Serum Amyloid A as a Marker of Persistent Inflammation and an Indicator of Cardiovascular and Renal Involvement in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis by Bożena Targońska-Stępniak, Maria Majdan

“…The study population consisted of 140 RA patients, low/moderate disease activity (L/MDA) in 98 (70%) patients and high disease activity (HDA) in 42 (30%). …”
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IMAGING ANALYSIS OF PERIODONTAL STATUS IN A GROUP OF PATIENTS WITH OSTEOPOROSIS by Stoica George, Roxana Popescu, Andreea Diana Ilinca, Daniela Pomohaci, Balcos Carina, Alexandru Nemtoi, Sirghe Ana, Haba Danisia

“…Results: Results revealed significant periodontal involvement, with 42.9% of patients exhibiting moderate chronic marginal periodontitis and 46% severe periodontitis, more pronounced in the maxillary arch than the mandibular. …”
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How Does Foreign Equity Right Impact Manufacturing Enterprise Innovation Behaviors? Mediation Test Based on Technology Introduction by Shan Cen, Lianshui Li, Weijun Cui

“…Thus, under the current complicated international situation, enterprises should be encouraged to attract foreign investment under moderate control, with a view to accelerating the promotion of enterprise innovation activities through the technology introduction brought about by foreign shareholding.…”
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Reproductive and Obstetric Factors Are Key Predictors of Maternal Anemia during Pregnancy in Ethiopia: Evidence from Demographic and Health Survey (2011) by Taddese Alemu, Melaku Umeta

“…In conclusion, the level of anemia during pregnancy is a moderate public health problem in Ethiopia. Yet, special preventive measures should be undertaken for pregnant women who are older in age and having too many under five children and previous history of abortion. …”
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The effect of muscle energy technique on pain, kinesiophobia, and quality of life in patients with COPD with chronic pain by Serpil Mıhçıoğlu, Mehtap Malkoç

“…This study aimed to investigate the effect of the Muscle Energy Technique (MET) on pain, kinesiophobia, and quality of life in patients with chronic pain and COPD. 52 patients with moderate COPD and pain complaints were included in this randomized controlled trial and longitudinal study and were divided into two groups. …”
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Bilateral Facial Paralysis and Deafness in a Child Treated for Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia by Rafael V. Lucena, Yuri C. F. Fernandes, Débora B. Pazinatto, Rebecca C. K. Maunsell

“…Histopathologic examination of the material revealed an active chronic inflammatory process, with a moderate amount of plasma cells. Chemotherapy was reintroduced 3 weeks after the surgical procedure, and progressive improvement of otorrhea and imbalance was noted. …”
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A Moving Source Localization Method for Distributed Passive Sensor Using TDOA and FDOA Measurements by Zhixin Liu, Yongjun Zhao, Dexiu Hu, Chengcheng Liu

“…Meanwhile, it is less sensitive to the initial guess and attains the CRLB under Gaussian TDOA and FDOA noise at a moderate noise level before the thresholding effect occurs.…”
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Malignant Hypertensive Retinopathy in an Infant with Mid-Aortic Occlusion by Lawrence J. Oh, Gaurav Bhardwaj, David S. Winlaw, Craig E. Donaldson

“…There was a persistent left relative afferent pupillary defect and moderate left esotropia. Conclusion. This is the first reported case of malignant hypertensive retinopathy in an infant with concomitant mid-aortic occlusion. …”
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Increased sagittal abdominal diameter is associated with a higher risk of kidney stones. by Wei Song, Shugen Li, Guangchun Wang, Shang Gao

“…The predictive model demonstrated moderate accuracy (AUC =  0.661) and clinical utility. …”
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The Relationship Between Social Media Addiction and Narcissism on Social Media: A Comparison Between Generations Y and Z by Hatice Budak, Mehmet Harmancı

“…According to the results of the study, the level of social media addiction and narcissism on social media is significantly higher in Generation Z. There is a moderate positive relationship between social media addiction and narcissism on social media, with narcissism on social media explaining 22,3% of the variance in social media addiction. …”
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Acute Sickle Hepatic Crisis after Liver Transplantation in a Patient with Hb SC Disease by J. H. Gillis, S. K. Satapathy, L. Parsa, P. B. Sylvestre, N. Dbouk

“…Patients commonly present with jaundice, right upper quadrant pain, nausea, low-grade fever, tender hepatomegaly, and mild to moderate elevations in serum AST, ALT, and bilirubin. …”
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Supportive parenting and adolescents digital citizenship behaviors: The mediating role of self-regulation by Agustín Morales-Álvarez, Angel Alberto Valdés-Cuervo, Lizeth Guadalupe Parra-Pérez

“…The study considered the mediating role of adolescents’ self-regulation, and examined how sex and adolescence stage moderate these relationships. The study included 570 Mexican adolescents (48% girls and 52% boys), and structural equation modeling and multigroup invariance statistics were conducted for analysis. …”
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Successful Treatment of Severe Paravalvular Leak by Repositioning a Self-Expandable Percutaneous Aortic Valve Bioprosthesis (Evolut PRO+) Using the “Double Snare” Technique by Diego H. González-Bravo, Pedro Colón-Hernández, Melanie Quintana-Serrano, Sergio Alegre-Boschetti, Juan Vázquez-Fuster, José J. Acevedo-Valles, Eric Avilés-Rivera

“…Significant (moderate or severe) paravalvular leak (PVL) after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) remains a common phenomenon and has been associated with decrease survival and quality of life. …”
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Strategic integration of technology to foster students’ learning outcomes and motivation in legal English lessons by La Nguyen Binh Minh

“…With reference to motivation, such methods resulted in an overall increase in students’ motivation from a pre-treatment moderate level to a post-treatment high level. Remarkably, the motivational factors positively affected by instructional technologies are intrinsic motivation, personal relevance, self-efficacy, assessment anxiety, and self-determination. …”
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Custom exome panel revealed new mutations in MAPK14 and novel mutation in RUNX2 gene in patients with PCOS by Yunus Arikan, Taylan Onat

“…Five novel pathogenic moderate (PM2) intronic variants in 4 different genes in total were introduced for the first time. …”
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A Methodology for Choosing between Route Deviation and Point Deviation Policies for Flexible Transit Services by Yue Zheng, Wenquan Li, Feng Qiu

“…Our findings show that point deviation policy is more efficient at low-demand levels, while route deviation policy is a better choice at low-to-moderate demand levels. At unexpectedly high demand levels, route deviation policy is better able to accommodate rejected passengers than point deviation policy.…”
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Indo-Canadians with and without Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Autoantibodies by Hugh James Freeman

“…Moreover, for migrants, the mean duration of residence in Canada before developing disease was 8.9 years for Crohn’s disease patients and 13.5 years for ulcerative colitis patients. Moderate to severe disease was present; virtually all those with Crohn’s disease had colonic involvement, and most of those with ulcerative colitis had extensive colonic disease. …”
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Perilaku belajar dan self regulated learning siswa selama belajar dari rumah pada masa pandemi Covid-19 by Adi Atmoko, Khairul Bariyyah, Augusto Da Costa, Husni Hanafi, Eny Tri Wahyuni

“…Based on the results of the study (1) 1353 (47%) students have good learning behavior while studying from home and 1387 (48%) students have moderate levels of self-regulated learning while studying from home, (2) There is a correlation between learning behavior and self regulated learning.…”
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Latent profile analysis of fatalism and its influencing factors among community-dwelling disabled elderly individuals by Jinlei Du, Xiaoling Wu, Qiyu Zhang, Yuanxia Wang, Yao Chen, Chencong Nie

“…Latent profile analysis was performed to identify distinct fatalism profiles, and multivariate unordered regression analysis was conducted to assess their influencing factors.ResultsThree distinct latent profiles of fatalism were identified: high fatalism and pessimism tendency (35.6%), moderate fatalism and low optimism tendency (9.6%), and low fatalism with relative optimism tendency (54.8%). …”
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Optimizing key parameters for grinding energy efficiency and modeling of particle size distribution in a stirred ball mill by Abdalla M. Elbendari, Suzan S. Ibrahim

“…Taking minimum energy consumption into account, the finest particles (100% ~1 μm) were achieved at the maximum stirrer speed of 500 rpm and a moderate solid concentration of 33.3% after 17 h of grinding, consuming approximately 1225 kWh/t. …”
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