Brain atrophy in heart failure patients following left ventricular assist device implantation or heart transplantation by D.Alan Herbst, MD, Banafsheh Shakibajahromi, MD, Michael V. Genuardi, MD, Amit Iyengar, MD, Dawn Mechanic-Hamilton, PhD, H. Branch Coslett, MD, Pavan Atluri, MD, Christopher G. Favilla, MD

“…Advanced heart failure is associated with accelerated brain atrophy, largely related to chronic cerebral malperfusion. …”
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User Experience Evaluation of the Internal Quality Assurance System Application of UIN Malang Using the User Experience Questionnaire by Nabil Rahmad Illahi, Supriyono

“…The user experience measurement aims to provide input in evaluating the development, improvement and maintenance of the UIN Maulana Malik Ibrahim Malang Internal Quality Assurance System (SPMI) application based on the level of user experience using the User Experience Questionnaire (UEQ). 6 aspects of UEQ were chosen because they have advantages over the others. …”
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Analysis of diclofenac in water samples using in situ derivatization-vortex-assisted liquid-liquid microextraction with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry by Aydin Senar, Aydin Mehmet Emin, Beduk Fatma, Tekinay Arzu, Kilic Havva

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A Meta-Analysis of a Cohort Study on the Association between Sleep Duration and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Huapeng Lu, Qinling Yang, Fang Tian, Yi Lyu, Hairong He, Xia Xin, Xuemei Zheng

“…Objective. To study the association between sleep duration and the incidence of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) and to provide a theoretical basis for the prevention of T2DM through a meta-analysis. …”
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Use of citation analysis to predict the outcome of the 2001 Research Assessment Exercise for Unit of Assessment (UoA) 61: Library and Information Management by Alison Holmes, Charles Oppenheim

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Effect of body mass index on inpatient rehabilitation outcome after stroke in a Southeast Asian cohort: a prospective study by Sze Chin Jong, Jovic Aguipo Fuentes, Angie En Qin Seow, Chien Joo Lim, Gobinathan Chandran, Karen Sui Geok Chua

“…Introduction: We examined the association between admission body mass index (BMI) and discharge rehabilitation functional outcome using the functional independence measure (FIM) in a Southeast Asian cohort of stroke patients during inpatient rehabilitation. …”
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CD44-Receptors-Mediated Multiprong Targeting Strategy Against Breast Cancer and Tumor-Associated Macrophages: Design, Optimization, Characterization, and Cytologic Evaluation by Hussain Z, Abdulrahim Abdul Moti L, Jagal J, Thu HE, Khan S, Kazi M

“…Several treatments (eg, chemotherapy, surgery, radiations, hormonal therapy, etc.) are conventionally prescribed for the treatment of BC; however, these are associated with serious systemic aftermaths. In this research, we aimed to design a multiprong targeting strategy for concurrent action against different phenotypes of BC (MCF-7 and SK-BR-3) and tumor-associated macrophages (TAMs) for relapse-free treatment of BC.Methods: Paclitaxel (PTX) and tamoxifen (TMX) co-loaded chitosan (CS) nanoparticles (NPs) were prepared using the ionic-gelation method and optimized using the Design Expert® software by controlling different material attributes. …”
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De Mariemont à Hanoi : conservation et restauration des céramiques d’Extrême Asie by Catherine Noppe

“…The paper describes the unavoidable differences in conception and practices in conservation-restoration of Asiatic ceramics conserved on one hand in the Royal Museum of Mariemont and on the other in Vietnam museums. …”
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Almost Surely Asymptotic Stability of Exact and Numerical Solutions for Neutral Stochastic Pantograph Equations by Zhanhua Yu

“…We study the almost surely asymptotic stability of exact solutions to neutral stochastic pantograph equations (NSPEs), and sufficient conditions are obtained. …”
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Introduction au dossier « L’Asie centrale » by Alain Cariou

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Assessment of the Economic Impact Associated with the Recreational Scallop Season in Hernando County, Florida by Brittany Hall-Scharf, Charles M. Adams, Alan W. Hodges, Stephen Geiger

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Application of the Relative Citation Ratio to Assess Common Characteristics of the Highest Impact Articles in Reconstructive Microsurgery by Amir-Ala Mahmoud, Dominick J. Falcon, Valeria P. Bustos, Maria J. Escobar-Domingo, Bernard T. Lee

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TRAINING AT EDUCATION CLUSTER: QUALITY ASSESSMENT MODEL by Sergey A. Kogogin, Liliya R. Yagudina

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From Midwifery to Birth Assistance: Midwives’ Practice in the First Half of the 20th Century in the Czech Lands by Hana Stoklasová

“…The obtained data provide answers to several questions, e.g. the beginnings of assistants’ careers, their performance, the social structure of their clientele, as well as medical aspects of obstetric practice and cooperation with physicians. …”
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Bioactive Compounds in Ficus Fruits, Their Bioactivities, and Associated Health Benefits: A Review by Ankita Walia, Naveen Kumar, Rajat Singh, Harish Kumar, Vikas Kumar, Ravinder Kaushik, Avvaru Praveen Kumar

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Astrobiology with Robotic Telescopes at CAB by Luis Cuesta, M. Teresa Eibe, Aurora Ullán, Antonio Pérez-Verde, Jorge Navas

“…Advances in Astronomy…”
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Assessment of Debris Extrusion in Curved Canals: An In Vitro Analysis of Various Single-File Endodontic Instrumentation Systems by Muhammad Zubair Ahmad

“…All the instruments were associated with debris extrusion. However, REC Blue, WOG, and OR extrude significantly more debris than other instruments. …”
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Methods for Analyzing Multivariate Phenotypes in Genetic Association Studies by Qiong Yang, Yuanjia Wang

“…We also reviewed causal inference methods designed to test whether the detected association with the multivariate phenotype is truly pleiotropy or the genetic marker exerts its effects on some phenotypes through affecting the others.…”
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Assessing crown reduction as a strategy to mitigate drought stress during initial development of sessile oak and Norway spruce saplings by Arsić Janko, Stojanović Marko, Horáček Petr, Mikhailov Sergei, Krejza Jan

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Overexpression of Notch3 and pS6 Is Associated with Poor Prognosis in Human Ovarian Epithelial Cancer by Zhaoxia Liu, Rongna Yun, Xiaolin Yu, Hui Hu, Genhua Huang, Buzhen Tan, Tingtao Chen

“…In tumor tissues, Notch3 expression and pS6 expression were negatively associated with age (p>0.05) but positively associated with clinical stage, pathological grading, histologic type, lymph node metastasis, and ascites (p<0.05 or p<0.01). …”
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