OUTCOME OF ALLOGENEIC STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION FOLLOWING REDUCED-INTENSITY CONDITIONINIG REGIMEN IN PATIENTS WITH IDIOPATHIC MYELOFIBROSIS: THE G.I.T.M.O. EXPERIENCE AND REVIEW OF... by Miriam Isola, Alessandra Sperotto, Andrea Bacigalupo, Francesca Patriarca, Maria Teresa Van Lint, Anna Paola Iori, Paolo Di Bartolomeo, Maurizio Musso, Pietro Pioltelli, Giuseppe Visani, Pasquale Iacopino, Renato Fanin, Alberto Bosi

“…We analyzed the influence of patient and disease clinical features before SCT and of transplant procedures on TRM and overall survival (OS) by means of univariate and multivariate analyses.…”
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Ensino desenvolvimental: experiência de sala de aula by Marilene Marzari, Hidelberto de Sousa Ribeiro

“…The qualitative methodology and the observation procedures were fundamental for the follow-up the involvement and the participation of the students during the accomplishment of the actions, operations, tasks and socialization of the productions. …”
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Palynofacies and Sporomorph EcoGroups-based paleoecology implications for the Dalichai Formation, Andariyeh, central Alborz by Firoozeh Hashemi Yazdi, Neda Bashiri, fereshteh sajjadi

“…All samples were prepared following standard palynological processing procedures (Phipps & Playford 1984), including HCl (10–50%) and HF (40%) utilized for dissolution of carbonates and silicates, respectively. …”
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Influence of treatment in multiple sclerosis dysability: an open, retrospective, non-randomized long-term analysis Influência do tratamento na incapacidade da esclerose múltipla: e... by Lineu Cesar Werneck, Paulo José Lorenzoni, Vitor A Radünz, Marco A.T Utiumi, Cláudia Suemi Kamoi Kay, Rosana Herminia Scola

“…These cases were submitted to the following 277 different therapeutic procedures: 62 without IMS or IMM therapy (SYT) (just corticosteroids), 53 with azathioprine (AZA), 53 interferon-β (IFNβ)-1b 250 µg (BET), 55 IFNβ-1a 22 µg (R22), 19 IFNβ-1a 30 µg (AVO), 15 IFNβ-1a 44 µg (R44), 15 glatiramer acetate (COP) 20 mg, and 5 cases with mitoxantrone (MIT). …”
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Application of mind mapping combined with video feedback teaching in operation training and assessment for neurology nursing students (思维导图联合视频反馈式教学在神经内科实习护生操作考核中的应用)... by LI Amin (李阿敏), WANG Yanmei (王艳梅), GUAN Xue (管雪), XU Ning (徐宁), YE Xiaoshuang (叶晓双), HU Fengying (胡凤英), ZHOU Liheng (周立恒), WANG Miao (汪苗)

“…The average scores of the two groups were calculated, and the nursing teaching effect evaluation was conducted for nursing students in the observation group, which included five aspects, including the mastery of operation skills, understanding of operation, the memory about operation procedure, the technique of operation, and the interest in operation. …”
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Insights from UKCTOCS for design, conduct and analyses of large randomised controlled trials by Usha Menon, Aleksandra Gentry-Maharaj, Matthew Burnell, Sophia Apostolidou, Andy Ryan, Jatinderpal K Kalsi, Naveena Singh, Lesley Fallowfield, Alistair J McGuire, Stuart Campbell, Steven J Skates, Anne Dawnay, Mahesh Parmar, Ian J Jacobs

“…To successfully complete these on time and within budget, there is a constant need to review and revise the procedures used for delivering various aspects such as invitation, enrolment, follow-up of participants, delivery of the new test, data collection, and analysis. …”
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Robotic ileal ureter replacement for panureteral stricture disease: a step-by-step guide by Emily Ji, Devin Boehm, Jonathan Rosenfeld, Rebecca Arteaga, Jaewoo Kim, Aidan Raikar, Ziho Lee

“…Methods and Surgical Procedure: Our technique involves five major steps: proximal ureteral dissection, bowel harvest, bladder dissection, distal anastomosis, and proximal anastomosis. …”
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A MODEL OF THE ENGLISH-UKRAINIAN SUB-CORPUS OF TEXTS OF NATO, UN AND WTO OFFICIAL AND BUSINESS DOCUMENTS by Yuliya I. Demyanchuk

“…At the same stage, we determine the purpose of the research, in particular, the formation of the English-Ukrainian sub-corpus of texts of official and business documents, which envisages a parallel translation of NATO, UN, WTO texts. This sequence of procedures allowed us to carry out consideration and interpretation of existing theoretical provisions and inventory of factual research materials. …”
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Multi-state models: metapopulation and life history analyses by A. N. Arnason, E. Cam

“…(As a historical note, this problem confronted George Jolly when he developed the original Jolly Seber model and he handled it by simply fixing the unobservable marked pool sizes Mt a at their maximum likelihood values… a procedure that biases the s.e. of the estimates). This paper is also instructive as the Bayesian methodology provides a straightforward means of accounting for model uncertainty in parameter estimates and model predictions. …”
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Credit Risk Management Practices and Loan Performance of Commercial Banks in Uganda. A Case Study of Commercial Banks in Mbarara City by Francis, Agaba

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Credit Risk Management Practices and Loan Performance of Commercial Banks in Uganda. A Case Study of Commercial Banks in Mbarara City by Agaba, Francis

“…The study also recommended that Commercial banks should as well consider having in place effective credit standards, credit policy, credit terms and collection policies or procedures as mechanisms to guide their business, since the effectiveness of credit management is important to the successful management of banking institutions; that Commercial banks should as well operate their credit businesses based strictly by the established lending guidelines that outline the business growth priorities of the senior management, as well as the conditions to satisfy in order to qualify for loan approval; and that there should be prior customer evaluation before xiv loans are granted, and a continuous process of assessment before and during the course of loan repayment. …”
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Open Innovation the Impact of Social Capital on Tourism Growth Through the Mediating Role of Open Innovation (Case study: The municipality of Khomam County) by Seyed Hamed Hashemi, Hossein Poorghasem

“…Social capital is the intangible value that an organization has in its social outcomes, relationships, learned processes, procedures, and inventions. This value is also referred to as "intellectual capital". …”
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Rheumatoid arthritis in real clinical practice: initiation of therapy with biological agents. Results of the «Computer Terminals of Self-Assessment for Patients with Rheumatic Dise... by V. N. Amirdzhanova, E. Yu. Pogozheva, A. E. Karateev, O. V. Antipova, I. B. Vinogradova, A. Yu. Kazankova, R. G. Mukhina, A. G. Vasilyev, O. B. Nesmeyanova, E. A. Bogdanova, R. R. Samigullina, A. A. Vasilenko, I. B. Bashkova, T. S. Salnikova, I. N. Dashkov, N. E. Nikulenkova, V. Yu. Manokhin, I. P. Afanasyeva, O. N. Anoshenkova, T. V. Plaksina, M. R. Spitsina, L. V. Solodovnikova, A. V. Petrov, O. P. Slyusar, E. V. Papichev, E. V. Ivanova, L. V. Masneva, L. P. Evstigneeva, I. V. Kolotilina, E. N. Otteva, I. A. Cherentsova, I. N. Shchendrygin, S. A. Derevenskikh, I. G. Bannikova, N. K. Delyavskaya, I. N. Danilova, I. M. Marusenko

“…The efficiency of the therapy was analyzed 6 months after the start of the study according to the standard procedures.Results and discussion. The investigation enrolled 156 RA patients: 79.6% females; mean age, 45.8±13.2 years; disease duration, 7.6±5.6 years. …”
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Artificial intelligence-augmented ultrasound diagnosis of follicular-patterned thyroid neoplasms: a multicenter retrospective studyResearch in context by Hui Shen, Shufang Pei, Yue Huang, Suqing Wu, Chifa Zhang, Ting Liang, Dan Yang, Xiaoxiao Feng, Shuyi Liu, Yu Wang, Weihan Cao, Ying Cheng, Hongyan Chen, Qiujie Ni, Fei Wang, Jingjing You, Zhe Jin, Wenle He, Jie Sun, Dexing Yang, Lijuan Liu, Boling Cao, Xiao Zhang, Yingjia Li, Shuixing Zhang, Bin Zhang

“…We aimed to develop and validate a deep learning (DL) system for the preoperative diagnosis of follicular-patterned thyroid neoplasms (FNs) using routine ultrasound images, with the goal of improving diagnostic accuracy and reducing unnecessary procedures. Methods: In this multicenter, retrospective study, we included 3817 patients (2877 [75.4%] female) with a definitive diagnosis of FNs from 11 centers across China. …”
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Surgical interventions for spontaneous supratentorial intracerebral haemorrhage: a systematic review and network meta-analysisResearch in context by Jiayidaer Huan, Minghong Yao, Yu Ma, Fan Mei, Yanmei Liu, Lu Ma, Xiaochao Luo, Jiali Liu, Jianguo Xu, Chao You, Hunong Xiang, Kang Zou, Xiao Liang, Xin Hu, Ling Li, Xin Sun

“…However, the superiority of surgery over conservative medical treatment (CMT) and the comparative benefits of different surgical procedures remain unclear. We aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of various surgical interventions for treating ICH. …”
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“Meninas não desenham carros... mas têm meninas que desenham”: culturas infantis, relações de gênero e histórias em quadrinhos by Marta Regina Paulo da Silva

“…It shows a case study conducted at kindergarten, in the Greater ABC region, which had methodological procedures: the field observation and recordings; the oral reports of children; analysis of the official documents of the Municipal Administration of Education and the documents of preschool; an interview with a comic artist, and analysis of comics produced by children.  …”
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Prawo rzymskie w dawnej Rzeczypospolitej. Przegląd stanu badań by Sławomir Godek

“…Le rôle du droit romain dans la procédure polonaise, est très intéressant et, semble-t-il, encore méconnu. …”
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Effects of Supplementation of Synbiotic (DiPro Plus) on Growth Performance, Health Status, Skeletal parameters and Blood Parameters in Holstein Suckling Calves by Vahid Vahedi, Mehrab Hamdam, Taher Yalchi, Sayyad Seifzadeh

“…Statistical analysis was performed based on ANOVA, general linear model procedure by SAS software.Results and Discussion: The results showed that the addition of 4.5 g of synbiotic in the milk of scukling calves increased the final weight and average daily gain compared to the control group (P < 0.05). …”
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Radiative closure assessment of retrieved cloud and aerosol properties for the EarthCARE mission: the ACMB-DF product by H. W. Barker, J. N. S. Cole, N. Villefranque, Z. Qu, A. Velázquez Blázquez, C. Domenech, S. L. Mason, R. J. Hogan

“…The ACMB-DF processor consists of a continuous radiative closure assessment of these retrievals and is both described and demonstrated in this study. The closure procedure begins with 3D radiative transfer models (RTMs) acting on retrieved and auxiliary data. …”
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CONVENTIONAL PRESSURE ANALYSIS FOR NATURALLY FRACTURED RESERVOIRS WITH TRANSITION PERIOD BEFORE AND AFTER THE RADIAL FLOW REGIME by Freddy-Humberto Escobar, Javier-Andrés Martinez, Matilde Montealegre-Madero

“…The equations presented in this paper could provide good initial guesses for the parameters to be used in a general nonlinear regression analysis procedure so that the non-uniqueness problem associated with nonlinear regression may be improved.…”
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