, Shuping Jiang, Dong Yang, Zheng Hu, Aichen Zheng

“…Therefore, based on a self-developed ventilation and cooling test platform for high-geotemperature tunnels, the evolution laws and prediction of the temperature field in tunnel under mechanical ventilation were studied. …”
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Case Report: Rhabdomyolysis and Flare-up of Lupus Erythematosus as Complications of Tuberculostatic Drug Therapy in a Pakistani Patient with Mycobacterium africanum Infection by Dr Markus Zettler, Mr Christoph Zacher, Prof. Dr. Benjamin Wilde, Mr Jan Kehrmann, Prof. Dr. Oliver Witzke, PD Dr. Hana Rohn, Prof. Dr. Sebastian Dolff, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Christoph Lange, Dr. med. Markus Zettler

“…After discontinuation of tuberculostatic drugs, CK- and myoglobin levels normalized and with high dose oral corticosteroids the manifestations of the lupus flare subsided. Treatment was continued according to new WHO guidelines3 with bedaquiline, pretomanid, linezolid and moxifloxacin and well tolerated. …”
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Chinese herbal medicines for rhinosinusitis: a text-mining study with comparisons to contemporary research and clinical guidance by Jing Cui, Brian H. May, Wenmin Lin, Qiulan Luo, Anthony Lin Zhang, Xinfeng Guo, Chuanjian Lu, Yunying Li, Charlie C. Xue

“…Gaps in the clinical and experimental evidence were identified, so there remains scope for further research into these CHMs to develop new interventions for rhinosinusitis.…”
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Prognostic implications of the high sensitivity C-reactive protein to albumin ratio for major cardiovascular adverse events in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery by Yingjie Chen, Jingfang Lin, Dongxu Chen, Jundan Jiang, Yongxin Huang, Cansheng Gong, Yawen Xie, Xiaohui Chen, Ting Zheng, Yanling Tang, Xiaochun Zheng, Yanling Liao

“…The feature significance and predictive models were developed via the Boruta algorithm and machine learning techniques. …”
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Clinical phenotyping of people living with type 1 diabetes according to their levels of diabetes-related distress: results from the SFDT1 cohort by Guy Fagherazzi, Louis Potier, Fawaz Alzaid, Jean-Pierre Riveline, Fabrice Bonnet, Bruno Verges, Sandrine Lablanche, Pierre Yves Benhamou, Eric Renard, Samy Hadjadj, Emmanuel Cosson, Gloria Aguayo, Dulce Canha, Patricia Vaduva, Helene Hanaire, Yves Reznik

“…Our results underscore the importance of developing DD-targeted prevention and intervention strategies focused specifically on high-risk groups and the most impactful distress subdimensions to reduce the impact of type 1 diabetes burden.Trial registration number NCT04657783.…”
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Identification of Plasma Absorbed Components of Qingxin Zishen Prescription by UPLC-Q-TOF MS by Yu HU, Juan SHANG, Xue-jiao LI, Yun-hua FENG, Kai-cheng XIE, Wei-feng YAO, Jian-dong ZOU, Yun CHEN, Su LU, Mei-juan XU

“…In this study, a method based on ultra-performance liquid chromatography quadrupole-time of flight mass spectrometry (UPLC-Q-TOF MS) was developed to identify the plasma absorbed components of QZP. …”
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Prognostic value of lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio in acute ischemic stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Chengli Tian, Chengli Tian, Yilin Yang, Yilin Yang, Jun Wan, Ran Wang, Ke Zhou, Yuanli Li, Wenlong Guo, Huijun Li, Yu Zhang

“…Additionally, lower LMR may be associated with developing moderate to severe stroke, with an OR of 0.89 (95% CI: 0.82–0.97; p = 0.008). …”
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Systematizing peer recovery support services for substance use disorder: a taxonomy for measuring recovery milestones by Kimberly Horn, Ryan E. Flinn, Angela Marie Hagaman, Kristyn Zajac, Lauren A. Hoffman, Melissa N. Poulsen, Camille C. Cioffi, Ducel Jean-Berluche, Ethan Spana, Patrick F. Hibbard, Tess K. Drazdowski, Aaron Hogue

“…It classifies variations in lived experience (e.g., direct, indirect, and hybrid), training levels (e.g., basic, specialized, continuous education, and formal education), support approaches (e.g., Peer Worker-led services), and support settings (e.g., community-based, clinical, and justice system). …”
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