Adolescent scoliosis in autism spectrum disorder: is it idiopathic or syndromic?? by Ravi Rajendra, Matthew B. Bratton, Claudia Leonardi, R. Carter Clement

“…Social and behavioral barriers prevented three ASD-S patients (8%) and no patients with AIS who were indicated for posterior spinal fusion from undergoing the procedure. Conclusion ASD-S patients had increased thoracic kyphosis compared to both controls and published AIS norms, suggesting scoliosis in ASD could potentially be considered a form of syndromic scoliosis rather than truly idiopathic. …”
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Learning from the process evaluation of a complex, pre-conception randomised controlled trial in Malaysia: the Jom Mama project by Shakirah Md. Sharif, Mark Hanson, Diane W. Chong, Ainul Nadziha M. Hanafiah, Mohamad Z. Zulkepli, Syatirah F. Zulbahari, Jutta Skau, Julius Cheah C. Ho, Priya Matzen, Regien Biesma, Shane A. Norris, Jens Aagaard-Hansen

“….^1^ Recruitment and attrition proved to be challenges, and although the PE allowed Jom Mama investigators to improve procedures in order to achieve a sufficient sample size, it also has implications for engaging this age group in future pre-conception interventions. …”
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Consolidation of municipalities in the newest time by Y. Blagov

“…The author uses a dialectical method, a method of analysis and synthesis,a formal legal method, a comparative legal method.Results, scope of application. 03.04.2017 Federal Law No. 62-FZ is adopted, which providesfor the transformation of municipal raions and constituent urban and rural settlements intourban districts according to a "simplified procedure", that is, with the consent of the populationexpressed by the representative body of the municipality. …”
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The massive bladder diverticulum mimicking an ovarian cyst is the diagnosis challenge of pelvic masses in postmenopausal women: a rare case report by Kuniaki Ota, Hirohiko Kamiyama, Tomo Shimizu, Yoshiki Ajiro, Shigeo Nohara, Yasutaka Shuno, Takashi Kobayashi, Yoshiaki Ota, Toshifumi Takahashi

“…A mass with serous content was identified and resected. During the procedure, the ureteral balloon catheter was exposed, revealing that the excised mass was a bladder diverticulum complicated by bladder injury. …”
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Long-Term Outcomes of Phacoemulsification Surgeries at ECWA Eye Hospital: A Prospective Clinical Cohort Study by Mayor Orezime Atima, Ugbede Idakwo, Oyeronke Komolafe, Eisuke Shimizu, Nakayama Shintaro, Emmanuel Oluwadare Balogun, Emeka John Dingwoke, Ayodele Jacob Orugun, Olalekan Adebayo Ogundare, Pam Douglas Jah

“…Its popularity has grown dramatically as procedures and equipment have advanced, improving both safety and efficiency. …”
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Prenatal Ultrasound in Fetal Inferior Vena Cava Abnormalities: Image Characteristics and Clinical Relevance by Huaying Yan, Chunguo Zhang, Yu Kang, Lihong He

“…For suspected cases, attention should be focused on prenatal ultrasound examinations in order to obtain valuable information for prenatal consultation and subsequent procedures and care.…”
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MODELOS MATEMÁTICOS APLICADOS À PREVISÃO DE ESCORREGAMENTOS TRANSLACIONAIS RASOS: Exemplos em Áreas Naturais e de Risco by Fabrizio de Luiz Rosito Listo

“…Thus, the objective of this work is to present the theoretical basis, methodological procedures, main limitations and two applications of the most commonly used mathematical models, SHALSTAB and TRIGRS. …”
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Combined Surgical Tactics with Step-up Approach in the Treatment of Infected Acute Pancreatitis by I. A. Kryvoruchko, V. V. Boyko, K. Yu. Parkhomenko, A. G. Drozdova, S. A. Andreieshchev

“…The surgical treatment should be initiated with a minimally invasive procedures and combination these operations with open surgery was able to reduce complications and mortality in the patients with infected acute pancreatitis.…”
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Prevalence and factors associated with hypertension among adolescents in Sudan: a cross-sectional school-based study by Ashwaq Aleed, Ahmed Ali Hassan, Abdullah Al-Nafeesah, Ishag Adam

“…Anthropometric and blood pressure measurements were performed in accordance with the standard procedures. An adjusted logistic regression analysis was performed.Results Of the 384 enrolled adolescents, 166 (43.2%) and 218 (56.8%) were boys and girls, respectively. …”
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CSN6 aggravates inflammation and Myocardial injury in macrophage of sepsis model by MIF by Qianying Song, Changming Zhou, Yufei Liu, Liping Wang, Huiyi Lv, Cuiying Zhang, Xuanqi Wang

“…We collected samples from 10 sepsis patients (It was collected under strict compliance with ethical norms and nursing procedures) and performed single-cell analysis for CSN6 expression. …”
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Estimating Molar Root Volume from Panoramic Radiographs Using a Geometric Approach—An Experimental Method Comparison by Katharina Hartmann, Markus Tröltzsch, Sven Otto, Matthias Tröltzsch

“…<i>Background and Objectives</i>: Evaluating jaw augmentation procedures usually necessitates pre- and postoperative tomographic imaging. …”
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Statistical Analysis of Local Extrema in Rough Sea Surfaces Based on Computer Simulation by N. S. Pyko, E. D. Orandarenko, M. I. Bogachev

“…For the rough sea surface simulated by an additive harmonic synthesis procedure, the local extreme value distribution was fitted using the least-mean-squares technique. …”
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Virtual phantom methodology for assessment of MRI distortion correction in high-precision stereotactic radiosurgery treatment planning by Tristan Belloeil-Marrane, Adrian Gutierrez, Marlies Boussaer, Cristina Teixeira, Thierry Gevaert, Mark De Ridder

“…This virtual phantom methodology primarily aims to provide a simple/robust evaluation metric in radiotherapy for MR distortion correction solutions, providing an additional/complement QA procedure to dedicated hardware phantoms, comparatively costly in time and resources. …”
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From support to recovery: the evolving role of LVAD in reversing heart failure by Bingqi Sun, Zhigang Liu

“…However, challenges persist, including the lack of predictive biomarkers, suboptimal GDMT adherence, and unresolved debates regarding concomitant cardiac procedures. Emerging evidence highlights the potential of novel pharmacotherapies (e.g., SGLT2 inhibitors, vericiguat) and individualized pump-speed algorithms to augment recovery. …”
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A device for intravitreal and endolymphatic drug administration and reflexogenic zone blockade in ophthalmology by S. V. Yanchenko, V. A. Shipilov, S. N. Sakhnov, A. V. Malyshev, K. K. Gasparyan, A. A. Sukhinin, G. Y. Karapetov

“…The device: (1) minimizes the leakage of a drug in the course of the procedure thus providing more accurate drug administration and preventing its overuse; (2) reduces complication risk and improves the safety of intravitreal and endolymphatic drug administration and sinocarotid zone blockade; (3) improves the tolerability of intravitreal and endolymphatic drug administration and sinocarotid zone blockade; (4) improves personal readiness to undergo maintenance retreatment. …”
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Prevalence of cardiac arrhythmias among patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis by O. V. Likhachev-Mishchenko, A. A. Kornienko, N. A. Kornienko, E. G. Kadyan, L. A. Khaisheva, S. V. Shlyk

“…To evaluate the prevalence of arrhythmias in patients undergoing chronic hemodialysis, to characterize the arrhythmia types in relation to the dialysis procedure and to determine their relationship with clinical findings and echocardiographic characteristics.Material and methods. …”
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ENERGY AND CONSTRUCTION CONDITIONS OF THE EFFECTIVENESS OF APPAATUS FOR GENERAL CRYOTHERAPEUTIC IMPACT by A. U. Baranov, A. A. Osinа, V. A. Sinkova

“…In multi-seat CPC cooling capacity deficit exceeds 50%, which excludes the possibility of obtaining a significant therapeutic effect, as is confirmed by the results of independent studies that show that the procedures in multi-seat CTC safeguards skin from frigorism only up to 14°C, while at the same time for effective OKV frigorism of the skin surface is necessary to a temperature of less than about 2°C. …”
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Different routes of N-acetylcysteineon administration in preventing contrast-induced nephropathy in mild renal impairment patients undergoing contrast-enhanced CT by XU Xiao, HUANG Min, DU Li-guo, LI Xiao-ning

“…Objective To explore the preventive effect of oral and intravenous administration of N-acetylcysteine(NAC) on contrast-induced nephropathy(CIN) in patients with mild renal impairment undergoing contrast-enhanced CT.Methods A total of 97 patients with mild renal impairment undergoing contrast-enhanced CT procedures were enrolled in this study.According to the random number table,all patients were divided into oral NAC group(n = 48) and intravenous group(n = 49).In oral NAC group,24 h before and after the contrast-enhanced CT scan,1 200 mg NAC was administrated orally twice a day,and 10%glucose(250 mL) was injected intravenously 1 h before the CT scan.In intravenous NAC group,4 g NAC dissolved in 10%glucose(250 mL) was given by intravenous injection 1 h before the CT scan and re-injected on the second day.All patients received 0.9%saline(500 ml) immediate after the contrast-enhanced CT scan.Serum creatinine(SCr),Cystatin C(Cys C) and estimated glomerular filtration rate(eGFR) levels were assessed at baseline and 48 h after the contrast-enhanced CT scan,and the incidence of CIN was analyzed.Results The levels of SCr and Cys C after the contrast-enhanced CT scan had an increasing tendency in oral NAC group(P<0.05),and eGFR had a decreasing tendency after the contrast-enhanced CT scan(P<0.05).There was no significant in levels of SCr,Cys C and eGFR before and fter the contrast-enhanced CT scan in intravenous NAC group(P>0.05).The levels of SCr and Cys C after the contrast-enhanced CT scan had an increasing tendency in oral NAC group compared with intravenous NAC group,and eGFR had a decreasing dendency.CIN occurred in one patient of intravenous NAC group,and 8 in oral NAC group(X~2 = 4.547,P= 0.033).Conclusions The effect of intravenous NAC administration was better than oral administration in preventing CIN.For the patients with mild renal insufficiency,intravenous NAC should be given before and after the contrast-enhanced CT to prevent CIN.…”
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Seleção de variáveis para classificação de bateladas produtivas com base em múltiplos critérios A multiple criteria-based method for variable selection in industrial applications... by Michel José Anzanello

“…A classification/elimination procedure is then carried out, and a weighted Euclidian distance is generated to identify the recommended variable subset. …”
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Wpływ pełzania betonu na sprężone ustroje prętowe by Andrzej CHUDZIKIEWICZ

“…For a degree of exactness of several percent two or three terms of the series wk,r are, in general, sufficient. The procedure, for statically indeterminate structures is illustrated by the numerical example 7. …”
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