Wafer-Level Characterization and Monitoring Platform for Single-Photon Avalanche Diodes by Samuel Parent, Frederic Vachon, Valerie Gauthier, Steve Lamoureux, Alexandre Paquette, Jacob Deschamps, Tommy Rossignol, Nicolas Roy, Philippe Arsenault, Henri Dautet, Serge A. Charlebois, Jean-Francois Pratte

“…In particular, the dark count rate mapping demonstrates the benefits of testing SPADs at wafer level at the R&D stage.…”
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Personalized prediction of glycemic responses to food in women with diet-treated gestational diabetes: the role of the gut microbiota by Polina V. Popova, Artem O. Isakov, Anastasiia N. Rusanova, Stanislav I. Sitkin, Anna D. Anopova, Elena A. Vasukova, Alexandra S. Tkachuk, Irina S. Nemikina, Elizaveta A. Stepanova, Angelina I. Eriskovskaya, Ekaterina A. Stepanova, Evgenii A. Pustozerov, Maria A. Kokina, Elena Y. Vasilieva, Lyudmila B. Vasilyeva, Soha Zgairy, Elad Rubin, Carmel Even, Sondra Turjeman, Tatiana M. Pervunina, Elena N. Grineva, Omry Koren, Evgeny V. Shlyakhto

“…The final model showed better correlation with measured PPGRs than one based only on carbohydrate count (r = 0.72 vs. r = 0.51 for iAUC120). Although microbiome features were important, their contribution to model performance was modest.…”
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Change of liver enzymes level during follow-up of patients exposed to vinylchloride by I. V. Kudayeva, L. A. Budarina, O. A. Dyakovich

“…It was found, that chronic VC exposition in group of service technicians and technical officers (engineering staff) at over 5 years of work experience results in decrease of alkaline phosphatases (AP) concentration, increase of contents cholinesterase (CE) and gamma-glutamyltranspeptidase (GGT) in blood serum along follow-up period. The highest count of interrelations between determinants of studied biochemical scores, work experience and-or exposition load was revealed at patients under 30 years of age.Conclusions. …”
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Assessing the Impact of Isoniazid Preventive Therapy (IPT) on Tuberculosis Incidence and Predictors of Tuberculosis among Adult Patients Enrolled on ART in Nekemte Town, Western Et... by Gemechu Tiruneh, Alemayehu Getahun, Emiru Adeba

“…Tuberculosis incidence among the Isoniazid treated group was 1.98 per 100 person-years and 4.52 per 100 person-years in the untreated group. CD4 cell count, clinical staging, body mass index (BMI), not using cotrimoxazole, body weight, and functional status were significant predictors of tuberculosis risk. …”
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Role of digital socialisation of the elderly in protecting against telephone fraud by P. I. Аnanchenkova, I. А. Turin, K. K. Makarova

“…The following has been revealed: there is a dynamic growth in the number of calls and messages received by the elderly people from telephone scammers; older people mostly count that they have a low probability of becoming a victim of phone scams; the main role of digital socialisation of the elderly in protecting against telephone fraud is to learn the rules and norms of communication in the digital environment and gain experience in remote communications. …”
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Molecular and pharmacological heterogeneity of ETV6::RUNX1 acute lymphoblastic leukemia by Zhenhua Li, Huanbin Zhao, Wenjian Yang, Maud Maillard, Satoshi Yoshimura, Yu-Chih Hsiao, Xin Huang, Yoshihiro Gocho, Lauren Rowland, Anthony Brown, Landon Choi, Kristine R. Crews, Charles G. Mullighan, Samuel W. Brady, Cheng Cheng, Ti-Cheng Chang, Gang Wu, Mignon L. Loh, Allen Eng Juh Yeoh, Federico Antillon-Klussmann, Sima Jeha, Hiroto Inaba, Jiyang Yu, Ching-Hon Pui, Seth E. Karol, William E. Evans, Jun J. Yang

“…Compared to C1, the C2 subtype features higher white blood cell counts and younger age at diagnosis, as well as better early treatment responses. …”
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Nutritional Status and Immune Functions in Maintenance Hemodialysis Patients by Hayriye Sayarlioglu, Reha Erkoc, Cengiz Demir, Ekrem Dogan, Mehmet Sayarlioglu, Ahmet Faik Oner, Imdat Dilek

“…In this study, a positive correlation between albumin, cholesterol, and triglyceride levels as nutritional parameters and immune functions in terms of total and subtype lymphocyte counts was observed. Further prospective studies are needed to determine the clinical importance of this finding and the appropriate means of measurement and effects of nutrition on immune function in hemodialysis patients.…”
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Identifying vital spreaders in large-scale networks based on neighbor multilayer contributions by Weiwei Zhu, Xuchen Meng, Jiaye Sheng, Dayong Zhang

“…This method combines the count of common neighbors with the K-shell value of each node to produce its ranking. …”
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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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Long-Term Leukocyte Filtration Should Be Avoided during Extracorporeal Circulation by Jiali Tang, Kaiyu Tao, Jing Zhou, Chongwei Zhang, Lina Gong, Nanfu Luo, Lei Du

“…We found that about 90% of leukocytes were removed after 5 min of filtration in both Groups L and S. Although leukocyte count continued to reduce, mean fluorescent intensities of CD11/CD18, free hemoglobin, and neutrophil elastase increased in Group L and were higher than those in Groups C and S at 60 min. …”
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Can Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio and Lymph Node Density Be Used as Prognostic Factors in Patients Undergoing Radical Cystectomy? by Abdullah Demirtaş, Volkan Sabur, Emre Can Akınsal, Deniz Demirci, Oguz Ekmekcioglu, Ibrahim Gulmez, Atila Tatlisen

“…Preoperatively, neutrophil and lymphocyte counts as well as neutrophil-lymphocyte ratios were recorded in 201 patients who underwent radical cystectomy for bladder cancer. …”
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Laser cutting study of zirconium alloys for nuclear decommissioning by Jae Sung Shin, Joonsoo Ock, Sungyeol Choi

“…Analyzing the physical properties of aerosols, both zirconium alloys generated larger particles with a count median aerodynamic diameter of 0.25 μm, which is approximately 15–17 % larger than that of 304 L stainless steel.…”
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A Case Report of an Atypical Presentation of IgG4-Related Disease and Idiopathic CD4 Lymphocytopenia by Francesco Rapisarda, Luca Zanoli, Grazia Portale, Salvo Scuto, Pietro Castellino

“…Idiopathic CD4 lymphocytopenia is a heterogenic and rare syndrome characterized by the detection of a persistent absolute CD4 T cells count <300 cells/mm3 (or <20% of total T cells) in more than one occasion and no evidence of HIV infection in absence of immunodeficiency or therapy associated with depressed levels of CD4 T cells. …”
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Influence of Skin Packaging on Raw Beef Quality: A Review by S. Stella, C. Bernardi, E. Tirloni

“…Above all, the influence of this typology of packaging on the microbial population of raw meat was studied, with particular attention to total viable count, aerobic spoilage bacteria, anaerobic bacteria, Enterobacteriaceae, Brochothrix thermosphacta, and lactic acid bacteria. …”
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Development of antibacterial magnetic clay-based nanocomposites for water treatment by Horue, Manuel, Barraqué, Facundo, Montes, María Luciana, Zelaya-Soulé, María Emilia, Morantes, César Fernández, Urruchua, Florencia Camila, Correa, Hilda Edith, Castro, Guillermo Raul, Fernandez, Mariela Alejandra

“…Those results were more precisely investigated using the viable plate count method. The magnetic materials had a similar antimicrobial effect to those without magnetic properties, indicating that Fe oxides can be nucleated to impart a magnetic response without affecting the biocide properties. …”
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Evaluation of immunomodulatory effects of lamotrigine in BALB/c mice by Abu-Rish Eman Y., Elhayek Shada Y., Mohamed Yehia S., Hamad Islam, Bustanji Yasser

“…This was accompanied by a significant increase in relative monocyte and neutrophil counts and in spleen cellularity. Lamotrigine significantly inhibited ConA-induced splenocyte proliferation in vitro and it significantly inhibited IL-2 and TNF-α secretion in ConA-stimulated splenocytes. …”
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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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A Bibliometric Analysis of Publications on University-Industry Collaboration Using VOSviewer and R-biblioshiny by Zhan Guofang, Mohamad Sattar Rasul, Marlissa Omar

“…This bibliometric analysis studied the development trends, publication and citation counts, research themes and trends, and international cooperation models related to university-industry collaboration from 1970 to 2023. …”
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The Effects of Substituting Glassware for Plasticware and the Use of an Ethanol Vector on Oocyte Maturation In Vitro by A. D. Macaulay, C. K. Hamilton, P. M. Bartlewski, W. A. King

“…Blastocyst rates were only decreased in the glassware-ethanol treatment when compared to plasticware-ethanol treatment. Cell counts and percentage of TUNEL-positive cells did not differ significantly. …”
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Transport and inhibition of the sphingosine-1-phosphate exporter SPNS2 by Huanyu Z. Li, Ashley C. W. Pike, Yung-Ning Chang, Dheeraj Prakaash, Zuzana Gelova, Josefina Stanka, Christophe Moreau, Hannah C. Scott, Frank Wunder, Gernot Wolf, Andreea Scacioc, Gavin McKinley, Helena Batoulis, Shubhashish Mukhopadhyay, Andrea Garofoli, Adán Pinto-Fernández, Benedikt M. Kessler, Nicola A. Burgess-Brown, Saša Štefanić, Tabea Wiedmer, Katharina L. Dürr, Vera Puetter, Alexander Ehrmann, Syma Khalid, Alvaro Ingles-Prieto, Giulio Superti-Furga, David B. Sauer

“…Accordingly, mutations in the S1P transporter SPNS2 are associated with reduced white cell count and hearing defects. SPNS2 also exports the S1P-mimicking FTY720-P (Fingolimod) and thereby is central to the pharmacokinetics of this drug when treating multiple sclerosis. …”
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