Modulation of adiposity and adipocyte inflammation by methanol extracts of Alpinia calcarata leaf in high-fat-diet induced-obese mice: Involvement of COX-2 and PPAR-γ by Imtiaz Ahmad, Maruful Hasan, Dipty Rani Bhowmik, Rahima Begum, Sourav Roy, Md Monirul Islam, Md Abdur Rahman Ripon, Mohammad Salim Hossain

“…Obesity is a worldwide problem linked to several lifestyle disorders like diabetes, hypertension, heart failure, dyslipidaemias, asthma, etc. Finding a cure for obesity and its consequences is essential. …”
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Investigation of The Body Composition And Maximal Oxygen Consumption Capacity Of Elite Boxing And Wrestling Athletes by Erkan Tortu, Bihter Akınoğlu, Adnan Hasanoğlu, Tuğba Kocahan, Banu Kabak, Aydin Balcı

“…There was not any difference in body weight, body fat percentage, and relative oxygen consumption values of boxing and wrestling athletes (p gt; 0.05); however, there were statistically significant differences in the Body Mass Index, muscle mass, absolute oxygen consumption, carbon dioxide production, respiratory coefficient, and heart rate values (p lt;0.05). In boxing and wrestling athletes, there was a strong negative correlation between BMI and body fat percentage and relative oxygen consumption values (p lt;0.05); Muscle mass and relative oxygen consumption values were found to be strong in boxing athletes and moderate in wrestling athletes (p lt;0.05). …”
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Comparison of the Disposable Streamlined Liner of the Pharynx Airway and the Disposable I-gel in Anaesthetized, Paralyzed Adults: A Randomized Prospective Study by Khaled EL-Radaideh, Ala"a Alhowary, Diab Bani Hani

“…Blood staining occurred more frequently in SLIPA (n=8, 19.0%) than in I-gel (n=5, 13.2%) patients (P<0.01). Heart rate, mean arterial blood pressure, SpO2, and EtCO2 were not significantly different between groups. …”
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Significant Association between Serum Interleukin-6 and Helicobacter pylori Antibody Levels among H. pylori-Positive Japanese Adults by Hiroko Nakagawa, Takashi Tamura, Yoko Mitsuda, Yasuyuki Goto, Yoshikazu Kamiya, Takaaki Kondo, Kenji Wakai, Nobuyuki Hamajima

“…Inflammation plays a key role in the pathogenesis of atherosclerosis that is an underlying cause of coronary heart disease (CHD). Since the 1990s, some studies have shown an association between H. pylori infection and CHD, which may be mediated by inflammation. …”
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Optimization of Echo Views for Percutaneous Device Closure of Pediatric Atrial Septal Defect through the Femoral Vein Guided by Transthoracic Echocardiography without Radiation by Zankai Ye, Zhiqiang Li, Hanlu Yi, Yaobin Zhu, Yan Sun, Hongju Zhang, Pei Li, Ning Ma

“…Sixty children (29 males and 31 females) were diagnosed with a central ASD, normal heart function, and no other intracardiac deformity. …”
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Effect of gestational age on clinical features in necrotizing enterocolitis-associated intestinal perforation by Minming Chen, Wei Feng, Jinping Hou, Xiaohong Die, Zhenhua Guo, Yi Wang

“…For comorbidity, the incidence of sepsis, coagulopathy, type of (congenital heart disease) CHD, and hypoproteinemia in Group 1 was higher than that in Group 2 (all P &lt; 0.016), and the incidence of respiratory failure, hypoproteinemia in Group 1 was higher than that in Group 3 (all P &lt; 0.016). …”
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Portable devices for periodic monitoring of bioelectrical impedance along meridian pathways in healthy individuals by Yu-Chen Xu, Xiu-Yan Cao, Shuai Liu, Bo Liu, Hao Chen, Min Cheng, Wei-Hua Ye

“…In the first group of meridians, which includes the lung, large intestine, heart, small intestine, pericardium, and triple-energizer meridians, significant monthly variations were observed. …”
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Energy-Efficient Harvested-Aware Clustering and Cooperative Routing Protocol for WBAN (E-HARP) by Zahid Ullah, Imran Ahmed, Fakhri Alam Khan, Muhammad Asif, Muhammad Nawaz, Tamleek Ali, Muhammad Khalid, Fahim Niaz

“…It is used to sense health-related data, such as rate of heart beat, blood pressure, blood glucose level, electro-cardiogram (ECG), and electro-myography (EMG), of human body and pass these readings to real-time health monitoring systems. …”
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Endoscopic-Assisted Multivessel Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Experience of the First 100 Procedures by De Qing Görtzen, Fleur Sampon, Naomi Timmermans, Joost Ter Woorst, Ferdi Akca

“…In all cases, endoscopic-assisted harvesting of the internal mammary artery, radial artery, or saphenous vein was performed, followed by beating-heart anastomoses through a mini-thoracotomy. Results: A total of 226 distal anastomoses were performed, utilizing 102 left internal mammary arteries, 80 radial arteries, 30 right internal mammary arteries, and 14 saphenous veins. …”

Clinical efficacy of electrosurgery and steel scalpel surgery for umbilical herniorrhaphy in bovine calves: A comparative analysis by Mohammad Raguib Munif, Md Ariful Islam, Md Sabuj Rahman, Md Mizanur Rahman, Md Rafiqul Alam

“…Clinical parameters, such as temperature, heart rate, respiratory rate, and SpO2, were recorded 10 min preoperatively, intraoperatively at 20 and 40 min, and 10 min postoperatively. …”
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PD-L1 monoclonal antibody alleviated MI injury of left ventricular function via modulating CD47/SHP2/SIRPα/SYK/FcγR signalings in tumor associated macrophages by Deyou Kong, Yongzhen Chen, Yajuan Yin, Zhikun Liu, Fang Yang, Xiaohong Li, Dongxing Shen, Jun Zhang

“…Cardiac function was assessed by ultrasound. Heart tissue and breast cancer tumor samples were isolated, and the content of cGAMP was measured using LC-MS/MS. …”
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Significant Calcification of an Entire Aortic Tree with Renal Artery Subocclusion: Acute Kidney Injury, Ischemic Kidney Disease, and the Tissue Viability Question—A Case Report by Marko Baralić, Selena Gajić, Aleksandra Kezić, Ana Bontić, Jelena Pavlović, Voin Brković, Vidna Karadžić Ristanović, Danka Bjelić, Maja Životić, Sanja Radojević-Škodrić, Želimir Antonić, Nenad Ilijevski, Milan Radović

“…Case Presentation: We present a case of a 60-year-old female patient with hypertensive crisis, acute heart failure (HF), and pulmonary edema as the initial signs of acute kidney injury (AKI) caused by right RAS and left renal artery occlusion in the presence of severe aortic atherosclerosis revealed on computed tomography angiography (CTA) of the abdomen. …”
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Neuromuscular Excitation Pattern in Expert Indoor Skydivers by Susanna Rampichini, Eloisa Limonta, Irene Di Giulio, Marta Borrelli, Emiliano Cè, Giuseppe Coratella, Johnny Padulo, Stefano Longo, Fabio Esposito

“…The surface electromyographic signal was recorded on the anterior deltoid, AD; posterior deltoid, PD; pectoralis major, PM; latissimus dorsi, LD; rectus abdominis, Rabd; erector spinae, ES; rectus femoris, RF; and biceps femoris, BF for each position: PRONE, SUPINE, SIT, and head-down (HD). A synchronous heart rate was recorded to assess the cardiac engagement. …”
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Schiller’s Response to Voltaire in 'Die Jungfrau von Orleans': Enlightened or Romantic? by Ritchie Robertson

“…Schiller’s own testimony that his play was intended to speak to the heart is confirmed by the enthusiastic emotional response it received from contemporary audiences. …”
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Association of N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide with cognitive function and depression in elderly people with type 2 diabetes. by Insa Feinkohl, Naveed Sattar, Paul Welsh, Rebecca M Reynolds, Ian J Deary, Mark W J Strachan, Jackie F Price, Edinburgh Type 2 Diabetes Study-ET2DS Investigators

“…<h4>Background</h4>Type 2 diabetes mellitus is associated with risk of congestive heart failure (CHF), cognitive dysfunction and depression. …”
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Perioperative nursing of an osteoporosis patient undergoing second operation for Stanford type A aortic dissection (合并骨质疏松的Stanford A型主动脉夹层二次手术患者的围术期护理)... by JIN Fangfang (金芳芳), SU Yunyan (苏云艳), HU Yuexiu (胡岳秀), WU Mengya (伍梦雅)

“…An individualized health assessment and interventions of controlling of heart rate and blood pressure were carried out before operation. …”
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Effect of nursing process-based nursing decision implementation on emergency patients with acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction by Tiantian Wan, Caixia Wang, Jingli Shi, Shujian Wu

“…Results Through intervention, the IG suggested visibly shorter rescue time, vein opening time, intervention procedure time, and hospital stay compared to the CG; the probability of heart failure (HF), cardiac arrest, and death in the IG was visibly lower than in the CG; the physical health, mental health, social relationships, and environmental scores in the IG were visibly higher than in the CG. …”
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Efficacy of Group O Washed Red Blood Cell Transfusion on Vital Signs and Hematologic Stability in Trauma Patients With Different Blood Types by Gou XJ, Li LF, He XL, Chen X, Yu AY, Tian WY

“…Both blood pressure and SI enhanced significantly after transfusion (P < 0.05), although no significant change in heart rate (HR) was detected (P = 0.87). Patients with blood group A experienced a significant reduction in HR post-transfusion. …”
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Anatomical and pathological findings in longlived female Bubalus bubalis by Rosaura Pérez-Gil, Yaritza Salas, Adelys Márquez, Oriana Gavidia

“…At the slaugh-terhouse, the organs were collected: lung, mediastinal lymph nodes, heart, liver, kidney, spleen, and uterus. A 10% buffered formaldehyde solution was used for fixing and transporting the tissues. …”
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Síndrome Coronariana Aguda no Brasil: Registro dos Fatores Predisponentes e Perfil Populacional em um Instituto Cardiológico Público de Referência Nacional by Kaliana Nascimento, Hugo Ribeiro Ramadan, Bruno Mendonça Baccaro, Vinicius Vaz de Sales Bicalho, Italo Menezes Ferreira, Louis Nakayama Ohe, Vitor Sobreira Souza Santos, Fausto Feres, Kleber Franchini, Ari Timerman, Diandro Marinho Mota

“…No escore Grace, 65,10% foram considerados de baixo risco, enquanto 81,34% no TIMI e 71,16% no HEART foram identificados como risco moderado. O cateterismo representou 84,93% dos métodos diagnósticos. …”
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