The Diminished Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Cardiovascular-Kidney-Metabolic Syndrome by Liu Y, Liang Y, Ma H, Gao H, Zhang X

“…After propensity score matching, 112 patients were included in the matched cohort analysis, with 56 each in the CVD and CKM groups. CPET responses were compared between the groups using propensity matched analysis. …”
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Thermogravimetric studies of a nasal preparation with an interleukin-1β (IL-1Ra) antagonist by B. S. Burlaka

“…It was found that the developed dosage form of the gel with IL-1Ra is a mixture of active and excipients, the ingredients of which do not interact with each other and can be combined in one dosage form.…”
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Dynamics of Interaction and Collaboration Between Actors in Formulating Corporate Social Responsibility Policies: A Case Study of Regional Regulations of East Java Province by Putu Aditya Ferdian, Agie Nugroho Soegiono, Nurul Jamila Hariani

“…This collaborative process reflects the importance of cooperation and interest accommodation for effective and sustainable policies. …”
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APPLICABILITY OF SIMILARITY CONDITIONS TO ANALOGUE MODELLING OF TECTONIC STRUCTURES by Mikhail A. Goncharov

“…As a result, it is not uncommon that, striving to declare that this requirement is observed, an author saturates his/her papers with complicated equations which do not reflect the actual compliance with similarity conditions and thus become a mere demonstration of the author’s erudition in mathematics.…”
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Time factors of clinical effectiveness of mechanical thrombectomy in acute ischemic stroke by A.M. Netliukh, A.A. Sukhanov

“…Informed consent was obtained from each patient (parent or guardian) enrolled in the study and the study protocol conforms to the ethical guidelines of the Declaration of Helsinki as reflected in a priori approval by the Institutional Ethical Review Board (Institution's Human Research Committee). …”
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Changes in body composition across a competitive season among three division 1 female sports by Matthew T. Stratton, Shelley L. Holden, Austin T. Massengale, Ray Davis, Jarrett Strate-Lutzow, Kaitlyn Evenson-McMurtry

“…Between-sport comparisons at each timepoint also failed to reach significance after adjustment for multiple comparisons (all p > 0.13). …”
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From transition management towards just transition and place-based governance. Τhe case of Western Macedonia in Greece by Lefteris Topaloglou, Lefteris Ioannidis

“…The above different cases of empirical work are not entirely irrelevant to each other. The validity of the research findings is strengthened by using multiple sources of evidence and data triangulation. …”
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Anthropology and demography by Bošković Aleksandar

“…Although early anthropologists (primarily British social anthropologists) routinely made use of demographic data, especially in their studies of kinship, the two disciplines gradually drifted away from each other. The re-approachment took place from 1960s, and the last fifteen years saw more intensive cooperation and more insights about possible mutual benefits that could be achieved through combining of methodologies and revision of some theoretical assumptions, primarily through anthropological demography. …”
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The impact of toe-clipping on animal welfare in amphibians: A systematic review by Miriam A. Zemanova, Raquel Lázaro Martín, Cathalijn H.C. Leenaars

“…Following the precautionary principle as well as the legal requirements to implement the 3Rs (Replacement, Reduction, Refinement) in research, it may be preferable to use less invasive methods for marking and DNA collection purposes in amphibians in place of toe-clipping, whenever feasible, although case-by-case decisions for each study might be necessary.…”
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Modified electroconvulsive therapy for perinatal depression: scoping review by William V. Bobo, William V. Bobo, William V. Bobo, Owen Moore, Catherine B. Hurley, Robyn Rosasco, Emily E. Sharpe, Alyssa M. Larish, Katherine M. Moore, Hannah K. Betcher

“…Information on key methodological details, clinical characteristics, interventions, and outcomes from each report was extracted by all investigators working in pairs, using an electronic abstraction form.ResultsA total of 82 reports (with information on >1,300 pregnancies/deliveries) were included, consisting mainly of case reports (n=57) and case series (n=14), with the remaining citations being non-randomized or retrospective studies. …”
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Time-frequency characterization of acoustic emission signals from bending damage of corroded reinforced concrete beams in high- temperature saline environment by Dazhong Zhang, Shiyi Zhang, SM Chayan, Yingfang Fan, Surendra P. Shah, Junjie Zheng

“…The common characteristics of the amplitude distribution at each stage of bending damage of reinforced concrete beams are mainly reflected in the amplitude peaks in the frequency bands 4–6 kHz, 13.5–16 kHz, and 53–57 kHz. …”
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QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT IN MULTIPLE MYELOMA PATIENTS UNDERGOING DOSE-REDUCED TANDEM AUTOLOGOUS STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION by Iain Robertson, Hizb U. Dawar, Kristina McDonnell, Alhossain A. Khalafallah, David Woods

“…We conducted the European Organization of Research and Treatment of Cancer (EORTC) QLQ-C30 questionnaire via interviews at presentation, after each ASCT and thereafter every 3 months for 24 months. …”
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Exploring Ocular Fundus Changes and Biochemical Correlations in Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension: Two Year Observational Study in Tertiary Care Center, India by A. M. Raja, G Seema

“…The ocular fundus, particularly the retina, reflects systemic health and serves as an indirect indicator of hypertension severity, as retinal changes often parallel vascular changes in other organs. …”
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Una educación física “otra” pensada desde las infancias (An "other" physical education thought from the perspective of children) by Rodrigo Gamboa Jiménez, Gladys Jiménez Alvarado, Constanza Fernández Fuentes

“…These are questions that challenge us to reflect on the meaning, significance and contribution of the discipline to society, motivating us to propose an "other" Physical Education, conceived from childhood as a counterproposal to the logics of individualisation, performance and competitiveness present in the educational system, so typical of market societies. …”
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The link between prenatal exposure to a chemical mixture, cord blood hormones, and birth weight: an epidemiologic study by Eva Govarts, Bianca Cox, Lützen Portengen, Andrea Rodríguez-Carrillo, Madeline Carsique, Adrian Covaci, Elly Den Hond, Stefaan De Henauw, Tim Nawrot, Martine Leermakers, Lisbeth Patteet, Thomas Schettgen, Amélie Crépet, Jacob Van Klaveren, Roel Vermeulen, Greet Schoeters

“…Mixtures analyses were performed to assess each of the bilateral associations in the path exposures-hormones-birth weight, including mediation analysis.Combining all exposures, we found an inverse association between PCB 180 and birth weight. …”
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Clinical workflow for reirradiation: national consensus recommendations on imaging, treatment planning, dose accumulation, and treatment delivery by Laura P. Kaplan, Rebecca J. Tobin, Ane Appelt, Eliana Vasquez Osorio, Isak Wahlstedt, Rasmus L. Christiansen, Martin S. Nielsen, Laura A. Rechner, Simon N. Thomsen, Mikkel D. Lund, Kenneth Jensen, Camilla Kronborg, Lone Hoffmann

“…Results: Reirradiation cases should be designated clearly as such at each workflow step. Review of patient cases at multidisciplinary reirradiation conferences is encouraged. …”
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Challenges in developing a digital pathology consultation network: insights from the MELCAYA experience by Dario Di Gangi, Roberta Gugliotta, Filippo Ugolini, Anna Szumera-Ciećkiewicz, Llucia Alos, Natalia Castrejón, Stephan Forchhammer, Barbara Valeri, Nicolas Macagno, Sule Ozturk Sari, Ozge Hurdogan, Sokol Sina, Sylvie Fraitag, Valerio Gaetano Vellone, Chiara Trambaiolo, Rita Alaggio, Sabrina Rossi, Giovanni Arcuri, Daniela Massi, Claudio Conti

“…All slides were digitalized at each participating institution and uploaded into a centralized digital platform to be reviewed. …”
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Direct relationship between protein expression and progeny yield of herpes simplex virus 1 by Moeka Nobe, Yuhei Maruzuru, Kosuke Takeshima, Fumio Maeda, Hideo Kusano, Raiki Yoshimura, Takara Nishiyama, Hyeongki Park, Yoshitaka Kozaki, Shingo Iwami, Naoto Koyanagi, Akihisa Kato, Tohru Natsume, Shungo Adachi, Yasushi Kawaguchi

“…We then separated the HSV-1-infected cell population into multiple subpopulations according to the fluorescence intensity of Venus—which reflected the expression of L proteins, largely constituting virion structural proteins—and titrated virus yields and performed electron microscopic analysis in each subpopulation. …”
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cfDNA methylation detection as potential liquid biopsy of multiple organ injury in myocarditis patients by Yangchao Zhao, Yujia Wang, Xi Zhao, Xin Zhang, Haoyan Wang, Liang Cui, Huifen Wang, Weiwei Zhu, Boyan Li, Yanjun Zhou, Jun Li, Guowei Fu, Yiheng Zhou, Pengwei Sun, Jing Bai, Xuefeng Xia, Xin Yi, Ling Yang, Chaoqun Chen, Junnan Tang, Ang Li, Zujiang Yu

“…Abstract Myocarditis is inflammatory injury of the myocardium and causes approximately 30,000 deaths globally each year. Fulminant myocarditis is an extremely severe form of myocarditis. …”
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Potential role of vector-mediated natural selection in dengue virus genotype/lineage replacements in two epidemiologically contrasted settings by Olivia O’Connor, Tey Putita Ou, Fabien Aubry, Stéphanie Dabo, Sylvie Russet, Dominique Girault, Saraden In, Marine Minier, Sebastian Lequime, Thavry Hoem, Sébastien Boyer, Philippe Dussart, Nicolas Pocquet, Valérie Burtet-Sarramegna, Louis Lambrechts, Veasna Duong, Myrielle Dupont-Rouzeyrol

“…The relative transmission fitness of each DENV-1 genotype/lineage was measured by quantitative RT–PCR for infection, dissemination, and transmission rates. …”
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