Effect of Rosiglitazone and Insulin Combination Therapy on Inflammation Parameters and Adipocytokine Levels in Patients with Type 1 DM by Metin Guclu, Ozen Oz Gul, Soner Cander, Oguzkaan Unal, Guven Ozkaya, Emre Sarandol, Canan Ersoy

“…Patients in both groups showed weight gain and the incidence of hypoglycemia was not lower. Discussion. The diverse favorable effects of TZDs were not fully experienced in patients with type 1 DM. …”
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Dancing to improve balance control, cognitive-motor functions and quality of life after stroke: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Emmanuel Morice, Julien Moncharmont, Clémentine Jenny, Anne-Violette Bruyneel

“…Cognitive and motor functions (balance, lower-limbs strength, coordination and motor level), quality of life (Stroke-Specific Quality of Life Scale) will be measured at weeks 4 and 6 in both groups. …”
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Formaldehyde-free wood adhesives based on protein materials from various plant species by Bernardo Grossi, Benedetto Pizzo, Francesco Siano, Antonio Varriale, Rosanna Mabilia

“…., soybean isolate) generally exhibited higher dry shear strengths (>10 N/mm²) compared to materials with lower protein content (<7 N/mm²). Wet strengths were generally low or even absent for flours and concentrates. …”
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Improvement of Injera Shelf Life and Staling through Vacuum and Nonvacuum Polyethylene Packaging: Their Synergistic Effect with Chemical Preservative by Abinet Terefe, Shimelis Admasu Emire, Habtamu Fekadu Gemede, Ashagrie Z. Woldegiorgis

“…But it was least effective regarding staling as it had the least average scoring of MC, pH, and L value (60.96%, 3.33, and 45.92, respectively) and sensory acceptability, basically due to the crumbling effect of the packaging method used. Besides, NP + had a lower microbial load (7.5∗101 bacterial cfu/g and 9.0∗101 yeast and mold cfu/g). …”
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NT-proBNP, Cardiometabolic Risk Factors, and Nutritional Status in Hemodialysis Patients by Jacques Ducros, Laurent Larifla, Henri Merault, Lydia Foucan

“…In 207 HD patients, 16.9% had PEW (at least three components). LVEF lower than 60% was found in 13.8% of patients. NT-proBNP levels ranged from 125 to 33144 pg/mL. …”
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Why Does Pnemococcus Kill? by Yves Bergeron, Michel G Bergeron

“…Acute lower respiratory tract infections remain the most common cause of death due to infection worldwide, and Streptococcus pneumoniae is responsible for approximately 30% of all cases of community-acquired pneumonia. …”
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Assessing the price effects of African swine fever in the China market by Melissza Salling

“…Results: In the analyzed period from 2015 to 2021, African swine fever outbreak impacts were detected in pork supply and price distribution. The outbreak lowers the output of hog meat, raising the stock price and influencing other meat products’ prices. …”
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Exercise as an abortive treatment for cluster headaches: Insights from a large patient registry by Mi‐Kyoung Kang, Yooha Hong, Soo‐Jin Cho

“…Patients who found exercise effective had lower Headache Impact Test‐6 scores. Effective exercises included running (39.1%), squats (30.4%), and stair climbing (21.7%), with high‐intensity exercise effective for 52.2% and moderate intensity for 43.5%. …”
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Identifying RBBP7 as a Promising Diagnostic Biomarker for BK Virus-Associated Nephropathy by Yicun Wang, Yuxuan Wang, Di Zhang, Hao Zhang, Wei Wang, Xiaopeng Hu

“…In this research, upregulation of RBBP7 was found to be associated with the higher infiltration of CD8 naïve T, iTreg, and neutrophil cells and the lower amounts of Th1, central memory T, NKT, CD8 T, and dendritic cells. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Percutaneous Nephrostomy and Double J Stenting in Upper Urinary Tract Obstruction with Acute Kidney Injury: A Tertiary Hospital Based Prospective Study by Manzoor Ahmad, Vivek Pachauri, Saif Quaiser, Wasif Md Ali, Imad Ali, Adnan Habib

“…Patients were classified into upper urinary tract obstruction and lower urinary tract obstruction. 70 patients of the upper urinary tract obstruction cases were further managed by either percutaneous nephrostomy (PCN) or double-J (DJ) ureteral stenting diversion procedures. 68 out of 70 upper urinary tract obstruction underwent either of the two procedures. …”
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Overwintering temperature affects lipid and fatty acid metabolism in hepatopancreas and ovary of female mud crab Scylla paramamosain by Kaijia Yu, Hanying Xu, Ce Shi, Chunlin Wang, Changkao Mu, Yangfang Ye, Shujian Chen, Ronghua Li, Qingyang Wu

“…According to the results, the hepatosomatic index (HSI) of the crabs after overwintering at 16 ℃ and 20 ℃ was significantly lower than that pre-overwintering (P < 0.05), however, overwintering did not affect the gonadosomatic index (GSI) (P > 0.05). …”
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Machine learning for classifying chronic kidney disease and predicting creatinine levels using at-home measurements by Brady Metherall, Anna K. Berryman, Georgia S. Brennan

“…ANNs achieve a higher TPR (92.0%), but a lower TNR (67.9%) compared with RFs (90.0% and 95.8%, respectively). …”
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Neuropsychiatric and Physical Manifestations of Post-Covid-19 Syndrome: Insights into Physical Activity and Biomarkers in the Moroccan Population by Youssef NADIR, Habiba NECHCHADI, Hicham ESSELMANI, Mohamed MERZOUKI, Karim ARIFI

“…Pre-infection physical activity levels may influence LDL-cholesterol concentrations in post-Covid-19 syndrome patients. Lower HDL-cholesterol concentration may be linked to the persistence of dyspnea, which makes it a potential biomarker; further mechanistic investigations are needed taking gender differences into consideration. …”
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Assessment of microbial diversity and antimicrobial resistance in raw camel milk: Genomic and phenotypic analysis of Kharai and Kutchi breeds of Gujarat, India by Hetvi J. Adhyaru, Devangi B. Mangroliya, Jayesh H. Kabariya, Vimal M. Ramani

“…This suggests that camel milk poses a lower risk compared to other raw milk sources with respect to spread of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). …”
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An evaluation of osseous regeneration capability of novel autogenous tooth graft along with orthobiologics for long bone segmental defects by N. Hussain, M.A. Khan, A.K. Mahmood, M.Y. Tipu, S. Aslam

“…We noticed appropriate osteointegration of autologous tooth with the fractured site, good healing and bone remodeling in all groups with superior to lower trends in Tooth-BMA, Tooth-PRP, Tooth-DFS, and Tooth-solo groups respectively. …”
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Technical comparison of hybrid renewable energy systems for Information Technology services by John ADEBISI, Olumuyiwa Amusan, Ponmile Olawoore

“…The experimental result showed the input/output peak and off-peak voltages for solar, wind, and solar-wind hybrid energy DC-Volts are 12.67V/12.02V / 12.47V/11.61V, 12.53V / 11.90V / 12.48V / 11.87V, and 12.78V / 12.09V / 12.57 / 11.95V  respectively signifying a significant increase from the on-load peak period while the on-load off-peak period is seen to be lower. The results also show that a hybrid solar-wind system tested at 5 minutes time intervals gives a superior output voltage regulation and efficiency when compared to the solar or wind individual systems. …”
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Physical activity for children and adolescents with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: a protocol of a systematic review and meta-analysis by Ole Jakob Storebø, Marie-Louise Jensen, Merete Bender Bjerrum, Marianne Vamosi

“…The disorder negatively influences their academic performance and social relations, and their quality of life (QoL) is lower than that of peers without ADHD. The majority of children and adolescents with ADHD are treated with medication that potentially has an insufficient effect or frequently occurring adverse events. …”
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Design, Multiperspective Investigations, and Performance Analysis of Multirotor Unmanned Aerial Vehicle for Precision Farming by Darshan Kumar Jayaram, Vijayanandh Raja, Beena Stanislaus Arputharaj, Hussein A. Z. AL-bonsrulah

“…This nozzle was installed in the UAV and field-tested for paddy crops, showing a significant production improvement and lower operational cost. Chemical use pollutes and leaves traces in produce. …”
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State tax policy in Ukraine: historical and legal aspect (based on the example of the XX century) by G. L. Gufman

“…Growth of receipts in the budget in the form of tax from a turn and assignments from the profit of the restored industrial enterprises allowed to lower taxes on the population a few. Since January 1, 1946 a war tax was cancelled, and since September of the same year the free minimum for workers and employees was raised. …”
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Analysis of Polarized Dust Emission Using Data from the First Flight of SPIDER by P. A. R. Ade, M. Amiri, S. J. Benton, A. S. Bergman, R. Bihary, J. J. Bock, J. R. Bond, J. A. Bonetti, S. A. Bryan, H. C. Chiang, C. R. Contaldi, O. Doré, A. J. Duivenvoorden, H. K. Eriksen, J. P. Filippini, A. A. Fraisse, K. Freese, M. Galloway, A. E. Gambrel, N. N. Gandilo, K. Ganga, S. Gourapura, R. Gualtieri, J. E. Gudmundsson, M. Halpern, J. Hartley, M. Hasselfield, G. Hilton, W. Holmes, V. V. Hristov, Z. Huang, K. D. Irwin, W. C. Jones, A. Karakci, C. L. Kuo, Z. D. Kermish, J. S.-Y. Leung, S. Li, D. S. Y. Mak, P. V. Mason, K. Megerian, L. Moncelsi, T. A. Morford, J. M. Nagy, C. B. Netterfield, M. Nolta, R. O’Brient, B. Osherson, I. L. Padilla, B. Racine, A. S. Rahlin, C. Reintsema, J. E. Ruhl, M. C. Runyan, T. M. Ruud, J. A. Shariff, E. C. Shaw, C. Shiu, J. D. Soler, X. Song, A. Trangsrud, C. Tucker, R. S. Tucker, A. D. Turner, J. F. van der List, A. C. Weber, I. K. Wehus, D. V. Wiebe, E. Y. Young, Spider Collaboration

“…Analyses of diffuse Galactic dust emission spanning the full Spider region demonstrate (i) a spectral energy distribution that is broadly consistent with a modified-blackbody (MBB) model with a spectral index of β _d = 1.45 ± 0.05 (1.47 ± 0.06) for E ( B )-mode polarization, slightly lower than that reported by Planck for the full sky; (ii) an angular power spectrum broadly consistent with a power law; and (iii) no significant detection of line-of-sight polarization decorrelation. …”
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