Spectrum and trends of cancer among HIV patients in Southwestern Uganda. by Raymond Atwine, Mitala Yekosani, Abraham Birungi, Brian Ssenkumba, Barbra Tuhamize, Richard Ezinga, Keneth Male, Taseera Kabanda

“…Participants with baseline CD4 cell count > 200 cells/μl were more than twice likely to be active in care. …”
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The effect of GM-CSF and predictors of treatment outcome in pediatric septic shock patients by Zhen-Hao Yu, Gui-Xiang Tian, Yao-Dong Wang, Ting-Yan Liu, Peng Shi, Jia-Yun Ying, Wei-Ming Chen, Yu-Feng Zhou, Guo-Ping Lu, Cai-Yan Zhang

“…In addition, significant predictors of treatment outcomes included hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), lactic acid (LAC) levels, hospital-acquired septic shock (HASS), red blood cell (RBC) count, and platelet (PLT) count. Conclusions GM-CSF treatment may benefit pediatric septic shock patients, especially those with higher lactic acid, and lower RBC and platelet counts. …”
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Invasive fungal diseases in patients with autoimmune diseases: a case series from the French RESSIF network by Vincent Poindron, Benjamin Terrier, François Maillot, Jean-Pierre Gangneux, Nassim Kamar, Valéry Salle, Lilia Hasseine, François Danion, Lilia Merabet, Guillaume Desoubeaux, Éric Bailly, Milène Sasso, Antoine Néel, Simon Galmiche, Benjamin Thoreau, Stéphane Bretagne, Alexandre Alanio, André Paugam, Valérie Letscher-Bru, Sophie Cassaing, Hélène Guegan, Loïc Favennec, Alida Minoza, Florent Morio, Julie Bonhomme, Odile Eloy, Laurence Millon, Anne-Pauline Bellanger, Philippe Poirier, Maxime Moniot, Taieb Chouaki, Antoine Huguenin, Frédéric Dalle, Bernard Bouteille, Muriel Nicolas, Nicole Desbois-Nogard, Marie-Elisabeth Bougnoux, Karine Boukris-Sitbon, Fanny Lanternier, Caroline Mahinc, Marc Pihet, Magalie Demar, Céline Damiani, Marie-Fleur Durieux, Elena Charpentier, Cécile Nourrisson, Benoit Suzon

“…Lymphopenia may help identify risk of PCP, but normal CD4+T cell count does not rule out the risk. Further studies are needed to assess the individual risk factors for IFD.…”
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Research progress of access control model and policy in online social networks by Tian-zhu CHEN, Yun-chuan GUO, Ben NIU, Feng-hua LI

“…As one of the effective approach to protecting information,access control which makes the information only accessed by legitimate users and prevents information leakage,has been widely used in online social networks.The characteristics of OSN were analyzed.From two angles of access control model and access control strategy,the research of access control in online social networks were discussed deeply,the related research was counted and analyzed.…”
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Low-complexity synchronizer used in OFDM-UWB system by WANG Xue-jing, LIU Liang, YE Fan, REN Jun-yan

“…According to the results of synthesis using SMIC, 0.13μm CMOS process, the proposed design can achieve the throughput requirement with only 24% gate count and 25% power consumption of the conventional four-parallelism approach.…”
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Computational proofs of congruences for 2-colored Frobenius partitions by Dennis Eichhorn, James A. Sellers

“…In 1994, the following infinite family of congruences was conjectured for the partition function cΦ2(n) which counts the number of 2-colored Frobenius partitions of n: for all n≥0 and α≥1, cΦ2(5αn+λα)≡0(mod5α), where λα is the least positive reciprocal of 12 modulo 5α. …”
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$q$-Rationals and Finite Schubert Varieties by Ovenhouse, Nicholas

“…We give a new interpretation, showing that the numerators of $q$-rationals count the sizes of certain varieties over finite fields, which are unions of open Schubert cells in some Grassmannian.…”
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A Liquid-Based Cytology System, without the Use of Cytocentrifugation, for Detection of Podocytes in Urine Samples of Patients with Diabetic Nephropathy by Moritsugu Kimura, Masao Toyoda, Nobumichi Saito, Noriko Kaneyama, Han Miyatake, Eitaro Tanaka, Hirotaka Komaba, Masanori Hara, Masafumi Fukagawa

“…It is not clear whether the low podocyte count in DN is due to limitation of the conventional method or true pathological feature. …”
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A Retrospective Cohort Study with Blood Parameters for Early Estimation of Multiple Sclerosis: Ratio Suggestion by Esra Tekin, Sibel Canbaz Kabay, Ayşegül Küçük

“…We have concluded that complete blood count parameters and their ratios to each other can be biomarkers that can provide early diagnosis of MS.…”
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Physical Activity across Frailty Phenotypes in Females with Parkinson’s Disease by Kaitlyn P. Roland, Kayla M. D. Cornett, Olga Theou, Jennifer M. Jakobi, Gareth R. Jones

“…In non-PD, step counts, light physical activity time, sedentary time, and self-reported physical activity were related to frailty (R=0.91). …”
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Brain Abscess and Keratoacanthoma Suggestive of Hyper IgE Syndrome by Soheyla Alyasin, Reza Amin, Alireza Teymoori, Hamidreza Houshmand, Gholamreza Houshmand, Mohammad Bahadoram

“…It is characterized by an increase in IgE and eosinophil count with both T-cell and B-cell malfunction. Here, we report an 8-year-old boy whose disease started with an unusual skin manifestation. …”
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Galectin 9 rescues the inducibility of IL-10 expression in regulatory B cells of patients with food allergy by Huang Huang, Minyao Li, Shuo Song, Shiyu Feng, Xiaoyang Feng, Yu Liu, Pingchang Yang, Pengyuan Zheng

“…Although the FA and HC groups had similar total B cell counts, the FA patients had fewer IL-10+ B cell counts than the HC group. …”
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Retrospective and Prospective Investigations about “Quatrefoil” Erythrocytes in Canine Blood Smears by Alessandra Gavazza, Marianna Ricci, Martina Brettoni, Biancaurora Gugliucci, Anna Pasquini, Daniela Rispoli, Nicola Bernabò, George Lubas

“…SEM ruled out the possibility of an optical illusion or an accidental overlap. qRBCs are associated with ageing of dogs, total leukocyte and neutrophil counts, and RBC anisocytosis, polychromasia, and Howell-Jolly bodies. …”
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Sonoclot Signature Analysis in Patients with Liver Disease and Its Correlation with Conventional Coagulation Studies by Priyanka Saxena, Chhagan Bihari, Archana Rastogi, Savita Agarwal, Lovkesh Anand, Shiv Kumar Sarin

“…All patients and controls were subjected to sonoclot analysis and correlated with routine coagulation parameters including platelet count, PT, APTT, fibrinogen, and D-dimer. Results. …”
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Assessment of in ovo soursop (Annona muricata L.) leaf extract injection on intestinal microbes in Noiler chicks by Timothy T. Kuka, Simplice D. Karou, Anani Kokou, Batomayena Bakoma

“…It was concluded that in ovo injection of SLE at 0.75 µg confers intestinal health by reducing caeca E. coli count in Noiler chicks.…”
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Comparative Evaluation of Hemato-biochemical and Oxidative Parameters of Racing Horses by Jamila Abdulhamid Atata, Abdullateef Abiodun Ajadi, Muhammed Adam, Aishat Omobolanle Olatunji, Muhammed Bisalla, Sani Adamu

“…The result revealed significant changes (P < 0.05) in vital parameters such as erythrocyte count, hematocrit index, hemoglobin concentration, leucocyte count, lymphocyte, neutrophil, neutrophil: lymphocyte ratio, total protein, albumin, urea, creatinine, cortisol, lactate, lactate dehydrogenase, creatinine kinase, aspartate aminotransferase, while glucose, cholesterol, triglyceride, gamma-glutamyl transferase, malondialdehyde, glutathione peroxidase, and catalase remained unaltered (P > 0.05). …”
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Mixed vitamin C and zinc diet supplements co-administered with artemether drug improved haematological profile and survival of mice infected with Plasmodium berghei by Felicia N. Ekeh, Nkiru E. Ekechukwu, Chimdinma F. Chukwuma, Ifeanyi Oscar N. Aguzie, Chinenye M. Ohanu, Chike Ebido, Stanley N. Oluah

“…Weight, packed cell volume (PCV), white blood cell count (WBC), red blood cell count (RBC), haemoglobin concentration (HB), and mortality were assayed weekly. …”
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Health Status of Spiny Lobster Panulirus homarus with Sub-Mersible Net Cage System in the Different Depths at Kepulauan Seribu, DKI Jakarta by Dinamella Wahjuningrum, Irzal Effendi, Yani Hadiroseyani, Tatag Budiardi, Iis Diatin, Mia Setiawati, Yuni Puji Hastuti, Agus Oman Sudrajat, Yonvitner, Sri Nuryati, Putri Utami

“…Observations of total haemocyte count, differential haemocyte count, phenoloxidase activity, respiratory burst phagocytic activity and histology of lobster hepatopancreas were performed twice every 14 days. …”
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Time-Dependent Prognostic Impact of Circulating Tumor Cells Detection in Non-Metastatic Breast Cancer: 70-Month Analysis of the REMAGUS02 Study by François-Clément Bidard, Lisa Belin, Suzette Delaloge, Florence Lerebours, Charlotte Ngo, Fabien Reyal, Séverine Alran, Sylvie Giacchetti, Michel Marty, Ronald Lebofsky, Jean-Yves Pierga

“…Results. CTC count results were available before and/or after neoadjuvant chemotherapy in 115 patients. …”
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Dialysate White Blood Cell Change after Initial Antibiotic Treatment Represented the Patterns of Response in Peritoneal Dialysis-Related Peritonitis by Pichaya Tantiyavarong, Opas Traitanon, Piyatida Chuengsaman, Jayanton Patumanond, Adis Tasanarong

“…The changes of dialysate white blood cell count for each pattern were determined by multilevel regression analysis. …”
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