First and second trimester ultrasound in pregnancy: A systematic review and metasynthesis of the views and experiences of pregnant women, partners, and health workers. by Gill Moncrieff, Kenneth Finlayson, Sarah Cordey, Rebekah McCrimmon, Catherine Harris, Maria Barreix, Özge Tunçalp, Soo Downe

“…Providing or receiving ultrasound was positive for most, reportedly increasing parental-fetal engagement. …”
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An Integrative Gene Expression Profiling Analysis Indicates Bisphenol A Promotes Osteosarcoma Progression by Interacting With Seven Prognosis-Related Genes by Jin Liu, Peng Zhang, Meng Xu, Fan Chen, Wenjing Yu, Ting Xia

“…IHH, ELFN1-AS1, AL161909.1, IGHV4-39, CSAG1, ACTA2, and SSX1 are among the most critical targets for BPA to act as a carcinogen.…”
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Soil Quality Indexing Strategies for Evaluating Sugarcane Expansion in Brazil. by Maurício R Cherubin, Douglas L Karlen, Carlos E P Cerri, André L C Franco, Cássio A Tormena, Christian A Davies, Carlos C Cerri

“…Since there is not a universal methodology for assessing SQ, we conducted a field-study at three sites within the largest sugarcane-producing region of Brazil to develop a SQ index (SQI). The most common LUC scenario (i.e., native vegetation to pasture to sugarcane) was evaluated using six SQI strategies with varying complexities. …”
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Complex Evaluation Oxygen Status and Lipid Metabolism Indexes in Newborns with Perinatal Hypoxia and Hypovolemic Shock by Svetlana A. Perepelitsa

“…As for the «AIH» group newborns, they had hyperlactatemia alone. The most severe hypoxemia at birth was diagnosed in newborns of the «Shock» group; the OSI value in these infants was significantly higher than that in «AIH» infants (P<0.01). …”
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Development of third generation anti-EGFRvIII chimeric T cells and EGFRvIII-expressing artificial antigen presenting cells for adoptive cell therapy for glioma. by Ayguen Sahin, Carlos Sanchez, Szofia Bullain, Peter Waterman, Ralph Weissleder, Bob S Carter

“…Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most aggressive and deadly form of adult brain cancer. …”
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Inter-subject variability in human atrial action potential in sinus rhythm versus chronic atrial fibrillation. by Carlos Sánchez, Alfonso Bueno-Orovio, Erich Wettwer, Simone Loose, Jana Simon, Ursula Ravens, Esther Pueyo, Blanca Rodriguez

“…The large variability in human atrial AP triangulation is mostly determined by I(K1) and either I(NaK) or I(NaCa) depending on the model.…”
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Tambaqui (<i>Colossoma macropomum</i>) in RAS Technology: Zootechnical, Hematological, Biochemical and Kn Profiles at Different Stocking Densities During the Initial Grow-Out Phase by Emilly Cordeiro Petillo, Aline da Cunha Ferreira, Christiane Patrícia Feitosa de Oliveira, Lian Valente Brandão, Thiago Marinho-Pereira, Bruno Adan Sagratzki Cavero

“…The tambaqui (<i>Colossoma macropomum</i>) is Brazil’s most farmed native species, playing a crucial role in aquaculture. …”
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FRAX Calculated without BMD Resulting in a Higher Fracture Risk Than That Calculated with BMD in Women with Early Breast Cancer by Rizky Suganda Prawiradilaga, Victoria Gunmalm, Trine Lund-Jacobsen, Eva Wulff Helge, Charlotte Brøns, Michael Andersson, Peter Schwarz

“…One hundred and sixteen women with EBC were included in the study before initiating AI treatment. Most participants were osteopenic. The 10-year probability of hip fracture and major osteoporotic fracture was calculated with and without BMD based on clinical information collected at baseline using the fracture risk assessment (FRAX) tool. …”
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The choice of auxiliary substances to obtain sublingual glycin tablets with thiotriazoline with direct compaction method Reporting 1. Study of the influence of excipients on the bu... by L. I. Kucherenko, O. V. Khromylova, H. R. Nimenko, Z. B. Moriak

“…Today in Ukraine, stroke remains the second and most common cause of premature mortality and disability. …”
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Identifying risk factors associated with the health-related quality of life for coronary heart diseases elderly using association rule mining by Chunzi Wang, Yunwei Zhang, Shuangcheng Wang, Yi Wang, Yifei Shen, Hansheng Ding

“…Among the significant rules for the sick condition, the most frequently occurring factors were “MedicalConstipation=1”, “MotorFunction=1”, “Sleep=1”, “MasticatoryFunction=1” and “Gender=2”. …”
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Single-cell analysis reveals a longitudinal trajectory of meningioma evolution and heterogeneity by Ji Yoon Lee, Eun Jung Lee, Bo Yeon Seo, Jiwon Kim, Youjin Song, Dayoung Lee, Namsung Moon, Harim Koo, Chul-Kee Park, Min-Sung Kim, Serk In Park, Do-Hyun Nam, Doo-Sik Kong, Jason K. Sa

“…Abstract Meningioma is the most prevalent primary brain tumor with extensive intra-tumoral heterogeneity and high recurrence rates, particularly in high-grade meningiomas. …”
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New age constraints on magmatism and metamorphism of the Western Sonobari Complex and their implications for an earliest Late Cretaceous orogeny on northwestern Mexico by Alicia Sarmiento-Villagrana, Ricardo Vega-Granillo, Oscar Talavera-Mendoza, Jesús Roberto Vidal-Solano

“…Petrologic studies and U-Pb geochronology allow dividing the protolith of orthogneisses in the next groups: a) Lower Triassic granodiorite and quartz monzodiorite (249.6–241.3 Ma); b) Upper Triassic granodiorite (213.7–203.5 Ma); c) Upper Jurassic tonalite and granodiorite (162.9–159.1 Ma); and d) Lower Cretaceous diorite (99.9–98.8 Ma). Most of these rocks display amphibolite facies metamorphism, pervasive foliation and several stages of folding. …”
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Predicting Postoperative Complications in Older Patients Undergoing Head and Neck Microvascular Reconstruction Using the National Quality Improvement Program Risk Calculator by Sebastian Holm, MD, Jenny Löfgren, MD, PhD, Johann Zdolsek, MD, PhD, Juan Enrique Berner, MD, MSc, FRCS(Plast), Fredrik Landström, MD, PhD

“…Head and neck cancer (HNC) is the seventh most prevalent cancer worldwide, usually requiring a multidisciplinary approach. …”
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The fate of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in freshwater polyculture mesocosms using both nutrient-balance and stable-isotope assessment by Sarah Nahon, Christophe Jaeger, Christophe Menniti, Philippe Kerherve, Marc Roucaute, Joel Aubin

“…Regardless of the treatment, sediment contained most of the total N and P at harvest (93.5 and 89.7 %, respectively). …”
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Measuring Mental Toughness among Students of the Kindergarten Department in the Universities of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq (Constructing and Application) (2022) by Sharmin Ali Hasan, Salwa Ahmed Ameen

“…Where it was chosen by stratified random method, and after conducting the scale building procedures, the researchers built a scale to measure mental toughness consisting of (52) self-reporting items, distributed over (7) components, which included each of: Goal commitment: (7, items), challenge and perseverance (7, items), life control: (8, items), emotional stability (7, items), self-efficacy (8, items), positive energy (7, items), self-confidence: (8, items) , and it consists of (5) five answer alternatives, which extracted the appropriate psychometric properties of the scale items, which included: (discriminatory power, item validity, and item reliability), and the psychometric properties of the scale were extracted, which included: (face validity and constrict validity), and reliability: (The method of re-testing and the alpha-Cronbach equation), and to apply the scale in its final form, the researchers chose the applied sample from the original Population at a rate of (20%), as its number was (242) students, which were chosen by the stratified random method, by depending on Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS) to analyze the data, the current research reached the most important results according to The objectives of the research included the following: The scale was constructed to measure mental toughness among the students of the kindergarten department in the universities of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq which consists of (52) self-reporting items and is characterized by proper psychometric properties, And the students of the Kindergarten Department in the universities of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq are characterized by mental toughness in general and at a high level, and in conclusion and in light of the results of the research, the researchers reached some recommendations and suggestions. …”
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Decreasing the stick-slip vibration during drilling wells using water and polymer drilling mud modified with NanoSiO2 particles by Abdulkareem A. Khalil, M. Sadeq Adnan, Maaly S. Asad, Dheiaa Alfarge

“…Furthermore, adding NanoSiO2 to FWB mud decreases torque, with the most substantial reduction of 40% observed at 0.09% concentration (0.35 gm). …”
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Series/Parallel Boost/Buck DC/DC Converter as a Visible Light Communication HB-LED Driver Based on Split Power by Daniel G. Aller, Diego G. Lamar, Juan R. Garcia-Mere, Marta M. Hernando, Juan Rodriguez, Javier Sebastian

“…This technique enables high efficiency because most of the power is processed by the low-frequency converter, while a minor part of the power is processed by the high-frequency converter, achieving high communication performance. …”
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Periorbital necrotizing fasciitis: the Manchester experience by Abigail Hopkins, Jonathan K. Y. Ng, Jae Yee Ku, Adam Bull, Qistina Pilson, Anne Cook

“…The median (IQR) time from the initial surgery to the most recent follow-up was 4 (2.5–42) months. There was no mortality. …”
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ANALYSIS OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FEDERAL ASSURANCE PROGRAM OF SUPPORTING BENEFICIARIES WITH INDISPENSABLE MEDICINAL PREPARATIONS IN THE SUBJECTS OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION by I. K. Petrukhina, R. I. Yagudina, T. K. Ryazanova, V. A. Kurkin, S. V. Pervushkin, A. V. Egorova, L. V. Loginova, A. I. Khusainova, P. R. Blinkova

“…The revealed discrepancy between the normative and actual expenditures can also be an indirect confirmation of the fact that the most needy beneficiaries with chronic diseases remained in the program “Provision of Essential Medicines”.…”
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Immunochemotherapy of refractory classical Hodgkin's lymphoma with high-dose consolidation and autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation complicated by a new coronavirus i... by L. S. Khayrullina, M. A. Vernyuk, A. M. Chervontseva, I. V. Cherkashina, E. E. Gushchina, A. A. Fedenko

“…Classical Hodgkin's lymphoma is one of the most treatable lymphoproliferative diseases with current chemotherapy regimens. …”
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