Pain and Frailty in Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Narrative Review by Chiara Papini, Jaspreet K. Sodhi, Cassie M. Argenbright, Kirsten K. Ness, Tara M. Brinkman

“…A significant proportion of childhood cancer survivors experience persistent health problems related to cancer or cancer treatment exposures, including accelerated or early onset of aging. Survivors are more likely than non-cancer peers to present a frail phenotype suggestive of reduced physiologic reserve and have symptoms that interfere with function in daily life, including pain. …”
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Elderly drivers with pedal errors during emergency braking do not lift their leg by Kazuki Fujita, Yasutaka Kobayashi, Koji Hayashi, Kaori Kawabata, Tomoki Ogawa, Hideaki Hori, Mamiko Sato, Masahito Hitosugi

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Bottlenose Dolphins’ Clicks Comply with Three Laws of Efficient Communication by Arthur Stepanov, Hristo Zhivomirov, Ivaylo Nedelchev, Todor Ganchev, Penka Stateva

“…Such conformity of dolphin clicks might indicate that these linguistic laws are more general, which produces an exciting research perspective on animal communication.…”
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An update on the effect of metals on stemness properties of mesenchymal stem cells by Roya Valizadeh, Halimeh Amirazad, Tahura Fayeghi, Hanieh Mousazadeh, Nosratollah Zarghami, Abbas Ebrahimi-Kalan, Effat Alizadeh

“…In this regard, stemness preservation of MSCs is a key property in both body’s own repair process and success of renewing/compensating approaches. In general, MSCs adhesion, viability, and function at the cell–metal interface is directly dependent on the metal alloys composing elements, which, along with consideration of compatibility, could guarantee the success of implants. …”
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One-Year Outcomes of 1 Dose versus 3 Loading Doses Followed by Pro Re Nata Regimen Using Ranibizumab for Neovascular Age-Related Macular Degeneration: The ARTIS Trial by Fenghua Wang, Yuanzhi Yuan, Ling Wang, Xiaofeng Ye, Jingke Zhao, Mengxi Shen, Qi Zhang, Ding Xu, Guoyou Qin, Wei Zhang, Fei Yuan, Qing Chang, Peiquan Zhao, Fang Wang, Xiaodong Sun

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SatBałtyk - A Baltic environmental satellite remote sensing system - an ongoing project in Poland. Part 1: Assumptions, scope and operating range by Bogdan Woźniak, Katarzyna Bradtke, Mirosław Darecki, Jerzy Dera, Joanna Dudzińska-Nowak, Lidia Dzierzbicka-Głowacka, Dariusz Ficek, Kazimierz Furmańczyk, Marek Kowalewski, Adam Krężel, Roman Majchrowski, Mirosława Ostrowska, Marcin Paszkuta, Joanna Stoń-Egiert, Małgorzata Stramska, Tomasz Zapadka

“…The further practical application of this set of algorithms (to be gradually made more specific) is therefore entirely justified as the basis of the SatBałtyk system for the effective operational monitoring of the state and functioning of Baltic ecosystems. …”
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Optimizing Hospital Bed Capacity and Resource Allocation Using Inflow and Outflow Indices for Effective Healthcare Management by Jin-Nam Kim PhD, In-Hwan Oh MD, PhD

“…Hospital beds were categorized based on the Medical Service Act, and the Relevance Index (RI) and Commitment Index (CI) were used to assess patient flow in 2019 across different bed types and functions. Data from the “Statistical Yearbook on the Usage of Medical Service by Region” provided insights into utilization patterns in tertiary referral hospitals, general hospitals, hospitals, and long-term care facilities. …”
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THE FIRST STEP IN VALIDATING THE PedsQL™ – FAMILY IMPACT MODULE QUESTIONNAIRE IN ROMANIA. THE QUALITY OF LIFE OF PARENTS WITH CHILDREN WITH AUTISTIC SPECTRUM DISORDER by Camelia POPA, Ana DRAGU, Elisabeta NIȚĂ, Cornelia RADA

“…Evaluating the quality of life of parents of children with ASD using this instrument provides a solid foundation for support interventions for these parents, helping them become more functional physically, emotionally, cognitively, and socially.…”
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Challenges of projectification in an engineering school: Lessons learned and room for improving the whole performance of the institution by Claudette El Hajj, Germán Martínez Montes

“…The management model in higher education institutions is in continuous change: from an initial hierarchical and functional organization, the subsequent influence of the New Public Management model and more recently project-based management, conditioned among other causes by how a large part of the financing of universities (programs and projects) is being articulated. …”
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Decorin-armed oncolytic adenovirus promotes natural killers (NKs) activation and infiltration to enhance NK therapy in CRC model by Xue Li, Yuning Zhang, Zhuang Mao, Huiqiang Zhao, Hu Cao, Jingyi Wang, Wei Liu, Shiyun Dai, Yuefeng Yang, Yuanyuan Huang, Hua Wang

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The evolving role of PARP inhibitors in advanced ovarian cancer by Levva Sofia, Skolariki Aglaia, Sogka Eleni, Bokas Alexandros, Assi Avraam, Pispirigou Marianna K., Koliou Panagiotis

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The influence of shift work on the psychomotor capabilities of emergency medicine residents by Mehrnoosh Aligholi Zahraie, Farshid Alaedini, Pooya Payandemehr, Soheil Saadat, Mehran Sotoodehnia, Maryam Bahreini

“…The results of selected psychomotor tests showed that the psychomotor function of the residents was not delayed or worse after night shifts in comparison to the day shifts.…”
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Acute fatty liver of pregnancy: An atypical case report by Riska Subono, Nurul Hikmah

“… • AFLP can be challenging for primary health workers (especially for general practitioners (GP) and midwives) since it mimics preeclampsia, viral hepatitis, intrahepatic cholestasis of pregnancy, and HELLPS syndrome, so more concern is needed in this case.   …”
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The quality life in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease combined with arterial hypertension by I. M. Fushtey, S. L. Podsevahina, O. V. Tkachenko, A. I. Palamarchuk, E. S. Cabanna

“…All patients underwent general clinical examination, blood pressure measurement, spirometry, electrocardiography, and echocardiography. …”
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Psychological aspects of child development of importance for judicial proceedings by Milosavljević-Đukić Ivana, Tankosić Bojana

“…Children and adolescents differ from adults in the way they function (cognitively, intellectually, emotionally). …”
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Complex Synchronization Dynamics of Electronic Oscillators–Part I: A Time-Domain Approach via Phase-Amplitude Reduced Models by Konstantinos Metaxas, Paul P. Sotiriadis, Yannis Kominis

“…The influence of global isochron geometry on the map validates their critical role in phase locking, extending previous results in the theory of electronic oscillators. For more general forcing scenarios, the full Phase-Amplitude reduction effectively describes the synchronization dynamics. …”
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Retrological glance into the future of criminology as a criminal-legal science by G. N. Gorshenkov

“…On the other hand, retrospection, being methodologically justified, serves the scientific perspective, in particular, the development of associative links of criminal-legal sciences, and the activation of the historically determined general scientific function of criminology. These processes, if scientifically optimized, have the prospect of bringing the energies of criminal-legal sciences and relevant practices to a resultant effect, i.e. to a well-coordinated system of combating crime. …”
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A study of the association of thyroid-stimulating hormone levels with microvascular complications in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients at a tertiary care center by Somnath B, Pooja Shashidharan, Manish Pangi

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Xenon as a Component of Anesthetic Maintenance for Early Activation of Patients after Myocardial Revascularization by Ye. V. Dzybinskaya, O. V. Stepanova, I. A. Kozlov

“…A total of 3±0.2 coronary arteries were shunted. General anesthesia was induced and maintained by propofol and fentanyl under extracorporeal circulation. …”
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Manometric Evaluation of the Sphincter Complex in Anterior Anus and Mild Anorectal Malformations—An Important Diagnostic Tool by Jonathan Hencke, Raphael Staubach, Steffan Loff

“…<b>Background:</b> Distinguishing between the anatomical variant of an anterior anus and mild forms of imperforate anus with rectoperineal fistula often requires inspection, calibration, and, in uncertain cases, electrical stimulation (ES) under general anesthesia. Anorectal manometry (AM), despite its ability to assess sphincter configuration and function, is rarely reported as a diagnostic tool. …”
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