Comparison of thulium and holmium lasers with conventional transurethral bladder resection for non-muscle invasive bladder cancer by S. V. Popov, R. G. Huseynov, E. V. Pomeshkin, O. N. Scriabin, K. V. Sivak, V. V. Perepelitsa, T. A. Lelyavina, E. A. Malyshev

“…The gold standard of treatment for intermediate- and high-risk non-muscle-invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC) is transurethral resection of the bladder (TURB) in combination with intravesical therapy. However, this procedure may cause serious complications. At the same time, studies of various lasers for the treatment of NMIBC have demonstrated their safety and efficacy. …”
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Efficiency in stress echo service delivery without compromising on diagnostic accuracy: quality improvement project on the need to advise cessation of rate-controlling medication b... by Emil Tom John, Laya Hariharan, Muhammad (Syed Zohaib) Amjad, Attila Kardos

“…The findings indicate that patients undergoing DSE while on RCMx can proceed without compromising test accuracy, while also avoiding the adverse effects associated with discontinuing RCMx, thereby enhancing the overall safety and tolerability of the procedure.…”
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Umbilical Cord Blood Collection Protocol and the Impact on the Nucleated and Progenitor Cell by Eze, Evelyn Mgbeoma*', Jacob, Ransom Baribefii '., Lenox-Prince, Tamunonengiye-Ofori’ and Okoye, Nelyn Akunna’

“…The Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) on cord blood banking recommends that education should be provided to a potential mother/donor of an umbilical cord blood unit so that she can make an informed choice on donation of her infant's cord blood. …”
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Illegal Activities of Cartel Organizations in the Field of Public Procurement as a New Object of Statistical Study by A. E. Lyapin

“…A large number of labor and financial resources are involved in this area, while regularly changing legislation in this area, as well as the complexity of procurement procedures for different categories of goods, works, and services create favorable conditions and allow unscrupulous bidders, as well as corrupt customer representatives, to obtain unjustified profits and illegal remuneration. …”
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CELL THERAPY OF EPILEPSIA. CLINICAL AND IMMUNOLOGICAL ASPECTS by T. V. Dokukina, M. P. Potapnev, S. M. Kosmacheva, F. P. Hlebokazov, E. L. Slobina, T. S. Golubeva, N. N. Misjuk, M. V. Mahrov, I. V. Shamruk, P. P. Korolevich, A. I. Martynenko, I. V. Bychenko, T. O. Bud’ko

“…In total, 40 transplantation procedures using AMSCBM were performed (20 intravenous and 20 endolumbar injections). …”
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Comparison of Levobupivacaine 0.5% versus Ropivacaine 0.75% with Dexmedetomidine as an Adjuvant in Ultrasound-guided Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block: A Randomised Clinical St... by Dinesh Kumar Sahu, Km Akshay, Alpa S Sonawane, Atul Sharma, Reena Parampill

“…In the quest to find a better local anaesthetic and adjuvant combination, dexmedetomidine has recently emerged as a promising adjuvant to local anaesthetics during regional anaesthesia procedures. Aim: To study the efficacy of levobupivacaine and ropivacaine with dexmedetomidine as an adjuvant using ultrasound in the Supraclavicular Brachial Plexus Block (SCPB). …”
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Colon cancer with extensive invasion of the abdominal wall treated with neoadjuvant chemotherapy and a free anterolateral thigh flap by Tsukasa Aritake, Akira Ouchi, Koji Komori, Takashi Kinoshita, Yusuke Sato, Ryota Nakamura, Keisuke Takanari, Hiroya Taniguchi, Kei Muro, Seiichi Kato, Tetsuya Abe, Seiji Ito, Yasuhiro Shimizu

“…After two courses of FOLFOXIRI (5-fluorouracil, leucovorin, oxaliplatin, and irinotecan), he developed an entero-cutaneous fistula due to tumor penetration and required emergency diverting ileostomy construction. After the procedure, contrast-enhanced computed tomography showed good tumor shrinkage. …”
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Safety and efficacy of robot-assisted percutaneous kyphoplasty under local anesthesia in a day-surgery setting for osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures by Yaming Wu, Yang Yuan, Yi Yin, Yaqin Gong, Yaowei Ye, Li Wu, Lizhen Qian

“…Data collection included the following parameters: pain intensity (Visual Analog Scale, VAS), Oswestry Disability Index (ODI), operative time, cement volume, complications, length of hospital stay, and hospitalization costs.ResultsAll procedures were successfully completed under local anesthesia with a mean operative time of 56.1 ± 10.2 minutes. …”
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BIOMECHANICAL STUDY OF SINGLE ROOTED TEETH RESTORED WITH DOWEL CORS by M. M. Klepach, B.Y. Silenko, T. A. Khmil, M. V. Khrebor, Y. I. Silenko

“…The package, which is built and analyzed considers an elastic three-dimensional models of dental arches on the basis of finite-element procedures, determines the displacement of each node of the finite element with three axes, the normal and shear stresses, and equivalent stresses according to Huber-Mises, which are calculated according to the formula of mechanics of solid deformable body. …”
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of robotic-arm assisted versus manual total knee arthroplasty in the UK by Gurdeep S. Sagoo, Nick D. Clement, Yaneth Gil-Rojas, Nawaraj Bhattarai, Steven Galloway, Jenny B. Baron, Karen Smith, David J. Weir, David J. Deehan

“…Conclusion: Over a short one-year time horizon, rTKA was not a cost-effective procedure compared to mTKA. However, when results were extrapolated out to a ten-year time horizon, which would need to be confirmed in future research, rTKA was likely to be cost-effective. …”
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A Robust Gaze Estimation Approach via Exploring Relevant Electrooculogram Features and Optimal Electrodes Placements by Zheng Zeng, Linkai Tao, Hangyu Zhu, Yunfeng Zhu, Long Meng, Jiahao Fan, Chen Chen, Wei Chen

“…Afterward, quantities of informative features to characterize physiological information of eye movement from the temporal-spectral domain are extracted from the seven differential channels. Methods and procedures: To select the optimum channels and relevant features, and eliminate irrelevant information, a heuristical search algorithm (i.e., forward stepwise strategy) is applied. …”
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Uso de fosfato para remoção de arsênio de solo contaminado Use of phosphate for removal of arsenic from contaminated soil by Waleska G. P. da Silva, Nelson M. B. do Amaral Sobrinho, Nelson Mazur

“…<br>Several remediation procedures for soils contaminated with heavy metals are based on decontamination or stabilization. …”
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Clinical application of preoperative autologous blood donation under anesthesia monitoring by DU Chunhong, SHI Yongjiu, SUI Weijia, ZHOU Lingyi, ZHANG Xinge

“…[Objective] To evaluate the safety and efficacy of preoperative autologous blood donation (PABD) under anesthesia monitoring in elective surgical procedures, and to provide scientific data for promoting its clinical application. …”
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Indoor environmental quality and learning outcomes: protocol on large-scale sensor deployment in schools by Maartje Willeboordse, Juan Palacios Temprano, Piet Eichholtz, Nils Kok

“…Data collection from Gemeentelijke Gezondheidsdienst Zuid-Limburg (GGD-ZL) is executed by researchers of HPSF, this procedure has been fully approved by the Medical Ethical Committee of Zuyderland. …”
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Four-Year Analysis of a Five-Year Prospective Multicenter Study Assessing Radiographic Recurrence and Patient Outcomes Following Triplanar Tarsometatarsal Arthrodesis with Early We... by Daniel C. Farber MD, Dane K. Wukich MD, Robert D. Santrock MD, Abdi Raissi MD, Avneesh Chhabra MD, Jennifer Koay MD, Paul Dayton DPM, Jody P. McAleer DPM, Robert Taylor DPM, Dan Hatch DPM, Deidre Kile BS

“…Patients were treated with an instrumented TMTA procedure using a biplanar plating system with protected early weightbearing. …”
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Interpretable noninvasive diagnosis of tuberculous pleural effusion using LGBM and SHAP: development and clinical application of a machine learning model by Bihua Yao, Xingyu Yu, Liannv Qiu, Er-min Gu, Siyu Mao, Lei Jiang, Jijun Tong, Jianguo Wu

“…Interpretation This interpretable machine learning model offers a noninvasive, accurate solution for early TPE diagnosis, significantly reducing reliance on invasive procedures. The integration of SHAP ensures the model’s clinical interpretability, mitigating concerns surrounding the “black-box” nature of many machine learning approaches. …”
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Rate of Suture Material Absorption Does Not Impact Short Term Outcome of Tubularized Incised Plate Repair of Distal Penile Hypospadias in Children: A Randomized Controlled Study by Mohamed Abdelwahab, Mohamed Salah, Waseem Aboul Ela, Ahmed Salem, Amr Amin Ragab, Ahmed Mahmoud Shouman, Mohamed Abdelghany

“…Conclusion: The short-term outcome of TIP procedure was not different among the studied groups using either rapidly absorbable braided suture or slowly absorbable monofilament sutures. …”
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ANN-SVM-IP: An Innovative Method for Rapidly and Efficiently Detecting and Classifying of External Defects of Apple Fruits by Nashaat M. Hussain Hassan, Mohamed M. Hassan Mahmoud, Mohamed A. Ismeil, M. Mourad Mabrook, A. A. Donkol, A. M. Mabrouk

“…Such an approach has a negative impact on these procedures. This paper attempts to address these issues by offering a novel method (ANN-SVM-IP) that integrates image processing (IP)-based segmentation and ML algorithms (ANN-SVM) for extracting and classifying exterior defects in apple fruits. …”
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Form factors of $$\varLambda _b^0 \rightarrow \varLambda _c(2595)^+$$ Λ b 0 → Λ c ( 2595 ) + within light-cone QCD sum rules by Hui-Hui Duan, Yong-Lu Liu, Qin Chang, Ming-Qiu Huang

“…During the light-cone QCD sum rules procedure, we employed the light-cone distribution amplitudes (LCDAs) of the $$\varLambda _b$$ Λ b baryon. …”
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Anti-diabetic therapies on dental implant success in diabetes mellitus: a comprehensive review by Hamzeh Ghorbani, Hamzeh Ghorbani, Arsen Minasyan, Delaram Ansari, Delaram Ansari, Parvin Ghorbani, David A. Wood, Rozi Yeremyan, Simin Ghorbani, Natali Minasian

“…The findings are systematically summarized, highlighting the scope, design, and procedures of each study. An example includes placing a dental implant in the molar region of a mouse, providing insight into preclinical approaches.ResultsTwenty-one animal studies, primarily using rodents, investigate various anti-diabetic medications on dental and bone implants. …”
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