Screening tools for work-related musculoskeletal symptoms among workers: A rapid review of the literature by Esteban Portilla-Rojas, Laura Daniela Puche-Varón, Daniela Rivera-Guevara, Sebastián Rebolledo-Del Toro, Francisco Palencia-Sánchez

“…Results: A total of 4,584 articles were identified, with a final count of 8 articles included in the review. Screening tools identified encompassed various aspects, including work-related factors, psychosocial elements, and the working environment. …”
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Successful treatment of generalized myasthenia gravis with telitacicept: a Chinese case series and literature review by Xiaodong Song, Xiaodong Song, Yang He, Hong Jiang, Yao Yu, Yue Sun, Zhaoxu Zhang

“…Additionally, immunological assessments revealed a decrease in CD19+B lymphocyte counts and acetylcholine receptor (AChR) antibodies. …”
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Following intravenous thrombolysis, the outcome of diabetes mellitus associated with acute ischemic stroke was predicted via machine learning by Xiaoqing Liu, Miaoran Wang, Rui Wen, Haoyue Zhu, Ying Xiao, Qian He, Yangdi Shi, Zhe Hong, Bing Xu

“…Key predictors for prognosis post-thrombolysis included the National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale (NIHSS) and blood platelet count. The findings underscore the effectiveness of machine learning algorithms, particularly XGB, in predicting functional outcomes in diabetic AIS patients, providing clinicians with a valuable tool for treatment planning and improving patient outcome predictions based on receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis and accuracy assessments.…”
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Temperature Depended Role of Shigella flexneri Invasion Plasmid on the Interaction with Acanthamoeba castellanii by Amir Saeed, David Johansson, Gunnar Sandström, Hadi Abd

“…A. castellanii in the absence or presence of wild type, IpaB mutant, or plasmid-cured strain S. flexneri was cultured at 30∘C and 37∘C and the interaction was analysed by viable count of both bacteria and amoebae, electron microscopy, flow cytometry, and statistical analysis. …”
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1 × N All‐Logic Optical Switch Based on Polymer Platform Using Multimode Interferometer by Guoyan Zeng, Daming Zhang, Fei Wang, Xibin Wang, Yuexin Yin

“…The compact and broadband optical switch with a large port count is demanded with the increasing communication capacity. …”
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Lack of Effect of H2-Receptor Antagonists and Antacids on the Gastric and Duodenal Gastrin-, Somatostatin- and Serotonin-Producing Cells in Patients with Acid Peptic Disorders by WR Yacoub, ABR Thomson, P Hooper, LD Jewell

“…Biopsies obtained on different occasions over time indicated that in patients on enprostil (a synthetic E2 prostaglandin), there was a trend towards increasing cell counts, suggesting that the serum gastrin-lowering effect of this drug may result from inhibition of gastrin release. …”
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Agricultural Technology for Phytophage and Phytopathogen Resistant Planting Material by Evgenia A. Dyukova, Ekaterina G. Ulyanova, Maria A. Osintseva, Victoria A. Kryuk

“…The study revealed the developmental stages of pine seedlings and the effect of pesticides on pathogen count. After phytosanitary monitoring and preventive treatments, the seedlings were tested for the effectiveness of pesticides, fungicides, and insecticides as part of pre-planting seed treatment. …”
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Possible scenarios for the spread of mpox outside the endemic focus in Africa by Eskild Petersen, Ulrik Hvid, Oyewale Tomori, Anders Gorm Pedersen, Jacco Wallinga, Richard Pebody, Orlando Cenciarelli, Preben Aavitsland, David Van Laeken, Viggo Andreasen, Uffe Schneider, Julia Kinane Simonsen, Marlies Jilles Francine Goedknegt, Caroline Klint Johannesen, Jens D. Lundgren, Anders Koch, Bolette Søborg, Anna Mia Ekström, Hannah Nohynek, Frank M. Aarestrup, Tyra G. Krause, Lone Simonsen

“…The population at risk potentially counts 100 million but only a million vaccine doses are expected in the next year. …”
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Antifungal Potential of Biogenic Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles for Controlling Cercospora Leaf Spot in Mung Bean by Zill-e-Huma Aftab, Faisal Shafiq Mirza, Tehmina Anjum, Humaira Rizwana, Waheed Akram, Muzamil Aftab, Muhammad Danish Ali, Guihua Li

“…Application of ZnO NPs significantly improved plant metrics, including shoot, root, pod, leaf, and root nodule counts, as well as plant length, fresh weight, and dry weight—all indicators of healthy growth. …”
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Delaware Inland Bays and Market Oyster (Crassostrea virginica) Quality for Consumption by Gulnihal Ozbay, Lathadevi Karuna Chintapenta, Talaysha Lingham, Stephen Lumor, Jung-lim Lee, Bettina Taylor, Shobha Sriharan, Samuel Besong

“…There were no significant differences in total vibrio counts between the study sites (p=0.396), but significant differences were recorded over time (p=0.004). …”
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Effect of Dietary Combination of Methionine and Fish Oil on Cellular Immunity and Plasma Fatty Acids in Infectious Bursal Disease Challenged Chickens by Elham Maroufyan, Azhar Kasim, Goh Yong Meng, Mahdi Ebrahimi, Loh Teck Chwen, Parvaneh Mehrbod, Behnam Kamalidehghan, Abdoreza Soleimani Farjam

“…The results showed that the birds fed with 5.5% fish oil had higher total protein, white blood cell count, and IL-2 concentration than those of other groups at 7 days after IBD challenge. …”
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Lightweight detection model for safe wear at worksites using GPD-YOLOv8 algorithm by Jian Xing, Chenglong Zhan, Jiaqiang Ma, Zibo Chao, Ying Liu

“…Additionally, a lightweight Ghost module is integrated to replace the original backbone of YOLOv8, thereby reducing the parameter count and computational burden. Moreover, we incorporate a Dynamic Head (Dyhead) that employs an attention mechanism to effectively extract features and spatial location information critical for site safety wear detection. …”
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MELD Score Is Not Related to Spontaneous Bacterial Peritonitis by Luciana Haddad, Tatiana Morgado Conte, Liliana Ducatti, Lucas Nacif, Luiz Augusto Carneiro D’Albuquerque, Wellington Andraus

“…The ascites removed was analyzed through cellular count and culture for the diagnosis of spontaneous bacterial peritonitis. …”
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Efficient diagnostic model for iron deficiency anaemia detection: a comparison of CNN and object detection algorithms in peripheral blood smear images by Navya K. T, Seemitr Verma, Keerthana Prasad, Brij Mohan Kumar Singh

“…An examination of the complete blood count (CBC) is performed to determine general health and the presence of illnesses. …”
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Essential Thrombocythemia Complicated by Occlusive Thrombosis of the Abdominal Aorta by Jamie Geringer, Joshua Fenderson, Michael Osswald

“…To our knowledge, this is the first report of aortic thrombosis occurring in an ET patient with normal platelet count on antiplatelet and cytoreductive therapies. …”
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Nutritional properties, lipid oxidation, microbial growth, and sensory evaluation of beef burgers enriched with garden cress seeds powder by Huriyyah A. I. Almusawi, Randah Miqbil Alqurashi, Heba I. Mohamed, Abdelrahman R. Ahmed

“…The peroxide values and aerobic counts in beef burgers increased significantly (p < 0.05) over time during storage but, significantly decreased (p < 0.05) with increasing the percentage of garden cress seeds. …”
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Microbiological Quality Assessment by PCR and Its Antibiotic Susceptibility in Mangrove Crabs (Ucides cordatus) from Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by M. C. N. Carvalho, M. M. Jayme, G. S. Arenazio, F. V. Araújo, S. G. F. Leite, E. M. Del Aguila

“…The results revealed high counts for total coliforms in meat and hepatopancreas samples. …”
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Comparative efficacy of minoxidil alone versus minoxidil combined with low-level laser therapy in the treatment of androgenic alopecia: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Abdulmajeed Alosaimi, Abdullah Algarni, Abdulrahman Alharbi, Abdulmalik Alotaibi, Abdullah Alomairi, Mohannad Alsurayhi, Waleed Alharbi

“…The meta-analysis found no statistically significant differences in hair counts between the two groups at baseline, 12 weeks, and 8 weeks post-treatment [mean difference = −0.04, 95% CI −1.22 to 1.14, p = .95, I² = 0%]. …”
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Impacts of Cyclic Loading and Unloading Rates on Acoustic Emission Evolution and Felicity Effect of Instable Rock Mass by Mingwei Zhang, Qingbin Meng, Shengdong Liu, Deyu Qian, Nong Zhang

“…Increasing loading rate decreased the AE rings at loading stages, and increasing unloading rate decreased the AE rings at unloading stages in the same cycle. Total AE counts had a negative linear relationship to the loading and unloading rates. …”
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Dietary ambon lumut banana stem extract Musa cavendishii var. dwarf Paxton as an immunostimulant for white spot disease prevention in Pacific white shrimp Litopenaeus vannamei by Afriani Ramadhan, Sri Nuryati, Nur Bambang Priyoutomo, Alimuddin Alimuddin

“…The results showed that the immune responses (average total hemocyte count: 45.15×106 cells/mL, phenoloxidase activity 1.03±0.08 OD, respiratory burst 0.95±0.04 OD, phagocytic activity 94.33±1.53%, growth (specific growth rate: 7.79±0.06%/day, feed ratio conversion was 52±0.01), and survival of treatment C (survival rate 100%) were higher compared with the treatment K+ (total hemocyte count: 3.83×106 cells/mL, phenoloxidase activity 0.04±0.01 OD, respiratory burst 0.18±0.06 OD,  phagocytic activity 5.67±0.58%, specific growth rate: 2.61±0.08%/day, feed conversion ratio 2.11±0.02, survival rate: 50%). …”
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