Cytokines in Liver Cirrhosis (Their Importance in Assessing Activity and Decompensation) by G. K. Mirodzhov, S. D. Pulatova

“…Among the examined patients, compensated liver cirrhosis (Class A) according to Child — Pugh was detected in 18 persons, subcompensated (Class B) — in 14, decompensated (Class C) — in 77. The study of the content of pro-inflammatory and anti-inflammatory cytokines in the blood serum of patients with Class A liver cirrhosis showed, that levels of tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), interleukin-2, interleukin-6 were statistically higher compared to healthy individuals, while the concentration of anti-inflammatory interleukin-10 was lower (30.7 ± 4.7 pg/mL) in comparison with the control group. …”
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Hydrogel-Based Innovations in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome: Bridging Pathophysiological Complexities and Translational Therapeutic Gaps by Venera Cristina Dinescu, Liviu Martin, Marius Bica, Ramona Constantina Vasile, Andrei Gresita, Marius Bunescu, Mihai Andrei Ruscu, Madalina Aldea, Alexandra Daniela Rotaru-Zavaleanu

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Mortality and readmission following hip fracture surgery: a retrospective study comparing conventional and fast-track care by Kristin Haugan, Lars G Johnsen, Trude Basso, Olav A Foss

“…Regarding the readmission, the conventional care group sub-HR was 1.02 (95% CI 0.88 to 1.18, p=0.822) without and 0.97 (95% CI 0.83 to 1.12, p=0.644) with adjusting for covariates. …”
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Phenolic Profile and Antioxidant Activity of Crude Extracts from Microalgae and Cyanobacteria Strains by Idaira Jerez-Martel, Sara García-Poza, Gara Rodríguez-Martel, Milagros Rico, Cristina Afonso-Olivares, Juan Luis Gómez-Pinchetti

“…The strain Euglena cantabrica showed the highest concentration of phenolic compounds, particularly gallic and protocatechuic acids (5.87 and 2.97 mg per gram of dried biomass, resp.). …”
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Impact of tiered restrictions in December 2020 on COVID-19 hospitalisations in England: a synthetic control study by Daniel Hungerford, Benjamin Barr, Mark Green, Marta García-Fiñana, Iain Buchan, Xingna Zhang

“…Objectives To evaluate the effectiveness of localised Tier 3 restrictions, implemented in England in December 2020, on reducing COVID-19 hospitalisations compared with less stringent Tier 2 measures and the variations by neighbourhood deprivation and the prevalence of Alpha (B.1.1.7) variant, the primary variant of concern then, to measure hospital services’ burden and inequalities across different communities.Design Observational study using a synthetic control method, comparing weekly hospitalisation rates in Tier 3 areas to a synthetic control from Tier 2 areas.Setting England between 4 October 2020 and 21 February 2021.Participants 23 million people under Tier 3 restrictions, compared with a synthetic control group derived from 29 million people under Tier 2 restrictions.Interventions Tier 3 restrictions in designated areas were implemented from 7 December 2020, imposing stricter limits on gatherings and hospitality than Tier 2, followed by a national lockdown on 6 January 2021.Primary and secondary outcome measures Weekly COVID-19-related hospitalisations for neighbourhoods in England over 11 weeks following the interventions.Results Implementing Tier 3 restrictions were associated with a 17% average reduction in hospitalisations compared with Tier 2 areas (95% CI 13% to 21%; 8158 (6286 to 9981) in total). …”
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Influencia de las universidades colombianas sobre la percepción de la Responsabilidad Social Empresaria de sus estudiantes by Oscar Licandro, Giselle Pinochet Sánchez, Margarita Ramírez Mariño, Ana Cecilia Chumaceiro Hernández, Gustavo Adolfo Rubio Rodríguez, Edy Lorena Burbano Vallejo, Adriana Zambrano, Diana Carolina Cabra Ballesteros, Juan Pablo Mariño Jiménez, Alejandro Echeverri Rubio

“…Mediante análisis factorial se validó que esas prácticas operacionalizan cuatro dimensiones de la Responsabilidad Social (interna, con la sostenibilidad, con los stakeholders del mercado, con la comunidad). …”
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Mapping the Landscape of AI-Driven Human Resource Management: A Social Network Analysis of Research Collaboration by Mehrdad Maghsoudi, Motahareh Kamrani Shahri, Mehrdad Agha Mohammad Ali Kermani, Rahim Khanizad

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Assessment of Myometrial Concentrations of Oestrogen and Progesterone Receptors in the Lower Uterine Segment of Full-Term Pregnancies in Presence or Absence of Labour by Joana Soares de Arruda, Edward Araujo Júnior, Manuel de Jesus Simões, Luiz Kulay Júnior

“…We did not observe significant differences of the number of ORs and PRs in both groups ( and 0.37, resp.). The number of ORs was statistically more than that of PRs in Group II (Z calculated = 16.00). …”
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Risk assessment of fine particulate matter exposure attributed to the presence of the cement industry by A. Mallongi, S. Stang, R.D.P. Astuti, A.U. Rauf, M.F. Natsir

“…The result of sensitivity analysis showed that duration of exposure (27.0%) and concentration of fine particulate matter (25.7%) were the most contributing factors to health risks in adults and children, respectively. …”
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Assessing the Impact of TLR4 rs4986790 Polymorphism on Bacterial Meningitis Risk: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Praveen Kumar Chandra Sekar, Ramakrishnan Veerabathiran

“…AA model (OR: 0.35, 95% CI: 0.14–0.87, P = 0.02, I² = 48%) respectively. …”
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Association of Septic Shock with Mortality in Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients in Wuhan, China by Shaoqiu Chen, Zitong Gao, Ling Hu, Yi Zuo, Yuanyuan Fu, Meilin Wei, Emory Zitello, Gang Huang, Youping Deng

“…These eight factors included disease severity (HR = 15, p<0.001), age > 65 years (HR = 2.6, p=0.012), temperature > 39.1°C (HR = 2.9, p=0.047), white blood cell count > 10 × 10⁹ (HR = 6.9, p<0.001), neutrophil count > 75 × 10⁹ (HR = 2.4, p=0.022), creatine kinase > 5 U/L (HR = 1.8, p=0.042), glucose > 6.1 mmol/L (HR = 7, p<0.001), and lactate > 2 mmol/L (HR = 22, p<0.001). …”
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Indoor Air Exposure to Multiple Agricultural Pesticides Potentially Posing the Highest Risk to Young Children by Sithembiso Sifiso Msibi, Chung-Yu Chen, Cheng-Ping Chang, Chiou-Jong Chen, Su-Yin Chiang, Kuen-Yuh Wu

“…Applying liquid chromatography with tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) to the samples revealed mean ametryn, atrazine, pendimethalin and 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) concentrations of 0.75, 0.32, 0.57 and 0.004 µg m−3, respectively, in the applicator households and corresponding values of 0.19, 0.03, 0.04 and 0.003 µg m−3, respectively, in the non-applicator households. …”
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Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism Secondary to Thrombophilic Disorder: A Case Report by Satbir Kaur Malik, Vineetha Naga Lakshmi Giduturi, Sindhuri Goud Nimmala, Vijayashree Gokhale

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Characterization and classification of the compositional quality of milk from river buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) and cows (Bos spp.) in Colombia by W. A. Barragán-Hernández, L. Mahecha-Ledesma, J. Angulo-Arizala, M. Olivera-Angel

“…La base de datos categorizada se separó aleatoriamente en dos conjuntos (entrenamiento y validación) y se aplicó un análisis discriminante. En total, 37,3% de las muestras de leche de búfalo de agua se clasificaron como N (6,80% de grasa, 4,34% de proteína y 16,80% de TS); 13% como HQ (9,41% de grasa, 4,93% de proteína y 19,50% de TS) y 43,7 % como PQ (3,95% de grasa, 3,92% de proteína y 13,7% de TS). …”
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Interferência de plantas daninhas na cultura da beterraba em semeadura direta e transplantada by Naiara Guerra, Édina Simone Batista da Silva, Adair Miguel Tavares, Alessandro Carlet, Antonio Mendes de Oliveira Neto

“…O delineamento experimental utilizado foi em blocos casualizados em esquema fatorial 2 x 7, com quatro repetições. O primeiro fator foi representado por dois modelos de interferência (convivência e controle) e o segundo por sete épocas crescentes em que a cultura conviveu ou foi mantida livre da presença das plantas daninhas - 0-7; 0-15; 0-25; 0-35; 0-50 e 0-70 dias após a emergência (DAE) ou transplantio (DAT). …”
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Detecting Subtle Signs of School Attendance Issues Using Smartphone-Based Sensing by Viktor Erdelyi, Teruhiro Mizumoto, Yuichiro Kitai, Daiki Ishimaru, Hiroyoshi Adachi, Teruo Higashino, Manabu Ikeda

“…In recent years, school attendance issues among university students have been increasing, which can lead to repeating courses, dropping out of school, or even social withdrawal. …”
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Lise Öğrencilerinde Kontrolsüz İnternet Kullanımı ve İnternet Bağımlılığının Belirlenmesi by Nurcan Kolaç, Arzu Şahin

“…Young İnternet Bağımlılığı Testi Kısa Form Ölçek puan ortalaması 27.820±9.010‘dur. Transteoretik Model Ölçekleri alt boyut puan ortalamaları sırasıyla, Davranış Değişim Süreci Ölçeği Davranışsal Süreçler 36.870±10.719, Bilişsel Süreçler 24.247±7.574, Karar Alma Ölçeği Yarar Algısı 41.401±10.236, Zarar Algısı 19.643±7.485, Öz Etkililik Ölçeği Pozitif Faktörler 34.073±8.185 ve Negatif Faktörler 5.495±2.399 olduğu tespit edilmiştir. …”
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EgoSep: Egocentric On-Screen Sound Source Separation for Real-Time Edge Computing by Donghyeok Jo, Jun-Hwa Kim, Jihoon Jeon, Chee Sun Won

“…The ability to identify specific sounds in noisy environments can be improved by incorporating visual information through audio-visual integration, leveraging visual cues such as lip reading and sound-producing object recognition. …”
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Characterising the extent and nature of digital food and beverage marketing in Singapore: a descriptive study by Xin Hui Chua, Clare Whitton, Stefanie Vandevijvere, Bridget Kelly, Rob M van Dam, Salome A Rebello

“…Participants: NA Results: Advertisements (n 117) on the twelve non-food websites were largely presented as editorial content. …”
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Revision Anterior Cruciate Ligament Reconstruction in Combination With Meniscal and Osteochondral Allograft Transplantation for Complex Knee Injury by Denisse Loya, M.D., M.Sc., Janina Kaarre, M.D., M.Sc., Stephen E. Marcaccio, M.D., Ehab M. Nazzal, M.D., Christopher J. Como, M.D., Zachary J. Herman, M.D., Liane M. Miller, M.D., Volker Musahl, M.D.

“…Revision ACLR and treatment of accompanying injuries can be performed either as a 1-stage or 2-stage procedure, yet the latter may increase surgical risk for the patient and extend recovery time. …”
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