Mapping of land degradation using spectral angle mapper approach (SAM): the case of Inaouene watershed (Northeast Morocco) by Benzougagh, Brahim, Meshram, Sarita Gajbhiye, Fellah, Bouchta El, Mastere, Mohamed, Basri, Mohamed El, Ouchen, Ibrahim, Sadkaoui, Driss, Bammou, Youssef, Moutaoikil, Nassima, Turyasingura, Benson

“…Several regions of Morocco sufer from the problem of soil erosion, notably the Rif and the Pre-Rif where the study area of this paper is located. …”
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Initial Drug Regimen for Active Tuberculosis Cases in Montreal, 1995-1998 by Paul Rivest, Terry N Tannenbaum

“…OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the proportion of tuberculosis (TB) cases initially treated with the recommended four-drug regimen of isoniazid (INH), rifampin (RIF), pyrazinamide (PZA) and ethambutol (EMB) or streptomycin; and to identify factors associated with the choice of initial therapy.…”
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Antituberculosis Drugs (Rifampicin and Isoniazid) Induce Liver Injury by Regulating NLRP3 Inflammasomes by Qiang Su, Wei Kuang, Weiyi Hao, Jing Liang, Liang Wu, Chunmei Tang, Yali Wang, Tao Liu

“…In this study, rats and hepatic cells were administrated isoniazid (INH) and rifampin (RIF) and then treated with NLRP3-inflammasome inhibitors (INF39 and CP-456773) or NLRP3 siRNA. …”
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Drug-induced differential culturability in diverse strains of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by Valerie F. A. March, Nino Maghradze, Kakha Mchedlishvili, Teona Avaliani, Rusudan Aspindzelashvili, Zaza Avaliani, Maia Kipiani, Nestani Tukvadze, Levan Jugheli, Selim Bouaouina, Anna Doetsch, Galo A. Goig, Sebastien Gagneux, Sonia Borrell

“…Experimentally, there was a disparity between bacterial time to positivity (TTP) and colony forming units (CFUs) when Mtb was exposed to isoniazid (INH) and rifampicin (RIF) alone or in combination. Cultures recovered from RIF treatment yielded more CFUs on agar plates, but INH-treated cultures had a faster TTP in liquid. …”
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Molecular phylogenetic studies on the lichenicolous Xanthoriicola physciae reveal Antarctic rock-inhabiting fungi and Piedraia species among closest relatives in the Teratosphaeria... by C. Ruibal, A.M. Millanes, D.L. Hawksworth

“…These three genera, along with species of Elasticomyces, Recurvomyces, Teratosphaeria, and sequences from unnamed rockinhabiting fungi (RIF), were all members of the same major clade within Capnodia/es with strong support in both analyses, and for which the family name Teratosphaeriaceae can be used pending further studies on additional taxa.…”
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Usefulness of Routine Terminal Ileoscopy and Biopsy during Colonoscopy in a Tropical Setting: A Retrospective Record-Based Study by Hasitha Srimal Wijewantha, Arjuna Priyadarsin de Silva, Madunil Anuk Niriella, Nethini Wijesinghe, Prabahvi Waraketiya, Ravindu Sujeewa Kumarasena, Anuradha Supun Dassanayake, Janaki de Silva Hewawisenthi, Hithanadura Janaka de Silva

“…TI and biopsy improve diagnostic yield of colonoscopy in patients with RIF pain, diarrhoea, anaemia, suspected IBD, and raised inflammatory markers.…”
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Exosomes secreted by ATF3/Nrf2-mediated ferroptotic renal tubular epithelial cells promote M1/M2 ratio imbalance inducing renal interstitial fibrosis following ischemia and reperfu... by Qiao Tang, Jiatao Xie, Yifei Wang, Chong Dong, Chong Dong, Qian Sun

“…BackgroundSevere renal ischemia and reperfusion injury (IRI) progresses to renal interstitial fibrosis (RIF) with limited therapeutic strategies. Although ferrptosis and macrophage polarization both play important roles in this model, their specific pathogenesis and interactions have not been elucidated. …”
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Preimplantation Genetic Screening: An Effective Testing for Infertile and Repeated Miscarriage Patients? by Ning Wang, Ying-Ming Zheng, Lei Li, Fan Jin

“…Aneuploidy in pregnancy is known to increase with advanced maternal age (AMA) and associate with repeated implantation failure (RIF), and repeated miscarriage (RM). Preimplantation genetic screening (PGS) has been introduced into clinical practice, screening, and eliminating aneuploidy embryos, which can improve the chance of conceptions for infertility cases with poor prognosis. …”
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La filosofía en Centroamérica en el siglo XX by Álvaro Carvajal Villaplana

“…La ponencia formó parte de la mesa de trabajo de la Red Iberoamericana de Filosofía (RIF), titulada Presente y futuro de la filosofía Iberoamericana. …”
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Agrobiodiversité et pratiques agricoles dans le pays Jbala (Tafza et Bellota) by Alexandrine Barontini, Younes Hmimsa

“…The Jbala region is located mostly on the western and central Rif’s mountain chain, from the Straits of Gibraltar to, south, the Ouergha (without the atlantic plains and plateau). …”
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Facteurs alimentaires et environnementaux de risque du cancer du rhino-pharynx au Maroc et leur répartition géographique by Soumia Ammor, Abdellatif Baali, Mohamed Cherkaoui, Annie Hubert

“…Furthermore, subdividing Morocco into three zones of variable incidence of NPC (North-Rif-Oriental, Center-Middle Atlas, Haouz-South) revealed the existence of a south-north gradient of exposure to presumed risk factors, essentially bad living conditions, food preservation agents and poor hygiene.…”
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Metabolic Dysfunction in the Regulation of the NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation: A Potential Target for Diabetic Nephropathy by Wenli Zhao, Le Zhou, Petr Novák, Xian Shi, Chuang Biao Lin, Xiao Zhu, Kai Yin

“…Thus, in this review, we discuss the potential function of abnormal metabolites such as saturated fatty acids (SFAs), cholesterol crystals, uric acid (UA), and homocysteine in the NLRP3 inflammasome activation and explain the potential function of metabolic dysfunction regulation of NLRP3 activation in the progress of DN via regulation of inflammatory response and renal interstitial fibrosis (RIF). In addition, the potential mechanisms of metabolism-related drugs, such as metformin and sodium glucose cotransporter (SGLT2) inhibitors, which have served as the suppressors of the NLRP3 inflammasomes, in DN, are also discussed. …”
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Mitigation of membrane fouling in dye wastewater using a ternary WO3/CNT/ZnO composite photocatalytic membrane by Chong Wei Tze, Ong Yit Thai

“…The analysis on the antifouling behaviour of the ternary composite photocatalytic membrane showed that approximately 95% of flux recovery ratio (Rfr) and 5% of irreversible fouling ratio (Rif) were obtained.…”
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COVID-19 and Pulmonary Tuberculosis Coinfection in a Moroccan Patient with Pulmonary Embolism: A Case Report and Literature Review by Imane Zouaki, Zakaria Chahbi, Mohamed Raiteb, Mohamed Zyani

“…The atypical radiological findings suggested a TB coinfection which was later confirmed by sputum cultures and Xpert MTB/Rif assay. The patient also presented some complications including thrombosis of the left leg, pulmonary embolism and inaugural ketosis. …”
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Has Internet Usage Really Narrowed the Gender Wage Gap?: Evidence from Chinese General Social Survey Data by Jiacheng Gao, Yue Liu

“…Based on the data from a sample of 4832 from the Chinese General Social Survey in 2018, this study examines the impact of Internet usage on the wage equation for males and females by using the robust least squares regression method, the threshold regression method, and the quantile regression method and decomposes the gender wage gap on this basis by using the RIF regression decomposition method. The findings show that, firstly, in either linear or nonlinear effects, Internet usage has a significant wage premium effect on the male wage equation, and this premium effect increases as male wage income rises, but Internet usage consistently does not have a significant effect on the female wage equation. …”
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Optimizing SVM for argan tree classification using Sentinel-2 data: A case study in the Sous-Massa Region, Morocco by Abdelhak El Kharki, Jamila Mechbouh, Miriam Wahbi, Otmane Yazidi Alaoui, Hakim Boulaassal, Mustapha Maatouk, Omar El Kharki

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Coexistence of Asymptomatic Allergic Bronchopulmonary Aspergillosis and Active Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Case Report by Jia Q, Wang L, Tong X, Sun J, Fan H

“…Active tuberculosis was initially confirmed using specialized detection methods, including metagenomic next-generation sequencing and Xpert MTB/RIF analysis of bronchoalveolar lavage fluid. Subsequent pathological biopsy and Aspergillus-specific antibody tests further confirmed the diagnosis of allergic bronchopulmonary aspergillosis combined with active tuberculosis. …”
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Tuberculous Osteomyelitis of the Scapular Spine Revealing HIV-1 Infection by Khaoula Idsaid, Malika Idalene, Khadija Danaoui, Wiam Ait Driss, Rania Elfargani, Nabila Soraa, Noura Tassi

“…Diagnosis was confirmed using computed tomography and the MTB/RIF GeneXpert test on the abscess puncture. This rare form of tuberculosis with an exceptional site revealed a HIV infection with profound immunosuppression. …”
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Mycobacterium tuberculosis Lineage Distribution Using Whole-Genome Sequencing and Bedaquiline, Clofazimine, and Linezolid Phenotypic Profiles among Rifampicin-Resistant Isolates fr... by Andriansjah Rukmana, Cynthia Gozali, Linda Erlina

“…All isolates were tested for M. tuberculosis and rifampicin resistance using Xpert MTB/RIF. The DNA genome of M. tuberculosis was freshly extracted from a Löwenstein–Jensen medium culture and then sequenced. …”
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A Systematic Review of the Epidemiology, Immunopathogenesis, Diagnosis, and Treatment of Pleural TB in HIV- Infected Patients by A. Aljohaney, K. Amjadi, G. G. Alvarez

“…HIV-uninfected TB suspects with pleural effusions commonly have a low yield of TB organisms however the evidence suggests that in dually infected patients smear and cultures have a higher yield. The Gene Xpert MTB/RIF assay has significant potential to improve the diagnosis of pleural TB in HIV-positive patients. …”
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