Analysis of In Vitro Effects of Sex Steroids on Lymphocyte Responsiveness in Murrah Buffaloes (Bubalus bubalis) by Zahoor Ahmad Pampori, Sujata Pandita

“…Estrogen at 100 pg/mL concentration stimulating the proliferation significantly (𝑃<0.05). in all groups and had higher stimulatory effect in lymphocytes from day 10 than day 0 of estrous cycle. …”
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Sexing the sternal rib end in modern Greeks: A virtual osteometric approach using high-resolution 3D surface models by Ioanna Karagiorgou, Ioanna Anastopoulou, Fotios Alexandros Karakostis, Elena Kranioti, Konstantinos Moraitis

“…The osteometric method from the sternal rib end has been found to generate accurate sex estimates, but as various studies have proved, all osteometric methods should be population-specific, as one equation does not fit all. …”
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Safety and Efficacy of an Intravaginal Prebiotic Gel in the Prevention of Recurrent Bacterial Vaginosis: A Randomized Double-Blind Study by Isabelle Coste, Philippe Judlin, Jean-Pierre Lepargneur, Sami Bou-Antoun

“…After 8 days of treatment, all subjects who received the prebiotic had a normal Nugent score, whereas 33% of the subjects treated with placebo had an intermediate or positive Nugent score. …”
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Crop wild relatives in Vologda Province by L. Yu. Shipilina

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Combination of High-Dose Intravenous Immunoglobulins and Itraconozole in Treating Chronic Mycotic Demyelinating Optic Neuritis by Andrew W. Campbell, Ebere C. Anyanwu, Aristo Vojdani

“…This paper presents the case of a 42-year-old white female, in whom chronic demyelinating optic neuritis with persistent visual defects due to chronic exposure to toxic molds was diagnosed at the age of 34 years. In spite of all the therapeutic services given to her for over 8 years, her illness persisted and was difficult to treat. …”
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Optimal Pest Control Strategies with Cost-effectiveness Analysis by Ihza Rizkia Fitri, Farida Hanum, Ali Kusnanto, Toni Bakhtiar

“…Our simulation study shows that all strategies succeed in controlling the insects. …”
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Aneurysm of Upper Limb Arteries in Children: Report of Five Cases by Ildar Nurmeev, Dmitry Osipov, Bruce Okoye

“…Diagnosis was carried out in all cases by using ultrasound, with arteriography in one case. …”
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In the footsteps of Covid-19 convalescence by Alfredo Espinosa Brito

“…It is emphasized that we are still far from knowing all the biological effects that the “massive immunostimulation” of the pandemic will have over time on some people. …”
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Management of organizational culture in the conditions of enterprises digitalization by I. V. Groshev, A. V. Zheregelya, D. V. Shkolnyi

“…It is noted, that the domestic practice lags behind not so much in the mechanism of implementation of modern digital practices, but in the efficiency of their use and qualitative growth of the organizational structure due to the synergetic effect of digitalization of production and all related procedures and processes.The authors have concluded, that the management of a modern company should be based on the interaction of all stakeholders, and not due to the dominance of processes and hierarchy, which in turn, will require changes in the management of organizational culture. …”
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High survival promotes bunchgrass persistence in old‐growth savannas under different fire regimes by Jennifer M. Fill, Raelene M. Crandall

“…As expected for a long‐lived species, survival was nearly 100% in all populations. Given that flowering in wiregrass is fire‐stimulated, there was high variability in flowering and seed production between fire and non‐fire years. …”
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Defining and measuring suspicion of sepsis: an analysis of routine data by Charles Vincent, Bethan Page, Matthew Inada-Kim, Imran Maqsood

“…The SOS coding set consists of all bacterial infective diagnoses.Results We identified 47 475 admissions with SOS, equivalent to a rate of 17 admissions per 1000 adults in a given year. …”
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Mirror therapy to reduce phantom limb pain. Systematic review by Jesús Sánchez Lozano, Sandra Martínez Pizarro

“…The duration of the program ranged from 1-4 weeks. All studies showed safety, and no major side effects occurred. …”
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Multitemporal High-Resolution Satellite Images for the Study and Monitoring of an Ancient Mesopotamian City and its Surrounding Landscape: The Case of Ur by Giacomo Di Giacomo, Giuseppe Scardozzi

“…The acquired dataset is composed by two Gambit KH-7 (1966) and one Corona KH-4B (1968) declassified spy space photos and by few images taken by the recent satellites for civilian use QuickBird-2 (2002, 2004, 2007), Ikonos-2 (2008), and WorldView-1 (2008). The processing of all these images and the integration with ASTER and SRTM DEMs allowed the acquisition of new data about the topographical layout of the city and its monuments and ancient roads; the georeferencing of all archaeological remains and traces visible on the images allowed the upgrade of the archaeological map of Ur. …”
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Simplified Analytical Method for Predicting the Lateral Ground Displacements due to Shield Tunnelling by Lianwei Sun, Zhong-chao Li, Rong-zhu Liang

“…Combining with the displacement obtained from all the factors, the analytical method for lateral ground displacement induced by shield tunnelling is obtained. …”
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Skipping Breakfast Is Associated with Hypertension in Adults: A Meta-Analysis by Zishuo Li, Hongli Li, Qin Xu, Yanli Long

“…Sensitivity by excluding one study at a time showed consistent results (OR: 1.18 to 1.22, all P <0.01). Subgroup analyses showed that the association between skipping breakfast and hypertension in adults was consistent in the general population and in patients with type 2 diabetes, in studies from different countries, in cohort and cross-sectional studies, in breakfast skippers defined as taking breakfast ≤3 days/week and as self-reported habitual breakfast skipping, and in studies with and without adjustment of body mass index (Pfor subgroup difference, all P>0.10). …”
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Design Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of Novel N-Nitro Acid Amide Derivatives as Lead Compounds of Herbicide by Xiaojuan Qi, Wenjie Tang, Shan Gao, Min Gao, Changshui Chen, Qingye Zhang

“…A series of N-nitro acid amide derivatives compounds were synthesized based on the active site of target acetohydroxyacid synthase (AHAS, EC: 2.2.1.6) enzyme. All the structures of newly prepared compounds were thoroughly characterized by satisfied IR and 1H NMR spectra. …”
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Angiomyolipoma of the Thoracic Wall: An Extremely Rare Diagnostic Challenge by Georgios Gemenetzis, Eleni Kostidou, Kalliroi Goula, Vassilios Smyrniotis, Nikolaos Arkadopoulos

“…Clinically, the lesion had all the characteristics of a benign tumor, being soft in palpation, painless, and growing in size in a slow rate. …”
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According to the normal weight, overweight and obese comparison of bioelectric impedance analysis method with the other methods by Evrim Cakmakcı, Fatma Arslan, Hüsamettin Vatansev, Meryem Ayrancı

“…Significance level was accepted as 0.05 for all tests. According to the results of anthropometric measurements was found BMI, waist circumference, and bioelectrical impedance analysis method for all the groups differ (p lt;0.05), waist / hip ratio values were found to be different between normal weight and obese groups (p lt;0.05) that participated in the research. …”
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Maternal Body Mass Index Does Not Affect Neonatal Umbilical Artery Blood Gas Parameters by Salam E. Chalouhi, Caroline Salafia, Magdy Mikhail, Robert Hecht

“…This study was undertaken to assess the impact of obesity on fetal well-being in glucose-tolerant and nonhypertensive women. Medical charts of all patients admitted to the labor and delivery department at our institution between January, 2011 and July, 2011 were retrospectively reviewed. …”
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Development of New Tools to Detect Colistin-Resistance among Enterobacteriaceae Strains by Lucie Bardet, Jean-Marc Rolain

“…It is therefore necessary to implement well-defined protocols using specific tools to detect all colistin-resistant bacteria. This review aims to summarize the current clinical microbiology diagnosis techniques and their ability to detect all colistin resistance mechanisms and describe new tools specifically developed to assess plasmid-mediated colistin resistance. …”
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