Contrast enhanced ultrasound - a useful method for diagnosing tubal ectopic pregnancy with low level β-HCG by Jingping Wu, Xinyu Chen, Qiong Wu, Na Wei, Guifang An, Hairong Yu, Ning Wang

“…Abstract Background In patients presenting with atypical symptoms or low plasma β-HCG levels, the presence of an adnexal mass without a yolk sac or embryo on ultrasound often provides insufficient confidence for a definitive diagnosis of ectopic pregnancy(EP). Consequently, most such cases can only be classified as suspected EP. …”
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The Association between Anemia and Mortality of Severe Pneumonia COVID-19 Patients in the High Care Unit of a Tertiary Hospital in Jakarta by Wulyo Rajabto, Gurmeet Singh, Calvin Kurnia Mulyadi, Vitya Chandika, Maria Pyrhadistya

“…The source population consisted of 60.9% men and 39.1% women with a median age of 58 years. The most prevalent comorbidity was hypertension (38.2%), followed by diabetes mellitus (27.2%), renal diseases (19.1%) and heart diseases (10%). …”
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Powers of local governments in the field of security of settlements on the example of flight permits: monitoring of legislation and law enforcement practice by Ekaterina S. Shugrina

“…Some courts decide that local governments have no right to regulate the issuance of flight permits. The most numerous are court decisions when the court compels local governments to adopt administrative regulations for the provision of the relevant municipal service concerning flight permits. …”
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Correction of metal artefacts around orthodontic mini-implants – a micro-CT study in the rat tail model by Robert Kerberger, Giulia Brunello, Nicole Rauch, Dieter Drescher, Bert van Rietbergen, Kathrin Becker

“…CC computation revealed a satisfactory fit (R2 = 0.989, RMSE = 0.031) and the difference in grey values was significantly lower after correction (p < 0.001). Most VOIs showed significant improvement, though overcorrection was observed in a few cases. …”
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The Impact of Acquired Hypothyroidism on the Growth and Metabolic Profiles of Pediatric Patients: A Retrospective Monocentric Study by Elena Malavolta, Ignazio Cammisa, Giulia Rotunno, Lucia Celeste Pane, Federica Arzilli, Giorgio Sodero, Donato Rigante, Clelia Cipolla

“…<b><i>Background</i>:</b> Hypothyroidism is the most common thyroid dysfunction in childhood, resulting from the decreased biological activity of thyroid hormones in tissues. …”
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Education in plastic surgery: Are we headed in the right direction? by Nishant Khare, Vinita Puri

“…Aesthetic surgery (38.7%) and microvascular surgery (32.6%) were the most frequent response when the Group II respondents were enquired about the subspeciality they would like to focus on in their practice. …”
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Side effects of the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine in health workers of a hospital in the southeast of Mexico by Jesús Arturo Ruiz-Quiñones, Víctor Manuel Narváez-Osorio, Oscar Antonio Ulín-Tejeda, Oscar Israel Flores-Barrientos, Samuel Suárez-Méndez, Guadalupe del Carmen Baeza-Flores

“…Conclusions: The data suggest that pain in the application area is the most frequent side effect among workers in a Mexican hospital who received the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19. …”
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A scoping review of the applications of augmented reality in nursing by Wenjing Wei, Jia Gao, Xueli Luo, Xiaoyan Gong, Lianlian Dong

“…Head-mounted displays were the most popular AR devices (n = 20). AR applications in nursing were categorized into three primary domains: nursing education, clinical nursing, and tele-nursing. …”
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Vertical Total Electron Content Enhancements and Their Global Distribution in Relation to Tectonic Plate Boundaries by Paweł Wielgosz, Wojciech Jarmołowski, Stanisław Mazur, Beata Milanowska, Anna Krypiak-Gregorczyk

“…Extensive anomalies of the total electron content (TEC) are most often linked with geomagnetic storms or Earth-dependent phenomena, like earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, or nuclear explosions. …”
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Potential relationship of the gut microbiome with testosterone level in men: a systematic review by Cennikon Pakpahan, Geraldo Laurus, Markus Christian Hartanto, Rajender Singh, Ankur Saharan, Darmadi Darmadi, Andri Rezano, Gito Wasian

“…However, the microbiome with the most significant influence on testosterone levels cannot be easily identified and requires further research.…”
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Atypical Presentation of Pediatric Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Complicated by Cryptococcal Meningitis by Heba Ezzat Hashem, Zakaria Hamza Ibrahim

“…Cryptococcus neoformans (C. neoformans) is the most common Cryptococcus species causing diseases in humans which can be presented as pulmonary, meningitis, cutaneous, and/or disseminated cryptococcosis. …”
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Assessment of enhanced biodegradation potentials of animal wastes on diesel-contaminated soil by Tosan AKIRI-OBAROAKPO, Emmanuel IMARHIAGBE, Frederick EKHAISE

“…Oil spillage is a menace, crippling most oil-producing regions around the globe. The aim of this study was to access the role of poultry litter and cow dung in enhancing biodegradation of diesel-contaminated soil. …”
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<p><strong>Evaluation of different treatments in control of <em>Oligonychus afrasiaticus </em>in date palm orchards of Iran</strong></p><p><strong> </strong></p> by Masoud Arbabi, Masoud Latifian, Majied Askari, Mohammad Taghi Fasihi, Mohammad Reza Damghani, Nader Gholmohammad zadeh Khiaban, Horieh Rezai

“…Date spider mite treated with tetradifon has a half century history in Iran and fenazaquin with low dose (0.3%), caused high mortality rate in most of provinces. Absolute mite controlled (100%) and prolongation effects recorded by water sprayed during 20th day sampling time in the 1st and 2nd year in Hormozgan and Kerman provinces, respectively.  …”
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Organic fertilizer enhances the secretion of microRNAs from tomato roots to facilitate beneficial rhizosphere microorganism expansion and suppress Ralstonia solanacearum proliferat... by Shuo Liu, Hai-Yang Li, Tao Zhang, Yang-Kai Li, Xin-Di Liao, Si-Cheng Xing

“…However, there is still a gap in the understanding of rhizomicrobiome functional genes that are regulated by plants; to date, most studies have shown that the “cry for help” process is mediated by root exudates. …”
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Students individual work on pediatric surgery chair as one of credit-modular education system factors by O. V. Lyaturinska, M. O. Makarova

“…To be able to think independently is the most important professional quality that characterizes the ability of a future doctor to systematize, plan and make decisions on which health and sometimes the patient's life depend.[1, 3, 4, 5]. …”
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Anisotropic Velocity Fluctuations in Galaxy Mergers: A Probe of the Magnetic Field by Yue Hu, Joseph Whittingham, Alex Lazarian, Christoph Pfrommer, Siyao Xu, Thomas Berlok

“…The recently developed Velocity Gradient Technique (VGT), which capitalizes on the anisotropy inherent in magnetohydrodynamic (MHD) turbulence, represents a new method for mapping magnetic fields in galaxies using spectroscopic observations. Most validations of VGT thus far have relied upon idealized MHD turbulence simulations, however, which lack the more complex dynamics found in galaxies and galaxy mergers. …”
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THE CRITERIA FOR LYMPH NODE METASTATIC DISEASE IN UTERINE CERVIX CANCER PATIENTS BASED ON MRI FINDINGS by E. G. Zhuk, I. A. Kosenko

“…Lymph node size is the most widely used CT and MR criteria for assessing lymph node status. …”
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Nano-based drug delivery systems for the treatment of non-infectious uveitis by Xingdi Wu, Mengyuan Hu, Yilu Cai, Fan Jia, Yang Ye, Naiji Yu, Min Chen, Kaijun Wang

“…Background: Uveitis is one of the most prevalent causes of global visual impairment. …”
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Complete denture parameters reflecting the satisfaction of dentists and patients by Ahmed Abdul Razzaq, Chaturvedi Saurabh, Das Gotam, Khan Muhammad Farhan, Suleman Ghazala, Sibghatullah Muhammad

“…Improving dentist-patient communication is the most useful strategy to improve patients’ satisfaction with their dentures.…”
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Antithrombotic Therapy and the Nearest Forecast of Pulmonary Embolism in Rutine Clinical Practice (Data of the Regional Vascular Center of the Ryazan Region) by N. N. Nikulina, Yu. V. Terekhovskaya, S. S. Yakushin

“…Thrombolytic therapy was performed in 63 patients (61.2% of the sample), of which 48 (76.2%) had no indications. In these cases, the most common reason for performance was the results of the PESI score (n=17) and/or a significant amount of damage to the pulmonary artery (n=10) and/or severe shortness of breath (n=3) and/or the presence of a thrombus in the right parts of the heart or deep veins of the lower extremities (n=2), in addition, in a number of medical records, the cause is indicated as “for health reasons” (n=6) or there were no data (n=10). …”
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