Exploration of Commonly Used Tests to Assess Physical Qualities in Male, Adolescent Rugby League Players: Discriminative Validity Analyses and Correlations with Match Performance M... by Michael A. Carron, Aaron T. Scanlan, Thomas M. Doering

“…Tests assessing physical qualities are regularly used in youth rugby league teams for various functions. However, the utility of such tests is under-explored in this population. …”
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Client characteristics and outcomes of the Australian short-term restorative care programme: a cohort study by Lindsey Brett, Angela Collins, Kylie Lemsing, Christopher J. Poulos

“…Abstract Background Restorative care is a goal-oriented, time-limited, multidisciplinary approach to address functional decline in older adults. Within Australia, one form of restorative care available to community-dwelling older adults is the Short-Term Restorative Care (STRC) Programme. …”
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Mental health-related, existential, and biological factors are associated with the desire to hasten death in Mexican cancer patients undergoing palliative care: A single-center stu... by Oscar Rodríguez-Mayoral, Edith Monreal-Carrillo, Irazú Contreras-Yáñez, Silvia Allende-Pérez, Evandro Agazzi, Virginia Pascual-Ramos

“…<h4>Patients and methods</h4>The study, a cross-sectional research conducted between October 12, 2023, and August 30, 2024, involved patients with confirmed cancer diagnoses who were attending a palliative care service. Patients had applied the Patient Dignity Inventory (PDI), Schedule of Attitudes Toward Hastened Death (SAHD), Brief Edinburgh Depression Scale (BEDS), EORTC QLQ-C15-PAL to assess health-related quality of life, Karnofsky Performance Status Scale (KPSS) to assess functional capacity, and the Edmonton Symptom Assessment System. …”
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Changes in muscular wall of artificial bladder in experiment by R. V. Savchuk, F. I. Kostyev, S. V. Golovko, O. M. Kolosov, A. I. Zadorognuk

“…In 6 mo more intense processes of muscular wall hypertrophy were seen in artificial bladder of experimental animals: the longitudinal muscular layer thickness have had statistically significantly enhanced in 3.61 times, while of a circular one – in 5.42 times, and of a common - in 4.65 times. …”
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Efficiency and safety of the integrated use of medical gases thermal heliox, nitric oxide and molecular hydrogen in patients with exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary dise... by Ludmila V. Shogenova

“…The randomized, comparative, controlled, parallel study included patients (n=100, 52 men and 48 women) with exacerbation of COPD levels of evidence C and D (GOLD 2021–2023) with hypoxemic, hypercapnic respiratory failure and secondary PAH, who had pneumonia caused by SARS-CoV-2 before hospitalization. …”
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Sulforaphane induces cell morphology change and cell apoptosis by activating endoplasmic reticulum stress in glioblastoma by Nan Li, Yan Jiang, Ajun Wang, Tongchao Jiang, Huimin Dai, Chengyu Xia, Tongcui Jiang

“…A CHOP knockdown model was employed to examine the functional role of CHOP in SFN-induced apoptosis. Additionally, normal human astrocytes (HA) were used to evaluate the selectivity of SFN’s cytotoxicity. …”
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Seasonal childhood anaemia in West Africa is associated with the haptoglobin 2-2 genotype. by Sarah H Atkinson, Kirk Rockett, Giorgio Sirugo, Philip A Bejon, Anthony Fulford, Maria A O'Connell, Robin Bailey, Dominic P Kwiatkowski, Andrew M Prentice

“…Children with the haptoglobin 2-2 genotype (17%) had a greater mean drop in Hb level over the malaria season (an 8.9 g/l drop; confidence interval [CI] 5.7, 12.1) compared to other children (a 5.1 g/l drop; CI 3.8, 6.4). …”
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Patients&rsquo; Anxiety Levels and Their Reactions Towards the Needed Adaptation of Policies in Methadone Maintenance Treatment Following the October 7th, 2023, Hamas Attack by Sason A, Adelson M, Potik D, Schreiber S, Peles E

“…Substance in urine, sociodemographic, and addiction history details were taken.Results: Of the participants, 35% were found to have no anxiety, 22.2% with mild, 21.9% with moderate, and 20.9% had severe anxiety. Logistic regression for anxiety found cocaine in urine and not opioids in urine (Odds Ratio (OR) = 3.6), history of having experienced physical violence (OR = 1.8), and not working (OR = 2.1) as risk factors. …”
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Człowiek odpowiada sercem na dary Boga by Sławomir Stasiak

“…This state is due to the fact that already in the hearts of the Gentiles the law had been inscribed that makes proper functioning of conscience (Rom 2:15). …”
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Enhancing water saturation predictions from conventional well logs in a carbonate gas reservoir with a hybrid CNN-LSTM model by Ali Gohari Nezhad, Mohammad Emami Niri

“…The network architectures were designed with specific layers and activation functions to enhance predictive capabilities. A robust validation process was conducted using a blind well dataset. …”
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Effectiveness of Lateral Column lengthening in Symptomatic Flexible Flatfoot of the Pediatric and Adolescent Population: An updated Systematic Review by Karthick Rangasamy, Akash K Ghosh, Vivek P Ksheerasagar, Jai P Khatri, Nirmal R Gopinathan

“…The mean postoperative AOFAS scores had a standard mean difference of −5.24 [95% confidence interval (CI); −6.39, −4.09] from the mean preoperative AOFAS scores, and this difference is statistically significant (<italic>p</italic> < 0.00001). …”
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Characterization of Red Dragon Fruit Wine Fermented with a Newly Identified Yeast Strain Saccharomyces cerevisiae M7 by Tran Thanh Quynh Anh, Nguyen Tien An, Do Thi Bich Thuy

“…Dragon fruit (Hylocereus spp.) has been known to be a rich source of bioactive compounds, such as anthocyanins, betacyanin, betaxanthin and other phenolic substances, and it has a nutritional profile suitable to produce wine with functional properties. The aim of this study is to characterize the wine fermentation from red dragon fruit juice by a newly identified yeast strain. …”
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The mechanism of RNA methylation writing protein-related prognostic genes in lung adenocarcinoma based on bioinformatics by Sha Yin, Guangyan Luo, Lei Luo

“…Enrichment analysis revealed that the high-risk group had upregulated pathways connected to cell division. …”
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TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR COVID-19 WITH VITAMIN D SUPPLEMENTS by Tetiana V. Fartushok, Nadiia V. Fartushok, Serhii Z. Baran

“…Confirmation that vitamin D affects the functioning of the immune system was the detection of calcitriol receptors in cells of the immune system, as well as the ability of mononuclear phagocytes to produce 1,25(OH)2D3. …”
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Β-FeOOH modified polyurethane foam for efficient adsorption of arsenite and arsenate from contaminated water by Qiang Li, Yifan Yao, Yingying Tang, Jinsheng Huang, Mei He, Wei Zhang

“…Therefore, due to its abundant FeO functional groups, substantial SSA, and recyclability, β-FeOOH-PUF emerges as a highly promising adsorbent for inorganic As(III) and As(V) removal.…”
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Impact of environmental drivers on ecosystem service-delivery of small garden trees in a temperate climate by Elisabeth K. Larsen, Tijana Blanusa, Tijana Blanusa, Rachael Tanner, Joseph Barker, Nick Dunn, Mark B. Gush

“…Overall, Malus ‘Scarlett’ had the highest sap flux density in the morning, while Crataegus ‘Prunifolia Splendens’ averaged the highest sap flux density during afternoon and evening. …”
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Remediação de solos tratados com lodo rico em zinco Reclamation of soils treated with sewage sledge rich in Zn by Aline A. Mesquita, Nelson M. B. Amaral Sobrinho, Clarice de Oliveira, Nelson Mazur, Fabiana S. dos Santos

“…The FeCl3 + EDTA caused dissolution of Zn compounds and dessorption of these elements quelated by surface functional groups. The KH2PO4 did not alter the distribution of Zn in the different chemical forms in the soils. …”
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Fractal-Based Quantitative Collateral Assessment for Thrombectomy Candidate Selection in Acute Ischemic Stroke: A Preliminary Study by Chien-Hung Chang, Chi-Ming Ku, Tzong-Rong Ger, Wen-Piao Lin

“…Patients with mqCS ≥ 0.8674 had significantly higher odds of achieving favorable outcomes (adjusted OR = 5.98, 95% CI: 1.38–25.93, <i>p</i> = 0.017; AUC = 0.80). …”
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Uncovering common disease mechanisms and critical biomarkers in Crohn's disease with concurrent psoriasis and exploring potential therapeutic agents. by Tianqi Liu, Xiaoqing Zhang, Ruiqi Chen, Yifan Sun, Ruijian Zhang, Liwen Zhang, Zhepeng Luo, Jiani Wang

“…Crohn's disease and Psoriasis had a higher concentration of pathways associated with inflammation. …”
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Effectiveness of Standalone Weight-bearing Radiographs in Guiding the Management of Supination External Rotation Type Isolated Lateral Malleolar Fractures in Indian Population: A P... by Singaravadivelu Vaidyanathan, Vignesh Murali, Aju Bosco

“…Periodic follow-up was done to assess radiological union and functional outcomes using the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society (AOFAS) score. …”
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