Laparoscopic and endoscopic cooperative surgery for gastric cancer mimicking a submucosal tumor by Hiroki Ozawa, Hirofumi Kawakubo, Satoru Matsuda, Shuhei Mayanagi, Tomoyuki Irino, Kazumasa Fukuda, Rieko Nakamura, Norihito Wada, Yuko Kitagawa

“…Post-operative course was unremarkable and the patient underwent follow-up examinations without adjuvant chemotherapy because of old age. …”
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The massive bladder diverticulum mimicking an ovarian cyst is the diagnosis challenge of pelvic masses in postmenopausal women: a rare case report by Kuniaki Ota, Hirohiko Kamiyama, Tomo Shimizu, Yoshiki Ajiro, Shigeo Nohara, Yasutaka Shuno, Takashi Kobayashi, Yoshiaki Ota, Toshifumi Takahashi

“…Case presentation A 76-year-old woman who was diagnosed with an ovarian cyst using abdominal computed tomography (CT) at another institution was referred to our department for further evaluation. …”
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The impact of dental intervention under general anesthesia in Kohlschutter-Tonz Syndrome: a case series by Mervat Khoury Absawi, Ali Shama, Kholoud Fahoum, Iris Slutzky-Goldberg, Fares Kablan, Idan Redenski, Samer Srouji

“…Post-operatively, patient sreturned for routine follow-up visits every three months to maintain oral hygiene and provide preventive dental care. …”
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The influence of the expanded Global Gag Rule on Malawi’s sexual and reproductive health and rights landscape: a qualitative study by Bergen Cooper, Roger Rochat, Aishwarya Iyer, Samantha M Luffy, Anna Newton-Levinson, Honora Cargile, Savannah Miller, Anisha Sheth, Maggie Switzer, Allison Wynne

“…Introduction The Global Gag Rule (GGR) prohibits non-governmental organisations receiving US international family planning funding from using these funds to provide or refer for abortion services or advocate for abortion law liberalisation. …”
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The Pushback Against Canada’s Carbon Pricing System: A Case Study of Two Canadian Provinces, Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia by Larry Hughes, Sarah Landry

“…By 2023, the combination of the carbon price reaching $65 per tonne and the post-pandemic economic slowdown was seized on by numerous politicians as a way of pushing back against the carbon pricing system, with most demanding the entire system be scrapped. …”
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Development of postbiotic supplemented polylactic acid films for improving quality and shelf life of rainbow trout by Fatemeh Mosallaie, Fereshteh Falah, Farideh Tabatabaei Yazdi, Seyed Ali Mortazavi, Alireza Vasiee

“…Abstract Bioactive metabolites derived from lactic acid bacteria (LAB), commonly referred to as postbiotics, have recently attracted increasing interest in the realm of food packaging. …”
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The Effectiveness of Treatment Based on Acceptance and Commitment to the Health-Enhancing Lifestyle and Emotional Distress of Women Undergoing Infertility Treatment with in Vitro F... by Zahra Zohre Vandi, Narges Babakhani, Afsaneh Taheri

“…Methods: The method of this study was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design with a control group and a follow-up stage. …”
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Schema therapy in partially sighted individuals with a focus on social isolation and self-esteem: an interventional study by Amirhossein Abbasi, Jamileh Farokhzadian, Mahya Torkaman, Sakineh Miri

“…Methods This interventional study involved 66 partially sighted individuals who referred to Tavangaran Institute in Shiraz, southwestern Iran. …”
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Comparison of the effectiveness of combination therapy based on virtual reality and mindfulness with brief mindfulness training on cognitive emotion regulation and mindfulness amon... by Parvin Foroughi, gholamreza manshaee, seyed hamid atash pour

“…And the data were analyzed by repeated measurement variance analysis and Bonferroni post hoc test in SPSS23 software. Results: The effectiveness of both the combined treatment of virtual reality and mindfulness and short-term mindfulness intervention in the post-test and follow-up phase was significant in the cognitive regulation of emotion (adaptive and incompatible strategies) and mindfulness. …”
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Lyotard versus Hegel: The violent end of postmodernity by Herberg-Rothe Andreas

“…In addition, I see Lyotard as an outstanding representative of post-structuralism, with whom he shares comparable problems, so that I make cross-references to similarities in this position, even if I do not treat them separately here.…”
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Effectiveness of negative pressure wound therapy in treating deep surgical site infections after spine surgery: a meta-analysis of single-arm studies by Shiwei Ren, Huan Liu, Zhengqi Chang

“…Abstract Background One of the common complications in spinal surgery patients is deep surgical site infections (SSIs). Deep SSIs refer to infections that involve the deeper soft tissues of the incision, such as the fascia and muscle layers. …”
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Morphology and calcification characterization in patients undergoing TAVI: A 3D statistical shape modelling study. by Raphaël Sivera, Ebba Montgomery-Liljeroth, Yaxi Chen, Silvia Schievano, Jan Brüning, Wouter Huberts, Anthony Mathur, Andrew Cook, Kush Patel, Claudio Capelli

“…In the future, the presented morphological characterization of patients with AS could contribute to predict post-TAVI PVL and design and test improved TAVI devices.…”
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Electromyographic evaluation of superficial masseter and anterior temporal muscles after using cyclobenzaprine during extraction of impacted third molars by Fernando Vagner Raldi, Rafael do Carmo Ribeiro, Lucio Murilo dos Santos, Rodrigo Dias Nascimento, José Benedito Oliveira Amorim, Michelle Bianchi de Moraes

“…The masseter muscle, after the drug administration, reestablished its activity just after the post-operative period, unlikely the control group, which reestablished the activity after 7 days. …”
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Feasibility, Fidelity and Acceptability of a Person‐Centred Care Transition Support Intervention for Stroke Survivors: A Non‐Randomised Controlled Study by Sebastian Lindblom, Maria Flink, Lena vonKoch, Ann Charlotte Laska, Charlotte Ytterberg

“…Data on the perceived quality of care transition were collected at 1‐week post‐discharge with the Care Transition Measure. …”
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Effects of Pitaya Peel Supplementation on Nutritional Quality, Overall Sensory Acceptance, In Vitro Glycemic Index, and Antioxidant Release from Fiber-Enriched Cookies by Thi Hai Anh Mai, Thi Thu Tra Tran, Van Viet Man Le

“…This study has a preprint entitled “Effects of the ratio of pitaya peel powder on the product quality, predicted glycemic index, and antioxidant release during in vitro sequential digestion” (DOI: https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-2322871/v1). This preprint was posted on the research square website on December 5th, 2022.…”
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The University of Canterbury Library (Christchurch, New Zealand) by Mojca Jevnikar-Zajc

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Anti-disturbance predictive control for path tracking of unmanned agricultural vehicles based on safety distance by HUANG Zhenzhen, SUN Jinlin, DING Shihong

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Survey on vertical federated learning: algorithm, privacy and security by Jinyin CHEN, Rongchang LI, Guohan HUANG, Tao LIU, Haibin ZHENG, Yao CHENG

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Anti-disturbance predictive control for path tracking of unmanned agricultural vehicles based on safety distance by HUANG Zhenzhen, SUN Jinlin, DING Shihong

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Speaking Truth to Power? A Foucauldian Theory of Whistleblowing in A Nihilistic World by Lingyu Jing

“…But if there is no truth outside power, as in our post-truth age, whistleblowing loses its meaning. …”
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