Downregulation of autophagy is associated with severe ischemia-reperfusion-induced acute kidney injury in overexpressing C-reactive protein mice. by Ao Bian, Mingjun Shi, Brianna Flores, Nancy Gillings, Peng Li, Shirley Xiao Yan, Beth Levine, Changying Xing, Ming Chang Hu

“…C-reactive protein (CRP), was recently reported to be closely associated with poor renal function in patients with acute kidney injury (AKI), but whether CRP is pathogenic or a mere biomarker in AKI remains largely unclear. …”
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Intraoperative transit time flow measurement in patients with diffuse coronary artery disease in the prevention of aortocoronary bypass graft occlusion by R. S. Akchurin, A. A. Shiryaev, V. P. Vasiliev, D. M. Galyautdinov, V. Yu. Zaikovsky, Sh. D. Mukimov

“…Diffuse coronary atherosclerosis with a diameter of target coronary arteries less than 1 mm significantly increase the risk of suboptimal graft function that requires considering more aggressive secondary prevention. …”
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Prognostic value of acute kidney injury in patients hospitalized with acute decompensation of chronic heart failure by Zh. D. Kobalava, N. I. Kontareva, V. V. Tolkacheva, L. V. Karapetyan

“…However, patients in the AKI group had higher baseline values of NT-proBNP and more pronounced impaired renal function, which persisted for 6–12 months of follow-up. …”
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Intraoperative Axillary Artery Injury as a Complication of Reverse Total Shoulder Arthroplasty by K. A. Egiazaryan, D. S. Ershov, A. P. Ratyev, T. V. Gediev, N. S. Ershov, A. Z. Salekh

“…When evaluating the medium­term results 15 months after surgical treatment, a significant limitation of the function of the right upper limb was noted in the complete absence of pain syndrome.CONCLUSION The presented clinical case demonstrates the experience of managing a patient with simultaneous reverse shoulder arthroplasty and an intraoperatively damaged section of the axillary artery with the achievement of complete absence of pain syndrome with significant restriction of function in the remote period. …”
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Primary care COPD patients compared with large pharmaceutically-sponsored COPD studies: an UNLOCK validation study. by Annemarije L Kruis, Björn Ställberg, Rupert C M Jones, Ioanna G Tsiligianni, Karin Lisspers, Thys van der Molen, Jan Willem H Kocks, Niels H Chavannes

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>Primary care COPD patients stand out from patients enrolled in LPCS in terms of gender, lung function, quality of life and exacerbations. More research is needed to determine the effect of pharmacological treatment in mild to moderate patients. …”
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A study on the relationship between high school students’ sleep quality, physical exercise, academic stress, and subjective well-being by Ruirui Cheng, Lei Yang, Suh-Jung Kang

“…Abstract Objective This Research explores the intermediary function of academic stress and sleep quality in the connection between physical exercise and subjective well-being among high school students. …”
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Conjugated Shilajit-Loaded Chitosan Nanoparticles and Alendronate as Regulators for Osteoporosis: The Correlation Between Bone Mineral Density, Immunity, Antioxidants, and Leptin by Fawzia A. Alshubaily, Ebtihaj J. Jambi, Ghulam Md Ashraf

“…Shilajit is a multicomponent natural mineral substance that contains more than 85 types of ionic minerals in addition to fulvic and humic acids. …”
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Pelvic Organ Prolapse and Sexual Dysfunction by Francisco E. Martins

“…<b>Introduction:</b> This narrative review aims to investigate the intricacy of human sexuality, the prevalence and effect of pelvic organ prolapse (POP) repair on overall sexual function and dyspareunia, and the subsequent repercussions on body image self-perception and quality of life. …”
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ROLE OF GENDER SPECIFICS IN MYOCARDIAL REMODELLING, CARDIOVASCULAR COMPLICATIONS DEVELOPMENT AND EFFICACY OF PHARMACOTHERAPY IN HEART FAILURE PATIENTS AFTER CARDIAC SURGERY by Yu. V. Liskova, А. А. Stadnikov, S. P. Salikova

“…In HFpEF males there was decrease of EF with transition to “grey zone” by III functional class, and eccentric remodeling predominated with unchanged diastolic function. …”
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A modified Hoek–Brown model considering softening effects and its applications by Zhang Lei, Li Shaofei, Tan Zhihua, Wang Bingxu, Xu Yuting, Fu Yanglun, Mi Jian, Yang Yang, Su Dongyuan, Tian Yi

“…For soft rock tunnels, when significant displacements occur in the surrounding rock, both displacements and stresses around the tunnel calculated using the modified Hoek–Brown model are more consistent with engineering reality than those obtained using the traditional Hoek–Brown model. …”
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Longitudinal Trend Monitoring of Multiple Sclerosis Ambulation Using Smartphones by Andrew P. Creagh, Frank Dondelinger, Florian Lipsmeier, Michael Lindemann, Maarten De Vos

“…<italic>Goal:</italic> Smartphone and wearable devices may act as powerful tools to remotely monitor physical function in people with neurodegenerative and autoimmune diseases from out-of-clinic environments. …”
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Correction of Pulmonary Oxygenizing Dysfunction in the Early Activation of Cardiosurgical Patients by I. A. Kozlov, Ye. V. Dzybinskaya, A. A. Romanov, A. Ye. Balandyuk

“…The parameters of lung oxygenizing function and biomechanics were analyzed. Results. In 78% of the patients, preoperative inspiratory lung capacity was 5—30% lower than the age-related normal values. …”
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Serratus anterior plane block improves pain and incentive spirometry volumes in trauma patients with multiple rib fractures: a prospective cohort study by Jeff Choi, David Spain, James V Quinn, Youyou Duanmu, Victor Sadauskas, Mariame Fofana, Dalton Brunson

“…Our objective was to evaluate the effect of emergency physician-performed, ultrasound-guided serratus anterior plane block (SAPB) on pain and respiratory function in emergency department patients with multiple acute rib fractures.Methods This was a prospective observational cohort study of adult patients at a level 1 trauma center who had two or more acute unilateral rib fractures. …”
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Targeted nano-energetic material exploration through active learning algorithm implementation by Leandro Carreira, Lea Pillemont, Yasser Sami, Nicolas Richard, Alain Esteve, Matthieu Jonckheere, Carole Rossi

“…We introduced a new acquisition function combining linearly two factors with the usual standard deviation of a Gaussian Process Regression algorithm. …”
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Effect of the Kickstart exoskeleton lower extremity walking system on improving lower extremity walking ability in subacute stroke patients: a randomized controlled trial by Chengpan Liang, Chunli Wan, Jinyu Yang, Xiaowen Shen, Cui Yu, Yi Shao, Pei Che, Yuting Zhang, Yongqiang Li

“…The outcome measures included the Fugl-Meyer Assessment of Lower Extremity Motor Function (FMA-LE), gait parameters, the 10MWT, the Borg Subjective Fatigue Scale (Borg), and surface electromyography (sEMG). …”
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PdYOLO: A Lightweight Algorithm for Detecting Peach Fruits Against a Peach Tree Background by Jiajun Zhang, Jialin Zhang, Kazuki Kobayashi

“…First, the CIOU regression loss function in YOLOv8s is replaced with the WIoUv2 regression loss function, effectively alleviating the negative impact of uneven distribution of positive and negative samples during model training through a more balanced gradient gain distribution strategy, which significantly improves detection accuracy. …”
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Heterogeneous foraging swarms can be better by Gal A. Kaminka, Yinon Douchan

“…In this paper, we will show that swarms can perform better, when they self-adapt to admit heterogeneous behavior roles.MethodsWe model a foraging swarm task as an extensive-form fully-cooperative game, in which the swarm reward is an additive function of individual contributions (the sum of collected items). …”
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A Parametric Analysis of the Effect of Hybrid Nanoparticles on the Flow Field and Homogeneous-Heterogeneous Reaction between Squeezing Plates by Wajid Ullah Jan, Muhammad Farooq, Aamir Khan, Asma Alharbi, Rehan Ali Shah, Rashid Jan, Sahar Ahmed Idris

“…To check the validity of the results obtained from the shooting mode, the Matlab built-in function BVP4c and Mathematica built-in function homotopy analysis method (HAM) are used. …”
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Symptomatic and cognitive effects of D-amino acid oxidase inhibitors in patients with schizophrenia: a meta-analysis of double-blind randomized controlled trials by Chun-Hung Chang, Yu-Der Hsia, Wen-Chun Liu, Jia-Hau Lee, Chieh-Hsin Lin, Hsien-Yuan Lane

“…Moreover, DAOI showed greater improvements in cognitive functions (SMD = 0.359, P = 0.017), with a better effect correlated with more female participants. …”
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Individualised physical exercise training and enhanced protein intake in older citizens during municipality-based rehabilitation: protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Karen Søgaard, Lars Holm, Sanel Teljigovic, Louise Fleng Sandal, Tina Dalager, Nina Odgaard Nielsen, Gisela Sjøgaard

“…Introduction Successful rehabilitation of the growing number of older citizens receiving healthcare services can lead to preservation of functional independence and improvement in quality of life. …”
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