The effect of percussion and manual activation massage on explosive strength and balance in young adult males: A crossover pilot study by Peter Bartík, Martin Pacholek

“…The level significance threshold was set to p ≤ 0.05. Results: No statistically significant difference was reported between TG, AM, and WA in the height of the squat jump and countermovement jump (p > 0.05). …”
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Effects of HRV biofeedback training on recovery, stress management, reaction time and concentration in competitive rowing – preliminary study by Zuzanna Myszka, Maria Wolff, Piotr Basta, Dariusz Kozłowski

“…Background: Our aim was to determine the effect of HRV biofeedback (HRVB) training on psychophysiological factors, e.g. reaction time, stress management and concentration during the starting period in competitive rowing. Material and methods: 12 senior national team rowers aged 20-40 (both men and women) were assigned to an experimental (n = 6) and a control (n = 6) group. …”
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Damage of tubule cells in diabetic nephropathy type 2: Urinary N-acetyl-β-D-glucosaminidasis and γ-glutamil-transferasis by Vlatković Vlastimir, Stojimirović Biljana, Obrenović Radmila

“…In the patients with DM type 2 and the preserved global renal function, fractional excretion of sodium, potassium and phosphates, as well as renal threshold of phosphates concentration, were not sensitive parameters for discovering the damage of the renal tubule function. …”
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The Role of Moderate Aerobic Exercise as Determined by Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing in ALS by Anna Caroline Marques Braga, Anabela Pinto, Susana Pinto, Mamede de Carvalho

“…We registered oxygen uptake, carbon dioxide output, and ventilation at anaerobic threshold and at peak effort. Primary outcome was functional change. …”
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Comparison of repetitive peripheral magnetic stimulation (rPMS) and sham-rPMS with supervised exercise on pain and function in knee osteoarthritis patients –protocol for randomized... by P Madhuripu, Ajay Kumar, S Rajasheker, Prem Venkatesan

“…Repeated measures ANOVA or Friedman’s test will analyze within-group differences, with post hoc tests for significant findings. …”
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Construction and accuracy analysis of a malnutrition prediction model for patients after proximal femoral nail anti rotation internal fixation by SHEN Lin, BAI Xiaojia, WANG Gang

“…The differences in 39 indicators in aspects of physiological, psychological, social, economic, environmental and medical fields were compared between the 2 groups. …”
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Descriptive Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) in adults with imported severe Plasmodium falciparum malaria: A 10 year-study in a Portuguese tertiary care hospital. by Luísa Graça, Isabel Gomes Abreu, Ana Sofia Santos, Luís Graça, Paulo Figueiredo Dias, Maria Lurdes Santos

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>ARDS is a hard to predict late complication of severe malaria. A low threshold for ICU admission and monitoring should be used. …”
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The frequency and clinical course of retinopathy of prematurity in modern developmental care conditions as evidenced by the Moscow region perinatal center by L. A. Katargina, S. A. Trusova, O. A. Shevernaya, N. A. Osipova, A. Yu. Panova

“…In groups of infants with birth weight of 1000–1499 g and 500–999 g, the frequency of transfusions of washed red blood cells with depleted leukocyte and thrombocyte levels was generally higher in children with ROP, both with spontaneous and induced regression, but showed no difference between the two subgroups.Conclusion. Severe somatic pathology does not always accompany the progression of ROP to the threshold stage. …”
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Association between dietary selenium intake and depression in patients with or without stroke: a cross-sectional study by Shuang Wu, Zhimin Mei, Jin Gao, Songshan Chai

“…Therefore, the purpose of this study was to assess the association between dietary selenium and depression among individuals with or without stroke.MethodsA cross-sectional study was performed using the 2011–2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey dataset (N = 15,018). …”
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Safety of perioperative intravenous lidocaine in liver surgery – A pilot study by Pierre Grassin, Richard Descamps, Joanna Bourgine, Jean Lubrano, Anne-Lise Fiant, Véronique Lelong-Boulouard, Jean-Luc Hanouz

“…However, its use is limited in liver surgery due to its hepatic metabolism. Material and Methods: This prospective, monocentric study was conducted from 2020 to 2021. …”
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The Potential Use of Solid Waste and Mine Water for Land Rehabilitation of the Coal Mine-Affected Area in Slovenia by Angelika Więckol-Ryk, Alicja Krzemień, Łukasz Pierzchała, Matjaž Kamenik

“…This approach introduces an innovative solution that differs from the traditional methods of rehabilitating degraded areas. …”
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Effect of Bleaching Agents on the Bond Strength of Orthodontic Brackets by Perthish Sharma, Mayur Kumar Soni, Anurag Sahu, Y Sarita, Mona Janak Shah, Rahul Ganavadiya, Mahesh Ghadage, Dipooja Patil

“…The impact of these chemicals on the binding strength of orthodontic brackets is a matter of concern, however. Materials and Methods: Sixty recently removed human premolars were used in this in vitro investigation. …”
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Hemodynamic and spiroergometric parameters in hypertensive men under 30 during treadmill stress test by V. V. Matveev, A. V. Lazarev, N. A. Galanina, I. G. Fomina

“…To study dynamics of blood pressure (BP) and spiroergometric parameters in young males with arterial hyper8 tension (AH) during treadmill stress test. Material and methods. In total, 78 men aged 18830 years (mean age 20,4±3,9 years) were examined. …”
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Edges are all you need: Potential of medical time series analysis on complete blood count data with graph neural networks. by Daniel Walke, Daniel Steinbach, Sebastian Gibb, Thorsten Kaiser, Gunter Saake, Paul C Ahrens, David Broneske, Robert Heyer

“…As our main evaluation metric, we used the Area Under Receiver Operating Curve (AUROC) to have a threshold independent metric that can handle class imbalance.…”
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Effectiveness of Schroth exercises for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis: a meta-analysis by Yinfang Zhu, Caiying Zhu, Haiping Song, Manyan Zhang

“…Conclusions Although Schroth exercises were associated with a reduction in Cobb angle, the average change did not meet the conventional five-degree threshold considered clinically significant, and the analysis did not account for the natural progression of spinal curvature. …”
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Transepithelial Versus Conventional PRK: A Randomized Controlled Study by Robert Edward T. Ang

“…The mean (standard deviation [SD]) absolute prediction error was 0.26 D (0.23) for conventional PRK and 0.34 D (0.32) for t-PRK, meeting the threshold for demonstration of noninferiority (p = 0.2253). …”
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Effects of dry cupping on exercise, autonomic activity and sleep in baseball players during preseason and in-season conditioning. by Chien-Liang Chen, Jing-Shia Tang

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Forty university baseball players were recruited and randomly assigned to either the cupping (dry cupping at - 400 mmHg) or sham (dry cupping at - 100 mmHg) group. …”
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A Model Based Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Routine Genotyping for CYP2D6 among Older, Depressed Inpatients Starting Nortriptyline Pharmacotherapy. by Elizabeth J J Berm, Judith J Gout-Zwart, Jos Luttjeboer, Bob Wilffert, Maarten J Postma

“…<h4>Objective</h4>Genotyping for CYP2D6 has the potential to predict differences in metabolism of nortriptyline. This information could optimize pharmacotherapy. …”
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Predicting Heart Rate Slow Component Dynamics: A Model Across Exercise Intensities, Age, and Sex by Massimo Teso, Alessandro L. Colosio, Maura Loi, Jan Boone, Silvia Pogliaghi

“…Purpose: The purpose of this study is to characterize _scHR across intensities, sex, and age to develop and validate a predictive equation able to maintain the desired metabolic stimulus over time in a constant aerobic exercise session. Methods: In our study, 66 individuals (35 females; 35 ± 13 yrs) performed the following: (i) a ramp-test for respiratory exercise threshold (GET and RCP) and maximal oxygen uptake (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mover accent="true"><mrow><mi mathvariant="normal">V</mi></mrow><mo>˙</mo></mover></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>O_2max) detection, and (ii) 6 × 9-minute constant exercises at different intensities. …”
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The Diagnostic Value of Serum Gastrin-17 and Pepsinogen for Gastric Cancer Screening in Eastern China by Hongzhang Shen, Kangwei Xiong, Xiangyu Wu, Sile Cheng, Qifeng Lou, Hangbin Jin, Xiaofeng Zhang

“…Methods. The serum concentrations of G-17 and pepsinogen I and II (PGI and PGII) in 834 patients were analyzed, and the PGI/PGII ratio (PGR) was calculated. …”
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