Rivaroxaban vs. enoxaparin for preventing venous thromboembolism after hip fracture operations: a retrospective cohort study by Xiaofeng Zheng, Lifu Wang, Yinhua Chen, Lijuan Liu, Zijiao Zhang, Cong Xiao

“…The data obtained included patient demographics, fracture classification, time to surgery, and procedures performed. The main outcomes assessed were the incidence of VTE and hemorrhagic events and death within 30 days of surgery. …”
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LocSys: A Low-Code Paradigm for the Development of Cyber-Physical Applications by Konstantinos Panayiotou, Emmanouil Tsardoulias, Andreas L. Symeonidis

“…Application development for the cyber-physical systems (CPS) domain is considered a quite complex procedure, since it not only requires a high level of expertise but also deep knowledge of heterogeneous domains. …”
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3D Part Machining Time Prediction With Parameter Extraction, Deep Learning, and 3D Data Augmentation by Umut Nazmi Aktan, Mehmet Dikmen

“…The solutions developed with the proposed procedure have significantly contributed to the prediction performance. …”
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Translation, cross-cultural adaptation, and validation of fatigue severity scale into Bangla in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus by Imam Gazzali, Md Abu Shahin, Ariful Islam, Iftekhar Hussain Bandhan, Sumayia Minhaj, Mohammad Moniruzzaman, Sabrina Yesmin, Minhaj Rahim Choudhury, Syed Atiqul Haq, Mohammad Mostafa Zaman

“…Internal consistency and test–retest reliability were also assessed. Results: Our procedure had no problem with the content and language. …”
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Exploring the State-of-the-Art Algorithms for Brain Tumor Classification Using MRI Data by Joice J Anish, D Ajitha

“…For doctors, finding and classifying brain tumor (BT) is a routine and difficult procedure. Digital image processing methods such as segmentation, classification, and pre-processing may assist medical practitioners in diagnosing certain forms of brain cancer, finding tumors, and observing small changes. …”
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Ethical standards for research on marine mammals by Vassili Papastavrou, Conor Ryan

“…Furthermore, it should require appraisal of and justification for the absolute necessity of invasive procedures. As is already the case in biomedical disciplines, ethical statements should be required in marine mammal science.…”
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UNFOLDING FACTORS INFLUENCING PINEAPPLE PRODUCTION: EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE FROM BAGAMOYO IN TANZANIA by Isaka Kasyupa, Bahati Ilembo

“…A sample of 150 smallholder pineapple farmers was randomly selected using a systematic random sampling procedure. We used the Ordinary Least Squares with a Cobb- Douglas function to estimate the parameters after log- linearize the Cobb- Douglas function. …”
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Characterization and antibacterial activity of biogenic iron nanoparticles using Proteus mirabilis by Mais Emad Ahmed, Huda Mohammed Hasan, Anfal Jabbar Kttafah

“…Results: The results found that at 128 μg/mL minimum inhibitory concentration, we have demonstrated the potent antibacterial properties of FeONPs produced through biological procedures against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria that are resistant to many drugs. …”
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Phenolic profile, physicochemical properties and antioxidant activities of blanching water obtained from some green leafy vegetables by Funke T. Adedeji, Adeyemi A. Adeyanju, Oluwaseun P. Bamidele

“…The pH, Total Titratable Acidity (TTA), Total Soluble Solids (TSS), vitamin C, Total Phenolic Content (TPC), antioxidant activities, colour and phenolic profile of the blanching water obtained from the green leafy vegetables were determined using standard procedures at 0, 3 and 5 minutes interval. The blanching water's pH significantly decreased (p< 0.05) by 30 – 39%), while TTA, TSS, and vitamin C contents increased significantly (p <0.05) by 320-556%, 54- 300% and 2000 – 15500 % respectively) with the blanching time with the highest increase occurring at 3 min for Vitamin C. …”
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Aide-mémoire on sedation reversal: knowing your way in and out! by Naomi Earl, Burhan Khan

“…Introduction: Conscious sedation is commonly used by respiratory physicians for various procedures. Knowledge and familiarity with sedation and its reversal are essential.We aimed to ascertain the usage of reversal agents and assess the understanding of sedation and antidotes among respiratory trainees. …”
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A cross-sectional study for the assessment of sensitization to indoor and fungal allergens in stable persistent asthma and its association with serum immunoglobulin E by Rajesh K. Palvai, Karthik Velimala, Nalini Ghanate, Anvesha Tummala, G. Sravan Kumar, T. Pramod Kumar

“…Materials and Methods: This was a cross sectional study conducted among the patients with persistent bronchial asthma attending out-patient,who consented to procedure were randomly selected. One hundred of these patients who satisfied the inclusion and exclusion criteria were questioned about allergen exposure and tested with skin prick test (SPT). …”
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Risk of Non-melanoma Skin Cancer in Kidney Transplantation Recipient: An Evidence-based Case Report by Riva Ambardina Pradita, Ayutika Saraswati Adisasmito, Wresti Indriatmi

“…Background: Renal transplantation is the most common organ transplantation procedure in Indonesia. Renal transplant recipients (RTRs) were found to carry 3-to-5-time higher risk of cancer compared to the normal population. …”
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Multimodal analysis of film and video production: reviewing the field by Marwa Mohamed Abd Allah, Marwa Mohamed Khamis El-Zouka, Abeer M. Refky M. Seddeek

“…<p>It has been found that<strong> </strong>the literature on film analysis primarily contains four proposed attempts at applying multimodal terms, techniques, and procedures to film and video production: O’Halloran (2004), Tan (2009), Baldry and Thibault (2006), and Bateman (2008, 2012). …”
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Log-Viterbi algorithm applied on second-order hidden Markov model for human activity recognition by Yang Sung-Hyun, Keshav Thapa, M Humayun Kabir, Lee Hee-Chan

“…Second-order hidden Markov model is efficient relevance between previous two activities, current activity, and current observation that incorporate more information into recognition procedure. The log-Viterbi algorithm converts the products of a large number of probabilities into additions and finds the most likely activity from observation sequence under given model. …”
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Development of biodegradable PLA/Nanoclay/ZnO polymer films for future Industrial packaging applications by A. Akshaykranth, J. Ajayan, N. Anitha

“…Nanocomposite films were created employing a solvent casting procedure and an affordable film applicator. The zincoxide nanoparticles canbe used in food packaging because of its high antibacterial properties. …”
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Business Audit in ESG format: Up-Growth of the Corporate Reporting Verification Methodology by R. P. Bulyga, I. V. Safonova

“…There have been determined directions for improving the procedure for confirming the reliability of public (including non-financial) reporting and delimited by the horizon of their practical implementation. …”
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Exercise, Training &amp; Health by Carthaus A, Görgens C, Knoop A, Geyer H, Thevis M

“…Methods: Cross-validation of dried blood and venous blood samples of 27 individuals post-infection and 96 individuals post-vaccination, longitudinal antibody monitoring of 27 individuals after vaccination using different vaccines and vaccine schedules and detection of seropositive individuals in a cohort of 557 people using self-collected DBS (dried blood spots) and two commercial immunoassays.Findings: Plasma and DBS values were highly correlated allowing for extrapolation of plasma values from DBS using a factor of a least 10 following the presented procedure. Capillary volumetric sampling and self-sampling produced reliable results. …”
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Criteria for the Identification and Management of Domino Effects: an Approach to the Area Risk Evaluation by Romualdo Marrazzo, Alberto Ricchiuti

“…These results must be considered in the internal emergency procedures of the establishments potentially involved, in the area external emergency plan and consequently integration of the safety requirements for land use planning, and information to potentially involved public in the nearby area. …”
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ALTERNATIVE TO Q WAVE DIAGNOSIS USING CARDIAC ACTION POTENTIAL PROPAGATION TIME MEASUREMENT by S. Ananthi, V. Vignesh, K. Padmanabhan

“…An embedded controller was used to pick these signals in digitized form and calculate the time intervals. The measurement procedure is simple and highly non invasive. Records from outpatients with cardiac pathology were taken and it was verified that this AP time increases with the Q wave width. …”
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Minimizing Blood Loss in Bladder Cancer: Efficacy of Preoperative Embolization before Transurethral Resection of Bladder Tumor by Hojun Lee, Hoon Kwon, Chang Won Kim

“…The ease, safety, and simplicity of preoperative embolization under local anesthesia make this procedure an option for patients at a high bleeding risk.…”
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