Optimizing Endodontic Surgery: A Systematic Review of Guided Tissue Regeneration, Grafting, and Platelet Concentrates vs. No Intervention by Mohammad Sabeti, Natalie Black, Mohsen Ramazani, Nafiseh Zarenejaddivkolahei, Mahmood Moosazadeh

“…<b>Conclusions:</b> Overall, the findings indicate that utilizing a concentrated growth factor with a bone graft significantly improves the success of bone regeneration procedures over a 12-month follow-up period compared to interventions without these components. …”
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Apatite U-Pb dating at UNAM laboratories: analytical protocols and examples of its application by Carlos Ortega-Obregón, Fanis Abdullin, Luigi Solari, Peter Schaaf, Gabriela Solís-Pichardo

“…Our results validate the analytical procedures used and will serve as an important trigger towards the development or improvement of medium-temperature thermochronology techniques in Mexico. …”
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Right ventricular outflow tract obstruction in twin‐to‐twin transfusion syndrome undergoing laser surgery: A systematic review and meta‐analysis by Hiba J. Mustafa, Muhammad Jawwad, Ayesha Iqbal Mansoor, Giorgio Pagani, Francesco D'Antonio, Asma Khalil

“…Of those persisting, 27% required cardiac valve procedures. Prenatal associations were TTTS stage III (53% vs 39% in no‐RVOTO), stage IV TTTS (28% in RVOTO vs 12% in no‐RVOTO) and ductus venosus reversed a‐wave (60% in RVOTO vs 19% in no‐RVOTO). …”
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Compact and Handheld SiPM-Based Gamma Camera for Radio-Guided Surgery and Medical Imaging by Fabio Acerbi, Aramis Raiola, Cyril Alispach, Hossein Arabi, Habib Zaidi, Alberto Gola, Domenico Della Volpe

“…In the continuous pursuit of minimally invasive interventions while ensuring a radical excision of lesions, Radio-Guided Surgery (RGS) has been for years the standard for image-guided surgery procedures, such as the Sentinel Lymph Node biopsy (SLN), Radio-guided Seed Localization (RSL), etc. …”
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Evaluation of a codesigned group cognitive–behavioural therapy intervention for trans young people (TAG TEAM): protocol for a feasibility trial and a subsequent pilot RCT by Carmen C Pace, Ken C Pang, Alessandra Chinsen, Tim J Cronin, Michelle A Tollit

“…Primary outcomes are the feasibility and acceptability of the intervention and the study design and associated procedures, including comparison of the in-person and online delivery modes. …”
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Prospective incidence epidemiology study protocol: conducting active surveillance to assess the burden of Lyme disease (BOLD) in primary care practices in endemic areas of six Euro... by Mendwas Dzingina, James H Stark, Bradford D Gessner, Kristen E Allen, Elizabeth Begier, Andreas Pilz, Alexandra Loew-Baselli, Lisa R Harper, Molly Bowdery, Kate Halsby, Nicole Bézay, Ben Parslow

“…Participants undergo interview and clinical assessments to establish medical history, final clinical diagnosis, clinical manifestations and quality of life impact. Study-specific procedures include LD serology, skin punch biopsies and Lyme manifestation photographs. …”
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Sources of international family law: a posse ad esse non valet consequentia by E. P. Voytovich

“…Despite the Ruling of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on the procedure for its application, the use of international treaties has not become wide-spread in resolving cross-border family disputes by Russian courts.The inconsistency of Russian legislation with the generally recognized principles and norms of international law has sparked academic discussion regarding their regulatory impact. …”
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Contribution of SPECT-CT to planar imaging in post-ablation imaging in different thyroid cancers, the clinical significance of the differential diagnosis of neck and thorax uptakes by Farise Yılmaz, Gonca Kara Gedik, Hasan Önner

“…Conclusions: The use of SPECT-CT will be very effective, facilitating patient management and avoiding unnecessary procedures, especially in moderate/high-risk patients with suspicious focal lesions. …”
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A novel Filobacterium sp can cause chronic bronchitis in cats. by Martina Načeradská, Sona Pekova, Patrizia Danesi, Tommaso Furlanello, Roberta Calleo, Patricia Martin, Fumio Ike, Richard Malik

“…Here we explore by molecular procedures if a Filobacterium sp. is a part of the normal feline lower respiratory microbiome and whether it could in some cats contribute to the development of chronic bronchial disease.…”
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Comparative Evaluation of Bovine- and Porcine-Deproteinized Grafts for Guided Bone Regeneration: An In Vivo Study by Blaire V. Slavin, Vasudev Vivekanand Nayak, Marcelo Parra, Robert D. Spielman, Matteo S. Torquati, Nicholas J. Iglesias, Paulo G. Coelho, Lukasz Witek

“…Guided bone regeneration (GBR) procedures have been indicated to enhance bone response, reliably regenerate lost tissue, and create an anatomically pleasing ridge contour for biomechanically favorable and prosthetically driven implant placement. …”
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Simulation Studies of Biomass Transport in a Power Plant with Regard to Environmental Constraints by Andrzej Jastrząb, Witold Kawalec, Zbigniew Krysa, Paweł Szczeszek

“…Then, a dedicated noise emission model was built for the purposes of mandatory environmental impact assessment procedures for the planned expansion of the BSS. The noise model showed the possibility of exceeding the permissible noise levels at night in selected locations. …”
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Attentional bias in tobacco use disorder using eye tracking: A systematic review by Noreen Rahmani, Alma Rahimi, Kameron Iturralde, Laurie Zawertailo

“…Selected papers were assessed for methodological quality using a standardized procedure. Selected studies reviewed were categorized into studies making comparisons between 1) people who smoke and people who do not smoke and 2) between smoking-related cues and neutral cues among people who smoke. …”
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Curvatura vertical de vertentes em microbacias pela análise de modelos digitais de elevação Curvature slope profile in watersheds through analysis of digital elevation models by Márcio de M. Valeriano

“…To program universally flexible procedures, the curvature calculation required the DEM spatial resolution as one of the inputs, so as to calculate a comparable absolute value, with slope difference (in percentage ratio) per horizontal distance (100 m) as unit. …”
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Topografía corneal en pacientes atendidos en Consulta de Cirugía Refractiva by Oreste Marcial Mariño Hidalgo, Rebeca García Pérez, Yunior Leyva García, Boris Carballo Hechavarría, Yanelis Castro Leon

“…The objective of thi study was to characterize the patients stage by means of corneal topography, due to the importance of this diagnosis procedure for determining the surgical treatment giving. …”
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Comparison of the analgesic efficacy of ultrasound-guided superficial serratus anterior plane block and intercostal nerve block for rib fractures: a randomized controlled trial by Musa Zengin, Onur Küçük, Muhyettin Aslan, Göktürk Fındık, Ali Alagöz

“…Pain levels were assessed using the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) both prior to the procedure (Pre-Block, (T0)) and at specific time points following the intervention: 1st hour (T1), 2nd hour (T2), 4th hour (T4), 8th hour (T8), 16th hour (T16), and 24th hour (T24). …”
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Outcome Monitoring After Cardiac Surgery (OMACS): a single-centre prospective cohort study of cardiac surgery patients by Chris A Rogers, Gianni D Angelini, Lucy Culliford, Barnaby C Reeves, Rachel Brierley, Katherine Joyce, Terrie Walker-Smith, Rachel Maishman, Emma Hopkins, Helena Smartt

“…Introduction More than 30 000 cardiac surgery procedures are performed in the UK each year, however, postoperative complications and long-term failure of interventions are common, leading to repeated surgeries. …”
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Determination of Effective Dose and Local Diagnostic Reference Level for Abdomen and Pelvis Computed Tomography With and Without Contrast Media by Sadegh Shurche, Nima Rostampour, Tinosh Almasi, Roghiye Bodaghi HosseinAbadi, Omid Sadeghi, Maryam Tima

“…We established our DRLs as the median value of CTDIvol (mGy)| and DLP (mGy.cm) as follows: abdomen and pelvis CT without contrast media and oral contrast media: 12 mGy and 605 mGy.cm, respectively; CT abdomen and Pelvis procedure (triple-phase): 11 mGy and 2382 mGy.cm, respectively; abdomen and pelvis CT with contrast media injection protocols: 16 mGy and 1484 mGy.cm, respectively. …”
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Mid-term results after DAIR for patients with acute periprosthetic joint infections of the hip or knee by Alberto Alfieri Zellner, Niclas Watzlawik, Jonas Roos, Gunnar Thorben Rembert Hischebeth, Christian Prangenberg, Alexander Franz, Frank Sebastian Fröschen

“…The debridement, antibiotics, irrigation, and implant retention (DAIR) procedure is a key strategy for managing acute PJIs while preserving the prosthesis. …”
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Determinants of export activities in Ukrainian regions in the pre-conflict and the first-stage conflict periods by Elena Horská, Serhiy Moroz, Jozef Palkovič

“…The analysis was performed for coastal, non-coastal regions, and the country level separately. The modelling procedure included all standard methods for panel data analysis. …”
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Evaluation of thyroid function tests among children with neurological disorders by Haojie Meng, Francis Manyori Bigambo, Wei Gu, Xu Wang, Yang Li

“…In order to exclude the false discovery rate (FDR), the Benjamini-Hochberg (BH) procedure is applied.ResultsA total of 12 relevant literature sources were included in the meta-analysis. …”
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