Analysis of the status and factors influencing the intrinsic capacity of hospitalized elderly patients (住院老年患者内在能力的现状和影响因素分析) by SUN Yutong (孙雨彤), ZHANG Jie (张洁), LI Hong (李虹), LI Jing (李晶), SHI Hong (施红), SHEN Ji (沈姞), ZHOU Jiao (周娇), DUAN Yuwei (段雨薇), ZHANG Dandan (张丹丹)

“…Results The intrinsic capacity score of 264 elderly patients was 2. 0 (2. 0, 3. 0), and 94. 32%(249/263) of elderly inpatients had a decrease in at least one dimension of intrinsic capacity. …”
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Effectorless Fc-fusion improves FLT3L drug-like properties for cancer immunotherapy combinationsResearch in context by Jérémie Decalf, Evangeline Toy, Dongping He, Radhika Kenkre, Amy M. Berkley, Devon Wong, Mandy Kwong, Yee-Seir Kee, Yue Sun, Srividya Myneni, Xiangdan Wang, Ahmad Ebtikar, Anthony Ancheta, Yanli Yang, Hok Seon Kim, Nga Tang, Debarko Banerji, Elaine Mai, Pranay Dogra, Meredith McLerie, Alan G. Gutierrez, Geraldine Strasser, Gautham K. Rao, Matt Betzenhauser, Wilson Phung, Peter Day, Wendy Sandoval, Ayse Meric Ovacik, Pamela Chan, Shomyseh Sanjabi, Laetitia Comps-Agrar, Sivan Cohen, James A. Ernst, Greg A. Lazar, Christopher C. Kemball, Iraj Hosseini, Yichin Liu, Jill M. Schartner, Travis W. Bainbridge, Christine Moussion

“…Findings: FLT3L-Fc NG2LH had limited binding to FcγRs and failed to elicit antibody dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) and cellular phagocytosis (ADCP). …”
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Low prevalence of CWH43 variants among Finnish and Norwegian idiopathic normal pressure hydrocephalus patients: a cohort-based observational study by Joel Räsänen, Seppo Helisalmi, Sami Heikkinen, Joose Raivo, Ville E. Korhonen, Henna Martiskainen, Antti Junkkari, Benjamin Grenier-Boley, Céline Bellenguez, Minna Oinas, Cecilia Avellan, Janek Frantzen, Anna Kotkansalo, Jaakko Rinne, Antti Ronkainen, Mikko Kauppinen, Mikael von und zu Fraunberg, Kimmo Lönnrot, Jarno Satopää, Markus Perola, Anne M. Koivisto, Valtteri Julkunen, Anne M. Portaankorva, Arto Mannermaa, Hilkka Soininen, Juha E. Jääskeläinen, Jean-Charles Lambert, Per K. Eide, FinnGen, Aarno Palotie, Mitja I. Kurki, Mikko Hiltunen, Ville Leinonen, Anssi Lipponen

“…Abstract Background Heterozygous CWH43 loss-of-function (LOF) variants have been identified as iNPH risk factors, with 10–15% of iNPH patients carrying these variants in cohorts from the US. …”
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Can simple behavioural interventions increase daily physical activity in Parkinson’s disease? by Józef Alphons Opara, Dominika Grzybowska-Ganszczyk

“…The outcome was measured by the Timed Up and Go test (TUG), Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) – part III, FIR [Functional Index “Repty” – own modification of Functional Independence Measure (FIM)], Functional Ambulation Category (FAC), and International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ). …”
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Understanding the changes in multi-structure, physicochemical properties, and in vitro digestibility of quinoa starch by annealing with hydrogen-infused and plasma-activated water... by Hang Liu, Ge Tian, Shanshan Gao, Shuang Liu

“…This research provided a novel strategy to further improve the thermal stability and functionality of starch.…”
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Diversity of endophytic yeast in different varieties of waxy sorghum at flowering period by LIU Wenwen, CHEN Lu, HU Lianqing, FENG Ruizhang, WEI Qin, ZHOU Wanhai, XIANG Qiujin, HUANG Siqi

“…Qingkeyang and the leaves had the greatest numbers of unique functional fungus.…”
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Somatic Comorbidity in Chronic Constipation: More Data from the GECCO Study by Paul Enck, Johannes Leinert, Menno Smid, Thorsten Köhler, Juliane Schwille-Kiuntke

“…They were compared to individuals without comorbid condition and presumed functional constipation (n=215). Results. Individuals reporting a somatic comorbid condition and/or regular medication were significantly older than those with functional constipation (63.8±15.8 and 43.7±15.5 years, resp., p<0.001) and had lower health and social status (both p<0.001), but similar general life satisfaction (n.s.). …”
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The Roles of Regulatory B Cells in Cancer by Yan He, Hongyan Qian, Yuan Liu, Lihua Duan, Yan Li, Guixiu Shi

“…There are no clear criteria to identify Bregs; different markers were used in the different experimental conditions. Massive researches had described the functions of immune cells such as regulatory T cells (Tregs), dendritic cells (DCs), and B cells in the autoimmune disorder diseases and cancers. …”
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M2-LIKE MACROPHAGES ARE POTENTIAL CANDIDATES FOR BRAIN STROKE OUTCOMES' TREATMENT by S. A. Morozov, G. V. Tomash, E. Ya. Shevela, L. V. Sakhno, A. V. Smyk, N. M. Starostina, A. A. Ostanin, E. R. Chernykh

“…At 6 months after cells administration all the patients had clinical Improvement. NIHS score decreased from 8,6 ± 1,06 to 4,4 ± 0.55 (p = 0,0008), several patients showed the decrease of sensitiveness impairments, improvement of cognitive functions and enhanced quality of life. …”
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THE VERIFICATION CALCULUS OF THE DRIVING WHEEL OF THE EXTRACTION MACHINE AT THE OLD PIT WITH A SKIP – LONEA MINING PLANT by Răzvan Bogdan ITU, Iosif DUMITRESCU

“…In this paper, we present the results of the calculus of verification the drive wheel and the technical solution for improving its construction and functioning.…”
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Elimination of residual adult T‐cell leukaemia clones by Tax‐targeted dendritic cell vaccine by Tadafumi Iino, Atsuhiko Hasegawa, Takaji Matsutani, Koichi Akashi, Mari Kannagi, Youko Suehiro

“…Results In this patient, the dominant residual ATL clones that had persisted following previous treatment entirely disappeared within 3 years after DC vaccination. …”
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Use of intraoperative MRI for resection of gliomas by Hector Navarro Cabrera, Antonio Nogueira de Almeida, Clemar Corrêa da Silva, Erich Talamoni Fonoff, Maria das Graças Martin, Claudia da Costa Leite, Manoel Jacobsen Teixeira

“…METHOD: The first five patients with gliomas operated on at the University of São Paulo using intraoperative MRI are reported. All but one patient had Karnofsky Performance Status of 100% before surgery. …”
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Mediating Effect of Audit Committee on the Connection Linking Auditor Attributes and Financial Reporting Quality: A Conceptual Framework by Saifullahi Abdullahi, Muhammad Law, Hussaini Bala, Haruna Daddau

“…Earlier research has shown that auditor attributes (AAT) complementary functions regarding audit committee (ACs) are complicated and go beyond a straight relationship. …”
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Duodenal Graft Perforation after Simultaneous Pancreas-Kidney Transplantation by Akihito Sannomiya, Ichiro Nakajima, Yuichi Ogawa, Kotaro Kai, Ichiro Koyama, Shohei Fuchinoue

“…Perforation of the donor duodenum was found, which had apparently resulted from duodenal compression by the tip of the intestinal fistula tube placed for decompression. …”
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Genetic segregation of chlorophyll content and light compensation point in a hybrid grapevine population by JI Xiaohao, LIU Fengzhi, WANG Xiaodi, WANG Xiaolong, SHI Meng, WANG Zhiqiang, WANG Haibo

“…However, some individual plants had values higher than the maternal parent or lower than the paternal parent. …”
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Mechanism of exogenous methyl jasmonate mediated AsA-GSH cycle in Summer Black grape against low temperature stress by ZHANG Shaowei, ZHU Qianyan, ZHAO Xiaogai, ZHOU Bing, LI Peng, LI Guirong

“…[Results] (1) at room temperature, the growth indexes and photosynthetic characteristics of the Summer Black grape under different concentrations of MeJA treatment had no significant difference fromthose of the control group at each time point after treatment, indicating that under normal growth environment, exogenous MeJA treatment had no significant effect on the growth indexes and photosynthetic characteristics of the Summer Black grape; Under low temperature stress, the plant height, stem diameter and leaf number of the control group increased slowly with the extension of stress time. …”
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Use of sacubitril/valsartan in non‐compaction cardiomyopathy: a case report by Marcely Gimenes Bonatto, Rodrigo Albanez, Vera Maria Cury Salemi, Lídia Zytynski Moura

“…After 18 months of refractory usage of guideline‐directed medical therapy, sacubitril/valsartan was started, and significant change in functional class (III to I) and important ventricular remodelling were achieved with an improvement of 29% in the ejection fraction, reduction of 7 mm in ventricular diastolic diameter, and mild to none mitral valve functional regurgitation. …”
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Interest of Thin Skin Flaps in the Treatment of Postburn Cervical Contractures: About Five Cases by I. Ghorbel, F. Bouaziz, H. Bellaaj, S. Moaalla, Kh. Ennouri

“…The use of thin skin flaps in the reconstruction of postburn cervical contractures associated with functional impacts. Material and Methods. We conducted a descriptive observational study on about five patients who had reconstruction of postburn cervical contractures using various thin skin flaps in a plastic surgery department. …”
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ENDARTERECTOMY AND RECONSTRUCTION OF THE LEFT ANTERIOR DESCENDING ARTERY: IMMEDIATE AND LONG-TERM RESULTS by A. P. Bogdan, S. A. Belash, K. O. Barbukhatty

“…The exertional angina of the III-IV functional class was noted in 76% of the patients and 72% of patients had the myocardial infarction in anamneses. …”
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Roman bishops and the development of church-administrative structures at the “superprovincial” level at the beginning of the 5th century by Mikhail Gratsianskiy

“…In relation to each of the regions, this model had some peculiarities, expressed in the way of functioning of the synodal institutions, the role and place of the metropolitans, and the relationship of the primate with the Roman see.…”
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