Associations between Ozone and Emphysema: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis by Amja Manullang, Yueh-Lun Lee, Vincent Laiman, Jer-Hwa Chang, Hsiao-Chi Chuang

“…In contrast, no significant association was found between PM2.5 or NO2 exposure and the percent change in emphysema. …”
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Treating diabetic macular edema: comparative efficacy of 577 nm laser navigation exposure and threshold 532 nm laser coagulation combined with anti-angiogenic therapy by I. A. Krylova, N. V. Yablokova, O. L. Fabrikantov

“…The efficiency of 577 nm navigation laser exposure was found to be higher than that of threshold 532 nm laser coagulation.…”
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Auditing of Danish pig herds for controlled housing requirements and Trichinella by Lis Alban, Heidi Enemark, Heidi Huus Petersen, Lisbeth Harm Nielsen

“…Consequently, testing of all pigs for Trichinella has been mandatory in many European countries, even though Trichinella is almost exclusively found in outdoor or backyard production. The idea therefore emerged that auditing for biosecurity should replace testing in indoor production. …”
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Nerve ultrasound in the assessment of cross-sectional area in healthy children by M. A. Bedova, A. V. Klimkin, V. B. Voitenkov, N. V. Skripchenko

“…No bilateral cross-sectional area’s differences were found in children. Boys had significantly thicker nerves compared to girls, older age group (13–17 years old) compared to younger ones. …”
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The Effect of an 8-Week Summer Training Program on Basic and Specific Physical Fitness of Male Middle School Tennis Players: Pilot Study by Jae-Jun Kwak, Young-Sam Kim, Kwang-Jin Lee

“…In basic fitness, significant improvements were found in grip strength, back strength, repeated jumps, standing long jump, total body response, agility, balance, and visual perceptual response. …”
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Indicators of Changes in Postural Stability with Chronic Nonspecific Neck Pain by Maryam Saadat, Mohammad Jafar Shaterzadeh Yazdi, Ali Asghar Arastoo, Shahla Zahednegad, Hossein Negahban Seuki, Abdol Hossein Bigdeli

“…In double limb stance, statistically significant differences were found in both allocated groups.Conclusion: Dissimilarity in postural performance chronic nonspecific neck patient is a reflection of different degrees of disturbances of the proprioceptive input to central nervous system and/or of the central processing of such input. …”
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Object and action naming in adults and aged people with Down syndrome by Cláudia Lopes Carvalho, Aline de Souza Gonçalves Gomes da Conceição, Andressa Rodrigues Ramos, Livea Carla Fidalgo Garcez Sant’Ana, Maria de Fátima Rebouças da Silva, Octávio Gonçalves Ribeiro, Orestes Vicente Forlenza, Marcia Radanovic

“…Results: No significant differences were found between groups based on ID level in object and action naming. …”
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A Case of Trousseau’s Syndrome Accompanying Ovarian Cancer with Widespread Thromboembolisms by Hiroharu Kobayashi, Yoshifumi Arai, Kentaro Iga, Misa Kobayashi, Takashi Suzuki, Satoru Nakayama, Hiroshi Adachi

“…Multiple thrombi were found in bilateral pulmonary arteries and bilateral common iliac veins. …”
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Rehabilitation programs for people with post-stroke cognitive impairment: integrative literature review by Sandra Antunes, Célia Campos, Marta Barreto, Patrícia Araújo, Tânia Rodrigues

“…Cognitive rehabilitation programs were categorized into rehabilitation programs in the acute phase (inpatient, in individual sessions); in the subacute phase (in a group and outpatient setting, adding Reminiscence Therapy); and in the chronic phase (group and outpatient), only aimed at rehabilitation of attention (visual and auditory). Conclusion: There is no consensus regarding the beginning, frequency, duration, evaluation and type of interventions applied in the rehabilitation programs found. …”
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Upper limb muscle strength and neuromuscular coordination and other factors as determinants of kinesiophobia in people with cervical and cervicothoracic spine dysfunction by Małgorzata Anna Weremczuk, Joanna Stefania Kostka, Janusz Piekarski, Aneta Otocka-Kmiecik, Małgorzata Pikala, Tomasz Adamczewski, Gabriela Figas, Jolanta Ewa Kujawa

“…For cervical spine dysfunction, the pain was measured using the visual analogue scale (VAS) and the cervical disability index (NDI). …”
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Hilbert–Huang transform based pupil changes analysis for concentration assessment in skilled mowing by Bo Wu, Yuan Wu, Ran Dong, Kiminori Sato, Soichiro Ikuno, Shoji Nishimura, Qun Jin

“…However, the environment faced by workers when mowing is complex, requiring them to deal with different visual stimuli at the same time. These factors will also be reflected in the data of specific pupil changes, further impacting their concentration while mowing. …”
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Enhanced sensitivity to odors due to chemosignals associated with anxiety by Annkatrin Wunder, Nele Bürkel, Imke Guder, José I. Zorzin, Christiane Mühle, Helene M. Loos, Jessica Freiherr

“…As fourth condition, a horror movie was shown, to compare the effects of visual stimuli and chemosignals on odor sensitivity. …”
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Comparison of Clinical Outcomes on Different Treatment Methods for Lateral Epicondylitis by Ahmet Aksoy, Anıl Gülcü, Ahmet Aslan

“…Although positive results were obtained with all three treatment methods, we found that the most statistically significant treatment method was steroid injection. …”
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Supramodal and cross-modal representations of working memory in higher-order cortex by Doyoung Park, Seong-Hwan Hwang, Keonwoo Lee, Yeeun Ryoo, Hyoung F. Kim, Sue-Hyun Lee

“…First, we found supramodal representations in the superior parietal cortex that encoded braille identity in a consistent form, regardless of the involved sensory modality. …”
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Fluid Intelligence in Children with Learning Disabilities by Irina E. Rzhanova, Olga S. Alekseeva, Viktoriya S. Britova, Yulia A. Burdukova

“…Results. A reduction was found in fluid intelligence, working memory, short-term memory, long-term memory, processing speed, visual-spatial abilities, and verbal abilities in the group of children with learning disabilities compared to the control group. …”
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Anatomical Retinal Changes after Photodynamic Therapy in Chronic Central Serous Chorioretinopathy by María Pilar Ruiz-del-Tiempo, Pilar Calvo, Antonio Ferreras, Jesús Leciñena, Luis Pablo, Oscar Ruiz-Moreno

“…Not significant changes were found in the ONL or EZ 12 months after PDT.…”
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Pain intensity and depression level in chronic temporomandibular disorders patients by Raul Elton Araújo Borges, Luana da Rocha Alves Mendonça, Bruno César de Vasconcelos Gurgel, Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, Patrícia dos Santos Calderon

“…Discussion: This study found a positive correlation between pain intensity and depression level in chronic TMD patients. …”
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Analysis of particle dynamics, event horizon, and thermodynamic properties of black holes in the Ghasemi-Nodehi-Bambi metric by GOLDBERD HARMUDA DUVA SINAGA, RUBEN CORNELIUS SIAGIAN

“…The distribution of (M) values was visualized on a logarithmic scale to highlight the sensitivity of the system to parameter changes. …”
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A Clinical Study on Glucosamine Sulfate versus Combination of Glucosamine Sulfate and NSAIDs in Mild to Moderate Knee Osteoarthritis by Tamil Selvan, Kingston Rajiah, M. Sundara-Moorthi Nainar, Elizabeth M. Mathew

“…Thus, it is found that Group B treatments over 4 and 12 weeks produced improved WOMAC and VAS grades. …”
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Informativeness of bone intraoperative culture for diagnose osteomyelitis in diabetic foot patients. by Vitaly O. Tsvetkov, Olga V. Kolovanova, Oxana E. Frolova, Tatiana A. Gusarova, Ludmila G. Ezhova

“…Intraoperative bone cultures and histological samples were taken in all cases. RESULTS: We found similar microbial landscape in various forms of diabetic foot and in control group. …”
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