The burden of medical contraindications to corneal donation: Time for review. by Oliver Dorado-Cortez, Sylvain Poinard, Magali Epinat, Fanny Collange, Sandrine Ninotta, Paul Goin, Jean Luc Perrot, Philippe Gain, Graeme Pollock, Gilles Thuret

“…The 5 diseases or families of diseases for which there is only theoretical risk of transmission equated to a loss of 712 potential donors, corresponding to 30% of the files examined and 53% of all CIs. Of the 1003 deceased without CI, 738 families (74%) were contacted. …”
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Association of predicted fat mass, predicted lean mass and predicted percent fat with diabetes mellitus in Chinese population: a 15-year prospective cohort by Lu Liu, Xiaoping Chen, Chao Ban, Shanshan Jia, Sen He

“…Predicted FM performed better than other commonly used obesity indicators in discrimination with the highest Harrell’s C-statistic among all the body composition parameters. Whereas, for women, none of the three novel parameters was the independent predictor.Conclusion Predicted PF, predicted LM and predicted FM could independently predict the risk of DM for men, with predicted FM performing better in discrimination than other commonly used obesity indicators. …”
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Cross-contamination Risks in Dry Produce Packinghouses: Efficacy of Alcohol-based Sanitizers to Reduce Salmonella and Potential Surrogates on Relevant Surface Materials by Alexandra Nerney, Stuart Reitz, Jovana Kovacevic, Joy Waite-Cusic

“…A 2020 Salmonella outbreak was epidemiologically linked to red onions; however, insufficient cleaning and sanitation in the packinghouse expanded the recall to include all onions handled by the packing house in the preceding 3 months. …”
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Sex-based variations in breath-holding: oxygen storage and diving response among non-divers by Frank Pernett, Erika Schagatay, Erika Schagatay, Pontus Holmström, Pontus Holmström

“…We conducted a study comparing the maximum breath-hold duration, heart rate (HR) reduction, peripheral oxygen saturation (SpO2), and spleen volume and contraction in 37 men and 44 women, all of whom had no prior breath-holding experience. …”
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Study of Association of Vitamin D Receptor Gene Polymorphisms with Diabetic Nephropathy by Bhuiya Esha, Saravanan Yogaprabhu, Janaki Sneha, Karthick Vijayalakshmi, Viswanathan Mohan, Venkatesan Radha, Dhanasekaran Bodhini

“…Anthropometric and biochemical data were collected for all participants. Vitamin D levels were measured in a subset of 47 T2DM and 74 T2DN individuals. …”
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What Are the Predictors of Acute Care Nurses' Stroke Knowledge?: Empirical Research Quantitative by Catherine T. Leach, Linda P. Bolin, Melvin S. Swanson, Ashley E. Burch, Patricia C. Woltz

“…Practice setting, post‐licensure stroke education, code stroke familiarity, confidence and understanding were all predictive of the overall stroke knowledge. …”
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Injuries in Left Corticospinal Tracts, Forceps Major, and Left Superior Longitudinal Fasciculus (Temporal) as the Quality Indicators for Major Depressive Disorder by Ziwei Liu, Lijun Kang, Aixia Zhang, Chunxia Yang, Min Liu, Jizhi Wang, Penghong Liu, Kerang Zhang, Ning Sun

“…These results revealed that the white matter characteristics of MDD-susceptible patients were LCST, FMa, and LSLF(T) lesions, all of which may be quality indicators of MDD.…”
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Investigating skeletal muscle micro-trauma with time-dependent diffusion and the random permeable barrier model by Susanne S. Rauh, Donnie Cameron, Oliver J. Gurney-Champion, Frank Smithuis, Mario Maas, Martijn Froeling, Hermien E. Kan, Aart J. Nederveen, Gustav J. Strijkers, Melissa T. Hooijmans

“…A linear mixed model assessed variations across time points and diffusion times within the DTI and RPBM parameters and assessed sensitivity to micro-trauma by comparing %-changes in DTI parameters at TP-1 and TP-2 to TP-0. All DTI parameters except FA significantly changed between TP-0 and TP-1, and between TP-1 and TP-2. …”
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Quantitative Analysis of the Multicomponent and Spectrum–Effect Correlation of the Antispasmodic Activity of Shaoyao-Gancao Decoction by Yanli Xu, Chenxi Li, Ting Chen, Xiaochun Li, Xiaoyu Wu, Qili Zhang, Lei Zhao

“…The similarities of 15 batches of SGD were all above 0.965. The HPLC method for simultaneous determination of the multiple components was accurate and reliable. …”
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Evaluation of the Short-Term Effect of Bariatric Surgery on the Level of HbA1c by Hadi Salehnia, Abbas Ali Dehghan, Sara Rashki Ghalehnoo

“…The patients were followed up for six months, and HbA1C was assessed before the operation, at 3 months, and at 6 months after the surgery. All data was recorded and analyzed by SPSSv.25, and the significance level was considered less than 0.05. …”
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The sex differences in diseases progression and prognosis among persons with HIV and HBV coinfection by Rongrong Yang, Qianhui Chen, Fangzhou Jiao, Xingxia Yu, Yong Xiong

“…Compared to female, higher incidence of end-stage-liver disease (1.190/100 person-years vs 0.714/100 person-years), higher all-cause mortality (0.440/100 person-years vs 0.148/100 person-years) and higher mortality associated with end-stage-liver diseases (0.273/100 person-years vs 0.074/100 person-years) were found in male. …”
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Active versus sham transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) as an adjunct to varenicline treatment for smoking cessation: Study protocol for a double-blind single dummy rando... by Laurie Zawertailo, Helena Zhang, Noreen Rahmani, Tarek K Rajji, Peter Selby

“…Participants will be randomized 1:1 to either active tDCS (20 minutes at 2 mA) or sham tDCS (30 seconds at 2 mA, 19 minutes at 0 mA) for 10 daily sessions (2 weeks) plus 5 follow up sessions, occurring every two weeks for 10 weeks. All participants will be given standard varenicline treatment concurrently for the 12-week treatment period. …”
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R-CNN Based Vehicle Object Detection via Segmentation Capabilities in Road Scenes by Bisma Riaz Chughtai, Haifa F. Alhasson, Mohammed Alnusayri, Mohammed Alatiyyah, Hanan Aljuaid, Ahmad Jalal, Jeongmin Park

“…The proposed model comprises five stages. Initially, all images undergo preprocessing to reduce noise and enhance brightness. …”
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Spatial and depth distribution of salinity and nitrate in a depleted alluvial aquifer (Haouz plain, Morocco) by Hamza Sahraoui, Younes Fakir, Houssne Bouimouass, Sarah Tweed, Marc Leblanc, Rabia Benaddi, Abdelghani Chehbouni

“…It was found that (i) groundwater was moderately affected by salinity and nitrate, (ii) the dominant hydrochemical factors are rock weathering, halite dissolution, and reverse ion exchange, and (iii) the nitrate contamination is higher in shallow groundwater but it was detected at all depths. The thick unsaturated zone, which has developed because of the decline of the water table, would have mitigated the surface-borne contamination and reduced the direct effects of evapotranspiration. …”
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Resistance-Associated Substitutions (RAS) and Clinical Factors as Determinants of Sofosbuvir-Daclatasvir Treatment Outcomes in Chronic Hepatitis C Patients by Juferdy Kurniawan, Anugrah Dwi Handayu, Gita Aprilicia, Darlene Raudhatul Bahri, Irsan Hasan

“…RAS mutations were determined through the cut-off value of RAS mutations that contributed in the successful therapy. All patients were followed up until 12 weeks after completion of treatment to determine the sustained virological response 12 (SVR12). …”
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Comparative analysis of genetic polymorphism in <i>Rhaponticum carthamoides</i> (Asteraceae) populations by ISSR markers in the Altai Republic by E. V. Zhmud, I. N. Kuban, A. A. Achimova, M. B. Yamtyrov, O. V. Dorogina

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Trace elements levels in growing camels’ (Camelus dromedarius) biological tissues from semi-arid areas by Mutassim M. Abdelrahman, Ibrahim A. Alhidary, Mohsen M. Alobre, Abdulkareem M. Matar, Mohammed A. Al-Badwi, Mohammed M. Qaid, Riyadh S. Aljumaah

“…In contrast to liver Fe, liver Se levels in all regions were lower than suggested (recommended ranges of liver Se and Fe: 0.272–0.921 and 28–51 ug/g). …”
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Thiadiazoline- and Pyrazoline-Based Carboxamides and Carbothioamides: Synthesis and Inhibition against Nitric Oxide Synthase by Fabio Arias, M. Encarnación Camacho, M. Dora Carrión, Meriem Chayah, Miguel Romero, Juan Duarte, Miguel A. Gallo

“…In contrast, pyrazolines (6a–r) behave better as iNOS than nNOS inhibitors, 6m being the best molecule of this series (76.86% at 1 mM of iNOS inhibition, IC50 = 130 μM) and the most potent of all tested compounds.…”
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How funding matters: Reinitiating of New Product Development and the moderating effect of extramural R&D by Safi Ullah Khan

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Identification and Genetic Diversity Analysis of Cinnamomum parthenoxylon (Jack) Meisn Species in Song Hinh Protection Forest, Vietnam Based on Three Chloroplast Gene Regions by Dinh Duy Vu, Mai Phuong Pham, Ngoc Huyen Dang, Xuan Dac Le, Hung Cuong Dang, Huu Thuc Nguyen, Dang Hoi Nguyen

“…According to ML phylogenetic analyses, all samples in the Song Hinh protection forest are closely related to C. parthenoxylon in GenBank, with robust supporting values. …”
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