Residual force enhancement decreases when scaling from the single muscle fiber to joint level in humans by Avery Hinks, Kaitlyn B.E. Jacob, Makenna A. Patterson, Benjamin E. Dalton, Geoffrey A. Power

“…The starting and ending FLs of the stretch-hold contraction were expressed as % optimal FL, determined via torque-angle relationship. …”
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Prevalence and associated factors of parental refusal rates for routine immunisation: a cross-sectional study in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan-2024 by Muhammad Hakim, Farhad Ali, Zala, Aslam Pervaiz, Saima Afaq, Zia ul Haq

“…Parents who refused were less inclined to believe that vaccines protect children from vaccine preventable diseases (77% vs. 98%, p < 0.001) and expressed higher rates of vaccine hesitancy (47% vs. 29%, p = 0.003). …”
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A systematic review of military-to-civilian transition, The role of gender. by Alexandria Smith, Laura Rafferty, Bethany Croak, Neil Greenberg, Rafiyah Khan, Victoria Langston, Marie-Louise Sharp, Anne Stagg, Nicola Fear, Sharon Stevelink

“…Despite these challenges, female veterans' expressed pride in their service and accomplishments.…”
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Problematic issues of Criminal and Criminal Procedural Legislation in Applying Coercive Medical Measures by D. V. Turenko

“…On their basis the author expressed a number of own conclusions on problematic and debatable areas and issues raised in the article. …”
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Hypoxia-Inducible Factor-1α in Macrophages, but Not in Neutrophils, Is Important for Host Defense during Klebsiella pneumoniae-Induced Pneumosepsis by Natasja A. Otto, Liza Pereverzeva, Valentine Leopold, Ivan Ramirez-Moral, Joris J. T. H. Roelofs, Jeroen W. J. van Heijst, Alex F. de Vos, Tom van der Poll

“…These data suggest a role for HIF1α expressed in lung macrophages in protective innate immunity during pneumonia caused by a common bacterial pathogen.…”
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Ropinirole and Pramipexole Promote Structural Plasticity in Human iPSC-Derived Dopaminergic Neurons via BDNF and mTOR Signaling by Ginetta Collo, Laura Cavalleri, Federica Bono, Cristina Mora, Stefania Fedele, Roberto William Invernizzi, Massimo Gennarelli, Giovanna Piovani, Tilo Kunath, Mark J. Millan, Emilio Merlo Pich, PierFranco Spano

“…Since D3R agonists are highly expressed on DA neurons in humans, we studied the effect of ropinirole and pramipexole on structural plasticity using a translational model of human-inducible pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs). …”
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Analysis of Body Fluid Distribution, Phase Angle and Its Association With Maximal Oxygen Consumption in Facioscapulohumeral Dystrophy: An Observational Study by Oscar Crisafulli, Renato Baptista, Patrik Drid, Luca Grattarola, Giorgio Bottoni, Emanuela Lavaselli, Massimo Negro, Rossella Tupler, Venere Quintiero, Giuseppe D'Antona

“…Moreover, patients reported lower V̇O2max (p = 0.001 for absolute values; p = 0.002 for values expressed in relation to body weight) which, unlike HC, was not associated to PhA. …”
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Le continent noir du désir masculin : Colet et Flaubert, encore by Barbara Vinken

“…Often castration is inscribed in the object. Flaubert expresses his inability to love on the one hand by his extreme male chauvinistic and hygienic practice of “baisade” or “foutrerie”, and on the other, in a ascetic, even monastic, discourse of “life for Art”, or, even better, of an Art that demands dying to life. …”
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Constitutional consolidation of the rule of law as the basis for the development of the Ukrainian state: historical origins and implementation practice by Lutskyi R., Kaleniuk O., Lytsur M.

“…Cornerstone problems of the rule of law, expressed in the implementation of its main principles, are an actual subject of multilateral public discourse: the future of the country and its role in the process of modern development of the world order and the conditions of its globalization depend on their solution. …”
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Development and Validation of a New Method for Determination of Pb and Cr in Marine Organisms by Total Reflection X-Ray Fluorescence (TXRF) Spectroscopy by Blanca G. Beltrán, Ibiza Martínez-Serrano, Victor Ramos-Sanchez, David Chávez-Flores, Myrna C. Nevárez-Rodríguez, Emilio A. Suárez-Domínguez

“…The repeatability of the method, expressed as relative standard deviation (RSD), was 5.1% and 4%, for Pb and Cr, respectively. …”
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Characterization and Development of EST-SSRs by Deep Transcriptome Sequencing in Chinese Cabbage (Brassica rapa L. ssp. pekinensis) by Qian Ding, Jingjuan Li, Fengde Wang, Yihui Zhang, Huayin Li, Jiannong Zhang, Jianwei Gao

“…Simple sequence repeats (SSRs) are among the most important markers for population analysis and have been widely used in plant genetic mapping and molecular breeding. Expressed sequence tag-SSR (EST-SSR) markers, located in the coding regions, are potentially more efficient for QTL mapping, gene targeting, and marker-assisted breeding. …”
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Quality of life in children with glaucoma: a qualitative interview study in Australia by Emmanuelle Souzeau, Jamie E Craig, Sandra E Staffieri, Lachlan S W Knight, Bronwyn Ridge, Mallika Prem Senthil

“…Older children aged 13–17 years commonly disengaged from their glaucoma care and expressed an unwillingness to attend ophthalmic appointments. …”
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Darker Skin Color Measured by Von Luschan Chromatic Scale and Increased Sunlight Exposure Time Are Independently Associated with Decreased Odds of Vitamin D Deficiency in Thai Ambu... by Nipith Charoenngam, Sutin Sriussadaporn

“…A total of 334 patients were enrolled. Data were expressed as mean ± SD. The mean serum 25(OH)D was 25.21 ± 10.06 ng/mL. …”
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Stimulation of Alpha7 Nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor Attenuates Nicotine-Induced Upregulation of MMP, MCP-1, and RANTES through Modulating ERK1/2/AP-1 Signaling Pathway in RAW264... by Liping Liu, Hongxian Wu, Qunan Cao, Zhenzhen Guo, Anmin Ren, Qiuyan Dai

“…Pretreatment with U0126 significantly suppressed phosphorylation of ERK1/2 and further attenuated nicotine-induced activation of c-Jun and upregulation of MMP-2, MMP-9, monocyte chemotactic protein- (MCP-) 1, and regulated upon activation normal T cell expressed and secreted (RANTES). Similarly, nicotine treatment also increased phosphorylation of c-Jun and expressions of MMP-2, MMP-9, MCP-1, and RANTES in MOVAS cells. …”
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A Primary Pulmonary Glomus Tumor: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Yasushi Ariizumi, Hirotaka Koizumi, Masahiro Hoshikawa, Takuo Shinmyo, Kouji Ando, Atsushi Mochizuki, Ayako Tateishi, Masatomo Doi, Mieko Funatsu, Ichirou Maeda, Masayuki Takagi

“…Immunostaining further revealed that the tumor cells expressed smooth muscle actin, h-caldesmon, muscle specific actin (HHF-35), but not cytokeratin, epithelial membrane antigen, synaptophysin, or chromogranin A. …”
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Influence of Smartphone Usage on development of Sexuality among Late Adolescent Boys in Health Sciences Colleges of South India [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Sara J Ommen, Preeti M Galagali, Sharath M Manya, Prasanna Mithra, Jayashree K

“…Smartphone Addiction Scale – short version (SAS-SV) to evaluate PSU and a content validated semi-structured proforma to evaluate gender identity, sexual orientation, sources of information on pubertal changes, and exposure to pornographic content was used. We expressed results as proportion and summary measures (Mean±SD), Chi-square test to find influence between PSU and adolescent sexuality development. …”
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Diagnostic and prognostic values of tsRNAs in lung cancer: a meta-analysis by Cheng Tang, Su-Xia Sun, Chao Gu, Chao-Juan Li, Jin Xu, Ke-Lei Su, Dan-Dan Zhou, Kuai Yu, Qing-Ling Xiao, Xiao-Li Chen

“…In this study, we aimed to investigate the value of differentially expressed tsRNAs in LC through meta-analysis. Methods PubMed and Web of Science were searched for articles published up to January 10, 2024. …”
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Lean Transformation Success: The Role of Management and Employee Engagement by Ivona Jovanović, Milena Gatić, Dragana Stojanović, Dušan Gošnik

“…Data was collected through an online survey, in which participants expressed their opinions on various aspects of Lean transformation in the company. …”
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Rapid Detection of microRNA-122 in Serum and Finger Blood Using a Lateral Flow Nucleic Acid Biosensor by Min Zhang, Meijing Ma, Jiahui Wang, Yurui Zhou, Xueji Zhang, Guodong Liu

“…MicroRNA122 (miR-122) is a microRNA that is highly expressed in hepatocytes and has been identified as a prospective therapeutic target and biomarker for liver injury. …”
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Association of Low-Attenuation Plaque with Impaired Glucose Tolerance and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Patients with Suspected Coronary Artery Disease by Thomas R. Andersen, Katrine S. Overgaard, Laurits Juhl Heinsen, Roda Abdulkadir Mohamed, Helle Precht, Jess Lambrechtsen, Søren Auscher, Kenneth Egstrup

“…Aim: The aim of this study was to evaluate the differences in plaque composition and burden between normal glycemic status (NGS) and dysglycemia expressed as impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). …”
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