Fujita, Nana Yasaka, Koichiro Katayama, Akira Ohtake, Yuta Konishiike, Mao Abe, Osamu
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Canadian Association of Radiologists journal = Journal l'Association canadienne des radiologistes
Purpose: To evaluate the effects of deep learning reconstruction (DLR) on image quality of abdominal computed tomography (CT) in patients without arm elevation compared with hybrid-iterative reconstruction (Hybrid-IR) and filtered back projection (FBP). Methods: In this retrospective study, axial images of 26 patients who underwent CT without arm e...
Malyavskaya, Svetlana Kostrova, Galina Kudryavtsev, Alexander V Lebedev, Аndrey
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Scandinavian journal of public health
We aimed to study the vitamin D status of the population of Arkhangelsk, a city in northwestern Russia. A cross-sectional study was conducted to estimate serum 25(OH)D concentrations in Arkhangelsk residents, including 55 neonates and their mothers, 214 children 30 ng/ml) were found in 5% of neonates, 43% of their mothers, 43% of children
de Toledo Piza, Cristina Frias Sartorell... Aranda, Carolina Sanchez Solé, Dirceu Jolles, Stephen Condino-Neto, Antonio
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Journal of clinical immunology
This study aimed to investigate the correlation between calculated globulin (CG, total protein level minus albumin level) and the gamma globulin fraction (Gamma), obtained from serum protein electrophoresis with serum IgG levels in adults (≥ 18 years). Using linear regression models, analyses of CG and Gamma levels correlation with IgG levels in ad...
Cottini, Marcello Lombardi, Carlo Comberiati, Pasquale Landi, Massimo Berti, Alvise
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Exploration of Asthma & Allergy
Asthma is a respiratory disease affecting more than 300 million people around the world. Airflow obstruction and inflammation due to asthma usually involve large airways, but recently small airway involvement (internal diameter
Messerlian, Nairie Zgheib, Nathalie Chokor, Fatima Al Zahraa Nasrallah, Mona Tamim, Hani Nasreddine, Lara
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Frontiers in Nutrition
Introduction Shorter relative telomere length (RTL) has been associated with increased incidence of morbidity. Although still disputed, available evidence suggests that dietary factors, including sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) may be linked with shorter RTL. It was argued that the link between SSB and RTL may be explained by the sugar content of t...
Woodward-Lopez, Gail Esaryk, Erin Rauzon, Suzanne Hewawitharana, Sridharshi Cordon, Ingrid Whetstone, Lauren Thompson, Hannah
COVID-19 disrupted food access, potentially increasing nutritional risk and health inequities. This study aimed to describe and assess associations between changes in food/meal acquisition behaviors and relative changes in dietary intake and bodyweight from before to during the pandemic. Low-income parents (n = 1090) reported these changes by onlin...
Salillas, Elena Benavides-Varela, Silvia Semenza, Carlo
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Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
In 1974, Roger Sperry, based on his seminal studies on the split-brain condition, concluded that math was almost exclusively sustained by the language dominant left hemisphere. The right hemisphere could perform additions up to sums less than 20, the only exception to a complete left hemisphere dominance. Studies on lateralized focal lesions came t...
Takahashi, Jin Goto, Tadahiro Fujitani, Shigeki Okamoto, Hiroshi Hagiwara, Yusuke Watase, Hiroko Hasegawa, Kohei
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Frontiers in Medicine
Yu, Xiaofan Ge, Peicong Zhai, Yuanren Liu, Wei Zhang, Qian Ye, Xun Liu, Xingju Wang, Rong Zhang, Yan Zhao, Jizong
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Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology
Background and purpose When it comes to the onset of moyamoya disease (MMD), environmental variables are crucial. Furthermore, there is confusion about the relationship between the gut microbiome, an environmental variable, and MMD. Consequently, to identify the particular bacteria that cause MMD, we examined the gut microbiome of MMD individuals a...
Mtimkulu, Thobekile Kutloano Khoza-Shangase, Katijah Petrocchi-Bartal, Luisa
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Frontiers in Public Health
Objective This study aims to examine the barriers and facilitators to accessing ear and hearing care experienced by adults with hearing impairment in a developing South African context. Methods A total of 23 participants were recruited through purposive sampling from an audiology department of a public hospital in peri-urban South Africa. Individua...
