Optimizing Muscle Performance in Young Soccer Players: Exploring the Impact of Resisted Sprint Training and Its Relationship with Distance Covered by Felipe Hermosilla-Palma, Juan Francisco Loro-Ferrer, Pablo Merino-Muñoz, Nicolás Gómez-Álvarez, Rodrigo Zacca, Hugo Cerda-Kohler, Ciro Brito, Jorge Pérez-Contreras, Moacyr Portes-Junior, Esteban Aedo-Muñoz

“…The sample consisted of 24 young soccer players (15.3 ± 0.68 years; 61.4 ± 7.08 kg; 1.60 ± 0.06 m) randomized into three groups (10, 20, and 30 m) and subjected to 12 sessions of resisted sprint training over six weeks. The volume was homogenized across groups, with a total distance of 120 m for each. …”
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Identification and Mass Spectrometric Fragmentation Pathways of Chemical Components in the Traditional Chinese Medicine Formula of Jiuwei Decoction by Jia-yu ZHAO, Yue-guang LYU, Tong XIN, Qian-qian GUO, Wen-ying ZHANG, Jin-hong LI, Hong-yu XUE, Qiang MA

“…Subsequent to extraction, chromatographic separation was achieved using a Waters ACQUITY UPLC BEH C18 column (150 mm×2.1 mm, 1.7 µm) at 30 ℃, with an injection volume of 2 μL per run. The mobile phase consisted of water with 0.1% formic acid (A) and acetonitrile (B) at a flow rate of 0.3 mL/min. …”
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Cardiac Hemodynamics, Tissue Oxygenation, and Functional Capacity in Post-COVID-19 Patients by Elizane Poquiviqui do Nascimento, Larissa Fernanda Estevam do Nascimento, Lhara de Freitas Castro, Vilena Cavalcante de Barros, Emily Rachel Pereira Bandeira, Thiago Bezerra Wanderley e Lima, Matías Otto-Yáñez, Guilherme Augusto de Freitas Fregonezi, Vanessa Regiane Resqueti

“…Cardiac hemodynamic differences were observed in the post-COVID-19 group during the 1-STS, with reductions in the stroke volume index (18%, <i>p</i> = 0.004), cardiac index (21%, <i>p</i> = 0.0009), Contractility Index (78%, <i>p</i> = 0.0001), and Ejection Fraction (29%, <i>p</i> = 0.0003) and increases in Systemic Vascular Resistance (25%, <i>p</i> = 0.03) and the Systemic Vascular Resistance Index (27%, <i>p</i> = 0.0007). …”
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GrB-Fc-KS49, an anti-EMP2 granzyme B fusion protein therapeutic alters immune cell infiltration and suppresses breast cancer growth by Ana Alvarez de Cienfuegos, Lawrence H Cheung, Khalid A Mohamedali, Michael G Rosenblum, Brian Aguirre, Cheng-Hsiang Lu, Anubhav Chandla, Nidhi Kejriwal, Lucia Liu, Ann M Chan, SuYin Kok, Sergio Duarte, David Casero, Madhuri Wadehra

“…In vivo, the GrB-Fc-KS49 showed efficacy against a TNBC syngeneic (4T1/FLuc) mouse model, reducing tumor volume and cell proliferation and increasing cell death compared with controls. …”
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Applicazione del Workload Indicators of Staffing Need (WISN) per la stima del fabbisogno di Tecnici Sanitari di Radiologia Medica in una Struttura di Diagnostica per Immagini itali... by Domenico Riccardo Cammisa, Francesca Fortunato, Antonio Alemanno, Rosetta D'Andria, Federica Guglielmi

“…L’Available Working Time (AWT) rilevato di 1369 ore/anno è risultato simile a quello previsto dalla Conferenza Stato-Regioni di 1480 ore/anno evidenziando che, nonostante i TSRM in organico siano 13, il volume di ore di servizio svolte corrisponde a quello di 10 unità. …”
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DEVELOPMENT AND EVALUATION OF AN ANTERIORLY MOUNTED MICROPROCESSOR-CONTROLLED POWERED HIP JOINT PROSTHESIS by Kelly Brannen, Natalie Baddour, Lucas Cho, David Langlois, Patrick Dumond, Edward Lemaire

“…Canadian Prosthetics & Orthotics Journal. 2024; Volume 7, Issue 2, No. 7. https://doi.org/10.33137/cpoj.v7i1.44494 Corresponding Author: Professor Edward Lemaire, PhD Affiliation: Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada. …”
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Effect of lncRNA H19 on Rats with Chronic Heart Failure Based on TGF-β1/Smad3 Signaling Pathway by WANG Lingyan, CAO Guojun, MEI Yang, ZHANG Bin, ZHOU Shijing

“…Two days after the last injection, color Doppler ultrasound was used to detect cardiac function indexes [left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), left ventricular fractional shortening (LVFS), left ventricular end-systolic dimension (LVESD), left ventricular end-diastolic dimension (LVEDD)]; Masson staining was used to detect myocardial fibrosis and collagen volume fraction (CVF); real-time fluorescence quantitative PCR was used to detect the transcription level of lncRNA H19 and miRNA-200a in myocardial tissue of rats; Western blot method was used to detect the protein expression level of TGF-β1 and Smad3 in myocardial tissue of rats.ResultsCompared with sham surgery group, the protein expression level of LVEDD, LVESD, TGF-β1, Smad3 and transcription level of miRNA-200a in the other four groups significantly increased, while the protein expression level of LVFS, LVEF and transcription level of lncRNA H19 significantly decreased (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05); compared with the heart failure group and the negative control group, the protein expression level of LVEDD, LVESD, TGF-β1, Smad3 and transcription level of miRNA-200a in the overexpression group and the combined overexpression group significantly decreased, while the protein expression level of LVFS, LVEF and transcription level of lncRNA H19 significantly increased (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05); compared with the overexpression group, the protein expression level of LVEDD, LVESD, TGF-β1, Smad3 and transcription level of miRNA-200a in the combined overexpression group significantly increased, while LVFS and LVEF significantly decreased (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05), and the transcription level of lncRNA H19 was not statistically different (<italic>P</italic>&gt;0.05). …”
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Analysis of Brain Tissue Poroelastic Properties Using Multiscale Modelling by Abbas Shabudin, Mohd Jamil Mohamed Mokhtarudin, Nik Abdullah Nik Mohamed, Mohd Akramin Mohd Romlay

“…The microscale cell equations are solved on a representative volume element (RVE) comprising brain tissue embedded with a capillary. …”
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TRACE Model: Predicting Treatment Response to Transarterial Chemoembolization in Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Wang W, Zhang Q, Cui Y, Zhang S, Li B, Xia T, Song Y, Zhou S, Ye F, Xiao W, Cao K, Chi Y, Qu J, Zhou G, Chen Z, Zhang T, Chen X, Ju S, Wang YC

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Clinical features and predictors of atrial fibrillation in patients with light‐chain or transthyretin cardiac amyloidosis by Maria Papathanasiou, Aiste‐Monika Jakstaite, Sara Oubari, Johannes Siebermair, Reza Wakili, Julia Hoffmann, Alexander Carpinteiro, Tim Hagenacker, Andreas Thimm, Christoph Rischpler, Lukas Kessler, Tienush Rassaf, Peter Luedike

“…AF patients had lower left ventricular ejection fraction (47 vs. 53%, P < 0.005), higher left atrial volume index (54 vs. 46 mL/m2, P = 0.007), higher pulmonary artery pressure (42 vs. 31 mmHg, P = 0.008), and worse tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion values (17 vs. 20 mm, P = 0.01). …”
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Bilateral Virtual Water Trade Balance and Sustainable Development using the Gravity Model An Explanation by sepideh ameri golestan, sadegh bakhtiari, Sara Ghobadi

“…Examining the export and import data of agricultural products shows that these products are important and strategic products which include the largest amount of export and import of Iran's agriculture and the largest volume of virtual water trade. Therefore, the obtained results can be an example of the country's virtual water business. …”
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FTO rs17817449 Variant Increases the Risk of Severe Obesity in a Brazilian Cohort: A Case-Control Study by Salum KCR, Assis ISS, Kopke ÚA, Palhinha L, Abreu GM, Gouvêa LW, Teixeira MR, Mattos FCC, Nogueira Neto JF, Felício RFM, Rosado EL, Zembrzuski VM, Campos Junior M, Maya-Monteiro CM, Cabello PH, Carneiro JRI, Bozza PT, Kohlrausch FB, da Fonseca ACP

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Changes in the functionality of tear film and autorefractometry reading after instillations of artificial tear products of different viscosity by V.V. Brzheskiy, E.L. Efimova, M.A. Kopylova, P.V. Kocharina, A.A. Primak, V.P. Nikolaenko

“…Therefore, autorefractometry should be performed after normalizing tear film volume and stability.</i> </p> <p> <i><b>Keywords</b>: dry eye syndrome, Visionix^®, autorefractometry, tearscopy, the effect of artificial tears on results.…”
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The Importance of Discordant Follicle Stimulating Hormone and Inhibin B Levels in Primary Infertile Men: Findings from a Cross-Sectional Study by Fausto Negri, Luca Boeri, Simone Cilio, Edoardo Pozzi, Federico Belladelli, Christian Corsini, Massimiliano Raffo, Giuseppe Fallara, Eugenio Ventimiglia, Luigi Candela, Alessia d’Arma, Francesco Montorsi, Andrea Salonia

“…Infertile men with discordant values were younger (median [interquartile range] 38.0 years [34–41 years] vs. 36.0 years [31–40 years]); had smaller testicular volume (TV) (12 mL [10–15 mL] vs. 15 mL [12–20 mL]); and, had more frequently a sperm DNA fragmentation test >30% (179 [59.1%] vs. 40 [78.4%]) than those with concordant values (all p<0.05). …”

Effects of Mat Pilates online on the depressive symptoms and quality of life of older people during the COVID-19 pandemic: a randomized controlled clinical trial by Valéria Pires, Camila Miranda, Bruna Sacchi, Jonas Casagranda Zanella, Mariana de Souza Strehl, Amanda Sgarioni, Cláudia Gomes Bracht, Thaís Reichert, Ana Carolina Kanitz

“…In the main part, the Basic Mat Pilates sequence was performed with progressions in the intensity, volume, and complexity of the exercises. The CG received a booklet with guidance on exercising without supervision and weekly health education lectures. …”
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The impact of preliminary patient hydration on physiological [18F]PSMA-1007 uptake in the urinary bladder on PET/CT by T. L. Antonevskaya, A. I. Khalimon, O. V. Mukhortova, M. M. Khodzhibekova, A. I. Nikiforuk, D. D. Zubkov, G. F. Khamadeeva, D. Yu. Khodakova, T. N. Lazutina, I. V. Pylova, A. V. Leontyev, I. P. Aslanidi

“…All patients were divided into two groups: the group with hydration (n = 95, 53 %), which included the subgroups of patients with oral (n = 76, 80 %) and intravenous (n = 19, 20 %) routes of hydration, and the control group with no hydration (n = 85, 47 %). [18F]PSMA‑1007 uptake in the urinary bladder was quantified using SUVmean (Mean Standardized Uptake value), measured within a spherical VOI with a fixed volume of 2.5 cm3 delineating the bladder boundaries. …”
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The Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Health and Health Care Experience in Those With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome by Sydora BC, Wilke MS, Ghosh M, Vine DF

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High SUVs Have More Robust Repeatability in Patients with Metastatic Prostate Cancer: Results from a Prospective Test-Retest Cohort Imaged with 18F-DCFPyL by Rudolf A. Werner, Bilêl Habacha, Susanne Lütje, Lena Bundschuh, Takahiro Higuchi, Philipp Hartrampf, Sebastian E. Serfling, Thorsten Derlin, Constantin Lapa, Andreas K. Buck, Markus Essler, Kenneth J. Pienta, Mario A. Eisenberger, Mark C. Markowski, Laura Shinehouse, Rehab AbdAllah, Ali Salavati, Martin A. Lodge, Martin G. Pomper, Michael A. Gorin, Ralph A. Bundschuh, Steven P. Rowe

“…Lesions in the bone, lymph nodes (LN), and other organs were manually segmented on both scans, and uptake parameters were assessed (maximum (SUVmax) and mean (SUVmean) SUVs), PSMA-tumor volume (PSMA-TV), and total lesion PSMA (TL-PSMA, defined as PSMA−TV×SUVmean)). …”
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Marine sponge symbiotic bacterial bioremediation against heavy metal pollutants in tiger prawns; Penaeus monodon culture medium by I. Marzuki, I. Pratama, R. Asaf, A. Athirah, K. Nisaa, N. Nurbaya, M. Muslimin, N. Nurhidayah, S. Suwardi, A. Sahrijanna, K. Kamaruddin

“…BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: The quality and production volume of the cultivation of tiger prawn Penaeus monodon have decreased considerably in the last two decades. …”
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Rapid assessment of the osteogenic capacity of hydroxyapatite/aragonite using a murine tibial periosteal ossification model by Emma Steijvers, Yunshong Shi, Hong Lu, Weixin Zhang, Yitian Zhang, Feihu Zhao, Baichuan Wang, Louise Hughes, Jake E. Barralet, Giulia Degli-Alessandrini, Igor Kraev, Richard Johnston, Zengwu Shao, Frank H. Ebetino, James T. Triffitt, R. Graham G. Russell, Davide Deganello, Xu Cao, Zhidao Xia

“…Rapid intramembranous bone formation was observed at 14 days, with 4- to 8-fold increases in bone thickness and callus volume in comparison with sham-operated animals (p < 0.0001), followed by bone remodelling and a new layer of cortical bone formation by 28 days after implantation. …”
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