Serum Soluble ST2 Correlated with Symptom Severity and Clinical Response of Sublingual Immunotherapy for House Dust Mite-Induced Allergic Rhinitis Patients by Kang Zhu, Cui Xia, Jingguo Chen, Chao Yu, Tianxi Gao, Jing Yan, Na Shao, Pin Zhu, Bin Sun, Xiaoyong Ren, Yanni Zhang

“…Eighty healthy controls (HC group) and 160 HDM-induced AR patients, including 40 mild patients (MAR group) and 120 moderate-severe patients (MSAR group), were recruited in this study. …”
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Experimental infection of wild boars (Sus scrofa) with Rickettsia rickettsii and evaluation of the transmission potential to Amblyomma sculptum ticks by Lucianne Cardoso Neves, Lina de Campos Binder, Warley Vieira de Freitas Paula, Nicolas Jalowitzki de Lima, Ennya Rafaella Neves Cardoso, Rayane Almeida Santos, Raphaela Bueno Mendes Bittencourt, Gracielle Teles Pádua, Gabriel Cândido dos Santos, Mariana Avelar Tavares, Maria Carolina de Azevedo Serpa, Adriano Pinter, Artur Luiz de Almeida Felicio, Marcelo B. Labruna, Felipe da Silva Krawczak

“…Furthermore, wild boars showed a moderate humoral response, with anti-R. rickettsii endpoint titers up to 256 or 512. …”
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Hubungan Kadar Glukosa Darah Saat Masuk Rumah Sakit Dengan Lama Hari Rawat Pasien Sindrom Koroner Akut (SKA) Di RSUP Dr. M. Djamil Padang by Rosi Oktarina, Yertizal Karani, Zulkarnain Edward

“…The results of bivariate analysis by using Spearman correlation test is obtained the correlation between hospital admission blood glucose level to length of stay ACS patients and the strength of correlation is moderate, r = +0,492 , p = 0, 000 (p<0,05). The monitoring of random glucose level of ACS patients upon hospitalization is necessary and for future studies the other factors that affect the length of stay of ACS patients should be considered.…”
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Cigarette smoking and perceived risk of cardiovascular disease in Iran by Fatemeh Zarghami, Abdolhalim Rajabi, Reza Abed-Tazehabadi, Abdurrahman Charkazi, Ali Shahryari

“…Conclusion The results of this study demonstrated a moderate perceived risk of participants to CVD. Also, the perceived risk decreases as the duration of smoking and the age for the smoking onset increases to 20 years and above. …”
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Identifying Drug Prescription in Newly Diagnosed Hypertension Patients in India by Thomas Alexander, Jagdish S. Hiremath, Jitendra P. S. Swahney, Subhash Chandra, Peeyush Jain, Praveen Chandra, Nakul Sinha, T. Sashikanth, Yugandhar Bachhu, Anil Balachandran, Pathiyil Balagopalan Jayagopal, T. Govindan Unni, Tiny Nair, Kumaresan Kannan, Dorairaj Prabhakar, M. Chenniappan, Ajay U. Mahajan, Rajiv D. Karnik, Chandrashekhar K. Ponde, Prashant Advani, Idris Ahmed Khan, Brij Mohan Goyal, P. R. Vaidyanathan, Hiren Prajapati, Willem J. Verberk

“…Non‐adherence to hypertension guidelines was evident as 1364 patients classified from moderate to very high risk received monotherapy. Of these, 496 patients had grade 2 or 3 hypertension. …”
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Changes in alcohol consumption among Belgian adults participating in the internet-based one-month-abstinence campaign ‘Tournée Minérale’ by Annelies Thienpondt, Jelle Van Cauwenberg, Joris Van Damme, Gera E. Nagelhout, Benedicte Deforche

“…Participants’ baseline drinking level moderated changes in alcohol consumption. Both short and medium term increases in alcohol consumption were observed among those with a low drinking level (those who drank 0 to < 4 glasses at baseline), while short and medium term decreases were observed among those with higher drinking levels, i.e. those with moderate (≥ 4 to ≤ 10 glasses), high (> 10 to ≤ 17 glasses) and highest (> 17 glasses) drinking level at baseline. …”
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Monitoring of environmental gases and calf health in Italian Mediterranean buffalo herd by Simona Leonetti, Monica Ambrosio, Mirko Scamardella, Chiara Caso, Angelo Coletta

“…Score 1 indicates coughs on movement; bilateral, excessive, or mucopurulent mucus discharge; moderate or heavy ocular discharge; head tilt or unilateral/bilateral droop; loose or watery feces sifts through the bedding; partially visible or visible forelimbs when the calf is lying down. …”
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Study on the Synergistic Regulation Model for <i>Lycium barbarum</i> Berries Under Integrated Irrigation and Fertigation in Northwest Arid Regions by Yanlin Ma, Huile Lv, Yanbiao Wang, Yayu Wang, Minhua Yin, Yanxia Kang, Guangping Qi, Rong Zhang, Jinwen Wang, Junxian Chen

“…This study examines the effects of irrigation levels (severe water deficit, W0: 45–55% <i>θ_FC</i>; moderate water deficit, W1: 55–65% <i>θ_FC</i>; mild water deficit, W2: 65–75% <i>θ_FC</i>; full irrigation, W3: 75–85% <i>θ_FC</i>) and nitrogen application rates (N0: 0 kg·hm⁻², N1: 150 kg·hm⁻², N2: 300 kg·hm⁻², N3: 450 kg·hm⁻²) on soil environment, crop yield, and water–nitrogen use efficiencies in <i>Lycium barbarum</i> under integrated water–fertilizer drip irrigation. …”
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices of intensive care unit physicians towards the management of acute respiratory distress syndrome in China: a cross-sectional survey by Jing Qian, Yinglin Wu, Xiaoqin Zhao, Zhidan Qin, Yongyi Meng, Mingjing Yin, Hanchun Wen, Juntao Hu, Zhanhong Tang

“…Additionally, education (β=0.47, p&lt;0.001), work experience (β=0.25, p&lt;0.001), hospital classification (β=−0.91, p&lt;0.001), ICU type (β=−0.61, p=0.001) and ARDS experience (β=−1.57, p&lt;0.001) showed various indirect effects on practice.Conclusions ICU physicians in China exhibited inadequate knowledge, moderate attitudes and suboptimal practices regarding ARDS management. …”
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Physical Activity Behavior in Swiss Secondary School Students: A Segmented Analysis by Marion Gasser, Andrea-Maria Nadenbousch, Fabienne Egger, Mario Kamer, Stefan Valkanover, Mirko Schmidt

“… Introduction Physical activity (PA) levels decline from childhood to adolescence, and many Swiss adolescents do not achieve the WHO's recommendation of 60 minutes of daily moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) (Bringolf-Isler et al. 2016). …”
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Atrial fibrillation outcomes in patients from Asia and non-Asia countries: insights from GARFIELD-AF by Karen Pieper, Xian-hong Fang, Kai Sun, Ajay K Kakkar, Saverio Virdone, Shinya Goto, Gloria Kayani, Zhi-Cheng Jing, John Camm, Chun-Yan Cheng, Tian-Yu Lian, Xi-Jie Zhu, Xian-Mei Li

“…Both Asian and non-Asian patients who received NOAC at enrolment experienced lower all-cause mortality and non-haemorrhagic stroke/SE compared with patients on other treatments or none.All-cause mortality, non-cardiovascular mortality and major bleeding were less frequent in patients from Asia versus non-Asia (HR (95% CI): 0.62 (0.39 to 0.99), 0.52 (0.28 to 0.97), 0.58 (0.36 to 0.96), respectively). Associations of moderate-to-severe chronic kidney disease and vascular disease with increased risk of all-cause mortality were stronger in Asian versus non-Asian patients (interaction p values: 0.0250 and 0.0076, respectively). …”
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Tunning valence state of cobalt centers in Cu/Co-CoO1-x for significantly boosting water-gas shift reaction by Xing-Chi Li, Jun-Hao Wang, Tao-Tao Huang, Yang Hu, Xin Li, De-Jiu Wang, Wei-Wei Wang, Kai Xu, Chun-Jiang Jia, Hao Dong, Guangshe Li, Chen Li, Ya-Wen Zhang

“…Particularly, doping of Cu0 sites weakens the affinity of the surface to CO or CO2 to a moderate level. Moreover, it also promotes the oxidation of *CO to *COOH and the desorption of the product CO2, reducing the carbon poisoning of the catalyst and thus increasing the reactivity. …”
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A Step Forward Towards Exploring Nutritional and Biological Potential of Mushrooms: A Case Study of Calocybe gambosa (Fr.) Donk Wild Growing in Serbia by Jovana Dragan Petrovic, Ângela Fernandes, Dejan Stojković, Marina Soković, Lillian Barros, Isabel C.F.R. Ferreira, Aditya Shekhar, Jasmina Glamočlija

“…Comprehensive antioxidant activity analysis (reducing power, DPPH radical scavenging activity, β-carotene/linoleate and TBARS assays) indicate that the mushroom is a perspective antioxidant source, whereas its antimicrobial potential turned out to be moderate. Nevertheless, at a sub-inhibitory level, the methanolic extract disrupted cell-to-cell communication using Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 as a model system. …”
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Pengaruh Perbedaan Kadar Oksitosin Melalui Pemijatan Oksitosin Terhadap Jumlah Perdarahan pada Ibu 2 Jam Postpartum by Desi Sarli, Masrul , Meilinda Agus

“…The results obtained correlation levels of oxytocin relation to 2 hours postpartum hemorrhage showed moderate relationship (r =0.482). The results of statistical tests found differences in the levels of oxytocin on the amount of bleeding at 2 hours postpartum (p&lt;0.05). …”
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Effect of a high dose atorvastatin as adjuvant therapy to mesalamine in attenuating inflammation and symptoms in patients with ulcerative colitis: a randomized controlled pilot stu... by Sumaiah J. Alarfaj, Sahar M. El-Haggar, Sahar K. Hegazy, Sahar K. Hegazy, Maha M. Maher, Maha M. Maher, Monir M. Bahgat, Thanaa A. Elmasry, Sarah Alrubia, Amsha S. Alsegiani, Mostafa M. Bahaa

“…Activation of sphingosine 1 phosphate (S1P)/ tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α)/ interleukin-6 (IL-6) pathways has been confirmed in the pathogenesis of UC and preclinical studies proved the efficacy of atorvastatin on these pathways.AimTo investigate the role of atorvastatin on S1P/TNF-α/IL-6 pathway in UC.MethodsPatients with mild to moderate UC were allocated into two groups in this pilot study. …”
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Lymphocyte-C-reactive protein ratio upon admission to predict disease progression and ICU admission in adult patients with diabetic ketoacidosis by Yi-Jia Hu, Shu-Xiao Qiu, Jian-Nan Zhang, Qi-Qi Lai, Yi-Lu Lin, Lin-Qiong Liu, Di Wu, Hui-Ying Liu, Huan Meng, Jia-Xi Xu, Jia-Ning Zhang, Bo-Wen Liu, Yan Gao, Kai Kang, Yang Gao

“…A total of 271 adult DKA patients were enrolled and categorized into three groups: mild group (n = 42), moderate group (n = 64), and severe group (n = 165). …”
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Renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system activation in plasma as marker for prognosis in critically ill patients with COVID-19: a prospective exploratory study by Katharina Krenn, Felix Kraft, Luana Mandroiu, Verena Tretter, Roman Reindl-Schwaighofer, Theresa Clement, Oliver Domenig, Matthias G. Vossen, Gregor Riemann, Marko Poglitsch, Roman Ullrich

“…Conclusions AA2R at inclusion predicted 60-day survival with moderate sensitivity, revealing a dissociation between unchanged aldosterone and increased Ang II levels in the most severely ill COVID-19 patients. …”
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Comparison of Field and Virtual Vegetation Surveys Conducted Using Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS) Imagery at Two Coastal Marsh Restoration Projects by Aaron N. Schad, Molly K. Reif, Joseph H. Harwood, Christopher L. Macon, Lynde L. Dodd, Katie L. Vasquez, Kevin D. Philley, Glenn E. Dobson, Katie M. Steinmetz

“…Uncrewed aircraft system (UAS) technology can help fill data gaps between high-to-moderate spatial resolution (e.g., 1–30 m) satellite imagery, manned airborne data, and traditional field surveys, yet it has not been thoroughly evaluated in a virtual capacity as an alternative to traditional field vegetation plot surveys. …”
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Implementasi Metode Naive Bayes untuk Mendeteksi Stres Siswa Berdasarkan Tweet pada Sistem Monitoring Stres by Diva Fardiana Risa, Fajar Pradana, Fitra Abdurrachman Bachtiar

“…Therefore, this research will build a feature to detect stress levels via tweet on a twitter account using the Naïve Bayes method which will be able to classify students' stress levels based on student tweets into three classes, namely light stress, moderate stress and severe stress classes. This feature will later be implemented in a website-based student stress monitoring system as a consideration for students and counseling teachers in the student counseling process. …”
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Prevalence of depression and its correlates among undergraduate health science students in Mogadishu, Somalia: a cross-sectional study by Bashiru Garba, Samiro Ali Mohamed, Maria Mowlid Mohamed, Hodo Aideed Asowe, Najib Isse Dirie, Yushau Umar, Jamal Hassan Mohamoud, Mohamed Hussein Adam, Jihaan Hassan, Fartun Abdullahi Hassan Orey, Abdullahi Abdirahman Omar, Ibrahim Abdullahi Mohamed, Mohamad Mustaf Ahmed, Samira Abdullahi Moalim

“…A total of 41.5% (133/321) of the participants were free from depression (Normal), while 30.8% had mild depression, 27.1% had moderate depression and 0.6% had severe depression. …”
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