Comprehensive Evaluation and Future Perspectives of Non-Surgical Contraceptive Methods in Female Cats and Dogs by Sheila I. Peña-Corona, Melissa Aurea Vaquera-Guerrero, José Cerbón-Gutiérrez, Juan I. Chávez-Corona, Adrián E. Iglesias-Reyes, Alonso Sierra-Reséndiz, Juan José Pérez-Rivero, Socorro Retana-Márquez, Pablo Adrián Vizcaino-Dorado, David Quintanar-Guerrero, Gerardo Leyva-Gómez, Dinorah Vargas-Estrada

“…This review aims to provide an updated and comprehensive analysis of non-surgical contraceptive methods tested in studies controlled in vivo in feline and canine females. …”
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Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy for Severe Obstetric Sepsis by D. L. Shukevich, D. K. Peredelkin, Ye. V. Grigoryev, A. S. Razumov, Yu. A. Churlyaev, L. E. Shukevich

“…Subjects and methods. Forty-two women with severe abdominal sepsis were divided into 3 groups: 1) 14 women with severe extragenital abdominal sepsis who received standard intensive care (a control group); 2) 12 women with severe obstetric sepsis who had standard intensive care (a study group); 3) 16 with severe obstetric sepsis who had the standard intensive care supplemented with continuous renal replacement therapy (an intervention group). …”
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Anemia, Blood Transfusion, and Filter Life Span in Critically Ill Patients Requiring Continuous Renal Replacement Therapy for Acute Kidney Injury: A Case-Control Study by Hasan M. Al-Dorzi, Nora Ali Alhumaid, Nouf Hamad Alwelyee, Nouf Mubark Albakheet, Ramah Ibrahim Nazer, Sadal Khalid Aldakhil, Shahad Abdulaziz AlSaif, Nazish Masud

“…We studied anemia and blood transfusion in critically ill patients requiring CRRT for acute kidney injury and assessed the relationship between CRRT filter life span and PRBC transfusion. Methods. A case-control study was conducted at a tertiary-care intensive care unit (ICU) where CRRT cases were matched with controls for age, gender, admission category, and severity of illness. …”
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Impact of glycemic control metrics on short- and long-term mortality in transcatheter aortic valve replacement patients: a retrospective cohort study from the MIMIC-IV database by Qingyun Yu, Qingan Fu, Xiaowei Ma, Huijian Wang, Yunlei Xia, Yue Chen, Penghui Li, Yue Li, Yanqing Wu

“…Abstract Background Glycemic control is critical for managing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) patients, especially those in intensive care units (ICUs). …”
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Testosterone Replacement Therapy Can Improve a Biomarker of Liver Fibrosis in Hypogonadal Men: A Subanalysis of a Prospective Randomized Controlled Study in Japan (EARTH Study) by Kazuyoshi Shigehara, Yuki Kato, Rei Shinzawa, Hiroyuki Konaka, Shohei Kawaguchi, Takahiro Nohara, Kouji Izumi, Mikio Namiki, Atsushi Mizokami

“…Materials and Methods: Data of 186 patients (88 in the TRT group; 98 in the control group) were collected. …”

Assessment of Patient Satisfaction with the Results of Total Hip Replacement by A. D. Botvinkin, V. A. Koryak, I. D. Zarva, N. V. Tishkov, O. M. Chernikova, V. A. Sorokovikov

“…To test a simplified version of assessing the results of total hip replacement based on patient survey data.Materials and Methods. …”
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Efficiency of Vivianite from Water Purification Depending on Its Mixing with Superphosphate and Application Method by Tolulope Ayeyemi, Ramiro Recena, Ana María García-López, José Manuel Quintero, María Carmen del Campillo, Antonio Delgado

“…The second factor was the application method: (i) mixing vivianite powder with the bulk soil and (ii) applying it in bands at three points around the plants. …”
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DAHD-YOLO: A New High Robustness and Real-Time Method for Smoking Detection by Jianfei Zhang, Chengwei Jiang

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Research on grape leaf disease detection method based on NMA-YOLOv8n by Ji Changpeng, Zuo Yongji, Dai Wei

“…The experimental results show that the NMA-YOLOv8n model mAP@0.5 reaches 94.7%, 1.7% higher than YOLOv8n; the FPS reaches 124.6 frames/sec, which can meet the real-time detection requirements, and has higher detection accuracy and speed compared with other five mainstream target detection models.NMA-YOLOv8n provides grape disease detection with a better method, which has certain significance for the prevention and control of grape diseases.…”
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An Assessment of GCM Performance at a Regional Scale Using a Score-Based Method by Fangxin Shi, Zhihui Wang, Liang Qi, Rongxu Chen

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Liver Semantic Segmentation Method Based on Multi-Channel Feature Extraction and Cross Fusion by Chenghao Zhang, Lingfei Wang, Chunyu Zhang, Yu Zhang, Peng Wang, Jin Li

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A Spectrophotometric Method to Determine Minimal Erythema Dose for Ultraviolet Radiation in Human Skin by Eun Ju Lee, Chung Han Lee, Ji Hwoon Baek, Jae Sook Koh, Yong Chool Boo

“…<b>Conclusions</b>: This study suggests that the instrumental evaluation method of MED based on the spectrophotometric measurement of the a* values can complement or replace the visual evaluation method and that this method will be useful in monitoring skin tolerance to oxidative stress affected by prooxidant factors and defensive factors.…”
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Design of Optimization Method for Light Energy Utilization in Fiber Optic Day-lighting System by WANG Yifang, JIA Xiaoyu, YU Chunrong

“…It is used to track the direction of sunlight incidence and control the orientation of the lighting structure through an adaptive mechanical structure. …”
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Real time counting method for coal mine drill pipes based on deep learning by Fukai ZHANG, Yiran SUN, Xufeng WU, Aijun LI, Peiyang LI, Dengke WANG, Guan YUAN, Shan ZHAO, Haiyan ZHANG

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Multi task detection method for operating status of belt conveyor based on DR-YOLOM by Yongan LI, Tengjie CHEN, Hongwei WANG, Zhihao ZHANG

“…However, most detection methods for the operating status of belt conveyors can only handle a single detection task, making it difficult to achieve simultaneous detection of multiple tasks. …”
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Efficacy of low-load blood flow restricted resistance EXercise in patients with Knee osteoarthritis scheduled for total knee replacement (EXKnee): protocol for a multicentre random... by Inger Mechlenburg, Per Aagaard, Stian Langgård Jørgensen, Marie Bagger Bohn

“…In addition, the study aims to investigate to which extent preoperative BFRE will protect against surgery-related atrophy 3 months after TKR.Methods In this multicentre, randomised controlled and assessor blinded trial, 84 patients scheduled for TKR will be randomised to receive usual care and 8 weeks of preoperative BFRE or to follow usual care-only. …”
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Impact of Early Proprioceptive Training on Pain, Range of Motion, Muscle Strength, and Gait Post in Patients following Total Knee Replacement: A Research Protocol for Randomised Co... by Anjali Vikas Nawkhare, Pratik Phansopkar, Aishwarya Borhade

“…Although there is some discussion about the optimal method, early proprioceptive training is essential for enhancing gait, neuromuscular control, balance, and recovery outcomes. …”
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Single postoperative infusion of zoledronic acid to improve patient-reported outcome after hip or knee replacement: study protocol for a randomised, controlled, double-blinded clin... by Jonas Ranstam, Jörg Schilcher, Ewa Roos, Jonathan Brandt, Håkan Ledin, Per Aspenberg

“…Thus, there are several indirect indications that bisphosphonates could improve patient-reported outcome, but no firm evidence.Methods and analysis This is a pragmatic randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blinded, academic clinical trial of a single postoperative dose of zoledronic acid, in patients younger than 80 years undergoing primary total hip or knee replacement for osteoarthritis. …”
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Comparison of progesterone-modified natural cycle and hormone replacement therapy cycle for endometrial preparation in single frozen blastocyst transfer (COMPROSET): protocol for a... by Hai-Ning Yuan, Jing-Yan Song, Jing-Yan Song, Zhen-Gao Sun, Zhen-Gao Sun

“…This study is designed to compare the effects of P4mNC and HRT cycles on FET outcomes.Methods and analysisThis study is a single-center, open-label, randomized controlled trial (RCT) targeting to recruit a total of 672 women, with 336 individuals each in two arms (1:1 treatment ratio). …”
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Design of a randomised, placebo-controlled, double-blind multicentre study assessing the effect of colchicine on the incidence of knee or hip replacements in symptomatic knee or hi... by Wietske Kievit, Cornelia H M van den Ende, Calin D Popa, Bart J F van den Bemt, Henk J Schers, Jan H Cornel, Sander Koeter, Michelle W J Heijman, José M H Smolders

“…Therefore, we aim to evaluate the effect of long-term colchicine 0.5 mg once daily on the incidence of knee or hip replacements in patients with knee or hip OA.Methods and analysis The ECHO trial is a prospective, multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase III trial in which 1200 participants with knee or hip OA tolerant to colchicine during a 30-day run-in period will be 1:1 randomised to colchicine 0.5 mg once daily or matching placebo using concealed allocation. …”
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