Reducing oral corticosteroids in severe asthma (ROSA Project): a nationwide Portuguese consensus by Claudia Chaves Loureiro, Manuel Branco Ferreira, Jorge Ferreira, Ricardo Lima, João Marques, Anna Sokolova, Fernanda S. Tonin, Filipa Duarte Ramos

“…Most participants (95.8%) are more willing to accept some degree of lung function deterioration compared to other outcomes (worsening of symptoms, quality of life) when reducing OCS dose. …”
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Secondary metabolite compounds of Moringa oleifera leaves in two different urban altitude locations, Indonesia by Farida Iriani, Rakhmiati Rakhmiati, Viaya Dini Kertasari, Etik Puji Handayani, Zuyasna Zuyasna, Putri W. Yanuastri

“…The cultivation of moringa as yard plants in housing is still not popularly carried out by urban residents. In addition to functioning as a source of food, medicine, it is also able to function ecologically for the surrounding environment. …”
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Union makes strength: a worldwide collaborative genetic and clinical study to provide a comprehensive survey of RD3 mutations and delineate the associated phenotype. by Isabelle Perrault, Alejandro Estrada-Cuzcano, Irma Lopez, Susanne Kohl, Shiqiang Li, Francesco Testa, Renate Zekveld-Vroon, Xia Wang, Esther Pomares, Jean Andorf, Nisrine Aboussair, Sandro Banfi, Nathalie Delphin, Anneke I den Hollander, Catherine Edelson, Ralph Florijn, Marc Jean-Pierre, Corinne Leowski, Andre Megarbane, Cristina Villanueva, Blanca Flores, Arnold Munnich, Huanan Ren, Ditta Zobor, Arthur Bergen, Rui Chen, Frans P M Cremers, Roser Gonzalez-Duarte, Robert K Koenekoop, Francesca Simonelli, Edwin Stone, Bernd Wissinger, Qingjiong Zhang, Josseline Kaplan, Jean-Michel Rozet

“…Similar to LCA1, LCA12 patients have no extraocular symptoms despite complete inactivation of both RD3 alleles, supporting the view that extraocular investigations in LCA infants with RD3 mutations should be avoided.…”
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Effect of Intensive Face Yoga on Facial Muscles Tonus, Stiffness, and Elasticity in Middle-Aged Women: A Pre-Experimental Clinical Trial by Hazel Çelik Güzel, Şule Keçelioğlu, Ahmet Kurtoğlu, Safaa M. Elkholi

“…Future studies should reproduce the results presented here to further our understanding of the effects of face yoga.…”
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Improvement of Terrain Entropy Calculation for Grid Digital Elevation Models Considering Spatial Structural Features by Fangbin Zhou, Tianyi Yao, Junwei Bian, Yun Xiao

“…For the mixed iterative images with gradually increasing spatial disorder, their entropy values should follow a logarithmic trend. Therefore, a logarithmic function is used for fitting. …”
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First-phase insulin response (FPIR) to intravenous glucose tolerance test (IVGTT), insulin sensitivity and long-term follow-up in ?- transfusion-dependent thalassemia (TDT) normog... by Vincenzo De Sanctis

“…Objective: To  study the function of the endocrine pancreas in transfusion-dependent ?…”
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S100A11 as an immune-related exosomal driver of colorectal cancer progression: a novel diagnostic biomarker by Haibo Wang, Rongchao He, Deng Liu, Jun He, Zhong Shen

“…Future studies should focus on clinical validation and the development of exosome-based immune-targeted therapies for CRC management.…”
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Sexual size and shape dimorphism are consistent with predictions that both natural and sexual selection are driving the evolution of sexual dimorphism in Mormon crickets, Anabrus s... by Kevin A. Judge, Stacy R. Demma, Laura J. Robson, Patrick D. Lorch, Christopher J. Vinyard, Darryl T. Gwynne

“…We also used discriminant function analysis to test whether a previously enigmatic population, found to be genetically like gregarious populations, but exhibiting many aspects of solitary population behaviour, was morphologically more like solitary or gregarious populations. …”
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Disinfection Performance Improvement of UV Reactor by Baffle Design by Nakwon Jo, Woochul Hwang

“…This method was implemented as a user-defined function and integrated into the commercial CFD software ANSYS CFX 2023R1. …”
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THE FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF EFFECTIVE STATE SOCIAL-ECONOMICAL POLICY (Part 3) by E. A. Zhukov

“…When deciding on documents so crucial for the country, it is necessary to be guided not by the lobbying of narrowly departmental and personal interests, but by conceptual scientific bases. They should determine the social and economic effectiveness of such a policy in the development of a society that really strives to achieve the main values in the life of each person: the knowledge of the truth, a longer life expectancy, sufficiency and well-being.…”
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Predictors of Non-Invasive Ventilation Failure in Respiratory Intensive Care by Safa M. Wafy, Hassan A. Bayomy, Sahar A. Mohamed, Mostafa K. Ahmed

“…Conclusion Physician in respiratory intensive care should be cautious when applying NIV for restrictive pulmonary diseases, type 1 respiratory failure, and also patients have APACHE-II score more than 17.…”
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Granulocyte Colony Stimulating Factor and Physiotherapy after Stroke: Results of a Feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial: Stem Cell Trial of Recovery EnhanceMent after Stroke-3 (... by Nikola Sprigg, Rebecca O'Connor, Lisa Woodhouse, Kailash Krishnan, Timothy J England, Louise A Connell, Marion F Walker, Philip M Bath

“…Secondary outcomes included death, dependency, motor function and quality of life measured 90 and 365 days after enrolment.…”
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The unsung tale of the pied piper of haematology: insights from a case of renal transplant failure by Heera Shahir, Rohith Suresh, B.S. Vishnu, A Saifudeen

“…Conclusion: 1. SPS should be considered in patients with recurrent thrombosis, especially in the young and particularly in atypical circulatory sites. 2. …”
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Preventive effects of xanthohumol in APP/PS1 mice based on multi-omics atlas by Wei Liu, Xiao Chen, Chen Yang, Zequn Lin, Xinfeng Huang, Zhen Zhang, Jianjun Liu

“…Xn treatment significantly improved cognitive function in AD transgenic mice. Different doses of Xn caused significant differences in protein expression and flora composition and abundance, suggesting that the doses of Xn should be selected with caution, and low dose may be better in the prevention of AD.…”
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Integrating natural disasters into protected area designing for global primate conservation under climate change by Li Yang, Weiying Xu, Tao Chen, Yuxuan Fan, Pengfei Fan

“…Disaster risk reduction, an essential function of protected areas (PAs), has been generally overlooked in PA design. …”
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Switching Therapy to the Second Brand of Generic Atorvastatin: A 6-Month Retrospective Cohort, Real-World Study by Panisa Manasirisuk, Somsak Tiamkao, Chaiyasith Wongvipaporn, Nanthaphan Chainirun, Kittisak Sawanyawisuth

“…Conclusions The second generic atorvastatin (Lipostat®) resulted in comparable outcomes on LDL compared with the original (Xarator®), but significantly lower LDL levels than another generic atorvastatin (Atorvastatin Sandoz®) 6 months after switching therapy. However, renal function should be closely monitored.…”
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Laboratory markers of metabolic syndrome by Filipa Morgado, Ana Valado, João Metello, Leonel Pereira

“…The markers that stand out in this review are the lipid profile, anti- and pro-inflammatory function and oxidative stress. Considering the research, we believe that a complete panel, to correlate the most characteristic conditions of MetS, should include the following markers: TG/HDL-C ratio, small dense low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (SdLDL-C), lipid peroxidation markers, leptin/adiponectin ratio, plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1), activin-A and ferritin levels. …”
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Versatility of Vein Grafts in Hand Neurovascular Reconstruction – Clinical Cases and Literature Review by Alexandru STOIAN, Florin-Vlad HODEA, Roxana-Maria TOMEK ENESCU, Andreea GROSU-BULARDA, Mihaela Cristina ANDREI, Flavia Francesca LITA, Marius POPESCU, Ioan LASCAR, Razvan TEODOREANU

“…Ideally, all arterial, venous and nervous lesions, in the distal upper limb should be repaired in an end-to-end technique, outside of injury zones, with healthy ends, in a tension free manner. …”
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Chemical Composition, Source Appointment and Health Risk of PM2.5 and PM2.5-10 during Forest and Peatland Fires in Riau, Indonesia by Sepridawati Siregar, Nora Idiawati, Puji Lestari, Abiyu Kerebo Berekute, Wen-Chi Pan, Kuo-Pin Yu

“…A conditional probability function (CPF) analysis revealed that the southeast sector dominated among source direction-dependent contributions. …”
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Features of postconcussion symptoms recovery after traumatic brain injury among military personnel by A. V. Shvets, A. Yu. Kikh, I. A. Lukianchuk

“…It has been noted that the diagnosis of cognitive disorders associated with traumatic brain injury should be essentially based on the results of neuropsychological objective testing of attentiveness and short-term memory, since they are more dynamic (P < 0.001) indicators compared with complaints relating to cognitive function changes.…”
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