Treatment of Aortic and Iliac Artery Aneurysms with Multilayer Flow Modulator: Single Centre Experiences by Cengiz Ovalı, Aykut Şahin, Murat Eroğlu, Sinan Balçın, Sadettin Dernek, Mustafa Behçet Sevin

“…Presenting early and midterm results of aortic and iliac artery aneurysms treated with Multilayer Flow Modulators (MFM). Methods. We retrospectively reviewed the medical records of 23 patients (19 males and 4 females) who are admitted to our clinic between April of 2014 and February of 2016, diagnosed with thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm and/or iliac aneurysm, and treated using MFM. …”
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Modeling Approach for Predicting the Rate of Frequency Change of Notched Beam Exposed to Gaussian Random Excitation by Ed Habtour, Mark Paulus, Abhijit Dasgupta

“…A new method has been developed where the damage accumulation rate is computed in the frequency domain using Linear Elastic Fracture Mechanics (LEFM), stress intensity, and the natural frequency. …”
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Evaluation of the Motor Function of Sling Exercise Therapy in Children with Cerebral Palsy by Chuntao ZHANG, Zhenhuan LIU, Shangsheng DONG

“…Gross motor assessment scale (GMFM-88), Beijing Gesell scale (Gesell) and Berg balance scale were used to evaluate the motor function before and after trial.Results:The scores of GMFM-88, Gesell and Berg balance scale were improved after trial than those before treatment (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). …”
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Nephrotic Syndrome and Idiopathic Membranous Nephropathy Associated with Autosomal-Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease by Ramón Peces, Jorge Martínez-Ara, Carlos Peces, Mariluz Picazo, Emilio Cuesta-López, Cristina Vega, Sebastián Azorín, Rafael Selgas

“…Thirty-six months after MFM withdrawal, complete remission of nephrotic-range proteinuria was maintained and renal function was preserved. …”
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Effects of Core Muscle Acupuncture on Trunk Stability Control in Children with Spastic Cerebral Palsy by Jie ZHANG, Qing HUANG, Shibin LI, Suqiao CHEN, Wenfang DING, Dong LIN

“…The Pro-kin 254 equilibrium training detector was applied to detect the scores of the trunk control ability after six months therapeutic course, along with those in sitting position (region B) among the 88 items in the gross motor function measure (GMFM-88).Results:1) All indicators of trunk stability control in the acupuncture group were superior after treatment compared to those before treatment (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05); the swinging path length of the center of gravity in the rehabilitation group were better after treatment than that before treatment (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05);and the differences in the deviations of the center of pressure (COP) in the anterior-posterior and left-right directions, the average speeds of movement in the anterior-posterior and left-right directions, along with the ellipse area formed by the shifting of the center of gravity before and after treatment in the acupuncture group were superior to those in the rehabilitation group (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05).2) The GMFM-88 scores in sitting position in both groups were better after treatment than those before (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05);and the differences in the GMFM-88 scores in sitting position before and after treatment were better in the acupuncture group than that in the rehabilitation group (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05).Conclusion:Core muscle acupuncture could improve the trunk control in sitting position in children with spastic cerebral palsy; in addition, the introduction of the sport medicine theories into the acupuncture treatment would exploit a new thought for acupuncture site selection in improving the dyskinesia in children with spastic cerebral palsy.…”
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Comprehensive Rehabilitation Therapy for A Child with Reducing Body Myopathy by Xinhong WU, Fan WU, Yun ZHANG, Taibiao LI, Tiebin YAN

“…After the child received comprehensive rehabilitation therapy, histransfer ability, muscle strength, muscle tone, range of motion and gross motor function measure (GMFM) score were evaluated before and after the treatment.Results:FHL1 gene and heterozygous mutation of c. …”
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Implications of Diminishing Lifespan Marginal Utility for Valuing Equity in Cost-Effectiveness Analysis by R. Scott Braithwaite

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Cervical Cancer and Cervical Cancer Screening in Women with HIV in Guangxi, China: A Model Simulation Study by Ran Zhao, Shalini Kulasingam

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Evaluation of the Soda Tax on Obesity and Diabetes in California: A Cost-Effectiveness Analysis by Fan Zhao, Risha Gidwani, May C. Wang, Liwei Chen, Roch A. Nianogo

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Dissemination of Decision Aids about Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis to Spanish-Speaking Adults through Social Media by K. D. Valentine PhD, Felisha Marques MPH, Antonia F. Chen MD, MBA, Leigh Simmons MD, Karen R. Sepucha PhD

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Optimizing Masks and Random Screening Test Usage within K-12 Schools by Yiwei Zhang, Maria E. Mayorga, Julie S. Ivy, Julie L. Swann

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Prioritizing Patients from the Most Deprived Areas on Elective Waiting Lists in the NHS in England: Estimating the Health and Health Inequality Impact by Naomi Kate Gibbs, Susan Griffin, Nils Gutacker, Adrián Villaseñor, Simon Walker

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Working toward Personalized Intervention Advice: A Survey Study on Preference Heterogeneity in Patients with Breast Cancer–Related Fatigue by Lian Beenhakker, Kim A. E. Wijlens, Christina Bode, Miriam M. R. Vollenbroek-Hutten, Sabine Siesling, Janine A. van Til, Annemieke Witteveen

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Associations of Concordant and Shared Lung Cancer Screening Decision Making with Decisional Conflict: A Multi-Institution Cross-Sectional Analysis by Donald R. Sullivan, Sara E. Golden, Liana Schweiger, Anne C. Melzer, Santanu Datta, James M. Davis, Renda Soylemez Wiener, Christopher G. Slatore

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Review of NVP and HG and Early Pharmacotherapeutic Intervention by Shannon M. Clark, Maged M. Costantine, Gary D. V. Hankins

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Inequity and vulnerability in Latin American Indigenous and non-Indigenous populations with rheumatic diseases: a syndemic approach by Bernardo A Pons-Estel, Rosana Quintana, Ruben Burgos-Vargas, Everardo Álvarez-Hernández, John Londono, Ana M Santos, Adalberto Loyola-Sanchez, Mario H Cardiel, Maria Victoria Goycochea-Robles, Ingris Peláez-Ballestas, Ysabel Granados, Flor Julián-Santiago, Celenia Rosillo, Jose Alvarez-Nemegyei, Natalia Santana, Mario Goñi, Ligia Cedeño, Romina Nieto, Silvana Conti, María Elena Calvo, Eugenia Picco, Rosa Chacón, Jorge Delgado, Alfonso Gastelum Strozzi, Sergio Guevara-Pacheco, Vicente Juarez, Mario Alberto Garza-Elizondo, Juan Camilo Rueda, Amaranta Manrique de Lara, Nora Mathern, Marisa Jorfen, Alvaro Sanabria, Cristina Prigione, Adriana MR Silvestre, Vanina García, Julio Miljevic, Daniel Dhair, Matias Laithe, Fadua Midauar, Maria Celeste Martin, Maria Cecilia Barrios, María Elena Crespo, Mariana Aciar, Emilio Buschiazzo, Natalia L Cucchiaro, Mario Ruiz, José Adolfo Sánchez, Rodolfo Franco, Natalia Estrella, Silvia Jorge, Cinthya Retamozo, Sofia Fernandez, Martina Fay, Cecilia Camacho, Graciela Gomez, Jazmin Petrelli, Andrés Honeri, Viviana Arenas Solórzano, Ana Bensi, Marcela Valdata, Rodrigo Giraldo, Ignacio Angarita, Jesus G Ballesteros, Sofia Arias, Andres Vásquez, Lina Valero, Ani Cortes, Estafania Castañeda, Elias Forero, Astrid Feicán, Fernando Vintimilla, Jaime Vintimilla, Veronica Ochoa, Angelita Lliguisaca, Holger Dután, Jacqueline Rodríguez-Amado, Julio Casasola-Vargas, Conrado Garcia, Imelda García-Olivera, César Pacheco, Susana Aidee Gonzalez-Chávez, Hazel Garcia Morales, Arturo Velasco Gutierrez, JF Moctezuma-Rios, Eduardo Navarro-Zarza, Angelia Angulo, Rosana Flores, Janeth Galván Padrón, B Lorena Pérez, Janett Riega, Brenda Vaquez Fuentes, Miguel A Villarreal, Cassandra Skinner Taylor, Sara Marín, Dionicio Galarza Delgado, Diana Flores Alvarado, Jorge A Esquivel Varerio, Luz Helena Sanín, Marco Maradiaga Ceceño, Jorge Zamudio Lerm, Ivan Stekman, Yanira Martínez, Gloris Sánchez

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Effect of crack position and loading conditions on SIF in SiC particles reinforced Al composite by Aicha Metehri, Madani Kouider, Abdelkader Lousdad

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Therapeutic Evidence of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cell Transplantation for Cerebral Palsy: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Baocheng Xie, Minyi Chen, Runkai Hu, Weichao Han, Shaobo Ding

“…In the subgroup analysis, the results showed that hMSC therapy significantly increased GMFM scores of 3, 6, and 12 months and CFA of 3, 6, and 12 months. …”
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OUTCOME OF DEVELOPMENTAL THERAPY IN CHILDREN WITH CEREBRAL PALSY CHILDREN: A PROSPECTIVE COHORT by Erum Afzal, Tanveer Ahmad, Muhammad Khalid Iqbal, Kausar Aftab, Rubeena Muein

“…All children were assessed by using PEEP and GMFM (Gross Motor Function Measure) twice 6 months apart. …”
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Generation of two isogenic control lines by correcting the BAG3 P209L mutation of human induced pluripotent stem cell (hiPSC) lines from patients with myofibrillar myopathy-6 by Kerstin Filippi, Martin Wiemann, Bernd K. Fleischmann, Michael Hesse

“…These isogenic hiPSC-control lines allow the correct analysis of MFM6 using corresponding patient-specific iPSCs.…”
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