Miodynamic and Radiographic Evaluation in Recreative Athletes with Patellofemoral Pain by Abiel Eugenio Garza-Borjón, Mirna González-González, José Fernando de la Garza-Salazar, Mario Simental-Mendía, Carlos Acosta-Olivo

“…Both groups were homogeneous and had no significant differences in the demographic variables. …”
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Applying a co-designed medication plan for safer medication treatment in older persons: a feasibility study by Malin Holmqvist, Axel Ros, Johan Thor, Linda Johansson

“…Fidelity was assessed based on 8 out of 15 older persons reporting that they had received a medication plan, and 59% of all prescribed medications had documented goals and/or comments. …”
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Effects of differential protein removal on the properties of early indica rice flour by CAO Yijun, FENG Wei, WANG Ren, ZHANG Hao, WANG Tao

“…The deproteinized rice flour had lower peak viscosity, breakdown viscosity and final viscosity than the control, and the RFA@3.0 had minimum breakdown and setback viscosities, which indicated that it exhibited best paste stability and was difficult to retrograde.ConclusionThe protein removal by alkaline and enzymatic methods can improve the properties of early indica rice flour. …”
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Echocardiographic evidence for valvular toxicity of benfluorex: a double-blind randomised trial in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. by Geneviève Derumeaux, Laura Ernande, André Serusclat, Evelyne Servan, Eric Bruckert, Hugues Rousset, Stephen Senn, Luc Van Gaal, Brigitte Picandet, François Gavini, Philippe Moulin, REGULATE trial investigators

“…Among the 615 patients with assessable paired echocardiography (310 benfluorex, 305 pioglitazone), 314 (51%) had at least one morphological valvular abnormality and 515 (84%) at least one functional valvular abnormality at baseline. …”
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Virtually assisted home rehabilitation after acute stroke (VAST-rehab): A descriptive pilot study for young and underserved stroke survivors by Emily A. Stevens, Neha Muraly, Carolyn P. Da Silva, Lorie Richards, Aylen Sosa, Heather Smith, Allyson Seals Richard, Shehzeen Manji, Mary E. Russell, Sean I. Savitz

“…Methods Participants were recruited from acute care, inpatient rehab, or provider/self-referral if they had a stroke within the previous year, prestroke modified Rankin Scale < 3, were recommended to participate in rehab, and had internet access. …”
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Bone sarcoma in those over 90's of age by Laura Jane Hartley, Motaz Al-Aqeel, Naeil Lotfi, Martin Goodman, Vineet John Kurisunkal, Scott Evans

“…Patients and methods: Retrospective access to our prospectively held oncology database yielded a list of 15 consecutive patients aged over 90 years old who were diagnosed with a bone sarcoma of the axial and appendicular skeleton. 60 % were managed surgically – five had amputations and four with tumour excision. Two patients had positive margins. …”
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Geriatric hip fracture with proximal upper extremity fracture increases morbidity and mortality by Zachary Jodoin, MD, Travis Kotzur, BS, Aaron Singh, BA, Kyle Paul, MD, Case Martin, MD, Ravi Karia, MD, Thomas Hand, MD

“…Concomitant shoulder and humerus fractures had an increased risk of all-cause medical and medical complication (P < 0.001). …”
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A Prospective Study for the Assessment of Frailty in Elderly Chronic Kidney Disease Patients by Narinder Pal Singh, Mohd Qasim Khan, Pankaj Nand Choudhary, Anish Kumar Gupta, Shaurya Kaul

“…In the case group, more than half of the patients had CKD stage 4 (57%), followed by CKD stage 5 (36%). …”
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The Role of Plant Evolutionary History in Shaping the Variation in Specific Leaf Area Across China by Minyue Si, Caiyi Zhang, Chunzhu Xiang, Mingxia Jiang, Linwei Guo, Junjiong Shao

“…Along the phylogenetic tree, the split between angiosperms and gymnosperms had the largest contribution to the variation in SLA. …”
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Impact of public versus non public insurance on hispanic kidney transplant outcomes using UNOS database by Charat Thongprayoon, Oscar A. Garcia Valencia, Caroline C. Jadlowiec, Shennen A. Mao, Michael A. Mao, Napat Leeaphorn, Justin H. Pham, Eva Csongradi, Iasmina M. Craici, Pooja Budhiraja, Wisit Cheungpasitporn

“…Of 14,639 Hispanic kidney transplant recipients, 10,761 (74%) had public insurance. Public insurance group were older, had more kidney retransplant, more deceased donor but less preemptive kidney transplant, longer dialysis duration, more diabetes, peripheral vascular disease, reduced functional status, and were less likely to be employed or have high education level compared to non-public insurance group. …”
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Effects of Land Use and Water Level Fluctuations on Phytoplankton in Mediterranean Reservoirs in Cyprus by Polina Polykarpou, Natassa Stefanidou, Matina Katsiapi, Maria Moustaka-Gouni, Savvas Genitsaris, Gerald Dörflinger, Athena Economou-Amilli, Dionysios E. Raitsos

“…The geographical distance between reservoirs had only a minor effect on species distribution, implying that other factors—such as water residence time or hydrological variability—play a more prominent role in shaping community structure. …”
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A Contemporary Strategy for the Surgical Treatment of Destructive Forms of Infective Endocarditis by A. P. Medvedev, V. E. Babokin, Yu. A. Sobolev, V. V. Pichugin, V. A. Chiginev, E. N. Zemskova, N. A. Trofimov, N. L. Blagodatkina

“…Additionally, 122 patients had infectious lesions affecting 2 or more valves. …”
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Selective Inhibitors of Kv11.1 Regulate IL-6 Expression by Macrophages in Response to TLR/IL-1R Ligands by Cheryl Hunter, Tejas B. Kadakia, Dianne Cooper, Mauro Perretti, Richard C. Schwartz, Simon B. Brown

“…We demonstrate here that dofetilide (DOF), a selective inhibitor of the Kv11.1 current, had a profound inhibitory effect on neutrophil recruitment in mice following TLR/IL-1R–elicited peritonitis or intrascrotal injection of IL-1β, but had no effect on responses seen with TNFα. …”
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LPM electrode loaded with RAPA-PLGA drug sustained-release system can reduce local fibrous tissue hyperplasia and local bioelectrical impedance by Xiu Wang, Wentao Du, Yunyun Wang, Ahsan Riaz Khan, Haijun Zhang

“…In vitro cell inhibition experiments showed that the drug-loaded electrode group had an obvious inhibitory effect on fibroblasts, and the difference between the groups was significant (p < 0.05). …”
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Features of endocrine status in adolescents with multiple sclerosis by V. M. Lebedev, N. A. Totolyan

“…A similar correlation was found for 17-hydroxyprogesterone: adolescents with higher levels of this hormone had less disability according to EDSS (r=–0.36, p=0.04). …”
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Experimental Evaluation of Dry and Contactless Cleaning Methods for the Production of Digital Vehicle Dashboards by Patrick Brag, Yvonne Holzapfel, Marcel Daumüller, Ralf Grimme, Uwe Mai, Tobias Iseringhausen

“…Particulate contamination inside BLUs can lead to either an aesthetic or functional failure and is in consequence a part of quality control. …”
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BONE-PLASTIC ORBITOTOMY BY METHOD OF KRENLANE IN THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMAS OF THE ORBIT by I. V. Pendyurin, V. V. Stupak, I. A. Vasil’Ev, M. S. Selyakova

“…Cosmetic defect was absent. All patients had a good functional result - a complete restoration of eyeball movement. …”
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Metabolic phenotype of adult mice offspring obtained from different variants of embryo transfer by M. V. Anisimova, Ya. Gong, N. S. Yudin, Yu. M. Moshkin, L. A. Gerlinskaya

“…Unlike body compositions, embryo transplantations had a greater effect on basal glucose concentration and GTT in males than in females. …”
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Dynamic risk factors for complex regional pain syndrome after distal radius fracture surgery: multivariate analysis and prediction by Weipan Xu, Yue Liu, Bin Zhang, Junhua Ma

“…Osteoporotic patients had higher risks in the mid to late postoperative period. …”
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Evaluation of the efficacy of complex analgesic therapy, including a combination of B vitamins, in patients with combination of osteoarthritis and chronic non-specific low back pai... by E. S. Filatova, A. E. Karateev, E. L. Shakhramanova, D. A. Ghukasyan, S. Yu. Shkireeva, A.  M. Lila

“…Six patients had adverse reactions: 2 – local pain at the site of the intramuscular injections, 1 – arterial hypertension, 3 – epigastric pain. …”
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