Evaluation of Bone Mineral Metabolism in Pre-Dialysis Chronic Kidney Disease: Quantitative Computed Tomography vs. Dual-Energy Absorptiometry and Correlation with Bone Turnover Mar... by Aydan Mutis Alan, Zehra Sezer, Ahmet Oz, Cebrail Karaca, Mevlüt Tamer Dinçer, Ahmet Murt, Fatma Beyza Sag, Selma Alagoz, Serdar Sahin, Mustafa Sait Gonen, Elif Güzel, Sinan Trabulus, Nurhan Seyahi

“…Z-scores were utilized to evaluate low bone mineral density, with low Z-scores identified in either lumbar spine or femoral neck measures being seen as indicative of low bone mineral density. …”
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COVID-19 vaccination: challenges in the pediatric population by Alice Nicoleta Azoicai, Ingrith Miron, Ancuta Lupu, Monica Mihaela Alexoae, Iuliana Magdalena Starcea, Mirabela Alecsa, Vasile Valeriu Lupu, Ciprian Danielescu, Alin Horatiu Nedelcu, Delia Lidia Salaru, Felicia Dragan, Ileana Ioniuc

“…The population-level efficacy of this vaccination remains to be determined, provided that the benefits outweigh the potential risks. Long-term side effects must still be monitored to enable the development of safer and more effective vaccines for future pandemics.…”
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Vaccination with Enzymatically Cleaved GPI-Anchored Proteins from Schistosoma mansoni Induces Protection against Challenge Infection by Vicente P. Martins, Carina S. Pinheiro, Barbara C. P. Figueiredo, Natan R. G. Assis, Suellen B. Morais, Marcelo V. Caliari, Vasco Azevedo, William Castro-Borges, R. Alan Wilson, Sergio C. Oliveira

“…Current schistosomiasis control strategies are mainly based on chemotherapy, but many researchers believe that the best long-term strategy to control schistosomiasis is through immunization with an antischistosomiasis vaccine combined with drug treatment. …”
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Metal Powder Production by Atomization of Free-Falling Melt Streams Using Pulsed Gaseous Shock and Detonation Waves by Sergey M. Frolov, Vladislav S. Ivanov, Viktor S. Aksenov, Igor O. Shamshin, Fedor S. Frolov, Alan E. Zangiev, Tatiana I. Eyvazova, Vera Ya. Popkova, Maksim V. Grishin, Andrey K. Gatin, Tatiana V. Dudareva

“…The minimal size of the powders obtained by the method is shown to be as low as 0.1 to 1 μm, while the maximum size of particles exceeds 400–800 μm. …”
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A mixed-methods observational study of strategies for success in implementation science: overcoming emergency departments hurdles by Deonni P. Stolldorf, Alan B. Storrow, Dandan Liu, Cathy A. Jenkins, Rachel A. Hilton, Karen F. Miller, Joy Kim, Deepika Boopathy, Satheesh Gunaga, Bory Kea, Joseph Miller, Sean P. Collins

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Safety and efficacy of sugammadex in management of patients with myasthenia gravis undergoing general anesthesia: A systematic review by Alan D. Kaye, Emily A. Villafarra, Erin S. Everett, Erin E. Ware, Sydney A. Mashaw, William D. Brouillette, Camille G. Elder, Taylor Moss, Luke Muiznieks, Edwin Herron, Shahab Ahmadzadeh, Sahar Shekoohi

“…The incidence of postoperative myasthenic crisis was low, and no mortalities were reported. Conclusion: Sugammadex may serve as a reasonable option for the reversal of neuromuscular blockades in MG patients, indicating potential for rapid recovery and a relatively low incidence of serious complications. …”
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Recommendations and guidelines for creating scholarly biomedical journals: A scoping review. by Jeremy Y Ng, Kelly D Cobey, Saad Ahmed, Valerie Chow, Sharleen G Maduranayagam, Lucas J Santoro, Lindsey Sikora, Ana Marusic, Daniel Shanahan, Randy Townsend, Alan Ehrlich, Alfonso Iorio, David Moher

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Pre-Operative Scapular Rehabilitation for Arthroscopic Repair of Traumatic Rotator Cuff Tear: Results of a Randomized Clinical Trial by Luane Landim de Almeida, Adriano Fernando Mendes Júnior, José da Mota Neto, Leandro Furtado De Simoni, Karine Helena Souza Lopes, Paloma Carvalho Guimarães, Brenda Iasmin de Oliveira Valério, Aaron Sciascia

“… # Objective To evaluate the impact of preoperative scapular rehabilitation before arthroscopic repair of traumatic rotator cuff injury, regarding pain, range of motion of the shoulder, and functional activity…”
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Social determinants of oral health in an indigenous community of Chile: preliminary data of a mixed qualitative and quantitative study by Cynthia Cantarutti, Gerardo Yévenes, Agueda Muñoz-del-Carpio-Toia, Daniela Adorno-Farias, Ricardo Fernández-Ramires, Alan Roger Santos-Silva, Jean Nunes dos Santos, Ignacio Molina-Ávila, Wilfredo Alejandro González-Arriagada

“…Results While no significant differences were found between indigenous and non-indigenous population in this city of Chile, differences were observed between the two main indigenous communities (Aymaras and Quechuas). …”
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Hospitalization costs for children younger than five years of age for gastroenteritis caused by rotavirus. Cienfuegos Pediatric Hospital, 2018 by Isel de los Ángeles Gázquez Altuna, Anai García Fariñas, Alain Rubén Reyes Sebasco, María Elena Quiñones Hernández, Martha de la Caridad Marrero Araújo, Isabel Pilar Luis Gonzálvez, Nivaldo Linares Pérez

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Recherches pluridisciplinaires sur la sépulture de l’enfant néandertalien La Ferrassie 8 by Antoine Balzeau, Alain Turq, Sahra Talamo, Camille Daujeard, Guillaume Guérin, Frido Welker, Isabelle Crevecoeur, Helen  Fewlass, Jean-Jacques Hublin, Christelle Lahaye, Bruno Maureille, Matthias Meyer, Catherine Schwab, Asier Gómez-Olivencia

“…Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d’Anthropologie de Paris…”
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Peer support for discharge from hospital to community mental healthcare: a cost analysis by Mike Lucock, Stephen Bremner, Steve Gillard, Sarah White, Michael Ussher, Alan Simpson, Andrew Healey, Lucy Pollyanna Goldsmith, Akshaykumar Patel, Jacqueline Marks, Rhiannon Foster, Sarah L Gibson, Julie Repper, Miles Rinaldi

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Effect of Drying Methods on the Phenolic Profile and Antioxidant Capacity of <i>Pithecellobium dulce</i> (Roxb.) Benth. Aril and Its Inhibitory Properties on Human SW480 Colon Aden... by Ángel Félix Vargas-Madriz, Aarón Kuri-García, Ivan Luzardo-Ocampo, Roberto Augusto Ferriz-Martínez, Teresa García-Gasca, Carlos Saldaña, Haidel Vargas-Madriz, Salvador Horacio Guzmán-Maldonado, Jorge Luis Chávez-Servín

“…However, the post-harvest drying process can alter the content of bioactive compounds in <i>P. dulce</i>. …”
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ELECTROCHEMICAL CORROSION EVALUATION OF SnSb ELECTRODEPOSITED COATINGS by Ana Aline C. Alcanfor, Natalia G. Sousa, Othon S. Campos, Alan S. de Menezes, Edipo S. de Oliveira, Hamilton F. G. de Abreu, Paulo N. S. Casciano, Pedro de Lima Neto, Adriana N. Correia

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Geography and age drive racial and ethnic disparities in hospital mortality for paediatric community-acquired pneumonia in the United States: a retrospective population based cohor... by Cody-Aaron L. Gathers, Nadir Yehya, Anireddy Reddy, Paula M. Magee, Vanessa C. Denny, Michelle R. Mayeda, Amanda O’Halloran, Sanjiv D. Mehta, Stephanie Wanamaker, Jessica C. Fowler, Garrett Keim

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Interobserver Agreement in the Diagnosis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease-Associated Neoplasia in China in Comparison to Subspecialized American Gastrointestinal Pathologists by Xian-rui Wu, Hua-shan Liu, Xue-ying Shi, Wei-xun Zhou, Zhi-nong Jiang, Yan Huang, Dipti M. Karamchandani, John R. Goldblum, Shu-yuan Xiao, Hong-fa Zhu, Michael M. Feely, Amy L. Collinsworth, Ashwini Esnakula, Hao Xie, Bo Shen, Ping Lan, Xiu-li Liu

“…Each pathologist evaluated the images and selected the most appropriate diagnostic category for each case (negative, indefinite, low-grade dysplasia [LGD], high-grade dysplasia [HGD], and carcinoma). …”
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Assessment of myocardial deformation by CMR tissue tracking reveals left ventricular subclinical myocardial dysfunction in patients with gynecologic cancer undergoing chemotherapy by Kai Tao, Kai Tao, Lu Ye, Yan-Jia-Ni Xu, Yan-Jia-Ni Xu, Meng-Xi Yang, Ru-Tie Yin, Qing-Li Li, Xiao-Juan Lin, Ke-Min Li, Liang Song, Yu Ma, Lan Zhong, Ying Hu, Hua-Yan Xu, Dan-Qing Wang, Ying-Kun Guo

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Use of disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs and risk of multiple myeloma in US Veterans with rheumatoid arthritis by Kate Tokareva, Alexander C. Peterson, Aaron Baraff, Sarah P. Chung, Jennifer Barton, Joshua F. Baker, Bryant R. England, Ted R. Mikuls, Nicholas L. Smith, David G. Coffey, Noel S. Weiss, Namrata Singh

“…DMARD exposure was categorized as follows: conventional synthetic (cs)DMARDs; bDMARDs, which included tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi), non-TNFi; and a tsDMARD, tofacitinib. A Cox proportional hazards model with time-varying exposure was used to estimate the hazard ratio for developing MM among those who received b/tsDMARD medications relative to b/tsDMARD-naïve persons. …”
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Differential T cell accumulation within intracranial and subcutaneous melanomas is associated with differences in intratumoral myeloid cells by Katarzyna Stasiak, Aaron D. Stevens, Ashley C. Bolte, Colleen T. Curley, Mirna Perusina Lanfranca, Robin S. Lindsay, Ukpong B. Eyo, John R. Lukens, Richard J. Price, Timothy N. J. Bullock, Victor H. Engelhard

“…Abstract Patients with metastatic brain melanomas (MBM) experience shorter-lasting survival than patients with extracranial metastases, and this is associated with a higher fraction of dysfunctional CD8 T cells. …”
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