Elevated Macrophage Migration Inhibitory Factor 1 Is Associated with Left and Right Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction in Heart Failure with Reduced Ejection Fraction by Timea Magdolna Szabo, Mihály Vass, Márta Germán-Salló, Attila Frigy, Előd Ernő Nagy

“…Also, patients with TAPSE/sPAP < 0.40 mm/mmHg had significantly higher levels of MIF-1 (<i>p</i> = 0.009). …”
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Single-cell transcriptomics reveals the heterogeneity and function of mast cells in human ccRCC by Xiyu Song, Xiyu Song, Xiyu Song, Jianhua Jiao, Jianhua Jiao, Jiayang Qin, Wei Zhang, Weijun Qin, Weijun Qin, Shuaijun Ma, Shuaijun Ma

“…MC density was significantly greater in ccRCC tissues than in normal tissues, but MC activation characteristics were not significantly different between ccRCC and normal tissues. Activated and resting MCs were defined as having high and low expression of MC receptors and mediators, respectively, whereas proliferating MCs had high expression of proliferation-related genes. …”
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The clinical impact of oral iron treatment for anaemia in pregnancy in accordance with current guidance: a prospective cohort study in a maternity unit in the Midlands of England by David Churchill, Hind Ali, Samaher Sweity, Dianne Bautista, Mahmoud Moussa, Laura Devison, Julie Icke, Simon J. Stanworth

“…Responders to oral iron had lower median Hb at diagnosis (95 g/L) compared to non-responders (100 g/L). …”
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Development and Validation of Nutri S-Can, a Short Screener to Evaluate Adherence to the 2018 WCRF/AICR Cancer Prevention Recommendations by Alice Chaplin, Mar Nafría, Albert Sesé, Elena Rayó, Marga Morey, Lara Prohens, Dora Romaguera

“…The first version of the Nutri S-Can included 15 questions distributed across five domains. Each question had three possible answers to determine whether participants meet (1 point), partially meet (0.5) or do not meet (0) the recommendations (score range: 0–7). …”
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Clinical Impact of Personalized Physician’s Education and Remote Feedback Via a Digital Platform on Glycemic Control: Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial by Jin Yu, Joonyub Lee, Yeoree Yang, Eun Young Lee, Seung-Hwan Lee, Jae-Hyoung Cho

“…Participants were aged ≥19 years and had glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) levels between 7.5% and 9.5%. …”
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Association Between High Jugular Bulb and Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss: A Computed Tomography Based Study by Wanting Y, Rafiq M, Wu J, Jin L, Liu G, Cheng C

“…After treatment, both groups showed decreased average hearing thresholds (P&lt; 0.05), but the non-HJB group had significantly better improvement (P&lt; 0.01). …”
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Performance, metabolism and nitrogen use efficiency in dairy cows fed low protein, legume silage-based diets: a systematic review and meta-analysis by M.R. Chowdhury, R.G. Wilkinson, L.A. Sinclair

“…A total of 36 production trials with 102 treatment means were included, and the effect of dietary CP level was estimated using the raw-mean difference between control (high CP) and low CP diets. …”
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Predictors of Clinical Stability and Mortality in COPD: A Longitudinal Study by Loo WTW, Chew SY, Tan JHY, Soh RY, Koh MS, Lapperre TS, Tiew PY

“…The cohort was predominantly Chinese (81.7%) and 45.6% of participants were current smokers. The majority (55.7%) had a history of CVD. Approximately 36% of the cohort achieved clinical stability at one year, and one-third achieved stability at two years. …”
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Influence of storage conditions on the toxicity of whole-cell pertussis vaccine in outbred mice by I. A. Alekseeva, D. N. Lepikhova, O. Yu. Borisova, A. S. Pimenova, I. Yu. Andrievskaya, I. V. Ibragimkhalilova

“…The suspensions inactivated for 1–3 months and 10–12 months had specific safety indices of 69.38% and 84.31%, respectively. …”
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Metabolic syndrome combined with insulin resistance showed great predictive value in evaluating recurrence in patients with atypical endometrial hyperplasia and early endometrial c... by Yuman Wu, Jingyuan Wang, Yuan Fan, Jianliu Wang, Xingchen Li

“…Finally, categorized analysis found that the effects of MRS on recurrence are diverse in different clinical characteristics, including age, gestation, parity, PCOS, infertility history, IR, and metformin for both groups (all P < 0.05). …”
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Phosphorylated neurofilament heavy chain (pNfH) concentration in cerebrospinal fluid predicts overall disease aggressiveness (D50) in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis by Julia Meyer, Nayana Gaur, Janina von der Gablentz, Bernd Friedrich, Annekathrin Roediger, Annekathrin Roediger, Julian Grosskreutz, Julian Grosskreutz, Julian Grosskreutz, Robert Steinbach

“…Notably, CSF pNfH concentration was independent of how far the disease had progressed, as neither disease phase nor a direct regression with the quantified disease accumulation at the time of lumbar puncture revealed a significant correlation. …”
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Propiedades psicométricas del Cuestionario de Comportamiento Sedentario (SBQ-s) en universitarios colombianos (Psychometric properties of sedentary behavior questionnarie SBQ-s in... by Santiago Montoya Gonzalez, Andry Yasmid Mera-Mamián, Monica Alejandra Mondragón Barrera, Diana Isabel Muñoz Rodriguez, Difariney Gonzalez-Gomez

“…The study included 274 university students from different areas of knowledge to whom the Spanish version of the Sedentary Behaviour Questionnaire was applied in person. …”
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Growing Tomato Seedlings Suitable for Mechanical Grafting under Regulated Light Regime by Yichi Wang, Hongxuan Deng, Huiwen Li, Lidan Ma, Tao He, Zhenquan Yao, Zeyi Mu, Song Gu, Yinghui Mu

“…Shortening the photoperiod would promote hypocotyl growth and inhibit seedling stem elongation. Different photoperiods had a significant impact on the mechanical properties of tomato seedlings. …”
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Applying group-based trajectory modeling to understand under-five mortality trends and determinants in low-and lower-middle income countries by Kavita Singh, Gustavo Angeles, H. Luz McNaughton Reyes, Elizabeth Simmons, Alison Swiatlo, William Weiss

“…Results We identified four distinct groups that were primarily distinguished based on trajectory level rather than shape–low mortality, medium mortality, medium–high mortality and high mortality. All four groups had under-five trajectories that declined over time with the highest mortality group having the largest declines. …”
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A novel mast cell marker gene-related prognostic signature to predict prognosis and reveal the immune landscape in head and neck squamous cell carcinoma by Yingmiao Lin, Fangcai Wu, Xuchun Huang, Zhihan Zhang, Cantong Liu, Yiwei Lin, Yiwei Xu, Haipeng Guo, Chaoqun Hong

“…The areas under the ROC curves of the nomogram were 0.740, 0.737 and 0.707 at 1-, 3-, and 5-year, and they also showed better detection efficacy in the validation group than other independent predictors. The low-risk group had richer immune cell infiltration and higher immune scores. …”
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New operational relations for mathematical models of local nonequilibrium heat transfer by E. M. Kartashov

“…Mathematical models in the form of boundary value problems for hyperbolic equations are called generalized boundary value problems. These problems differ significantly in solving difficulty from the classical ones based on Fourier phenomenology. …”
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Prolonged grief disorder and associated factors among Iranian general population by Seyedmohammad Mirhosseini, Homa Vejdani, Zahra Kordi, Mahboobeh Khajeh, Fatemeh Sadat Hosseini, Samuel Grimwood, Mohaddeseh Mohammadi, Hossein Ebrahimi

“…Participants were eligible for inclusion if they were over 18 years old, possessed basic literacy skills, and had experienced the loss of a close loved one (such as a spouse, parent, or child) at least 12 months prior to enrollment. …”
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THE RELATION OF SLEEP RESPIRATION DISORDERS AND CARDIOVASCULAR RISK by E. A. Dubinina, L. S. Korostovtseva, О. P. Rotar, S. О. Kravchenko, М. A. Boyarinova, A. V. Orlov, V. N. Solntsev, Yu. V. Sviryaev, А. N. Alyokhin, A. О. Konradi

“…In higher  OSAS risk there  was  higher  total cholesterol  — 6,10±0,18  vs 5,53±0,09  mM/L (p=0,05) and low density lipoproteides — 4,17±0,19 vs 3,59±0,08 mM/L (p=0,02); they were more often overweight — body mass  index 31,73±1,19  vs 27,71±0,38  kg/m2 (p=0,001),   and   had   higher  systolic  pressure  —  134,89±4,96   vs 126,72±1,18  mmHg. …”
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DNA repair protein XPA is differentially expressed in colorectal cancer and predicts better prognosis by Xue Feng, Jingwei Liu, Yuehua Gong, Kaihua Gou, Huaiwei Yang, Yuan Yuan, Chengzhong Xing

“…For prognosis, CRC patients with high XPA protein expression had longer overall survival (OS) (HR = 0.62, 95%CI: 0.39–0.97, P = 0.037). …”
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Overtraining syndrome in bodybuilding and the difficulty of searching for informative biomarkers for disadaptation diagnostics by Vadym Koval, Anatolii Tsos, Oleh Olkhovyi, Kateryna Drobot, Andrii Chernozub, Vladimir Potop

“…Group A – bodybuilders who, according to the medical examination results, had no contraindications (HBM). Group B – bodybuilders with symptoms of functional exhaustion (BFE). …”
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