Daily walking habits can mitigate age-related decline in static balance: a longitudinal study among aircraft assemblers by Kazuhiko Watanabe, Shoko Iizuka, Tatsuya Kobayashi, Saki Tsushima, Sora Hirohashi, Tomohiro Yoshimi, Masayoshi Zaitsu

“…We also estimated the β of daily walking habits at least one hour per day. The quadratic spline curve showed an almost linear trend of one-leg standing time with age. …”
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Virtual reality support during systemic cancer therapy to improve anxiety/depressive symptoms and reduce toxicity in patients with gastrointestinal cancers—OncoVR by S. Kasper, S. Liszio, K. Schorrmann, M. Gerigk, S. Jovic, O. Basu, K. Kostbade, B. Goraus, A. Elsakka, B. Puladi, J. Kleesiek, M. Schuler, G. Luijten, J. Egger

“…Secondary endpoints include the incidence and severity of therapy-associated toxicities per National Cancer Institute Common Terminology Criteria for Adverse Events (NCI-CTCAE) and Patient-Reported Outcomes version of the CTCAE (PRO-CTCAE) grading, and patient experience using the Player Experience Inventory (PXI) questionnaire.…”
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Rootstock affects phytotechnical attributes, gas exchange, and carbohydrate accumulation in mango scion by Santos Adriana da Silva, Gomes Fernando Antonio Lima, Silva Luan dos Santos, Neto Vespasiano Borges de Paiva, Silva Maiara Tatiane Lima, Silva Ana Carolina Rodrigues da, Cavalcante Ítalo Herbert Lucena

“…A randomized block experimental design was used, in a 3 × 4 factorial arrangement, consisting of three mango rootstocks ('Espada', 'Capucho', and 'Coquinho') and four mango scion cultivars ('Palmer', 'Keitt', 'Kent', and 'Tommy Atkins'), with five replications and five plants per plot. Graft success was evaluated 28 days after grafting (DAG) to determine the effects of the rootstocks on each scion. …”
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Evaluation of Plaque Stability of Advanced Atherosclerotic Lesions in Apo E-Deficient Mice after Treatment with the Oral Factor Xa Inhibitor Rivaroxaban by Qianxing Zhou, Florian Bea, Michael Preusch, Hongjie Wang, Berend Isermann, Khurrum Shahzad, Hugo A. Katus, Erwin Blessing

“…Rivaroxaban (1 or 5 mg/kg body weight/day) or standard chow diet was administered for 26 weeks to apolipoprotein E-deficient mice (n=20 per group) with already established atherosclerotic lesions. …”
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Comparative Biochemical and Histopathological Studies on the Efficacy of Metformin and Virgin Olive Oil against Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetes in Sprague-Dawley Rats by Khadijah Saeed Balamash, Huda Mohammed Alkreathy, Elham Hamed Al Gahdali, Sawsan Omer Khoja, Aftab Ahmad

“…Thirty-six healthy male Sprague-Dawley rats were divided into six groups (6 rats per group) including nondiabetic control (NC), diabetic control (DC), and animals treated with metformin, olive oil, and a combination of olive oil and metformin, respectively. …”
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Correction of Excessive Tibial Plateau Angle and Limb Shortening in a Juvenile Dog Using a Hinged Circular Fixator Construct and Distraction Osteogenesis by Daniel D. Lewis, Stanley E. Kim, Justin Shmalberg, Sandra L. MacArthur

“…Distraction was initiated the day following surgery at a rate of 1 mm per day as measured along the caudal cortex of the tibia with a rhythm of three distractions daily. …”
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Intravenous esketamine in pediatric Rett syndrome: An open-label, early phase 1 pilot study by Huiping Li, Shu Liu, Caimei Lin, Yuchao Wu, Xiuping Wu, Yukun Huang, Yajun Wu, Xiubin Tong, Xiu Xu

“…Esketamine was intravenously administrated once per week for 5 weeks. The efficacy assessments included RTT-related questionnaires and video electroencephalograms (VEEGs). …”
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Anthropometrics Analysis of Mental Foramen and Accessory Mental Foramen in Zambian Adult Human Mandibles by Balakrishnan Subramanian, Severine N. Anthony, Lumamba Mubbunu, Chitinti Hachombwa, Majuto S. Mlawa, Mudhihiri M. Majambo, Rajab M. Sasi

“…All measurements were performed using a Digital Vernier Calliper and statistically analysed for per cent frequency and mean and standard deviations, and we performed the one sample t-test for comparative analysis. …”
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Xenopus laevis neural stem progenitor cells exhibit a transient metabolic shift toward glycolysis during spinal cord regeneration by Paula G. Slater, Paula G. Slater, Miguel E. Domínguez-Romero, Guillermo Campos, Guillermo Campos, Vania Aravena, Vania Aravena, Javier Cavieres-Lepe, Verónica Eisner

“…We observed that mitochondria exhibit a rapid and transient response after SCI, characterized by a disruption of the mitochondrial localization, a decrease in mitochondrial number per cell section, and an increase in mitochondrial area and circularity. …”
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Savings from the introduction of BPaL and BPaLM regimens at the country level by C. Auer, A. Gupta, C. Malbacius, A. Ghafoor, Y. Kock, O. Medvedieva, P. Hanlon, P. Steinmann, S. Juneja

“…When shorter and longer regimens are replaced with BPaL/BPaLM, the savings per patient treated in Pakistan, the Philippines, South Africa, and Ukraine are $746, $478, $757, and $2,636, respectively. …”
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p53-Dependent Senescence in Mesenchymal Stem Cells under Chronic Normoxia Is Potentiated by Low-Dose γ-Irradiation by Ines Höfig, Yashodhara Ingawale, Michael J. Atkinson, Heidi Hertlein, Peter J. Nelson, Michael Rosemann

“…P53-deficient MSCs additionally showed higher clonogeneity, lower senescence levels, and fewer γH2AX repair foci per cell as compared to their p53 wildtype counterparts irrespective of oxygen levels. …”
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Effects of long-term adapted physical training on functional capacity and quality of life in older adults with Parkinson's disease by Oussama Gaied Chortane, Elmoetez Magtouf, Wael Maktouf, Sabri Gaied Chortane

“…Although physical activity is considered a therapeutic treatment to slow the progression of the disease, it is considered to be an effective non-pharmacological adjuvant to medication to improve the symptom management.MethodsThe training program was offered for all the participants (N = 50) in three non-consecutive sessions per week for 60 minutes and a total duration of 12 to 16 months. …”
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Adaptation of Diverse Maize Germplasm to Spring Season Conditions in Northeast China by Yi Li, Zhiyuan Yang, Yong Shao, Zhenguo Jin, Li Gao, Yang Yu, Fengyi Zhang, Yuxing Zhang, Yuantao Nan, Mingshun Li, Degui Zhang, Zhuanfang Hao, Jianfeng Weng, Xinhai Li, Hongjun Yong

“…However, the maize grain yield per unit area has little changes in recent years, partially due to the lack of elite germplasm resources and innovation. …”
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Association between the use of mobile touchscreen devices and the quality of parent-child interaction in preschoolers by Krisztina Liszkai-Peres, Zsófia Budai, Zsófia Budai, Adrienn Kocsis, Zsolt Jurányi, Ákos Pogány, György Kampis, Ádám Miklósi, Veronika Konok

“…Our findings revealed that preschoolers who regularly use MTSDs (n = 47, aged 4–7 years, engaging in MTSD use for at least 2 h per week) are spending less time with their parents and exhibited lower quality interactions compared to non-users (n = 25). …”
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Analysis of the Production and Economic Indicators of Broiler Chicken Rearing in 2020–2023: A Case Study of a Polish Farm by Michalina Adaszyńska-Skwirzyńska, Paweł Konieczka, Mateusz Bucław, Danuta Majewska, Arkadiusz Pietruszka, Sławomir Zych, Danuta Szczerbińska

“…In all of the analyzed production cycles, the PI of broiler chicken rearing was above 100, averaging 120.48%, and the average profit per bird was 0.46 EUR. During the study period, several negative events occurred, including the COVID-19 pandemic, the spread of avian influenza outbreaks, and consequent fluctuations in feed and poultry prices. …”
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ICU Admission, Invasive Mechanical Ventilation, and Mortality among Children and Adolescents Hospitalized for COVID-19 in a Private Healthcare System by Maria da Gloria Cruvinel Horta, Geraldo Jose Coelho Ribeiro, Nelson Otavio Beltrao Campos, Douglas Ribeiro de Oliveira, Lelia Maria de Almeida Carvalho, Karina de Castro Zocrato, Daniel Pitchon dos Reis, Mariana Ribeiro Fernandes, Ricardo Mesquita Camelo, Fernando Martin Biscione, Silvana Marcia Bruschi Kelles

“…The median monthly rate of index hospitalization was 2.7 (interquartile range [IQR], 1.6-3.9) per 100,000 clients aged 21 years or less. The median age of the patients was 4.5 years (IQR, 1.4-14.1). …”
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Versatile High-Throughput Platform for Focused Ultrasound In Vitro Application by Steffen H. Tretbar, Marc Fournelle, Christian Degel, Franz-Josef Becker, Peter Weber, Sarah Therre-Mohr, Wolfgang Bost, Lisa Landgraf, Andreas Melzer

“…The platforms were characterized by performing an analysis of the homogeneity of the sound pressure and intensity, the impact of filled volume per well, the cross-coupling effect between the wells, and the influence of the well plate. …”
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The Relationship Between Gender and Women’s Tobacco Use: An Ecological Analysis with Country-level Data by Hanife Ece Erik, Tülin Çoban, Lütfiye Hilal Özcebe

“…Statistical analyses, conducted using the Statistical Package for Social Science and Microsoft Excel, involve Spearman correlation analysis for continuous numerical data and the Kruskal-Wallis H test for differences between means. RESULTS: As per the GDI, a decrease in gender inequality correlates with an increase in tobacco prevalence among women. …”
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Optimization of Polyphenol Extraction from Purple Corn Pericarp Using Glycerol/Lactic Acid-Based Deep Eutectic Solvent in Combination with Ultrasound-Assisted Extraction by Ravinder Kumar, Sherry Flint-Garcia, Miriam Nancy Salazar Vidal, Lakshmikantha Channaiah, Bongkosh Vardhanabhuti, Stephan Sommer, Caixia Wan, Pavel Somavat

“…The experimental yields under the optimized conditions of time (10 min), temperature (60 °C), water concentration (42.73%), and amplitude (40%) were 36.31 ± 1.54 g of cyanidin-3-glucoside (C3G), 103.16 ± 6.17 g of gallic acid (GA), and 237.54 ± 9.98 g of epicatechin (EE) per kg of pericarp, with a desirability index of 0.858. …”
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Ablation Depth-Dependent Survival Analysis of Phototherapeutic Keratectomy for Recurrent Corneal Erosion Syndrome by Kunal A. Gadhvi, Georgios Vakros, Alfredo Borgia, Kirithika Muthusamy, Laura de Benito-Llopis, Alexander C. Day, Daniel M. Gore

“…Overall, 65 eyes (93%) reported a subjective improvement in symptoms, with 46 (66%) remaining completely symptom free at the last follow-up [mean follow-up 24 (range, 9–48) months]. Eighty-five per cent of eyes in the ≥ 15 µm group remained symptom free compared to 58% of those with < 15 µm (p = 0.036). …”
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