Agrobiological features of the new naked oat variety Baget by G. A. Batalova, O. A. Zhuikova, N. V. Krotova, E. N. Vologzhanina, M. V. Tulyakova

“…The variety is intended for production of food grain (children, diet, functional, and gluten-free nutrition) as well as for grain forage. …”
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Delays in diagnosis and treatment of ATTR cardiac amyloidosis: A real‐world data analysis by Julia Vogel, Sophia Jura, Stephan Settelmeier, Florian Buehning, Tobias Lerchner, Alexander Carpinteiro, Tienush Rassaf, Lars Michel

“…Abstract Aims and Background Cardiac amyloidosis leads to functional cardiac impairment and heart failure. Transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy (ATTR‐CM) is the most common form. …”
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Causes and consequences of individual variation: Linking state‐dependent life histories to population performance by Marc A. Wiseman, Kevin L. Monteith, Ryan A. Long

“…Abstract Although classic ecological models often have assumed functional equivalence among individuals in a population, ecologists now recognize that individual variation can modulate ecological processes across levels of organization. …”
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Impacts of Low-Order Stream Connectivity Restoration Projects on Aquatic Habitat and Fish Diversity by Xinfeng Li, Xuan Che, Xiaolong Chen, Changfeng Tian, Jiahua Zhang

“…Management authorities and river restoration agencies globally have increasingly employed barrier removal or modification for connectivity restoration projects in recent years, practices that are widely discussed and empirically supported in academia. …”
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Correlation Between Peripheral Blood Immune Cell Distribution and Disease Severity and Prognosis in Multiple Sclerosis Patients by Liu PJ, Yuan P, Liu SP

“…Data collected included gender, age (years), disease duration (months), clinical manifestations, and results from blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) tests. …”
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BONE-PLASTIC ORBITOTOMY BY METHOD OF KRENLANE IN THE SURGICAL TREATMENT OF CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMAS OF THE ORBIT by I. V. Pendyurin, V. V. Stupak, I. A. Vasil’Ev, M. S. Selyakova

“…All patients were dismissed in satisfactory condition on the seventh day. Control tests, including an MRI after 5 years from the time of the operation showed that the operated patients did not complain. …”
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A Patient-centric Clinical Trial Design to Comprehensively Evaluate Low-Sodium Oxybate in People with Idiopathic Hypersomnia or Narcolepsy by Deborah A. Nichols, Teresa L. Steininger, Douglas S. Fuller, M. Todd Kirby, Emily C. Barker, Marisa Whalen, Jessica K. Alexander, Sarah Akerman, David T. Plante

“…To provide a robust dataset of changes with LXB treatment which will inform healthcare providers and their patients, DUET is administering a wide range of patient- and clinician-reported outcome assessments regarding symptom severity and daytime functioning and includes objective measures of sleep (ad libitum polysomnography protocol) and sleep inertia which have not been previously tested with this type of study design. …”
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Rapid Disaster Data Dissemination and Vulnerability Assessment through Synthesis of a Web-Based Extreme Event Viewer and Deep Learning by P. Shane Crawford, Mohammad A. Al-Zarrad, Andrew J. Graettinger, Alexander M. Hainen, Edward Back, Lawrence Powell

“…The methods establish a baseline of preevent infrastructure functionality that can be used to measure impacts and temporal recovery following a disaster. …”
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Determinant Factors of Stress in Caregivers of Patients With Schizophrenia: Cross-Sectional Study by Isymiarni Syarif, Hasnawati Amqam, Saidah Syamsuddin, Veni Hadju, Syamsiar Russeng, Yusran Amir

“…Statistical analyses included chi-square tests to identify associations and partial least squares structural equation modeling to examine the strength and direction of relationships between variables. …”
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Physical activity of community-dwelling adults with traumatic spinal cord injuries in the Cape Metropole by Aeysha Gabriels, Toughieda Ismail, Lucian Bezuidenhout, Conran Joseph

“…Regular PA can improve functioning, community reintegration, economic participation and overall well-being. …”
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Antimicrobial activity of selected fatty acids and their derivatives by ZHANG Xi, YANG Ming, SONG Fei, ZHANG Hui, FENG Fengqin

“…Although the antimicrobial activity of fatty acids and their derivatives has been well known for many years, the structural and functional features causing them to prevent microbial growth or survival are still unknown.The purpose of the present study was to find out the correlation between structural features and the antimicrobial activities. …”
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Association of SP-A and SP-D Surfactant Proteins with the Severity of CommunityAcquired Pneumonia by O. S. Kharlamova, K. Y. Nikolayev, Y. I. Ragino, M. I. Voyevoda

“…In current clinical practice, there is a need for research to find new diagnostic tests for the purpose of determining the patients with the highest risk of death from pneumonia. …”
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Early Childhood Nutrition and Development in Atopic Families from Northeastern Bulgaria by Albena Toneva, Antoniya Hachmeriyan, Rouzha Pancheva, Miglena Marinova-Achkar

“…Results: The age of the examined children was 13 ÷ 31 months, the age of the mothers was 21 ÷ 42 years, and that of the fathers was 22 ÷ 44 years. …”
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An Interdisciplinary Ecosystem for the Prevention of Cardiotoxicity in Older Patients With Breast Cancer: Protocol for a Prospective and Multicentric Study by Gaia Giulia Angela Sacco, Ketti Mazzocco, Anastasia Constantinidou, Andri Papakonstantinou, Davide Mauri, Grigorios Kalliatakis, Manolis Tsiknakis, Domen Ribnikar, Dorothea Tsekoura, Valantis Aidarinis, Kalliopi Keramida, Panagiotis Oikonomopoulos, Athos Antoniades, Cameron Brown, Federica Rizzi, Anca Bucur, Elsa Pacella, Georgia Karanasiou, Daniela Cardinale, Carlo Cipolla, Elisabetta Munzone, Dimitrios Fotiadis, Giuseppe Curigliano, Gabriella Pravettoni

“…In total, 750 older patients with breast cancer (aged ≥60 years) are assigned to either the standard practice or enhanced monitoring group, with only patients in the latter receiving access to eHealth psychological, behavioral, and functional interventions implemented on the CARDIOCARE eHealtHeart app. …”
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Epigenome-wide analysis across the development span of pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia: backtracking to birth by Akram Ghantous, Semira Gonseth Nusslé, Farah J. Nassar, Natalia Spitz, Alexei Novoloaca, Olga Krali, Eric Nickels, Vincent Cahais, Cyrille Cuenin, Ritu Roy, Shaobo Li, Maxime Caron, Dilys Lam, Peter Daniel Fransquet, John Casement, Gordon Strathdee, Mark S. Pearce, Helen M. Hansen, Hwi-Ho Lee, Yong Sun Lee, Adam J. de Smith, Daniel Sinnett, Siri Eldevik Håberg, Jill A. McKay, Jessica Nordlund, Per Magnus, Terence Dwyer, Richard Saffery, Joseph Leo Wiemels, Monica Cheng Munthe-Kaas, Zdenko Herceg

“…VTRNA2-1 methylation was stable over follow-up years after birth and across surrogate, target and other tissues (n=5,023 tissues; 30 types). …”
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Surgical management and postoperative outcomes of orbital cavernous malformations: A systematic literature review by the EANS skull base section by Edoardo Agosti, Vittorio Ricciuti, Giorgio Mantovani, Giorgia De Rosa, Pier Paolo Panciani, Marco Maria Fontanella, Cesare Zoia, Moncef Berhouma, Michaël Bruneau, Luigi Maria Cavallo, Jan Frederick Cornelius, Sebastien Froelich, Emmanuel Jouanneau, Diego Mazzatenta, Torstein R. Meling, Mahmoud Messerer, Dimitris Paraskevopoulos, Pierre-Hugues Roche, HenryWS. Schroeder, Marcos Tatagiba, Idoya Zazpe, Roy Thomas Daniel

“…Statistical analyses were conducted using chi-square and Mann-Whitney U tests. Results and conclusions: Of 239 screened studies, 94 met inclusion criteria, comprising 1007 patients (mean age 43.9 years; 58.5 % female). …”
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A multicenter validation and calibration of automated software package for detecting anterior circulation large vessel occlusion on CT angiography by Kyu Sun Yum, Jong-Won Chung, Sue Young Ha, Kwang-Yeol Park, Dong-Ick Shin, Hong-Kyun Park, Yong-Jin Cho, Keun-Sik Hong, Jae Guk Kim, Soo Joo Lee, Joon-Tae Kim, Woo-Keun Seo, Oh Young Bang, Gyeong-Moon Kim, Myungjae Lee, Dongmin Kim, Leonard Sunwoo, Hee-Joon Bae, Wi-Sun Ryu, Beom Joon Kim

“…The category of LVO probabilities was associated with follow-up infarct volumes and functional outcome. Conclusion In this multicenter study, we proved the clinical efficacy of the software in detecting LVO on CTA.…”
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Massage positively influences daytime brain activity and reduces arousal state in poor sleepers: a randomized controlled trial by Ilias Ntoumas, Christina Karatzaferi, Fotini Boubougiatzi, Nefeli Manakou, Artemis Aslanidi, Christoforos D. Giannaki, Fotini Papanikolaou, Efthimios Dardiotis, Eleftherios Lavdas, Giorgos K. Sakkas

“…Brain activity was monitored using a polysomnography EEG system, while vitals and relaxation/stress state were assessed by validated questionnaires and functional tests. The Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index Score > 5 was used as cut off for distinguishing poor sleeper. …”
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The effect of rehabilitation fitness on mature women with scoliosis by Liubov Chekhovska, Myroslav Dutchak, Olha Zhdanova, Maryana Luzhna, Oksana Guzii

“…The study involved 15 women aged 45-55 years with scoliosis of 1-2 degrees. Research methods: аnalysis, generalization and systematization of data from scientific and methodical literature, Internet networks; Testing method; Pedagogical research methods (pedagogical observation, pedagogical experiment); Clinical research methods (anthropometry, REEDCO posture scale, Ketle index, stooping index); Methods of mathematical statistics. …”
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A study on optimal biopsy site in patients presenting with dyspepsia for Helicobacter pylori by using the Sydney System of grading by Divya Tejaswi Gopidesi, Madhuri Recharla, Thejaswini Vallapureddy, Pratima Jonnadula, Durga K, Mohan Rao Nandam, Vaheda Begam

“…Chronic gastritis was identified in 89% (n=89), with 82% (n=82) testing H. pylori-positive, all exhibiting chronic active gastritis. …”
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