The Spectrum of Pulmonary Disease in Patients with HIV Infection by Julio Sg Montaner, Leila Spour, Carlos Zala

“…Differential diagnosis of respiratory conditions is significantly facilitated by the prior knowledge of the degree of immunodeficiency present as measured by the CD4 count. In particular, most episodes of PCP occur in patients with absolute CD4 counts below 200 cells/mm3. …”
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Testicular Nitric Oxide and Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances Levels in Obstructive Azoospermia: A Possible Role in Pathophysiology of Infertility

“…Epididymal-aspirated seminal plasma was used for semen count and morphological analysis according to the Kruger criteria. …”
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Clinico-Epidemiological Profile of Children Orphaned due to AIDS Residing in Care Giving Institutions in Coastal South India by Rekha Thapar, Meher Singha, Nithin Kumar, Prasanna Mithra, Bhaskaran Unnikrishnan, Ramesh Holla, Vaman Kulkarni, B. B. Darshan, Avinash Kumar

“…Most of the children orphaned by AIDS (n=78, 90.7%) had a history of both the parents being HIV positive. The median CD4 count of participants at the time of our study was 853.5 (IQR 552–1092) cells/microliter. …”
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Smart packaging tools for selected Indian traditional buffalo milk products: a case for on-package freshness indicators by Narender Raju Panjagari, Ashish Kumar Singh, Sangita Ganguly, Rajan Sharma, Vivek Sharma

“…Among all the freshness indicators, the TCD was found to be very highly positively correlated with titratable acidity, thiobarbituric acid value, free fatty acids value, and total viable bacterial count while significantly negatively correlated with pH, sensory flavor, and overall acceptability scores. …”
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Development and Validation of an MRI‐Based Radiomics Nomogram to Predict the Prognosis of De Novo Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer Patients by Wen‐Qi Liu, Yu‐Ting Xue, Xu‐Yun Huang, Bin Lin, Xiao‐Dong Li, Zhi‐Bin Ke, Dong‐Ning Chen, Jia‐Yin Chen, Yong Wei, Qing‐Shui Zheng, Xue‐Yi Xue, Ning Xu

“…Results Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group (ECOG) score, absolute neutrophil count (ANC) and Rad‐score were included in the nomogram as independent risk factors for OS in de novo oligometastatic PCa patients. …”
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Asperulosidic acid inhibits the PI3K/Akt/NF-κB pathway to suppress endotoxin-induced uveitis by Yong Du, Jing Lu, Lujia Feng, Long Zhao, Ping Wu, Yuxia He, Linbin Zhou, Xing Wang, Hui Peng

“…The study involved the examination of protein concentrations and cell count in the aqueous humor (AqH), the detection of inflammatory mediators expressed in the retina. …”
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CCL4 Affects Eosinophil Survival via the Shedding of the MUC1 N-Terminal Domain in Airway Inflammation by Yoshiki Kobayashi, Chu Hong Hanh, Naoto Yagi, Nhi Kieu Thi Le, Yasutaka Yun, Akihiro Shimamura, Kenta Fukui, Akitoshi Mitani, Kensuke Suzuki, Akira Kanda, Hiroshi Iwai

“…The immunofluorescence results revealed a negative correlation between the expression of full-length MUC1 and eosinophil count in nasal polyps. In BEAS-2B coincubated with eosinophils, full-length MUC1, but not the C-terminal domain, was reduced, and eosinophil survival was prolonged, which was concomitant with CCL4 increase, whereas the anti-CCL4 neutralizing antibody decreased these reactions. …”
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Preparation and Anti-fatigue Function of Weizmannia coagulans BC99 Emergency Energy Bar by Haodan GUO, Ying WU, Yuqiong WEI, Li CAO, Zhouya BAI, Qiuxia FAN, Nan PENG, Shaobin GU

“…The coating of the energy bar contained a count of W. coagulans BC99 of 1.43×108 CFU/g, and the nutritional analysis showed abundant essential amino acids and unsaturated fatty acids. …”
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Hydrogen Sulfide Promotes Functional Endometrium Recovery via Regulating Pyroptosis in Severe Endometrial Injury: A Prospective Laboratory Based Randomized Control Trial by Haiyan Shan, Mingyuan Xu, Jie Ni, Ling Zhou, Mengchun Xue, Jun Xue, Xiaohuan Yuan, Luyang Tao, Mingyang Zhang, Hong Zhang

“…Moreover, endometrial morphology and embryo count showed the most pronounced improvement in the H2S treatment group (p < 0.05). …”
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Ejaculatory abstinence duration impacts semen parameters: Insights from a retrospective analysis in male infertility on 23,527 analyses by Giorgio Ivan Russo, Maria Giovanna Asmundo, Andrea Cocci, Ali Saber Abdelhameed, Annalisa Liprino, Filippo Giacone, Debora Lombardo, Antonino Guglielmino, Sandrine Chamayou

“…Group differences were analyzed, focusing on sperm parameters across abstinence periods in normospermic versus patients with sperm abnormalities.ResultsIn normospermic patients we found a trend increase from day 1 to day 7 of abstinence time regarding total sperm count (million) (92.4 vs. 191.1; p&lt;0.01), sperm concentration (million/ml) (44.5 vs. 72.0; p&lt;0.01) and morphology (6 vs. 12.5; p= 0.03) but not regarding motility (A+B) (50.0% vs. 48.0%; p=0.43). …”
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Accuracy of screening tests for cervical precancer in women living with HIV in low-resource settings: a paired prospective study in Lusaka, Zambia by Nicola Low, Partha Basu, Andreas Limacher, Katayoun Taghavi, Misinzo Moono, Mulindi Mwanahamuntu, Herbert Kapesa, Albert Manasyan, Julia Bohlius, Marie Roumet, Thamsanqa Madliwa, Anne Rutjes

“…A sensitivity analysis considered disease when only visible lesions were biopsied.Results Women included in the study had well-controlled HIV infection (median CD4 count=542 cells/mm3) and all except one were on antiretroviral therapy. …”
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Intravenous immunoglobulin for mortality and inflammatory status in patients with sepsis: a retrospective database study by Hayabusa Takano, Hayabusa Takano, Naoki Kanda, Naoki Kanda, Yuji Wakimoto, Hiroyuki Ohbe, Kensuke Nakamura, Kensuke Nakamura

“…Primary outcomes were 28-day mortality, while secondary outcomes included in-hospital mortality, the Barthel Index at discharge, length of hospital stay and laboratory data (albumin, C-reactive protein (CRP), and lymphocyte count) on days 14 and 28.ResultsOf the 17,626 patients enrolled, 15,159 (786 in the IVIG group and 14,373 in the control group) were included in the analysis. …”
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Long-term effects of dupilumab on chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps: A step towards clinical remission by Mona Al-Ahmad, MD, FRCPC, Asmaa Ali, MD, PhD, Wafaa Talat, MD, PhD, Haitham A. Dawood, MD, PhD, Osama Imam, MD, PhD

“…Higher fractional exhaled nitric oxide (FeNO) and blood eosinophil count (BEC) levels, along with anosmia/hyposmia, predicted larger polyp size. …”
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Tiny clue reveals the general trend: a bibliometric and visualized analysis of renal microcirculation by Bing Wang, Mengting Xu, Sunjing Fu, Yingyu Wang, Hao Ling, Yuan Li, Bingwei Li, Xueting Liu, Qin Ouyang, Xiaoyan Zhang, Ailing Li, Xu Zhang, Mingming Liu

“…The United States, Mayo Clinic, and Lerman Lilach O emerged with the highest publication count, indicating their active collaborations. ‘Type 2 diabetes’ was the most significant keyword cluster, and ‘diabetic kidney disease’ was the largest cluster of cited references. …”
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Prevalence of Food Insecurity and Its Associated Factors among Adult People with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Hagos Degefa Hidru, Haftay Gebremedhine, Alem Gebretsadik, Hirut Teame, Hadush Negash, Meresa Berwo Mengesha

“…Cluster of differentiation 4 CD4 count<350 cell/mm3 [AOR=1.29 (95% CI, 1.08, 1.54)], develop opportunistic infection [AOR=4.09 (95% CI, 2.47, 6.78)], rural residence [AOR=1.59 (95% CI, 1.09, 2.34)], and World Health Organization (WHO) clinical stages III and IV [AOR=1.98 (95% CI, 1.23, 3.19)] was among the significantly associated factors. …”
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Applying Natural Language Processing Techniques to Map Trends in Insomnia Treatment Terms on the r/Insomnia Subreddit: Infodemiology Study by Jack A Cummins, Daniel J Gottlieb, Tamar Sofer, Danielle A Wallace

“…Regular expression analysis was used to identify and count comments containing specific words, followed by sentiment analysis to estimate the tonality (positive or negative) of comments. …”
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Escherichia coli combination with PD-1 blockade synergistically enhances immunotherapy in glioblastoma multiforme by regulating the immune cells by Guochen Li, Haiyan Yang, Tengfei Ke, Na Tan, Xiaolan Du, Xirui Duan, Xinyan Zhou, Guangrong Zheng, Chengde Liao

“…Methods The E. coli and anti-PD-1 antibody therapy were administered intravenously and intraperitoneally, respectively. Complete blood cell count, blood biochemical analysis, hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining, and agar plate culture were employed to evaluate the biosafety and tumor-targeting capability of E. coli. …”
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Circulating Adipokines and Response to Treatment in Patients With Early Rheumatoid Arthritis by Georgios K. Vasileiadis, Yuan Zhang, Tahzeeb Fatima, Ronald van Vollenhoven, Jon Lampa, Bjorn Gudbjornsson, Espen A. Haavardsholm, Dan Nordström, Gerdur Grondal, Kim Hørslev‐Petersen, Kristina Lend, Marte S. Heiberg, Merete Lund Hetland, Michael Nurmohamed, Till Uhlig, Tuulikki Sokka‐Isler, Anna Rudin, Cristina Maglio

“…Results At baseline, levels of adiponectin and leptin were not associated with markers of RA activity, whereas participants with higher resistin levels had higher C‐reactive protein (CRP) levels, swollen joint count, and Disease Activity Score in 28 joints based on CRP compared to participants with lower resistin. …”
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The study of mechanical properties and fracture evolution of coal-rock masses under hard roof-soft floor conditions by Jiajun Li, Yin Zhang, Chenchen Yang, Jiaqi Liu, Yu Zhou, Chunlin Li

“…Acoustic emission ringing counts tend to have a larger correlation dimension than acoustic emission energy. …”
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Adverse outcome pathway-based assessment of pulmonary toxicity from the in vivo mixture of biocides dinotefuran and cetylpyridinium chloride by Yoon Cho, Mi-Kyung Song, Dong Im Kim, Min-Seok Kim, Kyuhong Lee

“…We observed significant changes in body weight and neutrophil count, recognized indicators of inflammation, along with inflammatory cell infiltrates, in the group exposed to the mixture of the two biocides. …”
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