Leadless ultrasound-based LV endocardial pacing for CRT: systematic review and meta-analysis by Fenfen Zhao, Xia Liu

“…Results Follow-up New York Heart Association had a significantly lower mean reduction in New York Heart Association functional class (MD, -0.44; 95% CI, -0.68 - -0.19, p < 0.001) with high heterogeneity (I2 = 77%) compared to baseline New York Heart Association in subjects with dyssynchronous heart failure. …”
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Modernismo e engenharia hidráulica como estratégias de desenvolvimento: o caso das vias navegáveis do Vêneto em um novo estado italiano (1866-1966) by Francesco Vallerani

“…During the first decades of the Italian Kingdom (particularly since 1866) the expansion of larger and larger reclamation plans had fruitful relationships with water transport and irrigation improvement. …”
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Challenges in Management of a Post-Traumatic Stiff Elbow – When to Perform Open Arthrolysis: A Case Report by S Adithyaa, K R Tarun Prashanth, M R Thirunthaiyan, R Dorai Kumar, B Sundararaja

“…In our case, since the patient has severe stiffness with only 30° arc of motion, we decided to go ahead with an open arthrolysis and the patient had good functional improvement.…”
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Identification and validation of biomarkers associated with glycolysis in polycystic ovarian syndrome by Rongyan Zhu, Xiao Yu, Yulan Li

“…TXNIP showed elevated expression in tongue and endocrine cells, whereas TGFBI was highly expressed in placental and adipocyte tissues. TGFBI had 14 high-confidence m6A modification sites and TXNIP had 1 high-confidence m6A modification site. …”
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Genome-wide DNA methylation and transcriptome sequencing analyses of lens tissue in an age-related mouse cataract model. by Yuzhu Hu, Dongmei Su, Yue Zhang, Yanjiang Fu, Sijia Li, Xiaoya Chen, Xiao Zhang, Shunfei Zheng, Xu Ma, Shanshan Hu

“…The young and aged mice had 76,524 and 15,608 differentially methylated CCGG and CCWGG sites, respectively. …”
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The diversity and habitat association of medium and large mammals in the Dhidhessa Wildlife Sanctuary, Southwestern Ethiopia. by Girma Gizachew Tefera, Tadesse Habtamu Tessema, Tibebu Alemu Bekere, Tariku Mekonnen Gutema

“…Order Artiodactyla which had the highest number of species (eleven = 11) followed by the, order Carnivora (n = 9). …”
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Understanding the relationship between subjective health complaints and satisfaction with life for people in prevocational training in Norway by Lina Harvold Ellingsen-Dalskau, Bente Berget, Gunnar Tellnes, Camilla Ihlebæk

“…Results: Most of the participants had been out of work for more than one year, had a high prevalence of subjective health complaints and a low level of satisfaction with life. …”
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Age differences in the variability and distribution of sleep spindle and rapid eye movement densities. by Kevin R Peters, Laura B Ray, Stuart Fogel, Valerie Smith, Carlyle T Smith

“…The present study had two main objectives. The first objective was to compare the sleep architecture of young and older adults, with an emphasis on sleep spindle density and REM density. …”
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Synthesis and Characterization of Gold Nanoparticles and Gold Nanoparticles Loaded with Bromelain by Haneen Ibrahim Ali, Baydaa H. Mutlak

“…FTIR spectrometry was employed to identify the functional groups in the synthesised nanoparticles. …”
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Stress distribution by parafunctional loading on tooth–implant, implant–implant, and tooth–tooth-supported prosthesis: A comparative three-dimensional finite element analysis by P Ambili Ravindran, Rohit Raghavan, Kiran Christopher, Sethu Sramadathil, Ann George, Athira Kattachirakunnel Sasi

“…It was found that the cortical bone around the crestal region had the highest stresses. Conclusion: Within the constraints of this investigation, we could draw the following conclusion: Of the three models, the tooth-tooth supported prosthesis exhibited the least amount of stress distribution, which was also least when functional loading was applied in the axial direction.…”
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Disability and social cognition in euthymic patients with bipolar disorder by Muhammet Sevindik, Aybüke Demir, Elif Erdem, Şerif Bora Nazlı

“…Abstract Background Cognitive performance is known to influence the functional level of psychiatric disorders in both the short and long term. …”
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Spontaneous neonatal renal vein thromboses: Should we treat them all? A report of five cases and a literature review by François Niada, René Tabin, Simon Kayemba-Kay's

“…Two infants were managed conservatively, and the other three received antithrombotic treatment (recombinant tissue plasminogen activator and heparin). All five patients had a similar course, leading to non-functioning renal atrophy, despite aggressive thrombolytic therapy or conservative treatment. …”
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The Great Terror on steroids: exploring the counterfactual scenario of artificial intelligence-driven purges under Stalin by Henrique Varajidás

“…Namely, the article explores the counterfactual hypothesis of what difference it could have made if the perpetrators of a key part of the Stalinist Soviet Union’s Great Terror—specifically, the campaign targeting “Trotskyists” in the Party—had had at their disposal an artificial intelligence tool modeled after the cutting-edge technology utilized in predictive policing today. …”
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Demographic, clinical and radiological characteristics of patients with acute ischemic stroke and acute symptomatic seizures by Baljak Anja, Kovačević Maša

“…Out of these, 16 (76.2%) patients had acute epileptic seizures, while 5 (23.8%) patients had an acute status epilepticus. …”
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Association of rs7574865 polymorphism of the <i>STAT4</i> gene with spinal syndesmophytes in patients with ankylosing spondylitis by M. Yu. Krylov, Sh. F. Erdes

“…Patients with trSMP(+) were statistically significantly older in age, had a longer duration of the disease and a higher functional BASFI index compared with patients without trSMP(–).Conclusion. …”
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Modern approaches to transvenous lead extraction by D. G. Podolyak, A. Yu. Kiprensky, S. A. Mironovich

“…Of the non-infectious indications, 87 patients (85,3%) had: venous occlusion — 4 (3,9%); chronic pain at IED area — 10 (9,8%); device upgrade — 16 (15,7%); non-functioning (dysfunction, fracture) leads — 57 (55,9%).Results. …”
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IL-6 and IL-10 in the serum and exfoliated cervical cells of patients infected with high-risk human papillomavirus. by Camila Mareti Bonin-Jacob, Larissa Zatorre Almeida-Lugo, Marco Antonio Moreira Puga, Ana Paula Machado, Cacilda Tezelli Junqueira Padovani, Mariana Calarge Noceti, Alda Maria Teixeira Ferreira, Carlos Eurico Dos Santos Fernandes, Júlio César Possati Resende, Adriane Cristina Bovo, Inês Aparecida Tozetti

“…Compared with HPV DNA-positive patients, HPV DNA-negative patients had higher levels of IL-6 in ECCs. Patients with multiple infections of HPV had higher levels of IL-6 in their ECCs than those with a single infection. …”
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Experimental and Theoretical Study of the Axial Distribution of Solid Phase Particles in a Fluidized Bed by A. V. Mitrofanov, V. E. Mizonov, N. S. Shpeynova, S. V. Vasilevich, N. K. Kasatkina

“…The resulting physical and mathematical model has a high predictive efficiency and can be used for engineering calculations of devices with a fluidized bed, as well as for setting and solving problems of optimal control of technological processes in these devices for various target functions.…”
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Assessment of mental health in adults of the northern part of the city of Kosovska Mitrovica by Mirković Momčilo, Simić Snežana, Trajković Goran

“…Mental health disorders lead to disorder of effective functioning of people and deterioration of quality of life. …”
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Diversity and sex differences in rectal gland volatiles of Queensland fruit fly, Bactrocera tryoni (Diptera: Tephritidae). by Cynthia Castro-Vargas, Gunjan Pandey, Heng Lin Yeap, Michael J Lacey, Siu Fai Lee, Soo J Park, Phillip W Taylor, John G Oakeshott

“…Most short retention time peaks (including a ketone and an ester) were male-specific, whereas most female-biased peaks (including five fatty acid esters) had long retention times. Our results indicate previously unsuspected diversity of rectal gland volatiles that might have pheromone functions in males, but far fewer in females.…”
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