Prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity in Malaysia: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Ker Yang Chua, Ker Yung Chua, Karuthan Chinna, Chooi Ling Lim, Maheeka Seneviwickrama

“…Systematic searches were conducted in October 2023 and repeated in March 2024 of the PubMed, Scopus, and Web of Science databases. …”
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Pain Reduction in Patellofemoral Knee Patients During 3-Month Intervention with Biomechanical and Sensorimotor Foot Orthoses: A Randomized Controlled Clinical Study by Steven Simon, Andreas Heine, Jonas Dully, Carlo Dindorf, Oliver Ludwig, Michael Fröhlich, Stephan Becker

“…A 3-month intervention with SMFO and BMFO was performed, and weekly development was evaluated using 11-item visual analog scales (VASs). Repeated measures analyses of variance were used to assess differences between time of measurements (ToMs) and the interaction effect between ToMs and treatment groups (SMFO, BMFO). …”
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Exploring the functional diversity and metabolic activities of the human gut microbiome in Thai adults in response to a prebiotic diet by Amornthep Kingkaw, Preecha Patumcharoenpol, Narissara Suratannon, Massalin Nakphaichit, Sittiruk Roytrakul, Wanwipa Vongsangnak

“…Further identification of cooperative metabolic routes promisingly highlighted the importance of glycolysis/gluconeogenesis, tricarboxylic acid (TCA) cycle, inositol phosphate metabolism, steroid hormone biosynthesis, O-antigen repeat unit biosynthesis, and chloroalkane and chloroalkene degradation. …”
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Redo Aortic Valve Replacement After Prior Transcatheter versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement: Insights from Western Experience by Arber Aliu, Klodiana Durici, Ira Lazo, Altin Veshti

“…Data from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) National Database reveal results that warrant attention, with concerns over reoperations after TAVR growing, mainly due to the uncertain feasibility of repeat TAVR.  This article presents a novel perspective on the risks associated with surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) after prior TAVR or SAVR. …”
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Demographic Correlates of Infant Feeding Practices and Growth Performance in the First Year of Life by Leila M. Shinn, Christy C. Tangney, Caitlyn Busche, Christine M. Sharp, Mary C. Mullen

“…Growth as a function of FP was assessed using repeated measures ANOVA, while logistic regression was used to describe the correlates of RWG. …”
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The Effects of Whole Body Vibration on the Limits of Stability in Adults With Subacute Ankle Injury by Sonia Young, Harvey W. Wallmann, Kailey L. Quiambao, Brooke M. Grimes

“…Data analysis was performed using 2-Way (2x3) Repeated Measures ANOVAs with additional post hoc testing as needed…”
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Normalized Isometric Shoulder Strength as a Predictor of Ball Velocity in Youth Baseball Players by Amanda J Arnold, Charles A Thigpen, Paul F Beattie, Stacy L Fritz, Michael J Kissenberth, John M Tokish, Ellen Shanley

“…Intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC2,1), standard errors of measurement (SEM) and minimal detectable change (MDC95) were calculated for all strength measures. Repeated measures ANOVA were conducted comparing changes in normalized strength using five separate anthropometric measures: weight, height, body mass index, ulnar length and % of non-dominant shoulder strength. …”
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Implications of cytokine genes polymorphisms in Jordanian patients with obsessive compulsive disorder by Ahmad M. Khalil, Manal W. Khrais, Khaled M. Al-Qaoud, Mohamad Y. Al Ta’any

“…One might want to explore this further by repeating the study with a larger sample size.…”
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Integration of a specialist pharmacist-led multidisciplinary team in primary care: preventing strokes in people with atrial fibrillation across North East London by Riyaz Patel, Sotiris Antoniou, Shabana Ali, Mital Patel, Matt Kearney, Jagjot Kaur Chahal, John Robson, Paul Wright, Afzal Sohaib, Richard Clements, Angela Theodoulou

“…The second priority was patients on dual antithrombotic therapy to determine if antiplatelet therapy could be stopped to minimise bleeding risk.At baseline (March 2020), nationally available data (extracted from CVDPREVENT) showed that 81% of patients with AF at high ischaemic risk across the three selected boroughs were anticoagulated. Repeated data extraction in March 2023, showed 94% of patients with AF at high ischaemic risk were anticoagulated, an absolute improvement of 13%, with 415 patients initiated on anticoagulant therapy over 3 years, translating to 17 strokes prevented. …”
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HACE1 protects against myocardial ischemia–reperfusion injury via inhibition of mitochondrial fission in mice by Bang-Xia Liu, Juan Zheng, Zhan-Wei Tang, Lei Gao, Meng Wang, Ying Sun, Chen Chen, Heng-Chen Yao

“…Abstract Background HECT domain and Ankyrin repeat Containing E3 ubiquitin-protein ligase 1 (HACE1) has been found to be associated with mitochondrial protection. …”
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: LRPPRC regulates malignant behaviors, protects mitochondrial homeostasis, mitochondrial function in osteosarcoma and derived cancer stem-like cells by Ziyi Zhao, Yingwei Sun, Jing Tang, Yuting Yang, Xiaochao Xu

“…Abstract Background Leucine-rich pentatricopeptide repeat containing (LRPPRC) is a potential oncogene in multiple tumor types, including lung adenocarcinoma, esophageal squamous cell carcinoma and gastric cancer. …”
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Mechanical properties of Portland cement concrete mixed with different doses of recycled brick powder and steel fiber by Mohammad Mohtasham Moein, Ali Mohtasham Moein, Ashkan Saradar, Sam E. Rigby, Hassan Tazari, Moses Karakouzian

“…While steel fibers substantially improved fatigue resistance under repeated impact loading, the addition of RBP was observed to partially mitigate these benefits. …”
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Multiple Sessions of Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy Improve Periodontal Outcomes in Patients with Down Syndrome: A 12-Month Randomized Clinical Trial by Rafael Ferreira, Sebastião Luiz Aguiar Greghi, Adriana Campos Passanezi Sant’Ana, Mariana Schutzer Ragghianti Zangrando, Carla Andreotti Damante

“…For aPDT, a red laser (658 nm; 0.1 W; 2229 J/cm²; 40 s sweeping with optical fiber) combined with methylene blue (MB) (100 µg/mL) was applied across repeated sessions (on days 3, 7, and 14). Clinical parameters, such as plaque index (PI), clinical attachment level (CAL), probing depth (PD), and bleeding on probing (BOP), were recorded at baseline and after 3, 6, and 12 months of treatment. …”
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The Effect of Volitional Preemptive Abdominal Contraction on Biomechanical Measures During A Front Versus Back Loaded Barbell Squat by Joseph B. McCormick, Alexander S. Drusch, Darragh J. Lynch, Gesine H. Seeber, Katherine F. Wilford, Troy L. Hooper, Brad S. Allen, Dennis G. O’Connell, Maria J. Mena-Iturriaga, Kinyata J. Cooper, Phillip S. Sizer

“…Significant interactions and main effects were tested using a 2(VPAC strategy) x 2(squat variation) and 2(VPAC strategy) x 2(direction) within-subject repeated measures ANOVAs. Tukey's Post-Hoc tests identified the location of significant differences…”
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Identification of Heat-Responsive Genes in Guar [Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub] by Aref Alshameri, Fahad Al-Qurainy, Abdel-Rhman Gaafar, Salim Khan, Mohammad Nadeem, Saleh Alansi

“…A total of 301 protein families, 551 domains, 15 repeats, and 3 sites were upregulated and matched to those unigenes. …”
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Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy Reduces Pain and Improves Internal Rotation after Arthroscopic Capsular Release: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Zifan Lin, Hong Shao, Jun Chen, Wei Yao, Chang Liu, Zhengbiao Jin, Yunxia Li

“…Visual analog scale (VAS) pain score, Constant score, University of California Los Angeles score (UCLA), UCLA-satisfaction, and shoulder range of motion (ROM) in four directions of flexion, abduction, internal, and external rotation were analyzed at the baseline (2 weeks postsurgery), 2 weeks, 8 weeks, and 12 weeks of follow-up. Repeated measure ANOVA is used to analyze the above outcomes. …”
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Multi-target gene therapy AUP1602-C to improve healing and quality of life for diabetic foot ulcer patients: a phase I, open-label, dose-finding study by Christoph Schindler, Jacek Mikosiński, Pawel Mikosiński, Hanna-Riikka Kärkkäinen, Mirka Sanio, Jere Kurkipuro, Igor Mierau, Wesley Smith, Aki Vartiainen, Laurent Décory, Dirk Weber, Thomas Wirth, Juha Yrjänheikki, Sebastian Schellong, Haritha Samaranayake

“…Methods: The study consisted of four cohorts of patients receiving AUP1602-C as a single dose of 2.5 × 10 5 colony-forming units (CFU)/cm 2 ulcer size or as repeated doses between 2.5 × 10 6 and 2.5 × 10 8  CFU/cm 2 administered 3 times per week for 6 weeks. …”
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The Application of an Intelligent <i>Agaricus bisporus</i>-Harvesting Device Based on FES-YOLOv5s by Hao Ma, Yulong Ding, Hongwei Cui, Jiangtao Ji, Xin Jin, Tianhang Ding, Jiaoling Wang

“…The test results showed that the S-curve acceleration and deceleration motor control algorithm exhibited excellent performance in vibration reduction and repeat positioning accuracy. The recognition efficiency and harvesting effectiveness of the intelligent harvesting device were tested using recognition accuracy, harvesting success rate, and damage rate as evaluation metrics. …”
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Network characteristics of referrals for chronic disease patients: results from hierarchical medical reform in Shenzhen, China by Fangfang Gong, Junxia Luo, Zhihong Wang, Ping Tang, Guangyu Hu, Ying Zhou, Hanqun Lin

“…Methods This study was a repeated cross-sectional study of monthly data collected between August 2017 and December 2023 in Luohu district, Shenzhen, China. …”
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Acute portal vein thrombosis in an isolated, blunt, minor liver injury near the porta hepatis by Onchuda Wongweerakit, Osaree Akaraborworn, Burapat Sangthong, Komet Thongkhao

“…A liver function test was repeated on post-injury day 4, and it revealed improved transaminitis. …”
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