Development and evaluation of a patient decision aid for patients considering ongoing medical or surgical treatment options for ulcerative colitis using a mixed-methods approach: p... by Shaji Sebastian, Alan J Lobo, Steven R Brown, Sue Blackwell, Kerry Robinson, Matthew James Lee, Daniel Mark Baker, Anne-Mairead Folan, Rebecca Wootton, Georgina Louise Jones

“…This will use a mixed-methods approach on clinicians and patients who are considering undergoing elective surgery. …”
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Proenkephalin A 119–159 as an early biomarker of acute kidney injury in complex endovascular aortic repair: an explorative single-center cross-sectional study with the utilization... by Paulina Walczak-Wieteska, Konrad Zuzda, Jolanta Małyszko, Paweł Andruszkiewicz

“…This study evaluated proenkephalin A 119–159 as an early AKI biomarker after EVAR procedures, comparing point-of-care testing with the ELISA method. Methods Between April 2022 and June 2024, 68 patients undergoing elective EVAR were enrolled. …”
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Teaching Formal Models of Concurrency Specification and Analysis by N. V. Shilov

“…Due to this reason, there is a need of research, study and teaching of formal models of concurrency and methods of distributed system verification.The paper presents an individual experience with teaching Formal Models of Concurrency as a graduate elective course for students specializing in high-performance computing. …”
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Corrigendum to “Determining patients’ willingness to pay for telemedicine services and associated factors amidst fear of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) in Ghana” [Volume 9, Is... by Godwin Adzakpah, Nathan Kumasenu Mensah, Richard Okyere Boadu, Jonathan Kissi, Michael Dogbe, Michael Wadere, Dela Senyah, Mavis Agyarkoaa, Lawrencia Mensah, Amanda Appiah-Acheampong

“…The contingent valuation method was used to estimate the WTP for the telemedicine service, using an open-ended question format. …”
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The impact of happiness in political ads on party evaluation: A data donation study with emotion recognition by Xiaotong Chu, Annelien Van Remoortere, Susan Vermeer, Rens Vliegenthart, Sanne Kruikemeier

“…An elaborate data collection was conducted during the final weeks of the 2021 Dutch General Election campaign. An experience sampling method was applied where 126 participants donated a total of 2626 online political ads they encountered daily. …”
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Assessment of inguinal hernia treatment results in patients operated on with mesh using Lichtenstein, PHS and Robbins-Rutkow techniques by Andrzej Matyja, Wojciech Kibil, Radosław Pach, Rafał Solecki, Jan Kulig, George Kamtoh, Anna Aseńko

“…In the authors’ opinion the Lichtenstein method should remain the standard treatment of inguinal hernia.3. …”
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The new aesthetics of the Spanish political life as a reflection of social changes by Elena Astakhova

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Perioperative outcomes in patients with symptomatic versus asymptomatic previous COVID-19 infection undergoing neurosurgical treatment (post–COVID-19 study) by Sonia Bansal, Parthiban Giribabu, Kamath Sriganesh, Dhaval Shukla

“…The secondary objectives were to compare the earlier COVID-19 characteristics and the perioperative pulmonary profile during current surgery between these groups. Material and Methods: This prospective observational study was performed in adult patients undergoing elective neurosurgery with history of previous COVID-19 infection. …”
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ANALYSIS AND COMPARISON OF EXISTING DECISION SUPPORT TECHNOLOGY by V. A. Rybak, Ahmad Shokr

“…The article presents the results of an analytical review and comparison of the most common managerial decision support technologies: the analytic hierarchy method, neural networks, fuzzy set theory, genetic algorithms and neural-fuzzy modeling. …”
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Older Preschoolers Attitude to Cartoon Characters Depending on their Identification with Main Characters by Vladimir S. Sobkin, Irina A. Ryabkova, Nadezhda E. Antufyeva

“…The study involved 60 children aged 5 to 7 years (from 60 months to 86 months; M = 72.3, SD = 7.63): 30 boys (from 60 months to 86 months; M = 73.3, SD = 7.94) and 30 girls (from 62 months to 86 months; M = 71.3, SD = 7.31), attending preschools. Methods. The study used a modified method of personal constructs by J. …”
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Interactive influence of basalt fibres and pozzolanic additives on the mechanical and microstructural properties of self-compacting concrete by Olive Sharon R P, SenthilPandian M

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Comparison of caudal bupivacaine and dexmedetomidine with caudal bupivacaine and intravenous dexmedetomidine for postoperative analgesia in children: A randomized controlled trial by Kuldeep Singh, Jeetendra Bajaj, Sapna Bathla, Khushboo Mehta

“…Material and Methods: Ninety-six children (aged 1–8 years) of either gender scheduled for elective lower abdominal and pelvic surgeries were prospectively enrolled and randomized into two groups of 48 each: Group A (caudal bupivacaine + caudal dexmedetomidine) and Group B (caudal bupivacaine + intravenous dexmedetomidine). …”
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Community-Led Solutions: How Local Organizing Committees Drive Change for Housing and Health Equity in California’s Central Valley by Rebecca L. Martinez, David Frausto, Juan Zavala-Sandoval, Anabel Serna, Claudia G. Corchado, Alexandra Alvarado, Janine Nkosi, Irene Yen

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Making the Implicit Explicit: An Illustration of YPAR Implementation and Lessons Learned in Partnership With Young Adults Who Have Experienced Family Member Incarceration by Michelle Abraczinskas, Britni L. Adams, Erin Vines, Shaneah Cobb, Zion Latson, Mykala Wimbish

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Models of professional training of teachers of ukrainian as a foreign language in the national education system by H. Shvets

“…The third model involves one or more elective educational components that introduce philology students to the methods of teaching UFL. …”
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Analysis of the Timing of Cervical Cerclage Treatment in Pregnant Women with Cervical Insufficiency and the Effect on Pregnancy Outcome by Deying He, Dan Zhao

“…They were divided into the early group (14∼18 weeks of pregnancy, n = 86), the middle group (19∼27 weeks of pregnancy, n = 74) according to the different gestational periods of surgical treatment, and into the elective group (elective operation, n = 71) and the emergency group (emergency operation, n = 89) according to the different timings of surgical treatment. …”
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Disparity in access to orthopedic surgery between public and private healthcare insurance: a nationwide population-based study by María Jesús Lira, Paula Pino, Catalina Vidal, Pamela Mery, Sebastián Irarrázaval, Jaime Cerda, Jorge Vergara

“…This difference would accentuate when analyzing access to elective orthopedic surgery. Methods A cross-sectional, population-based design was used to investigate orthopedic surgery rates in Chile in 2018. …”
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The universal interprofessional education Q tool (U-IPEQ) for student learning– a pilot trial in the human anatomical dissection space by Shirley Quach, Noori Akhtar-Danesh, Andrew Palombella, Brooke DeCarlo, Sarah Wojkowski, Bruce Wainman, Yasmeen Mezil

“…Therefore, an universal IPE evaluation tool that describes students’ unique perspectives within an IPE competency-based framework is necessary. Methods Students’ IPE readiness and perceptions were measured before and after an 8-week human anatomy dissection elective. …”
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Surgical risk assessment in Hiv-infected patients treated within the penitentiary system of Kemerovo region by A. A. Malashenko, K. A. Krasnov, O. A. Krasnov

“…To assess the surgical risk in HIV-infected patients who received the surgical treatment within the penitentiary system of Kemerovo Region.Materials and Methods. We retrospectively analysed the physical status and the extent of surgical risk in 296 HIV-infected patients who underwent elective (n = 201) or emergency (n = 95) surgery in Hospital №1 (Kemerovo) from 2015 to 2018. …”
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Obtaining Consensus on Core Clinical Skills for Family Medicine Training by Ian D. Couper, Bob Mash

“…Good consensus (greater than 70%) was obtained on most skills, with confirmation of the lists of skills to be performed independently (core skills) and of the elective skills. Because consensus could not be obtained on re-allocating many of the skills to be performed under supervision during training to either core or elective lists, it was decided to retain these as a third list of skills. …”
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