Macrophage phenotype after human refluxate exposure, esophageal dysmotility and their correlation with gastroesophageal reflux disease by A. V. Paraskevova, A. S. Trukhmanov, O. A. Storonova, S. V. Lyamina, S. V. Kalish, S. S. Pirogov, A. B. Ponomarev, D. E. Rumyantseva, I. Yu. Malyshev, I. V. Maev, V. T. Ivashkin

“…To investigate the esophageal dysmotility, changes in the esophageal mucosa and the immune response depending on the type of refluxate in gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) patients.Material and methods. 68 patients with GERD were recruited: 28 (14 men; mean age, 45.74 ± 2.23 years) nonerosive reflux disease (NERD), 22 (15 men; mean age, 45.0 ± 3.24 years) erosive reflux disease (EE), 18 (13 men; mean age, 47.22 ± 2.95) Barrett’s Esophagus (BE). …”
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Effects of Heterotrophic Ammonia-oxidizing Bacteria on Yield and Water Use Efficiency of Dryland Maize by ZHAO Hongfei, WANG Xiaoling, CAO Jiawei, YU Hao, ZHOU Liju, TIAN Shishi

“…[Methods] A two-year field experiment was conducted in a drought-prone area using HAOB strain S2_8_1 as the test strain and maize as the plant material. Four treatments were set up, inoculation with HAOB strain without irrigation (DI), non-irrigated control (DCK), inoculation with HAOB strain with irrigation (WI), and irrigated control (WCK). …”
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Predictive value of different baseline optical coherence tomography biomarkers for visual acuity changes in neovascular age-related macular degeneration by Hamid Riazi-Esfahani, Hooshang Faghihi, Fatemeh Bazvand, Mohammadreza Mehrabi Bahar, Hassan Khojasteh, Ahmed Husein Ahmed, Shahin Faghihi, Ali Fakhraie, Mohammad Hossein Zamani, Samin Ghasemi, Esmaeil Asadi Khameneh, Elias Khalili Pour

“…Baseline OCT biomarkers, including shallow irregular pigment epithelial detachment (SIPED), subretinal hyperreflective material, subretinal fluid, intraretinal fluid (IRF), hyperreflective foci, and subretinal drusenoid deposits, were assessed. …”
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Metabolic syndrome and pancreatic lesions by O. S. Shifrin, I. A. Sokolina, A. E. Leonovich, M. A. Ashitko, T. L. Lemina, A. V. Korolyov

“…To study features of pancreatic involvement in patients with metabolic syndromeMaterial and methods. Overall 720 patients were investigated who have admitted to the clinic with referral diagnosis «chronic pancreatitis» (CP). …”
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Functional activity of blood eosinophils in patients with <i>Opisthorchis felineus</i> invasion by V. V. Tsukanov, N. E. Veselova, A. A. Savchenko, O. A. Kolenchukova, I. I. Gvozdev, A. V. Vasyutin, J. L. Tonkikh, E. V. Kasparov, A. G. Borisov, E. G. Gorchilova, M. Yu. Olkhovskaia, N. O. Prokopieva

“…To study the functional activity of blood eosinophils in patients with Opisthorchis felineus (O. felineus) invasion.Material and methods. A total of 328 patients with O. felineus invasion (120 men and 208 women, mean age 40.3 years) and 34 practically healthy patients (14 men and 20 women, mean age 41.1 years) aged 18 to 70 years were examined. …”
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Acute oral toxicity study of novel polyherbal formulations by using wistar rats and Swiss albino mice as per OECD 425 TG by Ramkishan Jatoth, S.P Dhanabal, V. Senthil, T. Ganesh, Jubie Selvaraj, P.S. Venkatesan

“…Mice and rats are normally used in safety studies because of their susceptibility to toxic challenges, tumor induction, and carcinogenicity. Material and Methods: 1 % CMC, Hydaljss08, Immunoboost-Tab polyherbal formulations, female rats, and albino mice. …”
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Возможности применения Опросника «7х7» (7 симптомов за 7 дней) для оценки динамики симптомов функциональной диспепсии и синдрома раздраженного кишечника... by V. T. Ivashkin, A. A. Sheptulin, Ye. A. Poluektova, D. V. Reykhart, A. V. Belostotsky, A. A. Drozdova, V. S. Arnautov

“…To study potential of «7×7» questionnaire to assess dynamics of patient’s state throughout treatment course at irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), functional dyspepsia (FD) and combination of these diseases. Material and methods. Original study included 50 patients (36 men and 16 women) aged 18 to 64 years with confirmed diagnoses of IBS, FD and their combination. …”
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Evaluation of spinal deformity and its progression in pyogenic spondylodiscitis: A retrospective MRI study of 59 cases by Andreas Kramer, Jonathan Neuhoff, Santhosh G. Thavarajasingam, Rebecca Sutherland, Hugh McCaughan, Benjamin Davies, Ehab Shiban, Florian Ringel, Andreas K. Demetriades

“…Research question: This study explores spinal deformity progression in conservatively treated patients and identifies predictive factors for deformity advancement. Material and methods: Retrospective cohort design with radiological data analysis from 59 patients with conservatively treated pyogenic spondylodiscitis. …”
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Long-term results of antiviral therapy in patients with chronic hepatitis C with sustained virologic response by T. M. Ignatova, T. N. Lopatkina, V. P. Chulanov, Ye. V. Gaydasheva, S. N. Batskikh, G. V. Mikhaylovskaya, D. T. Abdurakhmanov, S. Yu. Karpov, Ye. N. Nikulkina, O. A. Chernova

“…To estimate frequency of late relapses and clinical outcomes in patients with chronic hepatitis C (CHC) with sustained virologic response (SVO) achievement at antiviral therapy (AVT).Material and methods. Overall 208 patients with CHC, including 12 at the stage of liver cirrhosis (LC), who achieved SVO were investigated. …”
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THE DIGITAL FRONTIER: STRATEGIES AND TOOLS FOR CULTIVATING EDUCATIONAL-STRATEGIC COMPETENCE  FOR PRE-SERVICE TEACHERS by Vira Svyrydiuk, Ostap Bodyk, Larysa Kalinina, Nataliya Prokopchuk, Nina Khrystych

“…The authors provide detailed descriptions of language material teaching strategies within the context of intercultural communication. …”
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Development and validation of a risk prediction model for PICC-related venous thrombosis in patients with cancer: a prospective cohort study by Zeyin Hu, Mengna Luo, Ruoying He, Zhenming Wu, Yuying Fan, Jia Li

“…Four risk factors were identified as key predictors of PICC-RVT, including “diabetes requiring insulin (OR: 8.016; 95% CI 1.157–55.536), major surgery (within 1 month and operation time > 45 minutes) (OR: 0.023; 95% CI 1.296–30.77), reduced limb activities of the PICC arm (OR: 6.687; 95% CI 2.024–22.09)” and “catheter material (OR: 3.319; 95% CI 0.940–11.723)”. The nomogram model was developed and internally validated with an area under the receiver operating characteristics curve (AUC) of 0.796 (95% CI 0.707–0.885). …”
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EMA/CO Combination Chemotheraphy in Gestational Trophoblastic Neoplasia: Update of Our Results by Tolga Taşçı, Işın Üreyen, Günsu Kimyon, Alper Karalök, Sevgi Koç, M. Faruk Köse, Gökhan Tulunay, Taner Turan

“… OBJECTIVE: In this study, we aimed updating our experience about the treatment success of EMA-CO (etoposide, methotrexate, actinomycin-D, cyclophosphamide, vincristine) chemotherapy in high-risk gestational trophoblastic neoplasia (GTN). MATERIAL AND METHOD: Patients were scored according to FIGO’s modified WHO system. …”
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Systemic immune response at gastroesophageal reflux disease by Yu. V. Yevsyutina, A. S. Trukhmanov, V. T. Ivashkin, S. V. Lyamina, I. Yu. Malyshev

“…To characterize the systemic immune response at patients various forms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).Material and methods. Overall 45 patients with GERD and 10 healthy volunteers were included in prospective study. …”
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Evaluation of patient comfort and satisfaction after the surgical removal of mandibular impacted molars using a piezo-electric technique: A randomized double-blind clinical trial by Khalid Zabin Alotaibi, Waleed Mohammed Al Rasheed, Jiingade Krishnojirao Dayashankara Rao, Abdulrahman Altwaijri, Gharam Mefleh Alharbi, Shatha saleh Aljaber

“…Abstarct: Introduction: This is a double clinical trial conducted to study the patient satisfaction and comfort during and after surgical removal of impacted mandibular 3rd molar using Piezo electric tips. Material and methods: Two groups of 25 each [14 (56 %) males and 11 (44 %) females] and [18 (72 % males and 07 (28 %) females] represented the Rotary and Piezo groups respectively with bilateral impactions. one side of the patient is operated by piezo and the other side by rotary instrument after a gap of 2–3 week between the procedures. …”
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Early outcomes of treatment selections for infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms: The first five year experience of a single center by Bahadir Aytekin, Goktan Askin, Naim Boran Tumer, Hayrettin Levent Mavioglu, Seref Alp Kucuker, Ahmet Saritas, Hakki Zafer Iscan, Mehmet Ali Ozatik, Erol Sener

“…Aim: We examined the criteria governing patient selection in contemporary practice in cases of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) treated electively or urgently in our Cardiovascular Surgery Clinic (CVSC). Material and Methods: From January 2019 to January 2024, we retrospectively evaluated infrarenal AAA patients treated either electively or urgently with Open Surgical Repair (OSR) or standard Endovascular Aortic Repair (EVAR) at our CVSC. …”
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Chronic inflammatory bowel diseases: the course and treatment methods in Russian Federation (Results of multicenter population-based one-stage observational study) by L. . Khalif, M. V. Shapina, A. O. Golovenko, Ye. A. Belousova, Ye. Yu. Chashkova, A. V. Lakhin, O. V. Knyazev, A. Yu. Baranovsky, N. N. Nikolayeva, A. V. Tkachev

“…To evaluate the prevalence of clinical manifestations and variants of progression for ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn’s disease (CD) in population of the Russian Federation. Material and methods. The present investigation was designed as population-based one-stage observational study. …”
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Tenencia de cerdos y letrinas como factores de riesgo de parasitosis intestinales en dos comunidades de Guerrero, México by Nelly Villalobos, Leticia León Luna, Lorena Elizabeth Chávez-Guitrón, Guadalupe Núñez Martínez, José Juan Martínez Maya

“… Objetivo: Determinar la prevalencia de parásitos intestinales en personas y su relación con algunos factores de riesgo en dos comunidades de Guerrero, México. Material y métodos: Se realizó el diagnóstico por la técnica de Faust y por copro-ELISA, así como la aplicación de una encuesta, para conocer aspectos que favorecen la parasitosis. …”
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Mathematical modelling and optimization of cutting conditions in turning operation on MDN 350 steel with carbide inserts by Syed Adil, A. Krishnaiah, D. Srinivas Rao

“…Hard metals are victorious in offering greater functional life in various critical applications because of their excellent material characteristics. But due to their high hardness, they pose machining problems. …”
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Analysis of the Muscle Structure and Protein Composition of Different Varieties of Cultured Large Yellow Croaker (Larimichthys crocea) by Yuan MA, Quanyou GUO, Yao ZHENG, Weibo SUN, Liu YANG, Xiaoyan SONG

“…This study systematically analyzed the differences in muscle structure and protein composition among different varieties of cultured large yellow croaker from the perspective of food material, providing a reference for subsequent variety selection and high-quality processing.…”
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Outcomes of the toxic hepatites caused by alcohol surrogates by I. Yu. Pirogova, I. Yu. Ponomareva, S. P. Sinitsyn, Ye. P. Samokhina, A. S. Gorbunova, Ye. Yu. Startseva, V. S. Chulkov, T. F. Kondrat'yeva

“…To estimate outcomes of toxic hepatites (TH) after intake of alcohol surrogates («Mozhzhevelovy» spirit for external use) with development of original prognostic model of patients survival.Material and methods. Retrospective analysis of clinical and laboratory data and survival rates of 80 patients (men 54, women 26, age 32 to 49 years), admitted to the hospital in 2006–2007, with evaluation of outcomes in 2012 was carried out. …”
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