Comparative results of surgical and transcatheter (TAVI) treatment of aortic stenosis in patients over 75 years old by N. L. Bayandin, A. G. Krotovsky, K. N. Vasilyev, A. A. Moiseev, T. V. Setyn

“…Aortic valve area after the operation has increased on average from 0,72±0,1 cm2 to 1,9±0,3 cm2. For comparison, a control group of 12 patients who underwent aortic valve replacement under cardiopulmonary bypass was formed. …”
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Role of wearable devices in cardiac telerehabilitation: A scoping review. by Alexis K Jones, Crystal Lihong Yan, Beatriz P Rivera Rodriquez, Sukhpreet Kaur, Sharon Andrade-Bucknor

“…More studies are needed to draw conclusions about the comparability of HBCR to center-based CR in patients with heart valve repair or replacement.…”
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Effect of Mixing Eggshell-Carrot Nanofibers on the Compressive Strength of a Mortar Cement by Butch Roseanne Vosotros, Kaye Britney Mamugay, Nikki Ermenia Semense, German III Intano, Evaline Longos

“…Prior research has shown that up to 15% ESP replacement can improve compressive strength, and some findings show improvement even at 20% replacement levels. …”
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Morphological Aspects of Acute Renal Injury in Cardiac Surgery by L. N. Zimina, G. A. Berdnikov, S. I. Rey, S. Yu. Kambarov

“…The use of endoscopic transsphenoidal access is an effective and safe method for the surgical treatment of pituitary adenomas (PA). …”
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Economic benefit of using testosterone gel (used externally) in men with diabetes mellitus and testosterone deficiency by Alexandr A. Astapovskiy, Alina A. Bagdasaryan, Konstantin I. Aref’ev, Svetlana Y. Serebrova, Evgeniya V. Shikh, Vladimir N. Drozdov

“…RESULTS: It was shown that TRT can help to reduce costs of glycemic control, to increase efficiency in terms of cost-effectiveness analysis. …”
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SYNTHESIS OF VOLTAGES OF UNIFORM PWM IN TIME REGULATION by A. G. Stryzhniou, A. N. Rusakovich, A. A. Shykhau

“…The article describes a process of synthesis and qualitative assessment of the harmonic composition of voltages of multiple and single PWM pulses in time regulation, being, along with amplitude, frequency and phase method, one of control methods of an asynchronous motor. …”
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Utilization of Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Assessing Myocardial Fibrosis in Prognosis Evaluation and Risk Stratification of Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy by Xin-Yi Feng, Yu-Cong Zheng, Ying-Xia Yang, Wen-Feng He, Fan Yang, Ling-Li Wang, Han-Feng Yang, Chun-Ping Li, Xiao-Xue Xu, Rui Li

“…Based on different pathological mechanisms, myocardial fibrosis can be categorized into replacement and interstitial forms. Late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) derived from cardiovascular magnetic resonance is the clinical gold standard for evaluating replacement myocardial fibrosis and exhibits high concordance with histological replacement fibrosis. …”
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Constructive-destructive neighbor search drives artificial bee colony algorithm for variable speed green hybrid flowshop scheduling problem by Danying Hu, Yali Wu, Lipeng Qiu, Jiayang Mi, Yanxi Yang

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Quantification of Fas protein in CSF of patients with neurocysticercosis by José Augusto Camargo, Paulo Henrique Ferreira Bertolucci

“…Fourteen patients comprised the control group. Fas protein concentrations were determined by ELISA. …”
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CARTILLAGE MICROCRYSTALLIZATION PHENOMENON IN COXARTHROSIS AND AVASCULAR NECROSIS OF FEMORAL HEAD by A I Dubikov, Maksim Alexandrovich Kabalyk, T Yu Petrikeeva, I I Kuzmin, A A Korabtsov

“…Objective — radiographic structural analysis of articular cartilage microcrystallization phenomenon in patients with OA and avascular necrosis of femoral head (ANFH). Material and methods. Overall 80 patients after total hip replacement procedure due to coxarthrosis or ANFH were enrolled into this study. …”
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The Effect of an Educational Program Based on Behavioral Intention Model on Childbearing in Women During the Covid 19 Pandemic by Somayeh Seifi, Shahnaz Kohan, Zahra Boroumandfar

“…The present study was conducted with the aim of investigating the effectiveness of an educational program on women’s childbearing intention under the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic. Materials and Methods: This study was a clinical trial with a pretest–posttest design, conducted on 80 women (control group = 40 and intervention group = 40) in comprehensive health centers in 2019. …”
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Risk Factors Associated with Breast Cancer in Women in a Health Area by Naifi Hierrezuelo Rojas, Mileidy Cordoví Hierrezuelo, Naiovis Neira Hierrezuelo

“…Breast cancer was considered as the dependent variable; the following were used as independent variables: age, personal and family pathological history, early menarche, late menopause, nulliparity, age of the first child, exclusive breastfeeding, replacement or replacement hormone therapy, use of contraceptive methods, obesity, sedentary lifestyle, smoking, alcoholism. …”
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Optimization of a sustainable composition of fine-grained concrete for 3D-printing with partial substitution of sand with fly ash and slag waste by Murat A. Rakhimov, Zulfiya A. Aubakirova, Aliya K. Aldungarova, Ignacio Menéndez Pidal de Navascués, Zhangazy N. Moldamuratov

“…Experimental mixtures with 25% and 50% sand replacement showed reduced density and strength compared to the control mix. …”
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Fatigue life evaluation of aged rails focusing on the state of hanging sleepers and rail-head surface irregularities that affect rail stress by Mitsuru HOSODA, Nobutaka TAKAHASHI, Tadashi DESHIMARU

“…The study also proposed a probabilistic safety evaluation method and control values for the long-term use of rails. …”
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Chronic pancreatitis: issues remain unresolved by V. T. Ivashkin, K. V. Ivashkin, A. V. Okhlobystin

“…Thus, in practical situation it is reasonable to control both severity of disorders of pancreatic secretion, and efficacy of enzyme replacement therapy according to scores of trophological status of the patient both clinical (BMI), and laboratory (serum levels of prealbumin, retinol-binding protein, cholesterol, magnesium). …”
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Improving the Nutritional Properties and Reducing the Oil Absorption of Donut Using Saponinized Quinoa Flour by Mahtab Moradnia, Akram Arianfar, Ali Mohamadi Sani, Zahra Sheikholeslami

“…Materials of Methods The methods for saponin removal include (maceration, microwave, ultrasound, wet method, and a combination of wet and dry methods) were compared. …”
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Water-Salt Migration and Deformation Characteristics of Saline Soil under Different Replenishment Conditions by YANG Bao-cun, JIANG Jian-bing, YANG Xiao-song, LI Bo-yi

“…[Objective] This study aims to investigate the water-salt migration and deformation characteristics of desert saline soil in southern Xinjiang under the combined effects of water-salt replenishment conditions and salt-freeze-thaw cycles. [Methods] According to the types of saline soil and the distribution characteristics of groundwater and salt in the Aral region of southern Xinjiang Autonomous Prefecture, we selected silty sand as the research subject and prepared synthetic sulfate saline soil specimens to conduct cyclic salt-freeze-thaw experiments under two different salt replenishment conditions to simulate secondary soil salinization, namely, groundwater (saline solution) replenishment and engineering replacement (underlying saline soil) replenishment. …”
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Prevention of Dry Eye Syndrome Before Phacoemulsification of Cataracts in Patients with a History of Cosmetic Procedures in the Periorbital Area by А. V. Trubilin, E. G. Poluninа, V. N. Trubilin, V. S. Zakatianskii

“…The first group was divided into 3 subgroups depending on the type of patient preparation for surgery: 1A (main group) — 30 patients: tear replacement therapy without complex therapy (eyelid hygiene according to the developed technique + massage in the periorbital area), 1B — 29 patients: tear replacement therapy + complex therapy according to the developed technique; 1B — 26 patients: tear replacement therapy + complex therapy according to the standard technique. …”
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Enhanced regulatory gene expressions in the blood and articular cartilage of patients with rheumatoid arthritis by Elena Vasilyevna Chetina, L A Semyonova, A L Logunov, V V Kolomatsky, M A Makarov, A A Roskidailo, E A Naryshkin, S A Makarov

“…Objective: to study the expression ratio of the non-tissue specific regulatory genes mTOR, р21, ATG1, caspase 3, tumor necrosis factor-а (TNF-а), and interleukin-6 (IL-6), as well as matrix metalloproteinase 13 (MMP-13) and X type collagen (COL10A1), cartilage resorption-associated MMP13 and COL10A1 in the blood and knee articular cartilage in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Subjects and methods. Twenty-five specimens of the distal femoral articular cartilage condyles were studied in 15 RA patients (mean age 52.4+9.1 years) after endoprosthetic knee joint replacement and in 10 healthy individuals (mean age 36.0+9.1 years) included into the control group. …”
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ASSESSMENT OF THE OCCLUSAL RELATIONS NATURE AT THE STAGES OF ORTHOPEDIC REHABILITATION OF PERSONS WITH PERIODONTAL TISSUE DISEASES COMPLICATED BY DENTITION DEFECTS by О.V. Bida, О.V. Bida

“…Materials and methods. We have examined 87 persons aged between 30 and 69 years with generalized periodontitis of I – III severity, complicated by partial loss of teeth of different sizes and topography, and a control group of the same age in 10 patients with intact dentition and physiological forms of occlusion without clinically diagnosed periodontal diseases. …”
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