Family Rehabilitation Training by Jinyun Rehabilitation Platform in Patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis Treated by Chinese Medicine Fumigation Combined with Muscle Energy Technolo... by Longbin SHEN, Hui OUYANG, Dongling WU, Wenhao XIE

“…Objective:To observe the effect of treatment of Chinese medicine fumigation and muscle energy technology, combined with family rehabilitation training by Jinyun rehabilitation platform on dysfunction improvement of patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS), and explore a hospital-family integrated treatment approach that is feasible for dysfunction improvement of AS patients.Methods:A total of 80 AS patients with active stage who met the diagnostic and inclusion criteria were randomly assigned to the experimental group (<italic>n</italic>=42) and the control group (<italic>n</italic>=38). …”
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Prevalence, Patterns and Factors Associated with Dyslipidemia Among Adult Hypertensive Patients by Muktar Hassan Mohamud, Awil Abdulkadir Abdi, Abishir Mohamud Hirsi, Ibrahim Ahmed Nur, Alina Peris

“…High LDL levels were observed in 24.4% (105), high TC in 22.5% (97), high TG in 20.0% (86), and low HDL in 20.0% (86 patients). …”
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miR-149-3p Is a Potential Prognosis Biomarker and Correlated with Immune Infiltrates in Uterine Corpus Endometrial Carcinoma by Xiaoyuan Lu, Li Jing, Sicong Liu, Haihong Wang, Buze Chen

“…Expression of miR-149-3p is observed in some cancer types, while its role in uterine corpus endometrial carcinoma (UCEC) is unclear. …”
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Testicular biometrics of Murrah buffaloes in different age groups by Erly L. Carrascal-Triana, Jorge Mejía Lúquez, Divier Agudelo Gómez, Edison Julián Ramírez Toro

“…Descriptive statistics were performed for each variable; for the SC and TV, a linear regression model as a function of age and weight was analyzed, and simple Pearson correlations were performed. The mean values observed for G1, G2, and G3 were SC (21.7 ± 2.2.0 cm; 24.2 ± 1.2 cm and 27.4 ± 1.2 cm), CC (18.3 ± 2.7 cm; 20.0 ± 2.7 cm and 25.7 ± 2.1 cm), TV (79.7 ± 41.6 cm3; 142.2 ± 32.8 cm3 and 220.7 ± 39.5 cm3), right TL (6.8 ± 1.7 cm; 8.2 ± 0.8 cm and 9.0 ± 0.4 cm), left TL (6.7 ± 1.7 cm; 8.2 ± 0.8 cm and 9.0 ± 0.5 cm), Right TW (3.5 ± 0.5 cm; 4.2 ± 0.3 cm and 5.0 ± 0.4 cm) and left TW (3.4 ± 0.5 cm; 4.2 ± 0.2 cm and 5.0 ± 0.3 cm). …”
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Concordance of Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid Cytology with Respect to Histological Diagnosis of Cancer: A Cross-sectional Study by Richa Singh, Krachi Agarwal, Preeti Agarwal, Madhu Kumar, Malti Kumari Maurya, Riddhi Jaiswal, Ajay Kumar Singh, Anand Srivastava

“…Materials and Methods: The study was a cross-sectional observational study conducted in the Department of Respiratory Medicine at King George’s Medical University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, which is a tertiary care teaching hospital in northern India. …”
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Vertical Transmission of Group B Streptococcus, Prevalence, Associated Factors, and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Profile among Newborns Delivered at Health Facilities in Jigjiga Ci... by Addisu Tesfaye, Mahlet Fekede, Fasil Getu, Surafel Mekuria, Tigist Abebe, Daniel Tollosa, Shamil Barsenga, Bawlah Tahir, Abdurahman Kedir Roble, Sara Tesfaye, Muluken Walle

“…Regarding GBS antibiotic susceptibility profile, a significant degree of resistance was observed to penicillin (29.9%), tetracycline (22.4%), ampicillin (20.9%), and clindamycin (19.4%). …”
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Clinical outcomes of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy following autologous hematopoietic stem cell transplantation in 38 patients with refractory/relapsed primary or second... by Jiaying Wu, Wanying Liu, Yang Cao, Yang Yang, Zhen Shang, Mi Zhou, Yicheng Zhang, Fankai Meng, Xiaojian Zhu, Yi Xiao

“…Subgroup analysis found that a lower ORR was observed in patients with lactate dehydrogenase levels above the upper limit of normal (60.0% vs. 91.3%, P = 0.039). …”
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The Possibility or Impossibility of Stock Price Prediction: Evidence from the Petrochemical Industry by Masoud Alizadeh Chamazkoti, Mehdi Fathabadi, Mahmod Mahmodzadeh, Saleh Ghavidel Doostkouei

“…In addition, the shocks observed in Parsan, Shepdis, and Shatran companies are transient, with their effects dissipating over time, and the prices readjusted to the long-term mean, indicating the absence of weak efficiency. …”
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Hypothermia regulates mitophagy and apoptosis via PINK1/Parkin-VDAC 3 signaling pathway during oxygen-glucose deprivation/recovery injury by Luying Zhang, Song Yang, Hao Cui, Chenchen Hang, Xingsheng Wang, Le An, Zhenyu Shan, Zhen Liang, Rui Shao, Ziren Tang

“…Cell viability was examined by trypan blue stain. Mitophagy was observed by transmission electron microscope. Mitochondrial membrane potential (MMP) and mitochondrial permeability transition pore (mPTP) opening were determined respectively by JC-1 staining and BBcellProbe M61 staining using a flow cytometer. …”
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Business’ Attitudes Towards Corruption in Selected Central European Countries by Nenad Vretenar, Ana Marija Filipas, Martina Briš Alić

“…., Model 1 and Model 2, with a total number of observations of 901 and 902, respectively. Both models displayed adequate fit indices and enabled predictions that allowed us to draw conclusions. …”
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Hubungan Aktivitas Fisik terhadap Kadar Hemoglobin pada Mahasiswa Anggota UKM Pandekar Universitas Andalas by Laura Kosasi, Fadil Oenzil, Amel Yanis

“…The purpose of this study is to determine the correlation between physical activity and hemoglobin level at students of UKM Pandekar’s members; University of Andalas. The study is an observational analytic cross-sectional study. Study of correlation between physical activity and hemoglobin level at students of UKM Pandekar’s members; University of Andalas has been conducted at April 2013 in PKM University of Andalas Padang at students of UKM Pandekar’s members University of Andalas with normal Body Mass Index and not smoking. …”
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Effects of Stocking Density on Fatty Acid and Amino Acid Composition in Muscle, Serum Cortisol, Stress and Immune Response in Large Yellow Croaker (<i>Larimichthys crocea</i>) by Youbin Yu, Liang Wang, Wenyun Huang, Duo Yu, Qiaoxuan Sun, Mingcao Cui

“…An obvious increase in free amino acids and fatty acids in the muscle of large yellow croakers reared in HD group was also observed. Overall, this study showed that the optimal final culturing density of large yellow croaker under flow-through systems should be between 14.41 kg/m³ and 18.71 kg/m³ to improve aquaculture efficiency and product quality.…”
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The Application of Three-dimensional Shear Wave Elastography in the Detection of Inguinal Lymph Node Metastasis in Gynecological Malignancies by Yuping Shen, Jiulong Dai, Jiami Li, Man Lu

“…Although no significant differences were observed between 2D-SWE and 3D-SWE, the sagittal view Emax yielded the best AUC, indicating optimal diagnostic precision overall. …”
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Effects of deoxynivalenol contaminated corn distiller's dried grains with solubles on growth performance, body composition, immunological response, and gastrointestinal health in y... by Deependra Paneru, Milan K. Sharma, Hanyi Shi, Doyun Goo, Venkata S.R. Choppa, Ishwari Gyawali, Revathi Shanmugasundaram, Woo K. Kim

“…Immunologically, a significant increase in the CD4+:CD8+ ratio in spleen was observed in the 20% DDGS group compared to the 0% DDGS group (P = 0.013), whereas both 15 and 20% DDGS inclusion levels significantly increased the ratio in cecal tonsil (P < 0.001). …”
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Biological Characteristics and Whole-Genome Analysis of a Porcine <i>E. coli</i> Phage by Shenghui Wan, Nana Li, Sajid Habib, Pei Zheng, Yanfang Li, Yan Liang, Yonggang Qu

“…In doing so, we provided a reference for phage therapies that can be used to treat multidrug-resistant strains. (2) Method: Using the multidrug-resistant <i>E. coli</i> isolate sq-1 as the host bacterium, bacteriophages were isolated and purified from fecal samples using a double-layer agar plate method. The morphology was observed using a transmission electron microscope, and its host range, optimal multiplicity of infection (MOI), one-step growth curve, thermal stability, acid–base tolerance, and in vitro antibacterial ability were tested. …”
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Clinical spectrum, treatment and outcomes of the m.10197G>A mutation in MT-ND3: a case report, systematic review and meta-analysis by YuZhi Shi, Bin Chen, SongTao Niu, XinGao Wang, ZaiQiang Zhang

“…A negative linear correlation was observed between mutation load and age of onset in patients who presented with LS/LS+ (R2 = 0.592, P < 0.001), with the age of onset ranging from infancy to adulthood. …”
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Efficacy analysis of pancreatic duct stenting in treating severe acute pancreatitis: a retrospective study by Liangping Chen, Ning Wang, Weijie Yao, Chengsi Zhao, Jiahang Tao, Gubai Ma, Chengwang Ma, Zuozheng Wang

“…However, no significant differences were observed between the groups regarding late local complications, infected pancreatic necrosis, and late surgical intervention (χ2 = 0.22, 0.002, 0.024, P > 0.05). …”
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Immune Profile Differences between IgG4-Related Diseases and Primary Sj&ouml;gren&rsquo;s Syndrome by Qin Y, Shang L, Wang Y, Feng M, Liang Z, Wang N, Gao C, Luo J

“…In addition, we compared serum parameters, immune cells, and cytokines of IgG4-RDwith mouth dryness or eye dryness with those of pSS with the same symptoms, and similar serological changes were observed. IgG4-RD patients with mouth dryness had higher IgG4 (p < 0.001) and Th cells (p = 0.016) but lower IgG1 (p = 0.009) compared to pSS with dry mouth. …”
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Incorporation of reduced glutathione to the extender improves frozen-thawed sperm function and fertility potential in mandarin fish (Siniperca chuatsi) by Sen Yang, Wenjie Xu, Yanglin Hua, Qingxin Ruan, Zining Meng

“…Moreover, a significantly higher hatching rate (P < 0.05) was observed in the 2 mM GSH-treated group. In conclusion, the addition of GSH seems to provide a cryoprotective effect for mandarin fish sperm, resulting in improved post-thaw sperm quality and fertilizing capacity.…”
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Investigation of the Protective Effects of Dexmedetomidine, Midazolam, Propofol, and Intralipid on Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in Rats with Lidocaine-Induced Toxicity by Kucun MK, Guler EM, Saracoglu A, Yildirim M, Demirtas C, Serdogan F, Beyaztas H, Aktas S, Kacan M, Gaszynski T, Ratajczyk P, Saracoglu KT

“…Inflammatory parameters in heart and brain tissues significantly decreased in all groups, especially in the LI group (p < 0.05).Conclusion: It was observed that pretreatment with midazolam increased oxidative stress induced by lidocaine, while dexmedetomidine and intralipid exhibited greater antioxidant effects. …”
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