Urinary BA Indices as Prognostic Biomarkers for Complications Associated with Liver Diseases by Wenkuan Li, Jawaher Abdullah Alamoudi, Nagsen Gautam, Devendra Kumar, Macro Olivera, Yeongjin Gwon, Sandeep Mukgerjee, Yazen Alnouti

“…Hepatobiliary diseases and their complications cause the accumulation of toxic bile acids (BA) in the liver, blood, and other tissues, which may exacerbate the underlying condition and lead to unfavorable prognosis. …”
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Retrobulbar Hemodynamic Effects of Nipradilol in Normal and Normal-Tension Glaucoma Eyes by Mitsushi Fukukita, Masashi Ido, Syunsuke Osawa, Mikio Sasoh, Motoyasu Furuta, Kunio Ito, Masahiko Sugimoto, Yukitaka Uji

“…Short-term observations found that nipradilol increased the ocular blood flow in normal and NTG eyes.…”
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Effect of Moxibustion According to Syndrome Differentiation on Rehabilitation of Muscle Function in Patients with Maintenance Hemodialysis by Erping YAN, Motan QIU, Jianwei REN, Zhimin KANG, Po CAO, Shiying LIU, Lingxin KONG

“…Cardiopulmonary endurance (six minutes walking distance, heart rate and blood pressure product), muscle endurance (such as grip strength, grip strength endurance) and the quality of life assessment (the score of kidney disease quality of life KDQOL-SF^TM1.3) were observed and recorded before and after treatment to evaluate the efficiency of moxibustion based on syndrome differentiation.Results:After twelve-week treatment, the six minutes walking distance was extended in the treatment group (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05); there was significant difference on six minutes walking distance between the two groups after treatment (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). …”
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A Classifier for Automatic Categorisation of Chronic Venous Insufficiency Images by Talha Karadeniz, Gul Tokdemir, H. Hakan Maras

“…Chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) is a serious disease characterised by the inability of the veins to effectively return blood from the legs back to the heart. This condition represents a significant public health issue due to its prevalence and impact on quality of life. …”
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Meta-Analysis of Pulmonary Transcriptomes from Differently Primed Mice Identifies Molecular Signatures to Differentiate Immune Responses following Bordetella pertussis Challenge by René H. M. Raeven, Jeroen L. A. Pennings, Elly van Riet, Gideon F. A. Kersten, Bernard Metz

“…Additionally, 46 genes encoding for secreted proteins may serve as markers in blood for the degree of protection (Cxcl9, Gp2, and Pla2g2d), intensity of infection (Retnla, Saa3, Il6, and Il1b), or adaptive recall responses (Ighg, C1qb). …”
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Seroprevalence against Rickettsia and Borrelia Species in Patients with Uveitis: A Prospective Survey by Kim B. Madsen, Katarina Wallménius, Åke Fridman, Carl Påhlson, Kenneth Nilsson

“…A control group of 100 blood donors, 60 patients with rheumatic disease, and 56 patients seeking medical care were tested of which 2.0–7.1% showed low anti-Rickettsia titres and 3.0–8.3% anti-Borrelia titres. …”
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A Rare Case of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus with Chylous Ascites and Chylothorax by Dilek Ersil Soysal, Sezin Hizar Turan, Mustafa Ozmen, Mete Pekdiker, Mehmet Eren Kalender, Emrah Koc, Volkan Karakus

“…Therefore, in parallel with the analysis of blood samples, detailed analysis of the effusions should be carried out. …”
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Weighted fuzzy C means and enhanced adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference based chronic kidney disease classification by Maria Lincy Jacquline, Natarajan Sudha

“…Numerous complications, such as elevated blood levels, anemia, weak bones, and nerve damage, constitute a problem. …”
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Transforming Cardiac Care: Machine Learning in Heart Condition Prediction Using Phonocardiograms by Sandra D’Souza, Niranjan Reddy S, Saikonda Krishna Tarun, Sohan P, aneesha acharya k

“…Heart diseases are primarily caused by a multitude of parameters, including high blood pressure, diabetes, and excessive cholesterol, which are controlled by poor dietary and lifestyle choices. …”
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Efficacy of Telmisartan Plus Amlodipine in Nonresponders to CCB Monotherapy by Steen Neldam, Dingliang Zhu, Helmut Schumacher

“…Hypertensive patients unable to reach blood pressure (BP) targets with antihypertensive monotherapy may be switched to a combination of two medications with complementary modes of action for improved treatment response. …”
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Cerebral Arterial Stenosis Detection Based on a Retained Two-Stage Detection Algorithm by Hanqing Liu, Xiaojun Li, Jin Wei, Xiaodong Kang

“…Deformable convolutional networks learned offsets to extract morphological features of blood vessels in different tomographic planes. Nonlocal neural networks fused global information and extracted global features from location information of feature maps. …”
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Characterization of Human-Induced Neural Stem Cells and Derivatives following Transplantation into the Central Nervous System of a Nonhuman Primate and Rats by Mengjia Li, Zhengbo Wang, Tianqi Zheng, Tianzhuang Huang, Baoguo Liu, Deqiang Han, Sumei Liu, Bochao Liu, Mo Li, Wei Si, Y. Alex Zhang, Yuyu Niu, Zhiguo Chen

“…In the current study, we reprogrammed human peripheral blood mononuclear cells into induced NSCs (iNSCs) and inserted GFP gene into the AAVS1 site for graft tracing. …”
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Association of Acute Kidney Injury with Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia in Preterm Infants by Saime Hacer OZDEMIR, Husnu Fahri OVALI

“…It was also more frequently associated with fluid-electrolyte imbalance, blood pressure, and hemodynamic disorders in the first postnatal week. …”
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The Immunological Plasmodium falciparum Malaria Characteristics of Children in Tajikistan Republic by Nighina M. Khodzhaeva, Alla M. Baranova, Anatoly K. Tokmalaev

“…Verification of the diagnosis was based on clinical, epidemiological data, and the results of blood microscopy. In all patients, along with the standard, clinical, and laboratory tests, a number of indicators of the immune status were performed that include the T-immunity, the content of serum immunoglobulins of three main classes, the level of circulating immune complexes (CIC), C3 complement, and the concentration of key serum cytokines that have been studied in the dynamics of infectious process. …”
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Prediction of Severe Injury in Bicycle Rider Accidents: A Multicenter Observational Study by Il-Jae Wang, Young Mo Cho, Suck Ju Cho, Seok-Ran Yeom, Sung Wook Park, So Eun Kim, Jae Chol Yoon, Yeaeun Kim, Jongho Park

“…In multivariate regression analysis, male sex, older age, alcohol use, motor vehicle opponent, load state (general and crosswalk), blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate, and Glasgow Coma Scale were the independent factors for predicting severe trauma. …”
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Effect of Honey and Aqueous Garlic Extracts against Short-Term Exposure of Cigarette Tobacco Smoking in Mice: Histopathological and Biochemical Investigations by Ziad Shraideh, Darwish Badran, Ahmed Alzbeede

“…By the end of the third week, the animals were euthanized by physical cervical dislocation. Blood was taken for biochemical study, and the selected organs of the liver, kidney, and jejunum were processed for histological and ultrastructural studies. …”
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Role of phytochemicals in cardiovascular disease management: Insights into mechanisms, efficacy, and clinical application by Esther Ugo Alum

“…Multiple mechanisms, such as combating oxidative stress, controlling inflammation, enhancing the function of endothelial cells, regulating lipid levels, preventing platelet clot formation, and managing blood pressure, have demonstrated the cardiovascular benefits of these phytochemicals. …”
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Consumption of Cross-Linked Resistant Starch (RS4XL) on Glucose and Insulin Responses in Humans by Enas K. Al-Tamimi, Paul A. Seib, Brian S. Snyder, Mark D. Haub

“…Volunteers completed three trials during which they consumed a glucose beverage (GLU), a puffed wheat control bar (PWB), and a bar containing cross-linked RS4 (RS4XL) matched for available carbohydrate content. Serial blood samples were collected over two hours and glucose and insulin concentrations were determined and the incremental area under the curve (iAUC) was calculated. …”
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Association of Lumican Gene with Susceptibility to Pathological Myopia in the Northern Han Ethnic Chinese by Fengju Zhang, Tingzhun Zhu, Zhongjun Zhou, Yudong Wu, Yang Li

“…We collected and analyzed the blood samples of 94 adults (including 12 pedigree cases and 82 sporadic cases) with PM and 90 controls in the northern Han ethnic Chinese. …”
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Epidemiology and Molecular Aspect of pediculosis among Primary School Children in Sulaimani Province Kurdistan-Iraq by Abdullah A. Haama

“…Pediculosis is the term for head lice (Pediculus humanus capitis) and the other hairy parts infestation with any stages of lice. The lice is a human blood sucking ecto-parasite which can cause severe itching. …”
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