Dyssynchronous heart failure models in canines: New insights into electrocardiographic, echocardiographic and histological features by Han Jin, Shengwen Yang, Hao Huang, Sijing Cheng, Pengkang He, Sixian Weng, Min Gu, Hongxia Niu, Wei Hua, Yiran Hu, Hui Li

“…The RVAP approach led to a reduction in overall right ventricular compliance and right ventricular enlargement. The RAP+LBBB group exhibited significant reductions in left heart compliance (LVGLS, %: RAP+LBBB −12.60 ± 0.12 to −5.93 ± 1.25; RVAP −13.28 ± 0.62 to −8.05 ± 0.63, p = 0.023; LASct, %: RAP+LBBB −15.75 ± 6.85 to −1.50 ± 1.00; RVAP −15.75 ± 2.87 to −10.05 ± 6.16, p = 0.035). …”
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Spinal Cord Stimulation for Refractory Angina Pectoris: Current Status and Future Perspectives, a Narrative Review by Roberto Gazzeri, Jacopo Mosca, Felice Occhigrossi, Marco Mercieri, Marcelo Galarza, Matteo Luigi Giuseppe Leoni

“…Refractory angina pectoris (RAP) is a clinical syndrome characterized by persistent chest pain caused by myocardial ischemia that is unresponsive to optimal pharmacological therapy and revascularization procedures. …”
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Dexamethasone Provides Effective Immunosuppression for Improved Survival of Retinal Organoids after Epiretinal Transplantation by Bikun Xian, Ziming Luo, Kaijing Li, Kang Li, Mingjun Tang, Runcai Yang, Shoutao Lu, Haijun Zhang, Jian Ge

“…We first compared the immunosuppressive abilities of DEX and RAP in activated microglia in an in vitro setting. …”
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Informing grassland ecosystem modeling with in-situ and remote sensing observations by Johny Arteaga, Melannie D Hartman, William J Parton, Maosi Chen, Wei Gao

“…Model results from each simulated grid cell were compared to a remote-sensing estimate of grassland plant productivity offered by the Rangeland Analysis Platform (RAP). We determined that a modified RAP ANPP calculation that incorporated total annual precipitation instead of mean annual temperature to estimate the fraction of total productivity allocated to roots improved temporal correlations between RAP and field measurements and between RAP and DayCent-UV, We found that RAP provides a valuable data set for evaluating grassland ANPP predictions from ecosystem and other types of models because it provides estimates of grassland plant productivity over large spatial regions and a long historical period and captures temporal variablilty in plant production. …”
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Evaluation of a modified venous excess ultrasound (VExUS) protocol for estimation of venous congestion: a cohort study by Katharine C. Martin, Edward A. Gill, Ivor J. Douglas, August A. Longino

“…Researchers compared the performance of tVExUS, mVExUS, and inferior vena cava (IVC) diameter in predicting RAP > 12 mmHg. Results The area under the curve (AUC) for detecting elevated RAP was similar for tVExUS (0.87) and mVExUS (0.85). …”
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Roles of Rufy3 in experimental subarachnoid hemorrhage-induced early brain injury via accelerating neuronal axon repair and synaptic plasticity by Yang Wang, Jianguo Xu, Wanchun You, Haitao Shen, Xiang Li, Zhengquan Yu, Haiying Li, Gang Chen

“…In experiments three and four, Rufy3 overexpression (LV-Rufy3) increased the interactions between Rufy3 and Rap1, the level of Rap1-GTP, and the ratio of Rap1-GTP/total GTP. …”
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Utility of left atrial and ventricular strain for diagnosis of transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy in aortic stenosis by Fumi Oike, Hiroki Usuku, Eiichiro Yamamoto, Kyohei Marume, Seiji Takashio, Masanobu Ishii, Noriaki Tabata, Koichiro Fujisue, Kenshi Yamanaga, Daisuke Sueta, Shinsuke Hanatani, Yuichiro Arima, Satoshi Araki, Seitaro Oda, Hiroaki Kawano, Hirofumi Soejima, Kenichi Matsushita, Mitsuharu Ueda, Toshihiro Fukui, Kenichi Tsujita

“…The 99mTc‐PYP scintigraphy positivity in patients with RapLSI ≥ 1.0 and the peak LSR in LA ≤ 0.47 s−1 was 83.3% (5/6), and the 99mTc‐PYP scintigraphy negativity in patients with RapLSI < 1.0 and the peak LSR in LA > 0.47 s−1 was 96.6% (28/29). …”
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A Case of Chorioretinitis with Retinal Angiomatous Proliferation by Yanru Chen, Mingyan Wei, Qian Chen, Minghan Li

“…However, the patient’s RAP was progressed and her BCVA was dramatically decreased to count finger/30 cm. …”
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Establishment and Validation of a Predictive Model for Radiation-Associated Aspiration Pneumonia in Patients with Radiation-Induced Dysphagia after Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma by Honghong Li, Yong He, Xiaohuang Zhuo, Zongwei Yue, Xiaoming Rong, Yike Li, Yi Li, Lei He, Jinping Cheng, Dong Pan, Ruiqi Xue, Jinhua Cai, Jingru Jiang, Yongteng Xu, Yamei Tang

“…We aimed to develop and validate a model to predict radiation-associated aspiration pneumonia (RAP) among patients with dysphagia after radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC). …”
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Comparative hemodynamic responses to upright and recumbent cycling in patients with exercise intolerance by Arif Albulushi, Arif Albulushi, Faisal Al Harthi, Gamal Aly, Yahya Al-Wahshi, Mohammed H. El-Deeb

“…Upright exercise revealed lower values of RAP, mPAP, and PAWP, indicating distinct hemodynamic profiles.ConclusionBody position significantly affects cardiovascular dynamics during exercise, providing valuable insights for diagnosing and managing exercise intolerance.…”
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The Roles of Autophagy in Acute Lung Injury Induced by Myocardial Ischemia Reperfusion in Diabetic Rats by Liying Zhan, Yuan Zhang, Wating Su, Qiongxia Zhang, Rong Chen, Bo Zhao, Wei Li, Rui Xue, Zhongyuan Xia, Shaoqing Lei

“…Improving autophagy with Rap significantly attenuated all these changes, but the autophagy inhibitor 3-MA exhibited adverse or opposite effects as Rap. …”
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The Effect of Aging on the Cracking Resistance of Recycled Asphalt by Mojtaba Mohammadafzali, Hesham Ali, James A. Musselman, Gregory A. Sholar, Aidin Massahi

“…Rejuvenators are often added to high-RAP mixtures to enhance their performance. The aging of a rejuvenated binder is different from virgin asphalt. …”
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Fatigue Performance of Recycled Hot Mix Asphalt: A Laboratory Study by Marco Pasetto, Nicola Baldo

“…Based on the gyratory compaction and the indirect tensile strength test, the mix design procedure has optimized nine different mixes, considering both conventional limestone and Reclaimed Asphalt Pavement (RAP), the latter used at different quantities, up to 40% by weight of the aggregate. …”
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The Mining of Craft: An exploration of Minecraft as a Community of Inquiry by Miller Liam

“…Reading and Writing in any domain, whether it is law, rap songs, academic essays, superhero comics, or whatever, are not just ways of decoding print, they are also caught up with ways of doing things, thinking about things, valuing things, and interacting with other people – that is, they are caught up with different sorts of social practices. …”
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Geranylgeraniol (GGOH) as a Mevalonate Pathway Activator in the Rescue of Bone Cells Treated with Zoledronic Acid: An In Vitro Study by Riham M. Fliefel, Saleh A. Entekhabi, Michael Ehrenfeld, Sven Otto

“…The addition of GGOH had increased the expression of Rap1A up to a certain limit. The experiments proved that ZA acts directly on the mevalonate pathway and protein prenylation and that GGOH could be applied as a future local therapy to MRONJ.…”
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Application of various methods in design for control of bed erosion and river modification aiding numerical simulation by Aref Kohzadi, Kamran Mohammadi, Afshin Eghbalzadeh

“…For these areas, the ripe rape, check dam, protective geobag cover and drop structures were designed. The D50 of ripe rap was found to be 11.02 cm. Maynard's formula (1989) in the design of ripe rap is in good agreement with the real conditions. …”
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Influence of Messa di Voce speed on vocal stability of untrained, healthy subjects. by Jonas Kirsch, Marie Köberlein, Michael Döllinger, Matthias Echternach

“…There were strong negative correlations between SPL and both OQ and ClQ. The median RAP appears to decrease towards the SPL apex and then increase again. …”
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Haemodynamic changes of interatrial shunting devices for heart failure: a systematic review and meta‐analysis by Tieci Yi, Min Li, Fangfang Fan, Lin Qiu, Zhi Wang, Haoyu Weng, Xiaoke Shang, Changdong Zhang, Wei Ma, Yan Zhang, Yong Huo

“…Secondary endpoints included (i) other haemodynamic indexes, including cardiac output (CO), right atrial pressure (RAP), and mean pulmonary artery pressure (mPAP) by right heart catheterization, and (ii) change from baseline in 6 min walk distance (6MWD). …”
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Predicting Outcomes in Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma Using scRNA‐Seq and Bulk RNA‐Seq: A Model Development and Validation Study by Jiaqi Zhang, Shunzhe Song, Yuqing Li, Aixia Gong

“…Four glucose metabolism‐related genes, namely, SERP1, CTSC, RAP2B, and SSR4, were identified as hub genes to develop a risk prognostic model. …”
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La « jeunesse » comme répertoire critique by Jeanne Lamaison-Boltanski

“…This category, associated with modernity in Africa, was mobilised by groups as proof of their belonging to a “global” identity, and also as a reminder of the political heritage of Thomas Sankara and his revolutionary youth. Asserting rap and Rasta cultures in Burkina Faso thereby contributes to the definition of a new African subject, and to the distancing of links based on primogeniture; it favours new affiliations with other groups, stemming from other political principles, based on Pan-Africanism (or blackness), Sankarism, or globalised representations of “youth”. …”
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