Oral Health Status and Anxiety Level Amongst the Borderline Security Force Personnel and Their Family Members by Deepali Agarwal, Bharathi Purohit, Upendra Singh Bhadauria, Sneha Malhotra, Manali Deb Barma, Harsh Priya

“…The study concluded that the oral health status of BSF personnel was comparable to the general population, possibly due to the rigorous physical and medical fitness criteria required during recruitment.…”
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Endocrine Outcome and Quality of Life After Transsphenoidal Resection of Pituitary Adenoma—A Prospective Randomized Single-Blinded Study Comparing Endoscopic Versus Microscopic Res... by Andrej Pala, Nadja Grübel, Benjamin Mayer, Ralf Becker, Fabian Sommer, Bernd Schmitz, Gwendolin Etzrodt-Walter, Christian Rainer Wirtz, Michal Hlavac

“…Methods: Due to slow recruitment, this study had to be stopped prematurely. …”
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My child’s legacy: a mixed methods study of bereaved parents and providers’ opinions about collaboration with NICU teams in quality improvement initiatives by Annie Janvier, Sonia Dahan, Claude Julie Bourque, Ginette Mantha, Martin Reichherzer

“…Providers and researchers all reported positive experiences, mainly due to the unique perspectives of bereaved parents who took part in their projects.Conclusion(s) With careful recruitment and supervision, some bereaved parents can become resource parents involved in different types of activities. …”
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Microalgae and microbial inoculant as partial substitutes for chemical fertilizer enhance Polygala tenuifolia yield and quality by improving soil microorganisms by Yuying Su, Ying Ren, Gang Wang, Jinfeng Li, Hui Zhang, Yumeng Yang, Xiaohui Pang, Jianping Han

“…Correlation analysis revealed that PMI could increase soil phosphorus availability through Streptomyces recruitment. In conclusion, our findings demonstrated that bio-organic fertilizers can partially substitute chemical fertilizer to improve soil properties and microorganisms, enhancing the growth and quality of P. tenuifolia. …”
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Application of therapeutical nanoparticles with neutrophil membrane camouflaging for inflammatory plaques targeting against atherosclerosis by Ningnannan Zhang, Tianzhu Zhang, Jintang Feng, Jian Shang, Beibei Zhang, Qingyang Dong, Zhang Zhang, Chunyang Sun

“…Inspired by the natural recruitment of neutrophils in atherosclerotic plaques, we fabricated a simvastatin (ST)-loaded and neutrophil membrane-cloaked nanoplatform (NNPST) for enhancing localized payload delivery and atherosclerosis management. …”
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Understanding the work-related challenges of organ and tissue donation coordinators during the COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed-method study by Sonny Dhanani, Ken Lotherington, Vanessa Silva e Silva, Amina Silva, Alessandra Minervini, Kendra-Lee Dupuis

“…Recruitment and data collection took place between January 2022 and March 2023.Analysis The data were analysed using descriptive statistics for the quantitative findings and content analysis for the qualitative data.Results Of the 175 available coordinators, 120 participated in the survey, and 39 participated in the qualitative interviews. …”
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Motor modules are largely unaffected by pathological walking biomechanics: a simulation study by Mohammad Rahimi Goloujeh, Jessica L. Allen

“…Moreover, our findings indicate that the same motor modules can be used to generate a range of pathological-like waking biomechanics by modulating their recruitment over the gait cycle. These results contrast with experimental studies in which pathological-like walking biomechanics are accompanied by a reduction in motor module number and alterations in their structure. …”
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Electrochemical Skin Conductance as a Marker of Painful Oxaliplatin-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy by Jean-Baptiste Delmotte, Abdulkarim Tutakhail, Kahina Abdallah, Pauline Reach, Marguerite D’Ussel, Gael Deplanque, Hélène Beaussier, François Coudoré

“…This study was prospectively registered on clinicaltrials.gov (NCT02827916) before patient recruitment has begun.…”
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Perceived barriers to reaching equity in effective access to diagnosis and treatment for women with breast cancer in Chile by Carla Campaña, Báltica Cabieses, Alexandra Obach, Francisca Vezzani

“…The strategies for the recruitment process included social networks, civil society organizations, health professionals, and the snowball technique. …”
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TDP-43 nuclear retention is antagonized by hypo-phosphorylation of its C-terminus in the cytoplasm by Célia Rabhi, Nicolas Babault, Céline Martin, Bénédicte Desforges, Alexandre Maucuer, Vandana Joshi, Serhii Pankivskyi, Yitian Feng, Guillaume Bollot, Revital Rattenbach, David Pastré, Ahmed Bouhss

“…We show that C-terminus phosphorylation prevents the recruitment of TDP-43 in mRNA-rich stress granules only under acute stress conditions because of a low affinity for mRNA but not under mild stress conditions. …”
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WNT11 Promotes immune evasion and resistance to Anti-PD-1 therapy in liver metastasis by Weiliang Jiang, Bingjie Guan, Hongcheng Sun, Yushuai Mi, Sanjun Cai, Rong Wan, Xinxiang Li, Peng Lian, Dawei Li, Senlin Zhao

“…Mechanistically, WNT11-overexpressing tumor cells directly reduce CD8+ T-cell recruitment and activity by decreasing CXCL10 and CCL4 expression through CAMKII-mediated β-catenin/AFF3 downregulation. …”
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Frailty in older adults admitted to hospital: outcomes from the Western Sydney Clinical Frailty Registry by Julee McDonagh, Richard I Lindley, Karen Byth, Reejamol John, Caleb Ferguson

“…Methods The Western Sydney Clinical Frailty Registry is a study of adults admitted to acute geriatric wards in a 570-bed two-site district general hospital in Western Sydney, NSW, Australia. Recruitment began in April 2020 and is ongoing. Each participant is recruited while an inpatient and followed up for 12 months, including baseline visits and three-, six- and 12-month follow-ups via telephone interviews. …”
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β-Glucan induced plasma B cells differentiation to enhance antitumor immune responses by Dectin-1 by Yu Bai, Jun Ding, Liuyang He, Zhichao Zhu, Jie Pan, Chunjian Qi

“…In mouse models of Lewis lung cancer (LLC) tumors, combining β-glucan with programmed death-1(PD-1) blocking antibodies led to increase recruitment of CD19+ B cells in the tumor microenvironment (TME), higher numbers of germinal centers B cells (GC B) in the spleen and draining lymph node (DLN), elevate Ig production, and delay tumor progression. …”
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Detecting Freezing of Gait in Parkinson Disease Using Multiple Wearable Sensors Sets During Various Walking Tasks Relative to Medication Conditions (DetectFoG): Protocol for a Pros... by Sébastien Cordillet, Sophie Drapier, Frédérique Leh, Audeline Dumont, Florian Bidet, Isabelle Bonan, Karim Jamal

“…As of August 2024, 3 patients have been recruited. It is anticipated that the results will be published by the end of 2025. …”
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Crotalus durissus ruruima Snake Venom and a Phospholipase A2 Isolated from This Venom Elicit Macrophages to Form Lipid Droplets and Synthesize Inflammatory Lipid Mediators by Ana Eduarda Zulim de Carvalho, Karina Giannotti, Elbio Leiguez Junior, Márcio Matsubara, Maria Cristina Dos Santos, Consuelo Latorre Fortes-Dias, Catarina Teixeira

“…LDs induced by both CdrV and CBr are associated to PLIN2 recruitment and expression and were shown to be dependent on COX-1, but not COX-2 activity. …”
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Effect of low salicylate diet on clinical and inflammatory markers in patients with aspirin exacerbated respiratory disease – a randomized crossover trial by Leigh J. Sowerby, Krupal B. Patel, Crystal Schmerk, Brian W. Rotenberg, Taciano Rocha, Doron D. Sommer

“…Urinary creatinine, salicylate and leukotriene levels were measured at the time of recruitment, end of week one and end of week two and the SNOT-22 questionnaire was filled out at the same time points. …”
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Protocol for a feasibility study evaluating a supported self-management intervention for stroke survivors with aphasia (StarStep study) by Faye Wray, Madeline Cruice, Ian Kellar, Anne Forster

“…The StarStep study aims to assess the feasibility of implementing and evaluating the intervention (including the feasibility of participant recruitment, the feasibility of delivering facilitator training, the acceptability of the intervention, the fidelity of intervention delivery and outcome data completeness). …”
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Accepting your Body after Cancer (ABC), a group-based online intervention for women treated for breast cancer: study protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial by Sarah Byford, Abigail Jones, Shelley Potter, Paul White, Diana Harcourt, Helena Lewis-Smith, Patricia Fairbrother

“…Quantitative data on recruitment, retention, ABC attendance and questionnaire completion rates will be analysed using descriptive statistics. …”
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An epidemiological assessment of health status among a cohort of tuberculosis survivors: prospective research in a western Indian city by Venu Shah, Viral Dave, Vaidehi Gohil, Hardika Khanpara

“…As per the calculated sample size, 180 study participants were recruited by systematic random sampling from a list of cured TB cases from July to September 2021. …”
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Patient Perspectives on Evolving Diverticulitis Treatment: An Assessment of Patient Willingness to Enroll in a Randomized Controlled Trial by Annie Altman-Merino, MD, Kemberlee Bonnet, MA, David Schlundt, PhD, Jesse Wrenn, MD, PhD, Wesley H. Self, MD, MPH, Elisa J. Gordon, PhD, MPH, Alexander T. Hawkins, MD, MPH

“…Our findings support the trial’s feasibility and may facilitate an informed approach to recruitment and consent.…”
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