Effect of Yanshiqiangxin Decoction on Cardiomyocyte Apoptosis in Heart Failure Rats Based on PI3K/Akt/Caspase-9 Signaling Pathway by ZHU Sixing, YAN Shiyun, XU Yan, QIN Yan, CHEN Liyun, JIA Meijun

“…ObjectiveTo detect the effect of Yanshiqiangxin decoction on apoptosis of cardiomyocytes in rats with heart failure based on PI3K/Akt/Caspase-9 signalling pathway and to explore the possible mechanism of Yanshiqiangxin decoction in the treatment of heart failure.MethodsA total of 60 Wistar male rats were randomly divided into the normal group, the model group, the low dose Yanshiqiangxin decoction group, the medium dose Yanshiqiangxin decoction group,the high dose Yanshiqiangxin decoction group and the Perindopril group according to the random number table method, with 10 cases in each group. …”
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Effect and Mechanism of Swimming Exercise Preconditioning on Neurological Function of Mice with Intracerebral Hemorrhage by LI Yongxu, LIN Libin, LU Taotao, WEI Wei, LIN Zhicheng, XUE Xiehua

“…ObjectiveTo observe the effect of swimming exercise preconditioning on neurological function and expression levels of brain derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), serine-threonine kinase (Akt) and peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ coactivator-1α (PGC-1α) proteins in perihematoma tissues of mice with intracerebral hemorrhage (ICH).MethodsA total of 60 male C57BL/6 mice were randomly divided into sham group, ICH 7 d group, SEP+ICH 7 d group (preconditioning group 1), ICH 14 d group and SEP+ICH 14 d group (preconditioning group 2), with 12 cases in each group. …”
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Comparative analysis of C-Reactive protein levels among Non-comorbid, Comorbid, and Multimorbid Hospitalized COVID-19 patients by Maria Shoukat, Haseeb Khan, Moona Nazish, Abdur Rehman, Sheharyar Raashid, Saad Ahmed, Wajid Munir, Abdulwahed Fahad Alrefaei, Massab Umair, Muhammad Osama Bin Abid, Nasim Akhtar, Wajid Zaman, Malik Badshah

“…Results In this study 618 out of 750 hospitalized COVID-19 patients, of which 62.6% were male and 37.4% were female, the levels of serum CRP were significantly influenced by age and comorbidities. …”
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Gambaran Profil Lipid pada Pasien Sindrom Koroner Akut di Rumah Sakit Khusus Jantung Sumatera Barat Tahun 2011-2012 by Fitri Zahara, Masrul Syafri, Eti Yerizel

“…It showed that ACS patients with high total cholesterol levels are 44 people (44,9%) and normal are 54 people (55,1%), acute coronary syndrome patients with low levels of HDL cholesterol are 63 people (64,3%) and normal are 35 people (35,6%), acute coronary syndrome patients with high levels of LDL cholesterol are 44 people (44,9%) and normal are 54 people (55,1%), acute coronary syndrome patients with high levels of triglyceride are 21 people (21,4%) and normal are 77 people (78,6%), the highest incidence of SKA is STEMI with 51 cases (52%), then NSTEMI with 24 cases (24,5%) and the lowest incidence is unstable angina pectoris with 23 cases (23,5%), most age of the patients of ACS are 40-59 years old, the most gender of ACS are male about 74,5%. Research shows that the number of ACS patients who have a high level of total cholesterol are less than normal, low levels of HDL cholesterol are more than normal, high level of LDL cholesterol are less than normal, high level of triglyceride are less than normal, most incidens of ACS is STEMI then NSTEMI and the lowest is unstable angina pectoris, most age of ACS patients are 40-59 years, and most of gender are men.…”
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Effect of the Iridoid-rich Fraction from <italic>Valeriana jatamansi</italic> Jones on Oxidative Stress in Rats with Spinal Cord Injury by Jiaojuan HUANG, Wenchun WANG, Deqi XIONG, Hao LU, Wu XIANG, Xiaohua ZHAO, Ruihan ZHOU, Anren ZHANG

“…Objective:To investigate the effects of iridoid-rich fraction from <italic>Valeriana jatamansi</italic> Jones on oxidative stress in rats with spinal cord injury(SCI)from the histological and molecular biological levels.Methods:A total of sixty male Sprague-Dawley rats weighing(250±30)g were randomly divided into three groups(20 rats per group):the sham-operated group, the model group, and the treatment group with 10 mg/kg iridoid-rich fraction from <italic>Valeriana jatamansi</italic> Jones. …”
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Effect of Electroacupuncture at Baihui and Shenting on Cognitive Function in Cerebral Ischemia-reperfusion Injured Rats by Yongmei YOU, Yijing JIANG, Zhicheng LIN, Zengtu ZHAN, Jun WANG, Wei WEI, Shanli YANG

“…Objective:To observe the effect of electroacupuncture (EA) at Baihui and Shenting on cognitive function in rats after cerebral ischmeia-reperfusion (IR) injury, and explore the possible mechanism.Methods:A total of 111 male adult SD rats weighting (300±20) g were selected and randomly divided into the sham operation group (<italic>n</italic>=36) and the operation group (<italic>n</italic>=75). …”
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Features of surgical treatment for gunshot wounds of the heart and great vessels with migration of foreign bodies by I.A. Lurin, E.M. Khoroshun, V.V. Makarov, V.V. Nehoduiko, O.V. Buchnieva, I.V. Veryovkin

“…Eleven (13.4 %) patients had the foreign body migration through the vascular bed. All the wounded were male, the average age was 34.2 ± 0.4 years. The medical history, data of objective clinical and general clinical and laboratory studies, as well as the results of instrumental diagnosis were studied. …”
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Interventional Effect and Mechanism of Acupuncture at Baihui （GV 20） and Qubin （GB 7） Acupoints on Rats with Acute Cerebral Hemorrhage by CHEN Qiuxin, TANG Yihe, LIU Xiaoying, XU Ning, XU Siyu

“…ObjectiveTo investigate the interventional effect of acupuncture at Baihui (GV 20) and Qubin (GB 7) acupoints on the expression of recombinant cluster of differentiation 36 (CD36) and Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) in rats with acute cerebral hemorrhage (ICH), and to explore the mechanism of acupuncture treatment for ICH.MethodsA total of 144 male Wistar rats were randomly divided into sham operation group, model group, acupuncture group and inhibitor group, with 36 cases in each group, and then each group was divided into three subgroups at the 1st, 3rd and 7th day, with 12 cases in each subgroup. …”
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Effects of Electroacupuncture at Zusanli and Quchi on Neurological Function Recovery in Rats with Cerebral Infarction by Jiangcong HONG, Yingzheng WANG, Guangwen WU, Yulong ZOU

“…Objective:To observe the effects of electroacupuncture at Zusanli and Quchi acupoints on focal ischemic brain injury in rats from the behavioral, histological and molecular levels, respectively, and to provide experimental evidence for the clinical application of electroacupuncture in the treatment of cerebral infarction.Methods:A total of 144 male Sprague Dawley(SD)rats weighing(250±30)g were selected and randomly divided into three groups: sham-operated group, electroacupuncture(EA)group and model group. …”
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Child mortality in England after national lockdowns for COVID-19: An analysis of childhood deaths, 2019-2023. by David Odd, Sylvia Stoianova, Tom Williams, Peter Fleming, Karen Luyt

“…Around 59.4% of deaths occurred under 1 year of age, 57.0% were male, and 63.9% were of white ethnicity. Mortality rate (per 1,000,000 CYP per year) dropped from 274.2 (95% CI 264.8-283.8) in 2019-2020, to 242.2 (95% CI 233.4-251.2) in 2020-2021, increasing to 296.1 (95% CI 286.3-306.1) in 2022-2023. …”
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Study on Anti-fatigue Effect and Mechanism of <italic>Angelica sinensis</italic> Polysaccharide by HUANG Caiyun, HE Jifu, SONG Chunhong, WANG Nan, MA Yude

“…ObjectiveTo investigate the anti-fatigue effect and mechanism of <italic>Angelica sinensis</italic> polysaccharide (ASP) at di-fferent doses in mice.MethodsA total of 50 SPF male Kunming mice were randomly divided into blank control group, model group, ASP high-dose group, ASP medium-dose group, and ASP low-dose group according to the random number table method, with 10 mice in each group. …”
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Teneur nutritionnelle des aliments « préférés » et « non-préférés » du Mangabey de Sanje (Cercocebus sanjei). Test du modèle «fallback foods » et choix saisonnier de nourriture... by Guillaume Pagès

“…Le groupe était suivi de six heures du matin à dix-huit heures le soir pendant 114 jours. Un individu adulte (mâle ou femelle) était suivi pendant 30 minutes et tout changement d’activité était noté en continu. …”
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Iconic Celebration of Charms and Friendship in Poetry: Fálétí’s “Adébímpé Ọ̀jẹ́dòkun” by Michael Oladejo Afoláyan

“…He swore by the sacred incantation that there would be no peace for an animal that made waste the farm of his friend, just as “the male pigeon is never at ease to live inside the house; Èmì – the migrant rat, never sleeps in the same nest two nights in a row; and as the case is for the pataguenon monkey to jump from tree to tree restlessly without finding a place to rest . . .” so would it be for the animal that violated the farm of his friend. …”
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Editorial by Ann-Kristin Kölln, Antony Mason, Maria Lenk, Jörg Tremmel, Markus Rutsche

“…Against a predominantly old, male, and white sitting Congress, her election means a step towards better representation of certain demographics in American policy-making processes. …”
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Scrutinizing Generation Z's Interpretation of Social Justice: A Case Study in Khomeinishahr, Iran by Akbar Zareshahabadi, Alireza Asgari, Reza Javadian

“…This perspective was particularly pronounced among the male participants in this generation. Another essential change was democratization. …”
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Editorial by Jörg Tremmel, Maria Lenk, Antony Mason, Markus Rutsche

“… If you had to choose one moment in history in which to be born, and you didn’t know in advance whether you were going to be male or female, which country you were going to be from, what your status was, you’d choose right now.” …”
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Risk factors analysis and modeling prediction of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in asymptomatic young adults (青年无症状体检人群非酒精性脂肪肝危险因素分析及建模预测)... by LIU Xiaoliu (刘晓柳), GAO Yunfei (高芸飞), WANG Haibo (王海波), WANG Hui (王慧), HUANG Lijuan (黄丽娟), ZHANG Lijun (张丽君)

“…Results The proportion of male, smoking and hypertension in the NAFLD group was significantly higher than that in the Healthy group; The mean values of BMI and low density lipoprotein-cholesterol in the NAFLD group were significantly higher than those in the Healthy group; The median values of triglyceride, total cholesterol, uric acid, alanine aminotransferase, aspartate aminotransferase and glycosylated hemoglobin in the NAFLD group were higher than those in the Healthy group, with significant difference(P＜0. 05). …”
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Unexpected identification of peak systolic velocity in the radial artery as a risk factor for functional primary patency of radiocephalic fistulas by Rui Cong, Songxiu Li, Shasha Shi

“…The mean age of the study population was 58 years, with 66 percent being male. All AVFs were placed on the forearm, with 84% located on the left side.The primary patency rates of eleven parameters exhibited significant differences between groups stratified by cut-off values at different time points. …”
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Angiogenesis Regulated by Electroacupuncture Combined with Rehabilitation Training in Cerebral Ischemia Involved in PI3K/Akt Signaling Pathway by Wenchao YAO, Mengxing LI, Qing LIU, Mingyue TONG, Peng HE, Wei TANG

“…Objective:Based on the phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) /protein kinase B(Akt) signal pathway, to explore the regulatory mechanism of electroacupuncture combined with rehabilitation training on angiogenesis after cerebral ischemia.Methods:A total of 81 SPF male SD rats were randomly divided into three groups: sham operation group, model group and electroacupuncture combined with rehabilitation training group (combined acupuncture group). …”
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Effects of Conditioning Temperature on Pellet Quality, Nutrients Digestibility, and Metabolizable Energy of Broilers Diet by Seyedeh Vajiheh Shakhese Emampour, Abolghasem Golian, Heydar Zarghi, Ali Reza Hesabi Nameghi

“…A total of 200 one-day-old male chicks (Ross 308) were purchased from a commercial hatchery, reared on floor covered with wood shavings and the Ross 308 guideline up to 11-day-old. …”
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