Dorsal venous complex ligation‐free and parietal endopelvic fascia preserving in laparoscopic radical prostatectomy: A prospective study of single centre by Zhong‐Hua Yang, Yong‐Zhi Wang, Tao Liu, Hang Zheng, Xing‐Huan Wang

“…In this study, continence was defined as zero to one pad per day. Oncological outcomes were evaluated based on positive surgical margin. …”
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Sample size calculations based on day-to-day variability of stress biomarkers in persons with dementia and their family caregivers by Azita Emami, Jeehye Jun, Gabriella Engström, Lars Berglund, Töres Theorell

“…For morning cortisol, five consecutive sampling days at baseline and an equal number of days at study termination is sufficient to detect a treatment difference>5% of baseline level with>20 dyads per group. When stress biomarkers are used in epidemiological studies at least six consecutive sampling days are required. …”
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Factors Leading To Severe Anaemia In Patients With Chronic Kidney Disease by Erum Afaq, Humera Afaq, Naila Parveen, Hira Fatima Waseem, Anwar Ali, Shazia Nazar

“…Stages of CKD were classified as per NKF-K/DOQI classification. The information was entered on proforma and analysed through SPSS-23.0. …”
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Effect of Electroacupuncture at Shenting and Baihui Acupoints on Ability of Learning and Memory and Expression of Autophagy Related Genes and Proteins in Cerebral Ischemia-reperfus... by Lingli GAO, Xiaodong FENG

“…The improved Zea Longa line embolism method was used to establish a model of ischemia and reperfusion injury in rats, EA was applied for 30 minutes each time, one time per day until the rats were sacrificed after ten days. …”
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ATVEJO VADYBININKO VEIKLOS MOTYVACIJA by Sandra Dragūnienė, Laima Milkintaitė

“…Motyvaciją mažina profesinės veiklos sudėtingumas ir specifika, bendravimo ir bendradarbiavimo su klientais bei kitais specialistais sunkumai, nemotyvuoti, pagalbos nepriimantys klientai, didelė teisės aktų kaita, neigiama informacija ir įvykiai, emocinis fonas bei per mažas atvejo vadybininko pareigybės žinomumas.…”
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High performance of a low input, mixed western Australian farming system: public policy implications from the case of Tolga farm by Bradley Plunkett, Daniel Roberts, Sudarshan Kharel, Kevin Foster, Tim Overheu, Brendon Savage

“…Estimated profitability is around the median of a leading consultant’s cohort of farmers for that rainfall zone; however, the low variability in its profit is reflective of the top 25% of the cohort, ranked on profit (gross margin) per hectare. The business has steadily grown over the past 30 years. …”
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The Association of Obesity with Walking Independent of Knee Pain: The Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study by Daniel K. White, Tuhina Neogi, Yuqing Zhang, David Felson, Michael LaValley, Jingbo Niu, Michael Nevitt, Cora E. Lewis, James Torner, K. Douglas Gross

“…Subjects with a BMI ≥35 took 3355 fewer steps per day independent of knee pain compared with those with a BMI ≤25 (95% CI −3899, −2811). …”
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Sleep quality and mental health among medical students in Imphal, Manipur: A cross-sectional study by Jalina Laishram, Sandra Fernandez, Pangambam A. Devi, Mani R. Bhowmick, Roshnee Heigrujam, Hanjabam S. Devi

“…Poor sleep quality was significantly associated with academic year among undergraduate students (P = 0.005), increased total screentime per day (P = 0.024), and increased screentime before sleep (P = 0.007). …”
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Investigating the efficacy of transcranial direct current stimulation on chronic pain management in endometriosis patients: A randomized controlled trial protocol. by Tatiana Camila de Lima Alves da Silva, Hégila da Silva Dantas, Luiza Eduarda Macedo, Talita Duarte Martins, Edson Silva-Filho, Rodrigo Pegado, Linda McLean, Maria Thereza Albuquerque Barbosa Cabral Micussi

“…Anodal tDCS will be delivered at an intensity of 2mA, applied over the primary motor cortex for 20 minutes per day for 10 consecutive days. There will be four assessment times: 1 week before beginning the intervention; on the 10th day following the last tDCS session; and 1 and 2 months after the last tDCS session. …”
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The impact of terahertz radiation on an extremophilic archaean Halorubrum saccharovorum proteome by T. N. Goryachkovskaya, S. H. Konstantinova, I. A. Meshcheriakova, S. V. Bannikova, E. A. Demidov, A. V. Bryanskaya, M. A. Scheglov, A. I. Semenov, D. Yu. Oshchepkov, V. M. Popik, S. E. Peltek

“…We developed a microfluidic system for irradiation of bacterial and archaeal cultures with terahertz radiation and performed a 5-hour-long exposure of H. saccharovorum to terahertz radiation at a wavelength of 130 μm and a power density of 0.8 Wt per cm2 for 5 h. We identified under- or overexpressed proteins in response to terahertz radiation using 2D electrophoresis with subsequent MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. …”
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Impact of nutrient density diet with emulsifier supplementation on apparent total tract digestibility and ileal amino acid digestibility in broilers by Shanmugam Suresh Kumar, Jae Hong Park, In Ho Kim

“…A total of 60 14-days- old Ross broiler chickens were randomly allocated into 4 group with 5 replicates and 3 chicks per cage for 14 days (phase 1 days 1 to 7 and phase 2 days 8 to 14). …”
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Genetic, biological and economic evaluation of sweet potato accessions in the collection of the Plant Introduction and Acclimatization Department, Udmurt FRC, UB RAS by A. V. Fedorov, D. A. Zorin, O. A. Ardasheva

“…The productivity of the accessions was 140–2700 g of tubers per plant. According to their productivity, the accessions were divided into clusters: the low-productivity group (up to 500 g), with ‘Betty’, Fioletovy, ‘Beauregard’, ‘Covington’ and Bezhevy; medium-productivity group (500–1000 g), with ‘Jewel’, Fioletovy Sochi, Brazilsky, Afgansky, Vinnitsky rozovy, Lyubitelsky and ‘Bayou Bell’; and high-productivity group (more than 1000 g), with Pobeda 100, ВM 17, Druzhkovsky and Bely NBS. …”
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Genetic Variation and Population Structure in Jamunapari Goats Using Microsatellites, Mitochondrial DNA, and Milk Protein Genes by P. K. Rout, K. Thangraj, A. Mandal, R. Roy

“…The mean number of alleles per locus was 9.0 indicating that the allelic variation was high in all the loci and the mean heterozygosity was 0.769 at nuclear loci. …”
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Užimtumo terapijos atitikimas sergančiųjų depresija interesams by Asta Markauskienė, Lina Povilavičiūtė, Kristina Žukienė

“…Likusieji teigė, kad ne visi užsiėmimai atitiko jų interesus ir lūkesčius, tokių kuriems nei vienas užsiėmimas netiko, nebuvo. Pusė tiriamųjų per reabilitaciją keitė užsiėmimus dėl įvairių priežasčių. …”
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Association of relative fat mass with asthma: inflammatory markers as potential mediators by Meicen Zhou, Ting Zhang, Ziyi Zeng, Shuqin Zeng, Shaopu Wang, Hua Wang

“…Below this threshold, each unit increase in RFM was positively associated with a 2% increase in the odds of asthma (Odds ratio (OR) 1.02, 95% Confidence interval (CI): 1.00—1.03), while above it, the association strengthened, with a 5% increase in the odds per unit (OR 1.05, 95% CI: 1.04—1.07). The association was consistent across subgroups. …”
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The impact of Cochrane Reviews that apply network meta-analysis in clinical guidelines: A systematic review. by Sarah Donegan, James Connor, Zarko Alfirevic, Catrin Tudur-Smith

“…<h4>Results</h4>Of the 60 included NMA reviews, 26 reviews (43%) were cited in 89 guidelines (1-13 per review). 15 NMA reviews (58%) were first cited within two years of publication, with the remaining 11 reviews (42%) cited 2-6 years later. 52 guideline developers authored the guidelines. …”
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DETERMINANTS OF UNMET HEALTHCARE NEEDS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION COUNTRIES by Tatiana Gutium, Elmira Gojaeva

“…In most EU countries, except four countries, the number of hospital beds per hundred thousand inhabitants and hospitals has decreased in the last twelve years. …”
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MD-Unet for tobacco leaf disease spot segmentation based on multi-scale residual dilated convolutions by Zili Chen, Yilong Peng, Jiadong Jiao, Aiguo Wang, Laigang Wang, Wei Lin, Yan Guo

“…Furthermore, the model parameters, floating-point operations, and inference time per single image for MD-Unet were 4.65 × 107, 2.3392 × 1011, and 65.096 ms, respectively. …”
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Comparing rates and characteristics of emergency department presentations related to pharmaceutical opioid poisoning in Australia: a study protocol for a retrospective observationa... by Dan I Lubman, Suzanne Nielsen, Tina Lam, Janneke Berecki-Gisolf, Jane Hayman, Paul Sanfilippo

“…We will use multinomial logistic regression to compare demographic and clinical characteristics, such as triage category, across opioid types.Ethics and dissemination This work is conducted under approval 21427 from the Monash University Human Research Ethics Committee for ongoing injury surveillance. As per conditions of approval, cells of &lt;5 will not be reported, though zeroes will be preserved. …”
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Influence of pH modifiers on the dissolution and stability of hydrochlorothiazide in the bi- and three-layer tablets by Blatnik Sandra Urek, Dreu Rok, Srčič Stanko

“…During the past few years, the studies of bi- and multi-layered tablets increased due to the consumption of several different drugs per day by a patient and requests for appropriate patient compliance. …”
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