Gene Ontology and Expression Studies of Strigolactone Analogues on a Hepatocellular Carcinoma Cell Line by Mohammed Nihal Hasan, Syed Shoeb Razvi, Hani Choudhry, Mohammed A. Hassan, Said Salama Moselhy, Taha Abduallah Kumosani, Mazin A. Zamzami, Khalid Omer Abualnaja, Majed A. Halwani, Abdulrahman Labeed Al-Malki, Jiannis Ragoussis, Wei Wu, Christian Bronner, Tadao Asami, Mahmoud Alhosin

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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

“…The primary outcome was measured using Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC). …”
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The effect of supplementation with type I and type III collagen peptide and type II hydrolyzed collagen on pain, quality of life and physical function in patients with meniscopathy... by Ahmet Serhat Genç, Ali Kerim Yılmaz, Berna Anıl, Esra Korkmaz Salkılıç, Enes Akdemir, Berna Güzel, Ahmet Mor, Hacı Ahmet Yarar, Nizamettin Güzel, Lokman Kehribar

“…Patients completed the Visual Analog Scale (VAS), Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthrtis Index (WOMAC), Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score Physical Function Short Form (KOOS-PS), Oxford Knee Score (OKS), Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia (TSK), Short Form Health Survey (SF-12), Lower Extremity Functional Scale (LEFS), Foot Function Index (FFI), proprioceptive sensation, Timed Up and Go (TUG), 6-Minute Walking Test (6MWT), The Five Repetition Sit to Stand Test (5STS), Stair Climbing Test (SCT), Berg Balance Scale (BBS) and back and leg strength tests and scales were applied. …”
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Evidence mapping and overview of systematic reviews of the effects of acupuncture therapies by Yuqing Zhang, Gordon Guyatt, Lin Wang, Hao Wen, Liming Lu, Gabriel Rada, Lai Wang, Shuqi Ge, Yu Dong, Camila Ávila, Xiaorong Tang, Neng-Gui Xu, Zhao Zeng, Camilo Vergara, Rouhao Chen, Xiaojing Wei, Wen Luo, Jing chun Zeng, Chun-Zhi Tang

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Cost Analysis for Robotic and Open Gastrectomy by Yuki Hirata, MD, PhD, Heather G. Lyu, MD, MBI, Ahad M. Azimuddin, MBA, Pamela Lu, MD, Jeeva Ajith, MBA, Jason A. Schmeisser, Elizabeth P. Ninan, MBA, Kyung Hyun Lee, PhD, Brian D. Badgwell, MD, MS, Paul Mansfield, MD, Naruhiko Ikoma, MD, MS

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A Community-Based Intervention for Mental Health and Wellbeing in Pregnancy and Postpartum: One Healthy Start Site’s Story by Sampson M, Xu W, York FN, Roberson J

“…McClain Sampson,1 Wen Xu,2 Felicia N York,3 Jerry Roberson4 1Graduate College of Social Work, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA; 2Department of Innovative Social Work, Faculty of Health and Wellbeing, City University of Macau, Macao, SAR, People’s Republic of China; 3Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA; 4United Associates, Dallas, TX, USACorrespondence: McClain Sampson, Graduate College of Social Work, University of Houston, Houston, TX, USA, Email mmsampson@uh.eduPurpose: Perinatal mood and anxiety disorders (PMADs) are the leading cause for maternal morbidity and are associated with underlying causes of pregnancy-related death. …”
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Short-term Effects of Sling Exercise Combined with Massage on the Treatment of Neck Type Cervical Spondylopathy by LI Jianfei, ZHAO Hong, CHEN Qian, LI Li, ZHANG Deqi

“…Before and after treatment, the McGill Pain Questionnaire (MPQ) and the Neck Disability Index (NDI) were used to evaluate the cervical function and quality of life of patients, and the median frequency (MF) of the upper trapezius muscle was measured by electromyography biofeedback instrument.ResultsBefore treatment, the MPQ scores, NDI scores and MF value of the three groups were not statistically different (<italic>P</italic>&gt;0.05). …”
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Socioeconomic correlates of mental health in Moldova: A nationally representative door-to-door survey by J.M. van Baar, C. Ciofu, F. Thompson, A.I. Luik, O. Mereanu, J. Kramer, F. Schouten, V. Condrat, L. Voorham, J. Chihai, L. Shields-Zeeman

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Betulinic Acid Inhibits the Metastasis of Colon Cancer Cells through Regulating TGF-β/Smad Signaling Pathway by Xiaoying LIN, Aling SHEN, Meizhu WU, Ying CHENG, Xiaoping CHEN, Huixin LIU, Liya LIU, Zhiqing SHEN, Xiangyan WU, Nanhui XU, Jianfeng CHU, Youqin CHEN, Jun PENG

“…Objective:To explore the effect of betulinic acid (BA) on the growth and metastasis of colon cancer cell line HCT116 and the underlying possible mechanism.Methods:HCT116 cells were cultured with McCoy's 5A medium containing 10%fetal bovine serum and 1%penicillin/streptomycin mixed solution in a 37℃,5%CO₂incubator. …”
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Utilization of Blood Flow Restriction Therapy with a Former Triathlete After Total Knee Arthroplasty: A Case Report by Christopher Keating, Stephanie Muth, Cameron Hui, Lisa T Hoglund

“…BFR was incorporated into her home program, 16-weeks postoperatively. The Short Form McGill Pain Questionnaire-2 (SF-MPQ-2) and Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS) were used to measure pain. …”
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Comparison of self-collected and healthcare worker-collected rectovaginal swabs for group B streptococcus detection in pregnancy using PCR with a commercial collection-enrichment d... by Iva Kukovica, Neža Omahen, Nika Klobučar, Martina Bučar, Anita Franko Rutar, Tina Perme, Tina Perme, Miha Lučovnik, Miha Lučovnik, Samo Jeverica, Samo Jeverica

“…Performance characteristics were calculated and compared between different diagnostics test algorithms using McNemar’s test for paired samples.ResultsOverall, GBS was detected in 18% (95% CI 13–23%; n = 40) of swabs A and 19% (95% CI 14–25%; n = 43) of swabs B. …”
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A randomized controlled, trial on effects of mobile phone text messaging in combination with motivational interviewing versus standard infant feeding counselling on breastfeeding a... by Moleen Zunza, Lehana Thabane, Louise Kuhn, Christine Els, Carl Lombard, Mark F. Cotton, Taryn Young

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Temporal dynamics of climate sensitivity of litter decomposition in a semi-arid grassland by Zhen Li, Fuwei Wang, Yue Wen, Chenglong Ye, Peng Wang, Tongshuo Bai, Xudong Gu, Liang Guo, Yunpeng Qiu, Yi Zhang, Yi Wang, Shuijin Hu

“…In the litter-soil incubation experiment, we observed that high-quality litter, characterized by low carbohydrate C:methoxyl C (CC:MC) ratio and/or CN ratios, displayed greater sensitivity to changes in moisture. …”
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Insights Into Antimicrobial Resistance From Dental Students in the Asia–Pacific Region by Saba Ghafoor, Gabriela Salvadori, Shiho Kino, Vy Thi Nhat Nguyen, Tam Thi-Thanh Nguyen, Miho Ishimaru, Antônio Pedro Ricomini-Filho, Cassiano Kuchenbecker Rösing, Dileep De Silva, Jun Aida, Belinda Farias Nicolau, Ratilal Lalloo, Roger Junges

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Proportional Assist Ventilation for Minimizing the Duration of Mechanical Ventilation (the PROMIZING study): update to the statistical analysis plan for a randomized controlled tri... by Karen J. Bosma, Myriam Lafreniere-Roula, Arlene Jiang, Anna Heath, Yongdong Ouyang, Kaitlyn Wade, Pingzhao Hu, Karen E. A. Burns, Claudio M. Martin, Yoanna Skrobik, Sorcha Mulligan, Kevin E. Thorpe, Laurent Brochard, members of the Canadian Critical Care Trials Group and the REVA Network

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Investigating factors affecting the financial recovery of businesses admitted to the stock exchange by Fatemeh Sahraei, Jafar Jamali, Hamidreza Vakilifard, Ali Zare, Seyed Yaghoub Zeraatkish

“…The findings of the research showed that, in the examination of the goodness of fit indices of the model, it can be seen that, based on the McFadden coefficient of determination index, the use of predictor variables in the final model of the financial recovery of companies has been able to improve the likelihood function by 71.25%. …”
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Designing a Model for Brand Engagement Value Creation through the Integration of Gamification Technology and Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) by Zahra. Atf, fariz taherikia, kambiz heidarzadeh Hanzaei

“…The findings of the research showed that, in the examination of the goodness of fit indices of the model, it can be seen that, based on the McFadden coefficient of determination index, the use of predictor variables in the final model of the financial recovery of companies has been able to improve the likelihood function by 71.25%. …”
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Petrology of Oligocene Lalehzar igneous rocks in the southeast of Saveh-Naein-Jiroft magmatic belt by Fatemeh Sepidbar, Bahareh Borouzi Niyat

“…Both granitoid and volcanic rock are characterized by enrichment in Rb, Ba, Th, U and depletion in Nb, Ti and P in the primitive-mantle normalized multi-element diagram (Sun and McDonough, 1989). They also show enriched in light rare earth elements (LREEs) with respect to heavy rare earth elements (HREEs) in chondrite-normalized REE patterns (Sun and McDonough, 1989), with the Eu/Eu* ratios from 0.6 to 1.03. …”
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Latissimus dorsi transfer or lower trapezius transfer: a treatment algorithm for irreparable posterosuperior rotator cuff tears muscles transfers in posterosuperior rotator cuff te... by Michael Kimmeyer, MD, Tilman Hees, MD, Laurens Allaart, MD, Rémi Nerot, MD, Arno Macken, MD, Geert-Alexander Buijze, MD, PhD, FEBHS, Laurent Lafosse, MD, Thibault Lafosse, MD

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Nanomaterials–plants–microbes interaction: plant growth promotion and stress mitigation by Gurleen Kaur Sodhi, Tharuka Wijesekara, Kailash Chand Kumawat, Priyanka Adhikari, Kuldeep Joshi, Smriti Singh, Beatrice Farda, Rihab Djebaili, Enrico Sabbi, Fares Ramila, Fares Ramila, Fares Ramila, Devendra Sillu, Gustavo Santoyo, Sergio de los Santos-Villalobos, Ajay Kumar, Marika Pellegrini, Debasis Mitra

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