Voices of Wisdom: Geriatric Interviews on Self-Management of Type 2 Diabetes in the United States—A Systematic Review and Metasynthesis by David F. Lo, Ahmed Gawash, Kunal P. Shah, Jasmine Emanuel, Brandon Goodwin, Don D. Shamilov, Gaurav Kumar, Nathan Jean, Christian P. White

“…The search combined keywords and subject headings, focusing on the geriatric population, diabetes, self-management, and qualitative research. …”
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Effectiveness of the Electromagnetic Shock Wave Therapy in the Treatment of Cellulite by Débora Apª O. Modena, Caroline Nogueira da Silva, Talita C. P. Delinocente, Tatiane Bianca de Araújo, Tania Maria de Carvalho, Clovis Grecco, Renata Gomes Moreira, Gisele Campos, José Ricardo de Souza, Renata Michelini Guidi

“…This is a prospective and comparative study, in which volunteer women who attended the criteria of inclusion were selected and who were subjected to 10 sessions of ESWT. The following were performed as an evaluation method: anthropometry, perimetry, skin viscoelasticity with the Cutometer®, thickness of hypodermis with diagnostic ultrasound, analysis of the scale of severity of cellulite (CSS), and quality of life by the Celluqol® questionnaire. …”
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Does HbA1c Level Have Clinical Implications in Diabetic Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Jia Zheng, Jing Cheng, Tong Wang, Qian Zhang, Xinhua Xiao

“…Our meta-analysis demonstrated that the HbA1c level is potentially associated with increased risks of all-cause mortality, myocardial infarction, and stroke in diabetic subjects undergoing CABG surgery. However, further clinical studies with larger sample sizes and longer follow-up period are urgently warranted.…”
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Threshold-effect of ferritin levels with pathoglycemia in Chinese adults: a cross-sectional study based on China health and nutrition survey data by Chenyu Yang, Jintao Li, Chao Li, Jinyu Yang, Yanpei Gao, Guohua Li, Xintian Liu, Xiaoqin Luo

“…Results The mean age of the study subjects was 50.3 years, and 46.5% were men. The risk of T2DM and prediabetes mellitus increased when the ferritin level was greater than 140 ng/ml. …”
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Assessment of the Personal Dose Received by School Children due to PM10 Air Pollution in Lisbon by Eleftheria Chalvatzaki, Sofia Eirini Chatoutsidou, Vânia Martins, Tiago Faria, Evangelia Diapouli, Manousos Manousakas, Susana Marta Almeida, Konstantinos Eleftheriadis, Mihalis Lazaridis

“…The calculations were performed for PM10 and PM10-bound metals, and the exposed subjects were assumed to be 10-year-old nose breathers. …”
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Augmented Reality for extremity hemorrhage training: a usability study by Krishant Tharun, Alberto Drogo, Carmine Tommaso Recchiuto, Serena Ricci, Serena Ricci

“…It includes a training scenario with a multimodal interactive system made of visual and audio cues, that would adapt to user's learning pace and feedback preference.ResultsUsability tests on 20 subjects demonstrated that the system is well tolerated in terms of discomfort and workload. …”
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Scent of COVID-19: Whole-Genome Sequencing Analysis Reveals the Role of <i>ACE2</i>, <i>IFI44</i>, and <i>NDUFAF4</i> in Long-Lasting Olfactory Dysfunction by Beatrice Spedicati, Alessandro Pecori, Maria Pina Concas, Aurora Santin, Romina Ruberto, Giuseppe Giovanni Nardone, Andrea D’Alessandro, Giancarlo Tirelli, Paolo Boscolo-Rizzo, Giorgia Girotto

“…The goal of this study was to explore the genetic factors underpinning COVID-19-related OD through the analysis of Whole Genome Sequencing data of 153 affected subjects, focusing on genes involved in antiviral response regulation. …”
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Influence of Melatonin on the Proliferative and Apoptotic Responses of the Prostate under Normal and Hyperglycemic Conditions by Marina G. Gobbo, Nishtman Dizeyi, Per-Anders Abrahamsson, Per-Anders Bertilsson, Viviane Sanches Masitéli, Eloisa Zanin Pytlowanciv, Sebastião R. Taboga, Rejane M. Góes

“…The combined data indicated that MLT had proliferative and antiapoptotic effects in prostate cells subjected to HG levels and it seems to involve specific MLT pathways rather than AR.…”
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Small-scale land use effects on plant communities in Mediterranean urban ecosystems by Vincenzo Baldi, Alessandro Bellino, Daniela Baldantoni

“…The spatial configuration of urban landscapes, characterized by complex mosaics of fragmented patches subjected to different land uses, shapes biodiversity and, therefore, affects ecosystem stability and functioning. …”
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Drought monitoring of large lakes in Iraq using remote sensing images and normalized difference water index (NDWI) by Mohammed R. Mahmood, Baydaa Ismail Abrahem, Huda J. Jumaah, Hayder A. Alalwan, Malik M. Mohammed

“…Therthar Lake has also been subjected to a reduction and change in the northern part with total drying up of lake parts in the southeast which turned to bare land. …”
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Ultrasonography of Optic Nerve Sheath Diameter in Healthy Volunteers by Ariel Sosa Remón, Wilfredo Boch Rodríguez, Dasha María García Arias, Carmen Esther Remón Chávez, Ana Esperanza Jerez Álvarez, Arian Jesús Cuba Naranjo

“…<strong> <br />Results:</strong> that diameter of the optic nerve sheath, in the subjects, was quantified between 4.62-4.80 mm and 4.66-4.83 mm for the right and left eyes respectively. …”
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Assessment of the applied potential of sludge-derived hydrochar in terms of process parameters and product properties by Zhang, Chuang, Wang, Bingyu, Wang, Jixiang, Rong, Shaopeng,  Xie, Huifang, Qu, Hongxia, Feng, Yanfang

“…If the sludge contains a great deal of organic matter and is used as a fuel to generate energy, it can be subjected to a milder hydrothermal intensity like 180–220 °C for 1–2 h. …”
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Forsythia suspensa leaf fermented tea extracts attenuated oxidative stress in mice via the Ref-1/HIF-1α signal pathway and modulation of gut microbiota by Lijuan Li, Yating zhao, Yuxin Ding, Lanze Guo, Ruiyao Dai, Aixiang Chen, Guofeng Duan

“…This study focused on Kunming mice as research subjects and used hydrogen peroxide as an inducer to investigate the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects of FSLFT in vivo, as well as its regulatory effects on the intestinal microbiota of mice. …”
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Enhanced bacteriostatic effects of phage vB_C4 and cell wall-targeting antibiotic combinations against drug-resistant Aeromonas veronii by Xin Cao, Yanqiong Tang, ZhenZhang Lu, Xiang Ma, Hong Li, Xue Chi, Juanjuan Li, Zhu Liu

“…In this study, the phage vB_C4, specifically targeting A. veronii, was isolated and subjected to bioinformatic analysis and bacteriostatic activity assays. …”
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JiuZhou: open foundation language models and effective pre-training framework for geoscience by Zhou Chen, Ming Lin, Mingrun Zang, Zimeng Wang, Juanzi Li, Yuqi Bai

“…Evaluation on GeoBench shows that JiuZhou outperforms GPT-3.5 in objective tasks and surpasses all baselines in subjective tasks. Moreover, we analyse the performance variations of the LLM using a stronger base model, stronger instruction data, and more training data, as well as its ability to assist scientific discovery. …”
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Distinct relative abundances in pathogens detected in mechanically ventilated patients with suspected pneumonia in the intensive care unit at King Abdulaziz University Hospital by Haifa Algethamy, Diyaa H. Bokhary, Ibrahim Abushoshah, Abdulrahman A. Alalyani, Maan K. Baamer, Dalya M. Attallah, Ruba M. Alotaibi, Shehla N. Amin, Shaza A. Mass, Nisreen R. Tashkandy

“…DNA from 83 deep endotracheal aspirate lung samples was subjected to PacBio sequencing to identify pathogens in comparison with conventional diagnostic techniques. …”
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The Impact of Abnormal Glucose Tolerance and Obesity on Fetal Growth by Erin Graves, David J. Hill, Susan Evers, Kristine Van Aarsen, Brie Yama, Su Yuan, M. Karen Campbell

“…Data came from a longitudinal cohort study of 2,305 subjects without overt diabetes, analyzed using multinomial logistic and linear regression. …”
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Asynchronous Distributed Coordinated Hybrid Precoding in Multi-Cell mmWave Wireless Networks by Meesam Jafri, Suraj Srivastava, Sunil Kumar, Aditya K. Jagannatham, Lajos Hanzo

“…Asynchronous distributed hybrid beamformers (ADBF) are conceived for minimizing the total transmit power subject to signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) constraints at the users. …”
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental coping and emergency ability of public health emergency in COVID-19 department healthcare workers in ICU nurses of Beijing in China by Tiantian Gai, Yin He, Ying Yin, Yu Cui, Qiuping Li, Yanzhen Hu, Zhenhui Lu

“…Methods Data were collected from 486 subjects through electronic surveys from November 8 to 15, 2022, in seven general public hospitals (all tertiary A hospitals) in Beijing, China. …”
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Association between Visceral Fat and Bone Mineral Density in Both Male and Female Patients with Adult Growth Hormone Deficiency by Linman Li, Li Zhong, Xiaoya Zheng, Wenyi You, Yunting Wang, Jihui Yu, Xun Wu, Wei Ren, Gangyi Yang

“…Male and female patients were classified into those with osteoporosis and those without osteoporosis (normal subjects and patients with osteopenia). Further, we analyzed the correlation between the BMD and measurements obtained for various body composition parameters in male and female AGHD patients. …”
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