Intra-Articular Injection of Human Bone Marrow–Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in Knee Osteoarthritis: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Controlled Trial by Bong-Woo Lee, Jennifer Jooha Lee, Joon-Yong Jung, Ji Hyeon Ju

“…Changes in the visual analog scale (VAS), Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC), and Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (KOOS) after IA injection were assessed at 3, 6, 9, and 12 months. …”
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The Role of Correcting Structural and Functional Albumin Properties in Ascites Control in Decompensated Cirrhotic Patients by A. A. Turkina, M. V. Maevskaya, M. S. Zharkova, V. T. Ivashkin

“…With the severity of ascites, the native conformation index (DR), which characterizes the structural usefulness of the albumin molecule, decreased. …”
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Archibald Henry Sayce (1845–1933) and the Transition from 19th-Century Comparative Philology to 20th-Century General Linguistics by Subbiondo Joseph L., Kilarski Marcin

“…On the other hand, his reinterpretation of examples from the languages of North America, Southern Africa, and Tasmania as evidence of the lack of abstract and generic terms not only violated his methodological assumptions but was also consistent with the common nineteenth-century practice of treating words as an index of civilizational development.…”
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A nomogram prediction model for mild cognitive impairment in non-dialysis outpatient patients with chronic kidney disease by Qin Yang, Yuhe Xiang, Guoting Ma, Min Cao, Yixi Fang, Wenbin Xu, Lin Li, Qin Li, Yu Feng, Qian Yang

“…Internal validation results showed the consistency index was 0.926, 95%CI (0.925, 0.927).Conclusion The nomogram prediction model demonstrates good performance and can be used for early screening and prediction of MCI in non-dialysis patients with CKD. …”
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Assessment of typing methods, virulence genes profile and antimicrobial susceptibility for clinical isolates of Proteus mirabilis by Lamiaa A. Salama, Hazem Hamed Saleh, Shaymaa H. Abdel-Rhman, Rasha Barwa, Ramadan Hassan

“…A total of 73.33% of isolates were classified as multi drug resistance (MDR) and 78.3% of isolates were distributed in several antibiotypes with MAR index over 0.2. Twenty-one isolates were strong biofilm-producers and they were significantly related to MDR. …”
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Prognostic Risk Factors of 30-Day Death in Traumatic Lower Limb Fracture Patients with Acute Pulmonary Embolism: A Single-Center Retrospective Study by Huanhuan Li, Yijun Yu, Yuting Wang, Qian Zhang, Ye Gu

“…Simplified pulmonary embolism severity index (sPESI) score ≥1 (P<0.05), Wells score ≥7 (P<0.01), and pulmonary hypertension (P<0.01) were associated with higher risk, while anticoagulant therapy (P<0.01) was associated with lower risk of all-cause death during 30 days follow-up in APE patients. …”
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Digital Device Use, Computer Vision Syndrome, and Sleep Quality among an African Undergraduate Population by Prince Kwaku Akowuah, Augustine N. Nti, Stephen Ankamah-Lomotey, Asafo Agyei Frimpong, Jeremiah Fummey, Prince Boadi, Kofi Osei-Poku, Joseph Adjei-Anang

“…Sleep quality was assessed using the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI). Logistic regression was used to determine the relationship between CVS and digital device use behavior, and linear regression analysis was used to explore the association between sleep quality and digital device use behavior. …”
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Is There a Relationship between the Staining Pattern of Classical Neuroendocrine Markers and Clinicopathological Findings in Neuroendocrine Tumors of the Appendix? by Merve CİN, Enver YARIKKAYA, Selçuk CİN, Özgecan GÜNDOĞAR

“…Histopathological features, including grade, lymphovascular invasion, stage, localization, size, Ki67 proliferation index, and morphological pattern, were reassessed. …”
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A warpage-free Si3N4 slurry strategy for vat photopolymerization by Chi Huang, Liya Zheng, Zhilin Tian, Lei Shi, Bin Li

“…However, the difficulty in solidifying the slurry due to partial ultraviolet (UV) light absorption and the high refractive index of Si3N4 particles during the VPP process severely hinder the molding of Si3N4 ceramics. …”
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Price response to consumer attention during major animal epidemics in developing markets: perspectives from the influence of information and emotion contagion by Xia Li, Xia Li, Jing Ji

“…Specifically, the media information index negatively moderates the relationship between consumer attention and pork price fluctuations. …”
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Early initiation of ceftaroline-based combination therapy for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia by Addison S. Hicks, Mackenzie A. Dolan, Megan D. Shah, Sarah E. Elwood, James A. Platts-Mills, Gregory R. Madden, Zachary S. Elliott, Joshua C. Eby

“…Combination therapy included vancomycin or daptomycin plus ceftaroline within 72 h of index blood culture and monotherapy was vancomycin or daptomycin alone. …”
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Relation between Headache and Mastication Muscle Tone in Adolescents by Ewa Wozniak, Jolanta E. Loster, Aneta Wieczorek

“…In each of these individuals, the contractile activity of the masseter muscles and anterior temporal muscles was recorded bilaterally as the surface electromyographic activity (sEMG) at rest, during swallowing, and maximum clenching. The activity index ranging between +100 (activity of the masseter muscles only) and −100 (activity of the anterior temporal muscles only) was used to indicate the predominance of activity of the study muscles. …”
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Correlation between neutrophil percentage-to-albumin ratio and all-cause and cerebrovascular mortality among hypertension patients by You Li, Cheng Yu

“…In order to assess the independent risk contribution of the NPAR in all-cause and cerebrovascular mortality, weighted Cox proportional hazards models were employed. Concordance index and receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve were employed to assess how effectively the NPAR predicted the mortality risk at different times. …”
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Maternal betel quid use during pregnancy and child growth: a cohort study from rural Bangladesh by Mohammad Redwanul Islam, Shaki Aktar, Jesmin Pervin, Syed Moshfiqur Rahman, Monjur Rahman, Anisur Rahman, Eva-Charlotte Ekström

“…Objective We examined the associations of BQ use during pregnancy with children’s height-for-age and body mass index-for-age z-scores (HAZ and BAZ, respectively) and fat and fat-free mass along with sex-based differences in association in rural Bangladesh. …”
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Role of apoptosis genes in aggression revealed using combined analysis of ANDSystem gene networks, expression and genomic data in grey rats with aggressive behavior by A. O. Bragin, O. V. Saik, I. V. Chadaeva, P. S. Demenkov, A. L. Markel, Yu. L. Orlov, E. I.  Rogaev, I. N. Lavrik, V. A. Ivanisenko

“…The Stx1a, Mbp and Th genes have the highest index of betweenness centrality in the associative network of differentially expressed genes. …”
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Prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Iran: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Mohsen Kazeminia, Nader Salari, Masoud Mohammadi

“…The random effects model was adopted for the analysis, and heterogeneity of the extracted studies was investigated with the I2 index. The data collected from the extracted studies were analyzed using a comprehensive meta-analysis (Version 2) software. …”
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A Study on the Relationship between Sense of Disease Uncertainty and Family Strength and Mental Resilience in Guardians of Children with Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Jun Yan, Lin Luo

“…The guardians’ sense of disease uncertainty, family strength, and mental resilience were evaluated by Mishel uncertainty in illness scale-family member (MUIS-FM), family hardiness index (FHI), and Connor–Davidson resilience sca1e (CD-RISC), respectively. …”
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Association of quality of life in older patients with breast cancer: a cross-sectional study from China by Xi Chen, Qing Li, Xiang Wang, Lei Ji, Jintao Zhang, Qiao Li, Min Xiao, Shanshan Chen, Pin Zhang, Jiani Wang, Heng Cao, Xiaoyan Qian, Meng Xiu, Zhuoran Li, Yiqun Li, Xiaojuan Zheng

“…Objectives The purpose of this study was to investigate the quality of life (QoL) of older Chinese patients with breast cancer and to explore further the associations of functions, symptoms, financial burdens and comorbidities with global health/quality of life (gQoL).Design This was a cross-sectional study carried out following the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology checklist.Setting This study was conducted in two hospitals in Beijing from October 2021 to November 2022.Participants Patients with breast cancer aged over 65 years were included in the final analysis, which comprised a total of 481 patients.Primary and secondary outcome measures The European Organisation for Research and Treatment of Cancer Quality of Life Questionnaire Core 30 and the Charlson Comorbidity Index (CCI) were used to assess patients’ QoL and comorbidities. …”
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Clinical efficacy of a virtual reality tool for the treatment of obesity: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial by Dimitra Anastasiadou, Jose Antonio Ramos-Quiroga, Mel Slater, Bernhard Spanlang, Desiderio Cano Porras, Marta Comas, Andreea Ciudin, Gemma Parramon Puig, Julia Vázquez-De Sebastián, Pilar Lusilla-Palacios

“…The objective of this study is to assess the clinical efficacy of a VR intervention that uses embodiment and body-swapping techniques and has been specifically developed to cover the needs of PLWO.Methods and analysis A randomised control trial will be carried out with an estimated sample of 96 participants with body mass index (BMI)&gt;30. The whole duration of the trial will be 12 months. …”
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Application of GA-BP Neural Network Optimized by Grey Verhulst Model around Settlement Prediction of Foundation Pit by C. Y. Liu, Y. Wang, X. M. Hu, Y. L. Han, X. P. Zhang, L. Z. Du

“…The predicted values of the BP neural network, GA-BP neural network, BP neural network optimized by the grey Verhulst model, and GA-BP neural network optimized by the grey Verhulst model are detailed compared with the measured values. And the evaluation indexes of RMSE, MAE, MSE, MAPE, and R2 are calculated for these models. …”
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