The clinical application and anatomical analysis of proximal peroneal artery perforator in free fibula flap based on CTA by Yitong Zhao, Danwei Xiang, Lina Song, Zhujiajun Cui, Xingwu Zheng, Tianyu Zhang, Huihui Yang, Yongzhen Fu, Qilin Liu

“…Results Among the 100 lower limbs evaluated, a successful identification rate of 98% for proximal perforators was achieved via CTA. …”
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Pharmacological management of gambling disorder: A systematic review and network meta-analysis by Konstantinos Ioannidis, Cinzia Del Giovane, Charidimos Tzagarakis, Jeremy E. Solly, Samuel J. Westwood, Valeria Parlatini, Henrietta Bowden-Jones, Jon E. Grant, Samuele Cortese, Samuel R. Chamberlain

“…Nalmefene [Odds Ratio (OR): 7.55; 95 %CI: (2.24–25.41)] and naltrexone (OR: 7.82; 95 %CI: (1.26–48.70)) had significantly higher dropout due to side effects (lower tolerability) compared with placebo. Interpretation: Based on NMA, nalmefene and naltrexone currently have the most supportive evidence for the pharmacological treatment of gambling disorder. …”
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Interactive effects of atmospheric oxidising pollutants and heat waves on the risk of residential mortality by Nan Ren, Huimin Huang, Baoying Liu, Chuancheng Wu, Jianjun Xiang, Quan Zhou, Shuling Kang, Xiaoyang Zhang, Yu Jiang

“…Results Atmospheric oxidising pollutants increased the risk of residential mortality at lower concentrations, and O3 and Ox were positively associated with a maximum risk of 2.19% (95% CI: 0.74–3.66) and 1.29% (95% CI: 0.51–2.08). …”
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Observation of Conventional Therapy Combined with PNF Technology to Treat Elbow Joint Dysfunction after Trauma Surgery by Shaoyun SHI, Huiping LU, Guobiao YE, San LI, Jie Liang

“…They included 40 cases of elbow joint fractures and dislocations, 10 cases of capitulum humerus fractures, 10 cases of trochlea humeri fractures, 10 cases of capitulum radius fractures, 10 cases of olecroanon fractures, 10 cases of intercondylar humerus fractures, 10 cases of lower end of the humerus fractures. Patients of the routine group received joint mobilization, muscle strength training, joint motion technique, physical therapy and other systematic training, while patients of the experimental group received PNF technology treatment besides. …”
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Correlation of serum Vitamin D levels and disease severity in patients with atopic dermatitis: A hospital-based, cross-sectional study from North India by Shreya Malhan, Loveleen Kaur, Maninder Kaur, Dimple Chopra, Sharang Gupta, Snehdeep Kaur

“…It was found that a higher SCORAD index was associated with lower serum Vitamin D levels among children with AD. …”
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Correlation between uterine microbiota and pregnancy outcomes of embryo transfer in overweight and obese women by Ying Yan, Ying Li, Lingling Wu, Yuxuan Zhang, Hong Guo, Yazhong Ji

“…After regrouping based on β-hCG results 10-12 days post-transfer, in the Con-negative group (the group with negative β-hCG in the Con group, n=16) the relative abundances of pathogenic bacteria such as Klebsiella (p<0.001), Parasutterella (p=0.004), Dialister (p=0.01), and Gardnerella (p=0.029) were significantly higher than in the Con-positive group (the group with positive β-hCG in the Con group, n=15).ConclusionOverweight and obese women possess a distinct uterine microbiota, characterized by a lower relative abundance of Lactobacillus and an increased relative abundance of pathogenic bacteria, along with specific genera strongly associated with obesity. …”
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Impact of regionalisation and case-volume on neonatal and perinatal mortality: an umbrella review by Jochen Schmitt, Stefanie Deckert, Mario Rüdiger, Felix Walther, Denise Bianca Küster, Anja Bieber, Jürgen Malzahn

“…In one SR, contradictory results of lower neonatal mortality rates were reported in hospitals with higher birth volumes.Conclusions Regionalised perinatal care seems to be a crucial care strategy to improve the survival of very low birth weight and preterm births. …”
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Meta-analysis of nifedipine and enalapril combination therapy for hypertensive patients with coronary heart disease: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Kun Wang, Wenchao Ma, Leina Sun, Fangcheng Su

“…Conversely, the control group had a lower occurrence of ischemic events compared to the trial group (OR=0.35, 95%CI 0.24-0.50). …”
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Preconception diet quality and modified natural cycle in vitro fertilisation outcomes by Janine P.M. Faessen, Irene Homminga, Marion E.C. Buso, Ruxandra A. Nagy, Jannie van Echten-Arends, Edith J.M. Feskens, Uwe J.F. Tietge, Annemieke Hoek, Elske M. Brouwer-Brolsma

“…Higher DHD2015 adherence was linked to a reduced probability of achieving an ongoing pregnancy (HR = 0.77, 95%CI: 0.62–0.96), live birth (HR = 0.78, 95%CI: 0.62–0.98), and showed a non-significant trend towards a lower probability of a positive pregnancy test (HR = 0.85, 95%CI: 0.71–1.01). …”
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Association between Comorbidities and Progression of Transvalvular Pressure Gradients in Patients with Moderate and Severe Aortic Valve Stenosis by Tim Salinger, Kai Hu, Dan Liu, Scharoch Taleh, Sebastian Herrmann, Daniel Oder, Daniel Gensler, Jonas Müntze, Georg Ertl, Kristina Lorenz, Stefan Frantz, Frank Weidemann, Peter Nordbeck

“…LDL-cholesterol values were lower in the slow progression group (100 ± 32.6 mg/dl vs 110.8 ± 36.6 mg/dl; P=0.005). …”
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Physiological and transcriptomic analysis of the effect of overexpression of the NTPIP2;4 gene on drought tolerance in tobacco by Xu Luo, Yuanshuai Shi, Jie Tan, Tao Long, Juntao Song, Yang Liu

“…Physiological analyses showed that overexpression plants showed low wilting under drought conditions compared to wild-type (WT), and NtPIP2;4 overexpression tobacco plants showed enhanced superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase (CAT) activities, lower levels of superoxide anion (O2 -), malondialdehyde (MDA), and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) than the control, and significantly higher proline (Pro) content than the control. …”
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Levilactobacillus brevis CD2 as a multifaceted probiotic to preserve oral health: results of a double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial in healthy adults by Serena Altamura, Francesca Lombardi, Francesca Rosaria Augello, Antonella Barone, Mario Giannoni, Benedetta Cinque, Davide Pietropaoli

“…Salivary glucose and D-lactate levels were lower in the probiotic group post-treatment and after washout. sIgA values increased and remained stable after washout in the probiotic group. …”
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The Effect of Aggregate-Forming Minerals on Thermodynamic Parameters Using Surface Free Energy Concept and Its Relationship with the Moisture Susceptibility of Asphalt Mixtures by Gholam Hossein Hamedi, Mohammad Reza Esmaeeli, Vahid Najafi Moghaddam Gilani, Seyed Mohsen Hosseinian

“…The adhesion free energy (AFE) between bitumen and aggregates with higher CaO and less SiO2 amounts was more than AFE between bitumen and aggregates with lower CaO and higher SiO2 amounts, in dry conditions. …”
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Cryptosporidium Infection and Associated Risk Factors among Cattle in the Central Region of Ghana by Kwabena Dankwa, Patrick K. Feglo, Samuel V. Nuvor, Michael Aggrey-Korsah, Mohamed Mutocheluh

“…Cattle in the forest zone had a lower risk of being infected with the parasite compared to those from the coastal savanna zone (OR 0.408; 95% CI, 0.182-0.915). …”
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Comparative efficacy of 0.1% and 0.15% Sodium Hyaluronate on lipid layer and meibomian glands following cataract surgery: A randomized prospective study. by Seung Ahn Yang, Mu Ryang Jeong, Cheon Ho Park, Ki Bum Cheon, Jun Ho Chang, Ji Eun Lee

“…<h4>Results</h4>Throughout the study, the postoperative ocular surface disease index score was significantly lower in the group receiving 0.15% hyaluronic acid than in the group receiving 0.1% hyaluronic acid. …”
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Unveiling new therapeutic horizons in rheumatoid arthritis: an In-depth exploration of circular RNAs derived from plasma exosomes by Guoqing Li, Hongyi Chen, Jiacheng Shen, Yimin Ding, Jingqiong Chen, Yongbin Zhang, Mingrui Tang, Nan Xu, Yuxuan Fang

“…The qPCR analysis of plasma exosomes in TNFi patients found that the expression of hsa-circ0002715 was higher than that in patients who didn’t reach ACR20, and the expression of hsa-circ0001946 was lower than that in patients who didn’t reach ACR20. …”
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Composite submental flaps in facial reconstructive surgery involving the zygoma and orbit by Usman Khan, Sebastian Haupt, Matthew Rigby, S. Mark Taylor, Martin Corsten, Jonathan Trites

“…While the reconstructive applications of the SIF have been demonstrated in the lower face, there are limited reports on its utility as a composite flap for reconstructing defects of the upper facial skeleton. …”
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Influence of B16/F10 melanoma growth variant on calcium levels in mitochondria in various organs of female mice by O. I. Kit, E. M. Frantsiyants, I. V. Neskubina, E. I. Surikova, I. V. Kaplieva, V. A. Bandovkina

“…In standard growth of experimental melanoma, levels of calcium in cell mitochondria in most of the studied organs increased at the initial stage of the melanoma growth, and decreased to intact values and lower by the terminal stage. In the mitochondria of tumor cells, calcium levels were stably high at all stages of standard tumor growth. …”
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Communicative health literacy with physicians in healthcare services– results of a Hungarian nationwide survey by Frederico Epalanga Albano Israel, Ferenc Vincze, Róza Ádány, Éva Bíró

“…The easiest task was explaining health concerns while getting enough time in the consultation was rated as the most difficult one. COMM-HL was lower among females, while it was higher among people aged 66–75 years (compared with 18–25 years), those with greater social support and those without financial deprivation. …”
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Growth, fat metabolism and hepatic health in largemouth bass fed varying fat-level diets by Digen Qin, Jiale Chen, Junxiong Li, Zhiyou Liu, Weibin Huang, Yuanzhi Yang, Jing Zhang, Beiping Tan, Xiaohui Dong

“…The results revealed that fish fed HFD exhibited significantly better protein efficiency ratio (PER) and lower feed conversion ratio (FCR) than LFD group (P<0.05), but survival rate (SR) and weight gain rate (WGR) were unaffected (P>0.05). …”
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