Genotypes of <i>Sechium</i> spp. as a Source of Natural Products with Biological Activity by Jorge Cadena-Iñiguez, Ma. de Lourdes Arévalo-Galarza, Edelmiro Santiago-Osorio, Itzen Aguiñiga-Sánchez, Jorge David Cadena-Zamudio, Marcos Soto-Hernández, Yeimy C. Ramírez-Rodas, Lucero del Mar Ruiz-Posadas, Sandra Salazar-Aguilar, Víctor Manuel Cisneros-Solano

“…The dried biomass (40 °C) extracted with ethanolic and methanolic procedures showed lower Sm content than the juice (fresh biomass). …”
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Peptide Aptamer–Paclitaxel Conjugates for Tumor Targeted Therapy by Xinyang Shen, Yuan Ma, Hang Luo, Razack Abdullah, Yufei Pan, Yihao Zhang, Chuanxin Zhong, Baoting Zhang, Ge Zhang

“…Compared to antibody–paclitaxel conjugates, peptide aptamer–paclitaxel conjugates offer several advantages, including a smaller size, lower immunogenicity, improved tissue penetration, and easier engineering. …”
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A Review of “Access to Care” Issues in Aortic Stenosis Patients: A Negative Report Card by Adam M. Reisman, MD, Sammy Elmariah, MD, MPH

“…Treatment rates are even lower among patients with symptomatic low-gradient severe aortic stenosis. …”
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Feasibility of the Epiduroscopy Simulator as a Training Tool: A Pilot Study by Jong Joo Lee, Junho Ko, Yeomin Yun, Seong-Wook Jang, Yoon Ha, Yoon Sang Kim, Dong Ah Shin

“…The number of violations was lower in the expert group (3.50 vs. 4.0; P<0.01). …”
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Prevalence of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Eastern and Southeastern Asia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Cong Luat Nguyen, Ngoc Minh Pham, Colin W. Binns, Dat Van Duong, Andy H. Lee

“…The prevalence of GDM in lower- or upper-middle income countries was about 64% higher than in their high-income counterparts. …”
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Real-Time Ultrasound-Guided Spinal Anaesthesia: A Prospective Observational Study of a New Approach by P. H. Conroy, C. Luyet, C. J. McCartney, P. G. McHardy

“…To assess the feasibility of performing spinal anaesthesia under real-time ultrasound guidance in routine clinical practice we conducted a single center prospective observational study among patients undergoing lower limb orthopaedic surgery. A spinal needle was inserted unassisted within the ultrasound transducer imaging plane using a paramedian approach (i.e., the operator held the transducer in one hand and the spinal needle in the other). …”
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Antihyperglycemic Activity of Houttuynia cordata Thunb. in Streptozotocin-Induced Diabetic Rats by Manish Kumar, Satyendra K. Prasad, Sairam Krishnamurthy, Siva Hemalatha

“…The plant is used as a medicinal salad for lowering blood sugar level in North-Eastern parts of India. …”
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Disentangling Tinnitus Distress and Tinnitus Presence by Means of EEG Power Analysis by Martin Meyer, Matthias S. Luethi, Patrick Neff, Nicolas Langer, Stefan Büchi

“…TI with high presence show enhanced EEG signal strength in the δ-, α-, and lower γ-bands (30–40 Hz) over bilateral temporal and left perisylvian electrodes. …”
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Evaluation of the core muscles of children and adolescents with nocturnal enuresis using shear wave elastography: a preliminary study by Muhammed Selçuk Sinanoğlu, Nurullah Dağ, Berçem Sinanoğlu, Filiz Özdemir

“…Compared to the control group, the NE group had significantly lower mean rectus abdominis muscle stiffness values on both the supraumbilical and subumbilical levels (p < 0.05). …”
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Impacts of nano-clay particles and heat-treating on out-of-phase thermo-mechanical fatigue characteristics in piston aluminum-silicon alloys by H. Bahmanabadi, M. Azadi, A. Dadashi, J. Torkian, M.S.A. Parast, G. Winter, F. Grun

“…At higher maximum temperatures, the change in the material behavior was lower. The fracture analysis by scanning electron microscopy (SEM) demonstrated that both materials had a brittle behavior due to cleavage and quasi-cleavage marks. …”
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A Rare Case of Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Bladder Presenting as a Metastatic Right Ventricular Mass by Joanna M. Bonsall, Rhome Hughes, Mario Mosunjac, David Harrison, Habib Samady

“…A 74-year-old woman presented with bilateral lower extremity swelling, worsening dyspnea on exertion, and mild hemoptysis. …”
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Low-Dose Fluvastatin Prevents the Functional Alterations of Endothelium Induced by Short-Term Cholesterol Feeding in Rabbit Carotid Artery by Gulnur Sevin, Yasemin Delen Akcay, Gonen Ozsarlak-Sozer, Mukadder Yasa

“…3-Hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG-CoA) reductase inhibitors, commonly known as statins, are the medical treatment of choice for hypercholesterolemia. In addition to lowering serum-cholesterol levels, statins appear to promote pleiotropic effects that are independent of changes in serum cholesterol. …”
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Efficacy of Mouthwashes Containing Hydrogen Peroxide on Tooth Whitening by Muhammet Karadas, Omer Hatipoglu

“…Nevertheless, the color change achieved with the mouthwashes was significantly lower than that achieved with the 10% CP at-home bleaching gel.…”
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Precipitation Trends over Time Using Mann-Kendall and Spearman’s rho Tests in Swat River Basin, Pakistan by Ijaz Ahmad, Deshan Tang, TianFang Wang, Mei Wang, Bakhtawar Wagan

“…In the entire Swat River basin, statistically insignificant trends were found in the subbasins for the annual precipitation series; however, the Lower Swat subbasin showed the maximum quantitative increase in the precipitation at a rate of 2.18 mm/year. …”
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Fragility Analysis of a Self-Anchored Suspension Bridge Based on Structural Health Monitoring Data by Yuyao Cheng, Jian Zhang, Jiajia Wu

“…The results show that bearing is the most vulnerable part of a self-anchored suspension bridge, while failure probabilities of concrete towers are relatively lower.…”
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Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR)-Based Lipidomics Reveal the Association of Altered Red Blood Cell (RBC) Membrane Lipidome with the Presence and the Severity of Coronary Artery Ste... by Ioanna A. Kastani, Paraskevi K. Soltani, Giannis G. Baltogiannis, Georgios A. Christou, Eleni T. Bairaktari, Christina E. Kostara

“…Targeted and untargeted lipidomic analysis revealed that CHD patients presented significant lipid alterations in the RBC membrane, characterized by higher cholesterol, sphingolipids, saturated and monounsaturated fatty acids, lower phospholipids (glycerophospholipids and ether glycerolipids), and unsaturated and polyunsaturated fatty acids. …”
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The Effects of High-Fidelity Simulation on Salivary Cortisol Levels in SRNA Students: A Pilot Study by Terri Jones, Sarah Goss, Bethany Weeks, Hiroko Miura, Damian Bassandeh, Dennis Cheek

“…Although levels of cortisol were higher during clinical time than baseline, this increase was not significant (p > 0.05), and levels were lower than levels during simulation. Laboratory simulation of patient scenarios raised the stress hormone cortisol level threefold above baseline levels in nurse anesthesia students, while actual clinical experience did not.…”
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Gambaran Drug Related Problems (DRPs) Terapi Farmakologi Pasien ISPA Pediatrik di Rumah Sakit PKU Muhammadiyah Gamping Yogyakarta by Nadia Husna, Siwi Padmasari

“…There were about 11.9 million episodes of severe acute lower respiratory infection that resulted in hospital admission in young children worldwide. …”
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Equiaxed growth of interacting Al–Cu dendrites in thin samples: a phase-field study at copper concentrations relevant for practical applications by Gong, Tong Zhao, Boukellal, Ahmed Kaci, Chen, Yun, Debierre, Jean-Marc

“…We compare the present results with those of a previous study which was restricted to lower copper concentrations ($c \le 2$ wt% Cu) [Boukellal et al., Materialia 1 (2018) p. 62-69] due to the use of a finite difference code. …”
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Prilling as an Effective Tool for Manufacturing Submicrometric and Nanometric PLGA Particles for Controlled Drug Delivery to Wounds: Stability and Curcumin Release by Chiara De Soricellis, Chiara Amante, Paola Russo, Rita Patrizia Aquino, Pasquale Del Gaudio

“…In vitro studies revealed a faster release for lower drug loadings (90% release in 6 h) compared to sustained release over 7 days for higher-loaded nanoparticles, attributed to polymer degradation and drug-polymer interactions on the surface of the particles, as confirmed by FTIR analyses. …”
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