The assessment of the tear film lipid layer in different types of dry eye syndrome by T.N. Safonova, V.V. Averich, E.S. Medvedeva

“…</p> <p> <b>Patients and Methods:</b> this study included 60 patients (120 eyes), 20–35 years old: group 1 consisted of 20 patients (40 eyes) with a verified diagnosis of burning eye syndrome (BES) and group 2 consisted of 20 patients (40 eyes) with an established diagnosis of dry eye syndrome (DES). …”
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The natural immune molecules urinary Tamm–Horsfall protein and pentraxin 3 as predictors for recurrent urinary tract infection severity: a single-center self-control study by Zongping Li, Yingru Xu, Qian Wang, Gang Yuan, Jing Shu, Shiwei Liu, Xuezhong Gong

“…The RUTI patients were divided into two groups: one group received continuous low-dose antibiotic therapy (CLAT group, n = 55), and the other group received herbal preparations (Tailin formula) (TLF group, n = 56). …”
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Role of tranexamic acid via intravenous and irrigation fluid route in controlling TURP-associated bleeding by Vinay S. Kundargi, Santosh Patil, Siddanagouda B. Patil, Manoj K. Vaidya, Basavesh S. Patil, A. Nawaz Shariff, Vikas Shukla

“…On postoperative day 1, the drop in haemoglobin and haematocrit, respectively, was maximum in the control group (1.10 g/dl, 1.63%) followed by the irrigation group (0.828 g/dl, 0.911%) and was least in the I/V group (0.811 g/dl, 0.948%). …”
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Observation on the Efficacy of Ginkgo Ketone Ester Drop Pill in Improving Hypertension Combined with Carotid Atherosclerotic Plaque by Jie Zhang, Yingli Ma

“…The grouping was done by the random number table method and 300 patients were divided equally into 2 groups. One group was treated with Western medicine alone (clopidogrel sulfate tablets, phenyl amlodipine tablets, irbesartan tablets, and resorvastatin) as the Western medicine group (WM group, n = 150), and one group was added to this intervention with Ginkgo ketone ester drop pill as the Chinese medicine group (CM group, n = 150). …”
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Deep Neck Infections: The Effectiveness of Therapeutic Management and Bacteriological Profile by Geanina Bandol, Mihail Dan Cobzeanu, Mihaela Moscalu, Octavian Dragos Palade, Liliana Moisii, Florentina Severin, Emilia Patrascanu, Florin Mocanu, Andrei Ionut Roman, Bogdan Mihail Cobzeanu

“…Monomicrobial infections were observed in 35.5% of cases, with no significant difference between the short-term (<2 weeks, 37.33%) and long-term (≥2 weeks, 33.33%) hospitalization groups (<i>p</i> = 0.8472). Conversely, polymicrobial infections were significantly associated with prolonged hospitalization, occurring in 20.63% of the long-term cases compared to 6.66% of the short-term cases (<i>p</i> < 0.001). …”
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Early Prediction of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Rupture Risk Using Numerical Biomechanical Analysis by Kristina Grassl, Thomas C. Gasser, Florian K. Enzmann, Alexandra Gratl, Josef Klocker, David Wippel, David C. Walcher, Elke R. Gizewski, Sabine H. Wipper

“…<b>Results</b>: Both groups had the same median aortic diameter of 5.5 cm in the first imaging but had significantly different aneurysm progressions with 6.9 cm (5.5–9.4 cm) in the second rAAA vs. 6.0 cm (5.1–7.3 cm) in the second control group (<i>p</i> = 0.006). The first rAAA, compared to the first control, showed significantly a higher peak wall stress (PWS) (211.8 kPa vs. 180.5 kPa, <i>p</i> = 0.029) and luminal diameter (43.5 mm vs. 35.3 mm; <i>p</i> = 0.016). …”
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Research on the application effect of self-transcendence nursing model in patients with gestational diabetes mellitus: a randomised controlled trial by Mengpei Xu, Ying Wu, Yaqing Zhou, Zhongmei Lv, Wei Chen, Jingjing Fan

“…Results The number of hospital admissions (1.12 ± 0.31) and the hospital stay (7.54 ± 1.45) days in the observation group were less than those in the control group (1.56 ± 0.42) and (10.23 ± 2.32) days. There was no difference between the two groups after statistical analysis of gestational weeks and insulin utilization rate (P > 0.05). …”
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Short-Term Clinical Outcomes After Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction In Adolescents During The COVID-19 Pandemic by Adam Weaver, Brandon Ness, Dylan Roman, Nicholas Giampetruzzi, Joshua Cleland

“…For the involved limb, no difference in normalized quadriceps peak torque was observed between the control group (1.25 ± 0.33 Nm/kg) and those who underwent surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic (1.49 ± 0.70 Nm/kg) (p = 0.09). …”
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Human-genome single nucleotide polymorphisms affecting transcription factor binding and their role in pathogenesis by E. V. Antontseva, A. O. Degtyareva, E. E. Korbolina, I. S. Damarov, T. I. Merkulova

“…Thus, approaches to finding SNPs important for the development of a trait can be categorized into two groups: (1) starting from data on an association of SNPs with a certain trait, (2) starting from the determination of allele-specific changes at the molecular level (in a transcriptome or regulome). …”
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Transfer of aflatoxin M1 and sterigmatocystin from buffalo milk to soft cheeses by Maurizio Cossu, Andrea Sanna, Giannina Chessa, Stefano Sdogati, Ivan Pecorelli, Ilaria Di Marco Pisciottano, Sara Lambiase, Pasquale Gallo, Stefania Massafra, Elena Torres, Marilena Gili, Giovanni Lo Cascio, Antonio Vella, Roberto Condoleo, Bruno Neri, Guglielmo Militello, Gilberto Giangolini, Carlo Boselli

“…AFM1 is a toxic molecule classified by the IARC as “potentially carcinogenic to humans” in Group 1. In addition to the four aflatoxins (AFB1, AFB2, AFG1, and AFG2), these fungi also produce other toxins such as Sterigmatocystin (STC), while Aflatoxicol (AFL) is a metabolite of AFB1. …”
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Pathological variants in HPV-independent vulvar tumours by Sanja A. Farkas, Alvida Qvick, Gisela Helenius, Gabriella Lillsunde-Larsson

“…With the Oncomine™ filter chain there was an increased number of variants in the HPV-negative group (2.5 variants) compared to the HPV-associated group (1.5 variants). Using custom filter and the Varsome Clinical software; additional single nucleotide variants (SNV) were detected where the vast majority were classified as likely benign/benign. …”
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Complex treatment for dry eye disease in intermediate uveitis by E.B. Tatarnikova, O.I. Krivosheina

“…Changes in all parameters in the study group were more significant than in the comparison group.</i> </p> <p> <i><b>Conclusion</b>: complex treatment algorithm (tear substitutes, reparative, and anti-inflammatory therapies combined with laser photocoagulation) provides a more rapid and stable reduction in chorioretinal inflammation near the ora serrata. …”
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Internet-Based Dementia Prevention Intervention (DementiaRisk): Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial and Knowledge Translation by Anthony J Levinson, Stephanie Ayers, Sandra Clark, Rebekah Woodburn, Maureen Dobbins, Dante Duarte, Roland Grad, Nick Kates, Sharon Marr, Doug Oliver, Alexandra Papaioannou, Karen Saperson, Henry Siu, Gillian Strudwick, Richard Sztramko, Sarah Neil-Sztramko

“…In total, 485 participants will be recruited on the web and randomly assigned to 2 groups: one accessing DementiaRisk and the other receiving alternative e-learning on mild cognitive impairment. …”
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Noninferiority trial in veal calves on the efficacy of oxytetracycline and florfenicol treatment for pneumonia guided by quick thoracic ultrasound by Stan Jourquin, Florian Debruyne, Laurens Chantillon, Thomas Lowie, Randy Boone, Jade Bokma, Bart Pardon

“…The trial involved 320 veal calves, randomly assigned into one of 2 groups: one receiving OTC (n = 160) and the other FF (n = 160) on d 1 (2-d metaphylaxis). …”
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Beclin-1 as a potential prognostic marker in correlation with E-cadherin in oral lichen planus and oral squamous cell carcinoma: an immunohistochemical analysis by Heba N. Shalash, Radwa R. Hussein, Fatma Seragel-Deen

“…They were classified into three groups (20 each) as follows: group 1: the negative control group; group 2: comprised OLP cases, subdivided into two groups (10 each): group 2A, the erosive type and group 2B, the nonerosive type and group 3: comprised the OSCC cases, subdivided into two groups (10 each): group 3A, well-differentiated OSCC and group 3B, moderately differentiated OSCC. …”
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Effect of spirulina supplementation on growth, immunity, antioxidant status and pathomorphological perspectives in broilers exposed to dietary aflatoxin B1 by Ayman S. Salah, Antonia Lestingi, Mahmoud S. El-Tarabany, Marwa Mostafa, Rania Samir Zaki, Mahmoud M. Azzam, Alessandro Di Cerbo, Mahmoud Alagawany, Ahmed Fotouh

“…Each group received specific dietary supplementation. Group 1 was fed a basal diet without additives. Group 2 was fed a diet with 2.5 mg/kg of AFB1. …”
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Mindfulness Intervention for Health Information Avoidance in Older Adults: Mixed Methods Study by Chenyu Gu, Liquan Qian, Xiaojie Zhuo

“…Study 2 found that after the 4-week mindfulness intervention, the intervention group (group 1: n=46) exhibited significantly higher mindfulness levels than the control group (group 2: n=48; Mgroup1=4.122, Mgroup2=3.606, P<.001) and higher levels compared with preintervention (Mt2=4.122, Mt1=3.502, P<.001, where t1=preintervention and t2=postintervention). …”
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Comparison of TAP block and epidural analgesia for postoperative analgesia after robotic-assisted radical prostatectomy by O.O. Volkov, Lutsenko V.V., M.O. Plis, M.V. Pavlenko, Krishtafor D.A.

“…Patients were divided into 2 groups. Group 1 (n=25) – combined intraoperative anesthesia with epidural analgesia with 0.125% bupivacaine. …”
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Collagenolytic activity of conjunctival fluid in healthy people and patients with aseptic ulcer of the cornea of various etiologies by Brzheskaya I.V., Somov E.E

“…<br> <b>Patients and Methods:</b> conjunctival fluid of healthy people and patients with corneal ulcer (31 persons, 37 eyes), divided into 3 groups, was studied. Group 1 included patients (16) with systemic diseases: with Sjögren, Stevens-Johnson syndromes and rosacea; group 2 — patients (10) after herpetic keratitis; group 3 — patients (5) with a paralytic lagophthalmos after removal of cerebellopontile angle schwannoma.…”
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Immune Modulation Effect of Administration of Rice Bran Extract with Increased Solubility Fermented by <i>Lentinus edodes</i> UBC-V88 in Cyclophosphamide-Treated Mice Model by Gi-Jung Kim, Yelim Jang, Ji-Yoon Hong, Kyoung-Tae Kwon, Dae-Weon Kim, Dae-Jung Kang, Sung-Joo Hwang, Jung-Yun Lee, Emmanouil Apostolidis, Young-In Kwon

“…., respectively) compared to the CY-treated control group (1.05 ± 0.36 mg/g-b.w.). The levels of the immunoglobulin (Ig) G in the group treated with FRB (21.98 ± 2.17, <i>p</i> < 0.01) were significantly increased when compared to the RB group (18.48 ± 1.52 μg/mL, <i>p</i> < 0.01). …”
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