Incidence of methicillin, inducible clindamycin, and vancomycin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus clinical isolates in Gombe, Northeastern Nigeria by Haruna Adamu, Celestina T. Otegwu, Fatima B. Abdullahi, Babajide A. Tytler, Busayo O. Olayinka

“…A total of 54.6 % of the isolates were constitutive clindamycin resistant whereas 6.1 % were inducible clindamycin resistant. …”
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Exclusive Breast-Feeding Practice and Associated Factors among HIV-Positive Mothers in Governmental Health Facilities, Southern Ethiopia by Lewam Mebratu, Selamawit Mengesha, Yadessa Tegene, Abraham Alano, Alemayehu Toma

“…The study subjects were drawn from 10 health institutions located at 6 towns in Southern Ethiopia which constituted six hospitals and four health centers. Quantitative data were collected using the pretested structured questionnaire. …”
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Demographic and Clinical Determinants of Tuberculosis and TB Recurrence: A Double-Edged Retrospective Study from Pakistan by Mariam Ahmed Mujtaba, Matthew Richardson, Hira Shahzad, Muhammad Ishaq Javed, Ghazala Kaukab Raja, Pakeeza Arzoo Shaiq, Pranabashis Haldar, Sadia Saeed

“…In our study cohort, factors significantly associated with TB were low BMI (OR: 0.961 (CI 0.954–0.968), p<0.001), female gender (OR: 2.065 (CI 1.922–2.219), p<0.001), being single/unmarried (OR: 1.214 (CI 1.109–1.328), p=0.003), middle-income status (OR: 1.935 (CI 1.616–2.323), p<0.001), smoking (OR: 1.567 (CI 1.435–1.710), p<0.001), and diabetes mellitus (OR: 1.142 (CI 1.017–1.278), p=0.023). TB recurrence constituted 11.2% of patients presenting to the hospital. …”
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Jackson–Vanik Amendment and Development of Soviet-American Relations in 1972-1975 by V. Yungblyud, D. Ilyin

“…The Amendment, adopted in December 1974, created serious obstacles for the development of trade and economic relations between the superpowers, and it had a number of negative political consequences also. The Amendment constituted the issue of human rights in the USSR as one of the important components of the U.S. foreign policy, created a negative background for the American-Soviet dialogue, which significantly complicated the outlined convergence of superpowers and contributed to the curtailment of detente.The political struggle around the Jackson-Vanik Amendment became the quintessence of detente. …”
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Segmented evolution and exploration targets of the Cambrian platform margin in the Manxi area, Tarim Basin by Zongquan Hu, Fan Feng, Chengming Fang, Zicheng Cao, Tieyi Wang, Kangkang Guo, Yang Li, Shi Wang

“…In this segment, the Shayilike Formation transgressive deposits and the high-energy mound-shoal complexes along the platform margin of the Wusonggeer Formation constitute the optimal reservoir - cap rock assemblage, establishing this segment as the most promising target for hydrocarbon exploration in the platform margin.…”
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Antibacterial and Mosquito Repellent Potential of Eight Citrus Cultivars and Their Chemical Composition by Mehwish Nawaz, Bait Ullah, Muhammad Ghazanfar Abbas, Muhammad Binyameen, Violeta Apšegaitė, Raimondas Mozūraitis, Muhammad Azeem

“…Gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) analysis of fresh peel EOs revealed that limonene was the most abundant compound, constituting 94.5%, 96.1%, 95.3%, 93.3%, 56.2%, 91.5%, 96.4%, and 96.7% of <i>Citrus jambhiri</i>, <i>C. aurantium</i>, <i>C. sinensis</i> var. …”
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Structural Characterization of Foxtail Millet (<i>Setaria italica</i>) Polysaccharides and Evaluation of Its Antioxidant and Immunostimulatory Activities by Haiying Zhang, Chengyu Peng, Wei Zhang, Huatao Liu, Xiaodong Liu, Changqing Sun, Xiaoning Cao

“…Size-Exclusion Chromatography–Multi-Angle Light Scattering–Refractive Index (SEC-MALLS-RI) and high-performance anion-exchange chromatography (HPAEC) analyses revealed that FM-D1 constitutes a highly purified neutral polysaccharide exclusively composed of glucose as the sugar unit, with a molecular weight of 14.823 kDa. …”
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Cytogenetic features of intergeneric amphydiploids and genome-substituted forms of wheat by E. D. Badaeva, R. O. Davoyan, N. A. Tereshchenko, E. V. Lyalina, S. A. S.A. Zoshchuk, N. P. Goncharov

“…The chromosome sets and genome constitutions of allopolyploids are usually verified in early hybrid generations, whereas the subsequent fate of these hybrids remains unknown in most cases. …”
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A Temporal and Dynamic Approach to Enjambments in French Versified Poetry from the 17th to the late 19th Century by Éliane Delente

“…the first, the second, or both? Does enjambment constitute a homogeneous category? Observations of these constructions were carried out on an exploratory corpus based on Boileau’s and Chénier’s works. …”
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Τhiazolidine-4-One Derivatives with Variable Modes of Inhibitory Action Against DPP4, a Drug Target with Multiple Activities and Established Role in Diabetes Mellitus Type II by Dionysia Amanatidou, Phaedra Eleftheriou, Anthi Petrou, Athina Geronikaki, Theodoros Lialiaris

“…<b>Background/Objectives:</b> DPP4 is an enzyme with multiple natural substrates and probable involvement in various mechanisms. It constitutes a drug target for the treatment of diabetes II, although, also related to other disorders. …”
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Characterization of a New Immunosuppressive and Antimicrobial Peptide, DRS-DA2, Isolated from the Mexican Frog, Pachymedusa dacnicolor by Claire Lacombe, Estefania Aleman-Navaro, Thierry Drujon, Veronica Martinez-Osorio, Emmanuelle Sachon, Erika Melchy-Pérez, Ludovic Carlier, Lorena Elizabeth Fajardo Brigido, Yannick Fleury, Christophe Piesse, Guadalupe Gutiérrez-Escobedo, Alejandro De las Peñas, Irene Castaño, Florie Desriac, Jose Luis Beristain-Hernandez, Christophe Combadiere, Yvonne Rosenstein, Constance Auvynet

“…Inflammatory and antimicrobial diseases constitute a major burden for society, and fighting them is a WHO strategic priority. …”
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Contralateral Posterior Chamber Phakic Intraocular Lens Implantation as Rehabilitation of Refractive Lens Exchange with a Monofocal Intraocular Lens in a Young, Nonpresbyopic, Bila... by Kepa Balparda, Claudia Marcela Vanegas-Ramírez, Laura Segura-Muñoz, Manuela Gómez-Londoño

“…In this kind of particular cases, Phakic Intraocular Lens (P-IOL) implantation constitutes attractive, highly predictable and safe option. …”
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Assessment of Healthcare Solid Waste Composition, Generation and its Management: the case of Two Hospitals of Shashemene Town, Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia by Gudeta Elie, Daniel Fitamo, Semere Gebreaegawi

“…Of the total solid waste generated, over half(GH: 53.3%; PH: 57.1%) constituted general waste (GW), and the remaining (GH: 46.7%; PH: 42.9%) comprised hazardous waste (HW), which exceeded the WHO threshold(10‒25%) intimates the lack of poor waste segregation. …”
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Disease-Associated Dopamine Receptor D2 Variants Exhibit Functional Consequences Depending on Different Heterotrimeric G-Protein Subunit Combinations by Nele Niebrügge, Olga Trovato, Roman Praschberger, Andreas Lieb

“…However, a detailed analysis of basal/constitutive activity also revealed a gain-of-function phenotype for mutant M345R. …”
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Du produit d’échange à l’objet symbole : de nouvelles données sur les demi-produits de type currency-bar du Val de Saône et de l’Arc jurassien by Marion Berranger, Philippe Dillmann, Philippe Fluzin, Enrique Vega, Stéphanie Leroy, Michel Aubert, Emmanuelle Delqué-Količ

“…The batch of half-finished products studied here constitutes the centre of a concentration extending as far as Switzerland and, in a more diffuse way, until the banks of the Seine and the southwest of Germany. …”
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Clinical Characteristics of Inpatients with Diabetic Foot Ulcer Admitted with Non-Ulcer Complaints: A Retrospective Study by Li L, Li Y, Qin S, Zeng J, Ma W, Wei D

“…Lan Li,1,2 Yue Li,2,3 Shuang Qin,2 Jing Zeng,2 Wanxia Ma,2 Dong Wei2 1Medical Examination Center, Chengdu Second People’s Hospital, Chengdu, 610017, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Diabetic Foot Care Center, Chengdu Second People’s Hospital, Chengdu, 610017, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Clinical Medicine, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, 610500, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Dong Wei, Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Diabetic Foot Care Center, The Chengdu Second People’s Hospital, Chengdu, Sichuan, 610017, People’s Republic of China, Tel/Fax +86 02867830801, Email weidong314@126.comBackground: Diabetic foot ulcer (DFU) inpatients admitted with non-ulcer complaints constitute a neglected group that might suffer from more non-standard treatments. …”
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Tongue-LiteSAM: A Lightweight Model for Tongue Image Segmentation With Zero-Shot by Daiqing Tan, Hao Zang, Xinyue Zhang, Han Gao, Ji Wang, Zaijian Wang, Xing Zhai, Huixia Li, Yan Tang, Aiqing Han

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Differences in immune-related toxicity between PD-1 and PD-L1 inhibitors: a retrospective cohort study in patients with advanced cancer by Cecilia Olsson Ladjevardi, Marcus Skribek, Anthoula Koliadi, Viktoria Rydén, Ali Inan El-Naggar, Evangelos Digkas, Antonios Valachis, Gustav J. Ullenhag

“…Among patients receiving PD-L1 inhibitors, NSCLC (94.4%) was the predominant malignancy, whereas for those treated with PD-1 inhibitor, malignant melanoma constituted the most prevalent malignancy (34.5%). Discontinuation of treatment due to IRAEs overall and IRAEs grade ≥ 2 were significantly less common in patients treated with PD-L1 compared to PD-1 inhibitors [Odds Ratio (OR): 0.38 (95% Confidence Interval (CI) 0.16–0.88) and OR: 0.63 (95% CI 0.35–0.98) respectively]. …”
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Improving natural red pigment production by Streptomyces phaeolivaceus strain GH27 for functionalization of textiles with in silico ADME prediction by Gehad H. El Sayed, Mohamed Fadel, Rasha Fouad, Hend M. Ahmed, Ahmed A. Hamed

“…GC/MS analysis revealed that the primary components of the pigment extract were linolenic acid methyl ester and oleic acid methyl ester, constituting 26.41% and 25.25%, respectively. Fabrics dyed with extracted red pigment exhibit excellent fastness when using the comprehensive green method. …”
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Can post-mining territories become landscapes in motion?A Spatial Strategy to Build a (Landscape) Reputation for a Neglected Area in Tuscany, Italy by Camilla Perrone, Maddalena Rossi, Flavia Giallorenzo

“…Post-mining territories constitute a structural component of contemporary urbanisation processes. …”
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