What Is the Best Proximal Anastomosis for the Free Right Internal Thoracic Artery during Bilateral Internal Thoracic Artery Revascularization? A Prospective, Randomized Study by S. Neragi-Miandoab, R. E. Michler, F. Lalezarzadeh, R. Bello, J. J. DeRose

“…Over an average of 42.8+6.6 months of followup there were no mortalities in either group. Repeat angiography were performed in 4 patients (33%) in the Ao group and 2 patients in the t group (16%). …”
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The Efficacy of the Mulligan Concept to Treat Meniscal Pathology: A Systematic Review by Nathan C. Reep, Sydney N. Leverett, Rebecca M. Heywood, Russell T. Baker, Darren L. Barnes, Scott W. Cheatham

“…All six papers included reports of improvements in pain and function that were either statistically significant or met the minimal clinically important difference (MCID). …”
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Diabetes knowledge and glycemic control among type 2 diabetes patients at public hospitals in Debre Berhan, Ethiopia. by Girma Deshimo Lema, Enguday Demeke Gebeyaw

“…Patients' knowledge was assessed using the modified Diabetes Knowledge Questionnaire (DKQ-18), categorizing outcomes as either good or poor. Glycemic control was evaluated using hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) levels. …”
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TOOLS OF INTERCULTURAL COMMUNICATION IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS: A POSTCOLONIAL APPROACH by Eldar Veremchuk, Hennadii Vasylchuk

“…The study established that branding, when employed as a tool in the context of intercultural postcolonial communication, can be either regressive or progressive. While the former seeks to disguise the colonial influence on business, the progressive branding strategy seeks to promote national and cultural identity by using nationally themed brand names, deleting colonial semantics in naming, and emphasising uniqueness and identity through the use of cultural symbols and motifs. …”
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Empire Seen from Within. Cinema Objects, Spaces and Edifices in the Limelight in Colonial India and Ceylon (1899-1950) by Vilasnee Tampoe-Hautin

“…How did objects, equipment and sites manage to secure bioscope a massive and captive market in every nook and cranny of the British Empire and either enhance or bear on the perception of Empire amongst the colonized? …”
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Contradictions of students’ motivation for participation in the activities of voluntary organisations by A. V. Starshinova

“…The formal approach to volunteering fails to meet either the public interest or the needs and expectations of young people. …”
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Panitumumab plus 5-fluorouracil and folinic acid or 5-fluorouracil and folinic acid alone as maintenance therapy in RAS wild-type metastatic colorectal cancer (PanaMa, AIO KRK 0212... by Arndt Stahler, Meinolf Karthaus, Stefan Fruehauf, Ullrich Graeven, Lothar Müller, Ludwig Fischer von Weikersthal, Karel Caca, Eray Goekkurt, Alexej Ballhausen, Greta Sommerhäuser, Annabel H.S. Alig, Swantje Held, Armin Jarosch, David Horst, Anke Reinacher-Schick, Stefan Kasper, Volker Heinemann, Sebastian Stintzing, Tanja Trarbach, Dominik P. Modest

“…Methods: In this final phase 2 trial analysis, adult mCRC patients responding to six cycles of FU/FA, oxaliplatin and panitumumab were randomized (1:1, open-label) to maintenance of either FU/FA + panitumumab or FU/FA alone. The primary endpoint was superiority of progression-free survival of maintenance (PFS; time from random assignment to progression/death) in favour of FU/FA + panitumumab. …”
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Development of Chitosan-Polyacrylic Acid Complex Systems for Enhanced Oral Delivery of Lactobacillus Gasseri and Bifidobacterium Bifidum Probiotics by AL-Fawares O, Alshweiat A, Abuawad A

“…Moreover, the antibiofilm activity of the probiotics-loaded systems were evaluated againt Campylobacter jejuni, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Escherichia coli.Results: Probiotic strains were successfully incorporated into the porous structures of the CS-PAA systems, either individually or in combination. The Loaded L, B, and L+B showed higher particle size than the unloaded particles and excellent viability in simulated gastric and intestinal fluids, where the free probiotic species were undetected. …”
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Persistence with Early-Line Abatacept versus Tumor Necrosis Factor-Inhibitors for Rheumatoid Arthritis Complicated by Poor Prognostic Factors by Xue Han, Francis Lobo, Michael S. Broder, Eunice Chang, Sarah N. Gibbs, David J. Ridley, Irina Yermilov

“…Adult patients with RA complicated by poor prognostic factors were treated with either abatacept or TNFis as the first biologic treatment at the clinic. …”
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Implementation of Accurate and Fast DNA Cytometry by Confocal Microscopy in 3D by Lennert S. Ploeger, André Huisman, Jurryt van der Gugten, Dionne M. van der Giezen, Jeroen A. M. Beliën, Abdelhadi Y. Abbaker, Hub F. J. Dullens, William Grizzle, Neal M. Poulin, Gerrit A. Meijer, Paul J. van Diest

“…Methods: Nuclear DNA was stained in 14 μm thick tissue sections of normal liver and adrenal stained with either YOYO-1 iodide or TO-PRO-3 iodide. Different pre-treatment strategies were evaluated: boiling in citrate buffer (pH 6.0) followed by RNase application for 1 or 18 hours, or hydrolysis. …”
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Vitamin C Content in Daphnia sp. Enriched with L-ascorbic Acid Ethyl Cellulose at Different Enrichment Period by D. Jusadi, I. Meylani, N.B.P. Utomo

“…/l medium were enriched with either 0.1, 0.5 or 1 g l-ascorbic acid ethyl cellulose (VC) per l culture medium. …”
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A relay race of ESCRT-III paralogs drives cell division in a hyperthermophilic archaeon by Junfeng Liu, Mickaël Lelek, Yunfeng Yang, Audrey Salles, Christophe Zimmer, Yulong Shen, Mart Krupovic

“…Whereas bacteria rely on the FtsZ-based mechanism, different lineages of archaea use either of the two systems, and eukaryotes have inherited the ESCRT-based cell division machinery from their archaeal ancestors. …”
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Distinction of High- and Low-Frequency Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation on the Functional Reorganization of the Motor Network in Stroke Patients by Zhiwei Guo, Yu Jin, Xi Bai, Binghu Jiang, Lin He, Morgan A. McClure, Qiwen Mu

“…Each patient of rTMS groups received either 10.0 Hz rTMS over the ipsilesional primary motor cortex (M1) or 1.0 Hz rTMS over the contralesional M1 for 10 consecutive days. …”
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Pyrvinium Pamoate Synergizes with Azoles in vitro and in vivo to Exert Antifungal Efficacy Against Candida auris and Other Candida Species by Zhang J, Li G, Hu J, Tan J, Zhang H, Zhou Y

“…The antifungal efficacy of PP, either alone or in combination with azoles, was tested according to the reference method. …”
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Cardiovascular Development and the Colonizing Cardiac Neural Crest Lineage by Paige Snider, Michael Olaopa, Anthony B. Firulli, Simon J. Conway

“…Combined, this suggests that either the cardiac neural crest secrete factor/s that regulate myocardial proliferation, can signal to the epicardium to subsequently secrete a growth factor/s, or may even contribute directly to the heart. …”
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Exploring the effect of play on heart rate variability as a measure of positive emotional states in pigs by Karolína Steinerová, Annika Krause, Sarah E. Parker, Yolande M. Seddon

“…For HRV recordings, play was promoted for 15-min in pairs of gilts within treatment, with destructible novel objects given either in the home pen (NOV, 1 m2/pig), or in an enclosed ‘playpen’ area providing extra space (PLP, 2.9 m2/ pig). …”
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Comparing physiological and psychological effects of virtual reality vs. traditional high-intensity interval training in healthy individuals: results from a preliminary pilot rando... by Jonathan Robinson, Mohammad Haziq Bin Abdul Razak

“…Methods Using a parallel-design pilot randomised controlled trial, 10 participants completed the study and were randomly allocated to either the VR group (n = 5) or non-VR group (n = 5). …”
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Clinicopathological Analysis and Surgical Outcome of Eyelid Malignancies: A Study of 332 Cases by Syeed Mehbub Ul Kadir, Mukti Rani Mitra, Riffat Rashid, Murtuza Nuruddin, Md. Kamrul Hassan Khan, Golam Haider, Mst. Sayedatun Nessa

“…All patients were managed by surgical excision with tumor-free margins verified on histopathology, either the frozen section or excision biopsy with 2–3 mm microscopic view of normal tissue followed by eyelid reconstruction. …”
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Potential Effect of Exosomes Derived from Cancer Stem Cells and MSCs on Progression of DEN-Induced HCC in Rats by Faisal A. Alzahrani, Mohammed A. El-Magd, Ahmed Abdelfattah-Hassan, Ayman A. Saleh, Islam M. Saadeldin, Eman S. El-Shetry, Abdelnaser A. Badawy, Saleh Alkarim

“…Herein, we hypothesized that transfer of exosomes among the cells in the HCC microenvironment could either induce or inhibit tumor growth and metastasis depending on their source. …”
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An empowerment programme to improve diet quality during pregnancy – the Power 4 a Healthy Pregnancy cluster randomised controlled trial by Renske M. van Lonkhuijzen, Jeanne H. M. de Vries, Elske Brouwer-Brolsma, Susanne Cremers, Janine P. M. Faessen, Edith J. M. Feskens, Annemarie Wagemakers

“…Participants were assigned to either the intervention (n = 186) or the control group (n = 156). …”
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