FFR post-PCI: what we learned from the FFR-SEARCH study by <p>Nico H.J. Pijls, Lokien X. van Nunen

“….,4 FFR has undeniably changed our interpretation of coronary angiograms and had a major influence on the clinical decision-making process, and patient outcomes.3,5,6 This has resulted in the unique adoption of FFR as the only physiological index with a class I A indication for use in the clinical practice guidelines produced by the most important cardiologic societies worldwide.7,8 FFR has taught us that coronary angiography and the anatomic images we can acquire at the cath lab only provide moderately reliable measures of the functional significance of coronary artery disease and myocardial ischemia. …”
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The mechanism of morin combined with celastrol induces apoptosis and inhibits the growth of lung cancer by Jing Duan, Jiacheng Sun, Jiayin Zhang, Yulin Fang

“…Morin is a functional flavonoid commonly found in human diet. Compared to being used solely, it is evident that morin can be more effective as a drug adjuvant. …”
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INDICATIONS AND CHOICE OF TECHNOLOGY FOR POLYMERIC MATERIALS IMPLANTATION IN THE ABDOMINAL WALL FOR PREVENTION AND TREATMENT OF POSTOPERATIVE VENTRAL HERNIAS by B. S. Sukovatykh, N. M. Valuiskaya, V. M. Pashkov, O. V. Alimemko, A. Yu. Grigoryan

“…Lowering of functional activity of ribosomal genes is a reason of the anterior abdominal cavity weakness, its progress causes lowering in skin and aponeuroses composition I–III types of collagen. …”
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Post-operative short-term clinical evaluation of direct lateral (Harding) approach in primary total hip replacement by Abdullah Abdulkareem Abbas, Ahmed Latteef Al-Shamari

“… Objectives: To evaluate patients’ functional outcomes after total hip arthroplasty through a direct lateral approach. …”
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INFLUENCE OF ACTIVE GAMES AND PLAY ON CHILDREN’S COGNITION: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW by Tárcio Amancio do Nascimento, Juliane Camila de Oliveira Ribas, Isabela Almeida Ramos, Vinicius de Oliveira Damasceno, André dos Santos Costa

“…Five studies were included, in accordance with the eligibility criteria. All studies had an experimental design, with two being conducted chronically, and three, acutely. …”
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Cognitive impairment is correlated with reduced quality of life in patients with clinically isolated syndrome by Carolina Fiorin Anhoque, Laurentino Biccas-Neto, Simone Cristina A. Domingues, Antônio Lúcio Teixeira, Renan Barros Domingues

“…METHODS: Eighteen CIS patients and eighteen controls were submitted to QoL evaluation with Functional Assessment of Multiple Sclerosis QoL instrument (FAMS). …”
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Overview of Depression Level in Knee Osteoarthritis Patients in Geriatric Polyclinic in General Hospital by Rakha Ariq Fadilah, Arief Yanto, Mohammad Fatkhul Mubin, Desi Ariyana Rahayu

“…Most patients present with mild depression, which tends to worsen with advancing age, influenced by chronic pain and functional limitations.…”
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Modification of Polyvinylidene Fluoride (PVDF) Membrane by Polymer Blending with Phase Inversion Method by Muhfadzalah - Muhfadzalah, Umi - Fathanah, Sri - Aprilia, Syawaliah - Muchtar, Mukramah - Yusuf

“…The effect of additives on the membrane was obtained by evaluating chemical functional groups by ATR-FTIR, morphological changes by SEM, and filtration performance. …”
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Effect of Dietary Conjugated Linoleic Acid Supplementation on Early Inflammatory Responses during Cutaneous Wound Healing by Na-Young Park, Giuseppe Valacchi, Yunsook Lim

“…Mice fed dietary CLA supplementation had reduced levels of oxidative stress and inflammatory markers. …”
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Effect of microcellulose modification methods on the properties of polypropylene composites by Quan Yuan, Guimei Zhang, Chunxuan Li, Liping He, Shiwei Xu

“…In this paper, we proposed the integrated functional modification of microcellulose with compatibility and flame retardancy, and then modified polypropylene composites with high strength, high thermal stability, and high flame retardancy were successfully prepared by extrusion–injection molding. …”
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Orthostatic plate in Intensive Therapy Units of São Paulo city by Alexandre Luque, Camila Gabriela Garcia Martins, Marcele Siegler Santiago e Silva, Fernanda de Córdoba Lanza, Mariana Rodrigues Gazzotti

“…The orthostatic plate may be a resource for early recovery of functional variables of critical patients in ITU; that therapeutic measure is frequently used in other countries. …”
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An Analysis of Elementary School Thematic Question Points Using Iteman Software and Winstep Rasch Model by Difa Maulidya, Shaleh Shaleh, Puspo Rohmi

“…Overall, 23 out of 25 questions had well-functioning distractors. Implications include improving measurement quality, curriculum development, student understanding, and learning evaluation at the elementary level.…”
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Acute Renal Failure and Severe Hypertension from a Page Kidney Post-Transplant Biopsy by Maria Aurora Posadas, Vincent Yang, Bing Ho, Muhammad Omer, Daniel Batlle

“…We report a case of a patient who had a transplant kidney biopsy complicated by a subcapsular perinephric hematoma. …”
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Giant Cell Tumor of the Talus: A Case Report and Review of Literature by Dharampal Swami, Nitesh Gahlot, Abhay Elhence

“…At 6 months of follow-up, the patient had painless arthrodesis of subtalar joint with functional ankle joint and no sign of recurrence at last clinicoradiological examination. …”
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IL-33-Pretreated Mesenchymal Stem Cells Attenuate Acute Liver Failure by Improving Homing and Polarizing M2 Macrophages by Hui Yuan, Yuwen Li, Zihao Kong, Linya Peng, Jiali Song, Xiaoxue Hou, Wen Zhang, Rui Liu, Tiantong Feng, Chuanlong Zhu

“…Therefore, we investigated the functional changes of MSCs in response to interleukin-33 (IL-33) stimulation. …”
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Circulating Oxalate Levels in Short Bowel Syndrome as a Severity Marker of CKD by Christophe Grocholski, Cécile Chambrier, Madeleine Lauverjat, Cécile Acquaviva, Nadia Abid, Charlotte Bergoin, Fitsum Guebre-Egziabher, Justine Bacchetta, Laurence Derain-Dubourg, Aurélie De Mul, Sandrine Lemoine

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Antianginal treatment and quality of life in patients with chronic coronary heart disease by B. I. Geltser, E. V. Solyanik, E. Ya. Yakukhnaya, Yu. Yu. Karpinskaya, E. L. Shuvalova

“…In total, 259 patients were examined: 153 males (59,1 %) and 106 females (40,9 %); mean age 62,6±3,4 years. All participants had Functional Class II-IV effort angina and received antianginal therapy, QoL was assessed with Health-Related QoL scale. …”
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Some Biochemical Parameters of Black and White Myrtle communis L. Fruits Subjected to Different Preservation Methods by Büşra BAKAR, Meltem ÇAKMAK, Dursun ÖZER, Fikret KARATAS, Sinan SAYDAM

“…The black myrtle fruits had generally higher amounts of vitamins, TP, AC and amino acid (AA) contents than the white myrtle fruits. …”

On the Tensile Tests of Polyurethane and Its Composites with Carbon Nanotubes by Martin Kuběna, Marek Eliáš, Lenka Zajíčková, Jan Poduška, Tomáš Kruml

“…The addition of MWCNTs into the PU matrix had a negligible effect on the mechanical properties of composites at low strains (ε < 0.2). …”
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Use of combined chemotherapy and immunotherapy improves pulmonary arterial hypertension by Tejaswini P. Reddy, Roberto Barrios, Eric Bernicker, Wei Qian, Jenny Chang, Zeenat Safdar

“…However, none of these therapies alter the structural/functional pulmonary vascular integrity that results in vascular remodeling. …”
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