Contribution of Glycosaminoglycans to the Microstructural Integrity of Fibrillar and Fiber Crimps in Tendons and Ligaments by Marco Franchi, Viviana De Pasquale, Désirée Martini, Marilisa Quaranta, Maria Macciocca, Alessio Dionisi, Vittoria Ottani

“…Fibrillar and fiber crimps play a mechanical role in absorbing the initial loading during elongation of both tendons and ligaments, and in recoiling fibrils and fibers when tissues have to return to their original length. …”
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The impact of wearing compression hosiery and the use of assistive products for donning and doffing: A descriptive qualitative study into user experiences. by Edith Hagedoren-Meuwissen, Uta Roentgen, Sandra Zwakhalen, Loek van der Heide, Marie Josee van Rijn, Ramon Daniëls

“…The interviews were analyzed using directed content analysis. After 19 interviews, data saturation was reached. …”
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Impact of sperm DNA fragmentation index on assisted reproductive outcomes: a retrospective analysis by Bin Yang, Leizhen Xia, Rufei Deng, Liping Wu, Zhiqin Zhang, Xingwu Wu, Tao Ding, Yan Zhao, Jialyu Huang, Jialyu Huang, Zhihui Huang

“…BackgroundThe role of sperm DNA fragmentation index (DFI) in fertility remains controversial. Herein, we analyzed its association with semen parameters, embryonic development, and pregnancy outcomes after in vitro fertilization (IVF) treatment. …”
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Allergic Rhinitis and Its Associated Co‐Morbidities Among Patients Attending the ENT Department at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center in Northern Tanzania: Cross‐Sectional Study... by Kenneth Mlay, Gasper Temba, Adrian Matasha, Pendael Mzonge, Denis Katundu, Desderius Chussi

“…Methods A cross‐sectional hospital‐based study was done, a total of 221 patients received Ear, Nose And Throat services at Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Center during the study period all patients with a clinical diagnosis of allergic rhinitis were captured; Data was collected using a pre‐tested coded questionnaire (Score For Allergic Rhinitis). …”
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What is known from the existing literature about self-management of pessaries for pelvic organ prolapse? A scoping review by Dawn Dowding, Lucy Dwyer, R Kearney

“…This scoping review aims to map available evidence about pessary self-management to identify knowledge gaps providing the basis for future research.Design Scoping review as detailed in the review protocol.Data sources A search of MEDLINE, CINAHL, EMBASE and PsycINFO databases and a handsearch were undertaken during May 2021 to identify relevant articles using the search terms ‘pessary’ and ‘self-management’ or ‘self-care’.Data extraction and synthesis Data relevant to pessary self-management was extracted and the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool used to assess empirical rigour. …”
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Association of contraception use and pregnancy intention with perinatal depression risk among Omani mothers—a longitudinal cohort study by Atika Khalaf, Atika Khalaf, Nawal Al Amri, Pernilla Ny, Rebecca Mathew

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Stage deformation characteristics of natural and saturated crushed gangue with large particle size by LU Wei, LU Yao, LIAO Changlong, LI Qinghai, LI Weiyu, JIANG Ning, MU Wenqiang, WANG Changxiang

“…This study investigates the deformation characteristics and energy consumption patterns of natural and saturated crushed gangue with large particle size during loading-constant load stage through compression test. …”
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Multi-omics approaches to deciphering complex pathological mechanisms of migraine: a systematic review by Jiaojiao Liu, Qiaosheng Ren, Boxuan Du, Xian Liu, Yuqiu An, Peichi Zhang, Lexi Li, Zhenhong Liu, Zhenhong Liu, Kegang Cao, Kegang Cao

“…Its pathogenesis is complex, and there is currently no cure. The rapid progress in multi-omics technologies has provided new tools to uncover the intricate pathological mechanisms underlying migraine. …”
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Inflammatory rheumatic diseases with onset after SARS-CoV-2 infection or COVID-19 vaccination: a report of 267 cases from the COVID-19 and ASD group by Laura Massaro, Annamaria Iagnocco, Florenzo Iannone, Corrado Campochiaro, Maria De Santis, Ilaria Cavazzana, Piero Ruscitti, Roberto Giacomelli, Rosario Foti, Lorenzo Dagna, Giovanna Cuomo, Giacomo De Luca, Francesco Caso, Ilenia Di Cola, Clodoveo Ferri, Vincenzo Raimondo, Francesco Ursini, Veronica Brusi, Giuseppe Varcasia, Roberta Pellegrini, Domenico Olivo, Giuseppe Murdaca, Carlo Selmi, Olga Addimanda, Erika Pigatto, Francesca Francioso, Rossella De Angelis, Jacopo Ciaffi, Luana Mancarella, Marcella Visentini, Francesca Motta, Virginia Caira, Alberto Lo Gullo, Caterina Naclerio, Elena Marchetti, Sebastiano Lorusso, Jessica Luppino, Roberta Foti, Massimo Reta

“…Objectives To better define the spectrum of new-onset post-COVID-19 and post-COVID-19 vaccine inflammatory rheumatic diseases (IRD) from a large multicentric observational study.Methods Consecutive cases of IRD encountered during a 12-month period and satisfying one of the following inclusion criteria: (a) onset of the rheumatic manifestations within 4 weeks from SARS-CoV-2 infection or (b) onset of the rheumatic manifestations within 4 weeks from the administration of one of the COVID-19 vaccines ws recruited.Results The final analysis cohort comprised 267 patients, of which 122 (45.2%) in the post-COVID-19 and 145 (54.8%) in the postvaccine cohort. …”
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Interpretation and application of Article 404 of the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine on court initiative: case law of the Criminal Court of Cassation by I. V. Hloviuk

“…This is due to the opposite interpretation of this provision by the courts, including the Criminal Court of Cassation of the Supreme Court. …”
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Intramuscular Injection of Adenoassociated Virus Encoding Human Neurotrophic Factor 3 and Exercise Intervention Contribute to Reduce Spasms after Spinal Cord Injury by Yu-Xin Chang, Yan Zhao, Su Pan, Zhi-Ping Qi, Wei-Jian Kong, Yi-Ran Pan, Hong-Ru Li, Xiao-Yu Yang

“…Then, we used immunofluorescence to observe the immunoreactivity of spinal motor neurons, synaptophysin, cholinergic interneurons, and GABAergic interneurons. …”
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Low Citrate Synthase Activity Is Associated with Glucose Intolerance and Lipotoxicity by Yosra Alhindi, Lobke M. Vaanholt, Mustafah Al-Tarrah, Stuart R. Gray, John R. Speakman, Catherine Hambly, Bader S. Alanazi, Brendan M. Gabriel, Arimantas Lionikas, Aivaras Ratkevicius

“…C2C12 mouse muscle cells were used to investigate effects of CS knockdown on cell viability and signalling after incubation in 0.8 mM palmitate. …”
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Efficacy and safety of non-invasive low-frequency tibial nerve stimulator in overactive bladder by Zhipeng Zhang, Mengzhu Liu, Yangyun Wang, Peng Wu, Yiping Zhu, Bangmin Han, Zhihui Xu, Xudong Li, Chaoliang Shi, Jing Zhang, Deyi Luo, Guowei Shi, Yaoguang Zhang

“…Based on the randomization, the subject will be given either an active or sham device system (systems will only differ in the Instructions for Use and electrode size/shape). During the 12-week study period, all participants underwent three 30-min intervention sessions weekly. …”
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Cold Ceramic in Endodontics Treatments: A Review by Amin Roshani, Seyyed Amirali Hashemi Baraz, Iman Shiezadeh

“…Quality assessment of the included case reports was performed using the CARE guidelines. Results: After removing duplicates and screening titles and abstracts, 7 case reports and 2 case series met the inclusion criteria. …”
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Language learners’ surface, deep, and organizing approaches to ChatGPT-assisted language learning: What contextual, individual, and ChatGPT-related factors contribute? by Amir Reza Rahimi, Zahra Mosalli

“…Accordingly, the researchers integrated ChatGPT into their language syllabus and guided learners in three universities in Ardabil City to use ChatGPT during the academic year 2023–2024. …”
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Effect of m a tings among broiler breeder parent groups of different body weight on broiler performance :i. performance of broiler breeders by Süleyman Dere, M.Alı Tekeş

“…As the research material. 778 Avian female and 116 Peterson male broiler breeders were used Pareni male and female chickens were separately divided into three base body weight groups called light, middle and heavy al 22 weeks old age Separately three body weight subgroups which have almost similar variance and average values were obtained from base body weight groups by using sensitive sampling method Six male and 64 female broiler breeder parent chickens obtained from bodyweighl subgroups were housed in 9 pens during production period, Egg production percentage, egg weight, halchability, fertility, age at sexual maturity of broiler breeder chicken groups were determined. …”
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The Rate and Risk Factors of Acute Kidney Injury among Cancer Patients’ Admissions in Palestine: A Single-Center Study by Zaher Nazzal, Fatima Abdeljaleel, Aseel Ashayer, Husam Salameh, Zakaria Hamdan

“…During admission, the incidence of AKI was assessed using creatinine measurements. …”
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Method on intrusion detection for industrial internet based on light gradient boosting machine by Xiangdong HU, Lingling TANG

“…Intrusion detection is a critical security protection technology in the industrial internet, and it plays a vital role in ensuring the security of the system.In order to meet the requirements of high accuracy and high real-time intrusion detection in industrial internet, an industrial internet intrusion detection method based on light gradient boosting machine optimization was proposed.To address the problem of low detection accuracy caused by difficult-to-classify samples in industrial internet business data, the original loss function of the light gradient boosting machine as a focal loss function was improved.This function can dynamically adjust the loss value and weight of different types of data samples during the training process, reducing the weight of easy-to-classify samples to improve detection accuracy for difficult-to-classify samples.Then a fruit fly optimization algorithm was used to select the optimal parameter combination of the model for the problem that the light gradient boosting machine has many parameters and has great influence on the detection accuracy, detection time and fitting degree of the model.Finally, the optimal parameter combination of the model was obtained and verified on the gas pipeline dataset provided by Mississippi State University, then the effectiveness of the proposed mode was further verified on the water dataset.The experimental results show that the proposed method achieves higher detection accuracy and lower detection time than the comparison model.The detection accuracy of the proposed method on the gas pipeline dataset is at least 3.14% higher than that of the comparison model.The detection time is 0.35s and 19.53s lower than that of the random forest and support vector machine in the comparison model, and 0.06s and 0.02s higher than that of the decision tree and extreme gradient boosting machine, respectively.The proposed method also achieved good detection results on the water dataset.Therefore, the proposed method can effectively identify attack data samples in industrial internet business data and improve the practicality and efficiency of intrusion detection in the industrial internet.…”
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Influence of substituted quinones on the excretory function of the rat kidney and evaluation of the prospects of their use as potential diuretics by K.V. Sokolova, O.A. Podpletnya, S.О. Konovalova, A.P. Avdeenko, S.I. Kovalenko

“…Diuretics are widely used to treat pathologies of various genesis. However, the development of side effects during their long-term use remains a problem of traditional treatment regimens. …”
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Network meta-analysis of the efficacy of endoscopic cardia peripheral tissue scar formation (ECSF) in the treatment of gastroesophageal reflux disease. by Chaoyi Shi, Shunhai Zhou, Xuanran Chen, Diyun Shen, Tianyue Wang, GeSang ZhuoMa, Mingzhi Feng, Yan Sun, Jun Zhang

“…Endoscopic antireflux therapy is widely used in clinical practice. Peroral endoscopic cardial constriction (PECC), antireflux mucosal intervention (ARMI), and radiofrequency ablation (RF) possess analogous antireflux mechanisms. …”
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