Prevalência de anticorpos contra o vírus da hepatite A em crianças e adolescentes expostos e/ou infectados pelo HIV The prevalence of hepatitis A antibodies in HIV exposed and/or i... by Aída F. T. B. Gouvêa, Maria Isabel de Moraes-Pinto, Daisy M. Machado, Fabiana B. do Carmo, Suênia C. V. Beltrâo, Kelly S. Cunegundes, Silvana D. Pessoa, Lily Yin Weckx, Regina Célia M. Succi

“…Dentro do grupo de infectados pelo HIV, estratificando a amostra em relação à categoria clínica da infecção pelo HIV, observamos que as crianças pertencentes às categorias B e C apresentaram prevalência de anticorpos para o vírus da hepatite A maior (40,5%) do que aquelas pertencentes às categorias N e A (24,1%) (p = 0,042), apesar de apresentarem média de idade sem diferença estatística: 5,66 anos para as categorias N e A e 5,18 anos para as categorias B e C (p = 0,617). …”
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Simulation of runoff from Qarahsoo basin snowmelt By Using SRM model by Mohammad Hossein Aalinejad, Saeed jahanbakhsh, Ali Mohammad Khorshiddoust

“…Accordingly, due to the increases in temperature and decreases in precipitation in cold seasons, the results of runoff simulation have indicated a 24% reduction for 2016-2017 and a 29% reduction for 2017-2018 water years.…”
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Quantitative Muscle MRI in Patients with Neuromuscular Diseases—Association of Muscle Proton Density Fat Fraction with Semi-Quantitative Grading of Fatty Infiltration and Muscle St... by Sarah Schlaeger, Nico Sollmann, Agnes Zoffl, Edoardo Aitala Becherucci, Dominik Weidlich, Elisabeth Kottmaier, Isabelle Riederer, Tobias Greve, Federica Montagnese, Marcus Deschauer, Benedikt Schoser, Claus Zimmer, Dimitrios C. Karampinos, Jan S. Kirschke, Thomas Baum

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Association study between hypothalamic functional connectivity, early nutrition, and glucose levels in healthy children aged 6 years: The COGNIS study follow-up by Estefanía Diéguez, Estefanía Diéguez, Estefanía Diéguez, Ana Nieto-Ruiz, Ana Nieto-Ruiz, Ana Nieto-Ruiz, Cristina Martín-Pérez, Natalia Sepúlveda-Valbuena, Florian Herrmann, Florian Herrmann, Jesús Jiménez, Roser De-Castellar, Andrés Catena, José Antonio García-Santos, José Antonio García-Santos, José Antonio García-Santos, Mercedes G. Bermúdez, Mercedes G. Bermúdez, Mercedes G. Bermúdez, Cristina Campoy, Cristina Campoy, Cristina Campoy, Cristina Campoy

“…Brain function was evaluated using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) and mean glucose levels were collected through a 24-h continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) device at 6 years old. …”
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The Interplay Between Biliary Occlusion and Liver Regeneration: Repeated Regeneration Stimuli Restore Biliary Drainage by Promoting Hepatobiliary Remodeling in a Rat Model by Beate Richter, Constanze Sänger, Franziska Mussbach, Hubert Scheuerlein, Utz Settmacher, Uta Dahmen

“…The second experiment (n = 25 rats) was performed to study the dynamics of hepatobiliary remodeling in livers with different regenerative pressure (tBDT only POD21 vs. tBDT only POD 28 vs. tBDT + sPVL vs. tBDT + 70%PHx vs. tBDT + sPVL + 70%PHx) using μCT scans of explanted livers.ResultsEffect of biliary occlusionTotal biliary occlusion (tBDT) led to a 2.4-fold increase in whole liver volume due to severe biliary proliferation within 14 days. …”
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Fatores prognósticos em pacientes idosos admitidos em unidade de terapia intensiva Prognostic factors in elderly patients admitted in the intensive care unit by Francine de Cristo Stein, Raffaelle Kasprowicz Barros, Fernanda Seligman Feitosa, Diogo Oliveira Toledo, João Manoel da Silva Junior, Alexandre Marini Ísola, Ederlon Rezende

“…Pacientes com idade maior ou igual a 65 anos que permaneceram na unidade de terapia intensiva por tempo maior ou igual a 24 horas foram incluídos, pacientes moribundos e aqueles readmitidos na unidade de terapia intensiva durante mesma internação hospitalar foram excluídos. …”
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Effects of parathyroidectomy on plasma PTH fragments and heart rate variability in stage 5 chronic kidney disease patients by Huimin Chen, Wenkai Ren, Zhanhui Gao, Ming Zeng, Shaowen Tang, Fangyan Xu, Yaoyu Huang, Lina Zhang, Ying Cui, Guang Yang, Hanyang Qian, Wenbin Zhou, Chun Ouyang, Xueyan Gao, Jing Zhang, Yujie Xiao, Baiqiao Zhao, Jing Wang, Anning Bian, Fan Li, Huiting Wan, Wei Gao, Xiaoyun Wang, Changying Xing, Xiaoming Zha, Ningning Wang

“…The HRV parameters were measured using a 24-hour Holter. Results The baseline levels of plasma iPTH, (1-84) PTH, and (7-84) PTH in the CKD5 patients were 930.40 (160.65, 1792.50) pg/mL, 448.60 (99.62, 850.45) pg/mL, and 468.20 (54.22, 922.55) pg/mL, respectively. …”
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Creating a Culture of Health in Planning and Implementing Innovative Strategies Addressing Non-communicable Chronic Diseases by Chariklia Tziraki-Segal, Chariklia Tziraki-Segal, Vincenzo De Luca, Silvina Santana, Rosa Romano, Giovanni Tramontano, Paola Scattola, Corrado Celata, Giusi Gelmi, Sara Ponce Márquez, Luz Lopez-Samaniego, Veronica Zavagli, Arja Halkoaho, Corrina Grimes, Maria Teresa Tomás, Beatriz Fernandes, Laura Calzà, Patrizia Speranza, Liliana Coppola, Harriët Jager-Wittenaar, Rónán O'Caoimh, Anna-Maija Pietilä, Ana Maria Carriazo, Joao Apostolo, Guido Iaccarino, Giuseppe Liotta, Donatella Tramontano, William Molloy, Maria Triassi, Vincenzo Viggiani, Maddalena Illario

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Comprimento do colo uterino e dilatação do orifício interno avaliados pela ultra-sonografia bidimensional e tridimensional Cervical length and internal cervical os dilatation evalu... by Rosieny Souza Brandão, Carlos Geraldo Viana Murta, Antonio Fernandes Moron, Rosiane Mattar, Claudio Rodrigues Pires, Eduardo Almeida Guerzet

“…Foram incluídas 74 gestantes com idade gestacional entre a 19ª e a 24ª semana, independente da presença ou não de fatores de risco para parto prematuro. …”
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A respiration-metabolism chamber system for measuring gas emission and nutrient digestibility in small ruminant animals Sistema de cámaras respiro-metabólicas para medición de gase... by Dong Hua Li, Beob Gyun Kim, Sang Rak Lee

“…La digestibilidad de la materia seca fue del 70.9%, y la producción media de CH4 fue del 11.6 g / día, correspondiente a 24.7 g / kg de consumo de materia seca. Mediante este sistema se pueden realizar con precisión y eficiencia diversos experimentos de medición de emisiones de metano, digestibilidad de nutrientes, o ambos, en pequeños rumiantes tales como cabras, ovejas y ciervos.…”
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Shear bond strength ‎of three different ‎bonding agents on ‎three different tooth ‎substrates in ‎different times by Mustafa, Ammar A., Ibrahim, Maan, Junaidi, termizi, Akhtaruzzaman, Md.

“…However, most of these tests are done after a 24 hours or longer ‎periods. These studies though important in indicating the ability of the bonding resin to ‎adhere to tooth substrate; do not discourse the strength immediately after the bonding ‎resin is cured. …”
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Nutritional intake, body composition, plasma lipids and fat-soluble vitamins, red blood cell fatty acid profile and behaviour of Omani school children by Al-Ghannami, Samia S.

“…Data on food intake were gathered using a 24-hour recall questionnaire; also collected were data on weight, height, blood pressure, triglycerides and fasting glucose. …”
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Efficacy and safety of statin therapy in older people: meta-analysis of individual participant data from 28 randomised controlled trials by Cholesterol Treatment Trialists' Collaboration, Collins, R, Baigent, C, Emberson, J, Mihaylova, B, Reith, C

“…Overall, statin or more intensive therapy yielded a 24% (RR 0·76, 95% CI 0·73–0·79) proportional reduction in major coronary events per 1·0 mmol/L reduction in LDL cholesterol, and with increasing age, we observed a trend towards smaller proportional risk reductions in major coronary events (ptrend=0·009). …”

Factors affecting prognosis of the patients with severe hyponatremia by Ercan Turkmen, Ahmet Karatas, Mahmut Altindal

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A phase 4 multicentre, 2×2 factorial randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial to investigate the efficacy and safety of tobramycin inhalation solution for Pseudomonas aer... by Yong-Hua Gao, Hai-Wen Lu, Hui-Zhen Zheng, Chao Cao, De-Jie Chu, Hong Fan, Xiao-Yun Fan, Hong-Yan Gu, Wei-Jie Guan, Zhi-Jun Jie, Yang Jin, Wen Li, Yu-Ping Li, Yuan-Yuan Li, Lin Liu, Xue-Dong Liu, Hong Luo, Xiao-Dong Lv, Wei-Qiang Mo, Yuan-Lin Song, Dao-Xin Wang, Ling-Wei Wang, Chang-Zheng Wang, Min Xie, Min Zhang, Cui-Xia Zheng, Bei Mao, Sanjay H. Chotirmall, James D. Chalmers, Jie-Ming Qu, Jin-Fu Xu

“…This multicentre, 2×2 factorial randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, parallel-group trial includes a 2-week screening period, a 12-week treatment phase (with a combination of ciprofloxacin or a placebo at initial 2 weeks) and a 24-week follow-up. 364 adults with bronchiectasis and a new PA isolation will be randomly assigned to one of four groups: placebo (inhaled saline and ciprofloxacin placebo twice daily), ciprofloxacin alone (750 mg ciprofloxacin and inhaled saline twice daily), inhaled tobramycin alone (inhaled 300 mg tobramycin and ciprofloxacin placebo twice daily) or a combination of both drugs (inhaled 300 mg tobramycin and 750 mg ciprofloxacin twice daily). …”
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Autonomic nervous system activity assessment in recreational half marathon runners [Hodnocení aktivity autonomního nervového systému u rekreačních účastníků půlmaratonského běhu]... by David Smékal, Michal Šafář, Pavel Stejskal, Michal Botek

“…Po ukončení závodu proběhla měření aktivity ANS v 1., 12. a 24. hodině. Aktivita ANS byla reprezentována standardními spektrálními parametry a také komplexními indexy SA HRV. …”
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Outcome of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis attending in a multidisciplinary care unit by F.J. Rodríguez de Rivera, C. Oreja Guevara, I. Sanz Gallego, B. San José Valiente, A. Santiago Recuerda, M.A. Gómez Mendieta, J. Arpa, E. Díez Tejedor

“…The aim of this study is to evaluate every 3 months, over a 24-month period, the outcome of patients treated at the ALS unit since the time of diagnosis. …”
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Calorie restriction improves lipid-related emerging cardiometabolic risk factors in healthy adults without obesity: Distinct influences of BMI and sex from CALERIE™ a multicentre,... by Kim M. Huffman, Daniel C. Parker, Manjushri Bhapkar, Susan B. Racette, Corby K. Martin, Leanne M. Redman, Sai Krupa Das, Margery A. Connelly, Carl F. Pieper, Melissa Orenduff, Leanna M. Ross, Megan E. Ramaker, James L. Dorling, Clifford J Rosen, Irina Shalaurova, James D. Otvos, Virginia B. Kraus, William E. Kraus

“…Methods: The Comprehensive Assessment of Long-term Effects of Reducing Intake of Energy (CALERIE™) was a 24-month, multicenter, randomized controlled trial (May 2007-November 2012) in healthy, adults without obesity to evaluate the potential for calorie restriction (CR) to promote anti-aging adaptations, including those associated with disease risk. 218 participants (age 37.9 ± 7.2 years and body mass index (BMI) 25.1 ± 1.7 kg/m2, mean±SD) were randomized 2:1 to 24 months of CR (prescribed as 25% reduction from baseline calorie intake) versus ad libitum (AL). …”
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The JCMT SCUBA-2 Survey of the James Webb Space Telescope North Ecliptic Pole Time-Domain Field by Minhee Hyun, Myungshin Im, Ian R. Smail, William D. Cotton, Jack E. Birkin, Satoshi Kikuta, Hyunjin Shim, Christopher N. A. Willmer, James J. Condon, Rogier A. Windhorst, Seth H. Cohen, Rolf A. Jansen, Chun Ly, Yuichi Matsuda, Giovanni G. Fazio, A. M. Swinbank, Haojing Yan

“…The 3 GHz observations cover a 24′ diameter field with a 1 σ noise of 1 μ Jy beam ^−1 at a 0.″7 FWHM. …”
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Association of Serum Albumin Levels and Long-Term Prognosis in Patients with Biopsy-Confirmed Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Hirokazu Takahashi, Miwa Kawanaka, Hideki Fujii, Michihiro Iwaki, Hideki Hayashi, Hidenori Toyoda, Satoshi Oeda, Hideyuki Hyogo, Asahiro Morishita, Kensuke Munekage, Kazuhito Kawata, Tsubasa Tsutsumi, Koji Sawada, Tatsuji Maeshiro, Hiroshi Tobita, Yuichi Yoshida, Masafumi Naito, Asuka Araki, Shingo Arakaki, Takumi Kawaguchi, Hidenao Noritake, Masafumi Ono, Tsutomu Masaki, Satoshi Yasuda, Eiichi Tomita, Masato Yoneda, Akihiro Tokushige, Yoshihiro Kamada, Shinichiro Ueda, Shinichi Aishima, Yoshio Sumida, Atsushi Nakajima, Takeshi Okanoue, Japan Study Group of Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (JSG-NAFLD)

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