Prevalence and impact of sarcopenia on urinary incontinence in localized prostate cancer patients undergoing laparoscopic radical prostatectomy by Tengfei Gu, Jie Li, Dan Wu, Ting Chen, Yongtao Pan, Qinzhou Yu, Jing Sha

“…Notably, patients with sarcopenia exhibited significantly higher urinary incontinence rates compared to those without sarcopenia, at 82.52%, 65.03%, and 37.06% versus 64.73%, 35.75%, and 21.74% (P<0.01). Among low to intermediate-risk patients, the urinary incontinence rates immediately post-surgery, at 3 months, and at 6 months were 59.53%, 32.56%, and 16.28%, respectively, which were significantly lower than the rates observed in high-risk patients, recorded at 91.85%, 71.85%, and 46.67% (P<0.01). …”
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TEAMS GAMES TOURNAMENT (TGT) SEBAGAI METODE UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KEAKTIFAN DAN KEMAMPUAN BELAJAR by Ratieh Widhiastuti, Fachrurrozie Fachrurrozie

“…Each cycles consisted of 5 stages, they were pre-reflecting, planning, acting, observing and post-reflecting. The results showed empirical evidance that Teams Games Tournament (TGT) methode used in Intermediate Accounting 2 can improve Student Partisipations and Learning Competence.…”
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Dynamic Assessment and Iranian EFL Learners’ Knowledge of Passive Voice in Speaking Tasks by Bahar Babaei, Iraj Montashery

“…The study employed a pre/post-test design with two participant groups: experimental and control. …”
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Visual outcomes with a non-diffractive enhanced depth-of-focus IOL in patients with age-related macular degeneration by Juan Carlos Elvira, Patricia Devesa, Belén Elvira-Giner, Pedro Tañá-Sanz, Paz Orts-Vila, Pedro Tañá-Rivero

“…Follow-up visits were carried out at 1, 3 and 6 months post-surgery.ResultsAt 6 months post-surgery all eyes were within ± 0.50 D with a mean MRSE of −0.19 ± 0.20 D, 95.45% had a refractive cylinder of ≤ 0.50 D with a mean cylinder of −0.24 ± 0.27 D. …”
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Visual performance, light distortion and patient reported outcomes with a new bi-aspheric non-diffractive extended depth of focus intraocular lens by Santiago Tañá-Sanz, Pedro Tañá-Sanz, Belén Elvira-Giner, Paz Orts-Vila, Pedro Tañá-Rivero

“…BackgroundTo evaluate refractive, visual, and patient-reported outcomes three months after bilateral implantation of a novel bi-aspheric, non-diffractive extended depth of focus (EDOF) intraocular lens (IOL) using PhaseRing technology to achieve good vision across distances with reduced dysphotopsia.MethodsTwenty-two patients received bilateral Asqelio EDOF IOLs (AST VisionCare Inc.) and were evaluated 3 months post-surgery. The main outcomes assessed were refractive error, monocular and binocular visual acuities at distance, intermediate (67 cm) and near (40 cm), low contrast visual acuity, defocus curves, contrast sensitivity, and patient questionnaires.ResultsThe average postoperative spherical equivalent was −0.31 ± 0.30 D. …”
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An Experimental Investigation on the Characteristics of Excavation-Induced Failure of Rocks Surrounding a Shaft by Huanxin Liu, Zhihai An, Xingquan Liu, Xi Wang, Zhen Liu

“…A higher σ2 causes the post-peak curve of the granite specimen to develop toward a Class-II type of curve, and the failure mode develops toward splitting failure, while a higher σ3 causes the post-peak curve of the granite specimen to develop toward a Class-I type of curve, and the failure mode develops toward shear failure. …”
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Clinical phenotypes and outcomes of pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease: Role of the pre-capillary component. by Sergio Caravita, Andrea Faini, Sandy Carolino D'Araujo, Céline Dewachter, Laura Chomette, Antoine Bondue, Robert Naeije, Gianfranco Parati, Jean-Luc Vachiéry

“…PH-LHD patients were subdivided in Isolated post-capillary PH (IpcPH: diastolic pressure gradient, DPG<7 mmHg and pulmonary vascular resistance, PVR≤3 WU, n = 37), Combined post- and pre-capillary PH (CpcPH: DPG≥7 mmHg and PVR>3 WU, n = 27), and "intermediate" PH-LHD (either DPG <7 mmHg or PVR ≤3 WU, n = 29).…”
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Uniqeness and Universality of Freedom Practices and the Principles of Open Access by V. Sergeyev

“…The main distinction of the proposed taxonomy from that of North, which is based on politico-economical analysis, is the introduction of a new element of classification, namely, “post-revolutionary” regimes.The paper treats European history as a process of gradual spreading of “extended access order” from West to East of Europe under a condition of existence of an intermediate zone within which “post-revolutionary regimes” are realized.…”
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PREDICTORS OF RESPONSE TO RUXOLITINIB THERAPY IN PATIENTS WITH MYELOFIBROSIS by Irina Turtanova, Maria Barabanshchikova, Elena Morozova, Tatiana Gindina, Tatiana Shneyder, Natalia Dorofeeva, Roman Vaschenkov, Nadezhda Medvedeva, Alexander Kulagin

“…Overall survival rates were 72% in the intermediate-1 risk group, 60% in the intermediate-2 group, and 48% in the high-risk group (p < 0.0001). …”
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Machine‐Learning Prediction of Bleeding After Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection for Early Gastric Cancer: A Multicenter Study by Hiroki Maruyama, Kazuya Takahashi, Kosuke Kojima, Nao Nakajima, Hiroki Sato, Ken‐ichi Mizuno, Soichi Sugitani, Shuji Terai

“…ABSTRACT Background Endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD) is a minimally invasive treatment for early gastric cancer (GC); however, post‐ESD bleeding remains a serious and unpredictable complication. …”
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Visual Outcomes and Patient Satisfaction with a Hydrophobic Acrylic Monofocal IOL Delivered Using a Manual System by Christenbury J, Hall B

“…In addition, mean uncorrected and corrected binocular visual acuities at intermediate (66cm) were 0.09 ± 0.05 logMAR and 0.04 ± 0.05 logMAR, respectively. …”
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Conformational motion of the ABC transporter MsbA induced by ATP hydrolysis. by Peter P Borbat, Kavitha Surendhran, Marco Bortolus, Ping Zou, Jack H Freed, Hassane S Mchaourab

“…LPS induces distinct structural changes that are inhibited by trapping of the transporter in an ATP post-hydrolysis intermediate. The formation of this intermediate involves a 33-A distance change between the two ABCs, which is consistent with a dimerization-dissociation cycle during transport that leads to their substantial separation in the absence of nucleotides. …”
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Petrogenesis and Sr-Nd isotope Geochemistry of Neogene Igneous Rocks in the Goloumak Area, South of Kerman, Iran by Farzaneh Arzhangnegad, gholamreza ghadami, Mohammad Poosti, Mohammad Fadaeian

“…All samples are in a continental arc margin and post-collision volcanic arc. The magma source is from low to intermediate partial melting of the mantle, as indicated by the LREE/HREE ratio of the mafic and intermediate rocks. …”
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Outcomes of a non-diffractive extended depth of focus intraocular lens in patients with well-controlled glaucoma and ocular hypertension by Jia-Ru Liu, Andrei-Alexandru Szigiato, Paul Harasymowycz

“…Follow-up evaluations occurred at 1d, 1, and 3mo postoperatively, assessing uncorrected distance, intermediate, and near visual acuity. Questionnaires (QUVID: Questionnaire for visual disturbances and IOLSAT: Intraocular lens satisfaction) were administered pre and post-operatively to measure visual disturbances and spectacle independence in various lighting. …”
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Typical linguistic errors committed by tertiary students in legal written outputs by Ai Nhan Nguyen, Tuan Van Vu

“…The proportion of respondents achieving higher proficiency levels (Intermediate and Upper-Intermediate) increased significantly, particularly in morphological and lexical domains. …”
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On-line Flexible Marshalling and Coupling Operations in Different Scenarios by FAN Yinghui

“…At intermediate stations, the post-station turn-back is more suitable.…”
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Podcasting: An Effective Tool for Honing Language Students’ Pronunciation? by Lara Ducate, Lara Lomicka

“…Students also completed a pre- and post-survey based on Elliott’s (1995) Pronunciation Attitude Inventory to assess their perspectives regarding pronunciation. …”
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Spatial and Temporal Distribution of Nanoflare Heating during Active Region Evolution by Biswajit Mondal, James A. Klimchuk, Amy R. Winebarger, P. S. Athiray, Jiayi Liu

“…During the emerging phase, energy deposition is dominated by low-frequency events. Post-emergence, energy is deposited by both low- and intermediate-frequency nanoflares, while as the AR ages, the contribution from intermediate- and high-frequency nanoflares increases. …”
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Portfolio-based Writing Instruction as a Venue to Provide Corrective Feedback on EFL Learners’ Writing Performance by Hussein Meihami, Fateme Husseini, Rahman Sahragard

“…Hence, the purpose of the current study was to investigate the effect of providing corrective feedback through portfolio-based writing instruction on the overall and componential writing performance of the Iranian intermediate EFL learners. To that end, 44 intermediate EFL learners participated in a writing program aiming to develop the writing skill of the L2 learners. …”
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Assessment of circulating tumor DNA in patients with locally advanced rectal cancer treated with neoadjuvant therapy by Chiara Molinari, Giorgia Marisi, George Laliotis, Erik Spickard, Ilario Giovanni Rapposelli, Elisabetta Petracci, Giby V. George, Punashi Dutta, Shruti Sharma, Meenakshi Malhotra, Andrea Prochowski Iamurri, Giacomo Feliciani, Minetta C. Liu, Paola Ulivi, Matteo Canale, Luca Saragoni, Graziana Gallo, Giovanni Luca Frassineti, Margherita Muratore, Antonino Romeo, Adham Jurdi, Giovanni Martinelli, Alessandro Passardi

“…When ctDNA status is used alongside the NAR score in the post-NAT setting, patients who were ctDNA-positive with an intermediate or high NAR score showed significantly worse DFS (HR: 47.5, p < 0.001) compared to ctDNA-negative patients with either a low or intermediate/high NAR score (HR: 9.8, p = 0.0301). …”
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