Evaluation of the Desire to Avoid Pregnancy Scale in the UK: a psychometric analysis including predictive validity by Geraldine Barrett, Jennifer Hall, Corinne Rocca

“…Objectives To evaluate the psychometric performance, including predictive validity, of a UK version of the Desire to Avoid Pregnancy (DAP) scale.Design Prospective cohort study for psychometric evaluation.Setting UK.Participants Women in the UK aged 15 years to menopause, who were not pregnant at the time of recruitment in October 2018, were eligible. 994 women completed the baseline survey and 90.2% of women eligible for the 12-month survey participated.Primary and secondary outcome measures The DAP scale was assessed according to key measurement properties of validity (construct (structural and hypothesis testing) and criterion (predictive)), reliability (internal consistency using Cronbach’s alpha and test–retest using intraclass correlation coefficients, ICC) and differential item functioning. …”
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Analysis and Characterization of the Immunogenicity of Rhoptry Protein 18 by Masoud Foroutan, Amir Karimipour-Saryazdi, Ali Dalir Ghaffari, Hamidreza Majidiani, Arezo Arzani Birgani, Elaheh Karimzadeh-Soureshjani, Shahrzad Soltani, Hany M Elsheikha

“…The secondary structure was composed of 4.87% beta-turns, 38.45% random coils, 42.42% alpha helices, and 14.26% extended strands. Several potential T- and B-cell epitopes were identified on ROP18. …”
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Development of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis after Leishmania Skin Test by Paulo R. Machado, Augusto M. Carvalho, Gustavo U. Machado, Marina L. Dantas, Sérgio Arruda

“…Mononuclear cells harvested from the patient were stimulated with Leishmania antigen and showed high levels of production of both tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) and interferon-gamma (IFN-γ): 2,943 pg/mL and 2,313 pg/mL, respectively. …”
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Accuracy of Teledentistry for Diagnosis and Treatment Planning of Pediatric Patients during COVID-19 Pandemic by Ozra Golsanamloo, Sanaz Iranizadeh, Amir Reza Jamei Khosroshahi, Leila Erfanparast, Ali Vafaei, Yalda Ahmadinia, Solmaz Maleki Dizaj

“…Interexaminer reliability was measured using the intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC) and Cronbach’s alpha. The mean kappa coefficient for the interexaminer agreement (for 24 teeth) was 0.62 in clinical and 0.69 in virtual examinations. …”
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Does quercetin affect tendon healing? An experimental study in a rat model of Achilles tendon injury by Ahmet Yurteri, Numan Mercan, Zeliha Esin Çelik, Hakan Yaykaşlı, Ahmet Yıldırım

“…In the immunohistochemical analysis, type I collagen, type III collagen, alpha smooth muscle actin (SMA), and Galectin-3 were evaluated, and it was observed that quercetin increased tendon healing (p-values = 0.0166, 0.0036, 0.0323, 0.0295, respectively). …”
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Melanocortin Peptide Therapy for the Treatment of Arthritic Pathologies by S. J. Getting, M. Kaneva, Y. Bhadresa, D. Renshaw, Giovanna Leoni, H. B. Patel, M. J. P. Kerrigan, I. C. Locke

“…Here we discuss the role of naturally occurring pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC)-derived melanocortin peptides (e.g., alpha melanocyte stimulating hormone [a-MSH]) and synthetic derivatives in these diseases. …”
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Multiple Components of the VHL Tumor Suppressor Complex Are Frequently Affected by DNA Copy Number Loss in Pheochromocytoma by David A. Rowbotham, Katey S. S. Enfield, Victor D. Martinez, Kelsie L. Thu, Emily A. Vucic, Greg L. Stewart, Kevin L. Bennewith, Wan L. Lam

“…VHL is part of the VHL elongin BC protein complex that also includes CUL2/5, TCEB1, TCEB2, and RBX1; in normoxic conditions this complex targets hypoxia-inducible factor 1 alpha (HIF1A) for degradation, thus preventing a hypoxic response. …”
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Association of Major Histocompatibility Complex Polymorphism With Acute Phase Response in Broiler Chicken by Afra Vatankhah, Gholamreza Nikbakht Brujeni, Atefeh Esmailnejad

“…In addition, acute phase proteins (APPs), including serum amyloid A (SAA) and alpha‐1‐acid glycoprotein (AGP), were analysed as markers of the APR. …”
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Chromosome Numbers and Reproductive Life Cycles in Green Plants: A Phylotranscriptomic Perspective by Rijan R. Dhakal, Alex Harkess, Paul G. Wolf

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Liver Resection Promotes (Regulates) Proinflammatory Cytokines in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Farshid Fathi, Behnam Sanei, Mazdak Ganjalikhani Hakemi, Reza F. Saidi, Abbas Rezaei

“…Liver tissues from 15 patients with HCC were collected and the levels of interleukin-6 (IL-6), tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α), IL-1α, IL-1 β, IL-10, and transforming growth factor-beta1 (TGF-β1) were assessed using real-time PCR assay at different times before and after LR. …”
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Cerebrospinal fluid metabolites as potential biomarkers for epilepsy: Insights from genome‐wide association studies by Zhenxiang Zhao, Na Xing, Lin Hou

“…After False Discovery Rate (FDR) multiple testing correction, two metabolites (Methylmalonate and Gamma‐glutamyl‐alpha‐lysine) were found to have robust causal links to epilepsy (p < 0.05 and FDR<0.05). …”
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Gastric Microbiota Associated with Gastric Precancerous Lesions in <i>Helicobacter pylori</i>-Negative Patients by Han-Na Kim, Min-Jeong Kim, Jonathan P. Jacobs, Hyo-Joon Yang

“…No significant difference was observed in the alpha or beta diversity of the gastric microbiota among the groups. …”
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The Mediating Role of Human Resources and Internal Processes on the Relationship between Innovation Strategy and Financial Performance by Vajiheh Dehghan, Mahmoud Moeinadin, Soheila Shahrestani

“…The study's statistical population consists of financial managers and senior accounting supervisors of production units in Yazd province; simple random sampling was used to select the sample, and 100 acceptable questionnaires were collected and analyzed. Cronbach's alpha coefficient confirmed the content validity of the questionnaires according to experts' opinions, and the reliability was confirmed using confirmatory factor analysis. …”
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Forsythia suspensa leaf fermented tea extracts attenuated oxidative stress in mice via the Ref-1/HIF-1α signal pathway and modulation of gut microbiota by Lijuan Li, Yating zhao, Yuxin Ding, Lanze Guo, Ruiyao Dai, Aixiang Chen, Guofeng Duan

“…FSLFT has been shown to have antioxidant effects via the Redox Factor-1(Ref-1)/ hypoxia-inducible factor-1 alpha (HIF-1α) pathway, reduce inflammation caused by hydrogen peroxide through the Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4)/nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-κB) signaling pathway, and protect mouse colons from oxidative stress by repairing gut microbiota imbalance and increasing microbial diversity and abundance. …”
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Association between fluoride exposure and the risk of serum CK and CK-MB elevation in adults: a cross-sectional study in China by Junhua Wu, Ming Qin, Yue Gao, Yang Liu, Xiaona Liu, Yuting Jiang, Yanmei Yang, Yanhui Gao

“…This study found that there was a positive association between urinary fluoride concentration and the risk of CK-MB elevation in participants under the age of 60 years(OR = 2.18 [95% CI: 1.39–3.42]), those who were of female gender (OR = 1.53 [95% CI: 1.07–2.19]), those who were overweight/obese (OR = 1.96 [95% CI: 1.28–2.99]), those who had central obesity (OR = 1.59 [95% CI: 1.12–2.25]), consumed alcohol (OR = 1.49 [95% CI: 1.09–2.05]), and smoked (OR = 1.50 [95% CI: 1.10–2.04]).ConclusionOur study suggests that fluoride exposure is associated with the risk of serum CK and CK-MB elevation; however, it is not associated with myocardial ischemia, arrhythmia, serum lactate dehydrogenase (LDH), serum alpha-hydroxybutyrate dehydrogenase (α-HBD), or serum aspartate aminotransferase (AST). …”
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Pathological characterization of lung fibrosis in Sprague–Dawley rats treated with fluoro-edenite fibres by intrapleural injection by Eva Tibaldi, Federica Gnudi, Daniele Mandrioli, Caterina Bruno, Amerigo Zona, Lucia Fazzo, Pietro Comba

“…In the fibrotic responses to FE, vimentin was the most expressed protein, followed by collagen-I and alpha-SMA. Finally, ferruginous bodies, characterized by iron deposits and ferritin expression, were observed in FE-induced lesions. …”
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Correlation between uterine microbiota and pregnancy outcomes of embryo transfer in overweight and obese women by Ying Yan, Ying Li, Lingling Wu, Yuxuan Zhang, Hong Guo, Yazhong Ji

“…At the genus level, the relative abundance of Lactobacillus in the Con group was 2.2 times higher than that in the OwOb group. The Alpha diversity in the OwOb group was significantly higher than in the Con group (p=0.028). …”
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Rosuvastatin effects on the HDL proteome in hyperlipidemic patients by Vavlukis Ana, Mladenovska Kristina, Davalieva Katarina, Vavlukis Marija, Dimovski Aleksandar

“…Platelet factor 4 variant (PF4V1), Pregnancy-specific beta-1-glycoprotein 2 (PSG2), Profilin-1 (PFN1) and Keratin type II cytoskeletal 2 epidermal (KRT2) showed decreased expressions, while Integrin alpha-IIb (ITGA2B) showed an increased expression after treatment with rosuvastatin. …”
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Plant-Derived Compounds in Hemp Seeds (<i>Cannabis sativa</i> L.): Extraction, Identification and Bioactivity—A Review by Virginia Tanase Apetroaei, Daniela Ionela Istrati, Camelia Vizireanu

“…In addition to the content of proteins and healthy fats (linoleic acid and alpha-linolenic acid), hemp seeds are rich in phytochemical compounds, especially terpenoids, polyphenols, and phytosterols, which contribute to their bioactive properties. …”
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Antifungal Efficacy of Ganoderma lucidum and Clotrimazole for Treatment of Denture Stomatitis: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Fahimeh Pakravan, Afsaneh Yegdaneh, Somayeh Taymouri, Shiva Rahimi, Negin Ghahremani

“…Data were analyzed using the Chi-square test, independent samples t-test, repeated measures ANOVA, and logistic regression (alpha=0.05). Results: The percentage of complete recovery on day 7 in the G. lucidum group (28%) was higher than that in the clotrimazole group (16%) but not significantly (P=0.592). …”
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