Modified pulpotomy procedure in immature permanent teeth with apical periodontitis: a randomised controlled trial by Jun Wang, Wentao Shi, Wen Xiao, Zhengbing Chi

“…Objectives The objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a modified pulpotomy (MP) procedure in immature permanent teeth with apical periodontitis (AP).Design Randomised controlled trial.Setting One public hospital in Shanghai, ChinaParticipants A total of 33 teeth (31 patients) with a definitive diagnosis of AP with radiographic periapical radiolucency were recruited in this study. …”
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A pilot study of short-duration sputum pretreatment procedures for optimizing smear microscopy for tuberculosis. by Peter Daley, Joy Sarojini Michael, Kalaiselvan S, Asha Latha, Dilip Mathai, K R John, Madhukar Pai

“…Sputum pretreatment procedures may enhance sensitivity. We did a pilot study to compare the diagnostic accuracy and incremental yield of two short-duration (<1 hour) sputum pretreatment procedures to optimize direct smears among patients with suspected TB at a referral hospital in India.…”
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Improved In Situ Hybridization: Color Intensity Enhancement Procedure for the Alkaline Phosphatase/Fast Red System by Kuo-ping Chiu, Thomas Sullivan, Sherry Bursztajn

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Considering the Prospects of Human Rights Individual Communications Procedures: Legal Politics and Potential Implications for Indonesia by Abdul Munif Ashri, Heribertus Jaka Triyana

“…The individual communications procedure is a vital mechanism in international human rights law that enables victims to seek remedies when domestic legal venues have been exhausted or failed to deliver justice. …”
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A short course of antimicrobial therapy for asymptomatic bacteriuria is safe and effective before urologic procedures by Murat Kutlu, Merve Arslan, Yusuf Ozlulerden, Kevser Ozdemir, Selda Sayin-Kutlu, Zafer Aybek

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Ukraine’s New Law on Administrative Procedure: Progress Toward EU Standards and Implications for Tax and Customs by Viktor Tymoshchuk

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Accidental injection of sodium hypochlorite instead of local anesthetic in a patient scheduled for endodontic procedure by Pushkar Prakash Waknis, Aditya Sunil Deshpande, Samrat Sabhlok

“…ABSTRACT: We present here a case of tissue destruction and paresthesia following the accidental injection of sodium hypochlorite instead of local anesthetic in a patient scheduled for endodontic procedure. The accident was managed by the local injection of steroid, debridement of necrotic tissue, daily dressings and medications. …”
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Development of a methodological approach to the procedure for assessing the quality and effectiveness of the management decision–making mechanism by V. V. Stroev, A. I. Tikhonov

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A holy situation: An unexpected complication during a transcatheter aortic valve implantation procedure by Inês Ferreira Neves, Tiago Mendonça, Ruben Ramos

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Investigation of measurement-computing procedures primary system informational transformation of stochastically non-stationary vibrosignals by O. Yu. Kropachek

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Training on a virtual reality cricothyroidotomy simulator improves skills and transfers to a simulated procedure by Geoffrey Funk, Ganesh Sankaranarayanan, Coleman A Odlozil, Salman S Hasan, Rehma Shabbir, Di Qi, Melih Turkseven, Suvranu De, Rebecca J Weddle

“…On the transfer test, the simulation group performed better on skin cut (p&lt;0.001), intubation (p&lt;0.001) and total score (p&lt;0.001) than the control group.Conclusions The VAST-CCT is effective in training and skills transfer for the CCT procedure.Level of evidence Not applicable. Simulator validation study.…”
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Procedure to optimize the solid angle for the colimation of the nai detector used to measure the flow rate in pipelines by Raphael Francisco Gomes Santos, Luis Eduardo Barreira Brandão, Alessandro Mariano Domingues, Julio Dualibi Filho

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Quantitative determination of phenazepam and its active metabolite in human blood plasma at different extraction procedures by I. I. Miroshnichenko, A. I. Platova, I. I. Kuzmin, D. V. Ivaschenko

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Alternative methods to overcome the challenging anatomy of the coronary sinus during percutaneous mitral annuloplasty procedure by Suat Görmel, Salim Yaşar, Ender Murat, Ozan Köksal, Uygar Çağdaş Yüksel, Cem Barçın, Murat Çelik

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Arrhythmias following Revascularization Procedures in the Course of Acute Myocardial Infarction: Are They Indicators of Reperfusion or Ongoing Ischemia? by Ersan Tatli, Güray Alicik, Ali Buturak, Mustafa Yilmaztepe, Meryem Aktoz

“…The frequency of reperfusion arrythmias following revascularization procedures in the first 48 hours after admission was examined. …”
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Identifying key factors in the mammography procedure for delineating the pectoral muscle using the analytic hierarchy process by Ayako Yagahara, Akari Yoshida

“…The purpose of this study, as a pilot for educational support and improvement in imaging techniques, is to quantitatively elucidate the relationship between the imaging procedure and the delineation of the greater pectoral muscle in the mediolateral oblique view using the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP). …”
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Analysis and Tracking of Intra-Needle Ultrasound Pleural Signals for Improved Anesthetic Procedures in the Thoracic Region by Fu-Wei Su, Chia-Wei Yang, Ching-Fang Yang, Yi-En Tsai, Wei-Nung Teng, Huihua Kenny Chiang

“…In this study, we aimed to use time-frequency analysis to characterize the pleural signal and develop an automated tool to identify the pleura during medical procedures. Methods: We developed an INUS system and investigated the pleural signal it measured by establishing a phantom study, and an in vivo animal study. …”
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An Integer Programming Approach Reinforced by a Message-passing Procedure for Detecting Dense Attributed Subgraphs by Arman Ferdowsi

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Effective Preprocessing Procedures Virtually Eliminate Distance-Dependent Motion Artifacts in Resting State FMRI by Hang Joon Jo, Stephen J. Gotts, Richard C. Reynolds, Peter A. Bandettini, Alex Martin, Robert W. Cox, Ziad S. Saad

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Innominate vein turn-down procedure: Killing two birds with one stoneCentral Message by Viktor Hraska, MD, PhD, Vibeke E. Hjortdal, MD, PhD, Yoav Dori, MD, PhD, Christian Kreutzer, MD

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