Anthropometric Indicators to Determine the Obesity and its Relations with the Cardiometabolic Risk by Raúl Cedeño Morales, Maricel Castellanos González, Mikhail Benet Rodríguez, Luis Mass Sosa, Carlos Mora Hernández, Jorge Carlos Parada Arias

“…In no obese individuals a bigger propensity to the cardiometabolic risk was observed. The index of greasy mass did not show significant correlation with the rest of anthropometric parameters. …”
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Hematopoietic Stem Cell Function in a Murine Model of Sickle Cell Disease by Elisabeth H. Javazon, Mohamed Radhi, Bagirath Gangadharan, Jennifer Perry, David R. Archer

“…Hematopoietic progenitor cells derived from sickle mice, however, demonstrated significant impairment in engraftment potential. We observed partial restoration of engraftment by n-acetyl cysteine (NAC) treatment of KSL cells prior to transplantation. …”
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Identification of Suitable Natural Inhibitor against Influenza A (H1N1) Neuraminidase Protein by Molecular Docking by Maheswata Sahoo, Lingaraja Jena, Surya Narayan Rath, Satish Kumar

“…Furthermore, among 13 natural compounds, theaflavin, found in green tea, was observed to inhibit H1N1 NA proteins strongly supported by lowest docking energy. …”
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Disability among attendees with schizophrenia in a Nigerian hospital: further evidence for integrated rehabilitative treatment designs by Andrew Toyin Olagunju, Dapo Adebowale Adegbaju, Richard Uwakwe

“…Different degrees of disability based on WHODAS- II mean score of 27.02±3.49 were noted among individuals with schizophrenia, and affectation of domains of disability like self care, getting along with others, life activities and participation in the society among others were observed. In addition, high level of disability was significantly associated with younger adults in the age group 18-44 years (P=0.007), unemployment status (P=0.003), remittance source of income (P=0.034) and ethnicity (P=0.017); conversely, less number of children (P=0.033), less amount spent on treatment (P<0.001) and lower BPRS score (P<0.001) correlated negatively with high level of disability. …”
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A single-centre experience of His bundle pacing without electrophysiological mapping system: implant success rate, safety, pacing characteristics and one-year follow up by Swee Leng Kui, Colin Yeo, Lisa Teo, Ai Ling Him, Sherida Binte Syed Hamid, Kelvin Wong, Vern Hsen Tan

“…No significant difference was observed in baseline characteristics between Timeframe 1 and Timeframe 2. …”
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Effects of Indwelling Pleural Catheter on Severe Acute Pancreatitis: A Retrospective Study by Qian Yao, Siyang Peng, Yanping Wu, Pi Liu

“…Considering this, we designed a retrospective study to verify the relationship between PE and severity of SAP and observe the effects and timing of IPC in SAP. Methods. …”
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Exclusive Enteral Nutrition versus Infliximab in Inducing Therapy of Pediatric Crohn’s Disease by Youyou Luo, Jindan Yu, Jingan Lou, Youhong Fang, Jie Chen

“…No significant differences were observed in PCDAI, height for age (HFA), or BMI recovery between two groups. …”
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Evaluation of Metalloproteinase-8 Levels in Crevicular Fluid of Patients with Healthy Implants or Periodontitis by Paweł Aleksandrowicz, Paulina Żelechowska, Justyna Agier, Katarzyna Starska, Krzysztof Kędzierski, Joanna Wysokińska-Miszczuk, Ewa Brzezińska-Błaszczyk

“…We documented that MMP-8 level in PISF obtained from patients without symptoms of mucositis or peri-implantitis was significantly higher not only than in GCF of periodontally healthy patients but also, which seems to be very interesting, than in GCF of patients with varying degrees of periodontal inflammation, consistent with earlier studies. Our observation might imply that monitoring of MMP-8 level in PISF could help to diagnose mucositis/peri-implantitis in an early stage, prior to clinical manifestations, which may allow for quick start of appropriate therapy.…”
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Research on the Settlement Regulation and Stability of Large Building Foundation over Gobs: A Case Study in the Xiangcheng Coal Mine, China by Wenyan Guo, Bingnan Hu, Junying Zhang, Qingtong Chen, Xinguo Jia, Jianghua Li

“…According to the analysis of the borehole exploration data, borehole TV observations, and theoretical calculations, there were broken bedrock and developmental fractures in the fracture and caved zones above the gob areas. …”
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Degradation Behavior of Concrete after Freeze-Thaw Cycles and Then Exposure to High Temperatures by Qifang Xie, Liujie Yang, Fangzheng Hu, Wenming Hao, Shenghua Yin, Lipeng Zhang

“…Finally, a uniaxial compression constitutive model for concrete after freeze-thaw cycles and then exposure to high temperatures was established and a good agreement was observed with test results.…”
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Morphological analysis of lacrimal punctum using anterior segment optical coherence tomography in different age groups by Hasan Naz, Shruthi Tara, Jagadeesh K Reddy, V Rajesh Prabu, Mithun Thulasidas

“…Methods: A cross-sectional observational study was conducted between January 2023 and January 2024 including healthy subjects between 20 and 80 years. …”
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Anodized Ti6Al4V-ELI, electroplated with copper is bactericidal against Staphylococcus aureus and enhances macrophage phagocytosis by Paula Milena Giraldo-Osorno, Adam Benedict Turner, Sebastião Mollet Barros, Robin Büscher, Simone Guttau, Farah Asa’ad, Margarita Trobos, Anders Palmquist

“…As expected, cytotoxicity was observed in THP-1 macrophages without media exchange, though when media was exchanged at 8, 24 and 48 h cell viability was equivalent to Control-Ti. …”
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Frequency Of Bacterial Co-Infections Isolated from Covid-19 Positive Patients From Tertiary Care Hospital Of Karachi by Fouzia Zeeshan Khan, Ambreen Fatima, Hareem Gohar, Mehwish Sajjad, Mona Siddiqui, Saima Naseem

“…Klebsiella pneumonia exhibited high prevalence in sputum, with complete resistance observed in Cephalosporins and Co-trimoxazole. Conclusion: The study concludes a high frequency of superadded bacterial co-infections, caused most prominently by Acinetobacter baumannii, Klebsiella pneumonia, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. …”
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Effect of annealing on the tribological behavior of Zr-based bulk metallic glass by Hsu-Ming Lien, Nicolás Molina, Aisha Lizaola, Michael Chandross, Filippo Mangolini

“…Finally, the wear mechanism was found to be strongly dependent on the annealing temperature as a transition from a predominantly adhesive wear mechanism to an abrasive-dominated one was observed as the annealing temperature crossed the glass transition temperature. …”
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Serological Investigation of Akabane Virus Infection in Cattle and Sheep in Nigeria by Daniel Oladimeji Oluwayelu, Comfort Oluladun Aiki-Raji, Emmanuel Chibuzor Umeh, Samat Odunayo Mustapha, Adebowale Idris Adebiyi

“…An overall seropositivity of 70.1% (129/184) was obtained with antibodies being detectable in 73.8% of abattoir (trade) cattle and 40.0% in farm cattle, while 4.3% (8/184) seropositivity was observed in sheep. All the age groups of cattle tested had seropositive animals, 0-1 year (1/7, 14.3%), 2-3 years (17/34, 50.0%), 4-5 years (92/121, 76.0%), and >5 years (19/22, 86.4%), while in sheep only the age groups of 2-3 and 4-5 years showed seropositivity of 4.1% (4/97) and 8.2% (4/49), respectively. …”
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Prevalence of obsessive-compulsive symptoms in patients with schizophrenia treated with clozapine: a scoping review by Evelyn Moreno Tarazona, Mauricio Orozco Gonzalez, Andrea La Rosa Giron, Paulo Ruiz-Grosso, Maria Lazo-Porras

“…Methods The PRISMA-ScR methodology guided the search in PubMed, LILACS, Embase, and Scielo. Observational studies in Spanish, English, Portuguese, and French reporting prevalence, incidence, or frequency of OCS in patients over 18 years with schizophrenia treated with clozapine were included. …”
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Exploring the Dynamics of Work Satisfaction and Innovation Among Young Lecturers in Post-Pandemic Indonesia by Despinur Dara, Saparuddin Saparuddin

“…Research Methods: The study uses a mixed method approach in which 382 young lecturers from state universities in Indonesia participate in surveys, in-depth interviews, and participatory observations. By using structural equation modelling (SEM) by Lisrel and systematically coded by NVIVO, it becomes possible to analyse the complex interrela­tionships between the variables. …”
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Use of Nomogram to Predict the Risk of Lymph Node Metastasis among Patients with Cervical Adenocarcinoma by Yongju Tian, Yiping Hao, Qingqing Liu, Ruowen Li, Zhonghao Mao, Nan Jiang, Bingyu Wang, Wenjing Zhang, Xiaofang Zhang, Baoxia Cui

“…The Silva pattern was still included in the model based on the improved predictive performance of the model observed in the previous studies. The concordance index (C-index) of the model increased from 0.786 to 0.794 after the inclusion of the Silva pattern. …”
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How much can we save by applying artificial intelligence in evidence synthesis? Results from a pragmatic review to quantify workload efficiencies and cost savings by Seye Abogunrin, Jeffrey M. Muir, Clarissa Zerbini, Grammati Sarri

“…In 17 studies, a >50% time reduction was observed, with 5-to 6-fold decreases in abstract review time. …”
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The effect of azithromycin treatment on respiratory morbidity in children with down syndrome by Inbal Golan-Tripto, Omer Dor, Noga Arwas, Itai Hazan, Guy Hazan, Aviv Goldbart

“…A significant reduction in mean respiratory LOS was observed (13.6 vs. 4.7 days, p = 0.05) when comparing pre to post-Azithromycin treatment. …”
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