Pulmonary Toxoplasmosis Diagnosed on Transbronchial Lung Biopsy in a Mechanically Ventilated Patient by Delyse Garg, Nikhil Madan, Omar Qaqish, Sandhya Nagarakanti, Vipul Patel

“…In persons living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), toxoplasmosis occurs when CD4 counts are very low and is considered an acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) defining illness. …”
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Effect of Tonifying deficiency and Zhengqi porridge on immune function reconstruction in HIV/AIDS patients with Qi deficiency (补虚正气粥对艾滋病气虚型患者免疫功能重建的影响研究)... by WEI Yan (魏艳), LI shu (李树), YUAN Hongxia (袁洪霞), ZHANG Ying (张英), LIU Xiaoli (刘小丽), LIU Lingling (刘玲玲)

“…All patients received the highly active anti-retroviral therapy, and those in the treatment group were given Tonifying deficiency and Zhengqi porridge. The CD4+ T-cell count was measured before, 3 months and 6 months after intervention. …”
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Phase I study of efineptakin alfa (NT-I7) for the treatment of Kaposi sarcoma by Leonard D’Amico, Martin Cheever, Steven P Fling, Anna Wright, Kathryn Lurain, Ramya Ramaswami, Irene Ekwede, Thomas S Uldrick, Robert Yarchoan, Judith C Kaiser, Angela Shaulov Kask, Manoj P Menon, Paul Couey, Eli Burnham, Allysson Angeldekao, Byung Ha Lee, Li-Lian Kwok, Chia-Ching Jackie Wang

“…The overall KS objective response rate to NT-I7 was 42.9% (95% CI 9.9%, 81.6%) and all three responders were PWH. Absolute lymphocyte counts, CD4+ and CD8+ T-cell counts increased among all participants following administration of NT-I7. …”
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An Ultra-Low Power, Adaptive All-Digital Frequency-Locked Loop With Gain Estimation and Constant Current DCO by Imran Ali, Hamed Abbasizadeh, Muhammad Riaz Ur Rehman, Muhammad Asif, Seong Jin Oh, Young Gun Pu, Minjae Lee, Keum Cheol Hwang, Youngoo Yang, Kang-Yoon Lee

“…With decrease in frequency resolution, DCO clock counts for each capacitor bank bit evaluation dynamically increases with the proposed technique for accurate frequency tracking. …”
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Angiogenesis Regulated by Electroacupuncture Combined with Rehabilitation Training in Cerebral Ischemia Involved in PI3K/Akt Signaling Pathway by Wenchao YAO, Mengxing LI, Qing LIU, Mingyue TONG, Peng HE, Wei TANG

“…The relative expression levels of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF), brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF), PI3K and Akt were detected by Western blot and RT-PCR respectively.Results:(1) The neurons in the ischemic area of the model group were irregular in morphology, vacuolation, reduction of glycosomes and autophagic vesicles in the cytoplasm, swelling of mitochondria and pyknosis of nucleus; Compared with the model group, on day 3, 7 and 14 of treatment, the neuron cell membrane of the combined acupuncture group showed a tendency to repair, and the structure of organelles and the degree of vacuolation were significantly improved.(2) On day 3, 7 and 14 of treatment, the MVD count of cerebral ischemia area was statistically significant in different groups (<italic>F</italic>_Intergroup=141.762, <italic>P</italic>&lt; 0.001), the MVD count of the combined acupuncture group was higher than that of the other two groups, the difference was statistically significant respectively (<italic>P</italic>&lt; 0.01); On day 3, 7 and 14 of treatment, there was significant difference in the change trend of different time points respectively (<italic>F</italic>_Time=81.920, <italic>P</italic>&lt; 0.001), the combined acupuncture group increased significantly on the 14th day of treatment, and the differences were statistically significant (<italic>P</italic>&lt; 0.01); MVD count had group×time obvious interaction (<italic>F</italic>_Interaction=44.960, <italic>P</italic>&lt; 0.001). (3) The variance analysis of repeated measurements of VEGF, BDNF, PI3K, Akt proteins in the brain tissue of the ischemic area showed that the variables were statistically significant among different groups respectively (<italic>F</italic>_Intergroup=398.772, 903.082, 2 312.264, and 1 581.880, <italic>P</italic>&lt; 0.001). …”
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Ameliorating potential effects of natural biological formulations and biostimulants on plant health and quality attributes in coriander-fenugreek intercropped strawberry (Fragaria... by Priya Thakur, Pramod Kumar, CL Sharma, Uday Sharma, Nisha Sharma, Tanzin Ladon

“…Microbial biomass in terms of total bacteria, soil fungi, actinobacterial count, phosphorous solubilizing bacteria, AM spore population, Azotobacter count and Soil enzymatic activity of phosphatase and dehydrogenases showed a steady rise after application of GJ @ 100 g/m2 + JV @ 20% + Azolla @ 200 g/plant. …”
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Non-Invasive Diagnostic Tests for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis by Sun Y, Hu D, Yu M, Liang SB, Zheng Y, Wang X, Tong G

“…Bayesian calculations were performed using the Rstan package, specifying parameters like MCMC chain count, iteration count, and operational cycles. The methodological quality of included studies was assessed using the QUADAS-2 tool.Results: Out of 15,877 studies, 180 were included in the quantitative synthesis, and 102 were used in head-to-head meta-analyses. …”
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Inflammatory Markers and Severity in COVID-19 Patients with Clostridioides Difficile Co-Infection: A Retrospective Analysis Including Subgroups with Diabetes, Cancer, and Elderly by Teodor Cerbulescu, Flavia Ignuta, Uma Shailendri Rayudu, Maliha Afra, Ovidiu Rosca, Adrian Vlad, Stana Loredana

“…We collected baseline demographics, comorbidities, and laboratory parameters including C-reactive protein (CRP), Interleukin-6 (IL-6), ferritin, neutrophil and lymphocyte counts, albumin, platelet counts, and calculated indices (C-reactive protein to Albumin Ratio (CAR), Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio (NLR), Prognostic Nutritional Index (PNI), SII). …”
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Resveratrol-derived carbon dots integrated into gelatin/chitosan multifunctional films for intelligent packaging by Tianxin Fu, Yuchao Feng, Shu Zhang, Yanan Sheng, Changyuan Wang

“…When applied to keeping pork fresh, the gelatin/chitosan/Res-CDs film significantly reduced the total viable bacterial count on the pork surface and effectively prevented pork discoloration. …”
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Unusual presentation of secondary CNS lymphoma with punctate intralesional and intraventricular hemorrhage by Daniel De-Liang Loh, Ira Sun, Shiong Wen Low, Pin Lin Kei

“…The conventional wisdom is that the presence of intralesional hemorrhage in an immunocompetent patient strongly counts against the diagnosis of lymphoma; however more recent evidence suggests that the distinction is more nuanced. …”
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Contribution of Unresolved Sources to Diffuse Gamma-Ray Emission from the Galactic Plane by Jiayin He, Houdun Zeng, Yi Zhang, Qiang Yuan, Rui Zhang, Jun Li

“…In this work, we utilize a nonparametric method to derive the source count distribution using the published first LHAASO source catalog. …”
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Novel yeast Pichia kudriavzevii alleviates aflatoxins induced toxicopathology in broiler chickens through immunomodulation and antioxidant enhancement by Ashiq Ali, Aisha Khatoon, Muhammad Kashif Saleemi, Rao Zahid Abbas, Bilal Murtaza, Kaynaat Akbar, Qaisar Tanveer, Sami Ullah Khan Bahadur, Hissah Abdulrahman Alodaini, Mai Ahmad Alghamdi

“…Assessment encompassed a comprehensive array of parameters including performance metrics, hepatic and renal biomarkers, interleukin concentrations, blood cell counts, hemoglobin concentration, packed cell volume, antibody response to sheep red blood cells, lymphoproliferative response to PHA-P, phagocytic response utilizing the carbon clearance assay system, as well as evaluation of oxidants and antioxidants. …”
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Effect of Plasma-Activated Water Combined with Biological Preservatives on Beef Preservation by KE Zhigang, TIAN Yuling, LIU Shulai, ZHOU Xuxia, DING Yuting

“…The results demonstrated that after storage under vacuum at 4 ℃ for 28 days, the total bacterial count of beef treated with the preservative was 5.1 (lg(CFU/g)), within the acceptable limit. …”
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Some quality properties of turkish fermented sausages consumed in konya by Mustafa Atasever, Abdullah Keleş, Ahmet Güner, Gürkan Uçar

“…At the result of microbiological analyzes, the average count oftotal microorganisms, Coliform groups, Staphylococcus-Micrococcus and yeast and mould were determined as 5.7x10⁶, 7.4x10³, 3.2x10⁵ and 6.4x10⁴ /g respectively. …”
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Cultivable Fungi from Amazon River Dolphins Engaged in Wildlife Ecotourism in the Anavilhanas National Park, Brazil by Marla Jalene Alves, Fernanda Rodrigues Fonseca, Layssa do Carmo Barroso, Érica Simplício de Souza, Marcelo Derzi Vidal, Ani Beatriz Jackisch-Matsuura, João Vicente Braga de Souza, Salvatore Siciliano

“…Water samples exhibited higher fungal counts and diversity, with Rhodotorula mucilaginosa, Exophiala dermatitidis, Penicillium citrinum, Fomitopsis meliae, and Nectria pseudotrichia identified at the collection site and Candida spencermartinsiae and Penicillium chermesinum at the city harbor. …”
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Hydrogen Peroxide Induced Colitis: A Case Report and Literature Review by Dushyant Pawar, Anna Calara, Roy Jacob, Nancy Beck, Alan N. Peiris

“…Physical exam, vital signs, blood, and electrolyte counts were normal, but CT scans showed mucosal thickening of the rectum and colon. …”
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An emerging view of neural geometry in motor cortex supports high-performance decoding by Sean M Perkins, Elom A Amematsro, John Cunningham, Qi Wang, Mark M Churchland

“…MINT’s computations are simple, scale favorably with increasing neuron counts, and yield interpretable quantities such as data likelihoods. …”
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Glutamate enhances shrimp antibacterial ability by boosting its cellular immunity by Lei Ma, Wenyong Jiang, Zhiyao Lu, Yanmei Tong, Qingyun Liu, Zhonghua He, Xiuli Chen, Yongzhen Zhao, Fan Wang

“…In this study, we demonstrate a correlation between plasma glutamate increased the total hemocyte counts in shrimp within two hours, an effect that was reversed by co-injection with a Grik2 inhibitor. …”
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Enterococcus faecium WB2000 Inhibits Biofilm Formation by Oral Cariogenic Streptococci by Nao Suzuki, Masahiro Yoneda, Yuko Hatano, Tomoyuki Iwamoto, Yosuke Masuo, Takao Hirofuji

“…After culturing, the pH did not differ between single and dual cultures. The viable counts of floating mutans streptococci were lower in dual cultures with E. faecium WB2000 than in single cultures. …”
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Enhanced Antibacterial Activity of Lactoperoxidase–Thiocyanate–Hydrogen Peroxide System in Reduced-Lactose Milk Whey by Ahmad Ni’matullah Al-Baarri, Novia Tri Damayanti, Anang Mohamad Legowo, İsmail Hakkı Tekiner, Shigeru Hayakawa

“…This solution was then added to milk, skimmed milk, untreated whey, reduced-LPO whey, reduced-lactose whey, and high-lactose solution containing E. coli at an initial count of 6.0 log CFU/mL. LPOS showed the greatest reduction of bacteria (1.68 ± 0.1 log CFU/mL) in the reduced-lactose whey among the products tested. …”
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