Adult Congenital Permanent Bilateral Dislocation of the Patella with Full Knee Function: Case Report and Literature Review by Alessandro Bistolfi, Giuseppe Massazza, David Backstein, Stefano Ventura, Raul Cerlon, Maurizio Crova

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Impact of Metabolic Syndrome Factors on Testosterone and SHBG in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Metabolic Syndrome by Mukhtar Mohammed, Molham AL-Habori, Ahmed Abdullateef, Riyadh Saif-Ali

“…In this study, 120 Yemeni male aged 30–70 years old were enrolled, 30 of whom were healthy subjects with BMI < 25 kg/m2 that served as control, 30 MetS, 30 type 2 DM without MetS, and 30 type 2 DM with MetS according to IDF criteria. …”
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BMSCs Interactions with Adventitial Fibroblasts Display Smooth Muscle Cell Lineage Potential in Differentiation and Migration That Contributes to Neointimal Formation by Y. Wendan, J. Changzhu, S. Xuhong, C. Hongjing, S. Hong, Y. Dongxia, X. Fang

“…The expressions of TGF-β1, MMP-1, and NF-κB were detected by immunofluorescence staining and Smad3 mRNA was measured by reverse transcription PCR. …”
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Legal and tactical basis for conducting a search of a person’s residence or other property: identifying the ways to resolve the controversial issues by O. O. Kovalenko

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JAPANESE IRIS (IRIS ENSATA THUNB.) IN SOUTHERN WEST SIBERIA by Z. V. Dolganova

“…Regel, N.I. Vavilov, V.M. Nosilov, V.T. Palvelyev), and in 1980s these varieties were tested in the Central Botanical Garden of RAS and in most cases, they failed (Rodionenko, 2002; Mironova, 2008). …”
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Assessing climate sensitivity of the Upper Indus Basin using fully distributed, physically-based hydrologic modeling and multi-model climate ensemble approach by Hamna Hasan, Muhammad Zia ur Rahman Hashmi, Syed Imran Ahmed, Muneer Anees

“…With predicted annual average available water of 4500 m3/s under RCP8.5, the study concludes that the available water would relieve some of the water stress in the country. …”
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Potential Biomarkers of Peripheral and Central Fatigue in High-Intensity Trained Athletes at High-Temperature: A Pilot Study with Momordica charantia (Bitter Melon) by Jae-Jun Kwak, Jang Soo Yook, Min-Seong Ha

“…This study aimed at investigating the efficacy of MCE by examining 10 male tennis players consuming 100 mL MCE/dose (6 times a day over 4 weeks) during the summer training season. …”
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A New Big Data Approach to Understanding General Traffic Impacts on Bus Passenger Delays by Yaiza Montero-Lamas, Margarita Novales, Alfonso Orro, Graham Currie

“…The results showed that 18.7% of the analyzed bus trips underwent a delay exceeding 3 min in a 2,448 m long corridor, and more than 33,000 h per year could have been saved with an exclusive bus lane. …”
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TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE VOLCANO TOURISM: UNDERSTANDING VISIT INTENTIONS AT MOUNT ANAK KRAKATAU THROUGH DESTINATION CREDIBILITY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MOTIVATION by Usep SUHUD, Mamoon ALLAN, Wong Chee HOO, Hafizh FITRIANNA, Vitradesie NOEKENT

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The effect of hamstring /quadriceps muscle strength ratio on plantar pressure distribution - A pilot study by Gamze Çobanoğlu, Zeynep Berfu Ecemiş, Batuhan Ünal Şimşek, Nevin A. Güzel, Esedullah Akaras

“…Utilizing dynamic pedobarography and isokinetic dynamometry, we assessed 19 male participants (mean age: 25.22±3.33 years; BMI: 22.64±2.39 kg/m²) to measure plantar pressure and muscle strength ratios. …”
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Recognition Algorithm of Acoustic Emission Signals Based on Conditional Random Field Model in Storage Tank Floor Inspection Using Inner Detector by Yibo Li, Yuxiang Zhang, Huiyu Zhu, Rongxin Yan, Yuanyuan Liu, Liying Sun, Zhoumo Zeng

“…Q235 steel corrosion signals and drop-signals were collected both in laboratory and in field site, and seven typical AE features based on hits and frequency are extracted and selected by mRMR (Minimum Redundancy Maximum Relevance) for pattern recognition. …”
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Bradykinin Type-2 Receptor Expression Correlates with Age and Is Subjected to Transcriptional Regulation by Inka Liesmaa, Naotaka Shiota, Jorma O. Kokkonen, Petri T. Kovanen, Ken A. Lindstedt

“…In normal and IDC hearts, BK-2R expression increased with age, with a lower relative increase in IDC hearts. BK-2R mRNA and protein levels showed a positive linear correlation, suggesting transcriptional regulation. …”
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Radioterapia guiada por PET-PSMA en cáncer de próstata: experiencia en el escenario curativo y en el salvamento by Juan C. Galvis, María Caicedo-Martínez, José L. Poveda-Matiz, Camilo Giedelman, Jaime A. Cajigas, Daniela Villada-Flórez

“…Introducci&oacute;n: El rol del PET-PSMA para guiar los planes de radioterapia a&uacute;n debe definirse. M&eacute;todos: Realizamos un estudio observacional retrospectivo de pacientes con c&aacute;ncer de pr&oacute;stata localizado remitidos para radioterapia. …”
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Audiological alterations in resistance to thyroid hormone syndrome: emphasizing lifelong assessment by Alexandre Machado Silva de Oliveira, Viviane Motti, Jessica Casemiro, Pedro Resende Rende, Caio Leônidas Oliveira de Andrade, Luciene da Cruz Fernande, Helton Estrela Ramos

“…Genetic sequencing confirmed the THRB gene alteration (p.M442T) in three family members. All affected subjects had clinical and laboratory RTH features. …”
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Selective Subnormal IgG1 in 54 Adult Index Patients with Frequent or Severe Bacterial Respiratory Tract Infections by James C. Barton, Luigi F. Bertoli, J. Clayborn Barton, Ronald T. Acton

“…Regression on IgA revealed positive associations with IgG2 and IgG4. Regression on IgM revealed negative associations with CD56+/CD16+ lymphocytes. …”
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A Practical Methodology for Production Data Analysis in Carbonate Reservoirs Using New Decline Type Curves by Zhihao Jia, Linsong Cheng, Peng Wang, Suran Wang, Pin Jia

“…The results show that the curves of 1/f′qD vs. tD are ∧-shaped for dual-porosity reservoirs and M-shaped for triple porosity reservoirs and also indicate that the interpreted parameters such as permeability, skin factor, storativity ratio, and interporosity flow coefficient using new decline type curves are aligned well test interpretation. …”
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Efekti rada na poslovima seče i izrade drvnih sortimenata u prorednim sečama bukve by Milorad Danilović, Slavoljub Đurić, Slavica Antonić

“…Pored toga, utrošak goriva je manji pri organizacionoj formi 2MR u odnosu na organizacionu formu 1M+1R. …”
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The participation of a juvenile victim’s representative in criminal proceedings: procedural and forensic aspects by I. O. Iemets

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Truncated SPAG9 as a novel candidate gene for a new syndrome: Coarse facial features, albinism, cataract and developmental delay (CACD syndrome) by Majid Alfadhel, Bashayr S. Alhubayshi, Muhammad Umair, Ahmed Alfaidi, Deemah Alwadaani, Essra Aloyouni, Safdar Abbas, Abdulkareem Al Abdulrahman, Mohammed Aldrees, Abeer Al Tuwaijri, Ruaa S. Alharithy, Abdulaziz Alajlan, Abdulrahman Alswaid, Saad Almohrij, Sultan Al-Khenaizan

“…Furthermore, RT-qPCR revealed a substantial reduction of SPAG9 gene expression at the mRNA level in the affected individuals of both families, thus supporting the pathogenic nature of the identified variant. …”
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Antibacterial activity of palm heart extracts collected from Iraqi Phoenix dactylifera L by Sameer Mohammed Yaseen, Hussein Adil Abid, Anwar Ali Kadhim, Entesar Emhamed Aboglida

“…All extracts were investigated to determine their inhibitory activity against Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus), Streptococcus pyogenes (S. pyogenes), Streptococcus mutans (S. mutans), Escherichia coli (E. coli), Klebsiella pneumoniae (K. pneumoniae), Proteus mirabilis (P. mirabilis), Enterobacter aerogenes (E. aerogenes), Morganella morganii (M. morganii), and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) using agar well diffusion method, ceftriaxone (CTR) was used as a positive control. …”
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