Contextual Vulnerability Should Guide Fair Subject Selection in Xenotransplantation Clinical Trials by Gianna Strand

“…An offer of research enrollment extended to this population has not been manipulated to favor one party over the other, but rather appropriately considers the interests of both parties.…”
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Decolonization Projects by Cornelius Ewuoso

“…The spaces, language, places, and structures in which these conversations occur can limit who can participate and how they participate. Importantly, some conditions are not conducive to participation as equals. …”
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Weighted Gene Co-Expression Network of Growth Differentiation-Related lncRNAs and mRNAs in Plectropomus leopardus by Jin GAO, Jinye LIU, Fuxiao CHEN, Yongbo WANG, Shuyuan FU

“…The Brcc3, as a cell cycle regulatory gene, participates in the generation of phosphorylated cyclin-dependent kinase activator and biological processes such as cell proliferation. …”
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Call for Papers: Demography Prize for Young Researches 2016/2017 by IF and FRFG

“…Designed as a quantitative measurement of how the position of young people has changed across the EU, its 13 indicators include housing costs, government debt, spending on pensions and education, participation in democracy, and access to tertiary education. …”
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Progress in phase field research of dead lithium in lithium batteries by Jing LIU, Huiyi CHEN, Huiyu LIU, Shu LI

“…Dead lithium refers to lithium that is separated from the anode during the discharging of a lithium battery and no longer participates in subsequent electrochemical reactions. …”
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Surgeon Preference and Clinical Outcome of 3D Vision Compared to 2D Vision in Laparoscopic Surgery: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Trials by Rawin Amiri, BSc, Maurice J. W. Zwart, PhD, Leia R. Jones, BSc, Mohammad Abu Hilal, PhD, FRCS, Harrie P. Beerlage, PhD, FEBU, Mark I. van Berge Henegouwen, PhD, Wytze W. Lameris, PhD, Willem A. Bemelman, PhD, Marc G. Besselink, MD, MSc, PhD

“…The majority of surgeons participating in the RCTs reported in favor of 3D vision.…”
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Low Incidence of Postoperative Respiratory Depression with Oliceridine Compared to Morphine: A Retrospective Chart Analysis by Sergio Bergese, Richard Berkowitz, Paul Rider, Martin Ladouceur, Suzanne Griffith, Alvaro Segura Vasi, Kristina Cochrane, Linda Wase, Mark A. Demitrack, Ashraf S. Habib

“…Patients at 18 years of age or older, who underwent colorectal, orthopedic, cardiothoracic, bariatric, or general surgeries between June 2015 and May 2017 in 11 sites participating in the ATHENA trial who received postoperative analgesia either with IV oliceridine or with IV conventional opioids (e.g., morphine alone or in combination with other opioids) (CO cohort); and had a hospital stay >48 hours, were included in this retrospective analysis. …”
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Mediation Effect of Resilience Between Social Support and Depression Symptoms in Patients With Strabismus: A Cross-Sectional Study by Mo Y, Zhang H, Yu X, Xu Z, Xiao H, Gao L, Wang Y

“…Social support (β=− 0.407, P< 0.001) and resilience (β=− 0.367, P< 0.001) were predictors of depression symptoms, which explained 44.2% of all variations. Resilience partially mediated between social support and depression symptoms, accounting for 22.22% of the total effect (− 1.543/-6.944).Conclusion: Resilience mediates the relationship between social support and depression symptoms in patients with strabismus. …”
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Assessment of hemodynamic disturbances and impaired ventricular filling in asymptomatic fontan patients: A 4D flow CMR study by Li-Wei Hu, Xiaodan Zhao, Shuang Leng, RongZhen Ouyang, Qian Wang, Ai-Min Sun, Yi-Man Liu, Wei Dong, Liang Zhong, Yu-Min Zhong

“…The Fontan patients were further categorized into three groups based on their ventricular function: left ventricular (LV), right ventricular (RV), and biventricular (BiV). Each participant underwent cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging, including cine and 4D flow sequences on a 3.0 T scanner. …”
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Comparison of ultrasonographic features between two types of hepatic echinococcosis and hepatoblastoma in children by Yi Tao, Hanqing Kong, Jiawu Li, Zhizhi Tan, Jun Wang, Yan Luo

“…Conversely, hepatoblastoma appears as a partially well-defined cystic-solid or solid mass with abundant color Doppler signals within and around the lesion.…”
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Predictors of specialist care referrals (SCR) following emergency department review or hospital admission in adults with previous acute COVID-19: a prospective UK cohort study by Anita Saigal, Songyuan Xiao, Owais Siddique, Prasheena Naran, Heba M Bintalib, Camila Nagoda Niklewicz, George Seligmann, Sindhu Bhaarrati Naidu, Amar J Shah, Chibueze Ogbonnaya, John R Hurst, Marc Ci Lipman, Swapna Mandal

“…Methods This prospective observational cohort study evaluates 800 PH and 484 post-ED adults from a single hospital in London, United Kingdom. Participants had either confirmed laboratory-positive SARS-CoV-2 infection or clinically suspected acute COVID-19 and were offered post-COVID clinical follow-up at approximately six weeks after their ED attendance or inpatient discharge, to assess ongoing symptoms and support recovery. …”
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Deep analysis of the major histocompatibility complex genetic associations using covariate analysis and haploblocks unravels new mechanisms for the molecular etiology of Elite Cont... by Myriam Rahmouni, Sigrid Le Clerc, Jean-Louis Spadoni, Taoufik Labib, Maxime Tison, Raissa Medina-Santos, Armand Bensussan, Ryad Tamouza, Jean-François Deleuze, Jean-François Zagury

“…Our analysis shows that HLA-B*57:01 is indeed associated with partially functional MICA/MICB proteins which could also explain this marker’s involvement in other diseases such as psoriasis. …”
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Short-acting beta agonist, antibiotics, oral corticosteroid and association with mortality and cardiopulmonary events in patients with COPD: a retrospective cohort study in Alberta... by Mohit Bhutani, Irvin Mayers, Arsh Randhawa, Manisha Talukdar, Suzanne McMullen, Phongsack Manivong, Aaron Gelfand

“…Objective The purpose of the study was to examine the association between short-acting beta agonist (SABA), antibiotic and oral corticosteroid (OCS) use and mortality and cardiopulmonary outcomes in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).Design Retrospective cohort study using administrative health data from 1 April 2011 to 31 March 2020.Setting Alberta, Canada.Participants Patients ≥35 years old with COPD were identified using diagnostic codes.Primary and secondary outcome measures Patient characteristics included age, sex, geographical zone and comorbidities (as defined by the Charlson Comorbidity Index). …”
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Effects of Sex and Age on Quadriceps and Hamstring Strength and Flexibility in High School Basketball Athletes by Takashi Nagai, Nathaniel Bates, April McPherson, Rena Hale, Timothy Hewett, Nathan D. Schilaty

“… # Results A total of 172 high school basketball athletes (64 males/108 females; mean age (range): 15.7 (14-18) years old) participated in the study. Male athletes were significantly stronger than female athletes (QuadC: *p*<0.001; HamC: *p*<0.001) while no differences were observed in strength ratio (HamC/QuadC: *p*=0.759-0.816; HamE/QuadC: *p*=0.022-0.061). …”
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Transition of clinical biomarker status from childhood into adolescence-A prospective study in children from eight European countries. by Anna Floegel, Paola Russo, Toomas Veidebaum, Michael Tornaritis, Dénes Molnár, Lauren Lissner, Stefaan De Henauw, Luis A Moreno, Wolfgang Ahrens, Manuela Marron, Claudia Börnhorst

“…<h4>Subjects and methods</h4>Our sample comprised 1295 children participating in the baseline (2007/08) and second follow-up examination (2013/14) of the multi-center IDEFICS (Identification and prevention of Dietary- and lifestyle-induced health EFfects In Children and infantS)/I.Family study. …”
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The effect of training intervention based on health belief model on self-care behaviors of women with gestational diabetes mellitus by Fatemeh Mohammadkhah, Amirhossein Kamyab, Babak Pezeshki, Samira Norouzrajabi, Ali Khani Jeihooni

“…The data were analyzed using SPSS 24, Kolmogorov-Smirnov tests (for normal distribution of data), independent t-test, paired t-test, chi-2 test, and descriptive statistics (P &lt; 0.05).ResultsThe mean age of the participants in the intervention group and control group was 32.45 ± 4.82 and 33.16 ± 4.69, respectively. …”
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Failure of Value Co-creation; Co-destruction of Brand Value in Social Media by Ghazale Taheri, Azim Zarei, Davood Feiz, Mehdi Dehghani soltani

“…Conclusion The findings indicate that the co-destruction of brand value arises from the reciprocal and concurrent negative participation of both customers and companies. In such a way that if during the process of value formation, one of the parties refuses to share resources or abuses them, it increases the possibility of hatred, rejection, and ultimately the destruction of the brand. …”
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TEC-ADHERE: Real-World Persistence and Adherence on Dimethyl Fumarate in Patients with Relapsing–Remitting Multiple Sclerosis in the French OroSEP Patient-Support Program by Pierre Labauge, Alain Créange, Thibault Moreau, Jocelyne Nouvet-Gire, Bernard Pedespan, Olivier Heinzlef, Nathalie Texier, Marilyn Gros, Catherine Marti, Marta Ruiz, Mikel Martinez, Giovanni Castelnovo

“…Secondary outcomes included persistence at M1 and M3, adherence at M6 (Girerd questionnaire), anxiety (Generalized Anxiety Disorder Assessment), patient satisfaction at M6 (Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire for Medication), patient and neurologist satisfaction with OroSEP participation, and adverse events (AEs). Results Per-protocol population included 341 patients (OroSEP, n = 135; SoC, n = 206). …”
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Awareness and knowledge regarding female genital schistosomiasis among European healthcare workers: a cross-sectional online survey by Valentina Marchese, Aaron Remkes, Irina Kislaya, Pia Rausche, André Brito, Jana Christina Hey, Tahinamandranto Rasamoelina, Rivo Andry Rakotoarivelo, Jürgen May, Daniela Fusco

“…Results Among the 922 eligible participants, FGS awareness was 43.7% (CI95%: 39.6; 47.9) for MDs and 12.0% (CI95%: 8.8; 16.0) for NMs. …”
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Issues of International and Interchurch Relations in the Work of Holy Council 1917–1918 of the Orthodox Russian Church by A. I. Mramornov

“…The scholars who touched upon these issues before analyzed them through the concept of ecumenism (following the participation of the Russian Church in the ecumenical movement). …”
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