cfDNA as a surrogate marker for COVID-19 severity in patients with influenza-like symptoms with and without SARS-CoV-2 infections in general practice: a study protocol for a prospe... by Dorothea Dehnen, Elmo Neuberger, Jürgen in der Schmitten, Ekaterini Giagkou, Perikles Simon, Suzan Botzenhardt

“…Laboratory values of SARS-CoV-2 patients such as lymphocyte counts or C-reactive protein (CRP) do not allow a prediction of the actual course of the disease. …”
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Modeled Respiratory Tract Deposition of Smoke Aerosol from Conventional Cigarettes, Electronic Cigarettes and Heat-not-burn Products by Yawen Li, Huapeng Cui, Li Chen, Meijuan Fan, Junlan Cai, Junwei Guo, Caner U. Yurteri, Xiaoxi Si, Shaofeng Liu, Fuwei Xie, Jianping Xie

“…The DMS results showed that the particle size distribution of aerosol from the three products differed considerably, with a count median diameter of 14.2–25.4 nm, 50.6–55.3 nm and 172–179 nm for the e-cigarette, heat-not-burn product and conventional cigarette, respectively. …”
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Immunogenicity of Type IV Pilin Proteins from <i>Clostridium perfringens</i> in Chickens by Audrey Charlebois, Nicolas Deslauriers, Lila Maduro, Martine Boulianne

“…Mean OD₄₅₀ values ten times higher than the controls were obtained for IgY (<i>p</i> < 0.05) and a significantly lower cecal count of <i>C. perfringens</i> was observed in the birds injected with PilA3. …”
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Tongue-LiteSAM: A Lightweight Model for Tongue Image Segmentation With Zero-Shot by Daiqing Tan, Hao Zang, Xinyue Zhang, Han Gao, Ji Wang, Zaijian Wang, Xing Zhai, Huixia Li, Yan Tang, Aiqing Han

“…Based on the basic SAM model, the improvement involved modifying the image encoder by integrating two lightweight ViT-Tiny image encoders, effectively reducing the model&#x2019;s parameter count. Additionally, data perturbation techniques were employed to enhance the zero-shot segmentation capability of the model and ensure robust performance across different data sources. …”
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Elucidating the emotional persona in the Romanian university students’ academic discourse: a corpus-based exploration by Diana Paula Dudău, Diana Paula Dudău, Madalina Chitez, Florin Alin Sava

“…Romania’s historical and social emphasis on formality, hierarchy, and indirectness in communication serves as a backdrop for examining these dynamics.MethodA corpus-based approach was adopted, utilizing the Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count 2015 (LIWC2015) tool to analyze linguistic and emotional markers. …”
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Metabolic Syndrome in People Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus: An Assessment of the Prevalence and the Agreement between Diagnostic Criteria by Kim Anh Nguyen, Nasheeta Peer, Anniza de Villiers, Barbara Mukasa, Tandi E. Matsha, Edward J. Mills, Andre Pascal Kengne

“…Median values were 38 years (age), 5 years (diagnosed HIV duration), and 392 cells/mm3 (CD4 count), and 93% of the participants were on antiretroviral therapy (ART). …”
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Insulin Resistance of Normal Weight Central Obese Adolescents in Korea Stratified by Waist to Height Ratio: Results from the Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys... by Won Kyoung Cho, Hyojin Kim, Hyun Young Lee, Kyung Do Han, Yeon Jin Jeon, In Ah Jung, Shin Hee Kim, Kyoung Soon Cho, So Hyun Park, Min Ho Jung, Byung-Kyu Suh

“…CONW had higher levels of insulin (P<0.0001), HOMA-IR (P<0.0001), and WBC count (P<0.021) and lower level of HDL (P<0.0001) than NW in male. …”
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Functional effects of natural silicate, yeast and saponins based product on the growth and health status of the Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei by Romi Novriadi, Djumbuh Rukmono, Benny Shapira, Arik Farzeli

“…Additionally, the inclusion of NSY and SBP significantly enhance the total haemocytes count and lysozyme activity in shrimp compared to control. …”
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PCMMD: A Novel Dataset of Plasma Cells to Support the Diagnosis of Multiple Myeloma by Caio L. B. Andrade, Marcos V. Ferreira, Brenno M. Alencar, Jorge L. S. B. Filho, Matheus A. Guimaraes, Iarley Porto Cruz Moraes, Tiago J. S. Lopes, Allan S. dos Santos, Mariane M. dos Santos, Maria I. C. S. e Silva, Izabela M. D. R. P. Rosa, Gilson C. de Carvalho, Herbert H. M. Santos, Márcia M. L. Santos, Roberto Meyer, Luciana M. P. B. Knop, Songeli M. Freire, Ricardo A. Rios, Tatiane N. Rios

“…We also share a Deep Neural Network model, as a benchmark, trained to identify and count plasma and non-plasma cells automatically. …”
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Effect of endoscopic sinus surgery on eustachian tube function in adult patients with chronic rhinosinusitis by Mahmoud Atef Abdelghaffar Youssef, Nassim Talaat Nassim, MohamedNourEddin Bashir Alkeeb, Tareq Muhammad Algarf

“…Routine preoperative laboratory investigation including complete blood count (CBC), liver and kidney function tests, and coagulation profile. …”
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Vibrio Dynamics and Health Status of Pacific White Shrimp Fed with Cinnamaldehyde-Containing Feed by Dian Eka Ramadhani, Andri Hendriana, Dinamella Wahjuningrum, Muhammad Arif Mulya

“…Parameters included total bacteria (green and yellow Vibrio) in water, intestine, and hepatopancreas, as well as immune responses parameters, including total hemocyte count (THC), respiratory burst (RB), and phenol-oxidase (PO). …”
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UV-C and Nanomaterial-Based Approaches for Sulfite-Free Wine Preservation: Effects on Polyphenol Profile and Microbiological Quality by Kamila Pachnowska, Jolanta Kochel-Karakulska, Adrian Augustyniak, Valentina Obradović, Ireneusz Ochmian, Sabina Lachowicz-Wiśniewska, Ireneusz Kapusta, Klaudia Maślana, Ewa Mijowska, Krzysztof Cendrowski

“…UV-C irradiation has been proposed as an alternative for reducing the viable cell count of microorganisms in wine and grape juice. …”
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The Effect of Diacerein on Type 2 Diabetic Mellitus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials with Trial Sequential Analysis by Shizhe Guo, Xianshan Guo, Hongya Zhang, Xuan’e Zhang, Zhen Li

“…Secondary outcomes were glycosylated hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), body mass index (BMI), lipid profiles, hematological indexes including hematocrit and platelet count, and systematic inflammatory level expressed as a C-reactive protein (CRP) level. …”
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Ferric Carboxymaltose in the Management of Iron Deficiency Anemia in Pregnancy: A Subgroup Analysis of a Multicenter Real-World Study Involving 1191 Pregnant Women by Prakash Trivedi, S. Chitra, Suma Natarajan, Vandana Amin, Shilpi Sud, Priti Vyas, Meenakshi Singla, Ajinkya Rodge, Onkar C. Swami

“…Similarly, there was a significant increase in red blood cell count, hematocrit, mean corpuscular volume, and mean corpuscular hemoglobin (P<0.001 for all). …”
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Contrast-Enhanced CT May Be a Diagnostic Alternative for Gastroesophageal Varices in Cirrhosis with and without Previous Endoscopic Variceal Therapy by Qianqian Li, Ran Wang, Xiaozhong Guo, Hongyu Li, Xiaodong Shao, Kexin Zheng, Xiaolong Qi, Yingying Li, Xingshun Qi

“…Liver fibrosis blood tests, platelet count/spleen diameter ratio (PSR), and contrast-enhanced CT are diagnostic alternatives for gastroesophageal varices, but they have heterogeneous diagnostic performance among different study populations. …”
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Effect of the Ultraviolet C Light-Emitting Diode Treatment on the Quality of Soil-Grown and Pot-Grown Red Raspberries by Nicole R. Giuggioli, Daniele M. Nucera, Serenella Piano, Selene Ollani

“…Contrary to expectations, no effect of reducing the microbial count after storage was observed due to the exposure of raspberries to the UVC-LED radiation. …”
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Sex differences in the time trends of sepsis biomarkers following polytrauma by Cédric Niggli, Philipp Vetter, Jan Hambrecht, Hans-Christoph Pape, Ladislav Mica

“…WBC levels became significant from day 3 in males and day 4 in females, peaking at 12.82 counts/µL (males) and 13.16 counts/µL (females) on day 10. …”
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An Experimental Investigation on the Relationship between MS Frequency Response and Coal and Gas Outburst by Quanjie Zhu, Qingsong Li, Yu Feng, Xianwei Heng, Shaoquan Li, Tao Yang

“…First, the AE behavior of coal failure experiment was studied, and an explanation of laws was provided as follows: the fracture behavior of coal sample exhibits certain characteristics of AE response in terms of AE event count, signal amplitude, and frequency; each stage has its own physical meaning during the process of loading test. …”
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The association between neutrophil to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio and gallstones: a cross-sectional study by Yinkang Wang, Xingchen Shang, Yinchao Zhang, Yu Zhang, Wei Shen, Qian Wu, Wenyi Du

“…NHR was derived by dividing the neutrophil count by HDL-C. Data were analyzed using a variety of statistical techniques, such as univariate analysis, multivariate analysis, and subgroup analysis. …”
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Effect of Moxidectin Treatment at Peripartum on Gastrointestinal Parasite Infections in Ewes Raised under Tropical Andes High Altitude Conditions by J. J. Vargas-Duarte, H. Lozano-Márquez, H. A. Grajales-Lombana, C. Manrique-Perdomo, D. A. Martínez-Bello, C. Saegerman, M. Raes, N. Kirschvink

“…This study tested the impact of moxidectin at peripartum on nematode fecal egg count (FEC) and clinical parameters on ewes in the high altitude tropical Andes of Colombia. …”
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