Maternal Rat Diabetes Mellitus Deleteriously Affects Insulin Sensitivity and Beta-Cell Function in the Offspring by Abdel-Baset M. Aref, Osama M. Ahmed, Lobna A. Ali, Margit Semmler

“…The carbohydrate content in liver of offspring of diabetic dams was at all-time intervals lower than that in control. The granule distribution was more random. …”
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Combined treatment of glibenclamide and CoCl2 decreases MMP9 expression and inhibits growth in highly metastatic breast cancer by Zhe Rong, Li Li, Fei Fei, Lailong Luo, Yang Qu

“…Results The growth rate of tumor cells in the CoCl2 + glibenclamide group was lower than that seen in the other groups. On the 14th day, the average volume of tumor in the CoCl2 + glibenclamide group was the lowest and the difference has statistical significance (P < 0.05), while the differences among the CoCl2, glibenclamide and paclitaxel had no statistical significance. …”
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Erectile Function and Sexual Activity Are Declining in the Younger Generation: Results from a National Survey in Japan by Akira Tsujimura, Shinichiro Fukuhara, Koji Chiba, Tsuyoshi Yoshizawa, Hikaru Tomoe, Masato Shirai, Kazunori Kimura, Eiji Kikuchi, Eri Maeda, Yoshikazu Sato, Atsushi Nagai, Koichi Nagao, Haruaki Sasaki

“…Conclusions: The EHS-based assessment revealed a prevalence of ED of 30.9%, which affected approximately 14 million men, and that the sexual desire, erection stiffness, orgasms, and satisfaction were lower than expected in young Japanese men, especially those aged 20 to 24 years, although those factors tended to worsen with aging. …”

Liver Transplantation without Perioperative Transfusions Single-Center Experience Showing Better Early Outcome and Shorter Hospital Stay by Nicolás Goldaracena, Patricio Méndez, Emilio Quiñonez, Gustavo Devetach, Lucio Koo, Carlos Jeanes, Margarita Anders, Federico Orozco, Pablo D. Comignani, Ricardo C. Mastai, Lucas McCormack

“…While median MELD was significantly higher in Yes-Transfusion (11 versus 21; P=0.0001) group, platelet count, prothrombin time, and hemoglobin were significantly lower. On multivariate analysis, the unique independent risk factor associated with P-RBC transfusions was preoperative hemoglobin (P<0.001). …”
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An Experimental Study on Bond Behavior of Rebar and High-Performance Fiber Reinforced Cementitious Composite (HPFRCC) at High Temperatures by Salim Karimpour, Rahmat Madandous, Malek Mohammad Ranjbar, Habib Akbarzadeh Bengar

“…From 19 mix designs, four superior ones which experienced lower reduction in compressive strength at 400 and 600 oC was selected in order to investigate the bond behavior of rebar in HPFRCC specimens using direct pullout and RILEM beam tests. …”
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Development and evaluation of multiplex real-time PCR for rapid identifying major pathogenic mycobacteria from pulmonary and extrapulmonary clinical samples in eastern China by Tingting Fang, Lijun Peng, Tingting Yang, Qingshan Cai, Huanyu Li, Hao Li, Long Cai

“…For NTM detection in pulmonary samples, the sensitivity was slightly lower than Culture (P > 0.05) but higher than CapitalBio RT-PCR (P < 0.05). …”
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Acute kidney injury, the present on admission (POA) indicator and sex disparities: observational study of inpatient real-world data in a Swiss tertiary healthcare system. Explorati... by Michael Simon, Sarah N Musy, Karen Triep, Olga Endrich

“…As our results show sex differences, that is, a lower morbidity of female patients for each stage, but a higher mortality, a deeper evaluation of the implied sex differences in staging of KD should follow.The general results confirm the necessity of a diagnosis-onset reporting in health statistics.…”
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Physicochemical properties, structure, growth-promoting and antioxidant activities of Glycyrrhiza leaf polysaccharides modified by fermentation by Juan Du, Yuan Wang, Xia Li, Zhalaga, Na Liu, Wenwen Wang, Jingwei Qi, Xiaoli Fan, Xiaoping An

“…The molecular weight of FGLP was lower than that of GLP, and the molar ratios of guluronic acid, amino glucose, glucuronic acid, glucose, xylose, and arabinose were increased. …”
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Association between adiponectin single nucleotide polymorphisms and the risk of diabetic polyneuropathy by Noha M. Bakr, Noha A. Hashim, Nevin F. Ibrahim, Sara F. Saadawy

“…Contrariwise, the + 276 TT genotype carriers had lower mean values for the same clinic-pathological features. …”
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Guiding Sole Intraoperative Radiotherapy in Breast Cancer According to ASTRO Guidelines: Mitigating Adverse Outcomes in a Taiwan Single‐Center by Hsin‐Yi Yang, Yuk‐Wah Tsang, Chi‐Wen Tu, Yu‐Chen Hsu

“…Results ASTRO‐suitable patients had significantly lower rates of LRR (0.00% vs. 10.64%), distant metastasis (0.00% vs. 4.00%), and any recurrence (0.00% vs. 7.79%) than non‐suitable patients (p < 0.05). …”
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Analysis of factors affecting pregnancy outcomes in patients with adenomyosis after high intensity focused ultrasound ablation: a retrospective study by Rong Ma, Diego Armando Burgos Briones, Min Zou, Yu Xiong, Jin Bai, Lian Zhang

“…Patients with pelvic adhesion and infertility history had a lower pregnancy chance than that of patients without pelvic adhesion and infertility history (OR < 1, p < 0.05). …”
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Enhanced SVPWM Techniques for Six-Phase Inverters: Mitigation of Current Harmonics and Common Mode Voltage by Kotb B. Tawfiq, Hatem Zeineldin, Ahmed Al-Durra, Ehab F. El-Saadany

“…It also achieves the lowest THD, being 16.67&#x0025; and 36.72&#x0025; lower than 6&#x03A6;-DCMV2-A2 for asymmetrical six-phase induction motors and R-L load, respectively. …”
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Microbially Induced Calcium Carbonate Plugging for Enhanced Oil Recovery by Chenpeng Song, Derek Elsworth

“…Plugging high-permeability zones within oil reservoirs is a straightforward approach to enhance oil recovery by diverting waterflooding fluids through the lower-permeability oil-saturated zones and thereby increase hydrocarbon displacement by improvements in sweep efficiency. …”
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Evaluating the impact of ESICM 2023 guidelines and the new global definition of ARDS on clinical outcomes: insights from MIMIC-IV cohort data by Duanhong Song, Qingquan Chen, Shangbin Huang, Shengxun Qiu, Zeshun Chen, Yuanhang Cai, Yifu Zeng, Xiaoyang Chen, Yixiang Zhang

“…Results The new definition diagnosed ARDS earlier and included individuals with lower mortality rates compared with the Berlin definition. …”
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Electronically Coupled Heterojunctions Based on Graphene and Cu2−xS Nanocrystals: The Effect of the Surface Ligand by Ju Y. Shang, Mariangela Giancaspro, Adriana Grandolfo, Rafique A. Lakho, Elisabetta Fanizza, Suraj K. Patel, Giuseppe Valerio Bianco, Marinella Striccoli, Chiara Ingrosso, Oscar Vazquez-Mena, M. Lucia Curri

“…The results indicate that the TBAI-only device exhibited a significant increase in photocurrent (4 μA), with high responsivity (40 mA/W) and fast response times (<1 s), while the DMBT + TBAI device had lower photocurrent (0.2 μA) and responsivity (2.4 μA), despite similar response speeds. …”
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Limitations of the Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire in Assessing Severity in a Homogeneous Occupational Cohort by Venera Cristina Dinescu, Marius Bica, Ramona Constantina Vasile, Andrei Gresita, Bogdan Catalin, Alexandra Daniela Rotaru-Zavaleanu, Florentin Ananu Vreju, Lorena Sas, Marius Bunescu

“…However, the sensitivity of the SSS and FSS was limited, particularly for severe CTS cases. Paradoxically lower scores in severe cases may reflect questionnaire limitations or adaptive responses. …”
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Patients’ preferences for health insurance coverage of new technologies for treating chronic diseases in China: a discrete choice experiment by Jinsong Geng, Xiaowei Chen, Haini Bao, Danmin Qian, Yuting Shao, Hao Yu

“…The severity of target disease was valued by patients with lower EQ-5D-5L index value as well as URRBMI enrollees.Conclusions Patients highly valued the health benefits and risks of new technologies, which were closely linked to their feelings of disease and perceptions of health-related quality of life. …”
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Study on the Application of O2O Peer Tutor Collaborative Health Management Program in Rural Diabetes Patients with Non-standard Treatment by JIA Honghong, DU Qiuhui, ZHANG Zichen, ZHOU Yuqiu

“…Diabetes health management is focused on preventing and controlling diabetic complications in rural areas of China, as well as lowering disability and death rates. Objective To explore the effects of O2O peer mentor collaborative health management on the risk perception and diabetes management self-efficacy in rural patients with non-standard diabetes treatment. …”
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Can muscle synergies shed light on the mechanisms underlying motor gains in response to robot-assisted gait training in children with cerebral palsy? by Gloria P. Vergara-Diaz, Stefano Sapienza, Jean-François Daneault, Eric Fabara, Catherine Adans-Dester, Giacomo Severini, Vincent C. K. Cheung, Carmen Echevarría Ruiz de Vargas, Donna Nimec, Paolo Bonato

“…Children participated in a 6 week-RGT intervention and underwent clinical evaluations and gait studies—with focus on the analysis of electromyographic (EMG) data—pre- and post-training. Lower-limb muscle synergies were derived from the EMG recordings. …”
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From Loan Sharks to Commercial Banks: Moral Crusades and the Segmentation of the Credit Market in the United States, 1900-1945 by Simon Bittmann

“…First, we study the emergence of new credit systems at the beginning of the XXth century, which enabled lower-class workers to borrow using their future wages or small property as collateral.Two case studies focusing on the South and the Midwest enable us to set forth a new, more intersectional conceptualization of the credit relationship: we underline the different forms of embeddedness of these exchange systems, particularly in the labor process, in the judicial system and in specific forms of racial segregation. …”
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