Factors associated with occupational injuries among bricklayers and carpenters in Building Construction: insights from a mixed methods study in Osun State, Nigeria by Temitope Olumuyiwa Ojo, Adedeji Ayodeji Onayade, Nisha Naicker

“…Binary logistic regression analysis was conducted to assess the factors influencing OIs, p-value less than 0.05 was taken as statistically significant. Results All respondents were male. The mean age was 51.3.7 ± 14.7 years for bricklayers and 50.0 ± 11.5 years for carpenters. …”
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The Correlation between FSTL1 Expression and Airway Remodeling in Asthmatics by Yahui Liu, Tian Liu, Jinxiang Wu, Tao Li, Xingai Jiao, Haiqing Zhang, Jiping Zhao, Junfei Wang, Lin Liu, Liuzhao Cao, Shuo Li, Jiawei Xu, Jianfeng Xu, Xiaohui Ma, Lei Yang, Liang Dong

“…We examined FSTL1 levels in 32 asthmatics and 25 controls. All subjects enrolled had routine blood tests, spirometry, and impulse oscillometry performed. …”
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Retrospective Research of Clinical and Hematological Changes Occurred by del Nido Cardioplegia in the Perioperative Period of Patients who Underwent Open-Heart Surgery by Abdullah Özer, Başak Koçak, Mustafa Arslan, Elif Şimşek, Aycan Özdemirkan, Yusuf Ünal, Erkan İriz, Hakan Zor, Levent Oktar

“…Various cardioplegia solutions have been developed because of this issue. del Nido cardioplegia (DNC) solution is one of these solutions and has a vital impact on metabolic markers and cardiac protection in individuals of all ages. This study aimed to examine the effects of DNC on the perioperative follow-up period after cardiac surgery. …”
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De Novo Donor-Specific HLA Antibody Development and Peripheral CD4+CD25high Cells in Kidney Transplant Recipients: A Place for Interaction? by Josefina Alberu, Maria Inés Vargas-Rojas, Luis E. Morales-Buenrostro, Jose C. Crispin, Roxana Rodríguez-Romo, Norma O. Uribe-Uribe, Gabriel Carrasco, Diana Gómez-Martín, Jorge Alcocer-Varela

“…DSA testing was performed monthly, and Tregs were quantified by flow cytometry every 3 months, during the 1st year after KT. All patients received triple drug immunosuppressive therapy (CNI + MMF or AZA + PDN); 83% received anti-CD25. …”
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Prediksi Detak Jantung Berbasis LSTM pada Raspberry Pi untuk Pemantauan Kesehatan Portabel by Ahmad Foresta Azhar Zen, Eko Sakti Pramukantoro, Kasyful Amron, Viera Wardhani, Putri Annisa Kamila

“…An estimated 17.9 million people succumbed to CVDs in 2019, constituting 32% of all global deaths. Detecting heart abnormalities as early as possible is crucial to prevent CVD-related fatalities. …”
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Global, regional and national burdens of cardiovascular disease attributable to secondhand smoke from 1990–2019: an age-period-cohort analysis by Hong Jiang, Xiang-Bin Pan, Xiaofei Li, Shouzheng Wang, Zeye Liu, Peijian Wei, Fengwen Zhang, Wen-Bin Ou-yang

“…In 2019, CVD accounted for 45.9% of all deaths attributable to secondhand smoke among both sexes globally. …”
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Early health technology assessment of tongue swab for non-sputum based pulmonary tuberculosis diagnosis in ThailandResearch in context by Langming Mou, Teerawat Wiwatpanit, Apiwat Piriyapol, Puwadol Chawengkul, Janjira Thaipadungpanit, Puttarin Kulchaitanaroaj, Yot Teerawattananon, Yi Wang

“…Findings: The landscape review identified the clinical workflow and reimbursement process of all PTB diagnostic tests in Thailand. The gap of tuberculosis management was around diagnosis and treatment. …”
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Effectiveness of lateral femoral cutaneous and femoral nerve block in managing postoperative pain for hemiarthroplasty patients by Kazi Mahzabin Arin, Shofina Sultana, Ayesha Sultana, Abdul Hannan Mohammad, Chandra Shekhar Karmakar, AKM Akhtaruzzaman

“…Methods: Sixty patients were randomly assigned to either the fascia iliaca compartment (FIC) block group or the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve and femoral nerve (LFCN plus FN) block group. All patients received a subarachnoid block for surgery. …”
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Relationship Between Myocardial Strain and Extracellular Volume: Exploratory Study in Patients with Severe Aortic Stenosis Undergoing Photon-Counting Detector CT by Costanza Lisi, Victor Mergen, Lukas J. Moser, Konstantin Klambauer, Jonathan Michel, Albert M. Kasel, Hatem Alkadhi, Matthias Eberhard

“…Significant correlations were identified between the global longitudinal, circumferential, and radial strains and the CT-derived left ventricular ejection fraction (EF) (all, <i>p</i> < 0.001). Patients with low-flow, low-gradient AS and reduced EF exhibited lower median global longitudinal strain values compared with those with high-gradient AS (−15.2% versus −25.8%, <i>p</i> < 0.001). …”
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Beyond Chaos in Fractional-Order Systems: Keen Insight in the Dynamic Effects by José Luis Echenausía-Monroy, Luis Alberto Quezada-Tellez, Hector Eduardo Gilardi-Velázquez, Omar Fernando Ruíz-Martínez, María del Carmen Heras-Sánchez, Jose E. Lozano-Rizk, José Ricardo Cuesta-García, Luis Alejandro Márquez-Martínez, Raúl Rivera-Rodríguez, Jonatan Pena Ramirez, Joaquín Álvarez

“…By quantifying the convex envelope generated by the 2D projection of the system into all its phase portraits, the changes in the area of the system, as well as the volume of the attractor, are characterized. …”
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Cytoreductive Nephrectomy and Nephrectomy/Complete Metastasectomy for Metastatic Renal Cancer by Paul Russo, Mark Synder, Andrew Vickers, Varuni Kondagunta, Robert Motzer

“…Sixty-one patients (67%) had nephrectomy with removal of all metastatic sites (nephrectomy/complete metastasectomy) and 30 (33%) had cytoreductive nephrectomy alone. …”
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Prepancreatic postduodenal portal vein discovered in a pediatric patient undergoing total pancreatectomy with islet autotransplantation: a case report and review of literature by Muhammed Ali Colak, Andrew T. Trout, Christie Heinzman, A Jay Freeman, A Jay Freeman, Sara K. Rasmussen, Sara K. Rasmussen, Maisam Abu-El-Haija, Jaimie D. Nathan, Jaimie D. Nathan

“…Only 20 cases of PPPV, all in adults, have been reported in literature. …”
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Optimization of Preparation of Bioactive Peptide by Enzymatic Hydrolysis in <italic>Katsuwonus pelamis </italic>Using Response Surface Methodology and its Anti-fatigue Effect on Mi... by LI Shoujiang, KONG Xiangjia, LIU Zhiyu, ZHAO Feng, SU Yongchang, CHEN Xiaoting

“…Compared with the exercise model group, the exhaustion swimming time of the positive control group, low-, medium- and high-dose of bioactive peptide in <italic>Katsuwonus pelamis</italic> groups were significantly prolonged (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.01), the contents of serum BUN, serum LD and liver MDA, and serum LDH activity were decreased (all <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.01), while the liver SOD activity was improved (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.01).ConclusionThe response surface methodology was used to determine the optimal enzymatic hydrolysis technology of bioactive peptide in <italic>Katsuwonus pelamis</italic> with flavor protease, which verified that bioactive peptide in <italic>Katsuwonus pelamis</italic> could relieve fatigue in exhausted swimming mice.…”
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Effect of electroacupuncture on discomfort in patients undergoing colonoscopy: protocol for a multicentre, randomised, controlled clinical trial by Chao Lin, Wenting Chen, Yue Yong, Jiangang Song, Xiangyu Sun, Yongqiang Wang, Liyue Lu, Chunchun Wang, Kuangdi Xu

“…The results of this study will be disseminated in peer-reviewed publications. All potential participants will be provided informed consent before participating in the study.Trial registration number ChiCTR2300073485.…”
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Analysis of Optimal Health-Related Quality of Life Measures in Patients Waitlisted for Lung Transplantation by Junko Tokuno, Toyofumi F Chen-Yoshikawa, Toru Oga, Takahiro Oto, Tomoyo Okawa, Yoshinori Okada, Miki Akiba, Masaki Ikeda, Daisuke Nakajima, Masatsugu Hamaji, Hideki Motoyama, Akihiro Aoyama, Maki Isomi, Kazuo Chin, Hiroshi Date

“…Compared to the MRF-26 and SRI, the score distribution of the SGRQ was skewed toward the worse ends of the scale. All domains of the MRF-26 and SRI were significantly correlated with the SGRQ. …”
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Mangrove biomass productivity and sediment carbon storage assessment at selected sites in Mauritius: the effect of tidal inundation, forest age and mineral availability by M D D Doodee, S D D V Rughooputh, S Jawaheer

“…Total organic carbon (TOC), sediment carbon storage, and all essential nutrients for plant growth were analysed using standard methods. …”
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Development of the Dutch translational knowledge agenda for inherited metabolic diseases by I. J. Hieltjes, J. H. van derLee, M. C. Groenendijk, G. vanHaaften, P. M. vanHasselt, R. J. Lunsing, G. J. J. vanProoijen, E. M. deRuiter, F. J. vanSpronsen, N. M. Verhoeven‐Duif, A. deVreugd, M. Wagenmakers, H. Zweers, H. Dekker, H. R. Waterham, C. D. vanKarnebeek, R. J. A. Wanders, R. A. Wevers

“…The 462 proposed questions were categorized and prioritized during a meeting attended by 22 representatives of all stakeholder groups. The resulting top 10 research questions cover multiple themes, i.e. prediction of disease progression, development of novel tools, mechanistic insights, improved diagnostics, therapeutic integration of multi‐omics techniques, assessment of impact on daily life, expanding treatment avenues, optimal study designs, effect of lifestyle interventions, and data utilization using FAIR principles. …”
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Targeted inhibition of Aurora kinase A promotes immune checkpoint inhibition efficacy in human papillomavirus-driven cancers by Pragya Sinha, Faye M Johnson, Soma Ghosh, Jagannadha K Sastry, Madison P O'Hara, Tuhina Mazumdar, Lacin Yapindi

“…Background Human papillomavirus (HPV)-driven cancers include head and neck squamous cell carcinoma and cervical cancer and represent approximately 5% of all cancer cases worldwide. Standard-of-care chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and immune checkpoint inhibitors (ICIs) are associated with adverse effects and limited responses in patients with HPV-driven cancers. …”
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Investigating shared risk variants and genetic etiology between Alzheimer’s disease and three stress-related psychiatric disorders: a large-scale genome-wide cross-trait analysis by Weijia Dang, Tianqi Hao, Ning Li, Hualin Zhang, Ziqi Li, Hongmei Yu, Yalu Wen, Deqiang Zheng, Long Liu

“…Functional annotation and gene-set enrichment analysis indicated that 12 genes for comorbidity shared between patients with AD and all three stress-related psychiatric disorders were enriched in the spleen, pancreas, and whole blood.ConclusionThese results advance our knowledge of the shared genetic origins of comorbidities and pave the way for advancements in the diagnosis, management, and prevention of stress-related AD.…”
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SPA14 liposomes combining saponin with fully synthetic TLR4 agonist provide adjuvanticity to hCMV vaccine candidate by Ernesto Luna, Sophie Ruiz, Marie Garinot, Cyril Chavagnac, Pankaj Agrawal, John Escobar, Laurent Revet, Marie-Jeanne Asensio, Fabienne Piras, Francis G. Fang, Donald R. Drake, Bachra Rokbi, Daniel Larocque, Jean Haensler

“…From a developability standpoint, SPA14 could be manufactured by a simple and scalable ethanol injection method, owing to the high solubility in ethanol of all its lipidic components, including E6020. Furthermore, E6020 is a single molecule, well-characterized fully synthetic TLR4 agonist constructed in eight synthetic steps from entirely crystalline starting materials and intermediates via an optimized high-yield synthetic route. …”
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