Gastrointestinal Pathobionts in Pediatric Crohn’s Disease Patients by Rachel V. Purcell, Nadeem O. Kaakoush, Hazel M. Mitchell, John F. Pearson, Jacqueline I. Keenan

“…No associations were found between colonization with ETBF and CD, or between colonization with either ETBF or F. nucleatum and disease severity or presence of C. concisus. However, a strong association was observed between positivity for F. nucleatum in the stool samples and the occurrence of CD in patients (25/30) as compared to controls (8/30) (P=0.003). …”
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Flexural Behavior of Unbonded Prestressed Concrete Bridge Girders by Chenhao Tang, Gang Zhang, Chaojie Song, Xuyang Li, Yonggang Hou

“…Stress in prestressing strands under anchor increases rapidly after concrete presents obvious cracks, and the fracture area within prestressing strands increases with the elevation of prestress degree. …”
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The Role of Thoracic Medial Branch Blocks in Managing Chronic Mid and Upper Back Pain: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Active-Control Trial with a 2-Year Followup by Laxmaiah Manchikanti, Vijay Singh, Frank J. E. Falco, Kimberly A. Cash, Vidyasagar Pampati, Bert Fellows

“…To determine the clinical effectiveness of therapeutic thoracic facet joint nerve blocks with or without steroids in managing chronic mid back and upper back pain. …”
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Comparative-effectiveness research of COVID-19 treatment: a rapid scoping review by Sharon E Straus, Jesmin Antony, Andrea C Tricco, Rachel Warren, Erin Macdonald, Ba Pham, Milan Patel, Fatemeh Yazdi, Amruta Radhakrishnan, Marco Ghassemi, Patricia Rios, Chantal Williams, Naveeta Ramkissoon, Matthew P Muller, Nazia Darvesh, Gordon V Cormack, Maura R Grossman, Melissa Kampman, Reid Robson

“…The most common therapeutic categories were non-steroidal immunosuppressants (18%), steroids (15%) and antivirals (14%). …”
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Type A Behaviours and Heart Disease: Epidemiological and Experimental Foundations by Paul Bennett, Douglas Carroll

“…It is concluded that there is relatively strong evidence of an association between Type A behaviour as measured by Structured Interview and coronary heart disease. …”
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Pseudotumor of Ciliary Body by Mary Varghese, Raghavendra Ramappa, Sripathi Kamath

“…He was treated with systemic steroids, which was tapered over a period of 8 weeks. …”
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Connections and Unmet Needs: Severe Asthma Biologics and Osteoporosis by Fabiana Furci, Marco Umberto Scaramozzino, Giuseppe Rocco Talesa, Corrado Pelaia

“…Asthma is a chronic inflammatory disease with the main anti-inflammatory drugs for better disease control being steroids or corticosteroids. The use of steroids in asthma patients, in particular in uncontrolled asthma patients, is associated with an increased risk of osteoporosis and fragility fractures. …”
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Antibacterial activity of methanolic extract of Acrostichum Aureum Linn leaves against Propionibacterium acnes by Irwan Irwan, Pohan Napitupulu Nurhasanah, Amri MC Ulil, Adawiyah Rabiyatul, Akram Habibul, Nursafiah Nursafiah, Nurliza Eli

“…However, at 100% concentration, indicating strong inhibition of P. acnes growth (diameter zone is 16 mm). …”
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Spectroscopic and Electrochemical Studies on the Interaction of Epirubicin with Fish Sperm DNA by R. Hajian, E. Ekhlasi, R. Daneshvar

“…The interactions between epirubicin (EPR) and double stranded DNA (ds-DNA) have been studied by UV-Vis spectrophotometry, cyclic voltammetry, fluorescence spectroscopy and viscometery. …”
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Isolated Neurosarcoidosis Presenting as Chronic Progressive Pachymeningitis by Joshua Abata, Danielle Bazer, Nicholas Koroneos, Olga Syritsyna

“…The patient also notably failed a 3-month course of steroids after his biopsy due to a lack of symptomatic improvement. …”
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Gastrointestinal symptoms and bowel habits in 53 046 healthy Danish blood donors: a nationwide cross-sectional study by Christian Erikstrup, Ole Birger Pedersen, Henrik Hjalgrim, Erik Sørensen, Jens Frederik Dahlerup, Klaus Rostgaard, Mikkel Steen Petersen, Sisse Rye Ostrowski, Susan Mikkelsen, Khoa Manh Dinh, Thorsten Brodersen, Janna Nissen, Anne Karmisholt Grosen, Jens Kjærgaard Boldsen, Simon Mark Dahl Baunwall, Mie Topholm Bruun, Bitten Aagaard, Christina Mikkelsen, Christian Lodberg Hvas

“…Half of the participants (50%) had a regular defaecation pattern (defined as generally the same stool consistency and stool frequency) consisting of Bristol Stool Form Scale 4 stools 1–3 times per day. …”
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Enterocolic Lymphocytic Phlebitis Treated Preoperatively with Biologics and Immunosuppressive Agents by Soh Okano, Takashi Yao, Osamu Nomura, Akihito Nagahara, Toshiaki Hagiwara, Kiichi Sugimoto, Makoto Takahashi, Kazuhiro Sakamoto

“…This disease should also be considered among patients with inflammatory bowel disease-like lesions that do not respond to infliximab or steroids.…”
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Screening A Christmas Carol (Dickens, 1843): Adaptation as Completion by Florent Christol

“…Indeed, the story of Scrooge’s life-changing encounter with the Christmas Spirits has been adapted, revised, condensed, retold, and modernized on screen more than any other work of English or American literature. …”
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Primary Cardiac Lymphoma Presenting with Thrombocytopenia, Right Heart Failure, and Cardiogenic Shock by Samantha Kurniawan, Gita Mathur, Yvonne Bogun, Giselle Kidson-Gerber

“…The patient stabilised with initiation of high dose steroids prior to tissue diagnosis and platelet counts normalised following chemotherapy. …”
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Detection of Quadruplex DNA by Gold Nanoparticles by Heather F. Crouse, Alex Doudt, Cassie Zerbe, Swarna Basu

“…Enhancement of PRLS signals greater than 50% was observed at nanomolar DNA concentration, and a lower limit of detection of 2.1 nM was established for three different quadruplex DNA sequences, including the thrombin-inhibiting single-stranded 15 mer aptamer DNA, d(GGTTGGTGTGGTTGG), and the double-stranded 12 mer DNA, d(G4T4G4). …”
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Glucocorticosteroids and the Risk of NAFLD in Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Sara Jarmakiewicz-Czaja, Aneta Sokal, Piotr Pardak, Rafał Filip

“…Particularly important in the development of NAFLD are steroids, which are used in the treatment of many diseases, for example, IBD. …”
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Aseptic Meningitis as an Immune-Related Adverse Event after Pembrolizumab by Gian Lima, Adriana Kahn, Shashank Sama, Jacqueline Savage

“…The patient was started on high doses of IV steroids and progressed with significant improvement of his symptoms. …”
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Increasing the Wear Resistance of Stamping Tools for Coordinate Punching of Sheet Steel Using CrAlSiN and DLC:Si Coatings by Sergey N. Grigoriev, Marina A. Volosova, Ilya A. Korotkov, Vladimir D. Gurin, Artem P. Mitrofanov, Sergey V. Fedorov, Anna A. Okunkova

“…The tribological tests allow us to consider the CrAlSiN/DLC:Si coatings as effective in increasing the wear resistance of stamping tools (21,000 strokes for the uncoated tool and 48,000 strokes for the coated one) when solving a wide range of technological problems in sheet stamping of structural steels.…”
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Trophic niche differentiation and foraging plasticity of long-finned pilot whales (Globicephala melas edwardii) in Tasmanian waters: insights from isotopic analysis by Christine H. Jackson, Rosemary Gales, Yves Cherel, George D. Jackson, Patti Virtue, Patti Virtue

“…Stranding location accounted for most of the variability in skin isotopic values (δ13C: - 17.9 ± 0.2 ‰ to –16.9 ± 0.2 ‰, Principal Coordinate 1 = 89%), likely reflecting differences in foraging habitats. …”
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Antioxidant activity and phytochemical profiling of peaches, Arabica coffee, and their combination by Dhea Angela Putri, Himmi Marsiati

“…Peaches (Prunus persica L.) are rich in phytochemicals such as carotenoids, anthocyanins, phenolic acids, and flavonoids, while Arabica coffee (Coffea arabica) contains alkaloids, flavonoids, tannins, steroids, and terpenoids. This study evaluated the antioxidant activity and phytochemical profile of peaches, Arabica coffee, and their combination using ethanol, ethyl acetate, and water as solvents. …”
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