Health-related quality of life associated with fatigue, physical activity and activity pacing in adults with chronic conditions by Ioulia Barakou, Bregje L. Seves, Ulric S. Abonie, Tracy Finch, Kate L. Hackett, Florentina J. Hettinga

“…Higher pacing engagement and lower HRQoL may indicate higher fatigue. Positive associations between self-regulation and PA with HRQoL emphasise benefits of appropriate PA behaviours. …”
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Air pollution Dynamics: The role of meteorological factors in PM10 concentration patterns across urban areas by Carolina Girotti, Luiz Fernando Kowalski, Tiago Silva, Ezequiel Correia, Alessandra R. Prata Shimomura, Fernando Akira Kurokawa, António Lopes

“…Tietê, with a higher vehicle density and different atmospheric conditions (lower wind speeds and greater atmospheric stability), presents higher PM10 peaks. …”
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Niche and interspecific association of dominant arbor species in Quercus communities in the Qinling Mountains, China by Ruizhi Huang, Qi Wang, Jingyi Sun, Yipei Zhao, Shaowei Yang, Wenfa Xiao, Jianfeng Liu

“…Compared to the core and upper edge areas, the Quercus communities in the lower edge area exhibited greater niche overlap and a higher proportion of interspecific competition. …”
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Effect of Exogenous of Transforming Growth Factor-β1 on Pregnancy Outcome in Mice with Recurrent Pregnancy Loss by Persistent Enhancement of Placental Tissue Indoleamine 2,3-Dioxyg... by Xinghui Wen, Xiaojuan Chen, Mei Li, Jinnian Zhou, Shouli Dao, Shixiang Li, Hui Cheng, Shuyun Zhao, Guanyou Huang

“…In all treatment groups, the embryo resorption rates were significantly lower than the control group andthe expression of IDO in the placental tissue of all treatment groups was significantly higher than the control group.The expression of TGF-β1 increased gradually from, 2, 20 to 200 ng/ml in treatment groups, and the concentrationof exogenous TGF-β1 positively correlated with the expression of TGF-β1, in placental tissues in treatment groups(r=0.372, P=0.018).Conclusion: Exogenous TGF-β1 improves pregnancy outcomes in RPL mice, and the possible therapeutic mechanismis that exogenous TGF-β1 induces the persistent expression of endogenous TGF-β1 and IDO due to mutuallyinduced expression of the other. …”
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Gender differences of health literacy in persons with a migration background: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Elke Kalbe, Nicole Skoetz, Christiane Woopen, Digo Chakraverty, Annika Baumeister, Angela Aldin, Ümran Sema Seven, Ina Monsef

“…Authors of 56 other eligible studies were asked for data, but without success.Conclusion Men with a migration background—while being much less frequently examined—may have lower health literacy than women. As heterogeneity between studies was high and the difference became statistically insignificant when excluding studies with a high risk of bias, this result must be interpreted with caution. …”
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Simvastatin Posttreatment Controls Inflammation and Improves Bacterial Clearance in Experimental Sepsis by Flora Magno de Jesus Oliveira, Cassiano Felippe Gonçalves-de-Albuquerque, Isabel Matos Medeiros de Moraes, Patrícia Alves Reis, Vinicius Novaes Rocha, Patrícia Torres Bozza, Adriana Ribeiro Silva, Hugo Caire de Castro Faria Neto

“…Besides being currently the leading cause of death in intensive care units worldwide, sepsis can also induce long-term consequences among survivors, such as cognitive impairment. Statins (lipid-lowering drugs widely used to treat dyslipidemia) have been shown to possess pleiotropic anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial effects. …”
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Impacts of Livestock Grazing on Wild Ungulate Habitat in the Khata Corridor, Bardiya, Nepal by Usha Dahal, Nirjala Raut, Anubhav Dhital, Suruchi Mainali, Deepak Gautam, Shankar Tripathi

“…The domestic cattle had a higher habitat overlap and effective stocking density in winter than wild ungulates in summer in the corridor forest. Lower availability of forage around the village led to the concerted effort of grazing in the forest, increasing the higher effective stocking density in winter, leading to the competition with wild ungulates. …”
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Association between polypharmacy and falls in older adults: a longitudinal study from England by Nafeesa N Dhalwani, Melanie J Davies, Kamlesh Khunti, Harini Sathanapally, Radia Fahami, Sam Seidu

“…Further exploration of the effects of these complex drug combinations in the real world with a detailed standardised assessment of polypharmacy is greatly required along with pragmatic studies in primary care, which will help inform whether the threshold for a detailed medication review should be lowered.…”
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards COVID-19 among multiethnic elderly Asian residents in Singapore: a mixed-methods study by Amudha Aravindhan, Alfred Tau Liang Gan, Ester Pei Xuan Lee, Preeti Gupta, Ryan Man, Kam Chun Ho, Sharon Cohan Sung, Ching-Yu Cheng, Moi Lin Ling, Hiang Khoon Tan, Tien Yin Wong, Eva Katie Fenwick, Ecosse Luc Lamoureux

“…Compared to Chinese, Indians had lower odds of practising three out of six recommendations. …”
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Molecular Mechanisms of Grain Chalkiness Variation in Rice Panicles by Zhong Li, Min Xi, Youzun Xu, Xueyuan Sun, Debao Tu, Yongjin Zhou, Yalan Ji, Linsheng Yang

“…Additionally, Y1 and Y2 were characterized by lower amylose and protein contents, as well as looser starch granule morphology, in comparison to Y3. …”
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Assisting significance of lncRNA ASB16-AS1 in the early detection and prognosis prediction of patients with deep venous thrombosis by Menglan Li, Yingying Li, Dawei Zhang, Cheng Cheng, Meiying Yang, Xiuyin Zhang, Xinming Yu, Bo Lu, Min Wang

“…Abstract Background Deep venous thrombosis (DVT) is a kind of vascular obstruction, that commonly and widely occurs in lower limbs. Due to the lack of obvious symptoms in the early stage, the rate of misdiagnosis and missed diagnosis is high. …”
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Blockchain-Based Piecewise Regressive Kupyna Cryptography for Secure Cloud Services by Selvakumar Shanmugam, Rajesh Natarajan, Gururaj H. L., Francesco Flammini, Badria Sulaiman Alfurhood, Anitha Premkumar

“…Compared to conventional techniques, findings corroborate the assertion that the proposed PRKCHB technique improves data confidentiality and integrity by up to 9% and 9% while lowering storage overhead, authentication time, and execution time by 10%, 12%, and 12%.…”
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Extractives Content and Colour Properties of 11-year-old Perhutani Superior Teakwood from Ngawi Forest Management Unit by Zulkahfi Zulkahfi, Denny Irawati, Tomy Listyanto, Dian Rodiana, Ganis Lukmandaru

“…The result showed that vertical direction had significant effect as the bottom part showed the highest value in ethanol extract content but it had lower value in total phenolic content. Brightness (L*) value was comparatively high at the top part, while redness (a*) value was high at the bottom part. …”
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Selective and persistent toxicity of seven insecticides to five egg parasitoids of Spodoptera frugiperda by Hao-Ran Li, Cheng-Yang Li, Peng Dai, Lian-Sheng Zang, Nicolas Desneux, Wei Xu

“…. + luf. (3:1), MabrNPV, and Bt, the mortality rates of all tested parasitoid adults were below 25% (lunefuron lower than 10%). A 3-day emamectin benzoate treatment caused 90% mortality in T. mwanzai, T. lutea, T. dendrolimi, and T. chilonis adults. …”
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Screening of Probiotics Derived from Chopped Chili and Its Application in Fermented Chopped Chili by Qian YANG, Luyao XIAO, Xuhong BAI, Yufang TIAN, Wei LI

“…Chopped chili fermented with all the three strains exhibited a pH<4.2, titratable acidity>0.6%, and obviously lower nitrite content and coliform count compared to naturally fermented chopped chili. …”
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The Correlation of Serum Adropin with Cardiovascular Risk Factors in the Experimental Rat Model of Chronic Kidney Disease and Its Implication in the Ameliorative Effect of Angioten... by Samaa Salah Abd-El-Fatah, Maha A. Fathy, Mohamed Ali Alabiad, Raja Aljafil, Mai Ahmed Gobran, Enssaf A. Ahmad, Ashwag S. Alsharidah, Mohammed Alorini, Sulaiman Mohammed Alnasser, Sara A. Awadh, Enas N. Morgan

“…To analyze data, ANOVA and Pearson’s correlation tests were used (SPSS version 18, P<0.05 is significant).Results: Adropin was significantly lower in GII than in GI and GIII (P<0.001). Adropin in GII and GIII was negatively correlated with atherogenic index (P=0.019 and P=0.001, respectively), atherogenic co-efficient (P=0.012 and P=0.013, respectively), troponin I (P=0.021 and P=0.043, respectively), and nitric oxide (P=0.025 and P=0.038, respectively). …”
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Relationship between Self-Efficacy and Headache Impact, Anxiety, and Physical Activity Levels in Patients with Chronic Tension-Type Headache: An Observational Study by Ángel González de la Flor, Guillermo García Pérez de Sevilla, Diego Domíngez Balmaseda, Daniel Martín Vera, María Montero Martínez, Jose Ángel Del Blanco Muñiz

“…The present study showed that patients with chronic tension-type headache had a great negative impact on daily tasks and physical activity levels, which were associated with higher anxiety levels and lower self-efficacy.…”
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Consumer attitudes and behavior towards organic products: Evidence from the Lithuanian market by Lina Pilelienė, Vilma Tamulienė

“…However, consumer awareness of the relationship between organic products, and health and quality issues is lower, indicating the necessity to be managed. Also, consumers do not express high agreement that organic products have to be more expensive; they do not intend to pay a higher price for them. …”
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Crushed Capsicum chacoense Hunz Fruits: A Food Native Resource of Paraguay with Antioxidant and Anthelmintic Activity by Eva Coronel, Laura Mereles, Silvia Caballero, Nelson Alvarenga

“…In the samples, the absence of acute lethal effects in doses lower than 2000 mg/kg was observed. A rich composition of TPC (517.26-543.32 mg GAE/100 g sample), total carotenoids (125.72-239.57 mg/kg), β-carotene (3.29-5.60 mg/kg), and good TAC was observed (154-158 mM TEAC/g SMTC). …”
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Shorter Digestion Times of Donor Islets Is Associated With Better Islet Graft Function After Islet Transplantation by Chia-Hao Wang, Christopher Orr, Jeannette Hacker-Stratton, Mohamed El-Shahawy, Keiko Omori, Meirigeng Qi, Fouad Kandeel

“…Shorter digestion time of isolated donor islets were associated with lower PIR ( P = 0.014) and a higher GFI ( P = 0.027) after transplantation. …”
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