Shaoyao Gancao decoction alleviates paclitaxel-induced cognitive impairment by activating PTEN/PI3K/AKT pathway to inhibit NETs formation by Xu Ying, Su Yue, Hu Yuwen, Li Xiang, Zhou Ziyan, Yuan Ningning, Ji Xiaowei, Jiang Ruoyu, Wang Wenzhu, Zhang Yafeng, Zhai Guojie, Cheng Xiaolan

“…Secondly, PICI mice model was established, and the neuroprotective effects of SGD on PICI mice were eveluated by using new object recognition, Morris water maze test and TUNEL staining. The impact of SGD on inflammatory factors, microglia activation and NETs formation were also studied by ELISA and immunofluorescence. …”
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The Impact of Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic on Female Patients Seeking or Undergoing Fertility Treatment in a Single In Vitro Fertilisation Clinic in Greece: An International,... by Konstantina Pappa, Emmanouil M. Xydias, Apostolos C. Ziogas, Kanelina Bimba, Elias Tsakos, Efstratios Kolibianakis

“…Collected data were cross-tabulated, and the Chi-square test was used as a measurement of the differences between national and cross-border patients. …”
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Characteristics of Fly Ash from Coal Water Slurry Circulating Fluidized Bed Combustion by ZHANG Daixin, ZHANG Guoqing, LIU Haijun, HUANG Yongbo, DU Shanzhou, FAN Baoguo, HUANG Zhong

“…[Methods] The effects of feed mode, operating oxygen content, bed temperature, and primary air rate on unburned combustible in fly ash were studied by using a 3 MW circulating fluidized bed combustion test facility, the composition and micro-morphology of fly ash with different particle sizes were analyzed by using specific surface area and pore diameter analysis apparatus, scanning electron microscope, X-ray fluorescence spetrometer, and X-ray diffractometer (XRD). …”
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Penerapan Euclidean Probability dalam Mendiagnosis Atopik Dermatis by Puji Sari Ramadhan

“…This is based on the many uses of this method in previous studies, and it can be seen from the results of testing that Euclidean Probability produces an accuracy value of 100 % of validated data and the effects of Euclidean diagnosis Probability is more optimal compared to conventional techniques and other expert system methods.  …”
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The first experience of two-stage treatment of transsphincteric fistulas of rectum by means of fibrin sealant by S. A. Frolov, A. M. Kuzminov, V. Yu. Korolik, I. S. Bogormistrov, M. O. Chernozhukova, Sh. T. Minbayev

“…At pre­hospital stage patients underwent transrectal ultrasound, fistulography and physiological tests. Results. Surgical intervention was carried out under local anesthesia, duration averaged 16 min (12 to 26), no intra­operative morbidity was registered. …”
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Nymphaea pubescens Willd. extract and its flavonoid constituents vasodilate rat isolated pulmonary artery via NO-sGC-cGMP pathway by Teerapap Panklai, Prapapan Temkitthawon, Nungruthai Suphrom, Corine Girard, Perle Totoson, Kowit Hengphasatporn, Yasuteru Shigeta, Krongkarn Chootip, Kornkanok Ingkaninan

“…The cytotoxicity of the WLE was also tested on the vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) isolated from PA and aorta. …”
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Point of Care Ultrasound Guided Management of Lateral Ankle Sprains: A Case Series by Matthew Bush, Jon Umlauf, Bryan Pickens

“…Participants completed the Foot and Ankle Ability Measure (FAAM) activities of daily living and Sports subscale, the Foot and Ankle Outcome Score (FAOS), Patient Reported Outcomes Measurement Information Systems Global Health, Tampa Scale of Kinesiophobia (TSK-11), Cumberland Ankle Instability Tool (CAIT), and the Numeric Pain Rating Scale as well as the Ankle Lunge Test and Figure 8 measurements at baseline, 4 weeks, 8 weeks and 12 weeks post enrollment. …”
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Efficacy, Feasibility, and Acceptability of an Emotional Competence Tele-Intervention for Mandarin-Speaking Children Aged 5 to 7 Years With Developmental Language Disorder: Pilot S... by Hsin-Hui Lu, Shih-Yuan Liang, Yi-Chia Huang

“…In total, 20 children with DLD provided data on emotional competence evaluated using the Emotional Lexicon Test. These data were individually collected at 3 time points after study 1 (time 1). …”
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Quantitative Performance Analysis of Respiratory Facemasks Using Atmospheric and Laboratory Generated Aerosols Following with Gamma Sterilization by Amit Kumar, D. N. Sangeetha, Ramani Yuvaraj, M. Menaka, Venkatesan Subramanian, Balasubramanian Venkatraman

“…The Filtering Efficiency (FE) of these masks are tested for atmospheric and laboratory-generated aerosols of size 1.0 µm and 102.7 nm particles before and after sterilisation and the two flow rate conditions corresponding to normal breath rate and during sneezing/coughing. …”
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Temporal changes in plasma and milk lipids in response to an esophageal bolus of rumen-protected fish oil in lactating Holstein dairy cows by J.E. Rico, V. Sáinz de la Maza-Escolà, N.D. Senevirathne, P. Deme, N.J. Haughey, R. Gervais, J.W. McFadden

“…Rumen-protected technologies aim to prevent the ruminal biohydrogenation of VLC n-3 FA. To test the effects of these technologies on circulating FA and phospholipid concentrations, and milk FA concentrations, six mid-lactation, multiparous, pregnant Holstein dairy cows (mean ± SD: 155 ± 19 days in milk; 3.0 ± 0.5 body condition score; 3.2 ± 1.1 lactations; 644 ± 23 kg BW) were randomly assigned to treatments in a study with a replicated 3 × 3 Latin Square design. …”
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Assessing awareness and treatment knowledge of preventable blindness in rural and urban South African communities by Z Kiva, J E Wolvaardt

“…Proportions were calculated and χ2 tests done to determine whether there was any significant relationship between the categorical variables. …”
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Interventional effects of different track and field sports on human cardiovascular function indicators and physiological energy metabolism by Ruibin Jing, Zhengwei Wang, Choi Mee-Seong

“…The COSMED K5 portable gas metabolism analysis system was used to measure cardiopulmonary function, and key indicators such as Maximum Oxygen Uptake (VO2max) were evaluated using a Stepwise Increasing Load Test (SILT). The two factor repeated measures ANOVA method was used to analyze the effects of different load levels and groups on cardiopulmonary function and energy metabolism. …”
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Shortening duration of untreated illness in young people with first episode eating disorders: protocol of a randomised controlled feasibility trial of a smartphone friendly multi-m... by Luiza Grycuk, Dina Monssen, Molly R. Davies, Helen Sharpe, Karina L. Allen, Vibhore Prasad, Rachel Potterton, Priya Popat, Victoria A. Mountford, Sheryllin McNeil, Vanessa Lawrence, Nina Grant, Kimberley A. Goldsmith, Danielle Glennon, Sarah Byford, Amy Brown, Ulrike Schmidt

“…The aims of our study are to co-design and test the feasibility of FREED-Mobile (FREED-M), an online intervention tool for young people with early-stage EDs. …”
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Pathological and radiological assessment of benign breast lesions with BIRADS IVc/V subtypes. should we repeat the biopsy? by Wesam Rjoop, Anwar Rjoop, Alia Almohtaseb, Lama Bataineh, Zeina Nser Joubi, Maha Gharaibeh, Abdalrahman Al-Qwabah, Yousef Alasheh, Ismail Matalka

“…After histopathological testing and repeat biopsy, 26/828 (3.14%) patients had discordant benign diagnosis. …”
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Consenso colombiano de tumores neuroendocrinos intestinales y síndrome carcinoide by Luis Felipe Fierro Maya, Claudia P. Córdoba Carreño, Andres A. Cuéllar-Cuéllar, Helena Facundo Navia, Andrés Flórez Romero, Angélica María González Clavijo, Deyanira González Devia, Oscar A. Guevara Cruz, Julián G. Rojas Camacho, Leonardo J. Rojas Melo, Alejandro Román González, Alfredo E. Romero Rojas, Jesús O. Sánchez Castillo, Mireya Tapiero Garcia

“…Además, por su baja incidencia, se disminuyen las posibilidades de sospecha clínica en centros de atención primaria, ocasionando a menudo un retraso en el diagnóstico. Todos estos factores hacen que la ruta para el diagnóstico y las decisiones sobre el tratamiento sean complejas. …”
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Keeping Active with Texting after Stroke (KATS): a single-arm feasibility and acceptability study of a behavioural intervention to promote community-based physical activity after s... by Gozde Ozakinci, Stephan U Dombrowski, Andrew Murphy, Albert Farre, Jenna Breckenridge, Jacqui H Morris, Linda A Irvine, Keith Jenkinson

“…Objectives To test the feasibility and acceptability of a text-message-delivered behavioural intervention to promote and maintain physical activity and recovery after stroke rehabilitation.Design A single-arm acceptability and feasibility study.Setting Community rehabilitation services in two Health Board areas in Scotland.Participants People with stroke who could participate in physical activities and use a mobile phone were recruited during rehabilitation and community rehabilitation.Intervention Keeping Active with Texting after Stroke (KATS) is an automated text message-delivered intervention informed by behaviour change theory. …”
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Kombinasi Seleksi Fitur Berbasis Filter dan Wrapper Menggunakan Naive Bayes pada Klasifikasi Penyakit Jantung by Siti Roziana Azizah, Rudy Herteno, Andi Farmadi, Dwi Kartini, Irwan Budiman

“…From the implementation of modeling that will be carried out, the highest accuracy value is 91.80% in the Naive Bayes algorithm with a combination of union of Information Gain and Gain Ratio feature selection results using a ratio of training data and test data of 80:20. While the accuracy of Naive Bayes with a combination of union selection results of Forward Selection and Backward Elimination features only has an accuracy value of 83.61%.   …”
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Enhancing privacy and traceability of public health insurance claim system using blockchain technology by Andry Alamsyah, I. Putu Sadhu Setiawan

“…The system’s layered design and use of smart contracts guarantee transparent, tamper-proof record-keeping, while parallelized processes in the logical architecture streamline claims handling. Initial tests of the prototype confirm the feasibility and robustness of the proposed solution, illustrating how blockchain can facilitate traceability and preserve confidentiality.DiscussionThe blockchain-based design addresses pressing concerns surrounding data security and accountability in large-scale health insurance systems. …”
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Knowledge Management System Berbasis Web tentang Budidaya Hidroponik untuk Mendukung Smart Society by Ariq Cahya Wardhana, Yani Nurhadryani, Sri Wahjuni

“…The output generated from this study is KMS was implemented using Web-based applications with an object-oriented approach that has been tested by experts with system functions is working and has KMS classification features, namely knowledge capture, knowledge sharing, and knowledge discovery. …”
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Exploration of pulse wave analysis under reactive hyperemia and close to an arteriovenous fistula: a comparative analysis by Veit Busch, Sandra Müller, Joachim Streis, Timm H. Westhoff, Thomas Felderhoff, Felix S. Seibert, Stefan Reuter, Niklas Mueller

“…In addition, the augmentation index was evaluated (only) under physiological conditions. The Wilcoxon test was used to assess parameter differences and linear correlation was performed. …”
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