Analyzing Expressions of the Design Argument and Answering Doubts Attributed to it Based on the Type of Logical Reasoning by Shokoh Monazzam, Abbas Abbaszadeh, Naser Forouhi

“…The design argument is one of the simplest and most common arguments that connects humans to the material world. Since a long time ago, humans have acknowledged the existence of wise and intelligent moderators through thinking about the structure of creatures and their purposiveness. …”
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Effectiveness of acupuncture on glycolipid metabolism in patients with coronary heart disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Yuxin Sun, Yu Liu, Jian Xiong, Xiao Li, Ying Wei, Qianhua Zheng, Xiang Li, Wenchuan Qi, Fanrong Liang

“…To assess the effects of acupuncture on glycolipid metabolism in patients with coronary heart disease, we conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis. Methods: From the time of library construction to August 18, 2023, Searches were conducted in eight databases, with no language restriction. …”
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Acute gastrointestinal and post-acute COVID-19 gastrointestinal syndrome assessment on the Gastrointestinal Symptom Rating Scale scoring system: A questionnaire-based survey by Sunita Singh, Niraj K. Srivastava, Rahul Yadav, Saurabh Paul, Shefali Gupta, Sankalp, Priyanshi Dixit

“…Conclusion: Long-term COVID-19 syndrome frequently manifested as GI symptoms, whereas most symptoms subsided with time.…”
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Vibration therapy as an intervention for trochanteric hip fractures – A randomized double-blinded, placebo-controlled trial by Ronald Man Yeung Wong, Pui Yan Wong, Chaoran Liu, Chun Sing Chui, Wing Hong Liu, Ning Tang, James Griffith, Ning Zhang, Wing Hoi Cheung

“…Secondary outcome assessments were clinical and functional outcomes with quadriceps muscle strength, balancing ability, handgrip strength, Time Up and Go (TUG) test, quality of life outcomes, pain, falls, and mortality. …”
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Economic burden of breast cancer in India, 2000–2021 and forecast to 2030 by Rakesh N Pillai, Aleena Alex, Narassima M.S., Vivek Verma, Ajil Shaji, Keechilat Pavithran, D. K. Vijaykumar, Denny John

“…The ARIMA (Auto-Regressive Integrated Moving Average) model was employed to analyze and predict breast cancer prevalence in India up to the year 2030 (time-series forecasting). Data were visualized and checked for stationarity using the Augmented Dickey-Fuller (ADF) test. …”
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Effect of Autolyzed Yeast on Performance and Physiological Indices of Broiler Chickens Reared at High Stock Density by Samaneh Ghaseminejad, Smayyeh Salari

“…On the 37th day of the experiment, two birds from each replicate were randomly selected and the weight of different parts of the carcass including the weight of gastrointestinal tract, breast, thigh, gizzard, liver, pancreas, and spleen (as a percentage of live body weight) were recorded. Also, at this time, caecal digesta (1 g) from each bird were aseptically transferred into 9 ml of sterile saline solution and serially diluted. …”
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Prospective Single-Arm Study of Remifentanil-Propofol Anesthesia with Manual Right Hypochondrial Compression for Painless Gastroscopy in Obese Patients by Wang M, Tang J, Pan Z, Jiang H, Hu D, Zhu B, Liang Z, Zhao X, Li Y

“…However, for obesity, there are changes in airway anatomy structure such as short neck, round chin, and large tongue, which makes them prone to airway obstruction after sleep or anesthesia, blocking the passage of oxygen in and out, which will cause hypoxemia over time and further cause damage to the body. Therefore, it is necessary to explore a safe and effective anesthesia management for painless gastroscopy in obesity. …”
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An exploratory study of INPP4B, a biomarker of gemcitabine chemoresistance in pancreatic cancer by REN Jiaqiang, WU Shuai, SU Tong, LI Jie, HAN Liang, WU Zheng

“…Co-expressed genes were screened using real-time fluorescence quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RTFQ-PCR), Western blot and immunohistochemistry to verify the expression levels of target molecules. …”
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Foreign Direct Investment and Violent Crimes: Evidence from the Iranian Provinces by gholamreza zamanian, Frnaz Dehghan, foruzan falahati, ali davari

“…In other words, in the estimation of regression models in the form of time series, it is critically important to check the stationarity of the variables, and for this purpose, Levin, Lin and Chu, Im, Pesaran and Shin, Fisher and Fisher tests were used in this study. …”
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Effect of Tiaoxin Recipe on Memory Learning and Synaptic Plasticity in APP/PS1 Double Transgenic Alzheimer's Disease Mice based on αCaMKⅡ-CREB-BDNF Signal Pathway by Xiaowen WANG, Hong QIAN, Chunjuan SHEN, Yanjun LI, Haixin YUAN, Jian WANG

“…The mice in the four groups were given intragastric administration at the age of three months, once a day for three months, Electrophysiological technique was used to induce LTP in hippocampal CA1 region of four groups of mice in vitro. Real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) was used to detect the expression of αCaMKⅡ, CREB, BDNF and PSD-95mRNA in hippocampal hippocampus of mice in four groups, and Western blotting (WB) was used to detect the expression of paired p-αCaMKⅡ, p-CREB, BDNF and PSD-95 in hippocampus of four groups of mice.Results:①Electrophysiological results: under the intensity of 0.1-0.7 mA stimulation, there was no significant difference in the slope of hippocampal I/O curve among the four groups (<italic>P</italic>&gt;0.05). …”
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Splenic artery aneurysms – a systematic review of the literature by Marta Machado, Andreia Coelho, João Peixoto, Luís Fernandes, Roberto Boal, Francisco Basílio, Patrícia Carvalho, Beatriz Guimarães, Pedro Brandão, Alexandra Canedo

“…CONCLUSION: SAAs rupture is associated with high mortality, so timely diagnosis and management are essential to attain a satisfactory outcome. …”
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A Model for Bank Management Performance Appraisal with the Advanced Technologies Approach (Meta-Synthesis Method) by Ehsan Kiani Ghalehno, Habibollah Salarzehi, Bahareh Naseri, Abdolali Keshtegar

“…Managers explicitly state that the current century needs greater productivity and efficiency than at any other time in history (Palma , 2017). The growth of knowledge and information technology security are increasing in developing countries because information and communication technology (ICT) plays a vital role in globalized economic scope. …”
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Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine enema combined with injection via gastric tube in the treatment of gastrointestinal dysfunction in ICU patients (中药胃肠联合治疗ICU患者胃肠功能障碍的效果观察)... by ZHONG Yongjian (钟永建)

“…The ICU hospitalization time of the observation group was shorter than that in the control group (P＜0. 05). …”
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Construction of feature selection and efficacy prediction model for transformation therapy of locally advanced pancreatic cancer based on CT, 18F-FDG PET/CT, DNA mutation, and CA19... by Liang Qi, Xiang Li, Jiayao Ni, Yali Du, Qing Gu, Baorui Liu, Jian He, Juan Du

“…However, in terms of model interpretability, decision tree methods provide the most intuitive display of the predictive details of the model. For the time series data of patients’ baseline CT, CT after 2 treatment cycles, and CT after 4 treatment cycles, long short-term memory (LSTM) modeling yielded better predictive models. …”
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Correlation of the Changes of Gray Matter Volume with Aβ Deposition and Learning and Memory Abilities in APP/PS1 Mice at Different Periods by Yuhao ZHANG, Hao JIN, Xiufeng ZHANG, Shengxiang LIANG, Weilin LIU, Jing TAO, Lidian CHEN

“…The brain paraffin sections of two groups of mice of different months were separated and prepared, and the Aβ deposition in bilateral entorhinal cortex and hippocampus of the two groups was detected by Thioflavine-s fluorescence staining, and the correlation between the changes of gray matter volume and memory learning ability and Aβ deposition in the corresponding brain area of the two groups was analyzed by Pearson correlation analysis.Results:①The results of Morris water maze test: compared with the WT group, there was no significant difference in the behavioral results of the 2-month-old mice in the APP/PS1 group, and the difference was not statistically significant (<italic>P</italic>&gt;0.05); the escape latency of mice of the APP/PS1 group at the 6 and 12 month-old increased significantly, the number of crossing platforms of the APP/PS1 group at the 6 and 12 month-old decreased significantly, and the difference was statistically significant (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05).②The results of MRI T2WI scan: compared with the WT group, there was no significant change in the gray matter volume of the APP/PS1 group at 2-month-old, and the difference was not statistically significant (<italic>P</italic>&gt;0.05); the volume of the entorhinal cortex of the APP/PS1 group at 6-month-old decreased significantly, and the volume of the entorhinal cortex and hippocampus of the APP/PS1 group at 12-month-old mice decreased significantly, the difference was statistically significant (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05).③The results of Th-s fluorescence staining test: Aβ deposition was not detected in WT group and APP/PS1 group at 2-month-old; compared with the WT group, a small amount of Aβ deposition could be detected in the entorhinal cortex and hippocampus of the APP/PS1 group at 6-month-old, while a large number of dense Aβ plaques can be detected in the entorhinal cortex and hippocampus of the APP/PS1 group at 12-month-old.④Correlation analysis results: APP/PS1 group mice's entorhinal cortex and hippocampus volume changes were significantly negatively correlated with escape latency (<italic>r</italic>=-0.729, <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.001; <italic>r</italic>=-0.643, <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.001); the volume changes of the entorhinal cortex and hippocampus in the APP/PS1 group showed a positive correlation with the number of crossing platforms (<italic>r</italic>=0.705, <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.001; <italic>r</italic>=0.719, <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.001); the volume changes of the entorhinal cortex and hippocampus in the APP/PS1 group were significantly negatively correlated with Aβ deposition (<italic>r</italic>=-0.865, <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.001; <italic>r</italic>=-0.885, <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.001).Conclusion:APP/PS1 transgenic mice may have learning and memory dysfunction at 6-month-old, and it gradually worsen with time; the learning and memory dysfunction may be related to the atrophy of the entorhinal cortex and hippocampus in the brain of mice, and excessive Aβ deposition may be the one of the factors that cause the brain gray matter volume to shrink.…”
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Feasibility, Usability, and Pilot Efficacy Study of a Software-Enabled, Virtual Pulmonary Rehabilitation with Remote Therapeutic Monitoring by Flynn S, Mosher CL, Cornelison S, Rao E, Metzler KA, Pu W, Davies J, Paladenech C, Doyle D, MacIntyre N, Ohar J

“…Four participants from each group withdrew due to reasons related to health issues (appendicitis, thrush, COVID, back pain) or the health status of their spouse, no-shows, and time constraints. Adherence to the exercise dose (3x/week) and educational offerings were > 80% in both groups. …”
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Effect and Mechanism of Electroacupuncture at the Affected Side of Quchi （LI 11） and Yanglingquan （GB 34） Acupoints in Rats with Limb Spasms after Cerebral Infarction by ZHAN Sheng, HUANG Linxing, YI Lizhen, CHEN Ruixue, HUANG Huiyuan, YUE Zenghui

“…Yanglingquan (GB34, left) and Quchi (LI 11, left) acupoints on the affected side were selected, and each acupoint was directly punctured with one needle, dense wave pattern, the frequency at 100 Hz, and the intensity based on the slight shaking of rat limbs, 30 minutes a time, once a day, and the treatment lasted for 7 days. …”
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Ultrafast dynamic contrast-enhanced breast MRI with quantitative perfusion parameters in differentiating breast cancer: a study focusing on triple-negative and HER2 positive breast... by Guo Haodong, Zhu Jianguo, Dmytro Pylypenko, Dou Weiqiang, Su Sheng, Xu Jie, Li Haige

“…Each participant underwent a DISCO DCE-MRI with a scan time of approximately 1 minute and 40 seconds. The ROIs were outlined with the GenIQ software, avoiding regions with blood vessels, susceptibility artifacts, hemorrhage, and necrosis. …”
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Detection Method of Effective Tillering of Rice in Field Based on Lightweight Ghost-YOLOv8 and Smart Phone by CUI Jiale, ZENG Xiangfeng, REN Zhengwei, SUN Jian, TANG Chen, YANG Wanneng, SONG Peng

“…In order to meet the needs of field work, a mobile phone App for effective tiller detection of rice was developed for real-time detection. GhostNet was used to lighten the YOLOv8 model. …”
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A novel nanomaterial baffle decrease aerosols and microbial aerosols during non-contact tonometry measurements by X. Shen, Y. Guo, X, X. Wang, Y. Ye, Q. Chi, W. Zhou, Y. Chen, C. Li

“…</p> <p> <b>Materials and Methods: </b>the cluster analysis performed by Autof Analyzer software contained in MALDI-TOF MS (Autof MS 600, Autobio, China) based on microbes detected in microbial aerosols samples during NCT measurements, in human conjunctiva samples, in the air and typical strains in the database. Overall, 1594 person-time were included. The participants randomly divided into groups: NCT with a novel antimicrobial aerosol nanocomposite baffle (Group 1), NCT with a plastic baffle (Group 2), NCT without a baffle (Group 3) and participants without NCT measurements (Background investigation). …”
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