gp91phox, a Novel Biomarker Evaluating Oxidative Stress, Is Elevated in Subclinical Hypothyroidism by Xiaochun Ma, Furong Wang, Xiaowen Zhen, Lifang Zhao, Li Fang, Zhenfang Dong, Wenbin Chen, Xiaoming Zhou

“…All the patients were newly diagnosed and did not take any medication. The information of lipid profile and thyroid function was extracted, and the concentrations of gp91phox were obtained with ELISA. …”
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Five-Year Prospective Follow-Up of Patients with Hepatitis C Virus Infection Treated with Direct-Acting Antiviral Agents by Zhang Y, Xia H, Fan L, Jiang L, Yang B, Wang F

“…Additionally, patients with diabetes faced an elevated risk of HCC (aHR 2.33, 95% CI 1.05– 5.15; p = 0.038) and poor prognosis (aHR 2.72, 95% CI 1.13– 6.55; p = 0.026). …”
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The development of a food-group, tree classification method and its use in exploring dietary associations with metabolic dysfunction-associated Steatotic liver disease (MASLD) and... by Amina A. Alawadi, Amrita Vijay, Jane I. Grove, Moira A. Taylor, Guruprasad P. Aithal

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Evaluating the effectiveness of immediate vs. elective thoracic endovascular aortic repair for blunt thoracic aortic injury by Zhaohui Hua, Baoning Zhou, Wenhao Xue, Zhibin Zhou, Jintao Shan, Lei Xia, Yunpeng Luo, Yiming Chai, Zhen Li

“…The analysis included all patients who received TEVAR treatment after being diagnosed with BTAI through whole-body CT angiography. …”
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Air pollution and health in Eastern India: Findings from a primary survey conducted in West Bengal and Jharkhand by Arup Halder, Aditi Kundu, Arunava Ghoshal

“…More than 30% of the respondents reported sore throat or sleep-related problems, 14% had hypertension and 6% had diabetes. Among the various symptoms, cough was the predominant symptom in both rural and urban areas. …”
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Immune responses in children with secondary infection of mycoplasma pneumoniae after COVID-19: focus on eosinophils and IgE by Pingping Wang, Jin Yao, Yaqiong Li, Zhanjun Zhang, Ruiling Zhang, Shouting Lu, Meixia Sun, Xiaorong Huang

“…The study group included children who were diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 infection and further infected with Mycoplasma pneumoniae, and the control group included children who were only infected with SARS-CoV-2 and had no other pathogens. …”
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Retinopathy Disease Detection and Classification Using a Coordinate Attention Module-Based Convolutional Neural Network with Leaky Rectified Linear Unit by Pravin Balaso Chopade, Prabhakar N. Kota, Bhagvat D. Jadhav, Pravin Marotrao Ghate, Shriram Sadashiv Kulkarni

“… The detection of Diabetic Retinopathy (DR) is an emergent research topic in recent decades, where DR is a primary cause of vision loss in humans. …”
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Intracranial pressure monitoring in patients with spontaneous onset of orthostatic headache by Linda D’Antona, Sanjay Cheema, Dwij Mehta, Fion Bremner, Laurence Dale Watkins, Ahmed Kassem Toma, Manjit Singh Matharu

“…Abstract Background Spontaneous intracranial hypotension (SIH) is a debilitating disorder, with an estimated annual incidence of 3.7 per 100,000. Diagnosing SIH can be challenging for clinicians, as patients frequently present with normal investigation findings. …”
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Reliability of non-invasive imaging methods in the evaluation of pancreatic parenchyma changes in tumors of the pancreaticoduodenal zone by M.M. Veligotskyy, S.E. Arutyunov, I.I. Yakovtsova, I.V. Ivakhno, O.M. Veligotskyi

“…According to the applied morphological Ammann’s fibrosis score, mild fibrosis was diagnosed in 23 (28.1 %) patients, moderate — in 22 (26.8 %) patients, severe — in 37 (45.1 %). …”
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Study of senile astheny markers against the background of acute inflammatory process in elderly and senile patients in emergency abdominal surgery by M. B. Danyliuk, S. M. Zavhorodnii, Ye. R. Fedotov, Ye. K. Mykhalchenko, I. V. Dobrodub

“…Group B included 30 (32.6 %) people with acute surgical pathology, which was statistically comparable in terms of the number of surgical diagnoses to group A, but without asthenia. To determine the reliability of the inflammatory process influence on markers of senile asthenia, we formed group C – 30 (32.6 %) patients without acute surgical pathology, but with the syndrome of senile asthenia. …”
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Identification of Clusters in a Population With Obesity Using Machine Learning: Secondary Analysis of The Maastricht Study by Maik JM Beuken, Melanie Kleynen, Susy Braun, Kees Van Berkel, Carla van der Kallen, Annemarie Koster, Hans Bosma, Tos TJM Berendschot, Alfons JHM Houben, Nicole Dukers-Muijrers, Joop P van den Bergh, Abraham A Kroon, Iris M Kanera

“… BackgroundModern lifestyle risk factors, like physical inactivity and poor nutrition, contribute to rising rates of obesity and chronic diseases like type 2 diabetes and heart disease. Particularly personalized interventions have been shown to be effective for long-term behavior change. …”
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Treatment of mine water containing ammonia nitrogen by sodium hexametaphosphate modified zeolite by Liping ZHANG, Xiang HU, Weiwei WANG, Wenbo LEI, Huitong LI, Huaran SUN, Yongqi ZHAN, Zeyu LIAN

“…Scanning electron microscopy and surface area measurements revealed that upon modification, the zeolite exhibited enlarged pores, a smoother and more loosely structured surface, increased specific surface area, decreased micropore volume, and an augmentation in mesopore, macropore, and average pore diameter. Analyses using X-ray diffraction and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy indicated no significant alteration in the fundamental framework of the modified zeolite. …”
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Synthesis, characterization, and evaluation of copper-doped zinc oxide nanoparticles anticancer effects: in vitro and in vivo experiments by Habib Ghaznavi, Mohammad Reza Hajinezhad, Zahra Hesari, Milad Shirvaliloo, Saman Sargazi, Sheida Shahraki, Eshagh Ali Saberi, Roghayeh Sheervalilou, Somayeh Jafarinejad

“…All synthetized nanoparticles were examined for shape, crystal structure and morphology/ microstructure using X-ray diffractometers, scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy. The hydrodynamic diameter and zeta-potential was measured by dynamic light scattering. …”
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Implementation and validation of a new qPCR assay to detect imported human Plasmodium species by Camille Cordier, Samia Hamane, Théo Ghelfenstein-Ferreira, Sarah Dellière, Élodie Da Silva, Blandine Denis, Sandrine Houzé, Valentin Joste, Alexandre Alanio

“…Seventy-nine patients diagnosed for single species malaria involving P. falciparum, P. vivax, P. ovale, and P. malariae were positive with duplex and species-specific qPCRs. …”
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Risk factors associated with degenerative glenohumeral osteoarthritis by Ravi Prakash, Nitin B Jain, Ziyi Chen, Folefac D Atem, Michael S Khazzam, Rashmi Pathak, Daniel Tai, Ursa BezanPetric, Estefanie Garduno Rapp

“…Univariate, least absolute shrinkage and selection operator and multivariate analyses identified risk factors, including age, body mass index (BMI), sex, work-related shoulder problems, shoulder disability, dislocation, previous trauma, surgery, smoking, hypertension, diabetes, depression, heart disease, OA, night pain and overall sleep quality.Results A total of 1827 cases and 1556 controls were identified for GH OA. …”
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Factores clínico-epidemiológicos asociados a litiasis residual en pacientes sometidos a litotricia láser by Saul E. Velázquez-Guerrero, Luis A. Gastélum-Félix, Julio A. Ruiz-Torres, Uziel F. Rodríguez-Muñoz, Juan A. Lugo-Machado

“…Las comorbilidades incluyeron diabetes mellitus en cinco (20,83 %), hipertensión arterial sistémica en ocho (33,00%), obesidad en nueve (37,50 %) y enfermedad renal crónica en dos (8,33 %). …”
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The effect of core stabilization exercises and shock wave therapy in patients with radiculopathy by J. Bubelis

“…The study involved 40 subjects (22 women and 18 men) diagnosed with lumbar radiculopathy. The subjects were randomly divided into two groups of 20 subjects in each group; Group I had a cycle of spinal stabilization exercises, and Group II had a cycle of spinal stabilization exercises and shock wave therapy sessions. …”
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SEED (Stoke Disease Early Detection Application) - Rancang Bangun Aplikasi Mobile Berbasis Android untuk Mendiagnosis Gejala Dini Penyakit Stroke Menggunakan K-Nearest Neighbor (K-... by Dedin Anike Putra, Muhammad Dimas Setiawan Sanapiah, Azifatul Istna Hanifah, Tri Afirianto

“…Fitur-fitur yang digunakan untuk proses klasifikasi diantaranya adalah : 1) tinggi badan, berat badan, indeks masa tubuh, tekanan darah, riwayat fibrilasi atrium, riwayat keluarga, kebiasaan merokok, aktivitas fisik, tingkat kolesterol, serta diabetes. Berdasarkan hasil pengujian, didapatkan tingkat validasi kebutuhan sebesar 100%, tingkat akurasi pengklasifikasian sebesar 88%. dan tingkat penerimaan pengguna sebesar 78%. …”
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Small Extracellular Vesicles from Young Healthy Human Plasma Inhibit Cardiac Fibrosis After Myocardial Infarction via miR-664a-3p Targeting SMAD4 by Wang W, Li Y, Zhang C, Zhou H, Li C, Cheng R, Chen X, Pu Y, Chen Y

“…The main findings included that echocardiographic assessments four weeks post-MI indicated that Young-sEVs improved left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and fractional shortening (LVFS), and reduced left ventricular internal diameter in diastole (LVIDd) and systole (LVIDs). Treatment with Young-sEVs also decreased Masson-positive fibroblast areas and collagen synthesis in cardiac tissue. …”
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Ultrasound Diagnosis of Hamstring Muscle Complex Injuries Focus on Originate Tendon Structure—Male University Rugby Players by Makoto Wada, Tsukasa Kumai, Takumi Okunuki, Takeshi Sugimoto, Kotaro Ishizuka, Yasuhito Tanaka

“…<b>Material and Methods:</b> We used ultrasound and MRI to diagnose 52 university men’s rugby players who had suffered a hamstring strain for the first time and investigated the distribution of the injured areas. …”
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