Resistance Exercise Reduces Skeletal Muscle Cachexia and Improves Muscle Function in Rheumatoid Arthritis by Salaheddin Sharif, James M. Thomas, David A. Donley, Diana L. Gilleland, Daniel E. Bonner, Jean L. McCrory, W. Guyton Hornsby, Hua Zhao, Mathew W. Lively, Jo Ann A. Hornsby, Stephen E. Alway

“…This case study suggests that resistance training may be a good tool for increasing the number of nuclei per fiber area, decreasing apoptotic nuclei, and inducing fiber hypertrophy in persons with RA, thereby slowing or reversing rheumatoid cachexia.…”
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Zinc Sulphate and Boron-Based Foliar Fertilizer Effect on Growth, Yield, Minerals, and Heavy Metal Composition of Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L) Grown on an Alfisol by Christopher Aboyeji, Oluwagbenga Dunsin, Aruna O. Adekiya, Chinomnso Chinedum, Khadijat O. Suleiman, Faith O. Okunlola, Charity O. Aremu, Iyiola O. Owolabi, Temidayo A. J. Olofintoye

“…The effect of zinc was not significant on the vegetative parameters, while application 8 kg Zn·ha−1 significantly increased number of seeds, weight of seeds, seed yield per hectare, and seed quality though the values were similar to the application of 4 kg Zn·ha−1 only on the seed yield and its parameters. …”
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1990–2041 Global burden of Burkitt lymphoma with 20 years forecast: A systematic analysis using the global burden disease of study of 2021 by Chengyun Dou, Yidan Sang, Hongbo Zhu, Chuangjie Cao

“…The global incidence rate of Burkitt lymphoma increased from 0.127 in 1990 to 0.236 in 2021 per 100,000 population. High body-mass indexes contribution to Burkitt lymphoma is evident in the disability-adjusted life-years, with the United States and the United Kingdom recording 0.06 and 0.05, respectively. …”
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ASPECTOS ECONÓMICOS DE LA ERRADICACIÓN DEL GUSANO BARRENADOR DEL GANADO, Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquere l, 1858), EN COLOMBIA by EF Forero, JA Cortés, LC Villamil

“…Una de las alternativas de control integrado debe incluir la adecuada vigilancia epidemiológica, tanto de los casos animales como de los seres humanos, el tratamiento individual oportuno con insecticidas, la implementación per-manente del sistema SWASS y, en lo posible, la restricción de aquellas prácticas de manejo animal que ocasionan lesiones dérmicas.…”
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Evaluating the influence of anti-PD-1 immunotherapy combined with IMRT on thyroid dysfunction in nasopharyngeal carcinoma by Liqianqi Chen, Zihuang Li, Xianming Li, Shihai Wu, Long Gong, Gang Xu, Shanyi Chen, Yucong Zhang

“…Data collected included smoking status, BMI, presence of thyroid nodules, staging, treatment modality, thyroid mean dose (Dmean), percentage of thyroid volume receiving more than x Gy, pituitary mean dose (Dmean), and TSH and FT4 levels per cycle. T-tests, rank-sum tests, multivariate logistic regression analysis, ROC curves, and Cox proportional hazards models were used to evaluate the effects of anti-PD-1 immunotherapy combined with chemoradiotherapy on thyroid function.ResultsPatients with pre-treatment smoking history, thyroid nodules, and cervical lymph node metastasis were more likely to develop thyroid dysfunction (P<0.05). …”
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Pharmacological effects of fibroblast growth factor 21 are sex-specific in mice with the <em>lethal yellow</em> (A^y) mutation by E. N. Makarova, T. V. Yakovleva, N. Yu. Balyibina, K. O. Baranov, E. I. Denisova, A. D. Dubinina, N. A. Feofanova, N. M. Bazhan

“…Obese C57Bl-Ay male and female mice were administered subcutaneously for 10 days with vehicle or FGF21 (1 mg per 1 kg). Food intake (FI), body weight (BW), blood parameters, and gene expression in the liver, muscles, brown adipose tissue, subcutaneous and visceral white adipose tissues, and hypothalamus were measured. …”
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Phytophthora: an ancient, historic, biologically and structurally cohesive and evolutionarily successful generic concept in need of preservation by Clive Brasier, Bruno Scanu, David Cooke, Thomas Jung

“…The proposal to divide Phytophthora appears more a device to address the issue of the convergent evolution of the DMs than the structure of Phytophthora per se. We consider it non-Darwinian, putting the emphasis on the emergent groups (the DMs) rather than the progenitor (Phytophthora) and ignoring the evolutionary processes that gave rise to the divergence. …”
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Feather hydrolysate as a promising nitrogenârich fertilizer for greenhouse lettuce cultivation by Lisiane Sobucki, Rodrigo Ferraz Ramos, Elci Gubiani, Gustavo Brunetto, Douglas Rodrigo Kaiser, Daniel Joner Daroit

“…Results After 60 days of greenhouse lettuce cultivation, leaves per plant were superior after FH treatment. Lettuce fertilized with urea and FH presented higher and similar foliar areas. …”
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Glutamine missense suppressor transfer RNAs inhibit polyglutamine aggregation by Rasangi Tennakoon, Teija M.I. Bily, Farah Hasan, Sunidhi Syal, Aaron Voigt, Tugce B. Balci, Kyle S. Hoffman, Patrick O’Donoghue

“…Mass spectrometry confirmed Ala mis-incorporation at an average level of ∼20% per Gln codon. Cells expressing the missense suppressor tRNAs showed no cytotoxic effects and no defects in growth or global protein synthesis levels. …”
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Characterization of Metabolically Healthy Obese People and Metabolically Unhealthy Normal-Weight People in a General Population Cohort of the ABCD Study by Silvio Buscemi, Pierfilippo Chiarello, Carola Buscemi, Davide Corleo, Maria Fatima Massenti, Anna Maria Barile, Giuseppe Rosafio, Vincenza Maniaci, Valentina Settipani, Loretta Cosentino, Carla Giordano

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Evaluating ovarian follicles and their steroid hormone gene expression patterns in a high egg-producing research turkey line by George B. Hall, Diane Hildenberger, Julie A. Long, Kristen Diehl

“…Differences between E Line and RBC1 hens (n = 4 per line) were investigated by measuring egg production traits, ovarian and follicle anatomical characteristics, and gene expression for reproductively important genes within different follicle types. …”
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Measuring Medical Waste from Gastrointestinal Endoscopies in South Korea to Estimate Their Carbon Footprint by Da Hyun Jung, Hyun Jung Lee, Tae Joo Jeon, Young Sin Cho, Bo Ra Kang, Nae Sun Youn, Jae Myung Cha

“…The mean weight of medical waste generated per endoscopy was 1.34 kg. Each EGD and colonoscopy generated a mean of 0.24 kg and 0.43 kg of disposable waste, respectively. …”
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Mean arterial pressure at the initiation of continuous renal replacement therapy as a prognostic indicator in patients with acute kidney injury by Haiying Song, Yuheng Liao, Haofei Hu, Qijun Wan

“…Hazard ratios (HRs) were calculated per 1 mmHg increment of MAP: adjusted HR for 28-day mortality 0.985 (p < 0.00001) and for 90-day mortality 0.987 (p = 0.00002). …”
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Molecular Detection of Bartonella spp. in China and St. Kitts by Ke Huang, Patrick John Kelly, Jilei Zhang, Yi Yang, Weiguo Liu, Anwar Kalalah, Chengming Wang

“…., Coxiella burnetii, and Wolbachia) but reliably detected as few as two copies of the positive control (Bartonella henselae) per reaction. There was complete agreement between the pan-Bartonella FRET-qPCR and the gltA-based Bartonella PCR in detecting Bartonella in convenience test samples from China and St. …”
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Multi-target gene therapy AUP1602-C to improve healing and quality of life for diabetic foot ulcer patients: a phase I, open-label, dose-finding study by Christoph Schindler, Jacek Mikosiński, Pawel Mikosiński, Hanna-Riikka Kärkkäinen, Mirka Sanio, Jere Kurkipuro, Igor Mierau, Wesley Smith, Aki Vartiainen, Laurent Décory, Dirk Weber, Thomas Wirth, Juha Yrjänheikki, Sebastian Schellong, Haritha Samaranayake

“…Methods: The study consisted of four cohorts of patients receiving AUP1602-C as a single dose of 2.5 × 10 5 colony-forming units (CFU)/cm 2 ulcer size or as repeated doses between 2.5 × 10 6 and 2.5 × 10 8  CFU/cm 2 administered 3 times per week for 6 weeks. Within each cohort, a 3 + 3 scheme for monitoring safety, tolerability, and efficacy was applied. …”
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Increasing Number and Proportion of Adverse Obstetrical Outcomes among Women Living with HIV in the Ottawa Area: A 20-Year Clinical Case Series by Sarah Buchan, Katherine A. Muldoon, Johanna N. Spaans, Louise Balfour, Lindy Samson, Mark Walker, D. William Cameron

“…At TOH, there were 127 deliveries among 94 women (1990–2010): 22 preterm births, 9 births with low birth weight, 12 births small for gestational age, and 4 stillbirths. Per year, the odds of adverse obstetrical outcomes increased by 15% (OR: 1.15, 95% CI: 1.03–1.30). …”
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The Association between Short-Term PM2.5 Exposure and Long COVID on the Respiratory System by Pornpun Sakunkoo, Chananya Jirapornkul, Naowarat Maneenin, Yuparat Limmongkon, Jetnapis Rayubkul, Kittipong Sornlorm, Rajitra Nawawonganun

“…It was found that the prevalence of Long COVID on the respiratory system: participants exposed to PM2.5 at 26–37 µg m−3. had an increased risk of developing Long COVID on the respiratory system at 50.54% (95% CI: 40.20–60.84), exposure to PM2.5 ≥ 1 hour per day (AOR = 1.84, 95% CI: 1.33–2.55, lived in urban areas (AOR: 1.64, 95% CI: 1.13–2.37), not wore a face mask to prevent PM2.5 exposure (AOR: 1.78, 95% CI: 1.25–2.54), female (AOR: 1.51, 95% CI: 1.05–2.18), farmer (AOR: 5.78, 95% CI: 1.05–2.18). …”
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Environmental risk factors for self-harm during imprisonment: A pilot prospective cohort study. by Thomas Stephenson, Imogen Harris, Charlotte Armstrong, Seena Fazel, Roxanna Short, Nigel Blackwood

“…Time spent in areas with a higher number of prisoners per member of prison staff was significantly associated with reduced self-harm behaviour in adjusted models (OR 0.89, CI 0.78-0.99, p = 0.039). …”
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Analysis of health expenditures in China from 2000 to 2019 compared with the world and upper-middle-income countries by Xindian Zeng, Xindian Zeng, Lijie Chen, Lu Chen

“…The proportion of THE in GDP of China increased by 0.84% from 2000 to 2019, and it ranked 24th among the 51 upper-middle-income countries in 2019, and Compared with it in 2000 there has been a consistently positive increase rate. The per capita health expenditure in China was $42.11 in 2000 and it's $535.13 in 2019, which rapidly grow to the level of upper-middle-income countries and narrow the gap with the level of the world.ConclusionThe financing structure of THE is increasingly optimized, but the level of financing still needs improvement in China. …”
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Cost-utility of behavioural activation for mitigating psychological impacts of COVID-19 on socially isolated older adults with depression and multiple long-term conditions compared... by Simon Gilbody, Caroline Fairhurst, Catherine Hewitt, Dean McMillan, Carolyn Chew-Graham, Della Bailey, David Ekers, Steve Parrott, Elizabeth Littlewood, Peter Coventry, Han-I Wang, Kalpita Baird

“…Sensitivity analyses were conducted to assess the robustness of the primary analysis.Findings Primary analysis indicated that BA generated a small cost-saving (£62.34 per older adult; 95% CI: −£120.44 to £239.70) while QALY improvements remained unchanged (0.007; 95% CI −0.036 to 0.022) compared with usual care. …”
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