From design to 3D printing: A proof-of-concept study for multiple unit particle systems (MUPS) printed by dual extrusion fused filament fabrication by Lee Roy Oldfield, Aaron Felix Christofer Mentrup, Stefan Klinken-Uth, Tobias Auel, Anne Seidlitz

“…The general idea is that the two print heads can be used independently to print a water-soluble tablet shell with the first print head and incorporate functional particles into the tablet shell with a second print head using different materials for each step. …”
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Completeness of repeated patient-reported outcome measures in adult rehabilitation: a randomized controlled trial in a diverse clinical population by Anne-Lene Sand-Svartrud, Ingvild Kjeken, Renate Foss Skardal, Gunhild M. Gjerset, Tonje Jossie Johnsen, Anne Dorte Lyken, Hanne Dagfinrud, Rikke Helene Moe

“…The longer data set expanded upon the brief set by including the Patient-Specific Functional Scale and the 29-item version of the PROMIS Profile instruments. …”
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Effects of diet on blood rheological indices, cytokine concentrations, and emergence of metabolic disorders in the persons with increased body mass index by P. S. Novikov, N. A. Cherevko, V. V. Klimov, S. E. Kondakov, M. Yu. Rozenshteyn, A. Z. Rozenshteyn, E. A. Motlokhova, D. S. Zagreshenko

“…Nutritional dysadaptation occurs due to inappropriate diet being mediated by the geno-phenotypic characteristics of digestive enzymes and immune system which control the efficiency of food digestion.Immunological control of digestion, including dynamic maintenance of tolerance to food antigens, is carried out at two levels of immune system: innate response with functional involvement of microbiota, and adaptive response, represented by cellular and humoral mechanisms associated with molecular epitopes and critical mass of persistent food antigens which are present in immunologically competent areas of small intestine, due to changing permeability of intestinal barrier and transcytosis processes. …”
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Addressing Occupational Diseases; Integrating the Discipline at Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University by Z. Bilous, N. Grechkivska, L. Kobak, N. Drobinska, M. Butynska

“…Given the efficient functioning of industries with unfavorable or harmful working conditions, there is little chance for a rapid decrease in these indeces. …”
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Análisis espacial de datos para clasificar Musáceas en zonas Bananeras no tradicionales del Ecuador by Patricia Gómez, Omar Ruíz Barzola, Hernán Garcés, Esther Lilia Peralta García

“…Como un aporte de la estadística en este tema se realiza el presente proyecto cuyo objetivo es identificar mediante descriptores fisiológicos de las plantas (altura del pseudotallo, área de la hoja, ancho de márgenes del peciolo, longitud del peciolo, proporción de la hoja) en aquellos sectores donde existen plantas que tengan características que puedan resultar fáciles de aprovechar. …”
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Idade e indicações de osteotomias para avanço frontofacial em pacientes com craniossinostoses sindrômicas Age and indications for osteotomy for frontofacial advancement in patients... by Nivaldo Alonso, Hamilton Matushita, Dov Charles Goldenberg, Endrigo Oliveira Bastos

“…CONCLUSIONS: In cases of severe craniosynostosis with functional problems, monobloc frontofacial advancement is still the best therapeutic option.…”
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Results of Ranibizumab Treatment of the Myopic Choroidal Neovascular Membrane according to the Axial Length of the Eye by Alexandr Stepanov, Martin Pencak, Jan Nemcansky, Veronika Matuskova, Marketa Stredova, David Beran, Jan Studnicka

“…The effect of ranibizumab treatment on the functional and morphological parameters of the affected eye was evaluated. …”
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The effect of acute beetroot juice consumption prior to climbing on lower-body isokinetic and isometric strength, aerobic power, and muscle soreness among mountain climbers by Alireza Daneshparvar, Mohammad Hemmatinafar, Mohsen Salesi, Rasoul Rezaei, Babak Imanian, Sepideh Pirmohammadi

“…One week later, during the climbing session, they consumed 70 mL of BRJ (400 mg nitrate), PLA, or water 2.5 hours before ascending to 3720 meters. Functional tests (HJ, wall-sit, and estimated VO₂max) were performed at the altitude. …”
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Análisis espacial de datos para clasificar Musáceas en zonas Bananeras no tradicionales del Ecuador by Patricia Gómez, Omar Ruíz Barzola, Hernán Garcés, Esther Lilia Peralta García

“…Como un aporte de la estadística en este tema se realiza el presente proyecto cuyo objetivo es identificar mediante descriptores fisiológicos de las plantas (altura del pseudotallo, área de la hoja, ancho de márgenes del peciolo, longitud del peciolo, proporción de la hoja) en aquellos sectores donde existen plantas que tengan características que puedan resultar fáciles de aprovechar. …”
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Clinical manifestations of COVID-19 infection and its impact on the outcome in children and adolescents with benign and malignant hematological disease in Egypt: a single-center ex... by Fatma Soliman Elsayed Ebeid, Aya Mostafa, Sondos M. Magdy, Haidy Moahmed Abd El Kader, Amal Abdel Azim Lotfy, Nihal Hussien Aly

“…Baseline laboratory investigation were collected included complete blood count (CBC), liver and kidney functions, C-reactive protein (CRP), serum ferritin, lactate dehydrogenase, and coagulation test. …”
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Hands-free Atalante exoskeleton in post-stroke gait and balance rehabilitation: a safety study by Thierry Lejeune, Dijana Nuic, Stéphanie Dehem, Jean-Gabriel Previnaire, Céline Cuenot, Thierry Debugne, Jerome Kaps, Bérénice Paul, Vincent Pean, Sergi Sanz Perez, Fanny Juhel, Soultana Tatsidou, Jacques Kerdraon

“…Methods Forty subjects (10.2 ± 12.1 months post-stroke) with gait dysfunction (Functional Ambulation Category [FAC] score ≤ 3) underwent five training sessions over three weeks with a hands-free exoskeleton (Atalante, Wandercraft, France). …”
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Evaluation of diabetes care services, data quality, and availability of resources in Ethiopia: Difference-in-differences analysis of the NORAD-WHO NCDs’ midterm project evaluation... by Yimer Seid Yimer, Meaza Gezu Shentema, Zenawi Hagos Gufue, Awgichew Kifle Zemelak, Zeytu Gashaw Asfaw, Sefonias Getachew, Mulugeta Tamire, Kalkidan Solomon, Asmamaw Bezabeh Workneh, Girma Taye Aweke

“…Intervention facilities had significantly more functional glucometers than did control facilities, averaging four (95% CI: 3.4, 4.6) per month in 2023 compared with 2.5 (95% CI: 2.1, 2.9) in 2019. …”
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Early assistance children and their families: regulatory legal regulation by S. V. Pavlova, O. V. Rodriges-Navarro, A. V. Sokurov, T. V. Ermolenko, I. S. Ishutina, A. M. Salogub

“…Thus, the preventive aspect of the orientation of the functioning of the early care system is formulated. …”
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Evaluation of the Impact of Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles as an Eco-Friendly Antifouling Agent in Epoxy Paint on Marine Fish Cage Culture by Sajedeh Mazarei, Mohsen Safaie, Ahmad Homaei, Zahra Ghasemi

“…Zinc ions can pass through the cell membrane and generate reactive oxygen species, leading to damage to cellular components, disruption of cellular functions, and cell death. The high anti fouling efficacy of zinc oxide nanoparticles could be an effective strategy for combating marine biofouling.…”
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Comparison of local muscle oxygenation and whole-body VO2 during incremental exercise by Nina Mosser, Markus Tilp, Gudrun Schappacher-Tilp, Annika Kruse, Gerhard Tschakert

“…We used a custom MATLAB script to fit piecewise linear continuous functions by regression to estimate NIRS and VE thresholds. …”
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Provenance-Finding of Dust Storms Using AVHRR Sensor Images of NOAA Satellite (Case Study: Southwest of Iran) by Mohammad Hossein Rezaei Moghaddam, Mojtaba Mahdian Boruojeni

“…After preparing the images, in the processing stage, the particles were identified by applying the dust detection algorithms including brightness temperature differences in the thermal infrared bands (band 4&5 AVHRR sensor) and false color combination (R: 1 G: 2 B4). 3- Results and Discussion Detecting the images, a total of 62 origin points were extracted in the southwest of the country which were transferred to the GIS environment. Using the functions of density distribution, three regions with the highest density in the accumulation of dust are introduced as three important areas in the southwest of the country producing dust. …”
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Polirradiculoneuropatia desmielinizante inflamatória crônica: estudo de 18 pacientes Chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyradiculoneuropathy: study of 18 patients by Leandro C. Calia, Acary S. B. Oliveira, Alberto Alain Gabbai

“…By the time of the last evaluation 16 patients (88.9%) had functional improvement.…”
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Serum vitamin D levels in patients with Bell’s palsy: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Elaheh Foroughi, Mehrdad Mozafar, Shayesteh Haghighi, Maryam Moghbel Baerz, Kosar Salehi Torabi, Aref Hafezi Bafti, Fatemeh Asadi, Mani Khorsand Askari, Erfan Shahabinejad

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Flistory and prospects of development of methods of osteosynthesis and osteosynthesis of the humerus diaphysis by K. I. Khorak, P. G. Kogan, A. R. Lyakh, D. V. Stafeev

“…Taking into account the rather long periods of consolidation of fragments, rehabilitation of patients with this type of pathology implies the use of devices capable of providing stable fixation and the possibility of early restoration of upper limb functions for fastening bone fragments. As a rule, revision surgical interventions include excision of scars from the interfragmental area or corticotomy, removal of deformation (if present), rimming of the medullary cavity and intramedullary osteosynthesis, to which, in rare cases, fixation with a short plate may additionally be applied. …”
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Empenhamento organizacional de enfermeiros e relação com a chefia [Nurses’ organizational commitment and relationship with supervisor] by Maria Manuela Frederico Ferreira, Isilda Cristina Laranjeira da Silva

“…Is quantitative, descriptive, correlational, and aims to meet the organizational commitment - affective, normative and instrumental - of nurses to exercise the functions in a hospital center, and if it relates to personal variables and on the supervisor. …”
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