Effectiveness of a Shoulder Exercise Program in Division I Collegiate Baseball Players During the Fall Season by Hillary A. Plummer, Shannon M. Plosser, Paul R. Diaz, Nicholas J. Lobb, Lori A. Michener

“…Players performed a program of shoulder stretching and strengthening exercises, three times/week for one month and then one time/week for two months. …”
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Insights into youth nutritional status in Serbia: assessing prevalence and trend in the context of social determinants by Sanja Stanisavljević, Aleksandar Milovanović, Anđela Milovanović, Branko Jakovljević, Vesna Bjegović-Mikanović, Divna Kekuš

“…Abstract Background The study aimed to assess the prevalence and distribution of different levels of nutritional status among young people, to examine its association with social determinants of health, and to analyse its trend over time. Method The research was a secondary analysis of the data from four national health surveys of the Serbian population. …”
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Expression of LINC00847 in Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of Children with Asthma and Its Prediction between Asthma Exacerbation and Remission by Jiaying Hu, Zhike Wang, Suzhen Han, Kai Chen

“…The expression levels of LINC00847 were quantified in PBMCs collected from 54 children with asthma exacerbation, 54 children with asthma remission, and 54 healthy children by real-time qPCR. The forced expiratory volume in the first second in percent predicted values (FEV1%), ratio of forced expiratory volume in 1 second to forced vital capacity (FEV1/FVC), and peak expiratory flow rate (PEF%) were tested for evaluation of lung function. …”
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Real-World Assessment of Weight Change in People with HIV-1 After Initiating Integrase Strand Transfer Inhibitors or Protease Inhibitors by Yen-Wen Chen, Helene Hardy, Christopher D. Pericone, Wing Chow

“…At baseline, 46% were <50 years old, 26% were females, 12% had Type II diabetes and 30% had hypertension (mean baseline weight: INSTI: 83 kg (183 lb), PI: 82 kg (181 lb); P = 0.3). The mean time to follow-up weight measure was 9.3 months; INSTI initiators had a 1.3 kg (2.9 lb) greater mean weight gain (95% CI: 0.5–2.0), and a higher proportion with ≥5% weight gain (30.7% vs 26.1%; [OR=1.3, 95% CI: 1.0–1.6]) than PI initiators. …”
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Patient safety culture through the lenses of surgical patients: a qualitative study by Magnhild Vikan, Arvid S. Haugen, Berit T. Valeberg, Ann K. Bjørnnes, Vigdis K. S. Husby, Ellen CT. Deilkås, Stein O. Danielsen

“…Results Data analysis generated three themes concerning the former surgical patients’ perspectives of patient safety culture and adverse events: (1) “Personalized care and predictable pathways increase patients’ sense of safety”; (2) “Surgical patients’ involvement: Aspire to be a resource – Not a threat”; and (3) “Time to cultivate a culture that fosters improvements and reconciliation.” …”
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Laparoscopic suture repair for perforated peptic ulcer disease: a meta-review and trial sequential analysis by S. I. Panin, T. V. Nechay, I. V. Sazhin, K. Yu. Melnikov-Makarchuk, A. V. Sazhin, A. V. Puzikova, A. N. Akinchits, A. V. Bykov

“…The calculated DARIS for operative time and hospital stay were 40.1% and 14.6%, respectively, and the TSA showed neither significant benefit nor harm of laparoscopic surgery in the attained information size in the meta-analysis. …”
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The association between pretransplant malignancy and post-transplant survival and cancer recurrence in bilateral lung transplantation: An analysis of 23,291 recipients by Wongi Woo, MD, Hye Sung Kim, MD, Ankit Bharat, MBBS, Young Kwang Chae, MD, PhD, MBA

“…If patients with pre-TM are free from recurrence or metastasis for a significant time, there could be some who can benefit from BLT. …”
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Simplified Medication Adherence Questionnaire (SMAQ) for People Living With HIV in a National Hospital in Mexico: Instrument Validation Study by Luis Eduardo Del Moral Trinidad, Luz Alicia González Hernández, Jaime Federico Andrade Villanueva, Pedro Martínez-Ayala, Adriana Valle Rodríguez, Vida Veronica Ruíz Herrera, José Adán Vizcaíno Résendiz, Melva Guadalupe Herrera Godina, Sergio Dominguez-Lara

“…Patients classified as adherent were three times more likely to be undetectable than nonadherent patients (odds ratio 3.31, 95% CI 1.13-9.64, P=.04). …”
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Resiquimod induces a mixed Th1 and Th2 response via STAT1 and STAT3 signalling in chickens by Deepthi Kappala, Saravanan Ramakrishnan, Patel Nikunjkumar Prakashbhai, Abinaya Kaliappan, Prasad Thomas, Jörg Linde, Mithilesh Singh, Sohini Dey, Madhan Mohan Chellappa

“…Eight key genes associated with signal transduction (MAPK14, MAP3K8, PIK3CD, STAT1, STAT3, MAPK11, LRRK2, and GATA3) were validated via real-time PCR in chicken peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) from six biological replicates. …”
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Response characteristics and particle contributions of epoxy resin composite embedded with Al particles under different loading modes by Zhenhui He, Enling Tang, Wenjin Yao, Ruizhi Wang

“…Under compression conditions, as the force vectors on the Al particles always align with the loading direction, the load at this time exhibits an additive effect of the epoxy resin and Al particles in the loading direction. …”
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Efficacy of Physiologically Active nutrients in the Treatment of Asthenic Disorders in Patients with Chronic Diffuse Liver Diseases by M. V. Mayevskaya, M. A. Morozova, A. G. Beniashvili, V. D. Lunkov, V. T. Ivashkin

“…As an additional effect, the disappearance of pain in the right hypochondrium was noted in those cases when patients presented this complaint at the time of inclusion in the observation program. The safety profile was good, 1/3 of the patients noted the appearance of heartburn, which was eliminated when taking the product with food.Conclusion. …”
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Microwave-Assisted Extraction of Different Groups of Phenolic Compounds from Grape Skin Pomaces: Modeling and Optimization by Natka Ćurko, Karla Kelšin, Verica Dragović-Uzelac, Davor Valinger, Marina Tomašević, Karin Kovačević Ganić

“…Moreover, a significant effect of time and temperature was also noticed, except in the case of total hydroxycinnamic acids. …”
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Linking a distal ejecta with its source crater: a probabilistic approach applied to tektites by Rochette, Pierre, Baratoux, David, Braucher, Regis, Cornec, Jean, Debaille, Vinciane, Devouard, Bertrand, Gattacceca, Jerome, Gounelle, Matthieu, Jourdan, Fred, Moustard, Fabien, Nomade, Sébastien

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Multisession Anodal tDCS Protocol Improves Motor System Function in an Aging Population by G. Dumel, M.-E. Bourassa, M. Desjardins, N. Voarino, C. Charlebois-Plante, J. Doyon, Louis De Beaumont

“…A total of 23 participants (51 to 69 years old) performed five consecutive, daily 20-minute sessions of a serial reaction time task (SRT task) concomitant with either anodal (n=12) or sham (n=11) M1 a-tDCS. …”
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Effects of Flash Glucose Monitoring on Dietary Variety, Physical Activity, and Self-Care Behaviors in Patients with Diabetes by Satoshi Ida, Ryutaro Kaneko, Kanako Imataka, Kaoru Okubo, Yoshitaka Shirakura, Kentaro Azuma, Ryoko Hujiwara, Hiroka Takahashi, Kazuya Murata

“…Before initiating flash glucose monitoring and 12 weeks after its initiation, blood glucose-related parameters were assessed and self-administered questionnaires were completed (Dietary Variety Score (DVS), the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), the Summary of Diabetes Self-Care Activities Measure (SDSCA), and the Diabetes Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire (DTSQ)) and compared between the two time points. We analyzed 42 patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus and 48 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. …”
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Global analysis of influenza epidemic characteristics in the first two seasons after lifting the nonpharmaceutical interventions for COVID-19 by Xiaowei Chen, Honghong Chen, Fangfang Tao, Yinzi Chen, Ying Zhou, Jian Cheng, Xiling Wang

“…Methods: We analyzed country-specific weekly influenza data (2011-2024) from WHO FluNet and collected COVID-19 NPI timing from official announcements. The study was divided into pre-pandemic, pandemic, and post-pandemic phases, estimating epidemic onset, peak week, peak intensity, and duration by climate zones. …”
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PABPN1 functions as a downstream gene of CREB to inhibit the proliferation of preadipocytes by Xiao-Han Zhang, Jia-Xin Li, Xiao-Xu Wu, Qian Zhang, Ming Tian, Si-Qi Yang, Di Liu, Xiu-Qin Yang

“…Preadipocyte proliferation was measured with cell counting kit-8, 5-ethynyl-2′-deoxyuridine, real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction, Western blotting, and flow cytometry analyses. …”
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Effect of Preoperative Nutritional Risk Screening on Postoperative Recovery in Patients with Laparoscopic-Assisted Radical Resection for Colorectal Cancer by Xiaolong Wang, Jianlin Wu, Sen Lei, Feng Tian, Ce Cao, Guangfeng Shi

“…There were no significant differences between the two groups regarding abdominal drainage volume, exhaust (flatus) time, hospitalization cost, morbidity, or 60 d readmission rate (all P>0.05). …”
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Screening attendance of breast or cervical cancers and its associated factors among 30-49 year old women in Gedeo zone, South Ethiopia: Cross-sectional study. by Abel Desalegn Demeke, Bedilu Deribe, Martha Girma, Muluken Gizaw, Sefonias Getachew, Susanne Unverzagt, Eva J Kantelhardt, Betty Ferrell, Eric Sven Kroeber, Lesley Taylor

“…Higher age of 40-44 versus 45-49 years (adjusted odds ratio [AOR] 4.18 [95% CI 1.59, 10.9]), higher education status ([AOR] 5.49 [95% CI 2.01, 13.1]), having family or a friend with history of breast or cervical cancer ([AOR] 5.55 [95% CI 2.47, 12.5]), short anticipated time to seek help ([AOR] 4.66 [1.31, 11.7]), adequate health literacy ([AOR] 6.98 [95% CI 2.82,13.3]) and high self-efficacy ([AOR] 2.32 [95% CI 1.08, 4.96]) were positive factors with higher screening attendance. …”
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Persistent Nasal Skin Lesions in Pemphigus Patients and the Role of Methotrexate in Treatment: A Case Series Study by Mohamad Reza Kavyani, Maryam Daneshpazhooh, Sama Heidari, Navid Namakizadeh Esfahani, Sarina Ahmadian, Arghavan Azizpour, Kamran Balighi

“…Additionally, 3 patients who did not have satisfactory results after RTX treatment, received methotrexate, and all of them experienced complete recovery of their nasal lesions within the same time frame. Conclusions: All the patients who benefited from methotrexate never experienced complete remission of their nasal lesions before. …”
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