Investigating the causal relationship between immune factors and ankylosing spondylitis: insights from a Mendelian Randomization study by Ziming Geng, Yang Tong, Yang Chen, Jian Wang, Ziwen Liu, Jun Miao, Ruihua Li

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Interleukin-17 prevents oxidative stress from damaging osteoblast formation by inhibiting autophagic degradation of metallothionein-2 by Xueyan Ling, Cuixia Wang, Qin Feng, Tao Zhang

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Sexuality in patients with human immunodeficiency virus at Embhuleni Hospital in Mpumalanga province by E. de Vries, L. Gwyther, M. Mkhabela

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Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in People with HIV: an Evidence-Based Review by Read AT, Akodu J, Barber TJ, Brown JP, Burns FM, Hurst JR, Miller RF, Lipman MCI

“…HIV enhances the deleterious effects of exposures such as tobacco smoking, as well as interacting with other drivers of COPD such as pulmonary tuberculosis, air pollution and biomass fuel burning. …”
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Role of Foundations in the Reconstruction of Ottoman Cities and Towns by Mustafa Özer

“…In Turkish-Islamic cities, complexes were generally designed and built within the framework of a plan and programme. …”
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Competing endogenous RNAs network dysregulation in oral cancer: a multifaceted perspective on crosstalk and competition by Jiajun Wu, Chanjuan Zhang, Hongfang Li, Shuo Zhang, Jingxin Chen, Li Qin

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RESEARCH INTO THE AERODYNAMICS OF AIR FLOWS IN CYCLONES by V. Petrov, А. Аlеksashyn, S. Poznar

“…The correspondence of the general pattern of pressure distribution along the wall in the circumferential direction was determined. …”
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Variative Components of the University Course of Mathematical Analysis: The Experience of Introduction into the Practice of Teaching by S. I. Кalinin, L. V. Pankratova

“…Introduction. The change in general paradigm of education, its transition to a competent model and the permanent change in federal state standards of higher education have created the problem associated with selecting the content of course programmes studied by university students. …”
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Exploring machine learning algorithms to predict short birth intervals and identify its determinants among reproductive-age women in East Africa by Tirualem Zeleke Yehuala, Bezawit Melak Fente, Sisay Maru Wubante

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Audiovestibular Dysfunction Related to Anti-Phospholipid Syndrome: A Systematic Review by Jiann-Jy Chen, Chih-Wei Hsu, Yen-Wen Chen, Tien-Yu Chen, Bing-Yan Zeng, Ping-Tao Tseng

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Honey as a Wound Care Modality in Treating Deep Neck Space Abscesses: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial by Dian Paramita Wulandari, Yanri Wijayanti Subronto, Agus Surono

“…The population and sample of the study include all patients with deep neck abscesses treated at Dr Sardjito General Hospital, which is equipped with board-certified otorhinolaryngologists. …”
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Thresholds for clinical practice that directly link handgrip strength to remaining years of life: estimates based on longitudinal observational data by Sergei Scherbov, Sonja Spitzer, Nadia Steiber

“…What is missing for clinical practice, however, are empirically meaningful cut-off points that apply to the general population and that consider the correlation of HGS with gender and body height as well as the decline in HGS during processes of normal ageing. …”
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Developing a model for predicting suicide risk among prostate cancer survivors by Jie Yang, Hai-ming Liu, Xiang Qu, Fan Jiang, Jie-wei Hao, Pei-rong Rong, Peng Ning, An-jie Zheng

“…ObjectiveGiven the significantly higher suicide risk among cancer survivors compared to the general population, and considering that prostate cancer survivors make up the largest group of cancer survivors, it is imperative to develop a model for predicting suicide risk among prostate cancer survivors.MethodsClinical data of prostate cancer patients were extracted from the surveillance, epidemiology, and end results (SEER) database and randomly divided into a training cohort and a validation cohort in a 7:3 ratio. …”
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Potential of bone marrow mesenchymal stem cells in iodine-induced autoimmune thyroiditis therapy by Xun Liu, Likun Cui, Jianwei Dong, Jiancong Ren, Dongdong Xu, Yanshuo Han, Jian Zhang

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The main directions of the study of federalism in the Russian legal science of the 1920s by T. F. Yashchuk

“…At the beginning of the period, the main attention was paid to the study of the federation as an effective way to solve the national issue. The federal structure was considered a transitional form of the Soviet state. …”
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The Health‐Related Quality of Life for Cemented Versus Uncemented Hemiarthroplasty in Elderly Patients With Femoral Neck Fractures: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of Randomi... by Mohanad Samaheen, Maen Mohammad, Mikhail Salzmann, Nikolai Ramadanov

“…This systematic review and meta‐analysis aims to compare the effects of the two surgical options on health‐related quality of life (HRQoL), mortality, and functional outcomes. …”
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Direct Electability, Competence and Responsibility as the Basis for the Long-Term Development of Local Self-Government in Russia by O. A. Kozhevnikov

“…It seems that taking into account and consolidating the proposed foundations in the formation of a promising legal regulation of local self-government within the framework of building a unified system of public authority in our state will not only eliminate obvious “excesses” in the current system of legal regulation, but also fully provide a basis for effective interaction of bodies of a unified system of public authority in the interests of the population of the relevant territory.…”
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A causal association between osteoporosis and postural instability: a Mendelian randomization study by Kun Zhu, ZiJie An, YaWei Li, Qiaoyu Zhang, Feng Zhang, Rui Zhao, Haiyang Yu, Qingqiang Yao

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Development of a gum recession model in an experiment by N. V. Lopatina, R. R. Hajbullina, K. V. Danilko, O. R. Shangina, D. N. Tuhvatullina, K. A. Kurbanova

“…An artificial gum recession defect was created.Aim: to evaluate the effectiveness of creating a gum recession model in the proposed way.Material and methods: Experimental animals at the beginning of the study had an intact oral mucosa: pale pink color, without pathological changes. …”
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A study of connectivity features analysis in brain function network for dementia recognition by Siying Li, Peng Wang, Zhenfeng Li, Lidong Du, Xianxiang Chen, Jie Sun, Libin Jiang, Gang Cheng, Zhen Fang

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