Clinical Effect and Aesthetic Evaluation of Minimally Invasive Implant Therapy by Kefei Li, Fang Liu, Pan Liu, Cuifang Wei, Xue Li

“…The aesthetic effect scores of patients in minimally invasive surgery group were higher than those in routine surgery group in seven items: proximal gingival papilla, distal gingival papilla, labial gingival margin curvature, labial gingival margin height, root convexity, soft tissue color, and soft tissue texture, with statistical significance (P<0.05). …”
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Evaluation of methylation profiles of an epidermal growth factor receptor gene in a head and neck squamous cell carcinoma patient group by Mutlu M, Mutlu P, Azarkan S, Bayır Ö, Öcal B, Saylam G, Korkmaz MH

“…The aim of this study was to investigate the methylation pattern of the promoter region of the EGFR gene between head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) patients and a control group. Forty-seven unrelated HNSCC patients, clinically diagnosed at the Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Dışkapı Yıldırım Beyazıt Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey, and 48 unrelated healthy volunteers from different geographic regions of Turkey, were included in this study. …”
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Outcome in Cats with Acute Onset of Severe Thoracolumbar Spinal Cord Injury Following Physical Rehabilitation by Antonella Gallucci, Ludovica Dragone, Tania Al Kafaji, Marika Menchetti, Sara Del Magno, Gualtiero Gandini

“…Twenty-nine cats underwent an intensive physical rehabilitation protocol in the clinic (group 1), whereas the owners of seven cats declined physical rehabilitation (group 2). In group 1, seven cats had pelvic limb deep pain perception (DPP), which was significantly associated with the functional recovery of voluntary ambulatory status (<i>p</i> = 0.010) and voluntary micturition (<i>p</i> < 0.001). …”
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”Sensitive” Examination Workshop for Medical Clerkship Students by Glenn Posner

“…The workshop can be administered to approximately 45 students, with each small group containing seven or eight students. The session begins as a large-group session where videos are presented to provide a uniform base of knowledge. …”
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COVID-19 and global governance: waking up to a safe new world by Caballero-Anthony, Mely

“…First, the difference in national responses to COVID-19, even among developed countries, could not be more stark. Most of the Group of Seven (G7) nations, where rapid responses to prevent and stop the virus were expected, instead demonstrated denial, inaction, and delay. …”
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Dose of antivenom for the treatment of snakebite with neurotoxic envenoming: Evidence from a randomised controlled trial in Nepal by Alirol, E, Sharma, S, Ghimire, A, Poncet, A, Combescure, C, Thapa, C, Paudel, V, Adhikary, K, Taylor, W, Warrell, D, Kuch, U, Chappuis, F

“…Between April 2011 and October 2012, 157 snakebite victims were enrolled, of which 154 were analysed (76 in the low and 78 in the high initial dose group). Sixty-seven (43·5%) participants met the primary outcome definition. …”

Circulating fibroblast growth factor 21 is induced by peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor agonists but not ketosis in man. by Christodoulides, C, Dyson, P, Sprecher, D, Tsintzas, K, Karpe, F

“…PATIENTS: Eight healthy male volunteers underwent a 48-h period of starvation followed by 24-h refeeding (group 1); seven obese individuals were allocated to a low-carbohydrate diet for 3 months (group 2); and three groups of healthy, overweight or obese male volunteers received treatment with a PPAR alpha (20 microg/d GW590735) (n=6), PPAR delta (10 mg/d GW501516) (n=6), or PPAR gamma agonist (rosiglitazone) (n=10) for 2 wk (group 3). …”

A new immunostain algorithm classifies diffuse large B-cell lymphoma into molecular subtypes with high accuracy. by Choi, W, Weisenburger, D, Greiner, T, Piris, M, Banham, A, Delabie, J, Braziel, R, Geng, H, Iqbal, J, Lenz, G, Vose, J, Hans, C, Fu, K, Smith, L, Li, M, Liu, Z, Gascoyne, R, Rosenwald, A, Ott, G, Rimsza, L, Campo, E, Jaffe, E, Jaye, D, Staudt, L, Chan, W

“…The new algorithm predicted 3-year overall survival of the validation set [GCB (87%) versus ABC (44%); P &lt; 0.001], simulating the predictive power of the GEP classification. For a group of seven primary mediastinal large B-cell lymphoma, the new algorithm is a better prognostic classifier (all "GCB") than the Hans' algorithm (two GCB, five non-GCB). …”

A Scoping Review of Frailty Assessment Tools for Elderly Orthopedic Inpatients by QIN Lanfang, GUO Wenxi, WANG Rui, LIU Chongbin

“…Objective To perform a scoping review of frailty assessment tools for elderly orthopedic inpatients, and to provide a reference for the selection of frailty assessment tools for this group. Methods Seven databases (PubMed, CINAHL, PsycINFO, Scopus, Embase, CNKI and Wanfang Data) were searched for studies on frailty assessment tools for older orthopedic inpatients from 2006 to 2021. …”
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Factors Driving BIM Learning Performance: Research on China’s Sixth National BIM Graduation Design Innovation Competition of Colleges and Universities by Yibin Ao, Yunhong Liu, Liyao Tan, Ling Tan, Maoqiu Zhang, Qiqi Feng, Jinglin Zhong, Yan Wang, Liang Zhao, Igor Martek

“…The <i>t</i>-test (ANOVA) was used to verify that gender, school type, major, grade, study duration and use BIM related software, as well as other demographic attributes, displayed significant inter-group differences. Seven common factors affecting BIM learning performance were obtained by exploratory factor analysis: (1) ability of the instructor, (2) school (college) atmosphere, (3) teamwork, (4) individual ability, (5) understanding of BIM industry applications, (6) social environment incentives, and (7) achievement demand. …”
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Differential Diagnosis in the Management of Acute Respiratory Infections through Point-of-Care Rapid Testing in a Post-Pandemic Scenario in Latin America: Special Focus on COVID-19... by Carlos Arturo Alvarez-Moreno, Evaldo Stanislau Affonso de Araújo, Elsa Baumeister, Katya A. Nogales Crespo, Alexis M. Kalergis, José Esteban Muñoz Medina, Pablo Tsukayama, Cesar Ugarte-Gil

“…The document builds on a review of literature and policies and a process of validation and feedback by a group of seven experts from Latin America (LATAM). Evidence was collected to understand scientific and policy perspectives on the differential diagnosis of ARIs and POC rapid testing, with a focus on seven countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Mexico, and Peru. …”
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Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic for substance misuse services: findings from a peer-led study by Katy Holloway, Shannon Murray, Marian Buhociu, Alisha Arthur, Rondine Molinaro, Sian Chicken, Elwyn Thomas, Sam Courtney, Alan Spencer, Rachel Wood, Ryan Rees, Stephen Walder, Jessica Stait

“…The interviews were conducted by a small group of seven peer researchers each with lived experience of substance use problems. …”
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Effects of rheological properties and printing speed on molding accuracy of 3D printing basalt fiber cementitious materials by Yu Zhao, Guang Yang, Lingli Zhu, Yahong Ding, Xuemao Guan, Xikai Wu, Zhang Yang

“…The test results are indicated as follows. Within the group of seven with settling time for 10 min, 30 min, 50 min, 60 min, 70 min, 80 min and 100 min, the yield stress and plastic viscosity increases with increasing settling time of the freshly mixed cementitious material. …”
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New Perspectives in Therapeutic Vaccines for HPV: A Critical Review by Barbara Gardella, Andrea Gritti, Ehsan Soleymaninejadian, Marianna Francesca Pasquali, Gaetano Riemma, Marco La Verde, Maria Teresa Schettino, Nicola Fortunato, Marco Torella, Mattia Dominoni

“…The most important medical databases were consulted, and all papers published from 2000 until 2021 were considered. We retrieved a group of seven papers, reporting the role of anti HPV therapeutic vaccines against the L2 protein in the order of their efficacy and safety in female lower genital tract disease. …”
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Effect of selected factors on the content of ascorbic acid in potatoes with different tuber flesh colour by K. Hamouz, J. Lachman, P. Dvořák, M. Orsák, K. Hejtmánková, M. Čížek

“…In addition, in the year 2008 the group of seven varieties with purple and red tubers was evaluated and AA content lower by 15.2% compared to the group of varieties with yellow flesh was determined. …”
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Intracardiac Echocardiogram: Feasibility, Efficacy, and Safety for Guidance of Transcatheter Multiple Atrial Septal Defects Closure by Jae-hee Seol, Ah-young Kim, Se-yong Jung, Jae-young Choi, Yeon-jae Park, Jo-won Jung

“…All patients in the 3D TEE group and seven patients (5%) in the ICE group were operated on under general anesthesia (<i>p</i> < 0.0001). …”
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Difference in Quality of Vision Outcome among Extended Depth of Focus, Bifocal, and Monofocal Intraocular Lens Implantation by Chen-Cheng Chao, Hung-Yuan Lin, Chia-Yi Lee, Elsa Lin-Chin Mai, Ie-Bin Lian, Chao-Kai Chang

“…In terms of the quality of vision, the scores were better in the monofocal group than in the EDOF group in seven items (all <i>p</i> < 0.05), and the quality of vision in the bifocal group was better than in the EDOF group in small print reading (<i>p</i> = 0.042). …”
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Effects of Iron Sucrose and Erythropoietin on Transfusion Requirements in Patients with Preoperative Iron Deficiency Anemia Undergoing on-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Graft by Shima Jafari, Azita Hajhossein Talasaz, Abbas Salehiomran, Hamid Ariannejad, Arash Jalali

“…The mean age was 64.11±8.18 years in the intervention group and 63.35±8.70 years in the control group. Twenty-seven patients (47.4%) in the intervention group and 25 (43.9%) in the control group were males. …”
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Membrane Interactions of Latarcins: Antimicrobial Peptides from Spider Venom by Parvesh Wadhwani, Saiguru Sekaran, Erik Strandberg, Jochen Bürck, Archana Chugh, Anne S. Ulrich

“…A group of seven peptides from spider venom with diverse sequences constitute the latarcin family. …”
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Experiences of community pharmacists involved in the delivery of a specialist asthma service in Australia by Emmerton Lynne M, Smith Lorraine, LeMay Kate S, Krass Ines, Saini Bandana, Bosnic-Anticevich Sinthia Z, Reddel Helen K, Burton Deborah L, Stewart Kay, Armour Carol L

“…</p> <p>Results</p> <p>Of 93 pharmacists who provided the PAMS, 25 were involved in a focus group and seven via telephone interview. All pharmacists approached agreed to provide feedback. …”
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