Modulated Alpha Power as a Predictor of Tinnitus Alleviation by Tae-Soo Noh, Moo Kyun Park, Seung-Ha Oh, Jun Ho Lee, Myung-Whan Suh

“…Background: Pain associated with subjective tinnitus is known to be alleviated by treatments using a repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation (rTMS). …”
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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

“…This prospective cross-sectional study included 121 glaucoma patients. Subjects with a diagnosis of chronic open angle glaucoma were recruited and classified according to Hodapp-Parrish-Anderson criteria. …”
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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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Ablation Depth-Dependent Survival Analysis of Phototherapeutic Keratectomy for Recurrent Corneal Erosion Syndrome by Kunal A. Gadhvi, Georgios Vakros, Alfredo Borgia, Kirithika Muthusamy, Laura de Benito-Llopis, Alexander C. Day, Daniel M. Gore

“…Overall, 65 eyes (93%) reported a subjective improvement in symptoms, with 46 (66%) remaining completely symptom free at the last follow-up [mean follow-up 24 (range, 9–48) months]. …”
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Antibacterial Effectiveness of Four Concentrations of the Hydroalcoholic Extract of Solanum tuberosum (Tocosh) against Streptococcus mutans ATCC 25175TM: A Comparative In Vitro Stu... by Silvana Enciso, Julia Medina, Franco Mauricio, Cesar Mauricio-Vilchez, Daniel Alvitez-Temoche, Luzmila Vilchez, Frank Mayta-Tovalino

“…Fermented tocosh was subjected to hydric stress to obtain a hydroalcoholic extract at four different concentrations: 100%, 50%, 75%, and 25%. …”
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Association of PTPN22 Haplotypes (−1123G>C/+1858C>T) with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Western Mexican Population by Yeniley Ruiz-Noa, Jorge Ramón Padilla-Gutiérrez, Jorge Hernández-Bello, Claudia Azucena Palafox-Sánchez, Yeminia Valle, Edith Oregón-Romero, Ana Laura Pereira-Suárez, Ana Guilaisne Bernard-Medina, José Francisco Muñoz-Valle

“…A total of 315 RA patients and 315 control subjects (CS) were included. The polymorphisms were genotyped by PCR-RFLP and the anti-CCP antibodies were determined by ELISA. …”
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CC16 alleviates PM2.5-induced lung epithelial cell injury and airway inflammation in asthmatic mice by inhibiting ferroptosis by Aili Wang, Jianling Liu, Zhangwen Li, Ze Qian, Shuo Yang, Shaohua Luo, Jinle Lin, Jian Wu

“…Methods: The impact of CC16 on inflammation and ferroptosis was assessed using a TC-1 lung epithelial cell model exposed to PM2.5, as well as an ovalbumin (OVA)-induced asthmatic mouse model also subjected to PM2.5 exposure. Results: CC16 significantly modulated key regulators of ferroptosis (NRF2, GPX4, SLC7A11, HO-1) and attenuated pro-inflammatory cytokines (IL-13, IL-5, IL-6, IL-1β, IL-17A) in PM2.5-exposed lung epithelial cells. …”
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Association of Fontan Pathophysiology With Plasma Bile Acids by Ashish H. Shah, MD, MD-Research, Arun Surendran, MSc, Pedram Hassan-Tash, BSc, MD, C. Nolan Turnbull, BSc, Nicole Johnston, MSc, David Goodlett, BSc, PhD, Jun Han, PhD, Robin A. Ducas, MD, James W. Tam, MD, Eberhard Renner, MD, Todd A. Duhamel, PhD, Michel Aliani, MSc, PhD, Amir Ravandi, MD, PhD, Richard A. Krasuski, MD

“…Objectives: We wish to investigate Fontan and their matched healthy subjects using a nontargeted, followed by targeted metabolomic analysis. …”
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Lack of Association of the Polymorphisms IL-17A (−197G/A) and IL-17F (+7488A/G) with Multibacillary Leprosy in Mexican Patients by Mónica Escamilla-Tilch, Iris Estrada-García, Julio Granados, Roberto Arenas-Guzmán, Rosalio Ramos-Payan, Thalía Gabriela Pérez-Suárez, Ma. Isabel Salazar, Riky Luis Pérez-Lucas, Sergio Estrada-Parra, Nora Magdalena Torres-Carrillo

“…Seventy-five leprosy patients and sixty-nine control subjects were included. Both SNPs were genotyped with the polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism technique. …”
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Neuroeconomically dissociable forms of mental accounting are altered in a mouse model of diabetes by Chinonso A. Nwakama, Romain Durand-de Cuttoli, Zainab M. Oketokoun, Samantha O. Brown, Jillian E. Haller, Adriana Méndez, Mohammad Jodeiri Farshbaf, Y. Zoe Cho, Sanjana Ahmed, Sophia Leng, Jessica L. Ables, Brian M. Sweis

“…Mice made self-paced choices on a daily limited time-budget, accepting or rejecting reward offers based on cost (delays cued by tone pitch) and subjective value (flavors), in a closed-economy system tested across months. …”
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Synthesis and characterization of nano dicalcium phosphate dihydrate from biogenic sources by Md. Kawcher Alam, Md. Sahadat Hossain, Mofassel Hossen Akash, Muhammad Shahriar Bashar, Newaz Mohammed Bahadur, Samina Ahmed

“…To produce DCPD, orthophosphoric acid was subjected to a reaction with each type of shell powdered substance, resulting in DCPD in a sheet-like or irregular-type shape. …”
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The Effects of 5-Hydroxytryptophan in Combination with Different Fatty Acids on Gastrointestinal Functions: A Pilot Experiment by Helene Sauer, Isabelle Mack, Silke Kohler, Stefanie Siegle, Nicole Rieber, Stephan Zipfel, Bärbel Otto, Yvonne Ritze, Stephan C. Bischoff, Paul Enck

“…Influence of 5-HTP in addition to saturated or monounsaturated fatty acids (FA) on GE and hormone release was investigated. Subjects/Methods. 24 healthy individuals (12f : 12m, 22–29 years, BMI 19–25.7 kg/m²) were tested on 4 days with either 5-HTP + short-chain saturated FA (butter), placebo + butter, 5-HTP + monounsaturated FA (olive oil), or placebo + olive oil in double-blinded randomized order. …”
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Impact of Coronary Artery Disease and Diabetes Mellitus on the Long-Term Follow-Up in Patients after Retrograde Recanalization of the Femoropopliteal Arterial Region by Joanna Wojtasik-Bakalarz, Zoltan Ruzsa, Tomasz Rakowski, Andreas Nyerges, Krzysztof Bartuś, Agata Stanek, Dariusz Dudek, Andrzej Surdacki, Paweł Kleczyński, Stanisław Bartuś

“…In long-term follow-up, major adverse peripheral events (MAPE) occurred in 66.6% of patients with CAD vs. 36.5% of patients without CAD and in 50% of patients with DM vs. 55% of non-DM subjects. There were no statistical differences in peripheral endpoints in both groups. …”
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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

“…The current study is aimed at establishing links between brain network examination and neural plasticity studies measured by optical neuroimaging. 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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Immune Dysfunction in Rett Syndrome Patients Revealed by High Levels of Serum Anti-N(Glc) IgM Antibody Fraction by Anna Maria Papini, Francesca Nuti, Feliciana Real-Fernandez, Giada Rossi, Caterina Tiberi, Giuseppina Sabatino, Shashank Pandey, Silvia Leoncini, Cinzia Signorini, Alessandra Pecorelli, Roberto Guerranti, Solange Lavielle, Lucia Ciccoli, Paolo Rovero, Claudio De Felice, Joussef Hayek

“…The significant difference in IgM titers between RTT patients and healthy subjects in the CSF114(Glc) assay (P=0.001) suggests that this procedure specifically detects a fraction of IgM antibodies likely to be relevant for the RTT disease. …”
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Moderate stability of risk and ambiguity attitudes across quantitative and qualitative decisions by Ohad Dan, Chelsea Y. Xu, Ruonan Jia, Emily K. Wertheimer, Megha Chawla, Galit Fuhrmann Alpert, Terri Fried, Ifat Levy

“…It is not clear, however, how individuals construct subjective values when outcomes are not directly quantifiable. …”
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Hydration with Mannitol and Dextrose May Promote Cisplatin-Induced Nephrotoxicity: Test of Five Protocols of Hydration during Cisplatin Therapy in Rat Models by Mohammad-Sedigh Khosravi, Alireza Samimiat, Bahar Mazaheri, Farzaneh Ashrafi, Ardeshir Talebi, Mehdi Nematbakhsh

“…Seventy-six male and female Wistar rats in 14 groups of experiments were subjected to CP therapy, and five types of hydration protocols were implemented, and the induced nephrotoxicity was evaluated via biochemical markers, kidney function parameters, and pathology investigation. …”
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Physical activity, exercise, and mental health of healthy adolescents: A review of the last 5 ​years by Eva Ruiz-Ranz, Iván Asín-Izquierdo

“…However, some PA interventions seem to improve subjective well-being, self-esteem, physical and mental well-being, anxiety, lifestyle, emotional intelligence, depressive mood, and perceived benefit and confidence in healthy adolescents. …”
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DIDACTIC TERMS OF USE OF BIOGRAPH INFINITI SPECIALIZED SOFTWARE IN UKRAINE’S HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS by Olha M. Lunhol, Olha A. Haborets, Hanna M. Kolieva, Artur O. Voloboiev

“…The didactic conditions of use of BioGraph Infiniti Software in the educational process of higher medical education institutions and universities of internal affairs of Ukraine are defined for formation of informational and subject competence of Ukraine’s students. Attention is focused on ensuring the flexibility of the educational process by means of variability, changes in the content and methods of education, forms of organization of educational classes with a direct practical component, a combination of different education methods for students of various types of higher education institutions. …”
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Serum ZAG Levels Were Associated with eGFR Mild Decrease in T2DM Patients with Diabetic Nephropathy by Lingling Xu, Weihong Yu, Meng Niu, Caixia Zheng, Bin Qu, Yan Li, Jing Wang, Ping Huang, O. Wang, Fengying Gong

“…To investigate the changes of serum zinc-α2-glycoprotein (ZAG) in type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) with eGFR mild decrease. Subjects and Methods. A total of 438 T2DM patients (61.3 ± 4.0 y) were recruited and the demographic, anthropometric, and biochemical parameters were all collected. …”
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