COVID-19 Pandemic’s Effects on Breast Cancer Screening, Staging at Diagnosis at Presentation, Oncologic Management, and Immediate Reconstruction: A Canadian Perspective by Adolfo Alejandro Lopez Rios, Alissa Dozois, Alexander T. Johnson, Toros Canturk, Jing Zhang

“…The study examined patient demographics, cancer stages, treatment timelines, and procedures, including neoadjuvant chemotherapy, endocrine therapy, and surgical treatment. …”
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Analysis of Proximate and Protein Profile of Kefir from Fermented Goat and Cow Milk by Erwin Hidayat, Irna Kinayungan W, Muhammad Irhas, Fathurrahman Sidiq

“…The research design was true experimental with Completely Randomized Design (CRD) of 3 repetitions. The research procedures consisted of kefir production, proximate analysis and protein profile characterization. …”
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Management of a challenging case of post chemotherapy retroperitoneal mass in testicular tumour by RASE-RPLND: A novel technique by Ginil Kumar Pooleri, Shashank Agrawal, Vishnu Prasad, Nazareth T Solomon, Nikhil Vasan Arulmany, Arun Menon

“…Patients and surgical procedure: A 32-year-old married gentleman who was initially diagnosed to have NSGCT of left testicle and Stage T1N2M0S2, received four cycles of BEP chemotherapy, showed a residual para-aortic lymph node measuring 3.5 × 2.4 cm on follow up and was planned for RPLND. …”
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DNA extraction protocols for animal fecal material on blood spot cards. by Ann-Katrin Llarena, Thomas H A Haverkamp, Wenche Støldal Gulliksen, Kristin Herstad, Arne Holst-Jensen, Eystein Skjerve, Lisbeth Rannem, Sabrina Rodriguez-Campos, Øivind Øines

“…Here, we test four DNA extraction methods with the aim of identifying an efficient procedure to extract high-quality DNA from fecal material of canine, sheep, equine, bovine, and pig collected on dry blood spot cards, with the goal of generating good quality shotgun metagenomics datasets. …”
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The 'missing babies' cases: Constitutional court vs. European court of human rights? by Draškić Marija

“…The Constitutional Court also found that all the neatly guided medical protocols with data on the health status of twins, undertaken diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, anamnesis and discharge lists were delivered to the complainant. …”
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Progression of arthritis after four-corner fusion in patients with calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease: a case series of eleven patients by John F. Hoy, Farhan Ahmad, Mark S. Cohen, Robert W. Wysocki, John J. Fernandez, Xavier C. Simcock

“…Results: All participants (11/11) deemed their wrist fusion a success, with an average satisfaction score of 8.8 out of 10.73% (8/11) patients were able to return to their original occupation after the procedure. The mean flexion of the affected wrist preoperatively was 43 degrees (SD: ±12 degrees) and 41 degrees (SD: ±7 degrees) at the final follow-up. …”
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Robotics-assisted epicardial left atrial appendage clip exclusionCentral MessagePerspective by Tamim Antaki, MD, FHRS, FACS, Joshua Michaelman, MHS, PA-C, John McGroarty, MD, MS

“…No patients died intraoperatively or within 30 days, or due to conversion to thoracotomy, intraoperative complications, or failure to apply the clip satisfactorily. The procedure was successfully completed despite pericardial adhesions in 2 patients with prior coronary bypass grafts and 3 with postpericarditis scars. …”
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Patients' Perception of Missed Nursing Care in a Tertiary Hospital: A Cross‐Sectional Study by Afia Achiaa Sarpong, Amanda Towell‐Barnard, Lucy Gent, Ebenezer Afrifa‐Yamoah, Diana Arabiat

“…Findings The most frequently reported missed nursing care activities included mouth care (63%), ambulation (35%), helping patient out of bed into a chair (31%), informing patient about tests or procedures (29%) and considering patient opinion (27%). …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Analysis of Risk Factors Associated with Rhabdomyolysis in Snakebite Victims by Wang FZ, Xiang SH, Lin SQ, Qian FQ, Zhang QX, Geng MH, Deng JX, Wu SC

“…Debridement and blood purification procedures were more frequently administered to the RM group in comparison to the NRM group (P < 0.05). …”
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Effects of Willow Bark (Salix Extract) on Pain and Stress Following Disbudding of Organic Dairy Calves by Madison E. Bacon, Marcia I. Endres, Bradley J. Heins

“…Cautery disbudding is a painful procedure and major welfare concern in organic dairy production, which lacks effective and easily implemented methods of pain control. …”
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Biomass carbon stock dynamics: effects of disturbances and consequences for soil properties in the dry evergreen Afromontane forests of the Choke Mountain ecosystem, Ethiopia by Fikirte Asrat Gelaw, Teshome Soromessa, Semegnew Tadese Feyisa, Getaneh Gebeyehu, Meaza Kassahun Zegeye, Mehari Girmay

“…Carbon stock was estimated following standard inventory procedures, together with soil sampling for physicochemical analysis. …”
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An Efficient Process for the Management of the Deterioration and Conservation of Architectural Heritage: The HBIM Project of the Duomo of Molfetta (Italy) by Enrique Nieto-Julián, Silvana Bruno, Juan Moyano

“…All listed parametric elements have links to be viewed in 2D and 3D views. Therefore, the procedure has facilitated the auscultation of the scanned element as it is semantically delimited, the parametric modeling of it, the analytical study of its materials and deterioration, and the association of intrinsic parameters so that they can be evaluated by all the intervening agents. …”
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Methodological inconsistencies and variations in environmental pollution reports: A case study of the mining-affected Geita region, Tanzania by Elys Mwigamba, Clavery Tungaraza, Mariam Nguvava

“…To address these discrepancies, this review suggests establishing standardised analytical methods for different pollutants to ensure uniform procedures and comparable results in the country. This standardisation would aid in effective decision-making and policy formulation to manage environmental and health risks in mining-affected and other polluted areas.…”
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Factors influencing recurrence after in-hospital treatment of odontogenic-related oromaxillofacial infections: a single-centre experience by Andreas Sakkas, Majeed Rana, Mario Scheurer, Robin Kasper, Marcel Ebeling, Frank Wilde, Alisa Schramm, Jasmin Engelbrecht

“…A secondary aim was to analyze associations between patient- and procedure-specific variables, treatment outcomes, and hospital length of stay (LOS), and to identify high-risk patients. …”
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Perioperative Blood Transfusion and Infectious Complications Among Pediatric Patients with Cancer by Elizabeth D. Cochran, Jillian C. Jacobson, Arti Machchhar, Jingbo Qiao, Dai H. Chung

“…<b>Result:</b> In total, 14,973 pediatric patients who underwent a surgical procedure and had an active cancer diagnosis at the time of operation were identified. …”
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Lipid metabolism in experimental animals by Francisco J. Sánchez-Muñiz, Carmen Cuesta

“…In conclusion frying appears to be an useful tool to modify the fatty acid composition of food and the lipoprotein metabolism of consumers, however this culinary procedure has to be gently done to avoid high level of potential toxic compounds. …”
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Diffractogram data processing module for electronic journal. Finding diffraction maximum by Roman D. Gerasimov, Arseny D. Starikov

“…In addition, in conditions of complexity of procurement procedures for specialized software, the issue of creating domestic solutions seems relevant. …”
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Articaine Outperforms Lidocaine in Maintaining Hemodynamic Stability during Dental Anesthesia by Mizhgan Khan, Sarah Khattak, Syeda Midhat Zehra, Shazia Nawaz, Tooba Riaz, Sadia Khan

“…Methods: This Quasi-Controlled Trial aimed to compare the hemodynamic effects of lidocaine and articaine in adults undergoing dental procedures. This was a 6-month study (Oct 2022 to April 2023) conducted at the Department of Endodontics and Maxillofacial Surgery, SBDC and Hospital, Gandhara University, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. 114 adult patients aged 30 years and above were selected using block randomization. …”
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Search for an effective morphometric parameter corresponding to the highly vacuolated stage of microspores in common barley by Ya. A. Blinova, D. D. Babina, A. S. Khanova, M. Yu. Korol, E. V. Bondarenko

“…Considering the labor intensity of cytological control of the stages of formation of haploid germ cells for routine biotechnological procedures, a reliable and simple method for selecting ears with microspores at the optimal stage of development is required. …”
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The five-step medial epicanthoplasty: simple and standardized by Jie Chen, Jianfei Zhang, Wenwen Xi, Wenhui Chen, Feng Yang

“…Various surgical methods exist for correcting epicanthus, each with its own set of advantages and disadvantages, and lacking a standardized operational protocol, making it difficult for beginners to master and for clinical promotion.This article aims to explore a standardized and simplified five-step procedure for treating epicanthus and report our clinical experience and effectiveness. …”
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