Comparison of Efficacy and Safety of Lispro and Aspart Evaluated by Continuous Glucose Monitoring System in Patients with Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes by Bing-li Liu, Guo-ping Yin, Feng-fei Li, Yun Hu, Jin-dan Wu, Mao-yuan Chen, Lei Ye, Xiao-fei Su, Jian-hua Ma

“…A total of 110 patients with newly diagnosed T2DM and with hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c%) above 9% was hospitalized and randomly divided into two groups: group Asp (NovoRapid group) and group Lis (Prandilin group). They all received CSII and metformin therapy. Treatments were maintained for 2-3 weeks after the glycaemic target was reached. …”
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Metacavities by harnessing the linear-crossing metamaterials by Wu Jiaju, Guo Zhiwei, Qi Xin, Wei Qian, He Li, Fang Kai, Sun Yong, Li Yunhui, Chen Yuguang, Jiang Haitao, Chen Hong

“…Here, we propose a metacavity consisting of arrays of linear-crossing metamaterials (LCMMs) with abnormal dispersion, where each LCMM offers both the directional propagation channel for all incident angles and the negative refraction across its neighboring LCMMs. …”
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Isolation and Identification of Staphylococcus aureus from Milk and Milk Products, Associated Factors for Contamination, and Their Antibiogram in Holeta, Central Ethiopia by Endrias Zewdu Gebremedhin, Addisu Bedashu Ararso, Bizunesh Mideksa Borana, Kebede Abdisa Kelbesa, Nega Desalegn Tadese, Lencho Megersa Marami, Edilu Jorga Sarba

“…The highest rate of resistance was observed to ampicillin (95%), amoxicillin (95%), oxacillin (87.5%), and cefotaxime (80%). All isolates are resistant to at least two classes of antimicrobial drugs, while 65.0% of the isolates were found to be multidrug-resistant. …”
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Higher systemic immune-inflammation index is associated with increased risk of Parkinson’s disease in adults: a nationwide population-based study by Jiayu Zhao, Zhipeng Wu, Zhipeng Wu, Fengyin Cai, Xuejv Yu, Zhenyu Song

“…The results of logistic regression showed that after adjusted for all covariates, compared with the Q1 group (lowest quartile in SII), the risk of PD in the Q3 group (OR = 1.82, 95%CI = 1.20–2.82, p < 0.001) and the Q4 group increased (OR = 2.49, 95%CI = 1.69–3.77, p < 0.001), with p-trend < 0.001. …”
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Neonatal morbidity after fetal exposure to antipsychotics: a national register-based study by Karin Kallen, Lisa Forsberg, Essi Heinonen, Katarina Wide, Ulrika Nörby

“…Objective To investigate the admission rate to neonatal care and neonatal morbidity after maternal use of antipsychotics during pregnancy.Design A population-based register study.Setting Information on all singleton births between July 2006 and December 2017 in Sweden including data on prescription drugs, deliveries and infants’ health was obtained from the Swedish Medical Birth Register, the Prescribed Drug Register and the Swedish Neonatal Quality Register. …”
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Pathogen delivery route impacts disease severity in experimental Mycoplasma ovipneumoniae infection of domestic lambs by Bryan Tegner Jacobson, Jessica DeWit-Dibbert, LaShae Zanca, Sobha Sonar, Carol Hardy, Michael Throolin, Patricia C. Brewster, Kaitlyn Andujo, Kerri Jones, Jonathon Sago, Stephen Smith, Lizabeth Bowen, Diane Bimczok

“…Lambs were inoculated with PBS (control) or with ceftiofur-treated nasal wash fluid obtained from sheep with natural M. ovipneumoniae infection, monitored for eight weeks, and subsequently euthanized. All lambs in the URT and LRT groups developed a stable infection with M. ovipneumoniae. …”
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Molecular identification of the brown marmorated stink bug’s egg parasitoids by species-specific PCR collected from Beijing, China by Muhammad Yasir Ali, Yu-Di Liu, Feng-Qi Li, Mao-Lin Hou, Jin-Ping Zhang, Feng Zhang

“…This indicates that PCR with these primers specifically and sensitively differentiates T. cultratus specimens from other similar wasp species. All the primers tested in this study could discriminate between parasitized and non-parasitized BMSB eggs. …”
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Minimally Invasive Parafascicular Surgery (MIPS) for Spontaneous Intracerebral Hemorrhage Compared to Medical Management: A Case Series Comparison for a Single Institution by Victoria L. Phillips, Anil K. Roy, Jonathan Ratcliff, Gustavo Pradilla

“…The sample consisted of 17 patients who underwent MIPS from January 2014 to December 2016 and a comparison group of 23 patients who were medically managed from June 2012 to December 2013. All had an International Classification of Disease (ICD) diagnosis of 431 and were treated at Grady Memorial Hospital, an urban, public, safety-net hospital. …”
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STUDI COWORKING SPACE BAGI MILENIAL by Annisa Nisrina, Andreas Handoyo

“…The use of increasingly sophisticated technology makes it easier to work on almost all types of work. Millennials are slowly starting to leave the traditional work style and begin to shift to a flexible work style. …”
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Complete chloroplast genome of eight Phaius (Orchidaceae) species from China: comparative analysis and phylogenetic relationship by Kaifeng Tao, Lu Tang, Yan Luo, Lu Li

“…Gene annotation revealed 136 genes in all eight genomes, of which 21 were duplicated in inverted regions and 15 with introns. …”
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The predictors of successful methotrexate treatment of tubal ectopic pregnancy by Eiman Abdelfattah-Arafa, Hager Farag Abdussalam, Mohamed Omar Saad, Walid El Ansari

“…Of these, patients with Caesarean scar pregnancies were excluded because they require different treatment protocols (n = 25). All patients were treated according to our institution’s protocol based on international guidelines and standardised across the three hospitals included in the current study. …”
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Numerical Prediction of Fatigue Life for Landing Gear Considering the Shock Absorber Travel by Haihong Tang, Panglun Liu, Jianbin Ding, Jinsong Cheng, Yiyao Jiang, Bingyan Jiang

“…Then, considering that the SAT of the MLG varies under different fatigue conditions, and to reduce the number of finite element (FE) simulations, this article simplifies all the SAT experienced by the MLG into seven specific values, so as to establish seven quasi-static FEMs of the MLG with the specified stroke of the shock absorber. …”
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The analysis of thermal performance of radiation life support system based on experimental data by V. I. Karagusov, A. V. Zinovieva

“…., a significant part of them, such as fog, haze, dew, shadow from each cloud affects the amount of insolation and all this cannot be taken into account in advance. …”
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Native Oils from Apple, Blackcurrant, Raspberry, and Strawberry Seeds as a Source of Polyenoic Fatty Acids, Tocochromanols, and Phytosterols: A Health Implication by Marek Pieszka, Władysław Migdał, Robert Gąsior, Magdalena Rudzińska, Dorota Bederska-Łojewska, Magdalena Pieszka, Paulina Szczurek

“…Strawberry oil contained γ- and δ-tocopherol, 49.0 and 6.1 mg/100 g, respectively. Apple contained all isomers of α-, β-, γ-, and δ-tocopherols at 41.7, 62.7, 13.6, and 21.8 mg/100 g, respectively. …”
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Retrospective Analyses of Potential Risk Factors for Posterior Capsule Opacification after Cataract Surgery by Shuang Wu, Nianting Tong, Lin Pan, Xiaohui Jiang, Yanan Li, MeiLing Guo, Hehuan Li

“…Eyes (652) from 550 patients were enrolled in this study. All patients were diagnosed with PCO/non-PCO and had <3 years of follow-up after surgery. …”
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Variation in the Lipid Profile of Pacific Oyster ( Crassostrea gigas ) Cultured in Khanh Hoa Coast, Vietnam, Based on Location and Harvest Period by Minh Van Nguyen, Derrick Kakooza, Anh Phuong Thi Tran, Vy Thao Thi Tran

“…The total lipid content and n -3/ n -6 ratio in oysters from Ninh Hoa were higher compared to those from Cam Lam and Van Ninh. For oyster from all three farming areas, the total lipid content was the lowest during the two spawning seasons (May and September). …”
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The Restoration Effect of Degraded Grassland Depends on the Response of Species Root Distribution to Resource Availability by Yiming Zhao, Hui Li, Fei Peng, Dabu Xilatu, Qing Chen, Shan Lin

“…The annual species <i>Salsola collina</i> Pall. exhibited the highest aboveground biomass (AGB) and ¹⁵N abundance compared to all other species. Furthermore, the ¹⁵N enrichment of <i>S</i>. …”
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Effect of additional dimensions and views in the echocardiographic determination of 3‐dimensional left ventricular volume in myxomatous mitral valve disease in dogs by Weihow Hsue, Cortney E. Pelzek, Samantha Siess, Benjamin A. Terhaar, Shana B. Mintz, Romain Pariaut

“…Conclusions and Clinical Importance Incorporating additional dimensions improves bias and agreement in LV volume quantification, but comprehensive clinical experience with RT3P and RT3D is needed to improve consistency across all operators.…”
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Is the convergence insufficiency symptom survey applicable to elderly individuals? by Saeid Abdi, Haleh Kangari, Saeed Rahmani, Alireza Akbarzadeh Baghban, Zahra Kamary Rad

“…The Rasch analysis demonstrated a satisfactory model fit, as all items had infit and outfit mean square values ranging between 0.6 and 1.4. …”
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THE ROLE OF DISPOSITION OF CONNECTING TISSUE IN THE RISE OF NONTRAUMATIC SUBARACHNOIDAL HEMORRHAGE IN YOUNG AGE by E. V. Petrova, T. F. Popova, I. A. Gribacheva, G. K. Taitubayeva

“…Methods: neurological examination according to a conventional scheme using traditional methods with assessment of the main functional systems and determining the depth of their damage, determination of constitutional types, assessment of the degree of phenotypic manifestation of DCT by the sum of scores, general clinical laboratory, neuroimaging, and statistical.In order to determine the signs of connective tissue pathology in all patients with SAH, the general examination included determining the constitution, height, weight with the definition of the Ketle index. …”
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