Periprosthetic femoral fractures in minimally-invasive anterolateral short stem versus transgluteal straight stem cementless total hip arthroplasty: What are the differences in the... by Matthias Luger, Sandra Feldler, Manuel Gahleitner, Lorenz Pisecky, Tobias Gotterbarm, Christian Stadler

“…Results A significantly lower distance from the anterior superior iliac spine to the greater trochanter (AGT) was detected in the straight stem group (96.4 vs. 104.8 mm, p = 0.024). All other femoral and pelvic parameters did not differ between both groups. …”
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Topographic and morphometric characterization of the humerii nutrient foramina and their implications for fracture repair and healing by Pedzisai Mazengenya, Palesa Mokoena, Brendon Kurt Billings, Arthur Tsalani Manjatika

“…SAED had a lower mean FI than SAMA (p = 0.002) (effect size = 0.384). The location of NF varied across different populations (p = 0.000), with SAA having more NF located on the anteromedial surface and medial border, and SAED having more NF located on the lateral border (p = 0.000). …”
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The Value of Adrenal Androgens for Correcting Cortisol Lateralization in Adrenal Venous Sampling in Patients with Normal Cortisol Secretion by Wenjing Zhang, Keying Zhu, Hongyun Li, Yan Zhang, Dalong Zhu, Xuebin Zhang, Ping Li

“…The median cortisol gradients between adrenal venous and peripheral venous samples were 15.25 and 10.14 in the right and left sides, respectively, and the cortisol lateralization ratio (high side to low side) was as high as 9.49 (median 1.54). …”
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Genetic Variants of SIRT1 Gene Promoter in Type 2 Diabetes by Shuchao Pang, Zhengjun Zhang, Yu Zhou, Jie Zhang, Bo Yan

“…The frequencies of two SNPs (g.4540A > G (rs3740051) (OR: 1.75, 95% CI: 1.24–2.47, P<0.001 in dominant genetic model) and g.4821G > T (rs35995735)) (OR: 3.58, 95% CI: 1.94–6.60, P<0.001 in dominant genetic model) were significantly higher in T2D patients. …”
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Algorithm and Hardware Design of a Fast Intra Frame Mode Decision Module for H.264/AVC Encoders by Daniel Palomino, Guilherme Corrêa, Cláudio Diniz, Sergio Bampi, Luciano Agostini, Altamiro Susin

“…Compared with the best previous results reported, the implemented architecture achieves a complexity reduction of five times, a processing capability increase of 14 times, and a reduction in the number of clock cycles per MB of 11 times.…”
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Differentially expressed transcript isoforms associate with resistance to tuberculin skin test and interferon gamma release assay conversion. by Jason D Simmons, R Max Segnitz, Kimberly A Dill-McFarland, Catherine M Stein, Glenna J Peterson, Harriet Mayanja-Kizza, W Henry Boom, Thomas R Hawn

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СОВРЕМЕННОЕ СОСТОЯНИЕ РЫНКА ВТОРИЧНЫХ СЫРЬЕВЫХ РЕСУРСОВ МОЛОЧНОЙ ПРОМЫШЛЕННОСТИ by Александр Г. Кручинин, Алана В. Бигаева, Светлана Н. Туровская, Елена Е. Илларионова

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Migratory Dates, Breeding Phenology, and Reproductive Success of European Turtle Doves between Lowlands and Highest Breeding Habitats in North Africa by Ismail Mansouri, Mohamed Mounir, Wafae Squalli, Laila Elhanafi, Mohamed Dakki, Lahsen El Ghadraoui

“…On the other hand, with four breeding seasons and 893 nests (467 at Midelt and 426 at Beni Mellal), average breeding success was 57% of chicks at Midelt compared to 60.15% at Beni Mellal. Moreover, at Midelt, 18.89% of eggs and 10.54% of chicks were predated, while at Beni Mellal 21.80% of eggs and 4.65% of chicks were deserted due to human disturbance. …”
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Atractylenolide I prevents acute liver failure in mouse by regulating M1 macrophage polarization by Hui Zhang, Min Gao, Haiyan Wang, Junfeng Zhang, Lin Wang, Guanjun Dong, Qun Ma, Chunxia Li, Jun Dai, Zhihua Li, Fenglian Yan, Huabao Xiong

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A Multiwavelength Light-curve Analysis of the Classical Nova KT Eri: Optical Contribution from a Large Irradiated Accretion Disk by Izumi Hachisu, Mariko Kato, Frederick M. Walter

“…We determined the white dwarf mass to be M _WD = 1.3 ± 0.02 M _⊙ , the hydrogen-burning turnoff epoch to be ∼240 days after the outburst, the distance modulus in the V band to be ( m − M ) _V = 13.4 ± 0.2, and the distance to KT Eri to be d = 4.2 ± 0.4 kpc for the reddening of E ( B − V ) = 0.08. …”
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Correlation Between Prognostic Nutritional Index and Heart Failure in Adults with Diabetes in the United States: Study Results from NHANES (1999–2016) by Qiyuan Bai, Hao Chen, Zhen Gao, Xuhua Li, Jiapeng Li, Shidong Liu, Bing Song, Cuntao Yu

“…In the fully adjusted model, for each 1-unit increase in PNI, the risk of heart failure decreased by 8.2% (odds ratio (OR), 0.918; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.884, 0.953). Participants in the highest PNI quartile (Q4) had a 63% reduced risk of heart failure compared to those in the lowest quartile (Q1). …”
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Serum Galectin-3 Predicts Mortality in Venoarterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Patients by Jianlong Zhu, Dehui Guo, Liying Liu, Jing Zhong

“…We constructed a combined prediction model with an AUC of 0.884 (p < 0.01). Conclusion. Gal-3 may serve as a prognostic indicator for patients receiving VA-ECMO for cardiogenic shock. …”
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Translation and cultural adaption of MacLeod Clark professional identity scale among Chinese therapy students. by Xiaoyi Shu, Chun Feng, Chak-Lam Ip, Xin Zhang, Nan Yang, Shibo Li, Jia Han, Weibing Wu, Alec Knight

“…<h4>Results</h4>A total of 1054 students participated. Content validity was excellent (I-CVI = 0.86-1.0, S-CVI/Ave = 0.98). …”
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Hydrogen assisted cracking resistance test to evaluate the hydrogen service for 2.25Cr-1Mo-V steel heavy wall hydroprocessing reactors by Akitada YASUTOMI, Yuta HONMA, Mitsuru OHATA

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Isolation and Identification of Lipase-producing Actinobacteria from the Lut Desert of Iran by Samira Abedi-Dolatabadi, Moj Khaleghi, Sedigheh Ghasemzadeh, Azadeh Lohrasbi-Nejad, Arastoo Badoei Delfard

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Development of a Bipolar Radio-frequency Power Supply for Structures of Lossless Ion Manipulations by Qing LIU, Run-ze XU, Yun-jing ZHANG, Ling-feng LI, Peng LI

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Wearable devices may aid the recognition of fluctuation-related pain in Parkinson's disease-An exploratory, cross-sectional analysis of two prospective observational studies. by Katarina Rukavina, Juliet Staunton, Pavlos Zinzalias, Magdalena Krbot Skoric, Kit Wu, Kirsty Bannister, Alexandra Rizos, K Ray Chaudhuri

“…PwP with FRP (n = 23) had longer DD (8.88 (1.29-19.05) vs. 3.16 (0.34-28.92), p = 0.001), higher severity of motor symptoms (H&Y 3 (1-4) vs. 2 (1-4), p = 0.015; SCOPA Motor total score 21.35±10.19 vs. 13.65±8.99, p = 0.003), more dyskinesia (SCOPA Motor Item 18 ≥1 60.9% vs. 7.5%, p<0.001), and worse HRQoL (PDQ-8 Total Score 10.74±5.98 vs. 6.78±5.13, p = 0.007) then PwP without FRP (n = 40). …”
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Sodium-glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitors increase urinary tract infections?—a cross sectional analysis of a nationwide Japanese claims database by Go Anan, Daisuke Kikuchi, Kenji Omae, Takuo Hirose, Kouji Okada, Takefumi Mori

“…We found that the incidence of UTIs was significantly higher among patients with DM than among those without DM (odds ratio (OR), 1.71; 95% confidence interval (CI), 1.69–1.72, for male; OR, 1.90; 95% CI, 1.89–1.92 for female). In contrast, in male patients with DM, the prescription of SGLT2 inhibitors was negatively associated with the likelihood of developing UTIs (OR, 0.74; 95% CI, 0.72–0.75). …”
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Experimental Fracture Model versus Osteotomy Model in Metacarpal Bone Plate Fixation by S. Ochman, T. Vordemvenne, J. Paletta, M. J. Raschke, R. H. Meffert, S. Doht

“…Bones fractured at a mean maximum load of 482.8 N ± 104.8 N with a relative standard deviation (RSD) of 21.7%, mean stiffness was 122.3 ± 35 N/mm. …”
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Calidad de frutos de pitahaya (Selenicereus mega/anthus Haw.) sometidos a diferentes recubrimientos durante el almacenamiento by Javier Giovanni Álvarez-Herrera, Deisi Yohana Burgos-Chinome, Marilcen Jaime-Guerrero

“…Durante la poscosecha, los frutos de pitahaya mostraron un aumento en la intensidad respiratoria (IR) al pasar de 10,48 a 26,35 mg.kg-I.hI de CO2, además, el pH aumentó de 4,I3 a 5,I7, mientras que los los sólidos solubles totales (SST), la acidez total titulable (ATT) y la relación de madurez (RM) disminuyeron, no obstante, la aplicación de cerabrix mantuvo los valores más bajos de sólidos solubles totales (SST). …”
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