Early initiation of ceftaroline-based combination therapy for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia by Addison S. Hicks, Mackenzie A. Dolan, Megan D. Shah, Sarah E. Elwood, James A. Platts-Mills, Gregory R. Madden, Zachary S. Elliott, Joshua C. Eby

“…The mean time from MRSA-positive molecular diagnostic blood culture result to combination therapy was 12.1 h. …”
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Fal – Fortune Telling from Chalil Juzefovich’s Tefsir (19th Century) by Galina Miškinienė

“…It is much more difficult to determine the source(s) of such texts, as they were very popular in folk culture, may have had a number of variants and a wide circle of distribution. …”
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Artificial Feeds Given in Different Dose to the Growth and Feed Consumption of Semah Fish Seed (Tor Douronensis) in Order to Domestication by . Sunarto, . Sabariah

“… Semah fish (Tor douronensis) is a kind of freshwater fish pertained as a wild fish that almost extint and rare, therefore, it is necessary to preserve through the culture activity. Meanwhile, in fish culture effort, feed is considers as an important factor.  …”
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Diagnostic value of third-generation nanopore sequencing in extrapulmonary tuberculosis by Chang Song, Chang Song, Chunyan Zhao, Chunyan Zhao, Yanrong Lin, Yingxing Nong, Aichun Huang, Shaoyong Xi, Xiaoying Wei, Chunmei Zeng, Shixiong Yang, Qingdong Zhu

“…Its sensitivity (62.00%), specificity (94.10%), PPV (96.90%), NPV (45.70%) and AUC (0.781, 95% CI: 0.67–0.89) were superior to those of conventional methods, such as AFB staining, DNA testing, X-pert, and solid culture, indicating its significantly efficient advantage in EPTB detection.ConclusionNanopore sequencing technology significantly outperforms conventional methods such as AFB staining, DNA testing, X-pert, and mycobacterial culture to diagnose EPTB, promising to improve the diagnosis of EPTB.…”
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Influence of human settlements factors on the spatial distribution patterns of traditional villages in Liaoning province by Guiqiao Tao, Xueming Li, Shenzhen Tian, Hang Li, Yishan Song

“…Abstract Traditional villages embody China’s long-standing farming culture and are the carriers for the inheritance and development of traditional culture in rural China. …”
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Realist evaluation of the AKU-SONAM mentorship program. by Rehana Rehman, Quratulain Javaid, Saira Khalid, Tazeen Saeed Ali, Rahila Ali

“…The theme "Navigating Mentorship Challenges in the Professional Landscape" described the Context with subthemes: "Existence of mentorship culture", Origins and Evolution of Mentoring" "Mentor's pool, Availability of resources and Mentorship to Seniors. …”
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Recurrent Helicobacter cinaedi bacteremia cured with long-term oral minocycline treatment in a patient undergoing hemodialysis: a case report and literature review by Yutaka Kakizoe, Yasunobu Iwata, Terumasa Nakagawa, Yoshikazu Miyasato, Teruhiko Mizumoto, Yuichiro Izumi, Takashige Kuwabara, Masataka Adachi, Hideki Yokoi, Masashi Mukoyama

“…After admission, polymerase chain reaction and sequencing of the blood culture sample taken during the first admission revealed that she had H. cinaedi bacteremia. …”
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The impaired response of nasal epithelial cells to microplastic stimulation in asthma and COPD by Magdalena Paplińska-Goryca, Paulina Misiukiewicz-Stępień, Monika Wróbel, Katarzyna Mycroft-Rzeszotarska, Dorota Adamska, Julia Rachowka, Milena Królikowska, Krzysztof Goryca, Rafał Krenke

“…Nasal epithelial cells alone or in co-culture with monocyte-derived macrophages were exposed to polyamide fibres for 48 h. …”
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Chemokines and Growth Factors Produced by Lymphocytes in the Incompetent Great Saphenous Vein by Ewa Grudzińska, Sławomir Grzegorczyn, Zenon P. Czuba

“…In 12 healthy controls, blood was derived from the cubital vein. Lymphocyte culture with and without stimulation by phytohemagglutinin (PHA) was performed. …”
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Academic and Socioсultural Adaptation of Students in Russian Universities by P. A. Ambarova, G. E. Zborovsky, V. S. Nikolskiy, N. V. Shabrova

“…Getting used to the specifics of Russian culture, the academic environment, and the new urban society occurs without much difficulty. …”
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Clinical Characteristics and Prognosis of Adult Orbital Cellulitis in a Tertiary General Hospital by Bangtao Yao, Yuhua Ding, Xiaogui Zhao, Bei Wang, Gang Liu, Fei Wang

“…There were no significant differences regarding age, gender, preoperative leukocyte count, exophthalmia, blood culture, treatment, or visual changes within the three groups (P<0.05). …”
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Influence of Poly(L-Lactic Acid) Nanofibers and BMP-2–Containing Poly(L-Lactic Acid) Nanofibers on Growth and Osteogenic Differentiation of Human Mesenchymal Stem Cells by Markus D. Schofer, Susanne Fuchs-Winkelmann, Christian Gräbedünkel, Christina Wack, Roland Dersch, Markus Rudisile, Joachim H. Wendorff, Andreas Greiner, Jürgen R. J. Paletta, Ulrich Boudriot

“…Fiber matrices composed of PLLA or BMP-2–incorporated PLLA were seeded with human mesenchymal stem cells and cultivated over a period of 22 days under growth and osteoinductive conditions, and analyzed during the course of culture, with respect to gene expression of alkaline phosphatase (ALP), osteocalcin (OC), and collagen I (COL-I). …”
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Phenotypic stability of spring bread wheat regenerant lines by V. Yu. Stupko, A. V. Sidorov

“…Selection of somaclonal variation under callus culture (СС) conditions is one of the methods of undirected genome change induction which has become actively used in the development of cultivars with high adaptive potential. …”
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Problems and prospects of grapevine genetic resources preservation at “Magarach” Institute by A. A. Polulyakh, V. A. Volynkin, V. V. Likhovsko

“…The specificity of preserving the field collection of grapevines – a culture that reproduces vegetatively – depends on the following factors: graft culture, perennial nature of the plants, genetic diversity of samples, which vary as to their resistance to biotic and abiotic environmental factors, and cultivation conditions. …”
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Highly Effective Ex Vivo Gene Manipulation to Study Kidney Development Using Self-Complementary Adenoassociated Viruses by Tie-Lin Chen, Hong-Lian Wang, Yun-Hong Liu, Yin Fang, Rui-Zhi Tan, Pu-Hui Zhou, Qin Zhou, Xiao-Yan Lv

“…Background. Ex vivo culture of intact embryonic kidney has become a powerful system for studying renal development. …”
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Intranasally Administered Extracellular Vesicles from Adipose Stem Cells Have Immunomodulatory Effects in a Mouse Model of Asthma by Sue Jean Mun, Shin Ae Kang, Hye-Kyung Park, Hak Sun Yu, Kyu-Sup Cho, Hwan-Jung Roh

“…EVs were isolated from the culture supernatant of murine ASCs and characterized. …”
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Embryo Density and Its Neutrality in Day-3 Embryo Development: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Cheng Shi, Tie Cheng Sun, Shi Hui Meng, Ping Wang, Rong Liang, Sheng Nan Duan, Hong Jing Han, Ya Nan Liu, Huan Shen, Xi Chen

“…The embryos were allocated to three embryonic densities: 30 μl/embryo (individual culture), 15 μl/embryo, and 10 μl/embryo (group culture). …”
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Capture of 3D Human Motion Pose in Virtual Reality Based on Video Recognition by Qiang Fu, Xingui Zhang, Jinxiu Xu, Haimin Zhang

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Design and synthesis of antiproliferative 2-oxoindolin-3-ylidenes incorporating urea function with potential VEGFR-2 inhibitory properties by Dalia R. Aboshouk, M. Adel Youssef, Siva S. Panda, Benson M. Kariuki, Mohamed S. Bekheit, Ahmed R. Hamed, Walid Fayad, Ahmed A. F. Soliman, Adel S. Girgis

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Sociocultural and Socioeconomic Influences on Type 2 Diabetes Risk in Overweight/Obese African-American and Latino-American Children and Adolescents by Rebecca E. Hasson, Tanja C. Adam, Jay Pearson, Jaimie N. Davis, Donna Spruijt-Metz, Michael I. Goran

“…For African-Americans, integration (integrating their family’s culture with those of mainstream white-American culture) was positively associated with AIRG (β=0.27±0.09, r=0.48, P<0.01) and DI (β=0.28±0.09, r=0.55, P<0.01). …”
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