The association between healthy walking and COVID-19 symptom severity: A cross-sectional study on the first peak following China’s prevention policy change by Wanyuan Xia, Daikun Zheng, Xiaomin chen, Liliang Yu, Xiujuan Jiang, Mingyue Fan, Haifang ZOU, ChangFeng Li, Min Liu, Yan Zhao, Jiming Kang

“…Abstract Background Healthy walking is a moderate aerobic exercise with a step frequency of more than 100 steps per minute. This study aims to assess the impact of Healthy Walking, a novel form of physical activity, on the severity and course of COVID-19 among patients aged from 18 to 65 years old. …”
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Association between FIB-4 index and lower extremity arterial disease in MASLD patients: a cross-sectional study by Chunxia Zhang, Yuchen Ying, Yuanhui Ru, Ziliang Wu, Yumeng Tian, Pingping Shen, Shiyuan Cao, Jing Zhang, Ri Liu

“…This suggests that further studies with larger sample sizes are needed to explore these relationships more comprehensively.…”
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Awareness of gestational diabetes mellitus and its associated factors among pregnant women in public hospitals in the East Gojjam Zone, Northwest Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study by Getachew Tilaye Mihiret, Kumlachew Solomon Wondmu, Fekadu Baye, Mulunesh Minale, Mastewal Yechale, Misganaw Fikrie Melese, Aysheshim Belaineh Haimanot, Temesgen Getaneh

“…Binary logistic regression was fitted to assess the association between the explanatory variables and the outcome variable. Variables with a p-value less than 0.05, along with corresponding 95% confidence intervals, were used to declare statistical significance.ResultsThis study found that 27.0% (95% CI: 0.23–0.31) of the pregnant women were aware of GDM. …”
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A New Rarity Assessment of the “Disk of Satellites”: The Milky Way System Is the Exception Rather Than the Rule in the ΛCDM Cosmology by Chanoul Seo, Suk-Jin Yoon, Sanjaya Paudel, Sung-Ho An, Jun-Sung Moon

“…We show that the reason behind the rareness is that both orbital poles and distances of the 11 MW satellites are far more plane-friendly than those of simulated host–satellite systems, challenging the current structure and galaxy formation model.…”
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Effect-Site Concentration of Remimazolam by Age Groups During Target-Controlled Infusion for Total Intravenous Anesthesia: A Retrospective Comparative Study by Park J, Seo KH, Kwak J, Baek H

“…The bispectral index was similar across groups but fluctuated more in the elderly group during general anesthesia. …”
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Using an implementation research approach to assess the birth outcomes associated with the 2016 World Health Organization antenatal care policy across states in Nigeria: multilevel... by Christiana Ikemeh, Adedayo O. Adeyemi, Leah M. Frerichs, Christopher M. Shea, Justin G. Trogdon

“…Conclusions Our findings suggest the need for more nuanced ANC promotion campaigns that would target the varied maternal age and parous spectrum along the maternal and child health continuum. …”
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FeNO as a biomarker of interstitial and fibrotic pulmonary sequelae in patients admitted for severe SARS-CoV-2 pneumonia by Diego Ferrer-Pargada, Carlos A. Amado, Beatriz Abascal-Bolado, Sandra Tello Mena, Pilar Alonso Lecue, Carlos Armiñanzas, Francisco Arnaiz de las Revillas, Miguel Santibáñez, Juan Agüero, Víctor Fernández Lobo, J. Gonzalo Ocejo-Vinyals, José Manuel Cifrian

“…The joint predictive ability of the overall model with the 6 more predictive variables was higher than 0.8: AUC (Use of systemic corticosteroids + peak C-reactive Protein at admission + Age + Endotracheal intubation + Diffusing Capacity for CO (DLCO) + FeNO as quantitative continuous) = 0.81; 95%CI (0.77–0.86). …”
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Stakeholders’ Perspectives on Postmastectomy Breast Reconstruction: Recognizing Ways to Improve Shared Decision Making by Jessica M. Hasak, MPH, Terence M. Myckatyn, MD, Victoria F. Lenihan, Sydney E. Philpott, BS, Rajiv P. Parikh, MD, MPHS, Mary C. Politi, PhD

“…Engagement in SDM was variable. Some patients wanted more information about PMBR from clinicians, particularly about risks. …”
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Cardiotoxicity of small-molecule kinase inhibitors in cancer therapy by Shuangli Zhu, Kai Fu, Sijia Li, Chuan Yang, Can Pan, Xueping Wang, Fang Wang, Xiyong Yu, Kenneth Kin Wah To, Liwu Fu

“…Nevertheless, with the development of more novel SMKIs and their wider clinical application to a larger population of cancer patients, variable degrees of cardiotoxic adverse events have emerged for some SMKIs during cancer therapy. …”
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Antimicrobial resistance of rapidly growing mycobacteria isolated from companion animals in Taiwan by Shu-Wen Chen, Ter-Hsin Chen, Wei-Hsiang Huang, Chia-Chun Hou, Chen-Jou Lin, Yi-Fu Chang, Hsin-Yi Wu, Ying-Chen Wu

“…The most prevalent RGM were Mycobacterium fortuitum complex (MFC), accounting for 20 isolates (14 dogs and 6 cats), and M. abscessus complex (MABC), accounting for 20 isolates (9 dogs and 11 cats). More than 80% of the RGM isolates were susceptible to linezolid and amikacin. …”
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First isolation and identification of Brucella microti in sheep and goats: new insights and implications for veterinary medicine by L. Freddi, V. Djokic, A. Dremeau, M. Ribeiro, M. Berthaud, F. Bennasar, C. Pailhous, A. Lanterne, A. Ferreira Vicente, C. Ponsart

“…The infection of small ruminants by B. microti is even more unusual, as no strain-specific antimicrobial resistance or virulence genes were identified. …”
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Transcriptional profiling of peripheral blood mononuclear cells identifies inflammatory phenotypes in Ataxia Telangiectasia by Sylvia N. Michki, Benjamin D. Singer, Javier V. Perez, Aaron J. Thomas, Valerie Natale, Kathryn A. Helmin, Jennifer Wright, Leon Cheng, Lisa R. Young, Howard M. Lederman, Sharon A. McGrath-Morrow

“…Results People with classic A-T were more likely to be younger and IgA deficient and to have higher alpha-fetoprotein levels and lower % forced vital capacity compared to individuals with mild A-T. …”
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Vertebral vascular canal dysplasia in cats: signalment, CT and MRI characteristics, and prevalence by Q. Van Koulil, K. M. Santifort, K. M. Santifort, D. S. Willems, G. Bolen, S. De Decker, M. Bernardini, M. Bernardini, N. Bergknut, I. Van Soens, I. Van Soens

“…Intra- and interobserver agreement was variable (range 0.543-1.000 and 0.225-0.894, respectively) depending on adjustments to the scoring system, reflecting the role of subjectivity in the interpretation of VVCD with this system. …”
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Alternative polyadenylation and metabolic profiling in young panicle development of hybrid rice and its parents by Guangliang Wu, Shangwei Yu, Junru Fu, Linjuan Ouyang, Lifang Hu, Jianmin Bian, Xiaorong Chen, Jie Xu, Dahu Zhou, Haohua He, Haihui Fu

“…This analysis revealed that approximately 80% of genes possessed two or more polyadenylation (pA) sites. These APA genes were predominantly enriched in the pathways associated with rice spikelet development, including response to external photoperiod changes, energy production and transportation, protein signal exchange, and amino acid metabolism. …”
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Farm factors associated with increased free fatty acids in bulk tank milk by Hannah M. Woodhouse, Stephen J. LeBlanc, Trevor J. DeVries, Karen J. Hand, David F. Kelton

“…The final model adjusted R2 of 29% indicates that more factors associated with bulk tank milk FFA still need to be identified, which may include seasonal, milk composition, and individual cow factors.…”
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Geometric characteristics of bicuspid aortic valvesCentral MessagePerspective by Jan Nijs, MD, Babs Vangelder, MD, Kaoru Tanaka, MD PhD, Sandro Gelsomino, MD, PhD, FESC, Ines Van Loo, MD, Mark La Meir, MD, PhD, Jos Maessen, MD, PhD, Bas L.J.H. Kietselaer, MD, PhD

“…The position of the right/non commissure is variable, whereas the right/left commissure is more fixed.…”
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Rhythm training improves word-reading in children with dyslexia by Mélanie Descamps, Charline Grossard, Hugues Pellerin, Claire Lechevalier, Jean Xavier, Joana Matos, François Vonthron, Catherine Grosmaitre, Michel Habib, Bruno Falissard, David Cohen

“…The children were in 2nd to 5th grade and had been in school for more than 3 years. The exclusion criteria were reading or writing remediation during the past 12 months, previous use of Mila-Learn, and severe chronic illness. …”
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Fires and volcanic activity: History of fire in the Mexico basin during late Pleistocene based on carbonized material records in the Chalco lake by Rodrigo Martínez-Abarca, Socorro Lozano-García, Beatriz Ortega-Guerrero, Margarita Caballero-Miranda

“… Forest fires, considered as free and not programmed fire propagation, are perturbations that greatly alter ecosystems. During fires, variable quantities of charcoal particles are produced by the burning vegetation, which can be later deposited in lacustrine basins. …”
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COVID-19 surveillance data quality issues: a national consecutive case series by Ana Margarida Pereira, Ricardo Correia, Joao A Fonseca, Alberto Freitas, Teresa S Henriques, Cristina Costa-Santos, Altamiro Costa-Pereira, Paulo Santos, Matilde Monteiro-Soares, Inês Ribeiro-Vaz, Pedro Pereira Rodrigues

“…Several variables also showed a low degree of completeness and/or changed their values from one dataset to another (eg, the variable ‘underlying conditions’ had more than half of cases showing different information between datasets). …”
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Diversity of <i>Lactiplantibacillus plantarum</i> in Wild Fermented Food Niches by Ilenia Iarusso, Jennifer Mahony, Gianfranco Pannella, Silvia Jane Lombardi, Roberto Gagliardi, Francesca Coppola, Michela Pellegrini, Mariantonietta Succi, Patrizio Tremonte

“…Harnessing this diversity can expand the functional capabilities of starter cultures, promoting more sustainable, adaptive, and innovative fermentation systems. …”
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