Genomic insights into multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii strains isolated from Dhaka, Bangladesh by Sadia Ferdous, K M Shayerul Abedin Shayer, Afia Anjum, Sabbir R. Shuvo, Ishrat Jabeen, Kristi Paul Hridi, A.K.M. Imrul Hassan, Md Imran Khan, Mohammad Fazle Alam Rabbi, Mahmud Hossain, Kazi Nadim Hasan, Sohidul Islam

“…The antibiotic-resistant profile showed that all the strains were resistant to meropenem. Two strains were resistant to polymyxin B up to 64 µg/ml. …”
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Correlation and predictive value of novel anthropometric indicators with adult sarcopenia and sarcopenia obesity by Xue Wu, Ziang Chen, Yuanhui Zhao, Hong Ren

“…The prevalence of these conditions is higher among middle-aged men of a given age when contrasted with women at the age of 40. All anthropometric indexes demonstrated a positive correlation with the onset of SA and SO, with the association with waist-to-height ratio (WHtR) showcasing a heightened strength subsequent to the adjustment for all covariates. …”
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Identification of an anatomical safe zone for humeral cerclage passage by Matthew T. Gulbrandsen, MD, Lea E. McDaniel, MD, Clayton H. Hui, BS, Jeremy R. Brown, MD, Taha M. Taka, MD, Marc G. Lubitz, MD, Anup A. Shah, MD, Evan S. Lederman, MD, Wesley P. Phipatanakul, MD

“…Conclusion: The radial nerve entered the spiral groove on the humerus distal to the pectoralis insertion in all specimens. The axillary nerve started to contact the humerus proximal to the latissimus dorsi in all specimens. …”
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Interrupted time series analysis to evaluate the impact of COVID-19-pandemic on the incidence of notifiable infectious diseases in the Lazio region, Italy by Martina Spaziante, Sara Leone, Maurizio D’Amato, Gabriella De Carli, Gilda Tonziello, Giorgio Nicolò Malatesta, Alessandro Agresta, Claudia De Santis, Valentina Vantaggio, Giovanni Pitti, Maria Concetta Fusco, Pierluca Piselli, Alessandra Barca, Enrico Girardi, Paola Scognamiglio, Francesco Vairo

“…Results Immediately after the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, a significant, sharp and immediate reduction in monthly cases was recorded for all NIDs (-86.73%), regardless of the transmission route. …”
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Early experience of Sacubitril–Valsartan in heart failure with reduced ejection fraction in real‐world clinical setting by Charlotte Nordberg Backelin, Michael Fu, Charlotta Ljungman

“…In Part 2 (tolerability study), all patients receiving Sac/Val during the same period were included. …”
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Resistance of spring bread wheat cultivars and lines to Septoria leaf blotch, tan spot, and spot blotch pathogens by Yu. V. Zeleneva, V. P. Sudnikovа, N. M. Kovalenkо, I. V. Gusev

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Traditional Chinese Medicine Ion Introduction Therapy Reduces the Incidence of Acute Exacerbation of Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: A Prospective Cohort Study by Wang Y, Xu B, Wang J, Li S, Xie Y

“…Hospitalization time, readmission rate, time to first acute exacerbation, quality of life improved, but mortality rate and all-cause mortality rate did not improve.Keywords: TCM, ion introduction, idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, acute exacerbation, incidence…”
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Telerehabilitation: A Practical Remote Alternative for Coaching and Monitoring Physical Kinetic Therapy in Patients with Mild and Moderate Disabling Parkinson’s Disease during the... by Aurelian Anghelescu

“…No patients had disabling osteoarticular problems (all could walk independently) and had no significant psycho-cognitive dysfunction. …”
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Efficacy and retention rate of secukinumab in psoriatic arthritis across different clinical phenotypes: insights from the Italian GISEA Registry by Giuseppe Lopalco, Maria Morrone, Fabiola Atzeni, Chiara Bazzani, Francesco Paolo Bianchi, Francesco Paolo Cantatore, Roberto Caporali, Antonio Carletto, Alberto Cauli, Maria Sole Chimenti, Sergio Colella, Fabrizio Conti, Addolorata Corrado, Ennio Giulio Favalli, Alberto Floris, Marco Fornaro, Rosario Foti, Roberta Foti, Elena Fracassi, Bruno Frediani, Stefano Gentileschi, Roberto Gorla, Elisa Gremese, Emanuela Praino, Roberta Ramonda, Cinzia Rotondo, Marco Sebastiani, Angelo Semeraro, Gianfranco Ferraccioli, Giovanni Lapadula, Florenzo Iannone

“…In the overall PsA population, DAPSA scores decreased significantly at 6 months, and further at 24 months (all p  < 0.0001). In mixed PsA, ASDAS-CRP scores were significantly reduced at 6 months and remained stable through 24 months (all p  < 0.0001). …”
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Safety and Efficacy of a 6‐Month Placement of a Fully Covered Self‐Expanding Metallic Stent for Refractory Benign Biliary Stricture: A Multicenter Prospective Study by Tomohisa Iwai, Mitsuhiro Kida, Kazuya Sugimori, Hiroaki Shigoka, Takaaki Matsumoto, Masashi Ijima, Haruo Miwa, Kosuke Okuwaki, Masafumi Watanabe, Kai Adachi, Akihiro Tamaki, Taro Hanaoka, Junro Ishizaki, Chika Kusano

“…No stent‐induced pancreatitis or cholecystitis occurred. All stents were removed successfully, and the treatment success rate was 85%. …”
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The role of civil society organisations in initiating an anti-corruption policy in Serbia by Korać Srđan T., Bulatović Aleksandra

“…As the concept of political community is a special construct based on democracy and human rights, non-inclusiveness as previously outlined here destructively affected society by making deeper asymmetries of all kinds due to disintegrating influence that prevents the final community constitution through democratic institutions.…”
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EASTERN MYSTICISM AND TIMOTHY LEARY: HUMAN BEYOND THE CONVENTIONAL REALITY by T. V. Danylova

“…The essence of Eastern worldview is an awareness of unity and coherence of all things and phenomena. All things are the interdependent and interrelated parts of the One Whole: they are the different manifestations of the same unconditional reality. …”
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Molecular genetic detection and differentiation of <i>Xanthomonas oryzae</i> pv. <i>oryzicola</i>, bacterial leaf streak agents of rice by M. L. Koroleva, S. A. Blinova, A. A. Shvartsev, V. E. Kurochkin, Ya. I. Alekseev

“…They allowed identifying all the strains the sequences of which had been loaded in the GenBank NCBI Nucleotide database before November 11, 2021. …”
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Effects of oral Lcarnitine supplementation on liver enzymes in pediatric acute lymphoblastic leukemia patients in the maintenance phase of treatment: a randomized clinical trial st... by Aziz Eghbali, Aygin Eghbali, Neda Ashayeri, Fatemeh Fadayi, Kazem Ghaffari, Kazem Ghaffari, Kazem Ghaffari, Ali Ghasemi, Ali Ghasemi

“…The incidence of side effects was significantly higher in the Lcarnitine group than in the placebo group (18% vs 4%, P = 0.025).ConclusionThe results of this study suggested that a 60-day Lcarnitine treatment can improve liver enzyme levels and thus prevent the extent of liver damage during the treatment of ALL. Based on the results of our study, Lcarnitine supplementation may have a beneficial effect on liver enzyme levels in pediatric ALL patients during the maintenance phase of treatment.Clinical Trial Registration:https://irct.behdasht.gov.ir/search/result?…”
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The Effect of Oral Potentially Malignant Disorders (OPMD) on Dental Implants Survival—A Systematic Review by Sebahat Kaya, Christian Walter, Aya Khamis, Lena Katharina Müller-Heupt, Stefanie Zimmer, Lorena Cascant Ortolano, Keyvan Sagheb, Bilal Al-Nawas, Eik Schiegnitz

“…To validate the results and evaluate OPMD on peri-implant tissue, large-scale prospective studies for all types of OPMD, especially for leukoplakia and erythroplakia, are needed.…”
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L-shaped association of dietary inflammatory index (DII) and chronic diarrhea: results from NHANES 2005–2010 by Qing Zhao, Yue Xu, Xiangrui Li, Xiaotian Chen

“…Nevertheless, this connection lost statistical significance (OR = 1.00; 95% CI, 0.96–1.05; P = 0.8501) after adjusting for all confounding variables. Stratified by sex, the analysis revealed a notable rise in the risk of chronic diarrhea with increasing DII among female participants (all P for trend < 0.05). …”
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System of plasminogen regulators in the skin of intact uPA gene-knockout C57BL/6-PlautmI.IBug-This Plau6FDhu/GFDhu mice and in a model of chronic neurogenic pain by E. M. Frantsiyants, E. I. Surikova, I. V. Kaplieva, I. V. Neskubina, L. S. Kozlova, V. A. Bandovkina, L. K. Trepitaki, V. V. Pozdnyakova

“…Intact uPA-deficient C57BL/6-PlautmI.IBug-ThisPlau6FDhu/GFDhu mice differed from C57BL/6 mice by a decreased level of PG regulators, excluding plasmin in all mice, PG in males and urokinase receptor (uPAR). uPA-deficient mice with CNP showed continuing decrease in levels of plasminogen regulators, except for uPAR in all mice, PG in males and the activity of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1-act) in females.Conclusion. …”
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Effects of biophilic virtual reality on cognitive function of patients undergoing laparoscopic surgery: study protocol for a sham randomised controlled trial by Bin Gao, Yanling Zhou, Jianhua Wang, Binbin Zhu, Qiuyan Weng, Wenjun Luo, Xiuchao He, Lufei Jin, Qinwen Wang, Ahmad Khaled Ahmad Harb

“…Written informed consent is obtained for all participants. All information acquired will be disseminated via national or international conferences and published in peer-reviewed journals.Trial registration number ChiCTR2000040919.…”
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MiR-155-Mediated Deregulation of GPER1 Plays an Important Role in the Gender Differences Related to Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Xiaojuan Shao, Jintao Li, Fumin Xu, Dongfeng Chen, Kaijun Liu

“…Colonoscopies were performed, and clinical characteristics and blood samples were collected from all of the subjects. The serum cytokine levels in the patients with IBD and the health donors were detected by ELISA, and the estrogen receptor level measurements for all of the participants were assessed by immunohistochemistry (IHC) and quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR). …”
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Statistical analysis plan for the LAST ACT clinical trial; a Leukotriene A4 hydrolase Stratified non-inferiority Trial of Adjunctive Corticosteroids for HIV-negative adults with Tu... by Joseph Donovan, Dong Huu Khanh Trinh, Ronald B. Geskus, Marcel Wolbers, Guy E. Thwaites, Nguyen Thuy Thuong Thuong, Le Thanh Hoang Nhat

“…The primary endpoint was all-cause death or new neurological event over the first 12 months after randomisation. …”
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