Outcomes in Catheter Ablation of Sustained Ventricular Tachycardia in Myocarditis Compared with Ischemic Heart Disease by Sheng Su, Le Li, Xi Peng, Likun Zhou, Zhuxin Zhang, Yulong Xiong, Zhenhao Zhang, Mengtong Xu, Yan Yao

“…Compared with IHD patients, myocarditis patients had a statistically significant lower complete short-term success rate of CA (60.0% vs. 85.3%, p = 0.013). …”
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Effect of Cocoa (<i>Theobroma cacao</i>) Plantation Types on the Distribution of Anuran Communities in Ore, Ondo State, Nigeria by AB Onadeko

“…Generally, the result of the study clearly indicated that pesticide use cocoa farms were significantly lower  compared to other sites. Farmers are encouraged to engage in intercropping (polyculture) especially with food and economic crops in a biodiversity friendly manner which could have similar characteristics of a natural ecosystem, thereby enhancing the  biological diversity of agro-ecosystems. © JASEM Keywords: Anuran, cocoa, pesticides, intercropped, biological diversity and agro-ecosystems …”
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Role of Intraplate Strike-Slip Earthquakes in Accommodating Convergence Across the Eastern Himalayan Plate Boundary System by Dibyajyoti Chaudhuri, Rupak Banerjee, Ajay Kumar, Shubham Sharma, Supriyo Mitra

“…Majority of the earthquakes have strike-slip to oblique-slip (thrust) motion and originate in the middle-to-lower crust. These reveal that the entire NE-Indian crust is seismogenic. …”
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Mapping Canada’s Green Economic Pathways for Battery Minerals: Balancing Prospectivity Modelling With Conservation and Biodiversity Values by Christopher J. M. Lawley, Matthew G. E. Mitchell, Diana Stralberg, Richard Schuster, Eliot McIntire, Joseph R. Bennett

“…., freshwater resources, carbon, nature-based recreation, species at risk, climate-change refugia) and gaps in the current protected-area network to identify areas of high geological potential with lower ecological risk. New prospectivity models were trained on high-resolution geological and geophysical survey compilations using spatial cross-validation methods. …”
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Sleep duration, sleep disturbances and skeletal muscle mass change over time: A population-based longitudinal analysis in Peru [version 4; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with... by Enrique S. Nuñez-del-Arco, Renzo A. Agurto-García, Rodrigo M. Carrillo-Larco, J. Jaime Miranda, Antonio Bernabe-Ortiz

“…In multivariable model, SMM among short and long sleepers did not vary significantly over time using the Lee’s formula; however, SMM was lower at the end of follow-up for long sleepers using bioimpedance (-0.26 kg; 95% CI: -0.47 to -0.06). …”
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Optimization of the extraction methods and evaluation of the hypoglycemic effect of Adhatoda Zeylanica extracts on artificially induced diabetic mice by Md Fahim Ahmed, Khalid Hasan Raby, Nishat Tasnim, Md Tariful Islam, Mahbub Chowdhury, Zarin Tasnim Juthi, Md Ashik Mia, Lubna Jahan, A.K.M. Zakir Hossain, Shoeb Ahmed

“…In contrast, plant-derived natural antidiabetic bioactive compounds typically exhibit lower toxicity and fewer side effects and have been reported to aid effectively in diabetes management. …”
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Comparative Analysis of COVID‐19 Severity and Mortality Among Vaccinated and Unvaccinated Individuals During the Delta Variant Surge in a Tertiary Care Center: A Cohort Study by Fatemeh Hasani, Zahra Norouzi, Kimia Jazi, Gholamreza Roshandel, Alireza Norouzi

“…The risk of severe COVID‐19 was significantly lower in vaccinated individuals, showing a 3.12‐fold decrease in risk (adjusted OR = 3.12; 95% CI: 2.06–4.72; p < 0.01), and in younger age groups, the risk exhibited a 3.28‐fold decrease (adjusted OR = 3.28; 95% CI: 2.66–4.04; p < 0.01). …”
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Impact of Resistance Exercise under Hypoxia on Postexercise Hemodynamics in Healthy Young Males by Masahiro Horiuchi, Arisa Ni-i-nou, Mitsuhiro Miyazaki, Daisuke Ando, Katsuhiro Koyama

“…The MAP at 20 and 30 min of recovery in hypoxia was significantly lower than in normoxia (P < 0.05, respectively). …”
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Isolation of cellulolytic bacteria, including actinomycetes, from coffee exocarps in coffee-producing areas in Vietnam by Han B. Bui

“…Cellulose-degrading ability of the isolated microorganism strains was mostly 96 % with filter paper; however, for coffee exocarps, it was considerably lower, only about 37 % of the cellulose was digested after 30 days of incubation to coffee exocarps. …”
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Unresectable Hepatic Metastasis of Uveal Melanoma: Hepatic Chemosaturation with High-Dose Melphalan—Long-Term Overall Survival Negatively Correlates with Tumor Burden by R. Brüning, M. Tiede, M. Schneider, P. Wohlmuth, H. Weilert, K. Oldhafer, A. Stang

“…Low hepatic tumor volume (median of 10 mL vs. 150 mL) was an independent predictor of favorable OS (hazard ratio (95% confidence interval): 0.190 (0.041, 0.893); p<0.05), and female patients were at a lower risk compared with males (0.146 (0.017, 1.240)). …”
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The Effect of Information Therapy Program of Quitting Smoking in Parents of Children with Asthma by Nicotine Replacement by Sedigheh Mohammadesmaeili, Nahid Ramzanghorbani, Shiba Kianmehr

“…Results: Children with asthma who had their parents quit smoking had a mean score lower than those who did not intervene. This indicates that the quality of life in children with asthma whose parents underwent nicotine replacement program improved significantly (P=0.03). …”
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Nutritional Indices, Phytochemistry, and the In Vitro Antioxidant Activity of Carrot Fortified Tomato Concentrate by Olabisi Theresa Ademosun, Abiodun Humphrey Adebayo, Kolawole Oluseyi Ajanaku

“…However, these values were lower than the values obtained for carrot alone (8.72 ± 0.009%). …”
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Predictors of Cardiovascular Autonomic Neuropathy Onset and Progression in a Cohort of Type 1 Diabetic Patients by M. Matta, A. Pavy-Le Traon, S. Perez-Lloret, C. Laporte, I. Berdugo, N. Nasr, H. Hanaire, J. M. Senard

“…A multivariate analysis indicated that lower BMI (OR: 0.15, CI 95%: 0.05–0.48, p=0.003) and SSRI exposure (OR: 4.18, CI 95%: 1.03–16.97, p=0.04) were the sole predictors of CAN deterioration. …”
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Screening for coronary artery disease among cancer survivors: rationale and design of the REDEEM-CAD study by Cheng Hwee Soh, Joel Smith, Shristy Shrestha, Mark Nolan, Joshua Wong, Nitesh Nerlekar, Thomas H. Marwick

“…Participants with high risk or CAC > 400 will be informed about strategies (including lipid-lowering therapy) to manage asymptomatic CAD. Those with low clinical risk or CAC = 0 will conclude their participation while those with CTCA imaged at baseline will be referred for a follow-up CTCA 2-year post-baseline. …”
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Regional Economic Development of the PRC through the Data of the World Economic Statistics by Andrei V. Ostrovskii

“…The GRP per capita in these three northeastern provinces is now lower than in the six central provinces. To stimulate economic development in the western and central regions, as well as in the Northeast of China, the One Belt, One Road initiative was launched in 2013. …”
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Morphological and Molecular Characterization of Trichoderma Isolates from Vegetable Crop Rhizospheres in Nepal [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] by Arvind Kumar Keshari, Suraj Baidya, Aashaq Hussain Bhat, Ram B. Khadka, Puja Jaiswal

“…Plains, on the other hand, exhibited lower species diversity (H = 1.515, J = 0.66, D = 0.33). …”
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Novel biomarkers: the RUNX family as prognostic predictors in colorectal cancer by Yingting Liu, Yingting Liu, Yingting Liu, Junjun Chen, Junjun Chen, Junjun Chen, An Li, An Li, An Li, Yue Wu, Yue Wu, Yue Wu, Junwei Ge, Junwei Ge, Junwei Ge, Maoling Yuan, Maoling Yuan, Maoling Yuan, Bin Xu, Bin Xu, Bin Xu, Xiao Zheng, Xiao Zheng, Xiao Zheng, Lujun Chen, Lujun Chen, Lujun Chen, Jingting Jiang, Jingting Jiang, Jingting Jiang

“…Patients with a greater proportion of infiltrating CD8+RUNX1+, CD103+CD8+RUNX1+, CD8+RUNX2+, CD103+CD8+RUNX2+, CD8+RUNX3+, or CD103+CD8+RUNX3+ T cells demonstrated improved outcomes compared to those with lower proportions. Additionally, the proportions of infiltrating CD8+RUNX1+T and CD8+RUNX3+T cells may serve as valuable prognostic predictors for CRC patients, independent of other clinicopathological factors. …”
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A comparison of two systems for group housing of gestating sows - effects on productivity, removal, and treatments by Kaisa Ryytty Sylvén, Torun Wallgren, Pontus Almerheim, Lena Eliasson Selling, Magdalena Jacobson, Per Wallgren

“…Conclusions This study indicated that sows kept in larger groups provided with a larger floor space (a total area of 156 m2, corresponding to 3.9 m2 per sow) and housed on deep straw had a higher number of liveborn and weaned piglets and lower incidence of antibiotic treatments than sows with less floor space (a total area of 24.5 m2, corresponding to 2.5–3.1 m2 per sow) and less bedding/manipulable material.…”
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Comparative analysis of sloshing effects on elevated water tanks’ dynamic response using ANN and MARS by Tahera, Neethu Urs, K. Shashi Raj, Rakesh Kumar, Harish Soundalgekar, T. Deepa, Mohd Asif Shah

“…In comparison to empty tanks, this leads to better damping throughout velocity, acceleration, and displacement responses, which speeds up stabilization and lowers dynamic loads. The study also demonstrates how well adjusted liquid dampers (TLDs) reduce vibrations in raised water tanks.…”
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Aloe Emodin Reduces Cardiac Inflammation Induced by a High-Fat Diet through the TLR4 Signaling Pathway by Yingfu Chen, Burong Feng, Ye Yuan, Juan Hu, Wei Zhao, Huiwei Jiang, Wen Li, Ziyi Fan, Zhimin Du

“…Aloe emodin (AE) is a lipid-lowering agent, which could be used to treat hyperlipidemia, thereby reducing the risk of cardiovascular disease. …”
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