Selenium supplementation and insulin resistance in a randomized, clinical trial by Elizabeth Theresa Jacobs, Peter Lance, Lawrence J Mandarino, Nathan A Ellis, H-H Sherry Chow, Janet Foote, Jessica A Martinez, Chiu-Hsieh Paul Hsu, Ken Batai, Kathylynn Saboda, Patricia A Thompson

“…The aim of this study was to test the hypothesis that Se supplementation adversely affects pancreatic β-cell function and insulin sensitivity.Research design and methods In a subset of 400 individuals participating in a randomized, placebo-controlled trial of Se at 200 µg/day for colorectal adenomatous polyps, fasting plasma glucose and insulin were measured before randomization and within 6 months of completing intervention. …”
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of Perineural Nerve Block with Ropivacaine and Dexamethasone in Patients with Neurogenic Thoracic Outlet Syndrome—A Prospective Pilot Trial by Lucia Winkler, Christian Smolle, Andreas Fellner, Lars-Peter Kamolz, Werner Girsch

“…Statistical analysis was performed with SPSS version 29.0 using the Wilcoxon signed rank test and <i>t</i>-test for paired samples. A <i>p</i>-value below 0.05 was considered statistically significant. …”
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Long-Term Multiyear Transmission Expansion Planning in Turkish Power System by Ahmet Ova, Erdi Dogan, Sevki Demirbas

“…The effectiveness and performance of the developed BFBI are assessed by implementing it in two different test systems: the standard Garver 6-bus test system and the modified 400 kV Turkish grid. …”
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Immunodeficiency 70 (IMD 70) by Manikandan Gopal, John Mathew

“…His complete blood count, electrolytes, renal function test, liver function test urine microscopy, blood culture were normal. …”
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Novel MLH1 nonsense variant in a patient with suspected Lynch syndrome by Nobue Takaiso, Issei Imoto, Toshihiko Matsumoto, Akiyo Yoshimura

“…Abstract Loss-of-function germline variants of MLH1 cause Lynch syndrome. …”
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Supratenorial Haemangioblastoma with Bleed: Imaging Findings by Jaya Selin Praveena Joseph, Pabbisetty Sushma, Senthil kumar Aiyappan

“…Laboratory investigations, including complete blood count, urea, creatinine, electrolytes, liver function tests, and coagulation profile, were within normal limits. …”
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Psychometric findings for LIMB-Q kids based on an international study of 800 children and adolescents with lower limb differences by Harpreet Chhina, Charlene Rae, David Podeszwa, James A. Fernandes, Louise Johnson, Bjoern Vogt, Jan Duedal Rolfing, Alicia Kerrigan, Ashish Ranade, Juergen Messner, Mohan Belthur, Melissa Esparza, Jonathan Wright, David Bade, Sarah McMahon, Christopher Iobst, Sanjeev Sabharwal, Marcel Abouassaly, Anthony Cooper, Anne F. Klassen

“…This international field test study aimed to evaluate the psychometric properties of LIMB-Q Kids. …”
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Effectiveness of Saikokaryukotsuboreito (Herbal Medicine) for Antipsychotic-Induced Sexual Dysfunction in Male Patients with Schizophrenia: A Description of Two Cases by Tsuboi Takashi, Hiroyuki Uchida, Takefumi Suzuki, Masaru Mimura

“…The other case was a 43-year-old man with schizophrenia who was receiving fluphenazine decanoate at 50 mg/month and had difficulties in ejaculation; add-on of Saikokaryukotsuboreito 7.5 g/day recovered his ejaculatory function. …”
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Chronic tophaceous gout presenting with severe hypercalcemia - A rare clinical entity by Jagmeet Singh, Rohit Raina, Ishan Garg, Vikas Garg

“…Laboratory tests revealed severe hypercalcaemia, which is a rare presentation. …”
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Congenital bronchial atresia: a case report by Kostadin Ketev, Ivanka Karavelikova, Daniela Milanova-Ilieva

“…We present the case of a 12-year-old boy with congenital bronchial atresia exacerbated by recurrent pulmonary infections. …”
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Dysphagia in a young girl: A rare cause by Manjappillil Sabu Gokul, Pankaj Singhania, Abhranil Dhar, Pranab Kumar Sahana

“…Investigations include thyroid function tests, neck ultrasonography, technetium scanning, computed tomography scan, or magnetic resonance imaging. …”
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SOCS1 insufficiency in systemic lupus erythematosus in a child: a case report by Lu Cao, Qin Wang, Huating Zhang, Jianjiang Zhang

“…This case report details a 6-year-old Han Chinese girl diagnosed with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) associated with a frameshift variant in the SOCS1 gene. …”
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Exploring the causal relationship between hemoglobin and pancreatic cancer and its potential mechanisms through bioinformatics and Mendelian randomization by Shuai Wang, Shanshan Huang, Xiaohui Ren, Hengheng Zhang, Yuan Tian, Ziqi Luo, Hongbin Wang

“…Based on GWAS datasets derived from European populations, MR analysis was conducted to evaluate the causal relationship between HGB levels and the risk of PAAD. To test the reliability of the results, heterogeneity and directional pleiotropy were evaluated using the MR-Egger intercept test, Cochran’s Q test, and leave-one-out analysis. …”
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Pediatric pancreatic perineurioma: A case report by Eakes A, Hill B, Beierle EA

“…Laboratory evaluations including liver function tests, complete blood count, renal panel, urine metanephrines, alpha fetoprotein and beta-hCg were normal. …”
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Integrating humans into pace-of-life studies: The Big Five personality traits and metabolic rate in young adults. by Patrick Bergeron, Ariane Pagé, Maxime Trempe

“…However, studies associating metabolic rate and personality in humans have been surprisingly scarce. Here, we tested whether there was covariation among personality scores, measured using the Big Five Inventory test, resting metabolic rate (RMR) and preferred walking speed (PWS) in a cohort of young human adults aged between 18 and 27 years old. …”
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Goodpasture's Syndrome and Silica: A Case Report and Literature Review by James Dahlgren, Marla Wardenburg, Trevor Peckham

“…Over the following days, his pulmonary function declined and he developed acute renal failure. …”
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Diffuse Active Myocarditis in a Teenager with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy - a case report by Mohammad Mahdavi, Shahla Meshgi, Golnar Mortaz Hejri, Hamidreza Pouraliakbar, Golnaz Houshmand

“…Case presentation We report the case of a 13-year-old boy with DMD and preserved left ventricular (LV) function who presented with severe retrosternal chest pain and electrocardiographic (ECG) abnormalities. …”
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The cAMP responsive element modulator (CREM) transcription factor influences susceptibility to undernutrition and infection by Audrey C. Brown, Md. Jashim Uddin, Rebecca M. Munday, Farha Naz, G. Brett Moreau, Girija Ramakrishnan, Stephen S. Rich, Rashidul Haque, Genevieve L. Wojcik, Priya Duggal, Chelsea Marie, William A. Petri

“…The reference allele for both tested SNPs was associated with lower weight-for-age z-scores (WAZ) at 1 year of age (rs2148483: 0.161 reduction in WAZ per allele, P = 0.007; rs58000832: 0.203 reduction in WAZ, P = 0.001). …”
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Alfacalcidol in clinical practice: focus on the efficacy and safety of the Russian generic drug by N. V. Toroptsova, M. V. Kozyreva, O. V. Dobrovolskaya

“…The time for the "Chair Stand Test" and the "Time up and go" test decreased by 17.4% (p=0.000012) and 13.6% (p=0.00004) respectively. …”
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Effect of Shoulder Rehabilitation on Acromiohumeral Distance in Rotator Cuff-related Shoulder Pain: A Quasi-experimental Study by R Pruthviraj, KU Dhanesh Kumar, Stephiya Davis, Anusha V Shenai

“…The pre-test AHD was 8.54±1.11 mm, and the post-test AHD significantly increased to 9.14±1.11 mm (t=4.19, p-value <0.0001). …”
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