Analysis of serum levels and DNA methylation of fibroblast growth factor 21 using peripheral blood-derived genomes in patients with obesity by Hiroyuki Shinozaki, Shiori Kawai, Mami Gamo-Kawasaki, Ayano Takei, Kyoko Tsujikado, Kazunori Fukuda, Mototaka Yamauchi, Kenji Hara, Takafumi Tsuchiya, Kohzo Takebayashi, Koshi Hashimoto

“…However, changes in serum FGF21 levels following PM administration did not correlate with the FGF21 DNA methylation rate, except at one CpG site. The body mass index (BMI) and serum TG levels positively correlated with the FGF21 DNA methylation rate, particularly at different CpG positions. …”
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The obesity paradox in osteoporosis risk among older adults is mostly driven by women: a population-based prospective study by Qingfeng Luo, Shiyong Zhang, Zixin Liang, Danni Wang, Yanlin Zhong, Bin Xia, Peng Xie, Can Wang, Jinqiu Yuan, Ziji Zhang, Xingsheng Li

“…The association of body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC), and fat percentage with BMD was examined using Spearman correlation analysis with baseline BMD data. …”
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An Overview of Reviews as a Trend Maker in the Field by L. K. Raitskaya, E. V. Tikhonova

“…Top 100 of highly cited reviews on higher education from 2010 to 2019 published in high-ranking peer-reviewed journals and indexed in the international database Scopus is based on the traditional methodology that aims to sample the most essential and influential publications of the kind in a well-represented and unbiased way and to subject the sampled reviews to content, bibliometric, and linguistic analyses. based on the inclusion criteria, keywords and methods of objective selection and sampling of the publications to be reviewed and analyzed, the authors singled out the essential thematic clusters in Top-100 list (educational technologies, university, student, teaching, learning, assessment, etc.) and determined the key directions in the review field of study. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Transdermal Buprenorphine versus Oral Tramadol/Acetaminophen in Patients with Persistent Postoperative Pain after Spinal Surgery by Jae Hyup Lee, Jin-Hyok Kim, Jin-Hwan Kim, Hak-Sun Kim, Woo-Kie Min, Ye-Soo Park, Kyu-Yeol Lee, Jung-Hee Lee

“…At week 6, both groups reported significant pain reduction (mean NRS change: BTDS −2.02; TA −2.76, both P<0.0001) and improved QoL (mean EQ-5D index change: BTDS 0.10; TA 0.19, both P<0.05). The BTDS group achieved better medication compliance (97.8% versus 91.0%). …”
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The Role of Urban Spaces in Improving the Life Quality (A Case Study of Malayer) by Robabeh Rajabi Amirabad, Bijan Rahmani

“…The obtained findings showed that the economic index of life quality with 58% was more inappropriate than the social, cultural and physical ones, while social and cultural indicators with 42% were in a moderate situation. …”
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Effect of Bacillus subtilis JZXJ-7, a Strain Isolated from Shrimp Paste, on Colonic Function and Microbial Community in Mice Infected with Vibrio parahaemolyticus by ZHOU Kui, WANG Rundong, GONG Mengxue, MOU Jingyuan, DENG Yijia, LI Xuepeng, ZHANG Yuhao, LI Jianrong

“…The control and model groups were administered with an equal volume of normal saline. Disease activity index (DAI), Vp load in the intestine tract (including the ileum, cecum, and colon), colonic pathological alterations, colonic cytokine contents, oxidative stress resistance, and changes in intestinal microbial community composition were detected in all groups. …”
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BiblioMetric Analysis in the DevelopMent of Research on Covid-19 Policy in Indonesia in 2020-2022 by ULFAH OKTARIDA SIHALOHO, HERU NURASA, RAMADHAN PANCASILAWAN

“…This study tries to analyze the bibliographical character and con-tent of covid policy articles published in Scopus indexed journals and written from 2020- 2022.  We retrieved data from Scopus Database on July 14, 2022 at 13:50. …”
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Advantages of using T1-mapping in cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in patients with acromegaly by Alina A. Almaskhanova, Konstantin V. Melkozerov, Elena G. Przhiyalkovskaya, Natalia V. Tarbaeva, Anastasya Y. Korneluk, Raisa S. Kosharnaia, Victor Y. Kalashnikov, Zhanna E. Belaya, Galina A. Mel'nichenko, Natalia G. Mokrysheva

“…According to the Youden index, a cut-off point of 372.5 ms was selected. …”
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Implications of parental lifestyle changes and education level on adolescent offspring weight: a population based cohort study - The HUNT Study, Norway by Erik R Sund, Kirsti Kvaløy, Turid Lingaas Holmen, Marit Naess

“…Exposition was parental change in weight and physical activity over 11 years, and outcome was offspring weight measured in z-scores of body mass index (BMI) in mixed linear models.Results Maternal weight reduction by 2–6 kg was significantly associated with lower offspring BMI z-scores: −0.132 (95% CI −0.259 to −0.004) in the model adjusted for education. …”
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Communication by the South African Reserve Bank by Arnold Segawa

“… In 2000, South Africa’s central bank, the South African Reserve Bank (SARB), adopted flexible inflation targeting as a monetary regime, and in doing so, set its inflation target at 3-6% for the headline consumer price index (Coco & Viegi, 2020). Essential to achieving this inflation target is not only clear communication of ex-post policy actions, but a clear dissemination of the SARB’s future actions. …”
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Virulence and Antimicrobial Resistance Patterns of Salmonella spp. Recovered From Migratory and Captive Wild Birds by Ruhena Begum, Nilima Akther Asha, Diponkar Chandra Chanda Dipu, Milton Roy, Asikur Rahman, Md. Shahidur Rahman Chowdhury, Hemayet Hossain, Md. Rafiqul Islam, Md Bashir Uddin, Md. Mahfujur Rahman, Md. Mukter Hossain

“…Interestingly, levofloxacin alone displayed 100% sensitivity across all isolates, while ciprofloxacin and azithromycin showed 73% and 64% sensitivity, respectively. The MAR index was 0.25 and 0.42, and 74.07% of all isolates showed multidrug resistance (MDR). …”
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Prevalence of Multidrug-Resistant Escherichia coli Isolated from Drinking Water Sources by Stephen T. Odonkor, Kennedy K. Addo

“…Sixty-three percent (63%) of the multidrug-resistant E. coli strains recorded a multiple antibiotic resistance (MAR) index value >0.2. The susceptible antibiotics, especially the nitrofurantoin, are hence recommended in the practical treatment of waterborne bacterial diseases.…”
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Econometric modelling of the Lithuanian economic indicators by Žilvinas Kalinauskas

“…It was refer to Blanchard's work where he uses SVAR models to analyse GDP, consumer price index, money M1, wages and unemployment indicators. …”
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Biochemical blood parameters and level of endogenous intoxication in cows suffering from hepatopathies under heat stress by E. V. Kuzminova, E. N. Rud, M. P. Semenenko, A. A. Abramov

“…Based on the calculated temperature-humidity  index, it was established that during the summer season in the conditions of the Krasnodar  Krai lowlands, cows are under heat stress. …”
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Noninvasive hemodynamic assessment of type 2 diabetes mellitus using four-dimensional flow magnetic resonance imaging by Di Wu, Jiachen Ji, Yuancheng Wang, Shujun Zhang, Hong Ge, Mingzhu Fu, Yunduo Li, Shenghong Ju, Rui Li

“…The key parameters measured included the average velocity (Vavg), the net volume of blood flow in one cardiac cycle (Flowcyc), and the resistance index (RI). The reproducibility of these measurements was assessed with Bland-Altman analysis, differences between groups were evaluated using t-tests, and their diagnostic utility for T2DM and DN was analyzed using ROC curves. …”
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Recognition the Synoptic Conditions of Extreme and Widespread Precipitations in Caspian Western Coasts by Emphasis on Atmosphere Thickness Patterns by AmirHossein Halabian, Freshta Hosseinali Pourjazi

“…On this basis, were identified the most extreme and the most widespread regional precipitations and were selected severe precipitation by 99th percentile base index. Using environment- circulation approach and agglomerative hierarchical cluster analysis by “Ward” method, we could identify three circulation patterns of atmosphere thickness between 500-1000 hpa levels which were effective for creating the extreme and widespread precipitations of Caspian western coasts. …”
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Patient Attitudes toward Gestational Weight Gain and Exercise during Pregnancy by M. L. Lott, M. L. Power, E. G. Reed, J. Schulkin, A. D. Mackeen

“…Body mass index (BMI) and gestational weight gain (GWG) are important factors for neonatal and maternal health. …”
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Selected health characteristics are associated with urban Canadians’ acceptability of policies promoting healthier restaurant food environments by Jessica Lambert-De Francesch, Kadia Saint-Onge, Nazeem Muhajarine, Lise Gauvin

“…Participants: Urban Canadian adults responded to the survey (n 27 162). Results: Body mass index was not associated with acceptability after adjustments for other health and sociodemographic characteristics were made. …”
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Effectiveness of 12 weeks of listening to Gayatri Mantra in the management of non-motor symptoms in patients with Parkinson’s disease: A pilot study by Puneeth Nagarajaiah, Naveen Raj GM, Anil Mohan Rao S, Sai Sailesh Kumar Goothy, Mukkadan JK

“…Sleep quality was assessed using the insomnia severity index. Stress levels were assessed using the perceived stress scale. …”
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Ageing leads to selective type II myofibre deterioration and denervation independent of reinnervative capacity in human skeletal muscle by Oscar Horwath, Marcus Moberg, Sebastian Edman, Andrew Philp, William Apró

“…Muscle biopsies were obtained from young men (22 ± 3 years, n = 10) and older men (69 ± 3 years, n = 11) matched for health status, activity level and body mass index. Immunofluorescence was used to assess myofibre composition, morphology (size and shape), capillarization, the content of satellite cells and myonuclei, the spatial relationship between satellite cells and capillaries, denervation and myofibre grouping. …”
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