No Effect of Anodal tDCS on Verbal Episodic Memory Performance and Neurotransmitter Levels in Young and Elderly Participants by Annegret Habich, Johannes Slotboom, Jessica Peter, Roland Wiest, Stefan Klöppel

“…Nevertheless, exploratory analyses suggested a predictive value of the Glx : GABA ratio, with lower ratios at baseline indicating greater tDCS-related gains in delayed recall performance. …”
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Quantifying uncertainty in anthropogenic causes of injury and mortality for an endangered baleen whale by Daniel W. Linden, Jeffrey A. Hostetler, Richard M. Pace III, Lance P. Garrison, Amy R. Knowlton, Véronique Lesage, Rob Williams, Michael C. Runge

“…The model results also suggested that despite vessel strikes causing a lower average rate of severe injuries, the higher mortality rate conditional on injury results in significant total mortality risk, particularly for females resting from a recent calving event. …”
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Investigating the Relationship between Socioeconomic Status and Traffic Behaviors of Pedestrians in Marand by Sepideh Harzand-Jadidi, Abolfazl Rahimi Bonab, Morteza Haghighi, Mohammad Saadati, Saeid Mousavi

“…According to the results of this study, pedestrians who had a lower socioeconomic status showed more unsafe behaviors while crossing the road. …”
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Genetic Variation and Population Structure in Jamunapari Goats Using Microsatellites, Mitochondrial DNA, and Milk Protein Genes by P. K. Rout, K. Thangraj, A. Mandal, R. Roy

“…However, the effects of genetic bottlenecks were observed in some loci due to decreased heterozygosity and lower level of M ratio. There were two observed genetic subdivisions in the population supporting the observations of farmers in different areas. …”
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Hemodynamic Effects of Methamphetamine and General Anesthesia by Keyvan M. Safdari, Curtis Converse, Fanglong Dong, Nickolas Alan MacDougall, Kevin Hyer, Alec Runyon, Haley Ahlering, Mark E. Comunale

“…Among the patients who were acutely positive for methamphetamine within 24 hours, 31.4% met the criteria for hemodynamic instability within the first hour of general anesthesia, compared to 26.1% of the subacutely positive patients and 6.3% of controls (p<0.0001). This was despite lower doses of anesthetic medications in the acutely and subacutely positive groups. …”
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Changes in Vertical Stratification of Neotropical Nymphalid Butterflies at Forest Edges Are Not Directly Caused by Light and Temperature Conditions by Brian K. Oye, Ryan I. Hill

“…Of 41 species common to both forests and edges, 28 shifted to have a lower canopy probability at the edge, and our model detected a decrease in canopy probability of 0.165. …”
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Prenatal stress and child development: A scoping review of research in low- and middle-income countries. by Giavana Buffa, Salomé Dahan, Isabelle Sinclair, Myriane St-Pierre, Noushin Roofigari, Dima Mutran, Jean-Jacques Rondeau, Kelsey Needham Dancause

“…Sixty percent of studies were in upper-middle, 25% in lower-middle, and 15% in low income countries. Most studies used questionnaires, either existing or tailor-made, to assess stress. …”
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The frequency of distribution of the genotypes of the IL4 polymorphism (rs 2243250) in psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis by A. A. Barilo, M. V. Smolnikova, S. V. Smirnova

“…In PS carriers of the C/С IL4 (rs2243250), the value of the PASI index is statistically significantly lower relative to the carriers of the C/T and T/T genotypes. …”
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Specific Physical Performances of Young Male Basketball Players in Palestine: An Assessment by Maturity Status by Layla Jawabreh, Mohamed Tounsi, Ghazi Racil, Johnny Padulo, Gian Mario Migliaccio, Luca Russo, Yassine Trabelsi

“…Results: Anthropometric development, particularly lower-limb length, significantly influenced vertical jump performance, while increases in body composition and fat mass negatively impacted sprinting and strength test outcomes. …”
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Value of DWI Combined with Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy in the Differential Diagnosis between Recurrent Glioma and Radiation Injury: A Meta-Analysis by Hongyi Li, Yang Duan, Na Liu, Junyi Dong, Yuanzi Liang, Ronghui Ju

“…A total of 11 articles were included in this study. ADC was lower in the recurrent glioma group than in the radiation injury group (standardized mean difference = −1.29, 95% confidence interval (CI) (−1.87, −0.71), P<0.001). …”
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Effect of Yoga on Blood Pressure in Prehypertension: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Janhavi Sandeep Khandekar, Vanamala Lakshmi Vasavi, Vijay Pratap Singh, Stephen Rajan Samuel, S. G. Sudhan, Bidita Khandelwal

“…Yoga therapy may have a role in lowering the blood pressures in prehypertension and hypertension. …”
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Meat consumption and racial/ethnic disparities in population-based study in the city Campinas, Brazil by Samara Agda dos Santos, Josiane Steluti, Natália Simonian Rodrigues Valente Ghedini, Semíramis Martins Álvares Domene

“…Linear regression models were run to assess the association between meat consumption and sociodemographic variables with a significance level of 5%. Lower total consumption of meat, red meat, beef and fish was found among individuals with self-declared black skin color compared to those with self-declared white skin color. …”
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Application of Shear-Wave Elastography in the Evaluation of Hamstring Stiffness in Young Basketball Athletes by Paige Cummings, Nathan D. Schilaty, Takashi Nagai, Luca Rigamonti, Ryo Ueno, Nathaniel A. Bates

“… # Methods Six-hundred forty-two lower extremities from 321 high school and collegiate basketball athletes (177 F: 139 M) were examined for hamstring stiffness prior to the start of their competitive basketball season. …”
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A Study of Synergy of Combination of Eosin B with Chloroquine, Artemisinin, and Sulphadoxine-Pyrimethamine on Plasmodium falciparum In Vitro and Plasmodium berghei In Vivo by Sedigheh Sadeghi, Zarrintaj Valadkhani, Alireza Sadeghi Tafreshi, Mohammad Arjmand, Hossein Nahravanian, Farideh Vahabi, Neda Soori, Maryam Mohammadi, Masoomeh Meigooni, Zahra Zamani

“…In vivo studies also showed a considerable lowering of the effective dose of eosin B 30 mg/kg: artesunate 3 mg/kg with 200 mg/kg eosin B and 60 mg/kg artesunate separately. …”
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Epidemiology of notifiable outbreaks in different hospital units in Saudi Arabia: A national descriptive study by Nawal M. Alanazi, Nasser H. Alshanbari, Hala M. Roushdy, Yahya I. Alnshbah, Eman Ali Barnawi, Nawaf M. Almatrafi, Rula Felemban, Zainah M. Al Shahrani, Nadeen Burhan, Aiman El-Saed, Khalid H. Alanazi

“…Almost all patients had devices: central line (63.6 %), foley catheters (52.7 %), or mechanical ventilation (50.4 %). …”
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Planning for the Pandemic by Joanne Embree

“…Therefore, it is a relief to hear that the upper estimates are at a much lower rate of approximately 5% in most suggested epidemiological models. …”
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Staging model for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in Singapore by Yuan Teck Tay, Josiah YH Chai, Kamilah Bte Shekh Jabin, Kexin Ang

“…In this retrospective cohort study, clinical milestones used for staging were identical to King’s staging: stage 1 corresponded to symptom onset; stage 2A corresponded to diagnosis; stage 2B corresponded to two central nervous system (CNS) regions; stage 3B corresponded to three CNS regions; stage 4A corresponded to requirement of supportive enteric feeding; and stage 4B corresponded to requirement of non-invasive ventilation, of which bulbar, diaphragmatic, upper and lower limb pyramidal involvements each constituted one CNS region. …”
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Biochar Amendment as a Mitigation Against Freezing–Thawing Effects on Soil Hydraulic Properties by Zhongkui Chen, Chitipat Intraravimonmata, Viroon Kamchoom, Rui Chen, Natdanai Sinsamutpadung

“…While biochar’s impact is more pronounced at higher matric potentials, it also significantly reduces conductivity at lower potentials. The total porosity of the soil increased under low biochar application rates (0% and 1%) but declined at higher application rates (2% and 3%) as the number of freeze–thaw cycles increased. …”
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Older People's Perceptions of Well-Being by I.V. Vasileva, M.V. Chumakov

“…At the same time, this does not indicate a lower significance of the associative group &ldquo;health&rdquo;, since the semantic group &ldquo;emotions&rdquo; collects its high rank only through a set of different emotions. …”
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Should We Adopt Increased Dilutions for Indirect Immunofluorescence in Pediatric Anti-Centromere Antibody Testing? Insights from a Three-Year Retrospective Study by Mehmet Soylu, Raziye Burcu Taşkın, Gülçin Aytaç, Güzide Aksu, Seyfi Durmaz, Miray Karakoyun, Şaziye Rüçhan Sertöz

“…Higher IIF titers (≥1/640) were strongly associated with CENP-B 3+ immunoblot positivity, while lower titers (1/80 and 1/320) correlated with CENP-B 1+. …”
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