Effectiveness of adding a peak flow meter for the identification of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in real-world clinical practice by Hideki Ikeda

“…The combination of the COPD questionnaire and peak flow meter can effectively differentiate severe from the more severe half of moderate COPD from sCOPD cases and improve diagnosis of asymptomatic COPD cases that may require medication prescription by general practitioners.…”
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Stability Analysis and Local Convergence of a New Fourth-Order Optimal Jarratt-Type Iterative Scheme by Eulalia Martínez, José A. Reyes, Alicia Cordero, Juan R. Torregrosa

“…In this work, using the weight function technique, we introduce a new family of fourth-order iterative methods optimal in the sense of Kung and Traub for scalar equations, generalizing Jarratt’s method. …”
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An update on the effect of metals on stemness properties of mesenchymal stem cells by Roya Valizadeh, Halimeh Amirazad, Tahura Fayeghi, Hanieh Mousazadeh, Nosratollah Zarghami, Abbas Ebrahimi-Kalan, Effat Alizadeh

“…In this regard, stemness preservation of MSCs is a key property in both body’s own repair process and success of renewing/compensating approaches. In general, MSCs adhesion, viability, and function at the cell–metal interface is directly dependent on the metal alloys composing elements, which, along with consideration of compatibility, could guarantee the success of implants. …”
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Adrenal Cortex-Sparing Surgery for Bilateral Multiple Pheochromocytomas in a Patient with Von Hippel-Lindau Disease by Tarık Esen, Ömer Acar, Ahmet Tefekli, Ahmet Musaoğlu, İzzet Rozanes, Ali Emre

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Restructuring the Requirements for Establishing a Company in Adopting a One-Man Company Concept Without Limitation by Dyah Octorina Susanti, A'an Efendi

“…Each of these types differs from general companies in aspects such as establishment, function, organisational structure and dissolution. …”
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Effects of flexi-bar training on muscle strength and physical performance in older people with dynapenia: the protocol of a randomised controlled trial by Xinxin Wang, Ning Wei, Mengyu Lyu

“…This study will investigate the effects of a 12-week flexi-bar training programme on muscle strength and physical function in older people with dynapenia.Methods and analysis A total of 114 participants (aged more than 65 years) with age-related muscle loss will participate in a 12-week flexi-bar training programme. …”
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The hidden power of antisense long non-coding RNAs: a dive into a novel regulatory layer mediated by double-stranded RNA formation by Jan-Philipp Lamping, Heike Krebber

“…Because asRNAs resemble the largest group of lncRNAs and were identified to serve a general function in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, they are the focus of this review. …”
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A tied-weight autoencoder for the linear dimensionality reduction of sample data by Sunhee Kim, Sang-Ho Chu, Yong-Jin Park, Chang-Yong Lee

“…Thus, our study provides general recommendations for best practices in dimensionality reduction.…”
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With Job Satisfaction or Not? The Role of Job Satisfaction in the Relationship Between Training and Rewards on Employee Productivity by Ariani Misna, Tamara Dwinda, Malik Adera Rosviliana, Darma Dio Caisar

“…Therefore, companies need to prioritize job satisfaction with more comprehensive proportions.…”
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Pain and Frailty in Childhood Cancer Survivors: A Narrative Review by Chiara Papini, Jaspreet K. Sodhi, Cassie M. Argenbright, Kirsten K. Ness, Tara M. Brinkman

“…A significant proportion of childhood cancer survivors experience persistent health problems related to cancer or cancer treatment exposures, including accelerated or early onset of aging. Survivors are more likely than non-cancer peers to present a frail phenotype suggestive of reduced physiologic reserve and have symptoms that interfere with function in daily life, including pain. …”
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Extended Framework for Preventive Maintenance Planning: Risk and Behaviour Analysis of a Proposed Optimization Model by Pablo Viveros, Marco Espinoza, Rodrigo Mena, Fredy Kristjanpoller

“…Moreover, it seeks to identify the general behaviour of the optimization model against different scenarios of periodicities and execution times of each maintenance activity. …”
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Effect of Traditional Chinese Medicine fumigation combined with acupoint massage in the prevention of deep venous thrombosis of lower limbs in elderly hospitalized patients in the... by DONG Fangfang (董芳芳), ZHANG Linying (张林英), HE Yan (贺艳), XU Man (许曼), LIU Zijing (刘紫荆), XIONG Qiuwan (熊秋婉)

“…The level of D-dimer index of the study group decreased more significantly than that of the control group(P＜0. 05). …”
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Elevated Blink Rates Predict Mind Wandering: Dopaminergic Insights into Attention and Task Focus by Leigh M. Riby, Lewis Marr, Lynn Barron-Millar, Joanna Greer, Colin Joseph Hamilton, Deborah McGann, Jonathan Smallwood

“…This study sought to clarify the relationships between dopaminergic function and cognitive control during a task by utilizing EBR and EBV as proxy measures. …”
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Inherited disorders of neonatal lung diseases by Murat Yurdakök

“…They cause a recessively inherited, progressive respiratory disease. More than 27 loss of function mutations have been identified in the surfactant protein B gene that result in lethal neonatal respiratory failure. …”
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Improved CAR internalization and recycling through transmembrane domain optimization reduces CAR-T cytokine release and exhaustion by Shufeng Xie, Shufeng Xie, Jinlan Long, Ruiheng Wang, Ruiheng Wang, Rufang Xiang, Rufang Xiang, Huajian Xian, Yixin Wang, Weiyu Dou, Wenjie Zhang, Dan Li, Ting Kang, Zhihong Chen, Zhihong Chen, Chunjun Zhao, Zhenshu Xu, Han Liu

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Correlation between coronary calcification and cardiac structure in non‐dialysis patients with chronic kidney disease by Siyi Rao, Mengjie Weng, Ruoshan Lian, Yongjie Zhuo, Jiaqun Lin, Danyu You, Jiong Cui, Yi Chen, Jianxin Wan

“…Patients with severe CAC had a higher risk of progression of renal function, re‐admission due to cardiovascular and renal events and more pronounced symptoms of HF (P < 0.05). …”
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Selective neoadjuvant therapy of rectal cancer patients (SELREC): study protocol for a European randomised controlled, open, multicentre non-inferiority trial by Markus W Büchler, Lukas Baumann, Peter Schirmacher, Christoph W Michalski, Markus K Diener, Dirk Jäger, Pascal Probst, Mohammed Al-Saeedi, Martin Schneider, Alexis Ulrich, Constantin Schwab, Anja Sander, Christina Klose, Christoph Kahlert, Hans-Ulrich Kauczor, Jürgen Debus, Rosa Klotz, Solveig Tenckhoff, Cosima Engerer, Kristin Uzun-Lang, Caroline Wild, Bruno C Köhler

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The Climate-forming role of the production process of the forests of Ukraine by Platon Tretyak, Nelia Lukianchuk, Hryhoriy Krynytskyy

“…Forest vegetation plays a significant climate-regulating, oxygen-producing and moisture-producing function, which has not yet been sufficiently studied. …”
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Intraosseous endoscopic-assisted lesion debridement combined with free fibular vascularized transplantation for non-traumatic femoral head necrosis: A comparative study with core d... by Yalong Yang, Zhao Zhang, Yuanyuan Wei, Yang Li, Junliang Liu, Bo Wang, Shouhu Mi, Jintong Liu, Yongqiang Zhang, Yongming Guo, Meng Wu

“…Results A follow-up of more than 2 years was conducted for both groups of patients. …”
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RESULTS OF COMPREHENSIVE STUDIES OF THE UNDERGROUND HYDROSPHERE WITHIN THE WESTERN SHOULDER OF THE BAIKAL RIFT (AS EXEMPLIFIED BY THE BAYANDAI – KRESTOVSKY CAPE SITE) by Konstantin Zh. Seminsky, Marina A. Tugarina

“…With the detail data on the Bayandai – Krestovsky Cape site, the above conclusions are more precisely determined, and it is generally concluded that the structural tectonic factor controls the hydrogeology of the region.The analysis of mineralization, composition, temperature and other characteristics of the underground waters (Fig. 3–6) show that at the low hierarchic level the NW boundary of the Obruchev interblock zone performs a function of a distinct hydrogeological barrier which represents the marginal suture of the Siberian platform. …”
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