El Zika, un Virus Transmitido por Mosquitos by Jorge R. Rey, L. Phil Lounibos, Barry W. Alto, Nathan D. Burkett-Cadena, Cynthia C. Lord, Chelsea T. Smartt, C. Roxanne Rutledge Connelly

“…This 7-page fact sheet is the Spanish-language version of ENY-888/IN1120: Zika, a Mosquito-Transmitted Virus and describes the Zika microbe, its mosquito hosts, and the disease it causes. A history of the virus and its migration are included, along with some details about the virus in the state of Florida and preventative measures people can take to avoid infection. …”
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Sustained Intraocular Pressure Rise after the Treat and Extend Regimen at 3 Years: Aflibercept versus Ranibizumab by Alper Bilgic, Laurent Kodjikian, Jay Chhablani, Anand Sudhalkar, Megha Trivedi, Viraj Vasavada, Vaishali Vasavada, Shail Vasavada, Samaresh Srivastava, Deepak Bhojwani, Aditya Sudhalkar

“…Patients. 789 patients (1021 eyes; 602 males) enrolled in T&E using aflibercept/ranibizumab for diabetic macular edema (DME), wet age-related macular degeneration (AMD), or macular edema in retinal vein occlusion (RVO). Intervention. The history, examination (clinical and special investigations), and treatment records were thoroughly scrutinized. …”
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New probabilistic methods for quantitative climate reconstructions applied to palynological data from Lake Kinneret by T. Netzel, A. Miebach, T. Litt, A. Hense

“…<p>Quantitative local paleoclimate reconstructions are an important tool for gaining insights into the climate history of the Earth. The complex age–sediment–depth and proxy–climate relationships must be described in an appropriate way. …”
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Impact of a potential Chlamydia vaccine in the USA: mathematical modelling analyses by Hiam Chemaitelly, Laith J Abu-Raddad, Houssein H Ayoub, Susanne F Awad, Monia Makhoul

“…The model’s parameters were chosen based on current knowledge from the literature on CT’s natural history and epidemiology. The model’s calibration used age-specific CT prevalence data sourced from the biannual rounds of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys. …”
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Combination of age-adjusted d-dimer, platelet distribution width and other factors predict preoperative deep venous thrombosis in elderly patients with femoral neck fracture by Yunsong Li, Pengkai Cao, Tianyi Zhu, Yaqi Wang, Fengkai Wang, Liang Li, Xiangdong Liu, Yanrong Zhang

“…In the univariate analysis, five variables were found to be statistically significant, including alcohol consumption (P = 0.017), history of renal disease (P < 0.001), elevated D-dimer level (both traditional and age-adjusted cut-off used) (P = 0.007 or < 0.003), increased platelet distribution width (PDW) (P < 0.001) and reduced albumin in continuous or categorical variable (P = 0.027, P = 0.002). …”
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Determinants of growth differentiation factor 15 plasma levels in outpatients with peripheral arterial disease by Emma Skau, Philippe Wagner, Jerzy Leppert, Johan Ärnlöv, Pär Hedberg

“…Plasma levels of GDF-15 were obtained along with potential determinants, including medical history, biochemical data, echocardiographic measures of cardiac geometry and function, ankle-brachial index (ABI), and carotid ultrasonographic data on intima-media thickness (IMT) and occurrence of carotid stenosis. …”
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Prevalence and association of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and insulin resistance among non-diabetic obese, overweight, and metabolically obese normal-weight adult patients at... by Samik Pramanik, Jimmy Barua, Lokanathan V, Sharmistha Roy

“…All subjects underwent detailed history, complete physical examination, laboratory test, and grading of hepatic fat by ultrasonography. …”
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Development and Validation of a Nomogram to Predict Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Overweight and Obese Adults: A Prospective Cohort Study from 82938 Adults in China by Qingqing Liu, Jie Yuan, Maerjiaen Bakeyi, Jie Li, Zilong Zhang, Xiaohong Yang, Fangming Gao

“…Six independent risk factors of T2DM were identified and entered into the nomogram including age, body mass index, fasting plasma glucose, total cholesterol, triglycerides, and family history. The nomogram incorporating these six risk factors showed good discrimination regarding the training set, with a Harrell’s concordance index (C-index) of 0.859 [95% confidence interval (CI): 0.850–0.868] and an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve of 0.862 (95% CI: 0.853–0.871). …”
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Multi‐Year Statistics of LEO Energetic Electrons as Observed by the Korean NextSat‐1 by Jaeheung Park, Kyoung Wook Min, Hoonkyu Seo, Eo‐Jin Kim, Kwangsun Ryu, Jongdae Sohn, Jongho Seon, Ji‐Hyeon Yoo, Seunguk Lee, Brian Kress, Junchan Lee, Changho Woo, Dae‐Young Lee

“…Abstract Monitoring the Earth's radiation belt by Low‐Earth‐Orbit (LEO) satellites has a long history and complemented observations near the high‐altitude equatorial plane. …”
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Rare <i>Wolbachia</i> genotypes in laboratory <i>Drosophila melanogaster</i> strains by A. S. Ryabinin, O. D. Shishkina, Yu. Yu. Ilinsky, R. A. Bykov

“…A comparison of Wolbachia genetic diversity between the wild-type laboratory strains and previously obtained data on mutant laboratory strains demonstrated differences in the frequencies of rare CS genotypes, which were more prevalent in mutant strains, apparently due to the breeding history of these Drosophila strains.…”
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The association between consumption of ultra-processed foods and sperm quality parameters: a cross-sectional study by Mitra Soltani, Mohammad Reza Ahmadi, Zainab Shateri, Zahra Maghsoudi, Milad Rajabzadeh-Dehkordi, Moein Askarpour, Amir Hossein Asadi, Mehran Nouri

“…However, after adjusting for age, marriage duration, body mass index, physical activity, depression, anxiety, stress, energy intake, cigarette history, and mineral and vitamin supplements, a significantly higher association was identified between the second tertile of UPFs and abnormalities in sperm concentration (odds ratio (OR) = 3.962, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.345–11.670, p = 0.013). …”
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A novel CUL4B gene variant activating Wnt4/β-catenin signal pathway to karyotype 46, XY female with disorders of sex development by Chunlin Wang, Hong Chen, Qingqing Chen, Yangbin Qu, Ke Yuan, Li Liang, Qingfeng Yan

“…Methods The proband medical history and pedigree were investigated. Whole-exome sequencing was performed to analyze different variations. …”
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APPLICATION OF THE LOYAL COOPERATION PRINCIPLE IN PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION by Vasilica NEGRUȚ, Ionela Alina ZORZOANĂ

“…The analysis shall have as a starting point the principle of separation of powers in the rule of law, a principle with a rich history in the doctrine, and then we shall come to the emergence and development of the increasingly strong concept of „loyal cooperation″. …”
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A Nomogram Model for Predicting Recurrent Coronary Thrombosis in Kawasaki Disease Patients by Zhou X, Peng Y, Yi Q

“…However, there are currently no studies predicting the recurrence of coronary thrombosis, so the aim of this study was to develop and validate a nomogram to predict recurrent coronary thrombosis in KD patients.Methods: This was a retrospective study of data from 149 KD patients who had a history of previous coronary disease at the Children’s Hospital of Chongqing Medical University from 2013 to 2020. …”
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Connections Across Open Water: A Bi‐Organelle, Genomics‐Scale Assessment of Atlantic‐Wide Population Dynamics in a Pelagic, Endangered Apex Predator Shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) by Andrea M. Bernard, Marissa R. Mehlrose, Kimberly A. Finnegan, Bradley M. Wetherbee, Mahmood S. Shivji

“…Linkage disequilibrium network analysis indicated that makos possess a chromosomal inversion that occurs Atlantic wide, a genome feature that may be informative for evolutionary investigations concerning adaptations and the global history of this iconic species. Mitogenome diversity in Atlantic makos was high compared to other elasmobranchs assessed at the mitogenome level, and nuclear diversity was high compared to the two other, highly migratory pelagic shark species assessed with SNPs. …”
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The Effect of Volitional Preemptive Abdominal Contraction on Biomechanical Measures During A Front Versus Back Loaded Barbell Squat by Joseph B. McCormick, Alexander S. Drusch, Darragh J. Lynch, Gesine H. Seeber, Katherine F. Wilford, Troy L. Hooper, Brad S. Allen, Dennis G. O’Connell, Maria J. Mena-Iturriaga, Kinyata J. Cooper, Phillip S. Sizer

“…Subjects completed informed consent, demographic/medical history questionnaires and an instructional video. …”
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Epidemic Zika virus strains from the Asian lineage induce an attenuated fetal brain pathogenicity by Maïlis Darmuzey, Franck Touret, Emily Slowikowski, Ivan Gladwyn-Ng, Karan Ahuja, Lorena Sanchez-Felipe, Xavier de Lamballerie, Catherine Verfaillie, Pedro E. Marques, Johan Neyts, Suzanne J. F. Kaptein

“…Notwithstanding the long circulation history of Asian ZIKV, no ZIKV-associated CZS cases were reported prior to the outbreaks in French Polynesia (2013) and Brazil (2015). …”
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Voices from the clinic: a qualitative analysis of physiotherapy strategies in musculoskeletal care for knee osteoarthritis patients by Jennifer Nguyen, Justine M. Naylor, Sarah Dennis, Rebecca Livings, Kathryn Mills, Siobhan M. Schabrun, Jeanette M. Thom

“…Current treatment strategies focussed on disease severity, symptom presentation and/or patient exercise history with little emphasis on education about osteoarthritis pathophysiology and drug-based pain relief. …”
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Practices of Breast Self-Examination and Associated Factors among Female Debre Berhan University Students by Kalayu Birhane, Miskir Alemayehu, Belayneh Anawte, Gebru Gebremariyam, Ruth Daniel, Semeneh Addis, Teshome Worke, Abdurrahman Mohammed, Wassie Negash

“…Only 14 (3.5%) had family history of breast cancer. Two hundred fifty-six (64%) of the participants had heard about BSE and 30.25% had good knowledge about BSE. …”
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El Zika, un Virus Transmitido por Mosquitos by Jorge R. Rey, L. Phil Lounibos, Barry W. Alto, Nathan D. Burkett-Cadena, Cynthia C. Lord, Chelsea T. Smartt, C. Roxanne Rutledge Connelly

“…This 7-page fact sheet is the Spanish-language version of ENY-888/IN1120: Zika, a Mosquito-Transmitted Virus and describes the Zika microbe, its mosquito hosts, and the disease it causes. A history of the virus and its migration are included, along with some details about the virus in the state of Florida and preventative measures people can take to avoid infection. …”
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