Management of Persistent Epistaxis Using Floseal Hemostatic Matrix vs. traditional nasal packing: a prospective randomized control trial by Scott Murray, Adrian Mendez, Alexander Hopkins, Hamdy El-Hakim, Caroline C. Jeffery, David W. J. Côté

“…Results There were no significant differences between groups for initial hemostasis (76.9% vs. 84.6%, p = 1.000) or, hemostasis at 48 h (76.9% vs. 69.2%, p = 1.000), requirement for admission (15.4% vs. 46.1%, p = 0.2016) or 30-day re-presentation rates (15.4% vs. 46.1%, p = 0.2016). …”
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Comparison of the somatic growth of juvenile sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus (Lamarck, 1816) fed with experimental and commercial pre-growth diets by Noelia Tourón Besada, Estefanía Paredes, Damián Costas

“…Se utilizaron 4 repeticiones con 40 erizos por tratamiento, con diámetro y peso promedio inicial de 4,8 mm y 0,06 g, respectivamente. El experimento duró 6 meses y las dietas se proporcionaron ad libitum tres días por semana; el agua se reemplazó 18 veces al día; fotoperiodo 12 L: 12 D, saturación de oxígeno mantenida en 8 - 10 mg/L y pH en 8 - 8,5. …”
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Long-term clinical outcomes of isolated orbital floor fracture reconstruction using nonresorbable implants by Ayman E Abd El Ghafar, Nashaat Shawky, Mahrous Hassan Shaheen, Khalid Abdel Aziz, Mostafa Mohamed Diab

“…At the 6-month postoperative visit, nine patients (40.9%) in the Ti mesh group experienced postoperative diplopia compared to six patients (30.0%) in the PP group and one patient (4.2%) in the PPE group (P < 0.047). Following the initial 6-month postoperative period, the PP group had more frequent postoperative enophthalmos compared to the other 2 groups. …”
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Vitamin D3/VDR alleviates double-stranded RNA virus -induced biliary epithelial cell damage by inhibiting autophagy by Na Liu, Pu Zhao, Ping Cao, JunPeng Hui, YongKang Pan, Jiwen Cheng

“…Abstract Background The increased apoptosis of bile duct epithelial cells (BECs) due to some damage factors is considered the initiating factor in the occurrence and progression of biliary atresia (BA). …”
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Los recursos turísticos que más interesan a los españoles. Un estudio de demanda de información turística en España a través de las métricas de Google by Antonio Ángel Ramón Ojeda, Javier Camino Dorta

“…A partir de una metodología cuantitativa se analiza el informe de resultados y aspectos como los países de localización de los recursos turísticos, las localidades de su emplazamiento, la tipología de los mismos y la idoneidad, tanto de la fuente, como de la metodología, para alcanzar el objetivo inicial de la investigación. El número de registros que maneja la muestra es de 3849 puntos de interés. …”
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Genetic Variability, Character Association, Path Coefficient, and Diversity Analysis of Rice (Oryza sativa L.) Genotypes Based on Agro-Morphological Traits by Shubh Pravat Singh Yadav, Sujan Bhandari, Netra Prasad Ghimire, Dipesh Kumar Mehata, Soni Kumari Majhi, Susmita Bhattarai, Samaz Shrestha, Bishnu Yadav, Pratima Chaudhary, Sangita Bhujel

“…Upon confirmation, these genotypes can be recommended for commercial release or used as prospective breeding material in cross-breeding initiatives aimed at producing cultivars possessing desirable homogeneous features.…”
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Impact of Additional Active Treatment for Prostate Cancer on Health-related Quality of Life of Men: Results from the EUPROMS 2.0 1-year Follow-up Survey by Lionne D.F. Venderbos, Sebastiaan Remmers, André Deschamps, John Dowling, Ernst-Günter Carl, Nuno Pereira-Azevedo, Monique J. Roobol

“…Background and objective: In 2019 and 2021, Europa Uomo initiated the Europa Uomo Patient Reported Outcome Study (EUPROMS) and the EUPROMS 2.0 survey, with the goal of collecting data on patients’ self-reported perspective on physical and mental well-being outside of a clinical trial setting, to be able to investigate the burden of prostate cancer (PCa) treatment from a patient-to-patient perspective. …”
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LA PSICOLOGÍA EN LA UNIVERSIDAD DE CHILE: Una propuesta de estudio para comprender la Historia de la Psicología en Chile by Sebastián Ligüeño Espinoza, Diego Parra Moreno

“…Hasta la década de 1940, se puede e nunciar que el aporte inicial de la Psicología estu vo ligado a la necesidad de aplicación en la Educación , la Salud Mental y el Derecho. …”
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Factors influencing evidence-based cardiovascular disease prevention programming in rural African American communities: a community-engaged concept mapping study by Amelia DeFosset, Breanna Deutsch-Williams, Mysha Wynn, Katrina Blunt, Scott Rosas, Mary Wolfe McKinley, Brian Ellerby, Shirley McFarlin, Veena Reddy, Giselle Corbie, Gaurav Dave

“…Group concept mapping helped distill and prioritize initial leverage points for action in our project catchment area by facilitating a community-engaged process of data generation and interpretation.…”
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DISCUSSIONS REGARDING A POSSIBLE GOVERNMENT GUARDIANSHIP CONTROL OVER ADMINISTRATIVE ACTS by Constantin Claudiu ULARIU

“…This objective involves a systematic analysis of the domestic normative framework and the identification of elements relevant to the domain subject to analysis through this legal initiative.…”
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Free fatty acids may regulate the expression of 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 in the liver of high-fat diet golden hamsters through the ERS-CHOP-C/EBPα signaling pathway... by Dandan Liu, Peipei Tian, Yilin Hou, Tingxue Zhang, Xiaoyu Hou, Lifang Liu, Xiaolong Li, Kunjie Zheng, Chao Wang, Guangyao Song

“…Results After OFTT, FFA levels in all three groups initially decreased and then increased, with the highest levels observed in the HF group (Ps < 0.05). …”
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Potato mosaic viruses which infect plants of tuber-bearing Solanum spp. growing in the VIR field gene bank by E. V. Rogozina, N. V. Mironenko, N. A. Chalaya, Yu. Matsushita, H. Yanagisawa

“…., stored in the VIR collection, are used as the initial material in creation domestic potato varieties (Solanum tuberosum L.) resistant to virus diseases. …”
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High temperature QDs organization and re-crystallization in glass supported MgO QDs doped PMMA film by Satya Pal Singh, Archana Kumari Singh, Suraj Vishwakarma

“…We observe that the film loses its overall crystallinity in the initial stages of annealing, which improves slightly owing to the temperature-induced limited diffusion of MgO QDs (sizes in the range of 7.0603–9.5647 nm). …”
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Evaluation of Krill Meal in Commercial Diets for Juvenile Swimming Crab (Portunus trituberculatus) by Chen Guo, Min Jin, Lefei Jiao, Shichao Xie, Xiangsheng Zhang, Jiaxiang Luo, Tingting Zhu, Qicun Zhou

“…Each diet was randomly divided into 3 replicates; ten swimming crabs were stocked in each replicate (initial weight, 5.62±0.19 g). The results indicated that crabs fed with the KM10 diet had the highest final weight, percent weight gain (PWG), and specific growth rate (SGR) among all treatments (P<0.05). …”
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Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis technique failure in adult patients treated at a tertiary hospital in central South Africa: a retrospective analytical study by Tshifhiwa B. Sikhipha, Claire Barrett, Nicoline van Zyl, Cornel van Rooyen, Feziwe B. Bisiwe

“…Technique failure rates at 1-, 2-, 3-, 4- and 5-years post-PD initiation were 31.9%, 35.2%, 13.2%, 8.8% and 11.0%, respectively. …”
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An interactive, online decision aid assessing patient goals and preferences for treatment of aortic stenosis to support physician-led shared decision-making: Early feasibility pilo... by Megan Coylewright, Diana Otero, Brian R Lindman, Melissa M Levack, Aaron Horne, Long H Ngo, Melissa Beaudry, Hannah V Col, Nananda F Col

“…Most patients [60%] changed treatment preference between T0 and T2. Initial treatment preferences were associated with low knowledge, high decisional conflict, and poor decision quality; final preferences were associated with high knowledge, low conflict, and high quality.…”
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Using the CIPP Model to elicit perceptions of health professions faculty and students about virtual learning by Sakineh Gerayllo, Mohammadali Vakili, Leila Jouybari, Zahra Moghadam, Ali Jafari, Alireza Heidari

“…Abstract Background The outbreak of the Coronavirus epidemic has caused a huge crisis initiating fundamental changes in education since this crisis has turned face-to-face education into virtual training. …”
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The combined effects of cardiometabolic index and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein on the risk of new onset stroke in a Chinese national prospective longitudinal cohort study by Fangfang Li, Yu He, Ali Yang, Mingrong Xia, Weizhou Zang, Jiewen Zhang

“…The subsequent sensitivity analyses yielded consistent results, further corroborating the initial findings. Conclusions The combination of CMI and hs-CRP exhibited a significant association with stroke risk among middle-aged and older Chinese adults, highlighting the importance of joint assessments of these biomarkers for refining risk stratification and enhancing primary prevention strategies for stroke.…”
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Supplementation of Mulberry (Morus indica) and Vernonia (V. amygdalina) leaves as protein source on morphometric measurement, weight change, and carcass characteristics of sheep by Gezahegn Mengistu, Getnet Assefa

“…Methods We evaluated the feed intake, morphometric measurements, weight change, and carcass parameters of 25 male sheep, with initially weighed 20.8 ± 1.7 kg, supplemented for 90 days of experimental period. …”
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Acceptance, Safety, and Effect Sizes in Online Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder: Interventional Pilot Study by Ruben Vonderlin, Tali Boritz, Carola Claus, Büsra Senyüz, Saskia Mahalingam, Rachel Tennenhouse, Stefanie Lis, Christian Schmahl, Jürgen Margraf, Tobias Teismann, Nikolaus Kleindienst, Shelley McMain, Martin Bohus

“…ObjectiveThis study aims to provide initial effect size estimates of symptom change from pre- to post treatment, and the acceptance and safety of telehealth dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) for individuals diagnosed with borderline personality disorder (BPD). …”
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