Low Rates of 30-Day Postoperative Complications After Meniscal Allograft Transplantation: A Retrospective Study Using the National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Database by Sarah Whitaker, B.A., Conor O’Neill, M.D., James Satalich, M.D., Omar Protzuk, M.D., Carl Edge, M.D., Eoghan Hurley, M.B., M.Ch., Ph.D., Annunziato Amendola, M.D., Alexander Vap, M.D.

“…Methods: The American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program database was queried for patients who had undergone MAT from 2014 to 2021 using Current Procedural Terminology codes. …”
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Assessment of the neuropathic component in a chronic low back pain syndrome by Vukojević Zoran, Dominović-Kovačević Aleksandra, Perić Stojan, Božović Ivo, Grgić Sanja, Basta Ivana, Lavrnić Dragana

“…Chronic low back pain syndrome (CLBPS) is the most common cause of functional disability and loss of working ability in developed countries. …”
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Comparison and Analysis of the Performances and Mechanisms of Recycled Asphalt Incorporating High-Permeability Rejuvenating Agent by Yanjuan Tian, Mulian Zheng, Hailei Xu, Chupeng Chen, Jinhao Zhang

“…Finally, a relationship between the microscopic functional group index and the macroscopic test index was established.…”
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Child with RET proto-oncogene codon 634 mutation by Dilek İnce, Kamer Mutafoglu, Erdener Özer, Ayhan Abacı, Filiz Hazan, Osman Zeki Karakuş, Hale Tuhan, Yeşim Oymak, Eda Ataseven, Bengü Demirağ, Nur Olgun

“… Herein we reported a 7-year-old child with RET proto-oncogene c634 mutation. Her mother had been diagnosed with medullary thyroid carcinoma (MTC), and treated six years ago. …”
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Real‐world effectiveness and tolerability of cenobamate in drug‐resistant epilepsy: A retrospective analysis of the patients included into the Early Access Programs (EAP) in German... by Sylvain Rheims, Bernhard J. Steinhoff, Edouard Hirsch, Felix Rosenow, Arnaud Biraben, Rhys Thomas, Alessandro Lovera, Paola Lipone, Alessandro Comandini, Caroline Benoist, Elena Alvarez Baron, John Paul Leach, Karthinathan Thangavelu, Agnese Cattaneo

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Immune Profile of COVID-19 Survivors and Contacts During 9 Months: A Cohort Study by Valentina V. Tatarnikova, Natalya O. Kiseleva, Valentina I. Dubrovina, Vladimir A. Vishnyakov, Darya D. Bryukhova, Anna B. Pyatidesyatnikova, Konstantin M. Korytov, Munko B. Sharakshanov, Sergey V. Balakhonov, Haijuan Wang

“…Sixty-four volunteers who have had COVID-19 (recovered volunteers (RVs)) between May 2020 and May 2021, 33 volunteers who had been in contact with COVID-19 patients (contact volunteers (CVs)) within the family setting but had not become ill, and 47 healthy volunteers (HVs) participated in the study. …”
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Patient centered outcomes in stroke: utility-weighted modified Rankin Scale results in a community-based study by Carlos Delfino, Gabriel Cavada, Lorena Hoffmeister, Pablo Lavados, Pablo Lavados, Paula Muñoz Venturelli, Paula Muñoz Venturelli, Paula Muñoz Venturelli

“…Generalized linear and binary logistic regression models were constructed to determine influencing factors of the UW-mRS, using STATA software (version 18.0).ResultsWe included 773 patients presenting with any stroke during 2015–2016: 48% were female, with a mean age of 71 years (SD 13.8), and 85% had an acute ischemic stroke (AIS). 82% of patients had a low socioeconomic status, 50% had less than 12 years of formal education, and only 32% lived in urban areas. …”
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The influence of intensity and neuropathic component of pain syndrome on the quality of life in patients with multiple sclerosis by T. I. Nehrych, N. L. Bozhenko, M. I. Bozhenko

“…However, the mental component of quality of life had no significant relationship with the level of disability and the number of relapses. …”
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Set up and management of quarantine centres during early phase of COVID-19 Pandemic, Masindi District, Uganda by Josephine Namayanja, Geofrey Amanya, Immaculate Akusekera, Bob Omoda Amodan, Lilian Bulage, Daniel Kadobera, Alex Riolexus Ario

“…By the 3rd week of the response to COVID-19 outbreak in Masindi District, we had established and functionalized four institutional and one geographical quarantine facilities. …”
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Potential liquid biopsy markers of exosomal microRNAs in renal interstitial fibrosis blood and urine by Chunyan Lv, Yuan Zhong, Yao Hu, Yan Tang

“…Objective: To explore more and better liquid biopsy markers of exosomal microRNAs (exo-miRNAs) in renal interstitial fibrosis (RIF) and to preliminary investigate the biological functions and signaling pathways involved in these markers. …”
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Comparative study on the photosynthetic properties of four rare and endangered Dendrobium species by CHEN Ni1,2, PENG Lihui1 , JIANG Haidu1, YANG Zhe1,2, JIANG Qiang3, QIU Shuo1, XIONG Zhongchen1, WEI Xiao1, CHAI Shengfeng1*

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Design w kontekście zrównoważonego rozwoju i ergonomii – projekty Simo Heikkilä by Anna Wiśnicka

“…Being a student of Yrjö Kukkapuro, Heikkilä had a chance to see how the principles of ergonomics were put into practice. …”
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Engineered <i>Escherichia coli</i> Nissle 1917 Expressing IGF1 and FGF19 Reduce Liver Fat Accumulation and Restore Microbial Equilibrium in a Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steat... by Johnson Lok, Valeria Iannone, Carlos Gómez-Gallego, Ruben Vazquez-Uribe, Morten Otto Alexander Sommer, Marjukka Kolehmainen, Hani El-Nezami

“…This may be a combined effect of hormones and EcN, as a probiotic, thereby improving gut endocrine and immune functions.…”
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Impact of a demand-side integrated WASH and nutrition community-based care group intervention on behavioural change: a randomised controlled trial in western Kenya by Matthew C Freeman, Katie Micek, Amy Webb Girard, Anna S Ellis, Emily Awino Ogutu, Bethany A Caruso, Molly Linabarger, Richard Muga, Breanna K Wodnik, Kimberly Jacob Arriola

“…Prespecified behavioural outcomes were verified through direct observation, 24 hours recall, and self-reported picture-based methods.Results Compared with control households, a greater proportion of intervention households had a hygienic food preparation area (Risk double difference (RDD) 0.81, 95% CI 0.68 to 0.96), had stored food hygienically (RDD 0.76, 95% CI 0.58 to 1.00), had a functional handwashing station (RDD 0.64, 95% CI 0.56 to 0.74), provided a safe space for their child to play (RDD 0.73, 95% CI 0.56 to 0.96), and who fed their children thickened porridge (RDD 0.56, 95% CI 0.51 to 0.63) at endline. …”
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Prevalence of diseases and pathological conditions in young people under 45 years of age with abdominal obesity in Siberia by Yu. I. Ragino, A. D. Khudyakova, E. V. Striukova, D. V. Denisova, L. V. Shcherbakova

“…In the male population under 45 years of age, AO had a significant direct effect on the development of AH, CB, hypercholesterolemia, and hyper-LDL-cholesterolemia. …”
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Genetic regulation of sperm DNA methylation in cattle through meQTL mapping by Corentin Fouéré, Valentin Costes, Chris Hozé, Amrita Raja Ravi Shankar, Florian Besnard, Gabriel Costa Monteiro Moreira, Valentin Sorin, Chrystelle Le Danvic, Aurélie Chaulot-Talmon, Francesca Ali, Marie Christine Deloche, Aurélie Bonnet, Eliaou Sellem, Hélène Jammes, Sébastien Fritz, Mekki Boussaha, Didier Boichard, Hélène Kiefer, Marie-Pierre Sanchez

“…Abstract Background DNA methylation (DNAm) plays an important functional role and is influenced by genetic variants known as methylation QTLs (meQTLs). …”
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Ferritin level: A predictor of severity and mortality in hospitalized COVID‐19 patients by Moudhi Alroomi, Rajesh Rajan, Abdulaziz A. Omar, Ahmad Alsaber, Jiazhu Pan, Mina Fatemi, Prof Kobalava D. Zhanna, Wael Aboelhassan, Farah Almutairi, Naser Alotaibi, Mohammad A. Saleh, Noor AlNasrallah, Bader Al‐Bader, Haya Malhas, Maryam Ramadhan, Mohammed Abdullah, Hassan Abdelnaby

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Explaining the Impact of Government Policies on Economic, Social and Physical Changes in Rural Housing Using Importance-Performance Technique (IPA), Case Study: Rural Villages of K... by Hamed Ghadermarzi, Afshin Bahmani

“…But housing development policies have also had adverse effects on the economic dimension, including damage to livelihoods. …”
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Quality of life, pain, depression, fatigue and sleep in patients with remission or mild fibromyalgia: a comparison with remission or low disease activity rheumatoid arthritis and h... by Yidan Wang, Pengxiao Liu, Zihao Li, Shiya Wu, Meijuan Long, Yang Li, Juan Jiao, Zheng Xie

“…RFM patients also had lower scores in SF-36 physical and mental component summaries and subscores for role physical, pain index, general health perception, vitality, and mental health index, but a higher social functioning score than RRA patients (P < 0.001). …”
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Whole-exome sequencing screening for candidate genes and potential pathogenic variants associated with early-onset high myopia in 47 Chinese families by Xue Rui, Huiping Li, Runqing Ma, Shangying Yang, Yuanyuan lian, Wanyu Cheng, Meijiao Ma, Weining Rong, Xunlun Sheng

“…Phenotype analysis showed that 11 patients presented with only high myopia, 10 patients had inherited retinal diseases (IRDs) with eoHM, and 7 patients had ocular-only Stickler syndrome (Ocular-STL) with eoHM. …”
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