NT-proBNP and Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events in Patients with ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Who Received Primary Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Prospective... by Zuoan Qin, Yaoyao Du, Quan Zhou, Xuelin Lu, Li Luo, Zhixiang Zhang, Ning Guo, Liangqing Ge

“…This study was designed to investigate the relationship between NT-proBNP levels and the occurrence of short-term MACEs in patients with STEMI who underwent emergency PCI. …”
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Neuroprotective Efficacy of <i>Astragalus mongholicus</i> in Ischemic Stroke: Antioxidant and Anti-Inflammatory Mechanisms by Yongjae Hong, Geon Ko, Yeong-Jae Jeon, Hyeon-Man Baek, Juni Lee, Donghun Lee, Jieun Park, Jaehong Kim, Keun-A Chang

“…Post-OGD treatment with AM improved cell viability in mouse neuroblastoma cells, likely by reducing reactive oxygen species (ROS). Mice received short-term (0–2 days) or long-term (0–27 days) AM treatment post-stroke. …”
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Extracorporeal Hemadsorption versus Glucocorticoids during Cardiopulmonary Bypass: A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Trial by Gordana Taleska Stupica, Maja Sostaric, Marija Bozhinovska, Lea Rupert, Zoran Bosnic, Ales Jerin, Alojz Ihan, Tomislav Klokocovnik, Matej Podbregar

“…Hemadsorption compared with usual care causes higher prolonged expression of CD64 on monocytes but short lasting expression of CD163 on granulocytes. …”
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Space frame structures in domestic design practice and their installation methods by S. S. Potasiev

“…Such constructions meet all industrial and civil buildings requirements and have short building period. Not all safety requirements meeting building algorithm can be developed on currently existing technical base. …”
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Partially Isolated Dual Work Function Gate IGZO TFT With Obviously Reduced Leakage Current for 3D DRAMs by Yunjiao Bao, Gangping Yan, Lei Cao, Chuqiao Niu, Qingkun Li, Guanqiao Sang, Lianlian Li, Yanzhao Wei, Xuexiang Zhang, Jie Luo, Yanyu Yang, Gaobo Xu, Huaxiang Yin

“…The PIDWF gate IGZO TFT exhibits scalability and is capable of achieving an 84.6% reduction in leakage current even with ultra-short channel lengths, which offers a promising application for future 3D DRAM applications with little extra cost.…”
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Statistical analysis of heat waves in the southern slopes of Alborz by Zienab Hosinpoor, AliAkbar Shamsipour, Mostafa Karimi, Faramarz khoshakhlagh

“…Heat waves are important phenomena in Iran, And its upsurge in recent years seems to have a high upside trend.This climate has a negative impact on agriculture, forest fire and forestry, water resources, energy use and human health.The purpose of the research is to explain the frequency, time distribution, continuity of thermal waves, and the identification of its occurrence in the southern foothills of central Alborz.Therefore, using the statistical methods and maximum daily temperature data of Tehran (Mehrabad), Qazvin and Semnan stations for the statistical period of 30 years (1966-2016), the mentioned characteristics were extracted.In the first step, the nonparametric method of Kendal was used to understand the variability and awareness of the monthly trend of maximum temperatures in the study period.In order to determine the severity, duration and frequency of heat wave events, the percentiles (95.98) and normalized temperature deviation (NTD) were used.The results of the study showed that the frequency of short-wave heat waves was higher.Most frequencies are related to 2-day waves, respectively, and Tehran (Mehrabad), Semnan and Qazvin stations are more frequent.The highest frequency of annual events was detected at stations in Tehran (11 waves in 2010), in Semnan (9 waves in 2015) and Qazvin (7 waves in 2015), respectively.The highest frequency of monthly heat wave events was recorded in June and September.The highest continuation (15 days) was obtained in March 2008 with the percentile method at Mehrabad station.In the normalized deviation method, the temperature was calculated as a warm wave (12 days) in 2008.The highest annual frequency of heat loss occurred in all three stations in 2015.The evolution of the process indicated an increase in the incidence of thermal waves in the cold period of the year But in other chapters, no meaningful changes were made.As it says, the decline in cold winter temperatures is on the southern slopes of Alborz.The results of the two methods showed that in the normalized deviation of the temperature, the number of thermal waves more than the percentile method was recorded, but in the percentile method, the thermal wave was more prominent in the cold period of the year.…”
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Neuroblastoma-derived hypoxic extracellular vesicles promote metastatic dissemination in a zebrafish model. by Anna Fietta, Pina Fusco, Giuseppe Germano, Sara Micheli, Marco Sorgato, Giovanni Lucchetta, Elisa Cimetta

“…Solid malignant tumors often contain hypoxic areas that stimulate the release of extracellular vesicles (EVs), lipid-bound structures released by cells into the extracellular space, that facilitate short- and long-range intercellular communication and metastatization. …”
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THREE VIEWS ON THE PROBLEM OF A PRIORI: I. KANT, D. VON HILDEBRAND AND M. SCHELER by Aivaras Stepukonis

“… The Kantian concept of a priori manifests a twofold meaning: first, that there is a kind of knowledge that is independent of experience; second, that such knowledge is independent of experience through a kind of relatedness to that experience. In short, a priori means both 'being prior' and 'bing prior to' Kant's a priori encompasses the whole man and is not limited to his intellective facylty. …”
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The relationship between health-related quality of life and academic success in nursing students: the mediating role of academic burnout and academic motivation by Fatemeh Torkani, Seyed-Hasan Ahmadi, Alireza Binazir, Marjan Moradi Fath, Navid Shafigh, Hanieh Asadiparvar-Masouleh, Parvaneh Vasli

“…To evaluate health-related quality of life, academic burnout, and academic motivation, the 12-item Short Form Health Survey, the Academic Motivation Scale, and Breso’s Academic Burnout Scale were administered, respectively. …”
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Psychological Distress and Online Academic Difficulties: Development and Validation of Scale to Measure Students’ Mental Health Problems in Online Learning by Mihai Curelaru, Versavia Curelaru

“…In the present study, a short instrument (eight-item self-report, five-point Likert scales) was developed and validated to assess self-perceived mental health problems in online learning. …”
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Study on stress corrosion behavior and failure mechanism of galvanized bolts in complex coal mine environments by Zhe He, Nong Zhang, Zhengzheng Xie, Chao Ma, Changliang Han, Fan Zhang, Huiqing Wang, Saad S. Alarifi

“…Additionally, HIC-sensitive structures (tempered martensite) and typical features of HIC (white spots) were found in the galvanized bolts, providing strong evidence of HIC occurrence during their service in the mine. In short, the instantaneous fracture of galvanized bolts was mainly caused by the interaction of stress concentration cracking due to the geometry of the bolts and HIC under stress corrosion failure. …”
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International Standard Problems and Small Break Loss-of-Coolant Accident (SBLOCA) by N. Aksan

“…In addition, the relevance of small break LOCA in a PWR with relation to nuclear reactor safety and the reorientation of the reactor safety program after TMI-2 accident are shortly summarized. The experiments in four integral test facilities, LOBI, SPES, BETHSY, ROSA IV/LSTF and the recorded data during a steam generator tube rupture transient in the DOEL-2 PWR (Belgium) were the basis of the five small break LOCA related ISP exercises, which deal with the phenomenon typical of small break LOCAs in Western design PWRs. …”
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miR-126 and miR-126*: New Players in Cancer by Jeannette Meister, Mirko H. H. Schmidt

“…The regulation of these cellular processes relies on a fine-tuned control of molecular signal cascades. In recent years, short noncoding RNAs termed microRNAs (miRNAs) have been described as a novel class of molecular regulators. …”
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Impact of obesity, overweight and underweight on life expectancy and lifetime medical expenditures: the Ohsaki Cohort Study by Shinichi Kuriyama, Miyuki Kawado, Shuji Hashimoto, Ichiro Tsuji, Atsushi Hozawa, Toshimasa Sone, Masato Nagai, Masako Kakizaki, Kaori Ohmori-Matsuda

“…In women aged 40 years, multiadjusted life expectancy for those who were obese participants was 49.2 years (46.14–52.59), which was 3.1 years non-significantly shorter than for normal weight participants (p=0.0724), and multiadjusted lifetime medical expenditure was £137 765.9 (123 672.9–152 970.2), being 21.6% significantly higher (p=0.0005).Conclusions According to the point estimate, lifetime medical expenditure might appear to be higher for obese participants, despite their short life expectancy. With weight control, more people would enjoy their longevity with lower demands for medical care.…”
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Stakeholder involvement in care transition planning for older adults and the factors guiding their decision-making: a scoping review by Whitney Berta, Kerry Kuluski, Kristina Marie Kokorelias, Susan Law, Sarah Carbone

“…Institutional care settings include communal facilities where individuals dwell for short or extended periods of time and have access to healthcare services.Participants Older adults (aged 65 or older), caregivers and health professionals.Results 39 records were included. …”
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Interaction between sleep duration and physical activity on mortality among cancer survivors: findings from National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys 2007–2018 by Ruyan Chen, Jianglong Han, Si Li, Haiyu Deng, Tingting Jian, Zheyu Huang, Yuxuan Wei, Zhenming Fu

“…A significant additive interaction was found between extreme sleep duration and PA on all-cause mortality risk among cancer survivors (long sleep duration: relative excess risk due to interaction (RERI) = 1.514, 95% CI: 1.504–1.525; short sleep duration: RERI = 0.725, 95% CI: 0.713–0.737).ConclusionExtreme sleep duration and lack of PA were associated with mortality risk in cancer survivors independently and jointly. …”
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Challenges in managing osteogenesis imperfecta in a resource-limited setting: a case report by Ssekabembe Richard, Natumanya Robert, Vanusa Da Consolação Sambo, Abonga Daniel, Okidi Ronald

“…The baby had an APGAR score of 7 at 5 minutes and a birth weight of 2.5 kg. The neonate had short and deformed limbs, a soft head, and bluish eyes. …”
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The effect of general versus spinal anesthesia on perioperative innate immune function in patients undergoing total hip arthroplasty by Lotte M. C. Jacobs, Veerle Bijkerk, Lucas T. van Eijk, Leo A. B. Joosten, Christiaan Keijzer, Jetze Visser, Michiel C. Warlé

“…Results In the general anesthesia group, ex vivo cytokine production capacity of IL-1β was significantly lower shortly after induction (p = 0.02) and both IL-1β and IL-6 were significantly lower at the end of surgery compared to the spinal anesthesia group (p = 0.002 and p = 0.02, respectively). …”
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An Analysis of Lexical Coherence in Fereydoun Tavallali’s Al-Tafasil from the perspective of functional Linguistics by Gholamreza Salimi, Zahra Rafie, Alireza Biaban Navard Sarvestani

“…Instead of using -congeries in one sentence, they are used separately in short sentences, which brings about the higher frequency of verbs and conjunctions in the text. …”
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Granger Test and ARDL Model for the Socio-Economic Challenges Investigation: Public Expenditure Components, Economic Growth, and Inflation by Fatma Zohra Hamadouche, Bekhta Hamadouche, Malak Mohammad Ghandour, Aicha Hamadouche, Brahim Boutrig

“…The exchange rate has a negative and significant impact on inflation; any increase in the exchange rate by 1% leads to a reduction in inflation by 1.31%. In the short term, capital expenditure is the only variable with a significant relationship with inflation, where a 1% increase drives inflation up by 1.08% in the same year and 1.13% in the next. …”
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