Community Engaged Lifestyle Modification Research: Engaging Diabetic and Prediabetic African American Women in Community-Based Interventions by Starla Hairston Blanks, Henrie Treadwell, Anya Bazzell, Whitney Graves, Olivia Osaji, Juanita Dean, James T. McLawhorn, Jareese Lee Stroud

“…This Community Health Worker- (CHW-) led program enrolled 79 AAW aged 18 and older in a 7-week group health education intervention. Results. …”
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Pericardial Involvement in Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia by Abir Derbel, Mouna Snoussi, Raida Ben Salah, Faten Frikha, Leila Abid, Imed Frikha, Sameh Marzouk, Zouhir Bahloul

“…Only 500cc of hemorrhagic fluid could be aspirated before the needle became blocked. Unfortunately, one week after, re-accumulation of pericardial fluid and worsening occurred. …”
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Daclatasvir and Sofosbuvir Therapy Enhance Monocyte Phenotypic Changes in Naive Chronic Hepatitis C Patients: A Prospective Cohort Study by Hanan M. Fayed, Ali A. Ghweil, Mona M. AbdelMeguid

“…CHC patients had significantly lower albumin, higher ALT, AST, alkaline phosphatase, and increased fibrosis scores [Fib-4 (1.85±0.98) and AST to platelet ratio index (APRI) (0.6±0.35)], higher monocyte and eosinophil counts and lowered neutrophil to monocyte ratio (NMR), and lymphocyte to monocyte ratio (LMR) compared to week 12 and control. CHC patients had significantly increased median [classical (52.2% versus 25.8%, P=0.004) and inflammatory CD16+ monocytes (23.1% versus 13.58%, P=0.035)]. …”
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Food Store Environment Modifies Intervention Effect on Fruit and Vegetable Intake among Low-Income Women in North Carolina by Alison A. Gustafson, Joseph Sharkey, Carmen D. Samuel-Hodge, Jessica C. Jones-Smith, Jianwen Cai, Alice S. Ammerman

“…The aim of the study is to determine how the food store environment modifies the effects of an intervention on diet among low-income women. Study Design. A 16-week face-to-face behavioral weight loss intervention was delivered among low income midlife women. …”
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Neonatal Thrombocytopenia after Perinatal Asphyxia Treated with Hypothermia: A Retrospective Case Control Study by N. Boutaybi, F. Razenberg, V. E. H. J. Smits-Wintjens, E. W. van Zwet, M. Rijken, S. J. Steggerda, E. Lopriore

“…Primary outcome was thrombocytopenia during the first week after birth. Thrombocytopenia was found significantly more often in the hypothermia group than in the control group, 80% (43/54) versus 59% (27/46) (P=.02). …”
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Comparative Effectiveness of Bone Grafting Using Xenograft Freeze-Dried Cortical Bovine, Allograft Freeze-Dried Cortical New Zealand White Rabbit, Xenograft Hydroxyapatite Bovine,... by Ferdiansyah Mahyudin, Dwikora Novembri Utomo, Heri Suroto, Tri Wahyu Martanto, Mouli Edward, Imelda Lumban Gaol

“…VEGF, osteoblast, and woven bone were higher in allograft freeze-dried cortical New Zealand white rabbit (mean 5.6625 (p<0.05)) and xenograft demineralized bone matrix bovine (mean 5.2475 (p<0.05)) with calcification of woven bone was already seen in week 2 in the latter group. There was a decrease of woven bone (mean 4.685 (p<0.05)) fibrous tissue (mean 41.07 (p<0.05)) in xenograft demineralized bone matrix bovine. …”
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Equipping our public health nutrition workforce to promote planetary health: a case example of tertiary education co-designed with students by Ka Po Chau, Wing Chong, Raquel Londono, Beau Cubillo, Julia McCartan, Liza Barbour

“…Setting: The intervention was co-designed by students (n 5) and an educator over a 4-week period as part of a larger multi-disciplinary study at an Australian university. …”
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Time Course of the Development of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in the Otsuka Long-Evans Tokushima Fatty Rat by Yi-Sun Song, Cheng-Hu Fang, Byung-Im So, Jun-Young Park, Yonggu Lee, Jeong Hun Shin, Dae Won Jun, Hyuck Kim, Kyung-Soo Kim

“…Consistent observations were made at 4-week intervals up to 50 weeks of age, and all rats were fed ad libitum with standard food. …”
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Spinal Reflex Recovery after Dorsal Rhizotomy and Repair with Platelet-Rich Plasma (PRP) Gel Combined with Bioengineered Human Embryonic Stem Cells (hESCs) by Mateus Vidigal de Castro, Moníze Valéria Ramos da Silva, Gabriela Bortolança Chiarotto, Maria Helena Andrade Santana, Ângela Cristina Malheiros Luzo, Sergiy Kyrylenko, Alexandre Leite Rodrigues de Oliveira

“…Eight weeks postsurgery, the lumbar intumescences were processed for analysis of the repaired microenvironment by transmission electron microscopy. …”
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Craniofacial Brown Tumor in Patients with Secondary Hyperparathyroidism to Chronic Renal Failure: Report of Two Cases in Cipto Mangunkusumo Hospital by Diani Kartini, Maria K. Siswiandari, Gunawan Wibisana, Erwin D. Yulian, Ahmad Kurnia, Sonar S. Panigoro, Azdi Z. Albar, Muchlis Ramli

“…The tumor regressed significantly within 2 weeks following the surgery, and we still observe tumor regression as well as reduction in PTH level. …”
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Exploring Risk Factors with Crash Severity on China Two-Lane Rural Roads Using a Random-Parameter Ordered Probit Model by Shikun Xie, Xiaofeng Ji, Wenchen Yang, Rui Fang, Jingjing Hao

“…The results show that six factors such as driver’s attribution, illegal driving behaviour, access segment, day of week, vehicle type, and crash form have a significant impact on the injury severity, and the impacts of driving behaviours, access segment, and vehicle-fixed object crashes had significant variation across observations. …”
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Lack of reactivation of tuberculosis in patients with psoriasis treated with secukinumab in a real-world setting of latent tuberculosis infection by Matteo Megna, Cataldo Patruno, Maria Rita Bongiorno, Alessio Gambardella, Claudio Guarneri, Caterina Foti, Serena Lembo, Francesco Loconsole, Gabriella Fabbrocini

“…Patients received secukinumab 300 mg at week 0/1/2/3/4, then every 4 weeks.Results Fifty-nine patients were enrolled; 30.5% also had psoriatic arthritis and other comorbidities were common. …”
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The Uncoupling of Disease Activity from Joint Structural Progression in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated with Filgotinib by Yoshiya Tanaka, Tatsuya Atsumi, Daniel Aletaha, Hendrik Schulze-Koops, Haruhiko Fukada, Chris Watson, Tsutomu Takeuchi

“…We evaluated the change from baseline (CFB) in modified total Sharp score (mTSS), erosion score, and joint space narrowing score among patients achieving Clinical Disease Activity Index (CDAI) remission (CDAI ≤ 2.8), low disease activity (LDA; 2.8 < CDAI ≤ 10), medium disease activity (MDA; 10 < CDAI ≤ 22), and high disease activity (HDA; CDAI > 22) at 24 weeks. Results At week 24, the least squares (LS) mean CFB in mTSS was similarly low across treatments among patients who achieved CDAI remission (range 0.00–0.11) or LDA (n = 285 and 575, respectively). …”
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Melatonin Ameliorates Organellar Calcium Homeostasis, Improving Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress-Mediated Apoptosis in the Vastus Lateralis Muscle of Both Sexes of Obese Diabetic Rats by Diego Salagre, Miguel Navarro-Alarcón, Luis Gerardo González, Mohamed A. Elrayess, Marina Villalón-Mir, Rocío Haro-López, Ahmad Agil

“…This study further explores melatonin’s potential to reduce ER stress in the vastus lateralis (VL) muscle by modulating the unfolded protein response (UPR) and restoring calcium levels disrupted by diabesity. Five-week-old Zücker diabetic fatty (ZDF) rats and lean littermates of both sexes were divided into control and melatonin-treated groups (10 mg/kg/day for 12 weeks). …”
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Action Mechanisms of Metformin Combined with Exenatide and Metformin Only in the Treatment of PCOS in Obese Patients by Jingwen Gan, Jie Chen, Rui-lin Ma, Yan Deng, Xue-song Ding, Shi-yang Zhu, Ai-jun Sun

“…In this study, 50 obese subjects with PCOS were randomly divided into the exenatide combined with metformin group (COM group, n = 28) and the metformin group (MF group, n = 22) for 12-week treatment. Before and after, serum samples were subjected to LC/MS analysis. …”
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Reliability of the Expanded Cutting Alignment Scoring Tool (E-CAST) to Assess Trunk and Limb Alignment During a 45-Degree Side-Step Cut by Lauren S. Butler, Alexa R. Martinez, Dai Sugimoto, Charles W. Wyatt, Eryn K. Milian, Sophia Ulman, Ashley Erdman, Alex Loewen, Kristin Hayden, Amie DeVerna, Kirsten Tulchin-Francis, PRiSM Injury Prevention Research Interest Group

“…Two physical therapists independently scored each video using the E-CAST on two separate occasions, with randomization and a two-week wash-out between rounds. Observed movement variables were awarded a score of “1”, with higher scores representing poorer technique. …”
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Silver Nanoparticles Conjugate Attenuates Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy-Induced Hippocampal Nissl Substance and Cognitive Deficits in Diabetic Rats by Sodiq Kolawole Lawal, Samuel Oluwaseun Olojede, Ayobami Dare, Oluwaseun Samuel Faborode, Edwin Coleridge S. Naidu, Carmen Olivia Rennie, Onyemaechi Okpara Azu

“…Morris water maze, Y-maze test, and weekly blood glucose levels were carried out. Following the last dose of 8-week treatment, the rats were anaesthetized and euthanized. …”
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Impact of Preoperative Daytime Sleepiness and Insomnia on Therapy Adherence and Neurostimulation Amplitude in Unilateral Hypoglossal Nerve Stimulation by Pordzik J, Ludwig K, Ruckes C, Gouveris H

“…Patient-reported insomnia was assessed using the insomnia severity index (ISI) and the Epworth Sleepiness scale (ESS) was used to assess daytime sleepiness before and after HGNS treatment.Results: An increased adherence in a real-world setting with 48.72 ± 14.74 hours per week (6.96 hours per night) was found. A strong negative correlation between preoperative ESS score and adherence time (r = - 0.43; p< 0.005) was found. …”
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A smartphone application to objectively monitor music listening habits in adolescents by Danique E. Paping, Jantien L. Vroegop, Simone P. C. Koenraads, Carlijn M.P. le Clercq, André Goedegebure, Robert J. Baatenburg de Jong, Marc P. van der Schroeff

“…The results of the smartphone application showed that the median listening frequency was 2.1 days a week (IQR 1.0–3.4), the median listening time 21.1 min a day (IQR 9.1–53.7), and the mean listening level 54.5% (SD 18.1%). …”
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Single-Cell RNA Sequencing Analysis of Steroidogenesis and Spermatogenesis Impairment in the Testis of db/db Mice by Yun Hu, Ting-Ting Cai, Reng-Na Yan, Bing-Li Liu, Bo Ding, Jian-Hua Ma

“…The histopathological characteristics of testis in db/db mice and C57BL/6J control were also performed. Results. The 20-week-old db/db mice had significantly higher blood glucose and body weight (both p<0.001). …”
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