Mycobacterium tuberculosis Multidrug-Resistant Strain M Induces Low IL-8 and Inhibits TNF-α Secretion by Bronchial Epithelial Cells Altering Neutrophil Effector Functions by Denise Kviatcovsky, Leonardo Rivadeneyra, Luciana Balboa, Noemí Yokobori, Beatriz López, Viviana Ritacco, Mirta Schattner, María del Carmen Sasiain, Silvia de la Barrera

“…M strain, the most prevalent multidrug-resistant strain of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) in Argentina, has mounted mechanisms to evade innate immune response. The role of human bronchial epithelium in Mtb infection remains unknown as well as its crosstalk with neutrophils (PMN). …”
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Long-Term Consequences of Hepatitis C Viral Clearance on the CD4 (+) T Cell Lymphocyte Course in HIV/HCV Coinfected Patients by J. Dazley, R. Sison, J. Slim

“…The long-term impact of pegylated-interferon plus ribavirin treatment outcome on CD4 T cell course in patients coinfected with human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis C virus is largely unclear in the literature. …”
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Improvement in the Accuracy of the Postclassification of Land Use and Land Cover Using Landsat 8 Data Based on the Majority of Segment-Based Filtering Approach by Fajar Yulianto, Gatot Nugroho, Galdita Aruba Chulafak, Suwarsono Suwarsono

“…Improvement in the accuracy of the postclassification of land use and land cover (LULC) is important to fulfil the need for the rapid mapping of LULC that can describe the changing conditions of phenomena resulting from interactions between humans and the environment. This study proposes the majority of segment-based filtering (MaSegFil) as an approach that can be used for spatial filters of supervised digital classification results. …”
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Comparing the Effect of Public and Private Health Expenditures on the Health Status of D-8 Countries by Sepideh Arab, Ebrahim Ghaed, Atefeh Mazinani

“…Variables used in this study include health status (infant mortality rate), human capital, economic growth, public health expenditures, private health expenditures, and urbanization rates.Findings: The study's results indicate a significant negative effect of public and private health costs on infant mortality. …”
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The Long-Term Outcome Comparison of Different Time-Delayed Kallikrein Treatments in a Mouse Cerebral Ischemic Model by Yaohui Ni, Kefu Cai, Yujie Hu, Chuan-hui Wang, Yuanyuan Zhang, Hua Huang, Xing Su, Jin-hua Gu

“…Furthermore, the protective mechanisms involving neurogenesis, angiogenesis, and AKT-GSK3β-VEGF signaling pathway were analyzed. Human tissue kallikrein was injected through the tail vein daily starting at 8 h, 24 h, or 36 h after right middle cerebral artery occlusion (MCAO) until the 28th day. …”
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FOOD PRODUCT CONTAMINATION RISKS AT DIFFERENT STAGES OF PRODUCTION by O. I. Lavrukhina, V. G. Amelin, L. B. Prokhvatilova, O. I. Ruchnova

“…Feed can be a potential source of contamination of raw materials and animal food products as a result of bioaccumulation and transfer of toxic agents and their metabolites to meat, offal, milk and eggs. Total risk for humans will be determined basing not only on consumption of plant products containing toxins, but also on secondary contaminants (toxins and their metabolites) getting in to the body with food products and animal raw materials.…”
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Spatiotemporal occurrence, distribution, and risk of steroid hormones along the coast of Guangdong, China by Xing Zhao, Xing Zhao, Yunlin Jiang, Hanqiang Deng, Yao Lu, Suimin Li, Yuxia Jiang, Kaifeng Sun

“…Nevertheless, the consumption of seafood does not pose a significant health risk to humans. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first study to concurrently analyze androgens, glucocorticoids, progestins, and estrogens in water, sediment, and organisms from diverse marine environments.…”
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Leclercia adecarboxylata Cholecystitis with Septic Shock in Immunocompetent Patient by Nooraldin Merza, John Lung, Ahmed Taha, Ahmed Qasim, Jill Frost, Tarek Naguib

“…L. adecarboxylata is a Gram-negative rod previously named Escherichia adecarboxylata, isolated as normal flora in the gut of animals including human stool. Most reported cases refer to immunocompromised patients with polymicrobial infections and water environments. …”
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Metastatic Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma Secreting Thyroid Hormone and Radioiodine Avid without Stimulation: A Case Report and Literature Review by Syed A. Abid, Brendan C. Stack, Donald L. Bodenner

“…Total thyroidectomy was performed and he was ablated with 160 mCi of I-131 after recombinant human thyrotropin (rhTSH) stimulation. Whole body scan (WBS) after treatment showed uptake in bilateral lungs, right sacrum, and pelvis. …”
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Characterization and genome analysis of a novel phage BP15 infecting Vibrio parahaemolyticus by Te-Ken Hsu, Yi-Yin Chen, Shiao-Wen Li, Hui-Yu Shih, Hsin-Yiu Chou, Jeff Chia-Kai Hsu, Han-Ching Wang, Li-Li Chen

“…Abstract Vibrio parahaemolyticus is pathogenic to both humans and marine animals. Antimicrobial-resistant (AMR) bacteria have been reported to cause mortalities in shrimp, with phage therapy presenting an alternative and eco-friendly biocontrol strategy for controlling bacterial diseases. …”
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Mapping spreading depolarisations after traumatic brain injury: a pilot clinical study protocol by Anant Naik, Samuel W Cramer, Isabela Peña Pino, Danielle Carlson, Michael C Park, David P Darrow

“…Studies delineating CSD generation and propagation in humans after traumatic brain injury (TBI) are lacking. …”
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Field Monitoring-Based and Theoretical Analysis of Baota Mountain Landslide Stability by Yaming Tang, Heping Shu, Qiang Xue, Jiayun Wang, Wei Feng, Hongna Ma, Yan’e Li, Jin Luo, Hamid Reza Pourghasemi

“…Landslide is one of the most widely distributed surface morphological landscapes, and it can cause a series of major economic and human losses. Field monitoring and limit equilibrium methods were applied to investigate Baota Mountain landslide stability, and soil volumetric water content, different scales of rainfall data, and landslide displacements were monitored using various equipment. …”
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Public Administration Reform in Bulgaria: Top-down and Externally-driven Approach by Emilia Zankina

“…PAR is examined along five key dimensions – transparency and accountability, civil service and human resources management (HRM), public service delivery and digitalisation, organisation and management of government, and policy-making coordination and implementation. …”
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Infection and HLA-G Molecules in Nasal Polyposis by Roberta Rizzo, Nicola Malagutti, Daria Bortolotti, Valentina Gentili, Antonella Rotola, Enrico Fainardi, Teresa Pezzolo, Claudia Aimoni, Stefano Pelucchi, Dario Di Luca, Antonio Pastore

“…Sinonasal polyposis (SNP) is a chronic inflammatory pathology with an unclear aetiopathogenesis. Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection is one candidate for the development of SNP for its epithelial cell trophism, hyperproliferative effect, and the induction of immune-modulatory molecules as HLA-G. …”
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Dysregulation in the microbiota by HBV and HCV infection induces an altered cytokine profile in the pathobiome of infection by Marcos Daniel Mendes Padilha, Francisco Tiago de Vasconcelos Melo, Rogério Valois Laurentino, Andrea Nazaré Monteiro Rangel da Silva, Rosimar Neris Martins Feitosa

“…The regulation of the microbiota performs many physiological functions, which can induce normal intestinal function and produce essential nutrients for the human body. Metabolites derived from gut microbiota or direct regulation of host immunity and metabolism have been reported to profoundly affect tumorigenesis in liver disease. …”
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Raw Camera Data Object Detectors: An Optimisation for Automotive Video Processing and Transmission by Pak Hung Chan, Chuheng Wei, Anthony Huggett, Valentina Donzella

“…RGB data has been traditionally optimised for human vision and is a highly re-elaborated and interpolated version of the collected raw data. …”
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The Dose Makes the Poison: Sugar and Obesity in the United States – a Review by Samir Faruque, Janice Tong, Vuk Lacmanovic, Christiana Agbonghae, Dulce M Minaya, Krzysztof Czaja

“…We also review the process by which sugar is converted to fat and stored in the human body. The relationship between sugar consumption and obesity was analyzed using United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Sugar and Sweetener Outlook data, and obesity prevalence was analyzed using data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). …”
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Effect of low frequency magnetic field (LFMF) on germination and vigour of accelerated aged radish (Raphanus sativus L.) seeds by Xia Xianzong, Zająс-Woźnialis Anna, Padula Gregorio, Kubisz Leszek, Hołubowicz Roman

“…In this experiment, the low frequency magnetic field (LFMF) was generated by Viofor JPS Delux - a patented device adopted from human medical magnetic therapy. Seeds of radish (Raphanus sativus L.) cultivars Carmen (C) and Szkarłatna z Białym Końcem (SBK) were subjected to the routine accelerated aging (AA) procedure. …”
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Occurrence of Virulence Genes and Antimicrobial Resistance of E. coli O157:H7 Isolated from the Beef Carcass of Bahir Dar City, Ethiopia by Habtamu Yalew Ayenew, Birhan Agmas Mitiku, Tesfaye Sisay Tesema

“…The abattoir workers need to be aware about the pathogen and should follow appropriate practices to prevent contamination of meat intended for human consumption.…”
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Stepwise strategic environmental management in marine protected area by A. Padash, S.A. Jozi, S.M.B. Nabavi, B. Dehzad

“…In appropriate development of human economic activities, subsistence dependence of the growing world population on nature decreases the natural diversity of ecosystems and habitats day by day and provides additional constraints for life and survival of wildlife. …”
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