The Clinical and Economic Impact of Employees Who Are Care Partners of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis by Disease Severity by Barry Hendin, Richard A. Brook, Ian A. Beren, Nathan Kleinman, Cindy Fink, Amy L. Phillips, Carroline Lobo

“…**Results:** Among 1041 employee care partners of patients with MS, 358 (34.4%) patients had mild MS, 491 (47.2%) moderate, and 192 (18.4%) severe. Mean (standard error [SE]) employee care partner age was 49.0 (0.5) for patients with mild disease, 50.5 (0.4) for moderate, 51.7 (0.6) for severe; percent female care partners was 24.6% [2.3%] mild, 19.8% [1.8%] moderate, 27.6% [3.2%] severe; and mean care partner Charlson Comorbidity Index scores 0.28 (0.05) mild, 0.30 (0.04) moderate, 0.27 (0.06) severe. …”
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Sex differences in prevalence and clinical correlates of subclinical hypothyroidism in Chinese patients with first-episode untreated major depressive disorder by Junqiang Cui, Yujia Weng, XiaoE Lang, Fangfang Shangguan, Xiang-Yang Zhang

“…This study aimed to further compare the prevalence and correlates of moderate-to-severe SCH between male and female Chinese MDD patients. …”
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Proinflammatory Cytokine Expression in Apical Periodontitis from Diabetic Patients by Estéfano Borgo Sarmento, Rosana Helena Teixeira de Lima Ribeiro Andrade, Cinthya Cristina Gomes, Fábio Ramôa Pires, Maria Isabel Bastos Valente, Adalgiza Mafra Moreno, Marco Orsini, Dennis Carvalho Ferreira, Lucio Souza Gonçalves, Luciana Armada

“…TNF-α was focal (85%) and weak to moderate (15%) in diabetics, and focal (92%) and weak to moderate (8%), in controls. …”
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Loneliness among adult cancer survivors in the United States: prevalence and correlates by Christopher W. Wheldon, Avishek Choudhury, Bryan P. McCormick, Juan R. Albertorio-Díaz

“…In our fully adjusted model, years since cancer diagnosis, fair-poor overall health, moderate-high psychological distress, and having children living in the household were all positively and independently associated with moderate-severe loneliness. …”
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Cannabis use characteristics and associations with problematic use outcomes, quitting-related factors, and mental health among US young adults by Carla J. Berg, Cassidy R. LoParco, Katelyn F. Romm, Yuxian Cui, Darcey M. McCready, Yan Wang, Y. Tony Yang, Hannah S. Szlyk, Erin Kasson, Rishika Chakraborty, Patricia A. Cavazos-Rehg

“…Results LCA identified 4 classes of cannabis use frequency and types used: ‘infrequent-herb/edibles’ (41.4%), ‘frequent-herb’ (16.8%), ‘moderate-herb’ (28.0%), and ‘moderate-oil/other’ (13.8%). …”
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Comparative analysis of retinal vascular structural parameters in populations with different glucose metabolism status based on color fundus photography and artificial intelligence by Naimei Chen, Naimei Chen, Zhentao Zhu, Di Gong, Xinrong Xu, Xinya Hu, Weihua Yang

“…Within the T2DM population, FBG, HbA1c, age, SBP, and DBP were significant predictors for mild-to-moderate NPDR (P < 0.05). Average venous branching number (branch_avg_v) was significantly different among pre-diabetes, T2DM without DR, and T2DM with mild-to-moderate NPDR groups. …”
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Impact of combiner aerobic and resistance training on depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Hai Wang, Qinzheng Liu, Yingxu Pan

“…Subgroup analysis based on study area, age, severity of depressive symptoms, and exercise prescription revealed that resistance combined aerobic training had a particularly significant effect on middle-aged and elderly patients with depression, as well as on those with moderate depression. Additionally, moderate period (9–24 weeks), moderate frequency (3–4 times per week), a total weekly duration of more than 180 min and supervised training displayed the best results. …”
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Failure Modes and Fault Morphology by Adam J. Cawood, David A. Ferrill, Kevin J. Smart

“…We show that (i) fault patches coated with coarse calcite cement tend to have moderate to high dips, low to high Ts, and high to very high Td; (ii) slickensided fault patches exhibit low to moderate dips, moderate to very high Ts, and moderate to high Td; and (iii) slickolite patches exhibit low dips, moderate Ts, and low to moderate Td. …”
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Contributions of Hope in physical activity and exercise goal attainment in college students by Corinthian E. B. Blythe, Hayami H. Nishio, Alyssa Wright, Perla Flores, Kevin L. Rand, Kelly M. Naugle

“…Predictors of vigorous PA at Time 2 included hope-agency and moderate PA. The only predictor of moderate PA at Time 2 was moderate PA at Time 1. …”
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Serum Cystatin C, Markers of Chronic Kidney Disease, and Retinopathy in Persons with Diabetes by Chee Wai Wong, Boon Wee Teo, Ecosse Lamoureux, Mohammad Kamran Ikram, Jie Jin Wang, E. Shyong Tai, Sunil Sethi, Tien Yin Wong, Charumathi Sabanayagam

“…Nearly half (48.7%) of participants with cystatin C ≥ 1.12 mg/L have moderate DR. Conclusions. CKD defined by a triple marker panel was strongly associated with moderate DR in this Asian population with diabetes.…”
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Intensity-Dependent Effects of Acute Exercise on Executive Function by Aylin Mehren, Cecilia Diaz Luque, Mirko Brandes, Alexandra P. Lam, Christiane M. Thiel, Alexandra Philipsen, Jale Özyurt

“…Numerous studies suggest beneficial effects of aerobic exercise at moderate intensity on cognition, while the effects of high-intensity exercise are less clear. …”
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Managing anxiety disorders with the neuro-biofeedback method of Brain Boy Universal Professional by Eleftheria Zafeiri, Vasileios Dedes, Kostantinos Tzirogiannis, Agapi Kandylaki, Maria Polikandrioti, Dimitris Panidis, Georgios I. Panoutsopoulos

“…After the completion of biofeedback, 90.6% of the individuals experienced mild to moderate anxiety, 5.9% medium anxiety, and 3.5% severe anxiety. …”
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OBESITY ANDPHYSICAL ACTIVITY IN CHILDREN by Nimra Mustafa et al

“…Mostly children 45 participate in low-moderate level of physical activity, 32 children participated in moderate, 11 were high-moderate and 0% participated in high level of physical activity on a weekly basis and BMI interpretation was only 9 were underweight, 53 were normal, 7 were overweight, 31 were obese. …”
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Are obese rats influenced by GLP1 and IR through aerobic exercise? A case study by Ali Sayyah, Hamid Mohebbı, Hamid Arazı, Abbas Baharı

“…The study subjects were thirty-two male Wistar rats which were divided into 4 groups: three levels of aerobic training intensity (high, moderate and low intensity) and one control group. …”
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Infection Dynamics of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus-2 Wild-type and Delta Variant of Concern in a Pediatric Cohort in Southern India by Asha Jyothi Penugonda, Deepayan Biswas, Murugan Thimiri Palani, Sangeetha Priya, Rajesh Kumar Subaschandrabose, Koshy Alan Valiaveetil, Belavendra Antonisamy, Rajeev Zachariah Kompithra, Leni Grace Mathew, Mahesh Moorthy

“…Results: Of 79 children recruited, 29%, 59%, and 11% had asymptomatic, mild-to moderate, or severe presentations, respectively. Wild-type and delta variants presented with similar disease severity. …”
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Correlations Between Preseason Functional Test Scores and Game Performance in Female Collegiate Volleyball Players by Jason Brumitt, Christopher Patterson, Robert Dudley, Eric Sorenson, Tyler Cuddeford, Heidi Cooke, Linda Froemming

“…There were also low to moderate level positive correlations between SLJ and SLH scores and game performance for outside hitters. …”
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Correlation between the Severity of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Fatty Liver Disease and Serum Uric Acid to Serum Creatinine Ratio by Jing Liu, Hongye Peng, Che Wang, Yutong Wang, Rongrui Wang, Jixiang Liu, Tianhui Zhou, Shukun Yao

“…Conclusion. sUA/Cr was positively associated with the risk of moderate-severe MAFLD and had the predictive ability to discriminate the moderate-severe MAFLD from mild MAFLD and non-MAFLD. …”
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Healthcare Workers’ General Health and Its Relation with Anxiety, Anger, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder during COVID-19 Outbreak in Southeast Iran by Alireza Malakoutikhah, Leila Ahmadi Lari, Pooya Baharloo, Rasmieh Al-Amer, Mohamed Alnaiem, Hossein Khaluei, Mahlagha Dehghan

“…The mean score of anxiety was 43.99±9.24 which was at moderate to high level of anxiety. The mean score of anger was 18.65±5.72 which was at the moderate level. …”
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The Landing Error Scoring System (LESS) and Lower Limb Power Profiles in Elite Rugby Union Players by Stephen Rowell, Nicola Relph

“…The majority of players presented with moderate to poor LESS scores, indicating an area of concern in this population. …”
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Relationship between physical activity and depressive symptoms in stroke survivors: a cross-sectional study of 1,140 individuals by Yihao Wang, Jiali Chen, Yanwei Zou, Mengshu Yang, Xiaoyun Kong, Ling Wang, Jingyuan Xue, Ci Dong

“…Methods: PA was surveyed concurrently with the PHQ-9, categorized into vigorous, moderate, and moderate-to-vigorous intensities. Propensity score matching was used to match participants based on their activity levels, and the relationship between physical activity and depressive symptoms was analysed by logistic regression. …”
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