The association of Whole and Segmental Body Composition and Anaerobic Performance in Crossfit® athletes: sex differences and performance prediction by Tomás Ponce-García, Jerónimo García-Romero, Laura Carrasco-Fernández, Alejandro Castillo-Dominguez, Javier Benítez-Porres

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Native Grasses Enhance Topsoil Organic Carbon and Nitrogen by Improving Soil Aggregates and Microbial Communities in Navel Orange Orchards in China by Wenqian Wang, Zhaoyan Ren, Jianjun Wang, Ying Dai, Jingwen Huang, Yang Yang, Xia Zhuang, Mujun Ye, Zhonglan Yang, Fengxian Yao, Chen Cheng

“…Three treatments were tested: (i) clean tillage (CK); (ii) intercropping <i>Centella asiatica</i> (L.) …”
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Acceptance of illness and quality of life of patients under long-term home nursing care by Bożena Majchrowicz, Krystyna Kowalczuk, Katarzyna Tomaszewska

“…Patients receiving such care are of various ages, with varying degrees of disabilities that limit their independent functioning. Their condition is caused by chronic diseases, traffic accidents or genetic diseases. …”
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Altered Amplitude of Low-Frequency Fluctuations of rs-fMRI Signal followed by rTMS Analgesic Effects in Non-Specific Chronic Low Back Pain (CLBP) Patients by Mahboubeh Masoumbeigi, Nader Riyahi Alam, Ramin Kordi, Mohsen Rostami, Abbas Rahimiforoushani, Amir Homayoun Jafari, Hasan Hashemi, Anita Ebrahimpour

“…The pain intensity and brain functional scan were obtained during pre and post-stimulation for all participants. …”
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Greater baseline cortical atrophy in the dorsal attention network predicts faster clinical decline in Posterior Cortical Atrophy by Yuta Katsumi, Ryan Eckbo, Marianne Chapleau, Bonnie Wong, Scott M. McGinnis, Alexandra Touroutoglou, Bradford C. Dickerson, Deepti Putcha

“…As the neurodegenerative disease progresses, patients lose independent functioning due to the worsening of initial symptoms and development of symptoms in other cognitive domains. …”
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V_o2peak, Ve/V_CO2, and Cardiac Remodeling Correlate with Long-Term Cardiovascular Outcome in Heart Failure Patients by Antonio Pagliaro, Luna Cavigli, Roberta Molle, Elisabetta Iardino, Francesca Anselmi, Francesca Righini, Luca Martini, Valerio Zacà, Giulia Elena Mandoli, Maria Concetta Pastore, Marta Focardi, Matteo Cameli, Sonia Bernazzali, Massimo Maccherini, Marco Chiostri, Flavio D’Ascenzi, Serafina Valente

“…Many different parameters, including left ventricular (LV) and right ventricular (RV) function and cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) parameters, are available in the literature. …”
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Low anti-müllerian hormone levels increased early pregnancy loss rate in patients undergoing frozen-thawed euploid single blastocyst transfer: a retrospective cohort study by Lin Sun, Congli Zhang, Beining Yin, Jingdi Li, Zhiyi Yao, Mingxin Tian, Yuwei Zhu, Danyang Li, Fang Wang, Wei Dai, Zhiqin Bu, Yihong Guo, Yile Zhang

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Brain topology and cognitive outcomes after cardiac arrest: A graph theoretical analysis of fMRI data by Marlous M.L.H. Verhulst, Puck Lange, Anil Man Tuladhar, Prejaas Tewarie, Pauline C.W. van Gils, Caroline van Heugten, Judith Bonnes, Thijs Delnoij, Rick Helmich, Jeannette Hofmeijer

“…We corrected for multiple testing. Results: We included 80 patients (age 60 ± 11 years, 70 (90%) male). …”
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Association between oral health and physical performance in Brazilian older adults: SABE cohort study by Fabiola Bof de Andrade, Luara Murta Torres, Yeda Aparecida de Oliveira Duarte, Jair Licio Ferreira Santos, Enrico Colosimo, Eduardo Bernabe, Wael Sabbah

“…Methods This was a longitudinal study that used data from the second (year 2006), third (year 2010) and fourth (year 2015) waves of the Health Well-being and Aging Study conducted in Brazil. …”
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Game method to increase students' motivation to engage in elective disciplines in physical culture and sports by Inna N. Ovsyannikova, Konstantin G. Tomilin, Yulia A. Tumasyan, Yulia A. Vasilkovskaya, Ludmila V. Malygina

“…The study involved first-year students of Sochi State University (Russia) (n=25), with different experience in physical culture and sports. …”
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Psychological distress is associated with vision-related but not with generic quality of life in patients with visual field defects after cerebral lesions by Bernhard A. Sabel, Iris Mueller, Gabriele H. Franke, Carolin Gall

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Contrasting Daytime Habitat Selection in Wild Red Deer Within and Outside Hunting Ban Areas Emphasises Importance of Small‐Scale Refuges From Humans by Thomas Rempfler, Wibke Peters, Claudio Signer, Flurin Filli, Hannes Jenny, Klaus Hackländer, Sven Buchmann, Pia Anderwald

“…Using integrated step selection functions, we compared habitat selection of 243 GPS‐collared individuals from six study areas across the Central Alps during day and night, during the year and specifically during the short autumnal hunting season. …”
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Project-Based Activity as a Means of Socio-Emotional Development in Preschool Children by Valeriya A. Plotnikova, Alexander N. Veraksa, Nikolai E. Veraksa, Nataliya S. Nikolaeva

“…Materials and Methods. 82 children aged 5–6 years participated in the study. For the initial assessment of socio-emotional development, the Russian version of the “Test of Emotion Comprehension” and the questionnaire for teachers “SCBE-30” (including the subscales “Social competence”, “Anxiety-withdra­wal”, and “Anger-aggression”) were used. …”
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Case Report: Mycobacterium abscessus knee joint infection following herbal steam bath: successful short-course oral therapy in an immunocompetent patient by Jiaqing Ye, Jiaqing Ye, Jiahao Hao, Cuiying Zheng, Minghui Song, Chenfeng Zhang, Weili Gao, Yumei Guo, Lijie Zhang

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Patient satisfaction with conventional versus fully digital obturators fabricated with 3D printing: a randomized crossover trial by Maha M. AboShady, Marwa M. Amer

“…Satisfaction was assessed using the validated Obturator Functioning Scale (OFS), and statistical analysis was conducted using the Mann-Whitney U test. …”
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Combinación de entrenamiento de fuerza y aeróbico en adultos mayores: efectos en rendimiento funcional, fuerza, masa grasa y dolor (Combined resistance and aerobic training in Eld... by Nicolás Fernández Martínez, Carlos Pozo-Bohórquez, Vanesa Sánchez-Canales

“…Introduction: Society is aging, and it is estimated that this segment will continue to grow in the coming years. Objectives: To examine the effects of 5 weeks of training on functional performance, grip strength, waist circumference, fat mass and general pain perception.Methods: 28 subjects (age ≥ 55 years), sedentary, participated in a 5-week strength and aerobic training program, 5 weekly sessions of 50-60 minutes duration. …”
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Impact of Orthodontic Aligner Treatment on Oral Health-Related Quality of Life by Kabir Suman Dash, Osric DCosta, Ashwini Dhopte, Shivani Kumari, Mrunal Dave, Hiroj Bagde, Mahesh Ghadage, Dipooja Patil, Ramanpal Singh Makkad

“…Paired t-tests were used in statistical studies to assess how OHRQoL changed over time. …”
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Minute Ventilation/Carbon Dioxide Production Slope Could Predict Short- and Long-Term Prognosis of Patients After Acute Decompensated Heart Failure by Sheng-Hui Tuan, I-Ching Huang, Wei-Chun Huang, Guan-Bo Chen, Shu-Fen Sun, Ko-Long Lin

“…(1) Background: Heart failure (HF) leads to functional disability and major cardiovascular events (MACEs). …”
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Enhancing quality of life through physical exercise in a patient with triple lumbar disc herniation: A longitudinal case study by Kristina Randow de Almeida, Marko Kapeleti, Vuk Stevanović, Vladimir Mrdaković, Marija Macura

“…Initial and final assessments included the Pain Detect test, the Short Form Health Survey-36 on quality of life, Manual Muscle Testing (MMT), Functional Movement Screen (FMS), and body composition analysis. …”
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Factors for early postoperative cognitive impairment in patients after coronary bypass surgery and carotid endarterectomy by O. V. Maleva, A. S. Sosnina, E. G. Uchasova, S. V. Ivanov, O. A. Trubnikova, O. L. Barbarash

“…An advanced psychometric examination included an assessment of voluntary attention (Bourdon test), short-term memory (tests on memorizing 10 numbers, 10 words, and 10 syllables), neurodynamics (visual-motor reaction time, level of functional mobility of nervous processes, brain performance, as well as the number of errors in these tasks and missed positive signals). …”
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