Safety and Selection Criteria of Single-joint Hybrid Assistive Limb for Upper Limb Paralysis After Stroke: A Phase I Trial by Hiroshi OHMAE, Taku MATSUDA, Maki FUJIMOTO, Yuka NAKANOWATARI, Megumi YAMADA, Nori SATO, Kimiko UMEMURA, Ryoma MORIGAKI, Tetsuya MATSUURA, Yasushi TAKAGI

“…The patients underwent HAL training 3 times a week for 6 sessions. No serious adverse events related to HAL-SJ occurred, and participants demonstrated significant improvements in the Fugl-Meyer Assessment Upper Extremity (FMA-UE) and Action Research Arm Test (ARAT) (pre- vs. post-intervention; p < 0.05). …”
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Variation of Red Blood Cell Distribution Width and Mean Platelet Volume after Moderate Endurance Exercise by Giuseppe Lippi, Gian Luca Salvagno, Elisa Danese, Cantor Tarperi, Gian Cesare Guidi, Federico Schena

“…We studied 31 middle-trained athletes (mean training regimen 217±32 min/week) who performed a 21.1 km, half-marathon run. …”
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Increase of circulating IGFBP-4 following genotoxic stress and its implication for senescence by Nicola Alessio, Tiziana Squillaro, Giovanni Di Bernardo, Giovanni Galano, Roberto De Rosa, Mariarosa AB Melone, Gianfranco Peluso, Umberto Galderisi

“…We found a significant increase of senescent cells in the lungs, heart, and kidneys of mice that were intraperitoneally injected with IGFBP-4 twice a week for two months. We then analyzed how genotoxic stressors may promote the release of IGFBP-4 and the molecular pathways associated with the induction of senescence by this protein.…”
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Anti-Tn Monoclonal Antibody Ameliorates Hyperoxia-Induced Kidney Injury by Suppressing Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in Neonatal Mice by Julie Chi Chow, Hsiu-Chu Chou, Jaulang Hwang, Chung-Ming Chen

“…Newborn BALB/c mice were exposed to room air (RA) or normobaric hyperoxia (85% O2) for 1 week. On postnatal days 2, 4, and 6, the mice were injected intraperitoneally with PBS alone or with anti-Tn monoclonal antibodies at 25 μg/g body weight in 50 μL phosphate-buffered saline (PBS). …”
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A randomized controlled study of auricular point acupressure to manage chemotherapy-induced neuropathy: Study protocol. by Nada Lukkahatai, Michael V Nguyen, Jingyu Zhang, Yu-Min Cho, Chitchanok Benjasirisan, Heijingzi Monica Jia, Claudia M Campbell, Jennifer Kawi, Hulin Wu, Hongyu Wang, Rupsikha Bora, Johannes Thrul, Constance M Johnson, Thomas J Smith

“…The outcomes are measured at baseline, program completion (4 weeks), and at monthly follow-up for 3 months post-intervention.…”
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Patient Perspectives on Home Tonometer Usage for Glaucoma by Thaprawat P, Dugan SP, Zhang AD

“…Patients received training on home tonometer usage and were loaned the device for one week to measure intraocular pressure at home multiple times daily. …”
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Data Mining of Infertility and Factors Influencing Its Development: A Finding From a Prospective Cohort Study of RaNCD in Iran by Hosna Heydarian, Masoumeh Abbasi, Farid Najafi, Mitra Darbandi

“…Infertile women also have a 73% chance of reusing cooking oil and a 74% chance of consuming fried food at least once a week. The likelihood of infertility increases to 98% among women who use more than 24 eggs per month and to 97% among those who consume moldy jam or syrup. …”
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Isolation, Characterization, and Identification of Biological Control Agent for Potato Soft Rot in Bangladesh by M. M. Rahman, M. E. Ali, A. A. Khan, A. M. Akanda, Md. Kamal Uddin, U. Hashim, S. B. Abd Hamid

“…E-65 reduced the soft rot infection to 22-week storage potatoes of different varieties by 32.5–62.5% in model experiment, demonstrating its strong potential to be used as an effective biological control agent for the major pectolytic bacteria Ecc. …”
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Hemodialysis Adequacy and Its Impact on Long-Term Patient Survival in Demographically, Socially, and Culturally Homogeneous Patients by Reza Hekmat

“…Group A patients were underdialyzed with a weekly Kt/V which was significantly less in comparison with that of Group B (1.63 ± 0.63 versus 2.54 ± 0.12, p value = 0.01). …”
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Daily brisk walking increases intestinal acetic acid in short-chain fatty adults in healthy young adults: A randomized controlled trial by Emiko Morita, Suguru Ando, Yumi Fukuyama, Yui Kikuchi, Sho Kumabe, Yoshihiro Yamashina

“…Introduction: In this study, we aimed to investigate the effect of daily physical activity levels, specifically brisk walking, on short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) production through the modulation of SCFA-producing bacteria in young individuals. Methods: This 12-week randomized comparative trial included 30 participants. …”
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Effect of life skills training by a midwife on pregnancy anxiety: A randomized controlled trial by Fatemeh Hassanpour, Mozhgan Javadnoori, Elham Maraghi, Fariba Zargar Shirazi

“…The intervention group underwent a 90-minute life skills training(self-awareness, problem-solving, coping with stress, coping with emotions, interpersonal relationships)every week for six weeks. Data were analyzed using a Chi-squared test, paired t-test, and ANCOVA method. …”
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Antecedents and service contact in an observational study of 242 suicide deaths in middle-aged men in England, Scotland and Wales, 2017 by Nav Kapur, Saied Ibrahim, Jane Graney

“…Most men (220, 91%) had known contact with healthcare, justice system or other support services—67% (n=162) in the previous 3 months, 38% (n=91) in the previous week. Contact with multiple agencies was reported for 17% of men.Conclusions A mix of long-standing and recent risks contribute to suicide risk in men in mid-life. …”
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Reproductive and growth performances in female giant freshwater prawn following inhibition of gonadal maturation using dopamine and medroxyprogesterone hormone by Megawati Wijaya, Agus Oman Sudrajat, Imron

“…The utilization of dopamine and medroxyprogesterone in GFP (initial bodyweight : 11.27 ± 0.97 g) through injection at the third periopod was done three times at week 0, 2nd, and 4th with two weeks interval. The results showed that hormone inhibitor treatments affected both growth and reproductive performances in female GFP. …”
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Randomized clinical trial of a digital integrative medicine intervention among patients undergoing active cancer treatment by Jun J. Mao, Karolina Bryl, Erin F. Gillespie, Angela Green, Tony K. W. Hung, Raymond Baser, Katherine Panageas, Michael A. Postow, Bobby Daly

“…We conducted a randomized controlled trial to assess the impact of a 12 week digital integrative medicine program, Integrative Medicine at Home (IM@Home), versus enhanced usual care on fatigue severity (primary outcome), comorbid symptoms and acute healthcare utilization (secondary outcomes), in 200 patients with solid tumors experiencing fatigue during treatment. …”
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High protein diet increases the risk of allergic sensitization but not asthma in mice through modulation of the cytokine milieu toward Th2 bias by Waleed Al-Herz, MD, Fawaz Azizieh, PhD, Raj Raghupathy, PhD

“…Methods: Seven- to eight-week old female BALB/c mice were fed either normal (ND) or HP diet and were sensitized with ovalbumin intraperitoneally followed by intranasal challenge. …”
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Content Analysis of Food and Beverage Advertisements on TV, Radio, and Billboards in Iran by Maryam Amini PhD, Delaram Ghodsi PhD, Mehrnoosh Shafaatdoost MSc, Mohadese Borazjani MSc, Maryam Aghayan MSc, Nastaran Shariatzadeh BSc

“…All programs broadcast on two TV and radio channels were downloaded and saved 24 h daily for one week (November 10-16th, 2020). Also, on November 15th billboards located on the busy highways of Tehran were photographed. …”
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The ERK1/2 Inhibitor U0126 Attenuates Diabetes-Induced Upregulation of MMP-9 and Biomarkers of Inflammation in the Retina by Ghulam Mohammad, Mohammad Mairaj Siddiquei, Mohammad Imtiaz Nawaz, Ahmed M. Abu El-Asrar

“…MMP-9 expression was significantly higher in diabetic rat retinas compared to controls at all time points.TIMP-1 expression was nonsignificantly upregulated at 1week of diabetes and was significantly downregulated at 4 and 12 weeks of diabetes. …”
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Detection of Intracranial Hemorrhage from Computed Tomography Images: Diagnostic Role and Efficacy of ChatGPT-4o by Mustafa Koyun, Zeycan Kubra Cevval, Bahadir Reis, Bunyamin Ece

“…Diagnostic accuracy, sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value (PPV), and negative predictive value (NPV) were calculated by comparing the model’s results with radiologists’ assessments (the gold standard). After a two-week interval, the same dataset was re-evaluated to assess intra-observer reliability and consistency. …”
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Determining the Reliability and Validity of the Persian Version of Brief Problem MonitorTM for Ages 18-59 in Students by Meysam Tajamolian, Mohammadreza Shaeiri, Hojjatollah Farahani

“…To calculate the test-retest coefficient of this tool, a retest was administered to 41 participants from the initial sample after an interval of two weeks. To assess the concurrent validity of this tool, the ASRSI-v I.I, DASS-21, GHQ-28, BSI-53, and AAI questionnaires were utilized. …”
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Maternal Rat Diabetes Mellitus Deleteriously Affects Insulin Sensitivity and Beta-Cell Function in the Offspring by Abdel-Baset M. Aref, Osama M. Ahmed, Lobna A. Ali, Margit Semmler

“…After birth, the surviving offspring were subjected to biochemical and histological examination immediately after delivery and at the end of the 1st and 2nd postnatal weeks. In comparison with the offspring of normal control dams, the fasting serum glucose level of offspring of diabetic mothers was significantly increased at the end of the 1st and 2nd postnatal weeks. …”
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