Muscle Activity of Core Muscles During Plank Exercise on Different Surfaces by Ufuk Şekir, Huseyin Topçu, Serkan Pancar, Yakup Zühtü Birinci, Ali Kamil Güngör, Ramiz Arabacı

“…This study aimed to compare electromyographic responses of core muscles during plank exercise performed with and without instability devices. Twenty-five subjects (age = 21.5 ± 2.66 years; height 179 ± 0.5 cm; weight 74.28 ± 4.27 kg; Body Mass Index (BMI) = 22.98 ± 1.11 kg/m2) performed plank exercise on stable surface, BOSU ball, Swiss ball, and TRX Suspension Trainer (TRX) in a crossover design. …”
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Serum Sclerostin as a Possible Biomarker in Ankylosing Spondylitis: A Case-Control Study by Fabio Massimo Perrotta, Fulvia Ceccarelli, Cristiana Barbati, Tania Colasanti, Antonia De Socio, Silvia Scriffignano, Cristiano Alessandri, Ennio Lubrano

“…Serum concentrations of sclerostin were assessed at baseline and after four months of therapy in patients who started an anti-TNF. Results. Twenty healthy subjects and 40 AS patients were enrolled in the study. …”
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Photobiomodulation on Bax and Bcl-2 Proteins and SIRT1/PGC-1α Axis mRNA Expression Levels of Aging Rat Skeletal Muscle by Fang-Hui Li, Yan-Ying Liu, Fei Qin, Qing Luo, Hai-Ping Yang, Quan-Guang Zhang, Timon Cheng-Yi Liu

“…Material and Methods. Twenty female Sprague Dawley rats (18 months old) were randomly divided into two groups (n=10 per group): control (CON) and LLLI groups. …”
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Comparison of local minocycline hydrochloride delivery and antimicrobial photodynamic therapy as adjuncts to mechanical debridement for the treatment of peri‑implant mucositis: A r... by Abdulrahman M. AlMubarak

“…Twenty-two participants underwent MD alone. There was no difference in the mean ages of all individuals. …”
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Production of Hydrophobic Microparticles at Safe-To-Inject Sizes for Intravascular Administration by Francisca L. Gomes, Francisco Conceição, Liliana Moreira Teixeira, Jeroen Leijten, Pascal Jonkheijm

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The internal conflicts and contemporary dilemmas of America’s national characteristics by Shaoqing Zhou

“…Abstract Since the twenty-first century, the political landscape of the United States has undergone dramatic changes. …”
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Right Lower Quadrant Abdominal Pain in a Patient with Prior Ventriculoperitoneal Shunting: Consider the Tip! by Petros Charalampoudis

“…The patient underwent a 24-hour observation including a neurosurgery consult in order to exclude acute appendicitis and VP shunt tip infection. Twenty four hours later, the patient’s symptomatology improved, and she was discharged with the diagnosis of atypical colicky abdominal pain seeking a gastroenterologist consult. …”
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High-Grade Leiomyosarcoma Arising in a Previously Replanted Limb by Tiffany J. Pan, Liron Pantanowitz, Kurt R. Weiss

“…We report a case of a leiomyosarcoma arising in an arm that had previously been replanted at the level of the elbow joint following traumatic amputation when the patient was eight years old. He presented twenty-four years later with a 10.8 cm mass in the replanted arm located on the volar forearm. …”
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Colostrum-Derived Melatonin Plus PEG Microspheres Modulate the Oxidative Metabolism of Human Colostrum Phagocytes by Caroline G. Silva, Viviane F. Luz, Victor L. Nunes, Ana B. M. Verzoto, Aron C. de M. Cotrim, Wagner B. dos Santos, Eduardo L. França, Adenilda C. Honorio-França

“…Methods: Thirty colostrum samples were collected; ten were used for melatonin extraction, while twenty were used to obtain phagocytes. Melatonin was extracted from the colostrum supernatant through affinity chromatography and quantified by ELISA. …”
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La « connexion hamburger » appliquée à l’Amazonie brésilienne. Décryptage de l’ « effet papillon » entre consumérisme carné et déboisement by Guillaume Marchand

“…Myers to explain the intensification of deforestation in Central America. Twenty-four years after, a group of researcher of the CIFOR excavated it for Brazilian Amazon’s case. …”
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Seeking a preferential option for the rural poor in Chile by Edward Dew

“…From colonial times well into the twentieth century (and, unfortunately, even beyond) the man/land relationship in Latin America has been markedly unjust. …”
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Prophylactic Ozone Administration Reduces Intestinal Mucosa Injury Induced by Intestinal Ischemia-Reperfusion in the Rat by Ozkan Onal, Fahri Yetisir, A. Ebru Salman Sarer, N. Dilara Zeybek, C. Oztug Onal, Banu Yurekli, H. Tugrul Celik, Ayse Sirma, Mehmet Kılıc

“…Material and Method. Twenty eight Wistar rats were randomized into four groups with seven rats in each group. …”
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Engaging and supporting young adults in smoking cessation: Insights from a mobile-based cessation program in China by Xue Weng, Hongcui Yang, Chuyu Song, Jiayu Tu, Kefeng Liu, Man Ping Wang

“…This study explored young smokers’ experiences with a mobile-based smoking cessation program that included a Quit & Win contest at a university in Zhuhai, China, aiming to identify key engagement and cessation mechanisms. Methods Twenty participants (aged 18–25 years) were selected through purposive sampling. …”
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To intubate or to resuscitate: the effect of simulation-based training on advanced airway management during simulated paediatric resuscitations by C. Donath, A. Leonhardt, T. Stibane, S. Weber, N. Mand

“…Differences in airway management between hospitals with and without a PICU were evaluated. Results Two hundred twenty-nine participants formed 58 interprofessional resuscitation teams. …”
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Therapeutic effectiveness of three commercial anthelmintics against strongylids in buffalo calves (Bubalus bubalis) by David Uzcátegui, Víctor Gutiérrez, María Rodríguez, Andrea González, Alfredo Sánchez

“…The study was conducted in a buffalo system dedicated to milk and meat production with crossbreed animals (Murrah and Mediterranean breeds) in the South of Lake Maracaibo, Venezuela. Twenty-eight buffalo calves, naturally infected, with a parasite load ≥ 350 eggs per gram of faeces (EPG), and age between 2 and 3 months, with an average weight of 65.9 kgs, were selected. …”
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Identification of DNS covert channel based on improved convolutional neural network by Meng ZHANG, Haoliang SUN, Peng YANG

“…In order to effectively identify the multiple types of DNS covert channels,the implementation of different sorts of DNS covert channel software was studied,and a detection based on the improved convolutional neural network was proposed.The experimental results,grounded upon the campus network traffic,show that the detection can identify twenty-two kinds of data interaction modes of DNS covert channels and is able to identify the unknown DNS covert channel traffic.The proposed method outperforms the existing methods.…”
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Identifying threshold concepts in postgraduate general practice training: a focus group, qualitative study by Katherine Hall, Anna Chae

“…Heuristical TCs were identified from the thematic analysis.Setting Aotearoa/New Zealand (A/NZ).Participants Fifty participants, mostly comprising current trainees and educators from urban centres, and of NZ/European ethnicity.Results Twenty TCs covering many aspects of postgraduate general practice experience were derived from themes identified in the data. …”
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Evaluation of Preptin and other Biomarkers in Coronary Artery Disease Patients with and without Diabetes Mellitus by Saja T. Yassen, Layla O. Farhan

“…Methods: One hundred and twenty Iraqi participants between the ages of 40 and 60 years were enrolled (80 patients and 40 age-matched controls). …”
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Critique Interdisciplinary an the Book Anthropology of Music The by Mohammad Ali Merati

“…The knowledge of musicology and its relation to anthropology after the second half of the twentieth century is somehow gradually tied to the connection between music and Human. …”
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The Clinical Effectiveness of Intralesional Injection of 2% Zinc Sulfate Solution in the Treatment of Common Warts by Essam-elden Mohamed Mohamed, Khaled Mohamed Tawfik, Asmaa Moneir Mahmoud

“…Patients and Methods. One hundred and twenty patients (78 females and 42 males) aged 5–55 years with 225 common warts participated in this prospective monocentric randomized study. …”
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