Role of intravitreal antivascular endothelial growth factor injections for choroidal neovascularization due to choroidal osteoma by Mansour, Ahmad M.

“…By paired comparison, mean decrease from baseline was 119.7 microns at 6 months (n = 15; P = 0.001 ), 105.3 microns at 1 year (n = 10; P = 0.03 ), and 157.6 microns at 2 years (n = 7;p = 0.08 ). …”
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Cryomyolysis, a new procedure for the conservative treatment of uterine fibroids by Zreik, Tony

“…Normal uterine volume ranged from 35.6 to 548.7 ml preoperatively and 45.1 to 729.6 ml postoperatively (mean increase 40%); however, myoma volume showed a mean decrease of 6% (range-87-28%). Analysis of only frozen myomata revealed a mean volume decrease of 10%. …”
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Sleeve Gastrectomy in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes: Anthropometric and Cardiometabolic Improvements at 1, 3, 5, 7, and 9 years—Are the Initial Benefits Sustained? by Wahiba Elhag (5245547)

“…Postoperatively, there was a significant and sustained weight reduction, amounting to a mean decrease of 9 kg/m² in BMI at year 9 and associated excess weight loss between 59%_year 1 and 46%_year 9. …”

Comparison between visibility and diffraction criteria on SIF and -Integral value for mode crack using RKPM by Abishdid, Caesar

“…Among these methods, reproducing kernel particle method (RKPM) has been used increasingly in fracture mechanic problems. The -integral and the stress intensity factor (SIF) are the most important parameters for crack problems. …”
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Antibiotic use and escherichia coli resistance trends for quinolones and cotrimoxazole in Sweden by Farra, Anna

“…Ciprofloxacin resistance increased (p < 0.001) in parallel. Quinolone use increased until 1992; subsequently, sales have remained at a stable level. …”
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“Because you are a part of me” by Itani, Omar S.

“…Grounded in construal level theory and the related psychological distance framework, we suggest that salesperson social media use increases salesperson inclusion-of-the-customer-in-the-self by reducing the psychological distance between the salesperson and their respective customers. …”
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Evaluation of the mode I plastic zone size at the crack tip using RKPM and FEM by Abi Shdid, Caesar

“…Among these methods Reproducing Kernel Particle Method (RKPM) has been used increasingly in fracture mechanic problems. RKPM is a meshfree technology which has proven very useful for solving problems of fracture mechanics. …”
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Potentially inappropriate medications use in community-based aged patients: a cross-sectional study using 2012 Beers criteria by Kuyumjian, Yara-Mary

“…The factors associated with PIMs use were age, osteoporosis, Alzheimer/dementia, diabetes, and alcohol consumption. PIMs use increased significantly between Beers criteria 2003 and 2012 (Chi-squared test, P<0.001; McNemar’s test, P<0.001). …”
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Body surface area and body weight predict total liver volume in Western adults by Vauthey, Jean-Nicolas

“…Computed tomography (CT) is used increasingly to measure liver volume in patients undergoing evaluation for transplantation or resection. …”
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Nonlinear Multimode Vibration Attenuation Using Passive Circuits by Kadri, Khaled

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The cost-benefit associated with the maturity of the Antimicrobial Stewardship Program versus prematurity in Heart Hospital of Hamad Medical Corporation in Qatar by Dina Abushanab (10696501)

“…With M-ASP, cost of hospital tests use ‘decreased’ by QAR 1,149 per 100-patient beds per year, cost of ASP personnel ‘decreased’ by QAR 125 per 100-patient beds with the M-ASP, cost of drug use ‘increased’ by QAR 176,848 per 100-patient beds, cost of resistance and hospitalization ‘increased’ by QAR 216,279 per 100-patient beds per year. …”

How does an imaginary persona's attractiveness affect designers' perceptions and IT solutions? An experimental study on users' remote working needs by Joni Salminen (7434770)

“…The personas' completeness, credibility, empathy, likability and usefulness increased with attractiveness. More attractive personas were also perceived as more agreeable, emotionally stable, extraverted and open, and the participants spent more time engaging with personas they perceived attractive. …”

Two-surgeon technique of parenchymal transection contributes to reduced transfusion rate in patients undergoing major hepatectomy by Palavecino, Martin

“…Liver resection has been used increasingly in the last 20 years, and mortality rates associated with the procedure are less than 5% at high-volume centers.1, 2 and 3 The safety of liver resection is in part the result of the development of techniques aimed at reducing blood loss. …”
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Health in times of uncertainty in the eastern Mediterranean region, 1990–2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013 by Mokdad, Ali H

“…Burden of mental health problems and drug use increased. Most increases in DALYs, especially from non-communicable diseases, were due to population growth. …”
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