Randomised controlled feasibility trial of an evidence-informed behavioural intervention for obese adults with additional risk factors. by Falko F Sniehotta, Stephan U Dombrowski, Alison Avenell, Marie Johnston, Suzanne McDonald, Peter Murchie, Craig R Ramsay, Kim Robertson, Vera Araujo-Soares

“…<h4>Background</h4>Interventions for dietary and physical activity changes in obese adults may be less effective for participants with additional obesity-related risk factors and co-morbidities than for otherwise healthy individuals. …”
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An analysis of the vaginal microbiota in women positive for group B Streptococcus during the third trimester of pregnancy by Tong Zhang, Chenglong Tong, Jialin Wang, Shuang Gao, Kangyi Li, Xiaona Wang

“…Abstract Background Presently, 20–40% of pregnant women are colonized with Streptococcus agalactiae, which is commonly referred to as Group B Streptococcus (GBS). …”
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Structure of acute intestinal infections in the Arkhangelsk region from 2020 to 2022. A clinical case of a mixed form of acute intestinal infection by М. A. Pozdeeva, Yu. S. Tsvetkova, M. A. Kashunina

“…In addition to the obvious health hazards that arise, which are predominantly prevalent among children, these diseases are also an economic problem.Objective. Analyze the composition of pathogens of acute intestinal diseases in the Arkhangelsk region on the basis of official statistical information and data provided by Primorsky Central District Hospital of Arkhangelsk.Materials and methods. …”
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Species Diversity And Resistance Markers of <i>Candida</i> Yeasts In COVID Positive and COVID Negative Patients With Community-Acquired Pneumonia by N. V. Aronova, N. V. Pavlovich, M. V. Tsymbalistova, M. V. Poleeva, A. S. Anisimova, S. O. Vodopyanov, A. K. Noskov

“…Therefore, it is necessary not only to identify all associates that cause the infectious process, but also to determine their sensitivity to antibacterial and antifungal drugs in order to select an adequate treatment regimen for a patient.The aim of the study was to investigate the species composition of fungal associates in corona positive and corona negative patients with community-acquired pneumonia (CAP), as well as to determine the spectrum of sensitivity/resistance of yeasts and yeast-like fungi to antimycotic drugs.Material and methods. …”
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Olive (Olea europaea L.) leaf polyphenols improve insulin sensitivity in middle-aged overweight men: a randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover trial. by Martin de Bock, José G B Derraik, Christine M Brennan, Janene B Biggs, Philip E Morgan, Steven C Hodgkinson, Paul L Hofman, Wayne S Cutfield

“…Primary outcome was insulin sensitivity (Matsuda method). Secondary outcomes included glucose and insulin profiles, cytokines, lipid profile, body composition, 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure, and carotid intima-media thickness.…”
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Normal-weight obesity in high-altitude youth: Gender disparities and protective effects of native adaptation. by Nanhui Peng, Jia Li, Baifang Liu, Xu Yan, Nima Ouzhu

“…<h4>Methods</h4>In this cross-sectional study, 1,313 university students (mean age: 19.6 ± 1.6 years; 719 females and 594 males; all enrolled in undergraduate studies) from Lhasa, Tibet (altitude: 3,650m), who voluntarily participated in body composition measurements during the university's annual physical fitness assessments. …”
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A Weighted-Transfer Domain-Adaptation Network Applied to Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Fault Diagnosis by Jian Yang, Hairong Chu, Lihong Guo, Xinhong Ge

“…A promising approach is the use of deep learning methods, which can effectively extract useful diagnostic information from weak, coupled, nonlinear data from inputs with background noise. …”
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Effects of Therapeutic Ultrasound and Aussie Current With High-Intensity Interval Training on Abdominal Adiposity in Young Adults With Overweight and Obesity: Protocol for a Random... by Ana Carolina Aparecida Marcondes-Scalli, Patricia Rehder-Santos, Étore De Favari Signini, Alex Castro, Carla Dato, Leonardo Furlan, Richard Eloin Liebano, Aparecida Maria Catai

“… BackgroundMore than half of the world’s population will be overweight or obese by 2035, and it is known that physical exercise, such as high-intensity interval training (HIIT), is a tool for controlling obesity by improving body composition and the metabolic profile. …”
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Evaluation of immunisation coverage and its determinants among children aged 12–23 months in urban slum areas of Jhalawar city by Subhashree Das, Srishti Kukreja, Pooja Pathak

“…Background Immunisation services does not reach over one third of urban poor children. …”
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Quantitative histopathological analysis of thrombi retrieved by mechanical thrombectomy and their association with stroke aetiology by Yiwei Chen, Xiaobo Li, Juan Huang, Yi Yuan, Zhiyi Jiang, Shuntong Hu, Ruping Xiang, Longfeng Ran, Dujie Xie, Panyao Long

“…The aim of this study was to quantify thrombus composition in patients with LVO and explore associations between thrombus composition and stroke aetiology.Methods Thrombi were extracted from 132 patients with acute ischaemic stroke. …”
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Mineralogy of interior jewellery ammonites of the Samara region by D. A. Petrochenkov, E. Yu. Baraboshkin

“…To describe the stratigraphic position and mineral composition of interior jewellery ammonites of the Samara region.Materials and methods. …”
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Typomorphic features of magnetite from tomtor massif camaphorites by L. N. Baranov, A. V. Tolstov

“…Background. The paper presents new data on the material composition and formation conditions of apatite-magnetite rocks (phoscorite and camaphorites) from the Onkuchakh deposit within the Tomtor massif drawing on the study into the typomorphic features of magnetite.Aim. …”
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VIS-NIR-SWIR spectroscopic mapping for classification of hydrothermal-metasomatic alterations on the flanks of the Stolbovoe uranium deposit (Eastern Cis-Sayan) by E. N. Karmanov, N. V. Ledeneva, V. A. Rassulov, A. V. Tomashev

“…Background. The Stolbovoe deposit is located in the northern part of the Eastern Sayan, in the Nizhneudinsky district of the Irkutsk region, within the N-47-IX map sheet. …”
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Development of lesion and organ negative cast modelling technique for quality assurance and optimization of nuclear medicine images by Roberto Fedrigo, Robin J. N. Coope, Guillaume Chaussé, Ingrid Bloise, Claire Gowdy, François Bénard, Arman Rahmim, Carlos F. Uribe

“…Abstract Background Nuclear medicine imaging allows for a wide variety of data acquisition and image generation methods in the clinical setting. …”
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Determination of 5-caffeoylquinic acid (5-CQA) as one of the major classes of chlorogenic acid in commercial tea and coffee samples by Grujić-Letić Nevena, Rakić Branislava, Šefer Emilia, Rakić Dušica, Nedeljković Ivan, Kladar Nebojša, Božin Biljana

“…Background/Aim. Tea and coffee are one of the most widely consumed beverages in the world due to their beneficial health effects which are largely associated with their phenolic compounds composition, including chlorogenic acid. …”
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Dimensions, stability, and deformability of DOPC-cholesterol giant unilamellar vesicles formed by droplet transfer [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 3 approved with reservations... by Stefano Palagi, Elisa Roberti, Elisa Linda Petrocelli, Dario Cecchi

“…The effects of cholesterol, a key component of cellular membranes, on synthetic phospholipid membrane models like GUVs are however not fully understood, as they may vary with lipid composition and production method. Methods We examined the size distribution, temporal stability and deformability of GUVs prepared with the droplet transfer method using different Dioleoylphosphatidylcholine (DOPC) to cholesterol ratios in the oil phase (namely 100:0, 85:15, 71:29, 60:40). …”
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The pulmonary mycobiome-A study of subjects with and without chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. by Einar M H Martinsen, Tomas M L Eagan, Elise O Leiten, Ingvild Haaland, Gunnar R Husebø, Kristel S Knudsen, Christine Drengenes, Walter Sanseverino, Andreu Paytuví-Gallart, Rune Nielsen

“…<h4>Background</h4>The fungal part of the pulmonary microbiome (mycobiome) is understudied. …”
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Dietary preferences affect the gut microbiota of three snake species (Squamata: Colubridae) by Guangxiang Zhu, Huina Song, Mingwen Duan, Ji Wang, Jingxue Luo, Shijun Yang, Fei Wu, Jiuyan Jiang, Ji Chen, Wenjiao Tang

“…These findings suggest that dietary preferences exert a stronger influence on gut microbial composition and function than host genetic background, and distantly related species with similar diets exhibit convergent gut microbiota characteristics.…”
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Cross-validation for training and testing co-occurrence network inference algorithms by Daniel Agyapong, Jeffrey Ryan Propster, Jane Marks, Toby Dylan Hocking

“…Our method demonstrates superior performance in handling compositional data and addressing the challenges of high dimensionality and sparsity inherent in real microbiome datasets. …”
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Cytotoxic T lymphocytes in regional lymph nodes in colon cancer by V. V. Kryukova, V. L. Tsepelev, P. P. Tereshkov

“…Background. The study of the subpopulation composition of cytotoxic T lymphocytes and the expression of co-inhibitory proteins on their surface in regional lymph nodes is necessary for the development of new methods of targeted therapy for colorectal cancer (CRC). …”
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