Nanopore sequencing of protozoa: Decoding biological information on a string of biochemical molecules into human-readable signals by Branden Hunter, Timothy Cromwell, Hyunjin Shim

“…The taxonomic classification results showed a high proportion of nanopore reads identified as T. brucei in the infected blood samples, with no significant identification in the control blood samples and fecal samples. …”
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Type 2 Diabetes, Atrial Fibrillation, and Direct Oral Anticoagulation by Dana Prídavková, Matej Samoš, Tomáš Bolek, Ingrid Škorňová, Jana Žolková, Peter Kubisz, Ján Staško, Marián Mokáň

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Impact of Ramadan Intermittent Fasting on the Heart Rate Variability and Cardiovascular Parameters of Patients with Controlled Hypertension by Sabah Hammoud, Iman Saad, Rita Karam, Fayez Abou Jaoude, Bart J. F. van den Bemt, Mazen Kurdi

“…Blood glucose was significantly higher during Ramadan. …”
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Exploration of the metabolomic mechanisms of postmenopausal hypertension induced by low estrogen state by Yao Li, Hui Xin, Zhexun Lian, Wei Zhang

“…Notable differences in blood pressure parameters and aortic tissue metabolites were observed across the experimental groups. …”
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Natural Cytotoxicity Receptors in Decidua Natural Killer Cells of Term Normal Pregnancy by Hideki Takahashi, Tatsuo Yamamoto, Motomi Yamazaki, Takayuki Murase, Takayuki Matsuno, Fumihisa Chishima

“…To investigate the changes in the maternal immune system at term pregnancy, we studied the expression of natural cytotoxicity receptors (NCRs) and the cytokine production of NK cells in term placenta decidua and peripheral blood. Methods. Term decidua and peripheral blood were taken from patients undergoing elective cesarean section. …”
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Molecular and Serological Investigation of Equine Herpesvirus Type 1 (EHV-1) and Type 4 (EHV-4) in Horses In Ibagué, Tolima by Julieth Michel Petano-Duque, Edwin Urueña-Martinez, Laura Liliana Cabezas-Callejas, Jorge Perilla-Amaya, Valentina Rueda-García, Iang Schroniltgen Rondón-Barragán, Ricaurte Lopera-Vásquez

“…A cross-sectional study was carried out in 110 equines blood, serum, and semen samples from Ibagué, Tolima. …”
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Short-Term Effect of Continuous Subcutaneous Insulin Infusion and Multiple Daily Injection in Perioperative Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Wei Song, Jianxuan Wen, Jinming Zhang, Meng Luo, Yue Hu, Yu Zhang, Guanjie Fan, Ling Zhao

“…Regarding slack variables, with higher surgical levels, the CSII group was closer to the ideal state than the MDI group, which indicated in improving the average fasting blood glucose (AFBG), antibiotic use days (AUD), preoperative blood glucose control time (PBGCT), first postoperative day fasting blood glucose (FPDFBG), and postoperative hospitalization days (PHD). …”
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Tetrahydrobiopterin in Myalgic Encephalomyelitis/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: A Friend or Foe? by A. F. M. Towheedur Rahman, Anna Benko, Sarojini Bulbule, Carl Gunnar Gottschalk, Leggy A. Arnold, Avik Roy

“…Clinical research has demonstrated that patients with OI display severe cardiovascular abnormalities resulting in reduced effective blood flow in the cerebral blood vessels. However, despite intense investigation, it is not known why the effective cerebral blood flow is reduced in OI patients. …”
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Physical activity and metabolic syndrome in primary care patients in Spain. by Rafael Manuel Micó-Pérez, Natalia Hernández Segura, Vicente Martín-Sánchez, Alfonso Barquilla-García, Sonsoles M Velilla-Zancada, José Polo-García, Miguel Ángel Prieto-Díaz, Vicente Pallares-Carratala, Antonio Segura-Fragoso, Leovigildo Ginel-Mendoza, Sergio Cinza-Sanjurjo

“…The adjusted ANOVA model shows that diastolic blood pressure, triglycerides, fasting blood glucose, and waist circumference were significantly lower the higher the level of physical activity in both men and women (p<0.05).…”
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National Surveillance of Occupational Exposure to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus by Maura Ricketts, Linda Deschamps, Kimberly Elmslie, Michael O’Shaughnessy

“…The objective was to determine the risk to workers of acquiring HIV infection as a result of exposure to HIV-infected blood and other body fluids. To be eligible, a worker must have sustained a documented parenteral, mucous membrane or skin contact exposure to blood or body fluids from an HIV-infected person. …”
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Impact of Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy on Thrombomodulin Concentration and Early Markers of Atherosclerosis by Hasan Elkan, Mehmet Memduh Baş, Berna Kaya

“…LSG leads to significant improvements in blood lipids, systolic and diastolic blood pressure, and in surrogate markers of atherosclerotic burden and endothelial function, including thrombomodulin, ABI, and CIMT, at postoperative six months. …”
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Prediction of urinary tract infection using machine learning methods: a study for finding the most-informative variables by Sajjad Farashi, Hossein Emad Momtaz

“…Factors extracted from urine such as WBC, nitrite, leukocyte, clarity, color, blood, bilirubin, urobilinogen, and factors extracted from blood test like mean platelet volume, lymphocyte, glucose, red blood cell distribution width, and potassium, and demographic data such as age, gender and previous use of antibiotics were the determinative factors for UTI prediction. …”
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Secondary Amenorrhea Therapy With Accupuncture And Turmeric - Fenugreek Herbal by Nindy Rahmi Izzaty, Ario Imandiri, Suciati Suciati

“…Results: Estrogen stimulates the lining of the uterus to remove the menstrual blood. In the treatment of secondary amenorrhea, acupuncture therapy was given 21 times, three times a week. …”
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Effect of ultrasound combined with microbubbles therapy on tumor hypoxic microenvironment by Yuyi Feng, Danxia Qiu, Yangcheng He, Hai Jin, Liping Chen, Fen Xi, Zhiwen Hu, Yanlin Xie, Yucai Li, Minhua Lin, Pengxiao Sun, Yan He, Jianhua Liu

“…Strategies to mitigate hypoxia include enhancing blood perfusion and oxygen supply, for example,by decomposing hydrogen peroxide within the tumor. …”
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Associations of Plasma BDNF and BDNF Gene Polymorphism with Cardiometabolic Parameters in Thai Children: A Pilot Study by Kanjana Suriyaprom, Banchamaphon Pheungruang, Somchai Pooudong, Pumpath Putpadungwipon, Chutima Sirikulchayanonta

“…Children in the obese group had significantly higher white blood cell counts and some cardiometabolic parameters. …”
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Tissue sodium in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a novel potential driver of hypertension in autoimmunity by Carolina Ramirez-Becerra, Annette M. Oeser, Michael Pridmore, Rachelle Crescenzi, Jens M. Titze, C. Michael Stein, Michelle J. Ormseth

“…Skin sodium is increased in RA versus control participants and is correlated with 24-h and diurnal systolic blood pressure in patients with RA but not in control participants. …”
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Elevated Proportions of Circulating CXCR5+ Follicular Helper T Cells Reflect the Presence of Airway Obstruction in Asthma by Tsukie Kin Tsukuda, Kimiko Tsuji, Akari Nishimori, Takehiko Ito, Yuka Kobayashi, Taro Suzuki, Akihito Yokoyama

“…This study aimed to explore whether the proportions of immune cells in peripheral blood indicate the presence of type 2 inflammation and airway obstruction in asthmatics. …”
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Time in therapeutic range of tacrolimus in allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients is associated with acute graft-versus-host disease prophylaxis by Naoki Yoshikawa, Yukina Ehara, Yusei Yamada, Yuki Matsusaki, Kazuya Shimoda, Ryuji Ikeda

“…Abstract Intra-patient variability in immunosuppressive blood drug concentrations is a potential biomarker in managing organ transplant patients. …”
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Layperson-Oriented versus Clinical-Based Models for Assessing 10-Year Incidence of Coronary Heart Disease: National FINRISK Study by Qing Qiao, Tiina Laatikainen, Weiguo Gao, Janne Pitkäniemi, Erkki Vartiainen

“…One laboratory-based and two non-laboratory-based models with and without blood pressure measures are developed based on data of 14815 men and 16617 women aged 25–64 years. …”
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Menorrhagia in inherited bleeding disorders in Iraqi women by Yusra Ghiath Yaseen, Elaf Zuhair Hmeed, Nidal Karim Al Rahal, Baan Abdulatif Mtashar

“…All participants were diagnosed through various laboratory tests, including complete blood count, blood film, blood group and Rh, bleeding time, prothrombin time, activated partial thromboplastin time, fibrinogen level, factor assay, von Willebrand factor antigen using ELISA technique, ristocetin cofactor, and platelet function test. …”
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