Dose–response effectiveness of focused shockwave therapy on ultrasonographic muscular properties in patients with stroke exhibiting ankle spasticity by Shu-Mei Yang, Hung-Hsi Lin, Yen-Hua Chen, You-Lin Lu, Chueh-Hung Wu, Wen-Shiang Chen, Meng-Ting Lin

“…Given that this was a post hoc analysis, these results should be interpreted conservatively. …”
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Exploring the efficacy of recombinant human pro-urokinase in catheter-directed thrombolysis for acute lower extremity deep venous thrombosis patients by Tao Ma, Cangtuo Li, Guang Song, Shaoxin Yao

“…Methods A retrospective analysis included 85 acute DVT patients undergoing CDT from January 2021 to December 2023. …”
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Optimising transitions of care for acute kidney injury survivors: protocol for a mixed-methods study of nephrologist and primary care provider recommendations by Rozalina Grubina McCoy, Kianoush B Kashani, Joan M Griffin, Heather Personett May, Abby K Krauter, Dawn M Finnie, Erin F Barreto

“…Key participants include nephrologists and primary care providers and in-depth study of each specialty’s approach to post-AKI care is essential to optimise care processes and healthcare delivery for AKI survivors.Methods and analysis This explanatory sequential mixed-methods study uses survey and interview methodology to assess nephrologist and primary care provider recommendations for post-AKI care, including KAMPS (kidney function assessment, awareness and education, medication review, blood pressure monitoring and sick day education) elements of follow-up, the role of multispecialty collaboration, and views on care process-specific and patient-specific factors influencing healthcare delivery. …”
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Deletion of the pluripotency-associated Tex19.1 gene causes activation of endogenous retroviruses and defective spermatogenesis in mice. by Rupert Ollinger, Andrew J Childs, Hannah M Burgess, Robert M Speed, Pia R Lundegaard, Nicola Reynolds, Nicola K Gray, Howard J Cooke, Ian R Adams

“…Immunostaining and histological analysis revealed defects in meiotic chromosome synapsis, the persistence of DNA double-strand breaks during meiosis, and a loss of post-meiotic germ cells in the testis. …”
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Acoustical modelling of cleft palate by Janusz KACPROWSKI, Władysław MIKIEL, Alicja SZEWCZYK

“…Starting with a simplified anatomical model of the human vocal system and using the graphical analysis method, we determined the pole-zero distribution of the transfer function K (w) which describes the formant-anti-formant structure of oral vowels nasalized due to the shunting effect of the nasal channel. …”
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The Study of Turn-taking Processes through Focus on Form and Focus on Forms Instructions: Incidental Grammar Acquisition by Hossein Arabgary, Siros Izadpanah

“…The study used a quasi-experimental design through pre-tests, immediate post-tests and delayed post-tests. Then the statistical analysis was run through one-way repeated measures ANOVAS. …”
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The effects of deductive and inductive approaches on the acquisition of English demonstratives by Jordanian 4th grade EFL learners by Abdel Rahman Mitib Altakhaineh, Ayah Khaled Alnajjar, Ibrahim Hasan Alrababa’h, Rozan Al-Hloul

“…We adopted the experimental design of a pre- and post-test to measure the participants’ knowledge of English demonstrative determiners before and after the treatment. …”
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Boundary transitions from a single round of measurements on gapless quantum states by Yue Liu, Sara Murciano, David F. Mross, Jason Alicea

“…Projective measurements on the cluster state are known to convert the wave function, after post-selection or decoding, into a long-range-ordered Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) state. …”
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Hesperetin attenuates ischemia/reperfusion-induced acute kidney injury by regulating ferroptosis in mice by Xiaoyu Xie, Chen Guan, Ningxin Zhang, Chenyu Li, Zengying Liu, Chengyu Yang, Liting Wang, Yan Xu

“…Bioinformatics and molecular docking confirmed hesperetin’s binding affinity with Src, and immunohistochemistry showed altered phosphorylated Src expression in kidneys post-intervention.Results Hesperetin effectively improved renal function and alleviated renal injury. …”
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Impact of allogeneic dental pulp stem cell injection on tissue regeneration in periodontitis: a multicenter randomized clinical trial by Yi Liu, Yitong Liu, Jingchao Hu, Jianhui Han, Lin Song, Xu Liu, Nannan Han, Xia Xia, Jia He, Hongfang Meng, Meng Wan, Haojie Wang, Xiaodan Liu, Zhanyi Gao, Xiao Wang, Chutse Wu, Songlin Wang

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Human Action Recognition Based on The Skeletal Pairwise Dissimilarity by E.E. Surkov, O.S. Seredin, A.V. Kopylov

“…The article presents the human figure representing approach based on pairwise dissimilarity function of skeletal models and a set of reference objects, also known as a basic assembly. …”
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The Maestro (Mro) gene is dispensable for normal sexual development and fertility in mice. by Lee Smith, John Willan, Nick Warr, Frances A Brook, Michael Cheeseman, Richard Sharpe, Pam Siggers, Andy Greenfield

“…Wholemount in situ hybridisation analysis revealed Mro to be expressed in the embryonic male gonad from approximately 11.5 days post coitum, prior to overt sexual differentiation. …”
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Cardiovascular risk stratification in elderly men with coronary heart disease by E. G. Volkova, I. V. Tantsyreva

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Donor derived cell free DNA in lung transplant recipients rises in setting of allograft instability by Joshua B. Smith, Ryan A. Peterson, Raymond Pomponio, Mark Steele, Alice L. Gray

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Extracellular vesicles from bronchoalveolar lavage fluid provide insights into the inhaled corticosteroids treatment response in COPD by Jiahua Fang, Justina C. Wolters, Karim Rafie, Changshuo Wang, Sabine Bartel, Maarten van den Berge, Machteld N. Hylkema

“…Weighted gene co-expression network analysis was applied to identify EV protein modules associated with lung function (n = 24) at baseline. …”
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‘Time is of the essence’: upper-body aerobic exercise to improve cardiovascular health during inpatient rehabilitation within the first year following spinal cord injury – protocol... by Samuel J E Lucas, Tom E Nightingale, Naveen Kumar, Shin-Yi Chiou, Afroditi Stathi, Manish Kalla, Daniel D Hodgkiss, Shane J T Balthazaar, Aheed E F Osman, Srinivasa C Budithi, Joy Roy Chowdhury

“…While general exercise guidelines are promoted for SCI individuals, when and how to incorporate exercise during the subacute phase post-SCI remains unclear. Consequently, early aerobic exercise to reduce CVD risks is not standard practice in subacute SCI care, potentially missing an opportunity for optimal cardiovascular rehabilitation, especially given observed reductions in cardiac structure and function within the first year post-SCI. …”
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Trametinib alters contractility of paediatric Noonan syndrome‐associated hypertrophic myocardial tissue slices by Jules Hamers, Payel Sen, Sarala Raj Murthi, Laura Papanakli, Maria vonStumm, Francesca Baessato, Julie Cleuziou, Christian Meierhofer, Peter Ewert, Andreas Dendorfer, Daphne Merkus, Cordula M. Wolf

“…Tissue biophysical properties were assessed using electrical stimulation protocols. Contractile function, force–frequency relationship and post‐pause potentiation were compared before and after treatment. …”
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The effect of rTMS intervention with different targets on neural remodeling in stroke patients: a randomized controlled trial by Li Zhao, Li Chen, Qiu Wang, Xinyi Li, Sha Li, Chunxiao Wan

“…Functional connectivity analysis revealed significantly increased resting-state functional connectivity (rsFC) in the contralateral dentate nucleus and ventromedial premotor area of the affected side in the SMA group relative to the M1 group (p = 0.0319), with this enhancement showing a strong positive correlation with balance function improvement (r = 0.637, p = 0.001). …”
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Clinical study and Health Technology Assessment (HTA) of a Robot-Assisted Gait Training on children with neurological disorders: A quasi-experimental study by Simone GAZZELLINI, Martina ANDELLINI, Federica DE FALCO, Daniela CASASANTA, Giampietro CORDONE, Alessandra COLAZZA, Donatella LETTORI, Massimiliano RAPONI, Enrico CASTELLI, Maria Rosaria VINCI, Reparata Rosa DI PRINZIO, Maurizio PETRARCA, Matteo RITROVATO, Salvatore ZAFFINA

“…Hybrid (RAGT+patient-centered) group showed a statistically significant difference between pre-treatment and post-treatment in Gross Motor Function Classification System (GMFM) total mean score (p=0.02). …”
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To evaluate the minimum number of renal scans required to follow pediatric patient postpyeloplasty by Shashwat Verma, Payal Saxena, Sanjeet Singh, Sukhanshi Khandpur, Satyawati Deswal, Narvesh Kumar, Anjana Singh

“…Drainage pattern (T1/2) was seen in all groups, except in patients where there was no comment on drainage pattern. Statistical analysis was performed using the Friedman ANOVA and Wilcoxon signed-ranks test as a post hoc test with Bonferroni correction and Kruskal–Wallis test with Mann–Whitney U-test as a post hoc test with Bonferroni correction. …”
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