Efficacy of non-invasive ventilation and oxygen therapy on immunocompromised patients with acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure: protocol for a systematic review and meta-analysis... by Juhong Shi, Gang Liu, Meng Wang, Tao Wang, Yi Li, Yi Yang, Xuezhong Yu, Huadong Zhu, Yong Ma, Zongru Li, Lixi Zhang, Kun He, Jianqiang He

“…This meta-analysis aims to evaluate whether NIV or oxygen therapy is the more appropriate initial oxygenation strategy for the immunocompromised patients with acute respiratory failure.Method We will search all the RCTs that compared the efficacy of NIV and oxygen therapy on immunocompromised adult patients with acute hypoxaemic respiratory failure on the major databases (Cochrane Library, MEDLINE, EMBASE, Web of Science and others), conference proceedings and grey literature. …”
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Wealth-based inequality in underweight among Scheduled Tribe women in India: a regional analysis by Anshika Singh, Aditya Singh, Mahashweta Chakrabarty, Shivani Singh, Pooja Tripathi

“…Findings Between 2015-16 and 2019-21, underweight prevalence among ST women in India decreased from 31.7 to 25.5%, with all regions showing declines. The northern region witnessed the largest drop (20.1–9.8%), followed by the western region (38.7–30.0%) and eastern-central region. …”
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Dynamical Hybrid System for Optimizing and Controlling Efficacy of Plant-Based Protein in Aquafeeds by Serge Dossou, Mahmoud A. O. Dawood, Amr I. Zaineldin, Ibrahim A. Abouelsaad, Kumbukani Mzengereza, Ronick S. Shadrack, Yukun Zhang, Mohamed El-Sharnouby, Hamada A. Ahmed, Mohammed F. El Basuini

“…Fishmeal (FM), raw rapeseed meal (RM), and a fermented meal with yeast (RM-Yeast) and fungi (Aspergillus oryzae RM-Koji) were used as test ingredients for the determination of apparent digestibility coefficients (ADCs) of dry matter, crude protein, crude lipid, energy, and essential amino acids (EAA) for olive flounder (Paralichthys olivaceus, 7 ± 0.02 g) using diets containing 0.5% Cr2O3 as an inert indicator. Among all ingredients tested, FM had the maximum ADC of dry matter (P<0.05), protein (P<0.05), lipid (P>0.05), and energy (P>0.05). …”
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Clinical and molecular analyses of isolated central congenital hypothyroidism based on a survey conducted in Japan by Nao Shibata, Chikahiko Numakura, Takashi Hamajima, Kenichi Miyako, Ikuma Fujiwara, Jun Mori, Akihiko Saitoh, Keisuke Nagasaki

“…The results revealed IGSF1 and TBL1X pathogenic variants in nine and one patient, respectively. All six patients with low free thyroxine (FT4) levels detected in NBS carried IGSF1 pathogenic variants. …”
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Medication Adherence Mediates the Association between Type D Personality and High HbA1c Level in Chinese Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Six-Month Follow-Up Study by Xuemei Li, Min Gao, Shengfa Zhang, Huiwen Xu, Huixuan Zhou, Xiaohua Wang, Zhiyong Qu, Jing Guo, Weijun Zhang, Donghua Tian

“…When NA, SI, and their interaction term were entered into regression, all of them were no longer associated with HbA1c level (P>0.1). …”
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Gambaran Esofagogastroduodenoskopi Pasien Hematemesis dan atau Melena di RSUP M Djamil Padang Periode Januari 2010 - Desember 2013 by Fadhil Alfino Azmi, 1, SSaptino Miro, Detty Iryani

“…</em></p><p><strong><em>Keywords: </em></strong><em>e</em><em>sophagogastroduodenoscopy, upper gastrointestinal bleeding, hematemesis, melena</em></p></div><em><br clear="all" /> </em>…”
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Approaches to implementing and financing primary health care in Kenya: a case of seven counties by Janette Karimi, Salim Hussien, Elizabeth Wangia, Mercy-Irene Kimani, Mohamud Mohamed, Melissa Wanda, Rosemarie Muganda, Rachel Ndirangu, Daniel Mwai, Mercy Wanjala, Fadhila Richter

“…Counties which had achieved high levels of community health unit (CHU) establishment and functionality were more adept at successfully mapping and operationalizing PCNs. All participating counties adopted Sub-County Health Management Teams (SCHMTs) as the MDTs due to staffing limitations at primary care facilities consequently inhibiting the capacity for effective MDT engagement. …”
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Effect of probiotics combined with immune checkpoint suppressors and chemotherapeutic agents on digestive system function, intestinal immunity and prognosis in patients with metast... by Xiaolei Wang, Yuxia Huang, Zhen Yang, Yang Yang, Fenfen Wei, Min Yan, Fanfan Li, Chenghao Wang

“…CD3+, CD4+, and CD4+/CD8+ levels were found to be higher in the intervention group (P < 0.05), while CD8+ levels were reduced in the intervention group (P < 0.05). All dimensions of the QLQC-30 scale were higher in the intervention group (P < 0.05). …”
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Maximal and Explosive Muscle Strength During Hip Adduction Squeeze and Hip Abduction Press Test Using A Handheld Dynamometer: An Intra- and Inter-tester Reliability Study by Lasse Ishøi, Kristian Thorborg, Laura Krohn, Lars Louis Andersen, Asger Møller Nielsen, MIkkel Bek Clausen

“…Relative reliability for all tests was assessed using ICC~2,1~ two-way mixed model with absolute agreement, thereby taking bias between testers into account…”
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Enhancing the filtration performance of common substrates used in the Covid-19 respiratory protection equipment with nanofiber coatings by Mobina Khezrian, Adel Jafari, Majid Habibi Mohraz

“…The initial filtration efficiency, pressure drop, and quality factor of the prepared media were then measured.The results clearly indicated that the application of PAN and PAN/CuBTC nanofiber coatings significantly enhances the filtration efficiency of all examined substrate layers, achieving efficiencies exceeding 90 % and 95 % at the most penetrating particle size (MPPS, 300 nm), respectively.The assessment of the quality factor revealed that the highest quality factor values before and after coating with PAN and PAN/CuBTC nanofibers corresponded to the SSMMS substrates, with values of 0.023, 0.072, and 0.094 Pa⁻1, while the lowest quality factor values were associated with Tetron, which had values of 0.002, 0.016, and 0.021 Pa⁻1, respectively.The comparison of various substrates revealed that the SSMMS fabric exhibited the highest quality factor after coverage with nanofibers, while the Tetron fabric demonstrated the lowest quality factor.Based on the quality criteria, the SSMMS fabric was the best substrate for nanofiber coatings, followed by melt-blown, spun bond, and activated carbon fabrics, whereas the Tetron fabric was not recommended for this application due to a high respiratory pressure drop.…”
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Sleep-Aiding Effect of Casein-Derived Peptide TPTLN and Its Underlying Mechanism by DENG Shijie, LIU Ling, HUANG Ju, FENG Fengqin, ZHAO Minjie, DU Juan

“…Methods: Thirty mice were divided equally into three groups, an experimental, a positive control and a blank control group, which were gavaged with TPTLN at a dose of 5 mg/kg mb, intraperitoneally injected with diazepam at a dose of 1 mg/kg mb, and gavaged with sterilized water at a dose of 5 mg/kg mb, respectively. The body mass of all the mice was recorded every day. After 7 days of continuous administration, a sodium pentobarbital-induced sleep test was carried out to evaluate sleep quality. …”
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New Benzoxazole Derivatives as Antiprotozoal Agents: In Silico Studies, Synthesis, and Biological Evaluation by Mohamed A. Abdelgawad, Mohammad M. Al-Sanea, Mohamed A. Zaki, Enas I. A. Mohamed, Shabana I. Khan, Babu L. Tekwani, Amar G Chittiboyina, Ikhlas A Khan, Tarfah Al-Warhi, Nada Aljaeed, Ohoud J. Alotaibi, Abdulsalam A. M. Alkhaldi, Heba A. H. Elshemy

“…The biological evaluation of all target compounds as potential antimalarial, antileishmanial, antitrypanosomal, and antimicrobial agents was performed by various well-established cell-based methods. …”
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STRATEGY OF SOCIALLY-ANTHROPOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT IN IDEAS AND SYSTEM OF MODERN SOCIAL PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION: INTEGRATION OF MODEL OF THE INSTRUMENTALISM AND THE NEOPRAGMATISM WIT... by Viktor Zinchenko

“…Classification existing in the western philosophy of education and education of directions is spent, proceeding from basic principles of philosophical school or a current, first of all considering those the purpose and means which are really involved by them in process of education, social development and socially-moral education and being based on the basic installations, the purpose expressed by that or other direction, how its supporters imagine the person, its requirement, a social role, модус behaviour which the education system and education urged to form. …”
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Predicting Multi-Scenario Land Use Changes and Soil Erosion in the Huaihe River Basin Based on Coupled PLUS-CSLE Model by GUO Weiling, XU Liuyang, JIA Jiang, GAO Chang, XIA Xiaolin, WANG Bangwen, ZHANG Jingyu, CHEN Lei, CHEN Yingjian

“…[Methods] Based on the PLUS model and the Chinese Soil Loss Equation (CSLE), the land use patterns in the Huaihe River Basin under three scenarios—natural development, ecological protection, and rapid development—for the year 2030 were simulated, and the future soil erosion patterns in the basin under these three scenarios were predicted. [Results] (1) Under all three scenarios, there was a significant expansion of construction land, with a maximum expansion area of 187.80 km2, while other land types decreased to varying degrees. (2) The soil erosion intensity in the basin from 2015 to 2021 showed a downward-then-upward trend. …”
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Oakland score to identify low-risk patients with lower gastrointestinal bleeding performs well among emergency department patients by Daniel D. DiLena, Sean C. Bouvet, Madeline J. Somers, Maqdooda A. Merchant, Theodore R. Levin, Adina S. Rauchwerger, Dana R. Sax

“…The Oakland Score composite outcome includes re-bleeding, defined as additional blood transfusion requirements and/or a further decrease in hematocrit (Hct) >/= 20% after 24 h in clinical stability; red blood cell transfusion; therapeutic intervention to control bleeding, including surgery, mesenteric embolization, or endoscopic hemostasis; in-hospital death, all cause; and re-admission with further LGIB within 28 days. …”
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A synthetic cyclic peptide for promoting antigen presentation and immune activation by Jiahui Zhang, Harrison Y. R. Madge, Asmaa Mahmoud, Lantian Lu, Wanyi Wang, Wenbin Huang, Prashamsa Koirala, Jazmina L. Gonzalez Cruz, Wei Yang Kong, Sahra Bashiri, Ahmed O. Shalash, Waleed M. Hussein, Zeinab G. Khalil, James W. Wells, Istvan Toth, Rachel J. Stephenson

“…., bovine serum albumin [BSA], receptor binding domain (RBD) of the SARS-CoV-2 protein responsible for COVID-19 infection [SARS-CoV-2 RBD]) and small molecular haptens (e.g., cocaine). All vaccine candidates self-assembled into sub-500 nm nanoparticles and induced high antigen-specific systemic IgG titers and opsonic potential compared to the antigen co-administered with a commercial adjuvant, complete Freund’s adjuvant. …”
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Isolation, Identification, and Susceptibility Profile of E. coli, Salmonella, and S. aureus in Dairy Farm and Their Public Health Implication in Central Ethiopia by Umer Seid Geletu, Munera Ahmednur Usmael, Abdulmuen Mohammed Ibrahim

“…Subsequently, 62 of S. aureus, 30 of E. coli, and 13 of Salmonella isolates were subjected to antimicrobial susceptibility testing, and all isolates were resistant to at least one or more antimicrobials tested. …”
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Assessing costs and constraints of forest residue disposal by pile burning by Jake Barker, Jake Barker, Jimmy Voorhis, Sinéad M. Crotty

“…The average costs of piling and burning machine piles as determined from the interviews were $735 ± $464 ac−1 ($1,817 ± $1,146 ha−1; all mean ± SD), 80% higher than reported in the FACTS database and 35% higher than previous reports. …”
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Effect of Treatment Delay, Stroke Type, and Thrombolysis on the Effect of Glyceryl Trinitrate, a Nitric Oxide Donor, on Outcome after Acute Stroke: A Systematic Review and Meta-Ana... by Philip M. Bath, Lisa Woodhouse, Kailash Krishnan, Craig Anderson, Eivind Berge, Gary A. Ford, Thompson G. Robinson, Jeffrey L. Saver, Nikola Sprigg, Joanna M. Wardlaw, Blood pressure in Acute Stroke Collaboration (BASC)

“…Five trials (4,197 participants) were identified, all involving glyceryl trinitrate (GTN). Compared with control, GTN lowered blood pressure by 7.4/3.3 mmHg. …”
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Mathematical Modelling and Analysis of Transmission Dynamics of Lassa Fever by E. A. Bakare, E. B. Are, O. E. Abolarin, S. A. Osanyinlusi, Benitho Ngwu, Obiaderi N. Ubaka

“…Deaths from Lassa fever occur all year round but naturally peak during the dry season. …”
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