Analysis on related risk factors for cardiocerebral vascular diseases in patients with diabetic kidney disease by ZHANG Zhi-xu, GAO Ai-qing, RAO Xiao-pang

“…Objective To investigate the epidemiology and related risk factors for cardiocerebral vascular diseases in patients with diabetic kidney diseases（DKD）.Methods A total of 800 patients with DKD hospitalized in Chengyang District People’s Hospital of Qingdao from January 2016 to December 2017 were enrolled in this study.Based on complications of cardiocerebral vascular diseases, the patients were divided into the cardiocerebral vascular disease group（n=558） and group without cardiocerebral vascular diseases（n=242）.The general information,including gender,age,body mass,height,systolic blood pressure（SBP）, diastolic blood pressure（DBP）,drinking history and smoking history, and laboratory test indicators, including fasting blood glucose（FBG）, glycosylated hemoglobin（HbA1 C）, liver and kidney functions, total cholesterol（TCH）, triglyceride（TG）, low density lipoprotein cholesterol（LDL-C）, high density lipoprotein cholesterol（HDL-C）, Lipoprotein A（Apoa）,parathyroid hormone（PTH）, C-reactive protein（CRP）, hemoglobin（Hb）, white blood cells（WBC）, brain natriuretic peptide（BNP）, urinary microalbumin/urinary creatinine ratio（UACR） and serum β₂-microglobulin（β₂-MG）were detected. …”
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REALITY THROUGH THE PRISM OF PAINTING: SIMULACRES BY MICHEL HOUELLEBECQ by Olga L. Kalashnikova.

“…The purpose of the work is to reveal the role and functions of the painting code and related to it media codes of photography, video art, architecture, advertising, and the Internet in the author of “The Map and the Territory” narrative strategy, that permits to identify some general laws of, typical for postmodern art, intermedial thinking and to clarify the concept of intermediality itself. …”
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Iodine Content of Salt Use after Years of Universal Iodization Policy and Knowledge on Iodized Salt among Households in the Sissala East Municipality in Upper West Region of Ghana by Prince Kubi Appiah, Clement Tiimim Yanbom, Martin Amogre Ayanore, Alex Bapula

“…Iodine deficiency is a global public health concern as it leads to inadequate production of thyroid hormone in the body, causing too many destructive consequences on the roles and functions of different human organs and muscles including brain growth and can manifest into many damaging effects such as intestinal cerebral impedance, cancer of intestine, breast disorders, and physical deformities like goitre and cretinism to one’s body. …”
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Termination sequence between an inducible promoter and ubiquitous chromatin opening element (UCOE) reduces gene expression leakage and silencing by Tomoki Yanagi, Shean Fu Phen, Jonah Ayala, Deniz Ece Aydin, Susanna Jaramillo, David M. Truong

“…The inclusion of an SV40 poly-A sequence provides a practical solution and genomic architecture to improve the functionality of A2UCOE-based circuits. It also suggests investigating how termination of transcription modulates gene silencing as a novel design parameter. …”
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Critical energy distribution and fracture characteristics of heterogeneous rock under splitting condition by Hongguang JI, Zhen FU, Yuezheng ZHANG, Chunrui ZHANG, Dongsheng CHEN

“…To explore the macroscopic physical and mechanical characteristics of the tensile fracturing of heterogeneous rocks under loading, uniaxial splitting tests were designed and carried out on rock samples. …”
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Postoperative acute multiple organ failure after hepatectomy in a Nigerian male with sickle cell trait: a case report by Toshimitsu Iwasaki, Satoshi Nara, Yuuki Nishimura, Hiroki Ueda, Yoji Kishi, Minoru Esaki, Kazuaki Shimada, Nobuyoshi Hiraoka

“…The patient’s renal and respiratory functions also deteriorated; therefore, continuous hemodiafiltration and plasma exchange were initiated under mechanical ventilation. …”
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Study protocol of a German multi-center, observer-blind, randomized, and actively controlled parallel-group trial comparing maintenance electroconvulsive therapy to treatment as us... by Anton Deicher, Sebastian Karl, Marie-Luise Otte, Johannes Knabbe, Bernadette Wendel, Maria Gose, R. Christian Wolf, Alexander Sartorius

“…Secondary endpoints include the proportion of relapse-free patients, the global level of functioning and quality of life, depressive symptoms, overall symptoms of schizophrenia, concomitant catatonic symptoms, stress and self-stigmatization and cognitive performance. …”
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Impact of Gaming Addiction on Sleep Quality among Medical Students: A Cross-sectional Study from Chengalpattu District, Tamil Nadu, India by BG Shakthi Chakravarthy, Aamina Hussain, Roshni Mary Peter, VV Anantharaman

“…Addiction to video games has become a public health concern, particularly among youth and college students. It impacts daily functioning, disrupts sleep, and poses physical and psychological risks. …”
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Quality of Life Evaluation Before and After Pulmonary Lobe Resection for Benign Diseases: A Comparative Study Among Patients with Tuberculosis, Bronchiectasis, and Benign Lung Nodu... by Alin Nicola, Tamara Mirela Porosnicu, Sorina Maria Denisa Laitin, Cristian Oancea, Emanuela Tudorache

“…The TB group exhibited the greatest improvement in physical health domains, while the bronchiectasis group showed significant enhancement in social functioning. Anxiety and depression scores decreased significantly in all groups, with the TB group showing the most substantial reduction (<i>p</i> < 0.01). …”
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Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging Evidence of Edema in Chronic Chagasic Cardiomyopathy by Andrés Diaz, Juan José Diaztagle, Alejandro Olaya, Guillermo Mora, Ignacio López-Lima, Carolina Ayala, Gina P. P. Infante, Néstor Galizio, Frida T. Manrique, Julian F. Forero, Hector M. Medina, Josep Brugada

“…Deteriorations of the LV and RV systolic functions were positively correlated (rs=0.69; p<0.05) without evidence of LGE in the RV. …”
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Does physical fitness and parenting transformational style predict happiness and wellbeing and distress in adolescents? (¿La condición física y el estilo parental transformacional... by Alberto Ruiz-Ariza, Manuel J. De la Torre-Cruz, Kaija Appelqvist-Schmidlechner, Nina Tamminen, Emilio J. Martínez-López

“…Abstract: There is a growing interest on the relationships between family functioning and behaviors that promote physical and psychological well-being in children and adolescents. …”
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Effect of bile acids on digestion by O. O. Stremoukhov

“…Studying the effects of different bile acids in the body in recent years significantly increased the understanding of their physiological functions. The role of bile acids is to transfer to Striated border of enterocytes lipids in high micellar concentration and subsequent return them to the water layer in the molecular form. …”
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Assessment of the Pharmaceutical-Related Scope of Practice of Community Healthcare Workers by Nsovo Mayimele, David Katerere

“…These findings indicate the urgent need for policy reforms that formally recognise CHWs’ pharmaceutical roles and equip them with the skills and support needed to perform these functions safely and effectively. This study contributes to the evidence base on task-shifting in low- and middle-income countries and reaffirms the role of CHWs in strengthening primary healthcare systems and expanding access to essential medicines. …”
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Non-phytate phosphorus equivalence for a novel E. coli phytase in corn and soybean meal diet fed to broiler chickens by Xuerong Song, Veronica Cheng, Li Xu, Faith Gituanjah, Chelsea Kibathi, Bianca Garcia, Felix Njeri, Reza Bakhshalinejad, Xiuyi Wu, Elijah G. Kiarie

“…The BWG, FCR, and bone trait data were fitted in regression functions to estimate NPPE. Overall, increasing AvP linearly improved (P < 0.01) d 35 BW, BWG, FI, FCR, and BS. …”
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Comparative analyses of persistence traits in Escherichia coli O157:H7 strains belonging to different clades including REPEXH01 and REPEXH02 strains by Michelle Qiu Carter, Diana Carychao, James L. Bono

“…A 79-Kb genomic island was identified only in PNUSAE013245, and encoded functions related to heavy metals and antibiotic resistances. …”
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Neural network prediction model based on Levy flight and natural biomimetic technology for its application in cancer prediction. by Ruiyu Zhan

“…We performed comparative analyses against other methodologies across various functions and public datasets to assess their effectiveness. …”
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Application Of ArtifiCial Intelligence in E-Governance: A Comparative Study of Supervised Machine Learning and Ensemble Learning Algorithms on Crime Prediction. by Niyonzima, Ivan, Muhaise, Hussein, Akankwasa, Aureri

“…Experimental results revealed that KNN generally performed better when compared to the rest of the algorithms. we then developed a crime prediction model based on KNN and its prediction accuracy was 66% on our test dataset. The use of Artificial Intelligence has the potential to ameliorate several existing structural inefficiencies in the discharge of governmental functions. …”
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Feasibility, classification and potential clinical impact of non-invasive delineation of abdominal lymphatic vessels in patients following TCPC with T2 weighted MRI by Anja Hanser, Michael Hofbeck, Melanie Hofmeister, Petros Martirosian, Andreas Hornung, Michael Esser, Fritz Schick, Thomas Küstner, Renate Kaulitz, Jörg Michel, Konstantin Nikolaou, Jürgen Schäfer, Christian Schlensak, Winfried Baden, Johannes Nordmeyer, Ludger Sieverding

“…Abstract Recent research in patients with functionally univentricular hearts (UVH) is focusing on pathologies of the lymphatic vessels. …”
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The effect of using red algae powder on growth indices, some serum and mucus indices, and mucus protein patterns in common carp (Cyprinus carpio) fry by Fatemeh Abdollahnejad, Seyed Hossein Hoseinifar, Hamed Paknejad, Abdolmajid Hajimoradlou, Mohamdreza Imanpuor

“…Introduction Nutrition plays an important role in the functioning of the immune system and resistance to diseases. …”
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Synthesis and analgesic activity of new pyrazole-containing derivatives of 1,2,4-triazole-3-thiol by S. O. Fedotov, A. S. Hotsulia, Yu. V. Karpenko

“…Further targeted functionalization involved the introduction of a 2,6-dichlorophenyl substitute, alkane acid residues, and esters based on them into the structure of the target compounds. …”
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