Comparison of Healthcare Encounters and Drug Persistence in Patients With Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Receiving Oral Selexipag, Inhaled Iloprost, or Parenteral Treprostinil: A... by Ci Song, Peter Kunovszki, Amélie Beaudet

“…No head-to-head clinical trials have compared outcomes between the 3 different PGI~2~-pathway drugs most commonly available in countries with advanced healthcare: oral selexipag, inhaled iloprost, and parenteral (subcutaneous or intravenous) treprostinil…”
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The use of frequency dictionaries in the process of the development of the English language lexical competence of students in IT fields by M. V. Kharina

“…Such steps are the formation of the collections of relevant texts on it, computer processing of these collections to build frequency dictionaries and automatic and manual editing of the dictionaries, intended for the formation of the ordered list of lexical units for students to learn.The result of the research is the practical implementation of the presented model of work with frequency dictionaries. The most labor-intensive and responsible job is the preparation of the collection of English texts, based on the well-established interdisciplinary interaction. …”
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Features of Visual Dysfunctions in Patients with Primary Hypothyroidism and Thyrotoxicosis by V. G. Likhvantseva, V. N. Trubilin, E. V. Korosteleva, S. G. Kapkova, V. A. Vygodin

“…Decreased sensitivity to blue stimulus (440 nm) refers to an acquired color anomaly called tritanopia; which can be present with high visual function, is most often associated with a decrease in the number of S-cones and a deficiency of retinol (the source of cyanolab synthesis).…”
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Sutureless partial nephrectomy by S. V. Shkodkin, Yu. B. Idashkin, M. Z. A. A. Zubaidi, A. D. Kravets, A. F. Khuseinzoda, Zh. K. Askari, E. G. Ponomarev, V. Y. Nechiporenko, K. S. Shkodkin

“…Significant prerequisites for such a state of the problem should be considered the monocentric nature of most studies and relatively little experience in the application of certain methods or their combinations. …”
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DEKARTIŠKASIS DIEVO ĮRODYMAS: PRIELAIDOS IR INTENCIJOS by Skirmantas Jankauskas

“…At the same time, there is also supported the traditional attitude that the most important discovery of Descartes is precisely the cogito principle, which initiates the modern thinking. …”
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Dietary inclusion of Hermetia illucens larvae meal modifies caecal microbiota diversity and composition in barbary partridges (Alectoris barbara) by Elie Atallah, Tiziana Maria Mahayri, Jakub Mrázek, Fulvia Bovera, Giovanni Piccolo, Kateřina Olša Fliegerová, Giuseppe Moniello

“…High-throughput sequencing targeting the V4-V5 region of the 16 S rRNA gene was used. Firmicutes were the most abundant phylum in all studied categories. This phylum was dominated by the families Ruminococcaceae and Lachnospiraceae. …”
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Mentoring for well-being, engagement and academic achievement in higher education students by Joana C. Gonçalves, António M. Duarte, Alexandra Marques-Pinto, Paula Paulino, Célia P. Figueira, Paula A. Ferreira, Sara Hagá, Alexandra Barros, Nádia S. Pereira, Rita A. Da Luz, André Amaral, Filipe Mesquita

“…The perceived changes’ analysis indicated that most participants experienced a moderate to satisfactory impact. …”
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The Influence of Australian Bushfire on the Upper Tropospheric CO and Hydrocarbon Distribution in the South Pacific by Donghee Lee, Jin-Soo Kim, Kaley Walker, Patrick Sheese, Sang Seo Park, Taejin Choi, Minju Park, Hwan-Jin Song, Ja-Ho Koo

“…A unique finding in this study is that the hydrocarbon increase in the South Pacific mostly relates to the bushfires in N_Aus, implying that we need to be more vigilant of bushfires in N_Aus, although the severe Australian bushfire in 2019–2020 occurred in SE_Aus. …”
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Diagnostic value of exosome-derived lncRNA PITPNA-AS1 in lung cancer by Mujin Chen, XiaoHui Feng, ChengChen Liu, Yan Huang, LiJuan Su, XiaoFeng Li, JinFeng Zhu

“…BackgroundLung cancer is one of the most lethal types of cancer, and effective diagnostic biomarkers are required. …”
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Association of Six Complex Inflammatory Indicators with Prognosis in Patients with Intravenous Thrombolysis Stroke by Li Y, Xi L, Sun H, Yu F, Liang Q, Qie T, Dai B

“…Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were utilized to analyze and evaluate their predictive efficacy for adverse outcomes.Results: The unfavorable prognosis group exhibited significant differences from the favorable prognosis group in various hematological markers, including PLR, NLR, LMR, SII, SIRI, and PIV, as indicated by ROC values of 0.613 (95% confidence interval (CI), 0.564– 0.661), 0.707 (95% CI, 0.663– 0.751), 0.614 (95% CI, 0.567– 0.662), 0.715 (95% CI, 672– 0.758), 0.631 (95% CI, 0.584– 0.679), and 0.569 (95% CI, 0.520– 0.619) respectively. (4) Conclusions: PLR, NLR, LMR, SII, SIRI, and PIV demonstrated associations with adverse outcomes at the 3-month mark in patients who underwent intravenous thrombolysis, with NLR (ROC is 0.707) and SII (ROC is 0.715) showing the most pronounced significance and PIV (ROC is 0.569) exhibiting the least significance.Keywords: acute ischemic stroke, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio, platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio, systemic immune inflammation index, systemic inflammation response index…”
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Predictive modelling of creep age forming parameters using artificial neural networks by Yo-Lun Yang, Cheng-Ling Tai, Wan-Ling Chen, Sundarakannan Rajendran, Vigneshwaran Shanmugam

“…The superior performance over constitutive models was most pronounced at extended ageing times, where the ANN maintained accuracy while traditional models showed increasing divergence from experimental data. …”
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The influence of cavity design on the mechanical behavior of endo-crown restorations: an ex-vivo study by Mohamed Gomaa Altamimi, Omaima El Mahallawi, Monika Lukomska-Szymanska, Mohammed Turky

“…Failure mode analysis revealed distinct patterns, indicating that the conventional design with root canal extension fractured under the lowest loads, yielded the most favorable outcomes (P < 0.0001). Conclusions The choice of cavity design significantly impacts the mechanical performance of endo-crown restorations. …”
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Oncologic Diseases as a Risk Factor for Cryptogenic Stroke by G. R. Ramazanov, E. A. Kovaleva, N. A. Shamalov

“…The US National Cancer Registry has shown a decrease in mortality in patients with the most common forms of OD (lung, breast and prostate cancer). …”
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Development of a multifactorial prediction model for commute mode choice in 10 983 Finnish public sector employees: a cross-sectional study by Jaana I Halonen, Paula Salo, Jenni Ervasti, Kia Gluschkoff, Jaakko Airaksinen, Anna Makkonen

“…The mean age was 46 (SD 11) years, and 84% were women.Primary outcomes Commute by (1) bike or foot (an active mode) during summer and winter weather and (2) by car (a passive mode) during summer and winter weather.Methods Using logistic Lasso (least-absolute-shrinkage-and-selection-operator) regression, we developed and tested a prediction model for short commutes of 5 km or less to identify the characteristics of employees most likely to commute actively during summer and winter weather and passively during summer and winter weather.Results All models had a good predictive ability with a C-index of 0.82, 0.77, 0.72 and 0.71. …”
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INVESTIGATION OF THE EXPRESSION LEVEL OF miR 142-3P IN OVARIAN CARCINOMA by Yasemin Gider, Xhariqa Jabbarlı, Gamze Uyaroğlu, Demet Akdeniz Ödemiş, Şeref Buğra Tunçer, Büşra Kurt Gültaşlar, Seda Kılıç Erciyas, Özge Şükrüoğlu Erdoğan, Betül Çelik, Hülya Yazıcı

“…Objective: The most common cancers in women are breast, thyroid, colorectal, uterine corpus, lung and ovarian cancer. …”
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Psycho-Socio-Economic Issues Challenging Multidrug Resistant Tuberculosis Patients: A Systematic Review. by Beena Elizabeth Thomas, Poonguzhali Shanmugam, Muniyandi Malaisamy, Senthanro Ovung, Chandra Suresh, Ramnath Subbaraman, Srividya Adinarayanan, Karikalan Nagarajan

“…There were few intervention studies which addressed these psychosocial issues most of which were small pilot studies. There is dearth of large scale randomized psychosocial intervention studies that can be scaled up to strengthen management of MDR-TB patients which is crucial for the TB control programme.…”
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Impact of obesity on pulmonary function of preschool children: an impulse oscillometry study by Anuvat Klubdaeng, Kanokporn Udomittipong, Apinya Palamit, Pawinee Charoensittisup, Khunphon Mahoran

“…The waist-to-height ratio was the most robust independent predictor of total and peripheral airway resistance, with increases in R5 (b=1.65, P=0.02) and R5–R20 (b=1.39, P=0.03) and a near-significant correlation with AX (b=12.12, P=0.06). …”
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Endoscopic ultrasound in the pre-therapeutic staging of gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma: the diagnostic value in defining patients eligible for a neoadjuvant chemotherapy regimen by Wilko Staiger, Ulrich Ronellenfitsch, Ralf-Dieter Hofheinz, Philipp Ströbel, Miriam Hahn, Stefan Post, Peter Collet, Georg Kähler, Matthias Schwarzbach

“…Within the last years most experience has been gainedusing endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) and it has been considered as a valuable tool for the assessment of locoregionaldisease.Aim: To evaluate the accuracy of endoscopic ultrasound for the preoperative staging of locally advanced gastroesophagealadenocarcinomas with regard to defining patients’ eligibility for neoadjuvant chemotherapy.Material and methods: Between January 2006 and June 2007 consecutive patients (n = 47) who underwent resectionof a gastroesophageal adenocarcinoma and would have been potentially eligible for neoadjuvant chemotherapy wereincluded in this study. …”
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Consumo de bebidas alcohólicas en adolescentes de la Policlínica Manuel Díaz Legrá. Holguín by Marlene Báez García, Martha Compte Riverón, Gisel Bárbara Palacios Rojas, Gelvis Cedeño Macle, Madelaine Cedeño Macle

“…Male sex between 15 and 19 years was the predominant one. The most frequent motivation for the alcohol consumption was that they were pressured on consuming alcohol and presdiposition factors were present . …”
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Complementary and alternative medicine for the treatment of bronchiolitis in infants: A systematic review. by Kok Pim Kua, Shaun Wen Huey Lee

“…<h4>Results</h4>The review identified 11 studies (8 randomized controlled trials and 3 cohort studies) examining four herbal preparations and four supplements used either as adjunctive or alternative therapy for bronchiolitis in 904 infants. Most studies were of moderate quality. Among six studies reporting on length of stay, a significant benefit was found for Chinese herbal medicine compared to ribavirin in one cohort study (n = 66) and vitamin D compared to placebo in one randomized controlled trial (n = 89). …”
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