Neonatal BCG vaccination and child survival in TB-exposed and TB-unexposed children: a prospective cohort study by Peter Aaby, Per Kallestrup, Christine Stabell Benn, Sanne M Thysen, Ane Fisker, Victor Francisco Gomes, Frauke Rudolf, Christian Wejse, Adam Roth

“…Children residing in the same house as a TB case were classified as TB-exposed from 3 months prior to case registration to the end of follow-up.Methods Using Cox-proportional hazards models with age as underlying time scale, we compared mortality of children with and without neonatal BCG between October 2003 and September 2017.Main outcome measure HR for neonatal BCG compared with no neonatal BCG by TB-exposure status.Results Among the 39 421 children who entered the analyses, 3022 (8%) had observation time as TB-exposed. …”
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Integrating biodiversity assessments into local conservation planning: the importance of assessing suitable data sources by Ferraille, Thibaut, Kerbiriou, Christian, Bigard, Charlotte, Claireau, Fabien, Thompson, John D.

“…Three local administrative entities in very different socio-ecological contexts were used to examine three main issues : (i) the suitability of local versus regional or country databases for assessing conservation priorities, (ii) differences among taxonomic groups or territories in terms of the suitability of databases, (iii) the importance of the quality of databases for the application of SDM to assess priority conservation areas. …”
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Prehospital triage of patients with acute cardiac complaints: study protocol of HART-c, a multicentre prospective study by Jan Bosch, Charles JHJ Kirchhof, Mark J Boogers, Enrico de Koning, Tom E Biersteker, Saskia Beeres, Barbra E Backus, Reza Alizadeh Dehnavi, Helen AM Silvius, Martin Schalij

“…Patients are asked for consent for contacting their GPs. The main results of this trial will be disseminated in one paper.Discussion The HART-c study evaluates the efficacy and feasibility of a prehospital triage method that combines prehospital patient assessment and direct consultation of a cardiologist who has access to live-monitored data, hospital data and real-time hospital admission capacity. …”
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Chitosan oligosaccharides maintained postharvest quality and increased shelf life of mango by Nishat Nitu, Md. Sefat Ullah, Prianka Howlader, Md. Nazmul Mehedi, Habiba Meem, Santosh Bose

“…It exhibits very short shelf life mainly due to high respiration rate, susceptible to various storage pathogens and mechanical injuries at the time of postharvest management which lead to reduce the quality. …”
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Formation Pathways and Emission Characteristics of PCDD/Fs during Co-combustion Tests of Sewage Sludge in Coal-fired Power Plants by Xiangbo Zou, Ji Ye, Chuangting Chen, Hui Huang, Wenxin Yu, Yuxuan Ying, Tieying Mao, Yunfeng Ma, Bingjian Zhu, Xiaoqing Lin

“…Abstract This study was conducted in a full-scale coal-fired power plant (350 MW), mainly investigating the co-combustion influence of sewage sludge (SS) on the formation and emission characteristics of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs). …”
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A Cause of Diarrhea in a Patient with Selective Immunoglobulin A Deficiency by M. I. Gonik, V. S. Shcherbakha, E. Yu. Yuryeva, I. M. Kartavenko, A. S. Tertychny, P. V. Pavlov, A. E. Leonovich, T. L. Lapina, V. T. Ivashkin

“…The clinical diagnosis was established as follows. The combined main disease: 1. Selective IgA deficiency with a nodular lymphoid hyperplasia of the stomach, small and large intestine. 2. …”
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Primary small cell carcinoma of the esophagus: Comparison between a Chinese cohort and Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) data by Qin Xiao, Haifan Xiao, Shuyu Ouyang, Jinming Tang, Baihua Zhang, Hui Wang

“…Results There were more Chinese SCCE patients with regional stage disease (41.6%) and surgery was the principal local therapy (78.1%), while 51.7% of U.S. patients was at advanced stages and tended to receive radiotherapy as the main therapy (45.2%). Median overall survival (MST) of Chinese patients was 15.0 months, compared with 8.0 months for U.S. patients (P < 0.001). …”
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Serum Magnesium Level among Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients and Its Correlation with Intra-hospital Complications: A Cross-sectional Single-center Study among Sudanese Patient... by Mohammed Taha, Ayman Azhary, Nooh Mohamed Hajhamed, Waleed Azhary Sir Alkhatim, Salahdeen Ismail Mohammed, Abdullah M Bakheit, Abdallah Elssir Ahmed, Abubakar Abdelbagi

“…In addition, hypomagnesemia was significantly associated with arrhythmias (mainly supraventricular tachycardia). …”
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Microbiological Safety of Leafy Vegetables Produced at Houeyiho and Sèmè-Kpodji Vegetable Farms in Southern Benin: Risk Factors for Campylobacter spp. by Sylvain Daton Kougblénou, Alidéhou Jerrold Agbankpé, Justin Gbèssohélé Béhanzin, Tamègnon Victorien Dougnon, Alidah Victonie Aniambossou, Lamine Baba-Moussa, Honoré Sourou Bankolé

“…Foodborne infections, mainly those attributable to Campylobacter, are one of the most common causes of intestinal diseases, of bacterial origin in humans. …”
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Use of Endemic Date Palm (Phoenix dactylifera L.) Seeds as an Insoluble Dietary Fiber: Effect on Turkey Meat Quality by Mohamed Ali Bouaziz, Brahim Bchir, Tayssir Ben Salah, Abir Mokni, Hajer Ben Hlima, Slim Smaoui, Hamadi Attia, Souhail Besbes

“…Additionally, two multivariate exploratory techniques, namely, Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Hierarchical Cluster Analysis (HCA), were used to all obtained data describing the main characteristics attributed to refrigerated turkey meat samples. …”
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Study of soil cover of Veronica spuria L. populations in Ile Alatau mountains, Kazakhstan by Yerkebulan Balkybek, Bekzat Tynybekov, Kanat Kulymbet, Ussen Kurmanbay, Zoya Umirbayeva, Zinat Nurakyn, Assiya Myltykbayeva, Alibek Ydyrys, Murat Toktar

“…The amount of humus, which is the main indicator of soil fertility, in the dark chestnut soils was higher compared to the soils of the other two studied gorges, i.e. it was 3.44-8.54%. …”
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Clinical Consultation in the Workplace: Are There Implications for Response Attitudes? by Bárbara Gonzalez, Rosa F. Novo, Maria João Afonso, Matilde Fernandes, Ana Vieira

“…The clinical-organizational context (where clinical psychology services are provided in the individuals’ professional setting) has still been insufficiently approached in research, namely the influence it may have on the response attitudes of individuals undergoing psychological assessment. Our main goal is to find out if, when psychological assessment occurs in the workplace context, patients being assessed present specific response bias that may have implications for the clinical results and correlative decisions. …”
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Longitudinal non-targeted metabolomic profiling of urine samples for monitoring of kidney transplantation patients by Ihsan Yozgat, Ulkem Cakır, Muhittin Abdulkadir Serdar, Sevgi Sahin, Osman Ugur Sezerman, Emirhan Nemutlu, Ahmet Tarik Baykal, Mustafa Serteser

“…These distinctive metabolites mainly belonged to lipid, fatty acid, and amino acid categories. …”
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The quality and technological parameters of milk obtained from dairy cows with subclinical mastitis by Magdalena Zalewska, Paulina Brzozowska, Magdalena Rzewuska, Ewelina Kawecka-Grochocka, Daria M. Urbańska, Tomasz Sakowski, Emilia Bagnicka

“…Bacterial contamination did not appear to significantly affect the yield of milk or its main components, namely protein, casein, lactose, fat, TS, solid nonfat, free fatty acid, or citric acid. …”
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Archival Research, Underwater Optical Surveys, and 3D Modelling: Three Stages for Shaping the Wreck of the Steamship <i>Bengala</i> (Isola di Capo Rizzuto, Crotone, Italy) by Salvatore Medaglia, Fabio Bruno, Ana Castelli, Matteo Collina, Barbara Davidde Petriaggi, Luca De Rosa, Julieta Frere, Fabrizio Fuoco, Guillermo Gutiérrez, Antonio Lagudi, Francesco Megna, Raffaele Peluso

“…Despite its brief history, <i>SS Bengala</i> played a significant role in the development of Italy’s young merchant navy, undergoing multiple ownership changes and serving various Italian shipping companies. Employed mainly along the route to Southeast Asia, it transported Italian migrants overseas and also participated in troop raids during the Italian military expedition to Eritrea in 1887. …”
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The Impact of Onchocerciasis Elimination Measures in Africa: A Systematic Review by Policarpo Ncogo, Christine Giesen, María Jesús Perteguer, Maria P. Rebollo, Rufino Nguema, Agustín Benito, Zaida Herrador

“…Publications were found from 19 out of 31 African endemic countries. The main intervention retained in the different published studies was mass distribution of ivermectin (<i>n</i> = 51). …”
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Long-term hypoxic atmosphere enhances the stemness, immunoregulatory functions, and therapeutic application of human umbilical cord mesenchymal stem cells by Qi-Ming Huang, You-Qiong Zhuo, Zhong-Xin Duan, Yin-lin Long, Jia-Nan Wang, Zhou-hang Zhang, Shao-Yong Fan, Yong-Ming Huang, Ke-Yu Deng, Hong-Bo Xin

“…The comparison between both atmospheres systematically analyzed the biological functions of MSCs, mainly including stemness maintenance, immune regulation, and resistance to chondrocyte apoptosis, and studied their joint function and anti-inflammatory effects in osteoarthritis (OA) rats constructed by collagenase II. …”
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On the lookout for a potential antagonist against Cryptostroma corticale—an insight through in vitro dual culture studies by Rebekka Schlößer, Rebekka Schlößer, Rebekka Schlößer, Steffen Bien, Johanna Bußkamp, Gitta Jutta Langer, Ewald Johannes Langer

“…In total 102 fungal strains, mainly Ascomycota, were tested. Each potentially antagonistic strain was paired with three different strains of C. corticale. …”
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Emerging Risk Management in Industry 4.0: An Approach to Improve Organizational and Human Performance in the Complex Systems by F. Brocal, C. González, D. Komljenovic, P. F. Katina, Miguel A. Sebastián

“…The human factor can be considered the main link between both types of risks. Thus, understanding risks originating from human errors and organizational weaknesses as causes of accidents and other disruptions in complex systems requires elaborating sophisticated modeling approaches. …”
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Continuously relapsing (for two years) course of diarrheal variant of IBS (<i>Clinical case</i>) by Ye. A. Poluektova, S. Yu. Kuchumova, A. A. Kurbatova, A. A. Sheptulin, O. S. Shifrin, V. T. Ivashkin

“…., 20 years, has addressed in clinic with symptoms of boring pain in the lower regions of the abdomen, aggravating after meal and decreasing after defecation, increase of stool frequency up to 6 times day, mainly in the morning time, general weakness. Symptoms developed about two years ago after the intake of unsound food nausea, vomiting by taken food, abdominal pain, frequent stool with admixture of mucus appeared. …”
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