Beyond productivity: The socio-cultural role of fishing among the Baka of southeastern Cameroon by Sandrine Gallois, Romain Duda

“…Data were collected through interviews and systematic observations of fishing activities carried out with children and adults and weekly interviews on productivity carried out during twelve months (n = 272 individuals). …”
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Factors Associated with Duration of Untreated Psychosis - A Retrospective Study done in a Rural Medical College by Arushi Singh, M. Poonam, S. S. Krithishree, R. Annapoorna

“…The mean DUP among our patients was 13.27 weeks. 53.3% belonged to lower/upper lower socio - economic status, most of them (63.4%) belonging to rural background. 33.3% of the patients had family history of psychosis. …”
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Rett syndrome complicated by diabetes mellitus type 1 by Yasutaka Kuniyoshi, Satoru Takahashi

“…The patient initially presented at 3 years of age with polydipsia, polyuria and decreased appetite over several weeks. Physical examination showed signs of dehydration, and laboratory evaluation revealed hyperglycemia, elevated HbA1c, glycosuria, ketonuria and low C-peptide levels. …”
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Risk of postoperative bleeding and thromboembolic events in anticoagulated patients undergoing transurethral resection of bladder tumors by Thomas Paul Scherer, Cici Dam, Uwe Bieri, Daniel Eberli, Raeto Strebel

“…All bleeding complications occurred within 2 weeks, marking it a potentially safe point in time to restart the OAC thereafter.…”
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Derivation of Pluripotent Cells from Mouse SSCs Seems to Be Age Dependent by Hossein Azizi, Sabine Conrad, Ursula Hinz, Behrouz Asgari, Daniel Nanus, Heike Peterziel, Akbar Hajizadeh Moghaddam, Hossein Baharvand, Thomas Skutella

“…We demonstrate the possibility to derive ESC-like cells from SSC cultures until they reach adolescence or up to 7 weeks of age, but we point out the impossibility to derive these cells from older, mature adult mice. …”
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Strenuous Exercise-Induced Tremendously Elevated Transaminases Levels in a Healthy Adult: A Diagnostic Dilemma by Prabin Khatri, Aryan Neupane, Suman Raj Sapkota, Bibhav Bashyal, Dipesh Sharma, Ashmita Chhetri, K. C. Chirag, Ashish Banjade, Priyanka Sapkota, Subarna. Bhandari

“…Additionally, when reevaluated after discontinuation of vigorous exercise, 3 weeks later and then a month later, his liver enzyme levels were observed to be within normal range. …”
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Effect of Folic Acid Supplementation in Pregnancy on Preeclampsia: The Folic Acid Clinical Trial Study by Shi Wu Wen, Josee Champagne, Ruth Rennicks White, Doug Coyle, William Fraser, Graeme Smith, Dean Fergusson, Mark C. Walker

“…Pregnant women with increased risk of developing PE presenting to a trial participating center between 80/7 and 166/7 weeks of gestation are randomized in a 1 : 1 ratio to folic acid 4.0 mg or placebo after written consent is obtained. …”
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Multiomics-based assessment of the impact of airflow on diverse plant callus cultures by June-Sik Kim, Muneo Sato, Mikiko Kojima, Muchamad Imam Asrori, Yukiko Uehara-Yamaguchi, Yumiko Takebayashi, Thi Nhung Do, Thi Yen Do, Kieu Oanh Nguyen Thi, Hitoshi Sakakibara, Keiichi Mochida, Shinjiro Ogita, Masami Yokota Hirai

“…This study presents multiomics datasets from callus cultures of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum), rice (Oryza sativa), and two bamboo species (Phyllostachys nigra and P. bambusoides). Over four weeks, calli were cultured under continuous moisture without airflow or gradually reduced ambient moisture with airflow. …”
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Prefronto-Cerebellar Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation Improves Sleep Quality in Euthymic Bipolar Patients: A Brief Report by Amedeo Minichino, Francesco Saverio Bersani, Francesco Spagnoli, Alessandra Corrado, Francesco De Michele, Wanda Katharina Calò, Martina Primavera, Baoran Yang, Laura Bernabei, Francesco Macrì, Lucilla Vergnani, Massimo Biondi, Roberto Delle Chiaie

“…Methods. 25 euthymic outpatients with a diagnosis of BD Type I or II have been enrolled in the study. tDCS montage was as follows: cathode on the right cerebellar cortex and anode over the left dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC); the intensity of stimulation was set at 2 mA and delivered for 20 min/die for 3 consecutive weeks. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) was used to assess sleep quality at baseline and after the tDCS treatment. …”
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Remission Achieved in Refractory Advanced Takayasu Arteritis Using Rituximab by D. Ernst, M. Greer, M. Stoll, D. Meyer-Olson, R. E. Schmidt, T. Witte

“…Adjuvant azathioprine 100 mg/d was subsequently added. Several weeks later, the patient was admitted with a left homonymous hemianopia. …”
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Electropolished Titanium Implants with a Mirror-Like Surface Support Osseointegration and Bone Remodelling by Cecilia Larsson Wexell, Furqan A. Shah, Lars Ericson, Aleksandar Matic, Anders Palmquist, Peter Thomsen

“…Despite substantial differences in the surface physicochemical properties, the microarchitecture and the composition of the newly formed bone were similar for both implant surfaces after 12 weeks of healing in rabbit tibia. A close spatial relationship was observed between osteocyte canaliculi and both implant surfaces. …”
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Medical students’ motivational profile. Sancti Spíritus Medical Sciences University by Eduardo Veloso Pérez, Arturo Puga García, Ariadna Veloso Rodríguez, Liyipsi Abreu Martín, Rosa María Ramos Palmero, Gloria María Puga Madiedo

“…The Motivational Hierarchy test (Ten Wishes Technique) was used, which was applied between weeks three and four of the 2023 academic year to 99 students selected through clusters and probabilistic sampling.…”
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Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme 2 Deficiency Aggravates Glucose Intolerance via Impairment of Islet Microvascular Density in Mice with High-Fat Diet by Li Yuan, Ying Wang, Chunli Lu, Xiaoya Li

“…Male wildtype (WT) and ACE2 knockout (ACE2 KO) mice were divided into chow diet group and long-term high-fat diet (HFD) group. After 16 weeks of feeding, the islet function of the animals was evaluated by intraperitoneal glucose tolerance test (IPGTT) and intraperitoneal insulin releasing test (IPIRT). …”
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Feasibility of Using Cranial Electrotherapy Stimulation for Pain in Persons with Parkinson's Disease by Diana H. Rintala, Gabriel Tan, Pamela Willson, Mon S. Bryant, Eugene C. H. Lai

“…Of the thirteen participants who provided daily pain data, 6 were randomly provided with active CES devices and 7 with sham devices to use at home 40 minutes per day for six weeks. They recorded their pain ratings on a 0-to-10 scale immediately before and after each session. …”
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Usability test of the “Denia-IS” mobile application for sustainability high-risk pregnancy early detection in rural areas by Dwi Anggraeni Mekar, Triyanto Endang, Iskandar Asep, Fatoni Amin, Niyomdecha Najwa

“…The inclusion criteria in this study were pregnant women, gestational age 25-38 weeks, having an Android-based smartphone, and being willing to be respondents. …”
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A Case of Idiopathic Acute Pancreatitis in the First Trimester of Pregnancy by Tomomi Hara, Haruhiko Kanasaki, Aki Oride, Tomoko Ishihara, Satoru Kyo

“…A 36-year-old primigravida at 11 weeks of gestation complained of severe lower abdominal pain. …”
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Immunological Consequences of Antihelminthic Treatment in Preschool Children Exposed to Urogenital Schistosome Infection by Nadine Rujeni, Norman Nausch, Nicholas Midzi, Graeme J. Cowan, Richard Burchmore, David R. Cavanagh, David W. Taylor, Takafira Mduluza, Francisca Mutapi

“…Antibody responses directed against schistosome antigens, Plasmodium falciparum crude and recombinant antigens, and the allergen house dust mite were measured in children aged 3 to 5 years before and 6 weeks after treatment. The change in serological recognition of schistosome proteins was also investigated. …”
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Olive oil ameliorates allergic response in murine ovalbumin-induced food allergy by promoting intestinal mucosal immunity by Yu Ma, Ming Liu, Donghui Li, Jie Li, Zixin Guo, Yunjun Liu, Shengnan Wan, Yixiang Liu

“…In this study, the anti-allergic activity of olive oil was evaluated by analyzing the clinical symptoms and immune-related factors in BALB/c mice that had ingested 600 mg/(kg∙day) olive oil for two weeks prior to the evaluation. An allergy model was subsequently constructed for analysis, the results of which showed that the olive oil reduced the scores of allergic symptoms in the mice, and up-regulated the hypothermia and the decline in the immune organ index. …”
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Evolution of the umbilical cord blood proteome across gestational development by Leena B. Mithal, Nicola Lancki, Ted Ling-Hu, Young Ah Goo, Sebastian Otero, Nathaniel J. Rhodes, Byoung-Kyu Cho, William A. Grobman, Judd F. Hultquist, Denise Scholtens, Karen K. Mestan, Patrick C. Seed

“…In this study, we comprehensively characterized the cord blood proteome of infants born between 25 to 42 weeks using untargeted mass spectrometry and functional enrichment analysis. …”
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Effects of Glycerol Monooleate on Improving Quality Characteristics and Baking Performance of Frozen Dough Breads by Haocheng Liu, Jiguo Yang, Yujuan Xu, Jing Wen, Jinfeng Zhou, Zhijie Xu, Jian Li, Xueke Sun, Weili Si

“…This study found that by 8 weeks of frozen storage, the frozen dough containing 0.6% MO exhibited the best fermentation performance, with a larger fermentation volume and specific volume, and lower bread hardness, measuring 80 mL, 3.48 mL/g, and 1.10 N, respectively. …”
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