Pre-Operative Assessment of Anatomical Position of Inferior Alveolar Nerve Using Cone Beam Computed Tomography During Bilateral Sagittal Split Osteotomy Surgery by B. John Rozar Raj, Shanmugasundaram Somasundaram, Bharan Ravindran, Sai Krishna Yelagala, T Guru Prasad, Krishna Kumar VB Raja

“…Conclusion: The location and trajectory of the IAN canal can be ascertained with pre-operative CT imaging before BSSO surgery, which lowers the possibility of direct IAN bundle damage during the procedure.…”
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Relationship Between Nursing Home Safety Climate and Caregivers’ Competence by Sepp Jaana, Järvis Marina

“…In order to supplement results from the safety climate study, a Caregivers’ Competence Questionnaire (CCQ) measuring 6 scales of the caregivers’ competences, their perceptions towards received education and safety-related procedures in nursing homes, was used on a sample of 241 caregivers. …”
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A Lean Six Sigma, Industry 4.0 and Circular Economy-driven methodology for wine supply chain process improvement by Alessandro Zironi, Pamela Danese, Pietro Romano, Roberto Zironi

“…To this aim, this study proposes an original methodology that adopts a step-by-step procedure inspired by the Define-Measure-Analyze-Improve-Control (DMAIC) cycle to systematically improve SCPs throughout the different phases of wine supply chains (i.e., vineyard, cellar, distribution). …”
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Diabetes with COVID-19 was a significant risk factor for mortality, mechanical ventilation, and renal replacement therapies: A multicenter retrospective study in Japan. by Hirotsugu Suwanai, Masato Kanda, Kazuharu Harada, Keitaro Ishii, Hajime Iwasaki, Natsuko Hara, Yoshio Kobayashi, Hajime Matsumura, Takahiro Inoue, Ryo Suzuki

“…We collected inpatient medical data through Diagnosis procedure combination (DPC), the diagnoses and payment system of medical insurance, from each hospital. …”
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Postkeratoplasty Astigmatism by Anita Raghavan, Soly Naveen

“…The femtosecond laser has opened up ways to perform procedures such as astigmatic keratotomy, the placement of intra-corneal ring segments, and creation of flaps for laser in situ keratomileusis, with very good precision and accuracy.…”
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Third and Fourth Branchial Arch Anomalies in Children: Insights from a Tertiary Care Center by Abhinav Sihag, Lakshmi Sundararajan, S. Thirunavukkarasu

“…Clinical data including age, gender, presenting symptoms, age of onset of symptoms, laterality, imaging findings, surgical procedures, complications, and follow-up outcomes were collected, and the database was maintained. …”
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A chaotic behavior and stability analysis on quasi-zero stiffness vibration isolators with multi-control methodologies by Taher A Bahnasy, TS Amer, A Almahalawy, MK Abohamer, HF Abosheiaha, AS Elameer

“…The approximate solutions (AS) of the controlling system of equations of motion (EOM) are acquired using a multiple-scales procedure (MSP) up to the second order, and it is subsequently validated numerically through the Runge–Kutta method (RKM) from the fourth-order. …”
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DMFFT: improving the generation quality of diffusion models using fast Fourier transform by Cuihong Yu, Cheng Han, Chao Zhang

“…Finally, it is decided to modify the feature extraction procedure of the CrossAttnUpBlock as the entrance to increase the overall diffusion generation quality. …”
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Conditions for reducing non-repayment of loans by O. I. Ditsulenko, E. A. Posnaya, E. Yu. Cherkashina, N. V. Yurchenko

“…In the modern world of banking business, an important area is the procedure for reducing non-repayment of loans, since large volumes of non-returned loan funds entail negative consequences in the financial activities of the bank. …”
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A study on the nonlinear dynamics of ASEAN financial integration by Thai-Ha Le, Long Hai Vo, Farhad Taghizadeh-Hesary

“…The empirical analysis of this study is conducted using the Enders and Siklos (2001) co-integration and threshold adjustment procedure. This advanced co-integration technique is superior compared to other co-integration techniques by permitting asymmetry in the adjustment toward equilibrium.…”
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Hybrid Grey–Fuzzy Approach for Optimizing Circular Quality Responses in Plasma Jet Manufacturing of Aluminum Alloy by Ivan Peko, Boris Crnokić, Jelena Čulić-Viskota, Tomislav Matić

“…Corresponding surface plots were created to determine the Pareto front of optimal solutions that simultaneously optimize all circular quality objective functions. The optimization procedure was confirmed through a test in which the mean absolute percentage error represented as the validation metric.…”
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Joint Spatial Analysis of Low Birth Weight and Stunting in West African Countries by Ezra Gayawan, Nihinlolawa Grace Alo

“…We used a Bayesian shared component model allows us to split the spatial surface into those specific to each of the outcomes and one shared by the two, with inference based on a Bayesian approximation procedure through the integrated nested Laplace approximation.  …”
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Laparoscopic wedge resection and omental patch in an elderly patient with acute abdomen: a case report by Parham Khoshdani Farahani

“…The patient successfully underwent combined laparoscopic wedge resection and omental patch repair, demonstrating the feasibility of this minimally invasive approach in high-risk patients. The procedure included complete excision of necrotic tissue and polyp with stapled wedge resection, followed by reinforcement using a vascularized omental patch. …”
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Bilateral phacoemulsification of cataract: the opinion of foreign ophthalmologists by I. B. Medvedev, D. F. Pokrovsky

“…To achieve this aim, standardization of the SBPEC procedure is needed, followed by the development of training manuals and protocols for surgical intervention.…”
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Modelling Tyre-Road Noise with Data Mining Techniques by Elisabete Fraga FREITAS, Joaquim TINOCO, Francisco SOARES, Jocilene COSTA, Paulo CORTEZ, Paulo PEREIRA

“…Also, the importance of those variables was measured by using a sensitivity analysis procedure. Two types of models were set: one with basic variables and another with complex variables, such as megatexture and damping, all as a function of vehicles speed. …”
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RESEARCH OF FREQUENCY-HUMIDITY DIELECTRIC CHARACTERISTICS OF FORAGE GRASSES by Yu. I. Blokhin, I. P. Anan’Ev, V. S. Zubetz

“…The problem of conversion the measured by the precision impedance analyzer parameters of a cable with the connected capacitive sensor into parameters of tested material has been solved. The preparation procedure of wet grasses to measuring was developed. …”
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Determining the Operating Performance of an Isolated, High-Power, Photovoltaic Pumping System Through Sensor Measurements by Florin Dragan, Dorin Bordeasu, Ioan Filip

“…The IEC 62253 standard establishes procedures for evaluating PVPS performance but primarily addresses steady-state conditions, neglecting transient regimes. …”
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INTERNATIONAL REGIMES AND TRANSPORTATIONS; TIR REGIME AND ITS MAIN TRAITS by Ciprian Beniamin BENEA, Adrian NEGREA

“…Transport area is an area where states’ interests related to security and welfare overlap; collaboration for infrastructure construction has a very technical character, but it is covered by a legal structure which provide common principles, norms, rules, and procedures applicable in a specific transport area. …”
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Transparency and emergency procurement: the moderating effect of bounded rationality “striving for ‘good enough’ in lieu of optimal?” by Yohana Arsen Rutaba

“…Purpose – Emergeny procurement (EP) addresses unforeseen events like natural disasters or pandemics, requiring expedited procedures and flexible decision-making. Design/methodology/approach – A cross-sectional survey of public procuring organizations in Dodoma and Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, data analysis employed structural equation modeling (SEM). …”
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Patient-Reported Experience Measures in Vascular Surgery Enhancement (PREMIERE) study: protocol for a mixed-methods study to develop and validate a vascular surgery-specific patien... by David C Bosanquet, James Coulson, Robert Palmer, Kathleen Withers, Maram Darwish

“…Inclusion criteria are: (1) age ≥18; (2) recent vascular procedure; (3) inpatient vascular care; (4) not cognitively impaired; (5) consent to participate and (6) English or Welsh proficiency. …”
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