A hybrid data assimilation method based on real-time Ensemble Kalman filtering and KNN for COVID-19 prediction by SongTao Zhang, LiHong Yang

“…Abstract This study introduces a hybrid data assimilation method that significantly improves the predictive accuracy of the time-dependent Susceptible-Exposed-Asymptomatic-Infected-Quarantined-Removed (SEAIQR) model for epidemic forecasting. …”
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A symbiotic mosquito‐gut bacterium for flavivirus control by Jinglin Wang, Yibin Zhu, Jun Leng, Yulin Yuan, Yingyi Cao, Gong Cheng, Xueshan Xia

“…Abstract Dengue virus (DENV) and Zika virus (ZIKV) have emerged as major global public health challenges, causing numerous infections and fatalities each year. However, current measures, including vaccines and treatments, are often limited or ineffective. …”
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Inflammatory Arthritis following Hepatitis B Vaccination in an Infant by Sana S. Rahimi, Barbara E. Ostrov, Maricarmen Lopez-Pena

“…Inflammatory arthritis in children may be idiopathic in nature or may be due to or follow infections. Rare reports identify inflammatory arthritis temporally related to vaccination in children. …”
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Cyanoacrylate Associated Foreign Body Granulomatous Gastritis: A Report of Three Cases by Gunes Guner, Olcay Kurtulan, Taylan Kav, Cenk Sokmensuer, Gokhan Gedikoglu, Aytekin Akyol

“…Granulomas are rarely seen in gastric biopsies mostly as an involvement of granulomatous diseases like sarcoidosis, Crohn’s disease, infections, neoplasms, and vasculitis. Here, we claim cyanoacrylate as a foreign body type granuloma-causing agent in the stomach after vascular embolisation. …”
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Study of Animal Owners’ Knowledge of Helminthiasis in Cats at Mayda Animal Care and iVet Clinic Dramaga, Bogor by Muhammad Baharudin Yusuf, Risa Tiuria, Galuh Indro Dewantoro

“…Animal owners often overlook helminthiasis because it does not cause specific clinical symptoms in mild infections. This study aimed to analyze the medical records of helminthiasis in cats and determine the knowledge of animal owners about helminthiasis through questionnaires at Mayda Animal Care and iVet Clinic Dramaga, Bogor. …”
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Periorbital Necrotising Fasciitis after Minor Skin Trauma by Ceren Günel, Aylin Eryılmaz, Yeşim Başal, Ali Toka

“…Due to the good blood supply, the occurrence of this infective disease of skin and subcutaneous tissue/fascia is much rarer in the head and neck region. …”
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Analysis of Three Penicillin Antibiotics (Ampicillin, Amoxicillin and Cloxacillin) of Several Iranian Pharmaceutical Companies by HPLC by A. Ashnagar, N. Gharib Naseri

“…Penicillin has been the most widely used antibiotic for many gram-positive bacterial infections. In this research the purity of the standard active ingredients of the various dosage forms of three penicillins (Amoxicillin, Cloxacillin and Ampicillin) imported and the purity percentage of the active ingredients in each of the various dosage forms of these drugs manufactured by several pharmaceutical companies of Iran (Kosar, Farabi and Jaber Ibn Hayan) were investigated and determined by HPLC technique. …”
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Primary Nasal Tuberculosis by Varun Jerath, Bipin Kishore Prasad, Yamuna Ranganathan, Sunil Goyal

“…Tuberculosis primarily occurring in the nose, poses a diagnostic challenge, as the clinical presentations of other important pathologies such as infective and inflammatory diseases, granulomatous disorders and neoplastic conditions are similar, have an indolent course and are non-specific. …”
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The New Novel Discrete Distribution with Application on COVID-19 Mortality Numbers in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and Latvia by M. Nagy, Ehab M. Almetwally, Ahmed M. Gemeay, Heba S. Mohammed, Taghreed M. Jawa, Neveen Sayed-Ahmed, Abdisalam Hassan Muse

“…We introduced an optimal and superior statistical model to provide optimal modeling for the death numbers due to the COVID-19 infections. This new statistical model possesses three parameters. …”
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Biological Properties, Bioactive Constituents, and Pharmacokinetics of Some Capsicum spp. and Capsaicinoids by Gaber, El-Saber Batiha, Ali, Alqahtani, Oluwafemi, Adeleke Ojo, Hazem M., Shaheen, Lamiaa, Wasef, Mahmoud, Elzeiny, Mahmoud, Ismail, Mahmoud, Shalaby, Toshihiro, Murata, Adrian, Zaragoza-Bastida, Nallely, Rivero-Perez, Amany, Magdy Beshbishy, Keneth, Iceland Kasozi, Philippe, Jeandet, and Helal F., Hetta

“…Interestingly, Capsicum fruits have been used as food additives in the treatment of toothache, parasitic infections, coughs, wound healing, sore throat, and rheumatism. …”
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Neglected Case of Human Balantidiasis: Presumed as Antibiotic-Associated Diarrhoea by Sreska Shrestha, Priyatam Khadka

“…Conclusion. Protozoal infections, like balantidiasis, might be excluded from the diagnostic consideration in antibiotic-associated diarrhoea cases. …”
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Shivasia gen. nov. for the Australasian smut Ustilago solida that historically shifted through five different genera by Matthias Lutz, Kálmán Vánky, Marcin Piątek

“…Accordingly, the new genus Shivasia is described to accommodate Ustilago solida. This smut infects different Schoenus species (Cyperaceae) in Australia and New Zealand. …”
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Metagenomics approaches for studying the human microbiome by Biniam Moges, Degisew Yinur Mengistu

“…The human microbiota plays a crucial role in the environment and human health under normal circumstances; nonetheless, dysfunction of the human microbiome has been associated with illnesses ranging from inflammatory bowel disease to multidrug-resistant infections. Culture-dependent human microbial exploration approaches are inadequate for discovering the diversity, abundance, and full genetic and metabolic potential of the whole microbial ecosystem. …”
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Leishmaniose tegumentar americana e suas relações sócio ambientais no município de Ubatuba-SP by Ana Elisa Pereira Silva, Helen da Costa Gurgel

“…The American Cutaneous Leishmaniasis (ACL) is a vetorial disease that can be acquired when anyone is bitten by an infected mosquito. The majority of the cases occur in Northern parts of Brazil, although in the north of the Sao Paulo coast line, a touristic area, the number of cases is also high. …”
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Optimism bias, judgment of severity, and behavioral change during two stages of the pandemics in China by Dannuo Lyu, Fanli Jia, Xiaosong Gai

“…In this study, the number of infections among participants’ social relations negatively predicted optimism bias, while the judged severity of COVID-19 consequences positively predicted it. …”
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Dynamics of Feline Coronavirus and FIP: A Compartmental Modeling Approach by Ayse Peker Dobie, Alper Bayrakal, Mehmet Erman Or, Ayse Humeyra Bilge

“…In this work, we examine the endemic equilibrium of feline coronavirus and feline infectious peritonitis by using a modified susceptible-infected-susceptible epidemiological model. We incorporate the concept of mutations from FCoV to FIP to enrich our analysis. …”
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A Nosocomial Outbreak of Community-Associated Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus among Healthy Newborns and Postpartum Mothers by Andrea Saunders, Linda Panaro, Allison McGeer, Alana Rosenthal, Diane White, Barbara M Willey, Denise Gravel, Erika Bontovics, Barbara Yaffe, Kevin Katz

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Optimizing the Synthesis of Novel Calcium Carbonate/Cobalt Oxide Nanocomposite With Highest Antifungal Activity by Nima Fallahnia, Mohammad Salmani Mobarakeh, Hasti Sarabikia, Mohsen Safaei

“…Today, the rise of opportunistic infections and their resistance to current antifungal drugs has led to the inevitable need to produce effective antimicrobials at a reasonable cost. …”
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Megalith of the Wharton's Duct: Review of Literature and a Case Report by Sercan Küçükkurt

“…Chronic sialolithiasis, the primary contributor to acute and chronic infections in salivary glands, is closely associated with stone formation. …”
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Carbon-Based Materials as Effective Adsorbents for the Removal of Pharmaceutical Compounds from Aqueous Solution by Chian Ying Teo, Jim Sii Jack Jong, Yee Qian Chan

“…Antimicrobial resistance is a concern to the healthcare community as it complicates the treatment of infections. Thus, the development of effective and economical technologies to remove antibiotics from the environment is necessary. …”
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