APLASTIC SYNDROME IN A PREGNANT WOMAN ON THE BACKGROUND OF COVID-19: A CLINICAL CASE by Индира Венеровна Сахаутдинова, Ирина Борисовна Фаткуллина, Ирина Робинзоновна Рахматуллина, Игорь Сергеевич Засядкин, Анна Юрьевна Лазарева

“…During the follow-up, a complete recovery of hemogram parameters was noted: hemoglobin 97 g/l, leukocytes 3.87 thousand/l, platelets 339 thousand/L. …”
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Focal adhesion kinase promotes aerobic glycolysis in hepatic stellate cells via the cyclin D1/c-Myc/MCT-1 pathway to induce liver fibrosis by Tao Huang, Ming-Yu Zhou, Gao-Liang Zou, Rui-Han Hu, Lu Han, Qing-Xiu Zhang, Xue-Ke Zhao

“…A combined multiomics analysis of C57BL/6 mice with tetrachloromethane (CCl4)-induced liver fibrosis was performed to identify the downstream FAK signaling pathway. …”
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Hydrocarbon contaminated water remediation using a locally constructed multi-stage bioreactor incorporated with media filtration by S. Antwi-Akomea, B. Fei-Baffoe, E.J.D. Belford, M. Borigu

“…The coupling effect of biodegradation and media filtration recorded over 99 % (> 8.7 mg/L) total petroleum hydrocarbon removal. Microbial load reduction ranged from 3.57±0.11E+20 to 7.45±0.26E+20 Colony forming unit/mL, total dissolved solids reduction from 30.00±5.66 to 131.00±0.00 mg/L and turbidity reduction from 39.00±1.41 to 123.50±0.71 nephelometric turbidity units. …”
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Impact of Comprehensive Health Insurance affiliation on mortality in children under one year: an analysis of the Demographic and Health Survey 2010–2022 in Peru by Marcos Espinola-Sánchez, Marcos Espinola-Sánchez, Andres Campaña-Acuña, Diego Urrunaga-Pastor, Diego Urrunaga-Pastor, Jorge L. Maguiña, Manuel Jumpa, Oscar Ugarte-Ubillus

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Confinamiento y rendimiento académico en estudiantes universitarios by Jeraldine Gutiérrez Mamani

“…Conclusión: No existe relación entre confinamiento y rendimiento académico en los estudiantes de la E.P. de Enfermería, por lo que se acepta la hipótesis nula mediante la prueba Chi-cuadrado (p = 0,377 < 0,05). …”
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Postexercise Recovery of Schlemm’s Canal and Intraocular Pressure in Healthy Individuals: An Observational Study Using Swept-Source Optical Coherence Tomography by Mu Li, Xiaoqin Yan, Zhaoxia Luo, Hong Zhang

“…Average SC area (3726.81 ± 1167.06 vs. 4660.57 ± 1284.82 µm2) and perimeter (324.11 ± 58.95 vs. 367.19 ± 73.34 µm) increased, and IOP (14.02 ± 2.33 vs. 11.65 ± 1.90 mmHg) decreased significantly during exercise (all p<0.001). …”
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Pixel-wise navigation line extraction of cross-growth-stage seedlings in complex sugarcane fields and extension to corn and rice by Hongwei Li, Hongwei Li, Xindong Lai, Yongmei Mo, Deqiang He, Tao Wu, Tao Wu

“…Experimental results showed that for seedlings at different growth stages and diverse field environments, the mean error angle (MEA) ranges from 0.844° to 2.96°, the root mean square error (RMSE) ranges from 1.249° to 4.65°, and the mean relative error (MRE) ranges from 1.008% to 3.47%. The proposed algorithm exhibits high accuracy, robustness, and generalization. …”
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The Association between 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Hemoglobin A1c Levels in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Stage 1–5 Chronic Kidney Disease by Farshad Kajbaf, Romuald Mentaverri, Momar Diouf, Albert Fournier, Said Kamel, Jean-Daniel Lalau

“…We identified 542 reports from 245 patients. The mean HbA1c value was 6.7±1.0% in vitamin D sufficiency, 7.3±1.5% in insufficiency, and 8.4±2.0% in deficiency (P<0.0001). …”
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Volleyball as a means to develop speed endurance in girls aged 16-18 by Iryna Kryventsova, Yevheniia Strelnykova, Roman Boichuk, Krzysztof Wnorowski

“…A significant improvement was observed in almost all test exercises: the running time in the "Fir-tree" test decreased by 2.16 seconds (t=3.01, p < 0.05); the running time for 6x6 m decreased by 0.92 seconds (t=3.77, p < 0.05); the number of squats in 20 seconds increased by 4.31 times (t=4.46, p < 0.05); the number of leg raises to a 90° angle in a hanging position increased by 1.13 times (t=3.02, p < 0.05), and the number of torso raises from a lying on the back position increased by 1.81 times (t=4.49, p < 0.05). …”
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Oral Hygiene in Children with Autism: Teaching Self-Toothbrushing via Behavioural Intervention Including Parents by Marco Esposito, Carlotta Piersanti, Roberta Fadda, Marco Boitani, Monica Mazza, Giuseppina Marrocco

“…Results: The results indicate a significant improvement in children’s self-brushing teeth behavior and maintenance, where 33.7% of the steps were achieved by children at baseline and 77.5% at post-training, and with four children, 100%. …”
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Machine learning analysis of the relationships between traumatic childbirth experience with positive and negative fertility motivations in Iran in a community-based sample by Mahdieh Arian, Talat Khadivzadeh, Mahla Shafeei, Sedigheh Abdollahpour

“…Results Of the 900 women participating in this study, 387 reported a history of traumatic birth and 513 reported no history of traumatic birth. …”
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Changes in breast reconstruction over the COVID-19 pandemic: a single centre experience by Toby I Vinycomb, Amanda Y Shen, Courtney Hall, Daniel Keating, Lisa Ellis, Cheng H Lo, Beryl Tan

“…Breast reconstruction post-mastectomy increased from 39.7 per cent to 46.0 per cent (not statistically significant, p = 0.68). …”
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COVID-19 Symptomatology from the Otorhinolaryngology Perspective: Survey from Tertiary Care Center by Raj Tajamul Hussain, Mayank Yadav, Jasdeep Monga

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Unmet need for healthcare in the Russian Federation: subnational retrospective modelling analysis (2014–2018) by Elias Mossialos, Vladimir M Shkolnikov, Zlatko Nikoloski, Aparnaa Somanathan, Igor Sheiman

“…We also used data from various sources that addressed the reasons underlying unmet need to interpret the findings from the modelling analysis.Results Approximately one-third of the Russian population (34.7% in 2018) reported that healthcare was not received when it was needed with little change observed between 2014 and 2018. …”
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Identification of the circRNA-miRNA-mRNA Regulatory Network in Bladder Cancer by Bioinformatics Analysis by Jiancheng Lv, Ping-an Chang, Xin Li, Xiao Yang, Jie Han, Hao Yu, Zijian Zhou, Haiwei Yang, Pengchao Li, Jiexiu Zhang, Qiang Lu

“…We obtained four datasets of circRNA, microRNA (miRNA), and messenger (mRNA) expression profiles from the Gene Expression Omnibus and The Cancer Genome Atlas microarray databases and identified 434, 367, and 4799/4841 differentially expressed circRNAs, miRNAs, and mRNAs, respectively. …”
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Vonoprazan-Based Regimen Is More Useful than PPI-Based One as a First-Line Helicobacter pylori Eradication: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Masafumi Maruyama, Naoki Tanaka, Daisuke Kubota, Masayuki Miyajima, Takefumi Kimura, Koujiro Tokutake, Ryujiro Imai, Toru Fujisawa, Hiromitsu Mori, Yoshiaki Matsuda, Shuichi Wada, Akira Horiuchi, Kendo Kiyosawa

“…Seventy of 72 patients in VPZ group and 63 of 69 patients in PPI group completed the treatment after 7 days. The eradication rate was significantly higher in VPZ group than PPI group by intention-to-treat analysis (95.8% versus 69.6%, P=0.00003, 95% confidence interval [CI] 88.3-99.1% versus 57.3-80.1%) and per-protocol analysis (95.7% versus 71.4%, P=0.0002, 95% CI 88.0-99.1% versus 58.7-82.1%). …”
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DENTAL PRACTICE ADAPTATIONS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC by Andronic Andrei, Ioana Bianca Todor, Dinu Ștefania, Mariana Păcurar, Sorana Maria Bucur, Victoria Bîrluțiu

“…The pandemic negatively affected the profession, with physical discomfort (mean=4.08) and increased stress (mean=3.77) being significant concerns. Statistical analyses utilized ANOVA and Chi-Square tests, revealing statistically significant differences in protocol perceptions (p < 0.05). …”
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Perceived social support and the experience of intimate partner violence among married and cohabiting young women in urban slums, Ibadan, Nigeria: a descriptive study by Olufunmilayo I Fawole, Omowumi O Okedare

“…Level of statistical significance was set at α0.05.Results The mean age of respondents was 22.25±1.75 years and the mean spousal age difference was 7.15±3.87 years. Majority of the respondents were married (62.1%), and have been in a union for 0–4 years (68.8%). …”
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Hall and Thermo‐Diffusion Effects on Chemically Reactive MHD Unsteady Brinkman‐Type Dissipative Flow of EO‐Based MoS2 Nanofluid From a Rotating Plate in Porous Medium by B. Prabhakar Reddy, Jumanne Mng'ang'a, M. Paul Matao

“…Interestingly, the heat transfer rate significantly raises to 3.97% when dispersing 4% Molybdenum‐disulfide nanoparticles to engine‐oil which enhanced its lubrication.…”
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Complement activation by in vivo neonatal and in vitro extracorporeal membrane oxygenation by Johannes Graulich, Joseph Sonntag, Monika Marcinkowski, Karl Bauer, Hans Kössel, Christoph Bührer, Michael Obladen, Hans T. Versmold

“…In neonatal patients, sC5b-9 rose faster than in vitro, but the rapid increase was also significant for in vitro experiments (in vivo: from 328 ± 63 to 1623 ± 387 μg/l after 2 h; and in vitro: from 78 ± 32 to 453 ± 179 μg/l after 8 h). …”
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