Prevalência da asma em regiões do Município do Rio de Janeiro by Márcia Garcia Alves Galvão, Marilene A.R. Crispino Santos, Francisco Charles Souza Carvalho, Henrique Pazos F. Martins, Jade Cecílio B. Sampaio, Gabriel Miranda Barbosa

“…Among those with active asthma, 40% (28/70) had never received this diagnosis. 46% (95/204) had nocturnal awakening in the last 12 months, 30.4% (62/204) had other respiratory manifestations with exertion in the last 12 months, and 27% (55/204) coughed for more than 10 days when they had a cold in the last 12 months. …”
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The Obesity Paradox and Cardiorespiratory Fitness by Paul A. McAuley, Nancy S. Smith, Brian T. Emerson, Jonathan N. Myers

“…We evaluated independent and joint associations of cardiorespiratory fitness and adiposity with all-cause mortality in 811 middle-aged (age, 53.3±7.2 years) male never smokers without documented cardiopulmonary disease or diabetes from the Veterans Exercise Testing Study (VETS). …”
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Expression of Otx Genes in Müller Cells Using an In Vitro Experimental Model of Retinal Hypoxia by Claudio Azzolini, Simone Donati, Giovanni Micheloni, Vittoria Moretti, Roberto Valli, Francesco Acquati, Lucy Costantino, Fulvio Ferrara, Davide Borroni, Elias Premi, Francesco Testa, Francesca Simonelli, Giovanni Porta

“…Our molecular analysis is able to describe the activation of a set of genes, never before described, that can drive the response to a hypoxia-like status. …”
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A Federated Learning Framework for Enhanced Data Security and Cyber Intrusion Detection in Distributed Network of Underwater Drones by Mansahaj Singh Popli, Rudra Pratap Singh, Navneet Kaur Popli, Mohammad Mamun

“…This approach significantly improves data security by ensuring that sensitive information never leaves the local devices, reducing the risk of interception or compromise during transmission. …”
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Disrupted Auto-Activation, Dysexecutive and Confabulating Syndrome Following Bilateral Thalamic and Right Putaminal Stroke by Lieve De Witte, Sebastiaan Engelborghs, Jo Verhoeven, Peter P. De Deyn, Peter Mariën

“…However, the combination of a dysexecutive syndrome complicated at the behavioral level with an auto-activation and confabulatory syndrome has never been reported. Methods: Besides clinical and neuroradiological investigations, an extensive set of standardized neuropsychological tests was carried out. …”
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Opinions on Dental Erosive Lesions, Knowledge of Diagnosis, and Treatment Strategies among Norwegian Dentists: A Questionnaire Survey by Aida Mulic, Simen Vidnes-Kopperud, Anne B. Skaare, Anne Bjørg Tveit, Alix Young

“…Only 21% of dentists recorded the patient’s dietary history, and 73% never measured saliva secretion. The majority (78%) of the dentists treated patients with erosive wear themselves. …”
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Activation of Human Neutrophils by the Anti-Inflammatory Mediator Esenbeckia leiocarpa Leads to Atypical Apoptosis by Rafael de Liz, Heros Horst, Moacir Geraldo Pizzolatti, Tânia Silvia Fröde, Denis Girard

“…Despite the fact that Esenbeckia leiocarpa, a Brazilian plant, possesses potential anti-inflammatory properties, its effect in neutrophils, key players in inflammation, has never been investigated. In this study, a crude hydroalcoholic extract (CHE) was used to evaluate the potential toxic or agonistic effect of E. leiocarpa in human neutrophils. …”
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Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) with Acute Nephritis, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody- (ANCA-) Associated Vasculitis, and Thrombotic Thrombocytopenic Purpura (TTP): A Rare C... by Sohail Farshad, Christopher Kanaan, Solomiia Savedchuk, Dillon S. Karmo, Alexandra Halalau, Abhishek Swami

“…The association of TTP with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and vasculitis has been reported, however, never simultaneously. A 33-year-old woman with a history of SLE presented with acute abdominal pain, fever, arthralgias, and skin rash. …”
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Assessing the key factors contributing to non-adherence to pulmonary tuberculosis treatment: a descriptive study by Mariam Lakara, Anil Kumar Patidar, Anil Sharma

“…Discontinuing medication to feel better significantly increased noncompliance risk, especially for those who stopped "most of the time" vs. those who never stopped (odds ratio = 8.693, 95% confidence interval: 3.179-23.77). …”
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Prediction of Poor Outcome Using the Urea to Albumin Ratio in Thoracic Empyema by Evgeni Dimitrov, Daniel Valchev, Georgi Minkov, Emil Enchev, Yovcho Yovtchev

“… Purpose: The prognostic performance of urea-to-albumin ratio (UAR) has been assessed in various pulmonary and nonpulmonary conditions, but never in thoracic empyema. Therefore, our aim was to determine whether this marker has the ability to predict outcome in such patients. …”
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Enhanced Lithographic Hotspot Detection via Multi-Task Deep Learning With Synthetic Pattern Generation by Xinguang Zhang, Shiyang Chen, Zhouhang Shao, Yongjie Niu, Li Fan

“…While machine learning approaches have shown promise, they often struggle with detecting truly-never-seen-before (TNSB) hotspots and reducing false alarms on hard-to-classify (HTC) patterns. …”
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Persistent Sepsis-Induced Hypotension without Hyperlactatemia: A Distinct Clinical and Physiological Profile within the Spectrum of Septic Shock by Glenn Hernandez, Alejandro Bruhn, Ricardo Castro, Cesar Pedreros, Maximiliano Rovegno, Eduardo Kattan, Enrique Veas, Andrea Fuentealba, Tomas Regueira, Carolina Ruiz, Can Ince

“…A subgroup of septic shock patients will never develop hyperlactatemia despite being subjected to a massive circulatory stress. …”
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Chronic Hepatitis C Association with Diabetes Mellitus and Cardiovascular Risk in the Era of DAA Therapy by Sylvia Drazilova, Jakub Gazda, Martin Janicko, Peter Jarcuska

“…Patients with chronic hepatitis C have both higher prevalence of diabetes mellitus type 2 (T2DM) and increased cardiovascular risk compared to never infected people. Sustained viral response (SVR) achievement led to decreasing incidence and prevalence of T2DM during the interferon era of HCV treatment. …”
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Polysomnographic Features of Sleep Disturbances and REM Sleep Behavior Disorder in the Unilateral 6-OHDA Lesioned Hemiparkinsonian Rat by Quynh Vo, Timothy P. Gilmour, Kala Venkiteswaran, Jidong Fang, Thyagarajan Subramanian

“…Understanding the pathophysiology of these sleep pattern disturbances is critical to find effective treatments. 24-hour polysomnography (PSG), the gold standard for sleep studies, has never been used to test sleep dysfunction in the standard 6-OHDA lesioned hemiparkinsonian (HP) rat PD model. …”
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Validity and Reliability of Hospitalization Anxiety Scale Based on Parent Perception in Children Age 1-6 Years by Hermalinda Herman, Apiradee Pimsen, Lili Faria, Deswita, Okky Adelirandy, Rahmatika Amelda, Rahmi Ramadhan

“…This questionnaire consisted of 18 items ranging from never to often. The researcher used the Cronbach alpha test and Pearson product-moment to analyze the data. …”
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Assessment of Bleeding Risks and Patient Knowledge Levels About Bleeding Disorders in Patients Referred to the Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Clinic by Öykü Öztürk Gündoğdu, Dilek Aynur Çankal, Zühre Kaya, Abdullah Çege, Nur Mollaoğlu

“…Results: Of the 389 patients, 194 (49.8%) had heard of bleeding difficulties, whereas 195 (50.2%) had never heard of it. Nearly twothirds of the 194 patients with low educational levels received information about bleeding diseases, such as hemophilia and Von Willebrand disease, from their doctors and teachers in schools rather than from television or social media. …”
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Removing limitations surrounding terpenoid biosynthesis by biotechnological techniques in Ferula sp.: A review by Zahra Aghaali, Jun-Li Yang, Mohammad Reza Naghavi, Meisam Zargar

“…The strategies present here, except hairy root culture, have never been proposed or applied in Ferula species. …”
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Viscoelastic Study of Hemostasis Disorders Associated with <i>Echis ocellatus</i> Envenoming in North Benin Using a Quantra Analyzer by Sébastien Larréché, Roland Benes Chacha, Noé Sodjinou, Seidou Alassane Ouorou, Eric Ganhouingnon, Edith Aloukoutou Layo, Bruno Mégarbane, Achille Massougbodji, Jean-Philippe Chippaux

“…At H48, all patients with recurrence bleeding after antivenom administration had an abnormal WBCT while patients with a normal WBCT never had bleeding during their follow-up. VA allows the identification of various hemostasis disorders. …”
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Graph Deep Active Learning Framework for Data Deduplication by Huan Cao, Shengdong Du, Jie Hu, Yan Yang, Shi-Jinn Horng, Tianrui Li

“…In order to reduce redundant data storage and improve data quality, data deduplication technology has never become more significant than nowadays. It is usually necessary to connect multiple data tables and identify different records pointing to the same entity, especially in the case of multi-source data deduplication. …”
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LEVEL OF KNOWLEDGE AND MOTIVATION ON THEUSE DENTURES BY PEOPLE WHO LOSE TEETH IN PUSAKA RAKYAT VILLAGE BEKASI by Didik Marsigid, Mujiwati, Iin Alpadari

“…Method: Quantitative descriptive with sample 100 people, has criteria including people in Pusaka Rakyat Village who are 20 years old, have lost at least one tooth element, and never used dentures. Data collection was carried out in February-April 2021 by filling questionnaires by respondents. …”
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