A Prospective Randomized Study for Comparison of Modified Proximal Femoral Plate with Dynamic Hip Screw System by Jitendra Wadhwani, Ramchander Siwach, Himanshu Bansal, Roop Singh, Pradeep Kamboj, Hemant More

“…Aim: To conduct a prospective randomized study comparing the functional and radiological outcomes of dynamic hip screw (DHS) and modified proximal femoral locking compression plate (PFLCP) in Asian population with intertrochanteric fractures. …”
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Mobility Aware Spectrum Handoff in 6G-Enabled Cognitive Radio Vehicular Centralized and Ad-Hoc Networks by Shanidul Hoque, Hemanta Kumar Sahu, Mohammed Nazibul Hasan, Rajesh Saha

“…In addition, we derive the LMP and LFP of a non-stationary CU in <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$k^{th}$ </tex-math></inline-formula> cell and compare the results among various cells. Further, we realize the effect of various service time distributions of PUs and CUs on the performance metrics, and lognormal service time distribution offers better SH performance as compared to the exponential and Erlangen distribution models. …”
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Unilateral baseball pitching: morphological and functional adaptations in the neck muscles by Leila Rahnama, Ceren Acik, Christine Dy, Stefan Keslacy

“…Bilateral dorsal neck muscle thickness, stiffness, neck range of motion (ROM), neck repositioning error, and extensor strength were measured, and the asymmetry between the two groups was compared. Rehabilitative ultrasound imaging was used to assess muscle thickness and stiffness. …”
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Development of the modified Safety Attitude Questionnaire for the medical imaging department by Ravi Chanthriga Eturajulu, Maw Pin Tan, Mohd Idzwan Zakaria, Karuthan Chinna, Kwan Hoong Ng

“…A cut-off of 60% was used to define the percentage positive responses (PPR). PPR values were compared between occupational groups. Results: A total of 300 complete responses were received and the response rate was 75.4%. …”
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Enzyme-responsive vitamin D-based micelles for paclitaxel-controlled delivery and synergistic pancreatic cancer therapy by Diana Peixoto, João M. Ravasco, Barbara Blanco-Fernandez, Francisco Veiga, Angel Concheiro, João Conde, Ana Cláudia Paiva-Santos, Carmen Alvarez-Lorenzo

“…PTX-loaded VD3 micelles also exhibited prominent cell internalization and induced a considerable cytotoxic synergistic effect against human PDAC cells (BxPC-3 cells) in 2D and 3D cell culture models compared with free PTX. The PTX-loaded VD3 micelles were hemocompatible and stable after long-term storage in the presence of biorelevant media, and showed higher efficiency to inhibit the tumor growth compared to the approved clinical nanoformulation (Abraxane®) in an in ovo tumor model. …”
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Competing Risks Analysis of Cancer-associated Recurrent Thrombosis, Major Bleeds, and Death in a Geriatric Cohort by Joshua D. Brown, Kelley L. Ratermann, Kelley L. Ratermann, Jeffery C. Talbert, Jeffery C. Talbert, Val R. Adams, Val R. Adams

“…Treatment groups were compared on baseline demographic and clinical characteristics and an inverse probability of treatment weight was used to balance these factors between the groups. …”
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Insecticide-treated bed nets (ITN) ownership and utilization patterns among caregivers with children under five years: A community-based cross-sectional study in Battor, North Tong... by Emmanuel Abu Bonsra, Petra Amankwah Osei, Akua Grace Sekyi, Gideon Amankwah Kyere

“…Additionally, caregivers who found ITNs inconvenient or hot were 30% less likely to use them compared to those who viewed them as costly (aOR = 0.70, 95% CI = 0.43-1.33). …”
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A proposal of visual assessment of serotonergic deficits in parkinsonian syndromes: An 123I-FP-CIT SPECT study by Tomoko Totsune, Toru Baba, Yoko Sugimura, Hideki Oizumi, Hiroyasu Tanaka, Toshiaki Takahashi, Masaru Yoshioka, Ken-ichi Nagamatsu, Atsushi Takeda

“…Recent imaging studies have demonstrated that compared with Parkinson's disease (PD), atypical parkinsonian syndromes (PS) exhibit pronounced SERT reduction using semiquantitative methods. …”
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Deformation and strengthening behavior of Al-Cu-based alloys at ambient and elevated temperatures by Mehran Shahhosseininia, Mohammadreza Zamani

“…The value of elongation to failure significantly increased compared to ambient temperature. The fine-grain size of the Al-Cu-Mg-Ag alloy indicated higher values of YS and UTS with a ductile behavior. …”
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Comparison of Cycle Outcomes among Women with Endometrioma or Non-Functional Cysts Versus Control by Enis Ozkaya, Ebru Cogendez, Elif Tozkir, Saadet Unsal, Ahmet Yavuz, Gulden Tunali, Ozgur Uzun, Evrim Bostancı Ergen, Semra Kayatas Eser

“… OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to compare cycle outcomes among women with endometrioma or non-functional cysts versus control. …”
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Frequency, Prevalence, Interaction, and Gender Differences of Six Psychosocial Factors in Patients Presenting to a Psychiatric Emergency Service by James C. Patterson II, Ovais Khalid, Sarah E. Wakefield, Justin K. Liegmann, Saima Maqsood, Rajeev Srivastava, Elizabeth Allen

“…Females had significantly more abuse or neglect as compared to males, while male subjects had significantly more substance abuse and legal issues than females. …”
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Probing the role of Coniferin and Tetrahydrocurcumin from Traditional Chinese medicine against PSAT1 in early-stage ovarian cancer: An in silico study. by Jia Zhang, Shalesh Gangwar, Nagmi Bano, Shaban Ahmad, Mohammed S Alqahtani, Khalid Raza

“…We next evaluated the binding affinities using molecular docking, which helped to identify Coniferin and Tetrahydrocurcumin compounds as potent inhibitors with the docking score of -8.8 kcal/mol and -8.9 Kcal/mol, respectively, and compared to the native ligand. The inhibitory effects of Coniferin and Tetrahydrocurcumin compounds were evaluated with the Pharmacokinetic studies and compared with the standard values, which resulted in an utter performance against each descriptor of the QikProp and performed the Molecular Interaction Fingerprints that resulted in the most interaction residues with counts were 4GLY, 4ASN, 4HIE, 4SER, 4THR, 3ARG and many more. …”
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Preoperative vs Postoperative Patient Outcome and Recovery Expectations of Total Joint Arthroplasty by Siddhartha Dandamudi, BBA, Kyleen Jan, MD, Madelyn Malvitz, BS, Anne DeBenedetti, MSc, Omar Behery, MD, MPH, Brett R. Levine, MD, MS

“…Preoperatively, 91.3% of patients felt they had enough time to ask questions compared to 98.5% (P = .01) postoperatively. Preoperative patients named risks of TJA more accurately (P < .00001). …”
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Annual versus biannual azithromycin mass drug administration for the elimination of infectious trachoma in Africa: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis using data fro... by Jeremy David Keenan, Solomon Aragie, Taye Zeru, Getu Degu

“…Although no specific frequency of antibiotic distributions has been recommended, several randomised trials have compared annual with biannual mass azithromycin distributions. …”
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Forecasting PM2.5 in Malaysia Using a Hybrid Model by Ezahtulsyahreen Ab. Rahman, Firdaus Mohamad Hamzah, Mohd Talib Latif, Azman Azid

“…The proposed hybrid model was then evaluated in terms of Mean Absolute Percentage Error (MAPE) values by comparing them with real PM2.5 data from the year 2020 in the HPR, MPR and LPR. …”
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Effectiveness of Caregiver Intervention for Improving Medication Adherence on Level of Medication Adherence and Attitude toward Medications among Nonadherent Patients with Mental I... by Simrat Kaur, Renju Sussan Baby, Susanta Kumar Padhy

“…Results: After 1 month of CIIMA, 87.2% of patients in the experimental group were adherent to medication as compared 18.4% in the control group (P < 0.001), significant improvement in their attitude toward medication and treatment in the experimental group as compared to the control group (P = 0.001). …”
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Characteristic Fe and Cu Compounds in Particulate Matter from Subway Premises in Japan and their Potential Biological Effects by Takuma Okamoto, Ayumi Iwata, Hiroko Yamanaka, Kako Ogane, Tatsuhiro Mori, Akiko Honda, Hirohisa Takano, Tomoaki Okuda

“…Therefore, to demonstrate the unique chemical states of the PM collected from subway premises and outdoors, this study compared the chemical speciation of iron (Fe) and copper (Cu) components using X-ray absorption fine structure analysis. …”
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Effects of time restricted feeding combined with Lacto Ovo vegetarian diet on metabolic associated fatty liver disease management: a randomized clinical trial by Mahshad Shafiee, Amir Sadeghi, Fateme Ghafouri-Taleghani, Maryam Nilghaz, Maryam Ghods, Behnaz Narimani, Azita Hekmatdoost, Atoosa saidpour

“…The intervention group showed significant reductions in weight (-8.07 ± 4.31 kg), BMI (-2.70 ± 1.32 kg/m2), waist circumference (-8.00 ± 4.06 cm), as well as ALT (-17.14 ± 14.33 U/L), GGT (-21.09 ± 24.06 U/L), Fatty Liver Index (-26.90 ± 15.81), insulin levels (-3.89 ± 4.69 mU/L), and TNF-α (-11.85 ± 12.52 pg/mL) compared to the control group (all P < 0.05). Lipid profiles also improved with a reduction in triglycerides (-46.85 ± 54.55 mg/dL) and an increase in HDL-C (3.91 ± 5.07 mg/dL) in the intervention group compared to the control group (P < 0.05). …”
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Molecular docking of ferulic acid, bakuchiol and niazirin on peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma (PPAR-γ) as anti-diabetic agents by Anjar Hermadi Saputro, Riri Fauziyya, Sarmoko, Iwan Syahjoko Saputra

“…The analysis focused on binding free energy values, amino acid residue interactions, the number of hydrogen bonds, and bond distances, comparing these results to those of the native ligand and pioglitazone, a known anti-diabetic drug targeting PPAR-γ. …”
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Amniotic fluid microbiota and metabolism with non-syndromic congenital heart defects: a multi-omics analysis by Wenli Xu, Lu Li, Hong Kang, Meixian Wang, Yanqun Liu, Guicun Wang, Ping Yu, Juan Liang, Zhen Liu

“…Compared to the control group, the case group exhibited 177 metabolites that were significantly increased and 480 metabolites that were down-regulated. …”
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