Proximal row carpectomy versus four-corner arthrodesis: a retrospective comparative study by Richard Chan, Justine Goursat, Mathilde Payen, Matthieu Lalevée, Kamel Guelmi

“…Both FCA and PRC seem to be reliable surgical techniques with good outcomes with more revision in the FCA group. …”
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Effects of inspiratory muscle training on 1RM performance and body composition in professional natural bodybuilders by Baha Engin Çelikel, Coşkun Yılmaz, Alper Demir, Süreyya Yonca Sezer, Levent Ceylan, Tülay Ceylan, Çetin Tan

“…The mean circumferences of the shoulder (p = 0.004), chest (p = 0.008), arm (p = 0.004), and neck (p = 0.003) improved more in the IMT group than in the CON group. A reduction in abdominal measurement was observed in the IMT group (p = 0.039), whereas no notable discrepancy was identified in body fat percentage (p = 0.295).ConclusionIn conclusion we identified that the addition of progressive loading inspiratory muscle training for competition preparation programs in professional natural bodybuilders will further improve their respiratory function, respiratory muscle strength, maximal strength, and muscle development. …”
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THE FIRST EXPERIENCE OF MULTICOMPONENT PLASTIC MK WITH STRENGTHENING OF THE ANNULUS WITH VASCULAR PROSTHESIS by E. A. Rizayev, F. F. Turaev

“…However, valve prosthesis, on the one hand, solves the problem of mitral defect recurrence, on the other hand, it determines the risk of left ventricular (LV) remodeling with impairment of its function. Performing a valve-preserving operation is considered more preferable than prosthetics for a number of objective reasons: a favorable p/o course, the absence of lifelong administration of anticoagulants, no risk of thromboembolic complications. …”
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Safety and Efficacy Evaluation of Ultrasound Aspirators in Intramedullary Spinal Cord Tumors Surgery: An Experimental Study on a Swine Model by Mauro Palmieri, Alessandro Pesce, Mattia Capobianco, Massimo Corsini, Giorgia Iovannitti, Fulvio Aloj, Giuseppa Zancana, Vincenzo Esposito, Maurizio Salvati, Antonio Santoro, Gianpaolo Cantore, Alessandro Frati

“…The main factor that resulted in the responsibility of motor function impairment is the fragmentation power.…”
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Immediate Postoperative Insulin Requirements May Predict Metabolic Outcome after Total Pancreatectomy and Islet Autotransplantation by Neha Verma, Amer Rajab, Jill Buss, Luis Lara, Kyle Porter, Philip Hart, Darwin Conwell, W. Kenneth Washburn, Sylvester Black, Kristin Kuntz, Shumei Meng

“…Chronic pancreatitis (CP) is a progressive disease that leads to eventual loss of endocrine and exocrine function. Total pancreatectomy and islet autotransplantation (TPIAT) is a treatment option for patients with CP; however, predicting postoperative metabolic outcomes remains elusive. …”
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Arterial hypertension and stiffness in women of different age groups and reproductive status by O. S. Ivanova, E. Y. Maychuk, I. V. Voevodina, I. A. Makarova, E. V. Akatova, A. I. Zavyalova, O. P. Nikolin

“…Correlation analysis revealed the most significant correlations between  the presence  of arterial hypertension (R=0,45-0,71;   p<<0,01)  with central aortic pressure, double product index and average daily aortic pulse wave velocity  in the aorta (PWVao),  regardless  of the state reproductive  function. For women  of reproductive  age  with arterial hypertension,  the  ambulatory vascular stiffness  index (AASI: R=0,36;  p=0,01)  is more  significant, while in the  menopausal period, the  arterial stiffness  index  (ASI:  R=0,33;  p=0,01). …”
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Cancer cell-intrinsic resistance to BiTE therapy is mediated by loss of CD58 costimulation and modulation of the extrinsic apoptotic pathway by Cong Li, Ye Shen, Patrick Collins, Lingming Liang, Olivier Nolan-Stevaux, Jason S Eng, Flordeliza Fajardo, Donato Tedesco

“…While signs of clinical activity have been demonstrated, efficacy of T-cell engagers (TCEs) in solid tumors settings, molecular determinants of response, and underlying mechanisms of resistance to BiTE therapy require more investigation.Methods To uncover cancer cell-intrinsic genetic modifiers of TCE-mediated cytotoxicity, we performed genome-wide CRISPR (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats) loss-of-function and CRISPRa (CRISPR activation) gain-of-function screens using TCEs against two distinct tumor-associated antigens (TAAs). …”
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A 'hidden problem': Nature, prevalence and factors associated with sexual dysfunction in persons living with HIV/AIDS in Uganda. by Brian Byamah Mutamba, Godfrey Zari Rukundo, Wilber Sembajjwe, Noeline Nakasujja, Harriet Birabwa-Oketcho, Richard Stephen Mpango, Eugene Kinyanda

“…Among individuals living with HIV/AIDS, sexual function and dysfunction have hardly been studied especially in sub-Saharan Africa. …”
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Combined association of gait speed and processing speed on cardiometabolic disease mortality risk in the US older adults: a prospective cohort study from NHANES by Hang Yang, Ye Zhou, Xiaoying Wang, Xiaoming Xu

“…Future intervention studies should aim at elucidating the biological and behavioral mechanisms linking physical and cognitive function to CMD outcomes.…”
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A scalable multi-modal learning fruit detection algorithm for dynamic environments by Liang Mao, Liang Mao, Zihao Guo, Mingzhe Liu, Yue Li, Linlin Wang, Jie Li

“…Subsequently, the positioning loss function is replaced with the EIoU loss function, and the confidence loss is substituted by VFLoss to further improve the accuracy of the detection bounding box and reduce the missed detection rate in occluded targets. …”
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Multi‐Spatial Voxel‐Scale Modulation of Acupuncture on Abnormal Brain Activity in Migraine Patients Without Aura: A Randomized Study Neuroimaging Trial by Chaorong Xie, Zhiyang Zhang, Yutong Zhang, Xixiu Ni, Yang Yu, Xiaoyu Gao, Mingsheng Sun, Xiao Wang, Ling Zhao

“…ABSTRACT Background The role of acupuncture in treating migraine has been widely recognized, but the systematic, comprehensive and, multi‐spatial voxel‐scale mechanism of brain function changes is still unclear. Objective Resting‐state functional magnetic resonance imaging (rs‐fMRI) was used to investigate the modulatory effect of acupuncture on brain activity in patients with migraine without aura (MwoA) at different spatial voxel scales. …”
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Perioperative and mid-term prognosis in coronary artery bypass grafting patients with mild renal dysfunction by Wuwei Wang, Xu Cao, Yukai Wu, Quan Liu, Yifei Zhou, Rui Fan, Xin Chen, Rui Wang

“…Compared with the normal renal function, patients with mild renal dysfunction had more AKI after CABG (26.1% vs. 18.7%, p = 0.015), however, the perioperative mortality (1.3% vs. 1.3%, p = 1.00) was not significantly different. …”
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Caregiver burden and its associated factors among family caregivers of persons with dementia in Shanghai, China: a cross-sectional study by Peng Li, Juan Li, Bei Wu, Hanzhang Xu, Wenjing Sun, Zhijian Liu, Honglin Chen, Jianhua Zhuang, Xiaohan Chen, You Yin

“…Strengthening social support, providing more high-quality home care services, promoting PAC are imperative to reduce caregiver burden.…”
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Osteoblastic ferroptosis inhibition by small-molecule promoting GPX4 activation for peri-prosthetic osteolysis therapy by Xin Liu, Wei Wang, Feng Zhu, Haibo Xu, Gaoran Ge, Xiaolong Liang, Huilin Yang, Yaozeng Xu, Wei Xu, Minggang Wei, Qi Zhou, Dechun Geng

“…Recent therapeutic strategies to promote periprosthetic osseointegration by restoring osteoblast function are considered more effective approaches. …”
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Risk factors for renal insufficiency and survival implications after radical nephrectomy and thrombectomy in renal cell carcinoma with tumor thrombus: a systematic review by Zhigao Huang, Zhuo Liu, Lin Zhuo, Xin Ma, Zhenbin Jiang, Kewei Chen, Jiyuan Chen, Yuxuan Li, Guoliang Wang, Xiaojun Tian, Hongxian Zhang, Lei Liu, Lulin Ma, Kai Hong, Shudong Zhang

“…A clear association between survival and renal function could not be established because of the oncological risk on survival. …”
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Predictability of kinetic estimated glomerular filtration rate for acute kidney injury in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery by Mohammad Ali Haghighatpanah, Sadegh Mazaheri-Tehrani, Amirhosein Adibzadeh, Negar Ostadsharif, Parham Moradi, Mahshad Vali, Roya Riahi, Mohsen Mirmohammadsadeghi

“…Patients with AKI were older and had more comorbidities like hypertension, heart failure, and anemia compared to those without AKI. …”
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Pricing strategy of supply chain considering response time of extended warranty service by Xingjian Zhou, Yan Feng, Hongming Chen, Lihua Cai, Vladimir Bashkarev

“…The study construct a time-sensitive consumer utility function by integrating response time and pricing, more accurately portraying the expected value of EWS. …”
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Pregnancy after orthotopic liver transplantation: a comprehensive review by Daria A. Stelmach, Daria A. Stelmach, Kenneth J. Dery, Zoulikha Jabiry-Zieniewicz, Jerzy W. Kupiec-Weglinski

“…Neonates are significantly more likely to experience prematurity and low birth weight. …”
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The BTLA and PD‐1 signaling pathways independently regulate the proliferation and cytotoxicity of human peripheral blood γδ T cells by Hyun J. Hwang, Jae J. Lee, Sung H. Kang, Jin K. Suh, Eun S. Choi, Seongsoo Jang, Sang‐Hyun Hwang, Kyung‐Nam Koh, Ho J. Im, Nayoung Kim

“…These results suggest that the inactivation of the BTLA signaling pathway during expansion could help produce more γδ T cells without compromising γδ T cell function. …”
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Therapeutic Efficacy of Small Extracellular Vesicles Loaded with ROCK Inhibitor in Parkinson’s Disease by Candy Carbajal, Myosotys Rodriguez, Florida Owens, Nicole Stone, Dileepkumar Veeragoni, Rebecca Z. Fan, Kim Tieu, Nazira El-Hage

“…The decline in motor functions occurs due to a progressive loss of midbrain dopaminergic neurons, resulting in lowered dopamine levels and impaired muscle function. …”
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