Elevated risk of possible sarcopenia and weak muscle strength with higher dietary inflammatory index in Iranian breast cancer survivors: a cross-sectional study by Kianaz Shirinyfard Pilehrood, Gholamreza Askari, Mehran Sharifi, Mehdi Kargarfard, Sahar Saraf-Bank

“…Abstract Background Increased levels of inflammation in cancer patients and survivors can make them more prone to muscle wasting and sarcopenia. Diet can be an appropriate treatment for alleviating patient complications. …”
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Budgeting Practices and Performance of Town Councils in Uganda: A Case Study of Muhanga Town Council. by Kembabazi, Primah

“…The study recommended that zero-based budgets should be the only one to use at Muhanga town council without wasting time on other types since they rotate through all the levels of the organization and enhance service delivery, all heads of departments at Muhanga town council should get involved in budget execution in enhancing the overall budget implementation and the budgeting systems of Muhanga town council need to be supported in order to ensure prudent management of funds by use of better budgeting management practices to provide timely and quality service delivery. …”
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Spontaneous Physical Activity Downregulates Pax7 in Cancer Cachexia by Dario Coletti, Paola Aulino, Eva Pigna, Fabio Barteri, Viviana Moresi, Daniela Annibali, Sergio Adamo, Emanuele Berardi

“…However, the mechanism by which a moderate voluntary exercise ameliorates muscle wasting is not fully elucidated. To verify if physical activity affects Pax7 expression, we hosted control and C26-bearing mice in wheel-equipped cages and we found that voluntary wheel running downregulated Pax7 expression in muscles from tumor-bearing mice. …”
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Prevalence and Severity of Dental Attrition in a Sample of Kurdish Patients in Erbil City by Rebaz Samir Ismail, Lana Burhan Ali, Reem Zeyad Naja, Iman Haider Mustafa, Anas Jamal Rashid, Trifa Sardar Adnan, Rupak Othman Saad, Yousif Hawar Mawlood

“…Tooth attrition is a non-caries lesion worn off the tooth's incisal and occlusal surface and belongs to the wasting disease group. This study aims to determine the prevalence and severity of tooth attrition concerning gender, age groups, and tooth-grinding habits in a sample of Kurdish patients in Erbil. …”
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Protocol for a systematic review on routine use of antibiotics for infants less than 6 months of age with growth failure/faltering by Jai K Das, Zulfiqar Ahmed Bhutta, Abigail Smith, Aamer Imdad, Emily Tanner-Smith, Melissa François, Fanny F Chen, Olivia J Tsistinas

“…The WHO recently started guideline development for preventing and treating wasting, including growth failure/faltering in infants less than 6 months. …”
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Unravelling the transcriptomic symphony of muscle ageing: key pathways and hub genes altered by ageing and caloric restriction in rat muscle revealed by RNA sequencing by Gulam Altab, Brian J. Merry, Charles W. Beckett, Priyanka Raina, Inês Lopes, Katarzyna Goljanek-Whysall, João Pedro de Magalhães

“…Abstract Age-related muscle wasting, sarcopenia is an extensive loss of muscle mass and strength with age and a major cause of disability and accidents in the elderly. …”
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High-Intensity Interval Training Improves Physical Function, Prevents Muscle Loss, and Modulates Macrophage-Mediated Inflammation in Skeletal Muscle of Cerebral Ischemic Mice by Lu Luo, Meixi Liu, Hongyu Xie, Yunhui Fan, Jingjun Zhang, Li Liu, Yun Li, Qiqi Zhang, Junfa Wu, Congyu Jiang, Yi Wu

“…It is expected that these data will provide novel insights into the mechanisms and potential targets underlying muscle wasting in stroke.…”
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Prevalence and Determinants of Undernutrition among 6- to 59-Months-Old Children in Lowland and Highland Areas in Kilosa District, Tanzania: A Cross-Sectional Study by Jackline D. Mrema, Ester Elisaria, Akwilina W. Mwanri, Cornelio M. Nyaruhucha

“…Prevalence of stunting, underweight, and wasting was 41.0%, 11.5%, and 2.5% in lowland and 64.5%, 22.0%, and 1.4% in highland areas, respectively. …”
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Learnings from COVID-19 Forced Lockdown on Regional Air Quality and Mitigation Potential for South Asia by Abhishek Upadhyay, Parth Sarathi Mahapatra, Praveen Kumar Singh, Sishir Dahal, Suresh Pokhrel, Amit Bhujel, Indu Bikram Joshi, Shankar Prasad Paudel, Siva Praveen Puppala, Bhupesh Adhikary

“…Without this deeper understanding, mitigation strategies cannot be effectively targeted, wasting limited resources as well as risking unintended consequences both for the atmosphere and how mitigation action is perceived by the wider public.…”
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Hamstring vs Peroneus Longus Tendon Autograft in Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction: A Comparative Study by Khadri M Khalid, Adarsh Vajrangi, Eswara Reddy, Nagesh Sherikar, Rakshith Chakravarthy Harish Yellappa, Ranganatha B Kurupati

“…The HT group showed a significant wasting of the quadriceps when compared to the PLT group. …”
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Nationwide carrier screening for congenital adrenal hyperplasia: integrated approach of CYP21A2 pathogenic variant genotyping and comprehensive large gene deletion analysis by Yossawat Suwanlikit, Bhakbhoom Panthan, Pawares Chitayanan, Sommon Klumsathian, Angkana Charoenyingwattana, Wasun Chantratita, Objoon Trachoo

“…The disorder exhibits variable clinical severity, with the classical form manifesting as salt-wasting crisis in neonates, while inducing ambiguous genitalia in females and precocious puberty in males through simple virilization. …”
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Identifying key signs of motor neurone disease in primary care: a nested case–control study using the QResearch database by Aleksandar Radunović, Carol Coupland, Julia Hippisley-Cox, Christopher J McDermott, Tom A Ranger, Judith Burchardt, Xue W Mei

“…Among those from the Red Flag tool, dysarthria had the strongest association with subsequent MND (adjusted OR (aOR): 43.2 (95% CI 36.0 to 52.0)) followed by muscle fasciculations (aOR: 40.2 (95% CI 25.6 to 63.1)) and muscle wasting (aOR: 31.0 (95% CI 19.5 to 49.4)). Additionally, the associations between MND diagnosis and family history, dropped foot, focal weakness and sialorrhoea remained robust after controlling for confounders. …”
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Machine Learning for Movement Pattern Changes during Kinect-Based Mixed Reality Exercise Programs in Women with Possible Sarcopenia: Pilot Study by Yunho Sung, Ji-won Seo, Byunggul Lim, Shu Jiang, Xinxing Li, Parivash Jamrasi, So Young Ahn, Seohyun Ahn, Yuseon Kang, Hyejung Shin, Donghyun Kim, Dong Hyun Yoon, Wook Song

“…Background Sarcopenia is a muscle-wasting condition that affects older individuals. …”
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The effect of L-carnitine supplementation on anthropometric and malnutrition status in acute ischemic stroke patients: a triple-blinded randomized clinical trial by Samaneh Hajjarzadeh, Mehdi Zarei, Shahram Rafie, Davood Shalilahmadi, Majid Karandish

“…Conclusions Early L-carnitine supplementation effectively improves anthropometric indices and malnutrition, muscle wasting, and rapid weight loss in acute ischemic stroke patients, highlighting its potential as a supportive nutritional therapy during stroke rehabilitation. …”
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Factors Leading to Malnutrition in Children Under Five Years in Nyamwamba Division, Kasese Municipality, Kasese District. by Kabugho, Mary Consolata

“…Findings show that 18(104) were wasted and 13 (104) were severely wasted. The highest prevalence of wasting was observed in children aged 24-35 months where 23 (104) and 8 (104) children were wasted and severely wasted respectively. …”
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Comparison of growth models to describe growth from birth to 6 years in a Beninese cohort of children with repeated measurements by Achille Massougbodji, Michel Cot, Shukrullah Ahmadi, Florence Bodeau-Livinec, Roméo Zoumenou, André Garcia, David Courtin, Jules Alao, Nadine Fievet, Jérémie Botton

“…Underweight, stunting and wasting were also estimated at age 6 years.Results The three models were able to fit well both weight and height data. …”
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Developing a ceRNA-based lncRNA-miRNA-mRNA regulatory network to uncover roles in skeletal muscle development by Wang Wenlun, Wang Wenlun, Yu Chaohang, Huang Yan, Li Wenbin, Zhou Nanqing, Hu Qianmin, Wu Shengcai, Yuan Qing, Yu Shirui, Zhang Feng, Zhu Lingyun

“…We identified five candidate lncRNAs (Xist, Gas5, Pvt1, Airn, and Meg3) as potential mediators in these processes and microgravity-induced muscle wasting. Additionally, we created a detailed lncRNA-miRNA-mRNA regulatory network, including interactions such as lncRNA Xist/miR-126/IRS1, lncRNA Xist/miR-486-5p/GAB2, lncRNA Pvt1/miR-148/RAB34, and lncRNA Gas5/miR-455-5p/SOCS3. …”
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Impact of maternal nutritional literacy and feeding practices on the growth outcomes of children (6–23 months) in Gujranwala: a cross-sectional study by Aaiza Tahreem, Allah Rakha, Rimsha Anwar, Roshina Rabail, Cristina Maria Maerescu, Claudia Terezia Socol, Florin Leontin Criste, Gholamreza Abdi, Rana Muhammad Aadil

“…Prevalence of stunting, wasting, underweight and overweight was 19, 9, 12, and 12%, respectively. …”
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Exploring under-five child malnutrition in Bangladesh: Analysis using the Extended Composite Index of Anthropometric Failure (ECIEF) by Farzana Akhter Bornee, Mohammad Rocky Khan Chowdhury, Badrun Naher Siddique, Baki Billah, Farjana Akter, Md Nazmul Karim

“…Malnutrition using ECIAF was estimated using stunting, wasting underweight and overweight. Multilevel logistic regression models identified factors associated with malnutrition. …”
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FGF23-related hypophosphatemia in a patient with small cell lung cancer: a case report and literature review by Hajime Kato, Soichiro Kimura, Maho Taguchi, Takashi Sunouchi, Yoshitomo Hoshino, Naoko Hidaka, Nadia Edvige Foligno, Minae Koga, Katsunori Manaka, Hiroyuki Tamiya, Masanori Kawakami, Hidenori Kage, Yoichi Yasunaga, Masaomi Nangaku, Noriko Makita, Nobuaki Ito

“…This article reviews similar clinical conditions and revealed that advanced states of malignancy seemed to be associated with the development of renal wasting hypophosphatemia, especially in lung cancer and prostate cancer. …”
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