Follow-up care after metabolic surgery – a prospective study in the North-Eastern region of Romania by Sorina Boariu, Ana Maria Scutariu, Adrian Cureniuc, Anamaria Meaucă, Roxana Adriana Stoica, Anca Pantea Stoian, Delia Reurean Pintilei

“…Anti-obesity therapeutic strategies are continuously evolving. Bariatric procedures or metabolic surgery are among the most effective and longlasting therapies for obesity and its complications. …”
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Outcomes after Surgery for Malignant Pancreatic Neuroendocrine Tumors by Omar Hama Ghalib Azeez Hawramy, Karzan Seerwan Abdullah, Barham M.M. Salih, Qalandar Hussein A. Kasnazani, Dana Taib Gharib, Dara Ahmed Mohammed

“…The aim of the study is to declare the role of surgery in potentially curative malignant pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors, in term of prognosis, survival and complications after the surgical procedures. Does the surgery play a significant role in the best patient’s interest even in metastatic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors? …”
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Mental health of university students twenty months after the beginning of the full-scale Russian-Ukrainian war by Marina Polyvianaia, Yulia Yachnik, Jörg M. Fegert, Emily Sitarski, Nataliia Stepanova, Irina Pinchuk

“…Correlation between variables was calculated with Pearson correlation, adjusted with Benjamini-Hochberg procedure. To develop the predictive model the XGBoost algorithm was employed, additionally, the SHAP algorithm was utilized. …”
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Neonatal Sepsis; Incidence and Microbiological Profile along with Antibiotic Sensitivity of Causative Microorganisms by Muhammad Ashraf Hussain, Sumera Akram, Muhammad Ahmed Khan, Sadaf Nawaz, Shamshad Ali, Mumtaz Amir

“…Venous blood sample of neonates was drawn under aseptic technique and collected in sterile BacT/ALERT (PF) blood collecting culture bottles and sent to laboratory immediately for culture, sensitivity procedure and reporting. Results: A total of 4892 neonates were admitted in neonatal intensive care unit from January 2019 to December 2020. …”
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Miniperc percutaneous nephrolithotomy versus retrograde intrarenal surgery in the treatment of juxta uretero-pelvic junction upper ureteric calculi: A prospective, randomized contr... by T. P. Pradhyumna Koushik, Vivek Meyyappan, Nakul Baban Aher, Hariharasudhan Sekar, Gayathri Thiruvengadam, Sriram Krishnamoorthy

“…Difficulties in access, the possibility of up migration of stones, higher chances of leaving behind residual fragments, and the need for ancillary procedures like ESWL or relook URS have been a few inherent limitations in treating such stones. …”
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Comparing variable neighbourhood search algorithms for the direct aperture optimisation in radiotherapy by Mauricio Moyano, Keiny Meza-Vasquez, Gonzalo Tello-Valenzuela, Nicolle Ojeda-Ortega, Carolina Lagos, Guillermo Cabrera-Guerrero

“…Conventional IMRT planning entails a sequential procedure: optimising beam intensity for a certain set of angles, followed by sequencing. …”
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Continuous Estimation of Blood Pressure by Utilizing Seismocardiogram Signal Features in Relation to Electrocardiogram by Aleksandra Zienkiewicz, Vesa Korhonen, Vesa Kiviniemi, Teemu Myllylä

“…Data were collected on separate days as eighteen sets from nine subjects undergoing a medical procedure with anesthesia. Results for PEP_IM showed a correlation of 0.67 ± 0.18 (<i>p</i> < 0.001), 0.66 ± 0.17 (<i>p</i> < 0.001), and 0.67 ± 0.17 (<i>p</i> < 0.001) when compared to systolic BP, diastolic BP, and mean arterial pressure (MAP), respectively. …”
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UniLine RetroFit: a multicenter observational cohort study on the effectiveness, safety, and durability of UniLine (an epoxy-treated xenopericardial valve) in patients with isolate... by O. K. Kuzmina, E. S. Osintsev, A. V. Evtushenko

“…Secondary endpoints are incidence of adverse event, major adverse events, device-related adverse events, proce­dure-related adverse events, and all-cause mortality.Conclu­sion. …”
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Applicability of Virtual Commissioning Concepts in Industrial Robotics as a Solution for Compatibility Issues Between Virtual Simulation and Logic Control Software by Alexandru Andrei, Florin-Adrian Nicolescu, Cristina Pupăză, Cezara-Georgia Coman, Ionuț Gabriel Ghionea

“…The proposed solution offers valuable procedures for any end user responsible for implementing robotic cell virtual commissioning tasks and ensures the compatibility between hardware and software components from ABB and Siemens manufacturers integrated into any robotic cell type. …”
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Reusing of intraoperative exfoliated finger epidermis in the treatment of hand scar contracture in patients with RDEB by Chong Wu, Teng Guo, Yuluo Jian, Xinhe Jiao

“…This study pioneers the clinical application of intraoperatively shed epidermal tissue for fabricating autologous epidermal finger cuffs to cover post-surgical defects, evaluating its therapeutic efficacy. 13 RDEB patients with hand contractures were stratified into experimental (n = 6, autologous epidermal finger cuffs) and control (n = 7, traditional petrolatum gauze dressings) cohorts following standardized contracture release procedures. Outcome measures included wound healing time, dressing change frequency, hemorrhage during dressing changes (VAS scale), and 6-month functional assessments. …”
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Coronal Plane Alignment of the Knee (CPAK) distribution in a diverse Asian population: Influence of ethnicity, sex and bilaterality by Azmi Rahman, Merrill Lee, Lenice Tan, Sabine Wong, Michael Saturnino, Glen Purnomo, Ming Han Lincoln Liow, Keng Jin Darren Tay, Hee Nee Pang, Seng Jin Yeo

“…Pre‐operative anteroposterior knee radiographs were collected for 441 procedures—all had ethnicity, age, sex and body mass index data. …”
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Factors influencing the performance of cardiopulmonary resuscitation by lay rescuers: A qualitative study based on the Theory of Planned Behavior. by Zhikang Zhong, Weiwei Li, Lin Zhou, Liang Liu

“…Finally, in relation to actual control, three themes and two subthemes were demonstrated: (1) Acquisition of CPR skills; (2) the influence of situational factors at the scene, including both supportive elements such as public facilities or procedures and obstructive factors, such as a diminished sense of responsibility at specific locations; (3) the impact of the patient's condition.…”
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Harnessing Abuja's Municipal Solid Waste as a Renewable Energy Source: Scanning Electron Microscopy Analysis by Paul Adah Ondachi, Idris Ibrahim Ozigis, Musa Tanko Zarmai

“…This present study requires the analysis of the MSW with aim of confirming that products of its incineration will not be hazardous to the environment. ASTM E 1508 procedures for utilizing the scanning electron microscope (SEM) were followed to identify elements that would be contained in the bottom ash of the incineration process of samples of Abuja’s municipal solid wastes obtained from selected districts of the city. …”
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Quantitative determination of 8-methoxypsoralene in mild dosage form by high-performance liquid chromatography by A. Alsayed, A. A. Prezhedromirskaya, E. A. Shnyak, S. A. Kedik

“…From the validation procedures, it was confirmed that the method is specific, linear (R2 &gt; 0.997) and reproducible (relative standard deviation was ≤ 3.0 %). …”
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Prevalence of hypothermia on admission to recovery room remains high despite a large use of forced-air warming devices: Findings of a non-randomized observational multicenter and p... by Pascal Alfonsi, Samir Bekka, Philippe Aegerter, SFAR Research Network investigators

“…Patients undergoing pulmonary or proctologic surgery and those having non-invasive procedures performed under general anesthesia (for example, digestive endoscopy) were excluded from our study. …”
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Segmentation of the iliac crest from CT-data for virtual surgical planning of facial reconstruction surgery using deep learning by Stefan Raith, Tobias Pankert, Jônatas de Souza Nascimento, Srikrishna Jaganathan, Florian Peters, Mathias Wien, Frank Hölzle, Ali Modabber

“…Abstract Background and objectives: For the planning of surgical procedures involving the bony reconstruction of the mandible, the autologous iliac crest graft, along with the fibula graft, has become established as a preferred donor region. …”
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Mitral regurgitation at the time of left ventricular assist device implantation: Should it be treated or not?Central MessagePerspective by Hiroki Kohno, MD, PhD, Goro Matsumiya, MD, PhD, Yoshikatsu Saiki, MD, PhD, Koichiro Kinugawa, MD, PhD, Minoru Ono, MD, PhD

“…Conclusions: Significant mitral regurgitation may be prevented by concomitant surgery, but late survival and the risk of other major adverse events were not significantly improved by the procedure and were similar between patients with untreated moderate or greater mitral regurgitation and those with no or untreated mild mitral regurgitation. …”
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First-Principles Calculations, Machine Learning and Monte Carlo Simulations of the Magnetic Coercivity of Fe_<i>x</i>Co_1−<i>x</i> Bulks and Nanoclusters by Dou Du, Youwei Zhang, Xingwu Li, Namin Xiao

“…A similar simulation procedure was conducted for a Fe₅₈Co₃₂ nanocluster at 300 K and 500 K, demonstrating magnetic behavior comparable to bulk materials. …”
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Clinical characteristics and mortality of patients with heart failure in Southern Sweden from 2013 to 2019: a population-based cohort study by Awais Ashfaq, Madlaina Costa-Scharplatz, Björn Agvall, Jason Davidge, Kristina Malene Ødegaard, Mattias Olsson

“…Furthermore, 1-year all-cause mortality was significantly higher among patients with HF who had not undergone a conclusive echocardiography at diagnosis, highlighting the importance of correct diagnostic procedure to improve treatment strategies and outcomes.…”
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Prompt Once, Segment Everything: Leveraging SAM 2 Potential for Infinite Medical Image Segmentation with a Single Prompt by Juan D. Gutiérrez, Emilio Delgado, Carlos Breuer, José M. Conejero, Roberto Rodriguez-Echeverria

“…Semantic segmentation of medical images holds significant potential for enhancing diagnostic and surgical procedures. Radiology specialists can benefit from automated segmentation tools that facilitate identifying and isolating regions of interest in medical scans. …”
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