Clinicopathological characteristics and metabolic profiles of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in Indian patients with normal body mass index: Do they differ from obese or overwei... by Ramesh Kumar, Archana Rastogi, Manoj Kumar Sharma, Vikram Bhatia, Hitendra Garg, Chhagan Bihari, Shiv Kumar Sarin

“…Background: Obesity is an important risk factor for non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD); however, NAFLD does occur in lean subjects. This study was aimed to evaluate the magnitude, clinical, pathological, and metabolic profiles of NAFLD in normal body mass index (BMI) subjects (defined as lean NAFLD) in comparison to overweight or obese NAFLD and lean healthy control. …”
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Reconnecting Anisometropic Amblyopic Eyes to the Cortex: VEP-Based Auditory Biofeedback by Iulia-Andrada Nemeș-Drăgan, Alexandru Țîpcu, Mădălina Claudia Hapca, Raluca Pașcalău, Simona-Delia Nicoară

“…Interventions: Subjects were divided into two groups. The control group, composed of normal-vision subjects, and the amblyopic group received 10 training sessions. …”
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In vivo open-bore MRI reveals region- and sub-arc-specific lengthening of the unloaded human posterior cruciate ligament. by Alison J King, Qunli Deng, Randy Tyson, Jonathan C Sharp, Jarod Matwiy, Boguslaw Tomanek, Jeff F Dunn

“…Using an open-bore scanner, 3D para-sagittal images of the posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) were collected from seven healthy subjects in unloaded, recumbent knee extension and flexion. …”
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Focused group discussion with health care staff improves breastfeeding rates in hospitalized infants by Agnes Yunie Purwita Sari, Rosalina Dewi Roeslani, Rinawati Rohsiswatmo

“…Results Of 257 sick infants, 177 subjects were in the before FGD group and 80 subjects were in the after FGD group. …”
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The Association of Hypomagnesaemia, High Normal Uricaemia and Dyslipidaemia in the Patients with Diabetic Retinopathy by Navin S, Krishnamurthy N, Asha Kiran S, C D Dayanand

“…Settings and Design: The diabetic retinopathy patients were identified from the diabetic health camps which were held in rural areas, and they were compared with those with diabetes without complications and the normal subjects. Material and Methods: The diabetic retinopathy patients were compared with the healthy subjects and with diabetes without retinopathy. …”
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“In the language of Sophiology”: priest Sergiy Bulgakov’s criticism of St. Augustine’s Triadology by Pavel Khondzinskii

“…The main statements of this triadology are formulated following the prius of the subject, who presents himself as I, you, he. In the created subject these are acts of cognition, whereas in the absolute Divine Subject they are represented as a threefold unity of the Divine Persons. …”
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Components of metacognition and metacognitive properties of forecasting as determinants of supra-situational pedagogical thinking by Kashapov, Mergalуаs M., Serafimovich, Irina V., Poshekhonova, Yulia V.

“…The efficiency of our devised and tested program aimed at perfecting PPT is evident in the dynamics of its objective and subjective properties (an increased level of suprasituativity of thinking among the program participants and the participants’ subjective evaluations of transformation in coping with difficulties in conflict situations). …”
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A Method of Three-Dimensional Recording of Mandibular Movement Based on Two-Dimensional Image Feature Extraction. by Fusong Yuan, Huaxin Sui, Zhongke Li, Huifang Yang, Peijun Lü, Yong Wang, Yuchun Sun

“…A plaster model of a subject's upper and lower dentition were made using conventional methods. …”
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Age-specific comparison of some morphological parameters of the proximal phalanges of the hand in male children and adolescents from Tajikistan and Western India by S. V. Matyushechkin

“…Three hundred and sixty-two X-ray images of the right hand of male subjects were examined. All subjects originated from Tajikistan and Mumbai, India, and aged from 6 to 17 years. …”
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Comparison of Lip Analyses in Skeletal Class I Normal Occlusion and Class II Division 1 Malocclusion by Niam R Al–Saleem

“…Materials and Methods: The sample consisted of 60 cephalometric radiographs of 30 dental and skeletal Class I subjects (15 males, 15 females) and 30 dental and skeletal Class II Division 1 subjects (15 males, 15 females). …”
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A new analysis of heart rate variability in the assessment of fetal parasympathetic activity: An experimental study in a fetal sheep model. by C Garabedian, C Champion, E Servan-Schreiber, L Butruille, E Aubry, D Sharma, R Logier, P Deruelle, L Storme, V Houfflin-Debarge, J De Jonckheere

“…However, these techniques are limited in terms of the lack of thresholds of the numerical indexes, which is primarily due to high inter-subject variability. We proposed a new fetal HRV analysis method related to the parasympathetic activity of the ANS. …”
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AKI Epidemiology and Outcomes: A Retrospective Cohort Study from the Prenephrology Era by K. Asmus, S. Erfurt, O. Ritter, S. Patschan, D. Patschan

“…AKI was diagnosed in 490 subjects (10.1%). The in-hospital mortality was 26%. …”
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Associations of cerebrospinal fluid complement proteins with Alzheimer’s pathology, cognition, and brain structure in non-dementia elderly by Meng Li, Ya-Hui Ma, Yun Guo, Jia-Yao Liu, Lan Tan, on behalf of Alzheimer’s Disease Neuroimaging Initiative

“…The reduced CSF complement proteins were associated with faster accumulation of tau among CN subjects and with cognitive decline and greater brain atrophy of specific regions among MCI subjects. …”
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Muscle activation of plantar flexors in response to different strike patterns during barefoot and shod running in medial tibial stress syndrome by Byungjoo Noh, Takeo Ishii, Akihiko Masunari, Yuhei Harada, Shumpei Miyakawa

“…Three-dimensional marker positions were recorded with a 12-camera motion capture system (Vicon) operating at 250 Hz while the subjects ran along a runway at 3.3 m/s. Each subject completed the running with and without shoes, and different strike patterns as the forefoot strike pattern (FFS) and rearfoot strike pattern (RFS) were collected. …”
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Frequent attenders in the German healthcare system: determinants of high utilization of primary care services. Results from the cross-sectional German health interview and examinat... by Melanie Luppa, Jan Giersdorf, Steffi Riedel-Heller, Franziska Prütz, Alexander Rommel

“…Significant effects on frequent use of primary care were observed for low socioeconomic status, stressful life events, factors related to medical need for care such as medically diagnosed chronic conditions and for subjective health. In the full model, the number of non-communicable diseases and subjective health status had the strongest effect on frequent primary care use. …”
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Spicy food consumption is associated with cognition and cerebrospinal fluid biomarkers of Alzheimer disease by Ding-Yuan Tian, Jun Wang, Bin-Lu Sun, Zhen Wang, Wei Xu, Yang Chen, Ying-Ying Shen, Hui-Yun Li, Dong-Wan Chen, Fa-Ying Zhou, Xu Yi, Gui-Hua Zeng, Zhi-Qiang Xu, Li-Yong Chen, Jin-Tai Yu, Yan-Jiang Wang, Yan-Jie Yin, Xiu-Yuan Hao

“…We enrolled 55 AD patients and 55 age- and gender-matched cognitively normal (CN) subjects in a case-control study, as well as a cohort of 131 participants without subjective cognitive decline (non-AD) in a cross-sectional study. …”
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Urinary excretion of fatty acid-binding protein 4 is associated with albuminuria and renal dysfunction. by Yusuke Okazaki, Masato Furuhashi, Marenao Tanaka, Tomohiro Mita, Takahiro Fuseya, Shutaro Ishimura, Yuki Watanabe, Kyoko Hoshina, Hiroshi Akasaka, Hirofumi Ohnishi, Hideaki Yoshida, Shigeyuki Saitoh, Kazuaki Shimamoto, Tetsuji Miura

“…Subjects with undetectable U-FABP4 were younger and had lower UACR and higher eGFR levels than subjects with measurable U-FABP4. …”
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Functional FDG-PET: Measurement of Task Related Neural Activity in Humans—A Compartment Model Approach and Comparison to fMRI by Saga Steinmann Madsen, Svend Hvidsten, Thomas Lund Andersen

“…Results showed increased glucose metabolic rate during activation by 36.3–87.9% mean 62.0%, locally in the peak seed region of M1 in the brain, on an intra-subject level, as well as very good spatial accuracy on group level, and localization compared to the BOLD fMRI result at subject and group level. …”
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Pattern of Peak Expiratory Flow Rates in apparently Healthy School Children aged 10-15 Years in Oredo Local Government Area of Edo State by WO Osarogiagbon, MO Ibadin, O Oviawe

“…Subjects and Methods: A cross-sectional study was carried out to determine PEFR among 438 subjects, aged 10-15 years old, attending public junior secondary schools in Oredo Local government Area of Edo State, between March and November 2005. …”
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Math Predictors of Numeric Health and Non-Health Decision-Making Problems by Clarissa A. Thompson, Jennifer M. Taber, Charles J. Fitzsimmons, Pooja G. Sidney

“…Each participant completed a battery of tasks involving objective math skills (e.g., whole number and fraction estimation, comparison, arithmetic fluency, objective numeracy, etc.) and subjective ratings of their math attitudes, anxiety, and subjective numeracy. …”
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