Cluster randomised controlled trial of screening for atrial fibrillation in people aged 70 years and over to reduce stroke: protocol for the pilot study for the SAFER trial by Martin R Cowie, Stephen Morris, Gregory Lip, Richard J McManus, Stephen Sutton, Jonathan Mant, Simon J Griffin, Sarah Hoare, Jenni Burt, Rachel Johnson, Mark Lown, Alison Powell, Natalie Armstrong, FD Richard Hobbs, Trudie Lobban, Rakesh Narendra Modi, Ben Freedman, David A Fitzmaurice, Stephen Kaptoge, Jenny Lund, Duncan Edwards, Kate Williams, H Thom, Francesco Fusco, Michael J Sweeting, Andrew Dymond, The SAFER Authorship Group

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Idiopathic Generalized Epilepsy and Hypokalemic Periodic Paralysis in a Family of South Indian Descent by Muthiah Subramanian, N. Senthil, S. Sujatha

“…They may manifest as diseases affecting skeletal muscle contraction, the conduction system of the heart, nervous system function, and vision syndromes. …”
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Learning from Large-Scale Wearable Device Data for Predicting the Epidemic Trend of COVID-19 by Guokang Zhu, Jia Li, Zi Meng, Yi Yu, Yanan Li, Xiao Tang, Yuling Dong, Guangxin Sun, Rui Zhou, Hui Wang, Kongqiao Wang, Wang Huang

“…In this study, we propose a framework, which is based on the heart rate and sleep data collected from wearable devices, to predict the epidemic trend of COVID-19 in different countries and cities. …”
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Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-γ in Thyroid Autoimmunity by Silvia Martina Ferrari, Poupak Fallahi, Roberto Vita, Alessandro Antonelli, Salvatore Benvenga

“…Recently, it has been demonstrated that rosiglitazone is involved in a higher risk of heart failure, stroke, and all-cause mortality in old patients. …”
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Study of comorbidities in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients at tertiary health care centre in south Gujarat just in the era of Covid-19 pandemic − a cross-sectional st... by Sreerag Varior, Parul Vadgama, Robinkumar Patel, Bhoomika Patel, Jignesh Gengadiya

“…The prevalence of ischemic heart disease (8.5%), depression (16.5%), anemia (16%), osteoarthritis (13%), and chronic kidney disease (9.5%) were other comorbidities among the patients. …”
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Biopsy Needle Localization and Tracking Using ROI-RK Method by Yue Zhao, Adeline Bernard, Christian Cachard, Hervé Liebgott

“…Real data have been acquired on an ex vivo heart of lamb. The result of the ROI-RK method shows that it is capable to localize and track the biopsy needle in real situations, and it satisfies the demand of real-time application.…”
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Weighted Mortality Method According to Multiple Causes of Death by Lisbeth Fernández González, Armando Humberto Seuc Jo, Carlos Antonio Rodríguez García

“…<strong><br />Results:</strong> diseases such as heart disease, dementia and Alzheimer's, malignant tumors and asthma did not show differences between the rates calculated by both methods; diseases such as primary essential hypertension, diabetes mellitus and pneumonia, showed important differences. …”
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Chronic Caloric Restriction and Exercise Improve Metabolic Conditions of Dietary-Induced Obese Mice in Autophagy Correlated Manner without Involving AMPK by Mingxia Cui, Han Yu, Jinli Wang, Junjie Gao, Ji Li

“…Western blotting results showed that this improvement was not related with the activation of AMPK in liver, skeletal muscle, or heart but correlates well with the autophagy activity. …”
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ANTHROPOCENTRIC INTENTION OF HESYCHAST AND SUFISTIC PRACTICES OF FREEDOM PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT by Yurii Y. Semchuk

“…The author concludes that despite the existence of schools and practices, personal manifestation of union with God through the freedom of own will devoted in listening of spiritual life – own heart, is dominant in Hesychasm and Sufism mystical currents. …”
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The role of circadian rhythm regulator PERs in oxidative stress, immunity, and cancer development by Baimei Zhao, Eugenie Nepovimova, Qinghua Wu

“…Abstract The complex interaction between circadian rhythms and physiological functions is essential for maintaining human health. At the heart of this interaction lies the PERIOD proteins (PERs), pivotal to the circadian clock, influencing the timing of physiological and behavioral processes and impacting oxidative stress, immune functionality, and tumorigenesis. …”
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Stroke in the newborn. Clinical report and literature review by R. Jakuškienė, V. Joneliūnaitė, U. Jucevičiūtė

“…According to American Heart Association’s studies in 2019, two thirds of perinatal victims have neurological disability or delayed mental performance. …”
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Why are women still leaving academic medicine? A qualitative study within a London Medical School by Christopher J Peters, Lesley Regan, Victoria Salem, Clare Lloyd, Dhruti Hirani

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Nanoparticles in biomedical implants: Pioneering progress in healthcare by David Raymond, Induni Nayodhara Weerarathna, John Kessellie Jallah, Praveen Kumar

“…Biomedical implants are specialist devices designed to enhance physiological functions. Heart pacemakers and artificial joints are merely a few instances of how they could enhance, assist, or replace different bodily parts. …”
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Association of Choline Intake with Blood Pressure and Effects of Its Microbiota-Dependent Metabolite Trimethylamine-N-Oxide on Hypertension by Guo-dong He, Xiao-cong Liu, An-shang Lu, Ying-qing Feng

“…After 22 weeks treatment of TMAO, blood pressure measurement, echocardiography, and histopathology of the heart and arteries were evaluated. Results. No significant association of TC with hypertension was observed but the trend for ORs of hypertension was decreased with the increased level of TC. …”
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Effectiveness of Palivizumab in Preventing RSV Hospitalization in High Risk Children: A Real-World Perspective by Nusrat Homaira, William Rawlinson, Thomas L. Snelling, Adam Jaffe

“…This review supports the recommended use of palivizumab for reducing RSV-associated hospitalization rates in premature infants born at gestational age < 33 weeks and in children with chronic lung and heart diseases. Data are limited to allow commenting on the protective effect of palivizumab among other high risk children, including those with Down syndrome, cystic fibrosis, and haematological malignancy, indicating further research is warranted in these groups.…”
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Numerical Optimization of the Hydraulic and Hemolytic Performance of a Centrifugal Ventricular Assist Device Based on Impeller Flow Passage and Outlet Geometry by Reza Sahebi-Kuzeh Kanan, Hanieh Niroomand-Oscuii, Habib Badri Ghavifekr, Farzan Ghalichi, Kohyar Yazdanpanah-Ardakani

“…As technology continues to advance and modern lifestyles become increasingly mechanized, the prevalence of heart disease is steadily growing. On the other hand, donor hearts ready for transplantation are limited worldwide. …”
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The Effect Of Mild Exercise Induced Dehydration On Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 3 (SCAT3) Scores: A within-subjects design. by Sean M Collins, Monica R Lininger, Thomas G Bowman

“…Participants were either restricted (0.0 L/hr) or provided fluids (1.0 L/hr) while treadmill running for 60 min at an intensity equal to 65-70% age-predicted maximum heart rate (APMHR). The Sport Concussion Assessment Tool 3 (SCAT3) was utilized to assess symptoms, memory, balance, and coordination…”
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Patterson D. M. Dworkin on the Semantics of Legal and Political Concepts / trans. from Engl. A. B. Didikin, S. A. Aleksandrov by A. B. Didikin, S. A. Aleksandrov

“…The problem for Dworkin is that his embrace of natural kinds undermines the «fit» side of the fit/justification model of adjudication that lies at the heart of his theory of law…”
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An Exploration of Gene-Gene Interactions and Their Effects on Hypertension by Ying Meng, Susan Groth, Jill R. Quinn, John Bisognano, Tong Tong Wu

“…A two-stage discovery-confirmatory analysis was carried out in the Framingham Heart Study cohorts. The first stage was an exhaustive pairwise search performed in 2320 early-onset hypertensive cases with matched normotensive controls from the offspring cohort. …”
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Insight into the Significance of Hall Current and Joule Heating on the Dynamics of Darcy–Forchheimer Peristaltic Flow of Rabinowitsch Fluid by Ji-Huan He, Doaa R. Mostapha

“…The mechanism of peristaltic transport with mild stenosis has been exploited for industrial applications like sanitary fluid transport and blood pumps in heart-lung machine. The influences of various physical parameters of the problem are debated and graphically drawn across a set of figures. …”
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