Prevalence and distribution of hypertension and related risk factors in Jilin Province, China 2015: a cross-sectional study by Bin Liu, Wei Sun, Junduo Wu, Tianyi Li, Xianjing Song, Yangyu Zhang, Yingyu Liu, Longbo Li, Yunpeng Yu, Yihang Liu, Chao Qi

“…The modifiable factors that were associated with hypertension were body mass index, smoking and alcohol drinking. …”
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2024 Acknowledgment of mSphere Ad Hoc Reviewers by Michael J. Imperiale

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A Modified Newmark Methodology for Permanent Deformation Analysis of Rock-Fill Dams by Hongjun Li, Hong Zhong, Zuwen Yan, Jianming Zhao

“…Significant progress has been made to alleviate its deficiencies and overcome its simplifying assumptions, but some aspects such as the cyclic shear strength and time history vertical acceleration in the Newmark sliding displacement analysis are seldom considered strictly. …”
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Pathological variants in HPV-independent vulvar tumours by Sanja A. Farkas, Alvida Qvick, Gisela Helenius, Gabriella Lillsunde-Larsson

“…The Oncomine™ Comprehensive Assay v3 was used to detect variants across 161 different tumor relevant genes. …”
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Effect of Locally Delivered Melatonin as an Adjunct to Nonsurgical Therapy on GCF Antioxidant Capacity and MMP-9 in Stage II Periodontitis Patients: A Randomized Controlled Clinica... by Enji Ahmed, Olfat G. Shaker, Nermin Yussif, Dalia M. Ghalwash

“…Two sites in each patient were randomly assigned; test sites were treated by nonsurgical therapy followed by intrapocket application of 5% melatonin gel. …”
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Fracture of the Fabella: A Rare Injury in Knee Trauma by Andre Rodrigues Façanha Barreto, Francisco Abaete Chagas-Neto, Michel Daoud Crema, Mario Muller Lorenzato, Mariana Tiemi Teixeira Kobayashi, Carlos Ribeiro Monteiro, Marcello Henrique Nogueira-Barbosa

“…The fabellar fracture was confirmed on plain films, which prompted further evaluation of the knee with ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging to evaluate other possible associated injuries. Fracture of the fabella is a rare condition. …”
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EDUCATIONAL WORK AS A FACTOR PROMOTING DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL AND CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT AT THE UNIVERSITY by Marina A. Zamuraeva

“…The article presents the main approaches to the organization of pedagogic activities at the university; highlights the basic aspects of the competence approach and its realization at NNGASU. …”
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Life stage hypothesis modeling determines insect vulnerability during developmental life stages to climate extremes by J. Simone Durney, Diane M. Debinski, Stephen F. Matter

“…Life stage hypothesis modeling was used to assess the effects of multiple temperature and precipitation metrics on the population growth rate of a Parnassius clodius butterfly population from 2009 to 2018. …”
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Super-Refractory Status Epilepticus Treated with High Dose Perampanel: Case Series and Review of the Literature by Christopher R. Newey, Naresh Mullaguri, Stephen Hantus, Vineet Punia, Pravin George

“…A larger, prospective study is needed to further assess this therapy.…”
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Mannitol and the blood-labyrinth barrier by Trung N. Le, Brian W. Blakley

“…Our goal was to simultaneously assess the pharmacokinetics of gentamicin in each of three different fluid samples in the same animal. …”
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Socialinės rizikos paauglių orumo palaikymas socialinio darbuotojo veiklos praktikoje by Akvilė Virbalienė

“…Šioje veikloje žmogiškasis aspektas tampa pats socialinis darbuotojas, nuo jo įdėtų galių ir asmenybės kilnumo priklauso socialinės rizikos paauglių pastangos ,,grįžti" į visuomenę, taip pajausti savo vertę bei atstatyti žmogiškąjį orumą. …”
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Optimized Extraction of Resveratrol from Arachis repens Handro by Ultrasound and Microwave: A Correlation Study with the Antioxidant Properties and Phenol Contents by Leonardo Garcia, Renata Garcia, Georgia Pacheco, Felipe Sutili, Rodrigo De Souza, Elisabeth Mansur, Ivana Leal

“…We compared the efficiency of three different methodologies (conventional maceration [CM], ultrasound-assisted extractions [UAE], and microwave-assisted extractions [MAE]) concerning total phenolics (TP) and resveratrol (t-RSV) content, followed by antioxidant activity (AA) evaluation. …”
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« Penser base-ball » by Peter Marquis

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Effect of transcranial direct current stimulation on postoperative sleep disturbance in older patients undergoing lower limb major arthroplasty: a prospective, double-blind, pilot,... by Chunyan Li, Jie Yang, He Liu, Wen Tan, Song Zhang, Hongxing Zhang, Yuan Han, Mingshu Tao, Rongguang Liu, Jiaxing Fang, Dexian Chen, Qi Wei, Xingyu Xiong, Wenxin Zhao, Junli Cao

“…Background Postoperative sleep disturbance (PSD) is a common and serious postoperative complication and is associated with poor postoperative outcomes.Aims This study aimed to investigate the effect of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) on PSD in older patients undergoing lower limb major arthroplasty.Methods In this prospective, double-blind, pilot, randomised, sham-controlled trial, patients 65 years and over undergoing lower limb major arthroplasty were randomly assigned to receive active tDCS (a-tDCS) or sham tDCS (s-tDCS). …”
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UAP (YAYINLARIN MİLLETLERARASI EDİNİLEBİLİRLİĞİ) ’NİN TEMELLERİ by Stephen Vickers

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A gut-derived Streptococcus salivarius produces the novel nisin variant designated nisin G and inhibits Fusobacterium nucleatum in a model of the human distal colon microbiome by Garreth W. Lawrence, Enriqueta Garcia-Gutierrez, A. Kate O’Mahony, Calum J. Walsh, Paula M. O'Connor, Máire Begley, Caitriona M. Guinane, Paul D. Cotter

“…The structural nisin G peptide differs from the prototypical nisin A with respect to seven amino acids (Ile4Tyr, Ala15Val, Gly18Ala, Asn20His, Met21Leu, His27Asn, and His31Ile), including differences that have not previously been associated with a natural nisin variant. …”
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NUMERICAL STUDY OF THERMAL SCHEMES OF THERMAL POWER PLANTS FULFILLED WITH THE АID OF THEIR TOPOLOGICAL MODELS by V. N. Romaniuk, A. A. Bobich

“…Further improvement of natural gas usage in power industry is associated with transition to the combined-cycle gas technology, primarily at combined heat and power plants (CHP). …”
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Clinical Correlations of Novel Autoantibodies in Patients with Dry Eye by Sezen Karakus, Alan N. Baer, Esen K. Akpek

“…Of those, 2 (2/11, 18%) had negative traditional serology and had to undergo minor salivary gland biopsy for definitive diagnosis. Anti-CA6 was associated with increased corneal and conjunctival staining after adjusting for age, sex, and other serologic markers (HR=1.5, 95% CI=1.20-1.97, and p=0.009 and HR=1.4, 95% CI=1.04-1.76, and p=0.02, respectively). …”
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Effects of water stably-enriched with oxygen as a novel method of tissue oxygenation on mitochondrial function, and as adjuvant therapy for type 2 diabetes in a randomized placebo-... by Joan Khoo, Christoph E Hagemeyer, Darren C Henstridge, Sumukh Kumble, Ting-Yi Wang, Rong Xu, Linsey Gani, Thomas King, Shui-Boon Soh, Troy Puar, Vanessa Au, Eberta Tan, Tunn-Lin Tay, Carmen Kam, Eng-Kiong Teo

“…<h4>Background</h4>Diabetes mellitus is associated with inadequate delivery of oxygen to tissues. …”
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Canopy structural heterogeneity drives α and β species–genetic diversity correlations in a Chinese subtropical forest by Zhiliang Yao, Xia Pan, Xin Yang, Xiaona Shao, Bin Wang, Yun Deng, Zhiming Zhang, Qiaoming Li, Luxiang Lin

“…For this purpose, we used neutral molecular markers to assess genetic variation in almost all adult individuals of the dominant tree species, Lithocarpus xylocarpus, across plots in the Ailaoshan National Natural Reserve. …”
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