Combined Aerobic and Resistance Exercises Evokes Longer Reductions on Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Resistant Hypertension: A Randomized Crossover Trial by Nayara Fraccari Pires, Helio José Coelho-Júnior, Bruno Bavaresco Gambassi, Ana Paula Cabral de Faria, Alessandra Mileni Versuti Ritter, Catarina de Andrade Barboza, Silvia Elaine Ferreira-Melo, Bruno Rodrigues, Heitor Moreno Júnior

“…Twenty patients (10 RH and 10 NON-RH) were recruited and randomly performed three exercise sessions and a control session. …”
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Efficacy and safety of telitacicept in IgA nephropathy: a real-world study by Lingqiu Dong, Dandan Yang, Aiya Qin, Siqing Wang, Yi Tang, Jiaxing Tan, Wei Qin

“…Telitacicept is a humanized fusion protein composed of a transmembrane activator and calcium-modulating cyclophilin ligand interactor receptor and human IgG.Aim To evaluate the efficacy and safety of telitacicept in adult patients with IgAN in a real-world study.Methods Biopsy-proven IgAN patients with 24-hour proteinuria greater than 0.5 g/d who received 240 mg telitacicept weekly were recruited for this study and 1:1:1 matched with patients who received supportive treatment only or immunosuppressive treatment by propensity score matching. …”
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Population dynamics and seasonal variation in biological characteristics of black sea bream (Acanthopagrus schlegelii) in Zhanjiang coastal waters, China by Hagai Nsobi Lauden, Shaoliang Lyu, Alma Alfatat, Happiness Moses Mwemi, Jamaluddin Fitrah Alam, Ning Chen, Xuefeng Wang

“…Length-weight relationship (LWR) analysis indicated positive allometric growth in females and nearly isometric growth in males, with significant seasonal variations in condition factors (K). Yield Per Recruit (YPR) analysis identified a maximum sustainable exploitation rate (Emax) of 0.421, with a conservative management approach suggested at E0.1 = 0.355. …”
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Staphylococcus aureus carriage is associated with microbiome composition in the nares and oropharynx, not the hand, of monozygotic twins by Mark R. Dalman, W. Brian Simison, Danny Nielsen, Sabana Bhatta, Noor Ramahi, Clair Yee, Dipendra Thapaliya, Jhalka Kadariya, Shanice Cheatham, Hailee Olson, Tara C. Smith

“…Within our study, we leveraged monozygotic twin participants in concert with multi-site microbiome analyses to characterize the impacts of S. aureus on composition.ResultsWe recruited 147 monozygotic twin pairs and characterized three sites, i.e., the nares, oropharynx, and hand microbiomes, using 16S rRNA v3-v4 sequencing in addition to S. aureus carriage status. …”
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5-HT7R enhances neuroimmune resilience and alleviates meningitis by promoting CCR5 ubiquitination by Zhenfang Gao, Yang Gao, Yuxiang Li, Jie Zhou, Ge Li, Shun Xie, Ruiyan Jia, Lanying Wang, Ziying Jiang, Meng Liang, Chunxiao Du, Yaqiong Chen, Yinji Liu, Lin Du, Cong Wang, Shuaijie Dou, Zhonglin Lv, Lubin Wang, Renxi Wang, Beifen Shen, Zhiding Wang, Yunfeng Li, Gencheng Han

“…Mechanistically, the Fluoxetine-5-HT7R axis induces proteasome-dependent degradation of CCR5 via mTOR signaling, and then recruits STUB1, an E3 ubiquitin ligase, to initiate K48-linked polyubiquitination of CCR5 at K138 and K322, promotes its proteasomal degradation. …”
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Inflammatory Serum Protein Profiling of Patients with Lumbar Radicular Pain One Year after Disc Herniation by Aurora Moen, Anne-Li Lind, Måns Thulin, Masood Kamali-Moghaddam, Cecilie Røe, Johannes Gjerstad, Torsten Gordh

“…All 45 patients were recruited from Oslo University Hospital, Ullevål, Norway, during the period 2007–2009. …”
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Interaction of human neutrophils with Trichomonas vaginalis protozoan highlights lactoferrin secretion by Wei-Hung Cheng, Ruei-Min Chen, Seow-Chin Ong, Yuan-Ming Yeh, Po-Jung Huang, Chi-Ching Lee

“…Additionally, secretory products from this parasite can induce the production of interleukin-8 (IL-8) in mast cells and neutrophils, which further recruits neutrophils to the infection site. The precise reasons behind T. vaginalis actively promoting interaction between parasites and neutrophils rather than inhibiting the inflammatory response remain unclear. …”
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MR T2* Map to Predict Worsening Hypertension Control: A Preliminary Study by Chun-Hung Liu, Jeon-Hor Chen, Antonio Carlos Westphalen, Chun-Ming Chen, Chih-Ping Chang, Wei-Ching Lin

“…A total of 140 consecutive subjects were recruited: 87 hypertensive subjects and 53 normotensive subjects. …”
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Effectiveness of 4 weeks of electrical vestibular stimulation in the management of temporomandibular pain by Yashica Gowda R, Asha G, Doreswamy Kanakaiah, Karthik N, Sai Sailesh Kumar Goothy, Mukkadan JK

“…Materials and Methods: Sixty male and female participants who reported temporomandibular pain were recruited. They were then randomly assigned into two groups. …”
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Protocol for a qualitative study exploring haemodialysis dependent patients’ arteriovenous fistula experience, values and concerns in Sydney, Australia by Vasi Naganathan, Sarah Joy Aitken, Bethany Miriam Stavert, Susan Monaro, Lisa Tienstra

“…A deliberate strategy will be used to recruit a demographically broad range of participants. …”
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Long non-coding RNAs direct the SWI/SNF complex to cell type-specific enhancers by James A. Oo, Timothy Warwick, Katalin Pálfi, Frederike Lam, Francois McNicoll, Cristian Prieto-Garcia, Stefan Günther, Can Cao, Yinuo Zhou, Alexey A. Gavrilov, Sergey V. Razin, Alfredo Cabrera-Orefice, Ilka Wittig, Soni Savai Pullamsetti, Leo Kurian, Ralf Gilsbach, Marcel H. Schulz, Ivan Dikic, Michaela Müller-McNicoll, Ralf P. Brandes, Matthias S. Leisegang

“…Our findings reveal that lncRNAs competitively recruit SWI/SNF, providing a specific and dynamic layer of control over chromatin accessibility, and reinforcing their role in mediating enhancer activity and gene expression.…”
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DyCeModel: a tool for 1D simulation for distribution of plant hormones controlling tissue patterning by D. S. Azarova, N. A. Omelyanchuk, V. V. Mironova, E. V. Zemlyanskaya, V. V. Lavrekha

“…Noteworthy, DyCeModel makes it possible to build models for distinct types of plant meristems with the same ODEs, recruiting specific input characteristics for each meristem. …”
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Evaluation of Contrast Sensitivity, Chromatic Vision, and Reading Ability in Patients with Primary Open Angle Glaucoma by Maria P. Bambo, Blanca Ferrandez, Noemi Güerri, Isabel Fuertes, Beatriz Cameo, Vicente Polo, Jose M. Larrosa, Elena Garcia-Martin

“…Subjects with a diagnosis of chronic open angle glaucoma were recruited and classified according to Hodapp-Parrish-Anderson criteria. …”
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Electromyographic correlates of effortful listening in the vestigial auriculomotor system by Andreas Schroeer, Andreas Schroeer, Andreas Schroeer, Farah I. Corona-Strauss, Farah I. Corona-Strauss, Farah I. Corona-Strauss, Farah I. Corona-Strauss, Ronny Hannemann, Ronny Hannemann, Steven A. Hackley, Daniel J. Strauss, Daniel J. Strauss, Daniel J. Strauss, Daniel J. Strauss

“…Twenty participants were recruited. EMG signals from the left and right superior and posterior auricular muscles (SAM, PAM) were recorded while participants attended a target podcast in a competing speaker paradigm. …”
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Association of ATP-Binding Cassette Transporter A1 Gene Polymorphisms in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus among Malaysians by Polin Haghvirdizadeh, Vasudevan Ramachandran, Ali Etemad, Farzad Heidari, Nooshin Ghodsian, Norzian Bin Ismail, Patimah Ismail

“…A total of 164 T2DM and 165 controls were recruited and their genotypes for ABCA1 gene polymorphisms were determined based on the real time high resolution melting analysis. …”
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Adherence to the Mediterranean diet and colorectal cancer risk: a large case control study in the Moroccan population by Khaoula El Kinany, Zineb Hatime, Achraf El Asri, Abdelilah Benslimane, Meimouna Deoula, Btissame Zarrouq, Pagona Lagiou, Karima El Rhazi

“…Participants: A total of 3032 subjects (1516 CRC patients and 1516 controls) matched on age, sex and center, were recruited between September 2009 and February 2017 at five major hospitals in Morocco. …”
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Applying Normalisation Process Theory to a peer-delivered complex health intervention for people experiencing homelessness and problem substance use by Rebecca Foster, Hannah Carver, Catriona Matheson, Bernie Pauly, Jason Wallace, Graeme MacLennan, John Budd, Tessa Parkes

“…Methods Four Peer Navigators (individuals with personal experience of problem substance use and/or homelessness) were recruited and hosted in six third sector (not-for-profit) homelessness services in Scotland and England (United Kingdom). …”
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The relationship between social support and work engagement of rural teachers: a moderated mediation model by Shengwen Wu, Shengwen Wu, Qiangqiang Xu, Huidong Tian, Rongrong Li, Xiaopeng Wu

“…AimThis paper aims to investigate the relationship between social support and rural teachers’ work engagement while exploring the mediating effect of mindfulness in teaching and the moderating effect of psychological safety.MethodsA sample of 866 rural teachers was recruited, in order to complete the Mindfulness in Teaching Scale, Social Support Rating Scale, Psychological Safety Scale, and Utrecht Work Engagement Scale.ResultsThe study findings indicate that: (1) social support positively influenced the work engagement of rural teachers; (2) further, mindfulness in teaching partially mediated the effect of social support on rural teachers’ work engagement; (3) psychological safety moderated the second half of the pathway of “social support → mindfulness in teaching → work engagement” while the positive correlation between mindfulness in teaching and work engagement was stronger among rural teachers with high psychological safety.ConclusionSocial support documented a strong correlation with work engagement while mindfulness in teaching mediated the pathway between the aforementioned variables. …”
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Targeted Neuromodulation of Abnormal Interhemispheric Connectivity to Promote Neural Plasticity and Recovery of Arm Function after Stroke: A Randomized Crossover Clinical Trial Stu... by Michael R. Borich, Steven L. Wolf, Andrew Q. Tan, Jacqueline A. Palmer

“…A repeated-measures, cross-over design study will recruit 20 individuals post-stroke with chronic mild–moderate paretic arm impairment. …”
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Effective Connectivity Study Guiding the Neuromodulation Intervention in Figurative Language Comprehension Using Optical Neuroimaging by Tania Alexandra Couto, Shiyang Xu, Paulo Armada da Silva, Chenggang Wu, Karl Neergaard, Meng-Yun Wang, Juan Zhang, Yutao Xiang, Zhen Yuan

“…Sixteen healthy subjects were recruited from the University of Macau to test the Granger Prediction Estimation (GPE) method to investigate brain network connectivity during figurative language comprehension. …”
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