Acetylcholinesterase Inhibitory and Antioxidant Activity of the Compounds Isolated from Vanda roxburghii by Salim Ahammed, Rejina Afrin, Nasim Uddin, Yusuf Al-Amin, Kamrul Hasan, Uzzal Haque, K. M. Monirul Islam, A. H. M. K. Alam, Toshihisa Tanaka, Golam Sadik

“…Vanda roxburghii has been used in traditional medicine to treat nervous system disorders including Alzheimer’s disease (AD). We reported earlier a high acetylcholinesterase inhibitory and antioxidant activity in the chloroform fraction of this plant. …”
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Historical Spatial Distribution of Zoonotic Diseases in Domestic, Synanthropic, and Wild Animals in the Mexican Territory of the Yucatan Peninsula by Paulina Haro, Enrique Trasviña-Muñoz, Irving May-Concha, Gilberto López-Valencia, Francisco Monge-Navarro, Carloman Herrera-Ramírez, Julio A. Mercado-Rodríguez, Hernán Villanueva-Alonzo, Etienne Waleckx

“…The Mexican territory of the Yucatan Peninsula has a tropical climate and harbors a wide variety of domestic, synanthropic, and wild animals, as well as disease vectors. …”
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Postoperative Hemoglobin Drop and the Associated Factors among Elective Orthopedic Surgeries in Northern Tanzania by Abdel Ashir, Elifuraha G. Maya, Shahnoor Ruhulamin Saiyed, Taher Muslim Alimohamed, Mubashir Alavi Jusabani, Kulthum A. Abdel, Abid M. Sadiq, Ali Mohamed Ali, Faiton Ndesanjo Mandari

“…Conclusion. With a mean Hb drop of 2.75 g/dL, the application of diathermy and surgeries with shorter durations resulted in a reduced Hb drop. …”
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Protecting the Airway and the Physician: Lessons from 214 Cases of Endotracheal Intubation Litigation by Jean Daniel Eloy, Anna A. Pashkova, Molly Amin, Christy Anthony, Daisy Munoz, Yuriy Gubenko, Shivani Patel, Anna Korban, Andrea Perales, Peter F. Svider, Jean Anderson Eloy

“…The presence of this latter injury increased the likelihood of a case being resolved with payment. Finally, deficits in informed consent were noted in numerous cases, stressing the importance of a clear process in which the physician explains specific risks (such as those detailed in this analysis), benefits, and alternatives.…”
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Wafer-Level Characterization and Monitoring Platform for Single-Photon Avalanche Diodes by Samuel Parent, Frederic Vachon, Valerie Gauthier, Steve Lamoureux, Alexandre Paquette, Jacob Deschamps, Tommy Rossignol, Nicolas Roy, Philippe Arsenault, Henri Dautet, Serge A. Charlebois, Jean-Francois Pratte

“…When developing a technology based on single-photon avalanche diodes (SPADs), the SPAD characterization is mandatory to debug, optimize and monitor the microfabrication process. …”
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Community case study: an academia-industry-government partnership that monitors and predicts outbreaks in Tri-County Detroit area since 2017 by Irene Xagoraraki, Liang Zhao, Yabing Li, Brijen Miyani, John Norton, James Broz, Andrew Kaye, Anna Mehrotra, Anil Gosine, Scott Withington, Stacey McFarlane, Russell A. Faust

“…This ongoing effort started years before wastewater-based epidemiology became a widespread method in public health practice, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and is now supported by the U.S. …”
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Detection of other pathologies when utilising computer-assisted digital solutions for TB screening by J. Sebastian, I.D. Olaru, A. Giannakis, M. Arentz, S.V. Kik, M. Ruhwald, S. Linsen, G. Günther, P. Wolf, F.J. Herth, T. Weber, C.M. Denkinger

“…METHODS: We assessed the performance of three commercialised CAD tools (qXR, INSIGHT CXR and DrAID TM TB XR) to detect common non-TB abnormalities against readings with a standardised annotation guide by an expert radiologist. …”
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Pancreatic organogenesis mapped through space and time by Marissa A. Scavuzzo, Wojciech J. Szlachcic, Matthew C. Hill, Natalia M. Ziojla, Jessica Teaw, Jeffrey C. Carlson, Jonathan Tiessen, Jolanta Chmielowiec, James F. Martin, Malgorzata Borowiak

“…Abstract The spatial organization of cells within a tissue is dictated throughout dynamic developmental processes. …”
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Metal-oxide phase transition of platinum nanocatalyst below fuel cell open-circuit voltage by Carlos A. Campos-Roldán, Amir Gasmi, Meryem Ennaji, Morgane Stodel, Isaac Martens, Jean-Sébastien Filhol, Pierre-Yves Blanchard, Sara Cavaliere, Deborah Jones, Jakub Drnec, Raphaël Chattot

“…Herein, Pt oxidation is investigated directly in a PEMFC with stroboscopic operando high energy X-ray scattering. …”
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Leverage of lysozyme dietary supplementation on gut health, hematological, antioxidant, and immune parameters in different plumage-colors Japanese quails by Ibrahim A. Elkhaiat, Seham El-Kassas, Safaa E Abdo, Karima El-Naggar, Haitham K. Shalaby, Reyad Y. Nofal, Mayada R. Farag, Mahmoud M. Azzam, Antonia Lestingi

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Prediction of the transient coolant jet released from the nose cone at supersonic flow via machine learning by A. B. Ali, M. Yasiri, Pooya Ghodratallah, Kamal Sharma, Nimesh Raj, S. Abdul Ameer, Mohammed Yaseen Abdullah, Abbas Hameed Abdul Hussein, Mohammed Y. Al-Khuzaie, M. Ahmedi

“…Abstract In this paper, the usage of a predictive surrogate model for the estimate of flow variables in the transient phase of coolant injection from the nose cone by combining the Long Short-Term Memory (LSTM) and Proper Orthogonal Decomposition (POD) technique. …”
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Chest wall perforator flap reconstruction in breast conserving surgery: quality of life and limited complications in outpatient treatment by L. J. van Zeelst, R. Straten, R. R. J. P. van Eekeren, D. J. P. van Uden, J. H. W. de Wilt, L. J. A. Strobbe

“…The main objective of this study is to report on postoperative complications and patient satisfaction after drainless perforator flap reconstruction by a dedicated breast surgeon. Methods In a retrospective case series, 42 patients were included. …”
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Bariatric surgery in elderly patients by Alexander V. Smirnov, Vladimir R. Stankevich, Ekaterina S. Danilina, Vladislav I. Sychev, Evgeniya M. Voronets, Vladimir I. Sharobaro, Nikolay A. Solovyev, Yury V. Ivanov, Robert I. Khabazov

“…In older aged patients, such surgery can also be taken into consideration, however, the procedure of selecting the patients is not included into the clinical recommendations, which determines the topicality of the research. AIM: To establish a protocol for surgical treatment of morbid obesity in patients older than 60 years. …”
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Fabrication and Electrical Characterization of Low-Temperature Polysilicon Films for Sensor Applications by Filipa C. Mota, Inês S. Garcia, Aritz Retolaza, Dimitri E. Santos, Patrícia C. Sousa, Diogo E. Aguiam, Rosana A. Dias, Carlos Calaza, Alexandre F. Silva, Filipe S. Alves

“…The poly-Si material reveals a longitudinal gauge factor (GF) of 12.31 and a transversal GF of −4.90, evaluated using a four-point bending setup. …”
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Seroprevalence of brucellosis in camels and humans in the Al-Qassim region of Saudi Arabia and its implications for public health by Abdulaziz M. Almuzaini, Abdullah S. M. Aljohani, Ahmed I. Alajaji, Ayman Elbehiry, Adil Abalkhail, Abdulrahman Almujaidel, Sahar N. Aljarallah, Hazem R. Sherif, Eman Marzouk, Abdelmaged A. Draz

“…Abstract Brucellosis is a significant zoonotic disease caused by intracellular, gram-negative bacteria from the genus Brucella. …”
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Medication-related hospitalisations in patients with SLE by Arielle Mendel, Évelyne Vinet, Sasha Bernatsky, Christian A Pineau, Fares Kalache, Louis-Pierre Grenier, Emily G McDonald, Michèle Stanciu, Joo-Young Esther Lee, Gregory Clark

“…Adjusting for age and sex, current prednisone use (adjusted OR (aOR) 3.7, 95% CI 1.1 to 13.0) or ≥1 current immunosuppressant (aOR 11.5, 95% CI 2.7 to 50.0), renal involvement at SLE diagnosis (aOR 6.5, 95% CI 2.7 to 15.7) and polypharmacy (≥5 medications; aOR 11.3, 95% CI 1.2 to 103.8) were associated with having an ADE-related (vs non-ADE) hospitalisation. …”
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Early Transcriptional Changes Induced by Wnt/β-Catenin Signaling in Hippocampal Neurons by Eduardo Pérez-Palma, Víctor Andrade, Mario O. Caracci, Bernabé I. Bustos, Camilo Villaman, Matías A. Medina, Miguel E. Ávila, Giorgia D. Ugarte, Giancarlo V. De Ferrari

“…Since one of the main effects of Wnt/β-catenin signaling is the modulation of target genes, in the present work we examined global transcriptional changes induced by short-term Wnt3a treatment (4 h) in primary cultures of rat hippocampal neurons. …”
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Nonlinear Association Between the Liver Fat Content and the Risk of Hyperuricemia in Prediabetic Individuals: Evidence from Cross-Sectional Health Screening Data in China by Liu A, Li X, Zhang X, Chen K, Zou Z, Sun Y, Zhou J, Li Z, Wu X, Lv X, Li H, Guo Z, Li Y

“…Importantly, a nonlinear relationship between LFC and hyperuricemia risk was identified in the prediabetic individuals, showing a significant increase in hyperuricemia risk when LFC exceeded 8.4% (OR per standard deviation = 1.05, 95% CI: 1.02– 1.08, P < 0.001).Conclusion: In individuals with prediabetes, a higher LFC is associated with an elevated risk of hyperuricemia, especially when LFC exceeds 8.4%.Keywords: hyperuricemia, LFC, prediabetes, Chinese adults…”
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Characteristics and Reversibility of Dementia in Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus by Priyanka Chaudhry, Siddharth Kharkar, Jennifer Heidler-Gary, Argye E. Hillis, Melissa Newhart, Jonathan T. Kleinman, Cameron Davis, Daniele Rigamonti, Paul Wang, David N. Irani, Michael A. Williams

“…There was a significant improvement in learning, retention, and delayed recall of verbal memory three to six months after surgery (using paired t-tests). …”
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Leveraging Clinical Decision Support in Dental Settings to Bridge HIV Testing Gaps and Contribute to Ending the Epidemic by Sharon C. Perelman, Tunaidi Ansari, Michael T. Yin, Peter G. Gordon, Nadia Nguyen, Vicky Evangelidis-Sakellson, Carol Kunzel, Kathrine Meyers, Delivette Castor, Ariel Blanchard, David A. Albert

“… Background Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) in New York City, in collaboration with the Division of Infectious Diseases and the Dental School, is addressing a critical gap in HIV testing to support the strategy to End the HIV Epidemic (EHE). …”
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