Salvage surgery combined with descending aorta resection for lung cancer by Masatoshi Kanayama, Yoshinobu Ichiki, Masataka Mori, Hiroki Matsumiya, Yusuke Nabe, Akihiro Taira, Shinji Shinohara, Taiji Kuwata, Masaru Takenaka, Ayako Hirai, Naoko Imanishi, Kazue Yoneda, Eigo Ikushima, Toru Yasutsune, Yosuke Nishimura, Fumihiro Tanaka

“…The patient is currently active without any recurrence 21 months post-surgery. Conclusions No clear consensus exists regarding salvage surgery combined with aortic resection for primary lung cancer. …”
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Maternal risk factors for infant foster care from birth: A retrospective observational study by Inés Blanco Lara, Antje Horsch, Roger Hilfiker, Sarah Depallens, Vania Sandoz

“…Methods: Based on the literature, the following maternal risk factors were selected: (1) personal history of abuse, (2) substance abuse, (3) psychiatric disorder, (4) minority of mother-to-be, (5) lack of post-compulsory education, and (6) psychological vulnerability. …”
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Clinical profiles and hematologic patterns in Bangladesh's 2019 dengue outbreak by Saeed Anwar, Rahatul Islam, Yusha Araf, Jarin Taslem Mourosi, Mohammad Jakir Hosen

“…During the 2019 monsoon and post-monsoon seasons, Bangladesh experienced an unprecedented nationwide dengue outbreak, which, for the first time, spread to all sixty-four districts. …”
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POSTMODERN IRONY AND LAUGH: SPECIFIC FEATURES AND SCIENTIFIC RECEPTION by Iryna V. Kropyvko

“…Postmodernism and accordingly postmodern irony as well as laugh in the post-Soviet countries have their own specific features, which can be traced in the works of Ukrainian (O. …”
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Acute sympathetic activation blunts the hyperemic and vasodilatory response to passive leg movement in young healthy males by Brady E. Hanson, Joshua F. Lee, Ryan S. Garten, Zachary Barrett‐O'Keefe, Gwenael Layec, Bradley A. Ruple, D. Walter Wray, Russell S. Richardson, Joel D. Trinity

“…This study tested the hypothesis that elevated MSNA diminishes the vasodilatory response to PLM in healthy young males (n = 11, 25 ± 2 yr). Post exercise circulatory occlusion (PECO) following 2 min of isometric handgrip (HG) exercise performed at 25% (ExPECO 25%) and 40% (ExPECO 40%) maximum voluntary contraction was used to incrementally engage the metaboreceptors and augment MSNA. …”
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A national survey on community pharmacists’ perception, practice and perceived barriers towards pharmaceutical care services in the United Arab Emirates by Salma Mohamed, Subish Palaian, Muaed Alomar, Mohammad M. Al-Ahmad

“…Individual statements were scored 1–5, and Mann Whitney and Kruskal Wallis tests were performed to find the association between total perception, practice and barrier scores with demographic variables. Post hoc analyses and Kendall’s correlation were performed wherever applicable, at alpha = 0.05.Results A total of 227 CPs, with 70.9% (n = 161) of bachelor in pharmacy degree holders responded. …”
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Prospective incidence epidemiology study protocol: conducting active surveillance to assess the burden of Lyme disease (BOLD) in primary care practices in endemic areas of six Euro... by Mendwas Dzingina, James H Stark, Bradford D Gessner, Kristen E Allen, Elizabeth Begier, Andreas Pilz, Alexandra Loew-Baselli, Lisa R Harper, Molly Bowdery, Kate Halsby, Nicole Bézay, Ben Parslow

“…Persistent symptoms or post-treatment LD will be assessed at follow-up visits up to 2 years after initial diagnosis, while patients remain symptomatic.Ethics and dissemination This study has been approved by all sites’ local ethics committees. …”
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Ischemic stroke of undetermined source as a priming event for brain metastasis: a case report and systematic literature review by Paolo Amisano, Antonio Ciacciarelli, Svetlana Lorenzano, Irene Berto, Sara Belcastro, Danilo Toni, Manuela De Michele

“…Alternatively, the stroke may have resulted from cancer-associated coagulopathy. In this context, post-stroke pathophysiological changes—including blood–brain barrier (BBB) disruption, neuroinflammation, hypoxia-induced angiogenesis, and extracellular matrix (ECM) remodeling—may have created a permissive microenvironment for tumor cell seeding and colonization, definable as a “pre-metastatic niche”. …”
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Potential of <i>Salvia discolor</i> Extract Against Common Agricultural Pathogens by Poonam Devi, Anna Paola Lanteri, Andrea Minuto, Valentina Parisi, Valeria Iobbi, Nunziatina De Tommasi, Angela Bisio

“…However, the extract showed promising results in the post-harvest protection of tomatoes against gray mold. …”
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Sortase-mediated surface display of a chimeric immunogen on Bacillus subtilis: a chicken necrotic enteritis vaccine candidate by Bassima Al-Aneed, Hoang Duc Nguyen, Ali Akbar Masoudi, Saghi Nooraei, Abbas Hajizade, Hossein Tarrahimofrad, Gholamreza Ahmadian, Jamshid Razmyar, Moeen Khatami

“…Cytokine profiling demonstrated a robust immune response, with marked upregulation of IFN-γ, IL-4, IL-17, and IL-22. Post-challenge with virulent C. perfringens strains, immunized chickens exhibited significantly reduced intestinal lesion scores, indicating partial protection. …”
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The processing of familiar English L2 phrasal verbs in neutral and biased sentence contexts by Jianyao Yu, Jianyao Yu, Siya Wang, Siya Wang, Ping Zhang, Tai’an Chen, Tai’an Chen

“…However, in sentence reading, we observed faster late meaning activation in both literal and figurative contexts than in the neutral context, and delayed preference for figurative interpretation in the post-PV region. Meanwhile, in visual word search task, meaning activation was context-dependent and fluctuated over time, indicating temporal dynamics in processing. …”
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Enhancing clinical risk assessment in pediatric blunt abdominal trauma: A novel scoring system using ultrasound and laboratory data by Mehdi Nasr Isfahani, Elahe Nasri Nasrabadi, Zahra Rabiei, Neda Al-Sadat Fatemi, Farhad Heydari

“…The presence or absence of IAI was assessed through medical records or telephone interviews to inquire about the patients’ outcome within the two-week period post-discharge. The primary outcome was the identification of IAI, assessed through a combination of US findings, physical examination (abdominal tenderness), and laboratory parameters (WBC count and hematuria). …”
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Forensic saliva stains aging, using reverse transcription real-time PCR combined with a multidimensional prediction model of specific mRNA markers by Emad Ahmad Mostafa, Eman Abd Elhakim Attia, Nashwa El-Khazragy, Hanan E. Salem

“…Recent advances in molecular techniques have focused on using RNA degradation rates as a time-dependent biomarker due to the instability of RNA molecules post-deposition. This study explores the degradation rates of specific mRNA markers, SPRR1A and GAPDH, in dried saliva stains using Quantitative Real-Time PCR (RT-qPCR) and constructs a predictive model for aging such stains. …”
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WAYS OF PREVENTION SYNDROME OF INTRA-ABDOMINAL HYPERTENSION IN BARIATRIC SURGERY by M. I. Neimark, A. Yu. Elizariev, R. V. Kiselev

“…Maintaining a deep level of myorelaxation under the control of acceleromyography in the post-tetanic counts (PTC) mode was achieved by continuous infusion of rocuronium. …”
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Assessing the impact of fixed speed cameras on speeding behavior and crashes: A longitudinal study in New York City by Jingqin Gao, Di Yang, Chuan Xu, Kaan Ozbay, Smrithi Sharma

“…The findings suggest a decrease in speeding tickets by an average of 18.4 %, 13.3 %, and 0.6 % in the second-, third- and fourth-month post-installation, demonstrating the program’s short-term efficacy in reducing speeding behavior. …”
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Evaluasi Pemberian Terapi pada Pasien Demam Berdarah Dengue di Rumah Sakit Umum Provinsi Bali by Dwi Arymbhi Sanjaya, Herleeyana Meriyani, Rr Asih Juanita, Nyoman Budiartha Siada, Made Elvenia Ambara Damayanti, Lusy Noviani

“…Efektivitas penatalaksanaan DBD dengan komplikasi dan penyakit penyerta pada hari pertama, hari ketiga, dan hari kelima dianalisis menggunakan uji Cochran dengan post-hoc McNemar. Pasien DBD dengan komplikasi dan penyakit penyerta pada penelitian ini sejumlah 53 orang dengan 66% laki-laki dan 34% perempuan dengan rata-rata lama rawat inap yaitu 6,0 hari. …”
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Comparison of the effectiveness of single-dose levofloxacin with single-dose fosfomycin pre-urodynamic study related to the incidence of urinary tract infection: a randomized contr... by Harrina Erlianti Rahardjo, Fina Widia, Cindy Wijaya, Kevin Leonardo, Alfred Tanjung, Muhammad Hanif Arfiananda, Fatimah Nuwwaaridya Fitriani, Rahmat Aidil Fajar Siregar, Andika Afriansyah

“…The primary indications for UDS included lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) (54.8%), overactive bladder (OAB) (32.8%), underactive bladder (8.9%), and stress urinary incontinence (3.5%). Three days post-UDS, patients were followed up with urinalysis and clinical assessment for UTI symptoms. …”
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Frequency regulation of two-area thermal and photovoltaic power system via flood algorithm by Serdar Ekinci, Davut Izci, Cebrail Turkeri, Aseel Smerat, Absalom E. Ezugwu, Laith Abualigah

“…The frequency variations for the two-area thermal and PV power system are analyzed post-optimization, highlighting the superiority of the FLA-based PI controller in maintaining system stability under various operational conditions. …”
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Identification and functional analysis of a novel pathogenic variant in the MYO6 gene in a family with autosomal dominant non-syndromic hearing loss: A case report by Jianbo Shao, Xiao Zhang, Yuhua Wu, Lihua Zheng, Hao Sun, Yongli Guo, Jie Lu, Jun Zheng, Yang Yang

“…Autosomal dominant non-syndromic hearing loss (ADNSHL) caused by MYO6 gene variation typically manifests as progressive post-lingual deafness. We identified an 11-member Chinese family across four generations with ADNSHL. …”
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Mental disorders and lack of social support among refugees and Ugandan nationals screening for HIV at health centers in Nakivale refugee settlement in southwestern Uganda by Robin E. Klabbers, Scholastic Ashaba, Joshua Stern, Zikama Faustin, Alexander C. Tsai, Julius Kasozi, Andrew Kambugu, Peter Ventevogel, Ingrid V. Bassett, Kelli N. O'Laughlin

“… # Methods Refugees and Ugandan nationals voluntarily testing for HIV at health centers in Nakivale Refugee Settlement were screened for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD CheckList-6 -- Civilian Version \[PCL-6\]), depression (Patient Health Questionnaire-9 \[PHQ-9\]), anxiety (General Anxiety Disorder-7 \[GAD-7\]), and lack of social support (Brief Social Support Scale \[BS6\]). …”
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