Formulation and Development of a Water-in-Oil Emulsion-Based Luliconazole Cream: In Vitro Characterization and Analytical Method Validation by RP-HPLC by Vijay Kumar Panthi, Utsav Nepal

“…The value of particle size, polydispersity index, and zeta potential was 187.90 ± 2.061 nm, 0.124 ± 0.026, and -10.553 ± 1.349 mV, respectively. …”
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COMPARISON OF MONO AND POLY-AXIAL PEDICLE SCREW FIXATION IN THORACOLUMBAR A3/A4 FRACTURES by EMILIANO NEVES VIALLE, BARBARA MIROSKI DE OLIVEIRA PINTO, JOANA BRETAS CABRAL RONDOM GUASQUE, LUIZ ROBERTO GOMES VIALLE, RENATO FEDATO BERALDO

“…Results: 35 patients were included, 22 in the mono-axial group (eight patients A3 and 14 A4) and 13 in the poly-axial group (two patients A3 and 11 A4). The postoperative AVBC% was statistically superior for the mono-axial group (mean of 0.60±0.09 in the pre-operative AVBC% to 0.77±0.11 in the post-operative), compared to the poly-axial group (0.60±0.12 to 0.69± 0.13), p=0.04. ∆ AVBC% was also statistically different (0.17±0.10 in the mono-axial group and 0.08±0.12 in the poly-axial group), p=0.01. …”
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Structure, Immune and Anti-aging Activities of Capsular Polysaccharide Produced by Lactobacillus plantarum W1 by Yongjiao GAO, Kun WANG, Jing ZHAO, Feng ZUO

“…At a concentration of 125 μg/mL, the secretion levels of TNF-α, IL-6 and IL-1β in RAW264.7 cells reached their maximum values, which were 1.26 times, 1.11 times and 1.96 times higher than those in the control group, respectively. …”
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Analisis Waktu Sembuh Penderita Covid-19: Penelitian Multisenter by Fajar Desma Wahyudi, Dyah Wulan Sumekar Rengganis Wardhani, T.A Larasati

“…Sebagian besar penderita berjenis kelamin laki-laki (61 %), berusia kurang 65 tahun (79,2 %), berpenghasilan tidak tetap (42,9%), tinggal di perkotaan (61,5 %), pendidikan lulus SMA (30,1%), kategori derajat gejala sedang (59,9 %), memiliki komorbid (58,1%) dan kondisi keluar RS adalah perbaikan klinis (48%). …”
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Resident Doctors' Experiences in Breaking Bad News: The Level of Using Spikes Protocol and Related Factors by Esra Çınar Tanrıverdi, Yasemin Çayır, Banu Çiçek Dilfiruz

“…Mean age was 29±3.5 years, and mean total working time was 4.5±3.3 years. 64.7% (n=150) had no pre-graduation training in giving bad news, and 90.9% (n=211) had no post-graduation training. 38% felt competent, 35.8% found difficulty in giving bad news. 60.8% devoted enough time to interviews, 24.1% arranged quiet rooms, and 43.1% used warning sentences, and 75.9% empathized, 69% had quiet rooms during interviews. …”
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Inflamm-Aging Is Associated with Lower Plasma PTX3 Concentrations and an Impaired Capacity of PBMCs to Express hTERT following LPS Stimulation by Aaron L. Slusher, Tiffany M. Zúñiga, Edmund O. Acevedo

“…In addition, shorter telomere lengths in middle-aged compared to young adults (p=0.011) were negatively associated with age, body fat percentages, and plasma TNF-α (r=−0.404, p=0.027; r=−0.427, p=0.019; and r=−0.323, p=0.041, respectively). …”
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Kidney Expression of Toll Like Receptors in Lupus Nephritis: Quantification and Clinicopathological Correlations by Fabrizio Conti, Francesca Romana Spinelli, Simona Truglia, Francesca Miranda, Cristiano Alessandri, Fulvia Ceccarelli, Michele Bombardieri, Konstantinos Giannakakis, Guido Valesini

“…TLR9 positively correlated with Renal-SLEDAI (p=0.01). Conclusions. This is the first study quantifying kidney expressions of TLRs in LN patients; the results show an overexpression of TLR3, TLR7, and TLR9 and demonstrate a correlation with clinicopathological indices supporting a role of these mediators in the pathogenesis of LN.…”
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Copper and iron as unique trace elements linked to fibromyalgia risk by Wenxing Zeng, Minhua Hu, Luyao Ma, Feng Huang, Ziwei Jiang

“…Two-sample MR analysis indicated a positive association between Cu and increased risk of FM (IVW: OR = 1.095, 95% CI: 1.015 to 1.181, P = 0.018), and a negative association between Fe and FM risk (IVW: OR = 0.440, 95% CI: 0.233 to 0.834, P = 0.011). …”
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Impact of economic shocks on mental health during COVID-19: A longitudinal study of adult residents of Indian metropolitan cities by Zakir Husain, Mousumi Dutta, Saswata Ghosh, Soumitra S. Datta

“…The mean normalized scores are significantly higher for respondents whose MPCE had fallen (treated) vis-à-vis respondents whose MPCE had remained same or increased (control): anxiety (0.21 for treated vs –0.19 for control), stress (0.16 vs –0.14), and depression (0.04 vs –0.19). …”
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Gender Differences in Ghrelin Association with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Arab Population by Mohamed Abu-Farha, Mohammed Dehbi, Fiona Noronha, Ali Tiss, Monira Alarouj, Kazem Behbehani, Abdullah Bennakhi, Naser Elkum

“…Females showed inverse association with WC (r=-0.23, P=0.001) and HbA1C (r=-0.19, P=0.0102) as well as SBP (r=-0.15, P=0.0383) and DBP (r=-0.16, P=0.0230), respectively. …”
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Fractionation of Buckwheat Seed Phenolics and Analysis of Their Antioxidant Activity by Karamać Magdalena, Biskup Izabela, Kulczyk Anna

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Impairments in Activities of Daily Living in Older Japanese Men in Hawaii and Japan by Robert D. Abbott, Aya Kadota, Katsuyuki Miura, Takehito Hayakawa, Takashi Kadowaki, Tomonori Okamura, Akira Okayama, Kamal H. Masaki, Hirotsugu Ueshima

“…In Hawaii, diabetes increased the odds of ≥1 ADL impairment nearly 1.5-fold (P=.020). A similar association was absent in Japan. …”
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THE EFFECT OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY (OHS) MANAGEMENT ON SAFETY BEHAVIOR OF WORKERS AT CONSTRUCTION SERVICE COMPANY IN SURABAYA by Lailatul Badriyah, Noeroel Widajati, Dani Nasirul Haqi, Meirina Ernawati

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Immunosuppression for adult steroid-dependent or frequently relapsing nephrotic syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Zhi Yong Wong, Chiu Yee Teo, Yan Qi Fiona Wong, Ka Ting Ng, Soo Kun Lim

“…Patients receiving rituximab have a complete remission rate of 89% (95% CI = 83% to 94%; τ2 = 0.0070; I2 = 62%; overall p < 0.01, low certainty) and adverse event rate of 0.26, cyclosporine (CR 40%; 95% CI = 21% to 59%; τ2 = 0.0205; I2 = 55%; overall p = 0.08, low certainty), tacrolimus (CR 84%; 95% CI = 70% to 98%; τ2 = 0.0060; I2 = 33%; overall p = 0.21, moderate certainty), mycophenolate mofetil (CR 82%; 95% CI = 74% to 90%; τ2 < 0.0001; I2 = 15%; overall p = 0.32, moderate certainty) and cyclophosphamide (CR 79%; 95% CI = 69% to 89%; τ2 = 0; I2 = 0%; overall p = 0.52, moderate certainty).…”
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Anatomical and Functional Results Following 23-Gauge Primary Pars Plana Vitrectomy for Rhegmatogenous Retinal Detachment: Superior versus Inferior Breaks by Panagiotis Stavrakas, Paris Tranos, Angeliki Androu, Paraskevi Xanthopoulou, Dimitrios Tsoukanas, Polixeni Stamatiou, Panagiotis Theodossiadis

“…Primary retinal reattachment was achieved in 96.5% of patients in group A and in 93.3% in group B (no statistically significant difference, OR 1.98, 95% CI: 0.4, 7.7). Mean BCVA change and intraoperative complication rate were also not statistically significantly different between the two groups (p>0.05, OR: 1.0, 95% CI: 0.9, 1.01, resp.). …”
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Dioxin Control in the Co-processing of Waste Printed Circuit Board and Copper Concentrate with an Ausmelt Furnace by Wei Li, Jia Sun, Deng-Feng Ma, Xian-Long Liu, Sheng Li, Jian-Ye Bei, Ming-Xiu Zhan, Xiao-Qing Lin, Tong Chen

“…Additionally, with the increase in SO2 concentration, the total concentration and TEQ value of dioxins decreased by 11.1–29.8% and 5.1–26.9%, respectively. Furthermore, the low-chlorinated dioxin congeners increased and high-chlorinated ones decreased. …”
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Mechanical Performance and Microstructure of Ultra-High-Performance Concrete Modified by Calcium Sulfoaluminate Cement by Meimei Song, Chuanlin Wang, Ying Cui, Qiu Li, Zhiyang Gao

“…The corresponding autogenous shrinkage of UHPC is −59.66με, −131.11με, and −182.31με, respectively, at 7 d with 5%, 10%, and 15% addition, which is 108%, 117%, and 123% reduction compared to the reference specimen without CSA. …”
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Phlegmonous appendicitis as a variant of uncomplicated appendicitis by Tezcan Akın, Hüseyin Fahri Martlı, Eda Şahingöz, Birkan Birben, Sadettin Er, Ayşe Çiftçi, Hayriye Tatlı Doğan, Mesut Tez

“…The median hospital stay was similar for Groups A, B, and C (1 day) but significantly longer for Group D (2.1 days, p < 0,001). …”
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RNA-Seq Assembly and Differential Transcriptome Analysis of Korean Medicinal Herb var. by Neha Samir Roy, Jung-A Kim, Ah-Young Choi, Yong-Wook Ban, Nam-Il Park, Kyong-Cheul Park, Hee-sun Yang, Ik-Young Choi, Soonok Kim

“…We identified the expression of genes related to the synthesis of silymarin in C. japonicum in three different tissues, namely, flowers, leaves, and roots, through RNA sequencing. We obtained 51,133 unigenes from transcriptome sequencing by de novo assembly using Trinity v2.1.1, TransDecoder v2.0.1, and CD-HIT v4.6 software. …”
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Effectiveness of Super Floss and Water Flosser in Plaque Removal for Patients Undergoing Orthodontic Treatment: A Randomized Controlled Trial by Nozha Sawan, Afnan Ben Gassem, Faisal Alkhayyal, Aroob Albakri, Nada Al-Muhareb, Eman Alsagob

“…Overall, the plaque score was significantly reduced from 0.56 ± 0.35 to 0.13 ± 0.26 in the super floss group and from 0.61 ± 0.35 to 0.13 ± 0.28 in the water flosser group. …”
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