SHoes for Adolescent PatEllofemoral pain: study protocol for the SHAPE Australian community-based, randomised clinical trial by Kim L Bennell, Kade L Paterson, Rana S Hinman, Jo-Anne Manski-Nankervis, Adam Bryant, Karen Elaine Lamb, Peixuan Li, Sam Shearer, Anurika P De Silva

“…The primary outcomes are the 3-month change in (1) severity of the worst knee pain experienced over the past week, measured using a Numerical Rating Scale, and (2) the function in sport and play subscale of the Knee Injury and Osteoarthritis Outcome Score for Children. …”
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Bovine milk consumption affects the transcriptome of porcine adipose stem cells: Do exosomes play any role? by Katherine Swanson, Jimmy Bell, David Hendrix, Duo Jiang, Michelle Kutzler, Brandon Batty, Melanie Hanlon, Massimo Bionaz

“…Piglets were supplemented for 11 weeks with 750 mL of whole milk (n = 6; M) or an isocaloric maltodextrin solution (n = 6; C). …”
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Contamination and washing of cloth masks and risk of infection among hospital health workers in Vietnam: a post hoc analysis of a randomised controlled trial by Abrar Ahmad Chughtai, Chandini Raina MacIntyre, Bayzidur Rahman, Holly Seale, Tham Chi Dung

“…A substudy of contamination of a sample of 15 cloth and medical masks was also conducted.Outcome measure Infection rate over 4 weeks of follow up and viral contamination of masks tested by multiplex PCR.Results Viral contamination with rhinovirus was identified on both used medical and cloth masks. …”
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Comparison of 2-D and 3-D Analysis of Running Kinematics and Actual Versus Predicted Running Kinetics by Caitlyn Martinez, Seth Garbett, Kristen Hiromasa, Rhandi Jackson, Eric Miya, Michelle Miya, Joshua D White, Brian S Baum, Mark F Reinking

“… # Design Controlled laboratory study, cross-sectional design # Methods Runners who averaged at least 20 miles per week were invited to participate. Athletes ran on an instrumented treadmill at their preferred training pace for a 6-minute warm-up. …”
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Reliability and Validity of Visual Estimation in Determining Thorax Rotation Mobility using the Quadruped Lumbar-Locked Position by Katelyn S Whetstone, Kyle A Matsel, Andrew S Patton, Sarah E Gehres, Kate Schwartzkopf-Phifer

“… # Study Design Cross-sectional # Methods Thirty-eight subjects (21 female, 17 male) with a mean age of 27 years ± 6.67 were assessed with the quadruped lumbar-locked thorax rotation test by three examiners with various clinical experience in real-time and again one week later. Bilateral active and passive lumbar-locked thorax rotation mobility was assessed by all raters and categorized as “Unrestricted” (≥50°) or “Restricted” (<50°) while a research assistant simultaneously measured the motion with a digital inclinometer. …”
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Dietary Solid-state-fermentation product of Bacillus velezensis T23 alleviate hepatic steatosis, oxidative stress, gut barrier damage, and microbiota dysbiosis in juvenile genetica... by Qiang Hao, Rolf Erik Olsen, Einar Ringø, Qianwen Ding, Tsegay Teame, Yuanyuan Yao, Chao Ran, Yalin Yang, Zhen Zhang, Zhigang Zhou

“…The T23 probiotic was added to the basal diet at a level of 0.00, 0.05, 0.1, 0.2 and 0.3 g/kg to develop five experimental diets, respectively. After 4 weeks of the feeding trial, the results showed that T23 supplementation notably reduced the hepatocytes vacuolization and the content of liver TAGs by downregulated the mRNA expression of the lipogenesis gene (fas), while upregulated the mRNA expression of lipid degradation genes (cpt1 and pparα) (p < 0.05). …”
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Impact of corticosteroids on the efficacy of first-line pembrolizumab plus chemotherapy in patients with advanced non-small-cell lung cancer by Amytis Roboubi, Eric Wasielewski, Soraya Bordier, Amélie Turlotte, Geoffrey Pavaut, Arnaud Scherpereel, Alexis Cortot, Clément Gauvain

“…Duration of SC therapy was not associated with PFS (HR = 0.97, 95% CI 0.81–1.15, p  = 0.71), but SC therapy ⩾4 weeks prior to CT-ICI was associated with shorter PFS (HR = 1.07, 95% CI: 1.01–1.14, p  = 0.028). …”
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Perioperative outcomes of video-assisted versus right anterior thoracotomy mitral valve replacement: an observational study by Gehad Awad, Fetoh Alaaeldin Fetoh, Noureldin Noaman Gwely, Usama Hamza, Sameh Amer, Yomna Mohammed Yehya, Amr Abdellateef

“…There was a gradual reduction in VAS in both groups along the period of 3 months postoperatively without significant differences between the two groups in 2 weeks and 3 months postoperatively. Conclusions VAMVR and ATMVR could be considered safe, feasible approaches with favorable perioperative surgical and echocardiographic results. …”
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Abortion-related complications in Brazil: results from the World Health Organization Multi-country Survey on Abortion (MCS-A) by Nelio Neves Veiga Junior, Luiz Francisco Cintra Baccaro, Adriana Mendonça da Silva Alexandrino, Alexandre Volta Andrade do Nascimento, Camila Tereza Camilo Clerot, Cintya Andreia do Nascimento Santos, Claudia Lucrécia de Matos Silva, Claudio Lucio de Medeiros Albuquerque, Débora Paulo Santos, Demétrio Antonio Gonçalves da S. Gomes, Édson Cunha de Araújo Junior, Elizabete das Chagas Vilanova, Georgina Costa Teixeira, Graciete Helena Nascimento dos Santos, Guilherme Augusto Guerra Avelar, Iara Elce Lopes Barros, Jaqueline Polon Abboud, Jeane Cristina Antas Lins, Joanne Thalita Pereira Silva, Kelma H. Aguiar de Lucena, Lara Wanderley Paes Barbosa, Lia Ferreira Caixeta Barreto de Siqueira, Luciana de Melo Freitas Carneiro, Lucila Nagata, Márcia de Oliveira Pereira Lúcio, Maria Cleane Rodrigues da Silva, Maria da Conceição Ribeiro Simões, Maria Fernanda da Mota Magalhães, Mariana Viana Almeida, Michelle Regina Faria Lira, Nádia Martins de Paula Souza, Rafael Martins Papa, Rafael Ribeiro Matos, Renata Porto Pinheiro, Roberta Souza dos Anjos, Suelen Miranda de Jesus, Tedy Roger Flores Ynturias, Valéria Cristina Gonçalves, Viviane Resende de Abreu Caetano

“…Factors associated with PLTC/SMO vs mild complications were having a gestational age ≥ 13 weeks (pravlence ratio - PR = 3.09; 95% confidence interval - 95%CI: 1.42-6.72), having been treated in Maranhão (PR = 0.27; 95%CI: 0.12-0.63) and in Rondônia (PR = 0.64; 95%CI: 0.20-0.99). …”
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Effects of natural carotenoid (carrot and red bell pepper) on growth performance, digestive enzymes and antioxidant enzymes in koi, Cyprinus rubrofuscus by Abbas Zamani

“…The effect of prepared diets was evaluated on growth performance, digestive enzymes (trypsin and amylase) and antioxidant activity including superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase in koi (weight: 1.10 ± 0.20 g) for 8 weeks. Results and discussion: The results obtained from body weight gain, specific growth rate and condition factor showed that there was no significant difference among the experimental diets, although they were higher in D2, D3 and D4 compared to D1. …”
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Free fatty acids may regulate the expression of 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 in the liver of high-fat diet golden hamsters through the ERS-CHOP-C/EBPα signaling pathway... by Dandan Liu, Peipei Tian, Yilin Hou, Tingxue Zhang, Xiaoyu Hou, Lifang Liu, Xiaolong Li, Kunjie Zheng, Chao Wang, Guangyao Song

“…Methods A total of 24 male Syrian golden hamsters (SPF grade) were selected and randomly divided into a control group (Con, n = 8) fed a normal diet, and a high-fat diet group (n = 16) fed for 12 weeks. After successfully establishing the hyperlipidemia hamster model, the high-fat group was further divided into a high-fat group (HF) and a fenofibrate intervention group (Feno). …”
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Evaluation of Krill Meal in Commercial Diets for Juvenile Swimming Crab (Portunus trituberculatus) by Chen Guo, Min Jin, Lefei Jiao, Shichao Xie, Xiangsheng Zhang, Jiaxiang Luo, Tingting Zhu, Qicun Zhou

“…An 8-week feeding trial was carried out to assess the effect of dietary krill meal on growth performance and expression of genes related to TOR pathway and antioxidation of swimming crab (Portunus trituberculatus). …”
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Health care utilization patterns of patients enrolled in an interdisciplinary program for back pain by Sara Davin, Psy.D., MPH, Brittany Lapin, PhD., MPH, Belinda Udeh, PhD, Sarah Rispinto, PhD, Nicolas R. Thompson, MS, Ryan Honomichl, PhD, Andre Machado, MD, Irene L. Katzan, MD

“…Opioid use was also extracted based on inpatient and outpatient orders, as well as days on opioids within 2 weeks following an emergency department visit or hospitalization. …”
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The effect of Tai Chi on plasma homocysteine in 1176 adults: a propensity score matching-based study by Yingchun Gu, Juncai Bai, Yang Li, Ling Han, Dongwei Wang

“…In the Tai Chi group, the type of exercise was 24 simplified forms of Tai Chi, at least 3 times/week for 30–60 min/ time. The median duration of practice for Tai Chi group was 26.5 (11,41) years. …”
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Acceptance, Safety, and Effect Sizes in Online Dialectical Behavior Therapy for Borderline Personality Disorder: Interventional Pilot Study by Ruben Vonderlin, Tali Boritz, Carola Claus, Büsra Senyüz, Saskia Mahalingam, Rachel Tennenhouse, Stefanie Lis, Christian Schmahl, Jürgen Margraf, Tobias Teismann, Nikolaus Kleindienst, Shelley McMain, Martin Bohus

“…Self-harm behaviors decreased significantly from 80% to 28% of all patients showing at least 1 self-harm behavior in the last 10 weeks (risk ratio 0.35). A high dropout rate of 38% was observed. …”
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Effectiveness of mDiabetes intervention in enhancing diabetes awareness and promoting healthy lifestyle changes among the general population in rural India by Padmaja Kumari Rani, Padmaja Kumari Rani, Padmaja Kumari Rani, Jachin David Williams, Nidhi Jaswal, Venkateswaralu Yandluri, Payal Sangani, Kavya Sanagavarapu, Ramya Natarajan, Sandhya Ramalingam, Nalini Saligram, Rohit C. Khanna, Rohit C. Khanna, Rohit C. Khanna, Rohit C. Khanna

“…Under this program, 56 diabetes prevention messages (twice a week) in local language) were disseminated among the participants via voice calls for a period of 6 months. …”
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Clinical Effect on Early Rehabilitation Intervention of Patients after Coronary Artery bypass Grafting by Xin HE, Weiming ZHANG, Xin CHEN, Huijuan PAN, Yuanfeng SUN

“…The whole duration of the training last for 5 days in one week and twice in one day,30 minutes in every training. …”
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Negative effects of adverse childhood experiences and absence of positive childhood experiences on healthcare employees: survey findings built on 10 years of trauma-informed develo... by Laneita Williamson, Laneita Williamson, Stephanie S. Daniel, Jennifer Carter, Adam Ridenhour, Camila A. Pulgar, Yasmin Gay, Beata Debinski

“…Having 0–2 PCEs relative to 6–7 PCEs was also significantly associated with greater odds of past 2-week compassion fatigue, a lower resilience score, and decreased odds of reported organizational belonging measures. …”
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The efficacy and safety of the biosimilar product (Inflectra®) compared to the reference drug (Remicade®) in rescue therapy in adult patients with ulcerative colitis by Magdalena Kaniewska, Andrzej Moniuszko, Grażyna Rydzewska

“…Activity of the disease was evaluated on the Mayo scale at qualification, after finishing the rescue treatment (after 14 weeks), and after a 6-month observation period. In all patients, sigmoidoscopy was performed at qualification and after induction (after three doses). …”
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hUC-MSC preserves erectile function by restoring mitochondrial mass of penile smooth muscle cells in a rat model of cavernous nerve injury via SIRT1/PGC-1a/TFAM signaling by Mengbo Yang, Xinda Chen, Ming Zhang, Xiaolin Zhang, Dongdong Xiao, Huiming Xu, Mujun Lu

“…Erectile function evaluation and histological detection were performed 4 weeks after cell transplantation. In vitro, CCSMCs underwent hypoxia and were then co-cultured with ADSC or hUC-MSC using a transwell system. …”
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