A Pilot Study to Explore a Correlation between Inflammatory Markers and the Wound Healing Rate in Diabetic Patients by Yukwan Song, Yongkyu Jo, Jeongeun Sohn, Robert Kim

“…<i>Materials and Methods</i>: A total of 60 patients were divided into two groups depending on the completion of wound healing (WH) at 5 weeks: the early WH group (period of WH < 5 weeks; <i>n</i> = 27) and the late WH group (period of WH > 5 weeks; <i>n</i> = 33). …”
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Metabolic Changes and Their Associations with Selected Nutrients Intake in the Group of Workers Exposed to Arsenic by Monika Sijko, Beata Janasik, Wojciech Wąsowicz, Lucyna Kozłowska

“…Furthermore, in the WH group, positive associations between methionine, folate, and zinc intake and the signal intensity of succinic acid and 3-mercaptolactic acid were observed. …”
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Analysis of Relationships between Metabolic Changes and Selected Nutrient Intake in Women Environmentally Exposed to Arsenic by Monika Sijko-Szpańska, Lucyna Kozłowska

“…Furthermore, nutrient intake demonstrated a positive association with 3 metabolites in the WL group (inosine, deoxyuridine, glutamine) and the WH group (inosine, N-acetyl-L-aspartic acid, tetrahydrodeoxycorticosterone). …”
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Improving breastfeeding among adolescent mothers: a prospective cohort by Maira Pinho-Pompeu, Renan Massao Nakamura, Erika Zambrano, Fernanda Garanhani Surita

“…RESULTS: The study included 132 adolescents: 59 in the WH group and 73 in the PC group. Six months postpartum, adolescents in the WH group demonstrated higher engagement in breastfeeding (P < 0.005) and exclusive breastfeeding (P = 0.04) than PC group. …”
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Postoperative radiotherapy following null-margin hepatectomy in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma adhering to the major vessels: A propensity score-matched survival analysis c... by Liuhua Long, Bo Chen, Xuan Zheng, Fan Wu, Liming Wang, Weiqi Rong, Jianxiong Wu, Yexiong Li, Weihu Wang

“…The patients were divided into the NH, NH + RT, and WH groups. Propensity score matching (PSM) was performed to balance baseline characteristics. …”
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The Effect of Whitlockite as an Osteoconductive Synthetic Bone Substitute Material in Animal Bony Defect Model by Jeong-Kui Ku, Il-hyung Kim, Jung Hee Shim, Yu ha Kim, Baek Hyun Kim, Young-Kyun Kim, Pil-Young Yun

“…The remaining bone graft of the WH group was greater than that of the HA and β-TCP groups at 4 weeks (<i>p</i> < 0.05), and the total bone area of the WH, HA, and β-TCP groups was greater than that of the other (<i>p</i> < 0.01). …”
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The relationship between the stone's composition and the biochemical parameters of blood and urine in patients with urolithiasis by Radouane El Habbani, Rabie Kachkoul, Abdellah Chaqroune, Anissa Lahrichi, Mohamed Mohim, Fatima ezzahra El Oumari, Tarik Sqalli Houssaini

“…However, uric acid stone (UA) patient's group were older than those of whewellite (Wh) group (p = 0.004). The blood creatinine level was significantly high in the UA and weddellite (Wd) groups (p = 0.032), and a significant difference between the two groups, Wh and Wd, for the Calciuria/Creatininuria ratio (p = 0.032). …”
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Efficacy for Whitlockite for Augmenting Spinal Fusion by Su Yeon Kwon, Jung Hee Shim, Yu Ha Kim, Chang Su Lim, Seong Bae An, Inbo Han

“…The MagOss group received WH, Group A received 100% beta-tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP), Group B received 100% hydroxyapatite (HAp), Group C received 30% HAp/70% β-TCP, and Group D received 60% HAp/40% β-TCP (n = 10 each). …”
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Comparative Analysis of Hepatopancreas RNA-Seq of Juvenile Grass Carp (<i>Ctenopharyngodon idella</i>) Fed Different Starch Diets by Jingjing Zhang, Xue Guo, Zhen Han, Letian Qu, Teng Xia, Xiangning Chen, Jianhe Xu, Zhujin Ding, Chaoqing Wei, Hanliang Cheng

“…The weight gain ratio (WGR) was significantly lower, whereas the visceral somatic index (VSI) and feed conversion ratio (FCR) were significantly higher in the CO group than those in the PO and WH groups. These indicators did not significantly differ between the PO and WH groups. …”
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