Jinbei oral liquid for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a randomized placebo-controlled trial by Aijun Zhang, Kangkang Han, Fangfang Chen, Xiao Chen, Jun Wang, Yikai Niu, Zhaoqiu Hu, Chunyan Zheng, Liping Han, Zhaoqing Meng, Liangzong Zhang, Qingcui Xu, Cuixiang Yu, Wei Zhang, Quanguo Li, Ningning Tao, Weixiang Kong, Fei Liu, Min Wang, Juanjuan Jiang, Honglin Li, LongBin Pang, Huaichen Li

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Perfusate Liver Arginase 1 Levels After End-Ischemic Machine Perfusion Are Associated with Early Allograft Dysfunction by Giuseppina Basta, Serena Babboni, Daniele Pezzati, Serena Del Turco, Emanuele Balzano, Gabriele Catalano, Lara Russo, Giovanni Tincani, Paola Carrai, Stefania Petruccelli, Jessica Bronzoni, Caterina Martinelli, Simona Palladino, Arianna Trizzino, Lorenzo Petagna, Renato Romagnoli, Damiano Patrono, Giandomenico Biancofiore, Adriano Peris, Chiara Lazzeri, Davide Ghinolfi

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Short-Time Intermittent Preexposure of Living Human Donors to Hyperoxia Improves Renal Function in Early Posttransplant Period: A Double-Blind Randomized Clinical Trial by Kamran Montazeri, Mohammadali Vakily, Azim Honarmand, Parviz Kashefi, Mohammadreza Safavi, Shahram Taheri, Bahram Rasoulian

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Ruptured Pericallosal Artery Aneurysm: A Case Report by I Wayan Niryana, Made Bhuwana Putra, Christopher Lauren, Yosep Mote, I Gusti Ketut Agung Surya Kencana

“…Case Presentation: A 47-year-old woman presented with a week-long history of intense headache. Initial evaluation revealed a Glasgow Coma Scale score of 15 and positive signs of meningeal irritation. …”
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An exploratory study to evaluate efficacy and safety of frequent Transcutaneous Electrical Stimulation for Leber Hereditary Optic Neuropathy by Fumio Takano, Kaori Ueda, Takuji Kurimoto, Mina Arai, Takayuki Nagai, Yuko Yamada-Nakanishi, Makoto Nakamura

“…A 30-min ES was applied to either eye every other day for 12 weeks. The primary outcome was the difference in the logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution (LogMAR) at baseline and 1 week after completion of ES treatment. …”
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Impact of heat stress on growth and physiological parameters of soybean varieties at the seedling stage by Bashir Hassan, Samanhudi, Parjanto, Setyawati Andriyana, Komariah, Senge Masateru, Rahayu Muji, Salma Fathin Tilmiidzah

“…Treatments involved exposing two-week-old seedlings to temperatures 25, 30, 35, 40 and 45°C for four hours daily over four consecutive days. …”
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Preliminary In Vitro Evaluation of the Probiotic Potential of the Bacteriocinogenic Strain Enterococcus lactis PMD74 Isolated from Ezine Cheese by Başar Uymaz Tezel

“…E. lactis PMD74 exhibited considerable survival ability (8.86 log CFU·mL−1) in the acidic condition of fermented milk for a four-week-long storage period.…”
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How mothers with severe emotion dysregulation use DBT skills in parenting contexts: observational coding of skills use in a DBT skills training group by Yoel Everett, Olivia A. Frigoletto, Jacqueline R. O’Brien, Amy L. Byrd, Stephanie D. Stepp, Maureen Zalewski

“…Abstract Background Dialectical Behavior Therapy’s (DBT) well established effectiveness in reducing emotion dysregulation, and the growing recognition that parental emotion regulation is critical to effective parenting has led to increasing interest in the applicability of DBT skills to parenting. …”
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The Usefulness of Adopting the Last Planner System in the Construction Process of Addis Ababa Road Projects by Zenawi Mehari Limenih, Belachew Asteray Demisse, Abenezer Tariku Haile

“…The finding shows that the construction management process adopted in all three sites is more or less similar, as they use a push planning system and critical path method to determine the duration following the master schedule but have no weekly work plan and lookahead schedule to forecast the coming week’s duty; also, they use a push planning system, for materials. …”
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Impact of the COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom on adolescent's time use (CONTRAST study). by Irina Pokhilenko, Emma Frew, Marie Murphy, Miranda Pallan

“…There was an overall decrease in the amount of time spent on school work, an increase in screen time, and an increase in sleep duration during the week. Descriptive analysis showed evidence of inequalities with changes in time use. …”
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Syphilis Infection During Pregnancy: The Possible Effect on the Course of Pregnancy and Fetal Outcomes—A Case Report and Literature Review by Dovile Kielaite, Saule Januskiene, Virginija Paliulyte

“…Following sudden fetal hypoxia, an urgent cesarean section was performed at 33 weeks of gestation. A preterm newborn was delivered in critical condition, and congenital syphilis was diagnosed. …”
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Optimizing Shoulder Joint Positioning During Video‐Assisted Thoracoscopic Surgery: A Prospective Study on Prevention of Postoperative Ipsilateral Shoulder Pain by Yan Zhao, Yang Gu, Bin Hu

“…Conclusion Intraoperative upper limb positioning, specifically decreasing the A angle (shoulder flexion) and increasing the B angle (shoulder abduction), plays a critical role in reducing the incidence of ISP following VATS. …”
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Serum chemokine IL-8 acts as a biomarker for identifying COVID-19-associated persistent severe acute kidney injury by Zhi He, Jing-jing Liu, Shao-lei Ma

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Exploring Risk Factors with Crash Severity on China Two-Lane Rural Roads Using a Random-Parameter Ordered Probit Model by Shikun Xie, Xiaofeng Ji, Wenchen Yang, Rui Fang, Jingjing Hao

“…To better understand the effect of critical factors on crash severity outcome probability, an elasticity analysis was then introduced. …”
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Clinical Significance of the Peripheral Blood Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio in Predicting Chemotherapy Outcomes for Small Cell Lung Cancer by Gao L, Liu B

“…Fasting venous blood samples were collected in the morning within one week before the initiation of chemotherapy, and a complete blood cell count was performed to calculate the NLR.Results: The NLR in the plasma of patients with SCLC was significantly elevated compared to that of healthy individuals (P < 0.01). …”
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Host Susceptibility to Brucella abortus Infection Is More Pronounced in IFN-γ knockout than IL-12/β2-Microglobulin Double-Deficient Mice by Ana Paula M. S. Brandão, Fernanda S. Oliveira, Natalia B. Carvalho, Leda Q. Vieira, Vasco Azevedo, Gilson C. Macedo, Sergio C. Oliveira

“…At 1 week after infection, IFN-γ KO and IL-12/β2-m KO mice showed increased numbers of bacterial load in spleens; however, at 3 weeks postinfection (p.i.), only IFN-γ KO succumbed to Brucella. …”
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Equipping our public health nutrition workforce to promote planetary health: a case example of tertiary education co-designed with students by Ka Po Chau, Wing Chong, Raquel Londono, Beau Cubillo, Julia McCartan, Liza Barbour

“…Setting: The intervention was co-designed by students (n 5) and an educator over a 4-week period as part of a larger multi-disciplinary study at an Australian university. …”
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Reliability and Validity of Visual Estimation in Determining Thorax Rotation Mobility using the Quadruped Lumbar-Locked Position by Katelyn S Whetstone, Kyle A Matsel, Andrew S Patton, Sarah E Gehres, Kate Schwartzkopf-Phifer

“…Accurate differentiation between normal mobility and active and passive physiological deficits in the thoracic region is critical for identifying the need for intervention to the thorax…”
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The Efficacy of the Mulligan Concept to Treat Meniscal Pathology: A Systematic Review by Nathan C. Reep, Sydney N. Leverett, Rebecca M. Heywood, Russell T. Baker, Darren L. Barnes, Scott W. Cheatham

“…These studies demonstrated short term results lasting from one week to 21 weeks. # Conclusion Treatment interventions incorporating MC MWM techniques demonstrated reduction of pain and improvement in function in the short term in patients with clinically diagnosed meniscal pathologies…”
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Complex immunotoxic effects of T-2 Toxin on the murine spleen and thymus: Oxidative damage, inflammasomes, apoptosis, and immunosuppression by Mingyan Chen, Yanfang Zhang, Yangbo Zhao, Kewei Cao, Ruiyan Niu, Dongguang Guo, Zilong Sun

“…For this study, sixty healthy 4-week-old male C57BL/6 N mice were divided randomly into four groups and treated for 28 days with T-2 concentrations of 0, 0.5, 1.0, and 2.0 mg/kg. …”
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