CTK-like syndrome: Corneal opacity and flattening following sequential intracorneal ring implantation and corneal cross-linking by Bruno M. Fontes, Ricardo M. Nosé, Farhad Hafezi, Emilio A. Torres-Netto

“…Observations: The follow-up after the last procedure revealed a thin, opacified cornea with an unexpected massive flattening of up to 20.3 D. …”
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The Classification, Prenatal Diagnosis and Perinatal Treatment of Fetal Lingual Lesions by Shuangping Liu, Mingxing Zhang, Qiongjie Zhou, Yu Xiong, Jue Li, Yang Pan

“…Utilizing a multidisciplinary team framework, individualized peripartum management strategies are developed, contingent upon the presence or absence of airway compromise, with selective application of the ex-utero intrapartum treatment procedure as clinically warranted. By refining diagnostic accuracy and advancing therapeutic protocols, this review aims to elevate clinical management standards for congenital lingual lesions, thereby enhancing both short-term perinatal outcomes and long-term developmental prognoses.…”
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Inducible clindamycin resistance and erm genes in Staphylococcus aureus in school children in Kathmandu, Nepal by Roshan Timsina, Upasana Shrestha, Anjana Singh, Bivek Timalsina

“…Materials & methods: Nonduplicate nasal swabs from 160 school children were collected from April to September 2018 and processed using standard microbiological procedures. Results: Out of 160 samples, 64 (40%) were S. aureus in which 17 (26.6%) were methicillin-resistance Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA). …”
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Repetitive acceptance sampling plan based on truncated life test for type-I half-logistic Burr X distributions by A. Kiapour, Harsh Tripathi, Shiba Masoumi

“…Discussion over the $$ TIHLBX$$ TIHLBX distribution is provided with their important mathematical properties along with the expression of quantile function and median. Operational procedure of RASP is discussed in detail with the formulation of optimization problem of proposed plan. …”
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Exploration of Ethical Review Disputes and Regulatory Pathways of Off-label Drug Use by Xuelian TANG, Jue WU, Xiaoyan LI, Jiyin ZHOU

“…There is a lack of standardized operating procedures and corresponding forms for the ethical review of off-label drug use. …”
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A Narrative Review of Haptic Technologies and Their Value for Training, Rehabilitation, and the Education of Persons with Special Needs by Eloy Irigoyen, Mikel Larrea, Manuel Graña

“…Paramount is their use in training of medical procedures, but they appear in a plethora of systems deploying virtual reality applications. …”
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Early Diagnosis of Autism: A Review of Video-Based Motion Analysis and Deep Learning Techniques by Ziqian Yang, Yuyao Zhang, Jiachuan Ning, Xin Wang, Zhihui Wu

“…And conduct an in-depth analysis of the procedures, feature extraction techniques, and classification models used in these studies. …”
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Seizing proceeds of crime: limits to solidarity in decreeing preservative measures by Guilherme Brenner Lucchesi, Ivan Navarro Zonta

“…In this context, it is important, both for the repression of crimes and for the fundamental rights of the accused, that the proper use and limits of preservative measures provisioned by the Code of Criminal Procedure be observed. These measures refer to the purposes defined by the Penal Code to make certain the obligation to repair damages and to decree the forfeiture of instruments, products and proceeds of crime. …”
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The role of video-assisted thoracoscopy in the treatment of isolated closed chest trauma by V. G. Kotandzhian, E. A. Tarabrin, Sh. N. Danielian, A. K. Shabanov, I. E. Popova, S. A. Korneeva, K. M. Rabadanov, E. V. Tatarinova, E. B. Nikolaeva

“…VTS allows safely and effectively performing various surgical procedures in case of complicated closed chest trauma, and diagnosing diaphragm injuries.CONCLUSION. …”
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STRUCTURILE NATO AMPLASATE PE TERITORIUL ROMÂNIEI by Andrei, Narcis

“…The 14-year process of accession, which involved several visits between Romanian and Western officials, was not simple. In 2004, the procedure came to a successful conclusion. The establishment of military institutions in reaction to geopolitical events along the Romanian border helped Romania grow into a significant state in the area throughout time. …”
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Genre et statistiques : est-ce que « l’analyse de grappes » peut nous aider à comprendre la place du genre dans la recherche de meilleures conditions de travail ? by Karen Messing, France Tissot, Mélanie Lefrançois

“…Following a request from the women’s committee of a union confederation, we analysed retail work done on unpredictable, variable, extended schedules. Among other procedures such as workplace observations and study of company registers, we performed cluster analysis on the schedule choices of 247 male and 303 female staff.We found that: 4 clusters characterized schedule preferences; men and women were not uniformly distributed across clusters; choices varied within a gender. …”
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Foreign Workers Employment in the Hotel Industry: Evidence from Five-Star Hotels in Antalya by Barış Erdem, Tuba Türkmendağ, Erkan Akgöz, Tolga Gök

“…However; hotel managers indicated “long bureaucratic procedures in the process of obtaining a work permit” as the main problem they face during the process of employing foreign workers.…”
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Data-Based Modeling and Control of a Single Link Soft Robotic Arm by David Abraham Morales-Enríquez, Jaime Guzmán-López, Raúl Alejandro Aguilar-Ramírez, Jorge Luis Lorenzo-Martínez, Daniel Sapién-Garza, Ricardo Cortez, Norma Lozada-Castillo, Alberto Luviano-Juárez

“…To improve the learning process, a combination of active sampling and Model Agnostic Meta Learning is carried out to improve the data based model to be used in the control stage through the inverse velocity kinematics derived from the data based modeling along with a self differentiation procedure to come up with the pseudo inverse of the robot Jacobian. …”
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Preparation and characterization of biochar-iron oxide-palygorskite composites for uranium(VI) removal from aqueous solutions by Ihor Pylypenko, Iryna Kovalchuk, Mykola Tsyba, Yurii Lytvynenko, Oleksandr Shyrokov

“…This paper details the synthesis of palygorskite/biochar/iron oxide composites and their utilization for the remediation of water solutions contaminated with uranium(VI). The synthesis procedure involved the combination of iron chloride, starch, and palygorskite with subsequent pH adjustment, drying of the formed precipitate, and pyrolysis at 600°C. …”
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New types of membrane-rod and membrane-pneumatic structures and improved methods for their calculation by A. Yu. Kim, S. V. Polnikov, M. F. Amoyan

“…A stepwise method with an iterative numerical Euler-Cauchy procedure of the third order of accuracy was applied with the use of the finite element method at the step.Result. …”
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STRATEGIC PLANNING AT THE ENTERPRISE: APPLICATION OF A METHOD OF THE ANALYSIS OF HIERARCHIES FOR THE STRATEGIC ACTIVITY MONITORING by Ilya V. Samarin, Alexander N. Fomin

“…The matrix method which is the return method ofthe analysis of hierarchies, allowing to estimate and predict a situationwith implementation of the plan in all structures of the enterprise andrealizing procedure of strategic monitoring at the enterprise is developed. …”
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Penerapan Metode Pembelajaran Poject Based Learning Market Day Dalam Mengembangkan Keterampilan Berpikir Kritis by Annisak Irma Lafifah Lafifah, Denok Dwi Anggraini

“…The data collection procedures used in this qualitative research include interviews and observations. …”
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Anal-cardiac reflex leading to coronary spasm and cardiac arrest during abdominoperineal excision of the rectum (MILES): case report and review of the literature by Yimei Lin, Jingyi Wu, Junmei Wu, Juanlan Liu, Chao Liang

“…Case presentation This report describes a patient with a history of CAS and percutaneous coronary angioplasty (PTCA) who experienced coronary artery spasm and subsequent cardiac arrest during anal anastomosis in a transabdominal perineal radical resection of rectal cancer (MILES procedure). Conclusion This case study offers significant insights into the pathophysiology of cardiac arrest induced by surgical intervention in the anal region, which is densely innervated by the vagus nerve at the terminal portion of the rectum. …”
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The Study of Biological Technologies for the Removal of Sulfur Compounds by F. Nazari, ME. Kefayati, J. Raheb

“…The conventional approach for desulfurization of fossil fuels is the chemical procedure of hydrodesulfurization (HDS). However, this method has low efficiency for desulfurization of ring components of sulfur such as dibenzothiophene (DBT) that include a significant percentage of the total sulfur content of fossil fuel. biodesulfurization (BDS), is a biological method proposed for desulfurization of ring components of sulfur which is a non-destructive pathway to remove sulfur from hydrocarbons of petroleum in the mild conditions which potentially used as complementary with HDS. …”
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Patient, Surgery, and Hospital Related Risk Factors for Surgical Site Infections following Total Hip Arthroplasty by Georgios Triantafyllopoulos, Ottokar Stundner, Stavros Memtsoudis, Lazaros A. Poultsides

“…These can be classified into patient-related factors (age, gender, obesity, comorbidities, history of infection, primary diagnosis, and socioeconomic profile), surgery-related factors (allogeneic blood transfusion, DVT prophylaxis and coagulopathy, duration of surgery, antibiotic prophylaxis, bearing surface and fixation, bilateral procedures, NNIS index score, and anesthesia type), and hospital-related factors (duration of hospitalization, institution and surgeon volume, and admission from a healthcare facility). …”
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