Urocortin in Second Trimester Amniotic Fluid: Its Role as Predictor of Preterm Labor by C. Iavazzo, K. Tassis, D. Gourgiotis, M. Boutsikou, S. Baka, D. Hassiakos, C. Vogiatzi, L. Florentin-Arar, A. Malamitsi-Puchner

“…Urocortin is a specific ligand for the corticotropin-releasing factor (CRF) receptor expressed by human trophoblast and fetal membranes. …”
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Application of a Knowledge, Attitude, Belief, and Practice Model in Pain Management of Patients with Acute Traumatic Fractures and Alcohol Dependence by Ying Dong, Hui Gao, Zheyu Jin, Jue Zhu, Hao Yu, Yingqing Jiang, Jun Zou

“…There were behaviors promoting health in the experimental group, and five patients expressed abstinence behavior after discharge (p<0.05). …”
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Lamotrigine-Valproic Acid Interaction Leading to Stevens–Johnson Syndrome by Marta Vázquez, Cecilia Maldonado, Natalia Guevara, Andrea Rey, Pietro Fagiolino, Antonella Carozzi, Carlos Azambuja

“…As this reactive metabolite is detoxified mainly by enzymatic reactions, involving microsomal epoxide hydrolase and/or GSH-S-transferases and these enzymes are polymorphically expressed in humans, arene oxide toxicity is increased when epoxide hydrolase or GSH-S-transferases is either defective or inhibited or a depletion of intracellular glutathione levels is taking place. …”
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Degree of Acute Kidney Injury before Dialysis Initiation and Hospital Mortality in Critically Ill Patients by Charuhas V. Thakar, Annette Christianson, Peter Almenoff, Ron Freyberg, Marta L. Render

“…Standardized mortality rates (SMR) were calculated by using a validated risk-adjusted mortality model and expressed with 95% confidence intervals (CI). 2,744 patients developed AKI-D during ICU stay; 36.7%, 20.9%, 31.2%, and 11.2% belonged to groups I, II, III, and IV, respectively. …”
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Glutathione-S-Transferase p1 Gene Promoter Methylation in Cell-Free DNA as a Diagnostic and Prognostic Tool for Prostate Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Jinghe Ye, Mao Wu, Long He, Peng Chen, Hongtao Liu, Hongwei Yang

“…The odds ratio (OR) and hazard ratio (HR) were used as effect sizes, and the result of each effect size is expressed as a 95% confidence interval (95% CI). Results. …”
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Lipotoxicity and metabolic disorders at obesity by V. T. Ivashkin, M. V. Mayevskaya

“…Within the same concept the role of differences in sets of nuclear receptors expressed in the liver of healthy persons and patients with NAFLD is taken into account. …”
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Attitudes of Final-Year Medical Students in Jordan Towards Volunteering During a Pandemic by Alassaf A, Gharaibeh L, Alkubaisi F, Alkhawaldeh M, Dababseh S, Odeh R

“…However, many of them expressed willingness to take part in future pandemics. …”
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The Insulin Regulatory Network in Adult Hippocampus and Pancreatic Endocrine System by Masanao Machida, Shin Fujimaki, Ryo Hidaka, Makoto Asashima, Tomoko Kuwabara

“…There are many examples of the same transcriptional factors being expressed in both regions in their embryonic development stages. …”
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Femtosecond Laser-Assisted In Situ Keratomileusis Treatment of Residual Refractive Error following Femtosecond Laser-Enabled Keratoplasty by Elizabeth Shen, Lester Tsai, Hannah Muniz Castro, Matthew Wade, Marjan Farid

“…Main outcome measures include uncorrected distance visual acuity (UDVA) and corrected distance visual acuity (CDVA) expressed as the logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution (logMAR), manifest refractive astigmatism, and spherical equivalent. …”
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Impact of bedaquiline resistance probability on treatment decision for rifampicin-resistant TB by T.P.H. Trang, R. Kessels, T. Decroo, A. Van Rie

“…A Bayesian approach expresses this uncertainty as a probability of BDQ resistance (prBDQR) with a 95% credible interval. …”
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Long-term engagement in smoking cessation campaign: A mixed methods randomized trial. by Robert Schwartz, Tracey Borland, Maaz Shahid, Karen Kuzmich, Michael Chaiton

“…Compared with Control Group members, they had significantly higher rates of: unaided and aided campaign awareness; engagement with the social marketing campaign (website visits, social media visits, likes/shares); actions towards making quit attempts; quit attempts. Many participants expressed feelings of motivation, support, and a sense of belonging.…”
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Under pressure of two dictatorships: Mensheviks of Urals and TransUrals in first months of A. V. Kolchak’s dictatorship by V. V. Moskovkin, I. V. Skipina

“…In the fall of 1918, the Mensheviks demonstrated opposition to any dictatorship, expressed disagreement with the Bolshevik policies, they did not support Kolchak, continuing to defend the «third way» in the revolution, believing he would ensure the victory of democracy and socialism and allow to form republican rule. …”
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Patient Attitudes toward Gestational Weight Gain and Exercise during Pregnancy by M. L. Lott, M. L. Power, E. G. Reed, J. Schulkin, A. D. Mackeen

“…Some patients who did not exercise prior to pregnancy (12%) expressed interest in a personal training session. …”
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Emergency department crowding in the Netherlands; evaluation of a real-time ambulance diversion dashboard by E. C. M. Baan-Kooman, S. Mol, M. C. van der Linden, M. I. Gaakeer, V. A. de Ridder

“…In accordance, many respondents (53.6%) expressed dissatisfaction with the resources available to them to alleviate crowding. …”
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NLRP12/C1qA positive feedback in tumor-associated macrophages regulates immunosuppression through LILRB4/NF-κB pathway in lung adenocarcinoma by Jiaxin Yin, Yuxiao Song, Yang Fu, Jun Wang, Zhimin Zhang, Shasha Ruan, Gaoli Liu, Bicheng Zhang

“…In addition, NLRP12 was predominantly expressed in TAMs and was associated with poorer prognosis in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) patients. …”
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Lost in Broadcasting: League of Nations, International Broadcasting and Swiss Neutrality by A. S. Khodnev

“…Unexpectedly, on November 3, 1938, the LN leadership in Geneva expressed a desire to re-evaluate the 1930 convention. …”
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An Alternative Method for Long-Term Culture of Chicken Embryonic Stem Cell In Vitro by Li Zhang, Yenan Wu, Xiang Li, Shao Wei, Yiming Xing, Zhengxing Lian, Hongbing Han

“…During the long culture period, the cESCs showed typical ES cell morphology and expressed primitive stem cell markers with a relatively stable proliferation rate and high telomerase activity. …”
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Maximum Phonation Time in People with Obesity Not Submitted or Submitted to Bariatric Surgery by Ana Luara Ferreura Fonseca, Wilson Salgado, Roberto Oliveira Dantas

“…Mean values of spirometry testing (FEV1, FVC, and FEV1/FVC) in people with obesity (groups A and B), expressed as percentage of the predicted value, were within the normal range. …”
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Medical Student Musculoskeletal Knowledge: Examining the Impact and Value of an Orthopaedic Surgery Clerkship Using the Freedman and Bernstein Examination by Nicole Nishime, Mary Seibel, Dieter Lindskog, Daniel Wiznia

“…Most of the students who did not pass the post-test expressed definite or possible interest in pursuing an orthopaedic surgery residency.…”
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Legislative amendments regarding criminal proceedings under martial law by V. V. Ablamska

“…In this perspective, the vision is expressed that it is more logical for the legislator to provide a provision according to which the decision made by the prosecutor is subject to further approval by the investigating judge at the first opportunity. …”
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