Associations between muscle quality and whole-body vibration exercise-induced changes in plasma hypoxanthine following an oral glucose load in healthy male subjects by Tomoyuki Hara, Yuya Fujishima, Hitoshi Nishizawa, Yusuke Kawachi, Takashi Nakamura, Seigo Akari, Yoshiyuki Ono, Hirotaka Watanabe, Taka-aki Sakaue, Yoshinari Obata, Hirofumi Nagao, Shiro Fukuda, Takashi Kanamoto, Mitsuyoshi Takahara, Naoto Katakami, Ken Nakata, Iichiro Shimomura

“…This pilot randomized crossover trial (UMIN000036520) aimed to investigate the changes in plasma HX after whole-body vibration exercise (WBVE) and their relationships with body composition and muscle-related parameters, enrolling eighteen healthy male volunteers. In the WBVE-alone intervention, the study subjects performed 20-min of WBVE. …”
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Rupturas y continuidades de la extensión rural en Argentina (1973-1983) by Cecilia Gárgano

“…Este artículo aborda continuidades y rupturas en las actividades de extensión rural realizadas entre 1973 y 1983 por el Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA) argentino, una de las principales agencias estatales. Dentro de este período, enmarcado por dos transiciones democráticas, se exploran los contenidos y enfoques de sus agendas de extensión rural, en conexión con transformaciones registradas en materia de políticas sectoriales, cambios socioeconómicos del ámbito rural e introducción de mecanismos represivos en el organismo. …”
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Clinical Outcome Differences in Mucinous Versus Non-Mucinous Colonic Adenocarcinoma: A Comparative Study by Adrian Cote, Roxana Loriana Negrut, Hany Abdulateif Salem, Bogdan Feder, Mircea Gheorghe Pop, Adrian Marius Maghiar

“…<b>Results</b>: A total of 191 patients were enrolled in this study, grouped in 36 cases of MAC and 155 cases of non-MAC. …”
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Clinical profile of adults and children with reactive arthritis in India – A cohort study by Koshy Nithin Thomas, Anamika Kumari Anuja, Latika Gupta

“…Results: Sixty-eight cases (8 juvenile, 41 acute, and 27 chronic) of age 26 years (18–34, M:F 5.8:1) and disease duration 36 (19–60) days were enrolled. Enteritis was the most common preceding trigger (37, 54%), followed by genitourinary infection (25, 36%), irrespective of gender. …”
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Percepção dos Centennials em Relação ao Teletrabalho by Marcos Vinicius Tassote da Silva, João Pinheiro de Barros Neto

“…Para tanto, utilizou-se de um survey que obteve 74 respostas, as quais mostraram que os centennials enfrentam certos desconfortos nesse tipo de trabalho, como a falta de ergonomia e de interação social. Conclui-se que há ganhos, na percepção dessa geração que justificam maior atenção das empresas ao adotar o home office. …”
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Naturally Acquired Antibody Responses to a Synthetic Malaria Antigen AS202.11 by Rebeka Nazareth, Pius Horumpende, Tolbert Sonda, Arnold Ndaro, Edson Mollel, Eliakim Paul, Emmanuel Athanase, Jaffu Chilongola

“…This community based cross-sectional study enrolled 320 participants aged 1 year and above. Demographic information was recorded through interviews. …”
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El fenómeno turístico-residencial y la ocupación irregular del suelo: el caso del valle medio del río Almanzora by Antonio Castilla-Polo, Carlos Rosa-Jiménez

“…Este trabajo revela dos claros modelos de ocupación: los asentamientos diseminados incluidos dentro de las tramas agrícolas preexistentes y los núcleos urbanos secundarios que han proliferado en entornos de baja productividad agrícola. …”
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Quality of Life in Psoriasis: A Cross-Sectional Study from North India by Khushboo Arora, Neirita Hazarika, Ranjeeta Kumari, Himanshu Chawla

“…Clinical severity of psoriasis was measured using Psoriasis Area Severity Index (PASI), and quality of life was measured by EuroQoL 5D (EQ-5D-5L, EQ-VAS) and Psoriasis Quality-Of-Life-12 (PQOL-12) Questionniares. …”
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Muscle quality index is correlated with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes mellitus: a cross-sectional population-based study by Mengye Zhang, Hao Lin, Xue Xu

“…Results A total of 2816 American adults were enrolled in this study, among whom 1264 (44.9%) had IR, and 300 (10.7%) had T2DM. …”
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Sleep Disturbance and Its Clinical Implication in Patients with Adult Spinal Deformity: Comparison with Lumbar Spinal Stenosis by Ho-Joong Kim, Seok-Jun Hong, Joon-Hee Park, Hojoon Ki

“…A total of 44 patients with ASD and 137 patients with lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) were enrolled in the study. Forty four patients were selected from the LSS group after propensity score matching. …”
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Promoting Inclusion and Well-Being Through Inclusive Physical Education and Parasports: an Approach for Adolescents with Motor Impairment by Omar Ben Rakaa, Mustapha Bassiri, Said Lotfi

“…The study involved 96 pupils having motor impairment, aged 16.79 ± 0.87, enrolled in public schools in Morocco. The pupils were divided into three groups according to the para-athletics classification: 30 % (family of 30), 40 % (families of 40) and 30 % (family of 50). …”
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Uma revisão sobre o índice de frenagem de Pulsares by D.L. Ramos, M.M.F. Perovano, W. Spalenza, J.G. Coelho

“…Neste artigo, propomos uma revisão destinada a explorar o tema do índice de frenagem (“braking index”, n), com o objetivo de torná-lo mais acessível e compreensível para estudantes em início de graduação ou pós-graduação. Dentro dessa perspectiva, apresentamos um estudo desse parâmetro astrofísico para pulsares. …”
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Formación por competencias: factor clave en la transformación de la educación universitaria by Morelia Trinidad Montilla Salcedo, Walevska Ninoska López Marín, Stephanía Alejandrina Alizo Theodorou

“…La dinámica demandada por los escenarios de la globalización y la sociedad del siglo XXI impulsa a las universidades a redimensionarse en todos los órdenes. Dentro de esa transformación se incluye la necesidad de redefinir sus procesos educativos apuntando hacia una formación profesional integral, buscando conseguir al ideal del hombre convertido en actor de cambios fundamentales en la sociedad. …”
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Application of Radiomics Model of CT Images in the Identification of Ureteral Calculus and Phlebolith by Qiuyue Yu, Jiaqi Liu, Huashan Lin, Pinggui Lei, Bing Fan

“…Sixty-one cases of ureteral calculus and 61 cases of phlebolith were retrospectively investigated. The enrolled patients were randomly categorized into the training set (n = 86) and the testing set (n = 36) with a ratio of 7 : 3. …”
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Cuando los derechos son la jaula. Trasplante rígido del soft law para la gestión del desplazamiento forzado by Beatriz Eugenia Sánchez Mojica

“…La propuesta que se ha elaborado en el seno de Naciones Unidas para la atención de los desplazados internos ha sido presentada como un mecanismo de protección a este colectivo tan vulnerable. …”
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Association between physical activity and quality of life in haemodialysed and peritoneal dialyzed patients in Hungary by Enikő Király, Gergő József Szőllősi, Zoltán Jenei, István Kárpáti

“…The aim of the present study was to assess and compare physical activity and health-related quality of life in renal patients on HD and PD programs.Methods In May 2020, 130 patients (106 HD and 24 PD) were enrolled in a study of chronic dialysis programs. All participants received a questionnaire containing information on demographics, treatment, and co-morbidities. …”
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Rationale and design of a randomized clinical trial of integrated eHealth for PrEP and medications for opioid use disorders for women in the criminal legal system. The Athena study by Jaimie P. Meyer, Stacey Brunson, Carolina R. Price, Morgan Mulrain, Julie Nguyen, Frederick L. Altice, Tassos C. Kyriakides, Karen Cropsey, Ellen Eaton

“…Methods We will recruit and enroll 250 women involved in the criminal legal system with opioid use disorder across two diverse settings (New Haven, CT and Birmingham, AL). …”
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Role of Pulse Oximetry Screening for Detection of Life Threatening Congenital Heart Detects in Newborn by Aso Faeq Salih, Adnan Mohammed Hamawand, Riyadh Abd Aljabbar Sattar

“…A prospective study from January 2012 to the end of 2013 was performed and 2181 neonates were enrolled in the study. The pulse oximetry screening (POS) for both hands and one foot were obtained within the first 3-6 hours of life, when post ductal saturation was below 90%, it was considered as a positive screening, while when the saturation is between 90-95% and the difference between pre-and post-ductal saturation was more than 3%, the baby was provisionally considered to be screening as a positive then echocardiography is planned. …”
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Incidence of the postpartum diagnosis of thyroid eye disease in relation to thyroid function in Graves’ disease by Nami Suzuki, Jaeduk Yoshimura Noh, Ai Kozaki, Natsuko Watanabe, Ai Yoshihara, Miho Fukushita, Masako Matsumoto, Hideyuki Imai, Shigenori Hiruma, Masahiro Ichikawa, Masakazu Koshibu, Akiko Sankoda, Rei Hirose, Toshu Inoue, Kiminori Sugino, Koichi Ito

“…This retrospective cross-sectional study enrolled 11,104 deliveries from the patients with GD between January 2004 and August 2022. …”
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Functional MRI-guided microsurgery of intracranial arteriovenous malformations: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Shuo Wang, Yuanli Zhao, Jun Wu, Bing Zhao, Yong Cao

“…The purpose is to identify the utility and efficacy of fMRI-guided microsurgery of AVMs in a large randomised controlled trial.Methods and analysis The study is a prospective, randomised controlled clinical trial. This study will enrol a total of 600 eligible patients. These eligible patients will be randomised to the standard microsurgery group and the fMRI-guided microsurgery group in a 1:1 ratio. …”
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