Parasympathetic response in women with coronary vascular dysfunction during mental stress compared to those with non-cardiac chest pain and reference controls by Puja K. Mehta, Shafa-at A. Sheikh, Esha K. Dave, Rahim K. Shakoor, Tina Torbati, Amit Shah, Marc D. Thames, Liu Qiang, Yi-An Ko, Janet Wei, Chrisandra Shufelt, Michael D. Nelson, Bruce Samuels, Babak Azarbal, Jeanie Park, Michael R. Irwin, David S. Krantz, C. Noel Bairey Merz

“…Methods: Seventy women (35 with CVaD diagnosed by coronary function testing, 19 with NCCP, and 16 RC) underwent mental stress testing (arithmetic and anger recall) in the Cardiac Autonomic Nervous System study. …”
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Artificial induction of Sox21 regulates sensory cell formation in the embryonic chicken inner ear. by Stephen D Freeman, Nicolas Daudet

“…Sox21 is restricted to the support cell layer of the auditory epithelium, while it is enriched in the hair cell layer of the vestibular organs. To test Sox21 function, we used two temporally distinct gain-of-function approaches. …”
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A preclinical study on cell therapy as an adjunct to surgical decompression in degenerative cervical myelopathy via accelerating blood spinal cord barrier reconstitution and neurol... by Hyun Woo Kim, Liang Yu Shi, Min Goo Lee, Ra Hye Kim, Zhi Yi Fan, Paul Aarne Koljonen, Graham Ka Hon Shea

“…IV and CIS injection of BM-MSCs did not lead to significant improvement in locomotor function (p = 0.101, Rotarod Test: PBS vs. CIS) nor of BSCB reconstitution by Day 10 post-decompression. …”
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Cutaneous Vasculitis: A Pragmatic Study on the Dermatological Conundrum by Priyanka Varma, Amina Asfiya, Spandana Prakash Hegde, Manjunath Mala Shenoy

“…Histopathological examination was performed in all patients whereas sixteen patients underwent direct immunofluorescence testing. Complete hemogram, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, urine analysis, liver and renal function tests, and antinuclear antibody (ANA) testing were done. …”
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Relationship between Cardiovascular Diseases and Periodontal Disease – A Systematic Review by Hashmat Gul, Abdullah Imtiaz, Sehrish Sharif, Ali Abdullah, Saba Rehman, Atiqa Bashir

“…To assess patients' cardiovascular health, polymerase chain reactions (PCRs), blood picture, Platelet function tests, blood pressure measurement, and testing for biomarkers were conducted. …”
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HIV associated neurocognitive disorders (HAND) in Malawian adults and effect on adherence to combination anti-retroviral therapy: a cross sectional study. by Christine M Kelly, Joep J van Oosterhout, Chisomo Ngwalo, Robert C Stewart, Laura Benjamin, Kevin R Robertson, Saye Khoo, Theresa J Allain, Tom Solomon

“…HIV negative adults were recruited from the HIV testing clinic to provide normative scores for the neurocognitive battery.…”
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The Potentials and Caveats of Mesenchymal Stromal Cell-Based Therapies in the Preterm Infant by Judith Gronbach, Tayyab Shahzad, Sarah Radajewski, Cho-Ming Chao, Saverio Bellusci, Rory E. Morty, Tobias Reicherzer, Harald Ehrhardt

“…The proinflammatory actions are best characterized for bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD) which is the chronic lung disease of the preterm infant with lifelong restrictions of pulmonary function and severe consequences for psychomotor development and quality of life. …”
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Time frequency analysis of elastic wave PSO OMP for defects in flat steel of down conductors by Jing Zhang, Wei Liu, Minghui Bao, Peng Yang, Xuhua Liu, Zhihong Fu

“…Then calculate the correlation function of the reconstructed signal echo and apply a smooth pseudo Wigner Ville distribution for time-frequency analysis. …”
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Network Pharmacology and Serum Nontargeted Metabolomics Reveal the Protective Effects of Propionate Against Liver Damage Induced by a High-Fat and AGE-Rich Diet in Diabetic Mice by Liang Wu, Jiajun Tan, Wen Sun, Xueyun Dong, Jiayuan He, Asmaa Ali, Min Chen, Leilei Zhang, Pingping Wang

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Are Your Kidneys Ok? Detect Early to Protect Kidney Health by Joseph A. Vassalotti, Anna Francis, Augusto Cesar Soares Dos Santos Jr, Ricardo Correa-Rotter, Dina Abdellatif, Li-Li Hsiao, Stefanos Roumeliotis, Agnes Haris, Latha A. Kumaraswami, Siu-Fai Lui, Alessandro Balducci, Vassilios Liakopoulos

“…Evaluation for causes and risk factors for chronic kidney disease (CKD) includes testing for diabetes and measurement of blood pressure and body mass index (BMI). …”
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Cognitive-behavioral therapy improves the activity and quality of life of patients with diabetic nephropathy by HE Ying, YANG Jie, LI Ping, CAI Ming-yu

“…Objective To investigate the effects of cognitive-behavioral therapy on activity and quality of life in patients with diabetic nephropathy(DN).Methods A total of 108 patients with diabetic nephropathy in Army Medical University were enrolled,and randomly divided into experimental group(cognitive-behavioral intervention group)and control group(standard nursing group)according to a random number table.The patients in both the groups received the same standard treatment plan,dietary guidance,and general activity guidance recommendations.On this basis,the experimental group adopted cognitive-behavioral intervention therapy:(1)building trust;(2)testing negative thinking;(3)reshaping cognition;(4)consolidating consciousness.At 0,3,6 and 12 months after enrollment,A follow-up was performed,and the physical activity rating scale(PARS-3)was adopted to evaluate activity strength.Cardiovascular risk factors,glomerular filtration rate,albumin,and body mass index were recorded.The SF-36 scale was used to evaluate quality of life scores of the two groups.Results At 3 months of enrollment,the exercise volume of the cognitive intervention group(39.61±6.43 points)was greater than that of the control group(22.42±7.12 points)significantly(t=-3.983,P<0.01).The cumulative exercise time(79.56±11.21 hours)of the cognitive intervention group was greater than that of the control group(32.13±11.64 hours)significantly(t=-2.015,P=0.021).After 6 months of enrollment,the glycated hemoglobin,fasting blood glucose,diastolic blood pressure and systolic blood pressure in the experimental group were lower than those in the control group(P<0.05),and the glomerular filtration rate in the experimental group was higher than that in the control group(P<0.05).Physical function(PF)and role physical(RP)values were significantly higher than the control group(P<0.05).The scores of PF,RP and bodily pain(BP)in the experimental group were higher than those in the control group after 12 months(P<0.05).Conclusions Cognitive behavioral intervention can enhance the exercise consciousness of patients with diabetic nephropathy,increase their activity,improve blood sugar control and improve the quality of life of patients.…”
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A capsaicin (8%) patch in the treatment of severe persistent inguinal postherniorrhaphy pain: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. by Joakim M Bischoff, Thomas K Ringsted, Marian Petersen, Claudia Sommer, Nurcan Uçeyler, Mads U Werner

“…No significant changes in sensory function, sleep quality or psychological factors were associated with capsaicin patch treatment.…”
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ESR1 is co-expressed with closely adjacent uncharacterised genes spanning a breast cancer susceptibility locus at 6q25.1. by Anita K Dunbier, Helen Anderson, Zara Ghazoui, Elena Lopez-Knowles, Sunil Pancholi, Ricardo Ribas, Suzanne Drury, Kally Sidhu, Alexandra Leary, Lesley-Ann Martin, Mitch Dowsett

“…The co-expression and function of these genes may be important influences on the recently identified relationship between SNPs in this region and breast cancer risk.…”
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Intestinal Microbial-tissue Complex and Chronic Heart Failure (part 1): Pathogenesis by A. A. Vlasov, S. P. Salikova, N. V. Golovkin, V. B. Grinevich

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Inverse analysis method for mathematical modeling of hydrodynamic ballast in a drilling rig by I. R. Antypas, A. G. Dyachenko, B. I. Saed

“…This depends on many factors, including the operation of the hydraulic brake of the lifting device. …”
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Automatic cattle identification system based on color point cloud using hybrid PointNet++ Siamese network by Pyae Phyo Kyaw, Pyke Tin, Masaru Aikawa, Ikuo Kobayashi, Thi Thi Zin

“…The identification framework is built upon a hybrid PointNet ++ Siamese Network trained with a triplet loss function, ensuring the extraction of discriminative features for accurate cattle identification. …”
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Monitoring Transformation Processes in the Economy Using the Example of the IT Industry by V. G. Kogdenko

“…The type of growth and productivity of production factors is established by constructing the industry production function. …”
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Reliability and Validity of the Chinese Version of SF-36 Scale in Guangdong Occupational Rehabilitation by Huiling ZHOU, Bing CHEN, Jiayan ZENG, Xunwen LU

“…The social function (SF) load values on the two common factors were all higher than 0.4,suggesting that the project's significance was not clear and the scale had poor structural validity in this population.Conclusion:The Chinese version of SF-36 scale has good test-retest reliability, internal reliability, half-half reliability, set and discriminant validity, and poor construct validity in occupational injury rehabilitation workers.…”
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Experimental study on mechanical behavior of silty-fine sand reinforced by a new type of permeable polymer material under dry-wet cycles by Yuke Wang, Liao Zhang, Xinming Qu, Mengcheng Liu, Yanhui Zhong, Bei Zhang

“…The strength characteristics of permeable polymer grout-reinforced silty-fine sand specimens under dry-wet cycles and its extreme case (long-time immersion) were analyzed from macro and micro perspectives employing unconfined compressive strength (UCS) test and scanning electron microscope (SEM). The functional calculation model between the specimens and the initial grouting conditions under dry-wet cycles was constructed, and the main influencing factors of the UCS loss of the specimens were obtained. …”
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Clinical features of patients with multiple myeloma complicated with renal impairment by SHAO Wen, ZHOU Xiao-shuang

“…Conclusions The high levels of β₂-MG, LDH and blood calcium in patients with MM are risk factors for MM with renal function impairment. In the meanwhile of application of the traditional test indices, concern about β₂-MG, LDH and blood calcium may help detect early renal impairment.…”
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