The unique association between estimated pulse wave velocity and the prevalence of diabetic kidney disease: a cross-sectional study by Shuwu Wei, Xinyu Pan, Yao Xiao, Junping Wei

“…A J-shaped relationship was observed between ePWV and the prevalence of DKD and eGFR < 60 mL/min per 1.73 m², and a linear association between ePWV and the prevalence of UACR ≥ 30 mg/g. …”
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A descriptive study of syphilitic uveitis in patients treated at tertiary hospitals in Johannesburg by Kashmira Rawjee, Mokokomadi A. Makgotloe

“…Optic disc swelling was observed in 57.1% (n = 4 eyes) of HIV negative patients. …”
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Reproductive attributes of the spot-tail shark, Carcharhinus sorrah collected from westernmost waters of Aceh, Indonesia by Teuku Haris Iqbal, Ilham Fajri, Adrian Damora, Ahmad Fauzan Lubis, Benaya Meitasari Simeon, Efin Muttaqin, Hollie Booth

“…Results indicated an overall sex ratio of female to male fish at 1:1.67 (χ² = 45.19, p 0.001), with significant differences observed in sex ratios between BA and ABD (χ² = 6.72, p = 0.01; χ² = 41.14, p 0.001), while AB showed no significant difference (χ² = 1.64, p = 0.20). …”
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Laryngeal Carcinoma Characteristics Associated with Positive Margins and Endoscopic Understaging by Nia Labaš, Andro Košec, Mirta Peček, Tomislav Gregurić, Siniša Stevanović

“…Positive margins were found in 14.01% of patients, with significant correlations observed between positive margins and bilateral laryngeal carcinoma, right-sided laryngeal carcinoma, higher clinical and histopathologic T categories, and higher NBI grade. …”
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Determining the Performance of Apis Mellifera Bandasii Populations under Different Agro-Ecologies of Central Ethiopia by Tadele Hunde, Zewdu Hora

“…Significant variation within colonies of the same apiary of the same subspecies was observed. These results showed that A. m. bandasii at Holeta had the best performance and that Bako had the lowest performance. …”
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A New Artificial Neural Network Model for the Prediction of the Effect of Molar Ratios on Compressive Strength of Fly Ash-Slag Geopolymer Mortar by Shaise K. John, Alessio Cascardi, Yashida Nadir, Maria Antonietta Aiello, K. Girija

“…The percentages of Na2O and SiO2 of the source materials were observed as the dominant chemical compounds in the mix affecting the compressive strength. …”
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Effect of Cocoa (<i>Theobroma cacao</i>) Plantation Types on the Distribution of Anuran Communities in Ore, Ondo State, Nigeria by AB Onadeko

“…The highest mean number of  individuals (190±9.5) was observed at ICNP followed by PSFV (183±5.7), while the least was at PCWP (77±8.0). …”
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Assessment of potato cultivars and breeding clones for susceptibility to Rizoctonia solani and Streptomyces scabies by N. M. Zoteyeva, O. S. Kosareva, Z. Z. Evdokimova

“…Susceptibility to black scurf was studied in 219 cultivars of domestic and foreign origin from the VIR potato collection and 17 breeding clones from the collection maintained at the Research Institute of Agriculture “Belogorka”; besides, 217 early cultivars from the VIR collection were analyzed for susceptibility to common scab. Field observations were made during harvesting in VIR’s experimental field (Pushkin). …”
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The Effectiveness of Ebselen in Facial Nerve Crush Injury: An Experimental Study by Lütfü Şeneldir, Veysel Alparslan Gölcük, Gökçe Tanyeri Toker, Ayşegül Verim, Pembegül Güneş

“…Although there was an earlier improvement in the whiskers and blink tests in the ebselen group compared to the methylprednisolone and control groups, complete recovery was observed in all groups on the 21st day. Conclusion: Ebselen was found to be similarly effective to methylprednisolone in nerve regeneration in a rat model of experimental facial nerve crush. …”
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An Updating Method for Finite Element Models of Flexible-Link Mechanisms Based on an Equivalent Rigid-Link System by R. Belotti, R. Caracciolo, I. Palomba, D. Richiedei, A. Trevisani

“…Indeed, the availability of accurate models is a fundamental step for the synthesis of effective controllers, state observers, and optimized motion profiles, as those employed in modern control schemes. …”
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Exploring genetic structures and shared sites between alcohol, cheese intake, and inflammatory bowel disease by Zhifang Huang, Weichao Yuan

“…BackgroundAn association has been observed between alcohol and cheese intake and the onset of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), necessitating further exploration from a genetic structural perspective.MethodsThe present analysis was focused on the intake of alcohol and cheese in conjunction with IBD genome-wide association study (GWAS) data, with the objective of exploring genetic correlations and identifying common loci. …”
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Correlation Analysis between Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness and Peripapillary Vessel Density and Influencing Factors of Peripapillary Vessel Density in Preclinical Diabetic Retinopath... by Donghui Li, Qichang Wang

“…Purpose. To observe the changes of the retinal nerve fiber layer (RNFL) thickness and the optic disc vessel density (VD) in preclinical diabetic retinopathy (DR) and the relationship between RNFL changes and VD, as well as to investigate the influencing factors on peripapillary vessel density. …”
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Suppression of IRE1α Attenuated the Fatty Degeneration in Parenteral Nutrition-Related Liver Disease (PNALD) Cell Model by Ningxun Cui, Mingling Cui, Jie Li, Xueping Zhu, Xiaoli Zhu

“…The less positive Oil Red O staining and reduced values of biochemical parameters were observed in the shIRE1α group when compared to the shControl, both of which accepted SO treatment. …”
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Development and validation of a social vulnerabilities survey for medical inpatients by Maria-Jose Santana, William A Ghali, Tolulope Sajobi, Karen L Tang, Oluwaseyi Lawal, Leonie Tesorero

“…Hypothesis testing of the health salience questions revealed that the majority of observed correlations were exactly as predicted. Exploratory factor analysis of the global survey revealed the presence of five factors (eigenvalue &gt;1): social support, health salience, drug insurance, transportation barriers and drug costs. …”
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Mutant Prevention Concentration of Ciprofloxacin against Klebsiella pneumoniae Clinical Isolates: An Ideal Prognosticator in Treating Multidrug-Resistant Strains by B. Aditi Priyadarshini, Krishnan Mahalakshmi, Venkatesan Naveen Kumar

“…Ciprofloxacin resistance was observed in 19.6% of the K. pneumoniae clinical isolates. …”
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The mutational landscape of Staphylococcus aureus during colonisation by Francesc Coll, Beth Blane, Katherine L. Bellis, Marta Matuszewska, Toska Wonfor, Dorota Jamrozy, Michelle S. Toleman, Joan A. Geoghegan, Julian Parkhill, Ruth C. Massey, Sharon J. Peacock, Ewan M. Harrison

“…Despite limited within-host genetic diversity, we observed an excess of protein-altering mutations in metabolic genes, in regulators of quorum-sensing (agrA and agrC) and in known antibiotic targets (fusA, pbp2, dfrA and ileS). …”
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A virtual-reality (VR) cognitive pupillometry analysis of auditory and visual phonemic awareness tasks involving ‘th’ sound variations by Mohsen Mahmoudi-Dehaki, Nasim Nasr-Esfahani

“…Besides, qualitative findings identified the following factors as the most probable causes of the observed differences in CL levels among participants: (a) segmental differences, (b) phonological transfer, (c) phonological fossilization, (d) working memory constraints, (e) cognitive flexibility, and (f) task delivery methods. …”
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La datation des aqueducs de Lyon : nouvelles données et contribution de l’analyse statistique bayésienne by Christine Oberlin, Jean-Claude Lefèvre

“…., we can construct chronological schemas that combine archaeometric dating with temporal knowledge such as historical dates or stratigraphic correspondences observed at the archaeological site.This also makes it possible to combine dates established by different methods to arrive at a more precise estimate of the date of a single event, such as the construction of a building. …”
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Outcomes of Pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy for patients with metastatic non-squamous NSCLC: Real-world evidence by Irina Surovtsova, Felix J. F. Herth, Daria B. Kokh, Philipp Morakis

“…No significant OS improvement was observed in patients with ECOG 2–3 or bone metastases.Conclusion This real-world evidence suggests that immunochemotherapy generally improves OS in mNSCLC. …”
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Yogic Practices as a Complementary Approach to Physical Fitness: An Intervention Study by Tarak Nath Pramanik, Aminur Rahaman, Gopal Chandra Saha, Anupam Roy, Punam Pradhan

“…Conversely, no major differences were observed in flexibility, power, agility, or BMI (p > .005). …”
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