Suture versus tacker closure of the peritoneum in transabdominal preperitoneal repair of inguinal hernia: A prospective comparative cohort study by C. Rajagopal, M. Sunil Krishna, Pavan M. Bhat

“…RESULTS: Peritoneal closure time was significantly lower for the tacker group (2.78 min vs. 11.17 min, P < 0.001). …”
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Ramadan during pregnancy and the role of dietary intake for neonatal health in Kaduna, Northwestern Nigeria: a cross-sectional study by Musa Abubakar Kana, Bilkisu Usman, Amina Mohammed-Durosinlorun, Jennifer Ahmed, Hassana Habiba Abubakar, Yakub Abdulmalik, Fabienne Pradella

“…Women who fasted had infants with lower birth weights than non-fasting participants (-90.38 g, 95% CI: -173.64 g to -6.12 g). …”
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Between-Subject and Within-Subject Variation of Muscle Atrophy and Bone Loss in Response to Experimental Bed Rest by Jonas Böcker, Marie-Therese Schmitz, Marie-Therese Schmitz, Uwe Mittag, Jens Jordan, Jens Jordan, Jörn Rittweger, Jörn Rittweger

“…To improve quantification of individual responses to bed rest interventions, we analyzed peripheral quantitative computer tomography (pQCT) datasets of the lower leg of 76 participants, who took part in eight different bed rest studies. …”
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Observational study on Lifestyle Behaviours and Nutrition in individuals undergoing genetic counseling for breast or colorectal cancer risk by Lea Godino, Donatella Fabbro, Benedetta Bertonazzi, Daniela Turchetti

“…Adherence to Mediterranean diet was generally low (Medi-Lite score: 8.8±2.6): a low adherence was significantly more frequent in participants of lower education level (67%), compared to those with high education level (17%; p=0.044). …”
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Effect of Soil Management Practices and Slope on Soil Fertility of Cultivated Lands in Mawula Watershed, Loma District, Southern Ethiopia by Damte Balcha Gadana, Parshotam Datt Sharma, Dereje Tsegaye Selfeko

“…Accordingly, the study was carried out to study the effect of soil management practices, viz, soil bund (SB), application of farm yard manure (FYM), soil bund integrated with FYM (SBFYM), and vis-a-vis no management practice (NM), on soil fertility under upper (20%–30%) and lower (2%–10%) slope ranges at Mawula watershed, Loma district, Southern Ethiopia. …”
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Nitrogen Management in a Maize-Groundnut Crop Rotation of Humid Tropics: Effect on N2O Emission by M.I. Khalil, A.B. Rosenani, O. Van Cleemput, C.I. Fauziah, J. Shamshuddin

“…Application of N fertilizer only or in combination with crop residues exhibited either lowered fluxes or caused a sink during the groundnut and fallow periods due to small availability of substrates and/or low water-filled pore space (<40%). …”
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Bland–Altman plot to assess the consistency of arterial and venous blood lactate in the emergency room: a retrospective cohort study by Yongkai Li, Xiaojing He, Dandan Li, Xin Yuan, Jun Xu, Jianzhong Yang

“…Arterial and venous lactate univariate linear regression analysis, correlation coefficient r = 0.80, linear equation Y(venous blood lactate) = 0.729 + 0.960*X(arterial blood lactate), and had statistical significance (P < 0.001); arterial blood (lactate) and venous blood (lactate) were -0.548 (95%CI -0.774 ~ -0.322 mmol/L), and the upper and lower limits of the 95% limits of agreement (LoA) were 5.777 (95%CI 5.390 ~ 6.163 mmol/L) and -6.872 (-7.2590 ~ -6.4855 mmol/L), indicating that the consistency of arterial blood lactate and venous blood lactate is poor and statistically significant (P < 0.001). …”
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The road ahead: emerging therapies for primary IgA nephropathy by Edward J. Filippone, Rakesh Gulati, John L. Farber

“…To reduce inflammation, high-dose steroids are ineffective and toxic in Caucasian patients, although lower-dose regimens may be effective in Chinese patients. …”
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Fitting and comparison of calcium-calmodulin kinetic schemes to a common data set using non-linear mixed effects modelling. by Domas Linkevicius, Angus Chadwick, Guido C Faas, Melanie I Stefan, David C Sterratt

“…The Akaike information criterion values for our reaction rate constants were significantly lower than for the published parameters, indicating that the published parameters are suboptimal. …”
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Integrated serum pharmacochemistry, pharmacokinetics, and network analysis to explore active components of BuShao Tiaozhi Capsule on hyperlipidemia by Ruiyin Tang, Guanlin Xiao, Yanchang Liu, Dezheng Jia, Zhihao Zeng, Canchao Jia, Dongmei Li, Yangxue Li, Jieyi Jiang, Sumei Li, Xiaoli Bi

“…In vivo experiments showed that BSTZC and its active components could effectively alleviate lipid metabolism disorders and liver injury, with obvious lipid-lowering effects. Further studies showed that BSTZC alleviated HLP by inhibiting the PI3K/Akt signaling pathway, which was consistent with the results of the network analysis study. …”
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Dynamic Model and Dynamic Response of Automobile Dual-Mass Flywheel with Bifilar-Type Centrifugal Pendulum Vibration Absorber by Lei Chen, Jianming Yuan, Hang Cai, Jinmin Hu

“…The test results show that the 2nd order engine speed fluctuations are attenuated by more than 80% by DMF with bifilar CPVA with engine speed lower than 2000 r/min and are attenuated by more than 90% with engine speed higher than 2000 r/min. …”
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Establishment and evaluation of a method for measuring ornithine transcarbamylase activity in micro blood of neonates by Zhilei Zhang, Xin Wang, Jingjing Zhang, Xianwei Guan, Yanyun Wang, Dongyang Hong, Yahong Li, Peiying Yang, Yun Sun, Tao Jiang

“…And the inter-coefficient variation was lower than the most widely used colorimetry method (5.1–21.1%). …”
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Continuously relapsing (for two years) course of diarrheal variant of IBS (<i>Clinical case</i>) by Ye. A. Poluektova, S. Yu. Kuchumova, A. A. Kurbatova, A. A. Sheptulin, O. S. Shifrin, V. T. Ivashkin

“…., 20 years, has addressed in clinic with symptoms of boring pain in the lower regions of the abdomen, aggravating after meal and decreasing after defecation, increase of stool frequency up to 6 times day, mainly in the morning time, general weakness. …”
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Alternations of interhemispheric functional connectivity in patients with acute acquired concomitant esotropia: a resting state fMRI study using voxel-mirrored homotopic connectivi... by Jiayu Chen, Jie Hao, Jiawen Liu, Huijian Li, Zhaojun Meng, Jing Fu

“…VMHC levels in the superior frontal gyrus and anterior cingulate were significantly lower in the AACE group (p &lt; 0.05). In the AACE group, the VMHC values of the left caudate positively correlated with near vision work duration (r = 0.381, p = 0.034), the deviation angles at near (r = 0.428, p = 0.015) and at distance (r = 0.416, p = 0.018). …”
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Salvage pathway of vitamin B12 absorption in chickens with mutant tumor virus a receptor by Yun Ji Shin, Jin-Kyoo Kim, Seung Je Woo, Byung Chul Park, Jae Yong Han

“…Notably, TVAR chickens had significantly higher levels of vitamin B12 than TVAWT chickens, a finding contrary to the predicted lower uptake. Expression of vitamin B12 carrier related genes (i.e., AMN, GIF, and TCN2) in chickens showed a stepwise increase: TVAWT > TVASNP > TVAR. …”
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Associations of dietary pattern, insulin resistance and risk of developing metabolic syndrome among Chinese population. by Liyong Kou, Jing Sun, Ping Wu, Zhou Cheng, Ping Zhou, Nana Li, Liang Cheng, Pengfei Xu, Yunzhuo Xue, Jiamin Tian, Wei Chen

“…Participants in the higher quartiles of the traditional Chinese dietary pattern had lower odds of MetS than those in the lowest quartile (Q1) (OR = 0.58, 95%CI: 0.48, 0.69 for Q4; OR = 0.75, 95%CI: 0.63, 0.89 for Q3). …”
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The battle of question formats: a comparative study of retrieval practice using very short answer questions and multiple choice questions by Elise V. van Wijk, Mario de Jonge, Floris M. van Blankenstein, Roemer J. Janse, Alexandra M.J. Langers

“…Conclusions We found no evidence indicating that either MCQ or VSAQ is more effective for knowledge retention during retrieval practice. The lower initial retrieval success in the VSAQs, indicated by the higher degree of incorrect answers on the practice tests, might have limited their effectiveness during retrieval practice. …”
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Effects of High Dietary Inclusion of Defatted Mealworm (Tenebrio molitor) Meal as a Fish Meal Substitute on Growth, Histological Traits, and Health Performances of Rainbow Trout (O... by Md. Sakhawat Hossain, Ali Hamidoghli, Jeongwhui Hong, Wendy Sealey, Brian C. Small

“…The measured mean score of histopathological features did not show significant degradation of the distal intestine when FM was completely replaced. A significantly lower liver inflammation was observed in fish-fed Diet 3 compared to fish-fed Diet 5. …”
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Short-Circuit Performance Analysis of Commercial 1.7 kV SiC MOSFETs Under Varying Electrical Stress by Shahid Makhdoom, Na Ren, Ce Wang, Yiding Wu, Hongyi Xu, Jiakun Wang, Kuang Sheng

“…By surpassing the shortcomings of lower voltage classes, 1.7 kV SiC MOSFETs can be a more reliable, and efficient choice for operating at higher voltages in next-generation power systems.…”
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Serum VEGF: Diagnostic Value of Acute Coronary Syndrome from Stable Angina Pectoris and Prognostic Value of Coronary Artery Disease by Anan Huang, Xin Qi, Yameng Cui, Yulin Wu, Shiqi Zhou, Mingyin Zhang

“…Patients with a higher GRACE score indicated lower VEGF levels (P<0.001). Low serum VEGF was one of the potential risk factors with adjusted HR of 0.531 (P=0.048). …”
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