Evaluation of hindgut buffers under high-starch diet conditions in lactating Holstein cows by S.K. Cronin, M. Smith, C.M.K. Bradley, V.L. Daley, F. Gadeyne, M. Bustos, T.F. Gressley

“…Additionally, the T2 treatment may have had an inflammatory effect, as evidenced by increased serum amyloid A compared with IS (71.5 vs. 22.0 µM, respectively). …”
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Disruption and recovery of family planning, contraception and other sexual and reproductive health services in Brazil with COVID-19 pandemic: a mixed methods approach by Luis Bahamondes, Jose G. Cecatti, Aline Munezero, Rachel E. Soeiro, Karayna G. Fernandes, Samira M. Haddad, Silvana Ferreira Bento, Karla S. Padua, Vilma Zotareli, Charles M. Charles, Montas Laporte, Caron Kim, Vanessa Brizuela, Moazzam Ali, for the WHO HRP Social Science Research Team

“…Results The settings studied had different characteristics of geographic size, population, and organisation of health services that influenced the way they faced COVID-19. …”
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Awake versus intubated video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery for pleural disease: a retrospective cohort study from a single tertiary center by Omer Faruk Saglam, Burcu Kilic, Merve Ekinci Fidan, Nevzat Cem Sayilgan, H. Volkan Kara, Akif Turna, Kamil Kaynak, Ezel Ersen

“…There was no difference in the overall complication rates (p > 0.05). …”
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Principle component analysis and determining relationships between the traits of native genotypes of Russian olive in Kerman province by Javad Farrokhi Toolir, Mohammad Abedini Esfahlani

“…This elder tree can be found in different types of soils and moisture conditions, but preferably it grows better in flood plains and humid coastal areas. …”
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Comparison of long-term and short-term antiplatelet therapy after endovascular closure of patent foramen ovale: a meta-analysis of clinical trial data by Andrew S. Tereshchenko, Evgeny V. Merkulov, Mikhail G. Chashchin, Nikita S. Grishin, Anna V. Strelkova, Makka R. Azimova, Andrey L. Komarov

“…Patients in both groups had a comparable risk of mortality (RR 1.97; 95% CI 0.59–6.57; p=0.24; I2=29%). …”
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The influence of social media food marketing on body mass index among college students: public health and media perspectives by Ali Ibrahim, Ali Ibrahim, Wegdan Bani-Issa, Alounoud AlMarzouqi, Shamsa Al-awar, Samah Ibrahim, Adam Ibrahim, Hajar Ibrahim, Heba Khalil, Heba Khalil, Dana N. Abdelrahim

“…Obesity was measured through body mass index (BMI).ResultsIn total, 448 students from different colleges participated in this study; 127 (35%) were male and 291 (65%) were female. …”
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Impact of Active and Passive Maxillary Plates on Cleft Width Morphology in Unilateral Cleft Lip and Palate: A Prospective Intervention Study by Sarah Bühling, Helena Mariella Selge, Sara Eslami, Lukas Benedikt Seifert, Babak Sayahpour, Nicolas Plein, Robert Sader, Stefan Kopp

“…Infants treated with active plates had a larger reduction in cleft width than those with passive plates (<i>p</i> = 0.024), averaging 5.846 mm compared to 3.571 mm. …”
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The rs7574865 polymorphism of the <i>STAT4</i> gene and risk of early rheumatoid arthritis development (the REMARKA study) by I. A. Guseva, M. Yu. Krylov, N. V. Demidova, A. S. Avdeeva, A. V. Smirnov, E. Yu. Samarkina, E. L. Luchina, D. E. Karateev, E. L. Nasonov

“…The risk of erosion is also associated with the polymorphism of the STAT4 gene (OR 8.6; 95% CI 1.0–204.9; p=0.03). A difference of the ACCP level depending on STAT4 gene polymorphism was revealed: carriers of at least one minor allele T (G/T+T/T) had significantly higher concentration of ACCP than that in carriers of homozygous GG genotype: 248.97±151.00 and 179.51±147.01 U/ml, respectively; p=0.048).Conclusion. …”
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Impacto de la COVID-19 en la práctica deportiva de personas participantes en eventos deportivos de carrera a pie y ciclismo en España y Portugal (The impact of COVID-19 on physica... by Jordi Segui Urbaneja, Rui Pedro Julião, Ricardo Manuel Nogueira Mendes, Víctor Dorado, Estela I Farías-Torbidoni

“…These data allow to understand the effect of COVID-19 pandemic had on physical activity on people who participate on sporting events in the natural environment in Spain and Portugal. …”
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Polyphenol-Rich Snack Consumption during Endurance Exercise Training Improves Nitric Oxide Bioavailability but does not Improve Exercise Performance in Male Cyclists: A Randomised... by Noah Marc Adrian d’Unienville, Alison M Coates, Alison M Hill, Maximillian J Nelson, Kevin Croft, Catherine Yandell, Jonathan D Buckley

“…At HT, urine F2-Isop was higher compared with LT (d = 0.21, P = 0.036), but plasma F2-Isop was lower (d = –0.22, P = 0.008), with no difference between treatments. At HT, AGC had higher subjective energy concentrations (d = 0.21, P = 0.02) and urinary nitrite (d = 0.23, P = 0.03) compared with CON and higher creatine kinase (d = 0.24, P = 0.02) and less fatigue (d = –0.20; P = 0.05) at T. …”
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Differentiating biomarker features and familial characteristics of B-SNIP psychosis Biotypes by David A. Parker, Rebekah L. Trotti, Jennifer E. McDowell, Sarah K. Keedy, Matcheri S. Keshavan, Godfrey D. Pearlson, Elliot S. Gershon, Elena I. Ivleva, Ling-Yu Huang, Kodiak Sauer, S. Kristian Hill, John A. Sweeney, Carol A. Tamminga, Brett A. Clementz

“…First-degree relatives had patterns like their proband for general cognition, antisaccades, ERP magnitudes, and intrinsic brain activity. …”
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More is not always better: delta-downscaling climate model outputs from 30 to 5&thinsp;min resolution has minimal impact on coherence with Late Quaternary proxies by L. Timbrell, L. Timbrell, J. Blinkhorn, J. Blinkhorn, M. Colucci, M. Colucci, M. Leonardi, M. Leonardi, M. Chevalier, A. V. Pozzi, M. Grove, E. Scerri, E. Scerri, E. Scerri, A. Manica

“…We seek to determine to what extent further downscaling captures climatic trends at the site level through direct comparison with proxy reconstructions, evaluating different versions of the output from the HadCM3 Global Circulation model for annual temperature, mean temperature of July, and annual precipitation against a large empirical dataset of pollen-based reconstructions from across the Northern Hemisphere. …”
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Impacto del uso de materiales audiovisuales para el aprendizaje de danzas y bailes tradicionales en la formación de estudiantes universitarios / Impact of the use of audiovisual ma... by Carol Gillanders, José Eugenio Rodríguez-Fernández, Raúl Eirín-Nemiña

“…The questionnaire was answered by 48% of the students of the second year of the degree who had access to this resource. The results show that most of the students have used the vídeos and think they are quite/very useful, and assessed them positively. …”

Exploring the value of hybrid capture-based next-generation sequencing technology in the suspected diagnosis of bloodstream infections by Xinyuan Liu, Zhitao Gan, Zengshun Lin, Xiaojun Lin, Jianying Yuan, Lili Rong, Jiachang Chen, Jun Liu, Yingzhen Li, Chaohui Hu

“…Conclusion Our study demonstrates the high accuracy of probe capture sequencing technology compared to blood cultures in the identification of pathogenic microorganisms in BSI upon final clinical diagnosis. Among the different sample types, white blood cell samples had a lower clinical compliance rate compared to plasma samples, possibly due to the higher host rate in cell samples, which impairs the sensitivity of pathogen detection.…”
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Effects of desalination of associated halophytes on physiological characteristics of Populus euphratica seedlings by WEN Qiang, HAN Wei, GUAN Wenke, WU Shengli, KONG Kaikai

“…The results showed that the associated halophytes had obvious desalting effect on soil (P＜0.05). Under the condition of 5 g/L NaC1 (B), the desalination rate of T₁, T₂ and T₃ was 26.8%, 22.0% and 14.2%, respectively. …”
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Development of a relapse-related RiskScore model to predict the drug sensitivity and prognosis for patients with ovarian cancer by Zhixin Jin, Xuegu Wang, Xiang Li, Shasha Yang, Biao Ding, Jiaojiao Fei, Xiaojing Wang, Chengli Dou

“…Drug sensitivity of different risk groups was evaluated using “pRRophetic” package. …”
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Is MTHFR polymorphism a risk factor for Alzheimer's disease like APOE? Polimorfismo da MTHFR é um fator de risco para demência de Alzheimer como APOE? by Liana Lisboa Fernandez, Rosane Machado Scheibe

“…No significant difference was detected on MTHFR genotypes in both case and control groups. …”
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Real-world study of phakic refractive lens for correction of high myopia by An-Peng Pan, Xu Shao, Yi-Ke Li, Zi-Yue Li, Qiong Yan, Wei-Yang Sun, A-Yong Yu

“…Mean endothelial cell loss was 11.3%, 9.6%, respectively, at 3 and 12 months, with no significant difference between the two follow-ups (P = 0.395). Fifty-nine eyes received the OVD-free method, and 49 eyes received the conventional method. …”
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Effects of Semaglutide and Tirzepatide on Bone Metabolism in Type 2 Diabetic Mice by Fang Lv, Xiaoling Cai, Chu Lin, Wenjia Yang, Linong Ji

“…Though CTX and P1NP levels decreased, however, the change in CTX and P1NP levels did not differ among the four groups during the 4 weeks of treatment (all <i>p</i> > 0.05). …”
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Retrospective Multicentre Real-Life Study Evaluating the Efficacy of Atezolizumab Combined with Bevacizumab for the Treatment of Metastatic Hepatocellular Carcinoma: HIREAL Study by Barbe-Richaud JB, Moinard-Butot F, Husson-Wetzel S, Bolliet M, Chiappa P, Belletier C, Ribeiro M, Poprawa E, Bigot C, Abergel A, Ben Abdelghani M

“…A total of 76% presented with cirrhosis, among which 85% had Child‒Pugh class A cirrhosis. The cirrhosis cases were mostly nonviral (85.7%). …”
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