Socio-Economic Challenges for the Urban Ecosystem: Complex Model of Smart Tourism and Infrastructure by Gevorg Orbelyan

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Follow-Up of Advanced Parkinson’s Disease Patients after Clinical or Surgical Emergencies: A Practical Approach by Hélio A. G. Teive, Matheus Gomes Ferreira, Carlos Henrique F. Camargo, Renato P. Munhoz

“…Upon reassessment after 3 months, all patients remained bed or wheel chair bound (H&Y 5) and presented significant worsening of their UPDRS part III score of at least 10 points (mean 51.5 ± 3.3; paired t-test two-tailed p<0.0001 compared to baseline). …”
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Advances in the application of digital technology in orthodontic monitoring by WANG Qi, LUO Ting, LU Wei, ZHAO Tingting, HE Hong, HUA Fang

“…The digitization of diagnostic data and the visualization of dental models make chair-side follow-up monitoring more convenient, accurate, and efficient. …”
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GDF-15 Is Associated with Poor Physical Function in Prefrail Older Adults with Diabetes by Reshma Aziz Merchant, Yiong Huak Chan, Gustavo Duque

“…Compared with T1, participants in T3 were significantly older, had a lower education level, had almost three times higher prevalence of DM, slower gait speed, longer chair-stand time, and lower SPPB scores. On multivariate analysis, the odds of having both DM and poor physical performance compared to having no DM and no poor physical performance were significantly higher in GDF-15 T3 vs. …”
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Radiosensitizing capacity of fenofibrate in glioblastoma cells depends on lipid metabolism by Bayan Alkotub, Lisa Bauer, Ali Bashiri Dezfouli, Khouloud Hachani, Vasilis Ntziachristos, Gabriele Multhoff, Morteza Hasanzadeh Kafshgari

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Differential Relationship between Microstructural Integrity in White Matter Tracts and Motor Recovery following Stroke Based on Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Genotype by Eunhee Park, Jungsoo Lee, Won Hyuk Chang, Ahee Lee, Friedhelm C. Hummel, Yun-Hee Kim

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The Effects of Methenolone Enanthate Supplement with Exercise on Rats’ Bones by Mehmet Özdemir, Sefa Lök

“…The study was conducted with 28 28-day-old Wistar male rats obtained from the Chair of the Experimental Medicine Research and Application Center of Selcuk University. …”
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Comparative assessment of a virtual performance measure with self-report and performance-based outcomes in patients with hip osteoarthritis by Helen Razmjou, Suzanne Denis, Susan Robarts, Amy Wainwright, Patricia Dickson, Ania Roszkowski, John Murnaghan

“…The performance-based measures were the 30- second Chair Stand Test (CST) and the 40-meter fast paced walk test (40 m FPWT) test. …”
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Malondialdehyde in benign prostate hypertrophy: a useful marker? by Rosaria Alba Merendino, Francesco Salvo, Antonella Saija, Giuseppe Di Pasquale, Antonio Tomaino, Paola Lucia Minciullo, Giuseppe Fraccica, Sebastiano Gangemi

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Enhanced Performance of the Composite of FeMgAl-Layered Double Hydroxide and Rice Husk Biochar to Adsorb Heavy Metal Ions of Lead and Cadmium in Aqueous Solutions by M. T. Amin, A. A. Alazba, M. Shafiq, A. A. Khan

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COVID-19 pandemic: mental health (distress as depression) in orthodontists by Eloisa Peixoto Soares Ueno, Liana Fattori, Edgard Michel-Crosato, Wilze Laura Bruscato, José Rino Neto, João Batista de Paiva

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Assessing universal competencies of students of non-linguistic specialties by Yulia B. Drobotenko, Natalia A. Nazarova

“…The following research methods are used: theoretical analysis and content analysis of normative documents that describe the structure of universal competence and determine the contribution of the discipline Foreign Language to the development of this type of competence among students of non-linguistic specialties; generalization of Russian and foreign experience in assessing competencies to identify the best practices for diagnosing their development; analysis of current and interim control test-tasks designed to evaluate universal competencies that can be found in the OmSPU evaluation funds; interviewing teachers of the Department of Foreign Languages (interfaculty chair) of OmSPU that aims at showing the advantages and disadvantages of case-testing in assessing the universal competencies of students of non-linguistic specialties. …”
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Beyond the seizures: Ketogenic Diets in the battle against drug-resistant epilepsy by Natalia Domańska, Małgorzata Bojarska, Julia Bogucka, Anna Brzyska, Michalina Kosowska, Halina Piecewicz-Szczęsna

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Vitamin D Status and Physical Functioning in Nursing Home Residents after Improved Adherence to the Vitamin D and Calcium Recommendation—A Quasiexperimental Study by Charlotte Mortensen, Anne Marie Beck, Inge Tetens, Charlotte Jeppesen, Søren Frank Jørgensen, Leif Kofoed Nielsen, Michael Kristensen

“…Outcomes were number of residents taking vitamin D and calcium supplements; vitamin D status; handgrip strength; and physical functioning with timed-up-and-go test and 30-second chair stand test. Results. Prevalence of vitamin D supplement users increased from 45 to 78% (mean dose 41 μg) and of calcium supplement users from 40 to 72% (mean dose 769 mg) (both P=0.002). …”
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Implementation of patient-centred care: which organisational determinants matter from decision maker’s perspective? Results from a qualitative interview study across various health... by Lena Ansmann, Holger Pfaff, Kira Isabel Hower, Vera Vennedey, Hendrik Ansgar Hillen, Ludwig Kuntz, Stephanie Stock

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Corneal Backscatters as an Objective Index for Assessing Fuchs’ Endothelial Corneal Dystrophy: A Pilot Study by Hsueh-Yen Chu, Ching-Hsi Hsiao, Phil Yeong-Fong Chen, David Hui-Kang Ma, Chee-Jen Chang, Hsin-Yuan Tan

“…Morphologically, hanging-hammock patterns were noted on the densitograms of FECD patients, which were different from the high-back chair patterns in normal subjects. Quantitatively, mean AD and DM/AD were both elevated in FECD patients as compared with normal subjects (P=0.01 and 0.025, resp.). …”
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Experiences and practices of people categorised as being ‘at risk’ based on age during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study in the UK and Germany by Susannah Mayhew, Stephanie Drössler, Katharina Wabnitz

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Studies on banana for propagation, conservation and genome analysis by Susmita Shukla, Ritambhara Bhutani, Nibha Gupta, Shiv Kant Shukla, Taramla Raman, Mohamed A. El-Sheikh, Hosam O. Elansary, Ihab Mohamed Moussa

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The Healthy Supermarket Coach: effects of a nutrition peer-education intervention in Dutch supermarkets on adolescents’ food purchases by Marlijn Huitink, Maartje P. Poelman, Jacob C. Seidell, Jos W. R. Twisk, S. Coosje Dijkstra

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Efficacy of Rapid Salivary C-Reactive Protein Test to Assess Early Changes in Malignancy in the Oral Cavity and Its Utility in Screening for Oral Cancer by Vathsala Patil, Ravindranath Vineetha, Komal Smriti, Kalyana Chakravarthy Pentapati, Srikanth Gadicherla, Carnelio Sunitha

“…<b>Background/Objectives:</b> The present study aimed to test the efficacy of the chair-side rapid salivary C-reactive protein assay kit in differentiating oral potentially malignant disorders (OPMDs) and oral cancer from normal mucosa using whole salivary samples. …”
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