Real-world treatment patterns and clinical characteristics in patients with moderate-to-severe systemic lupus erythematosus: an analysis of the SLE Prospective Observational Cohort... by Raj Tummala, Richard A Furie, Laurent Arnaud, Eric F Morand, Martin Aringer, Stephanie Chen, Barnabas Desta, Alberta Hoi, Bo Ding, Christine Peschken, Jonatan Hedberg, Tina Grünfeld Eén, Alessandro Sorrentino, Danuta Kielar

“…Objectives Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a disease with heterogeneous treatment patterns largely based on organ involvement and disease severity. …”
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Associations between ACE-Inhibitors, Angiotensin Receptor Blockers, and Lean Body Mass in Community Dwelling Older Women by Jennifer W. Bea, Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller, Betsy C. Wertheim, Yann Klimentidis, Zhao Chen, Oleg Zaslavsky, Todd M. Manini, Catherine R. Womack, Candyce H. Kroenke, Andrea Z. LaCroix, Cynthia A. Thomson

“…Reasons for higher LBM with ACE-I/ARB use cross sectionally, but not longitundinally, are unclear and may reflect a threshold effect of these medications on LBM that is attenuated over time. …”
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Developing the Engage for Equity Institutional Multi-Sector Survey: Assessing Academic Institutional Culture and Climate for Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) by Elizabeth Dickson, Alena Kuhlemeier, Prajakta Adsul, Shannon Sanchez-Youngman, Katie Myers, Tabia Henry Akintobi, Lisa G. Rosas, Jason A. Mendoza, John Oetzel, Paige Castro-Reyes, Christina Alaniz, Belkis Jacquez, Nina Wallerstein

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NKp46 enhances type 1 innate lymphoid cell proliferation and function and anti-acute myeloid leukemia activity by Rui Ma, Zhenlong Li, Hejun Tang, Xiaojin Wu, Lei Tian, Zahir Shah, Ningyuan Liu, Tasha Barr, Jianying Zhang, Sean Wang, Srividya Swaminathan, Guido Marcucci, Yong Peng, Michael A. Caligiuri, Jianhua Yu

“…Abstract NKp46 is a critical regulator of natural killer (NK) cell immunity, but its function in non-NK innate immune cells remains unclear. …”
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Efficacy and cost-effectiveness of an ACT and compassion-based intervention for women with breast cancer: study protocol of two randomised controlled trials {1} by Inês A. Trindade, Andreia Soares, David Skvarc, Diogo Carreiras, Joana Pereira, Óscar Lourenço, Filipa Sampaio, Bruno de Sousa, Teresa C. Martins, Paula Boaventura, Joana Marta-Simões, Mind Project Team, Helena Moreira

“…Methods Participants will be women diagnosed with breast cancer randomly assigned to the Mind programme or a support group intervention (active control) in a 1:1 ratio for study 1, while study 2 includes one more arm (treatment as usual; inactive control) and a 2:2:1 ratio. …”
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Genetic Diversity, Repeat Motifs, and Natural Selection at the C-Terminal Knob-Associated Histidine Rich Protein (KAHRP) of Plasmodium falciparum Clinical Samples from Saudi Arabia by Saad M. Bin Dajem, Md Atique Ahmed, Marie Fe F Bohol, Syeda Wasfeea Wazid, Mohammed I. Shafeai, Fuad H. Rudiny, Ali M. Motaen, Kareem Morsy, Hani Alothaid, Ahmed A. Al-Qahtani

“…Background. Malaria is still a public health problem in Saudi Arabia specifically in the Jazan region. …”
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DIGITAL INFORMATION’S INFLUENCE ON FORMING TOURISM EVENT IMPRESSIONS: THE INTERPLAY OF GENDER AND TOURISM TYPES by Amany E. SALEM, Thowayeb H. HASSAN, Mahmoud I. SALEH, Mostafa A. HASSANIN, Hassan Marzok Elsayed MAHMOUD, Ashraf Mohamed ANAS, Hadeel Sa'ad AL-HYARI, Hisham Mohammad AL-SMADI, Yasmine E. HAMZA

“…Digital information plays a crucial role in shaping tourists' expectations and impressions of potential destinations and activities. …”
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M-Sec promotes the accumulation of intracellular HTLV-1 Gag puncta and the incorporation of Env into viral particles. by Masateru Hiyoshi, Youssef M Eltalkhawy, Randa A Abdelnaser, Akira Ono, Kazuaki Monde, Yosuke Maeda, Reem M Mahmoud, Naofumi Takahashi, Yasuyoshi Hatayama, Akihide Ryo, Satoshi Nozuma, Hiroshi Takashima, Ryuji Kubota, Shinya Suzu

“…HTLV-1-infected CD4+ T cells expressed M-Sec at a higher level than uninfected CD4+ T cells. The ex vivo culture of the infected cells upregulated the expression of M-Sec, the level of which was sustained for a long time. …”
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Composite Hydrogel of Poly(acrylamide) and Starch as Potential System for Controlled Release of Amoxicillin and Inhibition of Bacterial Growth by Ana V. Torres-Figueroa, Cinthia J. Pérez-Martínez, Teresa del Castillo-Castro, Enrique Bolado-Martínez, María A. G. Corella-Madueño, Alejandro M. García-Alegría, Tania E. Lara-Ceniceros, Lorena Armenta-Villegas

“…The in vitro bacterial growth inhibition of antibiotic-loaded hydrogels was tested though disc diffusion assays with Escherichia coli ATCC 25922, Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923, and a carbapenemase producer Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain. …”
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Noninvasive Assessment of Cardiopulmonary Hemodynamics Using Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Pulmonary Transit Time by Martin Segeroth, David Jean Winkel, Beat A. Kaufmann, Ivo Strebel, Shan Yang, Joshy Cyriac, Jakob Wasserthal, Michael Bach, Pedro Lopez-Ayala, Alexander Sauter, Christian Mueller, Jens Bremerich, Michael Zellweger, Philip Haaf

“…Conclusion: CMR-derived PTT is a readily obtainable hemodynamic parameter. It is elevated in patients with DD and moderate to severe MVR. …”
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COPD, diabetes, lymphopenia, and increased LDH cause higher mortality in hospitalized COVID‐19 patients by Guilherme C. Frison, Sainan V. da Cunha, Lucas Q. Antoniazzi, Paulo H. K. deOliveira, Joao P. S. Oliveira, Vinicius F. Cury, Clara Fontanari, Enrico E. Moretto, Verônica A. Oliveira, Renato Seligman

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Burden of diseases attributable to excess body weight in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019 by Saeid Safiri, Jessica A. Grieger, Amir Ghaffari Jolfayi, Seyed Ehsan Mousavi, Seyed Aria Nejadghaderi, Asra Fazlollahi, Mark J. M. Sullman, Nahid Karamzad, Fikrettin Sahin, Kuljit Singh, Gary S. Collins, Ali-Asghar Kolahi

“…For adults, EBW was defined as a body mass index (BMI) exceeding 25 kg/m2, while for children aged 1 to 19 years, EBW was determined according to the standards set by the International Obesity Taskforce. …”
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Sex differences in patients with working diagnosis of myocardial infarction with nonobstructive coronary arteries (MINOCA) by Marek Milewski, Aneta Desperak, Maciej Koźlik, Marta Bujak, Marek Gierlotka, Krzysztof Milewski, Krystian Wita, Zbigniew Kalarus, Joanna Fluder-Włodarczyk, Pawel E. Buszman, Jacek Piegza, Mamas A. Mamas, Wojciech Wojakowski, Pawel Gasior

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Response of South Asia PM2.5 pollution to ammonia emission changes and associated impacts on human health by Yuanlin Wang, Eiko Nemitz, Samuel J. Tomlinson, Edward J. Carnell, Liquan Yao, Janice Scheffler, Tomas Liska, Clare Pearson, Ulrike Dragosits, Chandra Venkataraman, Srinidhi Balasubramanian, Rachel Beck, Mark A. Sutton, Massimo Vieno

“…Results show that WRF-EMEP can reproduce magnitudes and variations of PM2.5 well, with a high annual mean PM2.5 concentration that exceeds 120 µg/m2 and mainly appeared in the Indo-Gangetic Plain. …”
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Opportunities, challenges, and difficulties in NMR-based metabolomics applied to neovascular age-related macular degeneration (nAMD) patient follow-up by M. Schoumacher, M. Schoumacher, V. Lambert, M. Campas, P. Blaise, B. Locht, M. Thys, E. Duchateau, E. Cavalier, E. Cavalier, J.-M. Rakic, A. Noël, P. de Tullio, P. de Tullio

“…Personalized analyses on a patient-by-patient basis successfully identified individual correlation models, but a universal model remained elusive. …”
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Nontuberculous mycobacterial infections following teclistamab in multiple myeloma by Matthew Ho, Luca Paruzzo, Janna Minehart, Teja Voruganti, Pooja Devi, Dan T. Vogl, Adam D. Cohen, Alfred L. Garfall, Adam J. Waxman, Shivani Kapur, Edward A. Stadtmauer, Sandra Susanibar Adaniya, Sarah Longworth

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Description of the Serological Response After Treatment of Chronic Imported Schistosomiasis by Marta González-Sanz, Irene Martín-Rubio, Oihane Martín, Alfonso Muriel, Sagrario de la Fuente-Hernanz, Clara Crespillo-Andújar, Sandra Chamorro-Tojeiro, Begoña Monge-Maíllo, Francesca F. Norman, José A. Pérez-Molina

“…Further research is needed to determine the factors that influence a negative result during follow-up.…”
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Laser powder bed fusion processed LaCe(Fe, Mn, Si)₁₃ lattices for magnetic refrigeration: Process optimization, microstructure, and magnetocaloric performance by Kun Sun, Yuting Zhang, Sheng Li, Zhaohe Gao, Xue Cao, Ziling Peng, Pengyan Huang, Abd El-Moez A. Mohamed, Zhigang Zheng, Minki Jeong, Yu-Lung Chiu, Yang Lu, Moataz M. Attallah

“…In this study, the optimal laser powder bed fusion (LPBF) processing parameters for fabricating fully dense LaCe(Fe,Mn,Si)13 thin walls have been identified through a machine-learning approach based on the Gaussian process regression (GPR) model. …”
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Response of YPM x Ross 708 male broilers to diets containing varying inclusions of phytase, calcium butyrate, and bacitracin methylene disalicylate during the grower and finisher p... by Joseph P. Gulizia, Zubair Khalid, Maria T. Terra-Long, Jose I. Vargas, Jose R. Hernandez, Wilmer J. Pacheco, James T. Krehling, Kenneth S. Macklin, William A. Dozier, III, Klint W. McCafferty, Ruediger Hauck

“…Additionally, a negative control without phytase and MMFA was included. …”
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Predictors, patterns, and correlates of moderate-severe psychological distress among New York City College Students during Waves 2–4 of COVID-19 by Craig J. Heck, Deborah A. Theodore, April Autry, Brit Sovic, Cynthia Yang, Sarah Ann Anderson-Burnett, Caroline Ray, Eloise Austin, Joshua Rotbert, Jason Zucker, Marina Catallozzi, Magdalena E. Sobieszczyk, Delivette Castor

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