Epididymal and testicular sperm for intracytoplasmic sperm injection in the treatment of obstructive azoospermia by Björn Rosenlund, Peter Sjöblom, Anna Dimitrakopoulos, Torbjörn Hillensjö

“…Their partners, 24–39 (mean 31) years of age were treated according to routine IVF procedures, i.e. down regulation with buserelin followed by hyperstimulation with urofollitropin. …”
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Identification of Fingerprint Pattern and Lip Print Pattern in Females of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus as a Biomarker by Harem Othman Smail, Renas Hama Ahmad, Eman Ibrahim Jalal

“…Fingerprints and lip prints are noninvasive procedures that are genetically used in criminal cases and to determine genetic disorders such as Diabetes mellitus type 2. …”
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Constraints from entanglement wedge nesting for holography at a finite cutoff by Krishan Saraswat

“…Our prescription to associate EWs to subregions on the ETW brane is different from the restricted maximin procedure [1] but will agree within the subset of parameter space where EWN is respected. …”
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Assessment of Physical Quality of Life Domain of Adolescents with Acute Lymphocytic Leukemia at Teaching Hospitals in Baghdad City by Rafea Qadri Meteab, Eqbal Ghanim Ali Ma'ala

“…The data were described statistically and analyzed through use of the descriptive and inferential statistical analysis procedures. Result: The findings of the present study indicate that (58%) were male, (56%) of the total sample are within the age groups (15-19) years, and (49%) of ALL adolescents were from family of low level of socioeconomic status. …”
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Uses of augmented reality in surgical consent and patient education - A systematic review. by Thomas Evans, Adam Turna, Thomas D Stringfellow, Gareth G Jones

“…Included papers evaluated an AR intervention on consenting patients for enhancing surgical consent or education about a procedure. Non-English language papers and studies which did evaluate an intervention were excluded. …”
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First Fifty Cases with En-Bloc Holmium Laser Enucleation of the Prostate by Georgi Georgiev, Nikolay Kolev, Vladislav Dunev, Boyan Atanasov

“…We used Holmium laser (Auriga XL) 50 W, 600 μm fiber and morcellator (Richard Wolf PIRANHA). During the procedure, the laser’s operating power was 36 W. En bloc Holmium enucleation was performed in all patients, followed by morcellation of the prostatic tissue. …”
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Reading comprehension beliefs of Mexican pre-service language teachers: a Likert scale study by Moisés Damián Perales-Escudero, Mizael Garduño Buenfil, Vilma Esperanza Portillo Campos

“…Hence, it was necessary to adapt it to identify the beliefs of pre-service language teachers. A standard procedure recommended by the literature (Prat & Doval, 2005) was used to add new items to the scale and test its psychometric properties using principal component analysis and internal consistency analysis with Cronbach´s alpha. …”
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The value of medical student hepatitis B immunisation as part of clinical skills training in the Clinical Skills Unit of the University of the Free State by E.A.M. Prinsloo, G. Joubert, L. de Bruyn, S. Adam, J. Botes

“…With the implementation of Curriculum 2000 (the revised MBChB programme), hepatitis B immunisation, as an example of an invasive procedure, was incorporated into the medical students' clinical skills training programme. …”
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Pterygium extended removal followed by minor ipsilateral simple limbal epithelial transplantation (PERMISLET): An innovative technique for recurrent pterygium by Alok Sati, Sanjay Kumar Mishra, Sarvadarshi Shukla, Deepesh Unni, Sonali V. Kumar, Sanjay Kumar Dhar, Jaya Kaushik, Vijay Kumar Sharma, Anju Pannu

“…PERMISLET, an innovative surgical technique for recurrent pterygium, is a viable option with zero rate of recurrence and minimal complications, a boon for patients with limited healthy conjunctiva or a potential for future glaucoma drainage procedures.…”
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Assessing the Effectiveness of Risk-Oriented Handwashing in Cardiac Surgery by Е. E. Sadovnikov, N. V. Kondrikova, O. L. Barbarash, E. B. Brusina

“…A risk management technology is the implementation of a standard operating procedure in practice, and an effective tool for analyzing non-compliance with its standards is an audit system that allows you to respond in a timely manner to existing deviations. …”
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Spontaneous Free Peritoneal Perforation of an Infected Pancreatic Fluid Collection Managed with Laparoscopic Drainage and Necrosectomy by W. G. P. Kanchana, A. D. Dharmapala, B. K. Dassanayake, W. M. A. S. B. Wasala, K. B. Galketiya

“…When opted for laparoscopic drainage, the procedure must be guided by imaging findings. Multidisciplinary participation is critical in the overall management.…”
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Microdecompression versus Open Laminectomy and Posterior Stabilization for Multilevel Lumbar Spine Stenosis: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Sherwan A. Hamawandi, Injam Ibrahim Sulaiman, Ameer Kadhim Al-Humairi

“…However, in recent years, a growing tendency towards less invasive decompressive procedures has emerged. The purpose of this study was to compare the results of microdecompression with those of open wide laminectomy and posterior stabilization for patients with symptomatic multilevel lumbar spinal stenosis who failed to respond to conservative treatment. …”
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Reducing surgical trays to cut both carbon emissions and costs in total knee arthroplasty by Pim W van Egmond, Paul Lodder

“…Methods: We retrospectively reviewed all primary TKA procedures performed between January 2012 and November 2022 at a single teaching hospital in the Netherlands. …”
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Specific Myocardial Lesion in a Patient with Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma (a Case Report) by D. D. Sakaeva, T. V. Raevskaya, Ch. Kh. Valiakhmetova, A. I. Iskhakova

“…The article presents a clinical example of the diagnostic procedure and treatment of a 65-year-old female with the following diagnosis: non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma st. …”
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Impact of hydroxypropyl guar polymer on rheology and filtration properties of water-based drilling fluids by Husam Al-Ziyadi, Narendra Kumar, Amit Verma

“…The primary objectives of this study are to reduce filtration loss, enhance rheological characteristics, reduce clay swelling, improve cutting dispersion, and control barite sag. The experimental procedure involves formulating optimized mud samples by incorporating HPG and FA up to 120 °C. …”
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DETECTION OF ENTEROTOXIN GENES AND ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY PATTERN IN YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA ISOLATED FROM CHEESE IN BASRAH by Duaa M. Khalid , Basil Abbas

“…The sample transferred to TSB (tryptone soy broth) and PBS (Phosphate buffer saline) for enrichment and cooled enrichment procedure respectively. Using Yersinia selective agar TSB enrichment showed high percentage of suspected Yersinia isolation. …”
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THERMOELECTRIC SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A HEAT REGIME FOR MODULAR ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT by Sh. A. Yusufov, A. M. Ibragimova, S. A. Peredkov, T. E. Sarkarov, R. G. Mitarov

“…The directions of constructive solutions for using a TECS device are presented along with a description of the testing stand and procedure. The dependencies of the temperature of the printed circuit board simulator on the heat power taken away by the TECS are considered along with the temperatures of hot and cold junctions, the air flow velocity and the distance between the electronic boards.Conclusion. …”
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Efficacy of Caregivers’ Intervention on Recovery of Head Injury Cases in India by Kirti Verma, Manoj Kumar Tewari, Sukhpal Kaur, Sandhya Ghai

“…The caregivers of patients in experimental group were demonstrated procedures related to care of a dependent patient. An instructional module containing guidelines regarding personal hygiene, catheter care at home, prevention of bedsores, tracheostomy suctioning at home, range-of-motion exercises, care of surgical wound, and discharge instructions regarding medication and follow-up was given to the caregivers in experimental group. …”
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Freeing P300-Based Brain–Computer Interfaces From Daily Recalibration by Extracting Daily Common ERPs by Dojin Heo, Sung-Phil Kim

“…This cumbersome recalibration procedure would make it difficult to use BCIs daily. …”
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Storage of genetic data for criminal justice purposes: interests at stake, European regulations, solutions adopted by Italian lawmakers by Chiara Gabrielli

“…In Italy, the DNA database has recently become operational, following a laborious legislative procedure. This contribution sets out to analyse the technical and value-related bases for law no. 85 of 2009 and the provisions for its introduction. …”
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