Comparative Lipid-Lowering/Increasing Efficacy of 7 Statins in Patients with Dyslipidemia, Cardiovascular Diseases, or Diabetes Mellitus: Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analyse... by Xiaodan Zhang, Lu Xing, Xiaona Jia, Xiaocong Pang, Qian Xiang, Xia Zhao, Lingyue Ma, Zhiyan Liu, Kun Hu, Zhe Wang, Yimin Cui

“…Methods. In this study, we searched four electronic databases for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) published through February 25, 2020, comparing the lipid-lowering efficacy of no less than two of the included statins (or statin vs. placebo). …”
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Case report: Single infusion of combined anti-CD20 and anti-CD38 monoclonal antibodies in pediatric refractory lupus nephritis by Decimo Silvio Chiarenza, Raul Mancini, Carolina Bigatti, Carolina Bigatti, Gianluca Caridi, Alessandro Consolaro, Alessandro Consolaro, Valentina Natoli, Valentina Natoli, Gabriele Mortari, Xhuliana Kajana, Francesca Lugani, Marco Gattorno, Marco Gattorno, Gian Marco Ghiggeri, Edoardo La Porta, Gabriele Gaggero, Enrico E. Verrina, Andrea Angeletti

“…Lupus nephritis (LN), present in 30%–50% of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) patients, often necessitates standard immunosuppressive therapy (glucocorticoids, MMF, CYC) as suggested by the European League Against Rheumatism/European Renal Association–European Dialysis and Transplant Association (EULAR/ERA-EDTA) and Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes (KDIGO) guidelines. …”
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Hand size association with ulnar collateral ligament reconstruction in professional baseball players by Michael T. Freehill, MD, Michael Walsh, MD, Nathan Richards, DO, John Morasso, DO, Traci A. Ackron, DO, MPH, Emily Lau, MD, Chaoyang Richard Chen, MD, Corey S. Tremble, ATC, Richard K. Ryu, MD, Stephen E. Lemos, MD, PhD

“…Methods: One-hundred and eighty-nine professional players from one Major League Baseball organization were recruited in this retrospective study. …”
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The sport and Lithuanian national identity by Ingvaras Butautas, Rasa Čepaitienė

“…Considering what has been said, we may state decisively that the present article will be one of the first attempts to define and evaluate the role of sport in society and the sphere of politics in a broader way. …”
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Development and Evaluation of an AI-based Exergame Training System for Ice-Hockey Players: a Randomized Controlled Trial by Nicole Sieber, Simon Walser, Thomas Weber, Raphael Gubler, Hannes Badertscher, Patrick Eggenberger

“…To evaluate our novel exergame, 36 ice-hockey players from three male elite level teams (National League, U20, U17) and one female team (Swiss Women’s Hockey League B) of the SC Rapperswil-Jona Lakers participated. …”
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Democracy on the Sidelines: The Erosion and Potential of Youth Sports as Democratic Education by Kurt Stemhagen, Kathy Hytten

“…In this philosophical paper, we argue that youth sports, both in and out of schools, are a largely unrealized space for democratic/civic education. …”
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La construction de la cause végétarienne au prisme du genre : engagements, circulations et réseaux transnationaux entre France, Suisse, Angleterre et Belgique (années 1870-1914)... by Alexandra Hondermarck

“…It focuses firstly on women’s involvement in the vegetarian cause, alongside their involvement in other causes such as the women’s rights movement or the leagues against vivisection and alcoholism, and secondly on the role of women in the arguments promoting vegetarianism. …”
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