Characterization of individuals in whom body weight loss precedes diabetes onset: a retrospective, observational, longitudinal cohort study based on health checkup in Japan [PDF]
Endocrine JournalEast Asians are known to develop diabetes mellitus at a lower body weight than Caucasians, potentially because of the different mechanisms underlying disease development. This study aimed to evaluate the variation in weight transition leading to diabetes
Masataka Shikata +13 more
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House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee Session 2012-13, Forensic Science, Minutes of Evidence HC 930-ii, Oral Evidence, 6th February 2013 [PDF]
, 2013 House of Commons Science and Technology Select Committee Session 2012-13, Forensic Science, Minutes of Evidence HC 930-ii, Oral Evidence, 6th February ...
Evison, Martin +5 more
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The Effects of Friction Stir Welding Parameters on Microstructure, Fatigue Life and Tensile Properties of Aluminum 2024-T3 Alloy [PDF]
Archives of Metallurgy and Materials, 2023 In this study, Al 2024-T3 alloy plates were joined by using friction stir welding. Welding was performed at a rotational speed of 930, 1450, 2280 rpm and a welding feed rate of 180 mm min −1. The welded samples were analyzed at the microstructural level.
A. Şık, A. Özer
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Analyzing cytokines as biomarkers to evaluate severity of glaucoma [PDF]
International Journal of Ophthalmology, 2017 AIM: To analyze cytokines as biomarkers for evaluation of severity of glaucoma. METHODS: This was a prospective case-control study including 29 eyes with glaucoma. Besides, 28 eyes with senile cataract were used as control. Patients were classified into
Yao Tong +5 more
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Improvement in Vascular Endothelial Function following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation
Medicina, 2021 Background and objectives: Endothelial dysfunction is associated with exercise intolerance and adverse cardiovascular events. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is applied to treat elderly patients with severe aortic stenosis, but less is ...
Shuhei Tanaka +7 more
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Medicina, 2022 Mortality and morbidity remain high following transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in dialysis patients or those with low left ventricular ejection fraction. Therapeutic strategy for those with these comorbidities remains unestablished. We had a
Akira Oshima +11 more
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A Rescue Use of ECPELLA for Sepsis-Induced Cardiogenic Shock Followed by Mitral Valve Replacement
Medicina, 2022 The use of veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in patients with sepsis-induced cardiogenic shock has been reported, but the clinical implication of the Impella percutaneous axial-flow left ventricular assist device for such patients ...
Makiko Nakamura +7 more
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Medicina, 2023 Combined cases of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) and pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) are rare and have a management dilemma. Although preload is crucial in the management of HOCM, anti-PAH agents dramatically change the preload ...
Toshihide Izumida +4 more
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An Adaptive Dimension Weighting Spherical Evolution to Solve Continuous Optimization Problems
Mathematics, 2023 The spherical evolution algorithm (SE) is a unique algorithm proposed in recent years and widely applied to new energy optimization problems with notable achievements.
Yifei Yang +4 more
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Biodecolorization of anthraquinone dyes using immobilised mycelium of Bjerkandera adusta CCBAS930 [PDF]
E3S Web of Conferences, 2020 The aim of this study was to characterize the activity of oxidoreductases during biotransformation of 0.01% anthraquinone dyes: Alizarin Blue Black B (ABBB) and Acid Blue 129 (AB129), Carminic Acid (CA), Remazol Brilliant Blue R (RBBR), Acid Green 25 ...
Rybczyńska-Tkaczyk Kamila +1 more
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