Risk of hernia-related complications after transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt creation in patients with pre-existing ventral abdominal hernias: 15-year experience at a q... by Ruth Bell, Sasan Partovi, Michael Rosen, Baljendra Kapoor, Charles McDaniel, Natalie Farha, Catherine Vozzo, Jennifer Bullen, Carlos Romero-Marrero

“…Patients who developed hernia-related complications were more likely than those without complications to have liver cirrhosis secondary to alcohol consumption (p=0.049), although this association was no longer significant after multivariate analysis.Conclusion Within 1 year after TIPS placement, approximately 20% of patients with pre-existing hernias develop hernia-related complications, typically within the first 2 months after the procedure. Patients with pre-existing hernia undergoing TIPS placement should be educated regarding the signs and symptoms of hernia-related complications, including incarceration and small bowel obstruction.…”
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<i>Streptomyces flavusporus</i> sp. nov., a Novel Actinomycete Isolated from Naidong, Xizang (Tibet), China by Dan Tang, Xiaoxia Zhou, Haolin Qian, Yu Jiao, Yonggang Wang

“…The strain was deposited in Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen and the China General Microbiological Culture Collection Center for patent procedures under the Budapest Treaty.…”
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Comparative Assessment of Isolated Liver Chemoperfusion Techniques by A. D. Kaprin, V. M. Unguryan, L. O. Petrov, S. A. Ivanov, V. V. Nazarova, Yu. A. Pobedintseva, E. V. Filimonov, E. A. Kruglov

“…The patients were divided into 3 prospective cohorts: A) arteriocaval chemoperfusion, midline laparotomy access, technical-guided liver isolation, B) arteriocaval chemoperfusion, “in J laparotomy” access, ICG-guided liver isolation, C) arterio-porto-caval chemoperfusion, “in J laparotomy” access, ICG-guided liver isolation. A procedure’s tolerance was assessed with: the duration of surgery, postoperative ICU bed-days, total postoperative bed-days, hepatic cytolysis rates, chemotherapy side-effects severity.Results and discussion. …”
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Luci e ombre nella riforma del lavoro sportivo by Giulio Centamore, Tommaso Costantini

“…The reform confirms the traditional dichotomy between professionals, which are subject to a stringent presumption of subordinate work, and amateurs, which in most cases are self-employed under article 409, No. 3 of the Italian Civil Procedure Code, with limited employment protections. …”
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Poronienie bądź martwe urodzenie dziecka a uprawnienia rodziców w polskim systemie prawnym. Stan "de lege lata" i postulaty "de lege ferenda" by Katarzyna Pluta

“…Poczynione ustalenia skłaniają do zgłoszenia postulatu wprowadzenia koniecznych zmian w systemie prawa polskiego, których efektem będzie uproszczenie procedur związanych z przedwczesnym zakończeniem ciąży. …”
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Effects of K-wire diameter and insertion angle on femoral bone medial closing-wedge osteotomies: a finite element study by Ayda K. Dastgerdi, Alireza Y. Bavil, Markus T. Berninger, Imke A. K. Fiedler, Björn Busse, Matthias Krause, Felix N. von Brackel

“…Abstract Medial closing-wedge surgery for distal femoral osteotomy is employed to correct genu valgum by correcting coronal plane malalignment. This procedure involves pre-surgery planning, creating a wedge incision, performing the osteotomy, and stabilizing with plates and screws. …”
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Flow cytofluorimetric detection and immunophenotyping of platelet-monocyte complexes in peripheral blood by O. V. Pavlov, S. V. Chepanov, A. V. Selutin, M. S. Zainulina, D. R. Eremeeva, S. A. Selkov

“…The aim of the study was to develop the method of quantitative determination of peripheral blood PMC, that preserve phenotypic features of platelets and monocytes, and to reveal their changes by ex vivo analysis. The suggested procedure includes immediate fixation of blood sample, immunocytochemical staining with fluorochrome-conjugated specific antibodies against markers of activation and differentiation followed by lysis of erythrocytes, and flow cytometric analysis. …”
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Sex Differences in Tuberculosis Burden and Notifications in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. by Katherine C Horton, Peter MacPherson, Rein M G J Houben, Richard G White, Elizabeth L Corbett

“…M:F prevalence ratios were highest in South-East Asia and in surveys that did not require self-report of signs/symptoms in initial screening procedures. The summary random-effects weighted M:F ratio for P:N ratios was 1.55 (95% CI 1.25-1.91; 34 surveys). …”
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Evaluating outcomes used in cardiothoracic surgery interventional research: a systematic review of reviews to develop a core outcome set. by Carina Benstoem, Ajay Moza, Rüdiger Autschbach, Christian Stoppe, Andreas Goetzenich

“…Systematic reviews of randomised trials on non-minimal-invasive off- or on-pump cardiothoracic surgery (elective and emergency, excluding transplants) investigating pre-, intra- or postsurgical interventions related to the outcome of the procedure were eligible for inclusion. We excluded protocols and withdrawn systematic reviews. …”
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A Hybridization of Machine Learning and NSGA-II for Multi-Objective Optimization of Surface Roughness and Cutting Force in ANSI 4340 Alloy Steel Turning by Anh-Tu Nguyen, Van-Hai Nguyen, Tien-Thinh Le, Nhu-Tung Nguyen

“…Following that, experimental validations were finally conducted to verify the optimization procedure.…”
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Cross-sectional evaluation of patients with refractory or unexplained chronic cough by office-based pulmonologists in Germany by Peter Kardos, Heinrich Worth, Ulrich Koehler, Martin Horack, Barbara Karmann, Christina Jannowitz, Adrian Gillissen

“…These findings underscore the need for improved diagnostic procedures and new therapeutic developments for RCC/UCC. …”
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Local immunodefence and microbiocenosis at bowel diseases by V. T. Ivashkin, N. L. Denisov

“…Tests for concentration of immunoglobulins in small intestine contents, evaluation of morphology of proximal region of jejunum, and microbiologic study of contents of the small intestine and stool were executed according to standard procedures.Results. Atrophy of MSI, concentration of immunoglobulins in intestinal contents and disorders in microbiocenosis present in the different degree were the basic difference between groups of patients. …”
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Study protocol of the ASTOP trial: A multicenter, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of presurgical aspirin administration for the prevention of thromboembolic comp... by Sakyo Hirai, Kyohei Fujita, Shoko Fujii, Satoru Takahashi, Keigo Shigeta, Jun Karakama, Yukiko Enomoto, Yohei Sato, Masataka Yoshimura, Shin Hirota, Tatsuya Mizoue, Yoshikazu Yoshino, Yoshihisa Kawano, Toshihiro Yamamura, Shinya Kohyama, Masaru Hirohata, Shinichi Yoshimura, Yosuke Ishii, Toshihiro Yamauchi, Naoki Taira, Yoshiki Obata, Makoto Sakamoto, Masato Inoue, Motoshige Yamashina, So Tokunaga, Toshio Higashi, Kana Sawada, Hidetoshi Mochida, Keisuke Ido, Masataka Takeuchi, Tomoji Takigawa, Yasushi Takagi, Masafumi Morimoto, Masataka Nanto, Kazunori Miki, Kouichi Misaki, Koichi Arimura, Yoshiki Hanaoka, Mutsuya Hara, Shoko Hara, Kota Yokoyama, Jun Ooyama, Ryoichi Hanazawa, Hiroyuki Sato, Akihiro Hirakawa, Megumi Ishiguro, Shigeru Nemoto, Kazutaka Sumita

“…A total of 484 patients with ruptured cerebral aneurysms receiving coil embolization within 72 h of onset will be randomly assigned 1:1 to receive 200 mg of aspirin or placebo before the procedure.<h4>Study outcomes</h4>The primary outcomes will be the incidence rates of intraoperative thromboembolic complications and symptomatic ischemic lesions on magnetic resonance imaging diffusion-weighted imaging scans evaluated by the Independent Review Committee. …”
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Economic burden of the novel coronavirus infection: a systematic review by V. M. Timiryanova, I. A. Lakman, N. Sh. Zagidullin, D. F. Gareeva

“…In this regard, many questions concerning the prioritization of funding for various restrictive and preventive procedures have arisen; also the introduction of various intervention methods for monitoring and timely treatment of post-COVID consequences became an urgent problem. …”
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Prognostic Tests of Intolerance to Postpyloric Feeding in Early Acute Pancreatitis by O. G. Sivkov, I. N. Leyderman, A. O. Sivkov, A. A. Kolchanov, G. D. Bashlykov

“…Acetaminophen absorption test was performed according to the following procedure: 0.5 g of acetaminophen was administered through the nasojunal tube placed 30–40 cm distal to the Treitz ligament using endoscope, the blood level of the drug was measured 5–20 min later.Results. …”
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Collagen wrapping and local platelet‐rich fibrin do not improve the survival rates of ACL repair with dynamic intraligamentary stabilization: a retrospective case series after ≥5 y... by Sophie C. Eberlein, Vanessa Rodriguez, Andreas Hecker, Katharina Schürholz, Sufian S. Ahmad, Frank M. Klenke

“…Nevertheless, the results are inferior to those of established ACL reconstruction procedures. Level of evidence Case series, Level IV.…”
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Substance Checking Outreach and PrEP Engagement (SCOPE) Study: protocol for a non-randomised clinical trial in Baltimore, Maryland USA by Susan G Sherman, Saba Rouhani, Kristin E Schneider, Danielle Friedman Nestadt, Emily M Martin, Miles Morris, Brian W Weir

“…We will use both random effects models and marginal structural models to estimate the effects of Check It on participant engagement on the PrEP continuum and the number of non-fatal overdoses over time.Ethics and dissemination Study procedures have been approved by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Institutional Review Board. …”
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Neurofinanzas: Cuando las Decisiones Financieras no son Racionales (Neurofinances: When finantial decisions are irrational) by Manrique Hernández Ramírez

“…The goal of this bibliographicalresearch is to analyze in detail the importance,implications, objectives, main scope, findings and instrumentsused in this new and promising investigation field.Also, a basic procedure to set up this type of research still tobe implemented in Latin America is described.…”
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Reliability of differential time to positivity technique for diagnosing catheter-related bloodstream infections: a retrospective analysis by Álvaro Irigoyen-von-Sierakowski, Marta Díaz-Navarro, Andrés Visedo, María Jesús Pérez-Granda, Pablo Martín-Rabadán, Patricia Muñoz, María Guembe

“…ABSTRACT The differential time to positivity (DTTP) technique is the recommended conservative procedure to diagnose catheter-related bloodstream infection (C-RBSI). …”
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Coeficientes de transferencia de calor experimental para el enfriamiento de licor en intercambiadores de placas//Experimental heat transfer coefficients for the liquor cooling in p... by Enrique Torres‐Tamayo, Yoalbys Retirado‐Medianeja, Ever Góngora‐Leyva

“…By means of an iterative procedure was obtained the Nusselt number equation and the relationship with the Reynolds and Prandtl number, for it was used it a design experimental multifactorial. …”
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