Real-Life Management of Diabetic Macular Edema with Dexamethasone Intravitreal Implant: A Retrospective Analysis of Long-Term Clinical Outcomes by Massimo Nicolò, Donatella Musetti, Maria Marenco, Lorenzo Cotti, Monica Bonetto, Mauro Giacomini, Carlo Enrico Traverso

“…Only pseudophakic eyes showed also a long lasting functional benefit at 36 months.…”
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Detection of Aflatoxin B1 among Early and Middle Childhood Iraqi Patients by Muna AL-Musawi et al.

“…The study was conducted for the detection of Aflatoxin B1(AFB1) in the serum and urine of 42 early and middle childhood patients (26 male and  16 female ) with renal function disease, liver function disease, in additional to atrophy in the growth and other symptoms depending on the information within consent obtained from each patient, in addition to 8 children, apparently healthy, as  the control. …”
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The Interaction of a Supernova Remnant with Background Interstellar Turbulence by Giuseppe Prete, Silvia Perri, Claudio Meringolo, Leonardo Primavera, Sergio Servidio

“…We introduce a novel analysis technique based on a two-dimensional autocorrelation function C ( ℓ ) and a second-order structure function S _2 ( ℓ ), quantifying the level of anisotropy and the turbulence correlation lengths. …”
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Redox Imbalance Is Associated with Neuronal Apoptosis in the Cortex of Neonates Gestated Under Chronic Hypoxia by Esteban G. Figueroa, Rodrigo L. Castillo, Adolfo A. Paz, Matías Monsalves-Alvarez, Francisca Salas-Pérez, Ximena Calle, Tamara A. Jiménez, Emilio A. Herrera, Alejandro Gonzaléz-Candia

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Preventive effect of the neurodynamic mobilization technique on delayed onset of muscle soreness: a randomized, single-blinded, placebo-controlled study by Ugur Sozlu, Selda Basar, Rabia Semsi, Esedullah Akaras, Aylin Sepici Dincel

“…Muscle function scores reached their lowest point at 0 h, with the NM group demonstrating significantly higher function scores than the placebo NM group both before the EIMD protocol and at 0 h (F3.160 = 8.532, p < 0.001). …”
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High-activity placenta-derived mesenchymal stem cells combined with low-intensity extracorporeal shock wave therapy for diabetic erectile dysfunction: a prospective randomized cont... by Yun-Hua Ji, Yi-Fan Zhang, Xiao Tan, Hao-Zhong Hou, Zhen Yao, Bo Zhang

“…Specifically, total erection time reached 22.20 (15.20, 30.25) minutes (p = 0.001) and full erection time reached 11.90 (11.55, 12.35) minutes (p = 0.004) in the combined group. …”
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Proximal femur replacement in oncologic lesion: hemiarthroplasty vs total hip arthroplasty—a multicentric retrospective study by Matteo Salvini, Giuseppe Malerba, Cesare Meschini, Alessandro El Motassime, Edoardo Venturini, Domenico Andrea Campanacci, Francesco Muratori, Simone Checcucci, Roberto Scanferla, Raffaele Vitiello, Giulio Maccauro

“…Infection rates were substantially higher in THA, reaching 37%, as opposed to HA, which recorded a rate of 6% (p = 0.002). …”
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Transcriptome Analysis of Effect of Cordyceps militaris Aqueous Extract in Human Gastric Cancer Cell BGC-823 on Different RCD Pathways by Mingqi CUI, Kaiwen YU, Yang SONG, Fangxu XU, Shenghou WANG, Ze WANG

“…These findings provide theoretical support for using C. militaris in functional foods.…”
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En-Bloc Kidney Transplantation From Extremely Low-Weight (0.9–5.0 kg) Pediatric Donors: A Decade of Single-Center Experience by Xianpeng Zeng, Qiuxiang Xia, Heng Li, Miao Wang, Hanying Li, Liang He, Hua Su, Chun Zhang, Zhendi Wang

“…Continuous graft volume growth took more than 1 year to reach a stable level. Lower donor/recipient body surface area may lead to higher delayed graft function and slower estimated glomerular filtration rate recovery (P &lt; 0.05). …”
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Scaling of hardware-compatible perturbative training algorithms by B. G. Oripov, A. Dienstfrey, A. N. McCaughan, S. M. Buckley

“…In this work, we explore the capabilities of multiplexed gradient descent (MGD), a scalable and efficient perturbative zeroth-order training method for estimating the gradient of a loss function in hardware and training it via stochastic gradient descent. …”
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Internet of things data security and privacy protection based on improved federated learning by Wang Gang

“…To ensure the security of IoT data and user privacy in various scenarios, the federated learning (FL) method is optimized based on function encryption and blockchain. At the same time, using the decentralized function to encrypt the privacy of the training model, the learning model can provide more secure and reliable services, aiming to solve the problem of large difference in the quality of computing nodes and data privacy leakage in the current FL. …”
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Efficacy of Shengxuening tablets combined with erythropoietin in treatment of renal anemia of diabetic kidney disease stage V patients by ZHANG Jian-wei, XU Lu-jun

“…Objective To observe the efficacy of Shengxuening tablets combined with erythropoietin in treatment of renal anemia of diabetic kidney disease stage V patients.Methods Sixty patients with stage-V diabetic kidney disease were randomly divided into treatment group and control group.The treatment group was given Shengxuening tablets combined with erythropoietin,and the control group given ferrous succinate combined with erythropoietin.The patients were followed up for 3 months.Hemoglobin(Hb),hematocrit(Hct),serum ferritin(SF),and transferrin saturation(TSAT) were detected before and after the treatment The indexes of ALT,SCr and K~+ were detected before and after the treatment Results The efficacy in the treatment group was more satisfactory than the control group.The total effective rate in the control group was 83.3%,and that in the treatment group reached 90%(P<0.05).The indexes of ALT,SCr and K~+ showed no obvious change before and after the treatment(P>0.05).Conclusions The effect of Shengxuening combined with erythropoietin in treating renal anemia of stage-V diabetic nephropathy is evident.Shengxuening combined with erythropoietin can significantly increase hemoglobin(Hb),Hct,serum iron(SF) and transferrin saturation(TAST) levels,improve the iron metabolism and correct the renal anemia,but has no significant impact on liver function,renal function and serum potassium.Shengxuening combined with erythropoietin is safe and effective,and has less adverse reaction.…”
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Risk assessment of arteriovenous fistulas focusing on the relationships between the properties of shunted blood flow sounds and a medical/surgical history of hemodialysis patients. by Keiko Tanaka, Keisuke Nishijima, Ken'ichi Furuya, Satoko Shin, Michiaki Kai

“…An arteriovenous fistula serves as a critical lifeline for patients undergoing hemodialysis, yet its function often deteriorates due to complications such as narrowing or blockage of the blood vessels. …”
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Mathematical model of acceptability to novel colors for color design (Application of the arousal potential theory using free energy) by Yuichiro OHASHI, Hideyoshi YANAGISAWA

“…Our analysis of the mathematical model led to two hypotheses: first, the tolerance for novelty expands as the variance of the Bayesian likelihood function in the model increases, and second, as the variance increases, the colors that reach the optimal arousal level are more novel. …”
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San People Culture, Arts And Desıgns by Ahmet Sadi Ardatürk, Tugba Kural

“…The initial question of the study is to explore how culture and reality combine with function and reach design with the knowledge of experience through San'lar. …”
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Strategy for nitrogen fertilizer substitution: Co-composting of agricultural waste to regulate vegetable quality and rhizosphere microorganisms by Xiaoning Liu, Qiang Wang, Yupeng Wang, Shizhou Shen, Yihong Ge, Ke Pan, Xiaobo Guo, Yunhui Lei, Yi Gao

“…Proteobacteria and Ascomycota are important microbial families that affect the growth and quality indicators of pakchoi, respectively. Functional analysis showed that the compost mainly regulated the growth and quality of pakchoi by upregulating the relative abundance of functional genes related to carbohydrate metabolism, lipid metabolism, and exogenous biodegradation and metabolism, as well as by increasing the abundance of symbiotic and saprotrophic fungi while decreasing that of pathotrophic fungi. …”
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A single-blind randomized trial on the efficacy of telerehabilitation in post-stroke cognitive impairment. CIPS-TER study: rationale, design and methodology by Eleonora Barucci, Arianna Cavaliere, Eleonora Pavan, Benedetta Formelli, Benedetta Formelli, Francesca Cecchi, Francesca Cecchi, Cristina Polito, Giulia Salti, Filippo Fratini, Costanza Parenti, Francesca Pescini, Giacomo Redi, Marzia Baldereschi, Antonio Di Carlo, Emilia Salvadori, Anna Poggesi, Anna Poggesi

“…The CTR program will consist of up to 40 h (8 weeks) of individual treatment based on memory, attention, executive functions, and visuospatial tasks to be autonomously performed with a tablet. …”
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A genome-wide association study in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD): identification of two major susceptibility loci. by Sreekumar G Pillai, Dongliang Ge, Guohua Zhu, Xiangyang Kong, Kevin V Shianna, Anna C Need, Sheng Feng, Craig P Hersh, Per Bakke, Amund Gulsvik, Andreas Ruppert, Karin C Lødrup Carlsen, Allen Roses, Wayne Anderson, Stephen I Rennard, David A Lomas, Edwin K Silverman, David B Goldstein, ICGN Investigators

“…The association of hedgehog interacting protein (HHIP) locus on chromosome 4 was also consistently replicated, but did not reach genome-wide significance levels. Genome-wide significant association of the HHIP locus with lung function was identified in the Framingham Heart study (Wilk et al., companion article in this issue of PLoS Genetics; doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1000429). …”
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The effect of osteopathic manipulative treatment on lenght of stay and pain relief in pediatric appendectomy: a pilot non-randomized time-controlled clinical trial by Roberto Lo Piccolo, Roberto Lo Piccolo, Michele Maria Cantagalli, Tommaso Ferroni, Florinda Fracchiolla, Antonino Morabito, Antonino Morabito

“…While laparoscopic surgery is standard, postoperative recovery often involves pain, delayed bowel function, and reduced mobility. Osteopathic manipulative treatment (OMT) may improve recovery by addressing fascial restrictions and visceral dysfunction. …”
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Causal and synthetic associations of variants in the SERPINA gene cluster with alpha1-antitrypsin serum levels. by Gian Andri Thun, Medea Imboden, Ilaria Ferrarotti, Ashish Kumar, Ma'en Obeidat, Michele Zorzetto, Margot Haun, Ivan Curjuric, Alexessander Couto Alves, Victoria E Jackson, Eva Albrecht, Janina S Ried, Alexander Teumer, Lorna M Lopez, Jennifer E Huffman, Stefan Enroth, Yohan Bossé, Ke Hao, Wim Timens, Ulf Gyllensten, Ozren Polasek, James F Wilson, Igor Rudan, Caroline Hayward, Andrew J Sandford, Ian J Deary, Beate Koch, Eva Reischl, Holger Schulz, Jennie Hui, Alan L James, Thierry Rochat, Erich W Russi, Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin, David P Strachan, Ian P Hall, Martin D Tobin, Morten Dahl, Sune Fallgaard Nielsen, Børge G Nordestgaard, Florian Kronenberg, Maurizio Luisetti, Nicole M Probst-Hensch

“…Overall, our meta-analysis of lung function in ever-smokers does not support a functional role of common SNPs in the SERPINA gene cluster in the general population.…”
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