Early results of laparoscopic single‑anastomosis duodeno‑ileal bypass with sleeve gastrectomy: a case series from a single Polish bariatric center by Mateusz Wityk, Maciej Bobowicz, Mateusz Pryt, Natalia Dowgiałło-Gornowicz

“…While laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy is the most common metabolic bariatric surgery, up to 50% of patients may require revisional procedures due to weight regain or comorbidity recurrence. …”
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Propofol Regulates ER Stress to Inhibit Tumour Growth and Sensitize Osteosarcoma to Doxorubicin by Hua Wei, Xinhui Du, Huaping Zhao, Peipei Sun, Jianjun Yang

“…Osteosarcoma is the most common malignant bone tumour affecting children and young adults. …”
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Spread the Joy: How High and Low Bias for Happy Facial Emotions Translate into Different Daily Life Affect Dynamics by Charlotte Vrijen, Catharina A. Hartman, Eeske van Roekel, Peter de Jonge, Albertine J. Oldehinkel

“…There is evidence that people commonly show a bias toward happy facial emotions during laboratory tasks, that is, they identify other people’s happy facial emotions faster than other people’s negative facial emotions. …”
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Efficacy of Hymecromone in Post-Cholecystectomy Patients by A V. Okhlobystin, A. К. Ufimtseva, M. A. Tatarkina, O. Z. Okhlobystina, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Mild increase in fasting common bile duct (CBD) diameter after treatment (7.23 ± 0.99 vs 6.78 ± 1.01; p = 0.029) was attributed to choleretic action of hymecromone. …”
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Optimizing the role of pharmacists at the primary healthcare centres in Indonesia through an integrated information system by Nur Yuliasih, Yasmin Fatinah, Rizky Abdulah, Rizky Abdulah, Auliya A. Suwantika, Auliya A. Suwantika, Auliya A. Suwantika

“…According to informants, the criteria for desired applications are crucial to optimizing the integrated system, using it, and streamlining tasks for pharmacists at PHCs. Common expectations include an integrated system for monitoring drug usage and orders. …”
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Assessment on Performance and Emission Characteristics of the CRDI Engine Fueled with Ethanol/Diesel Blends in Addition to EGR by C. Dineshkumar, P. D. Jeyakumar, C. K. Arvinda Pandian, N. Rajmohan, P. V. Elumalai, N. Kamesh, Saboor Shaik, Mohsen Sharifpur, Nima Khalilpoor

“…The addition of exhaust gas recirculation with E30D70 in the common rail diesel engine exhibits oxides of nitrogen emission, but in contrast, it was noticed to have inferior performance characteristics and drastically decreased HC and CO emissions. …”
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Retrospective Study of Factors Potentially Influencing Occurrence of Cough in Slovak Patients with Sarcoidosis by Eva Kovacova, Robert Vysehradsky, Ivan Kocan, Jana Plevkova, Tomas Buday

“…Sarcoidosis is a multisystem granulomatous disease of unknown aetiology, commonly involving the lungs.  Cough is a frequent and troublesome symptom of sarcoidosis that reduces patients’ quality of life. …”
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Prevalence of Malnutrition According to the Global Leadership Initiative on Malnutrition Criteria in Community-dwelling Older Adults in Turkey by Filiz DEMIRDAG, Esma Nur KOLBASI, Ozlem PEHLIVAN

“…We recommend for researchers and clinicians to integrate the GLIM criteria into their practices to create a common language in malnutrition assessment.…”
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Teeth and Covariates: Association with Risk of Falls by Shivani Kohli, Aaron Lam Wui Vun, Christopher Daryl Philip, Cassamally Muhammad Aadil, Mahenthiran Ramalingam

“…Purpose. Falls occur commonly in geriatric populations and undesirably influence their life, morbidity, and mortality. …”
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Gather together in the name of our next generation: A scoping review of the essence and implementation of community baby showers by Aysha Jawed, Catherine Ehrhardt, Molly Rye, Amy Hess, Elizabeth Murter, Colin Gardiner

“…Results: Specifically, this review synthesizes the commonalities, differences, key findings, intervention components as well as gaps in research and practice on community baby showers across published studies (n=20) and secondary sources (n=4). …”
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Impact of Poultry Litter Cake, Cleanout, and Bedding following Chemical Amendments on Soil C and N Mineralization by Dexter B. Watts, Katy E. Smith, H. A. Torbert

“…A 35-day incubation study was carried out on a Hartsells fine sandy loam (fine-loamy, siliceous, subactive, thermic Typic Hapludults) soil common to the USA Appalachian Plateau region. Three poultry litter components (broiler cake, total cleanout, and bedding material) from a broiler house were evaluated and compared to a soil control. …”
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Global avian influenza situation (2019–2022). Host range expansion asevidence of high pathogenicity avian influenza virus evolution by M. V. Zhiltsova, T. P. Akimova, A. V. Varkentin, M. N. Mitrofanova, A. V. Mazneva, V. P. Semakina, E. S. Vystavkina

“…The WAHIS data were analyzed and the high ability of the virus to spillover from birds to mammals, such as martens (minks, otters, ferrets, badgers), cats (domestic cats, cougars, leopards, lynxes), pinnipeds (common seals, grey seals), bears (brown, grizzly, American black), bottlenose dolphins, skunks, foxes, opossums, raccoons was demonstrated. …”
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Prevalence and molecular characterization of Beta-lactamase resistance gene in multidrug resistance bacteria, Proteus spp. by Sabiha S. Salih, Shno J. Mohammed, Imad M Noori, Lana MA Mohammed, Taib A. Hama Soor

“…The multidrug resistance was found in all isolates and the most common drug resistance phenotype were against tetracycline, rifampin, and doxycycline, while the imepenem, tobramycin, and meropenem remain more effective against the bacteria. …”
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Understanding Autoimmune Mechanisms in Multiple Sclerosis Using Gene Expression Microarrays: Treatment Effect and Cytokine-related Pathways by A. Achiron, M. Gurevich, D. Magalashvili, I. Kishner, M. Dolev, M. Mandel

“…Further analysis disclosed seven cytokine-associated genes within the immunomodulatory treatment signature, and two cytokine-associated genes SCYA4 (small inducible cytokine A4) and FCAR (Fc fragment of IgA, CD89) that were common to both the MS gene expression signature and the immunomodulatory treatment gene expression signature. …”
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Anxiety and depression in healthcare workers are associated with work stress and poor work ability by Nicola Magnavita, Igor Meraglia, Matteo Riccò

“…BackgroundSymptoms of anxiety and depression are very common among healthcare workers (HCWs) and could impact the quality of care.ObjectiveThis study aimed to evaluate the prevalence of these disorders in a public health company and their association with work ability and work-related stress.MethodsA cross-sectional study involved 80 HCWs being treated for mental disorders (MD), 55 HCWs who said they suffered from MD but were not being treated, and 824 healthy colleagues. …”
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Concentric and Eccentric Force Changes with Elastic Band and Isotonic Heavy Resistance Training: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Eric Folkins, Sidharth Sahni, John Ryan, Stacey Wooden, Gina Bushby, Christian Radzinski

“…# Background Inclusion of resistance training as part of a general fitness program to improve health, and lower risk of disease and injury is well established. Two common options to improve strength are elastic bands and weights. …”
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Attitudes towards and use of dental dams by final-year dental students in Chongqing, China: a cross-sectional study by Jing Yang, Haofeng Jiang, Lu Shen, Yuhan Zhang

“…Whether in restorative procedures or endodontic treatment, the most common reason for not using DDs was a ‘lack of knowledge and experience’, followed by ‘DDs could not be provided by internship institutions’. …”
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Decision tree-based learning and laboratory data mining: an efficient approach to amebiasis testing by Enas Al-khlifeh, Ahmad S. Tarawneh, Khalid Almohammadi, Malek Alrashidi, Ramadan Hassanat, Ahmad B. Hassanat

“…This is especially evident in developing countries, where infections are more common. The primary diagnostic method in laboratories involves the microscopy of stool samples. …”
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Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV) gB dictates a low-pH endocytotic entry pathway as revealed by a dual-fluorescent virus system and a rhesus monkey rhadinovirus expres... by Shanchuan Liu, Sarah Schlagowski, Anna K Großkopf, Natalia Khizanishvili, Xiaoliang Yang, Scott W Wong, Elina M Guzmán, Marija Backovic, Stefano Scribano, Arne Cordsmeier, Armin Ensser, Alexander S Hahn

“…Fusion of viral and host cell membranes, which is followed by release of the viral capsid into the cytoplasm, is executed by the core fusion machinery composed of glycoproteins H (gH), L (gL), and B (gB), that is common to all herpesviruses. KSHV infection has been shown to be sensitive to inhibitors of vacuolar acidification, suggestive of low pH as a fusion trigger. …”
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A Cross-Sectional Analysis of Dietary Intake and Nutritional Status of Patients on Haemodialysis Maintenance Therapy in a Country of Sub-Saharan Africa by Nyangi A. Gityamwi, Kathryn H. Hart, Barbara Engel

“…Malnutrition is common among dialysis patients, but there is insufficient literature on the problem from resource-poor settings of the sub-Saharan region. …”
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