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Environ Sci Pollut Res Int 2021 Feb 24. Epub 2021 Feb 24.

Faculty of Business and Economics, Department of Economics, Eastern Mediterranean University, via Mersin, 10, Famagusta, Northern Cyprus.

This study analyses the long-run effects of economic growth, energy consumption and financial development on carbon dioxide (CO) emissions in Turkey using annual time series data for the period 1965-2018. This research investigates the relationship between the variables using a RALS-EG (residual augmented least squares-Engle and Granger) cointegration test procedure developed by Lee et al. Stud Nonlinear Dyn Econ 19:397-413, (2015). Read More

Arch Gynecol Obstet 2021 Feb 20. Epub 2021 Feb 20.

Faculty of Medicine, Department of Gynecology and Obsterics, Başkent University, Adana Application and Research Hospital, Adana, Turkey.

Purpose: Surgery consists the main treatment of endometrial cancer; however, decision of lypmhadenectomy is controversial. Intra-operative frozen section (FS) is commonly used in guiding surgical staging; nevertheless, there are different reports regarding its adequacy and reliability. Aim of this study is to assess accuracy of FS in predicting paraffin section (PS) results in patients with endometrium cancer. Read More

Childs Nerv Syst 2021 Feb 18. Epub 2021 Feb 18.

Department of Neurosurgery, Alder Hey Children's Hospital NHS Trust, Liverpool, UK.

Purpose: Investigate the effect of age category (1-9 years vs 10-18 years), sex, Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFCS) level, and presence of dystonia on changes in eight function test parameters 24 months after selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR).

Methods: Prospective, single-center study of all children aged 3-18 years with bilateral cerebral palsy with spasticity who underwent SDR at a tertiary pediatric neurosurgery center between 2012 and 2019. A linear mixed effects model was used to assess longitudinal changes. Read More

Korean J Radiol 2021 Jan 29. Epub 2021 Jan 29.

Department of Medical Ultrasonics, Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Ultrasound, The First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the role of preoperative two-dimensional (2D) shear wave elastography (SWE) in assessing the stages of liver fibrosis in patients with suspected biliary atresia (BA) and compared its diagnostic performance with those of serum fibrosis biomarkers.

Materials And Methods: This study was approved by the ethical committee, and written informed parental consent was obtained. Two hundred and sixteen patients were prospectively enrolled between January 2012 and October 2018. Read More

PLoS One 2021 9;16(2):e0245834. Epub 2021 Feb 9.

Agricultural Engineering Department, Federal University of Viçosa (UFV), Viçosa, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Reference evapotranspiration (ETo) is a fundamental parameter for hydrological studies and irrigation management. The Penman-Monteith method is the standard to estimate ETo and requires several meteorological elements. In developing countries, the number of weather stations is insufficient. Read More