Huntington’s disease modeling on HEK293 cell line by D. V. Sharipova, T. B. Malankhanova, A. A. Malakhova

“…The new genome editing approaches, such as CRISPR/Cas9, allow us to generate isogenic cell lines that can be useful for drug screening and studying mechanisms of molecular and cellular events triggered by certain mutation on an equal genetic background. Here, we investigated the viability and proliferative rate of several mutant HEK293 cell clones with mutations in the first exon of HTT gene. …”
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Comparison of the Efficacy and Safety of Temporary Spinal Cord Stimulation versus Pulsed Radiofrequency for Postherpetic Neuralgia: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial by Xiaohong Li, Pan Chen, Jian He, Xiang Huang, Dacheng Tang, Lumiao Chen, Xiaoping Wang

“…Rash, in all patients, was located in the trunk and extremities of the spinal nerve (C4-L5), and the pain intensity was greater than or equal to 7 points on the VAS scale. Subsequently, we evaluated the visual analogue scale (VAS), efficiency rate (ER), complete remission rate (CRR), daily sleep interference score (SIS), patient health questionnaire (PHQ-9), generalized anxiety disorder assessment (GAD-7), bodily pain (BP), and physical function (PF) sections of the 36-item short-form health survey (SF-36) at the following time points: presurgery, as well as 1 week, 1 month, 3 months, and 6 months postsurgery. …”
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INTEGRATION OF THE BALTIC STOCK MARKETS WITH GLOBAL MARKETS DURING THE PREVIOUS DECADE by Anmar Pretorius

“…Despite similar economic structures, with the same sectors contributing almost equally to total output, the sectors represented on their stock exchanges are different. …”
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An improved TDM-based controller for a multilevel three-phase active frontend with variable DC ratios: The extended Negev rectifier by Eli Barbie, Dmitry Baimel

“…The new controller expands the Negev rectifier to attain a DC-link supply of either Equal DC Sources (EDCS) or Unequal DC Sources (UDCS) with variable DC ratios up to 1:5 while preserving the power factor correction functionality of the original Negev rectifier and reducing its switching frequency by more than 50 %. …”
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Risk Factors of Delirium Following Reconstructive Surgery for Head and Neck Tumors: A Retrospective Clinical Trial by Li L, Zhang L, Wu X, Zeng Z

“…Lulan Li,1,* Liupan Zhang,1,2,* Xixuan Wu,1 Zhenhua Zeng1 1Department of Critical Care Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, The First School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Internal Medicine, Zhongshan Shenwan Hospital, Zhongshan, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Zhenhua Zeng, Department of Critical Care Medicine, Nanfang Hospital, The First School of Clinical Medicine, Southern Medical University, Baiyun District, Guangzhou, 510515, People’s Republic of China, Tel/Fax +86 20 61641884, Email zhenhuazeng.2008@163.comBackground: Patients after head and neck tumor reconstruction surgery frequently require deep sedation and analgesia in the ICU. …”
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Assessing the Inter-Rater and Inter-Trial Reliability of the NeurOptics Pupillary Light Response-3000 Pupillometer by Deborah A Jehu, Lori A Bolgla, Samantha Armas, Forest Dutton

“…The authors hypothesized that inter-rater and inter-trial reliability would have intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC) greater than or equal to 0.70 for all PLR parameters. # Study Design: Observational, reliability study Methods: Forty-eight healthy adults (age 18-40 years) without a history of neurological injury, optical surgery, or cognitive impairment participated. …”
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Anodal tDCS and virtual reality gait rehabilitation in individuals with chronic stroke: a case series report by Aracely Marks, Shelley Oliveira Barbosa, Daniella Napoli, Susan E. D'Andrea

“…Notably, clinically significant improvements, defined by an improvement greater or equal to the established minimal clinically important differences (MCIDs), were observed in DGI scores for four participants, suggesting enhanced gait functionality.ConclusionThe combined VR and tDCS interventions promise to improve gait and mobility in chronic stroke survivors. …”
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The Investigation of Mixed Ferrofluids Containing Iron Oxide nanoparticles and Microspheres by Sharanabasava V. Ganachari, Veerabhadragouda B. Patil, Nagaraj R. Banapurmath, Manzoore Elahi M. Soudagar, Kiran Shahapurkar, Ashraf Elfasakhany, Mishal Alsehli, Akshata Yavagal, Pradyumna Mogre, Vijayakumar M Hiremath, Shankar A. Hallad

“…The magneto-rheological (MR) fluids were determined, and shear stress of Expancel microsphere mixed iron oxide nanoparticle with and without them was found almost equal. However, the ferrofluid with PVB coated nanoparticles and microspheres emerged as a stable rheological ferrofluid, sustaining high shear stress and low viscosity with increasing shear rate. …”
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Attitudes and Practices Surrounding Opioid Prescriptions following Open Reduction Internal Fixation of Distal Radius and Ankle Fractures: A Survey of the Canadian Orthopaedic Assoc... by Jihad A. Abouali, Evan D. Curd, Xin Y. Mei, Ujash Sheth, Moin Khan, Darren de SA, Vehniah K. Tjong, Jesleen Rana

“…A Chi-square test was used to determine if proportion of opioid prescriptions between attending surgeons and surgeons in training was equal. Results. 191 surveys were completed. Most respondents prescribed 10–40 tabs of immediate-release opioids, though this number varied considerably. …”
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Comparison of the evolutionary patterns of DNA repeats in ancient and young invertebrate species flocks of Lake Baikal by Wang Yuxiang, T. E. Peretolchina, E. V. Romanova, D. Y. Sherbakov

“…In relatively more ancient amphipods (most recent common ancestor, MRCA, existed approximately sixty millions years ago), the most abundant were species-specific repeats, while in much younger Baicaliidae (MRCA equal to ca. three millions years) most of the DNA repeats were shared among all four species. …”
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Role of adductor canal block and genicular nerve block on postoperative pain and enhanced recovery in patients undergoing total knee arthroplasty: A randomized clinical trial by Bassel Mohammed Elfokery, Mustafa Seet, Tareef Ashour, Hatem Alharbi, Mujeeb Ashraf, Hatim Alshareef, Mohammad Nyaz, Rayan Bakhreba, Atif Sait

“…The patients were divided into two equal groups: group A received an intraarticular injection of 40 mL bupivacaine 0.125% by the surgeon. …”
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The Association of Having a Late Dinner or Bedtime Snack and Skipping Breakfast with Overweight in Japanese Women by Chika Okada, Hironori Imano, Isao Muraki, Keiko Yamada, Hiroyasu Iso

“…We defined overweight/obesity as body mass index greater than or equal to 25 kg/m2. Results. Among the participants, 11% regularly had a late dinner, 22% had bedtime snacks, and 8% skipped breakfast. …”
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Rheological Properties of Cement Pastes with Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes by Gintautas Skripkiunas, Ekaterina Karpova, Irmantas Barauskas, Joana Bendoraitiene, Grigory Yakovlev

“…The combined modification by PCE and MWCNT dispersion shows the decrease in plastic viscosity of cement pastes by 9.90% in dosage of MWCNT equal to 0.5% by weight of cement, reduction of water demand by 20% for the same workability, and decrease of yield stress till 0 Pa. …”
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Vestiges humains des niveaux de l’Aurignacien ancien du site de Brassempouy (Landes) by Dominique Henry-Gambier, Bruno Maureille, Randall White

“…Elsewhere in Europe, Aurignacian remains are also very fragmentary and equally undiagnostic. Those that are best preserved are often poorly dated. …”
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The Feasibility of Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheostomy in Immunosuppressed ICU Patients with or without Thrombocytopenia by Marianne Angelberger, Michaela Barnikel, Alessia Fraccaroli, Johanna Tischer, Sofía Antón, Alexandra Pawlikowski, Mark op den Winkel, Hans Joachim Stemmler, Stephanie-Susanne Stecher

“…Patients with coagulation disorders and patients under immunosuppression were distributed equally among both groups. Stoma site infection was documented in five cases in PDT and eight cases in the OST group. …”
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AID PROHIBITION AS A TOOL OF THE U.S. FOREIGN POLICY: DE JURE AND DE FACTO by V. I. Bartenev

“…The paper demonstrates that such a typology is equally applicable to the U.S. bilateral and multilateral aid and invites to differentiate between the restrictions within one category depending on whether they are imposed in response to the recipient’s actions against the United States or to its international policy as a whole. …”
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The Arctic Lobby in Japan: Structures, Mechanisms of Infl uence and the Role in Developing Cooperation with the Russian Federation by E. V. Polkhova, A. A. Sergunin

“…Yet another two groups of interest are equally interested in strengthening bilateral relations — shipping and ship-building industries. …”
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Attitudes of Final-Year Medical Students in Jordan Towards Volunteering During a Pandemic by Alassaf A, Gharaibeh L, Alkubaisi F, Alkhawaldeh M, Dababseh S, Odeh R

“…The number of male and female respondents were equal. Past voluntary work experience prior to COVID-19 pandemic in 44.8% of students, while 79.2% of them did not volunteer during the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Black Carbon Concentration and Potential Source Regions: A Case Study of the Yellow River Basin in Shandong Province, China by Yuxia Wang, Yanni Rong, Kai Qu, Qing Zhao, Yingming Jiang, Xiaolei Bao, Yang Wang

“…While in spring and summer, regional transport had equal contribution to BC as local emissions, which cannot be ignored. …”
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Women in Ancient Egypt: determination of legal status and peculiarities of marriage and family relations by I. A. Lohvynenko, Ye. S. Lohvynenko

“…It has been noted that free ancient Egyptian women had almost equal legal rights with men, which distinguishes them from women of other ancient civilisations. …”
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