Advancements for the Future: A National Survey of Fastpitch Softball Coaches’ Perspectives on Injury Prevention Programming by Jaime Nurrenbern, Courtney Klueppel, Jeff Tilly, Kyle Matsel

“…Although over 50% of coaches recognized arm fatigue/overuse (27.9%, n=48/172) and decreased core strength (22.7%, n=39/172) were important risk factors, 36% (n=94/172) "disagree" that softball pitchers should adhere to pitch counts and 90% (n=83/92) believe that preventative programming for pitchers and position players should be similar…”
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Source Apportionment of Urban Ammonia and its Contribution to Secondary Particle Formation in a Mid-size European City by Laura Ehrnsperger, Otto Klemm

“…Modeled emissions of NH3 as estimated by the Handbook for Emission Factors in combination with traffic counts were in the same magnitude for NH3. The size-resolved chemical composition of inorganic ions in PM10 was dominated by NH4 + (8.66 µg m−3), followed by NO3 − (3.89 µg m−3), SO4 2− (1.58 µg m−3) and Cl− (1.33 µg m−3). …”
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Workload Comparison of Contemporary Interval Throwing Programs and a Novel Optimized Program for Baseball Pitchers by Brittany Dowling, Christopher M Brusalis, John T Streepy, Alexander Hodakowski, Patrick J Pauley, Dave Heidloff, Grant E Garrigues, Nikhil N Verma, Glenn S Fleisig

“…The relative rate of workload increase was measured as an acute:chronic workload ratio (ACWR). For each ITP, throw counts, daily/acute/chronic workloads, and ACWR were calculated and plotted over time. …”
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Physical safety climate, safety practices and perceived well-being of informal solid waste collectors in the Cape Coast Metropolis by Samuel Maneen, Nkosi Nkosi Botha, Mustapha Amoadu, Edward Wilson Ansah

“…Data were collected using a 43-item questionnaire comprising demographic characteristics, physical safety climate, safety practices, and physical and psychological well-being items. Frequency counts, percentage analysis, bivariate correlation and multiple regression were used to analyse the data. …”
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Investigating the mechanistic role of oxidative stress in brain–gut axis disruption in rat model by Akeem Babatunde Sikiru, Stephen Acheneje Egena, Muhyideen Adio Kilani, Morufat Eniola Azeez, Maryam Nahari Adam, Ahmad Abdullahi

“…The endotoxin exposure caused nonspecific inflammatory response marked with increased counts of WBCs and neutrophils (p < 0.05). The monocyte percentage decreased (p < 0.05), while the lymphocyte percentage remained unchanged (p > 0.05). …”
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LIMD1-AS1 promotes the progression of prostate cancer and affects the function of prostate cancer cells by down-regulating miR-29c-3p by Yongsheng Yu, Nan He, Zhaolu Song, Chang Wang, Jinhuang Xu

“…Methods qRT-PCR was employed to assess the expression of LIMD1-AS1 and miR-29c-3p. The Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8) was used to assess cell proliferation in PCa cells. …”
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Duodenal Eosinophilia in Functional Dyspepsia by A. S. Silaeva, E. L. Bueverova, Yu. O. Shulpekova

“…Aim: to present observation of a patient diagnosed with functional dyspepsia based on current guidelines, and having increased eosinophil counts in the biopsy specimen of duodenal mucosa. …”
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Phlegmonous appendicitis as a variant of uncomplicated appendicitis by Tezcan Akın, Hüseyin Fahri Martlı, Eda Şahingöz, Birkan Birben, Sadettin Er, Ayşe Çiftçi, Hayriye Tatlı Doğan, Mesut Tez

“…Phlegmonous appendicitis exhibited significantly higher leukocyte counts and appendix diameters compared to uncomplicated appendicitis but had lower CRP values than complicated appendicitis. …”
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Functional Movement Screen Detected Asymmetry & Normative Values Among College-Aged Students by Craig R Triplett, Bryan S Dorrel, Matthew L Symonds, Corey A Selland, Daniel D Jensen, Christopher N Poole

“… # Purpose The objective was to determine normative FMS™ scores, report frequency counts for FMS™ asymmetries, and determine if the number of sports seasons and number of different sports an individual participated in during high school varied between university students that showed FMS™ identified asymmetries…”
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Quadriceps Strength Influences Patient Function More Than Single Leg Forward Hop During Late-Stage ACL Rehabilitation by Meredith Chaput, Marcus Palimenio, Brooke Farmer, Dimitrios Katsavelis, Jennifer J. Bagwell, Kimberly A. Turman, Chris Wichman, Terry L. Grindstaff

“…The relationship between IKDC scores and performance measures (LSI and involved limb) was determined using stepwise linear regression. Frequency counts were used to determine whether participants met clinical thresholds (IKDC $\geq$ 90%, quadriceps and single-leg forward hop LSI $\geq$ 90%, quadriceps peak torque $\geq$ 3.0 Nm/kg, and single-leg forward hop $\geq$ 80% height for females and $\geq$ 90% height for males)…”
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Assessment of the Effects of Chemotherapy on Ovarian Reserve in Rats by Ahmet Mete Ergenoğlu, Özgür Yeniel, Volkan Turan, Gülşah Demirtaş, Levent Akman, Mustafa Coşan Terek, Gülinnaz Ercan, Osman Zekioğlu

“… OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of cyclophosphamide and cisplatin on ovarian reserve in rats by the way of counting primordial follicle and assessing TNF-alpha, 8-OH deguanosine and oxidant/antioxidant status. …”
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An Interval Throwing Program for Baseball Pitchers Based upon Workload Data by Michael M. Reinold, Brittany Dowling, Glenn S. Fleisig, Leonard C. Macrina, Kevin E. Wilk, John T. Streepy, James R. Andrews

“…Elbow varus torque per throw was calculated based upon a relationship between elbow varus torque and throwing distance. Throw counts, daily/chronic/acute workloads, and ACWR were calculated and plotted over time. …”
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Activity of sorghum aphid and its natural enemies in the context of agroecological and weather conditions by Tomasz E. Koralewski, Tomasz E. Koralewski, Michael J. Brewer, Leonel L. Deleon, Norman C. Elliott, Kristopher Giles, Adrianna Szczepaniec, Ashleigh M. Faris, Ashleigh M. Faris

“…In this study we used data on counts of sorghum aphids, lady beetles (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae), and parasitoid wasps Aphelinus nigritus Howard (Hymenoptera: Aphelinidae) and Lysiphlebus testaceipes (Cresson) (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) collected in Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas states of the United States. …”
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Clinicopathological relationship between PM2.5 exposure and acute exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease by Anfeng Cui, Yingying Shao, Yang Wang, Haodong Wang, Jiayi Song, Caiji Liu, Ningning Shen, Zhiqing Yang, Wangliang Zhang, Tiane Luo, Chen Wang

“…Inflammatory markers (leukocyte and neutrophil counts, eosinophil percentages, C-reactive protein), D-dimer levels, PaCO2, and pulmonary fibrosis indicators showed positive correlations with PM2.5 levels, whereas Pulmonary Function measures (FEV1/ FVC, FEV1 %) and PaO2 showed inverse correlations. …”
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The natural course of cystic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours in MEN1 by Eline N M van Vliembergen, Carolina R C Pieterman, Annenienke C van de Ven, Arthur J A T Braat, Gerlof D Valk, Joanne M de Laat

“…Cystic lesions had a median diameter of 26 mm at the time of resection, compared to 18 mm for solid lesions, with comparable Ki-67 indices and mitotic counts. We conclude that cystic and solid PanNETs in MEN1 patients appear to be morphological variations of the same entity, suggesting that similar management approaches should be considered.…”
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Epidemiology of urinary tract infections in the Middle East and North Africa, 1990–2021 by Fatemeh Amiri, Saeid Safiri, Reza Aletaha, Mark J. M. Sullman, Kamaleddin Hassanzadeh, Ali-Asghar Kolahi, Shahnam Arshi

“…Metrics such as absolute counts, age-standardised rates, and percentage changes from 1990 to 2021 are presented with 95% uncertainty intervals (UIs). …”
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Effect of a Yogic Breathing Technique on Immune Parameters among Healthcare Workers: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study by Archana Balasubramanian, Priyathersini Nagarajan, Mathangi Damal Chandrasekar, Kaviraja Udupa, Emmanuel Bhaskar, Divya Kanchibotla, Saumya Subramanian

“…A slight increase in interleukin (IL)-6 values and a higher IL-4 mean values was observed in the study group compared to controls. CD56 and CD8 counts were higher in the study group compared to controls. …”
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DRomics, a workflow to exploit dose-response omics data in ecotoxicology by Delignette-Muller, Marie Laure, Siberchicot, Aurélie, Larras, Floriane, Billoir, Elise

“…DRomics has been augmented especially to be able to handle varied omics data considering the nature of the measured signal (e.g. counts of reads in RNAseq) and the way data were collected (e.g. batch effect, situation with no experimental replicates). …”
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Investigating the miRNA-mRNA interactome of human trabecular meshwork cells treated with TGF-β1 provides insights into the pathogenesis of pseudoexfoliation glaucoma. by Anton W Roodnat, Chelsey Doyle, Breedge Callaghan, Karen Lester, Megan Henry, Carl Sheridan, Declan J McKenna, Colin E Willoughby, Sarah D Atkinson

“…For both mRNA and miRNA species, differential expression was determined using a bioinformatics pipeline consisting of FastQC, STAR, FeatureCounts, edgeR (for miRNA) and DESeq2 (for mRNA). Putative mRNA-miRNA interactions between differentially expressed mRNA and miRNA species were determined using interaction databases miRWalk, miRTarBase, TarBase and TargetScan. …”
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InsectChange: Comment by Gaume, Laurence, Desquilbet, Marion

“…On the basis of a comprehensive review of the original studies, we highlight numerous issues in this database, such as errors in insect counts, sampling biases, inclusion of noninsects driving assemblage trends, omission of drivers investigated in original studies and inaccurate assessment of local cropland cover. …”
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