Review on biphasic blood drying method for rapid pathogen detection in bloodstream infections by Jongwon Lim, Katherine Koprowski, Matthew Wester, Enrique Valera, Rashid Bashir

“…This represents a significant reduction in detection and identification time compared to current clinical procedures based on bacterial culture prior to PCR amplification. …”
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Quality of Life of Patients six Months after Ischemic Stroke by Ada Sánchez Lozano, Raimel PandoTorres, José Luis de la Maza Martínez, Georgina González Alba, Ernesto Julio Bernal Valladares, Ada Lozano Leblanc

“…The variables analyzed were: demographic (age, sex, origin, and labor relationship), related with the event (type of brain infarction and rehabilitation treatment). The descriptive procedure was done through central measure trends and percentages. …”
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Novel retrieving device for coronary stent dislodgement by Zhan-Ying Han, Yong-Jian Zhu, Wen-Jie Lu, Zhi-Fang Wang, Jian-Feng Yang, Wen-Cai Zhang, Chun-Guang Qiu, Jian-Zeng Dong

“…The primary outcome was procedure success defined as completely removing the stent without surgical incision of blood vessels, or hemostatic forceps, or injury of access vessels. …”
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Ex vivo oocyte retrieval for fertility preservation in an adolescent patient with recurrent ovarian dysgerminoma: a case report and review of the literature by Addison W. Alley, M.D., Leah J. Cooper, M.D., M.S., Meredith A. Humphreys, M.D., Benjamin R. Emery, M.Phil., Kenneth I. Aston, Ph.D., Zachary J. Kastenberg, M.D., Matthew X. Luo, M.D., Katherine G. Hayes, M.D., Douglas Fair, M.D., M.S., Casey Mehrhoff, D.O., M.S., Joseph M. Letourneau, M.D., Krista J. Childress, M.D.

“…The patient tolerated the procedure well and has since completed chemotherapy. …”
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Multimodal Prehabilitation in Major Abdominal Surgery—Rationale, Modalities, Results and Limitations by George Andrei Popescu, Dana Galieta Minca, Nader Mugurel Jafal, Cristian Valentin Toma, Sorin Tiberiu Alexandrescu, Radu Virgil Costea, Catalin Vasilescu

“…Nutritional support addressing malnutrition and sarcopenia also contributes to the achievement of the above-mentioned goals, particularly in patients undergoing cancer-related procedures. Psychological interventions targeting anxiety, depression and self-efficacy, as well as risk behavior modification (e.g., smoking cessation) seem to enhance recovery. …”
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Multiclass CNN Approach for Automatic Classification of Dolphin Vocalizations by Francesco Di Nardo, Rocco De Marco, Daniel Li Veli, Laura Screpanti, Benedetta Castagna, Alessandro Lucchetti, David Scaradozzi

“…A dataset of nearly 10,000 spectrograms was used to train and test the CNN through a 10-fold cross-validation procedure. The results showed that the CNN achieved an average accuracy of 95.2% and an F1-score of 87.8%. …”
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Conventional Training Integrated with SteamVR Tracking 2.0: Body Stability and Coordination Training Evaluation on ICAROS Pro by Katharina Meiszl, Fabian Ratert, Tessa Schulten, Daniel Wiswede, Lara Kuhlmann de Canaviri, Tobias Potthast, Marc Silberbach, Laurin Hake, Yannik Warnecke, Witold Schiprowski, Mathias Merschhemke, Christoph M. Friedrich, Raphael Brüngel

“…A longitudinal study on training effects with 20 subjects was conducted, involving a representative procedure created with a sports manager. Posture errors served as the main progress indicator, and pulse and respiration rates as co-indicators. …”
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Refusal of pharmacological treatment: prevalence and clinical importance by S. Yu. Martsevich, N. P. Kutishenko, E. P. Kalaydzhyan, Yu. V. Lukina, A. V. Zagrebelnyy, V. V. Tsaregorodtseva, O. S. Afonina, N. P. Zolotareva, M. L. Ginzburg, O. M. Drapkina

“…Most of these studies examine not only the refusal to take medications but also the discontinuation of specific therapeutic procedures, as well as the underlying reasons for such refusals. …”
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Design, implementation and monitoring of a Demand Responsive Transport service for student leisure transfers: The case study of University of Trieste by Caterina Caramuta, Alessia Grosso, Giovanni Longo, Chiara Ricchetti, Lucia Rotaris

“…Consequently, a mobile application was developed to digitize the procedures of booking, tracing and paying bus transfers, other than monitoring the performances of the DRT service. …”
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Uncommon but Important: Tertiary Center Experience with Rare Cases of Breast Hamartoma by Mihaela Camelia Tîrnovanu, Bogdan Florin Toma, Elena Cojocaru, Elena Țarcă, Ștefan Dragoș Tîrnovanu, Vlad Gabriel Tîrnovanu, Cristian Mârțu, Roxana Ana Covali, Anca Irina Gradinariu, Gabriela Ghiga, Ludmila Lozneanu

“…The objective of this study is to provide comprehensive insights into the characteristics of breast hamartomas and to conduct a thorough investigation into their clinical presentation, diagnostic procedures, and management strategies. <b>Methods</b>: We report on 13 cases of breast hamartomas treated surgically between January 2018 and June 2023 at the Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital “Cuza Vodă” in Iași. …”
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Self-reported health profiles of trauma victims with and without psychiatric histories by Alan R. King, Sara K. Kuhn, Stephanie Brezinski, Michael Jowkar, Kourtney Smith

“…Physical and mental health diagnoses were examined among participants with and without histories of trauma and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Participants and procedure College (n = 2,320) and national (n = 663) respondents were surveyed to identify trauma histories defined using the primary DSM-5 diagnostic criterion for PTSD. …”
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Development and Validation of Conditions for the Determination of Residual Organic Solvents – Acetic Acid in the Silver Salt Substance 4-[4-(atsetilaminosul'fonil)fenil]-6-(4-bromf... by E. N. Lyust, O. V. Bobrovskaya, V. L. Gein

“…This paper reflects the results of the choice of gas chromatographic conditions for determining the residual organic solvent (acetic acid) in the substance, these conditions are evaluated according to the validation indicators required for analytical methods.Conclusion. A procedure has been developed for determining the residual organic solvent in the substance of the silver salt 4-[4-(acetylaminosulfonyl)phenyl]-6-(4-bromophenyl)-5-(2-nitrophenyl)-3,5-dihydropyrrolo[3,4-c]pyrazole-3-one, the methodology was validated.…”
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EXPERIENCE OF ANKLE JOINT REPLACEMENT by D. L. Miroshnikov, O. V. Sabodashevsky, A. A. Afaunov, I. I. Zamyatin, H. H. Matar, Yu. V. Napakh

“…Ankle joint replacement with modern implants allows to achieve the positive immediate and long-term results in 92.3% cases and it is a hi-tech alternative to arthrodesis procedures.…”
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Novel Cryopreservation Approach Providing Off-the-Shelf Availability of Human Multipotent Mesenchymal Stromal Cells for Clinical Applications by Olena Rogulska, Olga Tykhvynska, Olena Revenko, Viktor Grischuk, Svitlana Mazur, Natalia Volkova, Roman Vasyliev, Alexander Petrenko, Yuriy Petrenko

“…For MSC cryopreservation, we applied sucrose pretreatment procedure and xeno-free cryoprotective medium containing human platelet-poor blood plasma (PPP), sucrose, and nontoxic concentration of DMSO. …”
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Comparing the Effectiveness of Local Heat and Foot Massage in Reducing the Pain Caused by Heel Blood Sampling in Neonates by Reyhaneh Barzegari, Seyed Hamid Seyed Bagheri, Hassan Khodadadi, Tabandeh Sadeghi

“…Background: Given the inevitability of heel blood sampling for thyroid testing in neonates, this study aimed to compare the effectiveness of local heat and foot massage in reducing pain caused by the procedure. Methods: This experimental study was conducted on neonates admitted to a healthcare center for thyroid testing in Rafsanjan, southeast Iran. …”
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Relationship between serum inflammatory markers and recurrent atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing pulmonary vein isolation by E. N. Tsareva, K. V. Davtyan, A. G. Topchyan, M. S. Kharlap, A. A. Kalemberg, А. A. Brutyan, I. A. Efimova, N. L. Bogdanova

“…The study included 100 patients with paroxysmal (n=89) and persistent (n=11) AF who underwent the primary PV cryoballoon ablation with the simultaneous implantation of a loop recorder (Reveal XT, Medtronic). Before the procedure, we analyzed following parameters in all patients: N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NTproBNP), matrix metalloproteinases 1, 3, 9, tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase 1, fibroblast growth factor-2, fatty acid binding protein 3, transforming growth factor p1, tumor necrosis factor a, interleukin 1p.Results. …”
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Synthesis of Polyesters from AB Tung Oil-based Polyol Monomers Through Step-growth Polymerization Reactions by Eni Budiyati, Hartini Hartini, Rochmadi Rochmadi, Arief Budiman, Budhijanto Budhijanto

“…TOBPs are polyols made from Tung oil through a series of hydroxylation and epoxidation procedures. They have hydroxyl (OH) and carboxylic (COOH) functional groups. …”
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Real-world implementation and adaptation to local settings of first trimester preeclampsia screening in Italy: a systematic review by Silvia Amodeo, Giulia Bonavina, Anna Seidenari, Paolo Ivo Cavoretto, Antonio Farina

“…Methods: We performed a systematic review of the literature to understand the critical issues hampering the implementation of PE screening procedures in Italy. All studies on first trimester PE screening in the Italian population were eligible for inclusion. …”
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German Translation and Validation of the FACE-Q Nose and Nostrils Subscales by Nadia Sadok, MD, PhD, Marius Mischke, Tobias Bastian, MD, Stefan Mattheis, MD, Stephan Lang, MD, Kerstin Stähr, MD

“…The FACE-Q rhinoplasty module is a validated tool used to assess patient satisfaction in aesthetic procedures, but a German version was previously unavailable. …”
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Comparison of A Mini-Clinical evaluation exercise with the routine logbook in assessing clinical competence of operating room trainees: A parallel randomized controlled trial by Sara Bagheri, Amin Sedigh, Zahra Zarei, Mozhgan Kazemzadeh, Nader Sharifi

“…Abstract Background Enhancing the skills of future operating room students, who will have a crucial role in surgical procedures, necessitates the adoption of innovative training techniques. …”
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