Urinary Podocyte Excretion Predicts Urinary Protein Selectivity and Renal Prognosis by Makoto Abe, Akiko Kaiga, Takehiro Ohira, Toshihiko Ishimitsu, Akihiro Tojo

“…There were no significant correlations between urinary podocyte count and low molecular weight proteins, including β2-microglobulin and α1-microglobulin. …”
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Poor quality of life in indian ankylosing spondylitis patients by Latika Gupta, Sakir Ahmed, Gautam Dhar Choudhury, Durga Prasanna Misra, Vikas Agarwal

“…Apart from demographic variable such as age, gender, clinical manifestations, and treatment received, disease activity parameters such as duration of early morning stiffness, BASDAI, swollen and tender joint count, Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate (ESR) and C Reactive Protein (CRP) were also recorded. …”
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Dietary impact of Ocimum tenuiflorum leaf extract on the growth metrics and immune responses of shrimp (Penaeus monodon) against white spot syndrome virus (WSSV) by Md Rejwanul Haque Galib, Alokesh Kumar Ghosh, Wasim Sabbir

“…The extract improved the immunity of shrimp significantly, as demonstrated by increased immunological parameters including total haemocyte count, prophenoloxidase activity, superoxide dismutase activity and up regulation of immune-related genes, which ultimately increased the disease resistance capability in Penaeus monodon against WSSV. …”
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IoT enabled data protection with substitution box for lightweight ciphers by K.B. Sarmila, S.V. Manisekaran

“…The DAC substitution box demonstrates improved security with 66% less memory footprint on an average gate count compared with standard 4- and 5-bit competitors. …”
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Scientometric analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis revaccination: Dynamics, impact and analysis of collaborative networks by Luis Roberto Checa Vieira, Aylén Solange Vásquez Dávila, Frank Mayta-Tovalino

“…Frontiers in Immunology was the most productive journal, with Nature Communications having the highest citation count. The Hatherill Mark was the most prolific author with 17 publications, although the highest h-indexes did not necessarily correspond to the most productive authors. …”
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Effect of Biodegradable Mulch and Different Synthetic Mulches on Growth and Yield of Field-Grown Small-Fruited Tomato (<i>Lycopersicon esculentum</i> Mill.) by Katarzyna Adamczewska-Sowińska, Joanna Bykowy, Janina Jaworska

“…Plants cultivated on red PE film exhibited a 26.4% increase in leaf count with respect to the control. Mulched treatments achieved an average increase of 19.6% in marketable yield. …”
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Challenges in Assessing Outcomes among Infants of Pregnant HIV-Positive Women Receiving ART in Uganda by Barbara Castelnuovo, Frank Mubiru, Ivan Kalule, Shadia Nakalema, Agnes Kiragga

“…We included 700 pregnant women from January 2012 to August 2014 with a follow-up extended to August 2016; the median age was 31 years (IQR: 26–35), 36.3% in WHO stage 3/4; median CD4 count was 447 cells/μL (IQR: 301–651) and 73.3% were already on ART for a median time of 28 (IQR: 10–57) months; 52% infants were male and median weight was 3.2 Kg (IQR: 2.5–3.5). …”
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INVESTIGATING POPULATION BALANCE IN THE STATE OF GEORGIA USING SPATIAL CLUSTERING by Ali Abolhassani, Somayyeh Tari

“…Based on the results obtained from the simulation, the Poisson scan statistic method is a suitable method for detecting anomalies in the count spatial data. As an application of spatial clustering, we consider the population structure of the state of Georgia and identify areas where the elderly population is significantly high. …”
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A two-strain HIV-1 mathematical model to assess the effects of chemotherapy on disease parameters by Tinevimbo Shiri, Winston Garira, Senelani D. Musekwa

“…Model calculations show that there is a common pattern for CD4+ T cell count increase. There is a drastic increase of CD4+ T cells during the first few weeks of treatment, followed by a gradual increase, and these increases are strictly by clonal expansion of preexisting CD4+ T cells. …”
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Preprocedural Mean Platelet Volume Level Is a Predictor of In-Stent Restenosis of the Superficial Femoral Artery Stents in Follow-Up by Kurtulus Karauzum, Ulas Bildirici, Emir Dervis, Irem Karauzum, Canan Baydemir

“…We aimed to evaluate the relationship between preprocedural MPV and other hematologic blood count parameters and in-stent restenosis in patients with superficial femoral artery (SFA) stenting. …”
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At sources of the russian constitutionalism. «Undercover» constitutional projects of the state transformations in Russia in the 18th - the beginning of the 19th centuries by N. A. Omelchenko

“…The author investigates value of the first in political history of Russia of the projects of restriction the monarchy representative institutions which have arisen during «palace revolutions» («events of year 1730», the constitution project of Panin-Fonvizin, the project «The appointed diploma to the Russian people» by the count A. R. Vorontsov, and others). In article the attention is paid that the majority of these projects were created by unofficially narrow group of supporters in the mode of strict privacy is paid and were result of fight in ruling elite for political influence. …”
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Optimal Joint Expected Delay Forwarding in Delay Tolerant Networks by Jia Xu, Xin Feng, Wen Jun Yang, Ru Chuan Wang, Bing Qing Han

“…We propose a comprehensive forwarding metric called joint expected delay (JED) which is a function of remaining hop-count (or ticket) and residual lifetime. We use backward induction to calculate JED by modeling forwarding as an optimal stopping rule problem. …”
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Drug-induced Leukocytoclastic Vasculitis Secondary to Trimethoprim/Sulfamethoxazole: A Case Report by Ambika Shivarajpur, Simon Londono, Justin Shaw, Christopher Boccio, Leonid Melnitsky, Jheanelle McKay, Brian Kohen, Eric Boccio

“…Given the clinical presentation, physical exam findings, and normal eosinophil count, the diagnosis of LCV secondary to TMP/SMX was made. …”
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Comparing the Effect of Albumin 5% versus Ringer Lactate on Blood Coagulation in Trauma-Induced Coagulopathy during Initial Resuscitation by Yahya Abdel Tawab Mohammed Meky*

“…However, there was improvement of the coagulation test results during day 3 of initial resuscitation. Changes in platelet count and hemoglobin at different intervals of time were insignificantly different between both groups. …”
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Correction of Line-Sampling Bias of Rock Discontinuity Orientations Using a Modified Terzaghi Method by Huiming Tang, Junrong Zhang, Lei Huang, Changbin Yan, Shengming Hu, Mutasim Adam Mohamed Ez Eldin

“…Due to the elimination of the mesh, the counting object has changed to the frequency at each pole, and θ in the bias-compensatory factor is redefined as the angle between the scanline and the discontinuity at each pole. …”
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Study on the Gap Flow Simulation in EDM Small Hole Machining with Ti Alloy by Shengfang Zhang, Wenchao Zhang, Yu Liu, Fujian Ma, Chong Su, Zhihua Sha

“…In our 3D simulation process, the count of debris increases with number of EDM discharge cycles, and the disturbation generated by the movement of self-adaptive tool in the gap flow is considered. …”
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Evaluation of Serum Kallistatin Levels in Women with Preeclampsia and its Role in Assessing Preeclampsia Severity by Rangeen Badri Mahdi, Esraa Hameed Al-Maini

“…Serum kallistatin, complete blood count, liver, and renal functions were compared between groups, at An Al-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital Obstetrics and Gynecology. …”
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Platelet mass index, systemic immune-inflammation index, and neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio as practical markers in childhood brucellosis by Hilal Koyuncu, Ayşe Tolunay Oflu, Ayşe Güngör, Ayşegül Bükülmez

“…Conclusions: This study showed that PMI, one of the new markers that can be calculated from complete blood count, may be useful in diagnosing childhood brucellosis. …”
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Smartphone based non invasive real time white blood cell counter leveraging blue light and static magnetic field by Nafi Us Sabbir Sabith, Masud Rabbani, Kazi Shafiul Alam, Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed

“…This study introduces a ubiquous White Blood Cell counting system, UbiWhite, a novel smartphone-based, non-invasive system for real-time WBC counting from fingertip videos. …”
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Correlation between Ki-67 labeling index and mitotic index in Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma by Das C. K Deepa, Sunitha Balakrishnan

“…Background: Proliferative activity of any tissue or neoplasm can be determined by its growth rate by mitotic count or by using antibodies directed against specific antigens like Ki-67. …”
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