Physician characteristics associated with the referral from general practitioners to dental surgeons and proposal for a referral letter template endorsed by dental surgeons in Fran... by Matthias Lamauviniere, Jan Chrusciel, Cassandre Finot, Adrien Basset, Maximillien Graftieaux, Aline Ohl-Hurtaud, Stéphane Sanchez

“…Only 20% of GPs indicated that they had regular communication with dental surgeons. …”
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Association between mixed exposure of non-persistent pesticides and liver fibrosis in the general US population: NHANES 2013–2016 by Shuge Shu, Yuan Li, Xiangyu Yu, Xinting Chen, Ummara Abdullah, Yongquan Yu

“…Of them, TCPY and GLYP had the highest effect estimates, with the corresponding FIB-4 coefficient (β) being 0.09 (0.05–0.13, model 3) and 0.09 (0.06–0.12, model 3), respectively. …”
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Single-center experience and evaluation of rare ıntracranial abscesses in childhood by Nihal Yildiz, Zeynep Gökçe Gayretli Aydin

“…Recurrence of abscess occurred in three (13%) cases, and 13% of cases had residual sequelae. Conclusions Intracranial abscess is a rare infectious disease that can result in long-term neurological deficits requiring extended follow-up and treatment. …”
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Congenital vitamin D deficiency: presenting with feeding difficulty in early infancy: a case report by Mesfin Wubishet, Tesfa G. Meskel, Kibret Enyew

“…The mother, who has worn a niqab since childhood, had minimal sun exposure, contributing to her low vitamin D levels. …”
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Features of the Parameters of 24-Hours pH-Impedance and High-Resolution Esophageal Manometry in Patients with Barrett's Esophagus on Proton Pump Inhibitors by I. V. Maev, D. S. Bordin, E. V. Barkalova, M. A. Ovsepyan, E. R. Valitova, N. G. Kalashnikova, D. N. Andreev

“…According to daily pH-impedance, group 1 consisted of 37 patients who responded satisfactorily to antisecretory therapy, group 2 of 15 patients who demonstrated insufficient response to acid-suppressive therapy, 11 of whom had no clinical manifestations. The total number of reflux averaged 55 in group 1 and 106 in group 2. …”
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Ficus deltoidea standardized methanolic extract improves kidney structure and function against streptozotocin-induced diabetic nephropathy in rats by Nurdiana Samsulrizal, Noor Syaffinaz Noor Mohamad Zin, Nur Syimal`ain Azmi, Mohd Daud Bakar, Hafandi Ahmad, Yong-Meng Goh

“…Multivariate analysis of IR spectra demonstrated that the diabetic rats treated with F. deltoidea extract had a similar clustering pattern to that of the normal animals. …”
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Effects of the disconnection technique and preemptive one-lung ventilation on lung collapse during one-lung ventilation in thoracoscopic surgery by Hongru Zhang, Silin Xiang, Longyong Mei, Yonggeng Feng, Han She, Yi Hu, Li Wang

“…Results Compared to the control group, both the disconnection and the preemptive group had a shorter time to satisfactory lung collapse (P < 0.001), lung collapse in the preemptive group was superior to that in the disconnection group at one minute (P = 0.045), no significant differences were found among the three groups in terms of other outcomes. …”
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Dietary and environmental factors affecting the dynamics of the gut bacteria in Tibetan Awang sheep (Ovis aries) across divergent breeding models by Yuhao Wang, Xinping Wang, Yirong Wang, Yirong Wang, Songyu Liao, Zhaxi Pubu, Jiangcuo Silang, Lixu Chai, Siyue Zhao, Siyue Zhao

“…The environmental association analysis exhibited that meadows diet (R2 = 0.938, Pr[&gt;r] = 0.001) and altitude (R2 = 0.892, Pr[&gt;r] = 0.001) had significant effects on the dominant genera, explaining a substantial proportion of the total variation in community composition.DiscussionOur study indicated that breeding conditions significantly impact the gut microbiota of Awang sheep. …”
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BuDDI: Bulk Deconvolution with Domain Invariance to predict cell-type-specific perturbations from bulk. by Natalie R Davidson, Fan Zhang, Casey S Greene

“…Then we validated that BuDDI could accurately predict cell-type-specific perturbation response when no single-cell perturbed profiles were used during training; instead, only bulk samples had both perturbed and non-perturbed observations. …”
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von Willebrand factor polymorphism (rs1063856) as a risk factor for portal vein thrombosis in chronic liver diseases by Isis Samy Bedira, Olfat M. Hendy, Moones Abdelaal, Ashraf A. Basuni, Asma Ebrahim Gaber Koshoo, Alzhraa Alkhatib, Sally S. Mandour

“…Additionally, compared to instances of benign PVT, the vWF:Ag levels were considerably greater in malignant PVT. CLD patients with PVT had higher frequencies of the vWF (rs1063856) AA genotype and A alleles (37.5% and 61.3%, respectively) than did control and non-PVT cases. …”
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Image quality, contrast enhancement and radiation dose of electrocardiograph- versus non-electrocardiograph-triggered computed tomography angiography of the aorta by Ying Mei Wong, Ching Ching Ong, Chong Ri Liang, Choon Ann Tan, Lynette Li San Teo

“…Methods: We retrospectively assessed the data of 126 patients who had undergone CTAA on a single-source CT scanner using ECG-triggered (group 1, n = 77) or non-ECG-triggered (group 2, n = 49) protocols. …”
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Performance of artificial intelligence on cervical vertebral maturation assessment: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Termeh Sarrafan Sadeghi, Seyed AmirHossein Ourang, Fatemeh Sohrabniya, Soroush Sadr, Parnian Shobeiri, Saeed Reza Motamedian

“…However, it varied based on the methods employed. Eight studies had a low risk of bias in all domains. Twelve studies were included in the meta-analysis and their pooled values for sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative likelihood ratios, and diagnostic odds ratio (DOR) were calculated for each cervical stage (CS). …”
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Differences in soil Cd immobilization and blockage of rice Cd uptake by biochar derived from crop residue and bone − A 2-year field experiment by Zhongjun Xue, Fengfeng Sui, Yanjie Qi, Siyu Pan, Ning Wang, Rongjun Bian, Stephen Joseph, Xuhui Zhang, Lianqing Li, Genxing Pan

“…Soil exchangeable Ca and dissolved P in BOC treatment were higher, and had significantly negatively correlated with CaCl2-Cd (r = -0.50; r = -0.724). …”
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Treatment Patterns for Patients on Overactive Bladder Therapy: A Retrospective Statistical Analysis Using Canadian Claims Data by Adrian Wagg, Demitri Diles, Todd Berner

“…The majority of patients had no trial of second-line treatment.…”
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High mortality rates and long-term complications in children with infectious brainstem encephalitis: A study of sixteen cases. by Yuanyuan Zhou, Yi Zhu, Lingfeng Cao, Yingyan Shi, Jun Shen

“…Among the surviving patients, 50.0% (7/14) of them had follow-up records, 85.7% (6/7) of the survivors suffered from sequelae such as motor disorders.…”
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Spinal Instrumentation in the Setting of Nontuberculous Spondylodiscitis: A Prospective Analysis by Himanshu Prasad, P. V. Satyanarayana Murthy, Vamsi K Varma, A. V. Gurava Reddy

“…At the final follow-up, all patients had radiological evidence of bony consolidation. …”
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Mitigating effects of Jiawei Chaihu Shugan decoction on necroptosis and inflammation of hippocampal neurons in epileptic mice by Qin Wang, Baijun Qin, Han Yu, Jiawei Zeng, Jingjing Fan, Qiong Wu, Rong Zeng, Haichun Yu, Xian Zhang, Mingfen Li, Yanying Zhou, Limei Diao

“…In mice, the model group had heightened epileptic discharges, neuronal damage, and apoptosis, along with increased expression of the same markers (P < 0.05). …”
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The role of the AVAPS ventilation mode combined with TCM monitoring in weaning patients with AECOPD by Nianci Wang, Haidong Qin, Lei Bao

“…The ROC curve revealed that PtcCO2 variability− 2, the ROX index− 2 and their combination had predictive value for the 48-h reintubation rate of AECOPD patients. …”
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Assessment of Blood Pressure Control Status Among Hypertensive Patients Attending Rwandan District Hospital NCD Clinics: A Retrospective Follow-Up Study by Evariste Ntaganda, Ziad El-Khatib, Regine Mugeni, Boniface Nsengiyumva, Clarisse Musanabaganwa, James Gafirita, Francois Uwinkindi, Richard Kalisa

“…The majority were aged > 60 years (mean age 62; n = 663/1,055; 62.8%), and women, with approximately three-quarters of patients (n = 796/1,055; 75.5%) had a BMI between 18.5 and 24.9 Kg/m2 and the majority (n = 843/1,055; 79.9%) resided in rural districts. …”
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Central Nervous System-related Conditions and Associated Healthcare Resource Use Among Japanese nmCRPC Patients Based on Retrospective Claims Data by Dianne A. Ledesma, Jonathan L. Chua, Susan S.H. Tang, Xiu W. Lim

“…The frequency of CNS-related conditions in these patients increased approximately threefold after starting AA therapy (before, 969 events; after, 2802). On average, a patient had 10 episodes of concomitant CNS-related conditions in a year. …”
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