Evaluation of the Effect of Cichorium intybus L. on the Liver Enzymes in Burn Patients: A Randomized Double-Blind Clinical Trial by Abdolkhalegh Keshavarzi, Rahimeh Akrami, Mohammad M. Zarshenas, Saeid Zareie, Tayyeb Ghadimi, Ali Najafi, Mahsa Rostami Chijan, Azizallah Dehghan, Elham Zarenezhad

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Factors associated with, and variations in, COVID-19 hospital death rates in England’s first two waves: observational study by Alex Bottle, Paul Aylin, Stephen Brett, Puji Faitna

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Bone Loss Rate May Interact with Other Risk Factors for Fractures among Elderly Women: A 15-Year Population-Based Study by Joonas Sirola, Anna-Kaisa Koistinen, Kari Salovaara, Toni Rikkonen, Marjo Tuppurainen, Jukka S. Jurvelin, Risto Honkanen, Esko Alhava, Heikki Kröger

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Leveraging computational approaches in identifying novel HER-2 + breast cancer potential therapeutics: integrating virtual screening and molecular dynamics simulation by Olawale Quadri Bolaji, Temitope Isaac Adelusi, Taiwo Ooreoluwa Ojo, Ibrahim Damilare Boyenle, Abdul-Quddus Kehinde Oyedele, Taiwo Temitope Ogunjobi, Adegboye Oyewole Oyaronbi, Sukurat Oluwatoyin Ayoola, Abdeen Tunde Ogunlana

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Long-term memory plasticity in a decade-long connectivity study post anterior temporal lobe resection by Marine N. Fleury, Lawrence P. Binding, Peter Taylor, Fenglai Xiao, Davide Giampiccolo, Sarah Buck, Gavin P. Winston, Pamela J. Thompson, Sallie Baxendale, Andrew W. McEvoy, Matthias J. Koepp, John S. Duncan, Meneka K. Sidhu

“…Here, we show the potential for sustained cognitive improvement and importance of strategic approaches in epilepsy treatment, advocating for conservative surgeries and long-term use of cognitive rehabilitation for ongoing recovery.…”
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The Rise of Transradial Artery Access for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndromes in Australia by Ryan James Ocsan, Ata Doost, Paul Marley, Ahmad Farshid

“…The primary outcome was Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events (MACE), a composite of death, myocardial infarction (MI), target lesion revascularisation (TLR), or coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) at 12 months. Secondary outcomes included Bleeding Academic Research Consortium (BARC) bleeding events scored 2 or higher, haematoma formation, and stent thrombosis, in addition to all individual components of MACE. …”
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Research on Function Family of Large Bending Model Based on Mechanics for Cannula Flexible Needle by Yan-Jiang Zhao, Yan-Yi Pei, He Zhang, Yin Chen, Ji-Long Lu

“…The results showed that the mean errors were 0.98 mm and 1.02 mm, the maximum errors were 1.43 mm and 1.53 mm, and the root mean square errors were 0.45mm and 0.51mm, respectively for two cases of the stylet extension lengths, fulfilling the required accuracy for the ordinary clinical surgery, which proves the rationality and accuracy of the proposed method.…”
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Blood pressure, gallstones, and age at first cholecystectomy in U.S. adults: a cross-sectional study by Yue Zhang, Ruifeng Duan, Xin Chen, Lijuan Wei

“…When examining the correlation between SBP and age at surgery, age was first positively and then negatively correlated with BP, with 170 as an inflection point. …”
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Artificial intelligence in dentistry—A review by Hao Ding, Jiamin Wu, Wuyuan Zhao, Jukka P. Matinlinna, Jukka P. Matinlinna, Michael F. Burrow, James K. H. Tsoi

“…., operative dentistry, periodontics, orthodontics, oral and maxillofacial surgery, and prosthodontics. The majority of the AI applications in dentistry are for diagnosis based on radiographic or optical images, while other tasks are not as applicable as image-based tasks mainly due to the constraints of data availability, data uniformity, and computational power for handling 3D data. …”
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Molecular evidence for the efficacy of PBM therapy in the treatment of oral lichen planus by Maria Zaharieva Mutafchieva, Milena Nenkova Draganova, Plamen Ivanov Zagorchev, Reem Hanna, Georgi Tomchev Tomov

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Investigation of PACAP Fragments and Related Peptides in Chronic Retinal Hypoperfusion by Dora Werling, Dora Reglodi, Peter Kiss, Gabor Toth, Krisztina Szabadfi, Andrea Tamas, Zsolt Biro, Tamas Atlasz

“…Routine histology was performed 2 weeks after the surgery; cells were counted and the thickness of retinal layers was compared. …”
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AI-Enhanced Healthcare: Integrating ChatGPT-4 in ePROs for Improved Oncology Care and Decision-Making: A Pilot Evaluation by Chihying Liao, Chinnan Chu, Mingyu Lien, Yaochung Wu, Tihao Wang

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Analytical Approach to the Selection of Research Topics for Gallstone Disease and Acute Cholecystitis (an Overview of Cochrane Reviews) by S. I. Panin, T. V. Nechay, A. V. Sazhin, A. V. Puzikova

“…There is little prospect of continuing evidence-based studies to determine the need for intraperitoneal anesthetic instillation, differences in the duration of hospitalization after various minimally invasive surgeries, since new information is unlikely to change the conclusions of meta-analyses (the required information size has been achieved by 100 %).Conclusion. …”
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Vacuum-Assisted Closure and Muscle Flap as An Alternative Modality for Infected Wound After Orif of Tibial Fracture: Case Report by OK Ilham Abdullah Irsyam, Saraswati Hastika, Hendra Hendra, Andrew Budiartha Budisantoso, Tesar Akbar Nugraha

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Prognostic significance of total choline on in-vivo proton MR spectroscopy for prediction of late recurrence in patients with hormone receptor-positive, HER2-negative early breast... by Hyunjik Kim, Heungkyu Park, Yongsoon Chun, Hagjun Kim, Hyeonman Baek, Yunyeong Kim

“…<h4>Methods</h4>The study cohort included 261 HR+/HER2- breast cancer patients who underwent diagnostic single-voxel proton MRS (3.0T scanner) prior to first-line surgery from March 2011 to July 2014. The relationships between tCho compound peak integral (tChoi) values and others prognostic factor were analyzed, as were the effects of tChoi on 10-year disease-free survival (DFS) and overall survival (OS). …”
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Considerations in assessing blood glucose in mice: coping with interferences of intraperitoneal injection, noise, fasting, housing and blood sampling by Si-Li Zheng, Xue-Lian Wang, Pin Wang, Jin Chen, Chao-Yu Miao

“…Tail-tip blood rather than serum or blood from sampling processes with big surgery invasion is recommended for blood glucose testing.…”
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Core Prescribing Indicators and the Most Commonly Prescribed Medicines in a Tertiary Health Care Setting in a Developing Country by Priyadarshani Galappatthy, Priyanga Ranasinghe, Chiranthi K. Liyanage, Maheshi Wijayabandara, Dinuka S. Warapitiya, Dilini Jayasekara, Raveendra L. Jayakody

“…Prescriptions were obtained from 5 major specialties (Clinical Medicine (CM), Gynaecology and Obstetrics (GO), Paediatrics, Psychiatry, and Surgery). The WHO core prescribing indicators were used to describe the pattern of prescribing, and the most commonly prescribed medicines were identified. …”
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A New Risk Score Based on Lipid Indicators for Patients with Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Wei X, Guo Z, Zhang T, Liang J

“…., Ltd, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of General Surgery, Beijing Friendship Hospital, Capital Medical University, State Key Laboratory of Digestive Health, National Clinical Research Center for Digestive Diseases, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Jun Liang, Email Junl1959@163.comBackground: The prognosis is extremely troubling in advanced hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC). …”
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Systemic and Local Administration of Antimicrobial and Cell Therapies to Prevent Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis-Induced Femoral Nonunions in a Rat Model by Arianna B. Lovati, Lorenzo Drago, Marta Bottagisio, Matilde Bongio, Marzia Ferrario, Silvia Perego, Veronica Sansoni, Elena De Vecchi, Carlo L. Romanò

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An In Vitro Pilot Study Comparing the Novel HemoClear Gravity-Driven Microfiltration Cell Salvage System with the Conventional Centrifugal XTRA™ Autotransfusion Device by Anneloes Hoetink, Sabine F. Scherphof, Frederik J. Mooi, Paul Westers, Jack van Dijk, Sjef J. van de Leur, Arno P. Nierich

“…In a split-unit study (n = 18), shed blood collected 18 hours after cardiothoracic surgery was divided into two equal volumes. One-half was processed by the XTRA™ device and the other with the HemoClear blood separation system. …”
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