Multicenter Surveillance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Isolates From Blood: Clinical Distribution Characteristics and Antibiotic Resistance Trends in Hebei Province, China (2016–... by Qiang C, Liu X, Qin P, Wen H, Li Z, Yang J, Niu Y, Wang W, Ouyang Z, Zhao M, Li J, Zhang Y, Zhao J

“…Cuixin Qiang,1,* Xiaoxuan Liu,1,* Pu Qin,1 Hainan Wen,2 Zhirong Li,1 Jing Yang,1 Yanan Niu,1 Weigang Wang,1 Zirou Ouyang,1 Min Zhao,1 Jiayiren Li,1 Yulian Zhang,1 Jianhong Zhao1 1The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Hebei Provincial Center for Clinical Laboratories, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Laboratory Medicine, Affiliated Hospital of Chengde Medical University, Chengde, Hebei, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Jianhong Zhao, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Hebei Provincial Center for Clinical Laboratories, Shijiazhuang, Hebei, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 0311 66002711, Email zhaojh_2002@hebmu.edu.cnPurpose: To analyze the clinical distribution and antimicrobial resistance of Pseudomonas aeruginosa (P. aeruginosa) isolated from blood specimens in 75 hospitals in Hebei Province from 2016 to 2021 to aid in the rational selection of antimicrobial drugs.Patients and Methods: WHONET 5.6 and SPSS 24.0 were used to retrospectively analyze clinical distribution characteristics and variations in drug-resistance.Results: Between 2016 and 2021, 2208 P. aeruginosa strains were detected in blood specimens from Hebei Province. The median age of the patients with isolated P. aeruginosa was 63 years, with a male-to-female ratio of 2.1:1. …”
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Segmentasi Citra Wajah dengan Implementasi Adaptif Threshold- Integral Image by Maryam Ummul Habibah, Muchamad Kurniawan

“…Abstract Face segmentation is an important in digital image processing to find out the object's face in the image before detecting facial expressions. Adaptive Threshold - Integral Image is a pixel-based segmentation technique, which is local thresholding. …”
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Relationship Between Vertical Facial Patterns and Palatal Morphology in Class I and Class II Malocclusion by Ilaria Tucci, Simone Sferra, Luca Giuliante, Andrea Scribante, Alice Mannocci, Cristina Grippaudo

“…In addition to this result, another statistical significance was detected in Class II malocclusion: the intermolar distance was greater in hypodivergent than in hyperdivergent patients. …”
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Pharmacokinetic Characterisation and Comparison of Bioavailability of Intranasal Fentanyl, Transmucosal, and Intravenous Administration through a Three-Way Crossover Study in 24 He... by S. Nardi-Hiebl, J. W. Ndieyira, Y. Al Enzi, W. Al Akkad, T. Koch, G. Geldner, C. Reyher, L. H. J. Eberhart

“…Blood samples were collected over 12 hours, and plasma concentrations of fentanyl were determined by HPLC with MS/MS detection. Results. 24 volunteers completed the study. …”
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CEMP-1 Levels in Periodontal Wound Fluid during the Early Phase of Healing: Prospective Clinical Trial by Claudia Dellavia, Elena Canciani, Giulio Rasperini, Giorgio Pagni, Matteo Malvezzi, Gaia Pellegrini

“…In the experimental sites, gingival crevicular fluid was collected immediately before surgery, and periodontal wound fluid was collected 4, 7, 14, and 21 days after surgery. CEMP-1 levels were detected by indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay technique. …”
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Endophytic colonization of tomato plants by the entomopathogenic fungus Beauveria bassiana for controlling the South American tomato pinworm, Tuta absoluta by Ana Carolina Loreti Silva, Gerson Adriano Silva, Pedro Henrique Nogueira Abib, Aline Teixeira Carolino, Richard Ian Samuels

“…Conclusions The endophytic colonization of tomato plants with EPF is a promising method of controlling the South American tomato pinworm. The fungus was detectable for up to 30 days, longer than has been previously observed for tomato plants. …”
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Chronic fatigue and headache in post-COVID-19 syndrome: a radiological and clinical evaluation by Gonçalo G. Almeida, Gonçalo G. Almeida, Saide Alkan, Saide Alkan, Robert Hoepner, André Euler, André Euler, Lara Diem, Franca Wagner

“…This study aimed to investigate the correlation between these symptoms and T2-hyperintense white matter lesions detected on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the brain and spine in patients with post-COVID-19 syndrome.MethodsThis retrospective, single-center study analyzed a sample of 96 patients from Bern University Hospital in Switzerland who presented with suspected post-COVID-19 syndrome between 2020 and 2022. …”
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Zenith Tropospheric Delay Forecasting in the European Region Using the Informer–Long Short-Term Memory Networks Hybrid Prediction Model by Zhengdao Yuan, Xu Lin, Yashi Xu, Jie Zhao, Nage Du, Xiaolong Cai, Mengkui Li

“…This study introduced a novel methodology for high-precision ZTD modeling, which is significant for improving accurate GNSS positioning and detecting water vapor content.…”
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Safeguarding and using global banana diversity: a holistic approach by Ines Van den houwe, Rachel Chase, Julie Sardos, Max Ruas, Els Kempenaers, Valentin Guignon, Sebastien Massart, Sebastien Carpentier, Bart Panis, Mathieu Rouard, Nicolas Roux

“…Efficiencies are sought through research and development of techniques on detecting viruses, the genetic integrity of accessions, and on innovative means of safeguarding banana diversity, such as conserving populations of wild species by seed banking. …”
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Staphylococcus aureus vesicles impair cutaneous wound healing through p38 MAPK-MerTK cleavage-mediated inhibition of macrophage efferocytosis by Jiaxin Ou, Kangxin Li, Hui Yuan, Shaohua Du, Tingting Wang, Qiannan Deng, Huimei Wu, Weiyan Zeng, Kui Cheng, Kutty Selva Nandakumar

“…Phosphorylation of signaling pathways was detected by WB, and efferocytosis receptor expression was measured using RNA sequencing, qPCR, and flow cytometry. siRNA and pathway inhibitors were used to investigate the roles of key receptors and signaling pathways in efferocytosis. …”
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Irregular Pulse and Cardiovascular Disease From NHANES (1999–2018): A Cross‐Sectional Study by Qingping Zeng, Weihong Chang, Rui Zhang, Hongxuan Fan, Aman Liu, Ping Zhang, Fei She, Boda Zhou

“…ABSTRACT Background and Aims Pulse is an easily accessible life sign, while irregular pulse could be easily detected in daily life during blood pressure test. …”
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Rancang Bangun Alat Pengenal Finger Vein Menggunakan Raspberry Pi dengan Metode Convolutional Neural Network (CNN) by Barlian Henryranu Prasetio, Jevandika, Dahnial Syauqy

“…In this way, users can feel uncomfortable and the risk of spreading viruses or bacteria is very high, also the detection accuracy can be affected by factors such as sweaty and dry skin and skin distortion. …”
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Effect of Lb. plantarum BFE 5092 Fermentation on Antinutrient and Oligosaccharide Composition of Whole Red Haricot Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L) by Vivian C. Kitum, Peter K. Kinyanjui, Julius M. Mathara, Daniel N. Sila

“…The LAB counts significantly increased (P<0.05) in both batches, whereas coliform counts decreased significantly (P<0.05). Fungi were not detected in both batches. Soaking lowered tannins and phytates and raffinose concentrations significantly but had no significant effect on stachyose concentration. …”
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Construction of a circRNA-miRNA-mRNA Regulatory Network for Coronary Artery Disease by Bioinformatics Analysis by Zebo Zhang, Haiyan Qian, Li Wang, Zhenbo Tao, Keai Cheng, Kaiyue Wang, Yanqing Xie, Lina Zhang

“…In addition, function enrichment analysis was performed to detect the potential biological mechanism in which circRNA might be involved. …”
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Evaluating pre-processing and deep learning methods in medical imaging: Combined effectiveness across multiple modalities by Thien B. Nguyen-Tat, Tran Quang Hung, Pham Tien Nam, Vuong M. Ngo

“…Medical imaging is critical in modern healthcare for accurately detecting and diagnosing various medical conditions. …”
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Antihypertensive drug-related problems in Vietnamese ambulatory care by Hoang Hai Nguyen, Le Anh Thu Vu, Minh-Hoang Tran, Hong Tham Pham

“…Abstract Evidence of antihypertensive drug-related problems (aDRP) is limited in Asian ambulatory care. To better detect aDRP without causing alert fatigue, we investigated whether adding more antihypertensive agents was associated with increasing aDRP risk and factors associated with physician acceptance of aDRP correction. …”
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Occurrence and bioaccumulation of organophosphate flame retardants in high-altitude regions: A comprehensive field survey in Qinghai Province, China by Haibao Zhu, Jinlin Hu, Zheng Ruan, Danhua Liu, Meirong Zhao

“…Herein, a general pretreatment method for OPFRs across various sample matrices was established and combined with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS), utilizing a programmed temperature ramp in the vaporization chamber to enable high-throughput detection of OPFRs in various environmental matrices. …”
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Luminescence Nanothermometry Based on Pr3+ : LaF3 Single Core and Pr3+ : LaF3/LaF3 Core/Shell Nanoparticles by M. S. Pudovkin, D. A. Koryakovtseva, E. V. Lukinova, S. L. Korableva, R. Sh. Khusnutdinova, A. G. Kiiamov, A. S. Nizamutdinov, V. V. Semashko

“…The formation of the shell was proved by detecting the increase in physical sizes, sizes of coherent scattering regions, and luminescence lifetimes of core/shell NPs comparing with single core NPs. …”
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CompositIA: an open-source automated quantification tool for body composition scores from thoraco-abdominal CT scans by Raffaella Fiamma Cabini, Andrea Cozzi, Svenja Leu, Benedikt Thelen, Rolf Krause, Filippo Del Grande, Diego Ulisse Pizzagalli, Stefania Maria Rita Rizzo

“…Results On the independent dataset, CompositIA achieved a MAE of about 5 mm in detecting slices intersecting the L1 and L3 vertebrae, with a MAE < 10 mm in at least 85% of cases and a vDSC greater than 0.85 in segmenting axial slices. …”
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Inhibition of id-1 reduces osteosarcoma growth and metastasis through mediation of snail by Rongbing Shu, Zhuanyi Yu, Jianmin Wu, Qiuxin Cheng, Zhihao Peng, Huaqiang Zhou, Min Zhao

“…Transwell invasion and scratch assays were used to assess cell migration and invasion. WB was employed to detect the expression of Id-1, Snail, and epithelial-mesenchymal transition (EMT)-related proteins (E-cadherin, vimentin, and N-cadherin) in the OS cells of each group. …”
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