Personal perspective on the role of urethroscopy in the diagnosis and treatment strategy selection for short strictures of the bulbar urethra by M. I. Katibov, A. B. Bogdanov, O. B. Loran

“…In all patients, fibrin membranes (n = 5) or cords (n = 2) were found in the bulbar urethra during urethroscopy, which almost completely blocked the lumen of the urethra in this area. …”
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A seated virtual exercise program to improve cardiovascular function in adults with chronic neurological impairments: a randomized controlled trial by Devina S. Kumar, Devina S. Kumar, Amy Bialek, Ayushi A. Divecha, Rachel M. Garn, Lydia E. J. Currie, Kathleen M. Friel, Kathleen M. Friel

“…Primary outcomes including Heart Rate (HR) Recovery (HRR), HR at Rest (HR Rest) and HR at peak exercise (HR Max) were averaged across three sessions at baseline, mid-study, and end of study. …”
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Successful implementation of a risk assessment and mitigation program to control bovine digital dermatitis at the herd-level by Jim Weber, Marina Hillen, Torsten Seuberlich, Andreas Fürmann, Corinne Gurtner, Jens Becker, Claudia Syring, Maria Welham Ruiters, Maher Alsaaod, Lina Mazurek, Gertraud Schüpbach, Adrian Steiner

“…The initial BDD prevalences for the INT and CTR farms averaged 39.8% (IQR 16.2) and 41.0% (IQR 12.4) for overall BDD lesions, 25.9% (IQR 10.8) and 26.2% (IQR 14.5) for active BDD lesions, and 22.1% (IQR 6.9) and 23.7% (IQR 22.3) for chronic BDD lesions, respectively. …”
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Implementation of the OHS-interRAI for regular oral health assessments by non-dental caregivers: focus group study using a SWOT analysis by Patricia Ann Ivonne Vandenbulcke, Johanna de Almeida Mello, Florence Marleen Paulien Piccart, Jan De Lepeleire, Emilie Schoebrechts, Anja Declercq, Dominique Declerck, Joke Duyck

“…All intervention group caregivers visually inspected residents’ mouth, averaging 5 min 48 s (± 3 min) per assessment, including introductory and conclusive acts. …”
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A pilot study on hormonal contraceptive use and sleep response to pre-sleep macronutrient intake in elite female athletes by Josh I. Murry, Matthew D. Vukovich, Michael J. Ormsbee FISSN

“…In this pilot study, it was investigated whether HC status modulates sleep and recovery outcomes following pre-sleep macronutrient supplementation in elite female athletes.Methods Twenty-one NCAA Division I female athletes (soccer, softball, tennis; 20.0 ± 1.4 yrs, 1.7 ± 0.1 m, 66.9 ± 11.9 kg) completed a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, crossover trial over a period of 4–8 weeks. …”
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Heart rate reactivity, recovery, and endurance of the incremental shuttle walk test in patients prone to heart failure by Fang‐Fei Wei, Beatrice Mariottoni, De‐Wei An, Pierpaolo Pellicori, Yu‐Ling Yu, Job A. J. Verdonschot, Chen Liu, Fozia Z. Ahmed, Johannes Petutschnigg, Patrick Rossignol, Stephane Heymans, Joe Cuthbert, Nicolas Girerd, Yan Li, Andrew L. Clark, Tim S. Nawrot, João Pedro Ferreira, Faiez Zannad, John G. F. Cleland, Jan A. Staessen, the HOMAGE investigators

“…The current sub‐study included 113 controls and 114 patients assigned spironolactone (~70% on beta‐blockers), who all completed the ISWT at baseline and at Months 1 and 9. …”
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Associations between smartphone GPS data and changes in psychological health and burden outcomes among family caregivers and patients with advanced cancer: an exploratory longitudi... by J. Nicholas Odom, Kyungmi Lee, Erin R. Harrell, Kristen Allen Watts, Avery C. Bechthold, Sally Engler, Frank Puga, Natashia Bibriescas, Arif H. Kamal, Christine S. Ritchie, George Demiris, Alexi A. Wright, Marie A. Bakitas, Andres Azuero

“…Participants downloaded a digital phenotyping research app, called Beiwe, that passively collected GPS data for 24 weeks. Participants completed self-report measures (PROs) of anxiety and depressive symptoms (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale [HADS]), mental health (PROMIS Mental Health), and caregiver burden (Montgomery-Borgatta Caregiver Burden scale) at baseline and every 6 weeks for 24 weeks. …”
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Effect of Autolyzed Yeast on Performance and Physiological Indices of Broiler Chickens Reared at High Stock Density by Samaneh Ghaseminejad, Smayyeh Salari

“…Also, comparison of averages was done by Duncan's multi-range test at 5% probability level. …”
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Connectivity guided intermittent theta burst stimulation versus repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation in moderately severe treatment resistant depression by Richard Morriss, Lucy Webster, Luke Ingram, Mohamed Abdelghani, Adriana Anton, Shaun Barber, Peter Bates, Paul Briley, Clement Boutry, Cassandra Brookes, Edward Cox, Beth Hall, Marilyn James, Matthew Keane, Micheal Kurkar, Sudheer Lankappa, Peter Liddle, Hamish McAllister-Williams, Hyerin Oh, Alexander O’Neill-Kerr, Jehill Parikh, Stefan Pszczolkowski, Ana Suazo Di Paola, Louise Thomson, Yvette Walters, Dorothee Auer

“…Any unintended unblinding of outcome assessors were recorded, with other assessors completing all further assessments for that participant. …”
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