Liver Transplantation in the Treatment of Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma in the Absence of Liver Cirrhosis by O. D. Olisov, M. S. Novruzbekov, I. E. Galankina, L. N. Zimina, V. A. Gulyaev, L. V. Donova, M. Sh. Khubutiya

“…The aim of the study is to determine the effectiveness of liver transplantation (LT) in the treatment of unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) occurred in normal liver.Material and methods.  6 patients with unresectable HCC underwent orthotopic liver transplantation (OLT). …”
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Engineering behavior and geotechnical challenges of sulfate-rich soils in Astana by Nazerke Sagidullina, Alfrendo Satyanaga, Jong Kim, Sung-Woo Moon

“…Shrinkage tests, analyzed using a 3D scanner, revealed a hyperbolic drying curve, with a sharp void ratio reduction during the normal shrinkage phase and minimal changes during the residual phase. …”
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Diagnostic challenges in differentiating mediastinal tuberculosis from mediastinal tumors: A case report by Aida, Noni Novisari Soeroso, Herani Mutia Riandini

“…Here, we present the case of A 17-year-old male, initially diagnosed with a mediastinal tumor, was later confirmed to have mediastinal tuberculosis (TB). Despite normal lab results, imaging revealed a right parahilar mass. …”
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LLM-based collaborative programming: impact on students’ computational thinking and self-efficacy by Yi-Miao Yan, Chuang-Qi Chen, Yang-Bang Hu, Xin-Dong Ye

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Neonatal presentations to the paediatric emergency department in Singapore by Jia Mei Vanessa Lim, Vigil James, Yong Jie Edwin Yeo, Yi Mei Low, Yi Rong Chew, Sashikumar Ganapathy

“…Caregivers should be provided better education regarding normal physiological characteristics of newborns through standardised educational materials. …”
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Reaching the Peripheral Regional Growth Centre by Jörgen Gren

“… The centre-periphery concept can be used in a wide variety of ways, not the least to extract funding, as is shown in the Nordic case. More importantly, the centre-periphery concept is at the very heart of most national regional policies and aid schemes as well as being at the heart of the EU’s cohesion/convergence efforts undertaken in the framework of the Structural and cohesion funds. …”
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A joint learning method for low-light facial expression recognition by Yuanlun Xie, Jie Ou, Bihan Wen, Zitong Yu, Wenhong Tian

“…Abstract Existing facial expression recognition (FER) methods are mainly devoted to learning discriminative features from normal-light images. However, their performance drops sharply when they are used for low-light images. …”
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An induced pluripotent stem cell line, NIMHi014-A, generated from PBMCs of an epileptic patient harbouring a variant of the SCN1A gene by Madhura Milind Nimonkar, Gautham Arunachal, Ananthapadmanabha Kotambail, Ramya Sukrutha, Kenchaiah Raghavendra, Ghati K Chetan, Bhupesh Mehta, Yogananda S. Markandeya

“…The cells presented a normal karyotype and had no mycoplasma contamination. …”
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Quercetin inhibits the biological activity of endometrial cancer by regulating autophagy: A network pharmacology analysis and cellular experimental validation by Lingchen Yang, Hongwei Ma

“…The cell lines were divided into the following groups: Normal, lentivirus (LV)-negative control (NC), Que., Que. + LV-activating transcription factor 5 (ATF5)-RNA interference (RNAi) and Que. + LV-ATF5-RNAi+mTOR agonist. …”
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Protective Effect of Thyme Extract on Albino Rats Exposed to Paraquat by Nazar M. Shareef Mahmood

“…The current study was conducted on thirty-two (32) male albino rats, they were separated equally and randomly upon four (4) groups, all groups fed normal diet and drunk tap water ad libitum as following; the first group was considered as control. …”
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Schizophrenia and Nicotine - A Bittersweet Psychiatric Story by Satrajit Ghosal, Ankit Halder, Sarthak Keshri, Navna Panchami Ravindran, Akhil Joshi

“…On the other hand, nicotine use (both smoke and smokeless tobacco) is very much prevalent in schizophrenic patients, much more than normal population. This study aims to find the relation between nicotine use and cognition in schizophrenic patients. …”
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Probing non-standard neutrino interactions with supernova neutrinos at Hyper-K by Minjie Lei, Noah Steinberg, James D. Wells

“…Sensitivity to NSSI in the normal hierarchy (NH) at Hyper-K is limited by the experiment’s ability to efficiently detect νe, but deviations from no NSSI could be seen if the NSSI is particularly strong. …”
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Massive nitrogen supersaturation to CoCrMo alloys for surface microstructure control by Tatsuhiko Aizawa, Tatsuya Funazuka, Tomomi Shiratori, Yohei Suzuki

“…This nitrided layer consists of intensely textured grains with the orientation of (111) in the normal direction. The nitrided and textured layer had higher hardness 1,620 HV1N than the original polycrystalline CoCrMo matrix, 400 HV1N. …”
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Hypothesis: ultrasonography can document dynamic in vivo rouleaux formation due to mobile phone exposure by Robert R. Brown, Robert R. Brown, Robert R. Brown, Barbara Biebrich

“…Pre-exposure longitudinal sonographic images demonstrate a normal anechoic lumen to the popliteal vein. Images obtained 5 min after direct skin exposure to the smartphone demonstrate a dramatic change in the acoustic appearance of the vessel. …”
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The Effect of Culture on Girl Students Academic Performance in Secondary School of Kabale Municipality Kabale District. by Akasansibwa, Linit C.

“…The study also found negative effects of the names for smart girls where they even tried to hide their talents so that they may be seen as normal. Names are like Kihember,Batare were demeaning and discouraged girls from trying as hard as boys in their academics. …”
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Design and Simulation of a Prosthetic Knee Joint for Amputees in Hilly Terrain. by Mabirizi, Ali

“…This project examined the design and simulation of a prosthetic knee joint for above-knee amputees in hilly areas, Prosthetic knees are state-of-the-art medical devices that use mechanical mechanisms and components to simulate the normal biological knee function for individuals with transfemoral amputation. …”
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Analysis of early results of edoxaban and warfarin in the treatment of deep vein thrombosis by Abdullah Guner, Volkan Burak Taban, Muhammet Talha Ceran, Yuksel Dereli

“…Warfarin and new oral anticoagulants (NOAC) can be used for treatment. Edoxaban is one of the NOACs that acts directly as a ‘Factor Xa inhibitor'. …”
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Protective factors for suicidal ideation and suicide attempts in adolescence: a longitudinal population-based cohort study examining sex differences by Victoria Bakken, Stian Lydersen, Norbert Skokauskas, Anne Mari Sund, Jannike Kaasbøll

“…Methods This study utilized data from a representative sample at two timepoints, T1 (N = 2464, 50.8% females, mean age = 13.7, SD = 0.6) in 1998 and T2 (N = 2432, 50.4% females, mean age = 14.9, SD = 0.6) one year later, collected as part of the longitudinal Youth and Mental Health Study (YAMHS) in Norway. Individual, social and environmental protective factors were identified based on prior research and theoretical frameworks. …”
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The Effects of Digital eHealth Versus Onsite 2-Day Group-Based Education in 255 Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Cohort Study by Birgitte Berentsen, Camilla Thuen, Eline Margrete Randulff Hillestad, Elisabeth Kjelsvik Steinsvik, Trygve Hausken, Jan Gunnar Hatlebakk

“…MethodsPatients diagnosed with IBS, aged 15-70 years, were enrolled after referral to the Section of Gastroenterology at Haukeland University Hospital, Norway. In total, 132 patients were recruited to the eHealth program and 123 to the IBS-school group for comparison. …”
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