Fasting Plasma Glucose Indicates Reversibility of the Acute Insulin Response after Short-Term Intensive Insulin Therapy in Patients with Various Duration of Type 2 Diabetes by Liehua Liu, Siyue Yang, Jianbin Liu, Hai Li, Juan Liu, Xiaopei Cao, Haipeng Xiao, Yanbing Li

“…We enrolled 62 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) of varying disease duration who had poor glycemic control. Participants were treated with SIIT using insulin pumps to achieve near normoglycemia for 7 days. …”
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Exploring DNA methylation, telomere length, mitochondrial DNA, and immune function in patients with Long-COVID by Andrea Polli, Lode Godderis, Dries S. Martens, Madhura Shekhar Patil, Jolien Hendrix, Arne Wyns, Jente Van Campenhout, Emma Richter, Lara Fanning, Olivia Vandekerckhove, Eveline Claeys, Wim Janssens, Natalie Lorent

“…Results Of the 358 participants, 328 were hospitalised, of which 130 had severe symptoms requiring intensive care admission; 30 patients were ambulatory referrals. …”
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Assessment of Visual Skills Impact on Motor Performance of Soccer Players in Ethiopian Youth Sport Academy by Biruk Sorate

“…Cross-sectional study design was employed and 62 subjects (28 male and 34 female) were participated using purposive and availability sampling methods. …”
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Effects of 20 Weeks of Endurance and Strength Training on Running Economy, Maximal Aerobic Speed, and Gait Kinematics in Trained Runners by Sergio Rodríguez-Barbero, José María González-Ravé, Benedicte Vanwanseele, Daniel Juárez Santos-García, Violeta Muñoz de la Cruz, Fernando González-Mohíno

“…During the training program, the participants completed different low-intensity continuous running sessions, high-intensity interval running sessions, and auxiliary strength training sessions. …”
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VOCATIONAL AND PATRIOTIC EDUCATION OF STUDENTS OF DEFENSE SPECIALTIES AT A TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY by N. P. Ustinova

“…The organizational and pedagogical conditions of vocational patriotic education of students of defense specialties are identified; the conditions are united into two groups: the creation of professional-oriented educative environment and creating the opportunities for active participation of students in educational and professional activities. …”
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Microwave-induced degradation of Congo red dye in the presence of 2D Ti3C2Tx MXene as a catalyst by Salma M. El-Mas, Mohamed A. Hassaan, Gehan M. El-Subruiti, Abdelazeem S. Eltaweil, Ahmed El Nemr

“…The active species participating in the degradation process were determined using scavengers such as benzoquinone, Na-EDTA, and isopropyl alcohol. …”
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Effect of oxytocin nasal spray pretreatment on postoperative acute stress disorder in patients with accidental traumatic fracture: a single-centre prospective randomised controlled... by Ling Ren, Qingqing Huang, Hengdi Zhang, Jingzheng Zeng, Yi Wen, Haifeng Shu, Gu Gong

“…The trial aims to recruit 328 patients with accidental traumatic fractures who underwent surgical treatment. Participants will be randomly categorised into two groups: a control group (0.9% normal saline nasal spray, 1 mL) and an oxytocin group (oxytocin nasal spray, 1 mL/40 IU) at a ratio of 1:1 using the random number table method. …”
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Defining competence profiles in obstetrics and gynecology using the modified requirement tracking questionnaire by Baptiste Tarasi, Viktor Oubaid, David Baud

“…Results were compared between gender, training level, and place of practice. Results The participation rate was 65.5%, with 201 physicians returning the questionnaire. …”
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Effectiveness of innovative circular technologies for sustainable rural freshwater supply in Tanzania by Christopher S. Awinia

“…Six important recommendations have been made, specifically concerning the importance of financial and technical capacity, community ownership, social acceptance, community participation, change management, and procurement standards, which affect the quality of the physical water infrastructure network.…”
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Wearable Regionally Trained AI-Enabled Bruxism-Detection System by Anusha Ishtiaq, Jahanzeb Gul, Zia Mohy Ud Din, Azhar Imran, Khalil El Hindi

“…The module has been tested on several participants, and bruxism is identified when they do jaw clenching or teeth grinding. …”
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The regular effects of concurrent aerobic and resistance exercise on global cognition in healthy elderly populations: A systematic review with meta-analysis of randomized trials by Liang Ding, Lijie Lou, Mingyang Zhang, Xing Zhang

“…The initial search identified 13,533 records, ultimately including 12 studies in the meta-analysis, which involved 2557 participants. The meta-analysis revealed non-significant effects of concurrent exercise on global cognition (SMD = 0.12, 95 % CI: −0.08 to 0.33, p = 0.200). …”
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‘I can’t understand why others don’t screen more’: a qualitative study exploring why Australian general practitioners screen for primary aldosteronism by Sanne Peters, Jun Yang, Grant Russell, Abhir Krishan Nainani

“…Objective We sought to understand the factors that influence a general practitioner’s (GP’s) experience of screening for primary aldosteronism (PA) in hypertensive patients.Design A qualitative study, framed by phenomenology, using semistructured interviews that were audiorecorded, transcribed verbatim, entered into NVivo V.12.0 for coding and analysed for emerging themes.Setting Melbourne, Australia.Participants Eligible GPs had received education on PA as part of a previous study. …”
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Factors influencing type 2 diabetes self-management practices in rural Bangladesh: a qualitative investigation by Hasina Akhter Chowdhury, Hasina Akhter Chowdhury, Baki Billah, Shamia Akther Dipa, Ashraful Kabir, A. K. M. Fazlur Rahman, Liaquat Ali, Anju E. Joham, Anju E. Joham, Cheryce L. Harrison, Cheryce L. Harrison

“…Data were thematically analyzed using a deductive theoretical domains framework (TDF) underpinned by the socio-ecological model.ResultsOverall, 117 participants (n = 58 with T2DM and n = 59 caregivers) were included in the analysis. …”
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Student Perception of "A" Fighting Workshop for Digital Information Technology (Digital Technology) Program PSMZA by Norhafiza Binti Idris, Noor Rulhanim Binti Mohamad Ariffin

“…This has proved through score mean before the programme was 2.28 and mean score after participating in the programme was 2.96 which increased by 0.68. …”
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Association between visceral adiposity index and prostate cancer in men aged 40 years and older: a nationwide cross-sectional study by Wentao Yao, Jiacheng Wu, Hongzhi Wang, Zongming Jia, Yinyi Zhou, Chendi Yang, Feng Xu, Ying Kong, Yuhua Huang

“…The stability of this relationship across demographic groups was assessed via subgroup analyses and interaction tests.Results Among 2,768 participants, those with elevated VAI displayed lower total prostate-specific antigen (tPSA) levels and reduced PCa risk. …”
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Historical development of accelerometry measures and methods for physical activity and sedentary behavior research worldwide: A scoping review of observational studies of adults. by Kelly R Evenson, Elissa Scherer, Kennedy M Peter, Carmen C Cuthbertson, Stephanie Eckman

“…Five of these studies were distributed donor studies, where participants connected their devices to an application and voluntarily shared data with researchers. …”
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Development of the Italian version of the Motricity Index and evaluation of its reliability in adults with stroke by Diego Longo, Stefano Doronzio, Michele Piazzini, Angela Maria Politi, Tommaso Ciapetti, Filippo Gerli, Monica Barnabé, Francesca Ciullini, Chiara Castagnoli, Ilaria Pellegrini, Marta Cannobio, Donata Bardi, Marco Baccini, Francesca Cecchi

“…Complete data on 50 (test–retest) and 51 (inter-rater) participants demonstrated excellent reliability of all MI-IT total scores on the more affected side (Spearman’s rho range: test–retest 0.953–0.975; inter-rater: 0.965–0.970), with LOA ranging from 9–25%), but poor inter-rater reliability for some scores on the less affected side (Spearman’s rho range: test–retest, 0.816–0.976; inter-rater: 0.508–0.721). …”
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INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION IN NIGERIAN LOCAL GOVERNMENT ADMINISTRATION; PERSPECTIVES CHALLENGES AND PROSPECTS by NASIRU SULE, KAMILU ISHAQ

“…It used theoretical perspectives of the democratic participation, globalization, development school and localist. …”
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Differential Relationship between Intermuscular Adipose Depots with Indices of Cardiometabolic Health by Robert E. Bergia, Jung Eun Kim, Wayne W. Campbell

“…The purpose of this secondary analysis study was to investigate associations among thigh or calf IMAT stores and indices of cardiometabolic health in adults who are overweight and obese participating in dietary interventions. A subset of calf data was analyzed to assess relations between IMAT in the gastrocnemius (type II fiber predominance) and soleus (type I fiber predominance) with markers of cardiometabolic health. …”
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Risk prediction models for post-intensive care syndrome of ICU discharged patients: A systematic review by Pengfei Yang, Fu Yang, Qi Wang, Fang Fang, Qian Yu, Rui Tai

“…Following the literature screening process, we extracted data encompassing participant sources, post-intensive care syndrome (PICS) outcomes, sample sizes, missing data, predictive factors, model development methodologies, and metrics for model performance and evaluation. …”
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