The Outcomes of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus after a Telecare Approach Are Not Inferior to Traditional Outpatient Clinic Visits by Natalia Pérez-Ferre, Mercedes Galindo, M. Dolores Fernández, Victoria Velasco, Isabelle Runkle, M. José de la Cruz, Patricia Martín Rojas-Marcos, Laura del Valle, Alfonso L. Calle-Pascual

“…Methods. 100 women diagnosed of GDM were randomized into two parallel groups, a control group based on traditional face-to-face outpatient clinic visits and an intervention group, which was provided with a Telemedicine system for the transmission of capillary glucose data and short text messages with weekly professional feedback. 97 women completed the study (48/49, resp.). …”
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Biochemical Analysis of Pentraxin 3 and Fibrinogen Levels in Experimental Periodontitis Model by Gonca Cayir Keles, Umut Balli, Burcu Ozkan Cetinkaya, Bulent Ayas, Arzu Findik, Zeynep Pinar Keles, Ferda Pamuk

“…Methods. Thirty rats were randomly divided into three groups of ten animals each: ligature-induced experimental periodontitis groups (with 10-day (Group1) and 40-day periods (Group2)) and healthy group (Group3). …”
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The efficacy of telemedicine interventions on quality of life and depression in individuals with spinal cord injury: a systematic review and meta-analysis by YinHu Tan, Xue Liang, Wei Ming, HuiMin Xing, Yan Liang, Yang Wang, Emmanuel Onyebuchi Onodu

“…Cochrane’s bias risk tool for randomized controlled trials was used to examine the methodological quality of the included studies. …”
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Resolution dependence of vessel size index across various brain regions by DongKyu Lee, Yelim Gong, Abel Worku Tessema, SoHyun Han, Hyung Joon Cho

“…Monte Carlo simulations modeled randomly oriented vasculatures with various vessel sizes, revealing that ∆R2 values are significantly higher at an in-plane spatial resolution of 125 × 125 µm² compared to lower resolutions, particularly for smaller vessels. …”
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Application of egg shell with fortified vermicompost in Capsicum cultivation: A strategy in waste management by Ishita Biswas, Debasis Mitra, Debanjan Mitra, Sourav Chattaraj, Ansuman Senapati, Abhinobo Chakraborty, Goutam Basak, Pradeep Das Mohapatra

“…Therefore, the present study has been carried out to assess the potentiality of the combination of ES with vermicompost (VC) and chicken feather protein hydrolysate (CFPH) on growth and yield improvement of Capsicum plants.Method A field study was conducted through randomized block design (RBD) with eight treatments having three replicates for each. …”
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NADPH Oxidase Inhibitor Apocynin Attenuates PCB153-Induced Thyroid Injury in Rats by Ablikim Abliz, Chen Chen, Wenhong Deng, Weixing Wang, Rongze Sun

“…In order to clarify the hypotheses that NADPH oxidase (NOX) and subsequent NF-κB pathway may play roles in thyroid dysfunction, sixty Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into four groups: control group, PCB153 treated (PCB) group, received apocynin with PCB153 treatment (APO + PCB) group, and drug control (APO) group. …”
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Delirium and Associated Length of Stay and Costs in Critically Ill Patients by Claudia Dziegielewski, Charlenn Skead, Toros Canturk, Colleen Webber, Shannon M. Fernando, Laura H. Thompson, Madison Foster, Vanja Ristovic, Peter G. Lawlor, Dipayan Chaudhuri, Chintan Dave, Brent Herritt, Shirley H. Bush, Salmaan Kanji, Peter Tanuseputro, Kednapa Thavorn, Erin Rosenberg, Kwadwo Kyeremanteng

“…Prospective studies and randomized controlled trials of patients in the ICU with delirium published between January 1, 2015, and December 31, 2020, were evaluated. …”
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Investigating the peer assisted teaching on students' perception of the clinical learning environment in operating room by Maryam Mahmoudi, Seyed Masoud Hosseini, Najmeh Valizadehzare, Hassan Gholami, Javad Jafari

“…This study was conducted to investigate the peer assisted teaching on students' perception of clinical learning environment in operating rooms.Method: A semi-experimental study with two group was conducted on 42 operating room students of Mashhad University of Medical Sciences. Students randomly allocated to intervention and control groups. …”
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Safety and Biodistribution of an Autologous Bone Marrow-Derived Mononuclear Cell Infusion into Renal Arteries in Patients with Focal Segmental Glomerulosclerosis: A Phase 1 Study by Bruno Freire Botelho, André Luis Barreira, Marcio Gomes Filippo, Karina Dutra Asensi, Lanuza A P Faccioli, Anna Beatriz dos Santos Salgado, Elizabeth Figueiredo de Salles, Carlos Eduardo Cruz Marques, Pedro Leme Silva, Regina Coeli dos Santos Goldenberg, Angelo Maiolino, Bianca Gutfilen, Sergio Augusto Lopes de Souza, Maurilo Leite Junior, Marcelo Marcos Morales

“…We used a prospective, non-randomized, single-center longitudinal design to investigate this approach. …”
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Study on the stability and accuracy of the new Booster portable cardiopulmonary function meter by Hezhang Yun, Hezhang Yun, Wenbo Zhang, Chen Yu, Chen Yu, Qiang Li, Yafeng Song

“…For validity testing, 64 participants were randomly divided into treadmill and cycle ergometer groups, with tests conducted using both the Booster and the Cortex Metalyzer 3B systems. …”
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A preliminary study of health risk assessment and heavy metals exposure among residents in Kampar, Perak by Low Yi Chen, Hang Zhong Yu, Guo XinXin, How Vivien, Wai Soon Han, Lim Fang Lee

“…This preliminary study focused on assessing the carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic risk of residents due to heavy metal exposure in the indoor settled dust of 34 randomly selected households in Kampar, Perak, Malaysia. …”
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Electroacupuncture for mild-to-moderate dry eye: study protocol for a multicentre, randomised, single-blind, sham-controlled trial by Yue Zhao, Guang Yang, Yun-Qiong Lu, Mei-Yan Li, Jue Hong, Yan-Ting Yang, Xue-Jun Wang, Xie-He Kong, Zhao Ma, Xin-Yun Huang, Yue-Lan Zou, Xing-Tao Zhou, Xiao-Peng Ma

“…A total of 168 patients with DE will be enrolled and randomly assigned to EA or sham EA groups to receive 4-week consecutive treatments and follow-up for 24 weeks. …”
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Therapeutic Effect of Zataria Multiflora Essential Oil on Burn Wound Infected by Pseudomonas aeruginosa by Maryam Zare, Elahe Sattarinezhad, Ali Karimi Akhormeh, Maryam Motevasel, Marzieh Ashrafmansouri, Maral Mokhtari, Omid Koohi Hosseinabadi, Aida Iraji, Azar Purkhosrow

“…Experimental burn wounds were created on the back of the animals and infected with P. aeruginosa. The animals were randomly divided into 4 groups of 7 to 10 as follow: negative control (no treatment), carrier gel group treated with carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) gel, ZMEO group that received CMC gel loaded with ZMEO, and positive control group that received silver sulfadiazine (SSD). …”
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Intravenous Infusion of Dexmedetomidine Combined Isoflurane Inhalation Reduces Oxidative Stress and Potentiates Hypoxia Pulmonary Vasoconstriction during One-Lung Ventilation in Pa... by Rui Xia, Jinjin Xu, Hong Yin, Huozhi Wu, Zhengyuan Xia, Daiwei Zhou, Zhong-yuan Xia, Liangqing Zhang, Haobo Li, Xiaoshan Xiao

“…Patients undergoing OLV during elective thoracic surgery were randomly allocated to either isoflurane + saline (NISO, n=24) or isoflurane + dexmedetomidine (DISO, n=25) group. …”
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Quercetin attenuates cisplatin-induced fatigue through mechanisms associated with the regulation of the HPA axis and MCP-1 signaling by Cheng-Hung Chuang, Yu-An Tai, Ting-Jing Wu, Ying-Jui Ho, Shu-Lan Yeh, Shu-Lan Yeh

“…The main objective of the present study was to investigate whether quercetin regulates the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal (HPA) axis and chemoattractant protein-1 (MCP-1) signaling, two factors contributing to CRF in mice exposed to cisplatin.MethodsMale BALB/c mice were randomly assigned to the following five groups for 15 weeks: Control, CDDP, CDDP+TAK779 (an antagonist of MCP-1 receptor, human CC chemokine receptor R2 (CCR2)), CDDP+OQ (a diet containing 1% quercetin) and CDDP+IQ (quercetin given by ip, 10 mg/kg, 3 times/week).ResultsThe results first showed that OQ and IQ significantly increased grip strength and locomotor activity, decreased plasma cortisol/corticosterone levels, and decreased the corticotropin releasing hormone (CRH) mRNA level in the brain tissues in mice exposed to CDDP. …”
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The Effect of Chromium Picolinate Supplementation on the Pancreas and Macroangiopathy in Type II Diabetes Mellitus Rats by Shan Huang, Wenfang Peng, Xiaohong Jiang, Kan Shao, Lili Xia, Yubin Tang, Jiayin Qiu

“…The type II diabetes mellitus (T2DM) rat model was induced by low-dose streptozotocin (STZ). The rats were randomly divided into 5 groups (ten rats in each group). …”
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Effects of IQW and IRW on Inflammation and Gut Microbiota in ETEC-Induced Diarrhea by Naiyuan Liu, Lingsi Zhou, Jun Fang, Hongmei Jiang, Gang Liu

“…Methods. The mice were randomly distributed into four groups: (a) control (CTRL) group, (b) ETEC group, (c) IQW-ETEC group, and (d) IRW-ETEC group. …”
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Clinical and molecular response to alpha1‐oleate treatment in patients with bladder cancer by Farhan Haq, Samudra Sabari, Jaromir Háček, Antonín Brisuda, Ines Ambite, Michele Cavalera, Parisa Esmaeili, Murphy Lam Yim Wan, Shahram Ahmadi, Marek Babjuk, Catharina Svanborg

“…Clinical effects of alpha1‐oleate were recently observed in patients with non‐muscle invasive bladder cancer (NMIBC), using a randomized, placebo‐controlled study protocol. Aims To investigate if there are dose‐dependent effects of alpha1‐oleate. …”
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Capability of Ophthalmology Residents to Detect Glaucoma Using High-Dynamic-Range Concept versus Color Optic Disc Photography by Mantapond Ittarat, Rath Itthipanichpong, Anita Manassakorn, Visanee Tantisevi, Sunee Chansangpetch, Prin Rojanapongpun

“…All C-DPs were converted to HDR-DPs and randomly presented and assessed by 10 first-year ophthalmology residents. …”
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The Use of Ibuprofen Arginate in Pain Management Following Third Molar Surgery—A Scoping Review by Claudia Lorenzi, Ilaria Cammarota, Vincenzo Mazzetti, Claudio Arcuri, Paolo Carosi, Alberto Maria Pujia

“…The studies included randomized controlled trials, cohort studies, and case–control studies in English. …”
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