Exploring the Link between Generalised Ligament Laxity and Flexible Flatfoot in Paediatric and Adolescent Populations: A Case-control Study by Ashish Yadav, Shalu Arimbooth, Avinash Muraleedharan, Shweta Chaubey

“…Footprints were taken from the subjects and a flatfoot assessment was performed using Staheli’s plantar arch index. The Jack test was conducted in all flatfoot subjects to exclude rigid flatfoot. …”
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Pooled prevalence and associated factors of traditional uvulectom among children in Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Solomon Demis Kebede, Kindu Agmas, Demewoz Kefale, Amare Kassaw, Tigabu Munye Aytenew

“…A comprehensive search was performed across multiple databases, including MEDLINE, ScienceDirect, Google Scholar, and African Journals Online, to identify relevant studies. …”
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Long-Term Evaluation of Capsulotomy Shape and Posterior Capsule Opacification after Low-Energy Bimanual Femtosecond Laser-Assisted Cataract Surgery by Tommaso Verdina, Chiara Peppoloni, Lucrezia Barbieri, Maria Rosaria Carbotti, Bruno Battaglia, Rodolfo Mastropasqua, Gian Maria Cavallini

“…A digital image of the capsule with slit-lamp retroillumination was performed in all patients at 18 months of follow-up. …”
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Sediment organic carbon stocks in tropical lakes and its implication for sustainable lake management by T.R. Soeprobowti, N.D. Takarina, P.S. Komala, L. Subehi, M. Wojewódka-Przybył, J. Jumari, R. Nastuti

“…This study aims to estimate sediment organic carbon stock and the sources of organic matter in the Maninjau Lakeside-West Sumatera, Indonesia.METHODS: Sediment sampling was performed at five research sites, with a depth of 0–100 centimeters. …”
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Collection of microorganisms of ICG SB RAS as a genetic resource for biotechnology by A. V. Bryanskaya, Y. E. Uvarova, A. S. Rozanov, N. M. Slynko, V. N. Shlyakhtun, K. V. Starostin, E. A. Demidov, E. V. Lazareva, O. P. Taran, S. E. Peltek

“…DNA isolation and the sequencing of 16S rRNA gene sequences were performed. The strains of the collection were characterized by morphological, physiological, moleculargenetic and mass-spectrometric characteristics. …”
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Real-world effectiveness of hemodialysis modalities: a retrospective cohort study by Yan Zhang, Anke Winter, Belén Alejos Ferreras, Paola Carioni, Otto Arkossy, Michael Anger, Robert Kossmann, Len A. Usvyat, Stefano Stuard, Franklin W. Maddux

“…Subgroup analyses were performed for age, dialysis vintage, COVID-19 status, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. …”
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Aerobic exercise attenuates high-fat diet-induced glycometabolism impairments in skeletal muscle of rat: role of EGR-1/PTP1B signaling pathway by Liangzhi Zhang, Xiaojie Liu, Jing Hu, Helong Quan, Sang Ki Lee, Mallikarjuna Korivi, Lifeng Wang, Ting Li, Wei Li

“…Methods Sprague-Dawley rats fed a high-fat diet (HFD), and performed treadmill exercise training for 6-week. Oral glucose tolerance test was conducted to confirm the IR. …”
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Impact of Age on Short- and Long-Term Outcomes after Pancreatoduodenectomy for Periampullary Neoplasms by Mario Gruppo, Francesca Tolin, Boris Franzato, Pierluigi Pilati, Ylenia Camilla Spolverato, Francesca Zingales, Imerio Angriman, Romeo Bardini

“…Conclusion. PD can be performed safely in elderly patients. Advanced age should not be an absolute contraindication for PD, even if greater frailty should be considered. …”
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LIPUS promotes osteogenic differentiation of rat BMSCs and osseointegration of dental implants by regulating ITGA11 and focal adhesion pathway by Chao Liang, Yuqing Zhang, Yuwei Yan, Wei Geng, Jun Li, Xiu Liu

“…Methods Dental implants were inserted into Wistar rat femurs, and LIPUS was performed for 4 weeks. Micro-CT and toluidine blue staining were used to assess implant osseointegration. …”
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Association of Adverse Perinatal Outcomes with Blood Components Transfusion in Patients with Acute Fatty Liver of Pregnancy by Pan X, Chu R, Qiao X, Zhang X, Li L, Zhang W

“…Meanwhile, logistic regression analysis was performed to identify predictive risk factors.Results: Of 146 patients, 26 (26/146, 17.8%) received prenatal blood transfusions. …”
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Growth of off-flavours-caused phytoplankton in milkfish culture fertilized with different N:P by Rahmadi Azis, Ridwan Affandi, Kukuh Nirmala, Triheru Prihadi

“…Off-flavours in fish is caused by two chemical compounds those are geosmin and 2-methylisoborneol (MIB). Research was performed to evaluate the growth of off-flavours-caused phytoplankton in milkfish culture fertilized by different N:P. …”
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Dynamic analysis and optimal control of a hybrid fractional monkeypox disease model in terms of external factors by Saima Rashid, Abdul Bariq, Ilyas Ali, Sobia Sultana, Ayesha Siddiqa, Sayed K. Elagan

“…At the disease-free equilibrium (DFE) $$\mathcal {P}_{0}$$ , we perform a local asymptotical stability analysis (LAS) and display the outcome for $$\mathbb {R}_{0}<1$$ . …”
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Dietary and environmental factors affecting the dynamics of the gut bacteria in Tibetan Awang sheep (Ovis aries) across divergent breeding models by Yuhao Wang, Xinping Wang, Yirong Wang, Yirong Wang, Songyu Liao, Zhaxi Pubu, Jiangcuo Silang, Lixu Chai, Siyue Zhao, Siyue Zhao

“…However, knowledge regarding their gut bacterial composition remains limited.MethodsA comprehensive 16S rRNA highthroughput sequencing was performed on fecal samples from 15 Awang sheep under pure grazing, semi-captivity, and full captivity breeding models.ResultsOur results revealed that Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes were the most abundant bacterial phyla, while Christensenellaceae_R-7_group, Romboutsia, Rikenellaceae_RC9_gut_group, Ruminococcus, and Bacteroides were prevalent genera in the gut microbiota of Awang sheep. …”
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Association between dietary betaine intake and overweight or obesity by Maierheba Kuerbanjiang, Wenzhuo Yu, Ting Shang, Yuchen Liu, Dina Muheyati, Mei-Xia Lv, Muhairemu Jielili, Jia Han

“…The association between dietary betaine intake and the presence of overweight/obesity was performed by logistic regression. The results indicated that a higher betaine intake was correlated with a lower BMI and HC. …”
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Identification of the Transcriptional Networks and the Involvement in Angiotensin II-Induced Injury after CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Knockdown of Cyr61 in HEK293T Cells by Junjie Wang, Dongdong Fu, Soulixay Senouthai, Yan Jiang, Rentong Hu, Yanwu You

“…Gene ontology (GO) and the Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) pathway analyses were performed to determine biofunctions and signaling pathways. …”
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Is ultrasound-guided radiofrequency ablation a reliable treatment option for unifocal T1aN0M0 papillary thyroid carcinoma in the isthmus: a retrospective comparative study based on... by Gongli Zhou, Dong Xu, Beibei Zhang, Ruiqing Su, Ke Xu, Xuefeng Zhang, Feng Li, Wei Zhao, Tingting Cai

“…The efficacy of ultrasound-guided RFA was evaluated by volume reduction rate (VRR), complete disappearance rate (CDR) and disease progression, and the safety was evaluated by incidence of complications.Results The two groups exhibited a consistent trend of change, with the PTCI group performing better in volume, VRR and CDR at all follow-up time points expect 1 month, but the differences were not statistically significant (p > 0.05). …”
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Impacts of tropical climate on outdoor treatment of anaerobically digested sanitary wastewater using native microalgae by Gabriela Santos Cardozo, Graziele Ruas, Fabiana Alves Fiore, Gustavo Henrique Ribeiro Silva

“…The objective of this work was to evaluate the influence of different tropical seasons within the Cerrado Biome on effluent treatment in a closed photobioreactor using a consortium of native microalgae. Cultivation was performed on a bench scale using anaerobically digested sanitary wastewater processed by two mechanisms from the wastewater treatment plant in Bauru, Brazil: the Upflow Anaerobic Filter (UAF) and the Anaerobic Baffled Reactor (ABR). …”
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Integrated analyses uncover new features of atypical memory B cells and novel targets for intervention by Fuli Fan, Shubei Liu, Bin Wang, Xiaojian Song, Wei Wang

“…Functional characterization of AMB was performed with bioinformatics and CyTOF-based phenotyping. …”
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Vulnerability for alcohol use disorder after adverse childhood experiences (AUDACE): protocol for a longitudinal fMRI study assessing neuropsychobiological risk factors for relapse by Falk Kiefer, Cagdas Türkmen, Noah Machunze, Haoye Tan, Sarah Gerhardt, Sabine Vollstädt-Klein

“…Additionally, saliva cortisol and blood samples will be taken to measure hormonal stress response and to perform genome wide association analyses, respectively. …”
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Impact of the severity and extension of dental caries lesions on Turkish preschool children’s oral health-related quality of life: a cross-sectional study by Ayça Kurt, Damla Bolat, Ömer Hatipoğlu

“…Statistical analyses, including Kruskal-Wallis and binomial logistic regression, were performed to evaluate the relationship between pufa scores and ECOHIS results. …”
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