Effectiveness of a Foam Roller Warm-Up in Professional Basketball Players: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Daniel Casado, Ivan Nacher, Juan Pardo, Javier Reina

“… # Methods Twenty-two healthy male subjects were randomly assigned to two groups: the control group, which only carried out a general warm-up over a period of four months, and the foam roller group, which followed a specific warm-up routine using a foam roller for a period of three months plus one month of follow-up in which no foam rolling was performed. …”
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CONTEXTUAL LEARNING IN THE MODERN PRESCHOOL CURRICULUM by Danica Veselinov, Ljiljana Kelemen Milojević, Jasmina Mirković

“…It focuses on creating an environment that ensures a sense of connection with other social subjects, a sense of competence, and a sense of autonomy in expression and action. …”
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The associations between dietary advanced glycation-end products intake and self-reported infertility in U.S. women: data from the NHANES 2013–2018 by Lingxia Tong, Xiaohui Zhang, Jingsi Chen, Huanying He, Wenzhuo Zhang, Zhongxiao Wan, Hong Zhang

“…Elevated dietary AGEs intake was associated with the higher risk of infertility for female subjects, this positive association was more pronounced in women with excess body weight.…”
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Social Participation of the Russian and Armenian Students in the Socio-Cultural Development of Cities by M. V. Pevnaya, E. A. Shuklina, A. N. Tarasova, L. A. Asoyan

“…The authors explore the potential for social participation of students from countries with a common political background of post-socialism and cardinal differences in the cultural and historical heritage of urban spaces.The purpose of this article is to determine the potential for social participation of students of regional universities in Russia and Armenia and the subjective factors that determine their activity in the development of cities. …”
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Serum Carboxy-terminal Cross-linking Telopeptide Fragments of Type-2 Collagen Level in the General Population: A Pilot Study by Rajat Khanna, Divyam Jindal, Sudhir Singh

“…However, a multicentric study with stringent subject selection criteria is needed to corroborate the results of this pilot study.…”
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“Nobody Seemed to Notice My Work”: The Lived Experiences of Home Care Workers Assisting People With Chronic Diseases: A Phenomenological Study by Valentina Cacciapuoti, Silvio Simeone, Michele Virgolesi, Medeline R. Sterling, Elisa Dallago, Ercole Vellone, Rosaria Alvaro, Gianluca Pucciarelli

“…Methods: The study was carried out using Cohen’s phenomenological methodology. The subjects were enrolled in several cities of Central Italy and interviewed with open questions to allow them full freedom of expression and asked to describe their lived experience of HCWs who helped people with chronic diseases. …”
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The influence features of individual factors on EU countries’ energy markets by Vladyslav Honcharenko, Svitlana Kasyan, Anatolii Filin

“…The energy dependence weakens the energy market and increases its vulnerability to external influences. The subject of research in the article is the characteristics, objective laws, and trends of the development of energy factors that are relative to other influence factors on the economic development of European countries. …”
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Screening of the Dichloromethane: Methanolic Extract of Centella asiatica for Antibacterial Activities against Salmonella typhi, Escherichia coli, Shigella sonnei, Bacillus subtili... by Berick Moturi Sieberi, George Isanda Omwenga, Rachael Kitondo Wambua, Judith Chemutai Samoei, Mathew Piero Ngugi

“…The present study indicates that the tested plant can be an important source of antibacterial agents and recommends that the active phytoconstituents be isolated, identified, and screened individually for activities and also subjected further for in vivo and toxicological studies.…”
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In-depth characterization of miRNome in papillary thyroid cancer with BRAF V600E mutation by Azliana Mohamad Yusof, Francis Yew Fu Tieng, Rohaizak Muhammad, Shahrun Niza Abdullah Suhaimi, Isa Mohamed Rose, Sazuita Saidin, Rahman Jamal, Imilia Ismail, Nurul-Syakima Ab Mutalib

“…Five fresh frozen thyroid cancer tissues paired with their respective adjacent normal tissues from PTC patients were subjected to BRAF V600E genotyping using Sanger sequencing and small RNA deep sequencing (miRNAseq). …”
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Psychological abuse and its influencing factors among home-dwelling older people in Northern China: a cross-sectional survey by Xiaomeng Wu, Li Pei, Yu Wang, Lanrui Zhang, Dongqing Zhao, Haoying Dou

“…BackgroundAs the population ages, the subject of elder abuse has become more prominent, with psychological abuse of older people being particularly prevalent. …”
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Outcomes of operative and nonoperative management of myotendinous Achilles tendon ruptures: a systematic review by Darius L. Lameire, Luca Ramelli, Mansur Halai, David Wasserstein, Sam Si-Hyeong Park

“…Nonoperative patients reported statistically significant improvements in subjective outcomes and high rates of satisfaction. …”
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USING A DIDACTIC TOOL WITH IT-SUPPORT FOR TEACHING GEOGRAPHY IN A SPECIAL SCHOOL IN SLOVAKIA by Viktor Hladush, Slávka Bendíková, Barbora Kovačova, Marcela Čarnická

“…The idea of preparing and using such a didactic guide can be used in practice by teachers of other social studies subjects in special schools. …”
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Molecular and serological investigation of hepatitis B virus in patients with acute undifferentiated febrile illness at Tha Song Yang hospital, Tak Province, Thailand by Narin Thippornchai, Anon Sae-Oueng, Akanitt Jittmittraphap, Wang Nguitragool, Pornsawan Leaungwutiwong

“…The serum samples were subjected to enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay to detect antibodies against hepatitis B core antigen (HBcAg) and hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg). …”
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Association of Serum Adiponectin with Intima Media Thickness of Dorsalis Pedis Artery and Macroangiopathy in Type 2 Diabetes by Tao Chen, Mei Tu, Lihua Huang, Youping Zheng

“…We recruited 173 patients with T2DM, of whom 83 had macroangiopathy (MA group) and 90 did not have macroangiopathy (NM group), and 40 normal control subjects (NC group). We measured D-IMT using color B-mode Doppler ultrasonography. …”
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Methodology for delimiting borders of the St. Petersburg agglomeration by S. А. Ershova, S. А. Shishelova, Т. N. Orlovskaya

“…Petersburg agglomeration is particularly relevant. The subject of the research is regulatory and methodological support for agglomeration processes. …”
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Effectiveness of a Novel Contralaterally Controlled Neuromuscular Electrical Stimulation for Restoring Lower Limb Motor Performance and Activities of Daily Living in Stroke Survivo... by Ying Shen, Lan Chen, Li Zhang, Shugang Hu, Bin Su, Huaide Qiu, Xingjun Xu, Guilan Huang, Zhifei Yin, Jinyu Yang, Chuan Guo, Tong Wang

“…Twenty-one patients in each group completed the study per protocol, with one subject lost in follow-up in each group. The CCNMES group received CCNMES to the tibialis anterior (TA) and the peroneus longus and brevis muscles to induce ankle dorsiflexion motion, whereas the NMES group received NMES. …”
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Intermittent hypoxia training improves cerebral blood flow without cognitive impairment by Qihan Zhang, Qing Wang, Feiyang Jin, Dan Huang, Xunming Ji, Yuan Wang

“…This study aimed to evaluate the impact of a moderate short‐term intermittent hypoxia protocol on cerebral blood flow and cognitive performance. Methods Subjects who met the inclusion criteria were recruited to this study and randomized into the intermittent hypoxia group or the control group, which receives intermittent hypoxia training and sham‐intermittent hypoxia training, respectively. …”
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Time-Restricted Feeding Reinforces Gut Rhythmicity by Restoring Rhythms in Intestinal Metabolism in a Jetlag Mouse ModelSummary by Hui Leng, Theo Thijs, Louis Desmet, Guillaume Vanotti, Mona Farhadipour, Inge Depoortere

“…Methods: C57BL/6J male mice were subjected to chronic jetlag or night-TRF for 4 weeks. …”
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Evaluation of dietary quality in patients with functional gastrointestinal symptoms: a Norwegian single centre study by Ida Marie Holm, Sissi Christiane Stove Lorentzen, Monica Hauger Carlsen, Jørgen Valeur, Tonje Mellin-Olsen, Hanna Fjeldheim Dale

“…Background: Poor dietary quality has been described as a contributor to symptoms in subjects with functional gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms. …”
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Accuracy Assessment of Nonlinear Seismic Displacement Demand Predicted by Simplified Methods for the Plateau Range of Design Response Spectra by Pierino Lestuzzi, Lorenzo Diana

“…Nonlinear single-degree-of-freedom systems are subjected to several sets of recorded earthquakes that are modified to match design response spectra prescribed by Eurocode 8. …”
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