WORLD EXPERIENCE IN ADMINISTRATIVE AND LEGAL SUPPORT OF FOOD SECURITY by Yuliya Pustovit, Olena Dragan, Alina Berher

“…The methodological background of the study is a combination of theoretical and general scientific methods: analysis, synthesis and comparison, theoretical and logical generalisation. …”
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The dual anti-inflammatory and anticoagulant effects of Jianpi Huashi Tongluo prescription on Rheumatoid Arthritis through inhibiting the activation of the PI3K/AKT signaling pathw... by Fanfan Wang, Fanfan Wang, Jian Liu

“…However, the specific mechanisms underlying its actions remain to be further investigated.ObjectiveThis study aims to elucidate the anti-inflammatory and anticoagulant mechanisms of XFC in the treatment of RA.MethodsA multidimensional methodological framework was employed. …”
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The association between tobacco and alcohol use and health outcomes in individuals living with diabetes and prediabetes in South Africa: A cross-sectional study by S J Mulder, T Chivese, C O Egbe

“…To assess the association between tobacco and alcohol use and specific health outcomes among South African adults with prediabetes or T2DM. Methods. Data from the 2016 South African Demographic and Health Survey were analysed using Stata v17. …”
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Anti-inflammatory treatment using alpha melanocyte stimulating hormone (α-MSH) does not alter osteoblasts differentiation and fracture healing by Johanna Graue, Melanie Timmen, Katharina Schmitz, Daniel Kronenberg, Markus Böhm, Kishor K. Sivaraj, M. Gabriele Bixel, Richard Stange

“…Therefore, we evaluated the impact of α-MSH-treatment on bone forming cells in an inflammatory setting in vitro and as a treatment approach in a murine fracture healing model in vivo. Methods The influence of α-MSH treatment and melanocortin-receptor expression patterns was investigated in vitro in the presence of either IL-1β or/and TNF-α as an inflammatory stimulus. …”
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Death trends for 2010 - 2022 for members of a large private medical scheme in South Africa by L Steenkamp, S Collie, T A Moultrie, H Moultrie, G Gray

“…To investigate trends in Discovery Health Medical Scheme (DHMS) members’ death rates and underlying cause of death patterns between 2010 and 2022. Methods. All-cause deaths were compared across years accounting for demographic changes, by analysing age- and sex-standardised rates using 2019 age and sex population weightings. …”
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Efficacy of an artificial intelligence preoperative planning system for assisting in revision surgery after artificial total hip arthroplasty by Jiaqing Zhu, Shanbin Zheng, Jiahao Sun, Bowen Ma, Chiyu Zhang, Chao Zhang, Jirong Shen, Tianwei Xia

“…Abstract Objective To explore the early efficacy of an artificial intelligence preoperative planning system (AIHIP system) for assisting in hip revision surgery. Methods The clinical data of 25 patients (26 hips) who underwent hip revision between June 2019 and December 2023 and who met the selection criteria were retrospectively analyzed. …”
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Accumulation Characteristics and Hydrological Effects of Litter in Mixed Robinia pseudoacacia Plantations by CAO Zetao, DENG Yangxu, TIAN Jing, WANG Bing, LIU Guobin, YANG Yanfen

“…[Objective] Studying the accumulation characteristics and hydrological effects of typical mixed Robinia pseudoacacia plantations is crucial for deeply investigating the water conservation capacity of artificial forests on the Loess Plateau. [Methods] This study focused on five different mixed planting patterns of Robinia pseudoacacia in the loess hilly region, including R. pseudoacacia × Hippophae rhamnoides, R. pseudoacacia × Amorpha fruticosa, R. pseudoacacia × Pinus tabuliformis, R. pseudoacacia × Prunus davidiana, and R. pseudoacacia × Prunus sibirica, with pure R. pseudoacacia plantations serving as a control for comparative analysis. …”
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Changes in Internet Activities and Influencing Factors for Problematic Internet Use During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Korean Adolescents: Repeated Cross-Sectional Study by Sol I Kim, Jae-Chan Jin, Seo-Koo Yoo, Doug Hyun Han

“…Additionally, we anticipated that these changes would correlate with shifts in adolescents’ psychological status during the pandemic. MethodsData from 827 adolescents aged 12 to 15 years (n=144 in 2018, n=142 in 2019, n=126 in 2020, n=130 in 2021, n=143 in 2022, and n=142 in 2023) were gathered over 6 years from 43 middle schools across 16 regions and 1 hospital in South Korea. …”
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Association of baseline and trajectory of triglyceride-glucose index with the incidence of cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy in type 2 diabetes mellitus by Qiong Huang, Wenbin Nan, Baimei He, Zhenhua Xing, Zhenyu Peng

“…However, the influence of baseline and prolonged TyG index patterns on CAN risk in type 2 diabetes remains unclear. Methods Based on the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) trial, multivariate logistic regression models and restricted cubic splines (RCS) were deployed for elucidating the relation between baseline TyG index and the incidence of CAN. …”
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Optimizing Obstructive Sleep Apnea Risk Assessment in Hypertension: Development of a Predictive Nomogram in China by Yang Y, Sun X, Liang J, Liao WF, Ye W, Zheng Z, Du L, Chen M, Zhang Y, Lin W, Huang J, Yao W, Chen R

“…Our study aims to construct and validate an objective nomogram that can accurately predict the risk of OSA in patients with hypertension.Patients and Methods: Retrospective data were collected from patients with hypertension who underwent polysomnography (PSG) at the Sleep Medicine Center of the First Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, China. …”
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Conflict-associated wounds and burns infected with GLASS pathogens in the Eastern Mediterranean Region: A systematic review by Amelia Wild, Clare Shortall, Omar Dewachi, Carine Naim, Alex Green, Sarah Hussain, Aula Abbara

“…This systematic review assesses literature focused on Global Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System (GLASS) Priority Pathogens causing infections in civilian wounds and burns in conflict-affected countries within the World Health Organisation’s Eastern Mediterranean Region Office (EMRO). Methods A systematic literature review was conducted following Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Review and Meta-Analyses guidelines. …”
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Bergapten alleviates senescence of chondrocytes in osteoarthritis by YE Yuanlan, LIU Kaiwen, PAN Yiming

“…Objective‍　‍To investigate the role and mechanism of bergapten in treating osteoarthritis (OA) based on network pharmacology, molecular docking and in vitro experiments. Methods‍　‍The functional targets of bergapten and the related targets of OA disease were obtained by searching Super-Pred， Swiss Target Prediction， Drug Bank. …”
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Evolution Characteristics of Soil and Water Conservation Carbon Pool and Its Carbon Sink Potential in Typical Small Watershed of the Loess Plateau by HE Guokai, WANG Kaibo, REN Zongping, XU Guoce, DONG Pengbei, WANG Pu

“…[Objective] To investigate the evolution of soil carbon pool under catchment scale integrated soil and water conservation measures and evaluate the potential of soil and water conservation carbon sink. [Methods] Typical small watershed for soil and water loss control in the Loess Plateau was taken as the research object. …”
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Association of Serum Irisin With Severity and Prognosis in Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Prospective Cohort Study by Zhang X, Wang W, Li Y, Liu X, Zhang L, Cheng Z, Liu M, Wang Y, Fu L, Yang J

“…The aim of this study was to assess the relationships of serum irisin with the severity and prognosis of COVID-19.Methods: A total of 328 COVID-19 patients were recruited. …”
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CX3CR1+ age-associated CD4+ T cells contribute to synovial inflammation in late-onset rheumatoid arthritis by Mitsuhiro Akiyama, Sohma Wakasugi, Keiko Yoshimoto, Koichi Saito, Sho Ishigaki, Risa Inukai, Yoshiyuki Matsuno, Waleed Alshehri, Yasushi Kondo, Yuko Kaneko

“…This study aimed to examine the involvement of cytotoxic T cells in LORA. Methods Fresh peripheral blood samples were collected from 78 treatment-naïve active RA patients, 12 with difficult-to-treat RA, and 16 healthy controls. …”
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The Long-term Variations and Influencing Factors of Soil Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity in Terraces on the Loess Plateau by PENG Xin, NI Lingshan, JI Keyan, DAI Wei, WANG Zhuoxiao, CHANG Heng, FANG Nufang

“…[Objective] The long-term variations of soil saturated hydraulic conductivity (Ks) and its primary controlling factors in terraces on the Loess Plateau were explored. [Methods] Terraces were selected for three land use types, i.e. farmland, orchard, and grassland, with slope designated as the control. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of leveraging existing HIV primary health systems and community health workers for hypertension screening and treatment in Africa: An individual-based modeling s... by Matthew D Hickey, James Ayieko, Jane Kabami, Asiphas Owaraganise, Elijah Kakande, Sabina Ogachi, Colette I Aoko, Erick M Wafula, Norton Sang, Helen Sunday, Paul Revill, Loveleen Bansi-Matharu, Starley B Shade, Gabriel Chamie, Laura B Balzer, Maya L Petersen, Diane V Havlir, Moses R Kamya, Andrew N Phillips

“…We evaluated the cost-effectiveness of population-level hypertension screening and implementation of chronic care clinics across eastern, southern, central, and western Africa.<h4>Methods and findings</h4>We conducted a modeling study to simulate hypertension and CVD across 3,000 scenarios representing a range of settings across eastern, southern, central, and western Africa. …”
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Prevalence of communicable, non-communicable diseases, disabilities and related risk factors in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan: Findings from the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Integrated Populat... by Ziaul Haq, Saima Afaq, Muhammad Ibrahim, Zala, Muhammad Asim

“…<h4>Objectives</h4>The objective of this study was to present the demographic characteristics and the burden of locally-specific CDs (hepatitis B and C, TB, AIDS), NCDs (diabetes, renal diseases, asthma, epilepsy, coronary heart diseases, cancer, hypertension, cholesterol, thalassemia), and disabilities (congenital, post-disease, post-injury, paralysis) stratified by sex, age and setting in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan.<h4>Material and methods</h4>The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Integrated Population and Health Survey (KP-IPHS) was conducted in 2016-17 to gather comprehensive information about the demographic characteristics and locale-specific health-related issues of the people of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. …”
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Association between Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 (IGF-1) Levels, Liver Function and Short-Term Survival of Paediatric Liver Recipients by R. M. Kurabekova, O. M. Tsiroulnikova, I. E. Pashkova, L. V. Makarova, N. P. Mozheiko, A. R. Monakhov, O. P. Shevchenko

“…Analysis of associations between growth hormone and IGF-1 levels in blood and markers of liver function and post-LT survival in children.Materials and methods. We examined 143 children with end-stage liver disease (ESLD) aged 3 to 73 (median 8) months after related LT. …”
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Construction and validation of a prognostic model for NK/T-cell lymphoma based on random survival forest algorithm by HUANG Zhen, HUANG Zhen, WU Yazhou

“…Objective‍　‍To investigate the prognostic factors affecting survival in patients with natural killer T-cell lymphoma (NKTL), and then develop a prognostic model for predicting their overall survival (OS) based on random survival forest (RSF) algorithm. Methods‍　‍Demographic and clinical pathological data of NKTL patients were collected from the SEER database during 2000 and 2020. …”
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