Phenotypic profile of pulmonary aspergillosis and associated cellular immunity among people living with human immunodeficiency virus in Maiduguri, Nigeria by Idris Abdullahi Nasir, Halima Ali Shuwa, Anthony Uchenna Emeribe, Hafeez Aderinsayo Adekola, Amos Dangana

“…Based on the assessment of functionality of cellular immunity, HIV participants who were negative for PA (131/150) had significantly higher mean ± standard deviation CD4 T-cell counts (245.65 ± 178.32 cells/mL) than those with aspergillosis (126.13 ± 105.27 cells/mL) (P = 0.0051). …”
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Stabilization of caffeine-loaded nanoliposomes via chitosan coating and spray drying for application in food products by Zahra Mehrabi-Khozani, Seid Mahdi Jafari, Khashayar Sarabandi, Atefe Rezaei, Yahya Maghsoudlou

“…Under different storage conditions (4 °C, 25 °C, 70 °C, and freeze-thaw), freeze-thaw stress had the most detrimental effect on structural stability and unintended CAF release. …”
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Sports-Related Injuries in Deaf Competitive Squad Athletes—Results of a Retrospective Self-Assessment by Bastian Mester, Kim Lennartz, Julia Kristin, Heinz-Lothar Meyer, Christina Polan, Monika Herten, Marcel Dudda, Manuel Burggraf

“…Hearing loss is associated with difficulties in balance control which may impair functionality. The aim of this study is to provide epidemiological data on sports injuries in deaf squad athletes. …”
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Exosomal lncRNA profiles in patients with HFrEF: Evidence for KLF3-AS1 as a novel diagnostic biomarker by Lei Wang, Yanan Zhang, Jiapu Wang, Xiao Jiang, Gang Wang, Haixiong Wang, Yan Shu, Han Huiyuan

“…In the validation phase, patients with HFrEF exhibited a significant increase in KLF3-AS1 expression compared with healthy individuals. Exosomal KLF3-AS1 had an area under the ROC curve of 0.861. Functionally, KLF3-AS1 overexpression reduced Ang II-induced cardiac hypertrophy in vitro. …”
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Comparative Meta-Analysis of Clinical Outcomes in Chronic Achilles Ruptures: Isolated FHL Transfer, Hamstring Transfer, and Turndown Flaps by Bedri Karaismailoglu MD, FEBOT, Samir Ghandour MD, Joris R.H. Hendriks MS, Mani Eftekhari, Ehab Eltouny MD, Gregory R. Waryasz MD, Daniel Guss MD, MBA, John Y. Kwon MD, Soheil Ashkani-Esfahani MD, Lorena Bejarano-Pineda MD, Christopher W. DiGiovanni MD

“…This study aims to describe the clinical and functional outcomes with each technique, and to providevaluable insights for evidence-based decision-making in the management of this pathology. …”
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The dynamics of chemoattractant receptors redistribution in the electrotaxis of 3T3 fibroblasts by Jagoda Gorzkowska, Wiktoria Kozak, Sylwia Bobis-Wozowicz, Ivan Cherepashuk, Zbigniew Madeja, Sławomir Lasota

“…EGFR’s role was largely ligand-independent, and it had a significant impact on the response of 3T3 cells to dcEF during the first hour of the experiment, but was not involved in the fastest response, which was Kir-dependent. …”
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Cross-cultural adaptation and psychometric evaluation of the child oral health impact profile-short form 19 (COHIP-SF 19) for Ethiopian schoolchildren by Yilkal Tafere, Achenef Asmamaw Muche, Amare Tariku, Alemnew Athirsaw, Kassahun Alemu

“…The mean scores for the socio-emotional, oral health, and functional subscales were 29.35 (± 7.765), 13.21 (± 3.99), and 9.99 (± 3.29), respectively. …”
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Risk Factors for Hospital Mortality in Acute ST-Segment Elevation Coronary Syndrome Complicated by Cardiogenic Shock by O. V. Arsenicheva

“…PCI was performed in 43 (74,1%) of the deceased and 43 (93,5%) of the surviving STEACS patients with CS (p=0,009). The follow-up group had a higher rate of unsuccessful PCI (30,2%) vs 3 (7%), р=0,001) and performed later than 6 hours after the onset of an angina attack (28 (65,1%) vs 6 (14%), р=0,0001).Summary. …”
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A New Mobile App to Train Attention Processes in People With Traumatic Brain Injury: Logical and Ecological Content Validation Study by Roxanne Laverdière, Philip L Jackson, Frédéric Banville

“…Another way to stimulate attention functions is to engage in the daily practice of mindfulness, a multicomponent concept that can be explained by the theoretical model of Baer and colleagues. …”
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Association of plasma neurofilament light protein concentration with sleep disturbance after intracerebral hemorrhage by Peng Xu, Jinlei Yang, Xin Zhao, Fang Liu, Qiang Liu, Handong Wang

“…This study seeks to elucidate the relationship between plasma NfL (pNfL) concentrations and long-term patient outcomes, with a particular focus on sleep disturbances following ICH.MethodsWe conducted a cohort study comprising 26 healthy controls and 49 patients who had experienced ICH. The Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) was assessed upon admission. …”
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Nitrogen addition promotes the coupling of deep soil carbon and nitrogen under different vegetation restoration types in the Chinese Loess Plateau by Shihao Gong, Xiaoxia Zhang, Hengshuo Zhang, Lianwei Gao, Tonggang Zha

“…Carbon-nitrogen coupling is important to maintain various functions in forest ecosystems and is thus, an important indicator of forest ecosystem health. …”
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Early and Sensitive Detection of Cisplatin-Induced Kidney Injury Using Novel Biomarkers by Michael Strader, Gary Friedman, Xavier Benain, Nunzio Camerlingo, Stefan Sultana, Shiran Shapira, Nadir Aber, Patrick T. Murray

“…Results: All urinary NBMs had significant PCFBs in the treated group compared with the nontreated cancer control group; most accurately detected cisplatin exposure (area under the receiver operating characteristics [ROC] curve [AUROC] > 0.8). …”
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SERPINA1 methylation as a novel diagnostic marker for early-stage papillary thyroid carcinoma via MAPK6-AKT/mTOR pathway by Junjie Li, Haixia Huang, Yifei Yin, Yizhu Mao, Mengxia Li, Hong Li, Chenxia Jiang, Rongxi Yang

“…Moreover, SERPINA1 methylation had an outstanding clinical application value to differentiate PTC from BTN (the AUC combining Validation I and Validation II was 0.92). …”
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Decellularized porcine liver scaffold for maintaining the viability and capacity of pancreatic islets by N. V. Baranova, A. S. Ponomareva, A. D. Belova, L. A. Kirsanova, D. D. Filin, E. A. Nemets, Yu. B. Basok, V. I. Sevastianov

“…Bioengineered pancreatic constructs based on scaffolds made from decellularized tissues and pancreatic islets (PIs) may be used to extend the functional activity of transplanted PIs in patients with type I diabetes. …”
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Talectomy for the Treatment of Rigid Nonidiopathic Clubfoot Deformity: Long-term Follow-up by Pedro Poggiali, MD, Jared M. May, BS, Jill E. Larson, MD, Luciano S. Dias, MD

“…Methods: A retrospective chart review was performed on cases of clubfoott in MM and ART between 1975 and 2010, excluding if follow-up was <5 years or had incomplete charts. A plantigrade, stable, and braceable foot was graded as a good result. …”
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Cuproptosis-related lncRNA predicts prognosis and immune pathways in osteosarcoma patients by LIAO Jun, FENG Yanbin, XI Deshuang, ZONG Shaohui

“…Consensus clustering analysis revealed that OS patients had two CRLs expression patterns, and there was a significant difference in the prognosis of patients with 2 CRLs expression patterns. …”
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Cognición, actividades de la vida diaria y variables psicológicas en mujeres adultas mayores practicantes de Tai Chi Chuan (Cognition, activities of daily living and psychological... by Gabriela Orozco Calderón, Melissa Alexandra Anaya Chávez, Jesús Santiago Vite, María del Rosario García Viedma

“…The results showed that the group of women practicing Tai Chi had significantly higher than sedentary in subtests memory, care and construction women's scores. …”
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Case Report: Adult Hirschsprung's Disease by Kevin Wortman, Brooklyn Hornbuckle, Morgan Robinson

“… BACKGROUND: Hirschsprung’s disease (HD) remains the most common condition to cause low functional intestinal obstruction in children. It is caused by the failed migration of colonic ganglion cells during gestation. …”
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Correlation of Intraoperative Neuromonitoring (IONM) Signal Changes with Clinical Outcomes in Patients with Compressive Cervical Myelopathy: A Prospective Study by Saumyajit Basu, Aditya Vardhan Guduru, Vikas Hanasoge, Piyush Joshi, Trinanjan Sarangi, Suraj Chakroborthy

“…Paired t-tests were used for the comparison of preoperative and postoperative functional scores. One-way Analysis of variance (ANOVA) tests with Bonferroni post hoc analyses were performed for comparison between the three groups. …”
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Choosing a method for correcting anxiety in children aged 4–12 years before dental treatment by I. A. Nikolskaya, E. N. Anisimova, I. S. Kopetskiy, N. Yu. Anisimova, P. A. Voronin, V. A. Katyukhina

“…Almost all children with low levels of anxiety had their heart rate within the age norm (86.9%). …”
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