IL-6 is Upregulated in Late-Stage Disease in Monkeys Experimentally Infected with Trypanosoma brucei rhodesiense by Dawn Nyawira Maranga, John Maina Kagira, Christopher Kariuki Kinyanjui, Simon Muturi Karanja, Naomi Wangari Maina, Maina Ngotho

“…The management of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT) is constrained by lack of simple-to-use diagnostic, staging, and treatment tools. …”
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Microbiological Quality Assessment of Popular Fresh Date Samples Available in Local Outlets of Dhaka City, Bangladesh by Rausan Zamir, A. B. M. Nazmul Islam, Anisur Rahman, Sunzid Ahmed, M. Omar Faruque

“…It is evident that date fruits provide a wide variety of essential nutrients which impart potential human health benefits. In Bangladesh, the popularity of date and its consumption surge few-fold during Ramadan among Muslims owing to the profound emotion related to religious belief that breaking of dawn-to-dusk fasting with dates is fulfilling a Sunnah. …”
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Development of Carnivac-Cov vaccine against coronavirus infection (COVID-19) in carnivores by T. S. Galkina, A. A. Nesterov, A. V. Borisov, I. A. Chvala, A. V. Kononov

“…Development of specific protection in susceptible carnivores against COVID-19 caused by zoonotic agent is of great importance for maintaining epidemic and veterinary favourable situation in the Russian Federation and prevention of new coronavirus infection spread in humans. Development of inactivated adsorbed whole-virion vaccine (Carnivac-Cov) against coronavirus infection (COVID-19) for carnivores intended for specific disease prevention in fur animals and pet animals (cats and dogs) and tests of the vaccine for its safety and effectiveness are described in the paper. …”
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Decision Tree Ensembles to Predict Coronavirus Disease 2019 Infection: A Comparative Study by Amir Ahmad, Ourooj Safi, Sharaf Malebary, Sami Alesawi, Entisar Alkayal

“…The detection of Covid-19 positive cases is an important step to fight the pandemic and save human lives. The polymerase chain reaction test is the most used method to detect Covid-19 positive cases. …”
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Evaluation of Chitosan Hydrogel for Sustained Delivery of VEGF for Odontogenic Differentiation of Dental Pulp Stem Cells by Si Wu, Yachuan Zhou, Yi Yu, Xin Zhou, Wei Du, Mian Wan, Yi Fan, Xuedong Zhou, Xin Xu, Liwei Zheng

“…Vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) plays a crucial role in dentin regeneration; however, its constant administrations in the human body is still problematic. Chitosan was widely studied as an effective carrier to deliver bioactive molecules in regenerative medicine. …”
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Determining the crop planting calendar using T-test observation and Zoning Agro Climati and agricultural with Hotelling test in Kermanshah province by Behroz Sobhani, Vahid Safarian Zengir, Akhzar Karami

“…Weather is one of the most important factors in human activities, especially agriculture. Corn cultivation in the country's food supply is essential.  …”
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Chemical Composition of Covered and Naked Spring Barley Varieties and Their Potential for Food Production by Šterna Vita, Zute Sanita, Jansone Inga, Kantane Inara

“…By developing new varieties suitable for the production of healthy products, given the greater consumer and manufacturer focus on the functional ingredients and nutritional properties of barley, new opportunities to incorporate barley into human foods are created. Therefore, the aim of investigation was to analyze grain composition of barley varieties and perspective breeding lines bred in Latvia and to evaluate its functional ingredients depending on varieties, year and nitrogen fertilizer rates. …”
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Study on the Effect of Radish Sprouts on Short-Chain Fatty Acids and Gut Microbial Diversity in Healthy Individuals by Ru Li, Xuehong Chen, Cong Shi, Yi Zhu

“…Radish sprout additives, subjected to short-term storage and steam treatment, were used to intervene in an in vitro culture of human gut microbiota. The influence of radish sprouts on the gut microbiota was evaluated by monitoring short-chain fatty acid (SCFA) content and proportion in the fermentation broth, and microbial diversity was assessed using 16S rDNA amplicon sequencing. …”
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Biological properties of coronaviruses of farm, domestic animals and birds: comparative characterization of pathology they induce (review) by Kh. Z. Gaffarov, A. I. Yarullin, V. G. Gumerov, I. G. Karimullina

“…Some data on the virus antigen structure and immunogenicity, on the presence of related antigens in the coronaviruses infecting humans, animals and birds are demonstrated as well. …”
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Strategies for Oxygen Ecosystems in Middle-Income Countries: A Review and Case Study from Lebanon by Tim Baker, Claudio Gatti, Guido Rossini, Habtamu Tolla, Anne Detjen, Mulugeta Mideksa, Nadeen Hilal, Rima Shaya

“…Eighteen recommendations for strengthening the oxygen ecosystem in Lebanon that are relevant for other middle-income countries include the establishment of a National Oxygen Committee, installation of additional oxygen plants, strengthened systems for maintenance and electricity supply, increased production, procurement and supply chain resilience, improved training and human resources, the use of data collection and regular information to guide the ecosystem, and integration of oxygen into the rest of the health system.…”
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Renal Protection by Genetic Deletion of the Atypical Chemokine Receptor ACKR2 in Diabetic OVE Mice by Shirong Zheng, Susan Coventry, Lu Cai, David W. Powell, Venkatakrishna R. Jala, Bodduluri Haribabu, Paul N. Epstein

“…Activation of pathways that increase inflammatory gene expression was attenuated. Human biopsies stained with ACKR2 antibody revealed increased staining in diabetic kidney, especially in some tubule and interstitial cells. …”
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PTF-SimCM: A Simple Contrastive Model with Polysemous Text Fusion for Visual Similarity Metric by Xinpan Yuan, Xinxin Mao, Wei Xia, Zhiqi Zhang, Shaojun Xie, Chengyuan Zhang

“…Furthermore, those methods need human supervision, yet most images are unlabeled in the real world. …”
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Developing an Effective Therapeutic HPV Vaccine to Eradicate Large Tumors by Genetically Fusing Xcl1 and Incorporating IL-9 as Molecular Adjuvants by Zhongjie Sun, Zhongyan Wu, Xuncheng Su

“…Background: Human papillomavirus (HPV) is a prevalent infection affecting both men and women, leading to various cytological lesions. …”
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Toward Design of a Drip-Stand Patient Follower Robot by Zewen Wu, Shahram Payandeh

“…A person following robot is an application of service robotics that primarily focuses on human-robot interaction, for example, in security and health care. …”
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An Investigation of the Anticancer Mechanism of <i>Caesalpinia sappan</i> L. Extract Against Colorectal Cancer by Integrating a Network Pharmacological Analysis and Experimental Va... by Mibae Jeong, Jaemoo Chun, Sang-Min Park, Heerim Yeo, Se Won Na, In Jin Ha, Bonglee Kim, Mi-Kyung Jeong

“…CSE inhibited cell proliferation in human CRC cell lines, including HCT 116, KM12SM, HT-29, and COLO 205, and induced apoptosis via caspase 3/7 activation. …”
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Comprehensive analysis of differential mRNA and circRNA profiles in primary and metastatic pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors by Gang Li, Jing Zhang, Bentuo Zhang, Dan Wang, Zequn Wang, Yan Pan, Lijie Ma

“…To address this, we utilized mRNA expression data from human pNET and metastatic pancreatic tumor tissues available in the GEO database and integrated this data with bioinformatics analyses. …”
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Food Quality Inspection and Grading Using Efficient Image Segmentation and Machine Learning-Based System by V. Hemamalini, S. Rajarajeswari, S. Nachiyappan, M. Sambath, T. Devi, Bhupesh Kumar Singh, Abhishek Raghuvanshi

“…This is primarily because these technologies make significant advancements in areas where the human eye falls short. This means that, by utilizing computer vision and image processing techniques, time-consuming and subjective industrial quality control processes can be eliminated. …”
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Cytokine-armed oncolytic herpes simplex viruses: a game-changer in cancer immunotherapy? by Howard L Kaufman, Hongbin Wang, Dipongkor Saha, Samuel D Rabkin, Mia Borlongan, Uyen Le, Hans J Nauwynck

“…Talimogene laherparepvec is an oncolytic herpes simplex virus type 1 (oHSV), approved for the treatment of recurrent melanoma, and the virus encodes the human cytokine, granulocyte-macrophage colony-stimulating factor (GM-CSF). …”
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Gaps in U.S. livestock data are a barrier to effective environmental and disease management by Rebecca Logsdon Muenich, Sanskriti Aryal, Amanda J Ashworth, Michelle L Bell, Melanie R Boudreau, Stephanie A Cunningham, K Colton Flynn, Kerry A Hamilton, Ting Liu, Michael L Mashtare, Natalie G Nelson, Barira Rashid, Arghajeet Saha, Danica Schaffer-Smith, Callie Showalter, Aureliane Tchamdja, Jada Thompson

“…Livestock are a critical part of our food systems, yet their abundance globally has been cited as a driver of many environmental and human health concerns. Issues such as soil, water, and air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, aquifer depletion, antimicrobial resistance genes, and zoonotic disease outbreaks have all been linked to livestock operations. …”
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High-resolution tumor marker detection based on microwave photonics demodulated dual wavelength fiber laser sensor by Jie Hu, Weihao Lin, Liyang Shao, Chenlong Xue, Fang Zhao, Dongrui Xiao, Yang Ran, Yue Meng, Panpan He, Zhiguang Yu, Jinna Chen, Perry Ping Shum

“…Experimental results obtained from human serum samples are consistent with clinical data, highlighting the strong clinical application potential of the proposed sensing system and analysis method.…”
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