Homeostasis Changes of Tear-Producing System with the Background of Cosmetic Procedures in Periorbital Area by V. N. Trubilin, E. G. Poluninа, D. V. Andzhelova, V. V. Kurenkov, S. G. Kapkova, K. V. Chinenova

“…The average age of the patients included in the study was 36.37 ± 9.0 years. Results and discussion. The results of a comparative evaluation of two groups of patients — a group with a history of cosmetic procedures (tattooing the eyelids, botulinum toxin, dermal fillers, eyelash extensions) in the periorbital zone and patients who did not use such procedures, has showed that cosmetic procedures affect on the clinical and functional eye surfaces state and on morphofunctional state of meibomian glands. …”
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Cross-sectional differences of physical and psychosocial measures in low back pain according to pain chronification risk groups by Elisabeth Fehrmann, Linda Fischer-Grote, Julian Dietl, Patrick Mair, Gerold Ebenbichler, Thomas Kienbacher

“…Physical function tests assessed maximum trunk strength, trunk range of motion, and hand grip strength, while multivariate analyses of variance evaluated differences among the risk groups. …”
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Trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) and risk of incident cardiovascular events in the multi ethnic study of Atherosclerosis by Matthew J. Budoff, Marcia C. de Oliveira Otto, Xinmin S. Li, Yujin Lee, Meng Wang, Heidi T. M. Lai, Rozenn N. Lemaitre, Alan Pratt, Wai Hong Wilson Tang, Bruce M. Psaty, David S. Siscovick, Stanley L. Hazen, Dariush Mozaffarian

“…Plasma TMAO was measured serially at baseline and 5-years, and its time-varying association with incident ASCVD determined using Cox proportional hazards. …”
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Proof-of-concept for a non-invasive, portable, and wireless device for cardiovascular monitoring in pediatric patients. by Jennifer C Miller, Jennifer Shepherd, Derek Rinderknecht, Andrew L Cheng, Niema M Pahlevan

“…This study 1) studies whether the Vivio can capture carotid arterial pulse waveform data in children ages 0-19 years old; 2) tests the performance of two sensor head geometries, one larger and smaller than the standard size used in adults, designed for the pediatric population; 3) compares the IFs between pediatric age groups and adults with normal function. …”
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Prevalence and Associated Factors of Chronic Kidney Disease among Adult Hypertensive Patients at Northwest Amhara Referral Hospitals, Northwest Ethiopia, 2020 by Anteneh Hunegnaw, Habtamu Sewunet Mekonnen, Masresha Asmare Techane, Chilot Desta Agegnehu

“…Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is a progressive loss of the kidney function which leads to a decreased kidneys’ ability to process waste in the blood and it affects the other important functions of the kidney. …”
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Significance of hysteroscopy in diagnosis and treatment of congenital uterine anomalies by Šaranović Milena, Matejić Suzana, Matejić Nebojša, Radić Ivan, Trajković Goran

“…The mean age of patients tested in the study was 35 years. The group of patients with primary infertility had a total of 107 patients, while 69 patients were with secondary infertility. …”
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Allopurinol in the complex therapy of acute decompensation of heart failure by Laura H. Sarieva, Marina D. Muksinova, Svetlana N. Nasonova, Igor V. Zhirov, Sergey N. Tereshchenko

“…The study included 72 patients, with an average age of 71.67 years in group 1 and 70.28 years in group 2. The indicators at the time of enrollment in the study, when HF compensation was achieved, and after 6 months were analyzed. …”
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Effects of chronic low-frequency pulsed magnetic fields exposure on the contractility and morphology of biceps brachii in healthy adults–a randomized controlled, double-blind trial... by Zhongshan Li, Zhongshan Li, Wenhao Li, Shi Bai, Tieli Yang

“…BackgroundLow-frequency pulse magnetic fields (PEMF) has been proven by classic transient receptor potential channel 1 (TRPC 1) transcription activation peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-γ coactivator-1α (PGC-1α) increase upstream of the mitochondria calcium - axis to increase muscle and mitochondria function, and recreates the consistent with exercise induced metabolic adaptations and power to ascend.MethodsEighty healthy subjects with a mean age of 20 years were recruited and randomly divided into a PEMF group receiving magnetic field stimulation and a control group receiving sham treatment, with 40 patients in each group. …”
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Predicting 30-Day Venous Thromboembolism Following Total Joint Arthroplasty: Adjusting for Trends in Annual Length of Stay by Johnathan R. Lex, MBChB, MASc, Robert Koucheki, MD, MEng, Aazad Abbas, MD, Jesse I. Wolfstadt, MD, MSc, FRCSC, FAAOS, Alexander S. McLawhorn, MD, MBA, Bheeshma Ravi, MD, PhD, FRCSC

“…Predictive models (logistic regression, random forest, and XGBoost) were trained and tested based on year of surgery with different oversampling algorithms used to address data imbalance. …”
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Tailoring Heat Treatment Strategies to Enhance Corrosion Resistance and Mechanical Performance of Low-Carbon Steel in Marine Environment by Basiru Philip Aramide, Tamba Jamiru, Taoreed Adesola Adegbola, Abimbola Patricia Idowu Popoola

“…It also provides useful information on how to ensure that marine infrastructure is more durable and functions better. …”
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Psychometric property of the Japanese version of self-efficacy for managing chronic disease scale in individuals with chronic diseases by Megumi Hazumi, Mayumi Kataoka, Ayako Nakashita, Kentaro Usuda, Michi Miyake, Chiaki Kamikawa, Daisuke Nishi, Naoaki Kuroda

“…Results: Of 500 participants, 494 were analyzed and 149 were analyzed for test-retest reliability. The mean item score was 5.54 ± 2.12. …”
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Identification of anoikis-related genes to develop a risk model and predict the prognosis and tumor microenvironment in rectal adenocarcinoma by Bing Zhao, Xuegui Tang

“…The AUC for 1-year, 3-year, and 5-year overall survival in the TCGA training cohort, testing cohort, and GSE87211 dataset were (0.962, 0.923, 0.956), (0.887, 0.838, 0.833), and (0.73, 0.817, 0.743), respectively. …”
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A rare differential for myalgia and fever associated with cervical and axillary lymphadenopathy presenting via same-day emergency care (SDEC) by Robert Baxter, Corinne Russell, Katharine Benedict

“…The patient described her myalgia as so severe that it had left her predominantly bedbound for the preceding 6 weeks.Initial blood tests revealed normocytic anaemia, leukopenia, abnormal liver function tests and a raised erythrocyte sedimentation rate.During her admission, the patient was initially treated with antibiotics and blood transfusions. …”
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Costs and acceptability of simplified monitoring in HIV-suppressed patients switching to dual therapy: the SIMPL’HIV open-label, factorial randomised controlled trial by Annalisa Marinosci, Delphine Sculier, Gilles Wandeler, Sabine Yerly, Marcel Stoeckle, Enos Bernasconi, Dominique L. Braun, Pietro Vernazza, Matthias Cavassini, Marta Buzzi, Karin J. Metzner, Laurent Decosterd, Huldrych F. Günthard, Patrick Schmid, Andreas Limacher, Mattia Branca, Alexandra Calmy

“…Secondary outcomes included differences between monitoring arms for renal function, lipids and glucose values, and weight over 48 weeks. …”
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Pregnancy-induced thrombotic thrombocytopoenic purpura (TTP) complicated by atypical posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome (PRES) and acute pancreatitis by Rithik Naik Korra, Nikhil Kumar Balagoni

“…Materials and Methods: A 28-year-old gravida 2, para 1 woman presented with seizures, vomiting, fever, decreased fetal movement and visual impairment. …”
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Doppler monitoring of preventive migraine treatment by V. Kalashnikov, R. Vastyanov, O. Stoyanov

“… The article presents an analysis of literature data and the results of our own clinical and Doppler examination of 116 young patients with migraine. (18-45 years old), a clinical and neurological examination was performed, an assessment of the intensity of the degree of decrease in the patient's functional activity, a study of the state of cerebral arteries and cerebrovascular reactivity using ultrasound Doppler. …”
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Falls in older adults: a practical approach by Cristiana Borges Pereira, Aline Mizuta Kozoroski Kanashiro

“…The clinical evaluation of an older adult prone to falls must include identification of risk factors through history and examination and identification of risk of falls through an assessment tool such as gait velocity, functional reach test, timed up and go, Berg balance test, and miniBEST test. …”
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Intelligent wearable devices with audio collection capabilities to assess chronic obstructive pulmonary disease severity by Chunbo Zhang, Kunyao Yu, Zhe Jin, Yingcong Bao, Cheng Zhang, Jiping Liao, Guangfa Wang

“…Methods COPD patients underwent lung function tests, electrocardiograms, blood gas analysis, and 6-min walk tests. …”
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Health-Related Quality of Life of Individuals with Physical Disabilities in Childhood by Chris Church, Sana Patil, Stephanie Butler, Freeman Miller, Jose J. Salazar-Torres, Nancy Lennon, M. Wade Shrader, Maureen Donohoe, Faithe Kalisperis, W. G. Stuart Mackenzie, Louise Reid Nichols

“…<b>Methods:</b> We conducted an IRB-approved retrospective study in which we administered the parent-reported Pediatric Outcomes Data Collection Instrument (PODCI) and Gross Motor Function Measure section D (GMFM-D) to ambulatory youth aged 2–18 years with cerebral palsy (CP; Gross Motor Function Classification System II; <i>n</i> = 258), arthrogryposis (<i>n</i> = 138), achondroplasia (<i>n</i> = 102), and Morquio syndrome (<i>n</i> = 52) during clinical visits to a gait lab. …”
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Correlation between coronary calcification and cardiac structure in non‐dialysis patients with chronic kidney disease by Siyi Rao, Mengjie Weng, Ruoshan Lian, Yongjie Zhuo, Jiaqun Lin, Danyu You, Jiong Cui, Yi Chen, Jianxin Wan

“…Methods and results The study included 178 non‐dialysis CKD patients who underwent CACS testing and collected general information, serological indices, cardiac ultrasound findings and follow‐up on renal function, heart failure (HF) manifestations and re‐hospitalization. …”
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