LIFE QUALITY AS A CRITERION OF TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION EFFECTIVENESS OF PATIENTS WITH NASAL CAVITUY AND PARANASAL SINUS CANCER by V. I. Shtin, V. A. Novikov, L. N. Balatskaya, E. A. Krasavina

“…Prior to treatment, marked changes in physical (81,1 ± 3,2 points) and emotional (70,4 ± 9,1 points) functioning were observed. Early postoperative period was characterized by positive dynamics on scales of physical (86,2 ± 8,1 points), role (92 ± 6,3 points) and social (92 ± 9,6 points) functioning. …”
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Strong genome-wide selection early in the evolution of Prochlorococcus resulted in a reduced genome through the loss of a large number of small effect genes. by Zhiyi Sun, Jeffrey L Blanchard

“…The deleted genes were distributed around the genome, participated in many different functional categories and in general had been under relaxed selection pressure. …”
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COMPARATIVE ASSESSMENT OF RESPIRATORY MUSCLE STRENGTH IN THOSE WITH ASTHMA, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE PULMONARY DISEASE AND COMBINATION OF THESE TWO CONDITIONS by B. I. Geltser, K. I. Shakhgeldyan, I. G. Kurpatov, V. N. Kotelnikov

“…The correlation analysis demonstrated the dependence of respiratory muscle strength on the intensity of bronchial obstruction and lung hyperinflation, skeletal muscles mass, body mass index, respiratory discomfort, and functional state of the patients. It was found out that the ratio of MEP/MIP had a high prognostic value and significantly improved the accuracy of the models of stratification of those examined by nosologic groups.Conclusion. …”
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Features of chronic heart failure depending on the left ventricular ejection fraction by A. G. Dushina, E. A. Lopina, R. A. Libis

“…The study included 186 patients with CHF I-IIB stages, I-III functional classes. One hundred and three patients had a preserved ejection fraction (EF) (≥50%), 43 — intermediate (40-49%) and 40 — reduced (<40%). …”
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Backsplicing of the HIV-1 transcript generates multiple circRNAs to promote viral replication by Christopher Mauer, Sean Paz, Massimo Caputi

“…An analysis of the human immunodeficiency type 1 virus (HIV-1) complex splicing pattern indicated that the virus had the potential to generate at least 15 distinct circRNAs. …”
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Restless legs syndrome/Willis-Ekbom disease in multiple sclerosis: a contributing factor for anxiety, disability, sleep disorder, and quality of life by Meral Seferoğlu, Ali Özhan Sivaci, Abdulkadir Tunç

“…Compared to the MS-RLS- group, those with RLS had higher EDSS scores, more cranial and spinal lesions, longer disease duration, and were older. …”
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Modern technologies of refractive lenticular extraction in the correction of myopia by I. A. Mushkova, S. V. Kostenev, N. V. Maychuk, M. R. Obraztsova, P. O. Nosirov, I. S. Malyshev

“…To analyze the clinical and functional results of refractive lenticular extraction using ReLEx SMILE® and CLEAR® technologies in patients with moderate and high myopia.Materials and methods. 160 patients (160 eyes) aged 18 to 36 years diagnosed with moderate or high myopia, who had binocular vision, average keratometry parameters (43.0–45.0 D), and no contraindications to laser vision correction were operated according to the technology of refractive extraction of lenticula followed up 1 and 3 months after surgery. …”
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Effect of <i>Brassica rapa</i> L. Polysaccharide on Lewis Lung Cancer Mice by Inflammatory Regulation and Gut Microbiota Modulation by Changhui Du, Yong Zhao, Fanglin Shen, He Qian

“…<i>Brassica rapa</i> L. polysaccharide (BP) is a functional compound, which is utilized by the gut microbiota to regulate immunity and metabolism. …”
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Comparative Analysis of Human Umbilical Cord Blood-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells between Preeclampsia and Normal Pregnant Women by Han-Sung Hwang, Yong-Sun Maeng

“…The aim of this study was to analyze the biological characteristics and compare the functional abilities and gene expression patterns of hUCB-MSCs originating from pregnant women with and without severe preeclampsia. hUCB-MSCs were isolated and cultured from 28 pregnant women with severe preeclampsia and 30 normal pregnant women. hUCB-MSCs obtained from women with preeclampsia were less proliferative and more senescent and had lower telomerase activity and higher ROS activity than cells from women with normal pregnancy. …”
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Optimization of Keratin Hydrolysate Extraction from Tannery Sheep Hair Waste by Ashagrie Mengistu, Kenatu Angassa, Israel Tessema

“…In this study, an experiment had been designed to hydrolyse sheep hair in an alkaline medium, and the operational condition for the alkaline extraction of KH has been modeled and optimized. …”
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Competitive superiority of non-native invaders becomes weaker when plant diversity increases – a case study with Solidago species by Christiane Roscher

“…At low species richness, the non-native invasive S. canadensis and S. gigantea produced more biomass and had taller shoots with more leaves than the native S. virgaurea. …”
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Quality of life and coronary insufficiency in men with myocardial infarction and coronary reperfusion by N. V. Kuznetsova, Ya. L. Gabinskyi

“…The maximal QoL score was observed at 12 months in both groups. Patients with angina had decreased QoL, with the minimal score observed for role functioning domains (median score 0 and 12,5 in PCI and TLT groups, respectively) and emotional status (33 and 16,7, respectively). …”
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Full-length transcriptomes of 25 grassland plant species by Chongyi Jiang, Zixia Huang, Cynthia Meizoso, Gaby Kumpfmüller, Jochen B. W. Wolf, Holger Schielzeth

“…Furthermore, 40.3% of the transcripts contained complete open reading frames (ORFs), while 31.4% had incomplete ORFs. More than 36.8% of the transcripts were identified as non-coding RNAs. …”
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Activities of navy chaplains in organising libraries on ships of the Russian Imperial Navy at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries by Sozont Singh, Ekaterina Konopleva

“…Some clerics acted quite effectively in this field, but they could not significantly change the general situation that had developed with librarianship on the ships of the Russian Imperial Navy.…”
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Improved WASPAS method for determining criteria priority and weights in solving MADM problems: a case study to determine leadership style in Covid-19 pandemic by Mehdi Soltanifar, Seyyed Mohammad Zargar, Maryamsadat Aman

“…Purpose: The purpose of this research is to provide a hybrid and improved version of one of the Multi-Attribute Decision-Making (MADM) methods, which is a more useful tool for decision support due to the constructive interaction with the decision-maker.Methodology: For this purpose, a linear programming problem with weight restriction and discrimination intensity functions was used to present the improved WASPAS method, and thus, when the explicit weight for the indicators was not taken from the decision maker, it was possible to rank the options.Findings: The results of comparing the use of the proposed method with the WASPAS method showed that this method has a good capability for use in multi-criteria decision making problems and in this particular issue, the results of using this method showed that in the context of the Covid-19 epidemic, the supportive leadership style had the highest rank among the leadership styles, followed by the transactional leadership, participatory, transformational and was placed authoritative.Originality/Value: In this study, the improved WASPAS method was presented to determine the priority and weight of criteria in solving MADM problems and to determine the organizational leadership style in the Covid-19 pandemic.…”
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Cross-reactive antibodies binding to H4 hemagglutinin protect against a lethal H4N6 influenza virus challenge in the mouse model by Fatima Amanat, Philip Meade, Shirin Strohmeier, Florian Krammer

“…Non-neutralizing antibodies, which had activity in an antibody dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity reporter assay in vitro, protected mice against challenge in vivo, highlighting the importance of effector functions. …”
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GOHBA: Improved Honey Badger Algorithm for Global Optimization by Yourui Huang, Sen Lu, Quanzeng Liu, Tao Han, Tingting Li

“…Compared with seven algorithms, the GOHBA achieves the optimal mean value on 14 of the 23 tested functions. On two real-world engineering design problems, the GOHBA was optimal. …”
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Low educational level effects on the performance of healthy adults on a Neuropsychological Protocol suggested by the Commission on Neuropsychology of the Liga Brasileira de Epileps... by Erich Belzunces dos Santos, Ivanda de Souza Silva Tudesco, Luis Otávio S.F. Caboclo, Elza Márcia T. Yacubian

“…CP correlated with schooling, especially executive functions (54.1% vs 36.2%) and language (52.9% vs 25.7%). …”
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Characterization of a pleomorphic rhabdomyosarcoma cell line by Sandra Stickler, Clemens Lang, Maximilian Rieche, Marie-Therese Eggerstorfer, Martin Hohenegger, Maximilian Hochmair, Gerhard Hamilton

“…Results of the novel functional BH1522 tests corroborate published tumor sequencing data that demonstrated alterations in receptor tyrosine kinase/MAPK, PI3K/AKT and mutated p53 as suspected drivers of malignant growth.…”
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Conquering new battlegrounds: Successful management of isolated giant retrovesical hydatid cyst with robotic assistance by Santosh Kumar, Abhishek Chandna, Vignesh Manoharan, Kalpesh M. Parmar, Subhajit Mandal

“…A 38-year-old male presented to us with complaints of lower urinary tract symptoms (LUTS) and was found to have an isolated primary retrovesical hydatid cyst on evaluation. The RVHC had compressed the right ureter leading to a grossly hydronephrotic non-functional right kidney. …”
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