Investigation on Prevalence of Canine Trypanosomiasis in the Conservation Areas of Bwindi-Mgahinga and Queen Elizabeth in Western Uganda by James Robert Ochieng, Marta Planellas Bachs, Anthony Nsubuga, Innocent B. Rwego, John Joseph M. Kisakye, Laura Muro Riba, Jesus Muro Figueres

“…Nowadays, despite the instauration of several control strategies, animal trypanosomiasis continues to be reported all over Uganda. Few canine African trypanosomiasis (CAT) studies have been carried out, yet dogs are known Trypanosoma reservoirs that share identical home ranges with livestock and serve as parasite link between livestock and humans. …”
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Construction of Modified Carbon Paste Electrodes for Determination of Tramadol in Very Trace Amounts by Muthana S. Ali

“…The study included measuring the selectivity of these electrodes with the presence of interferers where the values ​​of Ki,jpot for all studied species were less than 1. The drug was identified in both urine and blood plasma, with a recovery of at least 99.309 for urine and 97.6593 for blood plasma. …”
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Antitrypanosomal and Anthelminthic Properties of Ethanol Extracts of Carica papaya Linn. and Ceiba pentandra (L) Gaertn. by Ahmed Wahab Obeng, Yaw Duah Boakye, Theresa Appiah Agana, Vivian Etsiapa Boamah, James Oppong-Kyekyeku, Abena Amponsaa Brobbey, Francis Adu, Stephen Yao Gbedema, Christian Agyare

“…CPSe exhibited strong antitrypanosomal activity, while the other extracts exhibited moderate activity against T. b. brucei. All the extracts showed weak selective indices (SI) when tested on Jurkat cell lines, which is indicative of a potential toxic effect. …”
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A computed tomography-based retrospective study on the foramen ovale and foramen spinosum in a Nigerian population by Beryl Shitandi Ominde, Dorcas Eruwu Odjegba, Joyce Ekeme Ikubor, Faithful Orovwoghene Omoro, Patrick Sunday Igbigbi

“…The sample included images from 100 females and 150 males, all aged 18 years or older. The dimensions of the FO and FS were measured on axial sections using a standardized protocol. …”
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Research on adsorptive desulfurization of HS from natural gas over MnO-CoO supported on activated carbon by Jiao J Zhang, Li P Shen, Hua Song, Lu Wang, Xue Q Wang, Ling Dong

“…The results show that Mn is present in the form of Mn 3+ and Mn 4+ , and Co is present in the form of Co 2+ and Co 3+ . For all of the modified samples, the functional groups of the AC were well retained and the specific surface areas followed the order: AC > Mn x O y -Co x O y /AC > Co 3 O 4 /AC > Mn x O y /AC. …”
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ESTIMATING THE CROP COEFFICIENT FOR CROPS CULTIVATED IN UPSTREAM AREA OF XUAN HUONG LAKE, DALAT CITY by Nguyễn Thị Thanh Thuận, Chế Đình Lý, Hồ Thị Hằng

“…Among the researched plants, the Chinese cabbage has the lowest coefficients of crops in all three initial, middle, and late crop seasons (respectively, 0.3, 1.25, and 0.81). …”
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Association between exposure to particulate matter and heart rate variability in vulnerable and susceptible individuals by Yong Whi Jeong, Hayon Michelle Choi, Youhyun Park, Yongjin Lee, Ji Ye Jung, Dae Ryong Kang

“…Results showed significant negative associations between exposure to single and mixtures of different PM metrics and HRV across all groups, particularly in chronic airway disease and higher air pollution exposed groups. …”
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Infections in systemic lupus erythematosus: A study of incidence and risk factors in 100 patients from western India by Ankan Jha, Tridip Das, Sunilkumar Rajmani Singh, Jyotsna Oak

“…Materials and Methods: This is a prospective, observational study carried out at a single-center, tertiary care hospital. The study included all adult SLE patients diagnosed as per the revised American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria from January 2015 to October 2019. …”
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AN ASSESSMENT OF THE LEVEL OF HIV/AIDS AWARENESS AND VULNERABILITY IN STATE-OWNED TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS OF BAUCHI NIGERIA by Sani Babaji

“…Therefore, the target population for the study consists of all students of the state-owned tertiary institutions of Bauchi state. …”
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This or not that: select and reject control of relational responding in rats using a blank comparison procedure with odor stimuli by Bobbie Faith Wolff, Mark Galizio, Katherine Bruce

“…The BLC training procedure utilized simple discrimination training (S+ and S-) and added select (S+ and BLC-) and reject (BLC+ and S-) trial types. All rats demonstrated accurate performance in sessions with both select and reject type trials. …”
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SHARPNESS IMPROVEMENT OF MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGES USING A GUIDED-SUBSUMED UNSHARP MASK FILTER by Manar AL-ABAJI, Zohair AL-AMEEN

“…Several sharpening methods were introduced, but not all were successful in this task, as artifacts may be introduced, contrast may be changed, and high complexity may be involved. …”
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Detection of Glaucoma in a Cohort of Chinese Subjects with Systemic Hypertension by Rita A. Gangwani, Jonathan Chan, Jacky Lee, Alfred Kwong, Jimmy S. M. Lai

“…The mean age of the subjects was 64.66±9.47 years, and the male:female ratio was 92 : 108. All patients were hypertensive with a mean blood pressure (BP) of 131.1±15.1/76.6±11.1 mmHg whilst on systemic antihypertensive medication. …”
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Maternal Serum Ferritin, C-Reactive Protein, and Procalcitonin Levels for Predicting Subclinical Intra-Amniotic Infection in Preterm Premature Rupture of Membrane by Balsam N. Nahedh, Mahdi M. Shalal

“…Serum ferritin and Procalcitonin levels were normal in all of the participants, with a significant difference in the level of Procalcitonin between group 2 (PPROM with chorioamnionitis) and group 3 (PPROM without chorioamnionitis). …”
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The Relationship Between Uric Acid/HDL Ratio and Monocyte/HDL Ratio and Glycemic Control in Male Type 2 Diabetic Patients by Semra Özkan Öztürk, Seval Müzeyyen Ecin

“…Results: Creatinine levels were normal in all study participants and ages were similar in the groups. …”
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Detection of Lactobacillus delbrueckii subsp. bulgaricus and Streptococcus thermophilus in Inactivated Fermented Milk Using Fluorescence Quantitative Loop-Mediated Isothermal Ampli... by Shuaikang Zhou, Lianxia Hu, Yuling Xue, Dong Zhang, Baokuo Song, Mengyang Wang, Qingbin Yuan, Yibing Ning, Shijie Wang

“…The logarithmic concentration of S. thermophilus in all products was between 7.482 and 8.936. The logarithmic concentration of L. bulgaricus ranged from 4.590 to 8.277, with no detectable L. bulgaricus in three samples. …”
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Determination of Cystatin C Level in a Sample of Patients with Chronic Kidney Disease by Maryam Noman Salman, Ashwak Jasim kzar, Alaa S. Hamzah

“…Serum Cystatin C, urea, uric acid, and Creatinine levels all rise as eGFR falls. Serum Cystatin C could be utilized to evaluate people who have poorly managed diabetes mellitus or high blood pressure when the serum creatinine level is inconclusive. …”
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Entropy, complexity, and spectral features of EEG signals in autism and typical development: a quantitative approach by Aleksandar Tenev, Silvana Markovska-Simoska, Andreas Müller, Igor Mishkovski

“…Time and frequency domain features were applied for all EEG channels, such as the power spectra, brain rate, sample entropy, permutation entropy, spectral entropy, Tsallis entropy, Rényi entropy, Lempel–Ziv complexity, and Higuchi fractal dimension. …”
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Enhanced Photoactivity of Fe + N Codoped Anatase-Rutile Nanowire Film under Visible Light Irradiation by Kewei Li, Haiying Wang, Chunxu Pan, Jianhong Wei, Rui Xiong, Jing Shi

“…The photocatalytic activities of all the samples were evaluated by photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue under visible light irradiation. …”
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Immunomodulatory effects of Lactiplantibacillus plantarum CCFM8661 + stachyose on cyclophosphamide-induced immunosuppression mice by Weiwei Ma, Hang Sun, Lian Lian, Lidong Guo, Yanyan Wang, Lili Huang

“…On days 23 and 24, except for the normal control group, all other groups were intraperitoneally injected with cyclophosphamide (40 mg/kg) to establish an immunosuppressed model. …”
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Eléments pour l’élaboration d’un manuel de littérature basque pour les collèges et lycées by Jean Casenave

“…Today, it is widely taught in bilingual classes in “linguistic immersion” and “in schedule parity”, in all the current Basque-speaking area (Basque Autonomous Community, Basque zone of the “Pyrénées Atlantiques” department, northern part of the Foral Community of Navarra).Yet, for the northern part of the Basque Country (French Basque Country), there still isn’t today any literature book for secondary school students. …”
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