Assessment of Right Ventricle Function in Patients with Mitral Repair: Case Series by Yannis Amador, Jacobo Moreno Garijo, Azad Mashari, Giovanni Gadotti, Wilma M. Hopman, Tirone E David, Massimiliano Meineri

“…Interventions: Quantitative assessment of right ventricular function using transesophageal echocardiography images pre- and post-mitral valve repair, including right ventricular longitudinal strain, fractional area change, tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion, and systolic peak velocity (S’). …”
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Exploring the Enhanced Optical and Antibacterial Properties of Ag-Doped CdWO4 Nanopowders: Synthesis, Characterization, and Multifaceted Applications by Nooshin Heydarian Dehkordi, Morteza Raeisi, Sanaz Alamdari

“…The presence of Ag dopant was confirmed by the observed decrease in the intensity of the vibrational mode of ν1 (Ag) at 896 cm-1 in the CWO: Ag Raman spectrum. FE-SEM and TEM images showed that Ag ions increased the size of CWO NPs and introduced some nanorods with a diameter of approximately 29 nm. …”
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Treatment of posttraumatic thoracolumbar fractures using SpineJack for vertebral body augmentation, a single-center retrospective, and observational cohort study of 226 cases by Theodore Njee-Bugha, Guillaume Buiret

“…The aim of the study was to assess the imaging and functional results of the largest homogeneous cohort of SJPVBA. …”
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Experimental Study on the Mechanical Properties of Sandstone under the Action of Chemical Erosion and Freeze-Thaw Cycles by Lizhuang Cui, Nan Qin, Shuai Wang, Xuezhi Feng

“…Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging shows that the chemical erosion and freeze-thaw cycles both promote the degradation of rock properties from surface to interior; after 45 freeze-thaw cycles, the mechanical properties drop sharply. …”
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Risk factors for prolonged surgical duration of tracheobronchial foreign body removal in children: a single-center retrospective study by Zhe Su, Jianmin Zhang, Zhengzheng Gao, Fang Wang, Lijing Li, Zenghua Xu, Heqi Liu, Fuzhou Zhang

“…A comprehensive analysis was conducted on patient demographics, including age, weight, gender, American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) physical status classification, foreign body type and location, duration of foreign body retention, preoperative symptoms, signs, imaging findings, tracheobronchial manifestations observed during bronchoscopy, and surgical durations. …”
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Emblematic illustrations in the editions dedicated to Jonušas Radvila (1612-1655) by Aistė Paliušytė

“…At the same time, the meanings of the emblematic images were enriched, and the simple motifs of the engravings became more rhetorical. …”
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Changes in Paraspinal Muscles and Facet Joints after Minimally Invasive Posterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion Using the Cortical Bone Trajectory Technique: A Prospective Study by Yue Li, Yuxiang Chen, Yuzeng Liu, Yong Hai, Xinuo Zhang, Li Guan, Tianqing Zhang

“…We evaluated preoperative and 1-month, 3-month, 6-month, and 1-year postoperative clinical data including Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) scores and Oswestry Disability Index (ODI). Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) was performed a year after surgery. …”
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Result of Surgery to Patients with Brain Tumor in Cienfuegos by Jorge Luis Acevedo Cardoso, Samuel Sánchez Sánchez, Yoniel Suárez Guerrero, Tamara García Alfonso de Armas, Wendy Gómez Menéndez

“…The variables studied were: age, sex, history of chronic diseases, history of neoplasia of another location, onset syndrome, anatomical location according to the imaging study performed, degree of macroscopic cytoreduction, Karnofsky scale, tumor type, postoperative complications and survival after six months of surgery. …”
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Are medical school preclinical tests biased for sex and race? A differential item functioning analysis by Esther Dasari Dale, Mohammed A. A. Abulela, Hao Jia, Claudio Violato

“…Most identified items were generally poorly written or had unclear images. Conclusions The validity of score-based inferences, particularly for group comparisons, requires test items to function equally across test-taker groups. …”
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Insight into unusual complex thermodynamical behaviour of citric acid and ethanolamine solution by Reshma Karunakaran, Rajagopal Shanmugasundaram

“…This rGO sample’s structural, chemical nature, and morphology are studied through x-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transformed infra-red (FTIR), Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscope (SEM), transmission electron microscope imaging and energy dispersive analysis of x-rays (EDAX). …”
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The clinical efficacy of anew bioceramic material for indirect pulp capping of deep primary molar caries by YU Xuedi, CHEN Qiwen

“…The patients were followed up regularly at 6 months and 12 months after the operation for clinical efficacy and imaging detection. The clinical efficacy and reparative dentin thickness of the two groups were compared. …”
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Exploring the Effect of Mechanical Damage on the Water State in Blueberries Using Low-Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy by LUO Zixuan, JIANG Fengli, WU Peijing, SONG Ping, DING Keke

“…Spectroscopic data and proton density images were collected at 0, 6, and 24 h post-damage. …”
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Evaluation of the Anthropogenic Impacts of Yusufeli Dam in terms of Landscape Planning by Belgin Yılmam, Hilal Turgut

“…Kılıçkaya, Öğdem, and Yusufeli regions were chosen as the study area because they were affected by the Yusufeli Dam. Satellite images and GIS software were used to determine the anthropogenic effects. …”
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Comparison of the Methods for Diagnosing the Carpal Tunnel Syndrome by Aurimas Dobilinskas, Saulius Knystautas, Kęstutis Braziulis, Irmantas Rutkauskas, Loreta Pilipaitytė

“…Electroneuromyography is the main instrumental test when carpal tunnel syndrome is suspected. An ultrasound imaging may also be performed. Objective. To determine the effectiveness, sensitivity and specificity of instrumental diagnostics methods used to diagnose the carpal tunnel syndrome, and to compare them. …”
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Dynamic evaluation of vertebral alveolar echinococcosis using MR T2 mapping by Jinhuan Han, Yushan Chang, Hui Guo

“…Two rabbits with positive imaging results were randomly selected every 2 months for histopathological examination to evaluate the severity and pathological features of the rabbit model with Echinococcus multilocular infection. …”
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Quality of Cattle Meat and Its Compositional Constituents by Umer Seid Geletu, Munera Ahmednur Usmael, Yesihak Yusuf Mummed, Abdulmuen Mohammed Ibrahim

“…Other methods such as computer vision and imaging spectroscopy, gas chromatographic analysis, near-infrared technology, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry, and computerized tomography scanning are also used in the meat industry. …”
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Protective Effects of Intravitreal Injection of the Rho-Kinase Inhibitor Y-27632 in a Rodent Model of Nonarteritic Anterior Ischemic Optic Neuropathy (rAION) by Zuohuizi Yi, Liao Chen, Xiaoling Wang, Changzheng Chen, Yiqiao Xing

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Prognostic Risk Factors of 30-Day Death in Traumatic Lower Limb Fracture Patients with Acute Pulmonary Embolism: A Single-Center Retrospective Study by Huanhuan Li, Yijun Yu, Yuting Wang, Qian Zhang, Ye Gu

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Identification of shrinkage patterns in Japan’s four major metropolitan areas based on nighttime light and population data by Hao Zheng, Runsen Zhang

“…Here, we integrated Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership–Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite nighttime light data with WorldPop population data to examine the patterns of urban shrinkage from 2012 to 2020 in Japan’s four largest metropolitan areas: Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, and Fukuoka. …”
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From Nonfunctioning Adrenocortical Cancer to Biochemically Silent Paraganglioma Associated with SDHB Mutation: An Uncommon Presentation of a Patient with a Retroperitoneal Mass by Izabella Freitas, Anna Albuquerque, Luiz de Marco, null Eduardo, José Renan Melo, Juliana Drummond, Beatriz Rocha

“…The combination of clinical characteristics and diagnostic exams including imaging, laboratory, and molecular tests help in the differential diagnosis of retroperitoneal lesions. …”
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