Circulating Total and Active Metalloproteinase-9 and Tissue Inhibitor of Metalloproteinases-1 in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythomatosus

“…We also found a positive correlation of tMMP-9 and TIMP-1 with VEGF concentrations (<mml:math alttext="$ ho=0.450$"> <mml:mi>&#x03C1;</mml:mi> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0.450</mml:mn> </mml:math>, <mml:math alttext="$P=.005$"> <mml:mi>P</mml:mi> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>.005</mml:mn> </mml:math> and <mml:math alttext="$ ho=0.387$"> <mml:mi>&#x03C1;</mml:mi> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>0.387</mml:mn> </mml:math>; <mml:math alttext="$P=.018$"> <mml:mi>P</mml:mi> <mml:mo>=</mml:mo> <mml:mn>.018</mml:mn> </mml:math>, resp). tMMP-9, aMMP-9, and TIMP-1 serum levels are lower in SLE patients than in healthy control group.…”
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Prevalensi Kuman Multi Drug Resistance (MDR) di Laboratorium Mikrobiologi RSUP Dr. M. Djamil Padang Periode Januari 2010 - Desember 2012 by Novilla Rezka Sjahjadi, Roslaili Rasyid, Erlina Rustam, Lily Restusari

“…Djamil Padang periode Januari 2010 - Desember 2012.Hasil Penelitian menunjukkan dari 6.387 jumlah spesimen yang diambil dan dilakukan uji sensitifitas, ditemukan 3.689 kuman yang telah mengalami Multi Drug Resistance (MDR) diantaranya kuman Klebsiella sp, Staphylococcus aureus, Enterobacter sp, E.coli sp, Pseudomonas sp, dan Proteus sp. …”
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Time Trends and Predictors of Abnormal Postoperative Body Temperature in Infants Transported to the Intensive Care Unit by Hedwig Schroeck, Angela K. Lyden, Wendy L. Benedict, Satya Krishna Ramachandran

“…During the study period, hypothermia decreased from 24% to 2% (p<0.0001) while hyperthermia remained unchanged (13% in 2006, 8% in 2014, p=0.357). Factors independently associated with hypothermia were higher ASA status (p=0.02), lack of intraoperative convective warming (p<0.001) and procedure date before 2010 (p<0.001). …”
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Inertial Vibration Characteristics of Track Chassis Caused by Reciprocating Motion of Crank Slider by Zhong Tang, Yu Li, Yuepeng Zhou, Haotian Zhang

“…During the reciprocating motion of the piston, the first-order frequency of the piston would be excited by feeding auger excitation frequency of 3.77 Hz and may cause resonance. And, the vertical vibrates of track beam was based on the measuring point 6 as a fulcrum. …”
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Acceptance and use of demand-responsive transport by older people in old new town: Evidence from Senboku new Town by Haruka Kato, Kento Yoh

“…As a result, we found a significant relationship between social influence and behavior intention for both older people (ßSI-BI = 0.347) and adults (ßSI-BI = 0.445). In addition, behavior intention was significantly correlated with performance expectancy for older people (ßPE-BI = 0.233) and with trust and safety for adults (ßTS-BI = 0.369). …”
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Design and Optimization of Power Harrow Soil Crushing Components for Coastal Saline–Alkali Land by Nan Xu, Zhenbo Xin, Jin Yuan, Zenghui Gao, Yu Tian, Chao Xia, Xuemei Liu, Dongwei Wang

“…In China, there are approximately 36.7 million hectares of available saline–alkali land. …”
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Taurine inhibits acute ammonia-induced oxidative stress, immune response, and apoptosis of large yellow croaker (Larimichthys crocea) during keep-live transport by Xin Zhao, Zhenkun Xu, Jun Mei, Jing Xie

“…SOD and GPx activities increased from 3.47 to 13.23 (AM group) to 9.4 and 55.48 (50TAU + AM group), immunosuppression (lysozyme activity increased). …”
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Associations of Triglyceride-Glucose Index and Its Derivatives with Hyperuricemia Risk: A Cohort Study in Chinese General Population by Qing Gu, Xue Hu, Jian Meng, Jun Ge, Sui Jun Wang, Xing Zhen Liu

“…Methods. A total of 42,387 adults who received routine health screening and were free of HUA were included for the longitudinal analyses. …”
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The knowledge, attitude, and practice toward fall prevention of parturients in the obstetric inpatient wards: a comparative cross-sectional study between nurses and parturients by Jing Wen, Jing Wen, Jiao Wen, Jiao Wen, Wenjuan Jing, Wenjuan Jing, Hongmei He, Hongmei He, Jianhua Ren, Jianhua Ren

“…Nurses scored lower in the attitude dimension compared to parturients (4.32 ± 1.01 vs. 4.84 ± 0.36, P &lt; 0.001), whereas nurses scored higher than parturients in the practice dimension (3.76 ± 0.44 vs. 3.57 ± 0.48, P &lt; 0.001).ConclusionNurses should focus on enhancing the fall practices of parturients by emphasizing key points for fall prevention and providing guidance in situations of improper behaviors (e.g., unaccompanied activities). …”
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Splenectomy with Portoazygous Disconnection for Correction of Systemic Hemodynamic Disorders in Hepatic Cirrhosis Patients with Portal Hypertension: A Prospective Single-Center Coh... by Dao-Bing Zeng, Liang Di, Qing-Liang Guo, Jing Ding, Xiao-Fei Zhao, Shi-Chun Lu

“…Child–Pugh classification was grade A in 41 (59.4%) cases, grade B in 26 (37.7%) cases, and grade C in 2 (2.9%) cases. The heart rate was significantly higher at 1 week postoperatively versus the baseline (P<0.001). …”
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Lattice‐based hash‐and‐sign signatures using approximate trapdoor, revisited by Huiwen Jia, Yupu Hu, Chunming Tang

“…The implementation shows that the sizes of the hash‐and‐sign signature scheme can be reduced to 3.67 kB for an estimation of 81.67‐bit security, and 9.97 kB for an estimation of 168.81‐bit security. …”
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Chitin Hydrogels Prepared at Various Lithium Chloride/N,N-Dimethylacetamide Solutions by Water Vapor-Induced Phase Inversion by Khoa Dang Nguyen, Takaomi Kobayashi

“…Chitin was chemically extracted from crab shells and then dissolved in N,N-dimethylacetamide (DMAc) solvent with lithium chloride (LiCl) at 3, 5, 7, and 10%. The concentrated chitin-DMAc/LiCl solutions were used for the preparation of chitin hydrogels by water vapor-induced phase inversion at 20°C. …”
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Optimization of Structure Parameters of Airfield Jointed Concrete Pavements under Temperature Gradient and Aircraft Loads by Bangshu Xu, Wanzhi Zhang, Jie Mei, Guangyao Yue, Laihua Yang

“…The critical thicknesses of 4 m × 4 m slab and 6 m × 6 m slab are determined as 28.2 cm and 34.7 cm, respectively, based on the most unfavorable coupling between positive and negative temperature gradients and the Boeing 737–800 aircraft load. …”
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Ecuadorian University Students’ Perception and Attitude Regarding Vaccination against COVID-19 by Lexter Mihalache, Jhonatan Miguel Siguencia Muñoz, Álvaro Paúl Moina Veloz

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Determination of Aflatoxin B1 in Feedstuffs without Clean-Up Step by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography by Sasiprapa Choochuay, Jutamas Phakam, Prakorn Jala, Thanapoom Maneeboon, Natthasit Tansakul

“…The occurrence of AFB1 contamination was found at the following concentrations: in broken rice (0.44-2.33ng/g), peanut (3.97-106.26ng/g), corn (0.88-50.29 ng/g), and fishmeal (1.06-10.35 ng/g). …”
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The use of intraoperative mannitol during the laparoscopic nephrectomy in living kidney donor and the prevention of delayed graft function by Fernando Giron-Luque, Nasly Patino-Jaramillo, Yenny Baez-Suarez, Andrea García-López

“…The acute rejection episodes (12.2% without mannitol versus 4.7% with mannitol) had a trend difference between the comparative groups, but it was still not significant in the bivariate analysis (p = 0.06). …”
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Evaluation of Soil Quality in Arid Western Fringes of the Nile Delta for Sustainable Agriculture by Ahmed M. Saleh, Mohamed M. Elsharkawy, Mohamed A. E. AbdelRahman, Sayed M. Arafat

“…Thirteen soil quality indicators and three terrain indicators were measured in 397 sampling sites for soil quality evaluation. …”
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Phytoplankton communities as indicator of trophic state in some habitats of Batanghari River system in Sumatera Island, Indonesia by Sulastri Sulastri, Lumbantoruan Reliana, Sudarso Jojok, Sukamto Tedjo

“…Low of index diversity (1.658 to 1.715), index species richness (1.387 to 2.181), index similarity (0.488 to 0.661) and pH (1.34 to 2.55) were found in peat swamp.…”
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HIV Risk Perception, Sexual Behavior, and HIV Prevalence among Men-Who-Have-Sex-with-Men at a Community-Based Voluntary Counseling and Testing Center in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia by Kwee Choy Koh, Lit Sin Yong

“…One hundred one (23.9%) clients rated themselves as low risk, 118 (27.9%) as medium risk, 36 (8.5%) as high risk, and 168 (39.7%) were unsure of their risk. …”
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Hydrochemical Characteristics and Genetic Analysis of Shallow High-Fluorine Groundwater in Fuyang River Basin by Zhiwei Zhai, Chuanda Zhang, Tiansong Tang, Chunyan Zhang, Xing Bao, Kunchao Li, Bo Han

“…From the piedmont plain to the central plain, the hydrochemical types of the first and second aquifers are mainly HCO3-Ca-Mg-type water, HCO3-Cl-Ca-Mg-type water, Cl-SO4-Na-Ca-type water, and Cl-SO4-Na-Mg-type water. …”
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