Clinical Comparison of the Performance of Two Marketed Ophthalmic Viscoelastic Devices (OVDs): The Bacterially Derived Healon PRO OVD and Animal-Derived Healon OVD by Loay Daas, Jose Manuel Larrosa, Alicia Gavin, Carlos Isanta, Achim Langenbucher, Beth E. Jackson, Linda Tsai, Priya Janakiraman, Rafael Guerrero, Berthold Seitz

“…This prospective, multicenter, randomized, parallel, participant/evaluator masked, postmarket investigation enrolled 139 subjects (170 eyes), 116 (143 eyes) of which were treated (73 test; 70 control group). …”
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Rifaximin treatment in patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis: A multicenter, randomized controlled, open-label, pilot trial by Do Seon Song, Jin Mo Yang, Young Kul Jung, Hyung Joon Yim, Hee Yeon Kim, Chang Wook Kim, Soon Sun Kim, Jae Youn Cheong, Hae Lim Lee, Sung Won Lee, Jeong-Ju Yoo, Sang Gyune Kim, Young Seok Kim

“…Results: A total of 50 patients were enrolled in this study (29 in the control group and 21 in the rifaximin group). …”
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To what extent is socioeconomic status associated with not taking up and dropout from cardiac rehabilitation: a population-based follow-up study by Thomas Maribo, Christina M Stapelfeldt, Marie Louise Svendsen, Birgitte Bitsch Gadager, Maiken Bay Ravn, Sanne Moeller Palner

“…However, the impact of SES on CR utilisation from enrolment to completion is unclear. The objective of this study was to examine whether indicators of SES are associated with not taking up and dropout from CR.Design A population-based, follow-up study.Setting Hospitals and primary healthcare centres in the Central Denmark Region.Participant Patients diagnosed with ischaemic heart disease (IHD) in the hospital and referred for rehabilitation in the primary healthcare setting from 1 September 2017 to 31 August 2018 (n=2018).Variables Four SES indicators (education, disposable family income, occupation and cohabitant status) were selected because of their established association with cardiovascular health and CR utilisation. …”
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Immediate Post-laparotomy Hypotension in Patients with Severe Traumatic Hemoperitoneum by Gil Jae Lee, Min A Lee, Byungchul Yoo, Youngeun Park, Myung Jin Jang, Kang Kook Choi

“…After applying those criteria, 62 patients were enrolled in this retrospective review. PLH was defined as a decrease in the mean arterial pressure (MAP) ≥10 mmHg within 10 minutes after laparotomy. …”
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In vivo mitochondrial ATP production is improved in older adult skeletal muscle after a single dose of elamipretide in a randomized trial. by Baback Roshanravan, Sophia Z Liu, Amir S Ali, Eric G Shankland, Chessa Goss, John K Amory, H Thomas Robertson, David J Marcinek, Kevin E Conley

“…The first dorsal interosseous (FDI) muscle was studied in 39 healthy older adult subjects (60 to 85 yrs of age; 46% female) who were enrolled based on the presence of poorly functioning mitochondria. …”
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Clinical efficacy of cytoreductive radical prostatectomy in the treatment of oligometastatic hormone-sensitive prostate cancer by Feng Qi, Yihang Xu, Zicheng Xu, Qing Zou

“…Results A total of 181 patients were enrolled in the study, including 48 patients who received cytoreductive surgery and 133 patients who did not receive local therapy. …”
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Association between elevated glycosylated hemoglobin levels and hypertension among US adults: NHANES 2011–2018 by Beibei Luo, Wenbo Xu, Feng Luo, Shuqiong Zhang, Xiaofei Li

“…Results Among the 10,503 enrolled participants, The prevalence of HTN notably increased with higher HbA1c levels (P < 0.001). …”
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FTACMT study protocol: a multicentre, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial of faecal microbiota transplantation for autism spectrum disorder by Li Ling, Wei Wei, Li Lin, Li Ke, Ye Chen, Li Ning, Wang Yu, Zhang Xin, Yang Rong, Zhang Xueying, Cui Jiaqu, Chen Qiyi, Qin Huanlong, Du Yasong, Zhao Xiaoxin, Lu Jubao, Lv Xiaoqiong, Ma Chunlian, Chen Shidong, Kuang Guifang, Zhao Dongmei, Fang Shuanfeng, Zhang Xujing, Yang Binrang, Wang Yanxia, Yuan Song, Zhou Xiang, Zhang Beihua, Jiang Lin, Ji Hong, Yan Yinmei, Yan Peihua, Huang Linsheng, Zhang Shaoyi, Ma Chenhuan, Miao Yun, Ling Wenqi, Geng Bojing, Feng Xueying, Li Huilin, Liu Liyan, Wu Weijia, Li Dexin, Jiang Qianru

“…We are undertaking the first-ever multicentre, double-blind, randomised controlled trial of FMT for the treatment of children with both ASD and gastrointestinal symptoms and will assess the feasibility and efficacy outcomes of this strategy.Methods In total, 318 children with both ASD and gastrointestinal symptoms will be enrolled (from 15 hospitals in China) to receive either FMT intervention (n=212) or a placebo (control, n=106). …”
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Portable devices for periodic monitoring of bioelectrical impedance along meridian pathways in healthy individuals by Yu-Chen Xu, Xiu-Yan Cao, Shuai Liu, Bo Liu, Hao Chen, Min Cheng, Wei-Hua Ye

“…Methods A cohort of 684 healthy middle-aged participants from North China was enrolled between July 1, 2017, and September 5, 2020. …”
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Development and Validation of a Nomogram for Predicting Mortality in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation and Acute Coronary Syndrome Who Underwent Percutaneous Coronary Intervention... by Can Hua, Haitao Tian, Yubin Wang, Jianyong Zheng, Pengfei Liu, Boyang Zhang, Nannan Wang, Haihong Tang, Feng Wang, Xiufeng Xie, Haifeng Yuan, Tianchang Li

“…The results were validated using bootstrap resampling and a retrospective cohort study of 409 patients enrolled in Fuwai Hospital at the same institution. …”
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Effect of pre-session discrimination training on performance in a judgement bias test in dogs by Joseph Krahn, Amin Azadian, Camila Cavalli, Julia Miller, Alexandra Protopopova

“…We hypothesized that dogs’ ‘optimism’ in a follow-up JBT may be impacted by a learning treatment involving additional trials of a different discrimination task. Once enrolled, companion dogs (n = 16) were required to complete three study phases: (1) a pre-treatment JBT, (2) a learning treatment, and (3) a post-treatment JBT. …”
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Novel Technique of Pneumatic Posterior Capsulorhexis for Treatment and Prevention of Posterior Capsular Opacification by Ahmed M. Eid, Shaaban Abd-Elhamid Mehany Elwan, Ahmed M. Sabry, Hossam M. Moharram, Ashraf M. Bakhsh

“…One hundred eyes of 100 patients with a mean age of 63.3 years with dense cataract were enrolled in the study. Fifty of them (group (1)) were with primary PCO (discovered during the operations) and fifty (group (2)) with clear posterior capsule. …”
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El mapa nacional en el aula de clase: Políticas de memoria y clases de geografía en el Ecuador (1875-1920) by Ana María Sevilla

“…La tesis que planteamos es que los mapas y los paradigmas propuestos por los geógrafos, sus imágenes y sus perspectivas, fueron bien conocidos y circularon dentro de un público educado. En otras palabras, se hicieron parte del discurso público y sirvieron para que un grupo más importante de la población fuese capaz de imaginar el territorio compartido con el resto de habitantes y así crear a partir de los fundamentos geográficos un sentimiento de nacionalidad.…”
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Functional and structural connectivity of the subregions of the amygdala in ADHD children with or without ODD by Zhao-Min Wu, Peng Wang, Xue-Chun Liu, Qing-Chao Zhou, Xiao-Lan Cao, Li Sun, Lu Liu, Qing-Jiu Cao, Li Yang, Yu-Feng Wang, Ying Qian, Bin-Rang Yang

“…Methods A total of 354 children with ADHD-only, 161 children with ADHD and ODD (ADHD + ODD), and 100 healthy controls were enrolled. The Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) and the Behavior Rating Inventory of Executive Function (BRIEF) were filled out by caregivers. …”
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A Novel Capsule Lumbar Interbody Fusion (CLIF) in Treating Foot Drop due to Lumbar Degenerative Diseases: a Prospective, Observational Study by Kaiqiang Sun, Feng Lin, Jialin Jiang, Jingchuan Sun, Jiangang Shi

“…Between June 2018 and January 2019, a total of 27 patients admitted to our department with lumbar degenerative diseases with associated foot drop were prospectively enrolled. Given the selection of surgical technique, patients were divided into traditional TLIF group and CLIF group. …”
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Deregulated methylation and expression of PCDHGB7 in patients with non-small cell lung cancer: a novel prognostic and immunological biomarker by Yue Yuan, Yue Yuan, Xin Nie, Jiayi Gao, Jiayi Gao, Yumeng Tian, Yumeng Tian, Liuer He, Liuer He, Xue Wang, Ping Zhang, Junling Ma, Lin Li, Lin Li

“…Its function in lung cancer has not been elucidated.MethodsWe comprehensively investigated PCDHGB7 expression, prognosis, biological function, methylation patterns, and it’s relationship with immune infiltration and immunotherapy response through public datasets (HPA, TCGA, GEO, OncoDB and MEXPRESS). Two lung cancer immunotherapy cohorts from our clinical center were enrolled to detect the relationship between methylation and protein levels of PCDHGB7 in plasma and immunotherapy outcomes.ResultsPCDHGB7 expression was downregulated in lung adenocarcinoma (LUAD) and lung squamous cell carcinoma (LUSC) and associated with tumor prognosis. …”
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Helicobacter pylori Mutations Conferring Resistance to Fluoroquinolones and Clarithromycin among Dyspeptic Patients Attending a Tertiary Hospital, Tanzania by Hyasinta Jaka, Nele Rüttgerodt, Wolfgang Bohne, Andreas Mueller, Uwe Gross, Christa Kasang, Stephen E. Mshana

“…Between August 2014 and August 2016, patients undergoing upper gastrointestinal endoscopy at the Bugando Medical Centre were enrolled. Biopsies were taken for polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and sequencing to detect mutations conferring resistance to clarithromycin and fluoroquinolones. …”
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Customized Toric Intraocular Lens Implantation in Eyes with Cataract and Corneal Astigmatism after Deep Anterior Lamellar Keratoplasty: A Prospective Study by Domenico Schiano Lomoriello, Giacomo Savini, Kristian Naeser, Rossella Maria Colabelli-Gisoldi, Valeria Bono, Augusto Pocobelli

“…Patients undergoing cataract surgery after DALK for keratoconus were enrolled. Total corneal astigmatism (TCA) was assessed by a rotating Scheimpflug camera combined with Placido-disk corneal topography (Sirius; CSO, Firenze, Italy). …”
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Text, Lies, and Linguistic Rape: Rewriting Theatre History in the Light of Dramatic Translations by John London

“…Este artículo propone cinco categorías dentro de las cuales se podría analizar la traducción del teatro moderno; también presenta una selección de ejemplos de distorsiones de obras conocidas. …”
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A prognostic index model for predicting long-term recurrence of uterine leiomyoma after myomectomy. by Xiu Ming, Junying Zhou, Jinhai Gou, Na Li, Dan Nie, Luqi Xue, Zhengyu Li

“…<h4>Methods</h4>A total of 725 women who underwent myomectomy were enrolled in this retrospective multicenter study. Patients were contacted for follow-up. …”
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