Supported by Science and Technology Development Fund of Shanghai Pudong New Area,No.PKJ2023-Y20;Key Discipline Construction Fund of the Shanghai Pudong New Area Municipal Commission of Health and Family Planning,No.PWZxk2022-18;Pudong New Area Construction Project of National Traditional Chinese Medicine Development Comprehensive Reform Pilot Zone,No.PDZY-2022-0501.
BACKGROUND Major depressive disorder(MDD)and bipolar depression(BD-D)are both intricate,enduring,and profound psychiatric conditions characterized primarily by depressive episodes and cognitive dysfunction.However,dis...
Postoperative pain is an acute pain that appears due to the surgical act, reaching its maximum intensity in the first 24 - 48 hours after surgery. Postoperative pain control reduces possible postoperative complication...
funded by Chinese Medicine Research Practical Training Program of Hong Kong Hospital Authority Chinese Medicine Department(Hong Kong,China),fourth batch.
Objective:To compare the efficacy of using“distal acupoints only”vs.“local acupoints mainly combined with distal acupoints”in cases of acute low back pain(ALBP).Methods: A total of 102 eligible patients aged 18–6...
BACKGROUND To compare the efficacy and safety of total neoadjuvant therapy(TNT)and neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy(nCRT)in the treatment of middle and low locally advanced rectal cancer.Our study will systematically col...
This research paper compares Excel and R language for data analysis and concludes that R language is more suitable for complex data analysis tasks.R language’s open-source nature makes it accessible to everyone,and i...
Background: Chronic venous insufficiency (CVI) describes a condition that affects the venous system of the lower extremities due to venous hypertension (VH. The prevalence is between 5% - 30%. CVI is associated with o...
Massey University Agricultural and Life Sciences Trust(Project Number RM3000028979);New Zealand Leather and Shoe Research Association(LASRA)through the Ministry of Business,Innovation and Employment(MBIE)Grant No.LSRX1801.
An environmentally friendly method using real or artificial bovine milk permeate to both depilate and preserve sheepskins has been reported which completely and cleanly removed the wool from the hair follicle and had ...
Background:We sought to assess the overall benefit of laparoscopic versus open hepatectomy for treatment of colorectal liver metastases(CRLMs)using the win ratio,a novel methodological approach.Methods:CRLM patients u...
This work was supported by a research grant from Alberta Innovates,a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada(NSERC)Senior Industrial Research Chair(IRC)in Oil Sands Tailings Water Treatment through the support of Canada’s Oil Sands Innovation Alliance(COSIA),Syncrude Canada Ltd.,Suncor Energy Inc.,Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.,Imperial Oil Resources,Teck Resources Limited,EPCOR Water Services,Alberta Innovates,and Alberta Environment and Parks.We also acknowledge an NSERC Collaborative Research and Development(CRD)grant for financial support and the Helmholtz-Alberta Initiative(HAI)through the Alberta Environment and Parks’ecoTrust Programfor analytical support;DML was supported in part by an NSERC research grant RGPIN 06395 and a University of Alberta Faculty of Science research transition fund.The authorswould like to acknowledge graduate student scholarships from the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research at the University of Alberta(to NASH and YYC).Lastly,the authors would also like to thank the University of Alberta Flow Cytometry Facility(Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry)and the University of Alberta Molecular Biology Service Unit(Faculty of Science)for their use of equipment.
In this study,we provide evidence that oil sands process-affected waters(OSPW)contain factors that activate the antimicrobial and proinflammatory responses of immune cells.Specifically,using the murine macrophage RAW ...
Background: Osteoarthritis is a chronic disease associated with pain, inflammation, stiffness and synovial effusion, with progressive functional limitation, compromising quality of life. It progressively leads to loss...