Complications of open wedge high tibial osteotomy. Analysis of the causes of complications and ways to eliminate them by V. E. Bialik, S. A. Makarov, E. I. Bialik, V. A. Nesterenko, M. R. Nurmukhametov

“…Patients without complications had a statistically significantly better decrease in pain intensity according to VAS (p=0.0005), and an improvement in the total score of KSS (p=0.0023) one year after surgery. …”
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Quality assessment of garden strawberries of foreign selection by I. M. Novikova, O. M. Blinnikova, A. S. Ilyinsky

“…The results of organoleptic studies showed that the berries of all studied varieties had excellent taste. At the same time, the berries of the Aprica, Kwiki, Zephyr and Vivara varieties had excellent quality. …”
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Factors predicting rehabilitation outcome in patients after unilateral transtibial amputation due to peripheral vascular disease by Majstorović Biljana, Pešta Mladen

“…Average duration of rehabilitation was 27.69 ± 7.39 days in men and 33.9 ± 6.89 days in women (p < 0.01). Male patients had better functional results compared to females obtained by all analysed outcome measures (p < 0.01). …”
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Electrocardiographic, echocardiographic and lipid parameters in predicting obstructive coronary artery disease in patients with non-ST elevation acute coronary syndrome by M. M. Tsivanyuk, B. I. Geltser, K. I. Shakhgeldyan, E. D. Emtseva, G. S. Zavalin, O. I. Shekunova

“…Models based on XGBoost and ANN had less predictive value.…”
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Testing source elevation versus genotype as predictors of sugar pine performance in a post‐fire restoration planting by Emily V. Moran, Rainbow DeSilva, Courtney Canning, Jessica W. Wright

“…Our genotype–environment association (GEA) tests of 92 individuals from varying climates within CA revealed 829 SNPs (out of 300,604) with significant association with climate gradients, especially April snowpack. Of these, 323 either had annotations that suggested potential functional importance or were identified by two different methods. …”
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A live online exercise program for older adults improves depression and life-space mobility: A mixed-methods pilot randomized controlled trial. by Giulia Coletta, Kenneth S Noguchi, Kayla D Beaudoin, Angelica McQuarrie, Ada Tang, Meridith Griffin, Rebecca Ganann, Stuart M Phillips

“…Participants reported improved functional and mental health benefits. Further research is warranted to expand on these findings.…”
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The de Winter's sign as an ECG equivalent to STEMI by Vukićević Verica, Ilić Andrijana, Mirković Olja, Janković Tamara

“…About twenty minutes before the EMT was called, the patient suffered from an onset of sudden, extremely strong chest pain (8/10), propagating into both arms and his back, accompanied by nausea and vomiting. He had a history of hypertension and had an abdominal aneurysm operation in 2017. …”
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Intraoperative low-dose esketamine on postoperative quality of recovery in patients undergoing open gynecologic surgery: a double-blinded, parallel-group, placebo- controlled trial by Zhi-Yu Geng, Yan Zhang, Xin Yan, Jun Hu, Ran Cui, Lin-Lin Song, Hui-Cheng Song

“…More patients in the study group had extubation time ≥ 10min (15.7% vs. 2.9%; p= 0.009) and were over sedated (25.7 vs. 4.3%, p < 0.001) during post-anesthesia care unit stay.Conclusions Intraoperative infusion of 0.25 mg/kg/h esketamine had no additional benefit on early quality of recovery when used as part of multimodal analgesic regimen in patients undergoing open gynecologic surgery. …”
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Assessment of hemodynamic parameters of hepatic and visceral blood flow in decompensated liver cirrhosis by A. S. Tugushev, O. S. Cherkovska, D. I. Mikhantiev

“…Materials and methods. 290 patients with liver cirrhosis were examined: 206 had gastrointestinal bleeding, 84 had diuretic-resistant ascites. …”
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Sex-specific microbiota associations with backfat thickness, eye muscle area, and rumen fermentation in Qinchuan cattle by Yueting Pan, Gege Sun, Guo Li, Shuaicheng Chen, Haibing Liu, Huaxuan Li, Chugang Mei, Wucai Yang, Linsen Zan

“…Functional predictions revealed that bulls were enriched in glycan biosynthesis and amino acid metabolism pathways, whereas heifers showed enhanced lipid metabolism pathways. …”
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Expanding the clinical and molecular features of trichorhino- phalangeal syndrome with a novel variant by Nuray Öztürk, Gökcen Karamık, Hatice Mutlu, Öznur Yılmaz Bayer, Ercan Mıhçı, Gökhan Ozan Çetin, Banu Nur

“…Both TRPS1 and TRPS2 patients had some common distinctive facial features and skeletal findings. …”
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Health-related quality of life in patients undergoing hemodialysis by Miljanović Gora, Marjanović Milan, Radaković Sonja, Janošević Miljojko, Mraović Tatjana, Rađen Slavica

“…We found significantly lower total HRQoL score in patients in the HD group, compared to normal controls (0.78 ± 0.16 vs. 0.89 ± 0.10 in the HTA and 0.95 ± 0.06 in the C group) as well as specific scores in almost all investigated domains, except in speech, eating and mental functions. Patients in the HD and HTA groups had similar self-reported quality of life in additional 3 domains: hearing, elimination and distress, while the HD group reported significantly lower scores in remaining 9 domains: mobility, vision, breathing, sleeping, usual activities, discomfort and symptoms, depression, vitality and sexual activity. …”
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Birth prevalence and associated factors of congenital anomalies among neonates born at a public hospital in Awi Zone, Northwestern Ethiopia: institutional based cross-sectional stu... by Tsegaye Mehare, Yewbmirt Sharew

“…Abstract Background Congenital Anomalies, also known as birth defects, are structural, functional, or metabolic abnormalities present at birth or later in life that can result in physical or developmental impairments. …”
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Exercise-related immune gene signature for hepatocellular carcinoma: machine learning and multi-omics analysis by Cheng Pu, Lei Pu, Xiaoyan Zhang, Qian He, Jiacheng Zhou, Jianyue Li

“…Furthermore, we conducted molecular subtyping, qRT-PCR, biological functions, immune infiltration, drug sensitivity, and single cell analyses on EIGPS.ResultsUsing WGCNA, differential gene expression analysis, and CIBERSORT, 59 EIGs were identified, of which 54 were associated with prognosis. …”
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Use of alteplase continuous rate infusion, pentoxifylline, and cyproheptadine in association or not, in acute feline aortic thromboembolism: a study of nine cats by Christopher C. Ray, Jacob Wolf, Julien Guillaumin

“…Reperfusion injury and AKI were documented in 3/9 (33.3%) and 4/9 (44.4%) of cats, respectively. Non-survivors had a greater proportion of AKI than survivors (4/5 (80%) and 0/4 (0%), respectively). …”
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Longer disease progression milestone-free time in people with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis treated versus not treated with intravenous edaravone: results from an administrative cl... by James D Berry, Melissa Hagan, Jeffrey Zhang, Ying Liu, Malgorzata Ciepielewska

“…Results: Cases (n = 395) were matched to controls (n = 395). Cases had less restricted mean time lost, indicating longer disease progression milestone-free time, for all disease progression milestones. …”

A systematic review of the asymmetric inheritance of cellular organelles in eukaryotes: A critique of basic science validity and imprecision. by Anne Collins, Janine Ross, Shona H Lang

“…One study had high concern for marker validity due to the contradictory results of two markers for the same organelle. …”
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Impact of pulmonary rehabilitation in sleep in COPD patients measured by actigraphy. by Suman B Thapamagar, Kathleen Ellstrom, James D Anholm, Ramiz A Fargo, Nagamani Dandamudi

“…Pulmonary rehabilitation (PR) improves functional status and QoL in COPD but effects on sleep are unclear. …”
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Persistent Helicobacter pylori specific Th17 responses in patients with past H. pylori infection are associated with elevated gastric mucosal IL-1β. by Victoria Serelli-Lee, Khoon Lin Ling, Cassandra Ho, Lai Han Yeong, Gek Keow Lim, Bow Ho, Soon Boon Justin Wong

“…We sought to characterize this persistent gastritis, and demonstrate the persistence of HP-specific Th17 responses in individuals previously infected with HP but who no longer had evidence of ongoing infection.<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>Study subjects were divided into 3 groups 55 individuals had active HP infection (group A), 41 were diagnosed with previous HP infection (group P), and 59 were naïve to HP (group N). …”
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Prediction of 5-year survival in patients with heart failure and implanted cardiac resynchronization therapy devices by A. M. Soldatova, V. A. Kuznetsov, E. A. Gorbatenko, T. N. Enina, L. M. Malishevsky

“…Patients were randomly divided into training (n=95) and test (n=36) samples, which were comparable in main clinical and functional characteristics.Results. The index included parameters that had a significant relationship with 5-year survival according to the Cox regression: male sex, prior myocardial infarction, hypertension, QRS &lt;150 ms, no left bundle branch block, PR ≥200 ms with sinus rhythm/absence of radiofrequency ablation in atrial fibrillation, NYHA class III, IV HF, LVEF &lt;30%, left ventricular end-diastolic volume ≥235,0 ml, NT-proBNP ≥2692,0 ng/ml. …”
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