Myocardial remodeling and arterial stiffness depending on aldosterone level in patients with chronic kidney disease and arterial hypertension by O. V. Kuryata, V. V. Semenov

“…Patients with elevated aldosterone levels had a 5-year higher median age and 10 ml/min lower glomerular filtration rate. …”
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The effect of light and temperature in the traditional “Wedang Uwuh” ready-to-drink (RTD) beverages on color stability and brazilin content during storage by Septiyani Retnosyari, Santoso Umar, Raharjo Sri, Wikandari Rachma

“…Wedang uwuh, a traditional drink from Yogyakarta, has potential as a functional beverage due to its antioxidant-rich ingredients like sappan wood, ginger, and cinnamon leaves. …”
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Affective symptoms subclinical level in adolescents by B. A. Dashieva, I. S. Karaush, I. E. Kupriyanova

“…Adolescents in secondary schools, compared to the pupils in correctional schools, had signifcantly higher indicators on the total score and «Negative mood» and «Angelonia» scales in the group with a high risk of depression. …”
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Quantifying Impairments in the Subacute Phase of Whiplash Associated Disorders—A Cross-Sectional Study by Harpa Ragnarsdóttir, Guðný Lilja Oddsdóttir, Magnús Kjartan Gíslason, Kristín Briem

“…This study assessed functional performance in individuals with subacute (>1, <3 months) WADs (n = 122) compared to healthy controls (n = 45). …”
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O salto qualitativo em Theodosius Dobzhansky: unindo as tradições naturalista e experimentalista A quality leap in Theodosius Dobzhansky: uniting naturalistic and experimental trad... by Aldo Mellender de Araújo

“…<br>The high prestige naturalists had during most of the 19th century began to decrease in the last decades of that century, as the focus in biological studies switched from historical to functional. …”
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Care for adolescents with drug-susceptible pulmonary tuberculosis in Lima, Peru: a qualitative assessment by Leonid Lecca, Elmer Altamirano, Liz Senador, Milagros Wong, Catherine B Beckhorn, Silvia S Chiang, Chelsie Cintron, David Arango

“…Data were analysed using the framework method, in which themes were mapped onto four of the five dimensions of care in the WHO’s AFS framework: accessibility, acceptability, appropriateness and effectiveness.Setting 32 public health centres operated by the Peruvian Ministry of Health in Lima from August 2018 to May 2019.Participants In-depth interviews were conducted with 34 adolescents who completed or were lost to follow-up from treatment for DS pulmonary TB disease in the preceding 12 months, their primary caregiver during treatment and 15 nurses or nurse technicians who had at least 6 months of experience supervising TB treatment.Results We found significant barriers to adolescent-friendly TB care, including facility-based directly observed therapy, lack of functioning X-ray machines, staffing shortage of psychologists and nutritionists and inadequate educational support. …”
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Bacterial Biodiversity of the Kapova Karst Cave as a Source of Hydrolases Producers by Willam Kurdy, Galina Yakovleva, Olga Ilinskaya

“…Enzymatic activities were assessed by measuring transparency zones around colonies grown on the appropriate substrate (RNA, casein, starch). Functional profiles of the communitieswere predicted using the Global Mapper module on iVikodak. …”
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Verbal Learning as a predictor of risks of accidents in elderly drivers by Adriana Machado Vasques, Wyllians Vendramini Borelli, Márcio Sarroglia Pinho, Mirna Wetters Portuguez

“…Objective: We aimed to measure main cognitive functions associated with a high number of traffic violations in different driving settings. …”
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Methodology of Defining of the Radiation Therapy Components for Various Methods of Patients’ Treating Using Medical Linear Accelerators and Gamma-Therapeutic Devices by E. V. Titovich, M. N. Piatkevich, N. I. Makarava

“…The purpose of the work was to establish the numerical values of the dominant components of a radiation therapy session for each of the irradiation techniques most commonly used in clinical practice of the radiation therapy.To determine the numerical values of the components of the radiation therapy session, the authors have measured each component for some clinical cases of patients’ irradiation placed. The patients had been diagnosed with the following malignant tumours: prostate cancer, breast cancer, lung cancer, head and neck tumours. …”
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The Prostaglandin E2-EP3 Receptor Axis Regulates Anaplasma phagocytophilum-Mediated NLRC4 Inflammasome Activation. by Xiaowei Wang, Dana K Shaw, Holly L Hammond, Fayyaz S Sutterwala, Manira Rayamajhi, Kari Ann Shirey, Darren J Perkins, Joseph V Bonventre, Thangam S Velayutham, Sean M Evans, Kyle G Rodino, Lauren VieBrock, Karen M Scanlon, Nicholas H Carbonetti, Jason A Carlyon, Edward A Miao, Jere W McBride, Michail Kotsyfakis, Joao H F Pedra

“…Collectively, we reveal the existence of a functionally distinct NLRC4 inflammasome illustrated by the rickettsial agent A. phagocytophilum.…”
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Parametric Inference in Biological Systems in a Random Environment by Manuel Molina-Fernández, Manuel Mota-Medina

“…In order to investigate the probabilistic evolution of these biological systems, in previous papers, by using a methodology based on branching processes, we had introduced a new class of two-sex mathematical models. …”
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The Arteriovenous Difference in Hemostatic Parameters in Critically Ill Patients with Different Types of Energy Deficiency by I. B Zabolotskikh, S. V. Sinkov, D. S Velichko, A. A. Fedorenko

“…One hundred and ninety-nine patients who had undergone extensive abdominal surgeries (gastrectomy, pancreatoduodenectomies, hemicolectomies, hepatectomies, etc.) were examined. …”
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The Role of Rituals and Ceremonies in the Identity Struggle of a Society that Has Lost Its Language: the Example of Lithuanian Tatars by Mehmet Aça

“…Rituals and ceremonies are very functional in highlighting a common past and keeping the collective memory alive. …”
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B cells and ectopic follicular structures: novel players in anti-tumor programming with prognostic power for patients with metastatic colorectal cancer. by Anastasia Meshcheryakova, Dietmar Tamandl, Erika Bajna, Judith Stift, Martina Mittlboeck, Martin Svoboda, Denise Heiden, Stefan Stremitzer, Erika Jensen-Jarolim, Thomas Grünberger, Michael Bergmann, Diana Mechtcheriakova

“…We report for the first time the accumulation of CD20-positive B lymphocytes at the tumor-liver interface comprising the major population within the large CD45-positive aggregates. Strikingly, functionally active, activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID)-positive ectopic lymphoid structures were found to be assembled within the metastatic margin. …”
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Digital Rectal Examination Is a Valuable Bedside Tool for Detecting Dyssynergic Defecation: A Diagnostic Study and a Meta-Analysis by Jie Liu, Chaolan Lv, Yizhou Huang, Ying Wang, Dandan Wu, Cong Zhang, Chenyu Sun, Wei Wang, Yue Yu

“…A total of 101 patients (46.33%) had a DD pattern using HRAM, while 117 patients (53.67%) were diagnosed without DD. …”
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Development and validation of liquid–liquid phase separation-associated prognostic biomarkers in gastric cancer by Donghui Liu, Mingzhu Liu, Juan Du

“…Abstract Objective Liquid–liquid phase separation (LLPS) is the membrane-less formation of functional assemblies from specific molecules. It plays a key role in tumor growth by governing gene expression. …”
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Screening of methylation-related genes and construction of prognostic model in bladder urothelial carcinoma by LU Huiru, GENG Hui, LIANG Liang, ZHANG Qian, LI Lei, YIN Fengyan, LUO Xiaohui, LYU Jun, LI Tao

“…GO and KEGG enrichment analysis were used to explore the functions and pathways involved in prognostic genes, and Cox regression analysis was used to identify genes with potential prognostic value. …”
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La ampliación del complejo económico estatal-privado y su incidencia sobre el perfil de la cúpula empresaria. Argentina 1966-1975 by ANA CASTELLANI

“…Precisely, the objective of this work is to indicate the central characteristics of state strategic interventions destined to widen the own functions of the so-called state-private economic complex and to analyses the transformations operated inside the industrialist cupola through the compared analysis of the performance of the different fractions that integrate it. …”
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Mucopolysaccharidosis Type I (Hurler – Scheie Syndrome): Case Report by Nato D. Vashakmadze, Olga I. Gumenuyk, Yuri V. Chernenkov, Ekaterina Yu. Zacharova, Igor A. Glushakov

“…The patient was observed with delayed psychomotor development; she also had hepatomegaly and on auscultation of the heart there was a functional systolic murmur above the apex and in the Botkin–Erb point on heart auscultation. …”
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SNPs in inflammatory genes CCL11, CCL4 and MEFV in a fibromyalgia family study. by Zhifang Zhang, Jinong Feng, Allen Mao, Keith Le, Deirdre La Placa, Xiwei Wu, Jeffrey Longmate, Claudia Marek, R Paul St Amand, Susan L Neuhausen, John E Shively

“…<h4>Methods and findings</h4>Exome sequence analysis of 100 FM probands was performed at 17p13.3-q25 followed by functional analysis of SNPs found in the chemokine gene locus. …”
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