Individual-level Predictors of Birth Preparedness and Complication Readiness: Urban–Rural Comparison by Onyinye Ginika Mba, Ibitein Ngowari Okeafor

“…Birth preparedness and complication readiness (BP/CR) constitute a veritable strategy for reducing maternal mortality, yet adoption is low with wide urban–rural discrepancies. …”
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Urinary prostaglandin metabolites evaluation for activity monitoring in inflammatory bowel disease by Renata d’Inca, Hana Manceau, Lucia Zanni, Laura Vernoux, Xavier Treton, Katell Peoc’h

“…Combining PGE-MUM and FC may improve the assessment of inflammation profiles in IBD and constitute a promising way for personalized approaches.…”
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Decreased SynMuv B gene activity in response to viral infection leads to activation of the antiviral RNAi pathway in C. elegans. by Ashwin Seetharaman, Himani Galagali, Elizabeth Linarte, Mona H X Liu, Jennifer D Cohen, Kashish Chetal, Ruslan Sadreyev, Alex J Tate, Taiowa A Montgomery, Gary Ruvkun

“…Thus, the pan-eukaryotic synMuv B genes constitute an element in C. elegans antiviral defense which is conserved across many eukaryotes where it also may act in viral defense. …”
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Chemical Characterization of Sub-micron Aerosols during New Particle Formation in an Urban Atmosphere by Vijay P. Kanawade, Sachchida N. Tripathi, Abhishek Chakraborty, Huan Yu

“…Our results indicated that oxygenated organic aerosols (OAs) constituted almost 77%—the largest fraction—of the sub-micron particles. …”
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Selection and Success in Badminton: The Role of Lobs and Smashes in Junior Athletes' Performance by Touptiolo Touptiolo, Helmina Ria Siregar, Vina Mardatila Tarigan, Yogi Suwananda, Soukaina Hattabi, Willette Nance

“…Results indicate that lobs constituted 18.3% (±3.2%) of total shots with a 62.1% (±5.7%) success rate, while smashes accounted for 12.7% (±2.8%) of shots with a 71.4% (±6.3%) success rate. …”
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States, global power and access to medicines: a comparative case study of China, India and the United States, 2000–2019 by Berit S. H. Hembre, Maulik Chokshi, Steven J. Hoffman, Fatima Suleman, Steinar Andresen, Kristin Sandberg, John-Arne Røttingen

“…Abstract Background What constitutes state`s global power to shape access to medicines? …”
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De-biasing microbiome sequencing data: bacterial morphology-based correction of extraction bias and correlates of chimera formation by Luise Rauer, Amedeo De Tomassi, Christian L. Müller, Claudia Hülpüsch, Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann, Matthias Reiger, Avidan U. Neumann

“…Furthermore, we show that computational correction of extraction bias based on bacterial cell morphology would be feasible using appropriate positive controls, thus constituting an important step toward overcoming protocol biases in microbiome analysis. …”
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Price tag of glaucoma care is minor compared with the total direct and indirect costs of glaucoma: Results from nationwide survey and register data. by Petri K M Purola, Joonas Taipale, Saku Väätäinen, Mika Harju, Seppo V P Koskinen, Hannu M T Uusitalo

“…Therefore, glaucoma constitutes a major economic burden for the health care system and society, highlighting the importance of early glaucoma interventions. …”
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Employee Retention and Organizational Performance: A Case Study of Centenary Bank in Kigezi Region Uganda. by Kaziro, Nicholas

“…The study targeted 97 respondents who constituted branch managers, departmental heads, committee members, audit officers, compliance officers, and support staff. …”
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Stakeholder Engagement and Quality of Roads in Kabale District: A Case Study of Kamuganguzi Sub-County. by Kyomugisha, Scarlet

“…The study findings revealed that the sample constituted of 50 respondents of which 70% were males and the 30% remaining were females. …”
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Cardiac Tamponade Caused by Cutibacterium acnes: An Updated and Comprehensive Review of the Literature by Ghina Fakhri, Christelle Tayeh, Ghassan Dbaibo, Omar El Sedawy, Nour Abdul Halim, Fadi Bitar, Mariam Arabi

“…Cutibacterium species are Gram-positive microaerophilic rods that constitute part of the normal flora of skin and mucosal membranes. …”
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Etiological, Clinical, and Epidemiological Characteristics of Acute Viral Gastroenteritis in an Adult Population in a Tertiary Level Hospital in Spain by Sara Herranz-Ulldemolins, Anna Sellarès-Crous, Miriam J. Álvarez-Martínez, M. Eugenia Valls, Marta Aldea Novo, Anna Vilella Morató, Laura Rodriguez, Mireia Navarro, Roser Vendrell, Josep Barrachina, Miguel J. Martínez, M. Ángeles Marcos

“…Results Enteric viruses constituted 10.3% (307 cases) of all AGE of known etiology, with norovirus being the predominant pathogen (196, 63.8%), followed by rotavirus (82, 26.7%) and adenovirus (29, 9.4%). …”
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Comprehensive analysis of gene expressions in ileal mucosa of chickens fed paddy rice and their IgA response to oral vaccination by M. Yamamoto, A. Ueno, H. Watanabe, M. Okamoto, K. Furukawa, A. Murai

“…Remarkably, the gene expression levels of immunoglobulin heavy chain α (IGHA), immunoglobulin J chain (IGJ), and immunoglobulin light chain λ chain region (IGLL1), which constitute immunoglobulin A, decreased 3–10 times in the paddy rice group. …”
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Healthy lifestyle before and during pregnancy to prevent childhood obesity: study protocol for a parallel group randomised trial — the PRE-STORK trial by Tina Vilsbøll, Signe S Torekov, Julie Lyng Forman, Romain Barrès, Andreas Andersen, Filip K Knop, Signe Foghsgaard, Klaus Bønnelykke, Thomas Bergholt, Karoline Kragelund Nielsen, Christina Anne Vinter, Majken Lillholm Pico, Louise Groth Grunnet, Nina Kornerup, Julie Hagstrøm Danielsen, Ronni Eg Sahl, Mette Yun Johansen, Louise Kelstrup, Nida Ghauri, Emilie Grønlund, Lærke Lund

“…Children conceived during the trial will constitute a birth cohort, monitoring the effects on their health until the age of 18 years.Ethics and dissemination The trial has been approved by the Regional Committee on Health Research Ethics in the Capital Region of Denmark (identification number H-22011403) and will be conducted in agreement with the Declaration of Helsinki. …”
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Prognostic Value of PSMB5 and Correlations with LC3II and Reactive Oxygen Species Levels in the Bone Marrow Mononuclear Cells of Bortezomib-Resistant Multiple Myeloma Patients by Eva Plakoula, Georgios Kalampounias, Spyridon Alexis, Evgenia Verigou, Alexandra Kourakli, Kalliopi Zafeiropoulou, Argiris Symeonidis

“…Proteasome inhibitors (PIs) constitute the most common type of induction treatment for multiple myeloma. …”
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Numerical Analysis on the Storage of Nuclear Waste in Gas-Saturated Deep Coal Seam by Teng Teng, Yuming Wang, Xiaoyan Zhu, Xiangyang Zhang, Sihai Yi, Guowei Fan, Bin Liu

“…As the first step, a coupled heat-solid-gas model with three constitutional fields of heat transfer, coal deformation, and gas seepage that based on three governing conservation equations is proposed. …”
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The characteristics of dermatology inpatients seen at the quaternary Inkosi Albert Luthuli Central Hospital in Durban, South Africa, over a 5-year period – 2015 - 2020 by L Mthembu, J T Masuka, K Duze, A Mosam

“…Females accounted for 2 527 (51.9%), while black African, coloured, Indian/Asian, white and unclassified patients constituted 3 146 (64.6%), 106 (2.2%), 1 129 (23.2%), 431 (8.9%) and 55 (1.1%), respectively. …”
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Glyphosate treatment mediates the accumulation of small discrete 5^′ and 3^′-terminal fragments of 18S rRNA in plant cells by A. V. Zhigailov, A. S. Nizkorodova, K. O. Sharipov, N. S. Polimbetova, B. K. Iskakov

“…This result suggests that discrete fragmentation of 18S rRNA may constitute a regulatory mechanism of mRNA translation in response to stress and may occur in plant cells in parallel with and independently of eIF2α phosphorylation. …”
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Effect of non-surgical periodontal therapy on salivary and gingival crevicular fluid concentration of visfatin in periodontal health and disease by Hira Ismail, Anjani Kumar Pathak, Nand Lal, Pavitra Rastogi, Kaleem Ahmad, Mohd. Aamir Khan

“…After NSPT (SRP), Group B1 patients were recalled after 4 weeks, constituting Group B2 (post NSPT group B1). At baseline and 4 weeks after non-surgical periodontal therapy (SRP), all clinical parameters, salivary and GCF samples were recorded. …”
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Leishmania mexicana: Novel Insights of Immune Modulation through Amastigote Exosomes by Laura Enedina Soto-Serna, Mariana Diupotex, Jaime Zamora-Chimal, Adriana Ruiz-Remigio, José Delgado-Domínguez, Rocely Buenaventura Cervantes-Sarabia, Adriana Méndez-Bernal, Alma Reyna Escalona-Montaño, María Magdalena Aguirre-García, Ingeborg Becker

“…Exosomes are extracellular microvesicles of endosomal origin (multivesicular bodies, MVBs) constitutively released by eukaryotic cells by fusion of MVBs to the plasma membrane. …”
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