OLED Fabrication by Using a Novel Planar Evaporation Technique by Fu-Ching Tung, Yi-Shan Wang, Shih-Hsiang Lai, Chien-Chih Chen, Szu-Hao Chen, Ching-Chiun Wang, Jwo-Huei Jou, Sun-Zen Chen

“…Organic light-emitting diode fabrication is suffering from extremely high material wasting during deposition especially using a typical point or even line source. …”
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ROUNDS Studies: Relation of OUtcomes with Nutrition Despite Severity—Round One: Ultrasound Muscle Measurements in Critically Ill Adult Patients by Carlos Alfredo Galindo Martín, Reyna del Carmen Ubeda Zelaya, Enrique Monares Zepeda, Octavio Augusto Lescas Méndez

“…Malnutrition (undernutrition) encompasses low intake or uptake, loss of fat mass, and muscle wasting and is associated with worse outcomes. Ultrasound has been introduced in the intensive care unit as a tool to assess muscle mass. …”
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Barriers to medication administration error reporting in a tertiary hospital in Lebanon by Remy Daou, Diala Mehanna, Najwa El Gerges, Marianne Chalhoub

“…Anonymous error reporting, fostering a culture of transparency and adopting a non-punitive reporting system are approaches that can be implemented for optimal performance improvement, enhanced safety and healthcare quality and reduced wasting of the hospitals’ financial resources.…”
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Slope stability and surface displacement analysis of the Kuther Landslide in the Dehar Watershed, Himachal Himalaya, Northern India by Arun Kumar, Shashi Kant Rai, Imran Khan, Manthena Prashanth, Sunil Dhar, Omkar Verma

“…Population growth and expanding road construction have caused slope destabilization, mass wasting, and movement across the Himalayan terrain. …”
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Project Monitoring and Evaluation in the Sustainability of Donor-Funded Potato Projects in Kabale District, Uganda by Turyasingura, John Bosco, Moses, Agaba, Meza, Orach, Zombeire, Regis, Kyabarongo, Benon

“…  The essence of potato project monitoring and evaluation in the sustainability of donor-funded potato projects in Kabale District is to increase knowledge and improve the livelihoods of potato farmers without wasting donors’ resources after donor exit.  It was found out that, there is the participation of potato project farmers in monitoring and evaluation with vital for the sustainability of donor-funded potato projects in Kabale District Background: This study was set to determine the effect of project monitoring and evaluation on the implementation of funded potato projects in the Kabale District. …”
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Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, a Multisystem Pathology: Insights into the Role of TNFα by Massimo Tortarolo, Daniele Lo Coco, Pietro Veglianese, Antonio Vallarola, Maria Teresa Giordana, Gabriella Marcon, Ettore Beghi, Marco Poloni, Michael J. Strong, Anand M. Iyer, Eleonora Aronica, Caterina Bendotti

“…In addition, TNFα is considered a procachectic factor with a direct catabolic effect on skeletal muscles, causing wasting. We review and discuss the role of TNFα in ALS in the light of its multisystem nature.…”
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Fragrant olive (Osmanthus fragrans Lour.) flower extract attenuates dexamethasone-induced muscle atrophy through stimulation of PI3K/Akt pathway in C2C12 myotubes and C57BL/6 mice by Taeuk Kim, Seungok Lee, Sein Lee, Hyejung Han, Chul-Hong Kim, Dong-Woo Lee, Jae-Kwan Hwang

“…Maintaining protein homeostasis is crucial to prevent muscle wasting caused by an imbalance between muscle protein synthesis and degradation. …”
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Winging of Scapula due to a Sinister Etiology by Shania Niromi Gunasekera, Priyanka Yogananda, Harindra Karunatilaka, Bimsara Senanayake

“…On examination, winging of scapula on the right side was noted with wasting and fasciculation involving the ipsilateral shoulder girdle. …”
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Impact of nutritional status and pulmonary function on short- and long-term overall survival in hemodialysis patients. by Özge Aydın Güçlü, Hasim Atakan Erol, Nilüfer Aylin Acet Öztürk, Asli Gorek Dilektasli, Funda Coskun, Abdulmecid Yıldız, Mehmet Karadag

“…<h4>Background</h4>End-stage renal disease (ESRD) patients frequently experience protein-energy wasting (PEW), which increases their morbidity and mortality rates.…”
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Detection and Genetic Analysis of Porcine Bocavirus in Different Swine Herds in North Central China by Mengmeng Liu, Yi Li, Dong Sun, Yihe Xia, Jinhai Huang, Lili Guo

“…Porcine Bocavirus (PBoV) has been reported to be associated with postweaning multisystemic wasting syndrome and pneumonia in pigs. In this study, a survey was conducted to evaluate the prevalence of PBoV in slaughter pigs, sick pigs, asymptomatic pigs and classical swine fever virus (CSFV) eradication plan herds in five provinces of China (Henan, Liaoning, Shandong, Hebei and Tianjin) by means of PCR targeting NS1 gene of PBoV. …”
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Prevalence of appropriate feeding practices and nutritional status among infant and young children aged 0–23 Months attending public hospitals in Harar town, eastern Ethiopia, 2024... by Samuel Demissie Darcho, Feyisa Shasho Bayisa, Teshome Demis Nimani

“…The study results also showed that the prevalence of severe undernutrition, stunting, wasting, and severe acute malnutrition was 14.4 % (95 % CI: 9.7, 19.4), 20.4 % (95 % CI: 15.3, 25.9), 13.9 % (95 % CI:10.2,19.0), and 13.9 % (95 % CI:2.3, 7.9), respectively. …”
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CCR9 Antagonists in the Treatment of Ulcerative Colitis by Pirow Bekker, Karen Ebsworth, Matthew J. Walters, Robert D. Berahovich, Linda S. Ertl, Trevor T. Charvat, Sreenivas Punna, Jay P. Powers, James J. Campbell, Timothy J. Sullivan, Juan C. Jaen, Thomas J. Schall

“…In the mdr1a−/− mice, CCR9 antagonists significantly decreased the extent of wasting and colonic remodeling and reduced the levels of inflammatory cytokines in the colon. …”
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Isolated p.H62L Mutation in the CYP21A2 Gene in a Simple Virilizing 21-Hydroxylase Deficient Patient by Melisa Taboas, Cecilia Fernández, Susana Belli, Noemi Buzzalino, Liliana Alba, Liliana Dain

“…This autosomal recessive disorder has a broad spectrum of clinical forms, ranging from severe or classical, which includes the salt-wasting and simple virilizing forms, to the mild late onset or nonclassical form. …”
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Serum fatty acid-binding protein 3 levels differentiate active from inactive myositis and correlate with response to therapy by Latika Gupta, Sanjukta Majumder, Amita Aggarwal, Ramnath Misra, Able Lawrence

“…Background: Delay in the diagnosis of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies (IIMs) and resultant muscle wasting leads to a setting, wherein conventional biomarkers fail to identify inflammation amid damage. …”
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Tele-rehabilitation for children with physical disabilities: qualitative exploration of challenges in Iran by Mahta Alsadat Aarabi, Kianoush Abdi, Farin Soleimani

“…This approach has been used more recently and overcomes the limitations of conventional rehabilitation, which involves wasting time, traveling distance, and cost. The purpose of this study is to examine the challenges of telerehabilitation for children with physical disabilities such as cerebral palsy and developmental delay. …”
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GB18-06, a nanobody targeting GDF15, effectively alleviates weight loss and restores physical function in cachexia models by Yu Huang, Jinyong Wang, Xiling Wei, Hui Zhang, Wei Shang, Xiangling Zhang, Lanjiao Zhai, Xi Chen, Huiming Li, Suofu Qin

“…Cachexia is a complicated metabolic syndrome mainly associated with cancers, characterized by extreme weight loss and muscle wasting. It is a debilitating condition that negatively affects prognosis and survival. …”
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Post-operative Rehabilitation for Scapular Muscle Reattachment: A Case Report by Wendy Burke, W Ben Kibler, Tim L Uhl

“…The slow recovery is due to three issues 1) the prolonged time from injury to diagnosis created significant muscle wasting and muscular imbalance of surrounding tissues, 2) once this tissue was repaired it requires months of protection to recover, 3) the involved scapulothoracic muscle have to regain adequate strength as the foundation for upper extremity functions…”
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Recovery time and predictors of severe acute malnutrition in children aged 6-59 months via an outpatient therapeutic program in Borena zone: A prospective cohort study. by Girma Tenkolu Bune, Abuna Mohammed, Samrawit Hailu, Eden Ashenafi

“…<h4>Background</h4>Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) is a severe condition causing bilateral pitting edema or signs of wasting in children, with a high mortality risk. An outpatient therapeutic program is recommended for managing SAM children without complications, but there is limited information on recovery time and its determinants.…”
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β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate-enriched nutritional supplements for obese adults during weight loss: study protocol of a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial by Ming Yang, Xiaofan Jing, Yuxiang Liang, Renjie Wang, Hongbo Fu, Jiaojiao Jiang

“…To maintain a healthy weight, dieting and lifestyle changes are the first-line interventions; however, these interventions are of poor compliance and may cause body composition changes, mainly skeletal muscle wasting (sarcopenia). Dietary supplements for improving body composition while inducing weight loss are therefore needed. β-hydroxy-β-methylbutyrate (HMB) has been proven to be effective for improving muscle mass and muscle strength in athletes, older adults and patients with cancer. …”
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Food Insecurity and Not Dietary Diversity Is a Predictor of Nutrition Status in Children within Semiarid Agro-Ecological Zones in Eastern Kenya by Zipporah N. Bukania, Moses Mwangi, Robert M. Karanja, Richard Mutisya, Yeri Kombe, Lydia U. Kaduka, Timothy Johns

“…No significant difference (P>0.05) was observed in food security and dietary diversity score (DDS) between LM4 and LM5. Stunting, wasting, and underweight levels among children in LM4 and LM5 were comparable as were BMI scores among women. …”
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