Association between socioeconomic status and patient-reported outcome at 1 year after shoulder arthroplasty for osteoarthritis or cuff-tear arthropathy: a nationwide cohort study o... by Marie L Jensen, Epaminondas M Valsamis, Alexander S Madrid, Bo S Olsen, Jeppe V Rasmussen

“…In the adjusted analysis, unemployed patients had a significantly lower WOOS index compared with patients with low-level jobs (14, CI 7.0–21), patients with high-level jobs (19, CI 12–25), and retired patients (14, CI 8.3–21). Low education level was associated with a lower WOOS index compared with medium education (4.8, CI 2.6–7.0) and high education level (7.7, CI 5.0–10). …”
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Association between Smoking and Liver Fibrosis among Patients with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Hongjie Ou, Yaojie Fu, Wei Liao, Caixia Zheng, Xiaolu Wu

“…FibroScan showed that the LS value in the smokers was significantly higher than that in the nonsmokers (10.12 ± 10.38 kPa vs. 7.26 ± 6.42 kPa, P=0.013). …”
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Factors Influencing Behavioral Intention to Apply Freemium Services in Islamic Lifestyle Digital Applications Using Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) by Yan Putra Timur, Ririn Tri Ratnasari, Anwar Allah Pitchay, Dyah Permata Sari, Muhammad Rifqi

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圈养亚洲象春季昼间行为时间分配及活动节律 by 刘安荣 师 婧 周杰珑 杨 梅 柳元淑 肖伍原 何勇杰 黄 松

“…2012年1月13日～5月8日,采用瞬时扫描法、全事件取样法及目标取样法对昆明动物园4只圈养大象(3♀1♂)的昼间行为时间分配及活动节律进行了观察与分析。…”
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Uso e ocupação do solo em São Paulo, alterações climáticas e os riscos ambientais contemporâneos by Jane Zilda dos Santos Ramires, Neli Aparecida de Mello-Théry

“…The current discussion involves the human contribution into this process, especially from the advent of the industrial revolution followed by technological innovations (Santos 1997, 2012; Leff 2007; Giddens, 2010). The 1st National Assessment Report from Brazilian Climate Change Panel confirms the results of the IPCC (2014), with more detailed data on climate changes in Brazil, pointing out that there will be changes in the coming decades in all regions of the country with increase in average temperature around 1° C to 6° C by the end of this century, compared to that recorded at the end of the twentieth century. …”
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Crecimiento, supervivencia y fecundidad de individuos de Avena fatua L. tratados con herbicidas inhibidores de ALS e inhibidores de ACCasa by J. Scursoni, A. Martín, P. Abbati, M. Bastanchuri, M. Gueventter, E. Di Iorio, A. Pulido, T. Sherriff, J. Quistre

“…La eficacia de estos herbicidas se evalúa principalmente mediante el control visual y la supervivencia, sin considerar otros procesos demográficos tal como la fecundidad. Entre 2012 y 2015 se realizaron siete experimentos en la Facultad de Agronomía de la Universidad de Buenos Aires. …”
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The Association of Plasma Selenium and Selenoprotein P Levels with Depression Severity and Anxiety Symptoms Among Medical Students in Latvia by Zanda Birģele, Paula Marija Vimba, Anastasija Ševčenko, Andrejs Šķesters, Gunta Ancāne, Laura Valaine

“…A significant association was found between selenoprotein P and symptoms of depression (<i>p</i> = 0.006), as well as between selenoprotein P and symptoms of anxiety (<i>p</i> = 0.012). The median selenium level was not significantly lower (<i>p</i> = 0.214) in the study group compared to the control group. …”
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Characteristics and Management of Neck and Trochanteric Femur Fractures at a Tertiary Hospital in Indonesia: A Retrospective, Single-Center Study by Ndilalah Pulungan, Yusa Muhammad Thoriq, Felix Giovanni Hartono, Muhammad Luthfi Adnan, Dadang Rona Sasetyo

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Statistical evaluation of selected air quality parameters influenced by COVID-19 lockdown by M.H. Masum, S.K. Pal

“…The daily average concentrations of air pollutants PM₁₀, PM_2.5, NO₂, SO₂ and CO of Chittagong city during COVID-19 lockdown were statistically evaluated and were compared with dry season data averaging over previous 8 years (2012 to 2019). During lockdown, except NO₂, all other pollutants studied showed statistically significant decreasing trend. …”
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Enhanced Drug Skin Permeation by Azone-Mimicking Ionic Liquids: Effects of Fatty Acids Forming Ionic Liquids by Takeshi Oshizaka, Shunsuke Kodera, Rika Kawakubo, Issei Takeuchi, Kenji Mori, Kenji Sugibayashi

“…<b>Conclusions</b>: These results suggest the potential of C12 IL-Azone as a strong and useful penetration enhancer.…”
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Design and In Silico and In Vitro Evaluations of a Novel Nicotinamide Derivative as a VEGFR-2 Inhibitor by Ibrahim H. Eissa, Muhammad Abd ElGayed Bkrah, Reda G. Yousef, Hazem Elkady, Eslam B. Elkaeed, Bshra A. Alsfouk, Ibrahim M. Ibrahim, Ahmed M. Metwaly, Dalal Z. Husein

“…Besides, it exhibited cytotoxicity against HepG2 and MCF-7 cancer cell lines, with IC50 values of 35.78 ± 0.863 μM and 57.62 μM ± 0.871, comparing sorafenib’s IC50 values of 5.95 ± 0.917 μM and 8.45 ± 0.912 μM. Furthermore, compound 10 demonstrated a lower level of toxicity towards Vero cell lines, with an IC50 value of 127.3 μM. …”
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МЯСНАЯ СНЕКОВАЯ ПРОДУКЦИЯ С ДОБАВЛЕНИЕМ ЯГОДНОГО ПОРОШКА ИЗ ВЫЖИМОК RÚBUS SAXÁTILIS L. by Елизавета Александровна Рыгалова, Лидия Петровна Шароглазова, Надежда Александровна Величко, Яна Викторовна Смольникова

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Validation of mortality risk scores after esophagectomy by Sabine Schiefer, Nerma Crnovrsanin, Ingmar F. Rompen, Nicolas Jorek, Mohammed Al-Saeedi, Thomas Schmidt, Henrik Nienhüser, Leila Sisic

“…The area under the ROC curve was 0.634 (95%CI: 0.557–0.712) for the IESG model, 0.637 (95%CI: 0.526–0.747) for the Steyerberg score, and 0.686 (95%CI: 0.611–0.760) for the Fuchs score. …”
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Sürekli Dalgacık Dönüşümlü Granger Nedensellik Analizi ile Bist-30 Endeksi ve Endeks Vadeli İşlem Sözleşmesi Üzerine Bir Araştırma by Erhan Demireli, Erdost Torun

“…Bu çalışmada, BIST-30 Endeks ve endeks vadeli sözleşme fiyatları arasındaki nedensellik ilişkisinin belirlenmesi amacıyla 02.07.2012 – 30.11.2018 dönemindeki, 1613 adet günlük veri için sürekli dalgacık dönüşümünü temel alan parametrik olmayan Granger nedensellik testi yapılmıştır. …”
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Digital mapping of soil organic carbon in a plain area based on time-series features by Kun Yan, Decai Wang, Yongkang Feng, Siyu Hou, Yamei Zhang, Huimin Yang

“…The RFSTB (RF + Conventional variables + Time-series variables + Boruta algorithm) model was identified as the optimal model, with R2 increasing by 65.45 % and RMSE decreasing by 47.12 %. This study introduces new environmental covariates for SOC mapping and provides new insights into digital mapping of SOC in plain areas.…”
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Differential risk of cardiovascular complications in patients with type-2 diabetes mellitus in Ghana: A hospital-based cross-sectional study. by Christian Obirikorang, Evans Asamoah Adu, Anthony Afum-Adjei Awuah, Samuel Nkansah Darko, Frank Naku Ghartey, Samuel Ametepe, Eric N Y Nyarko, Enoch Odame Anto, William Kwame Boakye Ansah Owiredu

“…Among male patients, the obesity-related phenotype with severe insulin resistance was associated with an increased intermediate (OR = 21.78, 95%CI:4.17-113.78) and a high-risk CVD (OR = 6.84, 95%CI:1.45-32.12).<h4>Conclusions</h4>The findings highlight significant cardiometabolic heterogeneity among T2DM patients. …”
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肝活检对先天性胆道闭锁与婴儿肝炎综合征鉴别及预后判断的意义 by 陈文静, 郭玉娟, 郜红艺

“…【目的】探讨肝活检病理检查对先天性胆道闭锁（CBA）和婴儿肝炎综合症（IHS）鉴别诊断及预后判 断的重要意义。【方法】对2012年12月到2016年12月在广东省妇幼保健院就诊的77例先天性胆道闭锁和48例 婴儿肝炎综合症的患儿进行肝活检病理检查和随访，并结合免疫组化及PAS染色、网状纤维染色和Masson染色 技术，对比分析两者的组织病理学特征及预后。…”
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助孕失败患者宫腔内病变分布特点及宫腔镜检查价值

“…【方法】 采用回顾性分析,收集2011年1月到2012年7月期间在中山大学第一附属医院门诊,因助孕治疗(包括试管婴儿或人工受精)失败后进行宫腔镜检查的256例不孕患者的临床资料。 …”
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Plasmodium falciparum Merozoite Surface Proteins Polymorphisms and Treatment Outcomes among Patients with Uncomplicated Malaria in Mwanza, Tanzania by Karol J. Marwa, Eric Lyimo, Eveline T. Konje, Anthony Kapesa, Erasmus Kamugisha, Göte Swedberg

“…Similarly, there was no positive correlation between parasite density at day 1 and MOI for both msp1 (rho = 0.113, p=0.244) and msp2 (rho = 0.043, p=0.712). The association between MOI and ACPR was not observed for either msp1 or mps2 (p=0.776 and 0.296, respectively). …”
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Comprehensive Analysis of Transcriptome Sequencing Data in the Lung Tissues of COPD Subjects by Woo Jin Kim, Jae Hyun Lim, Jae Seung Lee, Sang-Do Lee, Ju Han Kim, Yeon-Mok Oh

“…After filtering for genes with zero counts and noncoding genes, 16,676 genes were evaluated. A total of 2312 genes were differentially expressed between the lung tissues of COPD and control subjects (false discovery rate corrected q<0.01). …”
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