Comparison of Diaphragmatic Stretch Technique and Manual Diaphragm Release Technique on Diaphragmatic Excursion in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: A Randomized Crossover Tri... by Aishwarya Nair, Gopala Krishna Alaparthi, Shyam Krishnan, Santhosh Rai, R. Anand, Vishak Acharya, Preetam Acharya

“…This makes the diaphragm’s contraction less effective in raising and expanding the lower rib cage, thereby increasing the work of breathing and reducing the functional capacity. Aim of the Study. To compare the effects of diaphragmatic stretch and manual diaphragm release technique on diaphragmatic excursion in patients with COPD. …”
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SARS-CoV-2 active infection and antibodies amongst health personnel during the outbreak in Cameroon: Strengthening the health system for response to future public health emergencie... by Sen Claudine Henriette Ngomtcho, Blaise Mboringong Akenji, Ketina Hirma Tchio-Nighie, Joseph Fokam, Etienne Guenou, Carolle Nsa'Amang Eyebe, Yvan Junior Nzegni Kamkoum, Valdex Derick Ntale Tchoffo, Collins Buh Nkum, Hervé Christian Tchoudjin Paho, Yvette Marie Solange Ebogo, Aude Nanfak, Martin Maidadi-Foudi, Crescence Fouda, Angyiba Serge Andigema, Lilian Nsah Bongdze-Em, Beri Nadin Nfor, Judith Torimiro, Anne Cécile Zoung-Kanyi Bissek, Michel Noubom, Marie Claire Assoumou Okomo, Jérôme Ateudjieu

“…There is need of vaccine to achieve protectiveness, and optimal response also requires capacity building to improve the health system when challenged by a future pandemic.…”
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Effect of Extracorporeal Diaphragmatic Pacing Combined with Four-Point Kneeling Position Training on Pulmonary Function in Patients with Ischemic Stroke by LU Wei, DONG Pengxia, XIE Tianpei, FAN Yingjie, QIU Hao, LIU Haoyu, SU Min

“…After 8 weeks of continuous treatment, the patients were evaluated for changes of clam endexpiratory diaphragmatic thickness (CEEDT), maximum end-inspiratory diaphragm thickness (MEIDT), quiet breathing diaphragm mobility (QBDM), deep breathing diaphragm mobility (DBDM), forced vital capacity (FVC), forced expiratory volume in 1 second (FEV₁), FEV₁/FVC, peak expiratory flow (PEF), 6-minute walking distance (6MWD) and Borg score of patients were detected and evaluated in both groups.ResultsThere were no significant differences in the pre-treatment general data and baseline evaluation results at baseline, before treatment between the two groups (<italic>P</italic>&gt;0.05). …”
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Design and Application of a Data-computation Integrated Database for Meteorological Grid Data by Wang Shu, Xu Yongjun, He Wenchun, Wu Huanping, Gao Feng, Liu Yuanyuan, Liu Bei, Lü Guanru, Ni Xuelei

“…This structured approach significantly enhances the database's capacity to read and process data, rendering it far more efficient than traditional methods. …”
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Effective control of southern blight and root rot of Aconitum carmichaelii Debeaux by endophytic Bacillus velezensis YN-2-6S by Qian Wang, Yujie Qiu, Siyu Wang, Yumei Gou, Hongji Hou, Tianwei Su, Lan Zou, Jing Huang

“…YN-2-6S showed strong antagonistic capacity against Sclerotium rolfsii and Fusarium oxysporum both in vitro and on root slices of A. carmichaelii by dual-culture assay. …”
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Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions May Attenuate Acute Exacerbations of Asthma: Experience During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Taiwan by Lin CY, Lin CH, Lo YL, Lo CY, Huang HY, Hsieh MH, Fang YF, Li TC, Lin SM, Huang YT, Chang PJ, Lin HC

“…The patients in group 4 were significantly older (73.3± 29.1 vs 65.5± 29.2, 69.7± 26.2 years, p< 0.01) and had significantly worse forced expiratory volume in one second/forced vital capacity ratio (70.5± 13.9 vs 79.6± 15.5, 72.9± 18.0, p< 0.01) than those in group 1 and 2, and the highest rate of oral corticosteroid prescriptions (17%, p< 0.01). …”
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Development of Cephradine-Loaded Gelatin/Polyvinyl Alcohol Electrospun Nanofibers for Effective Diabetic Wound Healing: In-Vitro and In-Vivo Assessments by Anam Razzaq, Zaheer Ullah Khan, Aasim Saeed, Kiramat Ali Shah, Naveed Ullah Khan, Bouzid Menaa, Haroon Iqbal, Farid Menaa

“…The resulting drug-loaded NFs (LNFs) were characterized physically using ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) spectrophotometry (for drug loading capacity (LC), drug encapsulation efficiency (EE), and drug release kinetics determination), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) (for thermostability evaluation), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) (for surface morphology analysis), and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) (for functional group identification). …”
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Migrasomes derived from human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells: a new therapeutic agent for ovalbumin-induced asthma in mice by Weifeng Gu, Tingting Zheng, Wen Li, Xinkai Luo, Xiaowei Xu, Ying Wang, Chaoming Mao, Yongbin Ma, Liyang Dong

“…Notably, in vitro, migraosmes decreased the capacity of BMDCs to stimulate OVA-specific Th2-cell responses. …”
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New bitongling regulates gut microbiota to predict angiogenesis in rheumatoid arthritis via the gut-joint axis: a deep neural network approach by Yin Guan, Xiaoqian Zhao, Yun Lu, Yue Zhang, Yan Lu, Yue Wang

“…Recent research indicates that gut microbiota might be pivotal in RA development through the “gut-joint axis,” presenting novel therapeutic possibilities.PurposeThis study seeks to explore the therapeutic potential of the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) compound new bitongling (NBTL) for RA, with an emphasis on its capacity to regulate gut microbiota and suppress angiogenesis via the vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) signaling pathway.MethodsWe utilized a collagen-induced arthritis (CIA) rat model to assess the impact of NBTL. …”
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6G-oriented cross-modal signal reconstruction technology by Ang LI, Jianxin CHEN, Xin WEI, Liang ZHOU

“…Therefore, a cross-modal signal reconstruction scheme is urgently needed to reduce the amount of transmitted data to support 6G immersive multimodal services in order to meet the user's immersive experience requirements and guarantee low latency,high reliability and high capacity communication quality. Methods:Firstly,by controlling the robot to touch various materials,a dataset containing audio, visual and touch signals, VisTouch, is constructed to lay the foundation for subsequent research on various cross-modal problems; secondly, by exploiting the semantic correlation between multimodal signals, a universal and robust end-to-end cross-modal signal reconstruction architecture is designed, comprising three parts: a feature extraction module, a reconstruction module and an evaluation module. …”
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Using RES Surpluses to Remove Overburden from Lignite Mines Can Improve the Nation’s Energy Security by Leszek Jurdziak, Witold Kawalec, Zbigniew Kasztelewicz, Pawel Parczyk

“…When a lignite supply chain is operated this way, a high-capacity power bank can be created with energy storage in the form of an open brown coal seam. …”
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Production of Biogas from Bio-Degradable Municipal Solid Waste – A Way of Resource Recovery. by Atatiru, Faiza

“…A plastic container (0.12m3) capacity was redesigned to be used as a bio digester. …”
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Investigating The Performance Of Local And Indigenous Businesses In Times Of Economic Recession With Emphasis On Developing The Capabilities Of Cooperatives In Sistan And Baluchest... by Ali Asghar Tabavar, Abdoulnaser Derakhshan, Sahar Arefi

“…According to the existing capacities and potentials in Iran, the field of ecology or ecotourism can lead to great growth and the impact that local businesses in the field of ecology through cooperatives can have on economic growth and national development. …”
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Identifying the factors affecting the growth of the employees of the country's property and documents registration organization by Najmeh Ahmadi, Kolsoum Nami, Nader Ghourchian, Parivash Jafari

“…The development of employees means the formation of all the capacities necessary in learning knowledge, information, and specialized professions in human resources; to enable them to create a position of quality and value-creating services in the organization, and perform optimally the duties and responsibilities that they are committed to in the organization, associated with efficiency and effectiveness (Doroudi & Kangeroudi, 2014). …”
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Presenting a model based on media and social networks in the management of intelligent electricity consumption by Ahmad shojaee arzaneee, Mohamad Hemati, Ali akbar Amin beydokhti

“…The unprecedented growth of electricity demand compared to other countries of the world, the excessive consumption of this energy and the increase in the requirements of the country's economic productive sectors have made it inevitable to pay attention to the high increase in the determined capacity up to double the current capacity in less than a decade. …”
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Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor 1 Is Required for Human Umbilical Cord–Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cell–Mediated Rheumatoid Arthritis Therapy by Guangyang Liu, Herui Wang, Chenliang Zhang, Xin Li, Yi Mi, Yaoyao Chen, Liqiang Xu, Li Miao, Haomiao Long, Yongjun Liu

“…Previous in vitro studies indicate that TNF-α secreted by T cells can activate NF-κB in human MSCs, thereby triggering the immunoregulatory capacity of MSCs in a manner dependent on tumor necrosis factor receptor 1 (TNFR1). …”
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Epithelial stem cells from human small bronchi offer a potential for therapy of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosisResearch in context by Zeyu Liu, Qi Zheng, Zhoubin Li, Moli Huang, Cheng Zhong, Ruize Yu, Rong Jiang, Haotian Dai, Jingyuan Zhang, Xiaohua Gu, Yongle Xu, Chunwei Li, Shan Shan, Feng Xu, Yue Hong, Tao Ren

“…Post-transplantation assessments included lung function, exercise capacity and high resolution computed tomography (HRCT) scans were analyzed to quantify the clinical benefits conferred by the BCs transplantation. …”
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Two decades of recipient and donor referrals for heart transplantation to Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town, South Africa: A retrospective study by R Kanyongo, G Calligaro, B Cupido, J Scherman, A Brooks, C Ofoegbu, N Da Silva, A Ryan, M Mofamadi, K Seele, P Human, J Brink, P Zilla, T Pennel

“…Reasons for declining donors included unsuitability for transplantation (30.3%), lack of capacity (1.8%), and recipient-donor mismatch (66.9%). …”
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Malícia honey (Mimosa quadrivalvis L.) produced by the jandaíra bee (Melipona subnitida D.) shows antioxidant activity via phenolic compound action in obese rats by Maria Luiza Rolim Bezerra, Maria Luiza Rolim Bezerra, Mirela Gouveia-Nhanca, Mirela Gouveia-Nhanca, Maria Letícia da Veiga Dutra, Maria Letícia da Veiga Dutra, Kamila Sabino Batista, Alana Natalícia Vasconcelos de Araújo, Alana Natalícia Vasconcelos de Araújo, Marcos dos Santos Lima, Marcos dos Santos Lima, Mateus Duarte Ribeiro, Mateus Duarte Ribeiro, Alexandre Sergio Silva, Alexandre Sergio Silva, Alexandre Sergio Silva, Adriano Francisco Alves, Tatiana Colombo Pimentel, Marciane Magnani, Marciane Magnani, Jailane de Souza Aquino, Jailane de Souza Aquino, Jailane de Souza Aquino

“…The rats were euthanised at the end of the experiment to collect brain, gut, kidney, and liver tissues to evaluate parameters related to oxidative stress and phenolic profile.ResultsThe administration of malícia honey reduced energy intake and weight gain in the OGH in comparison to the OG. Total antioxidant capacity increased in the brain, liver, and gut in both groups treated with honey compared to respective controls. …”
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Twenty-four weeks of combined training in different environments, aquatic and land, in the type 2 diabetes management (Aquatic and Land Exercise for Diabetes -ALED): protocol of a... by Larissa dos Santos Leonel, Ingrid Alessandra Victoria Wolin, Angélica Danielevicz, Mabel Diesel, Marina Isolde Constantini, João Batista de Oliveira Junior, Allana Andrade Souza, Thaís Reichert, João Gabriel Silveira-Rodrigues, Danusa Dias Soares, Marcelo Fernando Ronsoni, Simone Van De Sande Lee, Alex Rafacho, Guilherme Fleury Fina Speretta, Karla Siqueira Lottermann, Josefina Bertoli, Alexandre Pastoris Muller, Aline Mendes Gerage, Cíntia de La Rocha Freitas, Rodrigo Sudatti Delevatti

“…Before, at 12 weeks, and after the 24 weeks of training, biochemical analyses, functional capacity, maximum muscle strength, body composition assessments, cardiovascular measures, and the administration of questionnaires to assess mental, cognitive, sleep quality, and quality of life will be conducted. …”
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