Innovation through Wearable Sensors to Collect Real-Life Data among Pediatric Patients with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors by Kestens Yan, Barnett Tracie, Mathieu Marie-Ève, Henderson Mélanie, Bigras Jean-Luc, Thierry Benoit, Maxime St-Onge, Lambert Marie

“…The Dyn@mo lifestyle intervention was developed at the Sainte-Justine University Hospital Center to promote physical activity and reduce sedentary time among children with cardiometabolic risk factors. …”
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Optimization of Distillation Conditions for Improved Recovery of Phthalides from Celery (Apium graveolens L.) Seeds by Adam Kokotkiewicz, Anna Badura, Żaneta Tabaczyńska, Andżelika Lorenc, Adam Buciński, Maria Luczkiewicz

“…A positive correlation was shown between hydrodistillation time and improved essential oil and phthalide yields. …”
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CFD modelling and simulation of anaerobic digestion reactors for energy generation from organic wastes: A comprehensive review by Muhammad Usman Farid, Indiana A. Olbert, Andreas Bück, Abdul Ghafoor, Guangxue Wu

“…This approach contributes to minimize the experimental costs while optimizing the reactor configurations in less time. The current review is presented to summarize and discuss the core characteristics of AD process followed by concerned CFD attributes. …”
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In Vitro Cadmium-Induced Alterations in Growth and Oxidative Metabolism of Upland Cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.) by M. K. Daud, Lei Mei, Ullah Najeeb, Muhammad Azim Khan, Farah Deeba, Irum Raza, Aliya Batool, S. J. Zhu

“…Cadmium (Cd) is a toxic pollutant, which cause both dose- and time-dependent physiological and biochemical alterations in plants. …”
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Establishing a Surgical Procedure for Rhesus Epiretinal Scaffold Implantation with HiPSC-Derived Retinal Progenitors by Ziming Luo, Kang Li, Kaijing Li, Bikun Xian, Ying Liu, Sijing Yang, Chaochao Xu, Zhigang Fan, Shoutao Lu, Haijun Zhang, Jian Ge

“…Follow-up examination showed that retinal tack fixation was the only method to maintain the scaffolds attached to host retina for at least 3 weeks, which is the minimal time required for cell integration. Histological staining demonstrated slight glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) accumulation in the retinal tack insertion area. …”
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Autism Spectrum Social Stories In Schools Trial (ASSSIST): study protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial analysing clinical and cost-effectiveness of Social Stories... by Dean McMillan, Victoria Allgar, Barry Wright, David Marshall, Shehzad Ali, Joy Adamson, Chris Williams, Elizabeth Littlewood, Dominic Trépel, Lisa Dyson, Hannah Ainsworth, Liz Cook, Lisa Hackney, Danielle Collingridge Moore, Rebecca Hargate, Anne McLaren, Jo Whitehead

“…Participants (n=50) will be randomised to either the Social Stories intervention or a comparator group where they will be read standard stories for an equivalent amount of time. Statistics will be calculated for recruitment rates, follow-up rates and attrition. …”
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Outpatient visits and treatment methods of patients with hand and wrist injuries in Vreden National Medical Research Center of Traumatology and Orthopedics by Eugeniy V. Veber, Alexander P. Zavyalov, Alexander I. Avdeev, Margarita A. Zhogina, Sergey S. Smirnov

“…Inpatient treatment of these patients increases both time and financial costs for healthcare organizations. …”
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Pretransplant Immune- and Apoptosis-Related Gene Expression Is Associated with Kidney Allograft Function by Dorota Kamińska, Katarzyna Kościelska-Kasprzak, Paweł Chudoba, Oktawia Mazanowska, Mirosław Banasik, Marcelina Żabinska, Maria Boratyńska, Agnieszka Lepiesza, Agnieszka Gomółkiewicz, Piotr Dzięgiel, Marian Klinger

“…In a prospective study, we analyzed pretransplant peripheral blood gene expression in87 renal transplant candidates with real-time PCR on custom-designed low density arrays (TaqMan). …”
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CCL5 Induces a Sarcopenic-like Phenotype via the CCR5 Receptor by Francisco Aguirre, Franco Tacchi, Mayalen Valero-Breton, Josué Orozco-Aguilar, Sabrina Conejeros-Lillo, Josefa Bonicioli, Renata Iturriaga-Jofré, Daniel Cabrera, Jorge A. Soto, Mauricio Castro-Sepúlveda, Marianny Portal-Rodríguez, Álvaro A. Elorza, Andrea Matamoros, Felipe Simon, Claudio Cabello-Verrugio

“…In conclusion, we report for the first time that CCL5 is a novel myokine that exerts a sarcopenic-like effect through the CCR5 receptor.…”
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C5a-C5aR1 axis mediates lung inflammation and fibrosis induced by single-walled carbon nanotubes via promoting neutrophils recruitment by Jiaojiao Zhu, Xiang Zhang, Lanlan Li, Hongxu Yang, Hang Liu, Danyang Wu, Zikai Liu, Bin Liu, Tong Shen

“…C5a-C5aR1 signaling activation and neutrophils recruitment were subsequently decreased in a time-dependent manner. Furthermore, inhibition of C5a-C5aR1 axis with C5aR1 antagonist PMX205 treatment not only dramatically reduced neutrophils recruitment and inflammatory cytokines secretion at early phase, but also effectively alleviated early lung inflammation and late pulmonary fibrosis induced by SWCNT exposure. …”
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Modeling dynamic changes in type 1 diabetes progression:Quantifying $\beta$-cell variation after the appearance ofislet-specific autoimmune responses by Patrick Nelson, Noah Smith, Stanca Ciupe, Weiping Zou, Gilbert S. Omenn, Massimo Pietropaolo

“…The results provide information about the concentrations and ratios of pathogenic T cells and regulatory T cells, the timing in which $\beta$-cells become dysfunctional, and how certain kinetic parameters affect the progression to T1DM. …”
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Effect of standardized Aronia Melanocarpa extract on oxidative stress and antioxidant status in patient with cronic myeloid leukemia treated with imatinib by Bojan Labachevski, Dragica Zendelovska, Marija Petrushevska, Marija Popova-Labachevska, Aleksandra Pivkova-Veljanovska, Liljana Gjatovska-Labachevska, Nevenka Ridova, Sanja Trajkova, Irina Panovska-Stavridis, Trajan Balkanov

“…In the control group no significant differences were obtained between investigated parameters at any time of measurement. We can conclude that adjuvant treatment with A-Lixir 400 PROTECT® after 21 and 42 days lead to significant reduction of OS in patients with CML treated with imatinib.…”
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Constraints on the Variation of the Fine-structure Constant at 3 < z < 10 with JWST Emission-line Galaxies by Linhua Jiang, Shuqi Fu, Feige Wang, Sarah E. I. Bosman, Zheng Cai, Hyunsung D. Jun, Zhiwei Pan, Fengwu Sun, Jinyi Yang, Huanian Zhang

“…The calculated Δ α / α values are consistent with zero within 1 σ at all redshifts, suggesting no time variation in α above a level of (1–2) × 10 ^−4 (1 σ ) in the past 13.2 billion yr. …”
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Effect of Zr on inclusions and microstructure of non-quenched and tempered steel F38MnVS by Yucheng Wang, Yang Li, Zhouhua Jiang, Meng Sun, Shuai Ma, Yunqie Mao, Yanshuo Ma, Tianci Li, Dengyunfei Nie, Rui Yang

“…Additionally, 220 ppm Zr exhibits the best impact on the inclusion size, reducing the average diameter of the inclusions from 5.04 μm to 2.87 μm. At the same time, the addition of Zr causes the austenite grain size to decrease and more intragranular ferrite appears. …”
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Effects of Coach’s Verbal Encouragement During Small-Sided Volleyball Games on Specific Physical Fitness and Technical-Tactical Behavior of Youth Athletes by Taufiq Hidayat, Irma Febriyanti, Advendi Kristiyandaru, Suroto, Hari Wisnu, Ahmet Kurtoğlu, Amayra Tannoubi, Joseph Lobo, Baglan Yermakhanov, Jarosław Muracki, Edi Setiawan

“…In addition, there were differences in technical-tactical behavioral factors based on time effects (all, p < 0.05), interaction factors (p < 0.05), except service (p > 0.05), and group factors (all, p < 0.05). …”
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Comprehensive performance evaluation of satellite-based and reanalysis rainfall estimate products in Ethiopia: For drought, flood, and water resources applications. by Desta Yoseph Wodebo, Assefa M Melesse, Tekalegn Ayele Woldesenbet, Kirubel Mekonnen, Ahmed Amdihun, Diriba Korecha, Hailay Zeray Tedla, Gerald Corzo, Asaminew Teshome

“…New hydrological insights for the region: This study revealed that the performance of rainfall products varies over space and time and is heavily impacted by the diverse climate and topography of Ethiopia. …”
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Interaction Between Malat1 and miR-499-5p Regulates Meis1 Expression and Function with a Net Impact on Cell Proliferation by Salma A. Fahim, Manon Ragheb, Ibrahim Hassan Fayed, Aya Osama, Ahmed Karam, Sameh Magdeldin, Rana Metwale, Mohamed Dief Allah Abdalmoneam Elsayed, Ahmed Abdellatif, Hesham A. Sadek, Shereen Ahmed El Sobky, Nada El-Ekiaby, Injie Omar Fawzy, Ahmed Ihab Abdelaziz

“…In this study, we used in silico analysis to predict that miR-499-5p targets Meis1 and that Malat1 sponges miR-499-5p. For the first time, we demonstrated that the overexpression of miR-499-5p led to the downregulation of Meis1 mRNA and protein in C166 cells by directly binding to its 3’UTR. …”
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A Novel Chemically Modified Curcumin “Normalizes” Wound-Healing in Rats with Experimentally Induced Type I Diabetes: Initial Studies by Yazhou Zhang, Steve A. McClain, Hsi-Ming Lee, Muna S. Elburki, Huiwen Yu, Ying Gu, Yu Zhang, Mark Wolff, Francis Johnson, Lorne M. Golub

“…Additional studies indicated efficacy of 1% CMC2.24 over more prolonged periods of time up to 30 days.…”
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Impact of Moderate to Severe Renal Impairment on Mortality and Appropriate Shocks in Patients with Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillators by Venkata M. Alla, Kishlay Anand, Mandeep Hundal, Aimin Chen, Showri Karnam, Tom Hee, Claire Hunter, Aryan N. Mooss, Dennis Esterbrooks, Syed M. Mohiuddin

“…Severe but not moderate CKD is an independent predictor for time to first appropriate shock.…”
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Assessing the feasibility of a bowel management program for patients with neurogenic bowel function after spinal cord injury by Jiayi Feng, Jiayi Feng, Jiayi Feng, Xingyi Mu, Xingyi Mu, Lei Xu, Lei Xu, Tongxia Xia, Tongxia Xia

“…The program is based on evidence-based nursing, expert meeting and pre-experiment construction, the construction process is standardized and scientific, and the content is comprehensive, mainly includes 4 dimensions of bowel assessment, bowel intervention, assessment indices and discharge follow-up, which were carried out at the time of admission (T1), discharge (T2) and 1 month after discharge (T3) of patients in the experimental group, while the control group used routine orthopedic bowel management, and bowel function indices, quality of life and laboratory tests were used as outcome indices, and differences in the observed indices of patients in the two groups were compared to validate the effect of the program. …”
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