Diagnostic Value of Fractional Exhaled Nitric Oxide and Small Airway Function in Differentiating Cough-Variant Asthma from Typical Asthma by Yanqi Wang, Lixuan Zhao, Fang Chen, Yufeng Guo, Hongxia Ma, Baofen Han, Jiang Yi, Xiaomei Kong

“…FeNO and small airway function indexes might have great diagnostic value for differentiating CVA from TA. …”
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Patient-Reported Outcomes in Children Undergoing the Modified Green Procedure for Treating Sprengel’s Deformity: Results from a Multicentric Study by Giovanni Trisolino, Paola Zarantonello, Marco Todisco, Giovanni Luigi Di Gennaro, Grazia Chiara Menozzi, Philipp Scheider, Alessandro Depaoli, Diego Antonioli, Gino Rocca, Sebastian Farr

“…Several dedicated questionnaires such as QuickDASH, the Shoulder Pain Index and the Shoulder Disability Index (SPADI) and finally the UCLA Shoulder Scale were submitted to assess the quality of life of the subjects and the ability to practice certain activities, including work and sports. …”
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Spatiotemporal variability of groundwater chemistry, source identification and health risks in the southern Chinese Loess Plateau by Zijun Li, Qingchun Yang, Chuan Xie, Hongyun Ma, Bin Wu, Yanli Wang

“…The nitrate health risk assessment demonstrated that 39.1 % and 20.3 % of groundwater samples (2015) significantly exceeded the standard threshold (Hazard Index = 1), implying a higher health risk to children than adults, and the nitrate health risk in ML was obviously greater than that in JH-U. …”
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Liver Fibrosis Scores and Hospitalization, Mechanical Ventilation, Severity, and Death in Patients with COVID-19: A Systematic Review and Dose-Response Meta-Analysis by Menglu Liu, Kaibo Mei, Ziqi Tan, Shan Huang, Fuwei Liu, Chao Deng, Jianyong Ma, Peng Yu, Xiao Liu

“…Higher NFS (≥−1.5) and Forns index were associated with increased risk of severe COVID-19 and COVID-19-associated death. …”
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Effects of adding a kind of compound bio-enzyme to the diet on the production performance, serum immunity, and intestinal health of Pekin ducks by Yuxiao Li, Jie Zhou, Tong Guo, Huiya Zhang, Chang Cao, Yingjie Cai, Jiqiao Zhang, Tao Li, Jianqin Zhang

“…The jejunal villus height to crypt depth ratio (VH/CD) significantly increased (P < 0.001) in LG, with notable improvements in duodenal (P = 0.001) and jejunal (P < 0.001) VH/CD in HG. The Shannon index (P = 0.042) and Pielou index (P = 0.038) of cecal microbiota were markedly lower in HG. …”
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Effect of Weed Management Practices on Citrus Growth and Cost of Production at Young Mandarin Orchard in Palpa, Nepal by Deepa Parajuli, Hom Nath Giri, Mamta Adhikari, Bidya Ojha, Astha Pokharel, Anusuya Aaradhana Panthee

“…Whereas, the weed persistence index was lower in herbicide-treated plots at 30 (0.73), 45 (0.44), and 75 (0.24) DAT. …”
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Global burden of musculoskeletal disorders and attributable factors in 204 countries and territories: a secondary analysis of the Global Burden of Disease 2019 study by Binyan Wang, Ding Ye, Shiwen Liu, Shuzhen Fan, Yaxuan Wang, Yuxuan Zhan

“…A significant negative correlation was observed between the AAPCs in the ASRs and the Sociodemographic Index (SDI) score. Occupational risk exhibited the highest contribution to MSK disorders, and tobacco use and high body mass index were also major risk factors.Conclusions This study demonstrates that the burden of MSK disorders tends to be lower in high-SDI regions than in lower-SDI regions. …”
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Analysis of Healthcare Resource Utilization and Costs after the Initiation of Biologic Treatment in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s Disease by Sue Perera, Shibing Yang, Marni Stott-Miller, Joanne Brady

“…Of 1-year follow-up cohort patients, 45% received the same biologic initiated at index for ≥1 year. Infliximab and adalimumab were the most commonly initiated biologics in patients with UC or CD. …”
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Prevalence of and factors associated with symptoms consistent with a diagnosis of irritable bowel syndrome among resident physicians in standardised training in China: a cross-sect... by Xin Wang, Ning Li, Xia Li, Zhigang Li, Jun Zhao, Xuefei Wang, Xin Hao, Jiayi Yang, Junjian Tian

“…Objectives This study aims to investigate the incidence of and factors associated with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) among resident physicians in standardised training at eight traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) hospitals in China.Design A cross-sectional survey was administered to resident physicians in their first to third years of standardised training at eight TCM hospitals.Participants and setting A total of 514 resident physicians in standardised training were included.Measures The questionnaire consisted of two sections, namely: section A collected basic information, and section B included the four-item Perceived Stress Scale (PSS-4), the Patient Health Questionnaire-4 (PHQ-4), the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and the Rome IV criteria for IBS. Univariate and multivariate logistic regression models were constructed to assess the associations of age, sex, body mass index, stress, depression, anxiety, sleep quality and IBS.Results Of the included resident doctors, 77.2% were female, 20.4% were obese or underweight and 8.6% had symptoms consistent with a diagnosis of IBS. …”
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Orthodontic interventions as a management option for children with residual obstructive sleep apnea: a cohort study protocol by Carlos Flores-Mir, Nathalia Carolina Fernandes Fagundes, Arnaldo Perez-Garcia, Daniel Graf, Giseon Heo

“…The changes on body mass index will also be investigated as a secondary outcome. …”
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Effect of Artemisia annua on anticoccidial action, intestinal microbiota and metabolites of Hu lambs by Shuaiqi Liu, Shiheng Li, Shuqi Cheng, Manyu Liu, Jing Li, Senyang Li, Xiaoying Li, Longxian Zhang, Fuchun Jian

“…According to the soft stool index and ADG analysis, the Low-dose A. annua (AL) and A. annua alcohol extract (AA) groups demonstrated a better overall effect. …”
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How is depth of anaesthesia assessed in experimental pigs? A scoping review. by Alessandro Mirra, Ekaterina Gamez Maidanskaia, Luís Pedro Carmo, Olivier Levionnois, Claudia Spadavecchia

“…The most investigated depth of anaesthesia indicators were bispectral index (8/19 = 42.1%) and spectral edge frequency 95% (5/19 = 26.3%). …”
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Lost microbes of COVID-19: Bifidobacterium, Faecalibacterium depletion and decreased microbiome diversity associated with SARS-CoV-2 infection severity by Eamonn MM Quigley, Thomas J Borody, Sabine Hazan, Neil Stollman, Huseyin S Bozkurt, Sonya Dave, Andreas J Papoutsis, Jordan Daniels, Brad D Barrows

“…Microbiome diversity and composition were compared between patients and exposed controls at all taxonomic levels.Results Compared with controls (n=20), severely symptomatic SARS-CoV-2-infected patients (n=28) had significantly less bacterial diversity (Shannon Index, p=0.0499; Simpson Index, p=0.0581), and positive patients overall had lower relative abundances of Bifidobacterium (p&lt;0.0001), Faecalibacterium (p=0.0077) and Roseburium (p=0.0327), while having increased Bacteroides (p=0.0075). …”
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Construction of a Multimodal Neuroimaging Data Fusion System and Evaluation of Mental Fatigue Using Nonlinear Analysis by Rui Chen, Zhenzhong Li, Yi Lai

“…The effect of LMSA indexes is significantly better than generalized linear models (GLMs). …”
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Gabapentin versus Transdermal Fentanyl Matrix for the Alleviation of Chronic Neuropathic Pain of Radicular Origin: A Randomized Blind Multicentered Parallel-Group Noninferiority Tr... by Chang Ju Hwang, Jae Hyup Lee, Jung-Hoon Kim, Sang Hyuk Min, Kun-Woo Park, Hyoung-Yeon Seo, Kwang-Sup Song

“…Secondary endpoints included pain relief, improvement in functional status (the Korean-Oswestry Disability Index (K-ODI)), improvement in depressive symptoms (Korean-Beck Depression Index (K-BDI)) between the 28th and 56th day, and adverse events (AEs). …”
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Studying yield components and attractions indices in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) accessions in the Northern Zone of the Volga-Akhtuba Floodplain by A. P. Ivakin, A. A. Grushin

“…Strong positive correlations were observed between the seed weight per one plant and such characters as the number of pods, aggregate weight, weight of pods, and weight of valves. The index of micro-attraction practically did not correlate with productivity in early accessions, and only slightly correlated in medium/late ones, so it seems inexpedient to use the micro-attraction index in common bean breeding for higher yield in the region. …”
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Implementation outcomes of 1-3-7 focus investigation for malaria in a low transmission setting in Southern Province, Zambia: A mixed methods study. by Anne C Martin, Japhet Matoba, Caison Sing'anga, Mukuma Lubinda, Sydney Mweetwa, Xinyue Chen, Ignatius Banda, Busiku Hamainza, Harry Hamapumbu, Edgar Simulundu, William J Moss, Southern and Central Africa International Centers of Excellence for Malaria Research

“…However, reactive case detection, which involved screening community members residing within 140 meter of index cases with a rapid diagnostic test, detected few parasitemic individuals, suggesting this may not be the most efficient day 7 response in this setting. …”
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Prognostic models of immune-related cell death and stress unveil mechanisms driving macrophage phenotypic evolution in colorectal cancer by Hao Liu, Chuhan Zhang, Sanfei Peng, Yuhan Yin, Yishi Xu, Sihan Wu, Liping Wang, Yang Fu

“…Model analysis indicated that patient subgroups with low ICDS index exhibited heightened immune activation features and elevated activity in PCD and stress pathways. …”
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Comparison of two point-of-care lung ultrasound techniques and their associated outcomes for bronchiolitis in the pediatric emergency department by Jaron A. Smith, Michael C. Cooper, Kenneth Yen, Joan Reisch, Bethsabee S. Stone

“…While the lawnmower AUC was greater than the waterfall AUC for all RS and disposition comparisons, the Youden Index (J) was statistically significantly different for only two of the eight comparisons. …”
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Moxibustion Regulates the BRG1/Nrf2/HO-1 Pathway by Inhibiting MicroRNA-222-3p to Prevent Oxidative Stress in Intestinal Epithelial Cells in Ulcerative Colitis and Colitis-Associat... by Xuejun Wang, Haiyang Ji, Yanting Yang, Dan Zhang, Xiehe Kong, Xiaoying Li, Hongna Li, Yunqiong Lu, Guang Yang, Jie Liu, Huangan Wu, Jue Hong, Xiaopeng Ma

“…After herb-partitioned moxibustion (HPM) intervention, the disease activity index (DAI) and colon macroscopic damage index (CMDI) were significantly reduced in UC mice, and the number and volume of intestinal tumors were decreased considerably in CAC mice. …”
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