Association of Plasma Levels of Nitric Oxide Oxidative Metabolites with Acute Stroke in Patients Presenting to the Emergency Department of a Low-Middle Income Country by Shahan Waheed, Ayaz Ghouse Kalsekar, Ayeesha Kamran Kamal, Nathan S. Bryan, Asad I. Mian

“…Further study with more patients in a multicenter trial is warranted to establish the real biomarker potential of plasma NOx in acute stroke.…”
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Effects of lower limb strengthening training on lower limb biomechanical characteristics and knee pain in patients with patellofemoral pain: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Zeyang Zhang, Zeyi Zhang, Bosong Zheng, Yuhang Yang, Youping Sun

“…The selected studies comprised nine randomized controlled trials (RCTs), one comparative controlled trial (CCTs) and two cohort studies (CSs), with a total of 1,066 patients. …”
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Dual anti-CTLA-4 and anti-PD-1 blockade in metastatic basal cell carcinoma by Sandip P. Patel, Eleanor Cano-Linson, Young Kwang Chae, Shiruyeh Schokrpur, Christopher D. Lao, Benjamin C. Powers, Adrienne I. Victor, Adedayo A. Onitilo, Sarah Shin, Naoko Takebe, Sara Threlkel, Christine M. McLeod, Helen X. Chen, Elad Sharon, Megan Othus, Christopher W. Ryan, Charles D. Blanke, Razelle Kurzrock

“…In patients with advanced/metastatic BCC, ipilimumab and nivolumab produced an ORR of 31% and prolonged (>6 months) PFS in 73% of patients, with seven PFS/iPFS of >1 year, including one with prior anti-PD-1. ClinicalTrials.gov ID: NCT02834013 (Registered 7/15/2016; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02834013 ).…”
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2013 Evaluation of Non-Irrigated Early-Maturing Cotton Varieties in Jay, Florida by Darcy E. P. Telenko, Michael Donahoe

“… This report includes a summary of the 2013 early-season cotton Official Variety Trial in Jay, Florida. It shows the performance of 11 cotton varieties. …”
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Abnormal Glucose Tolerance Is Associated with a Reduced Myocardial Metabolic Flexibility in Patients with Dilated Cardiomyopathy by Domenico Tricò, Simona Baldi, Silvia Frascerra, Elena Venturi, Paolo Marraccini, Danilo Neglia, Andrea Natali

“…At Rest, DCM patients showed a reduced nonesterified fatty acids (NEFA) myocardial uptake, while glucose utilization increased only in DCM-AGT. …”
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Long-term Double-J stenting is superior to short-term Single-J stenting in kidney transplantation. by Christiaan A J Oudmaijer, Kelly Muller, Erika van Straalen, Robert C Minnee, Diederik J A N Kimenai, Marlies E J Reinders, Jacqueline van de Wetering, Jan N M IJzermans, Turkan Terkivatan

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>This trial showed that Double-J stenting consistently reduced urological complications from 14.5% to 4.5%, while being highly cost-effective. …”
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Comparison of the Effects of Maternal Supportive Care and Acupressure (BL32 Acupoint) on Pregnant Women’s Pain Intensity and Delivery Outcome by Marzieh Akbarzadeh, Zahra Masoudi, Mohammad Javad Hadianfard, Maryam Kasraeian, Najaf Zare

“…Therefore, these methods can be introduced to the medical team as effective strategies for decreasing delivery pain. This trial is registered with the Iranian Registry of Clinical Trial Code IRCT2014011011706N5.…”
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Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy to Probe State- and Trait-Like Conditions in Chronic Tinnitus: A Proof-of-Principle Study by Martin Schecklmann, Anette Giani, Sara Tupak, Berthold Langguth, Vincent Raab, Thomas Polak, Csanád Várallyay, Wilma Harnisch, Martin J. Herrmann, Andreas J. Fallgatter

“…Several neuroscience tools showed the involvement of auditory cortex in chronic tinnitus. …”
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Practice Variability Combined with Task-Oriented Electromyographic Biofeedback Enhances Strength and Balance in People with Chronic Stroke by Peih-Ling Tsaih, Ming-Jang Chiu, Jer-Junn Luh, Yea-Ru Yang, Jiu-Jenq Lin, Ming-Hsia Hu

“…Our findings highlight the importance of task-oriented and motor learning principles while using the EMGBFB as an adjunct therapy in stroke rehabilitation. This trial was registered with trial registration number NCT01962662.…”
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Cardiac Effects of Thyrotropin Oversuppression with Levothyroxine in Young Women with Differentiated Thyroid Cancer by Kyung-Soon Hong, Jung-Woo Son, Ohk Hyun Ryu, Moon-Gi Choi, Ji Yeon Hong, Seong Jin Lee

“…Trial Registration. This trial is registered with clinicaltrials.gov identifier NCT02645786.…”
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Long-term cardiac MRI follow up of MANTICORE (Multidisciplinary Approach to Novel Therapies in Cardio-Oncology REsearch) by Dina Labib, Mark Haykowsky, Emer Sonnex, John R. Mackey, Richard B. Thompson, D. Ian Paterson, Edith Pituskin

“…We extend the original MANTICORE trial which showed that angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEI) and beta-blockers (BB) could mitigate the decline in left ventricular (LV) ejection fraction (EF) during the first year of trastuzumab treatment. …”
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Psychometric validation of the continuum beliefs of mental illness scale (CB-MIS) and its associations with stigma by Lina-Jolien Peter, Thomas McLaren, Samuel Tomczyk, Holger Muehlan, Silke Schmidt, Georg Schomerus

“…World Health Organization, Universal Trial Number: U1111–1264–9954. Registered 16/02/2021.…”
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Preoperative prediction of flexible ureteroscopy outcome in the treatment of renal calculi by Mohammed Abozaid, Eid Elsherif, Fatma Elserafy, Islam Abobakr, Mohamed Selim

“…Multivariate logistic regression showed that presence of multiple renal stones (B = 0.158, p = 0.002) is the only significant predictor of SFR. …”
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Outcomes of Pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy for patients with metastatic non-squamous NSCLC: Real-world evidence by Irina Surovtsova, Felix J. F. Herth, Daria B. Kokh, Philipp Morakis

“…Background Pembrolizumab with chemotherapy (immunochemotherapy) has shown encouraging overall survival (OS) benefits in non-squamous mNSCLC, as demonstrated by the KEYNOTE-189 trial. However, randomised controlled trials may not fully capture the diversity of real-world patients. …”
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A New Hope for the Patients of Non‐Alcoholic Steatohepatitis: FDA Gives Green Signal for Resmetirom Use by Abdul Haseeb Hasan, Muhammad Ali Abid, Muhammad Hafi Abid, Laiba Suhail, Abubakar Nazir

“…Similar trends were noted in fibrosis improvement, with 24.2% and 25.9% of patients showing ≥ 1 stage improvement compared to 14.2% in the placebo group. …”
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The Effects of Calcium Fertilizer Sprays during Fruit Development Stage on Pineapple Fruit Quality under Humid Tropical Climate by Supriyono Loekito, null Afandi, Auliana Afandi, Naomasa Nishimura, Hiroyuki Koyama, Masateru Senge

“…All treatments with calcium sprays reduced the fructose and glucose contents in the first trial and β-carotene content in the second trial. …”
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Avatars and humans may not elicit the same accent-related biases in mock courtroom research by Lara A. Frumkin, Anna Stone, Mary Jane Spiller

“…IntroductionConducting research to better understand the role of extralegal factors in courtroom decision-making requires either labor intensive methods, such as simulating a trial, or approaches that are not ecologically valid, such as using short written case vignettes. …”
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Influence of Artificial Sweetener on Human Blood Glucose Concentration by Ilse Skokan, P. Christian Endler, Beatrix Wulkersdorfer, Dieter Magometschnigg, Heinz Spranger

“…In the sense of a cross-over design, three test trials were performed at intervals of several weeks. …”
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Comparison of caproic acid and monolaurin with zinc oxide and benzoic acid; effect on growth performance of weaned pigs by N. Portocarero

“…In total, 240 pigs from weaning until 27 d post-weaning were used in a completely randomised block trial with six treatments and eight replicate pens per treatment. …”
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Comparison of Hybrid Rye and Wheat for Grain Yield and Other Agronomic Traits Under Less Favourable Environmental Conditions and Two Input Levels by Thomas Miedaner, Sophie Lauenstein, Bärbel Lieberherr

“…To test whether hybrid rye is competitive with winter wheat, a trial was conducted with 10 hybrid rye and 20 wheat varieties of all quality levels. …”
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