Experiences and perceptions about vaccines and reporting of adverse events following immunisation: a qualitative study among mothers in Northern Ghana by Daniel Weibel, Abraham Oduro, Miriam Sturkenboom, Nana Akosua Ansah, Samuel Tomilola Oladokun, Enyonam Duah, Patrick Ansah, Samuel Tamti Chatio

“…This study explored the knowledge and experiences of mothers in northern Ghana regarding vaccine safety and adverse event reporting procedures.Methods This cross-sectional exploratory study used a qualitative research design that involved 10 focus group discussions (FGDs) with mothers from 5 administrative regions in resource-limited Northern Ghana. …”
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Treatment algorithm for robotic transplant ureteral stricture repair by Emily Ji, Jonathan Rosenfeld, Devin Boehm, Rebecca Arteaga, Jaewoo Kim, Aidan Raikar, Ziho Lee

“…Patients and surgical procedure: In patients with favorable anatomy, where the bladder can be mobilized to healthy ureter or the renal pelvis, our preference is to perform a nontransecting side-to-side anastomosis. …”
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LEFT ATRIAL ELECTROANATOMIC SUBSTRATE AS A PREDICTOR OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION RECURRENCE AFTER CIRCULAR RADIOFREQUENCY PULMONARY VEINS ISOLATION. OBSERVATIONAL PROSPECTIVE STUDY RESU... by V. S. Orshanskaya, A. V. Kamenev, L. A. Belyakova, E. N. Mikhaylov, D. S. Lebedev

“…All of the patients were followed up at least for 3 years and AF recurrence rate and redo procedures were recorded.Results. A mean relative EAS area was 13.8±10.3% and 32.6±18.5% in patients with paroxysmal and persistent AF, respectively (P=0,02). …”
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Radiogenomic approach to glial tumors imaging under conditions of initial diagnostic measures: adaptation principles development by N. E. Maslov, G. E. Trufanov, V. M. Moiseenko, D. A. Valenkova, A. Yu. Efimtsev, N. A. Plakhotina, A. S. Sidorina

“…Despite the fact that biopsy is considered to be the «gold standard» for brain tumors differential diagnosis, it is though quite difficult to perform due to the complexity of surgical access, common cases of the repeat procedure impossibility, serious complications and mortality.Aim: a search for imaging features providing prognostic data on the presence of certain mutations and gene expression in gliomas, obtained using traditional pulse sequences and characterized by the absence of restrictions on applicability depending on the tumors visible morphological features.Material and methods: retrospective analysis of 49 eligible patients' primary brain MRI data between 2021 and 2023 from Almazov National Medical Research Centre (n = 31) and Napalkov Oncological Centre (n = 18) with glial tumors and subsequently identified status of the target variable; preprocessing of MR images using the histogram matching; regions of interest determination and semi-automated slice-by-slice segmentation with subsequent extraction of radiomics features; search for predictive radiomics features regarding the status of target variable using statistical analysis tools.Results. …”
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Enhancing nursing practice through patient outcome measures: a framework for optimizing care in intracranial surgery by Rasha Hassan Abbas Shady, Rasha Hafez Ramadan El-Shaboury, Reham AbdElhamed AbdElmawla Elsaid, Shereen Abd El-Moniem Ahmed, Ghada Gamal Badawy, Warda Elshahat Hamed, Rania Rabie El-Etreby, Ayman Muhammad Kamel Senosy

“…Abstract Background The nursing practices are evidence-based and have not been systematically applied to patients undergoing intracranial surgeries, which is one of the most critical procedures for treating brain diseases. Nursing care prevents complications, minimizes infections, and ensures a healthy, speedy recovery across preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative phases. …”
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Artificial intelligence in molecular and genomic prostate cancer diagnostics by A. O. Morozov, A. K. Bazarkin, S. V. Vovdenko, M. S. Taratkin, M. S. Balashova, D. V. Enikeev

“…The use of AI capabilities is more appropriate for blood and urine analysis, procedures that do not require additional economic costs for biomaterial sampling. …”
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Ultrasound-guided mandibular nerve block combined with superficial cervical plexus nerve block in patients undergoing radical surgery for tongue canceron: a randomized controlled t... by Yongjun Liu, Wenjie Sun, Shibiao Chen, Shiping Yin, Gaofeng Fan

“…Given the considerable size of the surgical area and the prolonged duration associated with radical tongue cancer procedures, these factors significantly hinder postoperative recovery, particularly in elderly patients. …”
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Road traffic accidents and its determinants among Kenyan households: analysis of the 2022 national health survey using multilevel modeling by Bewuketu Terefe, Mahlet Moges Jembere, Bikis Liyew

“…Enumeration areas served as the primary sampling units, and households served as the secondary sampling units in a stratified two-stage cluster sampling procedure. Key causes of road traffic accidents in Kenya were investigated using univariate and multivariable multilevel logistic regressions. …”
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Ce que révèlent les contrats de mariage des Français établis ou nés à Bizerte (1897-1918) by Belhassen Sahli

“…Before the establishment of the French Protectorate, Tunisia did not have a civil status law that included all groups residing in the country: Tunisian Muslims were subject to Sharia courts, while Jews performed their civil procedures before rabbinical courts. As for foreigners, they came under consular jurisdictions. …”
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LAPAROSCOPIC NEPHRECTOMY IN PATIENTS WITH AUTOSOMAL DOMINANT POLYCYSTIC KIDNEY DISEASE by O. N. Reznik, A. N. Ananiev, E. S. Nevirovich, V. S. Daineko, A. E. Skvortsov, A. A. Kutenkov, D. O. Kuzmin

“…Patients after laparoscopic procedures were activated in 2–3 days (2.63 ± 0.23), after open operations on 4–5 (4.13 ± 0.39, p < 0.05). …”
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10-YEAR HEART TRANSPLANTATION EXPERIENCE IN NOVOSIBIRSK by A. M. Chernyavskiy, D. V. Doronin, A. V. Fomichev, D. E. Osipov, V. A. Shmyrev, A. M. Karaskov

“…Over a 10-year period, we have gained a lot of experience in heart transplantation; the procedures complications have been studied; the stages of preservation, harvesting and transportation of the donor heart, operative technique and postoperative treatment of patients have been improved to avoid complications in the early and long-term postoperative period.…”
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Development and cross-validation of LMS-based normative reference standards and health benefits zones for muscular strength among adolescents by age and sex by Yang Yang, Syed Ghufran Hadier, Syed Ghufran Hadier, Liu Long, Syed Muhammad Zeeshan Haider Hamdani, Syed Muhammad Zeeshan Haider Hamdani, Syed Danish Hamdani

“…The robustness of the generated standards was examined through internal cross-validation using a back-generation procedure to confirm high predictive accuracy.ResultsBoys demonstrated significantly higher muscular strength than girls across all ages (p < 0.001), with strength increasing progressively with age in both sexes. …”
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Thermogravimetric data suggest synergy between different organic fractions and clay in soil structure formation by Ivan Šimkovic, Andrej Hrabovský, Adela Joanna Hamerníková, Silvia Ihnačáková, Pavel Dlapa

“…Besides determining basic properties and nutrient availability, stability of soil aggregates was quantified using wet sieving (WS) and rainfall simulation (RS) procedures. The samples were analyzed by thermogravimetry and differential scanning calorimetry (TG-DSC). …”
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Modified transventricular and transaortic mitral valve edge-to-edge repair mimicking MitraClip overcorrectionCentral MessagePerspective by Nestoras Papadopoulos, MD, PhD, Omer Dzemali, MD, PhD, Luisa Bott, MD, Vasileios Ntinopoulos, MD, Aleksandra Miskovic, MD, Anton Moritz, MD, PhD

“…Indication was grade 2+ functional mitral valve incompetence and dilated or impaired left ventricle (N = 25; 52%), or grade 3+ (N = 22; 45%) and grade 4+ functional mitral valve regurgitation (N = 2; 4%). Surgical procedure included aortic root surgery in 65%, aortic valve replacement with surgical revascularization in 18%, and Dor-plasty with surgical revascularization in 14%. …”
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Evaluating Fitbits for Assessment of Physical Activity and Sleep in Pediatric Pain: Feasibility and Acceptability Pilot Study by Bridget A Nestor, Andreas M Baumer, Justin Chimoff, Benoit Delecourt, Camila Koike, Nicole Tacugue, Roland Brusseau, Nathalie Roy, Israel A Gaytan-Fuentes, Navil Sethna, Danielle Wallace, Joe Kossowsky

“…MethodsWe investigated participant experience of Fitbit use over 3 to 4 weeks for a sample of youth with acute pain undergoing either orthopedic or cardiac surgical procedures (N=34, mean age 14.46, SD 3.70 years, 47.06% [n=36] female) and a sample of youth with chronic pain enrolled in an intensive interdisciplinary pain treatment program (N=28, mean age 15.00, SD 2.33 years, 82.14% [n=23] female). …”
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Performance Optimization of <italic>&#x03B2;</italic>-Ga&#x2082;O&#x2083;-Based Solar-Blind Photodetector by Introducing an Ultra-Thin Sn-Doped High Conductivity Layer by Bin Yin, Weizhe Cui, Chuanhan Lin, Shihao Fu, Aidong Shen, Bingsheng Li

“…To optimize the M/S contact of Al and <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\beta $ </tex-math></inline-formula>-Ga2O3, several annealing procedures were explored, including low-temperature annealing, direct Sn layer deposition, and face-to-face annealing. …”
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Clinical aspects of the assessment of high-sensitivity troponin T after coronary artery bypass surgery by V. V. Semenyuta, M. Myssyyev, A. V. Sotnikov, D. A. Yakovlev, R. V. Elmadzhi, A. M. Bitieva, O. V. Dolenko

“…High-sensitivity troponin T may vary depending on surgery tactics, as a result of which it reflects myocardial ischemic injury directly related to surgical procedures. This elevation is not clinically significant. …”
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Elbow Arthroscopy for Treatment of Osteochondritis Dissecans of the Capitellum by Melissa L. Carpenter BS, Jose F. Vega MD, Jintong Liu BS, Michael J. Murray BS, Trevor A. Poulson MS, Zeeshan A. Khan BA, Juan Bernardo Villarreal-Espinosa MD, Nikhil N. Verma MD

“…Results: It is the senior author’s belief that management of OCD with arthroscopic debridement and microfracture in the lateral decubitus approach provides superior visualization and allows free manipulation of the joint throughout the procedure. This facilitates direct treatment of the OCD lesion to ensure a stable rim is created while permitting comprehensive evaluation of the joint. …”
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Orthogeriatric co-management and risk of rehospitalization in older patients with osteoporotic fractures: a retrospective cohort study from Germany by Theresa Unseld, Kilian Rapp, Clemens Becker, Claudia Konnopka, Hans-Helmut König, Andrea Jaensch, Dietrich Rothenbacher, Gisela Büchele

“…We defined the control and intervention groups based on the availability of OGCM expertise at the hospital level, which we derived from the annual number of reimbursed procedure codes. We modeled dependencies of the hazards on the time since admission and the time since other post-discharge events. …”
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Microglial BDNF, PI3K, and p-ERK in the Spinal Cord Are Suppressed by Pulsed Radiofrequency on Dorsal Root Ganglion to Ease SNI-Induced Neuropathic Pain in Rats by Xueru Xu, Shaoxiong Fu, Xiaomei Shi, Rongguo Liu

“…Withdrawal thresholds recovered partially after a single PRF treatment for 14 days, and SNI-induced microglia hyperactivity, BDNF upregulation, and PI3K and ERK phosphorylation in the spinal cord reduced on D14 due to the PRF procedure. Conclusion. Microglial BDNF, PI3K, and p-ERK in the spinal cord are suppressed by the therapy of PRF on DRG to ease SNI-induced neuropathic pain in rats.…”
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