Cranial reconstruction utilizing polymeric implants in two different designs: finite element investigation by Yomna H. Shash

“…When the titanium mesh implant was used, the peak tensile and compressive stresses on the skull were 29.83 and 33.86 MPa. With CFR-PEEK 60%, these stresses decreased to 27.77 and 30.57 MPa, and with CFR-PEEK 30% and PEEK, the stresses increased to 34.04 and 38.43 MPa, and 44.65 and 125.67 MPa, respectively. …”
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Exploring the relationships between self-efficacy, self-care, and glycaemic control in primary care diabetes management by Le Ho Thi Quynh Anh, Nguyen Vu Quoc Huy, Nguyen Minh Tam, Johan Wens, Anselme Derese, Wim Peersman, Vo Ngoc Ha My, Tran Binh Thang, Nguyen Thi Phuong Anh, Tran Thi Truc Ly, Peter Pype

“…Results: Half the PWDs (50.7%) had suboptimal glycaemic control. Better glycaemic control was consistently associated with higher self-efficacy (odds ratio (OR) = 0.76, 95% confidence (CI) (0.60, 0.97), p  = 0.03), shorter duration of diabetes (OR = 1.89, 95% CI (1.08, 3.31), p  = 0.03), normal waist circumference (OR = 1.76, 95% CI (1.02, 3.05), p  = 0.04), absence of diabetes complications (OR = 2.09, 95% CI (1.10, 3.98), p  = 0.02), and treatment with oral hypoglycaemic agents (OR = 3.05, 95% CI (1.53, 6.09), p  < 0.01). …”
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Evaluation of Panicle Exsertion and Identification of QTL for Long Panicle Neck in Single-segment Substitution Lines of Wild Rice by Jiamei MOU, Chengxia LI, Rui TANG, Yanjie LIU, Xingxin DAI, Xuelin FU

“…Their average additive effect values were in the range of 1.74-4.08 cm, respectively, and the phenotypic contribution rates of the additive effects were 107.82%~481.80%. …”
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Adverse events associated with the delivery of telerehabilitation across rehabilitation populations: A scoping review. by Thomas Yau, Josh Chan, McKyla McIntyre, Damanveer Bhogal, Angie Andreoli, Carl Froilan D Leochico, Mark Bayley, Ailene Kua, Meiqi Guo, Sarah Munce

“…<h4>Results</h4>The search identified 11,863 references, and 81 studies were included in this review with a total of 3,057 participants (mean age:59.3 years; females:44.6%). …”
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Inventarisation of Parasite in ”Dumbo” Catfish Clarias sp. from Bogor Region by Y. Hadiroseyani, P. Hariyadi, Sri Nuryati

“… Outbreak of parasites can reduce aquaculture productivity or even cause mass mortality of fish. …”
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A comparative study of hospitalization costs of TKA inpatients before and after National Volume-based Procurement in Guangdong, China: an interrupted time-series analysis by Anqi Li, Gongduan Li, Dong Han, Manru Fu, Jinghui Chang, Jinghui Chang

“…The mean total expenses decreased from 65,324.73 CNY per case to 34,465.57 CNY per case, representing a reduction of 30,859.16 CNY per case. …”
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Restoring coronal pre-arthritic alignment in mobile-bearing unicompartmental knee arthroplasty: mid- to long-term outcomes by Yankun Jiang, Changquan Liu, Qidong Zhang, Guoyuan Sun, Ran Ding, Nianfei Zhang, Cheng Huang, Weiguo Wang, Wanshou Guo

“…Results Among the 222 knee joints analyzed, the average follow-up time was 8.65 years (range: 7–9 years), with an average implant survival time of 8.48 years and a total knee arthroplasty conversion rate of 2.7%. …”
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Associations between exposure to volatile organic compounds with obesity in adults by Runmiao Wu, Lei Jia, Xu Zhu, Gongchang Guan, Junkui Wang, Rutai Hui, Meijuan Ma, Zhao Zhao, Hui Pang, Ling Zhu

“…The median age of the participants was 47 (33, 60) years, with 49.3 % being male. The median BMI was 27.7 (24.2, 32.4) kg/m2, and the median waist circumference was 98.0 (87.3, 109.0) cm. …”
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Effect of Boiling on Colour, Contents of Betalains and Total Phenolics and on Antioxidant Activity of Colourful Powder Derived from Six Different Beetroot (Beta vulgaris L. var. co... by Jan Bárta, Veronika Bártová, Tereza Šindelková, Markéta Jarošová, Zuzana Linhartová, Jan Mráz, Jan Bedrníček, Pavel Smetana, Eva Samková, Ivana Laknerová

“…Burpee's Golden) or red-white (cv. Chioggia) colour of root flesh were evaluated before and after boiling treatment (20 min, 100°C). …”
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Demographic variation and socioeconomic inequalities in all forms of malnutrition among children aged 6 months to 9 years: findings from the Vietnamese General Nutrition Survey 202... by J Bernadette Moore, Xiaodong Lin, Louise Dye, Van Khanh Tran, Yun Yun Gong, Xiaomian Tan, Pui Yee Tan, Somphos Vicheth Som, Son Duy Nguyen, Do Tranh Tran, Nga Thuy Tran, Samantha Caton, Hannah Ensaff, Geoffry Smith

“…Determinants of malnutrition were assessed using logistic regressions, reported as OR with 95% CIs.Results At national level, 12.7%, 10.5% and 4.7% of children were stunted, underweight and wasted/thin, while 7.3% and 7.1% were overweight and obese, respectively. …”
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Exploring the Role of C-C Motif Chemokine Ligand-2 Single Nucleotide Polymorphism in Pulmonary Tuberculosis: A Genetic Association Study from North India by Sanjay K. Biswas, Mayank Mittal, Ekata Sinha, Vandana Singh, Nidhi Arela, Bharat Bajaj, Pramod K. Tiwari, Vishwa M. Katoch, Keshar K. Mohanty

“…Our analysis indicated that the homozygous mutant in both -2518 GG (OR=2.07, p=0.02) and -362 CC (OR=1.92, p=0.03) genotypes was associated with susceptibility to pulmonary TB. …”
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Chemoimmunotherapy as induction treatment in concurrent chemoradiotherapy for patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma stage IVa by Kun-Peng Wu, Qing-Qing Li, Xu-Qiang Luo, Xiao-Xi Wang, Yan-Zhen Lai, Dan Tian, Hong-cheng Yang, Xue-Ling Wei, Lan-Ying Wang, Qiu-Ming Li, Dao Zhu, Si-Jie Chen, Yang-Si Li

“…Patients who received induction chemoimmunotherapy had longer event-free survival (EFS) compared to those who received induction chemotherapy (p = 0.029, Hazard Ratio and 95%confidence interval [CI]: 0.24 [0.07–0.85]). The 24-month EFS was higher in the induction chemoimmunotherapy group compared with the chemotherapy group (24-month EFS rates and 95%CI: 88.9% [95%CI: 68.3%–100%] vs 62.6% [95%CI: 43.1%–82.1%]). …”
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Comparative analysis of chloroplast genomes reveals molecular evolution and phylogenetic relationships within the Papilionoideae of Fabaceae by Qian Qin, Yanjing Dong, Jialong Chen, Bo Wang, Yuxin Peng, XinPeng Zhang, Xiaoyun Wang, Jinxiang Zeng, Guoyue Zhong, Shouwen Zhang, Xiaolang Du

“…Results The research has uncovered significant differences in the structure and characteristics of the cpDNAs within the Pap.. The lengths of the cpDNAs of 18 species range from 121,190 bp to 158,539 bp, and they contain between 107 and 112 unique genes. …”
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Safety and efficacy of filgotinib in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: final results of the DARWIN 3 long-term extension study by Arthur Kavanaugh, Paul Emery, René Westhovens, Mark C Genovese, Kevin L Winthrop, Rieke Alten, Dick de Vries, Lorenzo Dagna, Patrick Verschueren, Maria Greenwald, Regina Cseuz, Robin Besuyen, Vikas Modgill, Ly Huong Le

“…EAIR of infections was 23.3 (95% CI 21.2 to 25.6)/100 PYE, 1.3 (95% CI 0.9 to 1.7)/100 PYE for serious infections and 1.3 (95% CI 0.9 to 1.7)/100 PYE for herpes zoster. …”
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Impairment of myocardial perfusion correlates with heart failure severity in patients with non‐compaction cardiomyopathy by Andraz Cerar, Martina Jaklic, Sabina Frljak, Gregor Poglajen, Gregor Zemljic, Barbara Guzic Salobir, Maja Dolenc Novak, Monika Stalc, Rok Zbacnik, Mirta Kozelj

“…When compared with Group B, Group A had significantly lower LVEF (35 ± 15% in Group A vs. 53 ± 11% in Group B, P < 0.001), higher LVEDV (188 ± 52 mL vs. 136 ± 52 mL, P = 0.007), lower GLS (−9.9 ± 5.2% vs. −14.5 ± 4.1%, P = 0.001), and higher NT‐proBNP levels (1691 ± 1883 pg/mL vs. 422 ± 877 pg/mL, P = 0.006). …”
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Prediction Models of Severity in Acute Biliary Pancreatitis by Iulia Ratiu, Renata Bende, Camelia Nica, Oana Budii, Calin Burciu, Andreea Barbulescu, Tudor Moga, Bogdan Miutescu, Roxana Sirli, Mirela Danila, Alina Popescu, Felix Bende

“…<b>Results:</b> 108 subjects (mean age of 60.1 ± 18.6, 65.7% females) diagnosed with acute biliary pancreatitis were included. …”
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Tick species, tick-borne pathogen distribution and risk factor analysis in border areas of China, Russia and North Korea by Pengfei Min, Jianchen Song, Shaowei Zhao, Zhen Ma, Yinbiao Meng, Zeyu Tang, Zhenyu Wang, Sicheng Lin, Fanglin Zhao, Meng Liu, Longsheng Wang, Lijun Jia, Lijun Jia

“…The purpose of this study was to identify the tick species and tick-borne pathogens endemic in these regions.MethodsMorphological and molecular identification of ticks was performed by microscopy and polymerase chain reaction (PCR), and the distribution of tick species, pathogen, and risk factors of infection were analyzed.ResultsIn total, 1,187 ticks were collected from the border areas of 13 localities in eight cities. …”
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Probiotics Can Boost the Antitumor Immunity of CD8+T Cells in BALB/c Mice and Patients with Colorectal Carcinoma by Jie Mao, Shu-Ze Zhang, Peng Du, Zhi-Bin Cheng, Huan Hu, Shi-Yao Wang

“…Kaplan-Meier survival estimates also showed that the CD8+T cells, TNM stage, pathology grade, lymphatic metastasis, and probiotic treatment were significantly associated with the progression-free survival (PFS) (χ2=9.684, P=0.002 for CD8+T cells; χ2=5.878, P=0.015 for TNM stage; χ2=7.398, P=0.004 for pathology grade; χ2=8.847, P=0.003 for Lymphatic metastasis; and χ2=4.622, P=0.032 for the group (group A was treated with probiotics before surgery; group B was not treated with probiotics)). …”
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Profiling of Somatic Mutations in Phaeochromocytoma and Paraganglioma by Targeted Next Generation Sequencing Analysis by Andrea Luchetti, Diana Walsh, Fay Rodger, Graeme Clark, Tom Martin, Richard Irving, Mario Sanna, Masahiro Yao, Mercedes Robledo, Hartmut P. H. Neumann, Emma R. Woodward, Farida Latif, Stephen Abbs, Howard Martin, Eamonn R. Maher

“…Mutations were identified for HRAS (c.37G>C; p.G13R and c.182A>G; p.Q61R) in 7.1% (6/85); for BRAF (c.1799T>A; p.V600E) in 1.2% (1/85) of tumours; and for TP53 (c.1010G>A; p.R337H) in 2.35% (2/85) of cases. …”
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Hyssopus cuspidatus volatile oil: a potential treatment for steroid-resistant asthma via inhibition of neutrophil extracellular traps by Xu Wang, Hui-Ming Peng, Meng-Ru Zhang, Jing-Jing Li, Chuan-Peng Zhao, Ya-Li Zhang, Si-Yu Wang, Si-Ying Zhu, Jian-Kang Lu, Hai-Long Yin, Qiang Yin, Jin-Bo Fang

“…Meanwhile, molecular docking results showed that 3-methoxy-4-hydroxy mandelonitrile, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-1,5,7-trimethyl-naphthalene, cis-calamenene and aristol-1(10)-en-9-yl isovalerate may be the therapeutic compounds of HVO in treating SRA. …”
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