DIDATTICA DEL LESSICO: UN PERCORSO BIBLIOGRAFICO by Viviana de Leo

“…These contributions are particularly relevant for applications in the teaching and learning of both first (L1) and additional languages (L2). 2. …”
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Assessing the fall risk with Stay Independent Questionnaire in people with stroke by Peiming Chen, Peiming Chen, T. W. Liu, Shamay S. M. Ng, Shamay S. M. Ng

“…The C-SIQ demonstrated good test–retest reliability and internal consistency. …”
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Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Women with Normal OGTT in Pregnancy by Linda Tartaglione, Enrico di Stasio, Angelo Sirico, Mauro Di Leo, Salvatore Caputo, Alessandro Rizzi, Agnese Caneschi, Sara De Carolis, Dario Pitocco, Antonio Lanzone

“…CGM parameters did not show any differences between the two groups with impaired glycemic excursions found in both groups. After CGM period, 33 women with normal OGTT showed abnormal glycemic patterns. …”
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Chronic kidney disease progression in patients with previous type 2 diabetes and/or hypertension: a population-based cohort study from primary care in Spain by David Vizcaya, Betlem Salvador-González, Oriol Cunillera-Puértolas, Sílvia Cobo-Guerrero, José Romano-Sánchez, Daniel Bundó-Luque, Ariadna Arbiol-Roca

“…Efforts to slow CKD progression should target both patients with hypertension and T2D, focusing on the identification, close monitoring and effective management of albuminuria and reduced eGFR.…”
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Effectiveness of a web-based virtual journal club to promote medical education (Web-Ed): protocol of a multicentre pragmatic randomised trial by Mohamed Abdelrahman, Neil Cowan, Meera Ramcharn, Bassel H Al Wattar, William Parry-Smith, Sarah McRobbie, Michael Rimmer, Nagla Elfaki, Cheryl Dunlop, Damien Coleburt, Olivia Raglan, Jhia Jiat Teh, Maria Fisher, Nilaani Murugesu, Yazid Jibrel, Matthew Wood

“…We will enrol qualified doctors or medical students who are >18 years old, proficient in English and able to use online videoconferencing software. …”
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Refraction changes in the anterior and posterior corneal surfaces during the early postoperative period following sinus trabeculectomy by V.V. Averich, A.V. Volzhanin, G.B. Egorova

“…</p> <p> <b>Conclusion</b>: STE causes an induced astigmatism as it affects both the anterior and posterior corneal curvatures. …”
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Conservation education for sustainable development through field internship at NGOs by Yoji Natori, Tomohiro Nakagawa, Tomomi Saito, Tatsuhiro Kato, Takashi Seo, Makoto Yata, Yusuke Sawa, Mika Yasuda, Akiko Enomoto, Asako Isobe

“…We discuss the role of conservation organizations in mobilizing youth as agents of change for sustainable futures, both through their own activities and in collaborations with private sector and academia.…”
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Development of a Flexible Produce Supply Chain Food Safety Risk Model: Comparing Tradeoffs Between Improved Process Controls and Additional Product Testing for Leafy Greens as a Te... by Gabriella Pinto, Gustavo A. Reyes, Cecil Barnett-Neefs, YeonJin Jung, Chenhao Qian, Martin Wiedmann, Matthew J. Stasiewicz

“…For low variability contamination, no highest-risk lots existed. Under high variability contamination, both interventions removed all highest-risk lots (about 0.05% of total). …”
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The Autoimmune Profiles in the Etiopathogenesis of Granulomatous Lobular Mastitis by Lu Xie, Jiamei Feng, Qingqian Gao, Wenchao Qu, Shijun Shao, Jiaye Sun, Xueqing Wu, Hua Wan

“…M1 (CD86) and M2 (CD206) macrophage markers were significantly higher in GLM than controls in both immunohistochemical and immunofluorescent staining (P < 0.05). …”
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Association of lung health and cardiovascular health (Life’s Essential 8) by Wanjia Zhang, Menglong Zou, Junyao Liang, Dexu Zhang, Man Zhou, Hui Feng, Chusen Tang, Jie Xiao, Zhan Yi, Yin Xu

“…Three cohorts were included: lung disease in the Main cohort (N = 9,772), lung function in the Spirometry sub-cohort (N = 3,896), and respiratory symptoms in the Respiratory Symptoms sub-cohort (Age &gt; 40) (N = 3,449). LE8 scores were used as both continuous and categorical variables (0–49, 50–79, 80–100). …”
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Baseline gene expression in BALB/c and C57BL/6 peritoneal macrophages influences but does not dictate their functional phenotypes by Carlos M. Restrepo, Carlos M. Restrepo, Alejandro Llanes, Alejandro Llanes, Lizzi Herrera, Esteban Ellis, Esteban Ellis, Esteban Ellis, Iliana Quintero, Patricia L. Fernández, Patricia L. Fernández

“…Despite these differences, our data suggest that baseline gene expression patterns of both mouse strains do not appear to determine by itself a specific macrophage phenotype.…”
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Fluoxetine, but not paroxetine, alters the jaw-closing muscle activity during non-rapid eye movement sleep in mice by Minako Ikeda, Ayako Mochizuki, Takafumi Kato, Shiro Nakamura, Kiyomi Nakayama, Masanori Dantsuji, Kazuyoshi Baba, Tomio Inoue

“…FLX and PRX did not affect the duration of the three vigilance states. Both drugs significantly prolonged the REM sleep episode duration while decreasing the number of episodes. …”
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Genome-wide identification of oat TCP gene family and expression patterns under abiotic stress by Jiaming Nie, Jiaming Nie, Hongbin Zhao, Hongbin Zhao, Hongbin Zhao, Xiaodong Guo, Xiaodong Guo, Tao Zhang, Tao Zhang, Bing Han, Bing Han, Bing Han, Huiyan Liu, Huiyan Liu

“…In this study, the whole-genome data of three cultivated varieties, namely, “SFS”, “Sang” and “OT3098v2”, were utilized to identify and analyze the members of the TCP gene family in oats, and their responses to two abiotic stresses, drought and salt, were also investigated. …”
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Altered Left Ventricular Ion Channel Transcriptome in a High-Fat-Fed Rat Model of Obesity: Insight into Obesity-Induced Arrhythmogenesis by Reza Ashrafi, Marianne Yon, Lucy Pickavance, Joseph Yanni Gerges, Gershan Davis, John Wilding, Kun Jian, Henggui Zhang, George Hart, Mark Boyett

“…Modelling predicted prolongation of the ventricular action potential and an increase in the intracellular Ca2+ transient, both of which would be expected to be arrhythmogenic. …”
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Macroecological predictors to determine future refuges of Luciobarbus species in the Tigris–Euphrates basin: Rethinking conservation strategies and management by Hadi Khoshnamvand, Seyed Mohsen Mousavi, Asef Darvishi, Kourosh Ahmadi, Amir Naghibi, Karel Janko, Asghar Abdoli, Faraham Ahmadzadeh

“…We employed a generalized linear model (GLM) with a quasi-Poisson distribution to create a map depicting the richness of Luciobarbus fish species.Our projections indicate that suitable habitats will decline in both time series under climate change SSP126 and SSP585 scenarios, resulting in the loss of certain habitat patches in the Southwest of Iran, Syria and Iraq. …”
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Molecular-genetic approaches to species identification of platyhelminthes of the genus <i>Ligophorus</i> (Monogenea) parasitising flathead mullet by E. A. Vodiasova, E. S. Chelebieva, O. V. Shikhat, D. M. Atopkin, E. V. Dmitrieva

“…For the second and third approaches, a pair of primers was designed according to the following principle: the forward primer was complementary to both species, since it was selected for the conserved gene region. …”
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Prognostic Significance of Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD-EPI Equation) and Anemia in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure Secondary to Chagas Cardiomyopathy by Marcelo Arruda Nakazone, Maurício Nassau Machado, Ana Paula Otaviano, Ana Maria Silveira Rodrigues, Augusto Cardinalli-Neto, Reinaldo Bulgarelli Bestetti

“…However, the prognosis is poorer in individuals with both comorbidities.…”
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Relationship between Serum Levels of OPG and TGF-β with Decreasing Rate of BMD in Native Chinese Women by Xi-Yu Wu, Yi-Qun Peng, Hong Zhang, Hui Xie, Zhi-Feng Sheng, Xiang-Hang Luo, Ru-Chun Dai, Hou-De Zhou, Xian-Ping Wu, Er-Yuan Liao

“…At all skeletal sites tested, there was a negative correlation between BDR and serum levels of both OPG (r=−0.122 to –0.230, all P = 0.007–0.000) and TGF-β2 (r=−0.100 to –0.173, all P = 0.029–0.000) and a positive correlation between BDR and serum TGF-β1 (r=0.245−0.365, all P=0.000). …”
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Validation of insurance claims data on aetiology, surgical type and prosthesis for isolated valve surgery: a retrospective observational surgery by Shao-Wei Chen, Victor Chien-Chia Wu, Pao-Hsien Chu, An-Hsun Chou, Chun-Yu Chen, Feng-Cheng Chang, Yi‐Hsin Chan, Chia-Pin Lin, Yu-Ting Cheng, Bo-Cheng Hou, Jo-Ting Huang

“…This study validated the coding of valvular heart repair and replacement surgeries in Taiwan’s National Health Insurance (NHI) Research Database using International Classification of Diseases, Clinical Modification (ICD-CM) codes.Methods This retrospective observational study used data from the Chang Gung Research Database between 2015 and 2018, identifying 1171 patients using Taiwanese NHI reimbursement codes. The gold standard was defined as a blinded retrospective review of operation notes. …”
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Preparation of slow-release fertilizer derived from rice husk silica, hydroxypropyl methylcellulose, polyvinyl alcohol and paper composite coated urea by Idayatu Dere, Daniel T. Gungula, Semiu A. Kareem, Fartisincha Peingurta Andrew, Abdullahi M. Saddiq, Vadlya T. Tame, Haruna M. Kefas, David O. Patrick, Japari I. Joseph

“…The release kinetics followed the first-order kinetic model for both SRF1 and SRF2, highlighting their potential as effective slow-release fertilizers.…”
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