Core prescription pattern of Chinese herbal medicine for depressive disorders in Taiwan: A nationwide population-based study by Diem Ngoc Hong Tran, I-Hsuan Hwang, Fun-Jou Chen, Yuan-Pu Tseng, Ching-Mao Chang, Shih-Jen Tsai, Jen-Lin Yang, Ta-Peng Wu, Chung-Hua Hsu, Fang-Pey Chen, Yen-Ying Kung

“…Background: Depressive disorders (DD) affect not only mood and behavior but also various physical functions. Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) has been shown to have some benefits in treating DD. …”
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A Comparative Study on Physicochemical Properties and Biological Activities of Polysaccharides from <i>Coreopsis tinctoria</i> Buds Obtained by Different Methods by Shang Gao, Weipei Li, Moupan Yin, Rui-Bo Jia, Chunxia Zhou, Xinhui Pan, Bingwu Liao

“…The absolute zeta potential value of Al was the highest, indicating that the solution was the most stable. CTBPs had the characteristic structure of polysaccharides, and Al-Post-proc had a triple helix structure. …”
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Long-term outcomes after AKI in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 by Bernardo Marques da Silva, Joana Gameiro, Joana Lei Teixeira, Cláudia Costa, Carolina Branco, João Oliveira, João Bernardo, Filipe Marques, José Agapito Fonseca, José António Lopes

“…Within two years after discharge, 31.8% (n = 130) of patients had an eGFR < 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 and/or a 25% decrease on eGFR and 1.7% (n = 7) of patients required RRT, 6.1% (n = 25) of patients had CV events and 27.9% (n = 114) of patients died. …”
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Long-term outcomes after AKI in hospitalized patients with COVID-19 by Bernardo Marques da Silva, Joana Gameiro, Joana Lei Teixeira, Cláudia Costa, Carolina Branco, João Oliveira, João Bernardo, Filipe Marques, José Agapito Fonseca, José António Lopes

“…Within two years after discharge, 31.8% (n = 130) of patients had an eGFR < 60 mL/min/1.73 m2 and/or a 25% decrease on eGFR and 1.7% (n = 7) of patients required RRT, 6.1% (n = 25) of patients had CV events and 27.9% (n = 114) of patients died. …”
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Designing a Business Model in the Tourism Industry of Iran by Amirhossein Samadian, Saeid Ehdaie, kamyar Raissifar

“…The key resources component describes the most important assets required for the business model to function properly. Key activities describe the most important tasks required for the business model to function properly. …”
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A simple, organized web-based system improved the transfer efficiency and patient outcomes for endovascular thrombectomy in regional stroke network by Chun-Min Wang, Yu-Ming Chang, Ray-Chang Tzeng, Tsang-Shan Chen, Shang-Te Wu, Kuan-Hung Lin, Che-Chao Chang, Meng-Hua Huang, Si-Chon Vong, Mu-Han Wu, Chih-Hung Chen, Che-Wei Lin, Pi-Shan Sung

“…NTP: 131.5 vs. 110 min; p = 0.029). The NTP group had a higher rate of good functional outcomes at 3 months (TTP vs. …”
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Unstable Elbow-Skin Shortage a Stabilising Factor by Satya Prakash

“…A 56-year old patient had his elbow trapped in his turned over car 21 years ago. …”
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Construction visuelle de la désobéissance civile : l’exemple de Tsunami Democràtic by Ludivine Thouverez

“…Based on the theoretical works of Michael Halliday in systemic functional linguistics and Gunther Kress and Theo van Leeuwen in visual communication, this study demonstrates that the images published on the social network Twitter have been a powerful instrument of persuasion and that the representation of the social actors involved in the souverianist conflict had two main objectives: encourage civil disobedience and draw public international opinion to the political situation in Catalonia.…”
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Development and Validation of Models to Estimate the Incident Risk of Cognitive Impairment and Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in Older Adults by Michael G. Nanna, Daniel Wojdyla, Eric D. Peterson, Ann Marie Navar, Jeff D. Williamson, Lisandro D. Colantonio, Stephen Y. Wang, Yasser Jamil, Alain G. Bertoni, Musarrat Nahid, Abdulla A. Damluji, Parag Goyal, Sarwat I. Chaudhry, Thomas M. Gill, Karen P. Alexander

“…Variable selection, including functional status, was based on the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator method. …”
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Determination of the optimal frequency and duration of micro-spray patterns for high-temperature environment tomatoes based on the Fuzzy Borda model by Run Xue, Chuan Zhang, Haofang Yan, Kinde Negessa Disasa, Imran Ali Lakhiar, Muhammad Akhlaq, Muhammad Usman Hameed, Jun Li, Jiangtao Ren, Shuaishuai Deng, Biyu Wang, Rongxuan Bao

“…Meanwhile, TOPSIS, RSR, or VIKOR can be used to quickly assess tomatoes' superiority or inferiority under different treatments because they had the highest correlation with the FB. In future studies, we need to further investigate the functional distribution of mist and the process of mist changes, which could help us better understand the mechanism of micro-spray.…”
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Comparison of the Sensitivity of 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT with Other Imaging Modalities in Detecting Head and Neck Paraganglioma: Experience from Western India by Manjunath Havalappa Dodamani, Sanjeet Kumar Jaiswal, Vijaya Sarathi, Hetal Marfatia, Anil D'Cruz, Gaurav Malhotra, Priya Hira, Virendra A. Patil, Anurag R. Lila, Nalini S. Shah, Tushar R. Bandgar

“…Methods The data of consecutive HNPGL patients (n = 34) who had undergone at least 68Ga-DOTATATE PET/CT and anatomical imaging (contrast-enhanced computed tomography/magnetic resonance imaging [CECT/MRI]) were retrospectively reviewed. …”
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Regulations, biosecurity measures, and impact of COVID-19: A comprehensive mixed method study in traditional wet and live animal markets in Bangladesh by Sukanta Chowdhury, Tushar Kumar Das, Nurun Nahar Chisty, Sajal Kanti Biswas, Mohammed Ziaur Rahman, Jiaxin Ling, Mahmoud M. Naguib, Johanna F. Lindahl

“…Most markets (80 %, n = 8) lacked direct water supply lines for their shops, and 50 % had no functional drainage systems. A majority (55 %, n = 22) of the key informants reported not seeing any food inspectors at the market within the last three months. …”
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Health-related quality of life among cervical cancer survivors at a tertiary hospital in Ghana. by Kwabena Amo-Antwi, Ramatu Agambire, Thomas O Konney, Samuel B Nguah, Edward T Dassah, Yvonne Nartey, Adu Appiah-Kubi, Augustine Tawiah, Elliot K Tannor, Amponsah Peprah, Mavis Bobie Ansah, Daniel Sam, Patrick K Akakpo, Frank Ankobea, Rex M Djokoto, Maame Y K Idun, Henry S Opare-Addo, Baafour K Opoku, Alexander T Odoi, Carolyn Johnston

“…Although the majority (66.0-84.3%) of the QoL functioning scale were unaffected, about a fifth (22.2%) to a third (34.5%) of the subjects had perceptual impairment in cognitive and role functioning. …”
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In-vitro transcriptomic profiling of indigenous Gaddi vis-à-vis exotic Labrador dogs: insights from systems biology by Jaswinder Kaur, Manu Mohan, Bilawal Singh, Ram Saran Sethi, Deepti Narang, Simarjeet Kaur, Chandra Sekhar Mukhopadhyay

“…., without treatment of any TLR-ligand) with each of the Poly I: C, LPS, and CpG ODN-treated groups for Labrador and Gaddi dogs. Functional enrichment analysis of differentially expressed genes (DEGs) (fold change &gt;3 and &lt;−3, p &lt; 0.05) was conducted to identify enriched pathways in each breed.ResultsThe analysis revealed that Labrador dogs had more DEGs across all treatment groups than Gaddi dogs. …”
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Pathohistological properties and histomorphometric characteristics of cancellous bone tissue in iliobiopsies of patients with osteogenesis imperfecta by V. V. Grigorovsky, A. M. Zyma

“…In OI-patients trabecular bone tissue had the complex pattern formed by basophylic cemental lines which outlined interstitial microstructures of lamellar and woven kind. …”
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COVID-19 Pandemic Response Capacity Status of West Africa by Virgil Kuassi Lokossou, Basil Benduri Kaburi, Delia Akosua Bandoh, Edgard Marius Ouendo, Aboubacar Ouédraogo, Franklin Aseidu-Bekoe, Samuel Kaba Akoriyea, Issiaka Sombié, Donmozoun Télesphore Somé, Ermel Amewsue Johnson, Ernest Kenu

“…Results: Overall, 87% (13/15) of member states had the capacity test for COVID–19 by PCR. All (100%) of the 15 states had functional incident management systems; rapid response teams; and at least two of the three tiers of field epidemiology workforce. …”
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Effects of Trichoderma harzianum combined with Phanerochaete chrysosporium on lignin degradation and humification during chicken manure and rice husk composting by Senmao Zhai, Kuang Wang, Fengcun Yu, Zhenlu Gao, Xu Yang, Xiuqing Cao, Hiba Shaghaleh, Yousef Alhaj Hamoud

“…Correlation analysis indicated that moisture content influenced fungal community structure (r = −0.740, p &lt; 0.01) which affected lignin degradation (r = −0.952, p &lt; 0.01) and compost maturity level in the composting process. Fungi Functional Guild (FUNGuild) and correlation heatmap demonstrated that T3 could enhance the relative abundance of endophyte which may had the potential to improve the degradation of lignin. …”
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Deficiency of T cell CD40L has minor beneficial effects on obesity-induced metabolic dysfunction by Lisa Willemsen, Myrthe den Toom, Myrthe E Reiche, Marion J J Gijbels, Esther Lutgens, Bram van Os, Norbert Gerdes, Suzanne A B M Aarts

“…The importance of the co-stimulatory CD40-CD40L dyad in diet-induced obesity (DIO), with opposing phenotypes arising when either the receptor (aggravating) or the ligand (protective) is deleted, has been described previously. The functions of CD40 and CD40L are cell type dependent. …”
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Psychosocial Support and Quality of Life in CKD Patients on Hemodialysis Amidst the Sudan Conflict: A Cross-Sectional Study by Ahmed MohammedAlhassan Ismail Abdulsamad, Ibrahim Nagmeldin Hassan, Mohamed Ibrahim

“…Displaced patients had poorer mental health scores (mean 42 ± 18) compared to non-displaced patients (mean 50 ± 16, p < 0.05). …”
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Intervention and regulation effect of Haematococcus pluvialis extract on blood glucose and lipid of diabetic mice by Huang Heru, Wang Shanshan, Ni Xiaofeng, Chen Riping, Zhang Jiali, Chen Yixiang, Shen Shengrong

“…Compared with the model group, by giving different doses of H. pluvialis extract in 28 d for experimental groups, the high, middle and low dose groups had statistically significant differences between the body masses and blood glucose contents, respectively (P&lt;0.01, P&lt;0.05, P&lt;0.05). …”
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