Quantifying Normal Diaphragmatic Motion and Shape and Their Developmental Changes via Dynamic MRITake-Home Points by You Hao, PhD, Jayaram K. Udupa, PhD, Yubing Tong, PhD, Caiyun Wu, PhD, Joseph M. McDonough, MS, Samantha Gogel, BA, Oscar H. Mayer, MD, Mostafa Alnoury, MD, Patrick J. Cahill, MD, Jason B. Anari, MD, Drew A. Torigian, MD

“…Background: The diaphragm is a critical structure in respiratory function; however, in vivo quantitative description of its motion available in the literature is limited. …”
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CHANGES OF THE LACTOFERRIN CONTENT IN PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC TRAUMATIC INJURIE OF THE ORAL MUCOSA BEFORE AND AFTER THE THERAPY by M.A. Goray, L.O. Kovalchuk

“… The article presents the laboratory examination results of 110 patients with chronic traumatic injuries of the oral mucosa. Changes of the lactoferrin content in the patients' oral fluid were determined before and after the therapy. …”
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Probing structural changes in single enveloped virus particles using nano-infrared spectroscopic imaging. by Sampath Gamage, Marquez Howard, Hiroki Makita, Brendan Cross, Gary Hastings, Ming Luo, Yohannes Abate

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Improving Medication Adherence and Lifestyle Changes: An Image-Based Educational Tool for Patients with Heart Failure by Gao L, Xie Q, Liu T, Liu H, Yan S, Han Y, Zhang M, Zhu D, Guo N, Nicholas S, Maitland E, Wang D

“…It shows strong performance in terms of accuracy, readability, usability, and satisfaction, which may ultimately help improve adherence to both pharmacological treatments and non-pharmacological recommendations for HF management.Keywords: patient education, image-based educational tool, patient engagement, heart failure, medication adherence, lifestyle changes…”
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Changes in food quality and habits in urban Ghana: evidence from a mixed-methods study by Sandra Boatemaa Kushitor, Lydia Okoibhole, Megan Vaughan, Kafui Adjaye-Gbewonyo, Irene Akwo Kretchy, Olutobi Adekunle Sanuade, Leonard Baatiema, Samuel Amon, Kojo Mensah Sedzro, Mawuli Komla Kushitor, Akanksha Abhay Marphatia, Emeline Rougeaux, Ann Blandford, Publa Antwi, Hannah Jennings, Vida Asah-Ayeh, Raphael Baffour Awuah, Edward Fottrell, Carlos Salvador Grijalva-Eternod

“…Abstract Background Globally, diets are changing from good quality to limited nutrition. However, an in-depth analysis of the nature of the changes is under-researched. …”
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Investigating the Relationship between Changes in the Expression Level of the CLU Gene and the Prognosis of Gastric Cancer Patients by Arezoo Farhadi, Erfan Cheraghi, Nastaran Farahani, Fatemeh Khodabandehloo, Mohammad Foad Heidari, Reza Heydari, Mehdi Ghorbani, Mahmood Vahidi, Javad Behroozi

“…Gene expression changes are also implicated in other diseases, such as heart disease, autoimmune disorders, and diabetes. …”
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Complex estimation of mitochondrial changes of immunocompetent blood cells in pregnant women with urgent and premature birth by S. V. Suprun, N. I. Kuderova, E. N. Suprun, O. N. Morozova, G. P. Evseeva, O. A. Lebedko

“…Upon the conditions of physiological immune imbalance in pregnancy, inflammation modifies its course and can even change the immune response. Appropriate indexes may be quantitative and functional. …”
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Global temporal and spatial changes of vegetation in desert steppe Ecosystems: Impacts of climate driving factors by Xiaonan Chen, Bochao Cui, Dongwei Gui, Qi Liu, Yunfei Liu, Qian Jin

“…Over the past 30 years, approximately 50 % of these ecosystems have experienced significant vegetation declines, with Central Asia being the most affected region, highlighting increased ecological vulnerability. Quantitative analysis shows that minimum temperature and vapor pressure contribute 7.26 % and 7.67 % to positive vegetation changes, respectively, while the leaf area index of low vegetation contributes the most (14.45 %), reflecting ecosystem resilience under favorable conditions. …”
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Bionic Silk Fibroin Film Induces Morphological Changes and Differentiation of Tendon Stem/Progenitor Cells by Kang Lu, Xiaodie Chen, Hong Tang, Mei Zhou, Gang He, Juan Liu, Xuting Bian, Yupeng Guo, Fan Lai, Mingyu Yang, Zhisong Lu, Kanglai Tang

“…The 10 μm SF film group had the highest percentage of oriented cells and the most significant changes in cell morphology. The most significant upregulations in the expression of COL1A1, TNC, TNMD, and SCX were also observed in the 10 μm SF film group. …”
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Over 100 years of longitudinal connectivity changes from the perspective of a migratory fish species by Johannes Luca Kowal, Gertrud Haidvogl, Andrea Funk, Johannes Schützenhofer, Paulo Branco, Maria-Teresa Ferreira, Paul Meulenbroek, Rafaela Schinegger, Thomas Hein

“…However, while consequential connectivity changes have been researched extensively, the temporal component has been largely disregarded. …”
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Changes in the epidemic patterns of respiratory pathogens of children in guangzhou, China during the COVID-19 pandemic by De-Feng Liang, Wen-Lin Guo, Dan-Ping Zhu, Su-Yun Li, Wei-Dong Zhu, Ying Li, Li Huang, Jun Shen, Pei-Qing Li

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THE CYTOKINE PROFILE CHANGES AND CONTENT ANTI-HSP60 ANTIBODY OF DIFFERENT SPECIFICITY IN PATIENTS WITH PERIODONTITIS by G.F. Biloklytska, O.V. Kopchak, A. M. Vorobiova

“…To study the cytokine profile changes and their relationship with the content of anti-Hsp60 antibody of different specificity in the blood serum of patients with generalized periodontitis. …”
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Behaviour change interventions to promote physical activity in people with intermittent claudication: the OPTIMA systematic review by Ukachukwu O Abaraogu, Philippa Dall, Chris Seenan, Sarah Rhodes, Trish Gorely, Joanna McParland, Julie Brittenden, Ebuka M Anieto, Lorna Booth, Cathy Gormal, Jeremy Dearling, Candida Fenton, Sarah Audsley, Kimberley Fairer, Lindsay Bearne, Dawn A Skelton

“…Objectives To integrate the quantitative and qualitative evidence base for increasing and maintaining PA in IC by behaviour change interventions, researching concurrently to systematically review evidence about: (1) The effectiveness of behaviour change interventions in increasing and maintaining PA in people with IC; (2) the relationship between BCTs, intervention mechanisms and contextual factors in promoting PA in people with IC; (3) the feasibility and acceptance of behaviour change interventions for PA improvement in people with IC; and (4) the feasibility of delivering PA improvement services through behaviour change interventions for individuals with IC. …”
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Spatiotemporal Variations in Human Activity Intensity Along the Qinghai–Tibet Railway and Analysis of Its Decoupling Process from Ecological Environment Quality Changes by Fengli Zou, Qingwu Hu, Lei Liao, Yuqi Liu, Haidong Li, Xujie Zhang

“…Scientifically and accurately assessing the interaction between changes in human activity intensity and the surrounding ecological environment along the Qinghai–Tibet Railway is of great significance for the optimized construction of the railway and the restoration of the regional ecological environment. …”
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Changing primary care capacity in Canada: protocol for a cross-provincial mixed methods study by Erin Wilson, Agnes Grudniewicz, Antoine Sauré, Ian Scott, Alan Katz, M Ruth Lavergne, Claire Johnson, David Rudoler, Lindsay Hedden, Adrian MacKenzie, Rita McCracken, Ruth Martin-Misener, Helena Piccinini-Vallis, Sarah Spencer, Caroline Jose, Sandra Peterson, Rebecca H Correia, Julie Easley, Ted McDonald, Stephanie Welton, François Gallant, Émilie Dufour, Jennifer Hakim, Elizabeth Nethery, Hugh Shiplett, Sarah Simkin, Rachel Thelen

“…These changing factors could contribute to reduced patient access to primary care, worsened health inequities and stress and overwork among primary care clinicians. …”
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The assessment of Mungbean seed yield and quality changes in response to environmental factors in different planting dates by Seyede Sakineh Hoseini, Farshid Ghaderi-Far, Afshin Soltani, Yunes Mohamad-Nejad, Morteza Gorzin

“…Introduction Planting date is one of the important issues in agronomy that could be changing quantitative and qualitative characteristics of crop seeds. …”
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Higher‐order modular regulation of the human proteome by Georg Kustatscher, Martina Hödl, Edward Rullmann, Piotr Grabowski, Emmanuel Fiagbedzi, Anja Groth, Juri Rappsilber

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Multi-Temporal Remote Sensing Satellite Data Analysis for the 2023 Devastating Flood in Derna, Northern Libya by Roman Shults, Ashraf Farahat, Muhammad Usman, Md Masudur Rahman

“…The main objective of study is to explore the capabilities of different algorithms and remote sensing datasets for quantitative change estimation after the flood. Different supervised classification methods were examined, including random forest, support vector machine, naïve-Bayes, and classification and regression tree (CART). …”
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Changes in Patient Safety Knowledge During Undergraduate Nursing Education: A Scoping Review Protocol by João Daniel de Souza Menezes, Matheus Querino da Silva, Yuri Sacardo, Rodrigo Soares Ribeiro, Stela Regina Pedroso Vilela Torres de Carvalho, Emerson Roberto dos Santos, Marcos Sanches Rodrigues, André Bavaresco Gonçalves Cristóvão, Nathalia Bavaresco Gonçalves Cristóvão, Helena Landim Gonçalves Cristóvão, Alexandre Lins Werneck, Alex Bertolazzo Quitério, Ana Caroline Santos Costa, Emilia Batista Mourão Tiol, Isabela Amaral Almeida Bistafa, Sônia Maria Maciel Lopes, Marli Carvalho Jerico, Patrícia da Silva Fucuta, Marielza Regina Ismael Martins, Clemente Neves Sousa, Tiago Filipe Cardoso Oliveira Casaleiro, Vânia Maria Sabadoto Brienze, Alba Regina de Abreu Lima, Rita Cássia Helú Mendonça Ribeiro, Júlio César Andre

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Streptococcus canis transcriptomic modifications in host cell entry environments of human keratinocytes by Haruno Yoshida, Mieko Goto, Yuzo Tsuyuki, Jae-Seok Kim, Takashi Takahashi

“…The observed gene expression changes can imply the latent infection in human cells. …”
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