REHABILITATION AND HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE AND FATIGUE IN PATIENTS WITH LUNG CANCER - EFFECTS OF EXERCISE by Morten Quist

“…While no signifcant differences in aerobic capacity(VO2peak) were observed between the groups, both demonstrated improvements in physical function and emotional well-being. …”
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Effectiveness of Self-Training With a Web-Based Digital Health Application Versus Physiotherapy in the Treatment of Disorders of the Patella: Randomized Controlled Trial by Tobias A Mayer, Daniel Koska, Ann-Kathrin Harsch, Christian Maiwald

“…Participants were asked to complete 2 surveys: one before the first therapy session (PRE) and one after completing the treatment period of 12 weeks (POST). ResultsTraining with the DHA resulted in a 4.5-fold greater improvement in “knee function” (PRE–POST differences in KOOSADL score; IG DHA: 15.7 points, 95% CI 13.7-17.6 vs CG SHI-PT: 3.5 points, 95% CI 1.5-5.5) and a 3.5-fold greater reduction in “knee pain” (PRE–POST differences in VAS pain score; IG DHA: –22.5 points, 95% CI –25.2 to –19.9 vs CG SHI-PT: –6.5 points, 95% CI –8.7 to –4.4) compared to SHI-PT. …”
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A Single-Center Experience of En Bloc vs. Single Renal Transplantation on Adult Recipients by Yoon-Jung Chang, Samuel Simpson, Megan Charette, Obi Ekwenna

“…<b>Results</b>: This study demonstrated that the post-operative results in recipients of pediatric en bloc kidneys consisting of serum creatinine and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) values were lower and higher, respectively, and had a comparable improvement in kidney function at post-transplant, 1-week, 1-month, 3-months, and 1-year post-op marks. …”
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Outcome of Transjugular Intrahepatic Portosystemic Shunt in Budd-Chiari Syndrome: Long-Term Outcomes of 118 Patients; A Single-center Experience by Mohamed Shaker, Mohammad Sakr, Hany Dabbous, Sara M. Abdelhakam, Ahmed Samir, Hend Ebada, Amir M. Farid, Mohamed El-Gharib, Ahmed Eldorry

“…Paired t-test was used to compare pre and post-TIPS MELD and Child-Pugh scores. Chi-square test and Kaplan–Meier survival curve were used to examine the association between short- and long-term occlusion, liver function and survival outcomes. …”
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Efficacy of Prehabilitation in cancer patients: an Rcts systematic review with meta-analysis by Daniele Gennuso, Angela Baldelli, Loredana Gigli, Ilaria Ruotolo, Giovanni Galeoto, Daniela Gaburri, Giovanni Sellitto

“…The results of the studies reporting reduced postoperative hospital stay, improved endurance, muscle strength, respiratory function, quality of life, and urinary incontinence. …”
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ORD-YOLO: A Ripeness Recognition Method for Citrus Fruits in Complex Environments by Zhaobo Huang, Xianhui Li, Shitong Fan, Yang Liu, Huan Zou, Xiangchun He, Shuai Xu, Jianghua Zhao, Wenfeng Li

“…Additionally, the loss function is optimized using InnerDIoU to improve object localization accuracy. …”
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Changes in the extracellular matrix under the influence of anticoagulant therapy in patients with Q-myocardial infarction after thrombolysis by S. M. Kyselov

“…That was accompanied by improvement in left ventricular systolic function and transformation of diastolic dysfunction into a pseudonormal type.…”
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Influence of renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system block on the systemic inflammation activity and left ventricle remodeling in patients with Q-myocardial infarction after thromboly... by S. M. Kyselov

“…Under the influence of the treatment reduction of systemic inflammatory markers activity was showed, which accompanied by improvement of left ventricular systolic function and low frequency of left ventricle aneurysm and thrombus formation.…”
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Norepinephrine as a Potential Aggravator of Symptomatic Cerebral Vasospasm: Two Cases and Argument for Milrinone Therapy by F. A. Zeiler, J. Silvaggio, A. M. Kaufmann, L. M. Gillman, M. West

“…During hypertensive therapy for post-subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) symptomatic vasospasm, norepinephrine is commonly used to reach target blood pressures. …”
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Blinded, randomized, sham-controlled clinical trial assessing the efficacy of a novel piezoelectric extracorporeal shockwave device following TPLO by Shannon L. Campbell, Ashley L. Franklin, Samuel P. Franklin

“…The purpose of this study is to assess the safety and efficacy of this novel device in clinical application.Materials and methodsThis was a prospective blinded trial in which dogs were randomly allocated to receive three ESWT treatments, or three sham treatments, immediately following and at 2 and 4 weeks post tibial plateau leveling osteotomy (TPLO). The primary outcome measure was clinical function at 4 and 8 weeks post-operatively based on objective gait analysis. …”
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Impact of allogeneic dental pulp stem cell injection on tissue regeneration in periodontitis: a multicenter randomized clinical trial by Yi Liu, Yitong Liu, Jingchao Hu, Jianhui Han, Lin Song, Xu Liu, Nannan Han, Xia Xia, Jia He, Hongfang Meng, Meng Wan, Haojie Wang, Xiaodan Liu, Zhanyi Gao, Xiao Wang, Chutse Wu, Songlin Wang

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Active Video Games Using Virtual Reality Influence Cognitive Performance in Sedentary Female University Students: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Mshari Alghadier, Taif Alharbi, Nada Almasoud, Abdulaziz A. Alshalawi

“…Conclusions: The VR game improved the cognitive ability compared to the control group, suggesting that VR games have a positive impact on cognitive function. …”
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Neuroprotective role of nitric oxide inhalation and nitrite in a Neonatal Rat Model of Hypoxic-Ischemic Injury. by Peter Jung, Euntaik Ha, Meijuan Zhang, Carolyn Fall, Mindy Hwang, Emily Taylor, Samuel Stetkevich, Aditi Bhanot, Christopher G Wilson, Johnny D Figueroa, Andre Obenaus, Shannon Bragg, Beatriz Tone, Saburi Eliamani, Barbara Holshouser, Arlin B Blood, Taiming Liu

“…<h4>Results</h4>Pretreatment of pups with iNO decreased survival in the Rice-Vannucci model of HII, while iNO administered post-insult did not. MRI analysis demonstrated that pre-HII iNO at 40 ppm and post-HII iNO at 20 ppm decreased the brain lesion sizes from 6.3±1.3% to 1.0±0.4% and 1.8±0.8%, respectively. …”
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Oxidative Stress, Ferroptosis Indicators, and Nicorandil Efficacy in STEMI Patients During Percutaneous Coronary Intervention by Shengqi Jia MD, Dingyuan Tian MD, Weifeng Zhang MD, Haiyan Jia MD, Jing Zhang MD, Xinwei Jia MD.PhD, Yongjun Li MD.PhD

“…Conclusion Administering nicorandil perioperatively during pPCI alleviates MI/RI, preserves cardiac and renal function, and reduces unstable anginarisk at 12 weeks post-PCI. …”
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Real-Time Monitoring of Cardiac Output Using Non-Invasive Impedance Cardiography in Dogs: A Pilot Study on Heartworm Extraction and Gastric Decompression by Daesik Kim, Seol-Gi Park, Min Su Kim

“…Methods: Cardiac parameters were measured using ICG in healthy controls, HW, and GD groups at baseline, during intervention, and post-treatment. Statistical analyses involved repeated measures ANOVA with post hoc comparisons, and relative changes (%) quantified hemodynamic improvements. …”
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Echocardiographic predictors of mortality in heart failure from Chagas cardiomyopathy: Refining risk stratification with speckle-tracking echocardiography by Marcelo Alves Maia, Ester Cerdeira Sabino, Jose Luiz Padilha da Silva, Cesar Augusto Taconeli, Lea Campos de Oliveira, Omar Ribeiro Santos Junior, Ana Isabel Nobre Maia, Fellipe Colares P.G. Versiani, Ariela Mota Ferreira, Antonio Luiz P. Ribeiro, Maria Carmo P. Nunes

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Our experience in the use of revascularized flaps in the surgical treatment of patients with soft tissue sarcomas by V. V. Ivanov, O. I. Kaganov, A. E. Orlov, A. N. Nikolaenko, S. O. Doroganov, I. V. Bondarenko

“…The use of revascularized flaps in the surgical treatment of patients with soft tissue sarcomas makes it possible to radically remove the tumor and fully replace the post-resection defect, which in turn reduces the risk of relapses and promotes restoration of limb function with a good cosmetic result.…”
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Trametinib alters contractility of paediatric Noonan syndrome‐associated hypertrophic myocardial tissue slices by Jules Hamers, Payel Sen, Sarala Raj Murthi, Laura Papanakli, Maria vonStumm, Francesca Baessato, Julie Cleuziou, Christian Meierhofer, Peter Ewert, Andreas Dendorfer, Daphne Merkus, Cordula M. Wolf

“…Tissue biophysical properties were assessed using electrical stimulation protocols. Contractile function, force–frequency relationship and post‐pause potentiation were compared before and after treatment. …”
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Pharmacokinetic, pharmacodynamic, and transcriptomic analysis of chronic levetiracetam treatment in 5XFAD mice: A MODEL‐AD preclinical testing core study by Kristen D. Onos, Sara K. Quinney, David R. Jones, Andrea R. Masters, Ravi Pandey, Kelly J. Keezer, Carla Biesdorf, Ingrid F. Metzger, Jill A. Meyers, Johnathon Peters, Scott C. Persohn, Brian P. McCarthy, Amanda A. Bedwell, Lucas L. Figueiredo, Zackary A. Cope, Michael Sasner, Gareth R. Howell, Harriet M. Williams, Adrian L. Oblak, Bruce T. Lamb, Gregory W. Carter, Stacey J. Sukoff Rizzo, Paul R. Territo

“…Abstract Introduction Hyperexcitability and epileptiform activity are commonplace in Alzheimer's disease (AD) patients and associated with impaired cognitive function. The anti‐seizure drug levetiracetam (LEV) is currently being evaluated in clinical trials for ability to reduce epileptiform activity and improve cognitive function in AD. …”
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Model of Handover and Traffic Based on Cellular Geometry with Smart Antenna by Zufan Zhang, Jie Zhang, Shaohui Sun

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