Assessing the diagnostic accuracy of radiological and histological findings in the diagnosis of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease stages among patients in a tertiary hospital by Ekpe Edemekong L, Emanghe U, Ekpe EL, Obiora IC, Yemiode Itam, Akinmola OO

“…The ultrasonography had a sensitivity of 90.4% (95% Confidence Interval (CI): 83.6-93.6) and a specificity of 72.5% (95% CI: 68.7-79.8). …”
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Nível de atividade física no lazer e deslocamento e fatores associados em alunos de Educação Física em Coimbra - Portugal by Pedro Silva, Vasco Vaz, Marcelo Silva

“…O total de sujeitos entrevistados foi de 405, com média de idade de 21,7 anos (DP= ±4,5 anos), sendo, na maioria, do sexo masculino (67,7%), solteiros (97,5%) e de cor da pele branca (90,0%). …”
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A socialização de crianças e adolescentes no contexto de um projeto social de tênis by André Lazzari, Luís Eduardo Cunha Thomassim, Marco Paulo Stigger

“…Constatamos que as crianças já chegam ao projeto com certas características pré-estabelecidas (“com boas condutas”). …”
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Metabolic and Hepatic Effects of Energy-Reduced Anti-Inflammatory Diet in Younger Adults with Obesity by Gordana Kenđel Jovanović, Ines Mrakovcic-Sutic, Sandra Pavičić Žeželj, Indira Benjak Horvat, Lucia Šuša, Dario Rahelić, Sanja Klobučar Majanović

“…Energy-restricted anti-inflammatory diet resulted in significant weight loss (−7.1%, p < 0.001), in reducing the visceral adiposity (−22.3%, p < 0.001), metabolic (HOMA-IR, −15.5%; total cholesterol, −5.3%; LDL-C, −4.6%; triglycerides, −12.2%), and inflammatory biomarkers (hs-CRP, −29.5%; IL-6, −18.2%; TNF-α, −34.2%), with significant improvement of liver parameters (NAFLD-FLS, −143.4%; FLI, −14.3%; FIB-4, −2.5%). …”
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The combined effects of sleep and extreme heat exposure on cognitive function among older adults by Wensu Zhou, Xuezhu Li, Qiong Wang, Li Ling, Hui Zhang

“…Results: Compared to those with long sleep duration during heatwaves, participants exposed to heatwaves with normal sleep duration had lower cognitive impairment risk (HR: 0.86, 95 %CI: 0.76–0.97). Those exposed to extreme heat with short sleep duration also showed lower cognitive risks (HR: 0.74, 95 %CI: 0.62–0.88). …”
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Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid IFN-γ+ Th17 Cells and Regulatory T Cells in Pulmonary Sarcoidosis by Anders Tøndell, Torolf Moen, Magne Børset, Øyvind Salvesen, Anne Dorthea Rø, Malcolm Sue-Chu

“…In a subset of the patients, expression of the cytokines IL17A and IFN-γ was investigated. The fractions of FoxP3+ CD4+ T cells and Th17 cells were both lower in sarcoidosis compared to controls (P=0.017 and P=0.011, resp.). …”
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Inpatient and Emergency Room Ophthalmology Consultations at a Tertiary Care Center by Daniel J. Oh, Levi N. Kanu, Judy L. Chen, Ahmad A. Aref, William F. Mieler, Peter W. MacIntosh

“…The most common inpatient consulting services were internal medicine (22%), followed by neurosurgery (16%) and neurology (7%). All the consultations were categorized as acute (72.3%), chronic (6.0%), or screening (21.7%). …”
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Telemedicine for HIV care: a cross-sectional survey of people living with HIV receiving care at two federally qualified health centers in Los Angeles during a mature phase of the C... by Daisy Walker, Corrina Moucheraud, Derrick Butler, Christian Takayama, Steven Shoptaw, Judith S. Currier, Jay Gladstein, Risa Hoffman

“…Almost all respondents (95%, n = 257) had access to a functioning smartphone and self-rated their technological literacy as high. …”
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Bio-Preparation of Iron Nano Fertilizers from Lemon Fruit Affected some of the Characters of Carrot plants (Daucus carota L.) by Laila Hefdah Allah Alansi, Najeeb M. Al-Magrebi Al-Magrebi

“…Nano-iron spraying was superior than to chelated iron in the concentration of iron (Fe), root length, root diameter, fresh weight, dry weight, and total dissolved solids (1059.22 ppm, 20.82 cm, 2.29 cm, 168.97 g, 18.37 g, and 9.91 %, respectively). …”
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Development of Nutrient-Rich Injera Using Amaranthus Leaf/Grain and Teff Flours: A Study on Nutritional Value, Sensory Characteristics, and Storage Stability by Betelhem Abera, Ramesh Duraisamy, Tewodros Birhanu, Beyene Gurbo, Ketemaw Salelign

“…Minerals such as sodium (Na), potassium (K), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), iron (Fe), and zinc (Zn) increased noticeably (in percent), ranging from 10% to 12.2%, 0.02%–0.41%, 3%–4.4%, 0.33%–2.2%, 5.7%–10%, and 4.9%–28.7%, respectively. …”
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Examining reliability of WHOBARS: a tool to measure the quality of administration of WHO surgical safety checklist using generalisability theory with surgical teams from three New... by Jennifer M Weller, Carmen Skilton, Derryn A Gargiulo, Oleg N Medvedev, Simon J Mitchell, Alan F Merry

“…The largest source of measurement error was the interaction between the surgical team and the rater, accounting for 16.7% (95% CI 16.4 to 16.9) of the total variance in the data. …”
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Comparative study of thermohydraulic performance in mini-channel heat sink systems: Multi-objective optimization and exergy considerations by Zouheyr Noui, Mohamed Si-Ameur, Nabil Bessanane, Amel Djebara, Adnan Ibrahim, Muhammad Amir Aziat Bin Ishak, Raheem K. Ajeel, Sharul Sham Dol

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Anatomical and physiological contributions of nasal turbinate vessels and lymphatics to the pathogenesis of nasal congestion in recurrent headaches: a pilot study by Jacob M. Chmielecki, Aishwarya Vemula, Joyce G. Schwartz, Jonathan A. Gelfond, William T. Phillips

“…The scans were evaluated by region of interest (ROI) analysis of nasal and heart max pixel count ratios (NHMRs) to determine an association between nasal blood pooling activity and recurrent headaches at the time of the initial scan and in follow-up evaluations over a period of 3–6 years.ResultsSignificantly greater NHMRs were observed in 122 patients with chronic headaches at the time of referral for their initial whole-body blood pool scan when compared with those patients without recurrent headaches (p = 0.004; OR 10.5; 95% CI 2.22–56.7). An additional 15 patients, for a total of 137, developed recurrent headaches following their initial scan and before their follow-up evaluation. …”
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Investigating the correlation of hip circumference to cardiovascular disease and type‐2 diabetes using Mendelian randomization by Hongtao Liu, Zhaoyu Li, Su Yan, Shaopeng Ming

“…Results Results indicated a positive causal relationship between HC and CVD (IVW: P = 1.84e‐07, OR: 1.37, 95% CI: 1.22–1.54) as well as type 2 diabetes mellitus (IVW: P = 0.04, OR: 1.62, 95% CI: 1.02–2.56), independent of BMI. …”
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Trends of Hydroclimate Variables in the Upper Huai River Basin: Implications of Managing Water Resource for Climate Change Mitigation by Abel Girma, Denghua Yan, Hao Wang, Xinshan Song, Tianlin Qin, Batsuren Dorjsuren, Mohammed Gedefaw, Asaminew Abiyu, Dagim Fikir, Jianwei Wang, Otgonbayar Yadamjav

“…According to the findings, average annual precipitation shows a descending trend (ф = −0.17) in most stations. An increasing trend was found only in Fuyang station (ф = 1.02). …”
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Sarcopenia as a Predictor of Mortality in a Cohort of Elderly Patients Undergoing Endoscopic Retrograde Cholangiopancreatography by Giacomo Mulinacci, Clara Benedetta Conti, Alberto Savino, Davide Gandola, Davide Ippolito, Roberto Frego, Alessandro Ettore Redaelli, Marta Maino, Marco Emilio Dinelli

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TRENDS IN GLOBAL TRANSFORMATIONS OF COUNTRIES IN THE CONTEXT OF THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND ENSURING NATIONAL SECURITY by Olena A. Parshyna, Marharyta Yu. Parshyna, Tetiana V. Chumak, Ljudmila I. Yarmolenko

“…Effective strategic decisions can be developed to enhance resilience amid global transformations, based on analytical information and identified gaps in the key characteristics of states.…”
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Effects of Traumeel (Tr14) on Exercise-Induced Muscle Damage Response in Healthy Subjects: A Double-Blind RCT by Kerstin Muders, Christian Pilat, Vanessa Deuster, Torsten Frech, Karsten Krüger, Jörn Pons-Kühnemann, Frank-Christoph Mooren

“…Less pronounced lymphopenia (p=0.02), a trend towards a lower expression of CD69 count (p=0.07), and antigen-stimulated ICAM-1 (p=0.01) were found in the verum group. …”
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十字形部分包覆钢-混凝土组合柱轴压性能数值分析与承载力计算方法 by 王静峰, 陶书庆, 刘用, 沈万玉, 徐秋雨

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Smoking Exposure and Survival of Patients with Esophagus Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Jun-jie Kuang, Zhi-min Jiang, Yan-xian Chen, Wei-peng Ye, Qiong Yang, Hui-zhong Wang, De-rong Xie

“…In the grouping analysis, among esophageal squamous-cell carcinoma patients, current and former smokers, compared to those who have never smoked, seemed to have a poorer prognosis (HR = 1.41, 95% CI 1.22–1.64, and HR = 1.35, 95% CI 0.92–1.97, resp.). …”
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