Association of adenylate cyclase activity in vasopressor-type neurally mediated syncope based on the α2b-AR gene. by Tomoyoshi Komiyama, Kengo Ayabe, Kunzo Orita, Ayumi Sasaki, Yuka Kitamura, Hideyuki Matsuzawa, Teppei Yamashita, Eiichiro Nagata, Yasuhiro Kanatani, Koichiro Yoshioka

“…Conversely, patients with the Glu9/12 heterotype exhibited a significant difference only 10 min after the test initiation, suggesting a pronounced activation effect of the β2-AR Gs-α subunit in these individuals. Both genotypes displayed the greatest blood pressure fluctuations under 70° tilt stress, with patients with Glu12/12 showing consistent cardiac load and higher values than those with Glu9/12 at two points. …”
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Reliability of Goniometric Techniques for Measuring Hip Flexor Length Using the Modified Thomas Test by Kira Eimiller, Emma Stoddard, Briana Janes, Mason Smith, Andrew Vincek

“… # Study Design Intra- and inter-rater reliability study # Methods Sixty-four healthy individuals were recruited to participate in this study. …”
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Prospective Study of Surgical Management of Midshaft Clavicle Fractures by Pawan Kumar, Mritunjay Kumar

“…Materials and Methods: Twenty-eight cases of the clavicle in healthy active individuals between 18 and 65 years of age operated between December 2019 and September 2022 in Hazaribag Medical College, Hazaribag, Jharkhand. …”
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Perinatal intimate partner violence and breastfeeding practices: A systematic review and meta-analysis protocol. by Zelalem Nigussie Azene, Catherine MacPhail, Lisa Gaye Smithers

“…However, the potential effects of maternal exposure to intimate partner violence on breastfeeding practices are understudied, and the results of individual studies are inconsistent and conflicting. …”
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Cytotoxic evaluation of a mixture of four commonly used pesticides on mammalian cell lines by Prudence Agnandji, Eugène S. Attakpa, Fabrice Cazier

“…The inhibitory concentrations for 10% of the cells, IC10, of the individual components were (1.1 ± 0.2) × 10−5 for β-End, (2.2 ± 0.2) × 10−5 M for Cyp, (2.0× ± 0.5) × 10−5 M for Cyf, and (3.8 ± 0.6) × 10−5 M for the mixture. β-HCH was too volatile to cause an effect. …”
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Maintien du potentiel adaptatif chez les plantes domestiquées à propagation clonale by Doyle McKey, Marianne Elias, Benoît Pujol, Anne Duputié, Marc Delêtre, Delphine Renard

“…However, the mating system in manioc populations in Amerindian fields is highly inbred, and agronomic performance of inbred individuals is very low. By highly selective incorporation of volunteer plants – via processes that combine both natural and artificial selection – Amerindian cultivators are able to maintain simultaneously genetic diversity and agronomic performance of their manioc populations, combining sexual reproduction and clonal propagation in a way that reaps the benefits of each mode of reproduction while minimizing their respective disadvantages. …”
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SURVIVING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN NIGERIA: COPING STRATEGIES OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS (IDP) IN BENUE STATE, NORTHCENTRAL, NIGERIA by ISAAC OLAWALE ALBERT, JOEL ABAH

“…The IDP therefore remain in very inhabitable conditions, for which they have to, through resilience, design survival strategies for themselves as individuals, households and community. Although literature abound on IDP in Benue state, less has been done to theoretically and empirically foreground and document the means of survival by the internally displaced persons in the face of state fragility. …”
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Role of Ketamine in the Treatment of Psychiatric Disorders by Sahar Derakhshanian, Maxine Zhou, Alexander Rath, Rachel Barlow, Sarah Bertrand, Caroline DeGraw, Christopher Lee, Jamal Hasoon, Alan D. Kaye

“… # Summary TRD is associated with huge costs on individual and societal levels. Underlying disease processes are multifactorial and not well understood. …”
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Risk factors for emergency presentation with lung and colorectal cancers: a systematic review by Una MacLeod, Elizabeth D Mitchell, Benjamin Pickwell-Smith

“…The population was individual or groups of adult patients or primary care practitioners. …”
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Advancements for the Future: A National Survey of Fastpitch Softball Coaches’ Perspectives on Injury Prevention Programming by Jaime Nurrenbern, Courtney Klueppel, Jeff Tilly, Kyle Matsel

“…Coaches who implement injury prevention strategies most frequently utilize team-based programs (68.8%, n=52/93) compared to group-based (19.0%, n=15/93) or individualized programs (15.2%, n=12/93). Coaches who do not use preventative programming reported that being unsure of what program to perform (53.8%, n=50/93) and not having enough staff (20.4%, n=19/93) were the greatest barriers to implementation. …”
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Preferences of melanoma patients to accept adjuvant therapy and toxicity – a qualitative substudy of the GerMelaTox-A project by Toni Maria Janke, Laura Moysig, Christine Blome, Katharina C. Kähler

“…The evaluation of potential side effects and prospects of treatment benefit is highly individual. Therefore, it is important to consider personal patient preferences to make appropriate and shared decision-making.…”
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Action against birth defects: if not now, when? by Kathleen Strong, Judith Robb-McCord, Salimah Walani, Cecilia Mellado, Lorenzo D. Botto, Guillermo Lay-Son, Theresa Diaz, Tahmina Banu, Kokila Lakhoo, Anshu Banerjee

“…Survivors face long-term morbidity and lifelong disability which compounds the health and economic woes of individuals, families, communities and society as a whole. …”
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A four-compartment controller model of muscle fatigue for static and dynamic tasks by James Yang, Ritwik Rakshit, Shuvrodeb Barman, Yujiang Xiang

“…This new 4CCr model can be extended to various domains such as individual muscle fatigue, motor units’ fatigue, and joint-based fatigue.…”
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Do health professionals know about overdiagnosis in screening, and how are they dealing with it? A mixed-methods systematic scoping review. by Veerle Piessens, Ann Van den Bruel, An Piessens, Ann Van Hecke, John Brandt Brodersen, Emelien Lauwerier, Florian Stul, An De Sutter, Stefan Heytens

“…This has important implications for the public's right to evidence-based information and compromises an individual's right to make an informed screening decision.…”
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A JUDICIALIZAÇÃO DA SAÚDE E OS IMPACTOS ORÇAMENTÁRIOS EM MUNICÍPIOS DE FRONTEIRA INTERNACIONAL by Manoela de Carvalho, Solange de Fatima Corbolin Mergener

“…Conclui-se que o judiciário, ao buscar garantir direito a bens e serviços já prometidos e incorporados ao SUS, assegura o direito individual asseverado pela Constituição Federal, mas pode interferir no planejamento de ações de saúde voltadas ao coletivo. …”
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Physical determinants of daily physical activity in older men and women. by Laura Karavirta, Timo Aittokoski, Katja Pynnönen, Timo Rantalainen, Kate Westgate, Tomas Gonzales, Lotta Palmberg, Joona Neuvonen, Jukka A Lipponen, Katri Turunen, Riku Nikander, Erja Portegijs, Taina Rantanen, Søren Brage

“…Free-living physical activity was assessed as total PAEE, and light (LPA) and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) using individually calibrated combined accelerometry and heart rate sensing. …”
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Nurses’ Knowledge Regarding FoodDrug Interaction in the Intensive Care and Emergency Hospitals by Samir Y Lafi, Aram Salih Mohammed Amin Kamali, Bayan Omar Sharif

“…Usually supplement is essential and fundamental components for ensure and creating the human body, also drugs seem to survey the life of each individual and ensure the wellbeing for a long life aimed most of illness, but in case nourishment sedate interaction ignored since of information shortage almost it or any reason maybe lead to futile of medicine for the patients or cause life threatening condition because of that, one of the most significant ethical point in every health care setting in the world is patient's safety;  and  the care for patients must be improved in every country to prevent complication of interaction between food and drug. …”
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Causal Links Between Brain Functional Networks and Endometriosis: A Large-Scale Genetic-Driven Observational Study by Feng S, Wang Y, Liu S, Zhang Y, He L

“…Increased activity in specific networks may protect against or predispose individuals to certain subtypes of endometriosis. Conversely, endometriosis also can influence brain connectivity, potentially contributing to cognitive and emotional symptoms.Keywords: endometriosis, brain functional networks, resting-state fMRI, Mendelian randomization…”
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Validity assessment of the POLARS score tool in the prediction of post rectal cancer surgery LARS score in a population-based Swedish cohort by Asif Johar, Pernilla Lagergren, Boglarka Rethy, Caroline Nordenvall, Emil Pieniowski, Gabriella Jansson-Palmer, Mirna Abraham-Nordling

“…The POLARS model formula was used to predict LARS scores, which then were compared with the actual PR-LARS scores. Individual LARS score differences between the two estimates were shown with a modified Bland-Altman plot of difference.Results The cohort included 477 patients, of whom 359 (75%) of patients were categorised as having no/minor LARS based on the POLARS score. …”
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Incidencia de las reformas estructurales en la juventud argentina. Transformaciones, tensiones, desafíos by Pablo Christian Aparicio

“…Este modelo abogaba por una economía de libre mercado capaz de garantizar una permanente y exitosa apertura comercial y financiera, así como la consolidación de estados eficientes y "mínimos" que obraran como genuinos garantes de la competencia, la equidad social, el fortalecimiento de la ciudadanía desde una esfera individual y el funcionamiento adecuado de las instituciones a nivel democrático. …”
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