What about the donor site morbidity – how invasive is the free latissimus dorsi flap? by Nikolaus Wachtel, Riccardo E. Giunta, Marc Hellweg, Maximilian Hirschmann, Constanze Kuhlmann, Nicholas Moellhoff, Denis Ehrl

“…Results: We measured higher values for all parameters assessing force in the shoulder joint on the dominant side of patients in the control group. Moreover, LDM flap harvest caused a significant reduction in strength in the glenohumeral joint in all functions of the LDM that were assessed, ranging from 9.0% to 13.8%. …”
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Assessment of the severity of delayed changes in the state of the neuromuscular system during correction of local cold injury of III-IV degree with pCMV-VEGF165 plasmid preparation... by Darya A. Kostina, Olesya V. Shcheblykina, Anna A. Peresypkina, Vladimir V. Molchanov, Vladimir V. Arkhipov, Nina I. Zhernakova, Valeria S. Simokhina, Chao Zhu, Oleg Gudyrev

“…On days 2 and 7 after the injury, pCMV-VEGF165 (60 µg) was administered to the wound edges. The control group received a placebo. The state of the neuromuscular system was assessed using electromyography on days 28 and 60. …”
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The Neural Correlates of Consciousness: A Spectral Exponent Approach to Diagnosing Disorders of Consciousness by Ying Zhao, Anqi Wang, Weiqiao Zhao, Nantu Hu, Steven Laureys, Haibo Di

“…Methods: The study involved 15 DoC patients, nine conscious brain-injured controls (BI), and 23 healthy controls (HC). Resting-state 32-channel EEG data were analyzed to compute SE across broadband (1–40 Hz) and narrowband (1–20 Hz, 20–40 Hz). …”
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Effect of Lonicera caerulea Berry Polyphenol Extract on Wheat Starch and the Quality of Noodles by Fanna MENG, Yifan SUN, Po LIU, Binghao LIU, Ruixin WANG, Suwen LIU

“…Using noodles without added polyphenols as a control, the study investigated the impact of polyphenols on the quality characteristics of noodles. …”
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Upstream therapy of reperfusion disorders of hemodynamics, rhythm and conduction in patients with acute myocardial infarction with diabetes mellitus and metabolic syndrome (second... by M.I. Shved, I.O. Yastremska, R.M. Ovsiychuk, L.P. Martyniuk, O.A. Prokopovych, Ya.M. Kitsak

“…Compensation of carbohydrate metabolism in patients with myocardial infarction combined with T2DM and MS using dapagliflozin was accompanied by a significant reduction in the incidence of life-threatening complications: the incidence of rhythm disturbances in patients of the study group decreased from 87.5 to 50.0 %, heart failure (Killip class II–III) — from 70.0 to 12.5 %, which was signi­ficant compared with the control group. …”
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Hormonal-metabolic markers and their relationships in patients with coronary heart disease after suffering from the COVID-19 coronavirus disease by S. M. Manuilov, N. S. Mykhailovska

“…Significant changes in hormonal and metabolic markers were found in patients with coronary artery disease in the long-COVID period in comparison with the control group and with patients without a history of COVID-19: an increase in the concentration of vasopressin by 70.23 % and 33.38 %, insulin by 52.16 % and 32.76 %, glucose level by 31.20 % and 20.00 %, HOMA index by 60.00 % and 35.77 %, reduction of active ghrelin level by 45.71 % and 49.20 % (p < 0.05) respectively. …”
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Increasing the drying unit energy efficiency through with thermoelectric modules by D. A. Tikhomirov, A. V. Khimenko, A. V. Kuzmichev

“…(Results and discussion) Temperature variations at designated control points and the relative humidity of the drying agent at both inlet and outlet of the developed unit were graphed and analyzed. …”
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Validation of Clinical-Grade Electroporation Systems for CRISPR-Cas9-Mediated Gene Therapy in Primary Hepatocytes for the Correction of Inherited Metabolic Liver Disease by Justin Gibson, Abishek Dhungana, Menam Pokhrel, Benjamin Arthur, Pramita Suresh, Olumide Adebayo, Renee N. Cottle

“…Recipients transplanted with GTx-electroporated cells showed a smaller weight reduction than controls transplanted with untransfected cells (7.9% and 13.8%, respectively). …”
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Cardioprotective effects of CoQ10 in pediatric patients with lysosomal storage disorders by Yasmine Abuzaid, Ghada Abdul Moemn Suliman, Osama Abd Rab El Rasool Toulba, Ahmed Abd El Basset Abo Elezz, Alshimaa Badraldeen, Heba Dawoud

“…CoQ10 resulted in significant beneficial reduction of serum MDA (15%) &NT-proBNP (30%) in the group of patients who received CoQ10, P-value < 0.001 and improvement of cardiac functional parameters in patients with LSDs. …”
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Evaluating Magnetic Stimulation as an Innovative Approach for Treating Dry Eye Disease: An Initial Safety and Efficacy Study by Hadas Ben-Eli, Shimon Perelman, Denise Wajnsztajn, Abraham Solomon

“…<b>Results:</b> No statistically significant changes were found in visual acuity, IOP, or Schirmer’s test results between the RMS-treated and control groups (<i>p</i> < 0.05), indicating that RMS does not negatively impact these ocular functions. …”
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Enhancing Product Quality, Nutrition, Antioxidant Capacity, and Sensory Quality of Chicken Sausages by Replacing Fats with <i>Agaricus bisporus</i> and Soybean Oil by Haijuan Nan, Haixu Zhou, Tetiana M. Stepanova, Zongshuai Zhu, Bo Li

“…The reformulated sausages maintained essential product characteristics such as cooking yield, moisture retention, protein content, and amino acid profile while achieving a 9.5–16.1% reduction in energy value. These findings collectively demonstrate that the <i>A. bisporus</i>–soybean oil complex effectively enhances the product quality, nutrition, antioxidant capacity, and sensory quality of reduced-fat chicken sausages, demonstrating this plant-based composite as a promising functional ingredient for developing healthier meat products.…”
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Prognostic Factors Associated with the Efficacy of Hepatic Transarterial Embolization in Patients with Neuroendocrine Tumors by Jose Eduardo Nuñez, Charles Zurstrassen, Milton Barros, Deise Uema, Rossana Lopez, Rachel Riechelmann

“…Most of patients had grade (G) 1-2 tumors (93.3%). In patients with functioning NETs, clinically significant symptomatic control was 41.7%. …”
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Mucosal microbiota signatures reveal diagnostic insights in chronic liver disease by Sadık Dinçer, Yakup Ülger, Anıl Delik

“…Results Significant differences were observed between the CLD and control groups across multiple taxonomic levels. At the phylum level, Proteobacteria were significantly enriched in CLD patients, while Firmicutes predominated in controls. …”
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Hypertensive crises in patients with essential arterial hypertension and coronary heart disease: new perspectives in treatment and prevention by A. P. Golikov, M. M. Lukjanov, V. Yu. Polumiskov, P. P. Golikov, B. V. Davydov, D. V. Rudnev

“…Treatment efficacy assessment included bi-functional 24-hour BPM and ECG monitoring at Day 1, Day 7-10, and Day 40-50 of the follow-up. …”
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Altered interhemispheric connectivity in Huntington’s Disease by Ali Demir, H. Diana Rosas

“…These interconnections are the substrates of important neurological functions, such as perception, memory, emotion, and movement control, which are all affected in Huntington’s disease (HD). …”
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Nanoparticles loaded with the DNA methyltransferase inhibitor SGI-1027 decrease murine atherosclerosis and inflammation in cultured human macrophages by Ana Cristina Márquez-Sánchez, Alejandro Manzanares-Guzmán, Ramón Carriles-Jaimes, Lino Sánchez-Segura, Dannia Colín-Castelán, Dan Kamen, Ekaterina K. Koltsova, Agustino Martínez-Antonio, Dalia Rodríguez-Ríos, Gloria del Carmen Romo-Morales, Gertrud Lund, Silvio Zaina

“…S-HSANP-FLAGPP1 were rapidly internalized compared to non-functionalized and, surprisingly, functionalized void controls, and induced a shift towards an anti-inflammatory profile of secreted cytokines in human THP-1 macrophages. …”
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Oligodendrocyte precursor cell-derived exosomes combined with cell therapy promote clinical recovery by immunomodulation and gliosis attenuation by Sarah Ingrid Pinto Santos, Santiago José Ortiz-Peñuela, Alessandro de Paula Filho, Ana Laura Midori Rossi Tomiyama, Lilian de Oliveira Coser, Juliano Coelho da Silveira, Daniele dos Santos Martins, Adriano Polican Ciena, Alexandre Leite Rodrigues de Oliveira, Carlos Eduardo Ambrósio

“…Fifteen days after treatment revealed a reduction in reactive microgliosis and astrogliosis in the groups treated with EVs. …”
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Mitigating fines migration in low salinity water flooding of clay rich sandstones using TiO2 Saponin Zr nanocomposites by Yuman Li, Farag M. A. Altalbawy, Nikunj Rachchh, T. Ramachandran, Aman Shankhyan, A. Karthikeyan, Dhirendra Nath Thatoi, Deepak Gupta, Mohammad R. K. M. Al-Badkubi, Dilsora Abduvalieva, Samim Sherzod, Mohammad Mahtab Alam

“…However, with the introduction of 0.5 wt% TiO2@Saponin/Zr(IV) in low salinity water, the permeability reduction was significantly controlled, decreasing from 90 to 85 mD. …”
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Design and Performance Analysis of a Platform-Based Multi-Phase Interleaved Synchronous Buck Converter by Mario A. Trape, Ali Hellany, Jamal Rizk, Mahmood Nagrial

“…Here the theoretical performance is compared against the data acquired during functional evaluations of the prototype, making possible future interpretations of the ideal control algorithm required to maximize the performance output of MISBC circuits.…”
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High strength self-compacting concrete as thin slabs: a car parking field study by José Tadeu Balbo, Andréia Posser Cargnin, Eric Ribeiro da Silva, Edvaldo Simões da Fonseca Junior, Lidiane de Oliveira Blank

“… Abstract This paper evaluates the aspects of dosage, construction, quality control, and functional and structural quality of self-compacting concrete (SCC) paving slabs built in a vehicle parking area, on a flat surface, with reduced thickness (100 mm). …”
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