Fibrinogen: A Marker in Predicting Diabetic Foot Ulcer Severity by X. H. Li, L. Y. Guan, H. Y. Lin, S. H. Wang, Y. Q. Cao, X. Y. Jiang, Y. B. Wang

“…Fibrinogen values were found to be correlated with CRP levels, neutrophil, and WBC count. Conclusions. Fibrinogen levels might be a valuable tool for assessing the disease severity and monitoring the disease progression in patients with DFU.…”
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Correlation between ultrafiltration rate and hemoglobin level and erythropoietin response in hemodialysis patients by Li Cui, Lili Zhang, Jing Li, Yuan Li, Xiaolei Hao, Yan Xu, Chunmei Li

“…The UFR > 13 ml/h/kg group had the highest SpKt/V (p < 0.05), monthly EPO dose/weight (p < 0.001), and EPO resistance index (p < 0.001), as well as the lowest dry weight (p < 0.001), BMI (p < 0.001), hemoglobin (p < 0.001), hematocrit (p < 0.05), and red blood cell count (p < 0.05). Multiple linear regression analysis showed that sex, dry weight, UFR, calcium, phosphorus, albumin, and C-reactive protein levels were associated with hemoglobin levels. …”
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Frequency and Prognostic Relevance of FLT3 Mutations in Saudi Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients by Ghaleb Elyamany, Mohammad Awad, Kamal Fadalla, Mohamed Albalawi, Mohammad Al Shahrani, Abdulaziz Al Abdulaaly

“…Our results support the view that FLT3-ITD mutation has strong prognostic factor in AML patients and is associated with high rate of relapse, and high leucocytes and blast count at diagnosis and relapse.…”
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Antibacterial effectiveness of different final irrigation activation techniques. by Bizhyan Mahdi Mustafa, Bahar Jaafar Selivany, Abduloma Baraka Ali

“…The antimicrobial efficacy was tested by collecting transfer fluid saline from the canals and counting the colony forming units (CFUs) of viable E. faecalis on agar plates. …”
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Biosynthesized ZnO NPs loaded-electrospun PVA/sodium alginate/glycine nanofibers: synthesis, spinning optimization and antimicrobial activity evaluation by El-Refaie Kenawy, Elbadawy A. Kamoun, Amany Shehata, Shahira H. El-Moslamy, Adel A.-H. Abdel-Rahman

“…Results revealed that NF formula coded AS3.3; composed of (10%PVA/1.5%SA/10%CA/0.75%ZnO/0.5% glycine), in contrast to all the other formulations examined; showed marked reduced percentages of biofilm development of both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria in relation to fungal cells. The relative viable count for Bacillus cereus (98.40 ± 0.51%), Salmonella paratyphi (98.33 ± 0.79%), and Candida albicans (94.29 ± 0.76%) decreased significantly after 36-hour of incubation period with AS3.3 treatment. …”
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Persistent Cryptococcal Brain Infection despite Prolonged Immunorecovery in an HIV-Positive Patient by Tom Wingfield, Jo Baxter, Amit Herwadkar, Daniel du Plessis, Tom J. Blanchard, F. Javier Vilar, Anoop Varma

“…A 33-year-old Zimbabwean female presented with cryptococcal meningitis and newly diagnosed HIV with a CD4 count of 51 cells/μL (4%). She was treated with amphotericin and flucytosine. …”
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Short-Course Induction Treatment with Intrathecal Amphotericin B Lipid Emulsion for HIV Infected Patients with Cryptococcal Meningitis by Gerardo Alvarez-Uria, Manoranjan Midde, Raghavakalyan Pakam, Pradeep Sukumar Yalla, Praveen Kumar Naik, Raghuprakash Reddy

“…After adjustment for baseline characteristics (gender, age, altered mental status or seizures at presentation, CD4 cell count, white blood cells, cerebrospinal fluid white cells, and haemoglobin), the use of Regimen II was associated with a significant relative risk reduction in mortality (adjusted hazard ratio 0.4, 95% confidence interval, 0.22–0.76) and 26.7% absolute risk reduction (95% confidence interval, 9.9–43.5) at 12 weeks. …”
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Plasma Sterilization Effectively Reduces Bacterial Contamination in Dental Unit Waterlines by Sarocha Noopan, Phattranit Unchui, Supitcha Techotinnakorn, Ruchanee Salingcarnboriboon Ampornaramveth

“…The reduction in the bacterial count was significant compared with the CTL group (p<0.05). …”
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Antibiofilm effect of Nano chitosan and calcium hydroxide intracanal medications and their effects on the microhardness and chemical structure of radicular dentine by Maha Nasr, Ahmed Abdou, Dina M. Bassiouny, Reham Hassan

“…Results Both groups showed a significant reduction in the bacterial count at (p = 0.008) with no significant difference between them (P = 0.605). …”
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AI-Driven Mental Health Surveillance: Identifying Suicidal Ideation Through Machine Learning Techniques by Hesham Allam, Chris Davison, Faisal Kalota, Edward Lazaros, David Hua

“…Advanced preprocessing techniques, including tokenization, stemming, and feature extraction with term frequency–inverse document frequency (TF-IDF) and count vectorization, ensured high-quality data transformation. …”
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Microbiological Quality of Meat and Swabs from Contact Surface in Butcher Shops in Debre Berhan, Ethiopia by Tefera Atlabachew, Jermen Mamo

“…In this study, it was observed that all samples collected from butcher shops detected a significant count of spoilage microbes. Hence, adequate sanitary measures should be taken from production to consumption stages.…”
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Positive hepatitis B surface antigen leads to a decrease in ovarian reserve in infertile patients receiving first in vitro fertilization treatment by Yutao Li, Xuejiao Wang, Ye Jiang, Qun Lv, Yi Zhang, Yu Wang

“…Comparison of clinical characteristics, antral follicle count (AFC), follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), luteinizing hormone (LH)/FSH ratio, anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH), gonadotropins (Gn) days, total Gn dosage, number of retrieved oocytes, number of mature metaphase II (MII) oocytes, and the proportion of patients with diminished ovarian reserve (DOR; AMH < 1.1 ng/ml) between two groups. …”
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Effects of Adding Clove (Syzygium aromaticum L.)  Seed Extract on Oxidative Stability, Microbial Activity, and Sensory Attributes in Beef Patties During Refrigerated Storage by Bestoon Hassan Ahmed, Naska Abdulqadir Mohammed Mohammed

“…Lipid oxidation was assessed through malondialdehyde (MDA) levels, microbial counts (aerobic plate count, coliform, and Pseudomonas spp. were recorded, and sensory evaluation measured color, taste, and overall acceptance. …”
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Utilizing the subtractive proteomics approach to design ensemble vaccine against Candida lusitaniae for immune response stimulation; a bioinformatics study. by Habiba Naz, Rimsha Timotheous, Muhammad Farhan Sarwar, Tariq Nadeem, Mudassar Fareed Awan, Sajed Ali, Sophia Awais, Irfan Ahmed

“…Upon final results, it was found that highest count of IgG and IgM was achieved i.e., up to 700000 between the days 8 to 13 and then slowly neutralized till the day 30. …”
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Influence of a Sulphur Dioxide Active Storage System on the Quality of Ribes rubrum L. Berries by Luca Brondino, Davide Cadario, Nicole Roberta Giuggioli

“…Weight loss, total soluble solid content, titratable acidity, total phenolic and anthocyanin contents, antioxidant activity, microbial count, and visual and sensorial appearance were monitored after 30 and 60 days. …”
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Study on Gastrointestinal Nematodes of Equines in and around Bekoji, South Eastern Ethiopia by Mesfin Mathewos, Dereje Teshome, Haben Fesseha

“…However, no statistically significant difference (p>0.05) was seen in the prevalence of gastrointestinal nematode parasites between the sex and age of the Equidae. The mean fecal egg count of nematodes revealed that horses (1364.4±483.5) had a more severe infection than donkeys with a statistically significant difference (p<0.05). …”
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Establishment and Validation of a Predictive Model for Radiation-Associated Aspiration Pneumonia in Patients with Radiation-Induced Dysphagia after Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma by Honghong Li, Yong He, Xiaohuang Zhuo, Zongwei Yue, Xiaoming Rong, Yike Li, Yi Li, Lei He, Jinping Cheng, Dong Pan, Ruiqi Xue, Jinhua Cai, Jingru Jiang, Yongteng Xu, Yamei Tang

“…Derived from multivariable analysis of the training cohort, four independent factors were introduced to predict RAP, including Kubota water drinking test grades, the maximum radiation dose of lymph node gross tumor volume (Dmax of the GTVnd), neutrophil count, and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR). …”
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An Approach to the Investigation of Thrombocytosis: Differentiating between Essential Thrombocythemia and Secondary Thrombocytosis by Ala Almanaseer, Benjamin Chin-Yee, Jenny Ho, Alejandro Lazo-Langner, Laila Schenkel, Pratibha Bhai, Bekim Sadikovic, Ian H. Chin-Yee, Cyrus C. Hsia

“…Laboratory variables included complete blood count (CBC), ferritin, and myeloid mutations detected by NGS. …”
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Protective effect of quercetin loaded on bifunctional periodic mesoporous organosilica against damage induced by irradiation on the male reproductive system by S. F. Mirtaheri, S. N. Mousavi, Z. Abdi, E. Hosseini, M. S. Seyed Dorraji, F. Kabiri Esfahani, M. Gholami

“…Irradiation significantly decreased the sperm count (p = 0.01), however, Quer and Quer-loaded on PMO could not increase them to the normal ranges. …”
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The Feasibility of Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheostomy in Immunosuppressed ICU Patients with or without Thrombocytopenia by Marianne Angelberger, Michaela Barnikel, Alessia Fraccaroli, Johanna Tischer, Sofía Antón, Alexandra Pawlikowski, Mark op den Winkel, Hans Joachim Stemmler, Stephanie-Susanne Stecher

“…There were no significant differences in leucocyte or platelet count on the tracheostomy day. Patients with coagulation disorders and patients under immunosuppression were distributed equally among both groups. …”
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