Behavior of the human immunodeficiency virus/AIDS in the Cienfuegos province (2014-2019) by Leticia Castro Morejón, Hilda María Delgado Acosta, Diana Rosa Rodríguez Delgado, Delfin Rodríguez Buergo, Roxana Gutiérrez Morán, Lisset María Martínez González

“…A downward trend was observed in the incidence rates of the disease in the province. …”
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A Characterisation and Profiling of District Health Indicators in Zimbabwe: An Application of Principal Component Analysis in a Data Limited Setting by Shepherd Shamu, Simbarashe Rusakaniko, Charles Hongoro

“…The 10 composite indices (population, immunisation, child mortality, antenatal care, HIV/TB, malaria, non-communicable diseases, socioeconomic, health seeking behaviour and infrastructure) were tested for construct and content validity and were found to be statistically robust, reliable and consistent with observed behaviour. **Conclusion:** The composite indices exhibited internal consistency and construct validity to be regarded as true representations of the cross variation of the 57 districts in Zimbabwe; hence these indices could be used to characterise the behaviour and assess the performance of these districts. …”
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Massive Neurilemoma of the Hard Plate in Which Preoperative Diagnosis Was Difficult by Masanori Kudoh, Hiroyuki Harada, Koshi Matsumoto, Yuriko Sato, Ken Omura, Yoshimasa Ishii

“…Abnormal uptake of FDG on PET-CT (SUVmax = 5.2) was observed in the left hard palate. The biopsy site lesion rapidly increased in size and biopsy was performed again in January 2013 due to suspicion of a malignant tumor. …”
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Genetic diversity of the earthworm Eisenia nordenskioldi (Lumbricidae, Annelida) by S. V. Shekhovtsov, D. I. Berman, E. V. Golovanova, S. E. Peltek

“…We also propose hypotheses on the interplay of its observed genetic diversity with morphological and ecological variation, as well as on the relationships of E. nordenskioldi with certain species of the genus Eisenia. …”
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Experimental investigation of bluff body geometry effects on nitrogen oxides emissions from Cambridge stratified burner by Morteza Nahvi, Kiumars Mazaheri, Mohammad Zabetian Targhi, Fatemeh Eskandari

“…According to experiments, for ABSB cases, a general decrease of about 14% in Nitrogen Oxides, especially NO and NO2, and an increase of about 17% in Carbon Monoxide are observed. Besides, the average bluff body temperature dropped by about 20% in ABSB for all three stratification cases.…”
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A cost‐effective video system for a rapid appraisal of deep‐sea benthic habitats: The Azor drift‐cam by Carlos Dominguez‐Carrió, Jorge Fontes, Telmo Morato

“…This drift‐cam system has the potential to make deep‐sea exploration more accessible, playing an important role in the Deep‐Ocean Observing Strategy and measuring some of the Essential Ocean Variables for deep‐sea monitoring and conservation strategies.…”
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Seroprevalence of hepatitis B and C virus among a group of hemophilia patients in Kurdistan Region, Iraq by Salih A. Hama

“…No significant correlation was observed between HBV/HCV infectivity status and age, residency, or education status (p < 0.05). …”
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The TRPV1-PKM2-SREBP1 axis maintains microglial lipid homeostasis in Alzheimer’s disease by Xudong Sha, Jiayuan Lin, Kexin Wu, Jia Lu, Zhihua Yu

“…Here, we report a striking buildup of lipid droplets accumulation in microglia in the 3xTg mouse brain. Moreover, we observed significant upregulation of PKM2 and sterol regulatory element binding protein 1 (SREBP1) levels, which were predominantly localized in microglia of 3xTg mice. …”
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Characterization of Injuries in Male and Female Ultimate Frisbee Players at the Elite Club-Level by Kevin J Khoo, Joshua M Gellert, Mia S Hagen

“… # Conclusion There is a high prevalence of lower extremity injury among elite club-level Ultimate players during a single season and pervasive lower extremity injury history may contribute to high injury prevalence. Observed injury patterns suggest targeted interventions including Nordic Hamstring Exercises and balance and proprioceptive training may decrease injury risk. …”
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The Importance of Wetlands for the Conservation of Birds in Tigray National Regional State (Northern Ethiopia) by Kalayu Mesfin, Alembrhan Assefa, Weldemariam Tesfahunegny

“…A significant difference in the abundance of bird species was observed among wetlands and seasons (p<0.05). The highest species diversity (H′ = 4.13) was recorded in Mai-Shigurti during the wet season, whereas the lowest was recorded in Hatsebo during the dry season (H′ = 3.2). …”
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The Eclipsing Binaries via Artificial Intelligence. II. Need for Speed in PHOEBE Forward Models by Marcin Wrona, Andrej Prša

“…One such example is PHOEBE, a modeling code for eclipsing binaries (EBs), where simulating individual systems is feasible, but analyzing observables for extensive parameter combinations is highly time consuming. …”
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Gastric Polyps and Atrophic Gastritis by I. Yu. Kolesnikova, A. S. Novikova

“…Pepsinogen I &lt;25 µg/L at a pepsinogen I/II ratio &gt;&lt;3 was observed in 38 (62.3 %) HGP and 18 (43.9 %) AGP patients. …”
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A glimpse into the biogeography, seasonality, and ecological functions of arctic marine Oomycota by Brandon T. Hassett, Marco Thines, Anthony Buaya, Sebastian Ploch, R. Gradinger

“…While the recently described diatom parasite Miracula helgolandica made up about 50% of the oomycete reads found, many lineages were observed that could not be assigned to known species, including several that clustered with another recently described diatom parasite, Olpidiopsis drebesii. …”
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Surviving prematurity: retrospective longitudinal study of multisystem consequences in preterm-born individuals from infancy to adolescence by Ruta Morkuniene, Ruta Levuliene, Vilmantas Gegzna, Egle Marija Jakimaviciene, Janina Tutkuviene

“…Unique and highly individual patterns of disease co-occurrence were observed, increasing in complexity as BW decreased. …”
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Discharge against Medical Advice at Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in Gujarat, India by Bhanu Devpura, Pranav Bhadesia, Somashekhar Nimbalkar, Sandeep Desai, Ajay Phatak

“…Parents of 6.6% neonates wanted guarantee of survival and 5.3% parents reported poor behavior of nurses. No gender bias was observed related to DAMA. One-third of neonates (34.1%) were DAMA on first day of admission. …”
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Characterization and impact of planthopper (Sanurus indecora) infestation on kepel (Stelechocarpus burahol) plants by Yudha Saputra, Devina Cinantya Anindita, Nugraheni Hadiyanti, Supandji Supandji, Lia Hapsari

“…Using a qualitative method with purposive sampling, samples were collected from kepel plants identified as infected by tree planthoppers. Morphological observations identified the pest species as Sanurus indecora from the Flatidae family. …”
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Antioxidative Activity and Inhibition of Key Enzymes Linked to Type-2 Diabetes (α-Glucosidase and α-Amylase) by Khaya Senegalensis by Ibrahim Mohammed Auwal, Koorbanally Neil Anthony, Islam Md. Shahidul

“…Data obtained in the study suggest that the butanol fraction derived from the ethanolic extract of K. senegalensis root possessed excellent antioxidative as well as α-glucosidase and a-amylase inhibitory activities while chromones and/or p-anilinophenol could be the main bioactive compounds responsible for the observed activities.…”
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Clinico-hematological and immunophenotypic profile of acute leukemia of ambiguous lineage: A four year experience from a single tertiary care centre of West India by Varnika Rai, Beena Brahmbhatt, Anurag Saha, Immanuel P. Thayakaran

“…Study Design: Retrospective observational study. Methods and Materials: Patients diagnosed with acute leukemia, preferably their bone marrow aspirate samples, were collected in ethylene diamine tetra-acetic acid-vial. …”
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The influence of depth on the global deep-sea plasmidome by Melany Calderón-Osorno, Dorian Rojas-Villalta, Franck Lejzerowicz, Jorge Cortés, Maria Arias-Andres, Keilor Rojas-Jimenez

“…In this paper we implemented a bioinformatics pipeline to study the composition, diversity, and functional attributes of plasmid communities (plasmidome) in 81 deep-sea metagenomes from the Tara and Malaspina expeditions, sampled from the Pacific, Atlantic, and Indian Oceans at depths ranging from 270 to 4005 m. We observed an association between depth and plasmid traits, with the 270–1000 m range (mesopelagic samples) exhibiting the highest number of plasmids and the largest plasmid sizes. …”
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Massive active population inquiry for COVID-19. Experience with medical science students. Cienfuegos, 2020 by Arelys Falcón Hernández, Victor René Navarro Machado, Alexis Díaz Brito, Hilda María Delgado Acosta, María Lina Valdés Gómez

“…Techniques: participatory observation and daily reports of research activity.<br /><strong>Results:</strong> between 795 and 2,186 students have progressively participated in daily research activities, which ranged from 91-92% of the students called. …”
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