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Triglyceride variability affects diabetic kidney disease in middle-aged and elderly people with type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Guangxi Zhuang population
Dyslipidemia has been implicated in the development and progression of renal disease. To our knowledge, no reports have demonstrated an association between blood lipid level variability and diabetic kidney dis...
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Hospitality service aesthetic of luxury hotel front desk and its effect on consumers’ willingness-to-pay price premium
Draws on the integration of aesthetic theory and transaction-specific satisfaction theory, this study concentrated on the concept of hospitality service aesthetics of the front desk of luxury hotel about consu...
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Open AccessAge and mean platelet volume-based nomogram for predicting the therapeutic efficacy of metoprolol in Chinese pediatric patients with vasovagal syncope
Vasovagal syncope (VVS) is the most common type of orthostatic intolerance in children. We investigated whether platelet-related factors related to treatment efficacy in children suffering from VVS treated wit...
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Open AccessLifestyle intervention in children with obesity and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD): study protocol for a randomized controlled trial in Ningbo city (the SCIENT study)
The increasing prevalence of childhood obesity has become an urgent public health problem, evidence showed that intervention for childhood obesity bring enormous health benefits. However, an effective individu...
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Inhibition of Bcl-6 Expression Ameliorates Asthmatic Characteristics in Mice
The function of Bcl-6 in T follicular helper (Tfh) cell maturation is indispensable, and Tfh cells play a pivotal role in asthma. This study investigated the impact of Bcl-6 on asthmatic traits.
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Open AccessA predictive model of response to metoprolol in children and adolescents with postural tachycardia syndrome
The present work was designed to explore whether electrocardiogram (ECG) index-based models could predict the effectiveness of metoprolol therapy in pediatric patients with postural tachycardia syndrome (POTS).
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Open AccessAddition of preoperative transversus abdominis plane block to multimodal analgesia in open gynecological surgery: a randomized controlled trial
Transversus abdominis plane (TAP) block can provide effective analgesia for abdominal surgery. However, it was questionable whether TAP had additional effect in the context of multimodal analgesia (MMA). There...
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Immovable Pipeline Decompression and Augmented Injection Integrated Technology Apply to Low Permeability Reservoir
The low permeability sandstone reservoir of Huabei oilfield has high clay mineral content, strong sensitivity and poor reservoir physical property. It can lead to low formation energy and low well production [1]....
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Preoperative dipstick albuminuria is associated with acute kidney injury in high-risk patients following non-cardiac surgery: a single-center prospective cohort study
This study aimed to investigate the association between preoperative dipstick albuminuria (DA) and acute kidney injury (AKI) in high-risk patients following non-cardiac surgery.
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Open AccessA practical Alzheimer’s disease classifier via brain imaging-based deep learning on 85,721 samples
Beyond detecting brain lesions or tumors, comparatively little success has been attained in identifying brain disorders such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD), based on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Many machine...
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Impact of comorbidities on the prognosis of pediatric vasovagal syncope
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Severe functional impairment increases the risk of major morbidity and mortality in older patients after digestive tract surgery: a retrospective cohort study
The relationship between the severity of impairment in basic activities of daily living (ADLs) function and postoperative outcomes in older surgical patients remains unclear. This study aimed to clarify the as...
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Exploring self-generated thoughts in a resting state with natural language processing
The present study seeks to examine individuals’ stream of thought in real time. Specifically, we asked participants to speak their thoughts freely out loud during a typical resting-state condition. We first ex...
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Open AccessReduced nucleus accumbens functional connectivity in reward network and default mode network in patients with recurrent major depressive disorder
The nucleus accumbens (NAc) is considered a hub of reward processing and a growing body of evidence has suggested its crucial role in the pathophysiology of major depressive disorder (MDD). However, inconsiste...
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Open AccessThe composite risk index based on frailty predicts postoperative complications in older patients recovering from elective digestive tract surgery: a retrospective cohort study
Limitations exist in available studies investigating effect of preoperative frailty on postoperative outcomes. This study was designed to analyze the association between composite risk index, an accumulation o...
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Open AccessDisrupted intrinsic functional brain topology in patients with major depressive disorder
Aberrant topological organization of whole-brain networks has been inconsistently reported in studies of patients with major depressive disorder (MDD), reflecting limited sample sizes. To address this issue, w...
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Open AccessUltrasound-guided erector spinae plane block versus thoracic paravertebral block on postoperative analgesia after laparoscopic nephroureterectomy: study protocol of a randomized, double-blinded, non-inferiority design trial
Erector spinae plane block (ESPB) is a novel inter-fascial plane block, which is applied more and more in postoperative pain control, especially in chest surgery. Regional block is advocated in order to decrea...
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Radiotherapy plus chemotherapy versus chemotherapy alone in penile cancer patients with extracapsular nodal extension after inguinal lymph node surgery: a multi-institutional study
Because there is a lack of evidence, it is not generally recommended to use adjuvant radiotherapy plus chemotherapy to treat lymph node disease in penile cancer. The aim of this study was to determine the bene...
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Bioactivities
Polysaccharides and proteins are representative natural biomacromolecules existing in animals, plants, and microorganisms. They are attracting a great attention of scholars worldwide due to their various healt...
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Prediction of intravenous immunoglobulin resistance in Kawasaki disease in children
We aimed to explore predictive measures for intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) resistance in children with Kawasaki disease (KD).
