Impacts of long-term nasogastric tube feeding and tracheostomy on pharyngeal and laryngeal structure in ABI patients: an FEES study by Tingwei Wang, Jiahui Tai, Ruiping Hu, Qun Zhang, Yiwen Shen, Yulian Zhu, Yi Wu, Junfa Wu

“…Results Prolonged indwelling nasogastric tubes and tracheostomy tubes might lead to abnormal alterations of the structure and function in the arytenoid cartilage, epiglottis, tongue base, and pharyngeal cavity. …”
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Automatic Identification of Calcareous Lithologies Using Support Vector Machines, Borehole Logs and Fractal Dimension of Borehole Electrical Imaging by Jorge Alberto Leal, Luis Hernan Ochoa, Carmen Cecilia Contreras

“…The SVMs and logic function show accuracy of 98.76 %, 94.02 % and 94.60 % respectively in six evaluated wells and might be applied to other wells in the field that have the same dataset. …”
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On the relationship between internet addiction and ADHD symptoms in adults: does the type of online activity matter? by Tuba Aydın, Benjamin A. Parris, Gizem Arabacı, Marina Kilintari, Jacqui Taylor

“…Therefore, this study aimed to explore how specific online activities might modify the relationship between inattention, internet addiction and inhibitory control. …”
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Near-term anti-CD25 monoclonal antibody administration protects murine liver from ischemia-reperfusion injury due to reduced numbers of CD4+ T cells. by Jinghui Yang, Xiaoyu Wang, Shaohua Song, Fang Liu, Zhiren Fu, Quanxing Wang

“…<h4>Conclusions</h4>Our results provide first line of evidence indicating that near-term treatment with anti-CD25 monoclonal antibody might provide protection for livers against IR-induced injury by reducing CD4(+) T cells, but not influencing functional Treg population. …”
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Systematic review of Mendelian randomization studies on antihypertensive drugs by Bohan Fan, Junmeng Zhang, Jie V. Zhao

“…There is strong evidence that ACE inhibitors and calcium channel blockers (CCBs) are beneficial for kidney and immune function, and CCBs showed a safe profile for disorders of pregnancy. …”
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Yoga for multiple sclerosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. by Holger Cramer, Romy Lauche, Hoda Azizi, Gustav Dobos, Jost Langhorst

“…Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) of yoga for patients with multiple sclerosis were included if they assessed health-related quality of life, fatigue, and/or mobility. Mood, cognitive function, and safety were defined as secondary outcome measures. …”
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Analysis of the fractional relativistic isothermal gas sphere with application to neutron stars by Nouh Mohamed I., Abdel-Salam Emad A-B., Hassaballa Abaker A., Jazmati Mohamed S.

“…We examine the effects of the relativistic and fractional parameters on the Emden function, mass function, and the first derivative of the Emden function and the impact of these quantities on the pressure, density, and mass-radius relation. …”
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The Caenorhabditis elegans homolog of Gen1/Yen1 resolvases links DNA damage signaling to DNA double-strand break repair. by Aymeric P Bailly, Alasdair Freeman, Julie Hall, Anne-Cécile Déclais, Arno Alpi, David M J Lilley, Shawn Ahmed, Anton Gartner

“…Our study suggests that GEN-1 might act as a dual function Holliday junction resolvase that may coordinate DNA damage signaling with a late step in DNA double-strand break repair.…”
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Comparison of inflammatory markers and nerve conduction studies in prediabetes and type two diabetes mellitus: A possible role in neuropathy by Zarghuna Khan, Syed H. Habib, Thamir Al-Khlaiwi, Najma Baseer, Mohammed M. Khalifa, Syed S. Habib

“…However, no associations were found between inflammatory markers and nerve function.…”
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M2 macrophage-derived exosome-modified bioprosthetic heart valves with enhanced anti-inflammatory, anticoagulant and anticalcification properties by Jingruo Chen, Shufen Li, Xiaoting Chen, Tianyi Qu, Ming Chen, Zheng Chai, Weihua Zhuang, Wenchuang (Walter) Hu, Mao Chen

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An Unusual Case of Dietary-Induced Liver Injury during Pregnancy: A Case Report of Probable Liver Injury due to High-Dose Turmeric Intake and Literature Review by Kareem Haloub, Elly McNamara, Rani Haj Yahya

“…Turmeric-induced liver injury is a controversial topic, and turmeric is safe to consume during pregnancy in small amounts; however, it might be an uncommon cause of liver injury if consumed in large amounts. …”
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Discipline-based Teaching and Identity Expansion – Teacher Education and the Tertiary Vocational Educator in New Zealand by Lisa Maurice-Takerei, Helen Anderson

“…With diverse work-based backgrounds, vocational educators undertake their work within the teaching workforce often without a strong sense of their educational position or function and there is little guidance in the complexities and realities of the role. …”
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Summary of research advances on the correlation between chronic kidney disease and gastrointestinal microbiome by Chen Li-hua, Zhang Mei-ling, Zhong Hong-bin, Huang Ji-yi

“…The incidence of chronic kidney disease（CKD）in China has remained elevated and it shows an annually rising trend.However,no radical cure is not currently available.Exploring the risk factors of CKD is a research focus of nephrology.It is generally accepted that the change of intestinal flora was correlated with the development of CKD.And micro-ecological balance of gut might impact upon human health.However,owing to an impairment of intestinal function barrier and an alteration of intestinal flora,an accumulation of gut derived toxin gradually induced a continuous deterioration of CKD.This review was intended to describe the relativity between CKD and intestinal flora and explore the possibility of modulating intestinal flora as a new therapeutic target for CKD.…”
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Analysis of the Accuracy of Uncertainty Noise Measurement by Bartosz PRZYSUCHA, Wojciech BATKO, Agata SZELĄG

“…In particular, it focuses on an approximation of the equivalent sound level by a function which depends on the arithmetic average of sound levels. …”
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Role of Botulinum Toxin in Treatment of Depression: A Review by Qutub Jamali, Mahmoud Ali, Doaa Sadek

“…This review aims to explore how botulinum toxin might work in depression treatment and summarize the current research and future directions in this field.…”
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Disease resistance of transgenic rice by overexpressing OsiWRKY gene by LI Nan-yi, CAI Rong-yao, Fulai Ran, GUO Ze-jian

“…To derermine its bioiogical function, we transformed OsiWRKY gene into rice. Southern blot and Northern blot analyses showed that the OsiWRKY gene had been integrated into rice genome and overexpressed in rice. …”
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Pain as a Clinical Presentation of Osteopoikilosis by Jorge Roberto Mosqueira Sanchez, Julio Cesar Layseca Ortiz, Nancy Victoria Mogrovejo Olivera

“…Osteopoikilosis, or disseminated condensing osteopathy, is an osteosclerosing dysplasia that is a rare genetic disorder of autosomal-dominant genetic transmission, and recent research suggests that the possible cause of osteopoikilosis might be the loss of function of the LEM domain-containing gene 3 (LEMD3). …”
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Sex-differential herbivory in androdioecious Mercurialis annua. by Julia Sánchez Vilas, John R Pannell

“…A common explanation for this pattern is that individuals with a greater male function suffer more from herbivory because they grow more quickly, drawing more heavily on resources for growth that might otherwise be allocated to defence. …”
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Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Associated with Polycythemia Vera by Sijan Basnet, Priya Rajagopalan, Rashmi Dhital, Biswaraj Tharu

“…Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is characterized by transient apical ballooning with preserved basal ventricular function triggered by physical or emotional stressors. …”
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Cudzoziemcy w świecie słów, czyli Wielki słownik języka polskiego PAN w perspektywie glottodydaktycznej by Anna Seretny

“…Dictionaries have had a very important didactic function ever since they first appeared, and they have always been an indispensable help to learners of all languages. …”
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