An Interval Throwing Program for Baseball Pitchers Based upon Workload Data by Michael M. Reinold, Brittany Dowling, Glenn S. Fleisig, Leonard C. Macrina, Kevin E. Wilk, John T. Streepy, James R. Andrews

“… # Results The original ITP had a throwing schedule of 136 days, final chronic workload 15.0, and the ACWR above or below the "safe" range (i.e. 0.7 -- 1.3) for 18% of the program with a peak of 1.61. …”
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High Dose Dexmedetomidine: Effective as a Sole Agent Sedation for Children Undergoing MRI by Sheikh Sohail Ahmed, Tamara Unland, James E. Slaven, Mara E. Nitu

“…A second bolus was used in 103 (18.9%) patients. 117 (21.5%) required additional medications. Efficacy, side effects, and use of additional medicines to complete the MRI were reviewed. …”
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The Effectiveness of Pre- and Postoperative Infliximab in Controlling Behçet’s Disease Posterior Uveitis in Patients Undergoing Vitrectomy: A Preliminary Study by Hossam El Din Mohamed Khalil, Heba A. El Gendy, Hala Ahmed Raafat, Hazem Effat Haroun, Tamer Atef Gheita, Hossam Mahmoud Bakir

“…Improvement of ocular manifestations was noted in all eyes, with complete resolution in 26 eyes (87%). Visual acuity improved from 0.23 ± 0.11 to 0.38 ± 0.17 (p≤0.2), ESR decreased from 65.92 mm/hr ± 17.32 SD to 24.93 mm/hr ± 5.28 SD at the last treatment cycle (p≤0.1). …”
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Hypermethylation at 45S rDNA promoter in cancers. by Trang Thi Quynh Tran, Trang Hien Do, Tung The Pham, Phương Thi Thu Luu, Oanh Minh Pham, Uyen Quynh Nguyen, Linh Dieu Vuong, Quang Ngoc Nguyen, Tuan Van Mai, Son Van Ho, Than Thi Nguyen, Lan Thi Thuong Vo

“…Using the bisulfite-based quantitative real-time methylation-specific PCR (qMSP) method after ensuring unbiased amplification and complete bisulfite conversion of the minuscule DNA amount of 1 ng, we established that the rDNA promoter was significantly hypermethylated in 107 breast, 65 lung, and 135 colon tumour tissue samples (46.81%, 51.02% and 96.60%, respectively) as compared with their corresponding adjacent normal samples (26.84%, 38.26% and 77.52%, respectively; p < 0.0001). …”
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Phylogeny and taxonomy of Nigroporus (Polyporales, Basidiomycota) with four new species from Asia and Oceania by Xiang-Lin Li, Yu-Cheng Dai, Zhan-Bo Liu, Yu-Han Jiang, Hong-Gao Liu, Yuan Yuan

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Impact of maternal age on birth weight-related adverse outcomes in newborns: a retrospective study in south-central China by Zhi Huang, Yan Zhang, Jinlian Wang, Xia Tan, Aiping Zhang

“…Maternal age increased the risk for large for gestational age (LGA) (OR = 1.016, 95% CI: 1.006–1.027, P = 0.002) and preterm birth (OR = 1.028, 95% CI: 1.008–1.049, P = 0.005). …”
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Global burden of pneumoconiosis attributable to occupational particulate matter, gasses, and fumes from 1990~2021 and forecasting the future trends: a population-based study by Mao Qingsong, Ruijie Xiao, Wenqi Yang, Xinyi Wang, Yu-zhe Kong

“…Furthermore, an ARIMA model was employed to forecast future trends of pneumoconiosis up to 2050.ResultThe year 2021 saw pneumoconiosis from occupational particulate matter, gasses, and fumes account for roughly 4,775 deaths and 117.80 thousand disability-adjusted life years (DALYs). …”
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Spin-bearing molecules as optically addressable platforms for quantum technologies by Kuppusamy Senthil Kumar, Hunger David, Ruben Mario, Goldner Philippe, Serrano Diana

“…Any physical property presenting two distinct energy states that can be found in a long-lived superposition state can serve as a quantum bit (qubit), the basic information processing unit in quantum technologies. …”
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Spi-VSTL: Image data collection platform using off-the shelf hardware for vertically supported crops in state-of-the-art glasshouses by Namal Jayasuriya, Malith Weerasekara, Oula Ghannoum, Yi Guo, Wen Hu

“…The proposed motorised platform has been tested with 30 kg, and speed was measured as an average minimum of 0.06 ms−1 and an average maximum of 0.47 ms−1. The usability of the proposed design has been proved with a published data set and research on plant height estimation. …”
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Use of stepwise m5 model tree to forecast the P24max based on teleconnection indices by Golnar Ghanbarzadeh, Khalil Ghorbani, Meysam Salarijazi, Chooghi Bairam Komaki, Laleh Rezaei Ghaleh

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Longitudinal validation of King's Sarcoidosis Questionnaire in a prospective cohort with mild sarcoidosis by Janne Møller, Thomas Skovhus Prior, Ole Hilberg, Surinder Birring, Elisabeth Bendstrup

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Effects of proton pump inhibitors and histamine-2 receptor antagonists on response to fidaxomicin or vancomycin in patients with Clostridium difficile-associated diarrhoea by Thomas Louie, Karl Weiss, Mark A Miller, Kathleen Mullane, Derrick W Crook, Sherwood L Gorbach

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Development and validation of the health education demand scale for HPV infected patients based on KANO model. by Yuying Zhang, Li Luo, Shuaihui Du, Die Hou, Yaling Zhang, Limin He, Lihua Zhou

“…The content validity index of the scale: S-CVI/UA = 0.91, S-CVI/Ave = 0.98. In stage 3, the confirmatory factor analysis showed that the χ2/df, RMSEA, CFI and TLI of the positive items after four model modifications were 3.650, 0.067, 0.901, 0.888, and the SRMR value was < 0.001. …”
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MagNet—A Data‐Science Competition to Predict Disturbance Storm‐Time Index (Dst) From Solar Wind Data by Manoj Nair, Rob Redmon, Li‐Yin Young, Arnaud Chulliat, Belinda Trotta, Christine Chung, Greg Lipstein, Isaac Slavitt

“…Abstract Enhanced interaction between solar‐wind and Earth's magnetosphere can cause space weather and geomagnetic storms that have the potential to damage critical technologies, such as magnetic navigation, radio communications, and power grids. …”
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Vitamin Status as a Determinant of Serum Homocysteine Concentration in Type 2 Diabetic Retinopathy by Pandelis Fotiou, Athanasios Raptis, George Apergis, George Dimitriadis, Ioannis Vergados, Panagiotis Theodossiadis

“…Regression analysis revealed that homocysteine was an independent risk factor for diabetic retinopathy and there was a threshold in its serum level (13.7 μmol/L), above which the risk of diabetic retinopathy greatly increases (OR=1.66, P=0.001). …”
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Biochar impact on physiological and biochemical attributes of Spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) in nickel contaminated soil by U. Younis, M. Athar, S.A. Malik, M.H. Raza Shah, S. Mahmood

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Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease related to wood smoke and impact of the combined exposure to tobacco by C.A. Torres-Duque, C. Jaramillo, A. Caballero, N.J. Proaños-Jurado, M.J. Pareja-Zabala, J.B. Soriano, M. González-García

“…RESULTS: Prevalence of COPD was significantly higher in those exposed to both WS and TS (16.0%) than in those exposed to WS (6.7%) or TS (7.8%) only (P < 0.001). Exposure to WS was associated with COPD in men (OR 1.53, P = 0.017). …”
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Enhanced Optical Properties of ZnO-TiO₂ Films Through Co-Sensitization with Multiple Natural Dyes by Musyarofah Musyarofah, Inas Nuraini, Budi Prayitno, Lusi Ernawati, Andi Idhil Ismail, Triwikantoro Triwikantoro

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Determining the Temporal and Spatial Effects of Human Induced Interventions on Some Water Quality Parameters of Murgul Creek by Şenol Osmanaoğlu, Mehmet Özalp

“…In addition, besides determining the amount of suspended solid particles (SSP) and monthly flow rates, analyses were made for arsenic (As), cadmium (Cd), copper (Cu), iron (Fe), lead (Pb) and zinc (Zn) in water samples for a possible heavy metal pollution caused by mining activities. …”
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CELLULOSE FROM VARIOUS PARTS OF SORANOVSKII MISCANTHUS by Yu. A. Gismatulina, V. V. Budaeva, S. G. Veprev, G. V. Sakovich, V. K. Shumny

“…For instance, cellulose isolated from stems by the nitric-acid process was better than that from leaves, which was expressed as a higher α cellulose content (94,4 % versus 91,7 %) and polymerization degree (800 versus 580), as well as low weight fractions of non-cellulosic components: ash (0,07 % versus 1,01 %) and acid-insoluble lignin (0,45 % versus 1,51 %). …”
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