How effective is the addition of specific exercise therapy for patients after anterior cruciate ligament surgery? A systematic review and meta-analysis by Hao Zhou, Jia Qian, Yu-Mei Xing, Long Cui, Yi-Feng Bu

“…Study quality was assessed using the Cochrane Risk-of-Bias tool.Study selectionA total of 11 randomized controlled trials (whole-body vibration training = 4, core-stability training = 2, strength training = 3, blood flow restriction training = 1, and aquatic training = 1) involving 552 anterior cruciate ligament surgery patients were included.Data extractionTwo researchers individually screened the key information for each eligible study and evaluated the quality of the studies. …”
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Incidence of diabetic retinopathy and predictors among adult patients with diabetes in central and southern Ethiopia: a multicentre retrospective cohort study by Tagese Yakob, Awoke Abraham, Begidu Yakob, Mesfin Menza Jaldo

“…The best strategy to protect our eyesight from DR is to control high glucose level and giving due attention to high-risk individuals with diabetes. Thus, health professionals and concerned health authorities should target these factors in their efforts to prevent DR among diabetics.…”
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The relationship of the carriership of allelic variations in rs2228145 (A > C) of the<i>IL6R</i> gene with the levels of <i>VCAM1</i> and <i>ICAM1</i> gene transcripts in patients... by L. V. Topchieva, V. A. Korneva, I. V. Kurbatova

“…The risk of EAH (I-II stages) development was shown to be 2.3 times higher in CC genotype carriers as compared to individuals with other genotypes (OR = 2.257, 95 % confidence interval 1.100-4.468). …”
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Propuesta de un sistema de habilidades clínicas en los escenarios de formación del Médico Integral Comunitario by Esteban Sánchez Martínez, Rubén Darío García Núñez, María Luisa Quintana Galende, César Mustelier Fernández, Israel Díaz Roig, María Aurelia San Juan Bosch

“…<strong>Métodos:</strong> la Dirección Nacional de Docencia decidió conformar un equipo de trabajo integrado por especialistas de Medicina Interna, Medicina General Integral y otras especialidades de varios años de experiencia en la Atención Secundaria y Primaria, tanto en Cuba como en Venezuela los que realizaron varias sesiones de trabajo grupal y de búsqueda individual. Para su determinación se tuvieron en cuenta los siguientes aspectos: revisión del plan de estudio para conocer los problemas de salud que debe enfrentar el Médico Integral Comunitario y el nivel de actuación que debe lograr en cada uno de ellos, prevalencia y morbilidad de los problemas de salud en los diferentes escenarios, condición de urgencia médica de algunos de los problemas de salud, además fueron revisados otros documentos normativos de interés. …”
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Exploring Machine Learning Classification of Movement Phases in Hemiparetic Stroke Patients: A Controlled EEG-tDCS Study by Rishishankar E. Suresh, M S Zobaer, Matthew J. Triano, Brian F. Saway, Parneet Grewal, Nathan C. Rowland

“…This study assessed the effectiveness of various machine learning models in identifying movement phases in hemiparetic individuals undergoing simultaneous NIBS and EEG recordings. …”
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Om lesepraksiser i den norske barnehagen by Trude Hoel, Cecilie Fodstad, Agnes-Margrethe Bjorvand, Elisabeth Brekke Stangeland

“…In this study, we understand reading practices as social, and they are described in terms of interactions between individuals and their surroundings (Barton, 2006, p. 29). …”
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Global demand for rice genetic resources by Nelissa Jamora, Venuprasad Ramaiah

“…IRRI distributed germplasm externally to requestors from universities (32%), national research programs (14%), private companies (9%), and individuals, including farmers (24%) as well as other CGIAR centers (3%). …”
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A systematic review of barriers to early presentation and diagnosis with breast cancer among black women by Ruth H Jack, Jill Maben, Elizabeth A Davies, Emma Ream, Grace Lucas, Claire EL Jones, Lindsay JL Forbes

“…Delay was multifactorial, individual and complex. Factors contributing to delay included: poor symptom and risk factor knowledge; fear of detecting breast abnormality; fear of cancer treatments; fear of partner abandonment; embarrassment disclosing symptoms to healthcare professionals; taboo and stigmatism. …”
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Yield response of yam (Dioscorea rotundata Poir.) to inoculation with Azotobacter and nitrogen chemical fertilization in the Caribbean region of Colombia by D.B. SÁNCHEZ, L.L. LUNA, A.A. ESPITIA, J. CADENA

“…Por un lado, en una primera prueba realizada bajo condiciones in vitro, se confirmó la capacidad de fijación de N y la producción de NH3. en ambas cepas de bacterias, mientras que, bajo condiciones de campo, los más altos rendimientos se obtuvieron con la combinación de la inoculación individual con las cepas A. chroococcum DBC12 o A. vinelandii DBC9, y el 50% de la dosis recomendada de fertilización con nitrógeno. …”
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Study on the potential diagnostic value of metabolomics changes in different biological fluids for aspiration pneumonia by Lianghui Chen, Yazhen Chen, Fansen Lin, Jianbao Wang, Hongzhi Gao, Yuqi Liu

“…This condition is particularly common in older adults and individuals with impaired swallowing or consciousness. …”
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Sex-specific anatomical variation of circle of Willis arteries by Phebe J. Groenheide, Iris N. Vos, Robin Bülow, Irene C. van der Schaaf, Birgitta K. Velthuis, Ynte M. Ruigrok

“…Methods: Sex-specific CoW anatomical variations were assessed using Magnetic Resonance Angiography (MRA) scans of 1,052 individuals without intracranial vascular abnormalities. …”
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A systematic review and meta-analysis of prevalence of seven psychiatric disorders in India by Vikas Dhiman, Geetha R. Menon, Rajnarayan R. Tiwari

“…Background: After the National Mental Health Survey in 2016, multiple individual studies showed inconsistencies in the prevalence rates of psychiatric disorders in India. …”
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Variability in Test Interval Is Linked to Glycated Haemoglobin (HbA1c) Trajectory over Time by Anthony A. Fryer, David Holland, Michael Stedman, Christopher J. Duff, Lewis Green, Jonathan Scargill, Fahmy W. F. Hanna, Pensée Wu, R. John Pemberton, Christine Bloor, Adrian H. Heald

“…We calculated the standard deviation (SD) of test interval for each individual and examined the link between deciles of SD of the test interval and ΔHbA1c level, stratified by baseline HbA1c. …”
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Dose-response risks of all-cause, cancer, and cardiovascular disease mortality according to sex-specific cigarette smoking pack-year quantiles by Jieun Hwang, Suyoung Jo, Heewon Kang, Eunsil Cheon, Sung-il Cho

“…Methods The integrated Korean Genome and Epidemiology Study provided data for 209770 individuals who were classified as never, former, or current smokers, based on their current smoking status. …”
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Influence of Biological Therapeutics, Cytokines, and Disease Activity on Depression in Rheumatoid Arthritis by Margarida Figueiredo-Braga, Caleb Cornaby, Alice Cortez, Miguel Bernardes, Georgina Terroso, Marta Figueiredo, Cristina Dos Santos Mesquita, Lúcia Costa, Brian D. Poole

“…Methods. A cohort of 209 individuals was recruited. This group included 82 RA patients, 22 healthy subjects, 32 depressed control subjects, and 73 subjects with systemic lupus erythematosus. …”
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Addictive behaviour of students: Early detection experience and socio-psychological characteristics by A. V. Smirnov, L. A. Maksimova, I. A. Simonova

“…When organising the study, the authors relied on a number of methodological provisions: the structural method, when the research material is interpreted in accordance with the specific characteristics of the object of study; the method of comparisons, which consists in comparing individual results with each other. The main empirical method was the testing method. …”
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Integrating Metabolomics and Genomics to Uncover the Impact of Fermented Total Mixed Ration on Heifer Growth Performance Through Host-Dependent Metabolic Pathways by Zhenzhen Hu, Minyu Zuo, Shixuan Ding, Yifan Zhong, Mingyuan Xue, Huichao Zheng

“…Although there was no significant effect of diet on heifers’ average daily gain (ADG) in body weight (<i>p</i> > 0.05), there was substantial inter-individual variation in metabolites among all animals, as further correlation analyses illustrated. …”
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Effect of home-based interventions on basic activities of daily living for patients who had a stroke: a systematic review with meta-analysis by Ping Qin, Canxin Cai, Xuan Chen, Xijun Wei

“…The characteristics of these studies were collected. Risk of bias of individual study was assessed by Physiotherapy Evidence Database scale. …”
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Blocks identical by descent in the genomes of the indigenous population of Siberia demonstrate genetic links between populations by N. A. Kolesnikov, V. N. Kharkov, K. V. Vagaitseva, A. A. Zarubin, V. A. Stepanov

“…For this, DNA fragments were analyzed, which had been inherited without recombination by each pair of individuals from their recent common ancestor, that is, segments (blocks) identical by descent (IBD). …”
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Metabolic phenotype of adult mice offspring obtained from different variants of embryo transfer by M. V. Anisimova, Ya. Gong, N. S. Yudin, Yu. M. Moshkin, L. A. Gerlinskaya

“…Since all this occurs at the stage of the highest susceptibility of embryos to epigenetic reprogramming, the full cycle of ART and its individual components can lead to stable phenotypic changes in the offspring. …”
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