Corneal Biomechanical Findings in Contact Lens Induced Corneal Warpage by Fateme Alipour, Mojgan Letafatnejad, Amir Hooshang Beheshtnejad, Seyed-Farzad Mohammadi, Seyed Reza Ghaffary, Narges Hassanpoor, Mehdi Yaseri

“…Method. Prospective observational case control study, where 94 eyes of 47 warpage suspicious and 46 eyes of 23 keratoconic patients were included. …”
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Impact Assessment of Urethral Meatus Morphology and Penile Biometry in Transurethral Prostate and Bladder Surgery by Rodrigo Ribeiro Vieiralves, Paulo Henrique Pereira Conte, Eduardo Medina Felici, Nádia Cristina Pinheiro Rodrigues, Tomás Accioly de souza, Francisco J. B. Sampaio, Luciano Alves Favorito

“…Data were analyzed comparing the correlation between two groups: without intervention (Group A) and with intervention (Group B). Results. We observed in Group A and Group B, respectively, the average length of urethral meatus of 1.07 cm versus 0.75 cm (p<0.001) and average width of urethral meatus of 0.59 cm versus 0.38 cm (p<0.001). …”
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One-Step Synthesis of TiO2/Perlite Composites by Flame Spray Pyrolysis and Their Photocatalytic Behavior by M. Giannouri, Th. Kalampaliki, N. Todorova, T. Giannakopoulou, N. Boukos, D. Petrakis, T. Vaimakis, C. Trapalis

“…The anatase-rutile interplay was also demonstrated by the Raman spectra where presence of Si-O-Ti vibrational modes was observed for some samples. The UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectra of the TiO2/perlite composites revealed up to 70% reflection that was connected to the presence of the gray perlite and superficial carbon. …”
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MCP-1-Induced Histamine Release from Mast Cells Is Associated with Development of Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome in Rat Models by Jianwei Lv, Yiran Huang, Shiguo Zhu, Ganggang Yang, Yujian Zhang, Jing Leng, Juanjie Bo, Dongming Liu

“…Increased MCP-1 expression in bladder tissue and elevated MCP-1 and histamine levels were observed in the urine of LS+LPS-treated rats. This was accompanied by the expression of CCR2 on MC surfaces, suggesting MCP-1 may induce MC degranulation through CCR2. …”
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Patient-Related Determinants of Glycaemic Control in People with Type 2 Diabetes in the Gulf Cooperation Council Countries: A Systematic Review by Mohammed J. Alramadan, Afsana Afroz, Sultana Monira Hussain, Mohammed Ali Batais, Turky H. Almigbal, Hassan Ahmad Al-Humrani, Ahmed Albaloshi, Lorena Romero, Dianna J. Magliano, Baki Billah

“…A variation in the results of the included studies was observed, and some potentially important risk factors such as dietary habits, physical activity, family support, and cognitive function were not adequately addressed. …”
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Examining Insula–Default Mode Network Functional Connectivity and Its Relationship with Heart Rate Variability by Marlene Nogueira, Juliana da Silva Magalhães, Adriana Sampaio, Sónia Sousa, Joana F. Coutinho

“…Results: A significant positive correlation was found between insula–DMN connectivity, but no correlation was observed between insula–DMN connectivity and HRV. We also found a positive significant association between left insula volume and HRV. …”
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Hormonal Contraceptives and Athletic Outcomes - analysis of potential effects of oral contraceptives on strength, endurance, mood, and overall competitive results by Dominika Lewandowska, Dominika Rosińska-Lewandoska, Dominika Strep, Anna Podraza, Julia Grabowska, Maciej Kwiatkowski, Patryk Romańczyk, Julia Białczak, Weronika Kanownik, Jakub Rosiński

“…While some athletes may observe modest shifts in physical or psychological parameters, others remain largely unaffected. …”
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FutureMS cohort profile: a Scottish multicentre inception cohort study of relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis by David Hunt, Siddharthan Chandran, Peter Connick, Peter Foley, Patrick K A Kearns, Sergio E Baranzini, Adam D Waldman, Sarah J Martin, Elizabeth Freyer, F J Carod-Artal, Lee Murphy, Amy Stenson, Jessie Chang, Rozanna Meijboom, Elizabeth N York, Yingdi Chen, Christine Weaver, Katarzyna Hafezi, Stacey Thomson, Adil Harroud, Margaret McLeod, Jonathon O'Riordan, Niall J J MacDougall

“…There is, therefore, a need for integrated predictive tools to inform individualised treatment decision making.Participants Established with the aim of addressing this need for individualised predictive tools, FutureMS is a nationally representative, prospective observational cohort study of 440 adults with a new diagnosis of relapsing-remitting MS living in Scotland at the time of diagnosis between May 2016 and March 2019.Findings to date The study aims to explore the pathobiology and determinants of disease heterogeneity in MS and combines detailed clinical phenotyping with imaging, genetic and biomarker metrics of disease activity and progression. …”
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Lifestyle Interventions Targeting Body Weight Changes during the Menopause Transition: A Systematic Review by Janet Jull, Dawn Stacey, Sarah Beach, Alex Dumas, Irene Strychar, Lee-Anne Ufholz, Stephanie Prince, Joseph Abdulnour, Denis Prud’homme

“…One randomized controlled trial with lower risk of bias concluded that participation in an exercise program combined with dietary interventions might mitigate body adiposity increases, which is normally observed during the menopause transition. The other two studies with higher risk of bias suggested that exercise might attenuate weight loss or weight gain and change abdominal adiposity patterns. …”
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Negative symptoms in schizophrenia: a study in a large clinical sample of patients using a novel automated method by Robert Stewart, Hitesh Shetty, Matthew Broadbent, Angus Roberts, Rashmi Patel, Philip McGuire, Richard D Hayes, Nishamali Jayatilleke, Genevieve Gorrell, Chin-Kuo Chang, Richard Jackson, Nadia Foskett, Caroline Johnston

“…Objectives To identify negative symptoms in the clinical records of a large sample of patients with schizophrenia using natural language processing and assess their relationship with clinical outcomes.Design Observational study using an anonymised electronic health record case register.Setting South London and Maudsley NHS Trust (SLaM), a large provider of inpatient and community mental healthcare in the UK.Participants 7678 patients with schizophrenia receiving care during 2011.Main outcome measures Hospital admission, readmission and duration of admission.Results 10 different negative symptoms were ascertained with precision statistics above 0.80. 41% of patients had 2 or more negative symptoms. …”
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Monocyte Subsets, Stanford-A Acute Aortic Dissection, and Carotid Artery Stenosis: New Evidences by Noemi Cifani, Maria Proietta, Maurizio Taurino, Luigi Tritapepe, Flavia Del Porto

“…Results of this study identify in AAD patients a peculiar monocyte array that can partly explain depletion of T CD4+ lymphocyte subpopulations observed in patients affected by AAD.…”
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Short-Term Efficacy of Exclusive Enteral Nutrition in Pediatric Crohn’s Disease: Practice in China by Youyou Luo, Jindan Yu, Hong Zhao, Jingan Lou, Feibo Chen, Kerong Peng, Jie Chen

“…No adverse effects were observed in EEN group. Conclusions. In children with mild to moderate CD, EEN is more effective than corticosteroids in improving disease severity and growth deficiency, as well as providing less side effects.…”
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High Conductivity of Mg-Doped Al0.3Ga0.7N with Al0.4Ga0.6N/AlN Superlattice Structure by Zhiming Li, Jinping Li, Haiying Jiang, Yanbin Han, Yingjie Xia, Yimei Huang, Jianqin Yin, Shigang Hu

“…A step-like distribution of [Mg] and [H] in p-type Al0.3Ga0.7N was observed, and thermal diffusion direction of [Mg] and [H] was also discussed.…”
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Reactive Metabolites and AGE-RAGE-Mediated Inflammation in Patients following Liver Transplantation by Thorsten Brenner, Thomas H. Fleming, David Spranz, Peter Schemmer, Thomas Bruckner, Florian Uhle, Eike O. Martin, Markus A. Weigand, Stefan Hofer

“…Recent investigations have indicated that reactive metabolites and AGE-RAGE-mediated inflammation might play an important role in the pathogenesis of ischemia-reperfusion injury in liver transplantation. In this observational clinical study, 150 patients were enrolled following liver transplantation from deceased donors. …”
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Insights into <i>Solea senegalensis</i> Reproduction Through Gonadal Tissue Methylation Analysis and Transcriptomic Integration by Daniel Ramírez, Marco Anaya-Romero, María Esther Rodríguez, Alberto Arias-Pérez, Robert Mukiibi, Helena D’Cotta, Diego Robledo, Laureana Rebordinos

“…The complexity of this epigenetic mechanism is evident from the varying levels of methylation and correlation rates observed in different CpGs neighboring specific genes linked to reproduction. …”
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Electrophysiological Predictors of Clinical Outcome in Traumatic Neuropathies: A Multicenter Prospective Study by Palma Ciaramitaro, Mauro Mondelli, Eugenia Rota, Bruno Battiston, Arman Sard, Italo Pontini, Giuliano Faccani, Giuseppe Migliaretti, Aristide Merola, Dario Cocito, Italian Network for Traumatic Neuropathies

“…This prospective, observational, multicentre study aims to identify electrodiagnostic (EDX) markers of clinical recovery in patients with traumatic neuropathy (TN) receiving surgical (S) and nonsurgical (NS) treatments. …”
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Application of chemotactic behavior for life detection by Max Riekeles, Vincent Bruder, Vincent Bruder, Nicholas Adams, Berke Santos, Berke Santos, Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Dirk Schulze-Makuch, Dirk Schulze-Makuch

“…One excellent biosignature for the present detection of microbial life on Earth is motility, leading to its growing interest within the astrobiological community as an observable attribute that, if detected during future in situ space missions, could point towards the existence of life on Mars or other celestial bodies. …”
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Isolation and Evaluation of <i>Rhizopus arrhizus</i> Strains from Traditional Rice Wine Starters (<i>Jiuqu</i>): Enzyme Activities, Antioxidant Capacity, and Flavour Compounds by Bo Wan, Tian Tian, Ying Xiong, Siqi Wang, Xinyu Luo, Weifang Liao, Pulin Liu, Lihong Miao, Ruijie Gao

“…Significant variation in enzyme activities was observed, with acidic protease activity ranging from 280 to 1023 U/g, amylase from 557 to 1681 U/g, and esterase from 370 to 2949 U/g. …”
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Real-world efficacy and safety of dupilumab in children with atopic dermatitis under 6 years of age: a retrospective multicentric study by Filip Rob, Blanka Pinkova, Kristyna Sokolova, Jana Kopuleta, Zuzana Jiraskova Zakostelska, Jana Cadova

“…In this multicentric real-world observational retrospective study, we evaluated the efficacy and safety of dupilumab for atopic dermatitis in children <6 years of age who underwent a minimum of 16 weeks of therapy. …”
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Protective Effects of Apis Dorsata Honey Supplementation on Kidney Histopathology in Mice with Monosodium Glutamate Exposure by Sherbrina Bai Seenivasa Rao, Widjiati Widjiati, Widya Paramita Lokapirnasari, Nusdianto Triakoso, Erma Safitri, Suryo Kuncorojakti, Annise Proboningrat

“…All treatments were carried out orally for 52 days. This study was observed tubular epithelial hydropic degeneration, epithelial necrosis, and glomerular necrosis. …”
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