Assessment of the safety of priority carcinogenic substances at the level of hygienic regulations in atmospheric air by I.O. Chernychenko, O.M. Lytvychenko, V.F. Babii, O.Ie. Kondratenko, O.P. Rudnytska, D.O. Hlavachek

“…In this work, only substances of the first group were subject to in-depth analysis. To assess the danger of substances’ concentrations at the level of maximum permissible concentrations, risk indicators according to the recommended methodical documents were determined. …”
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The Effect of Vitamin D3 on Serum Creatine Phosphokinase Level in Patients with Multiple Trauma: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial by Mehran Kouchek, Niloufar Taherpour, Mahya Farasat, Mirmohammad Miri, Sara Salarian, Seyedpouzhia Shojaei, Rezvan Hassanpour, Hossein Amini, Mohammad Sistanizad

“…This study was designed to evaluate the effect of vitamin D3 on the serum CPK level and the incidence of rhabdomyolysis-induced AKI in patients with multiple trauma.Methods: Patients with serum CPK levels <1000 IU/L were followed as the control 1 group. Subjects with serum CPK levels ≥1000 IU/L were randomly allocated to the control 2 or intervention group at Imam Hossein Medical Center, Tehran, Iran in 2020. …”
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Timing of high-definition transcranial direct current stimulation to the nondominant primary motor cortex fails to modulate cortical hemodynamic activity and improve motor sequence... by Minxia Jin, Xiaomeng Xu, Ziwei Zhang, Weili Xia, Xiaoyu Lou, Zhongfei Bai

“…Cortical hemodynamic activity in the prefrontal cortex (PFC), supplementary motor area (SMA), and M1 measured by functional near-infrared spectroscopy, as well as motor performance assessed by number of correct sequences were examined before (T1), immediately after (T2), and 24 h after the practice (T3). The data was subjected to a two-way repeated measures analysis of variance. …”
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In vitro antimicrobial activity of selected mouthwashes on Streptococcus species isolated from adult patients with dental caries by Francisca Nwaokorie, UO Edet, OM Odeniyi, UC Ndu, O Alabi, KA Umeizudike

“…Pure wild-type Streptococcus sp. isolated were subjected to antimicrobial assay against three commonly used mouthwashes obtained within the study area. …”
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Cross‐ethnicity face anti‐spoofing recognition challenge: A review by Ajian Liu, Xuan Li, Jun Wan, Yanyan Liang, Sergio Escalera, Hugo Jair Escalante, Meysam Madadi, Yi Jin, Zhuoyuan Wu, Xiaogang Yu, Zichang Tan, Qi Yuan, Ruikun Yang, Benjia Zhou, Guodong Guo, Stan Z. Li

“…It is the largest up to date CeFA dataset covering three ethnicities, three modalities, 1607 subjects, 2D plus 3D attack types and the first dataset including explicit ethnic labels among the recently released datasets for face anti‐spoofing. …”
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Retinal Microperimetry as a Novel Tool for Early Detection of Subclinical Cognitive Dysfunction and Brain Damage in Type 1 Diabetes: A Pilot Study by Manel Mateu‐Salat, Nicole Stanton‐Yonge, Frederic Sampedro Santaló, José Ignacio Vela, Jesús Díaz Cascajosa, Eva Safont Pérez, Daniela Rego‐Lorca, Ana Chico

“…Results A total of 30 subjects were studied: 40% women, age 58 ± 11 years; T1D duration 31 ± 9 years, mild retinopathy 33%. …”
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A prospective study on association between comprehensive lifestyle scores and cognitive function changes in community-dwelling older adults in Tianjin city by Muya ZHANG, Xian CAI, Liping ZU, Huichao ZHAO, Tianyu WANG, Chenyu LI, Jing YUAN, Fei MA

“…From March to April 2016, eldly adults aged 65 years and above were recruited as research subjects in Tianjin through multi-stage cluster random sampling. …”
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American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS) Ankle-Hindfoot Score: a study protocol for the translation and validation of the Dutch language version by Cornelis H Van der Vlies, Esther M M van Lieshout, Michael H J Verhofstad, Duncan E Meuffels, A Siebe de Boer, Wim E Tuinebreijer, P Ted Den Hoed

“…A research physician or research assistant will complete the AOFAS Ankle-Hindfoot Score-DLV based on interview for the subjective part and a physical examination for the objective part. …”
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Colorectal Perforation in Patients with Connective Tissue Disease by Kiichi Sugimoto, Kazuhiro Sakamoto, Yu Okazawa, Rina Takahashi, Kosuke Mizukoshi, Hisashi Ro, Masaya Kawai, Shingo Kawano, Shinya Munakata, Shun Ishiyama, Hirohiko Kamiyama, Makoto Takahashi, Yutaka Kojima, Yuichi Tomiki, Naoto Tamura

“…The goal of this retrospective study was to identify prognostic factors associated with mortality after surgery for colorectal perforation among patients with connective tissue disease (CTD) and to review postoperative outcomes based on these prognostic factors. Methods. The subjects were 105 patients (CTD group: n=26, 24.8%; non-CTD group: n=79, 75.2%) who underwent surgery for colorectal perforation at our department. …”
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Influence of network latency and bandwidth on robot-assisted laparoscopic telesurgery: A pre-clinical experiment by Ye Wang, Qing Ai, Taoping Shi, Yu Gao, Bin Jiang, Wuyi Zhao, Chengjun Jiang, Guojun Liu, Lifeng Zhang, Huaikang Li, Fan Gao, Xin Ma, Hongzhao Li, Xu Zhang, Yuanyuan Ji

“…National Aeronautics and Space Administration Task Load Index (NASA-TLX) and a self-designed scale measured the workload and subjective perception of surgeons. Results:. All 108 animal telesurgeries, conducted from January 2023 to June 2023, were performed effectively over a total duration of 3866 min. …”
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Identification of serum tRNA-derived small RNAs biosignature for diagnosis of tuberculosis by Zikun Huang, Qing Luo, Cuifen Xiong, Haiyan Zhu, Chao Yu, Jianqing Xu, Yiping Peng, Junming Li, Aiping Le

“…The differential expression profiles of tsRNAs in serum from active TB patients and healthy controls were analyzed by high-throughput sequencing. A total of 905 subjects were prospectively recruited for our study from three different cohorts. …”
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Antioxidant and Renin-Angiotensin System Inhibitory Properties of Cashew Nut and Fluted-Pumpkin Protein Hydrolysates by Sunday A. Malomo, Ifeanyi D. Nwachukwu, Abraham T. Girgih, Atinuke O. Idowu, Rotimi E. Aluko, Tayo N. Fagbemi

“…The CNP and FPP hydrolysates (CNPH and FPPH) from pepsin or Alcalase treatments were subjected to membrane ultrafiltration using different MWCOs to obtain 10 kDa peptide fractions. …”
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IMPLICATIONS OF BUTYLATED HYDROXYTOLUENE AND OPTIMIZED Piper nigrum EXTRACTS APPLICATION ON QUALITY OF STORED PORK by Adeola Adegoke, Kehinde Sanwo, Silas Hunge, Samuel Olakayode, Oluwafunmilayo Oyelude

“…Implications of butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) and optimized Piper nigrum (White and Black Pepper) aqueous extracts (WPAE and BPAE) incorporation on fatty acid profile and physico-chemical indices of pork subjected to refrigeration storage was investigated. …”
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Metformin in COVID-19: a magical role beyond the hyperglycemia by Gaurav Kumar Chaubey, Rahul Dilawari, Radheshyam Modanwal, Sharmila Talukdar, Asmita Dhiman, Manoj Raje

“…Several studies have highlighted the nexus between COVID-19-associated morbidity and diabetes in a wide-ranging class of subjects ranging from pediatric cases to adults and patients with other co-morbidities. …”
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Herb5GluCon: A novel polyherbal formulation with dual-action inhibiting properties against oxidative stress and glycoside hydrolases – an in silico and in vitro approach by Abbirami Balachandran, Patrick N. Okechukwu, Baskaran Gunasekaran, Jeleń Małgorzata, Beata Morak-Młodawska, Gabriele R.A. Froemming, Sameer Sapra, Charlie A. Lavilla, Jr., Merell P. Billacura, Salini D. Rajendran, Anis Najwa Abdul Rani, Anand Gaurav

“…The bioactive compounds present in Herb5GluCon was identified using high-resolution mass spectrometry (HRMS) and these compounds were subjected to ADME analysis using the SwissADME, pkCSM and SwissTargetPrediction servers. …”
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Mechanical Behavior of Ion-Exchanged Alkali Aluminosilicate Glass Ceramics by Bruno M. F. Nunes, André Dinis, Jorge C. Fernandes, Rui M. Almeida, Luís F. Santos

“…The glass ceramics were then subjected to an ion exchange treatment in a KNO₃ bath, in order to further enhance the mechanical properties, without hindering the optical transmittance. …”
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Combined Therapy of Catheter Ablation and Left Atrial Appendage Closure for Patients with Atrial Fibrillation: A Case-Control Study by Bin-Feng Mo, Jian Sun, Peng-Pai Zhang, Wei Li, Mu Chen, Jia-Li Yuan, Yi Yu, Qun-Shan Wang, Yi-Gang Li

“…Each group contained 76 subjects. The procedures were successfully performed in all the patients. …”
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Exploring the Mechanism of Skeletal Muscle in a Tacrolimus-Induced Posttransplantation Diabetes Mellitus Model on Gene Expression Profiles by Chenlei Zheng, Cheng Wang, Tan Zhang, Ding Li, Xiao-feng Ni, Jian-Hu Lin, Linxiao Sun, Bicheng Chen

“…Then, differences in gene expression profiles in muscle from PTDM rats that received tacrolimus and control subjects were analyzed by using GeneSpring GX 11.0 software (Agilent). …”
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Influential Mechanisms of Roughness on the Cyclic Shearing Behavior of the Interfaces Between Crushed Mudstone and Steel-Cased Rock-Socketed Piles by Yue Liang, Jianlu Zhang, Bin Xu, Zeyu Liu, Lei Dai, Kui Wang

“…The changes in boundary conditions and material profile significantly impact the bearing performance of these piles when subjected to cyclic loads, such as ship impacts, water level fluctuations, and wave-induced loads. …”
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Clinical Comparison of the Performance of Two Marketed Ophthalmic Viscoelastic Devices (OVDs): The Bacterially Derived Healon PRO OVD and Animal-Derived Healon OVD by Loay Daas, Jose Manuel Larrosa, Alicia Gavin, Carlos Isanta, Achim Langenbucher, Beth E. Jackson, Linda Tsai, Priya Janakiraman, Rafael Guerrero, Berthold Seitz

“…This prospective, multicenter, randomized, parallel, participant/evaluator masked, postmarket investigation enrolled 139 subjects (170 eyes), 116 (143 eyes) of which were treated (73 test; 70 control group). …”
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