HEMATOPOIETIC STEM CELL TRNSPLANTATION IN THALASSEMIA AND RELATED DISORDERS by Mario Pani, Laura Dessì, Sara Usai, Claudia Cogoni, Cristina Depau, Martina Pettinau, Clara Targhetta, Emanuele Angelucci, Federica Pilo, Donatella Baronciani

“…</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;" lang="EN-GB">In the early eighties transplantation procedure was limited to very few centres worldwide. …”
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Comparisons of liver transplant from DCD outcomes in high-utilization centers versus low-utilization centers in the US: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Joao Lucas Lima Manzi, Eduarda Saba Oliveira, Sarah Rombach, Vitor Turra, Simone Zaragoza, Yanik Bababekov, Trevor Nydam, Alfred Joseph Tector, Rodrigo Vianna, Phillipe Abreu

“…Consequently, many transplant centers employ highly selective criteria for utilizing DCD, while others use them more liberally, potentially gaining greater expertise with this procedure. This disparity in approach raises questions about the impact of organ selection versus the benefits of increased experience with DCD organs. …”
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Characteristics of positive and negative effects on the quality of life of breast cancer patients by Jin Zhao, De-Shuang Yang, Yi-Qi Liu, Yan-Kun Wu, Chao Chen, Ji-Tao Li, Ren-Gang Wu

“…For the observation group, participants were eligible if they (1) were aged between 16 and 80 years and (2) had a confirmed pathological diagnosis of breast cancer and (3) possessed the ability to read text, voluntarily agreed to participate, provided informed consent, and cooperated with the study procedures. The control group consisted of individuals without breast cancer who met all other criteria, as stated above. …”
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Correlation of Cardiovascular Risk Score with Alterations in Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in Patients with MASLD by José L. Vargas-Basurto, Ana D. Cano-Contreras, Héctor R. Ordaz-Alvarez, Genesis P. Martinez-Perez, Kevin D. Gonzalez-Gomez, Jose M. Remes-Troche

“…Patients who met the eligibility criteria provided informed consent and underwent the following procedures: transitional liver elastography (TE), carotid Doppler ultrasound (USG), somatometric measurements, and biochemical tests. …”
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Consensus document on neurosonological techniques in headaches by J. Rodríguez Vico, J. Fernández Domínguez, F.J. Julián Villaverde, N. González García, C. García-Cabo Fernández, A. Jaimes Sanchez, Ó. Ayo Martín, J.A. Membrilla López, R.G. Martínez Martín, J. García Ull, P. Martínez Sánchez, L. Dorado Bouix, R. Belvis Nieto, P. Irimia

“…Finally, neurosonology may assist in occipital infiltration procedures or lumbar puncture and enables identification of changes in structures involved in the pathophysiology of migraine such as the periaqueductal gray matter and the raphe nuclei. …”
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RELAÇÕES DE SABER E PODER NA EDUCAÇÃO A DISTÂNCIA: uma análise sobre a Universidade Aberta do Brasil by Braian Garrito Veloso, Daniel Mill

“…Regarding the methodological procedures, data were collected, through virtual questionnaires, of 677 teachers who work or have already worked under the UAB System. …”
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The Effect of Hyaluronidase as an Adjuvant to Local Anaesthetics in Peripheral Nerve Stimulator-guided Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block: A Randomised Controlled Study by Tejash H Sharma, Jainy Shah, Amit Chauhan, Dushyant Chavda, Sara Mary Thomas

“…Introduction: For upper limb procedures using the supraclavicular approach to brachial plexus block, various adjuncts to Local Anaesthetics (LA) have been employed to improve the quality and duration of anaesthesia and postoperative analgesia without leading to any adverse sideeffects or prolonging the period of motor block. …”
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Perfil sociodemográfico de los adultos mayores físicamente activos según el tipo de actividades de-portivas practicado: gimnasia, actividades acuáticas, yoga, pilates y danza (Soci... by María Antonia Parra-Rizo, Igor Cigarroa, Sonia Olivera-Sánchez, Javier Guillem-Saiz, Ana Isabel Agustí-López, Jesús González-Moreno, María Cantero-García, Cindy Fabiana Cordero-Galindez, Rodrigo Andrés Yáñez-Yáñez

“…Objective: The aim of this study is to delineate the sociodemographic profile of physically active older adults based on the specific type of physical activity they participate in. Procedure: A sample of 358 individuals aged over 60 years (M = 69.66, SD = 4.74) participated in the study, utilizing the Quality of Life Scale and a sociodemographic questionnaire, specifically the CUBRECAVI. …”
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Early stage of the COVID-19 pandemic in Guinea: Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of health providers towards COVID-19 suspected cases by Sidikiba Sidibé, Fassou Mathias Grovogui, Abdoulaye Sow, Karifa Kourouma, Thierno Oumar Fofana, Bienvenu Salim Camara, Graziella Ghesquière, Mahamoud Sama Cherif, Thierno Mamadou Tounkara, Alexandre Delamou

“…Regarding HCPs reported adherence to key preventive practices measures: consistent hand washing after medical procedures (81.7%), use of gloves (70%), and always using masks (48.5%). …”
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Development of a culture-independent whole-genome sequencing of Nipah virus using the MinION Oxford Nanopore platform by Md. Mahfuzur Rahman, Mojnu Miah, Mohammad Enayet Hossain, Samiur Rahim, Sharmin Sultana, Syed Moinuddin Satter, Ariful Islam, Shannon L. M. Whitmer, Jonathan H. Epstein, Christina F. Spiropoulou, John D. Klena, Tahmina Shirin, Joel M. Montgomery, Maria E. Kaczmarek, Mohammed Ziaur Rahman, Iqbal Kabir Jahid

“…It demands the development of biologically safe procedures to get genetic information. This protocol utilizes biologically safe samples that were collected into recommended lysis solution, multiplex PCR, and third-generation sequencing, effectively addressing challenges in sequencing NiV. …”
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Safety assessment of symptomatic intracranial atherosclerotic stenosis: a comparison between sole balloon angioplasty and medical treatment by Wen-feng Cao, Wen-feng Cao, An Wen, An Wen, Xian-min Cao, Ling-feng Wu, Ling-feng Wu, Yong-liang Zhou, Yong-liang Zhou, Zheng-bing Xiang, Zheng-bing Xiang, Wei Rao, Wei Rao, Quan-hong Chu, Quan-hong Chu, Wang-Wang Hong, Wang-Wang Hong, Shi-min Liu, Shi-min Liu

“…One patient in the SBA group failed due to vessel tortuosity, while the remaining 80 procedures were successful. Of these, 15 patients (18.5%) required rescue stenting—11 because of elastic recoil and 4 because of flow-limiting dissection. …”
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Machine-learning detection of stress severity expressed on a continuous scale using acoustic, verbal, visual, and physiological data: lessons learned by Marketa Ciharova, Khadicha Amarti, Ward van Breda, Ward van Breda, Martin J. Gevonden, Sina Ghassemi, Annet Kleiboer, Christiaan H. Vinkers, Christiaan H. Vinkers, Christiaan H. Vinkers, Christiaan H. Vinkers, Milou S. C. Sep, Milou S. C. Sep, Milou S. C. Sep, Milou S. C. Sep, Sophia Trofimova, Alexander C. Cooper, Xianhua Peng, Xianhua Peng, Mieke Schulte, Mieke Schulte, Eirini Karyotaki, Eirini Karyotaki, Eirini Karyotaki, Pim Cuijpers, Pim Cuijpers, Pim Cuijpers, Heleen Riper, Heleen Riper

“…Resources needed may be decreased using automatization of experimental procedures, which may, however, lead to additional technological challenges, potentially causing other recruitment setbacks. …”
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Better public housing management in Ghana by Samson Aziabah

“…The main principles abstracted from this model were that regulatory and policy guidance are in place, mechanisms to monitor and supervise HM are in place, there is financial security for HM, rents are able to cover housing management and maintenance, there are a defined structure and operational procedures and responsibilities, professionals manage housing, and mechanisms for tenants to participate are in place. …”
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Comparative outcomes of revision total knee arthroplasty: a systematic review and meta-Analysis of high tibial osteotomy vs. unicompartmental knee arthroplasty by Peijie Li, Yongjie Qiao, Yingjia Zhou, Jiahuan Li, Zhiqiang Lin, Yafei Cao, Fei Tan, Jiankang Zeng, Xiaoyang Song, Peng Liu, Shuo Ye, Kaipeng Zhuang, Qiuming Gao, Shenghu Zhou

“…Abstract Purpose High tibial osteotomy (HTO) and unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) are two common approaches for managing unicompartmental knee osteoarthritis. However, both procedures may eventually require revision to total knee arthroplasty (TKA). …”
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Key experimental technologies and their development directions for the exploration and production of deep coalbed methane by Xia YAN, Fengyin XU, Xianyue XIONG, Feng WANG, Chunhu LI, Jiyuan ZHANG, Borui XU, Qianhui CHENG, Xiong HU, Xueguang ZHU, Wei LIANG, Pu YUAN, Yanqing FENG, Zhenji WEI

“…Analyses reveal that there is an urgent need to establish the standards and regulations for the operational procedures of these experimental technologies, as required by objective demand for the exploration and production of deep CBM. …”
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Risk factors and economic burden of healthcare-associated infections among patients supported by extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in the ICU: a cohort study from China by Zhenyu Hu, Minjin Peng, Chen Dong, Li Li, Qiao Hu, Hanlin Liao, Haining Jiang, Xianglan Fang, Qifei Zhang, Binbin Fu, Tingyu Lan, Kun Meng, Yijun Tang, Duoshuang Xie

“…However, ECMO patients are particularly susceptible to healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) due to their critical illness and the invasive procedures. These infections not only reduce patients’ quality of life but also increase healthcare resource utilization. …”
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Application of PDCA cycle management in outpatient nursing management under the background of New Quality Productive Forces (新质生产力背景下PDCA循环管理在门诊护理管理中的应用)... by LIU Han (刘含), WANG Xueling (王雪玲), MA Yanpeng (马衍鹏), LIU Jing (刘静), WANG Weiwei (王伟伟), LI Zhen (李珍), LI Jinghui (李晶辉)

“…Methods The PDCA cycle management was adopted, and targeted interventions on outpatient treatment orders, number of triage nurses, triage area, treatment clinics, subsequent visits procedure and satisfaction to medical processes were carried out. …”
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Targeting All Multiple Magnetic Resonance Imaging Prostate Lesions Does Not Enhance Cancer Detection: Insights from the YAU Prostate Cancer Group by Fabio Zattoni, Giorgio Gandaglia, Giancarlo Marra, Filippo Carletti, Veeru Kasivisvanathan, Guillaume Ploussard, Tamás Fazekas, Alberto Martini, Jonathan Olivier, Peter K. Chiu, Massimo Valerio, Alessandro Marquis, Paolo Gontero, Hongqian Guo, Junlong Zhuang, Francesco Barletta, Riccardo Leni, Giuseppe Cirulli, Alexander Kretschmer, Maria Apfelbeck, Claudia Kesch, Pawel Rajwa, Francesco Giganti, Roderick van den Bergh, Fabrizio Dal Moro, Alberto Briganti, Giacomo Novara

“…When combining all TBx and SBx procedures, PCa was detected in 63.8% for the SL group and 67.0% for the ML group (p = 0.2), while csPCa was detected in 54.1% for the SL group and 48.1% for the ML group (p = 0.01). …”
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Estimating retention in HIV care accounting for patient transfers: A national laboratory cohort study in South Africa. by Matthew P Fox, Jacob Bor, Alana T Brennan, William B MacLeod, Mhairi Maskew, Wendy S Stevens, Sergio Carmona

“…Results differed little when tightening or relaxing matching procedures. We found strong differences in retention by province, ranging from 74.2% (95% CI: 73.2%-75.2%) in Western Cape to 52.2% (95% CI: 50.6%-53.7%) in Mpumalanga at 6 years. …”
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Ischemia-free liver transplantation improves long-term outcomes in a 5-year follow-up study by Zehua Jia, Jiaxing Zhu, Jiayi Zhang, Jian Zhang, Changjun Huang, Niancun Zhang, Songming Li, Yuqi Dong, Yao Liu, Ping Zeng, Tielong Wang, Zhitao Chen, Yunhua Tang, Qiang Zhao, Maogen Chen, Yinghua Chen, Anbin Hu, Weiqiang Ju, Yi Ma, Dongping Wang, Xiaofeng Zhu, Andrea Schlegel, Tullius G. Stefan, Xiaoshun He, Zhiyong Guo

“…Impact and implications: Ischemia-free liver transplantation (IFLT) has emerged as a new approach designed to avoid IRI throughout all episodes of the transplant procedure. It has been confirmed that the use of IFLT can substantially reduce early-onset graft IRI-related complications. …”
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