A legume-enriched diet improves metabolic health in prediabetes mediated through gut microbiome: a randomized controlled trial by Xiaorong Wu, Alvin Surya Tjahyo, Vera Sergeyevna Brok Volchanskaya, Long Hui Wong, Xianning Lai, Yi Ning Yong, Farhana Osman, Shia Lyn Tay, Priya Govindharajulu, Shalini Ponnalagu, Rachel Tso, Hwee Sze Teo, Kaijie Khoo, Huan Fan, Chew Chan Goh, Clara Poh Lian Yap, Melvin Khee-Shing Leow, Christiani Jeyakumar Henry, Sumanto Haldar, Kevin Junliang Lim

“…At the end of 16 weeks, both groups had significantly lower BMI (q (Time) = 1.92 ×10-42, β  = -0.02) compared with baseline, with minimal difference between groups. …”
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Investigation of Body Composition and Cardiac Sports Adaptation in Elite Water Polo Players by Mark Zamodics, Mate Babity, Gusztav Schay, Agnes Bucsko-Varga, Eva Kovacs, Marton Horvath, Kinga Grebur, Marcell Janos Laszlo, Alexandra Fabian, Balint Karoly Lakatos, Szilvia Herczeg, Hajnalka Vago, Attila Kovacs, Bela Merkely, Orsolya Kiss

“…The effects of physical activity on skeletal muscle mass and cardiac function are well-documented, but there is limited information on the relationship between the two. …”
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Post‐COVID immunity in patients with solid tumor or hematological malignancies treated with SARS‐CoV‐2 monoclonal antibodies by Gilberto Sabino‐Santos, Cathryn E. Leggio, Sean M. Litwin, Najia Waheed, Shuangyi Bai, Sinem Ulusan, Anoli Karunathilake, Debra H. Elliott, Ashley R. Smira, Sruti Chandra, Lin Li, Bo Ning, Tony Hu, John S. Schieffelin, Bronwyn M. Gunn, James E. Robinson, Jyotsna Fuloria, Elizabeth B. Norton

“…Results B‐cell deficiency was confirmed in 3/5 patients. All patients had detectable anti‐spike and nucleoprotein antibody isotypes, effector functions, and neutralizing antibodies (which increased over time by subject) at similar levels to the control group. …”
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SCN1A mutation spectrum in a cohort of Bulgarian patients with GEFS+ phenotype by Valentina Peycheva, Elena Rodopska, Elena Slavkova, Iliyana Aleksandrova, Emil Simeonov, Petia Dimova, Veneta Bojinova, Vanyo Mitev, Albena Jordanova, Daniela Deneva, Dimitrina Hristova, Ivan Litvinenko, Nevyana Ivanova, Kunka Kamenarova, Margarita Panova, Iliana Pacheva, Ivan Ivanov, Maria Bojidarova, Genoveva Tacheva, Dimitar Stamatov, Radka Kaneva

“…Among the preselected group of ten DS patients, five had pathogenic SCN1A variants which confirmed diagnosis of DS. …”
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Predicting major cardiac and cerebrovascular events in acute coronary syndrome patients using the thyroid hormone sensitivity index by Hui He, Hui He, Jun Wang, Long Xia, Tao Ye, Yan Luo, Qiang Chen, Qiao Feng, Xiufen Peng, Maoling Jiang, Hanxiong Liu, Tao Xiang, Shiqiang Xiong, Lin Cai, Lin Cai

“…The area under the ROC curve (AUROC) revealed that PTFQI had the highest predictive value (AUROC =0.688, 95% CI: 0.595–0.780; P < 0.001). …”
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Feasibility of a co-designed and personalised intervention to improve vegetable intake in rural-dwelling young adults by Katherine Mary Livingstone, Jonathan C. Rawstorn, Stephanie R. Partridge, Yuxin Zhang, Eric O, Stephanie L. Godrich, Sarah A. McNaughton, Gilly A. Hendrie, Kathleen M. Dullaghan, Gavin Abbott, Lauren C. Blekkenhorst, Ralph Maddison, Scott Barnett, John C. Mathers, Laura Alston

“…Most accessed the goal-setting function (78%), food environment map (76%), and healthy eating resources (63%). …”
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Prognostic Value of the Global Left Ventricular Contractility Index in Patients with Severe Mitral Regurgitation and Preserved Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction by Tony Li, Vinay B. Panday, Jessele Lai, Nicholas Gao, Beth Lim, Aloysius Leow, Sarah Tan, Quek Swee Chye, Ching Hui Sia, William Kong, Tiong Cheng Yeo, Ru San Tan, Liang Zhong, Kian Keong Poh

“…Introduction: Assessment of left ventricular (LV) systolic function is important in valvular heart disease. The global LV contractility index, <i>dσ*/dt_max</i>, is load-independent and has been reported to be associated with clinical outcomes in heart failure and aortic stenosis. …”
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Cardiovascular abnormalities already occurred in newly-diagnosed patients with early-onset type 2 diabetes by Hong Lian, Qian Ren, Wei Liu, Rui Zhang, Xiantong Zou, Simin Zhang, Yingying Luo, Wei Deng, Qiuping Wang, Lin Qi, Yufeng Li, Wenbo Wang, Liyong Zhong, Pengkai Zhang, Chengcheng Guo, Li Li, Yating Li, Tianhao Ba, Chaochao Yang, Lili Huo, Yan’ai Wang, Chunxia Li, Dejun Hao, Yajing Zhang, Yan Xu, Fang Wang, Xiangqing Wang, Fang Zhang, Siqian Gong, Wenjia Yang, Xueyao Han, Linong Ji

“…A high proportion of patients with SIRD had abnormal left ventricular geometry (36.1%). …”
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Clinical Profile of Elderly Patients with COVID-19 hospitalised in Indonesia’s National General Hospital by Muhammad Khifzhon Azwar, Siti Setiati, Aulia Rizka, Ika Fitriana, Siti Rizny F Saldi, Eka Dian Safitri

“…We postulated that immunosenescence and sex-specific immunoregulatory function play an important role in causing death in this study cohort.   …”
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Prevalence, correlative and statistical relationships of renal dysfunction in patients with chronic ischemic heart failure by D. A. Lashkul

“…According multicenter studies conducted during recent years, coronary heart disease was the leading cause of heart failure and has been on average 64% of patients with chronic heart failure. The tight functional relationship of cardiovascular and urinary system causes a lot of interest to the functional state of kidneys in various cardiovascular diseases. …”
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Case report: Endolymphatic sac tumor with blurred vision by Ke Yuan, Weijian Luo, Weijian Luo, Weijian Luo, Weijian Luo, Jia Chen, Jia Chen, Jia Chen, Jia Chen, Quanzhou Peng, Quanzhou Peng, Quanzhou Peng, Xiaoguang Tong, Xiaoguang Tong, Xiaoguang Tong, Xiaoguang Tong, Xiaoguang Tong, Jiliang Hu, Jiliang Hu, Jiliang Hu, Jiliang Hu

“…During the surgery, it was observed that the tumor had a significant blood supply, which made its removal challenging. …”
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Proteomics profiling of inflammatory responses to elexacaftor/tezacaftor/ivacaftor in cystic fibrosis by Hazel Ozuna, Hazel Ozuna, Dinesh Bojja, Santiago Partida-Sanchez, Luanne Hall-Stoodley, Amal Amer, Rodney D. Britt, Rodney D. Britt, Shahid Sheikh, David A. Frank, Weiyuan Wang, Bum-Yong Kang, Bum-Yong Kang, Irina Miralda, Irina Miralda, Samantha L. Durfey, Samantha L. Durfey, Benjamin T. Kopp, Benjamin T. Kopp

“…Of these, CCL20, MMP-10, EN-RAGE, and AXIN1 had a log2 fold change of 1.2 or more. There was a modest shift in overall CF protein profiles post-ETI toward the NCF cluster. …”
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An anoikis-related signature predicts prognosis and immunotherapy response in gastrointestinal cancers by Ruyi Liu, Ruyi Liu, Ruyi Liu, Ruyi Liu, Ruyi Liu, Yuchen Liu, Yuchen Liu, Yuchen Liu, Yuchen Liu, Yuchen Liu, Weicheng Huang, Weicheng Huang, Weicheng Huang, Weicheng Huang, Weicheng Huang, Pengxiang Chen, Pengxiang Chen, Pengxiang Chen, Pengxiang Chen, Pengxiang Chen, Yufeng Cheng, Yufeng Cheng, Yufeng Cheng, Yufeng Cheng, Yufeng Cheng

“…Moreover, patients with high Anoscores had higher levels of immune cell infiltration and higher immune checkpoint expression. …”
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Altering endogenous cytokinin content by GmCKX13 as a strategy to develop drought-tolerant plants by Dung Tien Le, Chien Van Ha, Kien Huu Nguyen, Ha Duc Chu, Chenbo Zhu, Weiqiang Li, Yasuko Watanabe, Mikiko Kojima, Yumiko Takebayashi, Hitoshi Sakakibara, Keiichi Mochida, Lam-Son Phan Tran

“…Here, we further characterized its in planta function to assess if GmCKX13 could be a candidate gene to develop drought-tolerant crops. …”
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Effects of Yeast Cultures on Growth Performance, Fiber Digestibility, Ruminal Dissolved Gases, Antioxidant Capacity and Immune Activity of Beef Cattle by Siyu Yi, Xu Tian, Xianwu Qin, Yan Zhang, Shuang Guan, Zhongping Chen, Daliang Cai, Duanqin Wu, Rong Wang, Zhiyuan Ma, Min Wang, Xiumin Zhang

“…Supplementing XP to the cattle increased the concentrations of serum IgA, IgG, IL-2, IL-10, IFN-γ and C4, compared with the CON group, and the KLB group had higher concentrations of serum IgA, IgG, IgM, IL-10, IFN-γ, C3 and C4 compared with the CON and XP groups, which revealed that both XP and KLB can improve the immune function, and that KLB showed a stronger effect. …”
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Facial Nerve Injury after Extracapsular Dissection for Benign Parotid Tumors with and without Intraoperative Monitoring: A Retrospective Study of a Single Center by Maria Giulia Cristofaro, Walter Colangeli, Francesco Ferragina, Giuseppe Tarallo, Angelo Ruggero Sottile, Maria Grazia Ioppolo, Antonella Arrotta, Ida Barca

“…Of these subjects, only two in Group 1 had permanent paralysis (8.69%); therefore, 91.31% had transient paralysis. …”
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Higher vasoactive usage despite hemodynamic goals is associated with higher mortality in acute myocardial infarction-related cardiogenic shock by Jorge A. Ortega-Hernández, Héctor González-Pacheco, Diego Araiza-Garaygordobil, Rodrigo Gopar-Nieto, Daniel Sierra-Lara-Martínez, Daniel Manzur-Sandoval, José Luis Briseño-De-La-Cruz, Salvador Mendoza-García, Álvaro Montañez-Orozco, Arturo Arzate-Ramírez, José Omar Arenas-Díaz, César A. Gómez-Rodríguez, Hector Antonio Santos-Alfaro, Jaime Hernández-Montfort, Alexandra Arias-Mendoza

“…End-organ function showed progressive deterioration with escalating vasoactive use. …”
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Prace konserwatorskie przy kamiennej rzeźbie Matki Boskiej autorstwa Andrzeja Pruszyńskiego z elewacji kościoła pw. Matki Bożej Pocieszenia w Żyrardowie – wybrane zagadnienia histo... by Piotr Owczarek

“…The aesthetic effect achieved this way brings a new quality to work that can be the object of criticism but by restoring the sculpture’s lost aesthetic values it is possible to continue to function as an object of religious worship. …”
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Desmocollin-3 and Bladder Cancer by Chandreshwar P. Shukla, Nayan K. Jain, Michael A. O’Donnell, Kapil V. Vachhani, Rashmi Patel, Janki Patel, Rajiv Modi, Arpit Dheeraj, Jee Min Lee, Annah Rolig, Sanjay V. Malhotra, Bakulesh Khamar

“…Immune genes were grouped as tumor-controlling immune genes (TCIGs) and tumor-promoting immune genes (TPIGs) as per their functions. Results & conclusions: NMIBC had higher DSC3 expression compared to MIBC. …”
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Tongue mobility in patients with cerebral palsy by Živković Zorica, Golubović Slavica

“…Our research showed that both groups of the patients had impaired functional state of the tongue - the most mobile articulatory organ. …”
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