Impact of patient compliance with inhaler therapy on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease severity: a rural tertiary care perspective by Nandakishore K. S., Preethiraj Ballal, Anirudha Katipalla, Shruthi Rai P., Supreetha T., Dixith T., Sanjay Srinivas, Shree Dhanusha, Pramod Pujar, Sushmitha Sudeesh, Vignesh T. M.

“…Among the 45 patients who visited the health care facility less than 2 times, 28 (62.22%) patients were compliant with inhalers. …”
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The creation of new aneuploid lines of the cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) with identification of chromosomes by translocation and SSR-markers by M. F. Sanamyan, Sh. U. Bobokhujaev, A. X. Makamov, S. G. Achilov, I. Y. Abdurakhmonov

“…Chromosome 4 of the At subgenome was recovered more frequently (18 times) than chromosome 2 of the At subgenome (4 times) and chromosome 6 of the At subgenome (3 times) during pollen irradiation at different doses and in the progeny of the desynaptic plants. …”
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Blunt trauma of the scrotum and testicle: algorithm of choice of treatment tactics by S. K. Yarovoy, R. A. Khromov

“…When using the algorithm, the following clinical advantages were noted: reducing the likelihood of acute post-traumatic orchitis 2.4 times (p = 0,0271); reduced likelihood of postoperative infectious-inflammatory complications is reduced 2.0 times; reducing the likelihood of orchiectomy or hardening of the testicle 1.4 times.…”
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Asymptomatic female softball pitchers have altered hip morphology and cartilage composition by Stuart J. Warden, Sally L. Coburn, Robyn K. Fuchs, Rachel K. Surowiec, Julio Carballido-Gamio, Joanne L. Kemp, Peter K. Jalaie, David F. Hanff, Antony J. R. Palmer, Scott J. Fernquest, Kay M. Crossley, Joshua J. Heerey

“…The drive leg in Pitch2 had longer T1ρ and T2 relaxation times in the superior femoral cartilage compared to the stride leg (all p ≤ 0.03). …”
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Neuropsychological features of patients of reproductive age diagnosed with breast cancer at the stage of surgical treatment using xenon-oxygen therapy by D. A. Rozenko, A. I. Shikhlyarova, L. N. Vaschenko, N. N. Popova, Yu. Yu. Arapova, A. Yu. Ardzha, A. A. Korobov

“…During the study, statistically significant differences were found in the assessment of subjective indicators, so in the group of patients using xenon-oxygen therapy, there was an improvement in well-being by 2.6 times, a decrease in depression by 2.3 times, a decrease in symptoms of nausea by 3 times, anxiety 1.9 times (p < 0.05). …”
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Accumulation of artificial and natural radionuclides in hydrobionts of the Konoplyanka River (Kamianske City, Dnipropetrovsk region) by N. Hudym

“…The study of artificial radionuclides in fish showed that their content did not exceed the normative values ​​for fish as food objects (137Cs content in fish was lower by 17–50 times, 90Sr by 16–62 times). By fish species, the highest content of artificial radionuclides was accumulated by benthic slow-moving fish (round goby) and the lowest by pelagic mobile fish (roach, bleak, bitterling). …”
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Alkaloid content variability in the seeds of narrow-leafed lupine accessions from the VIR collection under the conditions of the Russian Northwest by M. A. Vishnyakova, A. V. Salikova, T. V. Shelenga, G. P. Egorova, L. Yu. Novikova

“…It is meaningful that the second group mainly included accessions that came to the collection before the 1950s, i. e., before the times when low-alkaloid cultivars were intensively developed. …”
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Associations between caregivers’ health behaviours and overweight/obesity among children aged 2–6 years in Beijing, China: a cross-sectional study by Yan Hu, Juan Du, Wenjing Ji, Xueling Li, Aimin Liang, Xiwei Xu

“…Additionally, children whose caregivers consumed sweets 2–3 times/week (OR 1.535, 95% CI 1.133 to 2.081) or ≥4 times/week (OR 1.916, 95% CI 1.258 to 2.918), as well as children whose caregivers consumed fast food ≥4 times/week (OR 2.298, 95% CI 1.349 to 3.914), were more likely to be overweight and obesity than children whose caregivers consumed these foods ≤1 time/week. …”
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Analysis of the structure and function of the tomato <i>Solanum lycopersicum</i> L. MADS-box gene <i>SlMADS5</i> by A. V. Nezhdanova, M. A. Slugina, E. A. Dyachenko, A. M. Kamionskaya, E. Z. Kochieva, A. V. Shchennikova

“…Transgenic plants Nicotiana tabacum L. with constitutive overexpression of SlMADS5 cDNA flowered 2.2 times later than the control; plants formed thickened leaves, 2.5–3.0 times thicker stems, 1.5–2.7 times shortened internodes, and 1.9 times fewer flowers and capsules than non-transgenic plants. …”
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Underlying Mechanisms of Chromatographic H/D, H/F, <i>cis/trans</i> and Isomerism Effects in GC-MS by Dimitrios Tsikas

“…Analytes labeled with ¹³C, ¹⁵N or ¹⁸O have almost identical retention times and lack a chromatographic isotope effect. …”
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Selective dry cow therapy: Clinical field trial on prevention and cure of intramammary infections by R.E. Niemi, M. Hovinen, P.J. Rajala-Schultz

“…Farmers collected aseptic quarter milk samples for microbiological quantitative real-time PCR analysis 0 to 4 d before dry-off and 0 to 4 d after calving. …”
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Monocyte and Macrophage in Follicular Liquid: Predictive Markers of Embryo Quality in Women with Obesity and Infertility by Evgeny D. Merkulov, Anastasia V. Prozorova, Iuliia G. Samoilova, Dmitry A. Svarovsky, Kira A. Sidorenkova, Liudmila V. Spirina, Marina N. Stakheeva, Oxana S. Timofeeva, Ilya A. Petrov

“…Results: We observed a decrease in the CD68+CD163+CD206+ and the CD68+CD163–CD206+ cells in patients with a body mass index (BMI) >25 by 0.19 times and 6.56 times, respectively, compared to the group with a BMI <25 (p = 0.031). …”
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Destin des identifications dans la perte : le fantôme by Ophélie Méchin

“…Through practice centered on bereavement, clinicians have observed phenomenon of « revenance » that, at times, take the shape of hauntings. These ghosts are commonly considered as interruptions of the grieving process. …”
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Main Development Directions of Agricultural Areas in the Eastern Zangezur Region by Mammadova Sheker, Abdurahmanov Faig, Humbatov Mahmud

“…Favorable climatic and relief conditions, along with fertile soils, play an invaluable role in the development of both crop production and livestock farming. Since Soviet times, the territory has been used for agricultural purposes, fully meeting the country's needs for milk, meat and grain products. …”
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Microwave-assisted synthesis of palladium nanoparticles supported on copper oxide in aqueous medium as an efficient catalyst for Suzuki cross-coupling reaction by Hany A Elazab, M.A. Sadek, Tamer T El-Idreesy

“…The synthesized Pd/CuO catalyst shows many advantages beside its high catalytic efficiency such as the recyclability of up to five times with negligible loss of catalytic activity, short reaction times, use of environmentally benign solvent systems, and mild reaction conditions.…”
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