Global burden of neck pain and its gender and regional inequalities from 1990 - 2021: a comprehensive analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Haifeng Wu, Yue Li, Congying Zou, Weidong Guo, Feng Han, Guoshun Huang, Lin Sun

“…Negative correlations were observed between the Estimated Annual Percentage Change (EAPC) and both the age-standardized rates and the Sociodemographic Index (SDI). …”
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Wind–Wave Misalignment in Irish Waters and Its Impact on Floating Offshore Wind Turbines by Thomas Shanahan, Breiffni Fitzgerald

“…This research underscores the need to incorporate misalignment effects into industry testing standards and suggests that current methodologies may underestimate fatigue loads by up to 50%. …”
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Practical application of a nutraceutical in age-related macular degeneration by T.G. Kamenskikh, Kolbenev I.O, Veselova E.V, Batischeva Yu.S.

“…Group 1 — 20 patients (34 eyes) who received Retinorm 1 capsule 3 per day during meals, group 2 — 20 patients (32 eyes) who received standard conservative therapy for 16 weeks. The standard examination included static perimetry, OCT, OCT-angiography, MF-ERG.…”
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Detection Methods for Asparagine and Glutamine Contents in Fruits and Vegetables and Recommendations for Dietary Intake of Fruits and Vegetables in Patients with Urea Cycle Disorde... by YE Xinyu, LI Ziying, TANG Shujun, SUN Liping, ZHAO Yunxia, XIAO Weimin, GU Yaping, KUANG Huiying, CHEN Xin, YANG Guowu, HUANG Yali

“…The recovery rates were in the range of 80.0%–112.8% with relative standard deviations (RSDs) of 1.2%–9.1%. The contents of Asn and Gln in 49 common vegetables and 50 common fruits were determined by the UPLC-MS/MS method. …”
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Quality Control of Fetal Wharton’s Jelly Mesenchymal Stem Cells-Derived Small Extracellular Vesicles by Krishnan I, Ng CY, Kee LT, Ng MH, Law JX, Thangarajah T, Zainuddin AA, Mahmood Z, Rajamanickam S, Subramani B, Lokanathan Y

“…Albumin was co-isolated in all the sEV preparations.Conclusion: In short, all characterized and standardized individual and pooled sEV preparations were deemed “impure” due to albumin co-isolation using the TFF method. …”
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A differentiated approach to complex treatment of radioiodine-induced salivary gland lesions by A. V. Kopchak, V. А. Makarenko

“…The aim of the study was to determine the clinical effectiveness of a new pathogenetic therapy based on a differentiated and personalized approach compared to standard approaches for radioactive iodine-induced salivary glands lesions. …”
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Decoding the anomalies: a genome-based analysis of Bacillus cereus group strains closely related to Bacillus anthracis by Thuto Gomolemo Magome, Marius Surleac, Marius Surleac, Ayesha Hassim, Cornelius Carlos Bezuidenhout, Henriette van Heerden, Kgaugelo Edward Lekota

“…We recommend isolates with ANI ≥99% to standard reference B. anthracis be designated as typical B. anthracis in GenBank to maintain taxonomic clarity and precision.…”
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Impact of functional re-education and environmental adaptation in cancer patients with respiratory pathology: Study protocol. by Eduardo Jose Fernandez-Rodriguez, Maria Isabel Rihuete-Galve, Alberto Garcia-Martin, Celia Sanchez-Gomez, Fausto Jose Barbero-Iglesias, Roberto Mendez-Sanchez, Ana Silvia Puente-Gonzalez, Susana Saez-Gutierrez, Emilio Fonseca-Sanchez, Juan Jesus Cruz-Hernandez

“…This protocol aims to enhance standard clinical practice by introducing a program of functional re-education and environmental adaptation. …”
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Long-Term Evaluation of Capsulotomy Shape and Posterior Capsule Opacification after Low-Energy Bimanual Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery by Tommaso Verdina, Chiara Peppoloni, Lucrezia Barbieri, Maria Rosaria Carbotti, Bruno Battaglia, Rodolfo Mastropasqua, Gian Maria Cavallini

“…Another 91 eyes, which underwent standard bimanual microincision cataract surgery (B-MICS), served as a control group. …”
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Biopsy location and tumor-associated macrophages in predicting malignant glioma recurrence using an in-silico model by Pejman Shojaee, Edwin Weinholtz, Nadine S. Schaadt, Friedrich Feuerhake, Haralampos Hatzikirou

“…In this study, using an in-silico analysis, we aim to improve predictive power for TTR by considering the role of (i) prognostically relevant information available through diagnostics used in the current SoC, (ii) advanced image-based information not currently part of the standard diagnostic workup, such as tumor-normal tissue interface (edge) features and quantitative data specific to biopsy positions within the tumor, and (iii) information on tumor-associated macrophages. …”
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Optimization of the extraction methods and evaluation of the hypoglycemic effect of Adhatoda Zeylanica extracts on artificially induced diabetic mice by Md Fahim Ahmed, Khalid Hasan Raby, Nishat Tasnim, Md Tariful Islam, Mahbub Chowdhury, Zarin Tasnim Juthi, Md Ashik Mia, Lubna Jahan, A.K.M. Zakir Hossain, Shoeb Ahmed

“…The hypoglycemic effects of leaf extracts were evaluated in alloxan-induced diabetic mice, and the effect of A. zeylanica extract was compared to the extracts of Centella asiatica, Allamanda cathartica, and the standard drug metformin. At a dose of 400 mg/kg body weight (BW), methanolic leaf extracts of A. zeylanica, C. asiatica, and A. cathartica reduced blood glucose level by 78.95 %, 74.50 %, and 70.19 %, respectively, compared to the standard drug metformin, which reduced blood glucose levels by 85.84 %. …”
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Single-vehicle injury crashes on rural roads in Iceland: contribution of unforgiving roadsides to fatal and serious injuries of vehicle occupants by Audur Thora Arnadottir, Gudmundur F. Ulfarsson, Sungyop Kim

“…Based on this, additional data regarding the roadside elements were coded and added to the standard crash data. A binary logit model for the most severe injury in each crash was developed to statistically test the effect of roadside elements on the probability of fatal and serious injury versus low severity. …”
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Heavy metals concentration in the sediment of the aquatic environment caused by the leachate discharge from a landfill by L. Sulistyowati, N. Nurhasanah, E. Riani, M. Cordova

“…The Thermo Scientific iCAP 7400 was utilized to assess heavy metals (cadmium, chromium, and lead) by adopting prior research methodologies and method guidelines.FINDINGS: Except for lead, which surpassed the interim sediment quality standard, the levels of heavy metals observed in the midstream and downstream sections of the Cisadane River were found to be well below the guideline level. …”
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Non-invasive methods for diagnosing portal hypertension and variceal bleeding due to liver cirrhosis secondary to NAFLD/MASLD: systematic review by Nebyu Yonas Shanka, Nebyu Yonas Shanka, Chavdar S. Pavlov, Nigatu Leul Mekonnen

“…Future research should aim to standardize protocols and explore additional biomarkers to further enhance diagnostic accuracy.Systematic review registrationhttps://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?…”
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Sources of economically valuable traits for winter triticale breeding in the northwest of the Russian Federation by V. A. Uspenskaja, L. P. Bekish, N. N. Chikida

“…The experimental design and statistical data processing followed the standard technique. Phenological observations, field and laboratory assessments were carried out according to the standard methods.Results and conclusion. …”
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Empirična preveritev obstoja in delovanja notranjih kontrol pri pripravi konsolidirane premoženjske bilance države in občin v Sloveniji by Jasna Ida Zafred

“… Uskupinjevalni postopek, v katerem se predstavlja skupina podjetij kot eno samo, je predpisan z mednarodnimi računovodskimi standardi, skladno z njimi pa je bil prevzet tudi v slovenske računovodske standarde in mednarodne standarde za javni sektor. …”
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Comprehensive assessment of a nationwide simulation-based course for artificial life support. by Mateusz Puslecki, Marek Dabrowski, Marcin Ligowski, Bishoy Zakhary, Ahmed S Said, Kollengode Ramanathan, Elaine Cooley, Lukasz Puslecki, Sebastian Stefaniak, Piotr Ziemak, Ilona Kiel-Puslecka, Agata Dabrowska, Tomasz Klosiewicz, Maciej Sip, Radoslaw Zalewski, Malgorzata Ladzinska, Wojciech Mrowczynski, Piotr Ladzinski, Lidia Szlanga, Konrad Baumgart, Piotr Kupidlowski, Lukasz Szarpak, Marek Jemielity, Bartlomiej Perek

“…The pandemic has accelerated the creation of new ECMO centers and has highlighted continuous training in adapting to new pandemic standards. To reach high standards of patients' care, we created the first of its kind, National Education Centre for Artificial Life Support (NEC-ALS) in 40 million inhabitants' country in the Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). …”
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Effect of Third-Generation Beta Blockers on Weight Loss in a Population of Overweight-Obese Subjects in a Controlled Dietary Regimen by Maria Alessandra Gammone, Konstantinos Efthymakis, Nicolantonio D’Orazio

“…The primary aim of this study was to investigate whether long-term therapy with a beta blocker impairs weight loss during a period of appropriate personalized hypocaloric diet and standardized physical activity in overweight and obese hypertensive patients in monotherapy and without comorbidities, compared to other antihypertensive drugs and to a control group not taking antihypertensive therapy. …”
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Treatment options for Achilles tendinopathy: a scoping review of preclinical studies by Nathanael Opoku Agyeman-Prempeh, Huub Maas, George L. Burchell, Neal L. Millar, Maarten H. Moen, Theodoor Henri Smit

“…Future efforts should focus on developing standardized preclinical Achilles tendinopathy models, improving reporting standards to minimize risk of bias, and facilitating translation to clinical practice.…”
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Enhancing heart and circulatory well-being through optimized radial artery techniques: a meta-analysis of hemostasis and patient comfort by Yanru Yang, Hongyan Zhu, Guangyao Zai

“…Further research is warranted to establish standardized guidelines for the most effective use of TR Band in various clinical scenarios.…”
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