Dynamics of cytokine profile indexes in children with first diagnosed pulmonary tuberculosis in the course of antimycobacterial therapy by O. M. Raznatovska, Yu. V. Mironchuk

“…The warning sign is also that among children with disseminated tuberculosis there were 3 cases (17.6 %) of multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in the course of treatment and in case with 1 child (5.9 %) lung destruction was persisted on the treatment completion. …”
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Diagnostic utility of auramine O smear microscopy for the detection of non-tuberculous mycobacteria vs Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in adult clinical samples: a 3-year retros... by Dr Leong Tung Ong, Dr Azwani Abdullah, Dr Thian Chee Loh, Dr Chandramathi Samudi Raju, Ms Jennifer Chong, Dr Nadia Atiya

“…The sensitivity, specificity, PPV and NPV of auramine O smear microscopy for detecting NTM vs MTBC were 3.8% (95% CI 2.7-5.3) vs 52.2% (95% CI 48.6-55.8), 92.2% (95% CI 91.5-92.9) vs 99% (95% CI 98.7-99.2), 7.2% (95% CI 5.1-10) vs 87.7% (95% CI 84.3-90.5) and 85.7% (95% CI 84.8-86.6) vs 93.7% (95% CI 93.1-94.4) Discussion: Auramine O smear microscopy demonstrated low sensitivity and a low PPV (<90%) but high specificity (≥90%) for the detection of NTM and MTBC in clinical samples. …”
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Preoperative/neoadjuvant therapy in pancreatic cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of response and resection percentages. by Sonja Gillen, Tibor Schuster, Christian Meyer Zum Büschenfelde, Helmut Friess, Jörg Kleeff

“…Averaged complete/partial response probabilities were 3.6% (95% CI 2%-5.5%)/30.6% (95% CI 20.7%-41.4%) and 4.8% (95% CI 3.5%-6.4%)/30.2% (95% CI 24.5%-36.3%) for groups 1 and 2, respectively; whereas progressive disease fraction was estimated to 20.9% (95% CI 16.9%-25.3%) and 20.8% (95% CI 14.5%-27.8%). …”
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Resting Heart Rate Mediates the Association Between Circulating Neutrophil Count and Arterial Stiffness Progression: The Kailuan Study by Wu Z, Wu D, Chen S, Xu S, Zhang S, Wu S

“…Over a median follow-up period of 4.08 (IQR: 2.37 to 6.21) years, there were 3,376 incident cases of arterial stiffness among the 23,263 participants. …”
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Evaluating the Performance of State-of-the-Art Artificial Intelligence Chatbots Based on the WHO Global Guidelines for the Prevention of Surgical Site Infection: Cross-Sectional St... by Tianyi Wang, Ruiyuan Chen, Baodong Wang, Congying Zou, Ning Fan, Shuo Yuan, Aobo Wang, Yu Xi, Lei Zang

“…For the whole responses, the average self-awareness and trust and confidence scores for all chatbots were 3.84 (SD 0.89) and 3.88 (SD 0.91), respectively. …”
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The establishment of lipid profiles reference ranges during pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Liyun Sun, Bingrui Gao, Mingyue Wang, Yuqi Liu, Zhongyan Shan, Weiping Teng, Dongdong Luo, Jing Li

“…Results The established TSRIs for the women with singleton pregnancies during the first, second, and third trimesters were 3.00–5.83, 3.79–7.87, and 4.39–8.98 mmol/L for TC; 0.08–2.27, 0.39–3.90, and 0.82–5.00 mmol/L for TG; 0.86–2.34, 0.80–2.69, and 0.83–2.58 mmol/L for HDL-c; and 1.16–3.56, 1.51–5.04, and 1.90–5.74 mmol/L for LDL-c, respectively. …”
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Radiosynovectomy of Painful Synovitis of Knee Joints Due to Rheumatoid Arthritis by Intra-Articular Administration of 177 Lu-Labeled Hydroxyapatite Particulates: First Human Study... by Ajit Shinto, K Kamaleshwaran, Sudipta Chakraborty, K Vyshakh, S Thirumalaisamy, S Karthik, V Nagaprabhu, K Vimalnath, Tapas Das, Sharmila Banerjee

“…The changes in the blood pool phase before RSV were 3.2 ± 0.7 and after the therapy 1.4 ± 0.7 (P < 0.001). …”
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Influence of Harvesting Stage on Phytochemical Composition, Antioxidant, and Antidiabetic Activity of Immature <i>Ceratonia siliqua</i> L. Pulp from Béni Mellal-Khénifra Region, Mo... by Salah Laaraj, Hanane Choubbane, Amal Elrherabi, Aziz Tikent, Ayoub Farihi, Meriem Laaroussi, Mohamed Bouhrim, Abdelaaty A. Shahat, Younes Noutfia, Rashed N. Herqash, Fatiha Chigr, Souad Salmaoui, Kaoutar Elfazazi

“…HPLC-UV-MS/MS analysis showed that the methanolic extracts of immature carob pulp (MEICP) from the three areas contained several different chemical compounds. The most prevalent were 3-O-p-coumaroyl-5-O-caffeoylquinic acid, quercetin 3-methyl ether, gallic acid, and galloylquinic acid. …”
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Application of pediatric massage combined with Traditional Chinese Medicine application in antipyretic treatment of children with exogenous fever (小儿推拿联合中药敷贴在外感发热患儿退热中的应用)... by TANG Xianlan (汤先兰), GAN Na (甘娜), HUANG Biqiu (黄碧秋)

“…No adverse reaction was reported in the treatment group; There were 3 cased of headache and 7 cases of nausea/vomiting reported in the control group. …”
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Long-term effectiveness of radiofrequency renal denervation in patients with resistant arterial hypertension (10-year follow-up results) by O.L. Rekovets, Yu.M. Sirenko, O.O. Torbas, S.M. Kushnir, G.F. Prymak

“…The office heart rate at the stages of 1 month, 6, 12 months, 2 years, 5 and 10 years decreased, its dynamics were –3.74 bpm, –4.68 bpm, –1.45 bpm, –2.13 bpm, –4.21 bpm, –3.88 bpm, respectively. …”
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Pediatric multiple sclerosis: analysis of clinical and epidemiological aspects according to National MS Society Consensus 2007 Esclerose múltipla pediátrica: análise de aspectos cl... by Maria Lúcia Brito Ferreira, Maria Íris Morais Machado, Maria José Guedes Dantas, Álvaro José Porto Moreira, Adélia Maria de Miranda Henriques Souza

“…Using SPSS software, version 13.0, t Student and Mann-Whitney tests were performed, with significance level of 0.05. RESULTS: There were 3 (9.7%) cases of early childhood MS, 9 (29%), of late childhood MS, and 19 (61.3%), of adolescence MS. …”
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Daily meal frequency and its associated factors among children aged 6–23 months in Ethiopia: a Bayesian hierarchical Poisson model by Dejen Kahsay Asgedom, Ausman Ahmed Mohammed, Etsay Woldu Anbesu

“…The data were analyzed via R software version 4.3.1.ResultsThe mean and standard deviation of the DMF were 3.36 and 1.60, respectively. The rate of DMF was 1.17 times greater (AIRR = 1.17, 95% CrI: 0.997, 1.381) in children whose mothers had a secondary/higher educational level than in those whose mothers had no education. …”
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Ingestion exposure of natural radionuclide and toxic heavy metallic origin in samples of local staple food by Godwin K. Agbajor, Omamoke O.E. Enaroseha, Damaris Osiga-Aibangbee, Anita Franklin Akpolile, Aziakpono Blessing Umukoro

“…Based on carcinogenic risk evaluation of the metals, the mean values of total average daily intake in mg/kg-day were 7.51984E-08 for Cd, 6.64596E-08 for Cr, 7.52187E-08 for Cu and 8.3785E-08 for Zn for children, while these values were 3.60862E-08 for Cd, 1.64861E-09 for Cr, 2.15744E-09 for Cu and 1.33517E-07 for Zn for adults. …”
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Comportamiento productivo y reproductivo del ganado holstein rojo, holstein negro y pardo suizo en Palmira, Valle del Cauca by Zapata Oscar, Londono M. Ángela M., Florez A. Maria del Pilar, Muñoz F. Jaime E.

“…Days of milking, milk and fat production were for BH (324.0days, 2545.9 kg, 91.1 kg) for the RH (300.0 days, 2243.7 kg, 81.0 kg) for the BS (298.2 days, 1886.6 kg, 66.9 kg). % fat average were 3.6% in RH, 3.7 % in BH and BS. The lactation curves for the three breeds were best ajusted with the model: Y=A+B(lnt) + C(lnt)2. …”
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The efficacy and safety of apremilast in patients with psoriatic arthritis concurrent with comorbidity in clinical practice by E. Yu. Loginova, Yu. L. Korsakova, A. D. Koltakova, E. E. Gubar, P. L. Karpova, S. I. Glukhova, T. V. Korotaeva

“…The median baseline Disease Activity in Psoriatic Arthritis (DAPSA) score was 35.6 [24.8; 55.6]; those of DAS and DAS28 were 3.8 [3.2; 5.0] and 4.4 [4.0; 5.2], respectively. …”
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Impact of nutritional supplementation during pregnancy on antibody responses to diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis vaccination in infants: A randomised trial in The Gambia. by Sandra G Okala, Momodou K Darboe, Fatou Sosseh, Bakary Sonko, Tisbeh Faye-Joof, Andrew M Prentice, Sophie E Moore

“…Mean anti-tetanus titres were 3.4% (0.19-6.5; p = 0.038) higher in the PE + MMN group than in the FeFol group (3.47 IU/mL, 3.29-3.66). …”
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Comprehensive evaluation of physiological response and cold tolerance of domesticated Cinnamomum camphora (L.) Presl under low temperature stress by Jinping Ding, Zongying Zhang, Xinyu Zhu, Ying Hou

“…The osmoprotectants were soluble protein, soluble sugar, and free proline which were increased gradually with cultivation time. at 4 °C, 0 °C, −5 °C, −10 °C, −15 °C and −20 °C, the soluble protein content change ranges were 3.51–6.18 mg/g, 6.24–9.95 mg/g, 9.44–19.59 mg/g, 14.23–28.36 mg/g, 17.34–33.19 mg/g, and 25.15–32.23 mg/g. the soluble sugar content change ranges were 9.64-26.97 mg/g, 15.37–39.86 mg/g, 26.63–53.97 mg/g, 45.49–76.75 mg/g, 52.74–81.24 mg/g, and 55.61–85.34 mg/g. the free proline content change ranges were 55.83–85.23 µg/g, 68.95-89.87 µg/g, 95.38-214.38 µg/g, 219.19-389.89 µg/g, 321.28-453.65 µg/g, and 381.23-478.96 µg/g, respectively. …”
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Effectiveness and Safety of Systemic Therapy and Stereotactic Body Radiotherapy in Oligoprogressive and Oligometastatic Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Song Z, Zheng X, Wang H, Dong D, Zhu X, Geng J, Li S, Song M, Du R, Zhang Y, Liu Z, Cai Y, Li Y, Wang W

“…For overall, OP, and OM cohorts, the 2-year local failure rates were 3.0%, 4.0%, and 0%, with median progression-free survival (PFS) of 11.2, 11.2, and 10.2 months, and median overall survival (OS) of 34.9 months, 32.6 months, and not reached (NR), respectively. …”
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Persistence of Ebola virus in semen among Ebola virus disease survivors in Sierra Leone: A cohort study of frequency, duration, and risk factors. by A E Thorson, G F Deen, K T Bernstein, W J Liu, F Yamba, N Habib, F R Sesay, P Gaillard, T A Massaquoi, S L R McDonald, Y Zhang, K N Durski, S Singaravelu, E Ervin, H Liu, A Coursier, J E Marrinan, A Ariyarajah, M Carino, P Formenty, U Ströher, M Lamunu, G Wu, F Sahr, W Xu, B Knust, N Broutet, Sierra Leone Ebola Virus Persistence Study Group

“…Age showed a dose-response pattern, where the youngest men (≤25 years) were 3.17 (95% CI 1.60, 6.29) times more likely to be EBOV RNA negative in semen, and men aged 26-35 years were 1.85 (95% CI 1.04, 3.28) times more likely to be negative, than men aged >35 years. …”
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Soil-transmitted Helminth (STH) Infections in Northern Nigeria between 2000-2022: A Review by Rabiu Adamu, Nor Azwady Abd Aziz, Muskhazli Mustafa, Shamarina Shohaimi

“…The overall pool prevalence estimates (PPE) for STH infections were 3 160 (37.1%, 95% CI: 36.5–37.7). PPE for males 1 880 (59.5%, 95% CI: 58.6–60.1) was higher than for females 1 280 (40.5%, 95% CI: 54.2–55.3). …”
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