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Compared with single molecular weight hyaluronic acids, these mixtures showed viscosity values more similar to those of human whole saliva. The mixtures inhibited lysozyme and peroxidase activities on the hydroxyapatite surfaces; however, the degree of inhibition did not differ from that of hyaluronic acid of 1 or 2 MDa only. CONCLUSIONS Compared…[Read more]

ents, depressive symptoms are associated with poorer memory. The results also suggest that various psychiatric symptoms are more related to self-reported rather than to performance-based cognitive function. Screening for self-reported cognitive difficulties may not only help to identify patients with cognitive impairment, but also those who need…[Read more]

These results show that mitochondrial heteroplasmy has a heritable nuclear component.Despite the importance of nucleic acid testing in managing the COVID-19 pandemic, current detection approaches remain limited due to their high complexity and extensive processing. Here, we describe a molecular nanotechnology that enables direct and sensitive…[Read more]

The present study deals with variation in the use of lexico-grammatical patterns and emphasizes the need to embrace individual variation. Targeting the pattern that’s adj (as in that’s right, that’s nice or that’s okay) as a case study, we use a tailor-made Python script to systematically retrieve grammatical and semantic information about all…[Read more]

ort (P  less then  .05). CONCLUSIONS Infants requiring any pulmonary support, diuretics and/or PH therapy at 30 postnatal days have lower forced expiratory flows and higher fractional lung volumes, suggesting a greater degree of lung hypoplasia. Our study suggests that the continued need for PH, diuretic or pulmonary support therapy at 30 days can…[Read more]

RESULTS Among 89 patients, 23 patients underwent ESD before surgery. LDG was significantly less often performed in the ESD-surgery group than in the surgery-only group (34.8% vs. 72.7%; p = 0.003). Preoperative ESD was an independent negative predictor of LDG (odds ratio = 0.266; p = 0.025). CONCLUSIONS Preoperative ESD has an impact on the sele…[Read more]