Human Placenta-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Reduce Mortality and Hematoma Size in a Rat Intracerebral Hemorrhage Model in an Acute Phase by Bo Young Choi, Ok Joon Kim, Sae-Hong Min, Jeong Hyun Jeong, Sang Won Suh, Tae Nyoung Chung

“…Mortality, hematoma volume, ventricular enlargement, brain edema, and degenerating neuron count were compared at 24 hours after ICH induction. …”
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Detailed Histologic Evaluation of Eosinophilic Esophagitis in Pediatric Patients Presenting with Dysphagia or Abdominal Pain and Comparison of the Histology between the Two Groups by Thirumazhisai S. Gunasekaran, Christopher Chu, Nemencio Ronquillo, Rohini Chennuri, Brian Adley, Kristina Borgen, Alan Schwartz, Robert Newberry, James Berman

“…To compare esophageal histology in detail, apart from the eosinophil count, between EoE-D and EoE-AP. Method. Biopsies of patients with EoE-D and EoE-AP were reevaluated for 10 additional histological criteria, in addition to the eosinophil count. …”
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Diabetic Macular Edema Treatment with Bevacizumab Does Not Depend on the Retinal Nonperfusion Presence by Bogumiła Sędziak-Marcinek, Sławomir Teper, Elżbieta Chełmecka, Adam Wylęgała, Mateusz Marcinek, Mateusz Bas, Edward Wylęgała

“…NPA distribution, leakage area distribution, microaneurysm (MA) count, macular CST, diabetic retinopathy severity, and best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA) were assessed. …”
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Detection of Viable Zygosaccharomyces rouxii in Honey and Honey Products via PMAXX-qPCR by Shiqiong Chen, Qingyan Tang, Jianqiang Geng, Yanqin Liu, Jie Jiang, Xuefeng Cai, Hong Cao, Yantao Wu, Yan Ren, Kai Liu, Yue Cao

“…Living Z. rouxii cells in 18 real honey samples were detected using this PMAXX-qPCR method and compared with the plate count method. The two methods showed consistent detection results in ten negative samples. …”
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Recovery of Prenatal Baicalein Exposure Perturbed Reproduction by Postnatal Exposure of Testosterone in Male Mice by Sridevi Vaadala, Naveen Ponneri, Venkata Shashank Karanam, Sri Bhashyam Sainath, Pamanji Sreenivasuala Reddy, Ramachandra Reddy Pamuru, Arifullah Mohammed

“…The BC exposure significantly reduced the body weight, tissue indices, and sperm parameters (motility, count, viability, and daily sperm count) and altered the sperm membrane in a hypoosmotic swelling test. …”
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Bacterial diversity determination using culture-dependent and culture-independent methods by M. Ghiasian, A. Akhavan Sepahy, M.A. Amoozegar, S. Saadatmand, M. Shavandi

“…High viable counts (1 – 3 × 106) were obtained in culture media. …”
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Time-Frequency Characteristics and the Influence Mechanism of the EMR from Coal with Different Joint Angles by Hongwei Mu, Dazhao Song, Shan Yin, Xueqiu He, Liming Qiu, Dongfang Su, Yang Liu

“…The study finds that, (1) with the increase of joint angle, the failure time and peak load of samples decrease first and increase later, and the postpeak failure time decreases gradually. The EMR counts’ peak value showed a slow rise, a sharp rise, and a slow rise in the three intervals of α = 0° to 45°, 45° to 60°, and 60° to 90°, respectively. …”
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Sorghum Malt Extract as a Growth Medium for Lactic Acid Bacteria Cultures: A Case of Lactobacillus plantarum MNC 21 by Stellah Byakika, Ivan Muzira Mukisa, Yusuf Byenkya Byaruhanga

“…Maximum microbial counts in the extracts and MRS broth were 9 and 10 log cfu/mL, respectively. …”
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Human Activity as a Growing Threat to Marine Ecosystems: Plastic and Temperature Effects on the Sponge <i>Sarcotragus spinosulus</i> by Jessica Lombardo, Maria del Mar Ribas-Taberner, Maria Magdalena Quetglas-Llabrés, Samuel Pinya, Llorenç Gil, Silvia Tejada, Antoni Sureda, Montserrat Compa

“…In conclusion, affected sponges exhibited elevated CFU counts of <i>Vibrio</i> spp. and reduced antioxidant and detoxification responses under elevated temperatures. …”
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Erythrogram Profile of Blood Samples Anticoagulated with Tri-potassium Ethylene Diamine Tetraacetic Acid (K3EDTA) Stored for 48 Hours at 4oC by Putri Azzahrah, Anita Esfandiari, Arief Purwo Mihardi, Sus Derthi Widhyari, Retno Wulansari, Putri Indah Ningtias

“…The results showed increased (p < 0.05) erythrocyte counts and hematocrit values after 9–24 and 6–48 h of storage, respectively. …”
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Effect of Curry Leaf (Murraya koenigii) as Edwardsiellosis Treatment on Gourami Fish (Osphronemus goramy) by Muyassar H. Abualreesh, Agus Pariawan, Annisa Isti Fauziyyah, Farid Mukhtar Riyadi, Mohammad Fadjar, Arief Prajitno, Arif Syaifurrisal, Muhammad Browijoyo Santanumurti, Suciyono Suciyono

“…The most effective dose in treating Edwardsiellosis in gourami fish was found to be 600 mg/L, as it significantly improved various hematological parameters, including hematocrit, hemoglobin, erythrocyte count, leukocyte count, lymphocytes, monocytes, and neutrophils. …”
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HIV-Associated Central Nervous System Disease in Patients Admitted at the Douala General Hospital between 2004 and 2009: A Retrospective Study by Henry Namme Luma, Benjamin Clet Nguenkam Tchaleu, Elvis Temfack, Marie Solange Doualla, Daniela Pamela Ntchankam Ndenga, Yacouba Njankouo Mapoure, Alfred Kinyuy Njamnshi, Vincent-de-Paul Djientcheu

“…The mean age of the study population was years, and median CD4 count was 49 cells/mm3 (interquartile range (QR): 17–90). …”
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Changes in Quality and Flavor of Chopped Chili Peppers in Ceramic Jars during Fermentation by WANG Hongwei, LIU Hongjuan, QIN Yeyou, XU na, HU Jialiang, YUAN Xiao, LIU Yang, JIANG Liwen

“…In order to investigate changes in the quality, flavor and major aroma components of pickled chilies in ceramic jars during fermentation, this study used headspace solid-phase microextraction coupled with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (HS-SPME-GC-MS) to analyze the volatile substances of pickled chilies in ceramic jars from a certain producer after storage for 1–5 years and determined their physicochemical indexes and total bacterial counts. The results showed that the levels of soluble salt-free solids, total acids, total esters, amino nitrogen and total colony count of chopped chili peppers kept changing with storage time, and the quality and aroma kept improving in the first three years, and then the quality declined in the fourth year. …”
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Effects of Quorum Sensing Systems on Regulatory T Cells in Catheter-Related Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilm Infection Rat Models by Lei Feng, Qingqing Xiang, Qing Ai, Zhengli Wang, Yunhui Zhang, Qi Lu

“…In PAO1 group, the bacterial clearance rates were lower, total cell counts were higher, pathological changes were severer, and the levels of Foxp3, TGF-β1, and IL-10 were significantly higher compared with QS-mutant groups (p<0.05). …”
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The Mechanisms of the Regulation of Immune Response in Patients with Comorbidity of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease and Asthma by Elena P. Kalinina, Yulia K. Denisenko, Tatyana I. Vitkina, Elena G. Lobanova, Tatyana P. Novgorodtseva, Marina V. Antonyuk, Tatyana A. Gvozdenko, Vera V. Knyshova, Anna V. Nazarenko

“…The specific features in comorbid COPD and asthma were lymphocytosis, increased absolute count of T-helper cells, increased cytotoxic T-lymphocytes in relative and absolute count, increased relative and absolute numbers of B-lymphocytes, and high levels of total IgE. …”
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Nootkatone Derivative Nootkatone-(E)-2-iodobenzoyl hydrazone Promotes Megakaryocytic Differentiation in Erythroleukemia by Targeting JAK2 and Enhancing JAK2/STAT3 and PKCδ/MAPK Cro... by Yang Pan, Feng Xiao, Chaolan Pan, Hui Song, Peng Zhao, Meijun Chen, Liejun Huang, Jue Yang, Xiaojiang Hao

“…In vivo, N2 treatment led to a marked increase in platelet counts and megakaryocytic cell counts. Mechanistically, N2 activated a crosstalk between the JAK2/STAT3 and PKCδ/MAPK signaling pathways, enhancing transcriptional regulation of key factors like <i>GATA1</i> and <i>FOS</i>. …”
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Pilot clinical trial of neoadjuvant toll-like receptor 7 agonist (Imiquimod) immunotherapy in early-stage oral squamous cell carcinoma by Angela J. Yoon, Richard D. Carvajal, Evan M. Graboyes, John M. Kaczmar, William G. Albergotti, Alexandra E. Kejner, Scott H. Troob, Elizabeth Philipone, Jean-Sebastien Anoma, Kent E. Armeson, Elizabeth G. Hill, Mary S. Richardson, Tina R. Woods, Bhishamjit S. Chera, Farzad Nourollah-Zadeh, Byung J. Lee, Subramanya Pandruvada, Antonis Kourtidis, Christina Kingsley, Elizabeth C. O’Quinn, Stephanie Mills, Victoria C. Jordan, Mike Spencer, Danielle Fails, Trevor D. McKee, Mark Zaidi, Alan Brisendine, Shane Horn, Shikhar Mehrotra, Besim Ogretmen, Jason G. Newman

“…We report a single-arm, open-label, pilot clinical trial assessing the efficacy and safety of topical toll-like receptor-7 (TLR-7) agonist, imiquimod, utilized in a neoadjuvant setting in early-stage oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC).MethodsThe primary endpoint is reduction in tumor cell counts assessed by quantitative multiplex immunofluorescence and the immune-related pathologic response. …”
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Sunburn as a Cause of Unexpected Neutrophilia in a Healthy Pregnant Woman by Robert Harper

“…The sunburn recovered and her neutrophil count spontaneously normalised. Conclusion. Clinicians can add sunburn to the broad differential diagnosis of neutrophilia.…”
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Idiopathic CD4 lymphocytopenia: An uncommon but fatal cause of Pneumocystis pneumonia by Julia Schearer, Christopher Merrick

“…Here, we present a case of fatal PCP in a patient without a known history of immunocompromise subsequently diagnosed with idiopathic CD4 lymphocytopenia (ICL) with an absolute CD4+ T-cell count of 7 cells/uL.…”
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The Polish Institute of International Affairs: Its legal and financial issues by Jacek Wantoch-Rekowski

“…This article concerns the Polish Institute of International Affairs, which is a state legal person and counts as a unit of the public finance sector. It has a relatively long tradition, as it was established in 1947. …”
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