Consenso colombiano de tumores neuroendocrinos intestinales y síndrome carcinoide by Luis Felipe Fierro Maya, Claudia P. Córdoba Carreño, Andres A. Cuéllar-Cuéllar, Helena Facundo Navia, Andrés Flórez Romero, Angélica María González Clavijo, Deyanira González Devia, Oscar A. Guevara Cruz, Julián G. Rojas Camacho, Leonardo J. Rojas Melo, Alejandro Román González, Alfredo E. Romero Rojas, Jesús O. Sánchez Castillo, Mireya Tapiero Garcia

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Ethanolic Extract of <i>Averrhoa carambola</i> Leaf Has an Anticancer Activity on Triple-Negative Breast Cancer Cells: An In Vitro Study by Oscar F. Beas-Guzmán, Ariana Cabrera-Licona, Gustavo A. Hernández-Fuentes, Silvia G. Ceballos-Magaña, José Guzmán-Esquivel, Luis De-León-Zaragoza, Mario Ramírez-Flores, Janet Diaz-Martinez, Idalia Garza-Veloz, Margarita L. Martínez-Fierro, Iram P. Rodríguez-Sanchez, Gabriel Ceja-Espíritu, Carmen Meza-Robles, Víctor H. Cervantes-Kardasch, Iván Delgado-Enciso

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Evaluation of Medical Care for Diabetic and Hypertensive Patients in Primary Care in Mexico: Observational Retrospective Study by Agustin Lara-Esqueda, Sergio A. Zaizar-Fregoso, Violeta M. Madrigal-Perez, Mario Ramirez-Flores, Daniel A. Montes-Galindo, Margarita L. Martinez-Fierro, Iram P. Rodriguez-Sanchez, José Guzman-Esquivel, Carmen Meza-Robles, Gabriel Ceja-Espiritu, Pablo A. Kuri-Morales, Josuel Delgado-Enciso, Armando Barriguete-Melendez, Hector R. Galvan-Salazar, Carlos E. Barajas-Saucedo, Elvin Guillermo-Espinosa, Agustin D. Lara-Basulto, Jesus F. Gonzalez-Roldan, Ivan Delgado-Enciso

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A study of the user experience while working with mobile applications cooperating with sports bands by Szymon Czopek, Mariusz Dzieńkowski

“… The article analyses user experience while using two mobile applications, FitPro and Zepp Life that work with sports bands designed to monitor physical activity. …”
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Preparation and characterisation of ciprofloxacin‐loaded silver nanoparticles for drug delivery by Samer Hasan Hussein‐Al‐Ali, Suha Mujahed Abudoleh, Qais Ibrahim Abdallah Abualassal, Zead Abudayeh, Yousef Aldalahmah, Mohd Zobir Hussein

“…In this study, the AgNPs was prepared from silver nitrate in the presence of alginate as a capping agent. The ciprofloxacin (Cipro) was loaded on the surface of AgNPs to produce Cipro‐AgNPs nanocomposite. …”
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What Is and Isn't a Pesticide? by Frederick M. Fishel

“… The Federal Fungicide, Insecticide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) defines pesticides. Some substances might appear at first to be classified by FIFRA as pesticides, but this is not necessarily the case. …”
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What Is and Isn't a Pesticide? by Frederick M. Fishel

“… The Federal Fungicide, Insecticide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) defines pesticides. Some substances might appear at first to be classified by FIFRA as pesticides, but this is not necessarily the case. …”
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The Minimum Dietary Diversity For Women Indicator Can Be Extended To Children And Adolescents aged 4-15 Years As A Proxy Population Indicator For Good Micronutrient Adequacy Of Die... by Loty Diop, Aulo Gelli, Lieven Huybregts, Joanne E Arsenault, Lilia Bliznashka, Erick Boy, Megan Deitchler, Carl Lachat, Mourad Moursi, Angelica M Ochoa-Avilés, Deanna K Olney, Elodie Becquey

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Additive Consistency and Group Decision-Making Consensus Analysis of Hesitant-Intuitionistic Fuzzy Preference Relations by Xue Feng, Sheng Ling Geng, Yong Ming Li

“…The paper addresses the group decision-making (GDM) problem involving hesitant-intuitionistic fuzzy preference relations (HIFPRs), focusing on additive consistency and group consensus analysis. …”
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Optimizing Red Blood Cell Consumption Using Markov's Decision-Making Process (Case study: Blood Bank of Zanjan Province Blood Transfusion Center) by Mahdi Yousefi Nejad, Mehran Khayat Rasouli, Zohreh Khalilpour

“…The solution of this approach helps the decision-maker to choose one of (LIFO-LIFO), (FIFO-FIFO), and (LIFO, FIFO) policies. By investigating different costs and comparing various (LIFO-LIFO), (FIFO-FIFO), and (LIFO, FIFO) policies, it can be concluded over iterations that policies (LIFO-LIFO) and (LIFO -FIFO) policies have better performances than the (FIFO-FIFO) policy, and will cost much less in the long run.…”
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The Use of Noninvasive Velacur® for Discriminating between Volunteers and Patients with Chronic Liver Disease: A Feasibility Study by Michael P. Curry, Edward Tam, Caitlin Schneider, Noha Abdelgelil, Tarek Hassanien, Nezam H. Afdhal

“…Fifty-four healthy controls and 89 patients with NAFLD or cured HCV with a prior known LSM of >8 kPa were enrolled, and all subjects were evaluated with FibroScan® and Velacur®. Velacur® was able to discriminate patients with increased liver stiffness as determined by a FibroScan® score of >8 kPa from healthy controls with an AUC of 0.938 (0.88-0.96). …”
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Reported Diabetes Mellitus Prevalence Rates in the Colombia Healthcare System from 2009 to 2012: Analysis by Regions Using Data of the Official Information Sources by Noël C. Barengo, Diana Carolina Tamayo

“…Information on number of patients treated for DM was obtained by the Integral Information System of Social Protection (SISPRO), the registry of the Ministry of Health and Social Protection, and the High Cost Account (CAC), an organization to trace high expenditure diseases. …”
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Parallel randomised trial testing community fibrosis assessment for suspected non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: outcomes from LOCATE-NAFLD by Sanjeewa Kularatna, James O'Beirne, Adrian Barnett, Patricia C Valery, Elizabeth Powell, Ingrid J Hickman, Ruth Tulleners, David Brain, Katherine Stuart, Carolyn McIvor, Elen Witness, Melanie Aikebuse

“…The intervention did greatly reduce the time to FibroScan by almost 1 year (median difference 0.92 years, 95% CI 0.56 to 1.45). …”
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3-Hydroxybutyrate alleviates septic liver injury by promoting macrophage polarization from M1 to M2 by Hu Jingjuan, Deng Fan, Sun Qishun, Min Yue, Feng Siyuan, Wu Ling, Chen Xiaofeng, Liu Kexuan

“…Subsequently, macrophages were depleted using clodronate liposomes (Clo-Lipro) to explore their role in 3HB treatment. Male C57BL/6J mice were divided into five groups: CLP, CLP+3HB, CLP+ PBS-Lipro, CLP+Clo-Lipro, and CLP+ 3HB + Clo-Lipro. …”
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Geochemical exploration of rare earth element resources in highland karstic bauxite deposits in the Sierra de Bahoruco, Pedernales Province, Southwestern Dominican Republic. by Mark Chappell, Harold Rojas, Charles Andros, Autumn Acree, Yoko Masue-Slowey, Christine Young, Paige Fowler, Elizabeth Lotufo, Wesley Rowland, Michelle Wynter, Marcelo Salles, Leopoldo Gonzalez

“…Surface and subsurface soil samples were analyzed using portable X-ray fluorescence (pXRF) and a NixPro 2 color sensor validated with inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES). …”
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Differential protective effects of Family Income-to-Poverty-Ratio on electronic cigarette, depression, and obesity of Black and White Americans by Shervin Assari

“…BackgroundThe Family Income-to-Poverty-Ratio (FIPR) is a recognized indicator of socioeconomic status, and influences a wide range of health and behavioral outcomes. …”
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Peningkatan Kinerja Jaringan Dengan Menggunakan Multi-Rule Algorithm by Tanwir Tanwir, Parma Hadi Rantelinggi, Sri Widiastuti

“…Untuk mengatasi masalah tersebut dilakukan kombinasi algoritma pergantian cache Multi-Rule Algorithm, dalam bentuk algoritma kombinasi ganda FIFO-LRU dan triple FIFO-LRU-LFU. Algoritma Mural (Multi-Rule Algorithm) menghasilkan respon pada cache size 200 MB dengan waktu tanggapan rata-rata berturut-turut 56,33 dan 42 ms, sedangkan pada algoritma tunggal memerlukan waktu tanggapan rata-rata 77 ms. …”
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Effect of Different Polishing Systems on Surface Roughness of IPS Empress Ceramic Materials by Sara Abdulbasit Turki, Marwah Hussein Abdulsattar, Zahraa Nazar Alwahab

“…Following pressing, they have been divided randomly into four groups: Group A: no surface treatments, Group B: glazing (paste, HT, Ivoclar, Vivadent, Germany) glazing (paste, HT, Ivoclar, Vivadent, Germany), Group C: polishing with burs (DIAPRO TWIST, EVE, GmbH, Germany), and Group D: polishing with burs (DIAPRO TWIST, EVE, GmbH, Germany) and diamond paste (All in one, RENFERT, GmbH, Germany). …”
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Complications after autologous fat grafted into residual capsular sac after removal of breast prosthesis: Case reports by Ting Li, Yi Sun, Sufan Wu, Ce Zhang

“…Based on the patient's history, physical examination and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) examination, the fibro-oil cysts and fibrocystic mass formation were observed in patient A and patient B, respectively. …”
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