A blinded comparison of fluticasone propionate with budesonide via powder devices in adult patients with moderate-to-severe asthma: a clinical evaluation by N. Ringdal, P. Swinburn, R. Backman, P. Plaschke, A. P. Sips, P. Kjaersgaard, G. Bratten, T. A. J. Harris

“…In Vitro and in vivo data have demonstrated that there are detectable differences between inhaled corticosteroids commonly used to treat asthma. …”
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Effect of Triple Acupuncture Therapy Combined with Rehabilitation Training on CGRP Content in Peripheral Blood, Motor Function and Activity of Daily Living of Spinal Cord Injury Pa... by Yinjie CUI, Qian WANG, Yue JIANG, Anren ZHANG

“…Before treatment, after one month, two months, and three months of treatment, CGRP content in peripheral blood of the two groups was detected, and the American spinal injury association (ASIA) motor score, ASIA sensory score, modified Barthel index (MBI) score were measured.Results:The CGRP content in the two groups was lower significantly than that in the normal control group (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). …”
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High-field MRI findings in epileptic dogs with a normal inter-ictal neurological examination by Stephanie Phillipps, Rita Goncalves

“…Seventy-six dogs (18.5%) had abnormalities detected on MRI, 60 (78.9%) of which were considered to be incidental. …”
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Development of Analytical Methods for Determination of β-Carotene in Pumpkin (Cucurbita maxima) Flesh, Peel, and Seed Powder Samples by Mulu Hagos, Mesfin Redi-Abshiro, Bhagwan Singh Chandravanshi, Estifanos Ele Yaya

“…The β-carotene content in the pumpkin seed was not detected by NIR and FTIR spectroscopic methods.…”
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Advanced shooting target with bullet collector, semi-automatic bulls-eye paper positioning and automatic shooting score by Dena Hendriana, Yunita Umniyati, Erikson Ferry Soonggalon, Isaac Hansen Averino, Mohammad Rizky Gartina, Rakhmad Aryo, Iwan Iwan, Prima Kharisma Indra Yahya

“…This target system has a roll of bulls-eye paper and the roller is powered by a servo motor controlled by a switch to command a fresh new page of bulls-eye its positioning is helped by an infrared sensor to detect markers in the paper for correct positioning. …”
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Manure application increases soil doxycycline and zinc levels and resistance gene abundance by Jian Zhao, Jiangjie He, Yurou Han, Junwei Liang, Yucheng Chen, Yimo Zhang, Jizhen Liu, Qizhong Huang, Weihong Xu

“…Doxycycline (DOX) and zinc (Zn), are frequently detected in livestock manure. Untreated excrement carries a sizable load of DOX and Zn into the soil, exacerbating agricultural nonpoint source pollution. …”
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A Lightweight Mitigation Technique Against a Modified Version Number Attack in IoT Networks by Ibrahim S. Alsukayti, Mohammed Alreshoodi, Mehdi Rouissat

“…Experimental testing of DVN-SRPL demonstrated its efficiency in detecting and containing DVN attacks. It succeeded in mitigating the adverse effects of the attacks with considerable reductions of 179% and 142% in energy consumption and network overhead, respectively. …”
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Heterozygous pathogenic STT3A variation leads to dominant congenital glycosylation disorders and functional validation in zebrafish by Linxue Meng, Zhixu Fang, Li Jiang, Yinglan Zheng, Siqi Hong, Yu Deng, Lingling Xie

“…We constructed wild-type and variant plasmids, transfected them into HEK293T cells and detected the expression levels of the STT3A protein. …”
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Implementation of Uterine Artery Doppler Scanning: Improving the Care of Women and Babies High Risk for Fetal Growth Restriction by Emmanuel Ekanem, Faris Karouni, Emmanuoil Katsanevakis, Habiba Kapaya

“…However, the findings call into question a focus solely on the UtAD PI for improving FGR detection without taking into account bilateral notching.…”
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Clinical Evaluation of the Diagnostic Role of MicroRNA-155 in Breast Cancer by Fatemeh Hosseini Mojahed, Amir Hossein Aalami, Vahid Pouresmaeil, Amir Amirabadi, Mahdi Qasemi Rad, Amirhossein Sahebkar

“…The ROC curve analysis showed that the AUC was 0.89 (77.78% sensitivity and 88.89% specificity), and the cutoff was 1.4 (Youden index: 0.6667) for detecting breast cancer. Conclusion. The findings of this study revealed that serum miR-155 may serve as a potential noninvasive molecular biomarker for breast cancer diagnosis and can help predict the grade of the disease.…”
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Kidney REPLACEment therapies in patients with acute kidney injury and RHABDOmyolysis (ReplaceRhabdo): a pilot trial by Lorenz Weidhase, Antonia Borrmann, Anja Willenberg, Meinhard Mende, Christina Scharf-Janßen, Sirak Petros, Jonathan de Fallois

“…However, as a greater decline in clearance performance was observed over time, no better performance was detected over the whole study period. Simulation of different device combinations showed the highest myoglobin clearance for CVVHD-HCO combined with CS with a 12-hourly adsorber exchange interval. …”
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Isolation and Evaluation of Clinically Important Acinetobacter Baumannii From Intensive Care Unit Samples by Mohamed Mowfik Sehree, Hanaa N. Abdullah, Amani M. Jasim

“…The current findings suggest that automated Vitek 2 system is the most common method to accurately detect the isolates and evaluate multi-drug resistant A. baumannii among patients. …”
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Spatiotemporal analysis of mosquito-borne infections and mosquito vectors in mainland Portugal by Sandra Moutinho, Jorge Rocha, Alberto Gomes, Bernardo Gomes, Ana Isabel Ribeiro

“…We identified clusters of simultaneous high concentrations of vectors and imported cases of malaria in Condeixa-a-Nova (Coimbra), Cuba (Beja), Santiago do Cacém (Setúbal), Albufeira and São Brás de Alportel (Faro), most located on the Southern coast of Portugal. For dengue, we detected clusters of simultaneous high concentrations of vectors and imported cases in Paredes, in the Northern region, and Faro, on the southern coast. …”
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Molecular investigation of feline herpesvirus 1 (fhv-1) and feline calicivirus in cats with respiratory system problem by Seval Bilge Dağalp, Fırat Doğan, Touraj Aligholipour Farzani, Ali Rıza Babaoğlu, Gülizar Acar Kırmızı, Mehmet Çabalar

“…<p> <b>Conclusion:</b> These infections, as well as being seen in infected cats, can also be detected in healthy-looking animals and it should be noted that this should not be ignored in the transmission of these infections. …”
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Real-world clinical validation of the Qatar pre-diabetes risk score: a cross-sectional study by Mohamed Ahmed Syed, Narjiss Sallahi, Abduljaleel Abdullatif Zainel, Halima None Bensmail, Abdelilah Arredouani

“…Consequently, the clinical imperative of early pre-diabetes detection becomes unequivocal. This study assessed the validity of the recently developed pre-diabetes risk score in Qatar (PRISQ) in a real-world clinical setting.Research design and methods We recruited 1021 walk-in participants from 3 different health centres of Qatar’s Primary Health Care Corporation. …”
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Alterations of Dopamine-Related Transcripts in A11 Diencephalospinal Pathways after Spinal Cord Injury by Shunyi Zhao, Jaclyn H. DeFinis, Shaoping Hou

“…Similar mRNA levels of DA-related enzymes were detected in the A11 neuronal soma between naïve and SCI rats. …”
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Cardiovascular wellness in low-resource settings: A mobile app-based risk prediction study among fuel filling station employees in Puducherry district by Divyabharathy Ramadass, Jyothi Vasudevan, Madonna J. Dsouza, Baalaji Subramanian

“…The burden of NCDs puts a strain on the healthcare system, requiring an increased focus on preventive measures, early detection, and management of chronic conditions. Adopting a risk-based approach to cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) in resource-poor settings offers several economic and social advantages. …”
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Subtype-specific human endogenous retrovirus K102 envelope protein is a novel serum immunosuppressive biomarker of cancer by Qinyuan Gong, Qinyuan Gong, Rongzhen Xu, Rongzhen Xu

“…We first generated monoclonal antibodies against K102-Env with high sensitivity and specificity, and we developed an ELISA assay to detect serum K102-Env. We then investigated whether K102-Env and K108-Env proteins are present in circulating blood of cancer patients. …”
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Urine metabolic profile in rats with arterial hypertension of different genesis by A. A. Sorokoumova, A. A. Seryapina, Yu. K. Polityko, L. V. Yanshole, Yu. P. Tsentalovich, М. А. Gilinsky, А. L. Markel

“…The metabolome is a set of low-molecular substances available for detection in a sample and representing intermediate and final products of cell metabolism. …”
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Influence of the polysaccharide capsule on virulence and fitness of Klebsiella pneumoniae by Lisa Zierke, Rodi Mourad, Thomas P. Kohler, Mathias Müsken, Sven Hammerschmidt

“…The CPS is therefore crucial for both escaping detection by the immune system and enhancing the virulence potential.MethodsIn this study, we generated a non-encapsulated mutant (Kpn2146∆wza) to observe how the CPS interferes with K. pneumoniae adhesion, survival in blood, and invasiveness in an experimental infection model.ResultsInfection of A549 lung epithelial cells showed similar adherence levels for the wild-type and non-capsulated strain, while our data showed a moderately higher internalization of Kpn2146Δwza when compared to the wild-type. …”
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