Minimally Invasive Surgery for the Excision and Repair of Cesarean Scar Defect: A Scoping Review of the Literature by Daniela Surico, Alessandro Vigone, Carlotta Monateri, Mario Tortora, Carmen Imma Aquino

“…Our hypothesis is that robotic treatment is more effective than other procedures in women desirous of having children. <i>Materials and Methods</i>: The words “isthmocele”, “laparoscopy”, “robot” and “cesarean scar pregnancy” were searched on the main online scientific search sources (PubMed, Google Scholar, Scopus, WES, and Embase, etc.). …”
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Integrating artificial intelligence within South African higher learning institutions by Phumzile D. Mogoale, Agnieta Pretorius, Refilwe C. Mogase, Mmatshuene A. Segooa

“…Conclusion: To integrate AI into learning institutions, a tailored approach needs to ensure that the AI technology improves teaching, enhances administrative procedures, and adheres to the institution’s rules and regulations. …”
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Phonological awareness and phonological working memory in Persian-speaking preschool children with a history of late-talking: A 3-year follow up by Mozhgan Asadi, Farhad Sakhai, Seyed Abolfazl Tohidast, Reyhaneh Jokar, Nasim Masoumi

“…Aims: The aim of this study was investigating phonological awareness (PA) and phonological working memory (PWM) in Persian-speaking children with a history of late-talking (LT) and typically-developing (TD) children aged 5.5 years, and to predict their phonological processing skills using early lexical and morphosyntactic skills at the age of 2.5 years. Methods and procedures: In this longitudinal study, 24 children with a history of LT and 24 TD children, matched for socioeconomic status and age, were assessed using the auditory test of phonological awareness skills (ASHA-5) and the syllable repetition task (SRT). …”
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Effects of combining hyaluronic acid hydrogel with injectable platelet rich fibrin on apical papilla stem cells proliferation and differentiation by Azal H. Al-Masoody, Nasrin Asadi, Hadiseh Mohammadpour, Mahshid Hodjat, Tahereh Sadat Jafarzadeh Kashi

“…The goal is to enhance regenerative endodontic procedures (REPs) with more effective regenerative biomaterials. …”
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A Comparative Analysis of Radiological Imaging and Surgical Treatments for Maxillary Artery Pseudoaneurysms, Based on a Literature Review and Our Clinical Experience by Kinga Samól, Adam Michcik, Barbara Wojciechowska, Adam Polcyn, Łukasz Garbacewicz, Barbara Drogoszewska

“…<b>Results</b>: The factors that caused MAPs included facial trauma (n = 33; 66%), iatrogenic surgical procedures (n = 14; 28%), head and neck radiotherapy (n = 1; 2%), infection (n = 1; 2%), and one case due to an idiopathic factor (n = 1; 2%). …”
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Socioeconomic Factors Influencing Crop Diversification Among Smallholder Farmers in Bergville, South Africa by Busisiwe Vilakazi, Alfred O. Odindo, Mutondwa M. Phophi, Paramu L. Mafongoya

“…A two-stage sampling procedure was employed to elicit data from 161 farmers solely specializing in crop production. …”
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Success rates of video vs. direct laryngoscopy for endotracheal intubation in anesthesiology residents: a study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (JuniorDoc-VL-Trial) by Davut D. Uzun, Simge Eicher, Stefan Mohr, Markus A. Weigand, Felix C. F. Schmitt

“…Abstract Background Tracheal intubation is a core skill in airway management for anesthesiologists as well as for other medical professionals involved in advanced airway procedures. Traditionally, tracheal intubation in hospitals has been performed using a Macintosh blade for direct laryngoscopy (DL). …”
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Influence of ascending aortic dilation in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement: A multicenter, retrospective studyCentral MessagePerspective by Kang An, MD, Fengwen Zhang, MD, Wenbin Ouyang, MD, Yu Han, MD, Da Zhu, MD, Xiangbin Pan, MD

“…Only 1 patient with baseline AA diameter of 39 mm experienced type A aortic dissection 10 months after the procedure. No other adverse aortic events were observed. …”
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The Evaluation of the Relationship between the Companies’ Sustainability Reporting and Their Financial Performance by Mihaela Ionela Socoliuc, Bogdan-Ştefan Ionescu, Flavius Andrei Guinea, Marian Socoliuc, Veronica Grosu, Elena Hlaciuc

“…The ESG information that has been extracted from the sustainability reports, the administrators’ reports, or from the companies' websites has been subjected to scoring procedures in order to design an aggregate ESG disclosure score. …”
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Dark Energy Survey Year 6 Results: Point-Spread Function Modeling by T. Schutt, M. Jarvis, A. Roodman, A. Amon, M. R. Becker, R. A. Gruendl, M. Yamamoto, K. Bechtol, G. M. Bernstein, M. Gatti, E. S. Rykoff, E. Sheldon, M. A. Troxel, T. M. C. Abbott, M. Aguena, A. Alarcon, F. Andrade-Oliveira, D. Brooks, A. Carnero Rosell, J. Carretero, C. Chang, A. Choi, M. Crocce, L. N. da Costa, T. M. Davis, J. De Vicente, S. Desai, H. T. Diehl, S. Dodelson, P. Doel, C. Doux, A. Drlica-Wagner, A. Ferté, J. Frieman, J. García-Bellido, E. Gaztanaga, G. Giannini, D. Gruen, G. Gutierrez, W.G. Hartley, K. Herner, S. R. Hinton, D. L. Hollowood, K. Honscheid, D. Huterer, E. Krause, K. Kuehn, O. Lahav, S. Lee, M. Lima, J. L. Marshall, J. Mena-Fernández, R. Miquel, J. J. Mohr, J. Muir, J. Myles, R. L. C. Ogando, A. Pieres, A. A. Plazas Malagón, A. Porredon, M. Raveri, M. Rodriguez-Monroy, S. Samuroff, E. Sanchez, D. Sanchez Cid, I. Sevilla-Noarbe, M. Smith, E. Suchyta, G. Tarle, V. Vikram, A. R. Walker, N. Weaverdyck, Y. Zhang, The DES Collaboration

“…We review the PSF estimation procedure using the PIFF (PSFs In the Full FOV) software package and describe the key improvements made to PIFF and modeling diagnostics since the DES year three (Y3) analysis: (i) use of external _Gaia_ and infrared photometry catalogs to ensure higher purity of the stellar sample used for model fitting, (ii) addition of color-dependent PSF modeling, the first for any weak lensing analysis, and (iii) inclusion of model diagnostics inspecting fourth-order moments, which can bias weak lensing measurements to a similar degree as second-order modeling errors. …”
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Effect of Reflecting Material on CPC to Improve the Performance of Hybrid Groundwater Solar Desalination System by S. A. Kedar, A. K. Bewoor, G. Murali, Ravinder Kumar, Milad Sadeghzadeh, Alibek Issakhov

“…In addition, freshwater production is a highly energy-intensive procedure. Therefore, developing a suitable solution for this problem is of importance. …”
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Updated study on demographic and ocular biometric characteristics of cataract patients indicates new trends in cataract surgery by Jiancheng Mu, Feng Xu, Wanyue Guo, Chuhuan Sun, Bosen Peng, Qing Huang, Wei Fan

“…These changes in ocular and demographic characteristics may necessitate updates in preparations before cataract surgery, procedures during surgery, management after surgery, as well as design and selection of intraocular lenses.…”
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Non-syndromic craniosynostosis: a retrospective analysis by Murilo Sgarbi Secanho, Murilo Sgarbi Secanho, Leon Cleres Penido Pinheiro, Marcelo Hanato Santos, Aristides Augusto Palhares, Pedro Tadao Hamamoto-Filho

“…Conclusion: Open surgical treatment of non-syndromic craniosynostosis is a safe procedure. Plastic surgery teams can achieve results comparable to those described in the literature, with low complication rates, good aesthetic results when performed correctly and with a multidisciplinary approach.…”
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The role of mindfulness training supported by virtual reality in the nonpharmacological treatment of schizophrenia-research design by Andrzej Cechnicki, Adrian Chrobak, Iga Plencler, Przemysław Stankiewicz, Aneta Kalisz, Piotr Błądziński, Dawid Kruk, Stanisław Radoń, Bernadetta Szewczyk, Agata Faron-Górecka, Michał Korostyński, Marcin Siwek

“…The protocol defines procedures for participant withdrawal and managing adverse events. …”
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Saddle and nodal point aspects on stagnation point MHD Casson nanofluid flow over Howarth’s wavy circular cylinder with pollutant concentration with stochastic intelligence approac... by G.K. Tejaswini, B.M. Santhosh, Bhavesh Kanabar, V. Sandeep, K. Vinutha, K.V. Nagaraja

“…To determine estimated parameter solutions for physical system variations and to demonstrate the correctness of the suggested Levenberg–Marquardt technique, the training, testing, and validation procedures are carried out using baseline information. …”
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The Choice of Training Data and the Generalizability of Machine Learning Models for Network Intrusion Detection Systems by Marcin Iwanowski, Dominik Olszewski, Waldemar Graniszewski, Jacek Krupski, Franciszek Pelc

“…This issue is crucial given the application of such a model to actual internet traffic because high-performance measures obtained on datasets do not necessarily imply similar efficiency on the real traffic. We propose a procedure consisting of cross-validation using various sets sharing some standard traffic classes combined with the t-SNE visualization. …”
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Multi-parameter optimization of layered WS2-polymer nanocomposite under mechanical loading by Elisaveta Kirilova, Tatyana Petrova, Boyan Boaydjiev, Rayka Vladova, Apostol Apostolov, Petia Dineva-Vladikova, Alexander Moravski

“…For the case of an ISS model solution with real roots, the optimization procedures ensure optimal geometries that physically correspond to thinner structural layers, but they are limited at lower possible loads. …”
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Targeting the Infrapatellar Branch of the Saphenous Nerve for Pain Relief in Patients With Acute or Chronic Knee Pain: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials and Cohor... by Qiangqiang Li, Aikeremu Aierken, Jianghui Qin, Dongyang Chen, Qing Jiang

“…The results indicated that the IPBSN block significantly improved pain relief and reduced opioid consumption in patients with acute postoperative or chronic pain, with no significant difference in the rate of adverse events relating to the procedures or device. The IPBSN block holds promise for improving pain relief and reducing opioid consumption. …”
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GENICULAR NERVE ABLATION IN KNEE OSTEOARTHRITIS: A RANDOMIZED PROSPECTIVE STUDY by João Vital Arthur Maradona Oliveira Dias, Vitor Ricardo Alves Pereira de Moraes, Matheus Trindade Bruxelas de Freitas, Matheus Manolo Arouca, Guilherme Pereira Ocampos, Olavo Pires de Camargo, Márcia Uchoa de Rezende

“…TUG decreased between baseline and one month post-procedure (p=0.001), while TSL30 increased from baseline to one and three months (p<0.05). …”
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Copy number variations in urine cell-free DNA from bladder neoplasm patients by Cuello Garcia Haider, Qichao Wang, Guangyue Wang, Yinfeng Wang, Yutong Fu, Zhoufan Zhang, Changling Cao, Fengcheng Xue, Haitao Liu, Qian Wang, Jie Zhou, Tingya Jiang, Jingyi Cao, Yang Zhou

“…Bladder cancer is a common malignancy, and its diagnosis is based on invasive procedures such as cystoscopy. Genetic aberrations play an important role in the development of many diseases, including bladder cancer. …”
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