Machine learning-powered data cleaning for LEGEND: a semi-supervised approach using affinity propagation and support vector machines by E León, A Li, M A Bahena Schott, B Bos, M Busch, J R Chapman, G L Duran, J Gruszko, R Henning, E L Martin, J F Wilkerson

“…Our model is being used to accelerate data cleaning development for LEGEND-200 and will serve to improve data cleaning procedures for LEGEND-1000.…”
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Blood Glucose Fluctuations in Type 2 Diabetes Patients Treated with Multiple Daily Injections by Feng-fei Li, Li-yuan Fu, Wen-li Zhang, Xiao-fei Su, Jin-dan Wu, Jin Sun, Lei Ye, Jian-hua Ma

“…To compare blood glucose fluctuations in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients were treated using three procedures: insulin intensive therapy which is continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII), MDI3 (three injections daily), and MDI4 (four injections daily). …”
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Difficult Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy and Trainees: Predictors and Results in an Academic Teaching Hospital by Hussein M. Atta, Ashraf A. Mohamed, Alaa M. Sewefy, Abdel-Fatah S. Abdel-Fatah, Mohammed M. Mohammed, Ahmed M. Atiya

“…Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (LC) is one of the first laparoscopic procedures performed by surgical trainees. This study aims to determine preoperative and/or intraoperative predictors of difficult LC and to compare complications of LC performed by trainees with that performed by trained surgeons. …”
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Development of an All-Wales National Health Service Surgical Lymphedema Supermicrosurgery Service by Ross Weale, MBBS, MRCS, BSc, Mia Thomas, MBBS, Cheryl Pike, DProf, MCSP, Melanie Thomas, MBE, DProf, FCSP, Zita M. Jessop, MA (Cantab), MB BChir, MRCS, PhD, Thomas Bragg, FRCS (Plast), Amar Ghattaura, MBBS, BSc, MSc, FRCS (Plast)

“…MDT meeting outcomes were also recorded (conservative or surgical management), and if surgical intervention was used, the type of surgical procedure was documented. Results:. A total of 175 patients were discussed by the lymphedema surgical MDT. …”
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Overcorrected lower limb axis as an outcome of unicompartmental knee arthroplasty by Nikolay N. Kornilov, Dmitriy V. Chugaev, Pavel P. Ivanov, Magomed Sh. Magomedov, Taras A. Kulyaba, Alexey S. Phil

“…Introduction Unicompartmental knee arthroplasty (UKA) is an effective surgical procedure used in patients with gonarthrosis with a part of the knee being severely affected. …”

Risk factors for infectious complications after total elbow arthroplasty by A. A. Boyarov, A. V. Ambrosenkov, A. G. Aliev, R. M. Tikhilov, I. I. Shubnyakov

“…However, this surgical procedure is characterized by a rather high incidence of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI): from 3 to 8 %. …”
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Endodontic micro-resurgery and guided tissue regeneration of a periapical cyst associated to recurrent root perforation: a case report by Fernando Córdova-Malca, Hernán Coaguila-Llerena, Lucía Garré-Arnillas, Jorge Rayo-Iparraguirre, Gisele Faria

“…The patient returned to her referring practitioner to continue the restorative procedures. CBCT analysis after 1-year recall revealed another perforation in the same place as the first intervention, ultimately treated by micro-resurgery using the same protocol with GTR, and a bioceramic material (MTA Angelus). …”
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BCG and BCG/DNAhsp65 Vaccinations Promote Protective Effects without Deleterious Consequences for Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis by Sofia Fernanda Gonçalves Zorzella-Pezavento, Clara Pires Fujiara Guerino, Fernanda Chiuso-Minicucci, Thais Graziela Donegá França, Larissa Lumi Watanabe Ishikawa, Ana Paula Masson, Célio Lopes Silva, Alexandrina Sartori

“…Previous immunization did not aggravate or accelerate clinical score or weight loss. In addition, this procedure clearly decreased inflammation in the brain. …”
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De novo gastric cancer developing after liver transplantation from deceased donor for biliary atresia: a case report by Naruki Higashidate, Suguru Fukahori, Shinji Ishii, Nobuyuki Saikusa, Naoki Hashizume, Yoshinori Koga, Daisuke Masui, Saki Sakamoto, Shiori Tsuruhisa, Hirotomo Nakahara, Yoshiaki Tanaka, Masaru Fukahori, Keisuke Miwa, Yoshiki Naito, Minoru Yagi

“…Abstract Background Apart from Kasai’s procedure, liver transplantation (LTx) has dramatically improved the outcome of children with biliary atresia (BA). …”
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Urinary Excretion of Kidney Aquaporins as Possible Diagnostic Biomarker of Diabetic Nephropathy by Luigi Rossi, Maria Celeste Nicoletti, Monica Carmosino, Lisa Mastrofrancesco, Antonella Di Franco, Francesca Indrio, Rossella Lella, Luigi Laviola, Francesco Giorgino, Maria Svelto, Loreto Gesualdo, Giuseppe Procino

“…However, renal biopsy is an invasive procedure associated with risk of major complications. …”
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Emerging Technologies for Timely Point‐of‐Care Diagnostics of Skin Cancer by Jarrod L. Thomas, Adrian H. M. Heagerty, Pola Goldberg Oppenheimer

“…Raman spectroscopy has been emerging as a highly promising analytical technology for diagnostic applications, poised to outpace the current costly, invasive and slow procedures, frequently hindered by varying sensitivity, specificity and lack of portability. …”
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Comparison of variants of anesthesia for left atrial appendage occlusion in patients with atrial fbrillation by D. V. Pevzner, I. A. Merkulova, A. K. Alieva, N. Ch. Gadzhibekov, E. A. Avetisyan, N. A. Kochergin, V. I. Ganyukov

“…The duration of the procedure, the time of fluoroscopy, the amount of contrast medium, and the technical success did not differ signifcantly between the two groups. …”
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Can the accepting foreign clinical data policy improve innovation investment of pharmaceutical firms? Empirical evidence from China by Mengjuan Jiang, Jingjing Huang, Su Wang, Yulu Fan, Yuwen Chen, Yuwen Chen

“…IntroductionIn October 2017, China initiated adjustments to the registration procedures for imported drugs to promote accessibility to overseas drugs. …”
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Rabbit-based experimental model for scalp reimplantation: advancing microsurgical training and translational research by Rui Sergio Monteiro de Barros, José Maciel Caldas dos Reis, Deivid Ramos dos Santos, Vitor Nagai Yamaki, Renan Kleber Costa Teixeira, André Lopes Valente

“…Data on the morphometric parameters (vessel weight and caliber), surgical procedure (surgical time and number of stitches), and surgical recovery parameters (venous return, patency, and necrosis) were collected for up to 30 days postoperatively (PO) using a research protocol. …”
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New prospects for assessing the hemostasis system in atrial fibrillation and left atrial appendage thrombosis by Z. A. Gebekova, I. I. Ivanov, A. A. Kudrjavtseva, E. V. Kolpachkova, A. A. Sokolova, V. P. Sedov, D. A. Napalkov

“…The Thrombodynamics test is a promising procedure for assessing the coagulation system state and may be promising as a method for measuring the effectiveness of any oral anticoagulant. …”
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Peritonitis meconial fetal: reporte de caso by Francis Andrea Vásquez Triminio, Kary Lizer Antúnez Williams, Paola Julissa Perdomo Membreño, Enrique Tomé Zelaya

“…Conclusion: the case mix of meconium peritonitis in this case report corresponds to other reports described in the literature by other authors; However, although it is a rare condition, it is serious, with survival rates now increasing more than 90% due to advances in prenatal diagnosis, surgical procedures, and neonatal intensive care. The authors recommend the use of obstetric or neonatal ultrasonography when meconium peritonitis is suspected of a timely surgical approach.…”
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Observations of Microlensed Images with Dual-field Interferometry: On-sky Demonstration and Prospects by Przemek Mróz, Subo Dong, Antoine Mérand, Jinyi Shangguan, Julien Woillez, Andrew Gould, Andrzej Udalski, Frank Eisenhauer, Yoon-Hyun Ryu, Zexuan Wu, Zhuokai Liu, Hongjing Yang, —, Guillaume Bourdarot, Denis Defrère, Antonia Drescher, Maximilian Fabricius, Paulo Garcia, Reinhard Genzel, Stefan Gillessen, Sebastian F. Hönig, Laura Kreidberg, Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin, Dieter Lutz, Florentin Millour, Thomas Ott, Thibaut Paumard, Jonas Sauter, T. Taro Shimizu, Christian Straubmeier, Matthias Subroweit, Felix Widmann, (The GRAVITY+ Collaboration), Michał K. Szymański, Igor Soszyński, Paweł Pietrukowicz, Szymon Kozłowski, Radosław Poleski, Jan Skowron, Krzysztof Ulaczyk, Mariusz Gromadzki, Krzysztof Rybicki, Patryk Iwanek, Marcin Wrona, Mateusz J. Mróz, (The OGLE Collaboration), Michael D. Albrow, Sun-Ju Chung, Cheongho Han, Kyu-Ha Hwang, Youn Kil Jung, In-Gu Shin, Yossi Shvartzvald, Jennifer C. Yee, Weicheng Zang, Sang-Mok Cha, Dong-Jin Kim, Seung-Lee Kim, Chung-Uk Lee, Dong-Joo Lee, Yongseok Lee, Byeong-Gon Park, Richard W. Pogge, (KMTNet Collaboration)

“…Combined with the microlensing parallax detected from the event light curve, the mass and distance to the lens are found to be 0.472 ± 0.012 M _⊙ and 1.81  ±  0.05 kpc, respectively. We present the procedure for the selection of targets for interferometric observations and discuss possible systematic effects affecting GRAVITY Wide data. …”
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Evaluation of cerebral hemodynamics by transcranial Doppler ultrasonography and its correlation with intracranial pressure in an animal model of intracranial hypertension by Matheus Schmidt SOARES, Almir Ferreira de ANDRADE, Sérgio BRASIL, Marcelo DE-LIMA-OLIVEIRA, Alessandro Rodrigo BELON, Edson BOR-SENG-SHU, Ricardo de Carvalho NOGUEIRA, Daniel Agustin GODOY, Wellingson Silva PAIVA

“…The values of ICP and Doppler parameters (systolic [FVs], diastolic [FVd], and mean [FVm] cerebral blood flow velocities and pulsatility index [PI]) were collected during the entire procedure (before and during hematoma simulations and venous hypertonic saline infusion intervention). …”
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Postoperative Cognitive Disorder- what do we know about risk factors and prevention? A Systematic Review by Antonina Drzewiecka, Artur Drzewiecki, Wiktor Korczak, Maria Madejska, Aleksandra Rudzka, Monika Gaszyńska, Wojciech Falkowski, Anna Krysińska, Weronika Woźniak, Jakub Magielski

“…Materials The study reviews existing literature on POCD and examines various risk factors, such as age, comorbidities, education level, and surgical procedures. It also explores potential markers like inflammatory cytokines and describes hypothetical prevention strategies. …”
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Pearls of experience for safe and efficient hospital practices in otorhinolaryngology—head and neck surgery in Hong Kong during the 2019 novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandem... by Ryan H. W. Cho, Zenon W. C. Yeung, Osan Y. M. Ho, Jacky F. W. Lo, Alice K. Y. Siu, Wendy M. Y. Kwan, Zion W. H. To, Anthony W. H. Chan, Becky Y. T. Chan, Kitty S. C. Fung, Victor Abdullah, Michael C. F. Tong, Peter K. M. Ku

“…Therefore, otolaryngologists and other healthcare personnel in this specialty face a high risk of contracting COVID-19 and must remain vigilant when performing examinations and procedures involving the nose and throat. In this article, we share our experiences of the planning and logistics undertaken to provide safe and efficient OHNS practices over the last 2 months, during the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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