Effectiveness of Brandt-Daroff exercises in benign paroxysmal positional vertigo: a systematic review by Meenakshi Bagri, Shabnam Joshi, Vandana Rani, Rekha Chaturvedi, Jyoti Sabharwal

“…Conclusions Brandt-Daroff exercises have inconsistent results in the treatment of BPPV; hence, high-quality randomised controlled trials should be carried out to investigate their efficacy.…”
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The experimental and numerical studies on the effects of the operating conditions on the performance of breastshot waterwheel by Agato Agato, Deendarlianto Deendarlianto, Indarto Indarto, Alfeus Sunarso

“…The experiments were carried out using a breastshot water wheel with the diameter of 500 mm, the width of 140 mm and the number of blades of 14. …”
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Cathepsin C Is Involved in Macrophage M1 Polarization via p38/MAPK Pathway in Sudden Cardiac Death by Jialin Dai, Jiangjin Liu, Qiong Zhang, Yang An, Bing Xia, Changwu Wan, Yuanyuan Zhang, Yanni Yu, Jie Wang

“…Western blotting was carried out to measure the expressions of cathepsin C (CTSC), focal adhesion kinase (FAK), p-FAK, and proteins related to the p38/MAPK signaling pathway, whereas immunohistochemistry was performed to determine the localization and expression of CTSC, TNF-α, and CD206 in arterial tissues. …”
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Identification of emerging harms due to COVID-19 outbreak: a qualitative study in Iran by Sina Ahmadi, Seyed Fahim Irandoost, Neda SoleimanvandiAzar, Marzieh Nojomi, Javad Yoosefi Lebni, Arash Tehrani-Banihashemi

“…Data analysis was carried out using the Graneheim and Lundman’s method in MAXQDA-2018 software. …”
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Evaluation of Smart Portable Device for Food Diagnostics: A Preliminary Study on Cape Hake Fillets (M. capensis and M. paradoxus) by Marta Castrica, Sara Panseri, Elena Siletti, Federica Borgonovo, Luca Chiesa, Claudia M. Balzaretti

“…Principal component analysis (PCA) and Pearson’s correlation were performed in order to compare PEN3 with TVB-N, and for the FOODsniffer evaluation, a one-way ANOVA was carried out. A significant correlation was shown between PEN3, first component, and TVB-N (r = 0.92, P=0.01). …”
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Dysregulation of Kisspeptin and Leptin, as Anorexigenic Agents, Plays Role in the Development of Obesity in Postmenopausal Women by Andon Hestiantoro, Brilliant P. K. Astuti, Raden Muharam, Gita Pratama, Fiastuti Witjaksono, Budi Wiweko

“…A cross-sectional study was carried out among 171 postmenopausal women aged 40–75 years from 2017 to 2018. …”
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SCREENING FOR MAIZE RESISTANT GENOTYPES AGAINST STALK BORERS’ (Sesamia calamistis Hampson) INFESTATION IN MINNA, NIGER STATE, NIGERIA by Idowu, G.A., Oyewale, R.O., Jiboh, B.S., Bolajoko, M.H., Ibrahim, H.M., Bello, A.K

“…Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was carried out using Minitab Package and the significant means were separated using Duncan Multiple Range Test (DMRT). …”
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Impact of Grape Variety, Yeast and Malolactic Fermentation on Volatile Compounds and Fourier Transform Infrared Spectra in Red Wines by Anna Stój, Tomasz Czernecki, Bożena Sosnowska, Agnieszka Niemczynowicz, Arkadiusz Matwijczuk

“…The grape variety was the factor with a significant impact on the highest number of volatile compounds, 32 out of 46. Furthermore, 7 compounds were affected by yeast, 10 by MLF and only 3 by yeast×MLF interaction. …”
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Minimally Invasive Technique for PMMA Augmentation of Fenestrated Screws by Jan-Helge Klingler, Christoph Scholz, Evangelos Kogias, Ronen Sircar, Marie T. Krüger, Florian Volz, Christian Scheiwe, Ulrich Hubbe

“…Retrospective evaluation of cement extravasation and screw loosening was carried out in postoperative plain radiographs and thin-sliced triplanar computed tomography scans. …”
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Digital competencies: perceptions of primary school teachers pursuing master’s degrees from eight African countries by Andresa Sartor Harada, Juliana Azevedo Gomes, Oscar Ulloa Guerra, Roberto Ruiz, Rubén Calderón

“…In this sense, the objective of this study carried out between March 2019 and April 2020 was to analyse the perceptions of primary school teachers from 8 African countries about their digital competences. …”
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Visceral Leishmaniasis Clinical Management in Endemic Districts of India, Nepal, and Bangladesh by Megha Raj Banjara, Siddhivinayak Hirve, Niyamat Ali Siddiqui, Narendra Kumar, Sangeeta Kansal, M. Mamun Huda, Pradeep Das, Suman Rijal, Chitra Kumar Gurung, Paritosh Malaviya, Byron Arana, Axel Kroeger, Dinesh Mondal

“…Physicians did not rule out pregnancy prior to starting Miltefosine. Fever measurement or spleen palpation was infrequently done in Bangladesh but improved after intervention (from 23% to 47%). …”
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Spatial Interpolation of Annual Runoff in Ungauged Basins Based on the Improved Information Diffusion Model Using a Genetic Algorithm by Mei Hong, Ren Zhang, Dong Wang, Longxia Qian, Zhenghua Hu

“…To test our new method, seven experiments for the annual runoff interpolation based on GIDM at 17 stations on the mainstream and tributaries of the Yellow River are carried out and compared with the inverse distance weighting (IDW) method, Cokriging (COK) method, and conventional IDMs using the same sparse observed data. …”
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Deadaption and Readaptation with Lactose, But No Cross-Adaptation to Lactulose: A Case of Occult Colonic Bacterial Adaptation by Andrew Szilagyi, Albert Cohen, Christina Vinokuroff, Darakhshan Ahman, Usha Nathwani, Samara Yesovitch

“…In four tests the dose intake of lactose was varied upon instruction, and in the fifth test a 30 g lactulose challenge was carried out. It was demonstrated that on radically decreasing lactose intake, a full lactase nonpersistent status was unmasked. …”
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Food apps took a free ride on the first phase of the Covid-19 pandemic in Brazil by Michele Bittencourt Rodrigues, Juliana de Paula Matos, Paula Martins Horta

“…Methods: Exploratory study carried out between March 20 and June 26, 2020. Posts made by these companies were coded according to the interactive tools employed and the product type shown in the posts. …”
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Haematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant Trends in Pakistan: Activity Survey from Pakistan Bone Marrow Transplant Group by Natasha Ali, Raheel Iftikhar, Muhammad Ayaz Mir, Syed Waqas Bokhari, Jehanzeb Ur Rehman, Uzma Zaidi, Shahzad Nasir, Salman Naseem Adil, Tariq Satti, Qamar Un Nisa Chaudhry, Muhammad Farhan, Tasneem Farzana, Tariq Ghafoor, Bushra Ahsan, Azhar S. Khan, Farrukh Ali Khan, Syeda Itrat Fatima, Shafaq Abdul Samad, Aliya Batool, Hafiz Muhammad Nadeem, Syed Nasir Abbas Bukhari, Saqib Hussain Ansari, Parvez Ahmed

“…A total of 12 transplant centers contributed data on the modified PBMT survey form retrospectively and 806 haematopoietic stem cell transplants (HSCTs) were carried out during the study duration. Allogeneic HSCT constituted 595 (73.8%) of all the transplants; this is in stark contrast to Western data, where autologous HSCT accounts for the majority of transplants. ß-thalassemia major and aplastic anemia were the commonest indications for allogeneic HSCT, in contrast to Western data, where acute leukemia is the leading transplant indication. …”
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Highly-sensitive electrochemiluminescence biosensor for detection of inosine monophosphate in meat based on graphdiyne/AuNPs/luminol nanocomposites by Jing Liu, Yizhong Shen, Guangxian Wang, Yaodong Xiang, Yemin Guo, Xia Sun, Yuan Liu

“…Under optimal conditions, the prepared biosensor exhibited a wide linear range from 0.01 g/L to 20 g/L, a satisfactory limit detection of 0.0013 g/L, as well as an excellent specificity. Moreover, we carried out the precise analysis of IMP in actual meat samples with acceptable results compared to the liquid chromatography. …”
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3D BIOPRINTING IN DENTISTRY: BIBLIOMETRIC ANALYSIS by Peter Frantsevich Litvitskiy, Alexander Tsymbal, Zhangirkhan Bolat, Yelaman Bazarbayev, Madina Bekentayeva, Raushan Nauryzbay, Azhar N. Zhexenova, Gulbanu Mukyshova, Lida Aliyeva, Aliya Zhylkybekova

“…Chen J, Guo W, and Zhang X stand out, each having three published works. "Bioprinting" and "tissue engineering" are the most commonly used keywords by authors in the period from 2016 to 2023. …”
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Efficacy of non-invasive ventilation and oxygen therapy on immunocompromised patients with acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis... by Juhong Shi, Gang Liu, Meng Wang, Tao Wang, Yi Li, Yi Yang, Xuezhong Yu, Huadong Zhu, Yong Ma, Zongru Li, Lixi Zhang, Kun He, Jianqiang He

“…Publication bias will be identified with the funnel plot.Ethics and dissemination Ethical approval is not required since it is not carried out in humans. The systematic review will be published in peer-reviewed journals and disseminated extensively through conferences.…”
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Boundary plasma studies for a spherical tokamak with lithium walls by A. Antony, L. Carbajal, T.D. Rognlien, M.V. Umansky, A. Froese, S. Howard, C. Ribeiro, R. Ivanov, C. Dunlea, C.P. McNally

“…An explorative study is carried out for wall-limited versus diverted configurations for PI3 using the fluid edge transport code UEDGE. …”
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Neuropilin 1 Mediates Keratinocyte Growth Factor Signaling in Adipose-Derived Stem Cells: Potential Involvement in Adipogenesis by Simona Ceccarelli, Cristina Nodale, Enrica Vescarelli, Paola Pontecorvi, Valeria Manganelli, Giovanni Casella, Maria Giuseppina Onesti, Maurizio Sorice, Ferdinando Romano, Antonio Angeloni, Cinzia Marchese

“…Our study contributes to clarify the molecular bases of human adipogenesis, demonstrating a role of KGF in the early steps of this process, and points out a role of NRP1 as a previously unknown mediator of KGF action in ASCs.…”
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