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Longitudinal impact of multi-segment spinal fixation surgery on mobility status and clinical outcomes in adult spinal deformity: a multicenter retrospective study
To investigate changes in postoperative mobility status in patients with ASD, and the determining factors that influence these changes and their impact on clinical outcomes, including the rate of home discharg...
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Does global spinal alignment affect the use of walking aids after multi-segment spinal fixation for patients with ASD? A multicenter retrospective study
This study aimed to clarify the relation between global spinal alignment and the necessity of walking aid use in patients with adult spinal deformity (ASD) and to investigate the impact of spinal fixation on m...
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Preoperative low Hounsfield units in the lumbar spine are associated with postoperative mechanical complications in adult spinal deformity
To determine the most valid bone health parameter to predict mechanical complications (MCs) following surgery for adult spinal deformity (ASD).
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Open AccessMetagenomic analysis of the microbial communities and associated network of nitrogen metabolism genes in the Ryukyu limestone aquifer
While microbial biogeochemical activities such as those involving denitrification and sulfate reduction have been considered to play important roles in material cycling in various aquatic ecosystems, our curre...
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Petrogenetic and geodynamic evolution of plutonic rocks from the Chadormalu district, Kashmar-Kerman tectonic zone, Central Iran
Late Precambrian–Early Paleozoic igneous rocks constitute volumetrically minor components of the Iranian Plateau but preserve important information about the magmatic and tectonic history of the northern Gondw...
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Geology and geochemistry of metasomatite rocks associated with Kiruna iron oxide apatite and the evolution of fluids responsible for metasomatism in Choghart and Chadormalu deposits (Bafq mining district, Central Iran)
The Choghart and Chadormalu iron deposits in Bafq metallogenic zone in Central Iran are classified as Kiruna-type deposits and surrounded by metasomatic rocks which Russian experts named them metasomatite. The...
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Open AccessSr isotopic ratios of hydrothermal fluids from the Okinawa Trough and the implications of variation in fluid–sediment interactions
Sr isotope ratios of hydrothermal fluids were observed at five sediment-associated sites in the Okinawa Trough to investigate the diversity of subseafloor fluid–rock–sediment interactions. The estimated 87Sr/86Sr...
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Open AccessLast glacial temperature reconstructions using coupled isotopic analyses of fossil snails and stalagmites from archaeological caves in Okinawa, Japan
We applied a new geoarchaeological method with two carbonate archives, which are fossil snails from Sakitari Cave and stalagmites from Gyokusen Cave, on Okinawa Island, Japan, to reconstruct surface air temper...
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Open AccessReconstruction of ocean environment time series since the late nineteenth century using sclerosponge geochemistry in the northwestern subtropical Pacific
The geochemistry of calcifying marine organisms is an excellent proxy for reconstructing paleoceanographic history, but studies of hypercalcified demosponges (sclerosponges) are considerably fewer than those o...
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Petrogenesis of gem sapphire in a pegmatite-aplite vein from the Alvand batholith, Western Iran
In the Hamadan region, Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone (SaSiZ), W Iran, a pegmatite-aplite vein occurs that contains up to 15 vol% sapphire. The Hamadan sapphire is black to blue, and translucent to opaque, which reveals...
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Open AccessEvaluation of geochemical records as a paleoenvironmental proxy in the hypercalcified demosponge Astrosclera willeyana
The geochemistry of the calcium carbonates of marine organisms is an excellent proxy for reconstruction of the paleoceanographic history. However, previous studies of hypercalcified demosponges (sclerosponges)...
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Features in REE and Methane Anomalies Distribution in the East China Sea Water Column: a Comparison with the South China Sea
This paper presents review of dissolved Rare Earth Elements (REE) and methane anomalies distribution in the East China Sea water column. In general, the REE concentrations of the shelf water are markedly highe...
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Reoperation within 2 years after lumbar interbody fusion: a multicenter study
Posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF)/transforaminal lumbar interbody fusion (TLIF) can have complications that require reoperation. The goal of the study was to identify risk factors for reoperation within...
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Subduction-related mafic to felsic magmatism in the Malayer–Boroujerd plutonic complex, western Iran
The Malayer–Boroujerd plutonic complex (MBPC) in western Iran, consists of a portion of a magmatic arc built by the northeast verging subduction of the Neo-Tethys plate beneath the Central Iranian Microcontine...
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Finite element method (FEM) groundwater inflow modeling associated with an unconfined aquifer into the open-pit coalmine of the Phulbari area, NW Bangladesh
This paper uses a two-dimensional finite element method (FEM) numerical modeling to predict groundwater inflow from an unconfined aquifer into the open-pit coalmine in the Phulbari area of northwest Bangladesh...
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Response of Acropora digitifera to ocean acidification: constraints from δ11B, Sr, Mg, and Ba compositions of aragonitic skeletons cultured under variable seawater pH
The response of Acropora digitifera to ocean acidification is determined using geochemical proxy measurements of the skeletal composition of A. digitifera cultured under a range of pH levels. We show that the che...
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Hyperamylasemia and pancreatitis following posterior spinal surgery
Postoperative pancreatitis has primarily been reported as a complication of abdominal surgery, but there are some case reports of postoperative pancreatitis after spinal surgery. The objective of this study wa...
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Appropriate timing of surgical intervention for the proximal type of cervical spondylotic amyotrophy
The purposes of this study were to evaluate the clinical outcome after surgical treatment of patients with the proximal type of cervical spondylotic amyotrophy (CSA) and to explore the appropriate timing for s...
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Mantle source characterization of Sylhet Traps, northeastern India: A petrological and geochemical study
In this study, mineralogical, geochemical, and isotopic data are presented for the Sylhet Trap at the southern flank of the eastern Shillong Plateau, northeastern India, to determine the magma genesis in relat...
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Volumetric change in interbody bone graft after posterior lumbar interbody fusion (PLIF): a prospective study
The purpose of this study is to quantify the change in the volume of the interbody bone graft after the PLIF and monitor the change over time for subsequent analysis.
