Cardiac cycle: an observational/interventional study protocol to characterise cardiopulmonary function and evaluate a home-based cycling program in children and adolescents born ex... by Jeanie L Y Cheong, Michael M H Cheung, Melanie M Clarke, Jonathan P Mynard, Claire E Willis

“…Fifty-eight children and adolescents aged 10–18 years who were born EP and/or with ELBW will be recruited. Cardiopulmonary function assessed via measures of blood pressure, arterial stiffness, capillary density, peak oxygen consumption, lung clearance indexes and ventricular structure/function, will be compared with 58 age-matched and sex-matched term-born controls at baseline and post intervention. …”
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Spinal motor evoked responses elicited by transcutaneous spinal cord stimulation in chronic stroke: Correlation between spinal cord excitability, demographic characteristics, and f... by Nicole C Veit, Chen Yang, Shreya Aalla, Ameen Kishta, Kelly McKenzie, Elliot J Roth, Arun Jayaraman

“…As this intervention moves forward into clinical practice, it is important to understand how the elicited neurophysiological measures are related to the functional and neuromuscular deficits of the population of interest in order to personalize tSCS interventions and assess its effectiveness. …”
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Effectiveness of Xiakucao Oral Liquid combined with methimazole on early thyroid function recovery and treatment compliance in Graves’ disease: a real-world retrospective cohort st... by Dong Lin, Lina Zhang, Lu Zhang, Jialu Zhu, Houcheng Li, Bichai Yuan

“…The association between XKC+MMI and early thyroid function recovery was analyzed using multiple linear regression in the subgroup of patients with post-treatment data available at 3 months.ResultsA total of 441 patients were enrolled, among whom 113 (25.6%) patients received XKC+MMI. …”
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Effects and Persistence of Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BL-99 and Fructooligosaccharides on Older Adults with Functional Constipation: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo... by Meina Li, Qi Zhang, Wen Zhao, Juan Chen, Yinghua Liu, Limian Zhou, Yihui Liu, Langrun Wang, Yiran Guan, Jian He, Qiuyue Jiang, Zhaozhong Zeng, Xinmei Guo, Can Liu, Liwei Zhang, Yong Zhang, Jie Luo, Wei-Lian Hung, Jingjing He, Ran Wang

“…Research on effects of synbiotics in older adults with functional constipation (FC) is limited. This randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial evaluated a 4-week synbiotic (Bifidobacterium animalis subsp. lactis BL-99 and fructooligosaccharides [FOS]) intervention in 67 participants ≥60 years old meeting Rome IV FC criteria. …”
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Retrospective analysis of curative rectal cancer surgery outcomes in elderly patients by Youssef Achour, Hamza Sekkat, Abdellah Moufid, Jihane El Hamzaoui, Samira El Fakir, Younes Bakali, Mouna Mhamdi Alaoui, Mohammed Raiss, Farid Sabbah, Abdelmalek Hrora

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The Influence of COVID-19 in Glycemic Control: Predictive Value of Inflammation and Metabolic Parameters by Minodora Andor, Dana Emilia Man, Daciana Carmen Nistor, Valentina Buda, Simona Dragan

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Neurological, functional, and quality of life outcomes following combined mesenchymal stem cell and Schwann cell therapy in spinal cord injury: a 9-year experience by Mohammadhosein Akhlaghpasand, Roozbeh Tavanaei, Maede Hosseinpoor, Maryam Golmohammadi, Ida Mohammadi, Amir Ghaffari Jolfayi, Melika Hosseinpour, Bardia Hajikarimloo, Kaveh Oraii Yazdani, Alireza Zali, Saeed Oraee-Yazdani

“…Safety profiles were assessed, and neurological and functional outcomes were measured using the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA) scores, Spinal Cord Independence Measure (SCIM-III), and the World Health Organization Quality of Life Brief Version (WHOQOL-BREF) at 6- and 12-month intervals post-injection. …”
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Clinical efficacy of modified transanal opening of intersphincteric space with intersphincteric approach for high anal fistula by Hou Yi, Zheng Xueping, Tan Yanyan, Zhou Feng, Huangfu Shaohua, Xu Dachao, Wang Yan

“…Clinical efficacy, pre-and post-operative Wexner anal incontinence score, and complications were recorded. …”
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Wolbachia elevates host methyltransferase expression and alters the m6A methylation landscape in Aedes aegypti mosquito cells by Michael Leitner, Valentine Murigneux, Kayvan Etebari, Sassan Asgari

“…These m6A sites were predominantly enriched in coding sequences and 3′-untranslated regions. Gene Ontology analysis revealed that genes with reduced m6A levels were over-represented in functional GO terms associated with purine nucleotide binding functions critical in the post-transcriptional modification process of m6A. …”
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Impact of Vitamin D₃ Functionalization on the Osteogenic Capacity of Bioinspired 3D Scaffolds Based on Ce-Doped Bioactive Glass and Spongia Agaricina by Ana-Maria Seciu-Grama, Sorana Elena Lazăr, Simona Petrescu, Oana Cătălina Mocioiu, Oana Crăciunescu, Irina Atkinson

“…Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and SEM analysis confirmed the surface functionalization. Cytotoxicity evaluation showed that all investigated scaffolds do not exhibit cytotoxicity and genotoxicity toward the Saos-2 osteosarcoma cell line. …”
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A metaproteomic analysis of the piglet fecal microbiome across the weaning transition by Israel Rivera, KaLynn Harlow, KaLynn Harlow, Robert N. Cole, Robert O’Meally, Wesley Garrett, Weili Xiong, William Oliver, James E. Wells, Katie Lynn Summers, Nisan Chhetri, Olga Postnikova, Lea Rempel, Matt Crouse, Bryan Neville, Cary Pirone Davies

“…Microbiome analysis has relied largely on metagenomics to characterize microbial populations and predict their functions. …”
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Features of Ensuring Regional Security in Central Asia: An Analysis of the Geopolitical Situation by Nurgul Akkozhina

“…To address the research objectives, various methods of cognition were employed, including historical, structural and functional, institutional, comparative, forecasting, political and legal analysis, classification, analogy, abstraction, analysis, and generalisation. …”
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Determination of the Stage of Periodontitis with 20 ng/mL Cut-Off aMMP-8 Mouth Rinse Test and Polynomial Functions in a Mobile Application by Miika Penttala, Timo Sorsa, Julie Toby Thomas, Andreas Grigoriadis, Dimitra Sakellari, Vaibhav Sahni, Shipra Gupta, Pirjo Pärnänen, Tommi Pätilä, Ismo T. Räisänen

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Two decades of vagus nerve stimulation for stroke: a bibliometric analysis by Jiao Deng, Zhen Yang, Qing Mei Wang, Zhi Gang Lv

“…Future research is expected to focus on: (1) neurophysiological mechanisms of VNS in stroke recovery; (2) synergistic effects of VNS with other rehabilitation therapies; (3) comparative efficacy of non-invasive transauricular VNS versus invasive VNS; (4) safety and effectiveness of VNS for post-stroke functional impairments beyond motor rehabilitation; and (5) optimisation of VNS parameters for stroke treatment.ConclusionThe field of VNS for stroke has experienced steady growth over the past two decades. …”
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Subcicatricial fat grafting associated with rigotomy: a clinical and microstructural analysis by Auro Marcos Levy de Andrade Filho, Bruno Peres Vidal, Ana Paula Girol, Helena Ribeiro de Souza, Mairton Geromel, Manoel Alves Vidal

“…RESULTS: When comparing the pre- and post-fat grafting period, a significant esthetic-functional improvement and, microscopically, a redefinition of the boundaries of the papillary and reticular dermis were observed, as well as quantitative reduction and reorganization of collagen, in addition to the decrease of the vascularization of the tissue through immunohistochemical analysis. …”
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Bioinformatics analysis and preliminary validation of autophagy-related genes in asthma disease by Bo Sun, Huiman Huang, Ran An, Bing Wei, Xiaozhe Yue

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New Russian Trivalent Hepatitis B Vaccine (Bubo®­-Unigep): Reactogenicity, Safety and Immunological Efficacy by V. N. Borisova, R. Y. Maksvitis, R. V. Ivanov, T. A. Semenenko

“…Results and discussion. Analysis of the studied parameters throughout the study (frequency and severity of adverse events, physical examination data of volunteers with assessment of vital signs, laboratory test results, etc.) made it possible to establish a high safety profile of Bubo®-Unigep vaccine, which turned out to be virtually areactogenic without causing development of targeted local and systemic post-vaccination adverse events. …”
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Association between Growth Hormone and Insulin-like Growth Factor-1 (IGF-1) Levels, Liver Function and Short-Term Survival of Paediatric Liver Recipients by R. M. Kurabekova, O. M. Tsiroulnikova, I. E. Pashkova, L. V. Makarova, N. P. Mozheiko, A. R. Monakhov, O. P. Shevchenko

“…Analysis of associations between growth hormone and IGF-1 levels in blood and markers of liver function and post-LT survival in children.Materials and methods. …”
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The Development of Publications on Catheter-Related Bladder Discomfort: A Bibliometric Analysis by Jiang W, Chen X, Peng Y, Zhai W, Zhang X, Zhou Y, Zhou R

“…The present study is a bibliometric analysis of CRBD.Methods: The publications on CRBD were retrieved from the Web of Science Core Collection. …”
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Analysis of the therapeutic efficacy of arthroscopic repair of the subscapularis tendon combined with coracoplasty by Hanlin Zheng, Yulong Liu, Bizhi Tu, Guang Chen, Rende Ning

“…The functional scores significantly increased in both groups post-surgery compared to preoperative values (p < 0.01). …”
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