Application of fourier transform infrared vibrational spectroscopy in identifying early biochemical changes in lipid profiles of individuals undergoing Roux-en-y gastric bypass by Amanda Motta de Bortoli, Márcia Helena Cassago Nascimento, Blanca Elena Guerrero Daboin, Beatriz Bobbio de Brito, Luiza Recla Pessotti, Paulo Roberto Filgueiras, Andressa Bolsoni Lopes, Valerio Garrone Barauna, Fabiano Kenji Haraguchi

“…The normality of the data was evaluated using the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, followed by paired T-tests or Wilcoxon tests as appropriate. …”
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The impact of a hazardous external environment on the quality of life, physical activity, and health of students in Ukraine, Poland, and Romania by Vladimir Potop, Igor Vypasniak, Iryna Ivanyshyn, Vasyl Lutskyi, Iryna Kryventsova, Lyudmila Shesterova, Krzysztof Prusik

“…Daily shelling of cities and settlements for over two years may have significantly affected the quality of life of Ukrainian students. …”
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CTF development, verification, and validation for VVER core thermal-hydraulics and multi-physics modeling and simulation by Yesim Kutlu, Ivan Spasov, Svetlomir Mitkov, Pascal Rouxelin, Agustin Abarca, Nikola Kolev, Maria Avramova, Kostadin Ivanov, Kostadin Ivanov

“…The advanced thermal-hydraulics sub-channel tool CTF has been in the process of continuous development and improvement by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and North Carolina State University (NCSU). In recent years, there has been considerable progress in code development, including new functionalities, application-specific correlations, various multi-physics applications, built-in pre- and post-processors, improved solvers, parallelization, and extensive testing. …”
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Ambiguity of the influence of cytokines IL-8, IL-17A, TNFα, AND IFNγ on the antigen presenting CD66b⁺CD16⁺CD33⁺HLA-DR⁺ subpopulation of... by G. A. Chudilova, I. V. Nesterova, Yu. V. Teterin, K. I. Melkonyan, M. G. Atazhakhova, V. N. Chapurina, E. A. Chicherev

“…It is known that NG activated by cytokines undergo functional and phenotypic changes. In this regard, detecting the cytokines that lead to the transformation of the NC phenotype into an antigen-presenting cell (APC) in AHO is of interest. …”
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Dietary non-enzymatic antioxidant capacity and risk of breast cancer: the Swedish National March Cohort by Daniela Mariosa, Marta Ponzano, Alessandra Grotta, Ylva Trolle Lagerros, Essi Hantikainen, Hans-Olov Adami, Mauro Serafini, Rino Bellocco, Weimin Ye

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Hydrogen-oxygen mixture inhalation as an adjunctive treatment to home-based exercise in older patients with knee osteoarthritis: an open-label, blinded-endpoint, randomized control... by Chenhui Wang, Mengwei Yan, Yuru Li, Lei Han, Hongqian Wang, Shufeng Jia, Xingchen Liu, Yang Liu, Fan Wu, Baoguo Wang

“…Secondary outcomes included inflammation levels (hs-CRP, NLR, PLR, LMR), Chair Stand Test (CST), Timed Up and Go (TUG), 36-item short-form health survey (SF-36), Exercise Adherence Rating Scale (EARS), and adverse events.ResultsA total of 121 subjects were enrolled, with an average age of 81.2 years, and 80.2% were female. …”
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Transformation of Stock Market Threats into Investment Opportunities: Modelling the Dependence of the Indian and Vietnamese Stock Markets on the US–China Trade War by Iryna Pozovna, Wojciech Duranowski, Olga Pankiv, Iryna Kalenyuk, Serhii Fomenko

“…At the same time, the t-test and p-level confirmed the statistical significance of the impact. …”
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Leveraging Technology to Engage Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Consumers With Children at Farmers Markets: Qualitative Community-Engaged Approach to App Development by Callie Ogland-Hand, Jillian Schulte, Owusua Yamoah, Kathryn Poppe, Timothy H Ciesielski, Regan Gee, Ana Claudia Zubieta, Darcy A Freedman

“…We then shared V1 with SNAP consumers, children, and farmers market managers to test the app’s functionality, design, and utility. …”
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Parasympathetic response in women with coronary vascular dysfunction during mental stress compared to those with non-cardiac chest pain and reference controls by Puja K. Mehta, Shafa-at A. Sheikh, Esha K. Dave, Rahim K. Shakoor, Tina Torbati, Amit Shah, Marc D. Thames, Liu Qiang, Yi-An Ko, Janet Wei, Chrisandra Shufelt, Michael D. Nelson, Bruce Samuels, Babak Azarbal, Jeanie Park, Michael R. Irwin, David S. Krantz, C. Noel Bairey Merz

“…Methods: Seventy women (35 with CVaD diagnosed by coronary function testing, 19 with NCCP, and 16 RC) underwent mental stress testing (arithmetic and anger recall) in the Cardiac Autonomic Nervous System study. …”
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Health-related quality of life among cervical cancer survivors at a tertiary hospital in Ghana. by Kwabena Amo-Antwi, Ramatu Agambire, Thomas O Konney, Samuel B Nguah, Edward T Dassah, Yvonne Nartey, Adu Appiah-Kubi, Augustine Tawiah, Elliot K Tannor, Amponsah Peprah, Mavis Bobie Ansah, Daniel Sam, Patrick K Akakpo, Frank Ankobea, Rex M Djokoto, Maame Y K Idun, Henry S Opare-Addo, Baafour K Opoku, Alexander T Odoi, Carolyn Johnston

“…Although the majority (66.0-84.3%) of the QoL functioning scale were unaffected, about a fifth (22.2%) to a third (34.5%) of the subjects had perceptual impairment in cognitive and role functioning. …”
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Long-Term Quality of Life Among Intensive Care Units Survivors by Aljohani HY, Albarak NA, Alanazi TA, Alabdulsalam MA, Alzahrani RA, Algarni SS, Alotaibi TF, Alqahtani MM, Alqahtani MK, Ismaeil TT, Olayan LH

“…Participants were aged ≥ 18 years, with ICU survivors discharged for at least six months excluding individuals with severe cognitive impairments or mental illness. …”
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VALUE OF BONE REMODELLING MARKERS IN MANDIBULAR FRACTURE PATIENTS BY GENDER AND BONE MINERAL DENSITY by D.I. Matsyuk, N.B. Kuzniak

“…The study included patients of both sexes aged 18-44 years: 92 (60,93%) male and 59 (39,07%) female patients. …”
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Markers of intracellular energy supply under conditions of hypoxia in premature babies by O.S. Godovanets

“…The well-being of the intrauterine environment and birth, morphological and functional maturity at birth are the basis for the child’s postnatal adaptation. …”
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Intra-arterial selective hypothermia for acute ischemic stroke neuroprotection: A multicenter pilot trial in China. by Zhi-Xin Huang, Miaomiao Hu, Pan Zhang, Xuying He, Xinan Ma, Quanlong Hong, Ping Chen, Huanhuan Luan, Zongyi Wu, Chaolai Liu, Wei Li, Yongkun Li, Yongtao Yu, Min Li, Yajun Li, Dezhi Liu, Zhongkui Han, Weiliang Shi, Jilong Yi, Liang Liu, Guoqiang Xu, Haike Lu, Lizhi Zhou, Xinfeng Liu, Wen Sun, ISOLATION Group

“…Primary outcome was favorable functional outcome (modified Rankin Scale 0-2) at 90 days. …”
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Genome-wide association studies of Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders stratified by sex, onset age, and Apolipoprotein E genotype reveal novel risk loci in African Americans... by Richard Sherva, Congcong Zhu, Rui Zhang, Jesse Mez, Richard Hauger, Victoria C. Merritt, Matthew Panizzon, J. Michael Gaziano, Vidriana Catanzaro, Gerard D. Schellenberg, Margaret Pericak-Vance, Jonathan L. Haines, Li-San Wang, Richard Mayeux, VA Million Veteran Program, Lindsay A. Farrer, Mark W. Logue

“…The proxy dementia GWASs were included in the sex-stratified meta-analysis corresponding to the sex of the affected parent. The top genes were tested for differential expression in AA brain tissue. …”
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Insulin resistance surrogates are associated with all-cause mortality and cardiovascular mortality in population with metabolic syndrome: a retrospective cohort study of NHANES by Jinhao Liao, Linjie Wang, Lian Duan, Fengying Gong, Huijuan Zhu, Hui Pan, Hongbo Yang

“…The prospective cohort of 6662 participants aged 18 years and older with metabolic syndrome was extracted from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey(NHANES 1999–2016). …”
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Preliminary evaluation of a gamified smartphone intervention (O2O-PEP) for enhancing HIV post-exposure prophylaxis uptake in men who have sex with men: pilot feasibility study by Tianyu Cui, Tianying Li, Luyao Gong, Kexiang Wang, Qianqian Luo

“…Intervention feasibility was tested by looking at participant engagement data. …”
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Comparison of local muscle oxygenation and whole-body VO2 during incremental exercise by Nina Mosser, Markus Tilp, Gudrun Schappacher-Tilp, Annika Kruse, Gerhard Tschakert

“…VE and NIRS data from a major locomotor muscle (vastus lateralis) during a step-incremental single leg cycle ergometer test were recorded. We used a custom MATLAB script to fit piecewise linear continuous functions by regression to estimate NIRS and VE thresholds. …”
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Responsabilidades civiles, éticas y legales del profesional de enfermería en Caaguazú, Paraguay by Gloria Sebastiana González Vázquez, Guiomar Viveros de Cabello, Julieta Mendez Romero, Cristian Villagra Gonzalez, Deysi Galeano

“…The population was made up of 130 nursing professionals who perform functions in the healthcare and public health areas. …”
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Selective recruitment of beneficial microbes in the rhizosphere of maize affected by microbial inoculants, farming practice, and seasonal variations by Ioannis D. Kampouris, Theresa Kuhl-Nagel, Jan Helge Behr, Loreen Sommermann, Doreen Babin, Davide Francioli, Rita Zrenner, Susanne Kublik, Michael Schloter, Uwe Ludewig, Kornelia Smalla, Günter Neumann, Rita Grosch, Joerg Geistlinger

“…The microbial rhizosphere communities were altered by BMc inoculation in both years, but patterns of responder taxa differed between seasons. …”
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