Four weeks of slow-paced breathing: a longitudinal, randomized, placebo-controlled study of the autonomic nervous system by Nicolas Bourdillon, Arnaud Rochat, Vanessa Hoop, Grégoire P. Millet

“…The OT consisted of five minutes supine (sup) immediately followed by five minutes standing (stand). Personalized SPB was determined as the breathing frequency that elicited the greatest possible RSA, i.e., the best synchronization between breathing and heart rate. …”
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Hydrogen-oxygen mixture inhalation as an adjunctive treatment to home-based exercise in older patients with knee osteoarthritis: an open-label, blinded-endpoint, randomized control... by Chenhui Wang, Mengwei Yan, Yuru Li, Lei Han, Hongqian Wang, Shufeng Jia, Xingchen Liu, Yang Liu, Fan Wu, Baoguo Wang

“…Secondary outcomes included inflammation levels (hs-CRP, NLR, PLR, LMR), Chair Stand Test (CST), Timed Up and Go (TUG), 36-item short-form health survey (SF-36), Exercise Adherence Rating Scale (EARS), and adverse events.ResultsA total of 121 subjects were enrolled, with an average age of 81.2 years, and 80.2% were female. …”
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Chemical Characterization and Differential Lipid-Modulating Effects of Selected Plant Extracts from Côa Valley (Portugal) in a Cell Model for Liver Steatosis by Ricardo Amorim, Mário Pedro Marques, Catarina Melim, Carla Varela, Vilma A. Sardão, José Teixeira, Maria Inês Dias, Lillian Barros, Paulo J. Oliveira, Célia Cabral

“…Among them, four species stand out due to their traditional uses: <i>Equisetum ramosissimum</i> Desf. …”
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The effect of supplementation with type I and type III collagen peptide and type II hydrolyzed collagen on pain, quality of life and physical function in patients with meniscopathy... by Ahmet Serhat Genç, Ali Kerim Yılmaz, Berna Anıl, Esra Korkmaz Salkılıç, Enes Akdemir, Berna Güzel, Ahmet Mor, Hacı Ahmet Yarar, Nizamettin Güzel, Lokman Kehribar

“…Patients completed the Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthrtis Index (WOMAC), Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score Physical Function Short Form (KOOS-PS), Oxford Knee Score (OKS), Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (TSK), Short Form Health Survey (SF-12), Lower Extremity Functional Scale (LEFS), Foot Function Index (FFI), proprioceptive sensation, Timed Up and Go (TUG), 6-Minute Walking Test (6MWT), The Five Repetition Sit to Stand Test (5STS), Stair Climbing Test (SCT), Berg Balance Scale (BBS) and back and leg strength tests and scales were applied. …”
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Trends, challenges and solutions of digital information security in Central and Eastern Europe by Serhii Lubenets, Igor Harchenko, Tetiana Shediakova

“…It has been established that there are some unique points regarding information security issues in the industry comparison; financial services, manufacturing and retail trade stand out among such CEE special industries. An effective list of control questions regarding an adequate assessment of the current state of the organization's information security to determine potential directions for its improvement is proposed. …”
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Relevant Elements of Standardisation of Federation’s Advisory Programs for Voluntary Sports Clubs by Marisa Moser, Matthias Buser, Siegfried Nagel

“…Wojciechowski (Eds.), Sportverbände: Stand und Perspektiven der Forschung [Sports associations: Current state and research perspectives] (pp. 277–293). …”
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Utilization of Blood Flow Restriction Therapy with a Former Triathlete After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Case Report by Christopher Keating, Stephanie Muth, Cameron Hui, Lisa T Hoglund

“…Physical performance reached clinically meaningful improvement in walking speed, chair stand repetitions, and timed stair climb tests after BFR. …”
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Analysis of Sharia Commercial Banks in the Review of Maqashid Sharia with an Islamicity Performance Index Approach by Prima Dwi Priyatno, Agus Maulana, Dewi Darmastuti

“…Bank Syariah Indonesia, Tbk stand out with high profit-sharing and zakat ratios, demonstrating a strong commitment to justice and fair distribution in line with syariah principles. …”
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Planetary health education in undergraduate medical education in Germany: results from structured interviews and an online survey within the national PlanetMedEd Project by Fabio Grieco, Sandra Parisi, Anne Simmenroth, Michael Eichinger, Michael Eichinger, Janina Zirkel, Janina Zirkel, Sarah König, Jana Jünger, Jana Jünger, Eva Geck, Eva-Maria Schwienhorst-Stich

“…Based on integrated findings, 35 medical schools (90%) offered Planetary Health Education, with a median of two educational activities, including both stand-alone courses and lectures integrated into other courses. …”
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Mapping the Dream: Designing Optimal E-Bike Routes in Valparaíso, Chile, Using a Multicriteria Analysis and an Experimental Study by Vicente Aprigliano, Catalina Toro, Gonzalo Rojas, Iván Bastías, Marcus Cardoso, Tálita Santos, Marcelino Aurélio Vieira da Silva, Emilio Bustos, Ualison Rébula de Oliveira, Sebastian Seriani

“…The results indicate that routes such as Cumming from Puerto and Bellavista stand out as the most viable for e-bike use given their favorable characteristics. …”
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UAS-Guided Analysis of Electric and Magnetic Field Distribution in High-Voltage Transmission Lines (Tx) and Multi-Stage Hybrid Machine Learning Models for Battery Drain Estimation by Tanzim Jim Hassan, Jamison Jangula, Akshay Ram Ramchandra, Niroop Sugunaraj, Barathwaja Subash Chandar, Prashanth Rajagopalan, Farishta Rahman, Prakash Ranganathan, Ryan Adams

“…The results indicate that the hybrid RFR-KNN model yields lower MAPE values compared to stand-alone and other hybrid models.…”
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Les vestiges fauniques de la rue Lecointre à Reims/Durocortorum : une carrière utilisée comme dépotoir by Frédéric Poupon

“…Although the bone processing waste may very likely have come from the regular cleaning of nearby bone object crafting spaces (especially in rue Maucroix), the composition of the food waste material from the quarry, as well as the presence of butchery waste, stand out strongly amidst the faunal assemblages of the surrounding artisanal sites. …”
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Comparison of the STANDARD M10 C. difficile, Xpert C. difficile, and BD MAX Cdiff assays as confirmatory tests in a two-step algorithm for diagnosing Clostridioides difficile infec... by Hyunseul Choi, Minhee Kang, Sun Ae Yun, Hui-Jin Yu, Eunsang Suh, Tae Yeul Kim, Hee Jae Huh, Nam Yong Lee

“…In conclusion, the M10 assay is a reliable diagnostic tool, performing comparably to the Xpert and BD MAX assays when used as confirmatory testing in the two-step algorithm.IMPORTANCEWhile numerous studies have assessed nucleic acid amplification tests (NAATs) as stand-alone tests for diagnosing Clostridioides difficile infection, limited research has compared their performance as confirmatory tests in a two-step algorithm. …”
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Improving serum redox balance, inflammatory status, physical function, and cognitive ability through dual-task resistance training and detraining in nursing home residents by Erivaldo Machado Araújo, Hélio José Coelho-Júnior, Caio Victor Sousa, Thiago dos Santos Rosa, Ivo Vieira Sousa Neto, Emanuele Marzetti, Octávio Luiz Franco, Samuel da Silva Aguiar

“…It also decreased the completion time for the sit-and-stand test both post-training (p = 0.008) and post-detraining (p = 0.015) relative to baseline. …”
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Are we serologically prepared against an avian influenza pandemic and could seasonal flu vaccines help us? by Iván Sanz-Muñoz, Javier Sánchez-Martínez, Carla Rodríguez-Crespo, Corina S. Concha-Santos, Marta Hernández, Silvia Rojo-Rello, Marta Domínguez-Gil, Ahmed Mostafa, Luis Martinez-Sobrido, Jose M. Eiros, Aitor Nogales

“…Together with HPAI H5N1, avian influenza viruses H7N9 (high and low pathogenic) stand out due to their high mortality rates in humans. …”
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Empirical estimation of saturated soil-paste electrical conductivity in the EU using pedotransfer functions and Quantile Regression Forests: A mapping approach based on LUCAS topso... by Calogero Schillaci, Simone Scarpa, Felipe Yunta, Aldo Lipani, Fernando Visconti, Gábor Szatmári, Kitti Balog, Triven Koganti, Mogens Greve, Giulia Bondi, Georgios Kargas, Paraskevi Londra, Fuat Kaya, Giuseppe Lo Papa, Panos Panagos, Luca Montanarella, Arwyn Jones

“…Among these interventions, seawater intrusion into coastal aquifers, irrigation with waters containing soluble salts, poor drainage of irrigated lands and of naturally saline soils, stand out. Hotspot analysis per country or Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics (NUTS 0) revealed high topsoil ECe levels occurred in Spain 0.11 %. …”
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MET-PREVENT: metformin to improve physical performance in older people with sarcopenia and physical prefrailty/frailty – protocol for a double-blind, randomised controlled proof-of... by Andrew Clegg, James Wason, Miles Witham, Nina Wilson, Claire J Steves, Helen C Hancock, Avan A P Sayer, Leanne Marsay, Claire McDonald, Thomas von Zglinicki, Katherine J Rennie, Penny Bradley, Stephen Connolly, Shaun Hiu, Laura Robertson, Laura Simms, Alison J Steel, Bryony Storey

“…Eligible participants with low grip strength or prolonged sit-to-stand time together with slow walk speed will be randomised to either oral metformin hydrochloride 500 mg tablets or matched placebo, taken three times a day for 4 months. …”
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De la police coloniale française à la police nationale marocaine : décolonisation et héritages policiers (1953-1960) by Benjamin Badier

“…Among the numerous institutional continuities between the French protectorate over the Cherifian Empire (1912-1956) and independent Morocco, the security forces, particularly the police, stand out. The General Directorate for National Security (DGSN), which remains at the core of the police apparatus to this day, was not created from scratch in 1956, but rather evolved from the Cherifian Police, the protectorate institution controlled by the French. …”
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Peněžní obchod pražských židů v době předbělohorské by Marie Buňatová

“…Jahrhunderts, denn eine Kreditvergabe unter diesen Bedingun- gen stellten für die jüdischen Gläubiger ein großes Risiko und nur minimale Garantien dafür da, dass ihre Darlehen zurück flossen. Diese Situation stand für die damaligen jüdi- schen Unternehmer bereits im Widerspruch zu ihren aktuellen Bedürfnissen und dem reali- sierten Umfang ihres Finanz- und Warengeschäfts und diskriminierte sie gegenüber den christlichen Unternehmern deutlich. …”
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Serum ALT activity and its isoenzymes as potential biomarkers for diagnosis of Sarcopenia in older adults: a retrospective, cross-sectional study by Jiangping Zeng, Nannan Li, Jiaying Ge, Huihui Ma, Siqi Sun, Yujie Jing, Chunhua Qian, Ran Cui, Shen Qu, Hui Sheng

“…Hand grip strength (HGS) was measured with a digital dynamometer, and physical performance was assessed through the 6-meter gait speed and the five-times sit-to-stand test (FTSST). Binary logistic regression analysis was used to evaluate associations between ALT-related indicators (ALT activity and ALT1/ALT2 ratio) and sarcopenia. …”
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