Umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells improve bone regeneration in diabetes mellitus animal model with apical periodontitis by Eric Priyo Prasetyo, Pravinna Saravanan, Deaniddo Kharisna, Christina Immee Wijanarko, Mefina Kuntjoro, Nike Hendrijantini, Evelyn Tjendronegoro

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Impact of Oxycodone HCl Extended-release Formulary Restrictions on Extended-release Opioid Market Share, Healthcare Resource Utilization and Costs in Commercial and Medicare Plans by Rolin L. Wade, Chi-Chang Chen, Ajita P. De, Jaren C. Howard

“…**Methods:** This retrospective, longitudinal case-control study analyzed prescription and outpatient medical claims data (2012 to 2015) for adult ER opioid patients from US plans (commercial,/Medicare, national/regional) that instituted OER PA, NF, or ST. …”
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Forecasting GOES 15 >2 MeV Electron Fluxes From Solar Wind Data and Geomagnetic Indices by C. Forsyth, C. E. J. Watt, M. K. Mooney, I. J. Rae, S. D. Walton, R. B. Horne

“…Hit rates range over 56–89% with false alarm rates of 11–53%. Applied to 2012, 2013, and 2017, our best forecasts have hit rates of 56–83% and false alarm rates of 10–20%. …”
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Utilization Efficiency of Yolk Egg on Maanvis (Pterophyllum scalare) Embryos and Larvae in Different Incubation Temperatures by T. Budiardi, W. Cahyaningrum, I. Effendi

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The effect of triple CFTR modulator therapy and azithromycin on ion channels and inflammation in cystic fibrosis by Suhad Bani Melhim, Lisa E.J. Douglas, James A. Reihill, Damian G. Downey, S. Lorraine Martin

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Communicating with Deaf Patients in the Clinical Environment through Deaf-Hearing Teams: Lessons Learned from a Virtual Patient Panel [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Dimitrios Papanagnou, Natalie P. Snyder, Rosemary Frasso, Benedicta O. Olonilua, Julia Croce

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Amino Acid Medical Foods Provide a High Dietary Acid Load and Increase Urinary Excretion of Renal Net Acid, Calcium, and Magnesium Compared with Glycomacropeptide Medical Foods in... by Bridget M. Stroup, Emily A. Sawin, Sangita G. Murali, Neil Binkley, Karen E. Hansen, Denise M. Ney

“…GMP-MF significantly reduced urinary excretion of calcium by 40% (p=0.012) and magnesium by 30% (p=0.029). Two participants had low BMD-for-age and trabecular bone scores, indicating microarchitectural degradation. …”
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Study on the Stability of Unpackaged CdS/CdTe Solar Cells with Different Structures by Guanggen Zeng, Xiaolan Liu, Yubo Zhao, Yuanmao Shi, Bing Li, Jingquan Zhang, Lianghuan Feng, Qionghua Wang

“…Among these, the most deteriorated device is the one without back contact (BC), whose efficiency decreased by 25.12% after thermal cycling accompanying an obvious roll-over phenomenon when forward bias was greater than open circuit voltage. …”
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Amazon Journeys and Poetic Re-Discoveries in Jan Conn’s 'Jaguar Rain' and Malu de Martino’s 'Margaret Mee e a Flor da Lua' by Magali Sperling Beck, Anelise R. Corseuil

“…A few years later, in 2012, the documentary Margaret Mee e a Flor da Lua, directed by Brazilian filmmaker Malu de Martino, was premiered. …”
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The Identification of Key Genes and Pathways in Glioma by Bioinformatics Analysis by Mingfa Liu, Zhennan Xu, Zepeng Du, Bingli Wu, Tao Jin, Ke Xu, Liyan Xu, Enmin Li, Haixiong Xu

“…The four key genes CDK17, GNA13, PHF21A, and MTHFD2 were identified in both generation (GSE4412) and validation (GSE4271) dataset, respectively. …”
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Effect of Linear Alkylbenzene Sulfonate on Mortality, Hatching Rate of Eggs and Abnormality of Catfish (Pangasius hypophthalmus Sauvage) Larvae by E. Supriyono, L. Lisnawati, D. Djokosetiyanto

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Epidemia de virus de inmunodeficiencia humana/sida. Cienfuegos, 1986- 2011 by Bárbara Vitalia León Sánchez, Celia Ramona León Sánchez, Tania López Otero, Jaime González Segrea, Carlos Alberto Soroa Izaguirre

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Bi-Josephson effect in a driven-dissipative supersolid by Jieli Qin, Shijie Li, Yijia Tu, Maokun Gu, Lin Guan, Weimin Xu, Lu Zhou

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Plasma Chemerin Levels Are Increased in ST Elevation Myocardial Infarction Patients with High Thrombus Burden by Ahmet Hakan Ateş, Uğur Arslan, Aytekin Aksakal, Ahmet Yanık, Metin Özdemir, Selim Kul

“…Among STEMI patients, serum chemerin levels were significantly higher in patients with high thrombus burden (581.5 ± 173.7 versus 451.3 ± 101.2 mg/dL, p<0.001). CRP levels and peak creatine kinase-MB (CK-MB) levels were higher, and left ventricular ejection fraction and post-PCI TIMI flow were lower in patients with high thrombus burden. …”
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Magnetic Vestibular Stimulation (MVS). A research tool with possible implementation in rehabilitation of stroke-affected athletes – a review by Monika Olszanecka, Tomasz Olszanecki, Anna Hanslik, Agata Białek, Agnieszka Walczak, Magdalena Mendak

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Experimental study on modal analysis and vibration response of tunnel structures under different damage conditions due to subway train loads by Rui Hou, Tao Li, Zhongyu Zhang, Lingfeng Li, Bo Liu, Dongwei Ren

“…When the crack lengths are 2 cm, 4 cm, and 6 cm, the peak acceleration increases by 25.12%, 36.35%, and 50.29%, respectively, while adjacent segments show increases of 13%, 29%, and 45%. …”
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Climate reconstruction of the Little Ice Age maximum extent of the tropical Zongo Glacier using a distributed energy balance model by Autin, Philémon, Sicart, Jean Emmanuel, Rabatel, Antoine, Hock, Regine, Jomelli, Vincent

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Effects of competition and bundled payment on the performance of hip replacement surgery in Stockholm, Sweden: results from a quasi-experimental study by Fanny Goude, Göran Garellick, Clas Rehnberg, Mikko Peltola, Henrik Malchau, Sverre Kittelsen

“…Objective To evaluate the effects of competition and a bundled payment model on the performance of hip replacement surgery.Design A quasi-experimental study where a difference-in-differences analytical framework is applied to analyse routinely collected patient-level data from multiple registers.Setting Hospitals providing hip replacement surgery in Sweden.Participants The study included patients who underwent elective primary total hip replacement due to osteoarthritis from 2005 to 2012. The final study sample consisted of 85 275 hip replacement surgeries, where the exposure group consisted of 14 570 surgeries (n=6380 prereform and n=8190 postreform) and the control group consisted of 70 705 surgeries (n=32 799 prereform and n=37 906 postreform).Intervention A reform involving patient choice, free entry of new providers and a bundled payment model for hip replacement surgery, which came into force in 2009 in Region Stockholm, Sweden.Outcome measures Performance is measured as length of stay of the surgical admission, adverse event rate within 90 days following surgery and patient satisfaction 1 year postsurgery.Results The reform successfully improved the adverse event rate (1.6 percentage reduction, p&lt;0.05). …”
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Profil Ekspresi MikroRNA Kanker Payudara di Purwokerto by Ari Dwi Nurasih, Indah Sulistiyawati, Muhammad Falah

“…Hasil:  Biomarker kanker payudara di Purwokerto adalah MikroRNA yang mengalami upregulation adalah hsa-miR-543 (sebanyak 1612,28 kali), hsa-miR-495-3p (1797,95 kali), hsa-miR-382-5p (8780,32 kali), hsa-miR-155-5p (8552,18 kali) dan hsa-miR-154-5p (2339,41 kali). mikroRNA yang mengalami downregulation adalah hsa-miR-590-5p (sebanyak 4,70 kali), hsa-miR-33a-5p (sebanyak 74,29 kali), hsa-miR-100-5p (sebanyak 23,09 kali), hsa-miR-19b-3p (sebanyak 11,71 kali) dan hsa-miR-144-3p (sebanyak 25,30 kali) (p < 0,05). …”
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Envejecimiento de la población desde una perspectiva demográfica en los próximos 13 años. Provincia de Cienfuegos by Juan Rafael Zerquera Rodríguez, Sarah Hernández Malpica

“…La migración según tendencia desde el 2012 se mantendría con un saldo negativo y un incremento en la feminización de esta. …”
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