Agreement Between Isokinetic Dynamometer and Hand-held Isometric Dynamometer as Measures to Detect Lower Limb Asymmetry in Muscle Torque After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruc... by Angelica Ivarsson, Anna Cronström

“… # Study design Cross-sectional measurement study # Methods Seventy-two participants who had undergone ACL reconstruction (35 men, 37 women; age= 25.8 ± 5.4 years) were included. Isokinetic muscle torque in knee flexion and extension was measured with an isokinetic dynamometer. …”
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Reliability and Validity of Beliefs about Substance Use (BSU) Questionnaire in Alcohol Dependent Patients. by Selçuk ASLAN, M. Hakan TÜRKÇAPAR, Hale Yapıcı ESER, Mustafa UĞURLU

“…The correlations and differences between the questionnaires were studied. Results: Mean age of the addicted patients, healthy controls and social drinkers were 42,3± 7,0, 33,5± 9,9 and 33,2± 8,9, respectively. …”
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Deficiency of MicroRNA-23-27-24 Clusters Exhibits the Impairment of Myelination in the Central Nervous System by Yuji Tsuchikawa, Naosuke Kamei, Yohei Sanada, Toshio Nakamae, Takahiro Harada, Kazunori Imaizumi, Takayuki Akimoto, Shigeru Miyaki, Nobuo Adachi

“…At 4 weeks, 10 weeks, and 12 months of age, knockout mice showed reduced myelination compared to wild-type mice. …”
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Damage Evaluation of Concrete Bridge with Steel Piers Subjected to Explosive Loads by Sohrab Mirassi, Mohammad Momeni, Ahmad Hosseini Moorderaz

“…Notably, certain older bridges, particularly those with steel piers, require special attention due to the effects of aging on their behavior and susceptibility to various loads, including explosive ones. …”
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Improving the Quality of History Teaching in Non-Historical Specialties and Training Programmes through Systematic Implementation of the Historicism Principle by Elena N. Dyatlova

“…The empirical study involved 207 first-year undergraduate students of full-time and part-time education aged 17 to 43 years. Methods. The study was conducted in the context of the introduction of the updated academic discipline “History of Russia” in accordance with the Concept of Teaching the History of Russia for Non-Historical Specialties and Areas of Education. …”
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Phenotypic and Functional Changes in Peripheral Blood Natural Killer Cells in Crohn Disease Patients by Suzanne Samarani, Patrick Sagala, Prevost Jantchou, Guy Grimard, Christophe Faure, Colette Deslandres, Devendra K. Amre, Ali Ahmad

“…For this purpose, we compared the expression of different activating and inhibitory receptors (KIR and non-KIR) and integrins on NK cells as well as their recent degranulation history between the patients and age-matched healthy controls. The study was conducted using freshly obtained peripheral blood samples from the study participants. …”
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The role of fat-soluble vitamins for graft-versus host disease after myeloablative conditioning in allogeneic stem cell transplanted patients by Kristin J. Skaarud, Anne Marte Gudmundstuen, Maiju Pesonen, Marianne J. Hjermstad, Per Ole Iversen, Geir E. Tjønnfjord

“…Multivariable analysis adjusted for treatment group, age, pre-transplant vitamin level and risk factors for GvHD did not change the results. …”
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The effect of offline student conferences on the levels of satisfaction, learning and performance of medical intern students on the basis of the Kirkpatrick’s educational model by Ezatolah Rahimi Rahimi, Nasrin Moghimi, Solmaz Derakhshan, Roonak Mohajerpour, Khaled Rahmani, Yadolah Zarezadeh

“…The mean and standard deviation of their age was 23.98 with a standard deviation of 2.3 years. …”
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La nieve en el Macizo de las Ubiñas (Montañas Cantábricas) y sus implicaciones geomorfológicas by David Gallinar Cañedo, Jesús Ruiz-Fernández, Cristina García-Hernández

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Comparison of Vitamin and Mineral Usage Status of Patients Applying to Family Health Centres Before and After Covid by Mercan Yağız, Hatice Cakir

“…Objective: Our aim in this study was to determine how the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic affects the use of vitamins and minerals and to determine the level of vitamin and mineral use compared with that in the pre-COVID-19 period.Materials and Methods: Our study is a cross-sectional descriptive study and was conducted with 306 volunteer participants over the age of 18 who applied to three different family health centers (FHCs) in Erzincan city center between February and April 2023. …”
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Fairway to fractures: Income inequality and violent crime as the driving factors for golf club-related assaults – a case series of 21 compound skull fractures by R Grobler, E-M Geldenhuys, A J Vlok

“…The majority were male (95.2%) and the mean age was 32.6 years. Fractures were most commonly seen in the frontal bone (n=9), followed by parietal (n=8), temporal (n=3) and occipital (n=1) bones. …”
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Association of Pregnancy Complications with Endometrial or Ovarian or Breast Cancer: A Case Control Study by Lin Cheng Han, Henry W. C. Leung, Heng-Jun Lin, John Hang Leung, Agnes L. F. Chan

“…This study aimed to determine whether pregnancy complications, including preeclampsia, gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM), large for gestational age (LGA), or intrauterine growth restriction (IUGR) are associated with the development of endometrial cancer (EC), ovarian cancer (OC), or breast cancer (BC). …”
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Phenotypic and Allelic Distribution of the ABO and Rhesus Blood Groups among students at Hawassa University, Ethiopia by Mihret A. Hailu, Wendawek A. Mengesha, Zelalem G. Tolesa

“…A descriptive cross-sectional survey was employed involving randomly selected two thousand thirty nine (2039) university students (1054 males and 985 females) with an age range of 18–29 years. Blood groups were determined based on agglutination reaction. …”
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Impacto de la crisis de la COVID-19 en el empleo del sector turístico en España: perspectivas territorial y de género by Cándida Gago-García, Reyes González-Relaño, Milagros Serrano Cambronero, Frank Babinger

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Successful Myringoplasty - Do The Site & Size Of TM Perforation Matter? by Areesha Manzoor, Mirza Khizar Hameed, Irshad Ali, Nudrat Khalil, Ansa Umara, Seema Naveed

“…Results: There were 52% males and 48% females. Mean age of patients was 35.5 years and they ranged between 17 to 48 years. …”
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Low presence of potentially toxic elements in Singapore urban garden soils by Tiong Ann Goh, Sorain J. Ramchunder, Alan D. Ziegler

“…Community gardening is also promoted as a safe and viable form of exercise for aging populations in crowded settings where opportunities to participate in other action activities may be limited. …”
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Application of a Knowledge, Attitude, Belief, and Practice Model in Pain Management of Patients with Acute Traumatic Fractures and Alcohol Dependence by Ying Dong, Hui Gao, Zheyu Jin, Jue Zhu, Hao Yu, Yingqing Jiang, Jun Zou

“…Twenty-nine alcohol-dependent male patients with acute traumatic fractures and who received surgical treatment between January 2019 and December 2020 were included in this retrospective case-control study. The age range was 30–65 years (average 50.03 ± 7.94). …”
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Distribución de especies cinegéticas en los espacios adehesados de Extremadura: comparativa entre el siglo XVIII y los cotos de caza mayor actuales by Juan Ignacio Rengifo Gallego, Luz María Martín Delgado, José Manuel Sánchez Martín

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The Effect of Telenursing on Disease Outcomes in People with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Narrative Review by Mina AkbariRad, Mohsen Dehghani, Masoumeh Sadeghi, Ashkan Torshizian, Nikoo Saeedi, Mehrdad Sarabi, Mahdieh Sahebi, Mohammad Taghi Shakeri

“…Both male and female patients were considered in the included studies, with mean age of 56.2 years old and a follow-up range of 12 weeks to 18 months. …”
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Spatio-temporal differentiation and influencing factors of high-quality development of agriculture and rural areas in China by Qiyan Ding, Zhen Yang, Zhen Yang, Zhouyu Huang

“…The urbanization level, transportation infrastructure, scientific and technological innovation ability, and Internet penetration rate mainly had positive effects, while industrial structure and rural population aging mainly had negative effects. These findings can provide relevant policy recommendations for improving the quality of agriculture and rural areas.…”
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