Effects of vitamin K supplementation on bone mineral density at different sites and bone metabolism in the middle-aged and elderly population: a meta-analysis and systematic review... by Chenqi Xie, Jianbao Gong, Chenglong Zheng, Junwei Zhang, Jie Gao, Chunyan Tian, Xiaofei Guo, Shiyou Dai, Tianlin Gao

“…Results: The results revealed that vitamin K supplementation increased BMD at the lumbar spine (p = 0.035). Moreover, the pooled effects demonstrated a notable increase in carboxylated osteocalcin (cOC) (p = 0.004), a decrease in uncarboxylated osteocalcin (ucOC) (p < 0.001), and no significant effect on total osteocalcin (tOC) (p = 0.076). …”
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Rapid diagnostic testing combined with an immediate infectious disease consultation increases the rate of septic intensive care unit patients on targeted antibiotic therapy by Evelyn Kramme, Nadja Käding, Nadja Käding, Tobias Graf, Karolin Schmoll, Heidi Linnen, Katharina Nagel, Esther Grote-Levi, Susanne Hauswaldt, Dennis Nurjadi, Dennis Nurjadi, Jan Rupp, Jan Rupp, Jan Rupp

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The Predictive Value of Growth Differentiation Factor-15 in Recurrence of Atrial Fibrillation after Catheter Ablation by Ying Wei, Shuwang Liu, Haiyi Yu, Yuan Zhang, Wei Gao, Ming Cui, Lei Li

“…Serum GDF-15 level at three months after RFCA was significantly lower than the baseline [870 (579~1270) ng/L vs. 1155 (735~1632)ng/L, P<0.001]. The baseline GDF-15 correlated significantly with LAP (r=0.296, P<0.001) and LAAV(r=−0.235, P=0.003). …”
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倾向评分法评估Sutureless 技术治疗完全性肺静脉 异位引流的效果 by 高向民, 聂志强, 欧艳秋, 何标川, 袁海云, 曲艳吉, 刘小清

“…匹 配后，Sutureless组中位数体外循环时间87（74.5 ~ 103.0）min少于传统手术组99（76.5 ~ 123.5）min（P = 0.030）；Sutureless组 中位数主动脉阻断时间43（35 ~ 54.5）min 少于传统手术组55（40.5 ~ 705）min（P < 0.001）；复合事件发生率Sutureless 组 6.8%（5/73）显著低于传统手术组24.7%（18/73），HR的95%CI = 0.20（0.06 ~ 0.61），P = 0.005。…”
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Assessment of Effect of Magnesium Intake on Blood Pressure Control in Hypertensives: A Case-control Study with a Nested Intervention of Flax Seeds Administration to Increase Magnes... by Vidhi Patel, Ashutosh Chauhan, Shubhangi Deshpande, Lalithambigai Arumugasamy, Nishi Patel

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Direct targeting of risk factors significantly increases the detection of liver cirrhosis in primary care: a cross-sectional diagnostic study utilising transient elastography by Guruprasad P Aithal, Indra Neil Guha, Stephen D Ryder, Emilie A Wilkes, David J Harman, Martin W James, Matthew Jelpke, Dominic S Ottey, Timothy R Card

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Structural characterization and anti-inflammatory activities of novel polysaccharides obtained from Pleurotus eryngii by Han Wang, Sai Ma, Alfred Mugambi Mariga, Qiuhui Hu, Qian Xu, Anxiang Su, Ning Ma, Gaoxing Ma

“…Results showed that molecular weights of these polysaccharides were 3235, 2041 and 23933 Da, respectively. Further, structural characterization revealed that PEP-0.1-1 had a →4-α-D-Glcp-1→ backbone and contained →4)-α-D-Glcp and →4)-β-D-Glcp reducing end groups. …”
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Scoping review of Neglected Tropical Disease Interventions and Health Promotion: A framework for successful NTD interventions as evidenced by the literature. by Caroline Ackley, Mohamed Elsheikh, Shahaduz Zaman

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Typologie et caractéristiques des pâturages de la commune urbaine de Téra dans l'ouest du Niger by Hamza Seydou Korombé, Idrissa Soumana, Abdoul Aziz Maman Lawal, Ibrahim Djibo, Sanoussi Atta

“…L’analyse de la diversité alpha a montré que ces pâturages sont relativement très diversifiés avec des richesses floristiques qui varient de 44 à 112 espèces, des indices de Shannon de 3,52 à 4,81 bits et des équitabilités de Piélou de 0,64 à 0,71. …”
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Sustainable development model toward environmentally friendly hospital by F, Aini, A. Irianto, S. Amar

“…Third, green human resource management has a significant effect of 0.235 on the green hospital. Fourth, green building has a significant effect of 0.263 on the environmentally friendly hospital. …”
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不同程度的腹部创伤对脊髓高迁移率族蛋白Ｂ１表达的影响

“…②ＨＭＧＢ１的表达量与组织损伤的程度呈正相关：术后１ ｄ，Ｓ３组的ＯＤ值（０．３４２ ± ０．００９）明显大于Ｓ１组（０．２３８ ± ０．００５，Ｐ＝ ０．０００）和Ｓ２组（０．２４７ ± ０．００８，Ｐ ＝ ０．０００）；术后３ ｄ，Ｓ３组的ＯＤ值（０．３９６ ± ０．００８）明显大于Ｓ２组（Ｐ ＝ ０．００３）和Ｓ１组（Ｐ＝ ０．０００），Ｓ２组（０．３３５ ± ０．００６）明显大于Ｓ１组（０．２８２ ± ０．００７，Ｐ ＝ ０．００６）；术后７ ｄ，Ｓ３组的ＯＤ值（０．２９８ ± ０．００４）明显大于Ｓ２组（０．２５８ ± ０．００４，Ｐ ＝ ０．００８）和Ｓ１组（０．２４５ ± ０．００４，Ｐ ＝ ０．００６）。…”
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Pathological and radiological assessment of benign breast lesions with BIRADS IVc/V subtypes. should we repeat the biopsy? by Wesam Rjoop, Anwar Rjoop, Alia Almohtaseb, Lama Bataineh, Zeina Nser Joubi, Maha Gharaibeh, Abdalrahman Al-Qwabah, Yousef Alasheh, Ismail Matalka

“…Compared to that in the control group, the presence of an oval shape of the mass was significantly more common in patients with benign pathology (p = 0.035). Conversely, the presence of posterior shadowing was significantly less common (p = 0.050) in benign lesions. …”
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Clinical role of endothelial dysfunction and hemostasis gene allelic variants in hepatitis C virus-associated cryoglobulinemia by M. V. Sokolova, Ye. Ye. Starostina, T. N. Krasnova, L. M. Samokhodskaya, T. P. Rozina, V. G. Avdeyev, M. G. Artemova, Ye. B. Yarovaya, N. A. Mukhin

“…The T allele of NOS3 894 G/T gene was found in patients with renal disease significantly less frequently (15% vs 45.5%; р=0.035) as well as in patients with systemic hypertension (30% and 72.7%; р=0.086). …”
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Management Outcomes of Variceal Bleeding in Northern Tanzania: Insights From a Single‐Center Retrospective Analysis by Eliada B. Nziku, Elifuraha W. Mkwizu, Abid M. Sadiq, Fuad H. Said, Doreen T. Eliah, Ibrahim Ali Ibrahim Muhina, Tumaini E. Mirai, Furaha S. Lyamuya, Nyasatu G. Chamba, Elichilia R. Shao, Kajiru G. Kilonzo, Sarah J. Urasa

“…Rebleeding occurred in 40.1%, and factors associated with rebleeding were patients without insurance (p = 0.037), without comorbidities (p = 0.042), with non‐communicable diseases (p = 0.039), and with chronic infections (p = 0.035). In‐hospital mortality was 8.1%, and factors associated with mortality were a shorter length of stay (p = 0.045), patients without comorbidities (p = 0.041), and grade II esophageal varices (p = 0.043). …”
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Microbial-Induced Carbonate Precipitation for Strengthening Soft Clay by J. Z. Xiao, Y. Q. Wei, H. Cai, Z. W. Wang, T. Yang, Q. H. Wang, S. F. Wu

“…The water content in MICP-treated specimens was significantly reduced by the MICP reactions and in one case decreased from 40% to 30.73%. (3) The strength enhancement of microbially solidified soft clay is the result of two processes: urea hydration catalyzed by enzymes consumes water in the clay and the bacterially precipitated calcite forms in the sediment’s pores. (4) The micro-organism-produced calcite in the soft clay increases the calcite abundance from 0% to as much as 3.5%. (5) The MICP-treated strength of soft clay varies with the concentration of the nutrients provided. …”
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Risk of residual/recurrent cervical diseases in HPV-positive women post-conization depends on HPV integration status by Wenyu Lin, Yuxuan Huang, Yan Zhang, Lixiang Huang, Hongning Cai, Guanxiang Huang, Ye Li, Qiaoyu Zhang, Huifeng Xue, Binhua Dong, Pengming Sun

“…According to the Kaplan-Meier analysis, age ≥ 45 years (p = 0.016) and HPV integration (p = 0.035) were associated with a higher risk of residual/recurrent CIN at the 1-year follow-up. …”
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Pleural metastases from differentiated thyroid cancer: clinical features and long-term outcomes by Mengyue Liu, Juan Tang, Nan Sun, Chuang Xi, Chentian Shen, Song Hongjun, Quanyong Luo, Xianzhao Deng, Zhongling Qiu

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Burden of micronutrient deficiency among patients with type 2 diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis by Sanjay Kalra, Shiv Dutt Gupta, Daya Krishan Mangal, Diksha Gautam, Anuj Kumar Pandey, Nida Shaikh, Himanshu Tolani, Yeshwanth Sonnathi, Kamlesh Chand Sharma, Jagdish Prasad, Rajeev Tewari, Fahmina Anwar

“…The pooled prevalence of multiple micronutrient deficiency (vitamins, minerals and electrolytes) was 45.30% (95% CI 40.35% to 50.30%) among T2D patients. The pooled prevalence (48.62%, 95% CI 42.55 to 54.70) was higher in women with T2D than in men. …”
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First note of QTL mapping of low vigor traits using the updated F2 ‘Koroneiki’ linkage map of olive by Irene Granata, Aparna S. Balan, Aparna S. Balan, Claudio Di Vaio, Antonino Ioppolo, Tiziano Caruso, Silvia Fretto, Jubina Benny, Antonio Giovino, Daniel James Sargent, Francesco Paolo Marra, Annalisa Marchese

“…The olive tree (Olea europaea L.), which characterizes the agriculture of the Mediterranean basin, faces challenges adapting to high-density orchards and mechanized cultivation. …”
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Effects of Storage Time on Total Protein and Globulin Concentrations in Bovine Fresh Frozen Plasma Obtained for Transfusion by D. Proverbio, E. Spada, L. Baggiani, G. Bagnagatti De Giorgi, N. Roggero, A. Belloli, D. Pravettoni, R. Perego

“…Significant differences in concentrations were found in the median concentration of total protein (P=0.0336), between 0 months and 1 month (P=0.0108), 0 and 6 months (P=0.0023), and 0 and 12 months (P=0.0027), in mean concentration (g/dL) of albumin (P=0.0394), between 0 months and 1 month (P=0.0131), 0 and 6 months (P=0.0035), and 0 and 12 months (P=0.0038), and beta-2 fraction (P=0.0401), between 0 and 6 months (P=0.0401) and 0 and 12 months (P=0.0230). …”
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