The effects of low-carbohydrate diet on glucose and lipid metabolism in overweight or obese patients with T2DM: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Wende Tian, Shuyu Cao, Yongxin Guan, Zihao Zhang, Qiyu Liu, Jianqing Ju, Ruixi Xi, Ruina Bai

“…Weight loss, reduced BMI, lower diastolic blood pressure, and decreased waist circumference were additional benefits.ConclusionLow-carbohydrate diets may enhance glycemic control and lipid profiles in overweight or obese T2DM patients, warranting consideration in T2DM management. …”
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Effects of Pimobendan on Prolonging Time to Rehospitalization or Frequency of Rehospitalization in Patients with Heart Failure: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using a Medical Adminis... by Kazuhisa Kodama, Tatsunori Murata, Naoki Dohi, Masaaki Nakano, Toshiaki Yokoi, Tomohiro Sakamoto, Koichi Nakao

“…The cumulative incidence at 365 days was significantly lower in the pimobendan prescription group (pimobendan prescription group: 35.4% (95% CI: 29.8–41.8), non-prescription group: 51.2% (95% CI: 45.1–57.7), (P < 0.001). …”
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Detection of the effect of climate change on the drainage of Aquifer of Birjand plain by Behzad Amraei

“…The results of the microsterge model implemented on HADGEM2-ES data indicate that during the period 2035-2065 under both the scenario, groundwater level between 10 and 13 meters lower than the base period, which resulted from an increase in evapotranspiration And consequently, rainfall will be effective.…”
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T Cell Subsets and the Expression of Related MicroRNAs in Patients with Recurrent Early Pregnancy Loss by Ya-ni Yan, Jian Zhang, Na Yang, Chaochao Chen, Weiwei Li

“…The frequencies of Treg and exhausted T cells in the EPL group were significantly lower than those in the control group (P<0.05). The cell frequencies of T helper 17 (Th17) cells and exhausted Treg cells in the EPL group were significantly higher than those in the control group (P<0.05). …”
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Cilostazol Combats Lipopolysaccharide-Induced Hippocampal Injury in Rats: Role of AKT/GSK3β/CREB Curbing Neuroinflammation by Doaa Abou El-ezz, Waleed Aldahmash, Tuba Esatbeyoglu, Sherif M. Afifi, Marawan Abd Elbaset

“…Furthermore, cilostazol therapy lowered hippocampal levels of amyloid beta 1–42 (Aβ1-42) and p-tau protein, both of which are critical pathological indicators of neurodegenerative disorders. …”
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Effects of modified reverse sural neurocutaneous flap repair on wound healing in patients with soft tissue defects of the foot and ankle by Shun Hong Luo, Yong Ping Li, Man Hua Liu, Yu Xie, Jian Li, Hao Yu, Chun Hua He

“…The complication rate was lower with the modified method compared to the traditional repair (p < 0.05). …”
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Adherence to stand-by emergency treatment and mosquito protection measures in short-term travellers to moderate malaria risk areas by Daniel Julien Franken, Vita Willemijn Jongen, Anna Rooyakkers, Martin Peter Grobusch, Jelte Elsinga, Margarita Boering, Maria Prins, Brigitte Antonia Geertruida Lucía van Cleef

“…Longer travel duration was associated with lower adherence to DEET use. Conclusions: Few travellers with fever used SBET or sought medical care, despite their pre-travel advice. …”
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Real World Experience of Chronic Hepatitis C Retreatment with Genotype Specific Regimens in Nonresponders to Previous Interferon-Free Therapy by Dorota Zarębska-Michaluk, Iwona Buczyńska, Krzysztof Simon, Magdalena Tudrujek-Zdunek, Ewa Janczewska, Dorota Dybowska, Marek Sitko, Beata Dobracka, Jerzy Jaroszewicz, Paweł Pabjan, Jakub Klapaczyński, Łukasz Laurans, Włodzimierz Mazur, Łukasz Socha, Olga Tronina, Miłosz Parczewski, Robert Flisiak

“…Age and gender distribution were similar, whereas proportion of genotype 1b was slightly higher and genotype 4 lower in the whole population compared to studied one. …”
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Baricitinib treatment for hospitalized patients with severe COVID-19 on invasive mechanical ventilation: a propensity score-matched and retrospective analysis by Yanxiong Mao, Anyi Guo, Ying Zhang, Jianxing Lai, Dian Yuan, Hao Zhang, Wenqi Diao, Weisong Chen, Fugui Yan

“…Baricitinib group had significantly lower all-cause 28-days mortality than control group (72.9% vs. 89.6%, p = 0.004).ConclusionThe present study revealed baricitinib reduced 28-days mortality in severe COVID-19 patients on IMV. …”
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Investigation of the Predictive Factors of Recurrent Ovarian Mucinous Cystadenoma by Aykut Ozcan, Meric Balikoglu, Kaan Okan Alkan, Varol Gulseren

“…RESULTS: The mean age was statistically lower in the group with recurrence (27 ± 5 vs 44 ± 14; p<0.001). …”
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Clinical Consultation in the Workplace: Are There Implications for Response Attitudes? by Bárbara Gonzalez, Rosa F. Novo, Maria João Afonso, Matilde Fernandes, Ana Vieira

“…Comparing participants with under-reporting in each sample, the COS had lower clinical profiles, and tended to present excessively low psychopathology and symptomology values, suggesting higher defensiveness. …”
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Optimal paraformaldehyde levels for disinfection of eggs used in vaccine production by Iasmin Papile dos Santos, Giancarlo Rieger, Rodrigo Garófallo Garcia, Jean Kaique Valentim, Fabiana Ribeiro Caldara, Ariane de Oliveira Troguilho, Sarah Sgavioli

“…Results showed that eggs disinfected with paraformaldehyde had significantly lower bacterial counts compared to nondisinfected eggs. …”
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Comparing rumen fluid collection methods on fermentation profile and microbial population in lactating dairy cows by N. Pathak, H. Guan, P. Fan, H. Sultana, K. Arriola, A. Oyebade, C. Nino de Guzman, M. Malekkhahi, K.C. Jeong, D. Vyas

“…However, the abundance of Bacteroidetes was greater and the abundance of Firmicutes was lower for ST compared with RC. No effects were observed on the abundance of phylum Cyanobacteria. …”
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Resilience to climate-induced food insecurity in Nigeria: a systematic review of the role of adaptation strategies in flood and drought mitigation by Timothy A. Akinkuolie, Timothy A. Akinkuolie, Timothy O. Ogunbode, Aruna O. Adekiya

“…Findings indicate a growing threat to Nigeria’s food security, as frequent flooding destroys infrastructure, erodes topsoil, and reduces agricultural productivity, leading to lower food output and increased costs. At the same time, droughts, particularly in the semi-arid north, drastically reduce crop yields and worsen food insecurity by depleting vital water resources. …”
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Increasing stress resilience in older adults through a 6-week prevention program: effects on coping strategies, anxiety symptoms, and cortisol levels by Marie-Josée Richer, Sébastien Grenier, Sébastien Grenier, Sonia Lupien, Sonia Lupien, Pierrich Plusquellec, Pierrich Plusquellec, Pierrich Plusquellec

“…STM participants also demonstrated lower cortisol levels on the AUCg index. At the 3-month follow-up, gains were maintained only on the AUCg index.DiscussionThis type of brief preventive program could reduce basal cortisol levels in older adults, which may be an important protective factor against health outcomes associated with chronic HPA activation. …”
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Accumulation Mechanism of Marine Shale Gas Reservoir in Anticlines: A Case Study of the Southern Sichuan Basin and Xiuwu Basin in the Yangtze Region by Kun Zhang, Yan Song, Shu Jiang, Zhenxue Jiang, Chengzao Jia, Yizhou Huang, Ming Wen, Weiwei Liu, Pengfei Wang, Xin Li, Tianlin Liu, Xuelian Xie, Chang’an Shan, Xiaoxue Liu, Xin Wang

“…This paper focuses on typical shale blocks in the southern Sichuan Basin and shale in the Upper Ordovician and the Lower Silurian. In this study, triaxial unloading tests, permeability tests perpendicular and parallel to the stratification plane, FIB-HIM tests, and inclusion analyses are carried out with real drilling data. …”
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Validation of SOC Estimation Using OC and EC Concentration in PM2.5 Measured at Seoul by Ha Young Yoo, Ki Ae Kim, Yong Pyo Kim, Chang Hoon Jung, Hye Jung Shin, Kwang Ju Moon, Seung Myung Park, Ji Yi Lee

“…In this study, three different approaches were applied to OC and EC concentrations in PM2.5 measured at Seoul for determining (OC/EC)pri: 1) the minimum value of OC/EC ratio during the measurement period; 2) regression analysis of OC vs. EC to select the lower 5-20% OC/EC ratio; 3) determining the OC/EC ratio which has lowest correlation coefficient value (R2) between EC and SOC which is reported as minimum R squared method (MRS). …”
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Changing patterns in cataract surgery indications, outcomes, and costs, 2012–2023: a retrospective study at Aravind Eye Hospitals, IndiaResearch in context by Sachin Gupta, Ravindran D. Ravilla, Haripriya Aravind, Shivkumar Chandrashekharan, Thulasiraj D. Ravilla

“…However, female patients continued to face inequities, presenting with worse vision, and receiving lower expenditures for surgery, indicating the need for targeted approaches to address sex inequity both on the demand generation and treatment provision sides. …”
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Transformer-based malware detection using process resource utilization metrics by Dimosthenis Natsos, Andreas L. Symeonidis

“…Our findings demonstrate Transformers' ability to maintain high performance even with smaller datasets, thus excel in real-world scenarios of limited data availability, and scale effectively with larger datasets, offering lower false-positive and false-negative rates. We shed light on the models' decision-making processes, introducing the concept of dynamic malware signatures derived from resource-utilization metrics and identifying key features that prominently reflect malware activity. …”
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Developing a Standard Tool for Measuring Health Literacy Related to Transfusion-Transmitted Infections by Leila Manzouri MD, Saman Masoudifar PhD, Narges Roustaei PhD, Fariba Rad PhD

“…Background Transfusion-transmitted infections (TTI) are among the most critical challenges of blood transfusion. Patients with lower health literacy can have adverse consequences for blood transfusion and due to the lack of standard tools for measuring health literacy related to TTI, this study was conducted to develop a standardized tool for assessing Health literacy associated with TTI. …”
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