Acoustic Analysis of Mandarin Chinese Vowels Produced by Young Adults by Zhenni WANG, Yang CHEN, Manwa L. NG, Liqun YAO, Weiming ZHANG

“…Previous studies have examined American English vowels produced by native adult speakers. …”
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The effect of antifungal oral gel and ozonated water on tensile and compressive strength of two types of denture base materials: in-vitro study by Noha T. Alloush, Eman M. Ibraheem, Wessam M. Dehis

“…Total samples for both groups were 160 and fabricated following American Dental Association specifications No.12 for assessing tensile and compressive strengths. …”
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Racial and gender disparities in patients undergoing mechanical thrombectomy for large vessel occlusion at a comprehensive stroke center by Olivia Duru, Ryan G. Eaton, Nathan Ritchey, Sharon Heaton, Ciarán J. Powers

“…Although racial disparities in the utilization of thrombectomy have been previously identified, disparities in the utilization of thrombectomy in a single center with a standardized patient selection protocol have not been described in the literature. METHODS: Using the American Heart Association Quality Improvement Programs Registry, we retrospectively reviewed the records of 1,143 patients with LVO between December 1, 2014, and May 31, 2021. …”
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Efficacy of latissimus dorsi and teres major tendon transfer in anterosuperior irreparable rotator cuff tears and posterosuperior irreparable rotator cuff tears by Chang Hee Baek, Chaemoon Lim, Jung Gon Kim, Bo Taek Kim, Seung Jin Kim

“…Moreover, the achievement of minimal clinically important difference (MCID) for American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons score and UCLA score showed a significant difference between two groups (p = 0.021 and 0.042, respectively). …”
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Association between life's essential 8 and Parkinson's disease: a case–control study by Jiaxin Fan, Yanfeng Wang, Xingzhi Guo, Shuai Cao, Shuqin Zhan, Rui Li

“…The LE8 metrics were calculated according to the American Heart Association criterion, and participants were divided into 3 groups using tertile range. …”
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Prevalence of neutropenia in the U.S. among reproductive-aged women: a population-based analysis of NHANES 2013–2020 by Junfeng Chen, Shuangna Song, Yiran Li

“…Moreover, compared to non-smokers in the racial populations, including white, Mexican American, and black people, the smokers exhibited significantly elevated mean leukocyte count and mean neutrophil count. …”
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Evaluating quality of life improvements in endometriosis patients following laparoscopic surgery using EHP-30 scale by Yuyan Guo, Penghui Huang, Chaobin Liu, Zhenna Wang, Yi Wang, Wei Qi, Xi Xie, Zhenhong Wang, Jinna Zhang, Shunhe Lin

“…Spearman’s rank correlation coefficient was employed to explore the relationships between preoperative EHP-30 scores, serum CA125 levels, and intraoperative revised American Society for Reproductive Medicine (rASRM) scores. …”
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Efficacy of Intramuscular versus Intravenous Dexmedetomidine on Attenuation of Haemodynamic Responses to Laryngoscopy and Endotracheal Intubation: A Randomised Clinical Trial by Anupama Kumari, Paras Anand, Jigisha Mehta, Sara Mary Thomas

“…Materials and Methods: This prospective, randomised clinical trial was single-blinded study conducted in the Department of Anaesthesia, Shrimati Bhikhiben Kanjibhai Shah Medical Institute and Research Centre (SBKS MIRC) in Piparia, Vadodara, Gujarat, India over a period of six months from January 2024 to June 2024 on 64 adult patients of American Soceity of Anaesthesiology (ASA) physical status I and II, aged between 18-60 years, posted for surgery under general anaesthesia. …”
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Work-related stress and its associated factors among primary care doctors in Malaysia during the COVID-19 pandemic by Muhammad Shah Shahrudin, Nik Munirah Nik-Nasir, Mohamed-Syarif Mohamed-Yassin

“…Conclusions The level of work-related stress among Malaysian PCDs during the COVID-19 pandemic was higher compared to American PCDs and Malaysian physicians before the pandemic but lower compared to Australian emergency physicians during the pandemic. …”
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Spacer-type tibial osteotomy versus open wedge high tibial osteotomy and unicompartmental knee arthroplasty for Kellgren-Lawrence grade 3–4 medial unicompartmental knee osteoarthri... by Yi Zhang, Xiangzhi Yin, Jinli Chen, Yingze Zhang, Tengbo Yu

“…The clinical outcomes recorded preoperatively and at 6, 12 and 24 months postoperatively were the range of motion (ROM), visual analogue scale (VAS), American Knee Society Score (KSS), Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Global (WOMAC) score, operation time, length of incision, relevant complications and failures. …”
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Determinants of Physicochemical Composition of Palm Oil Mill Effluent - Implications on Environment and Bio-digester Treatment Design by E.B. Tambe, A.U. Okonkwo, I. E. Mbuka-Nwosu, C.O. Cookey, E. Agbe, S.C. Onwusa, I.N. Ekpe, U.F. Evuen, J. Okpoghono

“…From a randomly sampled small-scaled mill in each community, and for the lone medium and large-scaled mills, four homogenous samples of POME were collected from sampled small, medium and large-scaled mills for laboratory analysis of potential of hydrogen (pH), dissolved oxygen (DO), biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), chemical oxygen demand (COD), total carbon (TC), total solid (TS), total suspended solid (TSS), total organic carbon (TOC), total nitrogen (TN), total kjeldahl nitrogen (TKN), ammonia nitrogen (NH3-N), Manganese (Mn), Nickel (Ni), Iron (Fe), Copper (Cu), Chromium (Cr), Cadmium (Cd), Potassium (K), total phosphorus (TP), Calcium (Ca), and Magnesium (Mg) using standard methods for wastewater analysis as described in American Public Health Association. Data was analysed using multivariate analysis of variance, and showed that the physicochemical composition of POME was significantly different (p<0.01) across milling-scales, types of FFBs and seasons. …”
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Online patients questions regarding reverse total shoulder arthroplasty pertain to timeline of recovery, specific activities, and limitations by Kyle K. Obana, MD, Dane R.G. Lind, BA, Andrew J. Luzzi, MD, Michaela J. O’Connor, MD, Matthew R. LeVasseur, MD, William N. Levine, MD

“…Website quality was evaluated by the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Benchmark Criteria. …”
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Predicting abatacept retention using machine learning by Rieke Alten, Claire Behar, Pierre Merckaert, Ebenezer Afari, Virginie Vannier-Moreau, Anael Ohayon, Sean E. Connolly, Aurélie Najm, Pierre-Antoine Juge, Gengyuan Liu, Angshu Rai, Yedid Elbez, Karissa Lozenski

“…Using this model, the five most important variables predicting 12-month abatacept retention were low body mass index (BMI), low American College of Rheumatology functional status class, anti-citrullinated protein antibody (ACPA) positivity, low Patient Global Assessment, and younger age. …”
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Aerobic exercise alleviates statin-induced PCSK9 upregulation by increasing epoxyeicosatrienoic acid levels through the FoxO3a–Sirt6 axis by Jiahui Hu, Hao Lei, Jingyuan Chen, Leiling Liu, Yajun Gui, Kaijun Sun, Danyan Xu

“…Methods: Three-week-old male American Institute of Cancer Research (ICR) mice were fed a high-fat-cholesterol diet (HFD) for 12 weeks and then administered atorvastatin alone or atorvastatin combined with aerobic exercise (Statin + Ex). …”
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Kinesiotherapy for Post-stroke Rehabilitation： Analysis of Characteristics of Clinical Trials in the Past 20 Years Based on Clinical Trials Registry Platform by WANG Hui, FENG Yuting, YU Yongpei, HU Chenhua, TAO Liyuan

“…The clinical trials registered in this field have been increasing year by year, and the number of studies (977) registered in American registry platforms is significantly higher than that in China (50). …”
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Altered Topological Properties of Grey Matter Structural Covariance Networks in Complete Thoracic Spinal Cord Injury Patients: A Graph Theoretical Network Analysis by Wen-Li Wang, Yu-Lin Li, Mou-Xiong Zheng, Xu-Yun Hua, Jia-Jia Wu, Fei-Fei Yang, Nan Yang, Xia He, Li-Juan Ao, Jian-Guang Xu

“…Partial correlation analysis was performed to explore the relationship between the GMV of structurally changed brain regions and SCI patients’ clinical variables, including injury duration, injury level, Visual Analog Scale (VAS), American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale (AIS), International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) scale, Self-rating Depression Scale (SDS), and Self-rating Anxiety Scale (SAS), after removing the effects of age and gender. …”
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Comparison of vaginal versus intramuscular progesterone in programmed cycles for frozen-thawed blastocyst transfer in patients with endometriosis by Ziqi Jin, Guoxia Yang, Tianrui Wen, Benyu Miao, Chen Wang, Qingyan Zhang, Fang Gu, Yanwen Xu

“…Interaction tests were employed to determine whether the revised American Society for Reproductive Medicine (r-ASRM) stages of endometriosis moderated the differences between the routes of progesterone administration and pregnancy outcomes. …”
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Mobile-based in-home telerehabilitation compared with in-hospital face-to-face rehabilitation for elderly patients after total hip arthroplasty in China's level 1 trauma center: a... by Yang Zhou, Yiming Lyu, Qiaojie Wang, Yanhong Ma, Lihua Huang, Xin Zhang, Xin Zhang

“…BackgroundTelerehabilitation is gaining popularity in European and American countries, but whether it can be successfully implemented in China still lacks support from clinical studies.ObjectiveThis trial aimed to determine if a home-based telerehabilitation method is clinically noninferior to standard in-hospital face-to-face rehabilitation for elderly patients with total hip arthroplasty (THA) in China.MethodsThis multicenter randomized controlled trial was conducted from January 2021 to June 2022 at The First Rehabilitation Hospital in Shanghai, Shanghai Jiao Tong University affiliated Sixth People's Hospital and Shanghai Tongji University affiliated Tenth People's Hospital. …”
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Early warning systems (EWSs) for chikungunya, dengue, malaria, yellow fever, and Zika outbreaks: What is the evidence? A scoping review. by Laith Hussain-Alkhateeb, Tatiana Rivera Ramírez, Axel Kroeger, Ernesto Gozzer, Silvia Runge-Ranzinger

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Data were extracted from Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews (CDSR), Google Scholar, Latin American and Caribbean Health Sciences Literature (LILACS), PubMed, Web of Science, and WHO Library Database (WHOLIS) databases until August 2019. …”
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Exploring proteomic immunoprofiles: common neurological and immunological pathways in multiple sclerosis and type 1 diabetes mellitus by Fátima Cano-Cano, Almudena Lara-Barea, Álvaro Javier Cruz-Gómez, Francisco Martín-Loro, Laura Gómez-Jaramillo, María Carmen González-Montelongo, María Mar Roca-Rodríguez, Lucía Beltrán-Camacho, Lucía Forero, Javier J. González-Rosa, Mª Carmen Durán-Ruiz, Ana I. Arroba, Manuel Aguilar-Diosdado

“…The patients were diagnosed following the American Diabetes Association (ADA) criteria for T1DM and McDonald criteria for MS respectively, and were aged over 18 years and more than 2 years from the onset respectively. …”
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