Associations of maternal quitting, reducing, and continuing smoking during pregnancy with longitudinal fetal growth: Findings from Mendelian randomization and parental negative con... by Judith S Brand, Romy Gaillard, Jane West, Rosemary R C McEachan, John Wright, Ellis Voerman, Janine F Felix, Kate Tilling, Deborah A Lawlor

“…In multivariable analyses, women who continued smoking during pregnancy had a smaller fetal size than non-smokers from early gestation (16-20 weeks) through to birth (p-value for each parameter < 0.001). …”
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Comparison of clinical effectiveness between stapled transanal rectal resection and procedure for prolapse and hemorrhoids for young male patients with prolapsed hemorrhoids by Pei Yan, Gao Jihua, Qi Wenyue, Tian Maosheng, Wu Qiong, Duan Bingqian, Wang Ran, Liu Ziyi

“…Preoperative SF-36 dimension scores did not differ significantly between the two groups (P>0.05). …”
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Impact of Primary Tumor Size, SUVmax of Primary Tumor and the Most Avid Neck Node on Baseline 18FDG PET/CT upon Disease Recurrence in Head and Neck Oropharyngeal SCC Using Standard... by Nosheen Fatima, Areeba Zaman, Unaiza Zaman, Sidra Zaman, Rabia Tahseen, Maseeh Uz Zaman

“…Material and methods We included patients with HNOP-SCC (without distant metastasis—M0 disease) who had pre- and post-treatment F-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography/computed tomography (18FDG PET/CT) using strict standardized imaging protocol from 2017 to 2019. …”
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TECH by Jerzy F. Latka

“…The number of forcibly displaced people was estimated to be 65.6 million at the end of 2016. [2] Forcibly displaced people are people who had to flee their houses and cities because of persecution, conflicts, generalised violence or human rights violations. …”
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Perioperative pain management in thoracic surgery and side effects in the early postoperative period by H. B. Poniatovska, S. O. Dubrov, P. L. Poniatovskyi, S. O. Sereda, M. V. Denysiuk, S. V. Cherniaiev, А. О. Kotliar

“…No difference was noted in the number of pulmonary complications depending on the method of perioperative analgesia (p > 0.05). 31 patients (75.6 %) of PA group did not have any complications, that was significantly different from TEA (p = 0.021) and MA (p = 0.039) patient groups. …”
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The behavior of the Bacillus probiotic species under conditions of co-cultivation by O. V. Knysh, A. V. Martynov, S. I. Pokhyl, N. I. Skliar

“…The phenotypes of the meeting of swarms formed by cultures spotted on the swarm plates at different locations were also investigated. Results. …”
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THE INTENSITY OF EMOTIONAL TENSION IN CHILDREN WITH CLEFT PALATE IN RESPONSE TO SITUATIONAL STRESS by P. I. Tkachenko, N.M. Lokhmatova, S.A. Byеlokon, V.A. Dobroskok

“… Numerous experimental studies and clinical observations indicates that in one and the same stress situations a human being and animals express a different resistance to emotional stress, the severity of which depends greatly on the individual characteristics of self-regulation of different body functional systems. …”
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Eight‐Year Outcomes of Cardiosphere‐Derived Cells in Single Ventricle Congenital Heart Disease by Kenta Hirai, Ryusuke Sawada, Tomohiro Hayashi, Toru Araki, Naomi Nakagawa, Maiko Kondo, Kenji Yasuda, Takuya Hirata, Tomoyuki Sato, Yuki Nakatsuka, Michihiro Yoshida, Shingo Kasahara, Kenji Baba, Hidemasa Oh

“…Treatment effect had nonproportional hazards for death favoring CDCs at 4 years (restricted mean survival time difference +0.33 years [95% CI, 0.01–0.66]; P=0.043). …”
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Effectiveness of a scenario-based, community-based intervention in containing COVID-19 in China by Binghang Li, Yalin Zhou, Ting Zhang, Anning Ma, Wenhao Hao

“…Scenarios 2–4 assess the impact of different NPIs on the original COVID-19 strain. Scenarios 1–4 and 6–8 compare the effects of the same measures on different strains. …”
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Neonatal, infant, and childhood growth following metformin versus insulin treatment for gestational diabetes: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Jane L Tarry-Adkins, Catherine E Aiken, Susan E Ozanne

“…Neonates born to metformin-treated mothers had lower birth weights (mean difference -107.7 g, 95% CI -182.3 to -32.7, I2 = 83%, p = 0.005) and lower ponderal indices (mean difference -0.13 kg/m3, 95% CI -0.26 to 0.00, I2 = 0%, p = 0.04) than neonates of insulin-treated mothers. …”
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Systematic evaluation of soil-based zeolite materials for the remediation of metal(loid)-contaminated water bodies by Zheting Chu, Huan Tang, Jiaxin Liang, Jing Li, Dazhong Yang, Ranhao Wang, Hong Chen

“…All eight zeolite types had different adsorption capacity for 10 metal(loid) ions, including As(III), As(V), Cd, Cr(III), Cr(VI), Cu, Hg, Ni, Pb, and Zn. …”
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Structural analyses and photovoltaic device simulations in two and three dimensions applied to Ag-alloyed Cu(In,Ga)Se2 solar cells by Chang-Yun Song, Zelong Wang, Matthias Maiberg, Heiko Kempa, Julia Horstmann, Wolfram Witte, Rico Gutzler, Dimitrios Hariskos, Daniel Abou-Ras, Sinju Thomas, Roland Scheer, Ali Gholinia

“…Ag addition significantly increased grain sizes, which is differently observed in the 2D and 3D EBSD analyses due to the different methodology. …”
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Survival benefits of primary tumor resection in metastatic differentiated thyroid cancer: an analysis of SEER data by Jiaqiang Dan, Jingya Tan, Yao Guo, Xin Lu, Ying Leng, Renxi Tang, Junyan Li, Junhua Huang

“…Patients with brain, lung and liver metastasis had significantly worse overall survival (OS) (all p < 0.05) and cancer-specific survival (CSS) (all p < 0.05). …”
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Artificial intelligence-assisted early screening of acute promyelocytic leukaemia in blood smears: a prospective evaluation of MC-100i by Fan Zhang, Pingjuan Liu, Jieyu Zhan, Jing Cheng, Hongxia Tan, Jiahang Zhang, Meiqi Song, Fengying Wu, Qiuyi Lin, Zhuangbiao Shi, Chanjun Yang, Meinan Wang, Qiu Li, Yang Wang, Liubing Li, Junxun Li

“…The precision, accuracy, consistency with manual classification and turnaround time of MC-100i were studied in detail.ResultsThe precision of MC-100i in identifying all cell types was acceptable. MC-100i had excellent performance in preclassifying normal cell types, but its sensitivities for identifying blasts, abnormal promyelocytes, promyelocytes and neutrophilic myelocytes were relatively low, respectively. …”
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Cottonseed Cake as a Feed Supplement: Effects on Nutrient Intake, Digestibility, Performance, Nitrogen Balance, and Ruminal Profile of Lambs Fed Sugarcane Silage-Based Diets by Hactus Souto Cavalcanti, Juliana Silva de Oliveira, Alexandre Fernandes Perazzo, João Paulo de Farias Ramos, Alberto Jefferson da Silva Macêdo, Evandra da Silva Justino, Evandro de Sousa da Silva, Paloma Gabriela Batista Gomes, Liliane Pereira Santana, Anderson Lopes Pereira, Francisco Naysson de Sousa Santos, Daniele de Jesus Ferreira, Anderson de Moura Zanine, Edson Mauro Santos

“…Dry matter intake (1620 g/kg) was similar between diets, but dry matter digestibility (64.75%) and average daily gain (202.88 g/day) were higher in the cottonseed cake group, leading to greater total weight gain (8.11 kg). These animals also had a lower acetate/propionate ratio (4.2 vs. 2.0 mmol/L) and higher blood glucose (44 vs. 35 mg/dL). …”
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Effect of Commercial Bioprotective Lactic Cultures on Physicochemical, Microbiological, and Textural Properties of Yogurt by Elói Duarte de Mélo, Pedro Ivo Soares e Silva, Suelma Ferreira do Oriente, Renata Duarte Almeida, Julia Morais Pessoa, Kepler Borges França, Thaísa Abrantes Souza de Gusmão, Rennan Pereira de Gusmão, Hugo M. Lisboa Oliveira, Amanda Priscila Silva Nascimento

“…The results indicated that yogurts containing biopreservatives had significantly lower pH and higher titratable acidity (%) than C2 (<i>p</i> < 0.05). …”
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Associations between endometrial macrophages and persistence of endometritis in postpartum dairy cows by C. Anastácio, G. Pereira, E. Silva, R. Bexiga, L. Capela, J. Dupont, P. Humblot, L. Lopes-da-Costa

“…Immuno-labelling showed that at 21 DPP, recovery cows had higher M2 (CD163+) counts and lower M1:M2 ratio than cows with persistent endometritis, whereas M1 (CD86+) counts were not different. …”
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Effect of alfalfa hay quality in an alfalfa–maize diet on the digestion, metabolism, and growth rate of goats in the Longdong Loess Plateau by Yuhong Jiang, Jieyan Zhou, Xianjiang Chen, Ying Kang, Tianhai Yan, Fujiang Hou

“…Results As expected, LR reduced protein intake compared to LI (48.3 vs. 93.3 g d−1; p < 0.001) and increased acid detergent fiber intake (239 vs. 167 g d−1; p < 0.001), but neutral detergent fiber and dry matter digestibility did not differ between LR and LI. The LR group had lower gross energy, digestible energy, and metabolizable energy intakes than the LI group (p = 0.080, 0.030, and 0.022, respectively). …”
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Sex‐Dependent Carry‐Over Effects Between Physiological State and Reproduction in a Passerine Species by G. Szabó, N. Boross, G. Hegyi, M. Herényi, M. Jablonszky, D. Kötél, K. Krenhardt, G. Markó, G. Nagy, B. Rosivall, E. Szász, E. Szöllősi, S. Zsebők, J. Török, M. Laczi

“…Additionally, females with higher H/L ratio during nestling‐rearing had lower fledging success in the following year, suggesting long‐term fitness consequences of stress. …”
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Forest land-use change affects soil organic carbon in tropical dry forests of the Peruvian Amazon by Geomar Vallejos Torres, Andi Lozano-Chung, Luis Ordoñez-Sánchez, Patricia García-Gonzales, Aníbal Quinteros, Nery Gaona-Jimenez, Wilfredo Mendoza-Caballero, Wilder Macedo-Córdova, Jorge Saavedra-Ramirez, Juan R. Baselly-Villanueva, César Marín

“…This study measured the soil organic carbon (SOC) at different soil depths in tropical dry forests of the Huallaga Central in the Peruvian Amazon. …”
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