Vibration Energy Color Doppler Imaging (VECDI) in Evaluating the Effect of Screw Fixation on Sacroiliac Joint Stiffness: A Prospective Pilot Study by Caleb Gottlich, Thomas Githens, Alex Drusch, Neil Jain, Cyrus Caroom, Phillip S. Sizer

“…No significant differences in SIJ stiffness (ΔTU) were observed between healthy and experimental subjects at both time points (p > .05). …”
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Effects of two kinds of vestibular function training on reducing motion sickness in college students by Linyao Shi, Jing Zhao, Jiamei Lu, Chuanxia Cao, Qikun Zhang, Chuanjing Qiu, Zhanguo Jin, Shengguang Yan, Shengguang Yan, Shengguang Yan

“…In the visual-motion cage rotating chair group, in addition to a reduction in the percentage of adjacent normal-to-normal intervals which differed by more than 50 ms (pNN50), as well as decreases in low-frequency power (LF), an increase in LF/HF was observed. Between-group comparisons showed that the Graybiel scores in the electric rotating chair group were better than those in the visual-motion cage rotating chair group. …”
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Reduced interhemispheric connectivity in traumatic brachial plexopathies after bionic reconstruction by Galia V Anguelova, Agnes Sturma, Oskar Aszmann, Mehmet S Yildirim, Anna Boesendorfer, Victor Schmidbauer, Karl-Heinz Nenning, Gregor Kasprian

“…Subcortical activation of the thalamus and pallidum was observed only in non-prosthesis patients during actual movements. …”
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Comparison of ultrasonographic features between two types of hepatic echinococcosis and hepatoblastoma in children by Yi Tao, Hanqing Kong, Jiawu Li, Zhizhi Tan, Jun Wang, Yan Luo

“…Significant differences were observed in age and history of residence or travel to endemic areas among children with hepatic echinococcosis and hepatoblastoma (P < 0.001). …”
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The clinical utility of tissue polymerase chain reaction, tissue culture and tissue histology in blood culture-negative infective endocarditis in South Africa – insights from the G... by W Endres, P Mkoko, M Ntsekhe

“…We analysed data from the Groote Schuur Hospital (GSH) Infective Endocarditis Registry, a prospective observational study of adult patients with infective endocarditis. …”
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αAsarone alleviates neuronal injury by facilitating autophagy via miR-499-5p/PDCD4/ATG5 signaling pathway in ischemia stroke by Yonghuan Yan, Linfang Wu, Lu Wang, Dandan Wang, Mengting Huang, Jinyong Peng, Jinyong Peng, Yingying Huang, Yingying Huang, Yingying Huang

“…To further clarify the protective effect of αAsarone in vivo, TTC staining, neurological function score, H&E staining, Nissl staining, Laser speckle contrast imaging, transmission electron microscopy, immunofluorescence colocalization, WB and RT-qPCR were performed in the MCAO mice.ResultsαAsarone was observed to inhibit the apoptosis of neuronal cells, and enhance autophagy. …”
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Integrated physiological and transcriptomic analysis uncovers the mechanism of moderate nitrogen application on promoting the growth and (-)-borneol accumulation of Blumea balsamif... by Yuan Yuan, Wei-Jie Tang, Wei-Jie Tang, Jia-Yuan Cao, Ke Zhong, Ke Zhong, Ze-Jun Mo, Ying Zhou, Yu-Xin Pang, Yu-Xin Pang

“…Under the N1 treatment, the leaves harvested in October, November, and December exhibited the highest accumulation of (-)-borneol, with yields of 782 mg plant-1, 1102 mg plant-1, and 1774 mg plant-1, respectively, which were significantly different from those observed in the CK and N2 treatments. Comparative transcriptome analysis revealed a total of 6,714 differentially expressed genes (DEGs). …”
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Serological, phenotypic and molecular characterization of brucellosis in small ruminants in northern Algeria by Ibrahim Nabi, Rachid Achek, Rachid Achek, Abdelkadir Karim, Falk Melzer, Hanka Brangsch, Mandy C. Elschner, Heinrich Neubauer, Hosny El-Adawy, Hosny El-Adawy

“…The highest base difference (449–462 nucleotides) was observed for an ovine isolate originating from Sidi Bel-Abbès. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy in Patients Undergoing Coronary Stent Implantation: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis by Yi Xu, Yimin Shen, Delong Chen, Pengfei Zhao, Jun Jiang

“…No significant difference in all-cause mortality and cardiac death was observed. In patients with acute coronary syndrome, DAPT 6Mo was comparable to DAPT 12Mo. …”
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Kinetic Analysis of the Reduction Processes of a Cisplatin Pt(IV) Prodrug by Mesna, Thioglycolic Acid, and Thiolactic Acid by Yanqing Xia, Hongwu Tian, Yanlei Li, Xinru Yang, Jinming Liu, Chunli Liu, Li Zhou, Lincai Zhang, Tiejian Li, Tiesheng Shi

“…The reduction processes were followed under pseudo-first-order conditions and were found to strictly obey overall second-order kinetics; the observed second-order rate constant k′ versus pH profiles were established in a wide pH range. …”
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Effects of Environmental Factors on Carbon Stocks of Dry Evergreen Afromontane Forests of the Choke Mountain Ecosystem, Northwestern Ethiopia by Fikirte Asrat, Teshome Soromessa, Tesefaye Bekele, Rama Mohan Kurakalva, Sravya Sai Guddeti, David Russel Smart, Kristine Steger

“…In each forest, eight distinct aspect facings were observed, with the western (W) aspect containing the highest value of total carbon stock in both forests. …”
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Effect of Planting Systems on the Physicochemical Properties and Bioactivities of Strawberry Polysaccharides by Qiuqiu Zhang, Renshuai Huang, Guangjing Chen, Fen Guo, Yan Hu

“…A higher extraction yield was observed for EP-SP (5.88%) than for GP-SP (4.67%), and slightly higher values were measured for the average molecular weight (632.10 kDa vs. 611.88 kDa) and total sugar content (39.38% vs. 34.92%) in EP-SP. …”
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Direct effectiveness of adding local hyperthermia to the scheme of neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced rectal cancer by S. A. Ivanov, L. O. Petrov, D. V. Erygin, I. A. Gulidov, A. A. Karpov

“…In terms of partial response and stabilization in the chemoradiotherapy group, partial regression was observed in 75% of patients, while in the thermochemioradiation group only in 52% of cases. …”
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NH3 release during the snow evaporation process in typical cities in Northeast China by Xiaoteng Liu, Hongsheng Jia, Yunze Zhao, Yachao Zhang, Haodong Hou, Yingying Xu

“…Significant variations in R were observed across multiple functional areas, which were ranked in descending order as follows: commercial areas (R = 26.16%), residential areas (R = 22.01%), cultural and educational areas (R = 20.7%), and industrial areas (R = 18.01%). …”
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Hypothermia during Surgical Treatment of Type A Aortic Dissection: A 16 Years’ Experience by Francesco Macrina, Maria Cristina Acconcia, Luigi Tritapepe, Mizar D’abramo, Wael Saade, Alessandra Capelli, Fabio Miraldi

“…This is a retrospective observational study, and we examined 16-year trends in the presentation, diagnosis, hospital outcome and treatment of A AAD type. …”
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Comparative study of pulpal response following direct pulp capping using synthesized fluorapatite and hydroxyapatite nanoparticles by Eman M. Salem, Omnia M. Abdelfatah, Rania A. Hanafy, Rehab M. El-Sharkawy, Ghadir Elnawawy, Wafaa Yahia Alghonemy

“…Pulp tissues of all teeth in all groups were histologically observed. Results The obtained results showed that both Nano-HA induced the formation of thick dentin bridges with irregular dentin patterns at 6 weeks, while MTA and Nano-FA induced no dentin bridge with no tubular dentin pattern. …”
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Dairy cows' responses to 2 separation methods after 3 months of cow-calf contact by Anina Vogt, Susanne Waiblinger, Rupert Palme, Uta König von Borstel, Kerstin Barth

“…Vocalizations and searching behavior were observed on 4 d/wk from 1 wk before separation until 1 wk after total separation. …”
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The Differential Expressions and Associations of Intracellular and Extracellular GRP78/Bip with Disease Activity and Progression in Rheumatoid Arthritis by Guoyin Liu, Jianping Wu, Yongqiang Wang, Yuansheng Xu, Chun Xu, Guilin Fang, Xin Li, Jianmin Chen

“…Nonetheless, a negative correlation was observed between GRP78/Bip levels and the stage of RA in SF, while positive correlations with the levels of TNF-α and IL-10 persisted. …”
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Changes in photoperiod during the dry period impact colostrum production in Holstein and Jersey cows by K.J. Alward, A.J. Duncan, A.D. Ealy, G.E. Dahl, C.S. Petersson-Wolfe, R.R. Cockrum

“…ABSTRACT: Multiparous Holstein cows exposed to short-day photoperiod (SDPP) of 8 h of light per day during their dry period produced up to 3.2 kg more milk per day compared with cows exposed to long-day photoperiod (LDPP) of 16 h of light per day; it is unknown if a similar response would be observed for Jersey cow milk production. The objective of this study was to determine the effect of photoperiod during the dry period on subsequent colostrum and milk production in Holstein and Jersey cattle. …”
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Mechanism of Action of <i>Fusarium oxysporum</i> CCS043 Utilizing Allelochemicals for Rhizosphere Colonization and Enhanced Infection Activity in <i>Rehmannia glutinosa</i> by Feiyue Yuan, Fuxiang Qiu, Jiawei Xie, Yongxi Fan, Bao Zhang, Tingting Zhang, Zhongyi Zhang, Li Gu, Mingjie Li

“…The application of ferulic acid was observed to primarily facilitate the proliferation and growth of <i>F. oxysporum</i> CCS043; whereas verbascoside notably enhanced the biosynthesis of infection-related enzymes such as pectinase and cellulase. …”
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