Anti-PGL-1 Positivity as a Risk Marker for the Development of Leprosy among Contacts of Leprosy Cases: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. by Maria Lucia F Penna, Gerson O Penna, Paula C Iglesias, Sonia Natal, Laura C Rodrigues

“…<h4>Results</h4>Contacts who were anti PGL-1 positive at baseline were 3 times as likely to develop leprosy; the proportion of cases of leprosy that were PGL-1 positive at baseline varied but was always under 50%.…”
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Study of life history traits of Culex pipiens Linnaeus, 1758 (Dipter (Diptera: Culicidae) in Labor a: Culicidae) in Laboratory in Erbil pr y in Erbil province-Ir vince-Iraq by Dlpak Birkhader Yaba, Shamall Abdulla Al-Muffti

“…The mean length of an adult female was 5.05mm, and the width was 1.34mm, while in males, the mean length and width were 3.81,0.95 mm, respectively. The mean Preoviposition period was 52.27 hours, the mean oviposition period was 121.07 hours, and the mean post-oviposition period was found to be 26.18 hours; the mean generation of the female adult was 435.38 hours, while the mean generation in male adults was 261.41 hours.…”
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EXPERIENCE OF ANKLE JOINT REPLACEMENT by D. L. Miroshnikov, O. V. Sabodashevsky, A. A. Afaunov, I. I. Zamyatin, H. H. Matar, Yu. V. Napakh

“…Average blood loss was 200 ml. There were 3 cases with an intraoperative fracture of an internal anklebone and they required additional synthesis by one or two screws. …”
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Approach to splitting a horseshoe kidney for deceased donor transplantation by Bruce Li, Jirong Lu, Patrick P. Luke

“…Results: Both grafts were transplanted successfully with immediate graft function after a cold ischemia time of 8 h 40 min (left), 13 h 49 min (right). Total surgery times were 3 h 29 min (left), 3 h 37 min (right). Post-operative course was unremarkable, besides one episode of acute pancreatitis managed conservatively for the recipient that received the left moiety. …”
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Investigation of survival and prognostic factors in triple negative molecular subtype male breast cancer patients: A population-based study by Ahmet Necati Sanli, Bilal Turan

“…The most common grades were III-IV (66.3%). The most common stages were T2 (44.6%) in the T stage and N0 (54%) in the N stage. …”
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The Washback Effects of Arabic Language Final Examination Using the GeSchool Application by A Syahid Robbani, Afdhal Fikri Mirma, Yudhi Munadi, Bilqis Salsabila S. Safa, Sulmi Badar

“…Descriptive statistical analysis showed that the mean scores for exam preparation strategies, learning attitudes, and instructional materials were 3.72, 3.81, and 3.79, respectively, categorized as "very good." …”
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Healthy as a Horse? Characterising the UK and Ireland’s Horse Owners, Their Horses, and Owner-Reported Health and Behavioural Issues by Wendy Leah Watson, Jill R. D. MacKay, Cathy M. Dwyer

“…Older horses were 4.23 times more likely to have lameness issues than younger horses (95% CI [2.17, 9.27], <i>p</i> < 0.001), while sport horse breeds were 3.12 times more likely to exhibit abnormal oral behaviours (95% CI [2.10, 4.73], <i>p</i> < 0.001) compared to other breed types. …”
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Defining Multi-Trait Breeding Objectives and Selection Indexes to Develop More Efficient Breeding Programs for Superfine Wool Sheep by Tingting Guo, Wenhui Li, Chao Yuan, Xijun Wang, Jianbin Liu, Bin Liang

“…Recommended ram and ewe utilization periods were 3 and 5 years, respectively. Projected 10-year genetic gains showed improvements of −2 μm (AFD), 0.57 kg (CFW), 20 N/ktex (SS), 0.6 cm (YSL), 4.73 kg (YWT), and 0.38 kg (WWT). …”
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Pilot Project «All-Russian Registry of Patients with Severe Bronchial Asthma.» The First Results in a Children’s Group of Patients (Moscow’s Observation Program) by Leyla S. Namazova-Baranova, Elena A. Vishneva, Elena Dobrynina, Anna A. Alekseeva, Andrey S. Belevskiy, Nataliya I. Ilyina, Nadezhda P. Knyazheskaya, Olga M. Kurbacheva, Galina L. Osipova

“…The chosen method was a registry, the rights holders of which were 3 professional associations — Interregional Public Organization «Russian Respiratory Society», Public Organization «Union of Pediatricians of Russia», All-Russian Public Organization «Association of Allergologists and Clinical Immunologists». …”
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Sialometry of Upper Labial Minor Glands: A Clinical Approach by the Use of Weighing Method Schirmer’s Test Strips Paper by Denise Pinheiro Falcão, Soraya Coelho Leal, Celi Novaes Vieira, Andy Wolff, Tayana Filgueira Galdino Almeida, Fernanda de Paula e Silva Nunes, Rivadávio Fernandes Batista de Amorim, Ana Cristina Bezerra

“…The mean and the 95% confidence interval for the LS flow rate (μL/cm2/min) were 3.2 (2.46 to 3.94), 5.86 (4.96 to 6.75), and 9.08 (7.63 to 10.53) (P<0.001) for each group, respectively. …”
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Polymorphisms in PPAR Genes (PPARD, PPARG, and PPARGC1A) and the Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease in Japanese: Cross-Sectional Data from the J-MICC Study by Asahi Hishida, Kenji Wakai, Mariko Naito, Takashi Tamura, Sayo Kawai, Nobuyuki Hamajima, Isao Oze, Takeshi Imaizumi, Tanvir Chowdhury Turin, Sadao Suzuki, Motahare Kheradmand, Haruo Mikami, Keizo Ohnaka, Yoshiyuki Watanabe, Kokichi Arisawa, Michiaki Kubo, Hideo Tanaka

“…The subjects for this analysis were 3,285 men and women, aged 35–69 years, selected from J-MICC Study participants; genotyping was conducted by multiplex polymerase chain reaction-based Invader assay. …”
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Transfusion Hampers the Outcome of Pregnancy in Pregnant Sickle Cell Anemia Patients by Marcus Inyama Asuquo, Ofonime B Essien, Kingsley Akaba, David Otu, Ubong Akpan, Fortune Benjamin Effiong

“…MATERIALS AND METHODS: A retrospective review of Antenatal records of pregnant women at the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Calabar, Nigeria RESULTS: Fourty pregnant women were reviewed. There were 3 (7.5%) maternal deaths; pregnancy-related complications such as preeclampsia, pregnancy-induced hypertension (PIH), sickle cell crisis, and eclampsia were the most frequent complications. …”
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Evaluation of myQA SRS detector for the stereotactic treatment plan verification by K. Vilchynska, O. Bezshyyko, V. Vashchyshyn, L. Golinka-Bezshyyko, R. Zelinskyi

“…The gamma index criteria were 3 %/3 mm, the threshold dose was 10 %, and gamma index normalization was performed using the global maximum dose. …”
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NOVEL DIRECTION IN ADHERENCE ASSESSMENT — FOCUS ON THE GERIATRIC SYNDROMES by I. I. Chukaeva, V. N. Larina, D. G. Karpenko, V. G. Larin

“…Criteria for frailty were 3 points by FRAIL (Fatigue, Resistance,  Ambulation, Illnesses, Loss of Weight).Results. …”
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Towards Improvement of Heatwave Warnings for Older Adults: The Case of Queensland Australia by Mehak Oberai, Steven Baker, Aaron J. E. Bach, Connor Forbes, Ella Jackman, Sebastian Binnewies, Zhiwei Xu, Sarah Cunningham, Son Nghiem, Dung Phung, Shannon Rutherford

“…Further, individuals who perceived themselves to be at heat-related health risk were 3.62 times more likely to adopt adaptive measures in response to heatwave warnings. …”
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Predictors of unfavorable responses to therapy in rifampicin-sensitive pulmonary tuberculosis using an integrated approach of radiological presentation and sputum mycobacterial bur... by Narendran Gopalan, Vignes Anand Srinivasalu, Ponnuraja Chinnayan, Banurekha Velayutham, Adhin Bhaskar, Ramesh Santhanakrishnan, Thirumaran Senguttuvan, Sridhar Rathinam, Mahilmaran Ayyamperumal, Kumar Satagopan, Dhanalakshmi Rajendran, Tamizhselvan Manoharan, Sekar Lakshmanan, Paulkumaran Paramasivam, Dhanalakshmi Angamuthu, Mangalambal Ganesan, John Washington Easudoss Arockia, Ramesh Babu Venkatesan, Venkatesan Lakshmipathy, Shivakumar Shanmugham, Balaji Subramanyam, Shakila Shankar, Jawahar Mohideen Shaheed, Baskaran Dhanaraj, Narayanan Paranji Ramiyengar, Soumya Swaminathan, Padmapriyadarsini Chandrasekaran

“…Further probing into the interaction, among patients with 3+ and 2+ smears, HRs for cavitation were 3.26 (95% CI: 1.33-8.00) and 1.92 (95% CI: 0.80-4.60) while for >2 zones, were 3.05 (95% CI: 1.12-8.23) and 1.92 (95% CI: 0.72-5.08) respectively. …”
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Assessing radiological factors: the role of pelvic tilt in surgery for geriatric patients with degenerative spinal disorders by Yiming Fan, Han Yu, Yi Huang, Chao Xue, Guoquan Zheng, Yan Wang

“…When PT was classified into a binary variable based on the optimal threshold, patients with a PT exceeding 18.4 degree were 3.142 times (95% CI: 1.611–6.129) more likely to undergo surgery compared to those with PT at or below 18.4 degree (P < 0.001) after adjusting for potential confounding factors. …”
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How precise is excision and reconstruction using 3D printing technology for total sacrectomy: accuracy validation in 9 consecutive cases by Qianyu Shi, Jiazhi Zhu, Haijie Liang, Ruifeng Wang, Siyi Huang, Wei Guo, Tao Ji, Xiaodong Tang

“…The mean angular deviations of the four levels were 3.50° (IQR 6.02), 3.86° (IQR 2.55), 4.81° (IQR 4.37), and 4.92° (IQR 3.27). …”
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Nutritional rickets in Turkish and refugee children aged 0-2: an increasing problem despite vitamin D prophylaxis by İsmail Dündar, Mehmet Akif Büyükavcı

“…Parathyroid hormone (PTH) was above normal in all and the mean value was 301.7±139.3 pg/ mL. While there were 3.9 cases of NR in 10,000 endocrine clinic patients in 2013, this rate increased more than four-fold to 15.7 patients in 2019. …”
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A 15-year survey of pollen aeroallergens in North Texas by Howard C. Crisp, MD, Meredith P. Richards, PhD

“…Objective: Our objectives were 3-fold: (1) determine the most common allergenic pollens in North Texas and when they are present, (2) identify how pollen concentrations have changed over time, and (3) assess how weather affects the daily pollen concentrations. …”
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