Social Support Network among People Living with HIV/AIDS in Iran by Ameneh Setareh Forouzan, Zahra Jorjoran Shushtari, Homeira Sajjadi, Yahya Salimi, Masoumeh Dejman

“…Social support of participants has been found to be associated with CD4 cell count (P=0.000), sex (P=0.049), and network size (P=0.000) after adjusted for other variables in the final model. …”
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Parasitaemia and Its Relation to Hematological Parameters and Liver Function among Patients Malaria in Abs, Hajjah, Northwest Yemen by Mohamed Al-Salahy, Bushra Shnawa, Gamal Abed, Ahmed Mandour, Ali Al-Ezzi

“…Patients with parasitaemia tended to have significantly lower hemoglobin, hematocrit, white blood cell count, lymphocytes, and platelets, compared with healthy normal subjects. …”
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A Subgroup of First-Degree Relatives of Crohn's Disease Patients Shows a Profile of Inflammatory Markers in the Blood Which Is More Typical of Crohn's Disease Patients Than of Norm... by Broide Efrat, Goren Iris, Hongbin Wang, Scapa Eitan, Keisari Yona

“…All hematological parameters were significantly different in CD patients compared to controls, with significantly higher levels of CRP, WBC, PMN, MONO, and PLT and lower Hb and lymphocyte count. The hematological profile of FDRs showed values between the controls and CD patients with ten FDRs that their parameters matched those of CD patients and significantly different from other FDRs. …”
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Les parcs-nature de la ville de Montréal, des refuges de diversité aviaire?  by Pierre Drapeau, Maxime Allard

“…In this paper we report the results of the first 10 years of this program where breeding birds have been annually monitored with permanent point count stations. Over the 1997-2007 period, the species composition of bird communities in nature parks has remained relatively stable whereas the proportion of species from forest habitats, open habitats (marshes, wetlands, prairies and abandoned fields) and edges reflect the diversity of habitats unique to each park. …”
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Assessment of a Biosafety Device to Control Contamination by Airborne Transmission during Orthodontic/Dental Procedures by Josilene Santa Rita de Assis, Aguinaldo Silva Garcez, Hideo Suzuki, Victor Angelo Martins Montalli, Denise Nami Fujii, Michelle Bertini Prouvot, Selly Sayuri Suzuki

“…After 15 minutes of passive aerosol sampling, the dishes were closed and incubated using standard aerobic conditions at 37°C for 48 hours to count colony forming units (CFUs). For the clinical part of the study, a questionnaire was sent to clinicians and patients to understand their perception of orthodontically treat and receive treatment using the barrier. …”
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INCREASE OF DEMAND FOR GRADUATES OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS by Ruslan A. Abramov, Irina V. Pronina, Elena Yu. Khalatenkova

“…Informants’ answers helped to count out the percentage of graduates whose occupation is connected with public administration, understand the reasons of choosing relevant master course, assess the significance of acquired competence and qualification for job placement at governmental organizations. …”
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Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia in a Child: A Case Report of Palliative Chemotherapy and Literature Review Applied to Limited Resources Centers by Natharina Yolanda, Stefanus Gunawan, Max F. J. Mantik, Anjo J. P. Veerman

“…Four weeks after receiving 6-mercaptopurine, the white blood cell count decreased to 10.6 × 103/μL and the spleen size was half of the original size. …”
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Social security for special categories of disabled people in the Ukrainian SSRin the 1920s. by Olha Murashova, Yurii Zinko

“…However, under the conditions of the new economic policy with its market principles, a small number of people could count on security. At the same time, despite the low size of social payments, the very fact of her appointment, the Soviet authorities tried to testify their value to the proletarian state. …”
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Effect of Interleukin and Hepcidin in Anemia of Chronic Diseases by Maha F. Yacoub, Hala Fouad Ferwiz, Fadwa Said

“…Red blood corpuscle (RBC) count, hematocrit (HCT) level, serum iron, mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC), and serum total iron-binding capacity (TIBC) were found to be significantly lower in the cases as compared to controls (p<0.001). …”
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Vegetable Contamination by the Fecal Bacteria of Poultry Manure: Case Study of Gardening Sites in Southern Benin by Séraphin C. Atidégla, Joël Huat, Euloge K. Agbossou, Hervé Saint-Macary, Romain Glèlè Kakai

“…Sampling, laboratory analyses, and counts of fecal bacteria in the samples were performed in different cropping seasons. …”
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In vitro Evaluation of Titanium Exfoliation during Simulated Surgical Insertion of Dental Implants by Tanisha Mishra, Bhavna Jha Kukreja, Ruchi Patel, Mahesh Ghadage, Pranita Dalave, Shivani Kumari, Naina Pattnaik, Manish S. Jadhav

“…There was a statistically significant increase in particle count with increasing depth of insertion (P < 0.01). …”
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Application of combined fertilizers to improve growth, yield and essential oil composition of basil (<i>Ocimum basilicum</i> L.) by Tong Van Giang, Tran Thi Huyen, Nguyen Huu Hai

“…Basil plants treated with fertilizers exhibited increased height, la teral stem count, fresh and dry yields, chlorophyll and carotenoid content, essential oil yield, and essential oil content. …”
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Shallow Foundation Settlement Quantification: Application of Hybridized Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System Model by Mariamme Mohammed, Ahmad Sharafati, Nadhir Al-Ansari, Zaher Mundher Yaseen

“…The width of footing (B), pressure of footing (qa), geometry of footing (L/B), count of SPT blow (N), and ratio of footing embedment (Df/B) are considered as predictive variables. …”
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Vitreous Hemorrhage following High-Altitude Retinopathy by Arjun Shrestha, Rinkal Suwal, Biju Shrestha

“…The macula and optic nerve head of this eye grossly looked normal. Complete blood count, haemoglobin, ESR, CRP, sugar, renal function test, lipid panel, and serology for HIV, HCV, VDRL, and HBsAg were normal. …”
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A congestion prediction method based on trajectory mining algorithm by Liu Dongjiang, Li Leixiao, Li Jie

“…Besides, for each road, the proposed method tries to count the number of vehicles that will pass through the specific road at next time step by predicting next location for all the running vehicles based on their trajectories. …”
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Molecular-assisted analysis of indigenous chicken semen to increase rooster fertility in tropics by Jacob Alhassan Hamidu, Richard Tsekumah, Amina Iddrisu, Stepehn Gariba, Mitchell Agyei Opoku, Emmanuel Kafari, Kofi Appenteng, Patrick Nana Kyere

“…The results showed that the mean semen volume of NF males (0.399 ml) was higher compared to NN males (0.237 ml.) The sperm viability count through a trypan blue exclusion test in NF was lower (62.7%) compared to NN (67.0%). …”
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A Prospective Study Assessing Tumour Response, Survival, and Palliative Care Outcomes in Patients with HIV-Related Kaposi's Sarcoma at Queen Elizabeth Central Hospital, Blantyre, M... by H. Francis, M. J. Bates, L. Kalilani

“…At baseline assessment, the median CD4 T-cell count was 263, and 50% patients had evidence of peripheral neuropathy. …”
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Present Status of Ganges River Dolphins Platanista gangetica gangetica (Roxburgh, 1801) in the Turag River, Dhaka, Bangladesh by Mohammad Abdul Baki, Naser Ahmed Bhouiyan, Md. Saiful Islam, Shayer Mahmood Ibney Alam, Shibananda Shil, Md. Muzammel Hossain

“…Surveys were conducted on a fortnightly basis. The dolphins were counted within an 18.4 km stretch (known to be the most polluted stretch) of the 75 km long river. …”
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A Rare Variation of Transverse Testicular Ectopia (TTE) in a Young Adult as an Incidental Finding during Investigation for Testicular Pain by Chrysovalantis Gkekas, Evangelos N. Symeonidis, Ioannis Tsifountoudis, Christos Georgiadis, Vasileios Kalyvas, Apostolos Malioris, Michail Papathanasiou

“…Laboratory tests were significant for elevated follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH), while sperm count revealed azoospermia. Ultrasound imaging (US) of the scrotum demonstrated the presence of both testes in the same left hemiscrotum with varicocele and no signs of inguinal hernia. …”
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Evaluation of efficacy of GCSF in reducing neutropenia among carcinoma patients undergoing anti-cancer chemotherapy. A prospective cohort study. by Maria Kakar, Sami Ullah, Amjad Khan, Shabnam Nazir

“…Primary outcomes of the study were the extent of absolute neutrophil count (ANC) recovery, duration and severity of neutropenia (grade IV), period to fever resolution. …”
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