Longitudinal patterns of physical activity, sedentary behavior, and sleep lifestyle in a representative sample of the Egyptian population 50 years and older: a cross-sectional stud... by Yasser El Miedany, Israa Qutob, Nada Elkastawy, Hager Abdelaziz, Israa Hanafy, Aseel Elkhouly, Gena Hany, Abdelrahman Maan, Hossam Ghorab, Walaa Elwakil

“…Older adults should do varied multicomponent physical activity at moderate or greater intensity on 3 or more days a week in order to enhance functional capacity, prevent falls, and ensure high-quality sleep. …”
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Digital Isolation and Dementia Risk in Older Adults: Longitudinal Cohort Study by Cheng Deng, Na Shen, Guangzhou Li, Ke Zhang, Shijun Yang

“… BackgroundDementia poses a significant global health challenge, characterized by progressive cognitive decline and functional impairment. With the aging global population, dementia prevalence is projected to surge, reaching an estimated 153 million cases by 2050. …”
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Non-surgical treatment of cervical radiculopathy in outpatient settings. Case report by Aleksei I. Isaikin, Ekaterina K. Kerimova, Kinan Mouki

“…When assessing radicular compression, neuroimaging data should be interpreted only in the context of clinical presentation. …”
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Mineral composition in mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis and clam Tapes decussatus from Faro Lake of Messina: risk assessment for human health by Fabio Bruno, Vincenzo Nava, Sebastiano Zappalà, Giovanna Lucrezia Costa, Francesco Fazio, Vincenzo Parrino, Patrizia Licata

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Peripapillary microperimetry and optical coherence tomography angiography in patients with optic disc edema by Ghada A. Nassar, Ayman G. ElNahry, Mohammad R. AbouelFotouh, Aliaa A. Farag

“…The different groups were compared with analysis of all data. The correlation between various parameters of OCTA and peripapillary microperimetry was evaluated. …”
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Experimental Study on Foam Stability in Tailwater Discharge from Coastal Power Plants in Marine Environments by Da Liu, Hui Lin, Xiangju Cheng, Lubin Sun, Lei Guo, Changhong Hong

“…This device was used to replicate foam scenarios typical of coastal power plant tailwater discharge to analyze the effects of temperature and algal concentration on foam stability through comprehensive data collection and analysis across various operational conditions. …”
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Association between resolved hepatitis B virus infection and depression in American adults : a cross-sectional study by Zihan Qin, Yizhuo Liu, Yifei Liu, Anqi Yang, Ruoyi Zhang, Kun Zhang, Shutian Zhang

“…This study aims to investigate the association between resolved HBV infection and depression. A cross-sectional analysis was conducted using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data from 2005 to 2018, including 20,655 adult Americans. …”
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Features of right lobe liver transplantation from living related donor by O. H. Kotenko, A. A. Minich

“…Adequate venous outflow with sufficient volume of right lobe liver graft determines the functional graft mass.…”
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Applicability of the adjusted morbidity groups algorithm for healthcare programming: results of a pilot study in Italy by Roberta Papa, Francesco Balducci, Giulia Franceschini, Marco Pompili, Marco De Marco, Josep Roca, Rubèn González-Colom, David Monterde

“…Their full adoption being limited by technical, functional, and economical factors. This study aims to apply the Adjusted Morbidity Groups (AMG) algorithm in the context of an Italian Region, and evaluate its performance to support decision-making processes in healthcare programming. …”
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Multi-omics integration and machine learning uncover molecular basal-like subtype of pancreatic cancer and implicate A2ML1 in promoting tumor epithelial-mesenchymal transition by Jiachen Ge, Jianping Cai, Gaolei Zhang, Deyu Li, Lianyuan Tao

“…We subsequently conducted functional experiments to elucidate the mechanism of A2ML1 in promoting PC progression. …”
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Prevalence of frailty in patients with non-cirrhotic non-alcoholic fatty liver disease by Damien Ferguson, Suzanne Norris, Marie McGrath, Philip O'Gorman, Sara Naimimohasses, Emma McCormick, Ann Monaghan, Mark W Robinson, John Gormley

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of frailty and prefrailty in patients with non-cirrhotic NAFLD and correlate with severity of liver disease.Design A cross-sectional analysis of functional and laboratory frailty assessments, including the Fried frailty index (FFI), a self-reported frailty index (SRFI) and a lab-based frailty index (FI-LAB), was performed in a cohort of 109 patients with NAFLD, and results compared with fibrosis staging based on transient elastography.Results Patients with NAFLD had a high prevalence of prefrailty and frailty, with a median SRFI score of 0.18 (IQR: 0.18), FFI of 1 (IQR: 1) and FI-LAB of 0.18 (IQR: 0.12). …”
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Prevalence and burden of osteoarthritis amongst older people in Colombia: Results from national survey of health, wellbeing, and aging (SABE Colombia) by Fernando Gomez, Gustavo Duque, Carmen-Lucia Curcio, Laura Cano, David Osorio, Sebastian Rios

“…Methods: Logistic regression was used to determine associations between the presence of OA and a range of sociodemographic, health-related, functional, biomarkers, and social/environmental variables. …”
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INDAPAMIDE EFFECTS ON FREE OXYGEN RADICALS PRODUCED BY BLOOD PHAGOCYTES IN PATIENTS WITH HEART FAILURE by E. I. Astashkin, M. G. Glezer, E. A. Petrov, I. N. Sokolov

“…Antioxidant activity of Ind was studied in the cell-free medium generating hydroxyl radicals. Statistical analysis of the data was performed with the use of SigmaPlot software. …”
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Intravitreal bevacizumab for neovascular age-related macular degeneration by Junn R. Pajarillo, MD, Harvey S. Uy,MD, Milagros H. Arroyo MD, MPH

“…Conclusion: This study supported the growing body of evidence that intravitreal injections of bevacizumab 1.25 mg result in short-term anatomical as well as functional improvement with minimal adverse events in patients with neovascular ARMD.…”
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Expression patterns of protein kinases correlate with gene architecture and evolutionary rates. by Aleksey Y Ogurtsov, Leonardo Mariño-Ramírez, Gibbes R Johnson, David Landsman, Svetlana A Shabalina, Nikolay A Spiridonov

“…<h4>Conclusions/significance</h4>PK genomic architecture, the size of gene functional domains and evolutionary rates correlate with the pattern of gene expression. …”
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Prevalence of the variations in the tendons of the extensor digitorum communis among the Burmese population by Than Than Win, Zaw Myo Hein, Muhammad Danial Che Ramli, Soe Lwin, Tin Moe Nwe

“…The high incidence of asymmetrical patterns may alter functional and biomechanical results. Further investigation with advanced imaging techniques and samples of larger sizes is recommended regarding clinical implications.…”
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Navigating pressure and connection: goal orientation, coach-athlete relationships, and burnout among Chinese collegiate athletes—a mixed-methods study by Le Wang, Hongye Lian

“…Qualitative themes elaborated on these findings, highlighting how performance pressures were associated with goal orientation (e.g., ego orientation linked to cynicism via perceived system barriers) and the importance of specific functional CAR aspects (e.g., complementarity fostering competence, closeness associated with buffering life stress). …”
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Modified posterior vertebral column resection for extremely severe post-tubercular kyphosis in adults: a two-year follow-up by Jingyu Wang, Xiaohui Wang, Xueying Zhang, Hua Hui, Dingjun Hao

“…Methods A retrospective analysis was conducted on data from 22 patients with severe PTK who underwent surgical treatment. …”
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Comparing the Effects of a Series of Ischaemic Compression Therapy and Muscle Energy Techniques on Pain Threshold and Muscle Tension in People with Upper Crossed Syndrome by Dawid Janczarzyk, Krzysztof Jamka, Edyta Mikołajczyk, Bartosz Zając

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Multi-platform metagenomic characterization of the microbial community during spontaneous cacao fermentation by Joel Tigrero-Vaca, Mirian Villavicencio-Vásquez, Jonathan Coronel, Juan Manuel Cevallos-Cevallos

“…The three methods were consistent in detecting the major yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae), lactic acid bacteria (Lactiplantibacillus plantarum, Leuconostoc pseudomesenteroides, Levilactobacillus brevis, Liquorilactobacillus mali, and Lentilactobacillus hilgardii) and acetic acid bacteria (Acetobacter pasteurianus) species during fermentation. Functional analysis based on a hybrid assembly of Illumina and MinION data revealed the roles of lactic acid bacteria and acetic acid bacteria in the metabolism of carbohydrates, amino acids, and secondary metabolites such as polyphenols and theobromine. …”
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