Vitamin D supplementation during intensive care unit stay is associated with improved outcomes in critically Ill patients with sepsis: a cohort study by Caifeng Li, Ke Zhao, Qian Ren, Lin Chen, Ying Zhang, Guolin Wang, Keliang Xie

“…However, whether vitamin D supplementation would improve their prognosis remains uncertain.MethodsWe conducted a retrospective cohort study using data from MIMIC-IV database, a publicly available database containing clinical information on patients admitted to the ICU at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) from 2008 to 2019. …”
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Moxibustion for Herpes Zoster and Postherpetic Neuralgia: A Meta-Analysis by Yuanen Huang, Jingping Wu, Hongbin Cheng, Yanling Liu

“…From a total of 1957 identified studies, 31 were included in analysis (N = 2334 cases). 31 RCTs contained the experimental sample of 1185 cases and the control sample of 1149 cases reported efficiency of different moxibustions in the treatment of herpes zoster, statistical heterogeneity inspection without heterogeneity. …”
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Association between ambient air pollution and outpatient visits of cardiovascular diseases in Zibo, China: a time series analysis by Yamei Wang, Shaoning Qu, Ting Li, Liang Chen, Liping Yang

“…The effect of air pollution on cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in Zibo was unclear.MethodsDaily outpatient visits of common CVDs including coronary heart disease (CHD), stroke, and arrhythmia were obtained from 2019 to 2022 in Zibo. Air pollutants contained fine particulate matter (PM2.5), inhalable particulate matter (PM10), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), sulfur dioxide (SO2), ozone (O3), and carbon monoxide (CO). …”
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Discrepancies in safety reporting for chronic back pain clinical trials: an observational study from ClinicalTrials.gov and publications by Nick Boyne, Alison Duke, Jack Rea, Adam Khan, Alec Young, Jared Van Vleet, Matt Vassar

“…Only 4 (10%) publications fully reported adverse events (AEs) without discrepancies, while 36 (90%) contained at least one inconsistency compared to ClinicalTrials.gov. …”
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The activity of a herbal medicinal product of Phyllanthus niruri and Silybum marianum powdered extracts (Heptex®) in patients with apparent risk factors for nonalcoholic steatohepa... by Mohamed Kamal Shaker, Mohamed Hassany, Basem Eysa, AbdulMoneim Adel, Ahmed Zidan, Shahnaz Mohamed

“…We aimed to investigate the hepatoprotective effect of Heptex® capsules containing 200 mg of Dukung Anak (a powdered extract from aerial parts of Phyllanthus niruri) and 100 mg of Milk Thistle (a powdered extract from fruits of Silybum marianum) in patients with an apparent risk factor for NASH. …”
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Modelling pre-Hispanic settlement patterns in Alto de Toche, Colombia by César Augusto Velandia, Daniel Ramírez, Jhony Carvajal, David Bejarano

“…The Toche region in Colombia contains an outstanding anthropised ecosystems presence (8000 BP), characterised by complex inherited cultural patterns, according to the evidences on the eastern margin of the Andes Central Cordillera. …”
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Boron adsorption in semiarid Mediterranean soils under the influence of background electrolytes by S. Fatnassi, M.B. Almendro Candel, J. Navarro Pedreño, I. Gómez Lucas, M. Hachicha

“…As a comparison of divalent and monovalent cations, boron adsorbed content was higher with the solution containing calcium than in sodium chloride solution, due to the fact that calcium carbonate is an important boron adsorbing surface.CONCLUSION: This study reveals that the best conditions for maximum boron adsorption are defined by calcium chloride background electrolyte in this type of soil in a determined shaking time interval of 3 hours. …”
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<i>Botrytis cinerea</i> PMT4 Is Involved in <i>O</i>-Glycosylation, Cell Wall Organization, Membrane Integrity, and Virulence by Verónica Plaza, Alice Pasten, Luz A. López-Ramírez, Héctor M. Mora-Montes, Julia Rubio-Astudillo, Evelyn Silva-Moreno, Luis Castillo

“…Proteins found within the fungal cell wall usually contain both <i>N</i>- and <i>O</i>-oligosaccharides. …”
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Partial replacement of soybean meal with mixed plant proteins yields comparable growth and carcass quality in growing-finishing pigs by Wei Han Zhao, Wei Han Zhao, Joo Hyun Ha, Joo Hyun Ha, Sungbo Cho, Sungbo Cho, In Ho Kim, In Ho Kim

“…Each treatment group had 9 replicate pens, each containing 2 barrows and 2 gilts. During the 15-week trial, body weight (BW), average daily gain (ADG), average daily feed intake (ADFI), and feed conversion ratio (FCR) were calculated for the periods of weeks 0–5, weeks 5–10, week 10–15, and for the entire experimental period.ResultsThe partial replacement of soybean meal with mixed plant protein products (RSM, PKM-DDGS) showed no significant effect on the growth performance of pigs during the entire experimental period (p &gt; 0.05). …”
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Ameliorative effect of curcuminoids in liver fibrosis rat model via regulating GIPC1 gene and modulating MMP-8/TIMP-3 balance mediated by miR-483-5p by Rana Mostafa Adel, Sara Mostafa Kamal, Eman Adel Sherif, Sara Hatem El-shafiey

“…Liver fibrosis is associated with multiple pathways, however, the dysregulation of GIPC1 gene (GIPC PDZ domain containing family member 1) and disruption in the balance of MMPs (matrix metalloproteinases) and TIMPs (tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases) remain as key factors in this disease. …”
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Mucocutaneous Manifestations Reported by Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients in University Hospital by Ieva Renata Jonaitytė, Vita Karpavičiūtė, Gediminas Kiudelis, Juozas Kupčinskas, Laimas Jonaitis

“…Patients completed the questionnaire containing demographic and IBD data, questions about mucocutaneous lesions (in past or present state). …”
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DeepGenMon: A Novel Framework for Monkeypox Classification Integrating Lightweight Attention-Based Deep Learning and a Genetic Algorithm by Abdulqader M. Almars

“…The first dataset comprises 847 images of diverse skin diseases, while the second dataset contains 659 images classified into several categories. …”
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Genetic characterization of clinical <I>Klebsiella</I> isolates circulating in Novosibirsk by A. V. Bardasheva, N. V. Fomenko, T. V. Kalymbetova, I. V. Babkin, S. O. Chretien, E. V. Zhirakovskaya, N. V. Tikunova, V. V. Morozova

“…Real-time PCR revealed that the population contained genes of the blaSHV, blaTEM, blaCTX families and the blaOXA-48 gene, which are the genetic determinants of beta-lactam resistance. …”
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The Status of Wild Grapevine (<i>Vitis vinifera</i> L. subsp. <i>sylvestris</i> (C.C. Gmel.) Hegi) Populations in Georgia (South Caucasus) by Gabriele Cola, Gabriella De Lorenzis, Osvaldo Failla, Nikoloz Kvaliashvili, Shengeli Kikilashvili, Maia Kikvadze, Londa Mamasakhlisashvili, Irma Mdinaradze, Ramaz Chipashvili, David Maghradze

“…Hegi) across 127 different sites, with 45% of these sites containing only a single vine and only 7% more than 9 vines. …”
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The results of testing soybean accessions at Adler Experiment Station of VIR in 2013-2015 by I. V. Seferova, A. P. Boyko, I. N. Perchuk, T. V. Shelenga, Т. A. Sholukhova

“…Accessions with the shortest (81-90 days) and longest (&gt; 150 days) growing seasons did not contain much oil. High productivity was combined with high protein content in the early-ripening accession k-2341 from China (growing season of 101-110 days), late-ripening variety 'Morse' from the U.S. (141-50 days), 'Shhepis 2' from Georgia, 'Axagara' and 'Tou kichi 1' from Japan (&gt;150 days). …”
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Advertising in Lithuanian Periodicals in 1918-1940: Characteristics of its Quantitative and Qualitative Developement by Giedrė Polkaitė

“…Advertising of warehouses, shops, and goods contained therein rather than that of separate trademarks or brand products was much more common.   2) 1921-1926 - it did not take long for advertising to come to life again following economic and political disturbances. …”
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Effect of Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) Concentration on Cryopreservation of Booroolong Frog Sperm with Evaluation of Post-Thaw Motility in Caffeine by Zara M. Anastas, Aimee J. Silla, Phillip G. Byrne, Rebecca J. Hobbs, Michael S. McFadden, Jonathan Daly, Justine K. O’Brien

“…Spermic urine samples were collected from 14 male frogs following hormonal induction of spermiation, and each sample was split among three cryopreservation treatments, where the cryopreservation medium contained either 0 (control), 0.5, or 1% BSA (<i>w</i>/<i>v</i>). …”
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Prediction and verification of the influence of the rs367781716 SN P on the interaction of ТАТА -binding protein with the promoter of the human АВСА9 gene by O. V. Arkova, I. A. Drachkova, T. V. Arshinova, D. A. Rasskazov, V. V. Suslov, P. M. Ponomarenko, M. P. Ponomarenko, N. A. Kolchanov, L. K. Savinkova

“…We calculated the empirical value of the change in the equilibrium constant of dissociation (KD = kd /ka), which characterizes binding affinity of TBP for a promoter containing the ТАТА box. This empirical value matched the value predicted by SNP_ТАТА _Comparator within the margin of error of the measurements and calculations. …”
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Inclusive educational process at the university: Theoretical and experimental model of teachers' psychological readiness by V. Z. Kantor, Yu. L. Proekt

“…In the diagnostic and methodological terms, the current study relied on the authors' questionnaire containing the blocks of questions built using a 5-point Likert scale and characterising the severity of the various components of such readiness among university teachers in relation to working with disabled students of diverse nosological groups. …”
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Colony Formation, Migratory, and Differentiation Characteristics of Multipotential Stromal Cells (MSCs) from “Clinically Accessible” Human Periosteum Compared to Donor-Matched Bone... by Heather E. Owston, Payal Ganguly, Giuseppe Tronci, Stephen J. Russell, Peter V. Giannoudis, Elena A. Jones

“…“Clinically accessible” periosteum had an intact outer fibrous layer, containing CD271+ candidate MSCs located perivasculary; the inner cambium was rarely present. …”
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