Retrospective comparison of cortical bone trajectory and pedicle screw in lumbar fusion for patients over 80, including sagittal balance: a single-center study by Giwuk Jang, Seungjun Ryu, Sanghoon Lee, Jeong-yoon Park, Dong-ah Shin, Hoyeol Zhang

“…The Oswestry Disability Index was significantly lower in the cortical bone trajectory group than in the pedicle screw group at 6 months postoperatively (P = 0.05). …”
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Analysis of Warm and Cold Season Thunderstorms for Istanbul by Muhammed Başpınar, Veli Yavuz

“…Additionally, the average changes in each thermodynamic index and atmospheric stability parameter for hot and cold season oraj events were examined using a total of eight indices and parameters. …”
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Retrieval of water quality parameters based on IOA-ML models and their response to short-term hydrometeorological factors by Wentong Hu, Donghao Miao, Chi Zhang, Zixian He, Wenquan Gu, Dongguo Shao

“…The best IOA-ML model for total phosphorus (TP), total nitrogen (TN), and permanganate index (CODMn) was extreme gradient boosting optimized by genetic algorithm (GA-XGB), while that for dissolved oxygen (DO) and turbidity was categorical boosting regression optimized by GA (GA-CBR). …”
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Multifunctional Plumeria rubra nanoparticles: Antimicrobial, antiviral, antiparasitic and anti-inflammatory activities by Bassma H. Elwakil, Mohab H. Elsabrouty, Areej Eskandrani, Keshav Raj Paudel, Esraa Abdelhamid Moneer

“…Plumeria rubra nanoparticles showed low antiviral activity against 229E (low-pathogenic coronavirus), with selectivity index 2.90. Moreover, the synthesized Plumeria rubra nanoparticles' anti-inflammatory effect showed effective and selective COX-2 inhibition (IC50 = 4.2 μM, SI = 15.57). …”
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Application of Anchoring Technique in Unilateral Percutaneous Vertebroplasty for Neurologically Intact Kümmell’s Disease by Rongqing Qin, Xing Zhang, Hongpeng Liu, Bing Zhou, Pin Zhou, Chuanliang Hu

“…Clinical efficacy was evaluated by back pain visual analogue scale (BP-VAS) score, Oswestry disability index (ODI) score, as well as the height of anterior border and the kyphotic angle of the involved vertebral body on a standing lateral radiograph. …”
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Clinical-surgical characterization of patients with acute pancreatitis. Cienfuegos, 2018- 2020 by Jorge Luis Estepa Ramos, Tahiluma Santana Pedraza, Jorge Luis Estepa Pérez, Yudis Acea Paredes, Roberto Pérez García

“…Age, sex were analyzed , toxic habits, comorbidities, clinical manifestations, laboratory variables (serum amylase), ultrasonographic findings, tomographic results according to Balthazar criteria, severity index determined by computerized axial tomography, classification according to severity, place of admission, hospital stay, type of treatment , evolution and complications.…”
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Demographic-Based Algorithm Used to Predict the Implant Sizing in Total Knee Arthroplasty by Sunil Rajan, Saurabh Jain, Chetan Singh Dhosariya

“…We correlated patients’ demographic features of gender, weight, height, and body mass index (BMI) with the size of the implants used in total knee arthroplasty (TKA) so as to formulate an algorithm between the implant size and these parameters. …”
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Application of a generalized additive mixed model in time series study of dairy cow behavior under hot summer conditions by C. Ferrari, C. Evangelista, L. Basiricò, S. Castellani, S. Biffani, U. Bernabucci

“…Results indicated significant variations in only one activity parameter, with treated cows showing increased MA with rising temperature-humidity index (THI). Eating time declined with increasing HS, particularly in the treated group, suggesting potential HS relief. …”
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Vitamin D Insufficiency Is Associated with Lower Physical Function in Patients with Heart Failure and Diabetes by M. R. Lopes, Paula A. B. Ribeiro, Priscila Ledur, Gabriela C. Souza, Nadine Clausell, Beatriz D. Schaan

“…This study aims to search for associations between vitamin D sufficiency and physical function indexes in patients with HF and diabetes. A cross-sectional study of 146 HF patients, 39.7% with diabetes, at a Brazilian tertiary outpatient clinic was performed. …”
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The Relationship of immunoglobulin-e and tumor necrosis factor in patients with allergic rhinitis in Babylon province by Bushra Jihad Sabbar, Zenaa Abbass Ali, Tariq Hussein Mgheer

“…Full history was taken from all patients, which include age, residence, smoking, body mass index, and family history of AR. Results: The results reveal a significant difference (P < 0.05) in levels of TNF-α, Ig-E between patients and controls, There was no significant difference between smoker and non- smoker, normal weight and overweight groups in patients and controls groups.…”
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EGCG Maintains Th1/Th2 Balance and Mitigates Ulcerative Colitis Induced by Dextran Sulfate Sodium through TLR4/MyD88/NF-κB Signaling Pathway in Rats by Xue Bing, Liu Xuelei, Dong Wanwei, Liang Linlang, Chen Keyan

“…EGCG (50 mg/kg/d) was given to assess disease activity index. HE staining was applied to observe histological changes. …”
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Diversity and Abundance of the Species of Arboreal Mammals in a Tropical Rainforest in Southeast Mexico by J. Vladimir Rojas‐Sánchez, Rosamond Ione Coates, Víctor Sánchez‐Cordero, Mario C. Lavariega, José J. Flores‐Martínez

“…Spatial and seasonal alpha‐diversity and community evenness patterns were estimated using Hill's numbers, and Sørensen's dissimilarities were used as a proxy to estimate beta‐diversity. A relative abundance index was calculated for each species, at each site and season. …”
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(-)-Fenchone Ameliorates TNBS-Induced Colitis in Rats via Antioxidant, Immunomodulatory, and Cytoprotective Mechanisms by Maria Elaine Cristina Araruna, Edvaldo Balbino Alves Júnior, Catarina Alves de Lima Serafim, Matheus Marley Bezerra Pessoa, Michelle Liz de Souza Pessôa, Vitória Pereira Alves, Marianna Vieira Sobral, Marcelo Sobral da Silva, Adriano Francisco Alves, Maria Carolina de Paiva Sousa, Aurigena Antunes Araújo, Leônia Maria Batista

“…Results: Oral administration of the (-)-fenchone (37.5–300 mg/kg) acute phase or (150 mg/kg) (<i>p</i> < 0.001) chronic phase reduced the macroscopic lesion score, ulcerative area, intestinal weight/length ratio, and diarrheal index in TNBS-treated animals. At a dose of 150 mg/kg, the acute and chronic phase decreased malondialdehyde (MDA) and myeloperoxidase (MPO) (<i>p</i> < 0.001), restored glutathione (GSH) levels and superoxide dismutase (SOD) (<i>p</i> < 0.001), decreased immunomarking for factor nuclear kappa B (NF-κB) and levels of interleukin (IL)-1 and tumor necrosis factor α (TNF-α), and maintained IL-10 and TGF-β basal levels. …”
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Landscape Image Layout Optimization Extraction Simulation of 3D Pastoral Complex under Big Data Analysis by Juan Du, Yuelin Long

“…Among them, the arable land is gradually fragmented, the wetland and water area are simplified in form, the woodland and grassland patches are gradually distributed, the fragmentation is reduced by 76.19%, and the connectivity index is gradually increased. From a spatial perspective, the edge area outside the Fourth Ring Road becomes the most obvious area of fragmentation tendency. …”
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Pilot Trial on Ischemic Conditioning of the Gastric Conduit in Esophageal Cancer: Feasibility and Impact on Anastomotic Leakage (TIGOAL-I) by María-Carmen Fernández-Moreno, MD, PhD, María Eugenia Barrios Carvajal, MD, Fernando López Mozos, MD, PhD, Roberto Martí Obiol, MD, PhD, Jorge Guijarro Rozalén, MD, PhD, Elisabetta Casula, MD, PhD, Joaquín Ortega, MD, PhD

“…However, AL severity, including conduit necrosis, was higher in the control group according to the Clavien-Dindo ≥IIIb (5% vs 30%, P = 0.029) and Comprehensive Complication Index (20.9 vs 33.7, P = 0.01). No significant differences were found in other postoperative complications, such as pneumonia or postoperative mortality. …”
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The link between sleep bruxism and oxidative stress based on a polysomnographic study by Michal Fulek, Weronika Frosztega, Mieszko Wieckiewicz, Anna Szymanska-Chabowska, Pawel Gac, Rafal Poreba, Grzegorz Mazur, Milena Sciskalska, Marta Kepinska, Adrian Martuszewski, Helena Martynowicz

“…Participants were stratified into two groups based on their bruxism episode index (BEI). Using successive receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves, optimal cut-off values were identified, enabling the detection of correlations with moderate (BEI > 2) and severe (BEI > 4) sleep bruxism. …”
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X-ray crystallographic diffraction study by whole powder pattern fitting (WPPF) method: Refinement of crystalline nanostructure polymorphs TiO2 by Md. Ashraful Alam, Shanawaz Ahmed, Raton Kumar Bishwas, Sabrina Mostofa, Shirin Akter Jahan

“…The prominent crystalline phase providing insights into lattice parameters a = b = 3.7882 Å, c = 9.5143 Å, α=β=γ= 90.0° where lattice strain 0.280 %, lattice volume 136.533 Å3, specific surface area 84.69 m2/g, dislocation density 2.94 × 10–3 nm−2, morphology index 0.722, preference growth -0.087 and packing efficiency 70.13 %. …”
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Evaluation of the intracellular lipid-lowering effect of polyphenols extract from highland barley in HepG2 cells by Yijun Yao, Zhifang Li, Bowen Qin, Xingrong Ju, Lifeng Wang

“…This study investigated the lipid-lowering effect of highland barley polyphenols via lipase assay in vitro and HepG2 cells induced by oleic acid (OA). Five indexes, triglyceride (TG), total cholesterol (T-CHO), low density lipoprotein-cholesterol (LDL-C), aspartate aminotransferase (AST), and alanine aminotransferase (ALT), were used to evaluate the lipid-lowering effect of highland barley extract. …”
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Apprehension-Based Training: A Novel Treatment Concept for Anterior Shoulder Dislocation – A Case Report by Alon Rabin, Livneh Noyman, Noa Yaakobi, Efi Kazum

“…The Western Ontario Shoulder Instability Index (WOSI), Patient-Specific Functional Scale (PFPS), Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia, SMAT, shoulder internal and external rotation muscle strength were measured via hand-held dynomometry before and after training…”
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IMMUNOPROPHYLAXIS OF CANINE PARVOVIRAL ENTERITIS by A. V. Shatalov, S. P. Dannikov, A. N. Kononov, V. S. Skripkin

“…The publications were searched for using the following bibliographical and reference databases: Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI), Scopus, Web of Science, Agris, PubMed, as well as Google Scholar search system and the electronic library of theses of the Russian State Library (RSL). …”
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