3D culturing as a promising strategy to enhance the angiogenic potential of adipose stem cell-derived secretome: insights into the role of miR-145-5p/ANGPT2 axis by G. Gerini, E. Mari, P. Pontecorvi, S. Camero, E. Romano, D. Ranieri, F. Megiorni, P. Fioramonti, A. Angeloni, C. Marchese, S. Ceccarelli

“…Abstract Background Adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (ASCs) represent a valid therapeutic option for clinical application in several diseases, mostly due to the paracrine activity of their secretome, exerting pro-angiogenic, antinflammatory and immunosuppressive effects. …”
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Relación entre el nivel de actividad física y el rendimiento académico en estudiantes de una institución universitaria. Estudio multicéntrico. (Relationship between the level of p... by Julian David Ceron Bedoya, Wilson Gonzalez Marmolejo , Diana Liceth Mora Rojas, Esther Julia Fernandez Barona

“…Results: Women perform more physical activity of mild intensity while men perform more physical activity of moderate intensity; students belonging to low socioeconomic strata have a mild level of physical activity, while students belonging to the middle or high strata tend to have mostly a moderate level of physical activity. It was found that having a moderate or vigorous level of physical activity increases twice the possibility of a student obtaining a GPA higher than 3.7 (on a scale of 0 - 5). …”
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Factors associated with health-related quality of life in women with paid work at breast cancer diagnosis: a German repeated cross-sectional study over the first five years after p... by Batoul Safieddine, Siegfried Geyer, Stefanie Sperlich, Johannes Beller, Dorothee Noeres

“…At that stage, income was mostly associated with physical (ß=0.002; CI:0.0002, 0.003) and mental wellbeing (ß=0.002; CI:0.0005, 0.003) with higher summary scores for higher income especially in women aged ≤ 61 years. …”
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O perspectivă inedită asupra romanului latin by Carmen-Nicola Jumara

“…The writer has to face different difficulties in his endeavours of creating a convincing work of art, and the means he uses are mostly instinctive and don’t always coincide with the methods the critics adopt. …”
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Estimation of the energy cost of activities in grazing dairy cows using the oxygen pulse–heart rate method by Daniel Talmón, Alejandra Jasinsky, Federica Marin, Gabriel Menegazzi, Pablo Chilibroste, Mariana Carriquiry

“…Hourly energy expenditure (kJ/h) was similar between grazing and consuming TMR at the feed bunk, indicating that the extra energy required by dairy cows when fed in a grazing system is mostly explained by the longer time spent to harvest the pasture and the energy cost of walking between the pasture and the milking parlor compared with confined cows fed TMR. …”
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Female maturation and rematuration acceleration of Mutiara strain catfish (Clarias gariepinus) using combination of oocyte developer hormone and astaxanthin addition diet by Fatahillah Maulana Jufri, Agus Oman Sudrajat, Mia Setiawati

“…ABSTRACT   Reproductive design for gonadal maturation process mostly related with some factors such as environmental signals, reproductive organs, hormonal and nutrition. …”
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Engagement with healthcare providers and healthcare system navigation among Australians with chronic conditions: a descriptive survey study by Jeffrey Braithwaite, Yvonne Zurynski, Joanna Holt, Louise A Ellis, Chiara Pomare, James Ansell, James Gillespie, Jo Root, Isabelle Meulenbroeks, Leanne Wells

“…Logistic regression analyses (estimating ORs) determined the associations between having a chronic condition and the navigation and engagement scores, while controlling for age, gender, level of education and income.Participants 1024 Australians aged 18–88 years (mean=46.6 years; 51% female) recruited from the general population.Results Over half (n=605, 59.0%) of the respondents had a chronic condition, mostly back pain, mental disorders, arthritis and asthma. …”
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Isolation and identification of a matrine-producing fungal strain from petroleum-contaminated soil by Mao Dongxia, Guo Dandan, Wu Lingling, Tian Xiaoxue, Zhang Shengxiang, Liu Tao, Ma Xiaokui

“…The sporangiophores were conical, mostly solitary, showing to grow directly from the hyphae. …”
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Policy Spotlight Effects on Critical Time-Sensitive Diseases: Nationwide Retrospective Cohort Study on Taiwan’s Hospital Emergency Capability Categorization Policy by Chih-Yuan Lin, Chih-Ching Liu, Yu-Tung Huang, Yue-Chune Lee

“…ResultsIn our cohort of 9923 patients, refined through 1:1 propensity score matching, 5566 (56.09%) were male and were mostly older adults. Our analysis revealed that the CHEC policy effectively improved system efficiency and patient outcomes, resulting in significant reductions in medical orders (–7.29 items, 95% CI –10.09 to –4.48; P<.001), short-term mortality rates (–0.09%, 95% CI –0.17% to –0.02%; P=.01) and long-term mortality rates (–0.09%, 95% CI –0.15% to –0.04%; P=.001), and total medical expenses (–5328.35 points per case, 95% CI –10,387.10 to –269.60; P=.04), despite a modest increase in diagnostic fees (376.37 points, 95% CI 92.42-660.33; P=.01). …”
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Influence of structural surface roughness on the strength of layered fill bodies based on PFC2D by Jinxing WANG, Zongsheng HU, Huazhe JIAO, Xiaolin YANG, Qi ZHANG, Xiaohui LIU, Ping XU, Junqiang XU, Xun CHEN

“…The backfill at the lower part of the stratified plane remains mostly intact. As the cemented surface roughness increases, the failure gradually becomes more uniform across the backfill specimens, mainly in the form of overall penetrating tension failure. …”
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Uptake of DU145 and LNCaP prostate cancer cell line derived extracellular vesicles is inversely correlated with blood–brain barrier integrity in vitro by Ana Špilak, Adrián Klepe, Sophia Theresa Kriwanek, Heinz-Peter Friedl, Andreas Brachner, Christa Nöhammer, Winfried Neuhaus

“…Although it was postulated that sEVs can traverse the highly restrictive BBB via transcytosis—data mostly based on the indirect detection of transported cargo—direct evidence for sEV transport across the BBB remains elusive due to challenges in sEV labelling, detection limits, and inherent limitations of existing in vitro BBB models. …”
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Aortic isthmus flow reversal in fetal coarctation of the aorta and the associated factors by Guihong Chen, Yongfeng Han, Congxin Sun, Wei Xiang, Wei Zhao, Pei Zhou, Tianxiao Yu, Zhuo Chen, Bulang Gao, Shuping Ge, Jie Mi

“…Aortic isthmus flow reversal was mostly in the full systole (n = 17 or 60.7%) or late systole and early‐middle diastole (n = 10 or 35.7%) in the CoA‐positive fetuses (n = 27 or 96.4%), significantly (p < 0.001) different from that in the false‐positive or control group. …”
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Effectiveness of myocarditis therapy depending on the diagnosis approach (with or without myocardial biopsy) by O. V. Blagova, A. V. Nedostup, V. P. Sedov, A. Yu. Zaitsev, V. M. Novosadov, E. A. Kogan

“…If it is impossible to perform a biopsy, complex non-invasive strategy makes it possible to diagnose myocarditis with different probability rate and conduct an effective IST, the refusal of which mostly is not justified.…”
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Оrgan-preserving operations in the abdominal gun-shot penetrating woundings of large bowel. Experience of the medical help delivery in military environment Аntiterroristic operatio... by O. Yu. Usenko, I. A. Lurin, K. V. Gumenuk, V. V. Nehoduiko, R. M. Mykhaylusov, R. V. Saliutin

“…The first-line application of organ-preserving interventions as more physiological and those, which permit mostly rapid come back to the service duties functioning, is expedient. …”
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Luanda—the largest illegal ivory market in southern Africa by Esmond Martin, Lucy Vigne

“…These pieces had been crafted in central Africa and Angola, mostly from poached forest elephants. The tusks can be obtained wholesale in Luanda for USD 150–250/kg. …”
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KEANEKARAGAMAN SPESIES AMFIBI DAN REPTIL DI KAWASAN SUAKA MARGASATWA SERMODAERAH ISTIMEWA YOGYAKARTA by D S Yudha, R Eprilurahman, I A Muhtianda, D F Ekarini, O C Ningsih

“…It consists of several unique habitats for wildlife such as herpetofauna (amphibians and reptiles). Forest habitat mostly composed by secondary forest with the vegetation coverage less than 90% in 90-250 meters above sea level. …”
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Investigation on the impact of Aedes inasive and native mosquito species on Filarial nematode circulation in Hungary by Miss Zsaklin Varga, Miss Rebeka Csiba, Miss Ágota Ábrahám, Miss Dorina Pásztor, Mr. Gábor Kemenesi, Mrs. Kornélia Kurucz

“…Our results so far have confirmed 5 cases of D.repens (mostly Ae.vexans) and one case of D.immitis (Cx.pipiens), while the rest of the positive samples were infected with Setaria tundra. …”
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How does dispersal shape the genetic patterns of animal populations in European cities? A simulation approach by Savary, Paul, Tannier, Cécile, Foltête, Jean-Christophe, Bourgeois, Marc, Vuidel, Gilles, Khimoun, Aurélie, Moal, Hervé, Garnier, Stéphane

“…Forest areas contributed more to habitat connectivity than UGS, due to their larger area and mostly peri-urban location. Hence, population-level genetic diversity was higher in forests than in UGS and genetic differentiation was higher between UGS populations than between forest populations. …”
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Examine frameworks policies and strategies for effective information governance in healthcare organizations. by Richard Okyere Boadu, Victor Wireko Adu, Kwame Adu Okyere Boadu, Baishatu Ibrahim, Prince Akey, Amponsah Amishadas Mensah, Godwin Adzakpah, Nathan Kumasenu Mensah

“…Efforts were also identified in ensuring privacy and confidentiality during the storage, processing and transmission of patient data mostly by deploying methods such as authentication (58.9%), use of secured computers and software (71.2%) and using secure electronic platforms (66.0%) respectively indicating a keen attention for data stewardship and governance. …”
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Three-Leaf-Clover Thyroid and Minimally Invasive Trans-Cervical Synchronous Thyroidectomy and Ectopic Mediastinal Thyroid Tissue Removal: Does the Age of the Patient Count amid a M... by Claudiu Nistor, Mihai-Lucian Ciobica, Oana-Claudia Sima, Anca-Pati Cucu, Mihai Costachescu, Adrian Ciuche, Lucian-George Eftimie, Dana Terzea, Mara Carsote

“…<b>Background:</b> Ectopic organ-associated conditions belong to the larger panel of developmental ailments, and among this challenging medical and surgical chapter, ectopic endocrine glands-related picture is mostly focused on the presence of the ectopic parathyroid and thyroid. …”
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