Comparison between Transepithelial Photorefractive Keratectomy versus Alcohol-Assisted Photorefractive Keratectomy in Correction of Myopia and Myopic Astigmatism by Ashraf M. Bakhsh, Shaaban A. M. Elwan, Ahsan A. Chaudhry, Tamer M. El-Atris, Taghleb M. Al-Howish

“…The pain scores were lower, level of haze was less, and healing time was shorter in the TPRK group which provided patient better felling and comfort in this period. Both of procedures are effective and safe for correction of myopia and compound myopic astigmatism. …”
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ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHIC BIOFEEDBACK IMPROVES FOCUSED ATTENTION IN ATTENTION DEFICIT/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER by E. M. Sokhadze, B. Hillard, M. Eng, A. S. El-Baz, A. Tasman, L. Sears

“…The neurofeedback protocol (“Focus/Alertness” by Peak Achievement Trainer, Neurotek, KY) used to train patients has focused attention training procedure, which according to specifications, represents wide band EEG amplitude suppression training. …”
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One-year Prevalence, Comorbidities, and Cost of Hospitalizations for Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency among Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in the United States by Christopher M. Blanchette, Emily Zacherle, Joshua M. Noone, Bryce A. Van Doren, Debosree Roy, Reuben Howden

“…We compared patient demographics and healthcare outcomes (eg, length of stay, inpatient death, type and number of procedures, and cost of care) between COPD patients with and without alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency. …”
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Primary posterior capsulorexis: historical aspects and the current state of the issue by E.V. Egorova, A.O. Direev

“…The fields of application, variations, effectiveness and safety of the procedure are considered. Material and methods. A search for research on the subject of work from 2008 to 2023 was carried out. …”
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Lingual Foramina Anatomy: An Observational Study in Dry Mandibles by Charalambos Tsatsarelis, Zoi Maria Thomaidi, Vasileios Papadopoulos

“…<b>Background/Objectives</b>: The lingual foramina of the mandible serve as passageways for arterial branches that are susceptible to injury during surgical procedures, potentially leading to varying degrees of hemorrhage. …”
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Precision in practice: exploring the impact of ai and machine learning on ultrasound guided regional anaesthesia by Noor Ul Huda Bhatti, Syed Ghazi Ali Kirmani, Maryam Butt

“… Ultrasound Guided Regional Anaesthesia (UGRA) is a commonly utilized practice in both elective and emergency situations during surgical procedures and for pain management. Its benefits include, being non-invasive, cost-effective, readily accessible, and providing the anaesthetist with clear visualization of essential anatomical landmarks, needle progression, and the spread of local anaesthetic. …”
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Relation of Mitral Annulus and Left Atrial Dysfunction to the Severity of Functional Mitral Regurgitation in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy by Sorina Mihaila Baldea, Denisa Muraru, Marcelo Haertel Miglioranza, Sabino Iliceto, Dragos Vinereanu, Luigi Paolo Badano

“…Our results provide new insights that might help with better selection of patients for MV transcatheter procedures.…”
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Short-term postoperative changes in nucleus drop cases during phacoemulsification surgery: a comparative analysis of the choroidal vascular index following pars plana vitrectomy by Ali Hakim Reyhan, Funda Yüksekyayla, İrfan Uzun, Çağrı Mutaf, Mübeccel Bulut, Ali Şimşek, Mehmet Eryavuz

“…Conclusions: The study findings demonstrated that decreases observed in choroidal thickness, total choroidal area, luminal area, and stromal area measurements indicate that this procedure affects the anatomical structure. However, the similarities in CVI and LA/SA ratio values suggest that the relative balance within the microvascular structure is maintained.…”
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Topical issues of the realization and protection of human rights in the practice of smart contract technology application by S. S. Kuznetsova

“…The Republic of Malta regulated procedure of voluntary certification for smart contracts that allow to eliminate such threats as violation of human rights and the use of smart contracts for criminal purposes. …”
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Facial Skin Density Enhancement Using Hyaluronic Acid—Based Bioactive Hydrogel: Cannula-Assisted Delivery and Ultrasound Evaluation in a Retrospective Controlled Study by Lidia Majewska, Karolina Dorosz, Jacek Kijowski

“…Skin density was measured using high-frequency ultrasound at baseline, immediately post-procedure, and at 3–4 weeks follow-up. A control group of seven individuals received no treatment. …”
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Immunogenicity assessment of Hepatitis A-VP1 and Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) fusion protein: a novel bivalent vaccine candidate by Mina Hannan, Leila Jabalameli, Mohammad Reza Aghasadeghi, Naser Harzandi, Seyed Mehdi Sadat

“…The current preventive vaccines against Hepatitis A are based on live-attenuated virus or wild-type growth in cell culture, which is a time-consuming and costly procedure. Thus, the investigation of immunogenic Hepatitis A Virus (HAV) regions seems to be a rational priority. …”
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Typomorphic features of magnetite from tomtor massif camaphorites by L. N. Baranov, A. V. Tolstov

“…The measurements were performed according to a standard procedure: accelerating voltage — 20 kV; current — 1 nA; counting time — from 60 s; probe size — 2 μm. …”
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A more rapid method for transformation of Helicobacter pylori by Caroline D. Skene, Richard L. Ferrero

“…The method circumvents the need for multiple and lengthy subcultures prior to transformation, nor does it involve costly materials, complicated procedures, or sophisticated equipment. Thus, we describe a simple, inexpensive, and time-efficient method that may have broader applications for use with other fastidious bacteria.…”
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Potentials of computer simulation of lung tumors in comparison with ^99mТс-MIBI SPECT/CT data by N. V. Denisova, M. A. Gurko, S. M. Minin, Zh. Zh. Anashbaev, A. A. Zheravin, E. A. Samoilova, S. E. Krasilnikov

“…The aim of the study was to develop and validate a software package (SP) for computer simulation of the procedure for examining patients with lung cancer by SPECT/CT and assessing the accuracy of reconstruction of tumor lesions.Material and Methods. …”
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Forty‐two normomenstruating adolescents with Müllerian obstructive anomalies: Presentation, pitfalls in the dagnosis and surgical management by Eleonora Fontana, Marta Parma, Francesco Fedele, Serena Girardelli, Fabio Parazzini, Massimo Candiani

“…In the patient in group 4, treatment consisted of removal of the septum. All surgical procedures were successful and no major complications were recorded. …”
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Integrating Visualisation Tools into the Text of an Original Research Manuscript: Lexical Bundles and Textual Comments by Elena V. Tikhonova, Daria A. Mezentseva

“…To evaluate the ways of mentioning and describing visualisations, a comprehensive procedure was applied, including search and selection of articles, extraction of raw data, their coding, analysis and systematisation. …”
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Assessment on electrical discharge machining of ultrasonication assisted stir-casted AA8081-B4C-Gr hybrid composites and prediction using Levenberg-Marquardt technique by M. Vivekanandhan, N. Senthilkumar, B. Deepanraj, Nithesh Naik

“…The ultrasonic cavitation-aided stir casting procedure is adopted to cast the AMMC. Experiments were designed using response surface methodology, considering discharge current (DI), pulse off-time (Toff), and pulse on-time (Ton) to optimize the outputs over cut (OC), tool wear rate (TWR), and material removal rate (MRR). …”
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The Production of the Oral Mucosa of Antiendomysial and Anti—Tissue-Transglutaminase Antibodies in Patients with Celiac Disease: A Review by Domenico Compilato, Giuseppina Campisi, Luca Pastore, Antonio Carroccio

“…Discrepancies in sensitivity from the two studies have revealed that biopsy is still not an adequate procedure for the routine diagnostic purposes of CD patients, and a more in-depth evaluation on a larger sample size with standardized collection and analysis methods is merited. …”
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Influence of characteristics of epicardial adipose tissue and myocardial sympathetic innervation on the development of late recurrence of atrial fibrillation after radiofrequency a... by Yu. V. Varlamova, S. I. Sazonova, E. V. Popov, R. E. Batalov, T. V. Moskovskikh, S. V. Popov, S. M. Minin, A. B. Romanov

“…This prospective study included 26 people with persistent and long-standing persistent AF scheduled for interventional AF treatment. Before the RFA procedure, all patients underwent cardiac 123I-metaiodobenzylguanidine (123I-MIBG) scintigraphy to assess the myocardial sympathetic innervation and contrast-enhanced cardiac multislice computed tomography to assess pulmonary vein anatomy, left atrial volume, and EAT volume. …”
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Cervical precancer thermal ablation versus LLETZ excision comparative efficacy study in WLWH (TALL Study): protocol for a randomised clinical trial in South Africa by Helen Kelly, Matthys H Botha, Frederick H Van der Merwe, Robyn A Adams, Jennifer L Butt, Johanna E Zwanepoel

“…Other endpoints include the occurrence of adverse events.Ethics and dissemination The study protocol has been approved by the Health Research Ethics Committee of Stellenbosch University (Ethics Reference No: M20/11/035) and by the Western Cape Department of Health and Wellness via the National Health Research Database (WC_202109_016). All study procedures comply with the Declaration of Helsinki, South African Good Clinical Practice Guidelines and the Medical Research Council’s ethical guidelines. …”
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