Molecular Detection of FIPV among Imported Felines through Soekarno Hatta Airport, Indonesia by Fidyah Fitrawati, Suwarno, Ira Sari Yudaniayanti, Jola Rahmahani, Muchammad Yunus, Soeharsono, Desniwaty Karo-karo, Haeriah

“…The samples, consisting of blood and rectal swabs, were tested molecularly using RT-PCR. …”
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Postoperative fever following surgery for oral cancer: Incidence, risk factors, and the formulation of a machine learning-based predictive model by Yanling Zhang, Kun Long, Zhaojian Gong, Ruping Dai, Shuiting Zhang

“…In univariate and multivariate logistic analysis showed that age, sex, reoperation, Charlson Comorbidity Index score (CCI), leukocyte, bleeding and blood transfusion were independent risk factors for POF of patients following surgery in oral cancer. …”
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Comparison of Glycomacropeptide with Phenylalanine Free-Synthetic Amino Acids in Test Meals to PKU Patients: No Significant Differences in Biomarkers, Including Plasma Phe Levels by Kirsten K. Ahring, Allan M. Lund, Erik Jensen, Thomas G. Jensen, Karen Brøndum-Nielsen, Michael Pedersen, Allan Bardow, Jens Juul Holst, Jens F. Rehfeld, Lisbeth B. Møller

“…This study included 8 patients, who had four visits and tested four drink mixtures (DM1–4), consisting of CGMP, FSAA, or a combination. Plasma blood samples were collected at baseline, 15, 30, 60, 120, and 240 minutes (min) after the meal. …”
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Growth and viability of juvenile humpback grouper (Cromileptes altivelis) supplemented with inorganic and organic selenium by Muhaimin Hamzah, Muhammad Agus Suprayudi, Nur Bambang Priyo Utomo, Wasmen Manalu

“…The results of this study showed that the source of selenium supplementation (inorganic or organic) affected growth performance, glutathione peroxidase (GPx) enzyme activity, and blood profiles of the experimental fish. Generally, it was found that selenomethionine supplementation resulted in better fish performance than sodium selenite. …”
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Neutrophil extracellular traps are associated with airways inflammation and increased severity of lung disease in cystic fibrosis by Sheonagh M. Law, Gareth Hardisty, Jonathan L. Gillan, Nicola J. Robinson, Donald J. Davidson, Moira K.B. Whyte, Ian Dransfield, Robert D. Gray

“…Since CF neutrophils are known to engage in apoptosis less efficiently, we wanted to assess whether alternative forms of neutrophil clearance such as NETosis were prominent in the CF airway. Methods Sputum and blood were collected from 45 CF and 15 healthy control (HC) participants. …”
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Effect of yellow rice wine on anti-aging ability in aged mice induced by d-galactose by Rong Liu, Zukang Fu, Fengjie Zhang, Qingzhong Mao, Chunguang Luan, Xinglin Han, Jie Xue, Deliang Wang, Si Qin, Feike Hao

“…Furthermore, a forced swim test showed that moderate intake of YRW (8 mL/kg BW) significantly decreased the duration of immobility, reduced the blood content of urea nitrogen and lactic acid, and increased hepatic glycogen storage. …”
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Formation of Short-Chain Fatty Acids, Excretion of Anthocyanins, and Microbial Diversity in Rats Fed Blackcurrants, Blackberries, and Raspberries by Greta Jakobsdottir, Narda Blanco, Jie Xu, Siv Ahrné, Göran Molin, Olov Sterner, Margareta Nyman

“…No anthocyanins or anthocyanidins were detected in caecal content or blood. This may indicate uptake in the stomach or small intestine.…”
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Comparative Approach to Define Increased Regulatory T Cells in Different Cancer Subtypes by Combined Assessment of CD127 and FOXP3 by Marc Beyer, Sabine Classen, Elmar Endl, Matthias Kochanek, Martin R. Weihrauch, Svenja Debey-Pascher, Percy A. Knolle, Joachim L. Schultze

“…The assessment of CCR7 and CD45RA expression on the expanded CD4+CD127lowFOXP3+ Treg cells revealed an increase of both naïve as well as central and effector memory Treg cells in peripheral blood. Our data strongly support superiority of combined CD127 and FOXP3 analysis in comparison to CD25 and FOXP3 assessment for further quantification of Treg cells in malignant diseases.…”
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Fungsi Tiroid Pasca Radioterapi Tumor Ganas Kepala- Leher by Ade Chandra, Sukri Rahman

“…Abnormalities of the thyroid after radiotherapy is associated with damage cells and small blood vessels of the thyroid gland and capsule fibrosis of the thyroid gland which in turn causes the thyroid gland to shrink. …”
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Urinary Uromodulin Levels and UMOD Variants in Black South Africans with Hypertension-Attributed Chronic Kidney Disease by Nolubabalo Unati Nqebelele, Caroline Dickens, Therese Dix-Peek, Raquel Duarte, Saraladevi Naicker

“…After DNA extraction from blood using the Maxwell® automated platform, genotyping of rs13333226 was performed using real-time PCR using TaqMan® genotyping assays. …”
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Pharmacokinetics of pradofloxacin, florfenicol, and tulathromycin and response to treatment of steers experimentally infected with Mannheimia hemolytica by Derek M. Foster, Jennifer L. Halleran, Megan E. Jacob, Stephanie Hempstead, Luke B. Borst, Tatiane T. Negrao Watanabe, Hiroko Enomoto, Mark G. Papich

“…Upon onset of clinical disease, steers were treated with pradofloxacin, florfenicol or tulathromycin. Blood, ISF, and pulmonary epithelial lining fluid (PELF) samples were obtained for drug concentration determination. …”
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Third Trimester Lower Extremity Lymphorrhea by Kaori Morimoto, Luke O’Rourke

“…She was diagnosed with chronic hypertension at 19 weeks of pregnancy based upon systolic blood pressure>140. Lifestyle modifications were recommended, but the patient did not comply. …”
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Sex Difference in Risk Factors, GRACE Scores, and Management among Post-Acute Coronary Syndrome Patients in Sri Lanka by Priyadarshani Galappatthy, Vipula Bataduwaarachchi, Priyanga Ranasinghe, Gamini Galappatthy, Upul Senerath, Chandrika Wijeyaratne, Ruwan Ekanayake

“…When stratified by age, no significant differences were observed in achieving the risk factor targets or management strategies used except for fasting blood sugar (p<0.05) where more men achieved control target in both age categories. …”
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Optimization of cultivation parameters for bovine respiratory syncytial virus strain Vologda/2019 by V. V. Kirpichenko, S. V. Kononova, I. N. Shumilova, A. A. Nesterov, M. V. Turkova, Ye. A. Bukhon, D. V. Romenskaya, A. V. Sprygin, B. L. Manin, O. P. Byadovskaya

“…It was determined that in case of multiplicity of inoculation of FBT and RBT cell cultures with the virus at 0.1 lg TCD50/cell and the use of 2% glutamine in the maintenance nutrient medium, as well as 2% horse or cattle blood serum, it is possible to obtain virus material with high cytopathic activity.…”
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Management and Outcome of Patients with Acetabular Fractures: Associated Injuries and Prognostic Factors by Do-Hyun Yeo, Jong-Keon Oh, Jae-Woo Cho, Beom-Soo Kim

“…The mean injury severity score (ISS) was 8.7, with 32.4% of patients having a score >15. The average blood transfusion in the first 24 hours was 0.54 pints. …”
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Deaths during Sexual Activity by Agnė Okulevičiūtė, Sigitas Chmieliauskas, Sigitas Laima, Diana Vasiljevaitė, Jurgita Stasiūnienė

“…Concurrent findings included atherosclerotic changes in the heart, internal organ hyperemia and edema, hepatic steatosis, renal cyst, and a lack of ethyl alcohol in blood but 0.17 ‰ presence in urine according to toxicology analysis. …”
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Anti-Inflammatory Activities of Some Plants of Genus Alpinia: Insights from In Vitro, In Vivo, and Human Studies by Yuliawati KM, Febriyanti RM, Sumiwi SA, Levita J

“…These plants did not show toxicity toward numerous normal cell lines (RAW 264.7, IEC-6, HepG2, MT-4, NIH-3T3, Vero cells, human peripheral blood mononuclear cells, and HaCaT) but were toxic to cancer cell lines (HT29). …”
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Incidence, Outcomes, and Factors Associated with Intra-Abdominal Hypertension and Primary Abdominal Compartment Syndrome in Abdominopelvic Injury Patients by Amonpon Kanlerd, Krissada Nakornchai, Karikarn Auksornchart, Warapan Watkwaw

“…Data of age, gender, weight, height, body mass index, injury mechanisms, initial vital signs, imaging, laboratory data, blood component requirements, abdominal organs involved, treatments including surgery and intervention radiology, abbreviated injury scale (AIS) and injury severity score (ISS), length of ICU stays, and results of treatment were all analyzed. …”
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Research progress of Traditional Chinese Medicine five-element music therapy (中医五行音乐疗法的研究进展) by LI Suqian (李苏茜), LU Lin (芦琳), TANG Ling (唐玲), WANG Chun (王纯)

“…Based on the theory of Traditional Chinese medicine, the five-element music therapy uses the ancient Chinese five-tone scale, including Gong(do), Shang(rei), Jiao(mi), Zi(sou) and Yu(la), to regulate the five internal organs, so as to regulate Qi and blood, relieve emotional and mental stress and eliminate diseases. …”
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The Increase of Circulating PD-1- and PD-L1-Expressing Lymphocytes in Endometriosis: Correlation with Clinical and Laboratory Parameters by Monika Walankiewicz, Ewelina Grywalska, Grzegorz Polak, Izabela Korona-Glowniak, Elzbieta Witt, Agata Surdacka, Jan Kotarski, Jacek Rolinski

“…To our knowledge, this is the first study evaluating frequencies of PD-1-positive T CD3+ cells (CD4+ and CD8+) and B cells (CD19+) in patients with endometriosis. Peripheral blood (PB) samples from 25 female patients and 20 healthy age and sex-matched subjects serving as controls were used in the study. …”
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