Inflammatory Mediator Profiling Reveals Immune Properties of Chemotactic Gradients and Macrophage Mediator Production Inhibition during Thioglycollate Elicited Peritoneal Inflammat... by Derek Lam, Devon Harris, Zhenyu Qin

“…Overall, the findings from thioglycollate elicited peritonitis reveal that reversible chemotactic gradients between peritoneal exudates and blood exist in basal and inflamed conditions and the inflammatory mediator production in vivo is disassociated with macrophage accumulation during inflammation resolution.…”
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Factors Attributable to Cardiovascular Diseases in the Elderly Population of the Campo Alegre Resettlement, Tierralta, Córdoba by Carolina Castellanos Ramos, Brayan Domínguez Lozano, Daniela Jiménez Cordero, José Rocha Barraza

“…The variables studied were: age and sex, marital status, socioeconomic status, educational level, work status, household or personal income, health history and healthy lifestyle conditions such as high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes mellitus, physical activity , healthy eating and daily food ration, weight control, drug dependence, medical control and hypercholesterolemia. …”
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Thrombocytopenia Rates In Newborns Diagnosed With Gram-Negative Sepsis. Insights From NICU Experimental Based Study by Sobia Shahalam, Madiha Iqbal, Sara Hassan, Shazia Rizwan, Rizwan Waseem, Rabeya Rehman

“…Methods: A total of 103 patients, including both males and females with ages below 28 days, who were admitted to the NICU (neonatal intensive care unit) with gram-negative sepsis were enrolled in this study. Blood samples were collected from each patient for sepsis and platelet analysis on the 1st and 3rd day of patients’ admission and sent to the Ghurki Hospital laboratory for analysis. …”
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Virtual Reality High-Intensity Interval Training Exergaming Compared to Traditional High-Intensity Circuit Training Among Medical Students: Pilot Crossover Study by Pietro Merola, Marcos Barros Cardoso, Gabriel Barreto, Matheus Carvalho Chagas, Luana Farias Oliveira Saunders, Bryan Saunders, Danilo Cortozi Berton

“…Metrics included heart rate (HR) and blood lactate levels before and after exercise alongside ratings of perceived exertion and the Situational Motivation Scale. …”
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Automatic Detection and Classification of Eye Diseases from Retinal Images Using Deep Learning: A Comprehensive Research on the ODIR Dataset by Asadi Srinivasulu, Clement Varaprasad Karu, G Sreenivasulu, Gayathri R

“…Early diagnosis is crucial, and fundus images provide vital insights into retinal conditions, focusing on blood vessel characteristics. Manual retinal vessel segmentation, though precise, is time-consuming and dependent on skilled professionals. …”
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Effect of Global ATGL Knockout on Murine Fasting Glucose Kinetics by Margarida Coelho, Patricia Nunes, Vera M. Mendes, Bruno Manadas, Arend Heerschap, John G. Jones

“…These parameters were determined in 7 wild-type (ATGL+/−) and 6 ATGL−/− mice by a primed-infusion of [U-13C6]glucose followed by LC-MS/MS targeted mass-isotopomer analysis of blood glucose. EGP was quantified by isotope dilution of [U-13C6]glucose while Cori cycling was estimated by analysis of glucose triose 13C-isotopomers. …”
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Asymmetric Omphalopagus in a Triplet after In Vitro Fertilization: A Rare Case of Conjoined Twinning by Samir Jabari, Roman Carbon, Manuel Besendörfer, Arndt Hartmann, Oliver Rompel, André Hoerning, Stephan Söder

“…We found a rudimentary rectum with a nonpervious anus, a kidney, ureter, urinary bladder, and a blind-ending urethra. The blood supply of the parasite was connected to the vessel system of the autosite. …”
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In Vitro Studies of Anti-Hemolytic and Cytotoxic Activity of Procyanidin-Rich Extract from the Leaves of Actinidia arguta by Cyboran-Mikołajczyk Sylwia, Csonka Ákos, Molnar Joseph, Szabó Diana, Oszmiański Jan, Kleszczyńska Halina

“…They effectively protected the red blood cells from oxidative damage, but were not toxic to lymphoma cells and did not affect their multidrug resistance. …”
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Green Synthesis of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles and Their Antibacterial Efficacy against Carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in Bloodstream Infections by Rahul Harikumar Lathakumari, Leela Kakithakara Vajravelu, Jayaprakash Thulukanam, Vishnupriya Panneerselvam, Poornima Baskar Vimala, Dakshina Manoj Nair, Sujith Sri Surya Ravi

“…Methods: We analyzed 180 Gram-negative bacilli isolates from blood specimens, of which 30 were identified as CRKP. …”
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SEROLOGICAL MONITORING OF NEWCASTLE DISEASE IN RUSSIA 2017 by M. A. Volkova, Ir. A. Chvala, P. S. Yaroslavtseva, V. Yu. Sosipatorova, I. A. Chvala

“…Broilers demonstrated a relatively low average Newcastle disease virus seroprevalence because of an insufficient antibody level by the moment of blood sampling (mostly during slaughter). On average, antibodies to Newcastle disease virus were detected in one third of samples from backyard poultry. …”
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Hypertension Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice in Adult Hypertensive Patients at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Sri Lanka by Udaya Ralapanawa, Kameera Bopeththa, Noorika Wickramasurendra, Sampath Tennakoon

“…Almost all (95%) patients had checked their blood pressure (BP) during the previous 12 months, and almost the same percentage had visited their doctor for BP checkups every 1–3 months. …”
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The improved prognosis of <i>FLT3</i>-internal tandem duplication but not tyrosine kinase domain mutations in acute myeloid leukemia in the era of targeted therapy: a real-world st... by Matthew Schwede, Gladys Rodriguez, Vanessa E. Kennedy, Solomon Henry, Douglas Wood, Gabriel N. Mannis, Ravindra Majeti, Jonathan H. Chen, Eran Bendavid, Tian Yi Zhang

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Mast Cell Deficiency Protects Mice from Surgery-Induced Neuroinflammation by Xiang Zhang, Hongquan Dong, Fei Wang, Jun Zhang

“…Adult male C57BL6/J wild-type (WT) and mast cell-deficient (C57BL6/J KitWsh/Wsh (Wsh)) mice underwent tibial fracture surgery. Blood-brain barrier (BBB) breakdown, microglial activation, and neuroinflammatory levels were examined at 1 day after surgery. …”
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Intravenous meropenem and intraperitoneal use of 10% aqueous extract of Schinus terebinthifolius Raddi (Anacardiaceae) in elderly rats after induction of autogenous fecal peritonit... by Carlos Alberto Figueiredo Filho, Celia Maria Machado Barbosa de Castro, Guilherme Veras Mascena, Gustavo Ithamar Souto Maior, Tharcia Kiara Beserra Oliveira, Carlos Teixeira Brandt

“…The study-II group had 90% negative blood cultures, while the study-I group had in 50% of the animals (p = 0.1479). …”
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High Performance Liquid Chromatographic Assay for the Simultaneous Determination of Posaconazole and Vincristine in Rat Plasma by Hadeel A. Khalil, Ahmed F. El-Yazbi, Tarek S. Belal, Dalia A. Hamdy

“…Two Sprague Dawley rats were orally dosed PSZ followed by iv dosing of VCR and serial blood sampling was performed. Results. VCR, PSZ, and ITZ were successfully separated within 11 min. …”
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Humoral Acute Rejection in a Kidney Transplant Recipient with Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura by Ana Paola Rico-Portillo, José Ignacio Cerrillos-Gutierrez, Jorge Andrade-Sierra, Alfredo Gutiérrez-Govea, Enrique Rojas-Campos, Claudia Alejandra Mendoza-Cerpa, Benjamín Gómez-Navarro

“…A 47-year-old male was diagnosed with chronic kidney disease (CKD) in 2011; idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) was also diagnosed in 2011 refractory to medical treatment and finally treated with splenectomy (2017) without relapses since that date, 5 blood transfusions, and 4 platelet apheresis in 2017. …”
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Rehabilitation Technical Operation Standard of Traditional Chinese Medicinefor Moxibustion with Seed-sized Moxa-cone by Working Group of Rehabilitation Technical Operation Standard of Traditional Chinese Medicine for Moxibustion with Seed-sized Moxa-cone

“…Wheat grain moxibustion has the effects of supporting righteousness and expelling evil, warming meridians and dispersing cold, promoting blood circulation and relieving pain, tonifying middle-Jiao and supplementing Qi, disease prevention and health care, etc. …”
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Etiology of Community Acquired Pneumonia at a Tertiary Care Hospital by Ritika Jha, Sumit Sengupta, Anshuman Mukhopadhyay, Ritam Chakraborty

“…Upper and lower respiratory BIOFIRE panels, sputum culture, blood culture, urinary pneumococcal antigen, and Xpert Flu were used to identify the pathogens. …”
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Clinical Factors Associated with Sperm DNA Fragmentation in Male Patients with Infertility by Akira Komiya, Tomonori Kato, Yoko Kawauchi, Akihiko Watanabe, Hideki Fuse

“…Thirty-three and twenty-one were from the patients with varicoceles and idiopathic causes of infertility, respectively. We performed blood tests, including the serum sex hormone levels, and conventional and computer-assisted semen analyses. …”
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Gaps in the Management of Type 2 Diabetic Patients in a Metropolitan Area of Havana by Armando Rodríguez Salvá, Linet Céspedes Hernández, Addys Díaz Piñera, René García Roche, Susana Balcindes Acosta

“…The main gap was follow-up, with only 69.7 % of the patients consulted in the last year. 68.3 % have indicated pharmacological treatment, and of these 77.5 % is adhered to according to the Morinsky test 83.4 % had their blood glucose levels checked. <br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> gaps related to health services access are a direct consequence of the instability of health personnel. …”
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