Type 2 diabetes mellitus’ impact on heart failure patients’ exercise tolerance: a focus on maximal fat oxidation during exercise by Huiying Zhu, Huiying Zhu, Jianchao Pan, Jianxuan Wen, Jianxuan Wen, Xiaojing Dang, Xiaojing Dang, Xiankun Chen, Xiankun Chen, Yunxiang Fan, Yunxiang Fan, Weihui Lu, Weihui Lu, Wei Jiang, Wei Jiang

“…After adjusting for age, sex, body mass index (BMI), log N-terminal pro-B type natriuretic peptide (log NT-proBNP), left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF), hemoglobin, renal function, coronary heart disease and hypertension, the peak VO2 was lower in the T2DM group compared to the non-T2DM group with a mean difference (MD) of −2.0 ml/kg/min [95% confidence interval (CI), −3.18 to −0.82, P < 0.01]. …”
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Evaluation of the Residues of Rice (Oryza sativa L.), Black-Eyed Pea (Vigna unguiculata L.), Dill (Anethum graveolens L.), and Aubergine (Solanum melongena L.) on Characteristics o... by Einollah Hesami, Mohsen Jahan

“…The results of this research showed that the positive effect of plant residues in improving the organic matter of the soil after corn cultivation in wet Planting was much higher than that of dry Planting. The rice residues increased the soil organic matter by 51 and 47% in wet Planting and dry Planting. …”
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Methodology for the Positive Voices 2022 Survey of People With HIV Accessing Care in England, Wales, and Scotland: Cross-Sectional Questionnaire Study by Janey Sewell, Carole Kelly, Adamma Aghaizu, Hannah Kitt, Annegret Pelchen-Matthews, Veronique Martin, Amal Farah, Colette Smith, Alison Brown, Clare Humphreys, Alex Sparrowhawk, Valerie Delpech, Alison Rodger, Fiona Lampe, Meaghan Kall

“…The information collected in PV2022 included demographic and socioeconomic factors, HIV diagnoses and treatment, mental and physical health, health service use and satisfaction, social care and support, met and unmet needs, stigma and discrimination, quality of life, lifestyle factors, and additional challenges experienced due to the COVID-19 pandemic. …”
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Exploring Mortality and Prognostic Factors of Heart Failure with In-Hospital and Emergency Patients by Electronic Medical Records: A Machine Learning Approach by Yu CS, Wu JL, Shih CM, Chiu KL, Chen YD, Chang TH

“…To improve the explainability of the AI models, Shapley Additive Explanations methods were also conducted.Conclusion: Exploring HF mortality and its patterns related to clinical risk factors by machine learning models can help physicians make appropriate decisions when monitoring HF patients’ health quality in the hospital.Keywords: mortality, risk factor, cardiovascular disease, multivariate statistical analysis, machine learning, artificial intelligence…”
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<i>Bridelia ferruginea</i> Tea Consumption Improves Antioxidant Status in Individuals Living with Type 2 Diabetes by Collins Afriyie Appiah, Jennifer Ngounda, Mavis Boakye-Yiadom, Felix Charles Mills-Robertson, Mariette Nel, Rabia Johnson, Corinna Walsh

“…Participants in the comparator group, who did not drink Bridelia tea, had been on longer metformin treatment with better glycaemic control. …”
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Hepatitis B Virus in Polish Blood Donors in the Period 2005–2019—Significant Changes in Epidemiology and Demographic Characteristics of Infected Donors by Aneta Kopacz, Dorota Kubicka-Russel, Grzegorz Liszewski, Ewa Sulkowska, Anna Chrzanowska, Paulina Zwolińska, Ewa Noceń, Anna Potępa, Magdalena Łętowska, Piotr Grabarczyk, the Group of Polish Blood Transfusion Centers for Blood Borne Pathogens

“…To prevent transfusion-transmitted HBV infection (TT-HBV), since the 1970s, each donation has been tested for HBsAg and, since 2005, additionally for the presence of HBV DNA. Based on the data from the Blood Transfusion Centers, changes in HBV detection in Polish blood donors were analyzed, starting from the introduction of mandatory NAT screening until 2019. …”
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Peculiarities of ambulatory blood pressure monitoring in patients who have suffered from COVID-19 by V.O. Zbitnieva, O.B. Voloshyna, I.V. Balashova, E.A. Zubok, O.R. Dukova, L.I. Kovalchuk

“…In patients with a history of AH, in 55.3% of cases there was observed an increase in average blood pressure values per day, during the day and night periods, which was considered as ineffective blood pressure control and required an increase in the doses of previously prescribed antihypertensive drugs or the use of additional antihypertensive drugs in the treatment regimen. …”
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Artemisinin supplementation in concentrated cottonseed protein basal diets enhances growth, antioxidant capacity, intestinal immunity and microbiota in hybrid grouper (Epinephelus... by Ling Pan, Qi Wang, Weikang Li, Xiaohui Dong, Shiwei Xie, Beiping Tan, Hongyu Liu, Yan Wang

“…The results showed that hybrid grouper fed 0.40 % artemisinin exhibited a significant improvement in growth rate (P < 0.05). Additionally, the artemisinin-treated groups exhibited improved intestinal digestibility and mucosa health, as evidenced by increased α-amylase, lipase and trypsin activities, along with enhancements in villus height, villus width, and muscle thickness (P < 0.05). …”
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RNA-seq reproducibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in laboratory models of cystic fibrosis by Rebecca P. Duncan, Gina R. Lewin, Daniel M. Cornforth, Frances L. Diggle, Ananya Kapur, Dina A. Moustafa, Yasmin Hilliam, Jennifer M. Bomberger, Marvin Whiteley, Joanna B. Goldberg

“…We report here that expression data are highly reproducible across laboratories. In addition, while samples sequenced with different sequencing pipelines showed significantly more variance in expression profiles than between labs, gene expression was still highly reproducible between sequencing pipelines. …”
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Application of mind mapping-based health education in perioperative nursing of glioma patients undergoing awake surgery (基于思维导图的宣教模式在脑胶质瘤患者唤醒手术围手术期中的应用效果)... by ZHANG Fuli (张富丽), ZHONG Liyun (仲丽芸), DENG Lan (邓岚), ZHANG Aifang (张爱芳), SHANG Wuyi (尚无怡)

“…The control group received routine perioperative nursing and health education, and the intervention group was given mapping-based health education in addition to routine nursing. The patient satisfaction, readiness for hospital discharge and anxiety state were measured and compared between two groups. …”
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Common pathogenic aspects of diabetic retinopathy and nephropathy. Kidney transplantation and the course of diabetic retinopathy by I.V. Vorobyeva, L.K. Moshetova, A.V. Pinchuk, Е.V. Bulava, E.P. Delver, A.A. Belogurov

“…Russian Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology. 2021;21(2):90–95. DOI: 10.32364/2311-7729-2021-21-2-90-95.</i> </p> <i><br> </i><br>…”
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Analysis of central retinal microcirculation in glaucoma after neuroretinoprotective treatment by N.G. Glazko, A.E. Egorov

“…Russian Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology. 2021;21(1):3–8. DOI: 10.32364/2311-7729-2021-21-1-3-8.</i> </p>…”
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ULACNet-301, OPTIMO protocol: optimizing HPV vaccination regimen for cancer prevention in children and adolescents living with HIV by Delia Pinto-Santini, Emilia M. Jalil, Giovana Teixeira Fernandes, Genevieve Hilaire, Lenka Kolevic, Robinson Cabello, Beatriz Grinsztejn, William Pape, Marie Marcelle Deschamps, Margaret G. House, Emma Brofsky, Vikrant V. Sahasrabuddhe, Sayan Dasgupta, Siavash Pasalar, Margaret M. Madeleine, Joseph Carter, Priya R. Prabhu, Denise Galloway, Ann Duerr

“…These questions have operational consequences in LMICs given the barriers to delivering multiple doses, uneven availability, and intermittent shortages of HPV vaccines. In addition, information on HIV status for children and adolescents is rarely available during vaccination campaigns based in schools or public health clinics, so CLWH may receive a single dose despite policy recommendations that they receive two or three. …”
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Optimizing transcutaneous spinal stimulation: excitability of evoked spinal reflexes is dependent on electrode montage by Kelly Lynn Thatcher, Karen Emily Nielsen, Evan Blake Sandler, Oliver John Daliet, Jennifer Ann Iddings, Edelle Carmen Field-Fote

“…We sought to identify the thoracolumbar electrode montage associated with the most robust activation of spinal circuits by comparing posterior root-muscle reflexes (PRM reflexes) elicited by 6 montages. Additionally, we assessed tolerability of the stimulation during PRM reflex testing. …”
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Therapeutic Effect of Cardiac Exercise Rehabilitation Program Based on Cardiopulmonary Exercise Test on Patients with Stable Coronary Heart Disease Complicated with Hypertension by TONG Yiman, GAO Min, WANG Xinyu, CAO Yuhan, CHEN Wei

“…The observation group received cardiac exercise rehabilitation program based on CPET in addition to the treatment of the control group, including aerobic exercise and resistance training, once every other day, 3 times a week for 12 weeks. …”
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TILTomorrow today: dynamic factors predicting changes in intracranial pressure treatment intensity after traumatic brain injury by Shubhayu Bhattacharyay, Florian D. van Leeuwen, Erta Beqiri, Cecilia A. I. Åkerlund, Lindsay Wilson, Ewout W. Steyerberg, David W. Nelson, Andrew I. R. Maas, David K. Menon, Ari Ercole, the CENTER-TBI investigators and participants

“…With 20 repeats of fivefold cross-validation, we trained TILTomorrow on different variable sets and applied the TimeSHAP (temporal extension of SHapley Additive exPlanations) algorithm to estimate variable contributions towards predictions of next-day changes in TIL(Basic). …”
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DETERMINATION OF TECHNOPARK ACTIVITY BY REGULATORY AND LEGISLATIVE ACTS by Nikolay S. Novikov, Irina V. Karpova

“…If, during the preliminary examination, such moments are discovered, the implementation of which requires further expansion of the legislative framework, the partnership acts as a customer applying to the state body with an initiative to expand the legislative framework. …”
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Validation Indicator Identification and Customer Ranking in Microloans: A Study at Middle East Bank in Iran by Azadeh Ahmadi Kousha, Faegh Ahmadi, Mohammad Hossein Ranjbar, Hamidreza Kordlouie

“…This system should be able to place customers in different categories by considering credit and behavioral criteria and assigning them appropriate points based on their performance. In addition, there is a need to develop methods for evaluating and monitoring customers over time. …”
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Prediction of Pathologic Response in Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma After Downstaging with Locoregional and Systemic Combination Therapy by Yang C, Chen Y, Sheng L, Wang Y, Zhang X, Yang Y, Ronot M, Jiang H, Song B

“…Performance of the response criteria in predicting pathologic response was assessed with the area under the receiver operator characteristic curve (AUC).Results: Among all radiologic and pathologic response criteria, MPR was the only independent predictor of post-resection recurrence-free survival (RFS) (adjusted hazard ratio 0.34, 95% CI 0.16– 0.72, p=0.004). In addition, mRECIST showed stronger correlation with pathologic response than RECIST 1.1 (spearman r values: 0.76 vs 0.42, p< 0.001). …”
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Realization of a cascade treatment algorithm for glaucoma in St. Petersburg by A.V. Antonova, V.P. Nikolaenko, V.V. Brzheskiy

“…Russian Journal of Clinical Ophthalmology. 2021;21(3):123–128</i><i> (in Russ.)</i><i>. DOI: 10.32364/2311-7729-2021-21-3-123-128.</i> </p>…”
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