Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of the Hong Kong Version of the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score (HK-KOOS) for Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis by Andy S. K. Cheng, Ka-chun Chan, Sum-yuet Chan, Miu-kwan Fan, Man-kwan Fung, Oi-yan Lee, Cindy T. T. Kwok, Jackson K. K. Wong

“…However, factor analysis indicated a seven-factor structure, rather than the original five-factor structure. Items on pain and activities of daily living were loaded in the same factors. …”
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Conversion from Nonshockable to Shockable Rhythms and Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Outcomes by Initial Heart Rhythm and Rhythm Conversion Time by Wanwan Zhang, Shengyuan Luo, Daya Yang, Yongshu Zhang, Jinli Liao, Liwen Gu, Wankun Li, Zhihao Liu, Yan Xiong, Ahamed Idris

“…The conversion from a nonshockable rhythm (asystole or pulseless electrical activity (PEA)) to a shockable rhythm (pulseless ventricular tachycardia or ventricular fibrillation) may be associated with better out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) outcomes. …”
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Domestication of different varieties in the cheese-making fungus Geotrichum candidum by Bennetot, Bastien, Vernadet, Jean-Philippe, Perkins, Vincent, Hautefeuille, Sophie, Rodríguez de la Vega, Ricardo C., O’Donnell, Samuel, Snirc, Alodie, Grondin, Cécile, Lessard, Marie-Hélène, Peron, Anne-Claire, Labrie, Steve, Landaud, Sophie, Giraud, Tatiana, Ropars, Jeanne

“…The cheese populations were phenotypically differentiated from other populations, with a slower growth on all media, even cheese, a prominent production of typical cheese volatiles and a lower proteolytic activity. One of the cheese clusters encompassed all soft goat cheese strains, suggesting an effect of cheese-making practices on differentiation. …”
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Immune monitoring of trabectedin therapy in refractory soft tissue sarcoma patients - the IMMUNYON study by Paulo Rodrigues-Santos, Paulo Rodrigues-Santos, Paulo Rodrigues-Santos, Paulo Rodrigues-Santos, Paulo Rodrigues-Santos, Paulo Rodrigues-Santos, Jani Sofia Almeida, Jani Sofia Almeida, Jani Sofia Almeida, Jani Sofia Almeida, Jani Sofia Almeida, Jani Sofia Almeida, Luana Madalena Sousa, Luana Madalena Sousa, Luana Madalena Sousa, Patrícia Couceiro, Patrícia Couceiro, Patrícia Couceiro, Patrícia Couceiro, António Martinho, Joana Rodrigues, Ruben Fonseca, Manuel Santos-Rosa, Manuel Santos-Rosa, Manuel Santos-Rosa, Manuel Santos-Rosa, Manuel Santos-Rosa, Paulo Freitas-Tavares, José Manuel Casanova, José Manuel Casanova, José Manuel Casanova, José Manuel Casanova, José Manuel Casanova

“…Patients treated ≥12M exhibited increased activated HLA-DR Th2 cells (p<0.05) and decreased exhausted B cells and NK cell subsets (p<0.05). …”
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Transcriptional signature of CD56bright NK cells predicts favourable prognosis in bladder cancer by Md Abdullah Al Kamran Khan, Alexander James Sedgwick, Yuhan Sun, Julian P. Vivian, Julian P. Vivian, Julian P. Vivian, Alexandra J. Corbett, Riccardo Dolcetti, Riccardo Dolcetti, Riccardo Dolcetti, Theo Mantamadiotis, Theo Mantamadiotis, Stefano Mangiola, Stefano Mangiola, Stefano Mangiola, Alexander David Barrow

“…Expression of transcripts encoding the activating NK cell receptors, NKG2D, NKp44, CD2, and CD160, showed positive survival trends in combination with CD56bright NK cell infiltration. …”
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<i>GsEXPA8</i> Enhances Soybean Tolerance of NaHCO₃ Stress by Regulating Root Morphology by Mengyu Liu, Jixiang Tang, Shengjie Ma, Yujing Liu, Xiaoyu Wang, Xinlei Du, Xiaohuan Sun, Yucheng Zeng, Yulong Zeng, Xiaodong Ding, Yingpeng Han, Junfeng Zhang, Lei Cao

“…<i>GsEXPA8</i> overexpression reduced the malondialdehyde content in transgenic plants treated with NaHCO₃ and increased peroxidase activity before treatment. After the transformation of soybean roots from hair roots, <i>GsEXPA8</i> was found to be expressed in the outer root cells and promote the development of thicker, shorter roots, thereby improving the plant’s alkaline tolerance. …”
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The role of Latin America medicinal plants in wound healing by Mariana Sánchez-Ramos, Andrea Ruiz-Betancourt, Stephany Abigail Tadeo-Cuenca, Angélica Román-Guerrero, María Crystal Columba-Palomares, Araceli Guerrero-Alonso, Antonio Bernabé-Antonio, Deyanira Ojeda-Ramírez, Francisco Cruz-Sosa

“…Hence, this review documents the main plant species used in Latin America due to its great biodiversity and numerous species that are potentially important for the development of new active healing compounds. …”
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Curcumin and α/β-Adrenergic Antagonists Cotreatment Reverse Liver Cirrhosis in Hamsters: Participation of Nrf-2 and NF-κB by José Roberto Macías-Pérez, Bruno Jesús Vázquez-López, Martin Humberto Muñoz-Ortega, Liseth Rubí Aldaba-Muruato, Sandra Luz Martínez-Hernández, Esperanza Sánchez-Alemán, Javier Ventura-Juárez

“…Liver cirrhosis is the result of an uncontrolled fibrogenetic process, due to the activation and subsequent differentiation into myofibroblasts of the hepatic stellate cells (HSC). …”
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Predicting patient outcomes with gene-expression biomarkers from colorectal cancer organoids and cell lines by Alexandra Razumovskaya, Mariia Silkina, Mariia Silkina, Mariia Silkina, Andrey Poloznikov, Timur Kulagin, Maria Raigorodskaya, Nina Gorban, Anna Kudryavtseva, Maria Fedorova, Boris Alekseev, Alexander Tonevitsky, Alexander Tonevitsky, Alexander Tonevitsky, Sergey Nikulin, Sergey Nikulin, Sergey Nikulin

“…Logistic regression was used to build gene expression-based classifiers for metastatic Stage IV and non-metastatic Stage II/III CRC patients. …”
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The proportion of clinically relevant alarms decreases as patient clinical severity decreases in intensive care units: a pilot study by Ryota Inokuchi, Kent Doi, Kazuaki Shinohara, Kensuke Nakamura, Takehiro Matsubara, Susumu Nakajima, Hajime Sato, Masataka Gunshin, Takahiro Hiruma, Takeshi Ishii, Yoichi Kitsuta, Naoki Yahagi, Yuko Nanjo, Masahiro Echigo, Aoi Tanaka, Mitsuo Umezu

“…Objectives To determine (1) the proportion and number of clinically relevant alarms based on the type of monitoring device; (2) whether patient clinical severity, based on the sequential organ failure assessment (SOFA) score, affects the proportion of clinically relevant alarms and to suggest; (3) methods for reducing clinically irrelevant alarms in an intensive care unit (ICU).Design A prospective, observational clinical study.Setting A medical ICU at the University of Tokyo Hospital in Tokyo, Japan.Participants All patients who were admitted directly to the ICU, aged ≥18 years, and not refused active treatment were registered between January and February 2012.Methods The alarms, alarm settings, alarm messages, waveforms and video recordings were acquired in real time and saved continuously. …”
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Multidisciplinary, multicenter consensus for the care of patients affected with Sturge–Weber syndrome by May El Hachem, Andrea Diociaiuti, Angela Galeotti, Francesca Grussu, Elena Gusson, Alessandro Ferretti, Carlo Efisio Marras, Davide Vecchio, Simona Cappelletti, Mariasavina Severino, Carlo Gandolfo, Simone Reali, Rosa Longo, Carmen D’Amore, Lodovica Gariazzo, Federica Marraffa, Marta Luisa Ciofi Degli Atti, Maria Margherita Mancardi, and the Sturge-Weber Syndrome Multidisciplinary Group

“…Abstract Background Sturge–Weber Syndrome (SWS) is a rare, sporadic neurocutaneous disorder affecting the skin, brain, and eyes, due to somatic activating mutations in GNAQ or, less commonly, GNA11 gene. …”
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Polymorphism of genes associated with infectious lung diseases in Northern Asian populations and in patients with community-acquired pneumonia by S. V. Mikhailova, L. V. Shcherbakova, N. I. Logvinenko, I. I. Logvinenko, M. I. Voevoda

“…It is responsible for invader recognition, immune-cell recruitment, adaptive-immunity activation, and regulation of inflammation intensity. …”
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Perancangan User Experience Aplikasi Bimbingan Akademik Mahasiswa FILKOM Menggunakan Metode Human-Centered Design by Farassulthana Azzahra Willary Yaasiin, Herman Tolle, Hanifah Muslimah Az-Zahra

“…Abstract Academic guidance is a consultation activity between academic advisory lecturers and students in helping to solve study problems and planning studies according to their interests and abilities. …”
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Functional and effective EEG connectivity patterns in Alzheimer’s disease and mild cognitive impairment: a systematic review by Elizabeth R. Paitel, Christian B. D. Otteman, Mary C. Polking, Henry J. Licht, Kristy A. Nielson, Kristy A. Nielson

“…EEG is uniquely capable of directly and non-invasively measuring neural activity with precise temporal resolution; connectivity quantifies the relationships between such signals in different brain regions. …”
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基于脑机接口的脑血管病后肢体运动功能康复研究进展 Research Progress of Limb Motor Function Rehabilitation after Cerebrovascular Diseases Based on Brain-Computer Interface... by 桑振华1，2，薛司洋2，3，魏宸铭3，武剑3，4 (SANG Zhenhua1,2, XUE Siyang2,3, WEI Chenming3, WU Jian3,4 )

“…The results show that BCI technology can help patients actively control external devices and stimulate the remodeling of motor cortex neural pathways, and realize the reconstruction of motor functions. …”
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Body weight gain and development of reproductive tract in crossbred Murrah × Mediterranean water buffalo heifers by Oswaldo J. González, Amílcar Acuña, Solaine Bradley, Ysis Cañizalez, Jorge Espinoza, Cindy Paniagua, María Virginia Suárez, Mónica Fuentes

“…The heifers grazed in the same pastures and received the same fresh-cut grass at the herd and the same mineral supplementation. …”
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Association between some environmental risk factors and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder among children in Egypt: a case-control study by Riham Abdelhamid Hussein, Rania Hussein Refai, Aleya Hanafy El-zoka, Hanan Galal Azouz, Mohamed Fakhry Hussein

“…The logistic regression model revealed that six factors had a significant association with ADHD: using of newspapers to wrap food 3 or more times a week (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 105.11, 95% CI: 11.18-988.26), daily TV watching by child for more than 5 h (AOR = 63.96, 95% CI: 2.56-1601.32), child’s eating commercially packed noodles 3 times or more per week (AOR = 57.73, 95% CI: 3.77–593.93), using unpackaged flour in cooking (AOR = 44.47, 95% CI: 1.83–629.80), eating sweets daily by child (AOR = 6.82, 95% CI: 1.23–37.94), and lastly elevated hair Manganese level (AOR = 3.57, 95% CI: 1.24–10.29). …”
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The Effects on Knee Swelling, Range of Motion and Pain using a Commercially Available Hot/Cold Contrast Device in a Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine Setting by Kevin E Wilk, Robert E Mangine, James Tersakjs, Kimberly Hasselford

“…The purpose of this study was to determine the efficacy of a single treatment of the Hyperice X system in reducing knee joint pain, swelling and stiffness in active patients and young injured athletes. A secondary purpose was to measure patient satisfaction with the use of the device…”
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Prisoners in the community: the open prison model in Catalonia by Marta Martí

“…This article describes the Catalan open prison model, characterized by the fact that prisoners serve the sentence in full semi-liberty; that is, by day they work and spend time with their families or doing other activities, but return to prison to sleep. As a contribution to the comparative study of open prisons, I describe here how Catalan open prisons are run and discuss the concept of ‘openness’ with reference, above all, to the open prisons that exist in Scandinavian countries. …”
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The trunk segmental motion complexity and balance performance in challenging seated perturbation among individuals with spinal cord injury by Mianjia Shan, Chenhao Li, Jiayi Sun, Haixia Xie, Yan Qi, Wenxin Niu, Ming Zhang

“…Methods A total of 17 individuals with SCI and 18 healthy controls participated in challenging sagittal-seated perturbations with hand protection. Upper arm activation was measured using surface electromyography for trial consistency. …”
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