Effect of Weight-Loss Diet Combined with Taurine Supplementation on Fasting Levels of Fibroblast Growth Factors19, 21, and 𝛃-klothoCo-Receptor in Obese Women: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Maryam Asadi, Fatemeh Haidari, Hossein Bavi Behbahani, Maryam J Chitsazi, Javad Mohammadi-asl, Kambiz Ahmadi-Angali

“…Results: At post-intervention, there was a significant reduction in mean changes of β-Klotho (P=0.01) in Tau group, compared to the control group. …”
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Chiari malformation with concurrent papilledema: a patient-level meta-analysis of case reports and case series by Alejandro Pando, Daniel J. Valdivia, Daniel A. Brenner, Mohammed Ali Alvi, Hai Sun, James K. Liu, Ira Goldstein

“…Of those managed medically, 41.7% fully recovered. Notably, none of 21 patients who underwent surgical decompression without improvement had prior lumbar puncture (0% vs. 64.3%, n = 9; p = 0.003) or medical management (0% vs. 57.1%, n = 8; p = 0.011) compared to those with symptom improvement. …”
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Smartphone postural sway and pronator drift tests as measures of neurological disability by Michael Calcagni, Peter Kosa, Bibi Bielekova

“…These tests capture different domains of postural control and motoric dysfunction in healthy volunteers (n = 13) and people with neurological disorders (n = 68 relapsing–remitting multiple sclerosis [MS]; n = 21 secondary progressive MS; n = 23 primary progressive MS; n = 13 other inflammatory neurological diseases; n = 21 non-inflammatory neurological diseases; n = 4 clinically isolated syndrome; n = 1 radiologically isolated syndrome). …”
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Análisis de los motivos de práctica en la actividad física dirigida by Fernando Picó-Martínez, Juan Pedro Fuentes, Rafael Martínez-Gallego

“…Metodología: Se empleó una muestra de 291 practicantes de actividad física dirigida (227 mujeres y 64 hombres), con edades comprendidas entre los 17 y los 82 años, siendo la media de edad de 42,79 ± 16,02 años. …”
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The prevalence of latex sensitisation and allergy and associated risk factors among healthcare workers using hypoallergenic latex gloves at King Edward VIII Hospital, KwaZulu-Natal... by Shumani Makwarela Phaswana, Saloshni Naidoo

“…The risk of latex sensitisation (OR 4.2; 95% CI 1.2 to 14.1) and allergy (OR 5.1; 95% CI 1.2 to 21.2) increased with the exclusive use of powder-free latex gloves. …”
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Cost-Minimization Analysis for Subcutaneous Daratumumab in the Treatment of Newly Diagnosed Multiple Myeloma in Three Gulf Countries by Anas Hamad, Shereen Elazzazy, Ruba Y. Taha, Hani Osman, Sana Alblooshi, Islam Elkonaissi, Mustaqeem A. Siddiqui, Khalil Al-Farsi, Mohammed Al Lamki, Sali Emara, Gihan H. Elsisi

“…**Results:** The model showed that the use of dara-SC in NDMM patients who were eligible or ineligible for ASCT resulted in lower non-drug costs, including premedication drug costs, adverse-effect costs, administration costs, medical staff costs, and indirect costs. …”
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THrombosis AETiology of Aviation-Related Travel: The THETA θ study by B F Jacobson, S Louw, E Schapkaitz, F Laher

“…A significant difference in D-dimer levels, VWF activity, urine osmolality and TEG parameters (reaction (R) time, kinetic (K) time and maximum amplitude (MA)) before and after the 1-hour flight was observed (p<0.001). …”
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The resolution of Advisory council «How to improve treatment results functional dyspepsia and irritable bowel syndrome»? by V. T. Ivashkin, I. V. Mayev, A. A. Sheptulin, O. P. Alekseyeva, Ye. K. Baranskaya, K. V. Ivashkin, A. V. Kalinin, N. V. Korochanskaya, Yu. A. Kucheryavy, T. L. Lapina, Ye. Yu. Plotnikova, Ye. A. Poluektova, V. I. Simanenkov, O. A. Storonova, A. V. Tkachyov, O. S. Shifrin, L. V. Tarasova, I. B. Khlynov

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Provision of milkfish (Chanos chanos) waste flour as a commercial feed substitute for feed consumption and carcass percentage of Japanese quail (Coturnix coturnix japonica) by Bayu Dwi Saputra, Mirni Lamid, Sunaryo Hadi Warsito, Sri Hidanah, Emy Koestanti Sabdoningrum, Widya Paramita Lokapirnasari

“…The treatment consisted of P0 with commercial feed 100%, P1 with commercial feed 98% + milkfish waste flour 2%, P2 with commercial feed 96% + milkfish waste flour 4%, and P3 with commercial feed 94% + milkfish waste flour 6%. …”
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A bidirectional Mendelian randomization study integrating genome-wide association studies, expression quantitative trait locus, and methylation quantitative trait locus data reveal... by Zhou An, Meichun Zeng, Xianhua Wang

“…Results: Multivariable Mendelian randomization showed an association between smoking per day (odds ratio = 1.2, 95% confidence interval: 1.038–1.38, p  = 0.014) or current smoking (odds ratio = 2.41, 95% confidence interval: 1.06–5.5, p  = 0.037) and Barrett’s esophagus. …”
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Valores de referencia para TSH y T4 libre en la población de Medellín, Colombia by Maria Antonia Rico Mesa, Sara León-Aldana, Marta Gómez, Liliana Ocampo, Silvana Builes, Verónica Abad

“…Metodología: se diseñó un estudio observacional prospectivo, donde se incluyó a un total de 231 pacientes sanos entre 10 y 65 años de edad de la ciudad de Medellín, a quienes se les midieron los niveles de TSH y T4L en sangre periférica. …”
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Застосування комп’ютерно-інтегрованих технологій у проєктуванні ракетних двигунів by Володимир Сукачевський, Василь Шевцов

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Is There a Relationship between Serum Anti-Mullerian Hormone Levels and Abortion Rates in Patients Who Received In vitro Fertilisation-Embryo Transfer Cycles? by Pinar Karacin, Serdar Dilbaz, Oya Aldemir, Berna Dilbaz, Yaprak Engin Ustun

“…The patients were divided into three groups according to the serum AMH levels as low AMH (L-AMH, ≤1.6 ng/mL), intermediate AMH (I-AMH, 1.61–5.6 ng/mL) and high AMH (H-AMH, >5.6 ng/mL). …”
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Extreme-phenotype genome-wide association study (XP-GWAS) of powdery mildew race 2 W tolerance in the USDA Citrullus germplasm collection by Sandra E. Branham, Venkata Rao Ganaparthi, W. Patrick Wechter, Younghoon Park, Todd Wehner, Angela Davis, Antonia Tetteh, Laura Massey, Sue Hammar, Rebecca Grumet, Shaker Kousik, Amnon Levi

“…Analysis of variance determined that thirteen of the markers were significantly associated, with the best marker in each region explaining 21–31% of the variation in powdery mildew tolerance.…”
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Model Construction of InSAR-based Rainfall Thresholds for Landslide Hazards in Yanhe Basin, Chinese Loess Plateau by WANG Zhenliang, CHEN Manyu, ZHAO Jianlin, YUAN Ke, YANG Jie, ZHANG Chen

“…When the attenuation coefficient of effective rainfall in the current period (K) was equal to 1, the correlation between the effective cumulative rainfall in nine days (the rainfall on the day of landslide occurrence and the rainfall in the previous eight days) and the landslide shape variable was the strongest. (3) The expressions corresponding to the E-D, I-D and E-I rainfall threshold models are E=12.19D0.661, I=10.66D-0.255 and E=3.84I1.141, respectively. …”
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Clinical Recommendations of the Russian Gastroenterological Association on Diagnosis and Treatment of Infectious Esophagitis by V. T. Ivashkin, N. D. Yuschuk, I. V. Maev, A. S. Trukhmanov, O. A. Storonova, A. A. Makushina, S. S. Pirogov, O. V. Zayratyants, O. P. Alekseeva, D. N. Andreyev, T. L. Lapina, A. V. Tkachev, Yu. P. Uspenskiy, A. A. Sheptulin

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Percepción del riesgo de habitar en las inmediaciones de un sitio de disposición final, El Salto, México by Beatriz Adriana Venegas Sahagun, Erika Elizabeth Mancha Gálvez

“…[Metodología]: Se utilizó una metodología cuantitativa, complementada con Sistemas de Información Geográfica, recorridos de campo y entrevistas a profundidad. Se realizaron 101 encuestas, el cuestionario estuvo divido en cuatro apartados con 21 preguntas. …”
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Exploring Quality of Life in Adults Living With Late-onset Pompe Disease: A Combined Quantitative and Qualitative Analysis of Patient Perceptions from Australia, France, Italy, and... by Holly Lumgair, Lisa Bashorum, Alasdair MacCulloch, Elizabeth Minas, George Timmins, Drago Bratkovic, Richard Perry, Medi Stone, Vasileios Blazos, Elisabetta Conti, Raymond Saich

“…Physical functioning scores were generally stable in respondents who had been receiving enzyme replacement therapy (ERT) for 1-15 years, but those who had received ERT for >15 years had lower scores. …”
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Soybean biochar as highly efficient adsorbent for ofloxacin from aqueous and CO2 from gaseous phase: Mathematical modelling and regeneration studies by Vaishnavi Gomase, Tejaswini Rathi, Aparna Muley, D. Saravanan, Ravin Jugade

“…The maximum adsorption capacities (qm) at temperatures of 303 K, 313 K, and 323 K were determined to be 96.83 mg g−1, 147.56 mg g−1, and 201.82 mg g−1, respectively, as derived from the Langmuir adsorption isotherm. …”
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Mental health and substance use among rehabilitation sciences students during the COVID-19 pandemic by Itumeleng Ntatamala, Saajida Khan, Zenzo Chakara

“…A mental health diagnosis in the past 12 months was significantly associated with alcohol use (AOR [adjusted odds ratio] = 4.02, 1.06–15.23), prescription medication used to manage academic/social stress (AOR = 5.74, 1.68–19.69), COVID-19 diagnosis (AOR = 5.51, 1.60–18.92) and physiotherapy programme (AOR = 12.35, 1.21–126.44). …”
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