Differences in demographics and clinical outcomes in older, middle-aged, and younger adults with low back pain receiving chiropractic care by L. A. Hansen, J. Hartvigsen, R. K. Jensen

“…Baseline disability, depression, self-perceived general health, and MSK comorbidities were more consistently linked to higher disability scores across all follow-up time points.…”
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A Perspective on Robotic Assistance for Knee Arthroplasty by Nathan A. Netravali, Feimo Shen, Youngbae Park, William L. Bargar

“…Knee arthroplasty is used to treat patients with degenerative joint disease of the knee to reduce pain and restore the function of the joint. Although patient outcomes are generally quite good, there are still a number of patients that are dissatisfied with their procedures. …”
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Metabolic reprogramming in polycystic kidney disease and other renal ciliopathies by Sara Clerici, Alessandra Boletta

“…Here, we summarize the evidence available to date and propose a more general involvement of metabolic and mitochondrial alterations in the renal ciliopathies that might in principle help defining the profoundly different, and potentially opposite, manifestations observed.…”
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Atrial Cardiomyopathy in Atrial Fibrillation: A Multimodal Diagnostic Framework by Paschalis Karakasis, Panayotis K. Vlachakis, Panagiotis Theofilis, Nikolaos Ktenopoulos, Dimitrios Patoulias, Barbara Fyntanidou, Antonios P. Antoniadis, Nikolaos Fragakis

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A New Approach of Disaster Forecasting Based on Least Square Optimized Neural Network by Fanbao Meng, Suolin Jing, Xizhen Sun, Changxiang Wang, Yanbo Liang, Da Pang

“…The evaluation of the risk is the prerequisite for the implementation of countermeasures in the prevention and control of rock burst, and the research on the fast forecast at scene of the rock burst is more important for the safety production of coal mine. …”
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Parathyroid Hormone Fluctuations During Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery by Emily S. Sagalow, Yuna Kim, Shirley Wong, Robert C. Wang

“…Abstract Objective Stress hormone levels such as cortisol and epinephrine increase with general anesthesia (GA) and surgery. Parathyroid hormone (PTH) has been shown to increase with GA in those undergoing parathyroidectomy (PT) with abnormal parathyroid function, but there are conflicting reports of it in those with normal parathyroid function. …”
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Characteristics and clinical outcomes of pediatric patients following massive bowel resection: A retrospective cohort study by Clarelle L. Gonsalves, Christina Belza, Glenda Courtney-Martin, Yaron Avitzur, Jill Quirt, Victoria Srbely, Paul W. Wales

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Acute effects of tissue flossing on boxers with chronic knee pain by Jie Chen, Qirong Wang, Zhiguang Zhao, Qipeng Song, Peng Zhao, Dan Wang

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Analysis of the fractional relativistic isothermal gas sphere with application to neutron stars by Nouh Mohamed I., Abdel-Salam Emad A-B., Hassaballa Abaker A., Jazmati Mohamed S.

“…This study expands the Tolman–Oppenheimer–Volkoff (TOV) equation of the fractional relativistic gas sphere to contain fractional derivatives, resulting in a more general fractional TOV equation (FTOVI). The analytical solution of the FTOVI equation is tackled using an accelerated series expansion. …”
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Examination of body image perception and quality of life of women with segmental or total mastectomy: a cross-sectional study by Behire Sançar, Nazife Akan, Nalan Süren Akpolat, Şirin İnanç

“…Women who underwent segmental mastectomy had better general health status and higher quality of life and functioning levels. …”
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Meridian-Sinew Release Therapy as an adjunctive treatment for gouty arthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Xia Zhou, Shulei Peng, Lang Hu, Song Wei, Zhihuang Chen

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Sevoflurane versus propofol on immediate postoperative cognitive dysfunction in patients undergoing cardiac surgery under cardiopulmonary bypass: a comparative analysis by Na Zhao, Rui Qin, Bin Liu, Dongmei Zhang

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Differential efficacy of olfactory neurospheres from deviated nasal septum and chronic rhinosinusitis patients in regenerating olfactory epithelium by Rong-San Jiang, Chiang-Wen Lee, Yu-Hsuan Lin, Jing-Jie Wang, Jia-Bin Liao, Kuo-Ti Peng, Yao-Chang chiang, Pei-Ling Chi

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TIM‐4 increases the proportion of CD4+CD25+FOXP3+ regulatory T cells in the pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma microenvironment by inhibiting IL‐6 secretion by Ziyao Wang, Zerong Xie, Yu Mou, Ruiman Geng, Chen Chen, Nengwen Ke

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Diastasis recti abdominis (DRA): review of risk factors, diagnostic methods, conservative and surgical treatment by Leszek Sułkowski, Andrzej Matyja, Czesław Osuch, Maciej Matyja

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Integrating Group Setup Time Deterioration Effects and Job Processing Time Learning Effects with Group Technology in Single-Machine Green Scheduling by Na Yin, Hongyu He, Yanzhi Zhao, Yu Chang, Ning Wang

“…We study single-machine group green scheduling considering group setup time deterioration effects and job-processing time learning effects, where the setup time of a group is a general deterioration function on its starting setup time and the processing time of a job is a non-increasing function on its position. …”
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PATHOMORPHOLOGY OF ZERO BIOPSIES OF DONOR KIDNEYS by M. L. Arefjev, M. G. Minina, N. P. Mogeiko, I. M. Iljinsky

“…In the pool of elderly donors who died from cerebrovascular accident the frequency of nephrosclerosis presentation was higher than in donors of yonger age who died from craniocephalic trauma. Nevertheless in the general donor pool the number of sclerosed glomeruli was no more than 12%. …”
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Evaluation of respiratory symptoms and spirometric indices in Ghaemshahr,s textile workers by O Aminian, SAR Mozaffari, SA Sharifian, M Rokni, F Ahmadzadeh, H Heidariam Miri

“…Abstract Background: Workers who exposed to cotton dust are at risk of some occupational lung diseases such as byssinosis and chronic bronchitis. In general respiratory symptoms like chronic cough, sputum and dyspnea are more common in cotton dust exposed workers. …”
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Direct Method for Solving Bilinear Programming Problem by L. D. Matveyeva

“…The search for the optimal solution is based on the idea of maximizing the increment of the objective function. This approach allows more fully to take into account the main target and structure of the problem. …”
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The Opone Family of Distributions. Beyond the Power Continuous Bernoulli Distribution by Festus C. Opone, Christophe Chesneau

“…In this paper, we use it for a more general purpose: the creation of a family of distributions. …”
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