Recovery trajectories over six weeks in patients selected for a high-intensity physiotherapy program after Total knee Arthroplasty: a latent class analysis by K. E. M. Harmelink, R. Dandis, P. J. der Van der Wees PJ, A. V. C. M. Zeegers, M. W. Nijhuis-van der Sanden, J. B. Staal

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Exploring variation in patient access of post-discharge physiotherapy following total hip and knee arthroplasty under a choice based system in the UK: an observational cohort study by Hamilton, D, Loth, F, Macdonald, D, Macfarlane, G, Beard, D, Simpson, A, Patton, J, Howie, C

“…<br/><br/> <strong>Participants</strong> 1395 patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty and 1374 patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty. …”

Single-arm, phase II study of intra-arterial chemotherapy plus total neoadjuvant therapy to optimise complete response in distal rectal cancer: a study protocol by Cheng Lin, Jie Lin, Wenpeng Huang, Puda Huang, Houji Guo, Zanyi Huang, Mingwei Wei, Junyu Guo, Yepeng Li, Biao Luo, Lixue Wang

“…CRT combined with intra-arterial chemotherapy (IAC) might be a promising approach. Additionally, total neoadjuvant therapy using FOLFIRINOX induction chemotherapy improved survival while consolidation chemotherapy improved organ preservation. …”
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Total contribution score and fuzzy entropy based two‐stage selection of FC, ReLU and inverseReLU features of multiple convolution neural networks for erythrocytes detection by Sriparna Banerjee, Sheli Sinha Chaudhuri

“…The main merit of this work lies in the proposed two‐stage feature selection algorithm, which completely eliminates the chances of information loss inherent in traditional CNNs, occurring due to the suppression of negative values of features by rectified linear unit (ReLU) and also largely reduces the feature dimensionality. …”
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High Integrity and Fidelity of Long-Term Cryopreserved Umbilical Cord Blood for Transplantation by Gee-Hye Kim, Jihye Kwak, Sung Hee Kim, Hee Jung Kim, Hye Kyung Hong, Hye Jin Jin, Soo Jin Choi, Wonil Oh, Soyoun Um

“…The success of transplantation is dependent on the quality of cord blood (CB) units for maximizing the chance of engraftment. Improved outcomes following transplantation are associated with certain factors of cryopreserved CB units: total volume and total nucleated cell (TNC) count, mononuclear cell (MNC) count, and CD34+ cell count. …”
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Initiation Timing of Continuous Interscalene Brachial Plexus Blocks in Patients Undergoing Shoulder Arthroplasty: A Retrospective Before-and-After Study by Ha-Jung Kim, Hyojune Kim, Kyoung Hwan Koh, In-Ho Jeon, Hyungtae Kim, Young-Jin Ro, Won Uk Koh

“…However, the use of CIBPB before surgery could hinder the identification of nerve injuries after total shoulder arthroplasty (TSA). This study aimed to compare the analgesic effects of preoperatively and postoperatively initiated CIBPBs in patients undergoing TSA. …”
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Qualitative and quantitative analysis of biogas generated from co-digestion of cow dung, municipal sewage and kitchen waste by M Mahmoodi-Eshkaftaki, R Ebrahimi, A Ghasemi-Pirbaloti

“…Introduction As reported by Sabetghadam (2005), 53.4, 36.3, 1.1, 8.9, and 0.2% of total energy consumption in Iran consisted of oil products, natural gas, coal, electricity energy, and modern energy sources, respectively. …”
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Digital Breast Tomosynthesis: Towards Dose Reduction through Image Quality Improvement by Ana M. Mota, João Mendes, Nuno Matela

“…Here, a method based on 2D Total Variation (2D TV) minimization to improve image quality without the need to increase the dose was proposed. …”
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Review on the Evaluation of the Impacts of Wastewater Disposal in Hydraulic Fracturing Industry in the United States by Munshi Md. Shafwat Yazdan, Md Tanvir Ahad, Ishrat Jahan, Mozammel Mazumder

“…This report has documented systematic evidence for total dissolved solids, salinity, and methane contamination regarding drinking water correlated with hydraulic fracturing. …”
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Comparison of the use of two washing solutions (diluted betadine and normal saline serum) in bilateral knee joint replacement surgery from 2019-2021 by Pezhman Shahbazi, Gholamreza Ghorbani Amjad

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Risk of further surgery on the same or opposite side and mortality after primary total hip arthroplasty: A multi-state analysis of 133,654 patients from the Swedish Hip Arthroplast... by Peter H J Cnudde, Szilard Nemes, Erik Bülow, A John Timperley, Sarah L Whitehouse, Johan Kärrholm, Ola Rolfson

“…Background and purpose — The hip-related timeline of patients following a total hip arthroplasty (THA) can vary. Ideally patients will live their life without need for further surgery; however, some will undergo replacement on the contralateral hip and/or reoperations. …”
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Potential of Impedance Flow Cytometry to Assess the Viability and Quantity of <i>Cannabis sativa</i> L. Pollen by Hamza Rafiq, Jens Hartung, Lisa Burgel, Georg Röll, Simone Graeff-Hönninger

“…IFC seems to be an efficient and reliable method to estimate PV, opening new chances for plant breeding and plant production processes in cannabis.…”
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Frequency of various cardiac complications in children with repaired tetralogy of Fallot identified by computer tomography by Azhar M. Kabdullina, Valentin E. Sinitsyn, Raushan I. Rakhimzhanova, Tairkhan B. Dautov, Aigul B. Saduakassova, Baurzhan B. Kaliyev, Lyazzat A. Bastarbekova, Zhanar A. Moldakhanova

“…However, an right main pulmonary artery branch stenosis increases the chances of developing an left main pulmonary artery branch stenosis.…”
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Visibility Parameter in Sand/Dust Storms’ Radio Wave Attenuation Equations: An Approach for Reliable Visibility Estimation Based on Existing Empirical Equations to Minimize Potenti... by Hamzah N. Mahmood, Widad Ismail

“…In addition to substantiating specific equations, the results revealed that averaging a pair of equations has a 46.09% chance of estimating visibilities with a probability of 37.27%, a relatively low error compared to that achieved by employing single equations, which were found to have a probability of 28.93% with a lesser chance (29.58%) of a low estimation error for the same set of data. …”
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Recent advances in rectal cancer treatment – are we on the right track? by Bengt Glimelius

“…Collectively, they show that the chance of achieving a complete response, pathologically or clinically, has approximately doubled, increasing the chance for organ preservation, and the risk of distant metastasis has decreased at least in some trials. …”
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Adherence of pregnant women to dietary counseling and adequacy of total gestational weight gain Adhesión de gestantes a los consejos dietéticos y adecuación del aumento de peso en... by B. Della Líbera, M. Ribeiro Baião, M. M.ª A. de Souza Santos, P. Padilha, P. Dutra Alves, C. Saunders

“…Objective: to evaluate the adherence of pregnant women to dietary counseling during the prenatal period using a validated instrument according to the outcome of total gestational weight gain. Methods: two hundred and eight adult pregnant women participated in the research. …”
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Cash management practice, SACCO size and Kenya’s deposit taking saving and credit co-operatives financial sustainability by Justus Nderitu Maina, Richard Muthii Kiai, Teresia Ngina Kyalo

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A multi-centre randomized controlled trial investigating Consolidation Chemotherapy with and without oxaliplatin in distal rectal cancer and Watch & Wait by Angelita Habr-Gama, Guilherme Pagin São Julião, Cinthia D. Ortega, Bruna Borba Vailati, Sergio Araujo, Thiago Jorge, Jorge Sabbaga, Gustavo L. Rossi, Renata D’Alpino, Fabio Roberto Kater, Patricia Bailão Aguilar, Adrian Mattacheo, Rodrigo Oliva Perez, Latin American Rectal Cancer Consortium (LARCC)

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Prospecção tecnológica em prótese de femur Verificação da literatura científica e da tecnologia aplicada à superfície da haste femural de implantes utilizados em atroplastia total... by Victor Costa Macêdo–Ferraz, Maria Clara-Melro, Angela Machado-Rocha, Beatriz Garcia-Delgado

“…Esse estudo visa prospectar a evolução da ciência e da tecnologia aplicadas às superfícies da haste femural de implantes utilizados em cirurgias de Artroplastia Total de Quadril. Busca-se identificar elementos que contribuem para o aprimoramento da integração óssea ao implante e prevenção da evolução de quadros infecciosos relacionados à formação de biofilmes bacterianos. …”
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A five-phase combinatorial approach for solving a fuzzy linear programming supply chain production planning problem by Noppasorn Sutthibutr, Navee Chiadamrong, Kunihiko Hiraishi, Suttipong Thajchayapong

“…Then, a case study of SCPP is performed using this approach by aiming to minimize total supply chain costs, minimize shortages of products, and maximize total values of purchasing where operating costs, customer demand, defective rate, and service level are imprecise. …”
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