Effectiveness of an Inpatient Movement Disorders Program for Patients with Atypical Parkinsonism by Anna D. Hohler, Jyeming M. Tsao, Douglas I. Katz, T. Joy DiPiero, Christina L. Hehl, Alissa Leonard, Valerie Allen, Maura Gardner, Heidi Phenix, Marie Saint-Hilaire, Terry Ellis

“…Patients received physical, occupational, and speech therapy for 3 hours/day, 5 to 7 days/week, and pharmacologic adjustments based on daily observation and data. …”
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Service Life Assessment of Historical Building Envelopes Constructed Using Different Types of Sandstone: A Computational Analysis Based on Experimental Input Data by Václav Kočí, Jiří Maděra, Jan Fořt, Jaromír Žumár, Milena Pavlíková, Zbyšek Pavlík, Robert Černý

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A Combination of Surgical Techniques to Repair a Giant Traumatic Macular Hole by Soon Wai Ch’ng, Ibrahim Elaraoud, David Karl, Dimitrios Kalogeropoulos, Rynn Lee, Elisa Carreras

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Comparison of Upper Extremities of Children Who Playing and Not Playing Basketball by Orhan Ahmet Şener, Şerife Alpa

“…The results of the biacromial width and bideltoid width measurements were 25.5 ± 3.13 and 39.2 ± 4.7, respectively. In the right and left upper extremities of students who did not do sports, arm length was 26.8 ± 2.5 - 26.6 ± 2.4, forearm length was 23.3 ± 2.1 - 23.3 ± 2.0, hand length was 16.0 ± 1.5 - 16.2 ± 1.5, arm circumference was 22.4 ± 3.5 to 22.4 ± 3.5, circumference of forearm was19.4 ± 2.5 - 19.4 ± 2.5, hand width was 7.6 ± 0.9 - 7.7 ± 0.9. …”
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Effects of prenatal exercise interventions on maternal body composition: A secondary analysis of the FitMum randomized controlled trial. by Caroline Borup Roland, Parisa Seyedhosseini, Signe de Place Knudsen, Anne Dsane Jessen, Ida Karoline Bach Jensen, Jane M Bendix, Gerrit van Hall, Stig Molsted, Saud Abdulaziz Alomairah, Ellen Løkkegaard, Bente Stallknecht, Tine D Clausen

“…We found no differences between groups in fat mass, fat percentage or fat-free mass at 28 weeks gestation or 7-14 days after delivery. Visceral adipose tissue mass and bone mineral density measured 7-14 days after delivery did not differ between groups either. …”
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Appropriate Blood Pressure in Cerebral Aneurysm Clipping for Prevention of Delayed Ischemic Neurologic Deficits by Cattleya Thongrong, Pornthep Kasemsiri, Pichayen Duangthongphon, Amnat Kitkhuandee

“…Furthermore, the optimal cutoff point mean difference baseline blood pressure was recommended as Δ SBP of 36 mmHg (sensitivity of 85.7%; specificity of 60.7%), Δ DBP of 27 mmHg (sensitivity of 92.9%; specificity of 71.4%), and Δ MAP of 32 mmHg (sensitivity of 92.9%; specificity of 85.7%). …”
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Long-Term Surgical Outcomes of Glaucoma Drainage Implants in Eyes with Preoperative Intraocular Pressure Less than 19 mmHg by Shahin Hallaj, Jae-Chiang Wong, Lauren E. Hock, Natasha Nayak Kolomeyer, Aakriti G. Shukla, Michael J. Pro, Marlene R. Moster, Jonathan S. Myers, Reza Razeghinejad, Daniel Lee

“…Most cases were male (52.2%), White (53.7%), and had primary open-angle glaucoma (62.7%). …”
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Improved Outcome of Severe Acute Pancreatitis in the Intensive Care Unit by Polychronis Pavlidis, Siobhan Crichton, Joanna Lemmich Smith, David Morrison, Simon Atkinson, Duncan Wyncoll, Marlies Ostermann

“…Fifty SAP patients were admitted to ICU (62% male, mean age 51.7 (SD 14.8)). The most common aetiologies were alcohol (40%) and gallstones (30%). …”
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Effect of dendritic cell vaccine on blood redox status in patients with cervical cancer by A. P. Menshenina, I. A. Goroshinskaya, E. M. Frantsiyants, T. I. Moiseenko, E. V. Verenikina, I. V. Kaplieva, L. A. Nemashkalova

“…Superoxide dismutase activity decreased by 16.7–27.3 % after 4–6 DCVs and normalized after 7 DCVs. …”
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Pyrrolizine-5-carboxamides: Exploring the impact of various substituents on anti-inflammatory and anticancer activities by Gouda Ahmed M., Abdelazeem Ahmed H., Abdalla Ashraf N., Ahmed Muhammad

“…Towards optimization of the pyrrolizine-5-carboxamide scaffold, a novel series of six derivatives (4a-c and 5a-c) was prepared and evaluated for their anti-inflammatory, analgesic and anticancer activities. The (EZ)-7-cyano-6-((4-hydroxybenzylidene)amino)-N-(p-tolyl)-2,3-dihydro-1H-pyrrolizine-5-carboxamide (4b) and (EZ)-6-((4-chlorobenzylidene)-amino)-7-cyano-N-(p-tolyl)-2,3-dihydro-1H-pyrrolizine-5-carboxamide (5b) bearing the electron donating methyl group showed the highest anti-inflammatory activity while (EZ)-6-((4-chlorobenzylidene)amino)-7-cyano-N-phenyl-2,3-dihydro-1H-pyrrolizine-5-carboxamide (5a) was the most active analgesic agent. …”
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Novel Graphical Analyses of Runs of Homozygosity among Species and Livestock Breeds by Laura Iacolina, Astrid V. Stronen, Cino Pertoldi, Małgorzata Tokarska, Louise S. Nørgaard, Joaquin Muñoz, Anders Kjærsgaard, Aritz Ruiz-Gonzalez, Stanisław Kamiński, Deirdre C. Purfield

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Long term safety and efficacy of ligelizumab in the treatment of Japanese patients with chronic spontaneous urticaria by Hidetoshi Takahashi, Atsushi Fukunaga, Koremasa Hayama, Takayoshi Sasajima, Ayako Fujishige, Ryohei Ichishita, Naoko Tomimatsu, Eva Hua, Vineeth Varanasi, Alis Burciu, Michihiro Hide, Thomas Severin

“…Secondary objectives evaluated efficacy by absolute change from baseline (CFB) in weekly urticaria activity score (UAS7), and the proportion of patients with UAS7 = 0, and dermatology life quality index (DLQI) = 0–1 over time. …”
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基质金属蛋白酶-2和血管内皮生长因子在肝癌肝移植受体的表达和意义

“…HCC无癌栓组和HCC有癌栓组的MMP2浓度(ng/mL)分别为7.2 ± 2.5?30.3 ± 19.5?84.5 ± 45.3和151.6 ± 83.6(P < 0.01);4组VEGF浓度(pg/mL)分别为155.6 ± 21.7?…”
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Comparison of Community-Associated and Health Care-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Canada: Results from CANWARD 2007 by Kimberly A Nichol, Melissa McCracken, Melanie R DeCorby, Kristjan Thompson, Michael R Mulvey, James A Karlowsky, Daryl J Hoban, George G Zhanel

“…Panton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) was detected in 94.7% of CA-MRSA and 0.7% of HA-MRSA. Resistance rates (CA-MRSA versus HA-MRSA) were 61.3% versus 97.7% to levofloxacin, 73.3% versus 96.7% to clarithromycin, 12.0% versus 74.8% to clindamycin and 0.0% versus 15.4% to trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole. …”
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Integration of National Chemical Hazards Monitoring, Total Diet Study, and Human Biomonitoring Programmes for Food Safety Exposure Assessment in Singapore by Angela Li, Jun Cheng Er, Wei Ching Khor, Mei Hui Liu, Valerie Sin, Sheot Harn Chan, Kyaw Thu Aung

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Analyzing the association of critical illness and cardioversion success in patients with atrial fibrillation at the emergency department by Sophie Gupta, Sebastian Schnaubelt, Julia Oppenauer, Martin Lutnik, Filippo Cacioppo, Alexander Spiel, Hans Domanovits, Patrick Sulzgruber, Jan Niederdöckl

“…Lactate levels were divided into quintiles (lac < 1.1, 1.1–1.3, 1.4–1.7, 1.8–2.3 and > 2.3 mmol/L). Overall CV success declined with rising lactate levels (SR: lac < 1.1 79% (n = 547), 1.1–1.3 76% (n = 579), 1.4–1.7 73% (n = 562), 1.8–2.3 66% (n = 447), > 2.3 mmol/L 61% (n = 393); p < 0.001). …”
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Markers of Inflammation and Fibrosis in Alcoholic Hepatitis and Viral Hepatitis C by Manuela G. Neuman, Hemda Schmilovitz-Weiss, Nir Hilzenrat, Marc Bourliere, Patrick Marcellin, Cristhian Trepo, Tony Mazulli, George Moussa, Ankit Patel, Asad A. Baig, Lawrence Cohen

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Influence of high-load shocks on achieving mainstream partial nitrification: Microbial community succession by Chenjie Jia, Jialin Li, Zhaoyang Li, Liang Zhang

“…During HLS1, the influent organic loading rate (OLR) and nitrogen loading rate (NLR) increased from 116.7 ± 37.7 to 219.7 ± 24.7 mg COD/(g VSS·d) and 0.21±0.02 to 0.33±0.02 kg N/m3/d respectively, with the nitrite concentration and nitrite accumulation ratio only reaching 11.7 ± 2.7 mg/L and 49.3 ± 13.9 %, respectively. …”
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Effect of JumpstartMD, a Commercial Low-Calorie Low-Carbohydrate Physician-Supervised Weight Loss Program, on 22,407 Adults by Sean Bourke, John Magaña Morton, Paul Williams

“…LOCF estimates were −6.5 ± 0.03 kg, −7.2 ± 0.03% with 27.1 ± 0.3% achieving ≥10% weight loss at 3 mo; −7.7 ± 0.04 kg, −8.5 ± 0.04% with 36.3 ± 0.3% achieving ≥10% weight loss at 6 mo; and −7.7 ± 0.1 kg, −8.4 ± 0.1% with 34.6 ± 0.3% achieving ≥10% weight loss after 12 mo. …”
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