Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement with Dedicated Devices by Joe Aoun, Michael J. Reardon, Sachin S. Goel

“…Early feasibility studies have demonstrated good technical success and short-term outcomes, but larger samples and longer-term outcomes still need to be assessed. …”
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Compare nasal endoscopy with Computed Tomography scans for chronic rhinosinusitis detection in adult Iraqi patients by Ali lafta Salman

“…Patients and Methods: The study sample consisted of consecutive adult participants clinically diagnosed with chronic rhinosinusitis. …”
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Cost Determinants of Mandibular Distraction Osteogenesis in Infants With Robin Sequence by David O’Neil Danis, III, MD, Alessandra Zaccardelli, BS, Arnav K. Singla, MD, Aiden Meyer, BA, Andrew R. Scott, MD

“…Robin sequence is an anomaly of micrognathia, glossoptosis, and airway obstruction. Mandibular distraction osteogenesis (MDO) performed in early infancy relieves airway obstruction and improves feeding difficulties. …”
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Improving Few-Shot Named Entity Recognition with Causal Interventions by Zhen Yang, Yongbin Liu, Chunping Ouyang, Shu Zhao, Chi Zhu

“…A major challenge encountered by these systems is overfitting, particularly pronounced in comparison to tasks with ample samples. This overfitting predominantly stems from spurious correlations, a consequence of biases inherent in the selection of a small sample set. …”
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Using Mesenchymal Stem Cells to Treat Female Infertility: An Update on Female Reproductive Diseases by Yun-xia Zhao, Shao-rong Chen, Ping-ping Su, Feng-huang Huang, Yan-chuan Shi, Qi-yang Shi, Shu Lin

“…Female reproductive diseases, such as primary ovarian insufficiency, polycystic ovary syndrome, endometriosis, fallopian tube obstruction, and Asherman syndrome, can induce infertility. …”
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Acute epiglottitis in adults: Retrospective study in a tertiary hospital by Rita Peça, Mariana Caetano, Ana Rita Santos, Pedro Correia-Rodrigues, Leonel Luís

“…MEWS Score was used to evaluate the clinical baseline of the patients on admission. Sample size was 51 adults with 17 AI, 25 abscesses and 7 surgical drainages identified. …”
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PRICOS: A Robust Paddy Rice Index Combining Optical and Synthetic Aperture Radar Features for Improved Mapping Efficiency by Yifeng Lou, Gang Yang, Weiwei Sun, Ke Huang, Jingfeng Huang, Lihua Wang, Weiwei Liu

“…Paddy rice mapping is critical for food security and environmental management, yet existing methods face challenges such as cloud obstruction in optical data and speckle noise in synthetic aperture radar (SAR). …”
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Determinants of meconium aspiration syndrome among neonates admitted to neonatal intensive care unit at Nigist Eleni Mohammed Memorial Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, South Eth... by Seifu Awgchew, Elias Ezo

“…Conclusion: In this study, preeclampsia, antepartum hemorrhage, duration of labor, premature rupture of membrane, and obstructed labor were determinants of meconium aspiration syndrome. …”
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Meconium Peritonitis in the Newborn with Cystic Fibrosis and Negative Neonatal Screening for Immunoreactive Trypsinogen: Clinical Case by Naila R. Pimenova, Elena I. Kashirskaya, Diana F. Sergienko, Dmitry A. Molev, Olga A. Tyurina, Anastasia V. Alekseeva, Sergey V. Chukarev

“…It is characterized by intestinal obstruction with viscous meconium leading to perforation and peritonitis. …”
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How Can Clinical Communication Alleviate the Negative Impacts of Social Determinants of Health?: A Secondary HINTS 6 Dataset Analysis by Qiwei Luna Wu PhD, Tiffany B Kindratt PhD, MPH, Grace Ellen Brannon PhD

“…Demonstrating in a nationally representative sample, our findings indicate the key role of patient-centered clinical communication in effectively alleviating the inherent challenges faced by people with low health literacy and socioeconomic status. …”
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Real-Time Object Detection for the Running Train Based on the Improved YOLO V4 Neural Network by Yang Liu, Mengfei Gao, Humin Zong, Xinping Wang, Jinshuang Li

“…The nonmaximum suppression and loss function improvement methods of the MYOLO-lite network model are proposed for occluded tracks in front of the train, obstruction of trains, low detection accuracy of large object coincidence, and uneven distribution of positive and negative samples. …”
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Indications for Cesarean Section delivery among Primigravid Women attending Kirkuk City Hospitals by Marwa Ikram Sahib, Jenan Akbar Shakoor

“…The study sample included 200 primigravid women who underwent to caesarean section. …”
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A Case of Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA) Where a Multicystic Nasal Septal Abscess Aided in the Diagnosis by Mayuko Sasawaki, Kazuhiro Omura, Teru Ebihara, Nobuyoshi Otori

“…A 69-year-old male patient presented to the hospital with a chief complaint of nasal obstruction. Physical examination revealed swelling of the anterior nasal septum and nasal dorsum and tender indurated oedema of the dorsum of both hands. …”
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Local T-Cell Dysregulation and Immune Checkpoint Expression in Human Papillomavirus-Mediated Recurrent Respiratory Papillomatosis by Hans N. C. Eckel, Su Ir Lyu, Frederik Faste, Shachi J. Sharma, Anne Nobis, Nora Wuerdemann, Maria Ziogas, Marcel Mayer, Malte C. Suchan, Kerstin Wennhold, Maria A. Garcia-Marquez, Martin Thelen, Elena Hagen, Julia Eßer, Charlotte Klasen, Oliver Siefer, Martin Otte, Hans A. Schloesser, Jens P. Klussmann, Alexander Quaas, Kevin K. Hansen

“…Here, we investigated the intralesional T-cell composition and expression of the immune checkpoints programmed death-ligand 1 (PD-L1) and cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen 4 (CTLA-4) in RRP. We analyzed tissue samples from 30 patients treated at a tertiary care center between 2009 and 2021, including paired samples from individual patients collected at different time points. …”
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A Prospective Clinical and Ultrasounic Assessment of Urinary Litholytic Activity of Cynodon Dactylon Aqueous Extract by Karrar Kamoona, Fadhid Abdul Jabbar, Hussein Abdul Kadhim, Sahar A. Majeed

“… Background: Urolithiasis is one of the common health problems which endanger renal function due to ureteral obstruction and hydro nephrosis. Objective: to assess activity of C. dactylon in dissolving urinary stone in comparison with stander drugs. …”
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Investigating the attenuating effects of metformin-loaded selenium nanoparticles coupled with Myrtus communis L. flower extract on CaOx deposition in male Sprague Dawley rat kidney... by Jian Kang, Yanqing Tong

“…Histological evaluations of kidney samples using H&E, and MTS staining indicated a subdued presence of ECM deposition in contrast to other rat groups. …”
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Suspected urolithiasis in a female zoo yak (Bos grunniens) based on urolith analysis by R. Mihaylov, V. Gerzilov, D. Kanakov, Zh. Zheleva, B. Mihaylov

“…Uroliths may form in the urinary tract both of male and female mammals with equal prevalence, yet the clinical disease associated with obstruction or partial ob-struction of urinary ducts is much more common in male animals. …”

Targeting interferon-stimulated gene of 20 kDa protein (Isg20) inhibits ribosome biogenesis to ameliorate the progression of renal fibrosis. by Xiaoming Liu, Huijuan Wang, Kai Wang, Ying Liu

“…Bioinformatics analysis of Gene Expression Omnibus (GEO) datasets identified upregulation of ribosome biogenesis-related genes and Isg20 expression in renal fibrosis samples. Using the unilateral ureteral obstruction (UUO)-induced renal fibrosis mouse model, we confirmed elevated Isg20 expression, promoted renal fibrosis, and increased ribosome biogenesis. …”
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The epidemiology of childhood intussusception in South Korea: An observational study. by Soyun Hwang, Joonghee Kim, Jae Yun Jung, Eun Mi Ham, Joong Wan Park, Hyuksool Kwon, Do Kyun Kim, Young Ho Kwak

“…Intussusception is one of the most common causes of intestinal obstruction in young children. We report a retrospective, observational study of the epidemiology of intussusception in South Korea using the National Health Insurance Service-National Sample Cohort (NHIS-NSC). …”
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Fecal Secretory Immunoglobulin A and Lactate Level as a Biomarker of Mucosal Immune Dysfunction in Horses With Colic by Agnieszka Żak‐Bochenek, Zuzana Drábková, Vaiva Sergedaite, Natalia Siwińska, Joanna Bajzert, Dominika Pasak, Anna Chełmońska‐Soyta

“…ABSTRACT Background Colic‐related obstructions can reduced intestinal mucosa function and cause dysbiosis in horses, but it is unclear how defense barrier and secretory immunoglobulin A (SIgA) secretion is disrupted. …”
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