The design and rationale of the cardiac REHABilitation to improve metabolic health in Hypertrophic CardioMyopathy (REHAB-HCM) Study by Matthew Cheung, Nathaniel Moulson, Jinelle C. Gelinas, Ali Daraei, Sarah M. Bradwell, Carolyn Taylor, Neil D. Eves, Graeme J. Koelwyn, Thomas M. Roston

“…Participants: Patients aged 18–80 years old diagnosed with HCM and metabolic syndrome, defined by the American Heart Association and American College of Cardiology guidelines, and the National Cholesterol Education Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP-ATP III) criteria. …”
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Obesity Status and Colorectal Cancer Screening in the United States by Karima A. Kendall, Euni Lee, Ilene H. Zuckerman, Linda Simoni-Wastila, Marlon Daniel, Pauline M. Green, Beatrice Adderley-Kelly, Anthony K. Wutoh

“…Of a 15,769 Medicare beneficiaries sample aged 50 years and older reflecting 39 million Medicare beneficiaries in the United States, 25% were classified as obese, consisting of 22.4% “obese” (30 ≤ body mass index (BMI) < 35) and 3.1% “morbidly obese” (BMI ≥ 35) beneficiaries. …”
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Rationale and design of Diabetes Prevention with active Vitamin D (DPVD): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study by Yoshiya Tanaka, Yosuke Okada, Tetsuya Kawahara, Gen Suzuki, Tetsuya Inazu, Shoichi Mizuno, Fumiyoshi Kasagi

“…Participants, men and women aged ≥30 years, will be randomised to receive eldecalcitol or placebo. …”
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An Overview of Innovative Techniques to Improve Cervical Cancer Screening by Esther R. Nijhuis, Nathalie Reesink-Peters, G. Bea A. Wisman, Hans W. Nijman, Jelmer van Zanden, Haukeline Volders, Harry Hollema, Albert J. H. Suurmeijer, Ed Schuuring, Ate G. J. van der Zee

“…However, specificity is low in women aged <35 years and the psychological effects of knowledge of HPV positivity in absence of cervical (pre) malignant disease are important drawbacks. …”
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Bio-Recycling Hazelnut Shells to Improve Antioxidant Properties of <i>Lentinus tigrinus</i> Sporophore by Anthea Desiderio, Mariana C. Pedrosa, Sandrina A. Heleno, Marcio Carocho, Daniele B. Rodrigues, Simone Buratti, Irene Soffientini, Daniela Ratto, Elena Savino, Paola Rossi

“…These natural antioxidants are increasingly recognized for their potential to prevent oxidative damage linked to aging and chronic diseases. This study investigates the antioxidant activity of hydroalcoholic extracts obtained from <i>L. tigrinus</i> sporophores cultivated on hazelnut shells (Lt1_HS), a waste material rich in phenolic compounds, and sporophores cultivated on sawdust (Lt1_S). …”
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Randomised feasibility study of an intestinal adsorbent in acute diarrhoea in The Gambia by Elena Markaryan, Matthew Dodd, Stephen Allen, Carol Howell, Angela Allen, Paul Rahden, Abdoulie Fatty, Momodou Lamin Jobarteh, Abdoulwahab Sallah, Ebrahim Jaiteh, Doreen Umoh, Fanta Bass, Radovan Hnatič

“…An intestinal adsorbent may reduce diarrhoea duration and severity.Methods Randomised controlled feasibility trial with two phases: phase 1 (0–4 hours and double-blind) and phase 2 (up to 5 days and open-label). 50 children aged 6–59 months with acute diarrhoea presenting with no or some dehydration to the emergency paediatric unit and outpatient clinic at Edward Francis Small Teaching Hospital, Banjul, The Gambia were randomised to either standard treatment (oral rehydration fluid and zinc) or standard treatment with polymethylsiloxane polyhydrate for up to 5 days.Results Recruitment was completed in 7 months. …”
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Characteristics of water supply and demand in an agroforestry ecosystem under long-term continuous cropping assessed using the RZWQM2 model by Jing Zhang, Li Wang, Gong Cheng, Liangliang Jia

“…In this study, an experiment was conducted from 2012–2015 on apple orchards of different ages and maize and wheat fields. The field experiment and the Root Zone Water Quality Model (RZWQM2) were combined (1) to explore the feasibility of RZWQM2 in simulating soil water conditions under the three cropping systems and (2) to simulate long-term soil water dynamics and plant water use in different cropping systems from 1981–2019. …”
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Molting of laying hens can activate AMPK- lipophagy - lipid metabolism pathway and improve intestinal digestion and absorption by Meiwei Lv, Chenxin Liu, Xiaowen Jiang, Ming Ge, Haibin Wang, Wenhui Yu

“…In this study, artificial intervention was used to induced molting (IM) in aged hens and improve their egg- laying performance. …”
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Chip Design of PTP Time Synchronization for Industrial IoT by Yee-Shao Chen, Yuan-Sun Chu, da-Wei Lo, Yen-Ting Chiang, Ting-Chao Hou

“…After a detailed study of the IEEE 1588 protocol, this paper found that the main sources of time errors are frequency changes caused by the temperature characteristics and aging of the crystal oscillator, the uncertainty of network protocol stacking delay, and the queuing delay caused by packets. …”
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How family sports behavior shapes adolescent sleep: mediating effects in causation by Wenqi Wu, Aoming Xie, Xiaotian Li, Yiran Xun

“…ObjectiveThis study aimed to describe adolescent sleep and explore its association with physical activity, focusing on the mediating role of family physical behavior.MethodsData were sourced from the Chinese Adolescent Health Database, which included responses from 7,482 adolescents aged 12–18 years about sleep, personal physical activity, and family physical activity. …”
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Effects of Resistance Training and Soy Isoflavone on Body Composition in Postmenopausal Women by Fábio Lera Orsatti, Eliana Aguiar Petri Nahas, Jorge Nahas-Neto, Nailza Maesta, Cláudio Lera Orsatti, Cesar Edurado Fernandes

“…This study used a placebo-controlled, double-blind (soy), randomized (ISO versus placebo) × (RT versus No RT) design. A total of 80 PW, aged 45–70 years, were randomly (71 completed 9-months intervention): RT + ISO (n=15), No RT + ISO (n=20), RT + placebo (n=18), and No RT + placebo (n=18). …”
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Examine the Availability and Safety of Mucosal Cutting Biopsy Technique for Diagnosis of Gastric Submucosal Tumor by Kazuhiro Mizukami, Osamu Matsunari, Ryo Ogawa, Yuka Hirashita, Kazuhisa Okamoto, Kensuke Fukuda, Akira Sonoda, Hidetoshi Akiyama, Sotaro Ozaka, Yoshinari Kawahara, Tadayoshi Okimoto, Masaaki Kodama, Kazunari Murakami

“…The subjects were patients aged ≥20 years old in whom an SMT was seen on esophagogastroduodenography and who underwent MCB between January 2012 and December 2016. …”
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Attitude towards research and self-study in Cuban medical science students during COVID-19 by Juan Arturo Berenguer Gouarnaluses, Margarita Montes de Oca Carmenaty, Adrián Alejandro Vitón-Castillo, Elizabeth Melissa Tablada Podio, Maritza del Carmen Berenguer Gouarnaluses

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> It was found a predominance of female students (66.5%), aged between 18 and 20 years (56.5%), of the medical career (92.5%) and of the third year (25.5 %). 34.5% of those surveyed came from the medical universities of Holguín and Pinar del Río. 87.5% of the surveyed students reported having joined the active investigations, in 87.0% of the cases the relatives did not present any objection. 66.0% of the surveyed students found this task useful. 79.5% affirmed that their incorporation into conducting active investigations in times of the COVID-19 pandemic had a great influence on their professional and humanistic training. 68.5% of the students expressed feeling support from the different health institutions. …”
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The Impact of Gross Motor Function on the Oral Health-Related Quality of Life in Young Adults with Cerebral Palsy in Saudi Arabia by Sharat Chandra Pani, Saja Fahad AlEidan, Rawan Nasser AlMutairi, AlJawharah Ali AlAbsi, Dalal Nasser AlMuhaidib, Hessa Faisal AlSulaiman, Najd Waleed AlFraih

“…The sample comprised 46 individuals aged between 13 and 17 years with Gross Motor Function Classification Scores (GMFCS) ranging from level I to level III. …”
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Kinetic Gait Changes after Robotic Exoskeleton Training in Adolescents and Young Adults with Acquired Brain Injury by Kiran K. Karunakaran, Naphtaly Ehrenberg, JenFu Cheng, Katherine Bentley, Karen J. Nolan

“…Seven participants diagnosed with ABI between the ages of 14 and 27 years participated in the study. …”
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Videofluoroscopic swallowing study predicts clinical outcomes in critically Ill children with dysphagia: a retrospective observational study by Yoonju Na, Jaeyoung Choi, Jihong Choi, Su Mi Oh, Hyuna Jang, Suein Choi, Joongbum Cho, Jeong-Yi Kwon

“…BackgroundThis retrospective observational study aimed to investigate the features of acute dysphagia observed during videofluoroscopic swallowing study (VFSS) in critically ill children and their potential to anticipate clinical outcomes.MethodsAdministrative healthcare data of children aged 1–18 were analyzed. Data were collected from the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) of a single tertiary medical center in South Korea between March 2019 and December 2022. …”
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Challenges in safe environmental applications of biochar: identifying risks and unintended consequence by Mingying Dong, Mengyuan Jiang, Lizhi He, Zirun Zhang, Williamson Gustave, Meththika Vithanage, Nabeel Khan Niazi, Bo Chen, Xiaokai Zhang, Hailong Wang, Feng He

“…Furthermore, it provides a thorough overview of the adverse effects on animals, plants, microorganisms, and human health, elucidating the mechanisms of pollutant release, aging, and nano-effects from environmental geochemical processes involving biochar. …”
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Reassessing the roles of oxidative DNA base lesion 8-oxoGua and repair enzyme OGG1 in tumorigenesis by Jing Wang, Chunshuang Li, Jinling Han, Yaoyao Xue, Xu Zheng, Ruoxi Wang, Zsolt Radak, Yusaku Nakabeppu, Istvan Boldogh, Xueqing Ba

“…The accumulation of genomic 8-oxoGua and the dysfunction of OGG1 is readily linked to mutagenesis, and subsequently aging-related diseases and tumorigenesis; however, the direct experimental evidence has long been lacking. …”
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Clinical signs of the quality level of fixed dentures in the process of use and rationale for feasibility of their replacement by B.R. Malanyak, A.Y. Kordiyak

“…Among the 410 patients aged 35-81 examined for damage to abutment teeth and periodontal tissues, unsatisfactory condition of crowns and bridges, the 1st subgroup included 76 (18.5%) persons who sought counseling on their own initiative and the 2nd subgroup – 334 (81.5%) persons with referrals from other medical institutions. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Selected Concrete Mix Design Methods Based on Cost-Effectiveness by Abebe Demissew

“…The experimental result of compressive strength for those selected concrete mix design methods with the 7th, 14th, and 28th ages has fulfilled the desire for concrete strength. …”
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