Maximizing tuberculosis services through private provider engagement – A case study from Pakistan by Aamna Rashid, Surbhi Sheokand, Razia Fatima, Hammad Habib, Adeel Tahir, Asim Saleem, Poshan Thapa, Petra Heitkamp

“…In this paper, we present MC’s contributions as a case study to elaborate on the crucial role of private provider engagement in improving overall TB care, increasing TB notifications, and addressing the urgent need to identify people with undiagnosed TB.…”
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Clinical Significance and Characterization of AZT-Resistant Strains of HIV-1 by Mark A Wainberg, Ronald Rooke, Michel Tremblay, XuGuang Li, Michael A Parniak, Qing Gao, Xiao-Jian Yao, Chris Tsoukas, JSG Montaner, M Fanning, J Ruedy

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Gemistocytic tumor cells programmed for glial scarring characterize T cell confinement in IDH-mutant astrocytoma by Levi van Hijfte, Marjolein Geurts, Iris de Heer, Santoesha A. Ghisai, Hayri E. Balcioglu, Youri Hoogstrate, Wies R. Vallentgoed, Rania Head, Rosa Luning, Thierry van den Bosch, Bart Westerman, Pieter Wesseling, Johanna A. Joyce, Pim French, Reno Debets

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Probiotics Fermented Bitter Melon Juice as Promising Complementary Agent for Diabetes Type 2: Study on Animal Model by Laksmi Hartajanie, S. Fatimah-Muis, K. Heri-Nugroho HS, Ign Riwanto, M. Sulchan

“…Bitter melon (Momordica charantia/MC) contains charantin that has antidiabetic properties as an α-glucosidase inhibitor and antioxidative properties. …”
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Health and tuberculosis systems resilience, the role of the private sector and pandemic preparedness: insights from a cross-country qualitative study with policy-makers in India, I... by Madhukar Pai, Poshan Thapa, Charity Oga-Omenka, Angelina Sassi, Vijayashree Yellappa, Petra Heitkamp, Bony Wiem Lestari, Surbhi Sheokand, Nathaly Aguilera Vasquez, Laura Jane Brubacher, Bolanle Olusola-Faleye, Joel Shyam Klinton

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Preoperative Alpha-Fetoprotein Slope is Predictive of Hepatocellular Carcinoma Recurrence after Liver Transplantation by Kathy Han, George N Tzimas, Jeffrey S Barkun, Peter Metrakos, Jean I Tchervenkov, Nir Hilzenrat, Phil Wong, M Deschênes

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Microcystins Induces Vascular Inflammation in Human Umbilical Vein Endothelial Cells via Activation of NF-κB by Jun Shi, Jie Zhou, Min Zhang

“…However, direct molecular mechanisms of MC-LR in vascular endothelial cells (ECs) have not been understood yet. …”
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Monte Carlo Simulations in Nanomedicine: Advancing Cancer Imaging and Therapy by James C. L. Chow

“…Monte Carlo (MC) simulations have become important in advancing nanoparticle (NP)-based applications for cancer imaging and therapy. …”
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TCR Gene Transfer: MAGE-C2/HLA-A2 and MAGE-A3/HLA-DP4 Epitopes as Melanoma-Specific Immune Targets by Trudy Straetemans, Mandy van Brakel, Sabine van Steenbergen, Marieke Broertjes, Joost Drexhage, Joost Hegmans, Bart N. Lambrecht, Cor Lamers, Pierre van Der Bruggen, Pierre G. Coulie, Reno Debets

“…Candidate epitopes that meet these criteria are MAGE-C2336-344/HLA-A2 (MC2/A2) and MAGE-A3243-258/HLA-DP4 (MA3/DP4). We molecularly characterized TCRαβ genes of an MC2/A2-specific CD8 and MA3/DP4-specific CD4 T-cell clone derived from melanoma patients who responded clinically to MAGE vaccination. …”
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System Integration and Its Influence on the Quality of Life of Children with Complex Needs by Sandy Thurston, Louise Paul, Chenglin Ye, Patricia Loney, Dillon Browne, Gina Browne, Maria Wong, Lehana Thabane, Peter Rosenbaum

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Caution when using network partners for target identification in drug discovery by Dandan Tan, Yiheng Chen, Yann Ilboudo, Kevin Y.H. Liang, Guillaume Butler-Laporte, J. Brent Richards

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Proteomic Analysis of Rough and Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum by Jacques Paiement, Line Roy, Annalyn Gilchrist, Alex Bell, Rob Kearney, David Y. Thomas, John J.M. Bergeron

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Letters to the Editor by Stephanie Carpentier, Mamatha Bhat, Marc Deschenes, Philip Wong, Peter Ghali, Giada Sebastiani

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Implementation of a Targeted Screening Program to Detect Airflow Obstruction Suggestive of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease within a Presurgical Screening Clinic by Chantal Robitaille, Esther Dajczman, Andrew M Hirsch, David Small, Pierre Ernst, Dana Porubska, Mark Palayew

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13C Urea Breath Test for Helicobacter pylori: Evaluation of 10-minute Breath Collection by Marina Mauro, Vladimir Radovic, Melanie Wolfe, Markad Kamath, Premsyl Bercik, David Armstrong

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Melioidosis in a Returned Traveller by Zain Chagla, Natasha Aleksova, Jaclyn Quirt, Joel Emery, Christian Kraeker, Shariq Haider

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HLA I immunopeptidome of synthetic long peptide pulsed human dendritic cells for therapeutic vaccine design by Amy L. Kessler, Roel F. A. Pieterman, Wouter A. S. Doff, Karel Bezstarosti, Rachid Bouzid, Kim Klarenaar, Diahann T. S. L. Jansen, Robbie J. Luijten, Jeroen A. A. Demmers, Sonja I. Buschow

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Real-Life Report on Chemoembolization Using DEBIRI for Liver Metastases from Colorectal Cancer by M. Stutz, A. Mamo, D. Valenti, A. Hausvater, T. Cabrera, P. Metrakos, P. Chaudhury, G. Steacy, E. Garoufalis, P. Kavan

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A Comparison of Medial-congruent, Ultracongruent, and Cruciate-retaining Bearings Using a Single Cruciate-retaining Total Knee Design by Alexander V. Strait, MS, Eric J. Wilson, MD, Henry Ho, MS, Kevin B. Fricka, MD, Robert A. Sershon, MD

“…Data analyses utilized analysis of variance tests for continuous data, chi-square tests for categorical data, and Mantel-Cox tests for survivorship analysis. MC subjects were older (MC = 67.5 vs UC = 65.3 vs CR = 66.7 years; P < .001), had lower body mass index (MC = 32.4 vs UC = 33.1 vs CR = 33.2 kg/m2; P = .04), and had shorter mean follow-up (MC = 1.2 vs UC = 2.4 vs CR = 2.9 years; P < .001). …”
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Safety of Esophagogastroduodenoscopy within 30 Days of Myocardial Infarction: A Retrospective Cohort Study from a Canadian Tertiary Centre by Fahad Al-Ebrahim, Khurram J Khan, Waleed Alhazzani, Ahmed Alnemer, Abdullah Alzahrani, John Marshall, David Armstrong

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