Involvement of the Dectin-1 Receptor upon the Effector Mechanisms of Human Phagocytic Cells against Paracoccidioides brasiliensis by Juliana Carvalho de Quaglia e Silva, Amanda Manoel Della Coletta, Taiane Priscila Gardizani, Graziela Gorete Romagnoli, Ramon Kaneno, Luciane Alarcão Dias-Melicio

“…Therefore, analysis of Dectin-1 receptor expression was done by flow cytometry whereas the effector mechanisms were evaluated by fungal recovery by colony-forming unit (CFU) counting and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) production. …”
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Development and validation of a novel risk-predicted model for early sepsis-associated acute kidney injury in critically ill patients: a retrospective cohort study by Bo Li, Kun Zhang, Cong-Cong Zhao, Zi-Han Nan, Yan-Ling Yin, Li-Xia Liu, Zhen-Jie Hu

“…External validation was performed using another single-centre intensive care unit (ICU) database.Setting Data for the development cohort were obtained from the MIMIC-IV 2.0 database, which is a large publicly available database that contains information on patients admitted to the ICUs of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, from 2008 to 2019. …”
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Gestational diabetes induces autistic-like behaviors in offspring by disrupting the GABAergic system by Xuan-Qi Liu, Tian-li Huang, Shu-Yu Zhang, Yu-Tong Huang, Jia-Ying Mo, Yi-Shang Yan, Yi-Ning Cao, Yue-Ran Cai, Jian-Zhong Sheng, Hong Zhu, He Feng Huang

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Rapid Adaptation to Prevent Drug Use (RAPD): protocol of a pilot randomized trial to enhance the impact of an evidence-based intervention for youth by Andria B. Eisman, Christine Koffkey, Robert T. Partridge, Suzanne Brown, Bo Kim

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Toxicity Assessment of the Xanthid Crab Demania cultripes from Cebu Island, Philippines by Manabu Asakawa, Gloria Gomez-Delan, Shintaro Tsuruda, Michitaka Shimomura, Yasuo Shida, Shigeto Taniyama, Mercy Barte-Quilantang, Jo Shindo

“…The activity was expressed in mouse unit (MU) being defined as the amount of TTX to kill a 20 g ddY male mice in 30 min after i.p. injection. …”
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Dexamethasone Prophylaxis in Pediatric Open Heart Surgery Is Associated with Increased Blood Long Pentraxin PTX3: Potential Clinical Implications by Franco Lerzo, Giuseppe Peri, Andrea Doni, Paola Bocca, Fabio Morandi, Angela Pistorio, Anna Maria Carleo, Alberto Mantovani, Vito Pistoia, Ignazia Prigione

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Clinical and Epidemiological Characteristics of <i>Staphylococcus caprae</i> Infections in Catalonia, Spain by Javier Díez de los Ríos, María Navarro, Judit Serra-Pladevall, Sònia Molinos, Emma Puigoriol, Noemi Párraga-Niño, Glòria Pedemonte-Parramón, Luisa Pedro-Botet, Óscar Mascaró, Esteban Reynaga

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Comparison of Maternal, Perinatal, and Neonatal Outcomes of Asymptomatic and Symptomatic Pregnant Women with Coronavirus Disease-2019 by Tayfun VURAL, Burak BAYRAKTAR, Suna YILDIRIM KARACA, Ozan ODABAS, Nisel YILMAZ, Pınar SAMLIOGLU, Mehmet OZEREN

“…Both groups are quite similar in terms of maternal [respiratory support, COVID-19-related treatment, and intensive care unit (ICU) admission], perinatal (preterm delivery, preterm premature rupture of membrane, preeclampsia, and mode of delivery), and neonatal outcomes [birth weight, Apgar scores, neonatal ICU (NICU) admission]. …”
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Prognostic factors for successful extubation in newborns with congenital diaphragmatic hernia by A. Rannebro, C. Mesas-Burgos, C. Mesas-Burgos, U. Fläring, U. Fläring, S. Eksborg, S. Eksborg, J. Berner, J. Berner

“…The aim of this study was to describe patient characteristics and risk factors for failed extubation and to evaluate predictive factors for successful weaning.MethodsWe performed a retrospective study in a single centre tertiary pediatric intensive care unit in Stockholm, Sweden. CDH-patients (n = 38), aged 0–28 days, with extubation events were identified from 2017 to 2019. …”
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Examining the association between child development and parental mental health after preterm birth-related stress: a systematic review of the literature and meta-analysis protocol by Lotte Haverman, Cornelieke S H Aarnoudse-Moens, Joost G Daams, Gerbrich E van den Bosch, Kirsten S Muller, Celina E Henke

“…Introduction Preterm infants born before 32 weeks of gestation are generally admitted to a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) to receive life-saving treatment, resulting in early exposure to stressful events. …”
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Subjective cognition in schizophrenia and bipolar disorder: Investigation of group differences and associations with objective cognition and clinical characteristics using a novel... by Kristoffer Grimstad, Håkon Sørensen, Anja Vaskinn, Christine Mohn, Stine Holmstul Olsen, Ole A. Andreassen, Trine Vik Lagerberg, Ingrid Melle, Merete Glenne Øie, Torill Ueland, Beathe Haatveit

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Bevacizumab and Weekly Docetaxel in Patients with Metastatic Castrate-Resistant Prostate Cancer Previously Exposed to Docetaxel by Filippo Francini, Alessandra Pascucci, Edoardo Francini, Gianluca Bargagli, Raffaele Conca, Antonella Licchetta, Giandomenico Roviello, Ignazio Martellucci, Giorgio Chiriacò, Salvatora Tindara Miano, Giuseppe Marzocca, Antonio Manganelli, Roberto Ponchietti, Vinno Savelli, Roberto Petrioli

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Health IT Implementation and the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Clinician-IT Dynamics: Qualitative Study by Adeola Bamgboje-Ayodele, Adrian Boscolo, Mitchell Burger, Owen Hutchings, Miranda Shaw, Tim Shaw, Amina Tariq, Sundresan Naicker, Steven McPhail, Melissa Baysari

“…MethodsParticipants were from one of two teams: (1) health care staff members (doctors, nurses, nurse unit managers, and support staff members) from a virtual hospital in Australia; and (2) IT professionals within the broader health care organization assigned to the hospital. …”
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Novel Indices of Glucose Homeostasis Derived from Principal Component Analysis: Application for Metabolic Assessment in Pregnancy by Tina Stopp, Michael Feichtinger, Ingo Rosicky, Gülen Yerlikaya-Schatten, Johannes Ott, Hans Christian Egarter, Christian Schatten, Wolfgang Eppel, Peter Husslein, Martina Mittlböck, Andrea Tura, Christian S. Göbl

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European Working Time Directive and doctors’ health: a systematic review of the available epidemiological evidence by Consol Serra, Evangelia Demou, Ewan B Macdonald, Sergio Vargas-Prada, Maria Cruz Rodriguez-Jareño, Kaveh A Sanati, Alenka Škerjanc, Pedro G Reis, Ritva Helimäki-Aro

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Medico-ethnobotanical survey of medicinal plants used in the treatment of skin diseases in Tiruppur District, Tamil Nadu, India by Prakasam Radha, Chinniaya Udhayavani, Raju Nagaraj, Kumarasamy Sivaranjani

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mHealth Incentivized Adherence Plus Patient Navigation (MIAPP): protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial to improve linkage and retention on buprenorphine for hospitalized... by Elenore P. Bhatraju, Devin N. Kennedy, Alexander J. Gojic, Matthew Iles-Shih, Joseph O. Merrill, Jeffrey H. Samet, Kevin A. Hallgren, Judith I. Tsui

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Third-Order Nonlinear Optical Behavior of Novel Polythiophene Derivatives Functionalized with Disperse Red 19 Chromophore by Marilú Chávez-Castillo, Arelis Ledesma-Juárez, Marisol Güizado-Rodríguez, Jesús Castrellón-Uribe, Gabriel Ramos-Ortiz, Mario Rodríguez, José-Luis Maldonado, Jorge-Antonio Guerrero-Álvarez, Victor Barba

“…In solution, the copolymers exhibited similar two-photon absorption cross sections σ2PA with a maximum value of 8545 GM and 233 GM (1 GM = 10−50 cm4 s) per repeated monomeric unit.…”
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Optic Nerve Head Hemoglobin Levels in Glaucoma: A Structural and Functional Correlation Study by Janaina A. G. Rocha, Diego T. Dias, Maria Betânia C. Lemos, Fábio N. Kanadani, Augusto Paranhos, Carolina P. B. Gracitelli, Tiago S. Prata

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Intracranial CT findings in traumatic brain injury: A retrospective, cross-sectional study among Igbo population in Nigeria by Angel-Mary Anakwue, Felicitas Ugochinyere Idigo, Uloma Benedicta Nwogu, Sylvester Osita Ogbu, Anthony Nnamani, Kennedy Joseph, Camillus Chukwuemeka Ugwoke

“…Method: In this retrospective, cross-sectional study, a sample of 287 patients, who were consecutively referred to the CT Unit of the Radiology Department of Federal Medical Centre in Umuahia, Nigeria, between January 2015 and December 2016, on account of trauma to the head was reviewed. …”
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