The Pattern of mRNA Expression Is Changed in Sinoatrial Node from Goto-Kakizaki Type 2 Diabetic Rat Heart by F. C. Howarth, M. A. Qureshi, P. Jayaprakash, K. Parekh, M. Oz, H. Dobrzynski, T. E. Adrian

“…Heart rate and expression of genes were evaluated with an extracellular electrode and real-time RT-PCR, respectively. Rats aged 12-13 months were employed in these experiments. …”
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Association of valproate use and hippocampal atrophy in idiopathic generalized epilepsy by Xiang Huang, Yingying Zhang, Qiuxing Lin, Kailing Huang, Yuming Li, Peiwen Liu, Danyang Cao, Wenhao Li, Wei Li, Xiuli Li, Qiyong Gong, Dong Zhou, Dongmei An

“…A negative correlation was observed between the left CA2 volume and the age of onset. Conclusions: Our study revealed volume reductions in bilateral hippocampi in IGE, as well as in the right hippocampus and its subfields in GTCA. …”
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Parasitological and clinical correlates of Plasmodium–Schistosoma mansoni co-infection and its determinants among Plasmodium-infected patients in the Wolaita Zone, South Ethiopia r... by Kemal Mohamed, Tariku Belay, Ahmed Zeynudin

“…On multivariate analysis, being male (AOR=3.03, CI: 1.56-5.91,p=0.001), being in the 6-15 years age group (AOR = 5.85, CI: 2.45–13.93,p=0.00), the presence of stream (AOR = 4.1, CI: 1.65–10.15,p=0.002), having a water body distance of less than 1,000 m (AOR=2.33, CI: 1.23–4.41,p=0.009), and presence of irrigation practice (AOR= 3.24, CI: 1.69–6.18,p=0.00) were found to be significant risk factors of co-infection.ConclusionMalaria attack and level of parasitemia were associated with the intensity of concurrent Schistosoma mansoni infection. …”
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Transcervical resection of myoma (TCRM): Part I by Peng-Hui Wang, Szu-Ting Yang, Wen-Hsun Chang, Hung-Hsien Liu, Wen-Ling Lee

“…Uterine fibroids occur frequently in women during the reproductive age, and they are rarely associated with clinical meaning because of their benign characteristics and asymptomatic clinical presentation. …”
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Abortion Rate Following Chorionic Villous Sampling and Amniocentesis in Twin Pregnancies by Fatemeh Golshahi, Fatemeh Rahimi-Sharbaf, Mahbobeh Shirazi, Sara Saeedi, Athar Abdolrazagh Nejad, Sahar Garfami, Nafise Saedi, Jafar Golshahi, Zeynab Amiriarya, Narjes Tavakolikia, Behrokh Sahebdel

“…The study outcomes were considered as the occurrence of vaginal bleeding, rupture of the membranes, chorioamnionitis, and abortion. Results: The mean age of women was 33.5 ± 6.5 years. About 90 % of pregnant women underwent amniocentesis and the others underwent CVS. …”
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Pulmonary Densitovolumetry Using Computed Tomography in Patients with Nontuberculous Mycobacteria: Correlation with Pulmonary Function Tests by Patricia Gomes Cytrangulo De Marca, Telma Goldenberg, Fernanda Carvalho Queiroz Mello, Alysson Roncally Silva Carvalho, Alan Ranieri Medeiros Guimarães, Roberto Mogami, Agnaldo José Lopes

“…This is a cross-sectional study in which 31 patients with NTM-PD and 27 controls matched by sex, age, and body mass index underwent CT pulmonary densitovolumetry and pulmonary function tests including spirometry and body plethysmograph. …”
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A data-driven machine learning algorithm to predict the effectiveness of inulin intervention against type II diabetes by Shuheng Yang, Ralf Weiskirchen, Wenjing Zheng, Xiangxu Hu, Aibiao Zou, Zhiguo Liu, Hualin Wang

“…The SHAP values for interpretation ranked the characteristic variables in descending order of importance: HbA1c, difference between fasting and 2 h-postprandial glucose levels, fasting blood glucose, high-density lipoprotein, age, and body mass index. The XGBoost prediction model demonstrated a training set accuracy of 0.819, specificity of 0.913, positive predictive value of 0.818, and negative predictive value of 0.820. …”
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Mineralogy as a potential driver of irregular radiocarbon patterns among Icelandic fluvial carbon pools by Nora Gallarotti, Lisa Bröder, Julie Lattaud, Stephan Wartenweiler, Negar Haghipour, Timothy I Eglinton

“…After excluding other potential factors, we argue that this apparent age inversion among carbon pools in Icelandic rivers may reflect retention of DOC prior to its release to the aquatic continuum through interactions with high surface area minerals prevalent in the volcanic soils of Iceland. …”
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Deciphering the Link Between Diagnosis-Related Group Weight and Nursing Care Complexity in Hospitalized Children: An Observational Study by Manuele Cesare, Fabio D’Agostino, Emanuele Sebastiani, Nursing and Public Health Group, Gianfranco Damiani, Antonello Cocchieri

“…Results: Among 914 patients (mean age of 6.11 ± 2.90 years), the median DRG weight was 0.6982 (IQR: 0.5522). …”
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Serum uric acid level and subclinical left ventricular dysfunction: a community‐based cohort study by Koki Nakanishi, Masao Daimon, Yuriko Yoshida, Jumpei Ishiwata, Naoko Sawada, Megumi Hirokawa, Hidehiro Kaneko, Tomoko Nakao, Yoshiko Mizuno, Hiroyuki Morita, Marco R. Di Tullio, Shunichi Homma, Issei Komuro

“…The association of SUA concentration, as a continuous variable and a categorical variable using quartiles, with the presence of abnormal LVGLS was assessed. Mean age was 62 ± 12 years, and 656 (56%) were male participants. …”
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The association between violence victimization and subsequent unplanned pregnancy among adolescent girls in Uganda: Do primary schools make a difference? by Katherine G Merrill, Louise Knight, Janet Nakuti, Angel Mirembe, Elizabeth Allen, Amiya Bhatia, Jenny Parkes, Dipak Naker, Karen M Devries

“…At Wave 1, 88% (n = 1,281/1,449) reported any violence (mean age = 12.73, SD = 1.44 years). At Wave 2, 13.9% (n = 201/1,449) reported an unplanned pregnancy. …”
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RNA-Seq-Based Gene Expression Pattern and Morphological Alterations in Chick Thymus during Postnatal Development by Zhouyiyuan Xue, Abdur Rahman Ansari, Xing Zhao, Kun Zang, Yu Liang, Lei Cui, Yafang Hu, Ranran Cheng, Xiaolong Zhang, Juming Zhong, Huazhen Liu

“…Thymus structure was damaged and gene expression changed dramatically, especially at the 27th week of age. Moreover, we found significant changes of several signaling pathways such as the cytokine-cytokine receptor interaction and cell cycle signaling pathways. …”
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Proteinuria and the risk of Incident atrial fibrillation according to glycemic stages: a nationwide population-based cohort study by Muhan Yeo, So-Ryoung Lee, Eue-Keun Choi, JungMin Choi, Kyung-Yeon Lee, Soonil Kwon, Hyo-Jeong Ahn, Bong-Seong Kim, Kyung-Do Han, Seil Oh, Gregory Y. H. Lip

“…Results Overall, the cohort (mean age 47 ± 14 years, 44.8% female) showed increasing annual AF incidence rates from 2.05 to 7.22 per 1000 person-years from normal to late DM (p < 0.001). …”
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Novel Indices of Glucose Homeostasis Derived from Principal Component Analysis: Application for Metabolic Assessment in Pregnancy by Tina Stopp, Michael Feichtinger, Ingo Rosicky, Gülen Yerlikaya-Schatten, Johannes Ott, Hans Christian Egarter, Christian Schatten, Wolfgang Eppel, Peter Husslein, Martina Mittlböck, Andrea Tura, Christian S. Göbl

“…Three principal component scores (PCS) were calculated based on measurements of glucose, insulin, C-peptide, age, and BMI to assess their association with fasting and dynamic indices of insulin action, secretion, and β-cell function. …”
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Challenges and barriers to physician decision-making for prescribing and deprescribing among patients with multimorbidity in eastern China’s primary care settings: a qualitative st... by Ming Yan, Zhijie Xu, Andrew Farmer, Yu Xia, Mi Yao, Lingyan Wu, Xinmei Zhou, Liyan Han

“…Themes were developed using a conventional content analysis approach.Setting 12 community health centers and 8 township health centers across four regions in eastern China were included.Participants 26 PCPs from 20 primary care institutions in eastern China were interviewed through purposive sampling, representing a mix of urban and rural healthcare settings.Results Of the 26 participants in this study, 14 (53.8%) were women, and the mean age was 36.3 years old. When prescribing and stopping medications for patients with multimorbidity, they often encounter complex challenges. …”
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El impacto demográfico de la COVID-19 durante 2020 y sus diferencias regionales. ¿Cómo afectará la pandemia al futuro de la población española? by Miguel González Leonardo, Jeroen Spijker

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Social and economic impacts of non-communicable diseases by gender and its correlates: a literature review by Concepción García-Morales, Ileana Heredia-Pi, Carlos M. Guerrero-López, Emanuel Orozco, Enai Ojeda-Arroyo, Gustavo Nigenda, Edson Serván-Mori

“…Among the factors that most influenced the identified impacts, we found gender, age, and socioeconomic level. We also identified that access to health insurance that offers financial protection against these conditions is essential to reduce these impacts. …”
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Prevalence of Bacterial Urinary Tract Infections and Associated Factors among Patients Attending Hospitals in Bushenyi District, Uganda by Martin Odoki, Adamu Almustapha Aliero, Julius Tibyangye, Josephat Nyabayo Maniga, Eddie Wampande, Charles Drago Kato, Ezera Agwu, Joel Bazira

“…This study has demonstrated that age ≤19 years, female gender, married individuals, genitourinary tract abnormalities, diabetes, hospitalization, indwelling catheter <6 days, and indwelling catheter >6 days had statistically significant relationships (p<0.05) with UTI. …”
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Les vues glaciaires de Jean-Antoine Linck – un jalon de l’histoire des glaciers du Mont Blanc du xviiie au xixe siècle by Samuel U. Nussbaumer, Heinz J. Zumbühl

“…Linck était donc à la fois artiste et historien des glaciers.reconstitutions glaciaires, iconographie, Jean-Antoine Linck, région du Mont-Blanc, Petit âge glaciaire…”
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Association of player position and functional connectivity alterations in collegiate American football players: an fMRI study by Owen Griffith, Xiaoxiao Bai, Alexa E. Walter, Michael Gay, Jon Kelly, Wayne Sebastianelli, Linda Papa, Semyon Slobounov

“…These ROIs, plus the LpCun, were included in linear mix-effect modeling, with position or concussion history as covariates.Results66 players were included (mean age 20.6 years; 100% male; 34 (51.5%) non-speed position players). …”
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