Generalised Joint Hypermobility in Caucasian Girls with Idiopathic Scoliosis: Relation with Age, Curve Size, and Curve Pattern by Dariusz Czaprowski

“…The prevalence of GJH was significantly (P=0.01) lower in IS girls aged 16–18 years in comparison with younger individuals. …”
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Renal Urotensin II System Plays Roles in the Regulation of Blood Pressure in Dahl Salt-Resistant Rat by Fei Wu, Guanjong Chen, Aihua Zhang, Yang Yu, Minhua Fan, Chaoshu Tang

“…After high-salt diet for 6 weeks, the systolic blood pressure (SBP) in SR group was significantly lower, accompanied with higher urinary UII levels, higher 24-hour urinary sodium excretion, and higher urinary creatinine clearance in the SR rats in comparison to SS group. …”
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Unveiling the Mechanisms for Decreased Glutathione in Individuals with HIV Infection by Devin Morris, Carlos Guerra, Clare Donohue, Hyoung Oh, Melissa Khurasany, Vishwanath Venketaraman

“…We examined the causes for decreased glutathione (GSH) in individuals with HIV infection. We observed lower levels of intracellular GSH in macrophages from individuals with HIV compared to healthy subjects. …”
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Implementation of an Evidence-Based Exercise Program for Older Adults in South Florida by Richard C. Palmer, Anamica Batra, Chelsie Anderson, Timothy Page, Edgar Vieira, Laura Seff

“…The 25% who received the recommended dose experienced an increase in upper and lower body strength and mobility. Further, participants reported high satisfaction with the program. …”
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An Observational Cohort Study on Delayed-Onset Infections after Mandibular Third-Molar Extractions by Giulia Brunello, Marleen De Biagi, Giulia Crepaldi, Fernanda Izaura Rodrigues, Stefano Sivolella

“…The statistical analysis was performed with nonparametric tests. A p value lower than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. …”
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The structure of egg batches, number of eggs and egg hatching rates of pine processionary moth Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) / Thaumetopoea wilkinsoni Tams... by Cansu Keleş, Saliha Voyvot, Ertuğrul Bilgili

“…The average number of eggs collected in lower, middle and upper parts of tree crowns were 185,8, 167,0 and 201,7 (mean=184,8); and the rate of hatching was 67,0%, 64,7% and 69,3% (mean=66,9%), respectively. …”
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Durability of Marine Concretes with Nanoparticles under Combined Action of Bending Load and Salt Spray Erosion by Zhang Maohua, Lv Zhengyi, Cui Jiyin, Tian Zenong, Li Zhiyi

“…Test results showed that chloride ion levels in the tensile and compressive zones for both nanoconcretes were lower than plain concrete at the same timepoint. …”
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New Auxiliary Vector Synthesis for Expanding Linear Modulation Range With the Ability to Eliminate CMV Spikes in the SVM Three-Phase Inverters by Jin Huang, Kaicheng Li

“…The traditional auxiliary vectors are used to eliminate the CMV spikes in some RCMV strategies, which have the lower total harmonic distortion (THD) in RCMV SVMs. …”
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How Well Does the Traffic System Protect Transit from Congestion? Measuring Route-Level Costs That Congestion Imposes on Transit Operators and Users by Peter G. Furth, Ahmed T. M. Halawani

“…Congestion impacts transit both by lowering average speed and by increasing service unreliability. …”
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An update on active and passive surveillance for African swine fever in the Dominican Republic by Rachel A. Schambow, Nianet Carrasquillo, Silvia Kreindel, Andres M. Perez

“…ASF continues to be distributed throughout the Dominican Republic with lower cumulative incidence in central regions and R0 around 1. …”
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Effect of Soil Type on Running Performance of Small Lunar Rover by Kimitaka Watanabe, Tomoki Horiguchi, Kazuto Tanaka

“…Furthermore, the tests for measuring the reaction force on the lug indicated that the density change in the lunar soil simulant did not provide sufficient reaction force, and that the running performance on the lunar soil simulant was lower than that on the silica sand.…”
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Limit Equilibrium Method for Stability Analysis of Dangerous Rock Considering Surrounding Rock Constraints by SU Guoshao, ZHANG Jixiang, LIU Youneng, WANG Junmu

“…The proposed method considered the constraint effects of the back margin for dangerous rock of falling and sliding types with structural surfaces controlled by the upper margin and lower margin, respectively. For sliding-type dangerous rock with double structural surfaces, the influence of the fissure water pressure on the back margin was considered. …”
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Evaluating capability of two halophyte plants for phytoextraction of cadmium from contaminated soils by Mahboubeh Mazhari, Safoora Asadi Kapourchal, Mehdi Homaee

“…For C album, BCF in most treatments was lower than 1.0, but for C. botrys, it was mostly larger than 1.0. …”
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Traffic Prediction-Based Fast Rerouting Algorithm for Wireless Multimedia Sensor Networks by Zhiyuan Li, Junlei Bi, Siguang Chen

“…Performance comparison of TPFR with ant-based multi-QoS routing (AntSensNet) and power efficient multimedia routing (PEMuR) shows that they: (a) maximize the overall network lifespan by load balancing and not draining energy from some specific nodes, (b) provide high quality of service delivery for multimedia streams by switching to a better path towards a sink node in time, (c) reduce useless data retransmissions when node failures or link breaks occur, and (d) maintain lower routing overhead.…”
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Iron-Polyphenol Interaction Reduces Iron Bioavailability in Fortified Tea: Competing Complexation to Ensure Iron Bioavailability by V. Dueik, B. K. Chen, L. L. Diosady

“…However, fortified tea with a ratio lower than 1 : 2 had a darker colour and off-flavours. …”
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Enhanced Radiation Levels at Aviation Altitudes and Their Relationship to Plasma Waves in the Inner Magnetosphere by Homayon Aryan, Jacob Bortnik, W. Kent Tobiska, Piyush Mehta, Rashmi Siddalingappa

“…ARMAS instruments are flown on agency‐sponsored (NASA, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Science Foundation, Federal Aviation Administration, DOE) flights, commercial space transportation companies and airliners (>9 km) in automated radiation collection mode. …”
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Antioxidant Properties of Popular Turmeric (Curcuma longa) Varieties from Bangladesh by E. M. Tanvir, Md. Sakib Hossen, Md. Fuad Hossain, Rizwana Afroz, Siew Hua Gan, Md. Ibrahim Khalil, Nurul Karim

“…However, the tannin concentration was lower in the ethanolic extract. We conclude that the turmeric varieties investigated in this study are useful sources of natural antioxidants, which confer significant protection against free radical damage.…”
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An optimisation for a two‐round good‐case latency protocol by Kexin Hu, Zhenfeng Zhang, Kaiwen Guo, Weiyu Jiang, Xiaoman Li, Jiang Han

“…The results show that our improvement can achieve about 50% lower communication cost and 40% shorter latency at a scale of 100 replicas. …”
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Aromatic pi-complexation of 1,5-diisocyanonaphthalene with benzene derivatives by Erika Kopcsik, Zoltán Mucsi, Rajmond Schiwert, László Vanyorek, Béla Viskolcz, Miklós Nagy

“…Comparative studies with related compounds revealed that lower electron density in the naphthalene core favors π-complex formation. …”
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The Effects of Business Strategy and Product Market Competition on Real Earnings Management by Luiza Dazzi Braga, Luiz Cláudio Louzada, Carolina Magda da Silva Roma

“…Findings suggested that firms following an innovation-oriented prospector strategy are associated with lower levels of REM than firms following an efficiency-oriented defender strategy. …”
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