Effects of combining sensory-motor exercises with transcranial direct current stimulation on cortical processing and clinical symptoms in patients with lumbosacral radiculopathy: A... by Soheila Qanbari, Roya Khanmohammadi, Gholamreza Olyaei, Zohreh Hosseini, Hanie Sadat Hejazi

“…Additionally, the tDCS group had significantly lower AMT for the TrA/IO muscle in the post-test compared to the sham group (P = 0.001). …”
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Integrated Microbiome and Metabolome Analysis Reveals Correlations Between Gut Microbiota Components and Metabolic Profiles in Mice With Mitoxantrone-Induced Cardiotoxicity by Zhang Q, Liang D, Zhang C, Ye L, Sun P, Zhu H, Zhao Y, Li Y, Guan Y, Zhang H

“…Additionally, MTX increased Romboutsia, Enterococcus, and Turicibacter abundances and lowered norank_f__Muribaculaceae, Alistipes, Odoribacter, norank_f__Lachnospiraceae, norank_f__Ruminococcaceae, norank_f__Oscillospiraceae, unclassified_f__Ruminococcaceae, NK4A214_group, Colidextribacter, norank_f__norank_o__Clostridia_vadinBB60_group, Rikenella, and Anaerotruncus abundances. …”
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Unveiling Cuproptosis-Driven Molecular Clusters and Immune Dysregulation in Ankylosing Spondylitis by Wei B, Wang S, Li S, Gu Q, Yue Q, Tang Z, Zhang J, Liu W

“…According to the blood serum samples of AS patients and controls, PELI1 had a higher expression level (AUC = 0.703, p = 0.07), while ICAM2 and RANGAP1 had lower expression levels (AUC = 0.724, 0.745, and p = 0.011, 0.000, respectively) in AS patients.Conclusion: We explored the correlation of cuproptosis in AS, and developed the optimal machine learning model to identify high-risk genes associated with AS. …”
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HEALING LANDSCAPES: THE EFFECTS OF ITS PARAMETERS ON DIFFERENT GENDER (CASE STUDY: ERAM GARDEN & AZADI PARK OF SHIRAZ-IRAN) by Mina Razmara, Hajar Asadpour, Malihe Taghipour

“…In general, women's feedback is lower than men, on the environment healing parameters of Azadi Park (organic landscape structure). …”
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Meta Analysis of Clustering Nursing for Stroke Associated Pneumonia by Chunyan HAN, Cun ZHAO, Xinglei WANG, Yali CHANG, Li YAO, Yihong KE, Jinhui TIAN, Xinman DOU

“…Meta analysis results showed that the incidence of SAP in the cluster care group was[<italic>OR</italic>=0.31, 95%<italic>CI</italic> (0.22,0.44), <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.000 01], and the incidence of aspiration was[<italic>OR</italic>=0.19, 95%<italic>CI</italic> (0.10,0.33), <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.000 01], hospitalization[lighter group: <italic>SMD</italic>=-0.82, 95%<italic>CI</italic> (-1.09,-0.54), <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.000 01, severe group: <italic>SMD</italic>=-5.38, 95%<italic>CI</italic> (-6.02,-4.74), <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.000 01]were significantly lower than those of the conventional nursing group, and the differences were statistically significant (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05).Conclusion:Clustering nursing can prevent the occurrence of SAP, reduce the incidence of aspiration, shorten the hospitalization, and is worthy of clinical application. …”
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Late gadolinium enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance with generative artificial intelligence by Omer Burak Demirel, Fahime Ghanbari, Christopher W. Hoeger, Connie W. Tsao, Adele Carty, Long H. Ngo, Patrick Pierce, Scott Johnson, Kathryn Arcand, Jordan Street, Jennifer Rodriguez, Tess E. Wallace, Kelvin Chow, Warren J. Manning, Reza Nezafat

“…The generative AI-based model improved visual image sharpness, resulting in lower blur metric compared to low-resolution counterparts (AI-enhanced from 1.5 × 3 mm2 resolution: 0.3 ± 0.03 vs 0.35 ± 0.03, P < 0.01). …”
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Evaluation of Renal Gene Expression of Protein Kinase C (PKC) Isoforms in Diabetic and Nondiabetic Proliferative Glomerular Diseases by Salwa Ibrahim, Laila Rashed, Sawsan Fadda

“…Renal expression of PKC α and β genes in control tissues were significantly lower compared to diabetic kidneys, LN, and MPGN groups (32.31 ± 0.36 and 4.67 ± 2.41 µg/ml, respectively, p < 0.001). …”
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Immune Modulation Effect of Administration of Rice Bran Extract with Increased Solubility Fermented by <i>Lentinus edodes</i> UBC-V88 in Cyclophosphamide-Treated Mice Model by Gi-Jung Kim, Yelim Jang, Ji-Yoon Hong, Kyoung-Tae Kwon, Dae-Weon Kim, Dae-Jung Kang, Sung-Joo Hwang, Jung-Yun Lee, Emmanouil Apostolidis, Young-In Kwon

“…The potential immunomodulatory effect of fermented rice bran (FRB) and processed rice bran (RB) was evaluated using male BALB/c mice whose immunity was lowered by Cyclophosphamide (CY). The changes in the weight of the thymus and the spleen, immunoglobulins, and cytokine expressions were measured as biomarkers of immunomodulating potential after 14 days of oral administration of FRB and RB (0.5 g/kg-body weight (b.w.), respectively). …”
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Att bevisa målbildsuppsåt vid penningtvättsbrott – möjligheter och svårigheter by Jussi Karkkulainen

“…The paper examines whether the Finnish lower court cases concerning money laundering contain facts that could work as evidence of target intent on the part of the offender. …”
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Improving Outcomes and Quality of Life for Patients With Hand and Foot Eczema: Randomized Study of a Patient-Centered Monitoring App by Aimee Bruch, Wanja Weigandt, Yannic Schardt, Raphael Herr, Johannes Benecke, Astrid Schmieder

“…We were able to demonstrate a significant correlation between the HECSI calculated based on pictures uploaded by patients through the app and the HECSI assessed during personal visits (ρ=0.885; P<.001), despite the potentially lower image quality of the pictures uploaded through the app. …”
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Cardiovascular disease attenuates the protective effect of folate on global cognitive function in an elderly population: a cross-sectional study by Jianqiang Zhang, Di Yue, Huifeng Zhang

“…According to tertile groups, compared with participants in the lowest tertile, individuals in the highest tertile of total dietary folate levels (OR 0.67, 95% CI 0.48–0.94, P = 0.02), folic acid levels (OR 0.57, 95% CI 0.38–0.86, P = 0.01), and RBC folate levels (OR 0.62, 95% CI 0.44–0.85, P = 0.004) had significantly lower odds of having CoI. The RCS showed a linear negative correlation between RBC folate levels and CoI. …”
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Clinical Efficacy of Extracorporeal Shock Wave in the Treatment of Knee Osteoarthritis： A Meta-analysis by GU Jinyu, LI Kaiming, ZHANG Qing, LI Linghui, BAI Zixing, WANG Shangquan

“…The results of meta-analysis showed that the overall efficiency of the observation group was significantly higher than that of the control group, and the difference was statistically significant [<italic>RR</italic>=1.13, 95% <italic>CI</italic>(1.05, 1.22), <italic>P</italic>=0.000 8]; the Lequesne index score of the observation group decreased more significantly after treatment than that of the control group, and the difference was statistically significant [<italic>SMD</italic>=0.68, 95% <italic>CI</italic>(0.47, 0.90), <italic>P</italic>&lt;0.000 01]; the VAS scores of the observation group were significantly lower than those of the control group after 1, 2 and 3 months of treatment, and the differences were statistically significant (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.000 01); the decrease of WOMAC score in the observation group after 0.5, 1, 2 and 3 months treatment was more significantly than that of the control group (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.01); there was no significant difference in the incidence of adverse reactions between the two groups [<italic>RR</italic>=0.42, 95% <italic>CI</italic>(0.13, 1.33), <italic>P</italic>=0.14].ConclusionExtracorporeal shock wave therapy is safe and efficient in the treatment of patients with KOA, and is recommended for clinical application. …”
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Impact of hepatic steatosis on the efficacy of antiviral treatment for chronic hepatitis B and the establishment of predictive model: a cohort study by Guanghui Ren, Kaining Jia, Shi Yin, Yunpeng Guan, Qingwei Cong, Ying Zhu

“…Factors like younger age, NAs with PEG IFNα therapy, lower initial HBsAg levels, and MASLD presence predict treatment success. …”
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Optimizing Talent Development for Goalkeepers: Psychological Characteristics, Stressors, and Sustainable Pathways in Elite Soccer by Camille Sabourin, Eric Terrien, Denis Ha

“…Results The results of the questionnaires revealed distinct findings: goalkeepers displayed lower extraversion scores compared to aspiring outfield players; gender differences were observed, with female goalkeepers exhibiting higher sensitivity, stress vulnerability and organizational tendencies than their male counterparts; dysfunctional personality tendencies were more prevalent among goalkeepers compared to other elite athletes’ populations; and age-related differences were observed regarding the perception of external support, with older participants reporting more nuanced experiences. …”
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Oura Ring as a Tool for Ovulation Detection: Validation Analysis by Nina Thigpen, Shyamal Patel, Xi Zhang

“…ResultsThe physiology method detected 1113 (96.4%) of 1155 ovulations with an average error of 1.26 days, which was significantly lower (U=904942.0, P<.001) than the calendar method’s average error of 3.44 days. …”
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Comparing corn silage with beet pulp silage fed separate or mixed with concentrate in buffalo calves by Abdur Rahman, Ali R. Khan, Muhammad I. Anjum, Zafar Hayat, Muhammad Arshad

“…Regarding serological examination, cholesterol levels showed significantly lower values in Group D, while blood glucose and urea nitrogen exhibited no differences. …”
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Examining the Effects of Construction Project Delays on Costs from the Perspective of Stakeholders Using a System Dynamics Approach: Insights from a Commercial Complex Project in Q... by Amirhosein Saffarinia, Hamidreza Yazdani

“…Moreover, the simulation of project financing during price fluctuations indicated that the purchase profit at a lower price could compensate for the cost of delays of up to two months. …”
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Exploring the Psychological and Physiological Insights Through Digital Phenotyping by Analyzing the Discrepancies Between Subjective Insomnia Severity and Activity-Based Objective... by Ji Won Yeom, Hyungju Kim, Seung Pil Pack, Heon-Jeong Lee, Taesu Cheong, Chul-Hyun Cho

“…Interestingly, the no insomnia group had longer total awake times and lower sleep quality compared with the insomnia groups. …”
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Etiology of Hospital-Acquired Pneumonia (HAP) and Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia (VAP) in Tertiary-Care Hospitals in Thailand: A Multicenter, Retrospective Cohort Study by Rongrungruang Y, Plongla R, Pleumkanitkul S, Hantrakun V, Khawcharoenporn T

“…A high rate of carbapenem resistance (CR) in A. baumannii (92.5%) was observed. Lower rates of CR were observed in K. pneumoniae (20.6%) and P. aeruginosa isolates (16.9%). …”
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Pharmacogenetic and pharmacokinetic factors for dexmedetomidine-associated hemodynamic instability in pediatric patients by Yanping Guan, Bilian Li, Yiyu Zhang, Hao Luo, Xueding Wang, Xue Bai, Zhuoling Zheng, Yaying Huang, Wei Wei, Min Huang, Xingrong Song, Guoping Zhong

“…Delayed hemodynamic instability is likely to occur after 35-min DEX initiation in patients with lower DEX clearance after propofol induction.…”
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