Viral inactivation in von Willebrand factor preparations via UVC irradiation: an experimental approach by ZHANG Yalu, MA Jie, ZHANG Rong, YANG Chunhui

“…[Objective] To evaluate the efficacy of ultraviolet-C (UVC) irradiation in inactivating porcine parvovirus (PPV), encephalomyocarditis virus (EMCV), pseudorabies virus (PRV) and vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) within von Willebrand factor (vWF) preparations. [Methods] An ultraviolet inactivator (254 nm primary wavelength) was employed to optimize UV exposure dosages for the samples, and the initial test groups were set at five irradiation gradients: 100, 200, 400, 1 000, and 1 500 J/m2 gradients. …”
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The Analysis of the Effective Factors on Urban Blight in District 3, Region 12, Tehran City by Hossein Mansourian, Ahmad Pour Ahmad, Hasan Ashouri

“…The number of extracted factors is 6 factors based on the eigenvalue criterion and scree plot. …”
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First-line Nurse Managerial Competence and Its Influencing Factors in Public Jordanian Hospitals by Abdulkareem S. Iblasi, Samer Makahleh, Yupin Aungsuroch, Joko Gunawan, I Gede Juanamasta

“…Background: First-line Nurse Managers (FLNMs) occupy pivotal positions within healthcare systems and are responsible for various administrative and caregiving functions. While FLNMs are integral to efficient healthcare services, their competencies and the factors influencing them still need to be explored in Jordan. …”
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The Effectiveness of Acceptance and Commitment-Based Therapy on the Immune Function and Activity Limitations in Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome by Sepideh Shakernejad, Javad Khalatbari, Majid-Mahmoud Alilou

“…The significance levels of Levene’s and the Shapiro-Wilk test for all variables were greater than 0.05. Based on the results, the Mean±SD score of the activity limitations variable in the intervention group was 7.53±4.24 in the pre-test, 17.66±3.41 in the post test, and 17.26±3.65 in the follow-up. …”
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Information and communication technologies for the improvement of cognitive function in healthy older adults: a systematic review protocol by Roland Pastells-Peiró, Filip Bellon, Esther Rubinat Arnaldo, Jordi Martínez-Soldevila, Montserrat Gea-Sánchez, Helena Fernández-Lago

“…The articles that report data on cognitive function by domain, for example, memory or executive functions, or by test will be included. …”
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Analysis on related risk factors for cardiocerebral vascular diseases in patients with diabetic kidney disease by ZHANG Zhi-xu, GAO Ai-qing, RAO Xiao-pang

“…Objective To investigate the epidemiology and related risk factors for cardiocerebral vascular diseases in patients with diabetic kidney diseases（DKD）.Methods A total of 800 patients with DKD hospitalized in Chengyang District People’s Hospital of Qingdao from January 2016 to December 2017 were enrolled in this study.Based on complications of cardiocerebral vascular diseases, the patients were divided into the cardiocerebral vascular disease group（n=558） and group without cardiocerebral vascular diseases（n=242）.The general information,including gender,age,body mass,height,systolic blood pressure（SBP）, diastolic blood pressure（DBP）,drinking history and smoking history, and laboratory test indicators, including fasting blood glucose（FBG）, glycosylated hemoglobin（HbA1 C）, liver and kidney functions, total cholesterol（TCH）, triglyceride（TG）, low density lipoprotein cholesterol（LDL-C）, high density lipoprotein cholesterol（HDL-C）, Lipoprotein A（Apoa）,parathyroid hormone（PTH）, C-reactive protein（CRP）, hemoglobin（Hb）, white blood cells（WBC）, brain natriuretic peptide（BNP）, urinary microalbumin/urinary creatinine ratio（UACR） and serum β₂-microglobulin（β₂-MG）were detected. …”
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The Associations Between Functional Mobility, Dynamic Stability and Back Pain in Women After Caesarean Section Surgery by Laura Žalienė, Irina Arup

“…Functional mobility, questionnaire survey, tests of dynamic trunk stability and static endurance, mathematical descriptive statistics. …”
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Defining the end of puberty in boys: INSL3 and the acute determinants of adult Leydig-cell functional capacity by Bilal Tulumcu, Richard Ivell, Waleed Alhujaili, Ravinder Anand-Ivell

“…Leydig-cell functional capacity reflects the total number and differentiation status of the Leydig-cell population within an individual and can be assessed by measuring in blood the constitutive Leydig-cell hormone insulin-like peptide 3 (INSL3). …”
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B Cell Activating Factor Induces Drug Resistance in Hairy Cell Leukemia Variant by Claire Fritz, Daniel Feinberg, Akshaya Radhakrishnan, Kayla Klatt, E. Ricky Chan, Philip Rock, Richard Burack, Reshmi Parameswaran

“…To address these treatment challenges, we investigated the role of B-cell activating factor (BAFF) in promoting HCL-v cell chemoresistance. …”
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EFFECTS OF SMOKING IN PATIENTS WITH AXIAL SPONDYLOARTHRITIS RECEIVING TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR INHIBITORS THERAPY by Özlem Pehlivan, Yasemin Yalçınkaya, Bahar Artım Esen, Nihat Hüseyinsinoğlu, Ahmet Gül, Murat İnanç, Mahdume Lale Öçal

“…Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the impact of smoking on axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) patients taking tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi). Material and Method: Our study consisted of 211 patients who were diagnosed with axSpA and received TNFi treatment in the rheumatology outpatient clinic. …”
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Demand and Influencing factors for community health services during chemotherapy of patients with advanced cancer by Qianqian Li, Xunrui Chen, Wenying Zhang, Haihua Yuan, Yanjie Zhang, Bin Jiang, Feng Liu

“…The top five demands were “preparation for pathological tests such as routine blood, liver and kidney functions before chemotherapy” (2.48 points), “education on chemotherapy knowledge” (2.48 points), “care for peripherally inserted central catheter(PICC) catheterization during chemotherapy” (2.45 points), “management of myelosuppression after chemotherapy” (2.43 points) and ''providing updated information on treatment, examination and rehabilitation” (2.42 points), primarily focusing on the medical care demand dimension. …”
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The Effect of an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-Based Intervention on Executive Functioning and Risk of Suicidal Behavior in Adults with Depression by Valentina Grand Jaramillo, María Camila Arbeláez Herrera, Andrés Mauricio Grisales, Daniel Alfredo Landinez Martínez, Oscar Mauricio Castaño Ramirez

“…Group comparisons were made using the Mann-Whitney U test for independent samples and the Bayesian Wilcoxon signed-rank test. …”
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The impact of anthropic activity based on dam construction and land-use-type in plankton on taxonomic and functional groups by Qinghua Li, Xinxin Zhou, Yufeng Zhang, Jiaming Zhang, Xiaohan Dong, Jiaxin Huang, Yanjun Shen

“…We sampled 27 sections of the Wujiang River's main stream over four seasons from 2022 to 2023 and analysis of plankton and environmental factors. The samples were microscopically examined and classified according to taxonomy and functional groups. …”
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Limitations of rapid diagnostic tests in malaria surveys in areas with varied transmission intensity in Uganda 2017-2019: Implications for selection and use of HRP2 RDTs. by Agaba B Bosco, Joaniter I Nankabirwa, Adoke Yeka, Sam Nsobya, Karryn Gresty, Karen Anderson, Paul Mbaka, Christiane Prosser, David Smith, Jimmy Opigo, Rhoda Namubiru, Emmanuel Arinaitwe, John Kissa, Samuel Gonahasa, Sungho Won, Bora Lee, Chae Seung Lim, Charles Karamagi, Qin Cheng, Joan K Nakayaga, Moses R Kamya

“…<h4>Background</h4>Plasmodium falciparum histidine-rich protein 2 (HRP2)-based rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are exclusively recommended for malaria diagnosis in Uganda; however, their functionality can be affected by parasite-related factors that have not been investigated in field settings.…”
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Bidirectional Relationship among Cognitive Function, Muscle Mass, and Grip Strength in Older Adults: the BUSAN Study by Du-Ri Kim, Jong-Hwan Park, Ting-Fu Lai, Myung-Jun Shin, Tae Sik Goh, Jung Sub Lee, Eunsoo Moon, Yeong-Ae Yang

“…Background With the increasing number of older individuals, understanding the interplay among muscle strength, muscle mass, and cognitive functions in aging populations is important. This study aimed to investigate the relationships among muscle mass, muscle strength, and cognitive function among older adults, with a focus on understanding the bidirectional correlations among these factors. …”
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Assessment of structural and functional myocardial characteristics in patients with chronic coronary artery disease and various glycemic status by M. A. Kokozheva, B. U. Mardanov, E. A. Poddubskaya, V. A. Kutsenko, M. A. Umetov, M. N. Mamedov

“…To study the structural and functional myocardial characteristics in patients with exertional angina and type 2 diabetes in comparison with those without diabetes to identify combined hemodynamic changes.Material and methods. …”
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The impact of processing methods on chemical composition, mineral bioavailability and functional properties of Nigerian-grown cashew flour by Makinde Folasade Maria, Joel Ifeoluwa Hannah

“…The samples were analysed for chemical, mineral bioavailability and functional properties. Data was subjected to analysis of variance and means were separated by the Duncan multiple range test. …”
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Impact of remdesivir on liver function: A comparative study of diabetic and non-diabetic COVID-19 patients by Zahra Zarei, Elham Nejadsadeghi, Seyedeh Leila Dehghani, Fateme Dadgar

“…Demographic data were collected using a detailed questionnaire and a clinical checklist documenting underlying health conditions, particularly diabetes and hypertension. Liver function tests measured key enzymes and substances, including aspartate aminotransferase (AST), alanine aminotransferase (ALT), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), and total bilirubin, and data analysis was performed using SPSS (Confidence Interval = 0.95, p ≤ 0.05). …”
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Factors affecting the design of the management dashboard framework with an emphasis on the components of human resources productivity by Hassan Barmaki, Farshad Faezy Razi, Ehtesham Rashidi

“…The path analysis test also confirmed the relationship between these factors. …”
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Impact of Preoperative Chemotherapy on Physical Function in Patients With Borderline Resectable Pancreatic Cancer: A Retrospective Study by Ken Kouda MD, PhD, Makoto Asaeda PT, PhD, Yuki Nakashima PT, PhD, Takeya Araki MD, Shinji Kawasaki PT, Ayano Ishida PT, MS, Takumi Nagao PT, MS, Noriaki Maeda PT, PhD, Yukio Urabe PT, PhD, Yukio Mikami MD, PhD

“…Purpose: Preoperative chemotherapy in borderline resectable pancreatic cancer (BRPC) reduces tumor size to enable surgery but may cause physical function decline. This study aimed to examine changes in physical function before and after preoperative chemotherapy in patients with BRPC, and explored factors associated with the change. …”
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