Сlinical results of transepithelial corneal collagen crosslinking in patients with keratoconus by M. M. Bikbov, V. K. Surkova, G. M. Bikbova, N. B. Zainullina

“…The obtained comparable results showed that the use of transepithelial and standard methods of CXL in patients with keratoconus prevents disease progression in 73.2 % and 77.7 % respectively what confirms the possibility of its equal usage in clinical practice.Conclusion. …”
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An Evaluation a PrEP-Focused HIV Prevention Intervention Tailored for Individuals with Opioid Use Disorder and Cognitive Dysfunction by Mistler CB, Huedo-Medina TB, Shrestha R, Gunstad J, Zelenev A, Copenhaver MM

“…Colleen B Mistler,1,2,* Tania B Huedo-Medina,2– 5,* Roman Shrestha,2,3 John Gunstad,6 Alexei Zelenev,7 Michael M Copenhaver2,3 1Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA; 2Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy (Inchip), University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA; 3Department of Allied Health Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA; 4Department of Clinical and Health Psychology and Research Methods, Faculty of Psychology, University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU, Donostia-San Sebastián, Spain; 5Basque Foundation for Science, IKERBasque, Bilbao, 48011, Spain; 6Department of Psychological Sciences, Kent State University, Kent, OH, USA; 7Department of Internal Medicine, AIDS Program, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Colleen B Mistler, Yale University, The Consultation Center, 389 Whitney Ave, New Haven, CT, 06511, USA, Email colleen.mistler@yale.eduPurpose: This study aimed to test the efficacy of the 4-week Bio-behavioral Community-Friendly Health Recovery Program (CHRP-BB) at improving HIV prevention outcomes among individuals receiving medication for opioid use disorder (MOUD) and to examine the extent to which cognitive dysfunction impacts outcomes.Patients and Methods: This randomized controlled trial included 237 individuals receiving MOUD and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP) in New Haven, CT. …”
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IMPACT OF INTRA-OPERATIVE INTRA-ABDOMINAL HYPERTENSION ON THE COURSE OF POST-OPERATIVE PERIOD IN THE PATIENTS UNDERGOING SURGERY FOR COLORECTAL CANCER by I. V. Shlyk, A. A. Zakharenko, V. A. Panafidina, A. A. Trushin, O. A. Ten

“…Currently, the majority of colorectal surgeries is performed using laparoscopic and minimal invasive methods, providing the best outcomes in the soonest post-operative period and equal oncological safety when compared to traditional open surgeries. …”
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Monte Carlo Simulations for Resolving Verifiability Paradoxes in Forecast Risk Management and Corporate Treasury Applications by Martin Pavlik, Grzegorz Michalski

“…We used Monte Carlo simulation as the numerical method. The following analytical methods were used: conditional probability, Bayes’ rule and Bayes’ rule with multiple conditions. …”
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Quantifying the Long and Short Axes of the External Iliac Lymph Nodes Using Dual-Energy Computed Tomography: A Potential Diagnostic Approach for Periprosthetic Joint Infection &nda... by Yang Y, Zhou H, Kang R, Zhao C, Li J, Li F, Shen Y, Chen Y, Huang W, Qin L

“…Yaji Yang,1– 3,* Haotian Zhou,1– 3,* Runxing Kang,1– 3 Chen Zhao,1– 3 Jia Li,4 Feilong Li,1– 3 Yidong Shen,1– 3 Yuelong Chen,5 Wei Huang,1– 3 Leilei Qin1– 3 1Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China; 2Chongqing Municipal Health Commission Key Laboratory of Musculoskeletal Regeneration and Translational Medicine, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China; 3Orthopaedic Research Laboratory of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Radiology, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China; 5Hospital of Chongqing University, Chongqing University, Chongqing, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Wei Huang; Leilei Qin, Department of Orthopaedics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, People’s Republic of China, Email huangwei68@263.net; qinleilei@stu.cqmu.edu.cnPurpose: Periprosthetic joint infection (PJI) is a severe complication following joint replacement surgery, and there is a current lack of rapid, accurate, and non-invasive diagnostic methods. …”
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Aztreonam Acts as a Synergist for Ceftazidime/Avibactam Against Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) of Various Carbapenemase Phenotypes in Southwestern China by Ruan X, Gong Z, Zeng M, Zhong Z, Chen Y, Wei F, Lei C, Zhu Y, Qin X, Li M

“…Xuelian Ruan,1,* Zhiyu Gong,1,* Moqiyi Zeng,1 Ziqing Zhong,1 Yongling Chen,1 Fangyi Wei,1 Chong Lei,1 Yuanyuan Zhu,1 Xue Qin,1 Meng Li1,2 1Department of Clinical Laboratory, The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University, Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Medicine of Guangxi Department of Education, Nanning, Guangxi, People’s Republic of China; 2Guangxi Health Commission Key Laboratory of Fungi and Mycosis Research and Prevention, Nanning, Guangxi, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Meng Li, Email gxmulimeng@foxmail.com Xue Qin, Email qinxue919@126.comBackground: Carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae (CRE) presents a significant challenge due to its role in severe and multidrug-resistant infections.Purpose: This study aims to evaluate aztreonam (ATM) as a synergistic agent with ceftazidime/avibactam (CZA) for treating CRE strains with different carbapenemase phenotypes.Methods: A total of 87 non-repeated clinical CRE strains were collected from various clinical specimens at The First Affiliated Hospital of Guangxi Medical University. …”
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Application of Collective Intelligence of Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm in Optimization of Estimation and Zoning of Wind Erosion Intensity Using Geomorphological data (Case Study... by Mehdi Saghafi, Moohamadali Moodaresi

“…The average annual precipitation in the plain over a period of 50 years equals to 177 mm and its climate is generally dry. 2- Materials and Methods In order to study wind erosion, erosion models with different goals, such as Successive approximation of erosion and designing of erosion control tools, are used. …”
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THE STRUCTURE OF HAPPINESS REPRESENTATION FOR RUSSIAN AND AMERICAN REPRESENTATIVES by S. Yu. Zhdanova, A. V. Pecherkina, A. A. Strokanov

“…In this regard, the search of methods and determination of the tasks of psychological diagnostics is brought into focus. …”
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Comparison of standard radiography and magnetic resonance imaging in hand osteoarthritis by D. M. Kudinskii, A. V. Smirnov, L. I. Alekseeva, E. A. Taskina, A. M. Lila, A. S. Potapova, A. V. Volkov

“…The average age of the patients was 65.28±6.82 years, the age of onset was 48.81±7.73 years, the duration of the disease was 15.0 (10.0–19.5) years.Results. Both methods showed approximately equal identification JSN symptom in DIP and PIP, 95% definition JSN in MCP. …”
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VIOLENCE IN MEDICAL PRACTICE by Marusya Liddle, Sevinch Hamza, Albena Andonova

“…In health care provision, it is important to show equality, preserving the dignity of the patient and their personal space. …”
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How Gender-Sensitive Disaster Management is Addressed in the Turkish Parliament: A Qualitative Study from Feminist Bioethics Perspective by Fatma Gulsum Onal, Bahar Marangoz

“…Comprehensive policies are necessary at every stage of disaster management to ensure the consideration of equality.…”
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The Influence of Flashcard on Arabic Learning Outcomes of Shorof Subject for Junior High School Students by Amy Fitriani Siregar, Ananda Zalfa Firdaus, Agung Setiyawan, Dina Ayu Wulandari, Lutvi Yunita Putri Damayanti, Syifaaussakinah Syifaaussakinah

“…The research was conducted with experimental quantitative methods, and the research design was a true experiment. …”
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The retreatment abilities of ProTaper Next and F6 Skytaper: a micro-computed tomography study by Esma Sarıçam, Selen İnce Yusufoğlu, Mert Ocak, Ferhat Geneci, Hakan Hamdi Celik

“…The radiographic imaging method gave similar results with micro-ct imaging.…”
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Improving Voice Spoofing Detection Through Extensive Analysis of Multicepstral Feature Reduction by Leonardo Mendes de Souza, Rodrigo Capobianco Guido, Rodrigo Colnago Contreras, Monique Simplicio Viana, Marcelo Adriano dos Santos Bongarti

“…Empirical evaluation using the ASVSpoof 2017 v2.0 dataset measures the classification performance with the Equal Error Rate (EER) metric, achieving values of approximately 10%. …”
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Impact of surgical consultation and counseling on patients perspectives regarding nasal shape and expectations from rhinoplasty by Georges Ziade, Georges Abikanaan, Dayane Daou, Desiree Karam, Elias Keyrouz, Rami Saade

“…The study group was stratified by age into younger than or equal to, and older than 21 years, and compared using previously mentioned statistical methods. …”
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Torrefaction of spent coffee grounds for solid fuel production: A review by Bassazin Ayalew Mekonnen, Solomon Workneh Fanta, Johan De Greef, Jo Van Caneghem, Maarten Vanierschot

“…Pretreatment of biomass has shown to address these limitations, improving the efficiency of converting biomass into bioenergy. Among various methods, torrefaction is particularly promising, as it produces solid biogenic fuels that show a relatively higher conversion rate into bioenergy (on an equal mass basis) compared to the original biomass from which they are derived. …”
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Optimization of Spoken Term Detection System by Chuanxu Wang, Pengyuan Zhang

“…On mandarin conversational telephone speech (CTS), the proposed methods reduce the equal error rate (EER) by 8.4% in relative.…”
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Breath holding for 20 s following extended expiration is a practical, effective and robust standard when measuring cerebrovascular reactivity in healthy adults using BOLD fMRI at 3... by Jörg Larsen, Kai Kallenberg, Johanna Rühlmann, Jürgen Baudewig, Eike A. Nickel, Michael Knauth, Peter Dechent

“…Amongst the vasoactive stimuli to induce it, breath holding is considered equal to other methods but both cerebrovascular reserve measures and breath holding designs lack standardization. …”
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Meson mass spectrum in QCD2 't Hooft's model by Alexey Litvinov, Pavel Meshcheriakov

“…We generalize analytical methods proposed by Fateev, Lukyanov and Zamolodchikov to the case of arbitrary, but equal quark masses m1=m2. …”
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Towards a comprehensive digital wearable tracking system of the patient recovery journey after extremity trauma: a narrative review by Benedikt J Braun, Maximilian M Menger, Tina Histing, Meir T Marmor, Bernd Grimm, Felix Fischer, Conrad Harrison, Alexander Joeris, Simon Lambert, AO Upper Extremity Global Expert Committee, AO Trauma Digital Expert Group, BG Tübingen Digital Outcome Assessment Group

“…Such assessment instruments cannot readily account for the effect of limitations in adjacent segments. Equally, the segment-specific instruments use limited domains to assess complex actions and aptitudes. …”
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