Effect of Intermittent High Intensity Aerobic Exercise on Exercise Endurance of Patients with Stroke Complicated with Coronary Heart Disease by Rongju YE, Leshan SUN, Zhen ZENG, Guo LI, Qin ZHANG, Zhilan LIU, Kai WANG

“…The patients were randomly divided into the control group, the medium intensity group and the high intensity group according to the method of random number table, with 60 cases in each group. All the three groups were given routine drug treatment of stroke complicated with coronary heart disease. …”
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Effect of Brewers’ Spent Grain Addition to a Fermented Form on Dough Rheological Properties from Different Triticale Flour Cultivars by Aliona Ghendov-Mosanu, Sorina Ropciuc, Adriana Dabija, Olesea Saitan, Olga Boestean, Sergiu Paiu, Iurie Rumeus, Svetlana Leatamborg, Galina Lupascu, Georgiana Gabriela Codină

“…The highest pH decreased values were obtained for Ingen 35 with a 17.5% BSF addition, which varied between 5.58 and 5.48. During fermentation, all data recorded by the Rheofermentometer device were improved. …”
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Porosity and Joule heating effects in chemically reactive peristaltically driven motion of Alumina-Ethylene glycol-Water nanofluid by S. Farooq, S. Ravikumar, S. Khalid, Hala H. Abd El-Gawad, Khalid Abdulkhaliq M. Alharbi

“…., nuclear, chemical, mechanical and medical) processes likely during heat exchange in heat exchangers, in boiling and cooling of devices, micro-electromechanical devices, in cooling of automobile engine, in arrays of laser diode, in various medicines and surgeries performed through laser technology attain much attention by the researchers. Keeping in mind all the above stated discussion the prime aim here is to examine the biological materials flow formulation in the presence of nano particles because of their noticeable involvement in various biomechanics fields. …”
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Gravity-based microfiltration reveals unexpected prevalence of circulating tumor cell clusters in ovarian and colorectal cancer by Anne Meunier, Javier Alejandro Hernández-Castro, Nicholas Chahley, Laudine Communal, Sara Kheireddine, Newsha Koushki, Nadia Davoudvandi, Sara Al Habyan, Benjamin Péant, Anthoula Lazaris, Andy Ng, Teodor Veres, Luke McCaffrey, Diane Provencher, Peter Metrakos, Anne-Marie Mes-Masson, David Juncker

“…We find cCTCs represent between 5–30% of all CTC capture events, and 10-80% of the CTCs are clustered; remarkably, in 10 patients, most CTCs are circulating not as scCTCs, but as cCTCs. …”
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Family planning and preimplantation testing: family experiences in congenital adrenal hyperplasia by Jessica L. Sandy, Jessica L. Sandy, Jessica L. Sandy, Grant Betts, Jessica L. Harper, Suzanne M. Nevin, Suzanne M. Nevin, Suzanne M. Nevin, Rebecca Deans, Rebecca Deans, Rebecca Deans, Kristen A. Neville, Kristen A. Neville

“…A better healthcare professional understanding of these experiences may subsequently help guide clinicians to better manage and support families of children with CAH and other autosomal recessive conditions.MethodsAll parents of current children of a tertiary service in 2020 with 21-hydroxylase deficient CAH who made an active decision regarding family planning after diagnosis of their index child were invited to participate in a semi-structured interview. …”
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Early determination of potential critical quality attributes of therapeutic antibodies in developability studies through surface plasmon resonance-based relative binding activity a... by Shuai Wang, Yanqiu Wang, Zhenzhen Li, Ye Hong, Zhaohui Wang, Jiteng Fan, Qiong Wang, Yuanjie Ge, Xiaofeng Zhao, Guangcun Cheng, Changyan Chen, Yadan Wu, Yayuan Fu

“…Specifically, we identified low abundance Asn33 deamidation in the light chain complementarity-determining region as a potential CQA, in which all the stressed antibody samples showed Asn33 deamidation abundances ranging from 4.2% to 27.5% and a mild binding affinity change from 1.76 nM to 2.16 nM.…”
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Characteristics of TPT initiation and completion among people living with HIV by L. Gunde, A. Wang, D. Payne, S. O'Connor, A. Kabaghe, N. Kalata, A. Maida, D. Kayira, V. Buie, L. Tauzi, A. Sankhani, A. Thawani, E. Rambiki, A. Ahimbisibwe, T. Maphosa, K. Kudiabor, R. Nyirenda, J. Mpunga, K. Mbendera, P. Nyasulu, F. Kayigamba, M. Farahani, A. C. Voetsch, K. Brown, A. Jahn, B. Girma, K. Mirkovic, the MPHIA Survey Team

“…Bivariate and multivariable logistic regression were performed to calculate the odds ratios for factors associated with ever-taking TPT. All variables were self-reported, and the analysis was weighted and accounted for in the survey design. …”
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Rifaximin treatment in patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis: A multicenter, randomized controlled, open-label, pilot trial by Do Seon Song, Jin Mo Yang, Young Kul Jung, Hyung Joon Yim, Hee Yeon Kim, Chang Wook Kim, Soon Sun Kim, Jae Youn Cheong, Hae Lim Lee, Sung Won Lee, Jeong-Ju Yoo, Sang Gyune Kim, Young Seok Kim

“…There were no significant differences in the occurrence of liver-related complications between the two groups (all Ps>0.05). The MELD score was the only independent factor for 6-month LT-free survival (hazard ratio 1.188, 95 % confidence interval 1.094-1.289, P<0.001), and rifaximin was not. …”
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Negative effects of adverse childhood experiences and absence of positive childhood experiences on healthcare employees: survey findings built on 10 years of trauma-informed develo... by Laneita Williamson, Laneita Williamson, Stephanie S. Daniel, Jennifer Carter, Adam Ridenhour, Camila A. Pulgar, Yasmin Gay, Beata Debinski

“…Adjusting for ACEs and PCEs, nurses reported lower resilience and higher workplace violence compared to all other participant roles combined.DiscussionTeammate history of adversity was widespread and having fewer PCEs was associated with poorer adult workplace outcomes. …”
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Leukodepleted Packed Red Blood Cells Transfusion in Patients Undergoing Major Cardiovascular Surgical Procedure: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Daniel Simancas-Racines, Ingrid Arevalo-Rodriguez, Gerard Urrutia, Diana Buitrago-Garcia, Solange Núñez-González, María José Martínez-Zapata, Eva Madrid, Xavier Bonfill, Ricardo Hidalgo-Ottolenghi

“…Leukoreduction consists of eliminating leukocytes in all blood products below the established safety levels for any patient type. …”
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Comparative Lipid-Lowering/Increasing Efficacy of 7 Statins in Patients with Dyslipidemia, Cardiovascular Diseases, or Diabetes Mellitus: Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analyse... by Xiaodan Zhang, Lu Xing, Xiaona Jia, Xiaocong Pang, Qian Xiang, Xia Zhao, Lingyue Ma, Zhiyan Liu, Kun Hu, Zhe Wang, Yimin Cui

“…The comparative treatment efficacy for LDL-C lowering was ROS>ATO>PIT>SIM>PRA>FLU>LOV>PLA. All of the other ranking and NMA results were reported in SUCRA plots and league tables. …”
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Investigating the potential of diffusion tensor atlases to generate anisotropic clinical tumor volumes in glioblastoma patients by Kim Hochreuter, Gregory Buti, Ali Ajdari, Christopher P. Bridge, Gregory C. Sharp, Sune Jespersen, Slávka Lukacova, Thomas Bortfeld, Jesper F. Kallehauge

“…Conclusion:: The high degree of similarity between all anisotropic CTVs indicates that atlas-DTI is a viable replacement for patient-specific DTI for incorporating fiber direction into the CTV.…”
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Meta Analysis of Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (MTHFR) C677T polymorphism and its association with folate and colorectal cancer by Meng Ye, Guojie Xu, Liming Zhang, Zhihui Kong, Zhenhua Qiu

“…Furthermore, Six of the studies which clarified high amount of folate might be a protective factor for CRC in all three MTHFR C677T genotype, especially in TT genotype. …”
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Consuming a modified Mediterranean ketogenic diet reverses the peripheral lipid signature of Alzheimer’s disease in humans by Bryan J. Neth, Kevin Huynh, Corey Giles, Tingting Wang, Natalie A. Mellett, Thy Duong, Colette Blach, Leyla Schimmel, Thomas C. Register, Kaj Blennow, Henrik Zetterberg, Richa Batra, Annalise Schweickart, Amanda Hazel Dilmore, Cameron Martino, Matthias Arnold, Jan Krumsiek, Xianlin Han, Pieter C. Dorrestein, Rob Knight, Peter J. Meikle, Suzanne Craft, Rima Kaddurah-Daouk

“…Results Here we identified substantial changes in response to MMKD intervention, aside from metabolic changes associated with a ketogenic diet, we identified a a global elevation across all plasmanyl and plasmenyl ether lipid species, with many changes linked to clinical and biochemical markers of AD. …”
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The value of MRI in differentiating ovarian clear cell carcinoma from other adnexal masses with O-RADS MRI scores of 4–5 by Lingling Lin, Le Fu, Huawei Wu, Saiming Cheng, Guangquan Chen, Lei Chen, Jun Zhu, Yu Wang, Jiejun Cheng

“…Two radiologists evaluated all preoperative MRIs using the O-RADS MRI risk stratification system. …”
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One-Year Review Of Reduced Fetal Movements In Izzat Ali Shah MCH Center: A Predictor Of Poor Perinatal Outcome by Humera Rani, Gulwish Salahuddin, Ayesha Naz, Noreen Majeed, Faiza Safdar, Shazia Rafique

“…Patients were followed up till delivery. All necessary information, investigations, and examination points were noted on the predesigned proforma. …”
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In Vivo Antiplasmodial Activity of Terminalia mantaly Stem Bark Aqueous Extract in Mice Infected by Plasmodium berghei by Mariscal Brice Tchatat Tali, Cedric Derick Jiatsa Mbouna, Lauve Rachel Yamthe Tchokouaha, Patrick Valere Tsouh Fokou, Jaures Marius Tsakem Nangap, Rodrigue Keumoe, Alvine Ngoutane Mfopa, Issakou Bakarnga-via, Raceline Gounoue Kamkumo, Fabrice Fekam Boyom

“…Extracts were prepared from leaves and stem bark of T. mantaly, by maceration in distilled water, methanol, ethanol, dichloromethane (DCM), and hexane. All extracts were initially screened in vitro against the chloroquine-resistant strain W2 of P. falciparum to confirm its in vitro activity, and the most potent one was assessed in malaria mouse model at three concentrations (100, 200, and 400 mg/kg/bw). …”
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Relationship between prenatal mixed heavy metal/metalloid exposure and offspring cognitive and temperament development by XU Zujing, JIANG Yining, XU Jian

“…Prenatal Mn exposure levels made the greatest contribution to the effects on children's fine motor development [PIP (posterior inclusion probability)=0.617], prenatal As exposure levels made the greatest contribution to the effects on children's persistence trait (PIP=0.656), and prenatal Cr exposure levels made the greatest contribution to the effects on children's reaction threshold trait (PIP=0.447). The contribution of all four heavy metals/metalloid to the effects on children's adaptive dimension was similar.Conclusion·Children's fine motor development and the adaptability, persistence, and threshold traits of temperament may be related to prenatal mixed exposure to heavy metals/metalloid (Mn, As, Pb, and Cr). …”
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Validation of Sleep Measurements of an Actigraphy Watch: Instrument Validation Study by Mari Waki, Ryohei Nakada, Kayo Waki, Yuki Ban, Ryo Suzuki, Toshimasa Yamauchi, Masaomi Nangaku, Kazuhiko Ohe

“…The participants wore both devices on the nondominant arm, with the MW8 closest to the hand, all day except when bathing. The MW8 and iAide2 assessments both used the MW8 EVENT-marker button to record bedtime and risetime. …”
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Effect of different diets on the fatty acid compo- sition of buffalo bulk milk by Sebastiana Failla, Giuliano Palocci, Michela Contò, Gianluca Renzi, Chiara Evangelista, Loredana Basiricò, Umberto Bernabucci

“…The feeds supplied attend all metabolic pathways, and in particular, linseed and grass could enrich the milk with nutraceuticals. …”
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