SURGICAL TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH RESECTABLE NON SMALL CELL LUNG CANCER by K. I. Kolbanov, A. Kh. Trakhtenberg, O. V. Pikin, V. A. Glushko, A. B. Ryabov

“…Indicators of five-year survival after radical combined treatment in patients with N + were lower (30,9 ± 2,3%) and depended on the level of the lesion nodes (N1 or N2), interest areas of the mediastinum, the morphological structure of the tumor, as well as the volume of transactions.Conclusions. …”
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Augmentation index as a predictor of right ventricular dysfunction in coronary artery disease: a cross-sectional study by Arash Rahimi, Babak Geraiely, Hamed Vahidi, Mohammadreza Eftekhari, Ramyar Rahimi Darehbagh, Somayeh Mohammadi, Golrokh Ghaffari, Meysam Khoshavi

“…Results Patients with high AIx (> 80%, n = 53) had significantly worse RV systolic function compared to those with normal AIx (≤ 80%, n = 68), as evidenced by lower tricuspid annular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE), fractional area change (FAC), RV free wall longitudinal strain (RVLS), and RV systolic velocity (RV S’) (all P < 0.05). …”
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Haploinsufficiency of PDE2A causes in mice increased exploratory behavior associated with upregulation of neural nitric oxide synthase in the striatum by Ana Gabriela de Oliveira do Rêgo, Francesca D'Amico, Vincenza D’Angelo, Silvia Cardarelli, Debora Cutuli, Davide Decandia, Eugenia Landolfo, Laura Petrosini, Manuela Pellegrini, Marcello D’Amelio, Nicola Biagio Mercuri, Mauro Giorgi, Giuseppe Sancesario

“…Consequently, the cyclic nucleotide levels were significantly increased in HET mice, but unexpectedly the mean percentage variation was higher for cGMP equal to 153.23 %, and lower for cAMP equal to 16.41 %. Therefore, to try to explain the preponderant increase of cGMP to cAMP we evaluated other PDE enzymes functionally related to PDE2A. …”
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Association Between Walking Speed and Urinary Incontinence in the Older Women. Which Patients Should be Referred to Geriatricians? by Volkan Atmis, Basak Guler

“…Patients with urinary incontinence detected to have a longer duration of Timed Up and Go test, higher Geriatric Depression Scale score and BMI with p-values 0.005, 0.004, and <0.01 respectively; and lower Activities of Daily Living (Katz-Activities of Daily Living) score with a p-value of <0.01 results. …”
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The Relationship between the Activity Balance Confidence and Mobility Tests among Older Adults in Indonesia by Indri Hapsari Susilowati, Sabarinah Sabarinah, Susiana Nugraha, Sudibyo Alimoeso, Bonardo Prayogo Hasiholan, Supa Pengpid, Karl Peltzer

“…Unsteady gait, instability, and lower extremity muscle weakness are some of the risk factors for falls. …”
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Cost minimization analysis of nasopharyngoscope reprocessing in community practice by Ameen Biadsee, Lauren Crosby, Winsion Chow, Leigh J Sowerby

“…Conclusions The UV light system appears to be the most cost-effective method in high volumes of reprocessing, and Revital-Ox is cheaper in lower volumes and when performed by clinic staff rather than physicians. …”
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Lyophilized human platelet lysate: manufacturing, quality control, and application by Kerstin Wendland, Kerstin Wendland, Lea Koblin, Lea Koblin, Dirk Stobbe, Anna Dahms, Anna Dahms, Debora Singer, Debora Singer, Sander Bekeschus, Sander Bekeschus, Jan Wesche, Janosch Schoon, Konstanze Aurich

“…Additionally, we determined cell yield, proliferation capacity, viability and trilineage differentiation potential of hMSCs following expansion in HPL- and L-HPL-supplemented cell culture media.ResultsQuantification of the quality parameters revealed non-altered pH, osmolality and potassium concentrations and slightly lower total protein, sodium and chloride concentrations of L-HPL compared to HPL. …”
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Clinicopathologic characteristics, therapeutic modalities and survival outcomes of plasmablastic lymphoma: A real-world study by Yan-Hua Zheng, Kun Xie, Hong-Yuan Shen, Zhuo Wan, Shan Gao, Wen-Rui Sun, Guang-Xun Gao, Li Liu, Juan Feng

“…Patients with a higher Ann Arbor stage at diagnosis were at higher risk of death than those with a lower stage. Chemotherapy alone or chemotherapy combined with radiotherapy could significantly reduce the risk of death and extend the patients’ survival, yielding a HR of 0.209 (95% CI: 0.152–0.288) and 0.187 (95% CI: 0.089–0.394), respectively. …”
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富硒生物活性肽的制备、生物活性及构效关系研究进展 "Progress on the preparation, bioactivity and structure-activity relationship of selenium-enriched bioactive peptides"... by 侯春艳，杨趁仙 HOU Chunyan, YANG Chenxian

“…The raw materials of selenium-enriched bioactive peptides mainly come from the transformation of biocarriers, such as plant sources, animal sources, and microbial sources.The selenium-enriched bioactive peptides can be prepared by enzymatic hydrolysis and microbial fermentation methods, which have a wide range of bioactivities, such as antioxidant, anti-fatigue, blood pressure lowering, anti-inflammatory, and so on. The bioactivities of selenium-enriched bioactive peptides are the results of the joint action of selenium and peptides, which are closely related to the sequence, spatial structure and interaction force of amino acids, but their structure-activity relationships need to be further studied. …”
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Implementation of multidisciplinary team decisions on the management of complex bone and joint infections: an observational study by Jaap L.J. Hanssen, Henrica M.J. van der Linden, Martha T. van der Beek, Robert J.P. van der Wal, Marco F. Termaat, Mark G.J. de Boer, Henk Scheper

“…Trauma surgeons were more likely to not implement an MDT decision (odds ratio 2.4, p = 0.01) The cure rate of patients who received a different surgical strategy than decided by the MDT was 33%. The cure rate was lower if a patient chose to deviate from the MDT decision (46%) than when the treating physician chose to deviate from the MDT decision (77%). …”
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Comparison of Perinatal, Newborn, and Audiometry Results of COVID-19 Pregnant Women by Mehmet Yilmaz, Şerif Aksin, Deniz Balsak, Fazil Avci, Osman Özdoğru, Bekir Helvacıoğlu, Mahmut Erdemoğlu, Yasemin Aboalhasan, Gülsüm Doğan

“…White blood cell (WBC), neutrophil, aspartate aminotransferase (AST), and C-reactive protein (CRP) parameters were found to be significantly higher, and lymphocyte and neutrophil/lymphocyte (N/L) ratios were significantly lower (p<0.05). There was no statistically significant difference between the two groups (χ2=0.001; p=1,000). …”
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Impact of “Enhanced Recovery After Surgery” (ERAS) protocols vs. traditional perioperative care on patient outcomes after colorectal surgery: a systematic review by Vaishnavi Kannan, Najeeb Ullah, Sunitha Geddada, Amir Ibrahiam, Zahraa Munaf Shakir Al-Qassab, Osman Ahmed, Iana Malasevskaia

“…Furthermore, patients in ERAS groups showed notably reduced postoperative complications and opioid consumption, with patients experiencing lower pain scores on the Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) and reduced reliance on opioids. …”
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Prognostic Implications of the Number of Lymph Node Metastases in Oral Tongue Squamous Cell Carcinoma: A Population Study of the SEER Database and an Institutional Registry by Wenjie Huang, Yu Zhang, Hao Li, Zhiying Liang, Shumin Zhou, Jie Pan, Hui Xie, Chao Luo, Shuqi Li, Guangying Ruan, Fei Ai, Yanfeng Chen

“…Results Among 518 curative‐intent OTSCC patients, the number of PLNs independently predicted overall survival (OS), surpassing other pathological nodal features, including extranodal extension, laterality, and lower neck involvement. Patients with 1 or 2 PLNs had comparable worse OS than those with no PLN (median OS of 1 PLN vs. 2 PLNs vs. 0 PLN: 35.1 vs. 30.5 vs. 40.2 months), but better than those with ≥ 3 PLNs (median OS of 1–2 PLNs vs. 3 PLNs: 32.1 vs. 19.0 months). …”
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Probiotic administration aggravates dextran sulfate sodium salt-induced inflammation and intestinal epithelium disruption in weaned pig by Kunhong Xie, Weidong Cai, Lingjie Li, Bing Yu, Yuheng Luo, Zhiqing Huang, Xiangbing Mao, Jie Yu, Ping Zheng, Hui Yan, Hua Li, Jun He

“…The decrease in intestinal villus height, villous height: crypt depth ratio and digestibility was accompanied by lower expression of ZO1, ZO2, Claudin1, DMT1, CAT1, SGLT1 and PBD114 genes, as well as decreased enzyme activities of intestinal alkaline phosphatase, lactase, sucrase and maltase of piglets in DA group compared to piglets in DCON group. …”
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Effect of external application of Shuangbai powder combined with microwave therapy on acute joint pain of patients with gout (双柏散外敷结合微波理疗缓解痛风患者急性关节疼痛的效果观察)... by WEI Sihua (韦思华), QIN Jianghua (覃江华), WEI Changna (韦昌娜), QIN Hai (覃海)

“…Results The degree of pain was lower in the observation group than that of control group (P＜0. 05). …”
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Differences in prevalence and associated factors of underweight and overweight/obesity according to rural–urban residence strata among women of reproductive age in Bangladesh: evid... by Rajat Das Gupta, Mohammad Rashidul Hashan, Gulam Muhammed Al Kibria, Brendan Day

“…Urban unmarried women had lower odds of being overweight/obese compared with their married counterparts. …”
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Serum vascular endothelial growth factor levels as a marker of skin thickening, digital ischemia, and interstitial lung disease in systemic sclerosis by Chinnadurai Saranya, Ramamoorthy Ramesh, Mahendran Bhuvanesh, Chilukuri Balaji, Selvakumar Balameena, Sankaralingam Rajeswari

“…Serum VEGF levels correlated significantly with higher modified Rodnan skin scores (r = 0.7168) (P < 0.0001) and lower forced vital capacity (r = −0.6771) (P < 0.0001). …”
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Vehicle-Mounted Photovoltaic System Energy Management in Intelligent Transportation Systems: A Maximum Power Point Tracking Control by Jingao Wang, Qifei Liu, Silan Jing

“…Although the cost under this case is lower, the output power of all photovoltaic panels cannot be maximized under the condition of uneven illumination or local mismatch. …”
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A Survey and Comparison the Amount of Important Pollutants in the Exhaust of Light Gasoline Vehicles Referring to the Technical Inspection Centers in Urban Areas: A Case Study in I... by Abbas Khodabakhshi, Moluk Hadi Alijanvand, Fazel Mohammadi-Moghadam, Abdullah Mutauligalleh kolaie, Soghra Ebrahimi

“…Results: The proportion of carbureted cars that were rejected exceeded that of injection cars, while the percentage of cars rejected due to CO2 emissions was lower than that of authorized cars (P < 0.05). Furthermore, the likelihood of these associations occurring in Shahrekord city was higher than in Rasht city, with a chance ratio and confidence interval (CI) of 95. …”
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RETRACTED: Efficacy of Vanadyl Sulfate and Selenium Tetrachloride as Anti-Diabetic Agents against Hyperglycemia and Oxidative Stress Induced by Diabetes Mellitus in Male Rats by Fawziah A. Al-Salmi, Reham Z. Hamza

“…The findings show that the administration of VOSO₄ with selenium tetrachloride reduced oxidative stress to normal levels, lowered blood glucose levels, and elevated insulin hormone. …”
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