Impact of Hepatitis B Exposure on Sustained Virological Response Rates of Highly Viremic Chronic Hepatitis C Patients by Ioannis S. Elefsiniotis, Christos Pavlidis, Elena Vezali, Theodoros Mariolis-Sapsakos, Sotirios Koutsounas, George Saroglou

“…Anti-HBc positivity was more prevalent in cirrhotic, compared to noncirrhotic patients (76.9% versus 19.5%, P<.05). Serum HBV-DNA was detected in the minority of anti-HBc-positive patients (1.97%). …”
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Sublingual Buprenorphine and Methadone Maintenance Treatment: A Three-Year Follow-Up of Quality of Life Assessment by Salvatore M. Giacomuzzi, Markus Ertl, Georg Kemmler, Yyvonne Riemer, Alexander Vigl

“…Urine tests were carried out randomly to detect additional consumption. In the first study period, 53 opioid-dependent subjects were enrolled and 25 could be reached after 3 years. …”
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Long-term storage of C-141 reference strain of melioidosis agent (<i>Burkholderia pseudomallei</i>) by E. A. Artemeva, L. A. Melnikova, A. P. Rodionov

“…Potential possibility of the agent introduction to the Russian Federation as well as the risk of malevolent use of this agent as a tool of bioterrorism dictates the need for storage of this pathogen in the microorganism collections to study its properties, develop and test diagnostic, detection and identification means. Microorganism Collection Laboratory of the FSBSI “FCTRBS-ARRVI” is responsible for storage and preservation of Burkholderia pseudomallei С-141 reference strain, submitted by Federal State Scientific Institution “Russian Research Anti-Plague Institute “Microbe” under the Rospotrebnadzor (Saratov city) for research purposes in 1983 and as a back-upstrain in case of its loss by other collections. …”
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Effect of Bacillus subtilis JZXJ-7, a Strain Isolated from Shrimp Paste, on Colonic Function and Microbial Community in Mice Infected with Vibrio parahaemolyticus by ZHOU Kui, WANG Rundong, GONG Mengxue, MOU Jingyuan, DENG Yijia, LI Xuepeng, ZHANG Yuhao, LI Jianrong

“…Disease activity index (DAI), Vp load in the intestine tract (including the ileum, cecum, and colon), colonic pathological alterations, colonic cytokine contents, oxidative stress resistance, and changes in intestinal microbial community composition were detected in all groups. The results showed that the protective effect of JZXJ-7 was better at the high dose than at the low dose. …”
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Investigation of the Adequacy of 100 IU/Kg Unfractionated Heparin Loading Dose by Activated Clotting Time In Children With Congenital Heart Disease During Cardiac Catheterization by Nimet Cındık, Mahmut Gokdemır

“…Hematoma occurred at the access site in four patients (1.5%). We did not detect retroperitoneal hematoma, other bleedings at location, or thromboembolism in any of the patients. …”
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Usp7 contributes to the tail regeneration of planarians via Islet/Wnt1 axis by Ang Liang, Jinglong Liu, Zhiyuan Zhang, Jing Xiao, Dezeng Liu, Zimei Dong, Guangwen Chen

“…Methods We identified an evolutionarily conserved gene, Usp7, and utilized RNA interference (RNAi), Quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR), Whole-mount immunofluorescence, Tunnel, Whole-mount in situ hybridization (WISH), and western blotting to detect the function of Usp7 during the planarian regeneration. …”
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Re-evaluation of the efficacy of oxfendazole+oxyclozanide combination against gastrointestinal nematodes in sheep, a long time after the introduction into the turkish antiparasitic... by Onur Ceylan, Uğur Uslu, Ceylan Ceylan, Abdullah Küçükyağlıoğlu, Bayram Şenlik

“…At day 7 of post-treatment, few eggs were detected only in one sheep, and the mean of fecal egg counts of the treatment group was 66.7 ±66.7. …”
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Optical Imaging of Integrin αβ Expression with Near-Infrared Fluorescent RGD Dimer with Tetra(ethylene glycol) Linkers by Zhaofei Liu, Shuanglong Liu, Gang Niu, Fan Wang, Shuang Liu, Xiaoyuan Chen

“…In summary, NIRF imaging with IRDye800-E[PEG 4 -c(RGDfK)] 2 offers an easy, fast, and low-cost way to detect and semiquantify tumor integrin α v β 3 expression in living subjects.…”
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Role of Helicobacter pylori Eradication Therapy on Platelet Recovery in Chronic Immune Thrombocytopenic Purpura by Khan Sheema, Ujjan Ikramdin, Naz Arshi, Naz Farah, Sheikh Imran

“…H. pylori stool antigen (HpSA) was detected in 34 (40%) patients and hence regarded as H. pylori positive; the rest were negative. …”
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EZH2 Might Affect Macrophage Chemotaxis and Anti-Inflammatory Factors by Regulating CCL2 in Dental Pulp Inflammation by Ziqi Hu, Yingyi Chen, Jie He, He Liu, Tianqian Hui

“…Immunohistochemistry staining was used to detect changes of the expression of EZH2 and tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) in dental pulp inflammation. …”
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Scientific provision of an effective development of soybean breeding and seed production in the Russian Far East by V. T. Sinegovskaya

“…Together with Japanese scientists from the University of Niigata, the astragalus mosaic virus was detected on Canadian and Chinese varieties in Primorsky Krai and the Amur Region using DNA analysis. …”
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Correlation of severity of alcohol dependence with liver dysfunction (by transient elastography) in freshly diagnosed cases of alcohol dependence syndrome by Guggilla Madhusudhan, Kartikeya R Singh, Om Panda, Priyadarshee Patra

“…Background: Alcohol-related liver disease contributes significantly to global mortality and healthcare costs, underscoring the urgency of early detection and non-invasive diagnostic tools such as transient elastography. …”
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Evaluation of Cognitive Functions in People Living with HIV Before and After COVID-19 Infection by Dimtrios Basoulis, Elpida Mastrogianni, Irene Eliadi, Nikolaos Platakis, Dimitris Platis, Mina Psichogiou

“…Conclusions: MOCA can detect early changes in cognitive function in PLWHIV. …”
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Variation of DNA Repair Genes APE1 and RAD18 in β-Thalassemia Patients by Nawras Najah Jawad, Mona N. Al-Terehi

“…Objectives: The objective of the study was to detect the apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease enzyme (APE1) Asp148Glu (rs3136820) and RAD18 Arg302Gln (rs373572) in β-thalassemia patients. …”
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Salivary Fractalkine Differentiating Periodontitis from Periodontally Healthy Subjects by Omer Mohammed Harbood, Raghad Fadhil Abbas

“…Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) were used to detect the protein levels of salivary CX3CL1 and CX3CR1. …”
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Cross-cultural Adaptation, Translation, and Validation of Gujarati Version of Neck Disability Index in Patients with Chronic Neck Pain by Shlesha Vaidya, Shreya Vaid

“…The psychometric testing included evaluation of factor structure by exploratory factor analysis, reliability by test–retest reliability and internal consistency, agreement by Bland–Altman plots and value of measurement error (standard error of measurement and minimal detectable change), construct validity by assessing hypotheses of NDI-G correlations with the Gujarati version of Neck Pain and Disability (NPAD-G) and Gujarati version of BDI (BDI-G). …”
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Lipidomics-based investigation of its impact on the pathogenesis of coronary atherosclerosis: a Mendelian randomization study by Qun Wang, Yuan Cao, Lianqun Jia

“…Random-effects inverse variance weighted (IVW) MR analyses were performed by a series of sensitivity assessments to measure the robustness of our findings and to detect any violations of MR assumptions. Results Through IVW, MR-Egger and weighted median regression methods, we inferred that these six lipid metabolites: cholesterol levels, sterol ester (27:1/18:2) levels, triacylglycerol (52:4) levels, triacylglycerol (52:5) levels, diacylglycerol (18:1_18.2) levels, triacylglycerol (53:4), could directly impact the development of atherosclerosis. …”
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Complexity and recurrence of body surface electrocardiograms correlate with estimated reentrant atrial activity using electrocardiographic imaging in atrial fibrillation patients by Rubén Molero, Olivier Meste, Ralf Peeters, Joël Karel, Pietro Bonizzi, María S. Guillem

“…This study aims to correlate electrocardiographic imaging (ECGI) detected reentrant patterns with BSPM-calculated signal complexity and recurrence metrics. …”
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Overexpression of MiR-183/96/182 Triggers Retina-Like Fate in Human Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells (hBMSCs) in Culture by Mohammad-Reza Mahmoudian-Sani, Fatemeh Forouzanfar, Samira Asgharzade, Nilufar Ghorbani

“…CRX and rhodopsin (RHO) levels were also measured through qRT-PCR and immunocytochemistry, and subsequently, cellular change morphology was detected. The findings showed no changes in the morphology of the given cells, and the expression of the neuroretinal genes such as OTX2, NRL, and PKCα. …”
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Gas Expansion Energy Model and Numerical Simulation of Outburst Coal Seam under Multifield Coupling by Jie Cao, Qianting Hu, Yanan Gao, Minghui Li, Dongling Sun

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