Effects of transcranial electrical stimulation of the cerebellum, parietal cortex, anterior cingulate, and motor cortex on postural adaptation by Nastaran Bahadorani, Roya Khanmohammadi

“…Thus, this study compared the effects of tDCS over these specific brain regions on postural adaptation. This parallel, randomized, double-blinded, controlled trial involved 75 participants, divided into five groups: anodal stimulation of the PPC, cerebellum, M1, ACC, or a sham group. …”
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A bacterial membrane-disrupting protein stimulates animal metamorphosis by Kyle E. Malter, Tiffany L. Dunbar, Carl Westin, Emily Darin, Josefa Rivera Alfaro, Nicholas J. Shikuma

“…MACs can also deliver Mif1 to human cell lines and cause parallel phenotypes, including cell surface binding, membrane disruption, calcium flux, and mitogen-activated protein kinase activation. …”
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Predicting tumor mutation burden and VHL mutation from renal cancer pathology slides with self‐supervised deep learning by Qingyuan Zheng, Xinyu Wang, Rui Yang, Junjie Fan, Jingping Yuan, Xiuheng Liu, Lei Wang, Zhuoni Xiao, Zhiyuan Chen

“…Results We first identified two groups of populations with high‐ and low‐TMB (cut‐off point = 0.9). …”
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Palaeoproteomic identification of a whale bone tool from Bronze Age Heiloo, the Netherlands by Dekker, Joannes A. A., Mylopotamitaki, Dorothea, Verbaas, Annemieke, Sinet-Mathiot, Virginie, Presslee, Samantha, McCarthy, Morgan L., Olsen, Morten Tange, Olsen, Jesper V., van den Hurk, Youri, Brattinga, Joris, Welker, Frido

“…We know of no other parallel of a bone tool such as this in terms of size, use, hafting, and taxonomic identity.…”
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Effects of intermittent fasting diet in overweight and obese postmenopausal women with rheumatoid arthritis: A randomized controlled clinical trial by Mahsa Ranjbar, Sakineh Shab-Bidar, Abdolrahman Rostamian, Hamed Mohammadi, Aryan Tavakoli, Kurosh Djafarian

“…Method: This study was a controlled, parallel-group superiority design in which 44 overweight and obese postmenopausal women with RA were randomly allocated to receive either IF (n = 22) or the usual diet (n = 22) for 8 weeks. …”
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CO24 | Extracellular vesicles profiles in patients with wild-type transthyretin amyloidosis

“…Parallel incubation was performed with isotype-matched control and with the secondary antibodies alone to exclude non-specific staining. …”
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A mixed methods study exploring food insecurity and diet quality in households accessing food clubs in England by Nida Ziauddeen, Elizabeth Taylor, Nisreen A Alwan, Fran Richards, Barrie Margetts, Tim Lloyd, Marta Disegna, Naomi Mason, Ravita Taheem, Dianna Smith

“…We used a convergent parallel mixed methods design to describe the food insecurity households accessing food clubs experience and to assess diet quality and wellbeing at the start and after at least three months of using food clubs in the South of England. …”
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Improving and preserving cardiorespiratory fitness, muscle strength and adiposity through a complex lifestyle intervention in community-dwelling older adults with elevated cardiome... by Jonas Johansson, Laila Arnesdatter Hopstock, Sameline Grimsgaard, Trygve Sigvart Deraas, André Henriksen

“…Introduction As the global population ages, the incidence of cardiometabolic diseases and associated healthcare costs rise. …”
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Effect of expressive writing on the sexual self-concept in men with multiple sclerosis: a randomized clinical controlled trial by Malihe Mohammadzade Sabbaghi, Leila Amini, Seyed Massood Nabavi, Naiemeh Seyedfatemi, Hamid Haghani

“…Methods This parallel randomized controlled clinical trial conducted on 70 men attending an MS clinic in Tehran in 2022. …”
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Preschool Children Differentiation According to the Lingua- Grammatical Categories Development by Z. V. Polivara

“…The parallel existence of languages and cultures brings forward the necessity of studying this linguistic phenomenon and designing special methods of speech development for the bilingual children. …”
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Bionic search for transportation problem solution on the basis of adaptation strategy by Yury Olegovich Chernyshev, Anna Yuryevna Poluyan, Pavel Alexandrovich Panasenko, Denis Yuryevich Paskevich

“…In this regard, in order to reduce the algorithm time complexity (ATC), the development of sequential and parallel bionic algorithms for solving the transportation problems based on the evolutionary strategies is prospective. …”
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Regional Regulation of Purkinje Cell Dendritic Spines by Integrins and Eph/Ephrins. by Tristan G Heintz, Richard Eva, James W Fawcett

“…Normally, climbing fibres populate the proximal dendrites, where they suppress the multiple small spines typical of parallel fibres, leading to their replacement by the few large spines that contact climbing fibres. …”
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A Preliminary Study on Effectiveness of Varying Dose of Paretic Upper Limb Training with Visual Deprivation in Poststroke Patients: A Randomised Clinical Trial by R Sampath Pulimoot, CKV Bhuvaneswari, G Harshavardhan, Kabilan Annadurai

“…Future research with larger and more diverse stroke patient populations, as well as long-term follow-up studies, is needed to validate these findings.…”
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1,25(OH)2D3 increase osteogenic potential of human periodontal ligament cells with low osteoblast potential* by Bruno Cazotti PEREIRA, Catharina Marques SACRAMENTO, Enilson Antonio SALLUM, Mabelle de Freitas MONTEIRO, Renato Corrêa Viana CASARIN, Marcio Zaffalon CASATI, Karina Gonzales SILVÉRIO

“…Methodology Three LOP cell populations were cultured in standard medium (CONTROL), osteogenic medium (OM), and osteogenic medium associated with 1 nM of 1,25(OH)2D3 (OM + VD). …”
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Leveraging the dynamic adaptation process to address LGBTQ+ health equity in New Mexico high schools by Cathleen Elizabeth Willging, Cathleen Elizabeth Willging, Daniel Shattuck, Daniel Shattuck, Mary M. Ramos, Mary M. Ramos, Bonnie O. Richard, Adrien Lawyer, Elizabeth Dickson, Gregory A. Aarons

“…This paper assesses the effectiveness, utility, and benefits of the study's implementation strategy—the Dynamic Adaptation Process (DAP), a participatory and multifaceted implementation approach.MethodsOur convergent parallel mixed-method analysis focused on 22 New Mexico high schools randomized into an implementation condition. …”
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Structural validity of the Brazilian version of the quality care questionnaire-palliative care for use in individuals with diabetes mellitus eligible for palliative care by Abraão Albino Mendes-Júnior, Aldair Darlan Santos-de-Araújo, Leonel Richard de Oliveira Silva Santos, Lorena Lúcia Costa Ladeira, Meire Coelho Ferreira, Louise Aline Romão Godim, Mariana Campos Maia, Marinete Rodrigues de Farias Diniz, Almir Vieira Dibai-Filho, Daniela Bassi-Dibai

“…It has demonstrated validity for use in individuals with cancer, but there is a need for validation in other populations due to the scarcity of instruments with this purpose. …”
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The effect of home-based behavioural weight loss combined with pelvic floor muscle training in women seeking weight loss combined with stress urinary incontinence: protocol for a r... by Wei Chen, ZhiJing Sun, Zhao Tian, Xiuqi Wang, Linru Fu, Zhe Du, Tangdi Lin

“…However, the optimal therapeutic and management strategies for these populations remain uncertain.Methods and analysis This assessor-blinded parallel-group randomised controlled trial aims to compare the efficacy of BWL alone, BWL plus conventional PFMT and BWL plus PFMT with a biofeedback device for women who are overweight or obese experiencing SUI or SUI-predominant mixed urinary incontinence. …”
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The impacts of transcranial direct current stimulation combined with aquatic neuromuscular training on pain, function, kinesiophobia, knee instability, and quality of life in knee... by Asma Tapeh Kaboodi, Farzaneh Gandomi, Parviz Soufivand, Shirin Assar

“…Methods This double-blind, randomized controlled trial with parallel-group and pre-test/post-test design involved 44 women diagnosed with KOA. …”
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Loci associated with N-glycosylation of human immunoglobulin G show pleiotropy with autoimmune diseases and haematological cancers. by Gordan Lauc, Jennifer E Huffman, Maja Pučić, Lina Zgaga, Barbara Adamczyk, Ana Mužinić, Mislav Novokmet, Ozren Polašek, Olga Gornik, Jasminka Krištić, Toma Keser, Veronique Vitart, Blanca Scheijen, Hae-Won Uh, Mariam Molokhia, Alan Leslie Patrick, Paul McKeigue, Ivana Kolčić, Ivan Krešimir Lukić, Olivia Swann, Frank N van Leeuwen, L Renee Ruhaak, Jeanine J Houwing-Duistermaat, P Eline Slagboom, Marian Beekman, Anton J M de Craen, André M Deelder, Qiang Zeng, Wei Wang, Nicholas D Hastie, Ulf Gyllensten, James F Wilson, Manfred Wuhrer, Alan F Wright, Pauline M Rudd, Caroline Hayward, Yurii Aulchenko, Harry Campbell, Igor Rudan

“…After isolating IgG from human plasma, we performed 77 quantitative measurements of N-glycosylation using ultra-performance liquid chromatography (UPLC) in 2,247 individuals from four European discovery populations. In parallel, we measured IgG N-glycans using MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry (MS) in a replication cohort of 1,848 Europeans. …”
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Effects of traditional Chinese medicine massage therapy on pain, functional activity, muscle activation patterns and proprioception in knee osteoarthritis: a randomised controlled... by Xin Zhou, Cheng Tang, Bowen Zhu, Yangyang Fu, Min Fang, Sitong Fang, Qingguang Zhu, Yuen Yee Janice Hiew

“…Therefore, we hypothesised that exercise therapy in conjunction with TCM massage may lead to more satisfactory results in terms of pain management, active functional muscle activation patterns and proprioception in patients with KOA.Methods and analysis A parallel, single-centre, randomised controlled trial involving 106 patients will be conducted at Shuguang Hospital, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. …”
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