Abdominal Adiposity Correlates with Adenotonsillectomy Outcome in Obese Adolescents with Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea by Gustavo Nino, Maria J. Gutierrez, Anjani Ravindra, Cesar L. Nino, Carlos E. Rodriguez-Martinez

“…We hypothesized that in this population waist circumference (WC), as a clinical marker of abdominal fat distribution, correlates with the likelihood of response to AT. …”
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Serum Leucine-Rich α2-Glycoprotein as a Biomarker for Monitoring Disease Activity in Patients with Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis by Masaki Shimizu, Natsumi Inoue, Mao Mizuta, Yasuo Nakagishi, Akihiro Yachie

“…To investigate whether serum leucine-rich α2-glycoprotein (LRG) levels are useful as a marker of disease activity in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (s-JIA), we determined serum LRG levels in fifty-nine s-JIA patients, 15 with other subtypes of JIA, 7 with Kawasaki disease (KD), 7 with influenza A infection (flu), 7 with enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli (EHEC) infection, and 20 healthy controls (HC). …”
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Remote assessment of physical fitness via videoconferencing: a systematic review by Thorsten Klein, Annette Worth, Claudia Niessner, Anke Hanssen-Doose

“…Abstract Physical fitness is a critical marker of overall health across all age groups, influencing longevity and quality of life. …”
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Circulating Endothelial Microparticles: A Key Hallmark of Atherosclerosis Progression by Keshav Raj Paudel, Nisha Panth, Dong-Wook Kim

“…Increasing evidence suggests that EMPs play an important role in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease, acting as a marker of damage, either exacerbating disease progression or triggering a repair response. …”
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Heart morphology and function evaluation by transthoracic echocardiography in six captive crested gibbons (Nomascus spp.) by Irène Vonfeld, Anaïs Nowakowski, Brice Lefaux, Benoît Quintard

“…The mitral valve regurgitation was associated with a low-grade systolic heart murmur, but no further morphological changes of heart chambers were identified in these animals. …”
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Single cell suppression profiling of human regulatory T cells by Jonas Nørskov Søndergaard, Janyerkye Tulyeu, David Priest, Shimon Sakaguchi, James B. Wing

“…To overcome this limitation, we here develop ‘single cell suppression profiling of human Tregs’ (scSPOT). scSPOT uses a 52-marker CyTOF panel, a cell division detection algorithm, and a whole PBMC system to assess the effect of Tregs on all other cell types simultaneously. …”
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A Prospective and Controlled Clinical Trial on Stromal Vascular Fraction Enriched Fat Grafts in Secondary Breast Reconstruction by L. A. L. Tissiani, N. Alonso

“…Volumetric persistence in the SG was 78,9% and 51,4% in the CG; however it did not reach statistical significant difference. CD90 was the only marker highly expressed in the SG and showed a positive correlation with volumetric persistence (r=0.651, p=0.03). …”
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A Comparative Survey of Centralised and Decentralised Identity Management Systems: Analysing Scalability, Security, and Feasibility by Aviral Goel, Yogachandran Rahulamathavan

“…Traditional identity management (IdM) solutions based on centralised protocols, such as Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) and Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), are where a central authority manages all the processes. …”
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Retinal Electrophysiology Is a Viable Preclinical Biomarker for Drug Penetrance into the Central Nervous System by Jason Charng, Zheng He, Algis J. Vingrys, Rebecca L. Fish, Rachel Gurrell, Bang V. Bui, Christine T. Nguyen

“…To examine whether retinal electrophysiology is a useful surrogate marker of drug penetrance into the central nervous system (CNS). …”
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Histomorphologic and Immunohistochemical Characterization of a Cardiac Purkinjeoma in a Bearded Seal (Erignathus barbatus) by G. Krafsur, E. J. Ehrhart, J. Ramos-Vara, G. Mason, F. Sarren, B. Adams, C. Hanns, T. Spraker, C. Duncan

“…These cells expressed immunoreactivity for neuron-specific enolase and protein gene product 9.5, a marker for neuronal tissue and Purkinje fiber cells. …”
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Recurrent Mitral Valve Endocarditis Caused by Streptococcus pneumoniae in a Splenectomized Host by Shikha Shrestha, JayaKrishna Chintanaboina, Samir Pancholy

“…On examination during this admission, he was found to be febrile (104.3 F) and confused and had a grade 2/6 systolic murmur at the apex without any radiation. Laboratory data was significant for a white blood cell count of 22,000/mm3 (normal: 4000–11000/mm3). …”
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Arterial Hypertension in Adolescents from Moa. Prevalence and Clinical Characterization by Alexander Torres Molina

“…Early detection of this condition is important as a risk marker for hypertension in adulthood. <br /><strong>Objective:</strong> determine the prevalence and characterize arterial hypertension in adolescents 15-19 years of age. …”
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Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease and Its Association with Risk Factors in Disadvantageous Population by Md Nurul Huda, Kazi Shahnoor Alam, Harun-Ur-Rashid

“…A cross sectional survey was carried out at certain selected slum areas of Mirpur in Dhaka city of Bangladesh over the period from July 2003 to June 2005, and a total of participants ranging from 15 to 65 years were studied. …”
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Picolinic Acid in Patients with Chronic Hepatitis C Infection: A Preliminary Report by Jolanta Zuwała-Jagiello, Monika Pazgan-Simon, Krzysztof Simon, Maria Warwas

“…We assessed PA and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP) as a marker of inflammation in 51 patients with chronic hepatitis C infection (CHC), both with and without diabetes and 40 controls. …”
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Location of Emergency Escape Ramps on Two-Lane Rural Highways Based on the Fuzzy Multicriteria Decision-Making Method by Mohammad Heidarian, Ali Abdi Kordani, Alireza Sarkar, Seyed Mohsen Hosseinian

“…Moreover, among the proposed options, the four options 3, 4, 5, and 6 had the highest score, and option 6 (Kurkur turn (2)) was identified as the most priority location for implementing the emergency escape ramp.…”
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Implications of the Use of Eukaryotic Translation Initiation Factor 5A (eIF5A) for Prognosis and Treatment of Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Felix H. Shek, Sarwat Fatima, Nikki P. Lee

“…In conclusion, eIF5A2 is a potential prognostic marker as well as a therapeutic target for HCC.…”
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Laboratory diagnostics of alcohol intoxication in patients with alcohol-induced liver disease by A. I. Pavlov, A. I. Khazanov

“…One hundred and three patients taking alcohol (as two subgroups) were tested for carbohydrate-deficient transferrin – a marker of chronic alcohol intoxication. In 56 patients (54,4%) asialoglycoside transferrin was studied, in 47 (45,6%) – all spectrum of sialoglycoside transferrin deficiency: a-, mono-, bi- and three- sialotransferrin deficiency.Results. …”
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Acanthosis nigricans and its association with cardio-metabolic risk factors in children with overweight/obesity: A school-based cross-sectional study by Rashmi R. Das, Manaswini Mangaraj, Saurav Nayak, Amit K. Satapathy, Samarendra Mahapatro

“…Conclusions: Children with overweight/obesity who have AN have significant elevations of BP, insulin level, and HOMA-IR. AN is a clinical marker that seems to be associated with cardio-metabolic risk factors in children with overweight/obesity in the given study population.…”
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Anterior Chamber Flare as an Objective and Quantitative Noninvasive Method for Oculopathy in Transthyretin V30M Amyloidosis Patients by João Beirão, Vasco Miranda, Beatriz Pinheiro-Torres, João Coelho, Maria-João Menéres, Pedro Menéres

“…In this study, aqueous humor flare values in the scalloped iris eyes may be a valid marker for controlling the stage of the oculopathy in ATTRV30M patients.…”
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Research of the Nutrition Problem: Methodological Approaches and Daily Practices by A. V. Noskova

“…The variety of scientific approaches to food is revealed: a food as a factor of physical health, a food as an ethnocultural tradition, a food as a social habit and marker of the social status of the individual. The special emphasis is made on the European sociology of food. …”
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