Traffic Flow Parameters Collection under Variable Illumination Based on Data Fusion by Shaojie Jin, Ying Gao, Shoucai Jing, Fei Hui, Xiangmo Zhao, Jianzhen Liu

“…We collected a new dataset to train the proposed method, which consists of 1000 natural daytime images and 1000 simulated nighttime images with a total of 23094 vehicles counted, where the simulated nighttime images are generated by a style translator named CycleGAN to reduce labeling workload. …”
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Acute Renal Replacement Therapy in Children with Diarrhea-Associated Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome: A Single Center 16 Years of Experience by Silviu Grisaru, Melissa A. Morgunov, Susan M. Samuel, Julian P. Midgley, Andrew W. Wade, James B. Tee, Lorraine A. Hamiwka

“…There were no bleeding events related to PD despite a mean platelets count of 40.9 (±23.5) × 103/mm3 and rare use of platelets infusions. …”
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Investigations on the Effects of Dietary Essential Oils and Different Husbandry Conditions on the Gut Ecology in Piglets after Weaning by P. Janczyk, R. Pieper, V. Urubschurov, K. R. Wendler, W. B. Souffrant

“…Enterobacteria, enterococci, lactobacilli and yeast counts were obtained by plating. Genomic DNA was extracted from digesta and polymerase chain reaction—denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis was performed. …”
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Differential Diagnosis of Autoimmune Encephalitis from Infectious Lymphocytic Encephalitis by Analysing the Lymphocyte Subsets of Cerebrospinal Fluid by Qiao-quan Zhang, Yan-fang Zhang, Nian Yu, Xing-jian Lin, Qing Di

“…A series of CD markers, including CD3/4/8/20 representing different types and developmental stages of lymphocytes, were used to count the corresponding subpopulations of CSF from clinical and laboratory confirmed cases of anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor AE (NMDAR-AE), herpes simplex virus encephalitis (HSVE), and tuberculous meningitis (TBM). …”
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Primordial Germ Cells Quality of Chicken Embryo from Post Cryopreservation Blood Samples by Nurul Azizah, Tatan Kostaman, Yuli Arif Tribudi, Diana Andrianita Kusumaningrum, Suyatno Suyatno, Zultinur Muttaqin, Eko Koswara, Muhammad Gunawan

“…Following thawing, statistical analyses revealed no significant variance in the mean PGCs count between purified PGCs and blood samples (p > 0.05). …”
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Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Removal from Two Kinds of Granite Commonly Found in Catering Kitchen by Khaddouj Amzil, Fatima Hamadi, Hassan Latrache, Rachida Mimouni, Hicham Abou Oualid, Khadija Azelmad, Aissa Saidi, Abdallah Elboulani, Mustapha Mabrouki

“…The goals of the present work were to study P. aeruginosa biofilm formation on two granites and to investigate the efficiency of sodium hypochlorite (NaCLO) against the same biofilm formed on these substrata using the plate count method (PCM) and epifluorescence microscopy (EP). …”
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Failure prediction of fissured rock under freeze-thaw cycles based on critical slowing down theory of acoustic emission multi-parameter by Xiaodie Liang, Zhixiang Liu, Kang Peng, Houqiang Wang, Shuangxia Zhang, Congxiang Yuan

“…The sudden increase in AE count and AE energy, along with the abrupt decrease in b-value, effectively reflected the failure of the specimens, while RA-AF values revel the evolution of crack types. …”
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Distribution, Density, and Abundance of Parthenium Weed (Parthenium hysterophorus L.) at Kuala Muda, Malaysia by C. M. Maszura, S. M. R. Karim, M. Z. Norhafizah, F. Kayat, M. Arifullah

“…Weed density was measured following the list count quadrat method. The mapping of weed infestation was done by the ArcGIS software using data of GPS and weed density. …”
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Circulating sCD138 and Some Angiogenesis-Involved Cytokines Help to Anticipate the Disease Progression of Early-Stage B-Cell Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia by Dariusz Wołowiec, Jarosław Dybko, Tomasz Wróbel, Donata Urbaniak-Kujda, Bożena Jaźwiec, Beata Tomaszewska-Toporska, Katarzyna Kapelko-Słowik, Stanisław Potoczek, Kazimierz Kuliczkowski

“…In patients with sCD138 level or endostatin level below the median value the lymphocyte count was higher than in patients with serum level of those cytokines above the median value. …”
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Multimedia for Fifth Year Medicine Professors and Students. Public Health Subject by Juan Rafael Zerquera Rodriguez, Sara Hernández Malpica, Hilda María Delgado Acosta, Margarita Romeu Escobar, María Lina Valdés Gómez, Pedro Hernández Sánchez, Jorge Cañella Granda, Juan Andrés Alemañy Co

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> the multimedia works so that the students and professors can agree to the software and semesters validated for its utilization according to the program of the subject of study, exercises for themes are available, it is accessed to instructive, educational and counsellors videos of different contents, the literature is updated, counts with the health programs, actions of control of focus in transmissible diseases and other documents for fifth year Medicine professor and students. …”
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Bowel Perforation in Premature Infants with Necrotizing Enterocolitis: Risk Factors and Outcomes by Lingling Yu, Jianmei Tian, Xingli Zhao, Ping Cheng, Xiaoqian Chen, Yun Yu, Xiaochun Ding, Xueping Zhu, Zhihui Xiao

“…The perforated NEC group, compared to the nonperforated NEC group, had significantly lesser gestational age, lower birth weight, higher prevalence of apnea, mechanical ventilation, sepsis and shock, lower blood pH, higher levels of blood glucose, abnormal WBC count and thrombocytopenia, and elevated CRP (all P<0.05). …”
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Anti-TNF-Alpha-Adalimumab Therapy Had Time Lag of Improvement in Synovial Hypertrophy Compared to Rapid Response in Power Doppler Synovial Vascularity by Ying-Chou Chen, Chi-Hua Ko, Jia-Feng Chen, Chung-Yuan Hsu, Wen-Chan Chiu, Tien-Tsai Cheng

“…The synovial disease activity and vascularity of RA on both wrists (radio-carpal joint) were assessed using GS and PDUS to derive the composite US scores based on abnormal counts and severity. The relationship between each measure was determined. …”
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Fibrinogen: A Marker in Predicting Diabetic Foot Ulcer Severity by X. H. Li, L. Y. Guan, H. Y. Lin, S. H. Wang, Y. Q. Cao, X. Y. Jiang, Y. B. Wang

“…Fibrinogen values were found to be correlated with CRP levels, neutrophil, and WBC count. Conclusions. Fibrinogen levels might be a valuable tool for assessing the disease severity and monitoring the disease progression in patients with DFU.…”
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Muscarinic Receptors Types 1 and 2 in the Preoptic-Anterior Hypothalamic Areas Regulate Ovulation Unequally in the Rat Oestrous Cycle by Yadira L. López-Ramírez, Kayro López-Ramírez, Isabel Arrieta-Cruz, Angélica Flores, Luciano Mendoza-Garcés, Raúl A. Librado-Osorio, Roger Gutiérrez-Juárez, Roberto Domínguez, María Esther Cruz

“…Muscarinic receptors types 1 (m1AChR) and 2 (m2AChR) in the preoptic and anterior hypothalamus areas (POA-AHA) were counted, and the effects of blocking these receptors on spontaneous ovulation were analysed throughout the rat oestrous cycle. …”
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Indigenous languages as predictors of understanding and accepting COVID-19 vaccines in Nigeria and South Africa by Israel Fadipe, Abiodun Salawu, Olanrewaju John Ogundeyi

“…The quantitative data were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistical tools, such as frequency count and percentage, chi-square, percentile and logistic regression; while the qualitative data were thematically analysed. …”
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Blood Morphology and Hematology of Adult Baikal Seals (<i>Pusa sibirica</i> Gmelin, 1788) Under Professional Care by Polina Esipova, Irina Suvorova, Veronika Yachmen, Igor Pushchin

“…Inter-individual and sex differences in the counts of basophils, platelets, red blood cells, and levels of hemoglobin, the mean corpuscular volume, and the mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration were statistically observed. …”
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Effect of Light-Activated Hypocrellin B on the Growth and Membrane Permeability of Gram-Negative Escherichia coli Cells by Yuan Jiang, Wingnang Leung, Qingjuan Tang, Hongwei Zhang, Chuanshan Xu

“…Colony forming units were counted and the growth inhibition rate of E. coli cells was calculated after light-activated hypocrellin B. …”
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Safety of Sofosbuvir and Ribavirin Combination Therapy in a Patient Who Developed Anemia due to Ribavirin by Hirokazu Suii, Itaru Ozeki, Ryoji Tatsumi, Masakatsu Yamaguchi, Mutsuumi Kimura, Tomohiro Arakawa, Tomoaki Nakajima, Yasuaki Kuwata, Takumi Ohmura, Shuhei Hige, Yoshiyasu Karino, Joji Toyota

“…We also found reticulocyte count was very low during treatment in this case and speculate it was one of the reasons that she developed hemolytic anemia with RBV. …”
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Achievement of Therapeutic Goals with Low-Dose Imiglucerase in Gaucher Disease: A Single-Center Experience by Irina Tukan, Irith Hadas-Halpern, Gheona Altarescu, Ayala Abrahamov, Deborah Elstein, Ari Zimran

“…Among 164 patients at baseline, values for spleen and liver volumes, hemoglobin and platelet counts, and Z-scores for lumbar spine and femoral were significantly different from the goal. …”
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Lack of Outer Membrane Protein A Enhances the Release of Outer Membrane Vesicles and Survival of Vibrio cholerae and Suppresses Viability of Acanthamoeba castellanii by Soni Priya Valeru, Salah Shanan, Haifa Alossimi, Amir Saeed, Gunnar Sandström, Hadi Abd

“…Surprisingly, treatment of amoeba cells with OMVs isolated from the OmpA mutant significantly decreased viable counts of the amoeba cells. In conclusion, the results might highlight a regulating rule for OmpA in survival of V. cholerae and OMVs as a potent virulence factor for this bacterium towards eukaryotes in the environment.…”
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