Effects of Sildenafil and Vitamin E on Paraquat-Induced Pulmonary Fibrosis in Rats by Fouziyeh Siahpour, Hosein Sadeghi, Esmaeel Panahi kokhdan, Mohammad Khoshnoud

“…Biochemical and histopathological tests were performed and compared with a control group. …”
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The impact of creatine supplementation on the development of kidney disease – literature review by Mateusz Matczak, Karol Jasiński, Aleksandra Broda, Kacper Hoksa, Krzysztof Jodłowski, Ewa Dubniewicz, Paula Majewska, Alicja Staszek, Wiktoria Łoskot, Jan Szwech

“…Elevated serum creatinine levels caused by creatine can mislead eGFR-based renal function tests, warranting cautious interpretation. Conclusions: When used as recommended, creatine is safe and effective for improving athletic and clinical outcomes in healthy individuals. …”
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Clinical observation of VR virtual reality rehabilitation training combined with acupuncture in the treatment of mild cognitive impairment by Ying Fu, Hui Wang

“…The experimental results showed that the combined effect size OR = 2.74 of the meta-analysis, the combined effect size test statistic Z = 3.38, WMD = 2.42, and the 95 % CI was (1.98, 3.06). …”
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Mechanical behavior of synthetic fiber ropes for mooring floating offshore wind turbines. by Ji Zeng, He Zhang, Bowen Jin, Hailei Dong, Chiate Chou, Hangyu Li

“…In conducting yarn-on-yarn abrasion tests, materials, twist, marine lubricants, and dry and wet environments were chosen as research variables to analyse and compare the wear and tear frequency of sample ropes. …”
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Effect of core stability exercises on upper limb reaching in children with spastic hemiparetic cerebral palsy: a randomized controlled trial by Nadia Hassan Abd-Elhameed, Heballah Mohammed Kamal, Mai Elsayed Abbass

“…Children were assigned into two groups at random (study group and control group). The pediatric reach test (PRT) was used to assess each child both before and after two consecutive months of therapy. …”
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Contrast quality control for segmentation task based on deep learning models—Application to stroke lesion in CT imaging by Juliette Moreau, Juliette Moreau, Laura Mechtouff, Laura Mechtouff, David Rousseau, Omer Faruk Eker, Omer Faruk Eker, Yves Berthezene, Yves Berthezene, Tae-Hee Cho, Tae-Hee Cho, Carole Frindel, Carole Frindel

“…Moreover, the model trained without the low-contrast images performed equally well with all images when tested on another database.DiscussionThis study opens discussion with clinicians concerning the limitations, areas for improvement, and strategies for enhancing datasets and training models. …”
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Acceptance of Elective Single-embryo Transfer in a Resource-limited Setting: A Cross-sectional Questionnaire-based Study by Nithya Panapakkam Jayakumar, Megha Solanki, Reka Karuppusami, Treasa Joseph, Thayparmbil Kunjummen Aleyamma, Mohan Shashikant Kamath

“…Statistical Analysis Used: The Chi-square and Fisher’s exact test were applied to find an association between categorical variables. …”
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Outcomes of combined liver-lung transplant in pediatric patients with cystic fibrosis: An ISHLT transplant registry study by Renita Wilson, BS, J. Asher Jenkins, MD, Juan Maria Farina, MD, Blake Langlais, MS, Bashar Aqel, MD, Ashraf Omar, MD, Jonathan D’Cunha, MD PhD, Pedro Reck dos Santos, MD PhD

“…Data were propensity matched to LTx-only controls and analyzed with Fisher’s exact, Wilcoxon rank sum tests, Kaplan-Meier methods, and Cox proportional hazards where appropriate. …”
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Influencia de la realidad socioeconómica de Galicia en la dinámica de producción de incendios forestales by Jaime de Diego Abad, Mercedes Fernández García, Antonio Rúa Vieites

“…Los resultados muestran que existe una relación entre determinadas variables socioeconómicas indicativas de vulnerabilidad social (envejecimiento, tasa de masculinidad, baja densidad poblacional o pérdida de valor catastral) y los incendios forestales. Estos resultados pueden resultar de utilidad para la mejora en el diseño de acciones de prevención de incendios por parte de las autoridades responsables. …”
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The Correlation between Macronutrient Intake and Physical Activity with Overnutrition among Fifth-Grade Students at Banjarbendo State Elementary by Mujayanto Mujayanto, Echa Rahmalia Pratiwi

“…Data analysis was carried out using Spearman’s correlation test with a 95% confidence level (α=0.05). Results: The results indicated a significant correlation between macronutrient intake, physical activity, and nutritional status. …”
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Exploring chitin metabolite profiles and sensitivity differences in Collembola species exposed to teflubenzuron by Saúl Fernandes, Diana Ilyaskina, Matty P. Berg, Marja H. Lamoree, Pim E.G. Leonards, Cornelis A.M. van Gestel

“…This study combines traditional toxicity tests with a metabolomic approach to examine the interspecies specific sensitivity of three Collembola species — Sinella curviseta, Ceratophysella denticulata, and Folsomia candida — to teflubenzuron. …”
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The information gain of explicitly provided over self-generated contextual knowledge for behavioral control. by Lukas Magnaguagno, Stephan Zahno, Ernst-Joachim Hossner

“…However, an explicit-knowledge test showed no differences regarding pattern detection between the acquisition conditions, implying that the performance enhancement of the self-generated groups was not due to explicit-knowledge accumulation. …”
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Developed a solar still unit for saltwater desalination: numerical prediction and performance verification by Ayman Ibrahim, Nahed El Mahallawy, Islam Elsebaee, Hebatullah Megahed, Galal Aboelasaad, Abdelalim El-Bediwy, Osama Dewedar

“…In this work, SBSS for desalinating high-salinity water were developed, tested, and evaluated based on a developed numerical model using MATLAB R2021a program to predict the best productivity through the best selection of raw materials used to develop the SBSS. …”
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Lessons learned in migrating from one commercial genetics clinical decision-making tool to another: Assessment of data integrity and utilization by Calvin Le, Kevin Tatunay, Wayne Liu, Haibo Lu, Nicole-Ann Rodis, Thomas Nam, Mercy Y. Laurino, Marianne E. Dubard-Gault

“…Of the 36 charts that were discordant, 9 had incorrect genetic testing results entered, 19 had missing information, 5 charts contained data recorded on paper before 2017 (legacy data), and 3 had additional information transferred. …”
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Comparison of clinical metagenomics with 16S rDNA Sanger sequencing for the bacteriological diagnosis of culture-negative samples by Camille d’Humières, Skerdi Haviari, Marie Petitjean, Laurène Deconinck, Signara Gueye, Nathan Peiffer-Smadja, Lynda Chalal, Naima Beldjoudi, Geoffrey Rossi, Yann Nguyen, Charles Burdet, Ségolène Perrineau, Diane Le Pluart, Roza Rahli, Michael Thy, Piotr Szychowiak, Xavier Lescure, Véronique Leflon-Guibout, Victoire de Lastours, Etienne Ruppé

“…Clinical metagenomics (CMg), i.e. the sequencing of a sample’s entire nucleic acids, may allow for the identification of bacteria not detected by conventional methods. Here, we tested the performance of CMg compared to 16S rDNA sequencing (Sanger) in 50 patients with suspected bacterial infection but negative cultures. …”
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Comparison between ELISA and PCR for Detection of Epstein - Barr virus in children with acute cervical lymphadenitis by Nazim Khan, Neeraj Narayan Mathur, Sunil Kumar Singh Bhadouriya, Balvinder Singh Arora, Nidhi Chaudhary, Dhriti Khullar

“…The clinical features of acute Epstein-Barr virus infection overlap those of a variety of other infectious and non-infectious diseases so reliable laboratory tests are important to not only confirm but aid in the differential diagnosis. …”
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Residential Indoor and Outdoor PM Measured Using Low-cost Monitors during the Heating Season in Monroe County, NY by Andrea R. Ferro, Naděžda Zíková, Mauro Masiol, Gursumeeran P. Satsangi, Thomas Twomey, David C. Chalupa, David Q. Rich, Philip K. Hopke

“…While the accuracy of LCMs is inconsistent and source dependent, the LCMs provided reasonable precision for estimating indoor/outdoor (I/O) ratios based on laboratory and field testing, understanding the relationship between indoor sources and concentration, and comparing PM concentrations across residences for the detected size range (0.5–3 µm). …”
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The effects of tungsten content on the mechanical behavior, ignition and energy-release characteristics of short-tungsten-fibers/Zr-BMGCs under dynamic loading by Xin Yu, Jianbin Li, Xiqiang Gai, Chong Chen, Zhenxiong Wang, Xin Zhao, Hongwei Zhao, Kaichuang Zhang

“…Increasing tungsten content enhanced the mechanical strength of SWF/Zr-BMGCs from 1543 MPa to 1984 MPa by inhibiting propagation of shear bands, and ballistic gun tests demonstrated that tungsten fibers significantly improved the penetration capability of SWF/BMGC fragments. …”
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Mobility, ICT, and health: a built environment investigation of older Chinese migrants’ social isolation and loneliness by Amber DeJohn, Bochu Liu, Xinlin Ma, Michael J. Widener, Zhilin Liu

“…Specifically, we use a structural equation model to test a theoretical framework of older adult social isolation. …”
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Research on Wood Defects Feature Imbalance Optimization and Recognition by Xiao Wang

“…Besides, generalization ability test indicates that new methods allow the classifier to have comparable accuracies on five additional datasets. …”
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