MRI study of medial meniscus degeneration of osteoarthritic knees with or without posterior root tear by Kosuke Hisashi, Takeshi Muneta, Yuji Kohno, Mana Sasaki, Junya Yamazaki, Haruhisa Hayashi, Hideyuki Koga, Toshiyuki Morito

“…Abstract Purpose The purpose of this study was to compare the medial meniscus (MM) degeneration, meniscus extrusion, and tibial joint inclination by using MRI to consider the pathogenesis of posterior root tear (PRT) in medial‐type knee osteoarthritis (KOA) both with and without medial meniscus posterior root tear (MMPRT). Methods This study used open MRI with flexion sagittal view and included 324 medial‐type osteoarthritic knees with a Kellegren–Lawrence grade of 2 or less. …”
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Navigation-Guided Endoscopy Combined with Deep Lateral Orbitotomy for Removal of Small Tumors at the Lateral Orbital Apex by GuangMing Zhou, Xin Ju, Bo Yu, YunHai Tu, JieLiang Shi, EnDe Wu, WenCan Wu

“…A retrospective, noncomparative case series. Methods. Retrospective analysis of ten patients (10 eyes) with small tumors at the lateral orbital apex comprised navigation-guided endoscopy combined with deep lateral orbitotomy at the Eye Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University from November 2015 to November 2017. …”
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Obesity as a Risk Factor for the Ineffectiveness of Antiangiogenic Treatment of Neovascular Age-related Macular Degeneration by V. G. Likhvantseva, A. S. Gevorgyan, S. G. Kapkova, S. I. Rychkova, T. E. Borisenko

“…It was found that a poor treatment outcome in the subgroup with disease progression was associated with obesity of 1–2 degrees; the average BMI in this subgroup (with a deterioration in the morphostructural parameters of the retina) significantly exceeds the indicators of ideal respondents, for comparison: 31.5 ± 0.8 versus 28.6 ± 1.1 (p = 0.04); and the incidence of obese individuals is dominant: 72 %. …”
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EFFICACY OF COMBINED ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY IN ACHIEVEMENT OF TARGET BLOOD PRESSURE IN DIABETIC PATIENTS by O. A. Koshel'skaya, O. A. Zhuravleva, R. S. Karpov

“…Besides, to study the effects of the CCB addition to dual therapy on these parameters. Material and methods. Patients (16 men, 31 women, 57.2±6.6 years old) with arterial hypertension degrees 1–3 and mild to moderate DM type 2 were included into the study. …”
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Refractive Corneal Lenticule Extraction by CLEAR: Analysis of our own Data 700 Patients by К. B. Pershin, Yu. S. Kudryavtseva, N. F. Pashinova, А. Iu. Tsygankov, E. A. Antonov

“…Purpose: analysis of the results of using CLEAR technique on a significant sample of patients with myopia of various degrees.Patients and methods. A total of 700 patients were included. …”
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Strategy of Surgical Treatment of Patients with Pigment Dispersion Syndrome and Myopia by S. N. Sakhnov, O. A. Klokova, P. A. Karagodina, T. I. Arlanova, A. A. Leonova

“…Purpose: to conduct a prospective study of the results of surgical treatment of patients with pigment dispersion syndrome and complex myopic astigmatism. Materials and methods. As a result of a comprehensive examination of 10453 adult primary patients with complex myopic astigmatism, the diagnosis of pigment dispersion syndrome was made in 99 patients (0.94 %). …”
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CLINICAL-IMMUNOLOGIC CHARACTERISTICS OF ACUTE BRUCELLOSIS IN CHILDREN by D. R. Atakhodjayeva

“…That category of children had lymphatic nodes of average consistence, painless, from pea to a bean size. 79.1% of patients had mild hypo chrome anemia. 65% of patients had acceleration of erythrocytes sedimentation rate of various degrees. …”
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Effects of residual black wolfberry fruit on growth performance, rumen fermentation parameters, microflora and economic benefits of fattening sheep by Liangzhong Hou, Pingping Duan, Yuxia Yang, Ali Mujtaba Shah, Jinlong Li, Congbin Xu, Tongjun Guo

“…This experiment was conducted to investigate the impact of varying levels of RBWF on the growth performance and rumen microorganisms of fattening sheep, and to quantify its economic benefits.MethodsIn this experiment, 40 three-month-old and male Duolang sheep with an average weight of 29.85 kg, selected for their propensity to gain weight, were randomly assigned to one of four groups, with ten sheep in each group. …”
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Evaluating strategies for control of tuberculosis in prisons and prevention of spillover into communities: An observational and modeling study from Brazil. by Tarub S Mabud, Maria de Lourdes Delgado Alves, Albert I Ko, Sanjay Basu, Katharine S Walter, Ted Cohen, Barun Mathema, Caroline Colijn, Everton Lemos, Julio Croda, Jason R Andrews

“…This study (1) quantifies the TB risk for prisoners as they traverse incarceration and release, (2) mathematically models the impact of prison-based interventions on TB burden in the general population, and (3) generalizes this model to a wide range of epidemiological contexts.<h4>Methods and findings</h4>We obtained individual-level incarceration data for all inmates (n = 42,925) and all reported TB cases (n = 5,643) in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul from 2007 through 2013. …”
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STUDY OF CLINICAL EFFICACY OF ORIGINAL AND GENERIC DRUGS OF IVABRADINE IN PATIENTS WITH STABLE ANGINA (СOMPARATIVE STUDY) by S. V. Povetkin, Ju. V. Luneva

“…To study the therapeutic efficacy and safety of generic drug of ivabradine in comparison with the original drug in patients with stable angina. Material and methods. Patients with stable angina of II-III functional class (n=20) were included into an open randomized pilot study with a crosssectional design. …”
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Iol optic power calculation in patients with eye axial length 24‑28 mm without preceding refractive surgery by K. B. Pershin, N. F. Pashinova, A. Iu. Tsygankov, S. L. Legkih

“…Analysis of effectiveness of IOL calculating formulas and frequency of intra- and postoperative complications of phacoemulsification in patients with eye axial length 24.0‑28.0 mm.Patients and methods. The study included 39 patients (62 eyes) with varying degrees of myopia and axial length of the eye 24.0‑28.0 mm. …”
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Assessment of differential diagnostic skills of physiotherapists related to the cervical spine - approaches to improving effectiveness: observational, cross-sectional study by Kinga Nákity, Blanka Bernadett Kasza, Barbara Bianka Tatár, Mónika Szűcs, Dávid Kis, Pál Barzó, Andrea Domján

“…A cohort of 128 physiotherapists (114 female and 14 male; mean age: 34.65 ± 8.88 years; 101 BSc degrees and 27 MSc/PhD degrees, average of 9.73 ± 7.82 years of professional practice) who completed their higher education in Hungary were recruited for participation. …”
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Multicenter Surveillance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates From Blood: Clinical Distribution Characteristics and Antibiotic Resistance Trends in Hebei Province, China (2016&ndash;... by Qiang C, Liu X, Qin P, Wen H, Li Z, Yang J, Niu Y, Wang W, Ouyang Z, Zhao M, Li J, Zhang Y, Zhao J

“…During the monitoring period, the resistance rate of P. aeruginosa to various antibacterial drugs, such as aminoglycosides, fluoroquinolones, and carbapenems, decreased to varying degrees, with an average resistance rate of less than 20.0% over six years. …”
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Development and validation of a risk prediction model for premenopausal breast cancer in 19 cohorts by Kristen D. Brantley, Michael E. Jones, Rulla M. Tamimi, Bernard A. Rosner, Peter Kraft, Hazel B. Nichols, Katie M. O’Brien, Hans-Olov Adami, Amaia Aizpurua, Amy Berrington de González, William J. Blot, Tonje Braaten, Yu Chen, Jessica Clague DeHart, Laure Dossus, Sjoerd Elias, Renée T. Fortner, Montserrat Garcia-Closas, Inger T. Gram, Niclas Håkansson, Susan E. Hankinson, Cari M. Kitahara, Woon-Puay Koh, Martha S. Linet, Robert J. MacInnis, Giovanna Masala, Lene Mellemkjær, Roger L. Milne, David C. Muller, Hannah Lui Park, Kathryn J. Ruddy, Sven Sandin, Xiao-Ou Shu, Sandar Tin Tin, Thérèse Truong, Celine M. Vachon, Lars J. Vatten, Kala Visvanathan, Elisabete Weiderpass, Walter Willett, Alicja Wolk, Jian-Min Yuan, Wei Zheng, Dale P. Sandler, Minouk J. Schoemaker, Anthony J. Swerdlow, A. Heather Eliassen

“…Abstract Background Incidence of premenopausal breast cancer (BC) has risen in recent years, though most existing BC prediction models are not generalizable to young women due to underrepresentation of this age group in model development. Methods Using questionnaire-based data from 19 prospective studies harmonized within the Premenopausal Breast Cancer Collaborative Group (PBCCG), representing 783,830 women, we developed a premenopausal BC risk prediction model. …”
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The Lived Experience of Women Regarding Family-Centric Roles in the Southern Neighbourhoods of Tehran by Fatemeh Farhadi babadi, Mehrdad Navabakhsh, Talieh Khademian

“…Following each interview, the conversations were transcribed and analysed using the Van Manen method. In phenomenological research, greater reliability relies on the richness of the collected information and the researcher's ability to analyse and interpret it. …”
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Construction and functional identification of overexpression vector of the peach PpCLH1 gene by LIU Xin, ZHANG Xiaoyu, MENG Junren, LI Ang, DUAN Wenyi, SUN Shihang, PAN Lei, ZENG Wenfang, WANG Zhiqiang, NIU Liang

“…Therefore, the objective of this study was to investigate the transcript level of the PpCLH1 gene prior to fruit ripening and its role in pericarp chlorophyll degradation during fruit development. [Methods] Zhongpan 102（Prunus persica L.）was selected as the experimental material. …”
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Assessment of the diagnostic utility of the electroencephalogram in pediatric emergencies by M.J. Abenza Abildúa, T. Olmedo Menchen, A. Pérez Villena, S. Ruhland Paulete, F.J. Navacerrada Barrero, J. de Ojeda Ruíz de Luna, C. Algarra Lucas, G. Cordero Martín, S. Martínez Ubierna, C. Jimeno Montero, I.J. Navarro López, E. Suárez Gisbert, Á. Gómez de la Riva, C. Pérez López, M.L. Herreros Fernández

“…Introduction: We analyze the diagnostic utility of urgent EEG (electroencephalogram) performed in children under 16 years of age in our center. Material and methods: Descriptive, retrospective, observational study of consecutive patients from 0 to 16 years of age, who underwent an urgent EEG for any reason, from January to December 2022. …”
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Associations of sedentary time, sleep duration and physical exercise with multimorbidity among older adults in Shanghai, China: a cross-sectional study based on national physical f... by Kai Li, Jingjing Wang, Yuqin Rao, Fanhui Zheng, Ying Chen, Bo Zhai, Jintao Hong, Dao Wang, Chen Wang, Bao Liu

“…This study aims to examine the associations between key determinants of lifestyle behavior and various multimorbidity patterns. Methods In a cross-sectional sample of older adults (aged 60–79) from the Fifth National Physical Fitness Surveillance in Shanghai, latent class analysis (LCA) was used to identify multimorbidity patterns among 9 chronic diseases. …”
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Comparison of clinicopathological features and prognostic analysis between early-onset and late-onset advanced rectal mucinous adenocarcinoma by Du Rui, Chang Yue, Li Yonghai, Cheng Yuanguang, Zhang Juan, Zhang Chengyue, Xu Liejuan, Liu Yuancheng

“…[Objectives] To compare the clinicopathological features with early-onset and late-onset advanced rectal mucinous adenocarcinoma and analysis the prognosis. [Methods] This study collected patients with first diagnosed advanced rectal mucinous adenocarcinoma from 2010 to 2020 through the SEER database. …”
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Molecular Characterization of heat tolerance in bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) cultivars/lines using genomic SSR markers by Doston Sh. Erjigitov, Ozod S. Turaev, Abdurauf A. Dolimov, Gavkhar F. Mamatkulova, Oybek A. Mukhammadiev, Barno T. Tursunmurodova, Umiddjan Sh. Bakhadirov, Dilrabo K. Ernazarova, Jurabek K. Norbekov, Durdona B. Sokiboeva, Abdulqahhor Kh. Toshpulatov, Madina D. Kholova, Nurbek U. Khamraev, Fakhriddin N. Kushanov

“…Two sub-clusters were observed within the remaining genotypes, indicating varying degrees of genetic similarity. This research highlights the value of combining phenotypic and molecular methods to dissect heat tolerance and identifies KR12-5003 as a potentially valuable genetic resource for improving heat tolerance in wheat. …”
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