Bayesian Estimation of the True Bovine Brucellosis Prevalence in Vaccinated and Non-Vaccinated Ecuadorian Cattle Populations, and the Sensitivity and Specificity of a Competitive a... by Ana Dolores Garrido Haro, Margoth Yolanda Barrionuevo Samaniego, Paola Moreno-Caballeros, Alexandra Burbano-Enríquez, Verónica Alexandra Salas Torres, María Cristina Galante Mulki, Constance Wielick, Jorge Ron-Román, Claude Saegerman

“…As serology is a convenient method for detecting antibodies against <i>Brucella</i>, evaluating the diagnostic performance and discriminative ability of such tests in various epidemiological settings is required. …”
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Intestinal Microbiome Changes in Fecal Microbiota Transplant (FMT) vs. FMT Enriched with Lactobacillus in the Treatment of Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infection by Elvira Garza-González, Soraya Mendoza-Olazarán, Rayo Morfin-Otero, Andrea Ramírez-Fontes, Patricia Rodríguez-Zulueta, Samantha Flores-Treviño, Paola Bocanegra-Ibarias, Héctor Maldonado-Garza, Adrián Camacho-Ortiz

“…A low relative abundance of Proteobacteria was detected and mostly found in patients even at higher proportions than the donor. …”
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Longitudinal Screening for Diabetic Retinopathy in a Nationwide Screening Program: Comparing Deep Learning and Human Graders by Jirawut Limwattanayingyong, Variya Nganthavee, Kasem Seresirikachorn, Tassapol Singalavanija, Ngamphol Soonthornworasiri, Varis Ruamviboonsuk, Chetan Rao, Rajiv Raman, Andrzej Grzybowski, Mike Schaekermann, Lily H. Peng, Dale R. Webster, Christopher Semturs, Jonathan Krause, Rory Sayres, Fred Hersch, Richa Tiwari, Yun Liu, Paisan Ruamviboonsuk

“…For each modality, we simulated treatment referral by excluding patients with detected STDR from the second screening using that modality. …”
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Use of Blood Lipid Indicators as a Screening Tool of Insulin Resistance among Individuals in Low-Income Country Sides of China: A Multiethnic Region Study by Yi-Zhong Yan, Jia-Ning Fan, Jia-Ming Liu, Yun-hua Hu, Jiao-Long Ma, Jia He, Heng Guo, Xiang-hui Zhang, Xin-ping Wang, Shu-gang Li, Shu-Xia Guo

“…This study is aimed at evaluating the diagnostic value of blood lipid indicators (BLIs) for insulin resistance (IR) among major ethnic groups in Xinjiang, China, to identify the most valuable indicators and appropriate cut-off points for each ethnic group and to lay the foundation for the early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of metabolic diseases in remote rural areas. …”
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Predicting breast cancer prognosis using PR and PIK3CA biomarkers: a comparative analysis of diagnostic groups by Yuting Feng, Qingzhen Song, Lei Yan, Ruoqi Li, Mengqin Yang, Peng Bu, Jing Lian

“…Results Significant differences in age, ER expression, and Ki67, HER2, and PIK3CA mutation status were detected between the groups (P < 0.05). Specifically, elevated PR expression was correlated with lower levels of Ki67 and low HER2 expression. …”
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JWST-TST DREAMS: A Precise Water Abundance for Hot Jupiter WASP-17b from the NIRISS SOSS Transmission Spectrum by Dana R. Louie, Elijah Mullens, Lili Alderson, Ana Glidden, Nikole K. Lewis, Hannah R. Wakeford, Natasha E. Batalha, Knicole D. Colón, Amélie Gressier, Douglas Long, Michael Radica, Néstor Espinoza, Jayesh Goyal, Ryan J. MacDonald, Erin M. May, Sara Seager, Kevin B. Stevenson, Jeff A. Valenti, Natalie H. Allen, Caleb I. Cañas, Ryan C. Challener, David Grant, Jingcheng Huang, Zifan Lin, Daniel Valentine, Mark Clampin, Marshall Perrin, Laurent Pueyo, Roeland P. van der Marel, C. Matt Mountain

“…Water has proven to be ubiquitously detected in near-infrared (NIR) transmission spectroscopy observations of hot Jupiter atmospheres, including WASP-17b. …”
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Severity Assessment of COVID-19 Using a CT-Based Radiomics Model by Zhigao Xu, Lili Zhao, Guoqiang Yang, Ying Ren, Jinlong Wu, Yuwei Xia, Xuhong Yang, Milan Cao, Guojiang Zhang, Taisong Peng, Jiafeng Zhao, Hui Yang, Jinfeng Hu, Jiangfeng Du

“…Although CT is sensitive in detecting lesions and assessing their severity, these works mainly depend on radiologists’ subjective judgment, which is inefficient in case of a large-scale outbreak. …”
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AutoLDP: An accurate and efficient artificial intelligence-based tool for automatic labeling of digital pathology by Yingnan Zhao, Huifen Ye, Jing Yang, Su Yao, Maohua Lv, Zhihong Chen, Yunrui Ye, Qingru Hu, Cheng Lu, Zaiyi Liu, Ke Zhao, Zhihua Chen

“…We compared the proposed model with several commonly used text detection and recognition models including ABinet, CRNN, TRBA, and Vitstr. …”
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Platinum drugs upregulate CXCR4 and PD‐L1 expression via ROS‐dependent pathways, with implications for novel combined treatment in gastric cancer by Xiaoyu Kang, Lin Zhang, Shushang Liu, Fei Wang, Haiming Liu, Fenli Zhou, Fei Wu, Haohao Zhang, Daiming Fan, Yongzhan Nie, Zhangqian Chen

“…A positive correlation was detected between the expression levels of CXCR4 and PD‐L1 in GC tumor tissues. …”
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Early Myocardial Strain Reduction and miR-122-5p Elevation Associated with Interstitial Fibrosis in Anthracycline-Induced Cardiotoxicity by María de Regla Caballero-Valderrama, Elisa Bevilacqua, Miriam Echevarría, Francisco Javier Salvador-Bofill, Antonio Ordóñez, José Eduardo López-Haldón, Tarik Smani, Eva M. Calderón-Sánchez

“…Echocardiographic myocardial strain is crucial for early detection of anthracycline-induced cardiotoxicity, particularly in patients at moderate or high risk. …”
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High Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Viral Load and Coinfection with Viral Hepatitis Are Associated with Liver Enzyme Abnormalities among HIV Seropositive Patients on Antiretrov... by Shabani Iddi, Caroline A. Minja, Vitus Silago, Asteria Benjamin, Jastine Mpesha, Shimba Henerico, Benson R. Kidenya, Stephen E. Mshana, Mariam M. Mirambo

“…Hepatitis B virus (HBV) and Hepatitis C virus (HCV) detection and liver enzymes assays (alanine transaminase (ALAT) and aspartate transaminase (ASAT)) were assessed following the standard procedures. …”
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Maternal exposure to deltamethrin during pregnancy and lactation impairs hippocampal learning and memory function of male offspring by ferroptosis by Shasha Huang, Wanqi Li, Dengke Wang, Huiwen Feng, Bo Wang, Xinyu Dong, Wei Zhao, Dan Liu, Yuan Wang

“…In order to further confirm the regulation mechanisms of DM, we detected ferrous ion, oxidative stress, ferroptosis related proteins, phospholipase C (PL-C)/inositol triphosphate 3 receptor (IP3R) signaling pathway, intracellular Ca2+ and calcineurin (CaN) content in vivo. …”
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Genome-wide linkage mapping of Fusarium crown rot in common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) by Faji Li, Can Guo, Qi Zhao, Weie Wen, Shengnan Zhai, Xinyou Cao, Cheng Liu, Dungong Cheng, Jun Guo, Yan Zi, Aifeng Liu, Jianmin Song, Jianjun Liu, Jindong Liu, Haosheng Li

“…Notably, QFCR.caas-5BL and QFCR.caas-6BS had been previously detected, whereas QFCR.caas-3AL, QFCR.caas-3DL, and QFCR.caas-7DS are novel loci. …”
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Influence of soil type on bacterial growth and tolerance to experimentally added human antibiotics by Laura Rodríguez-González, Montserrat Díaz-Raviña, Beatriz Sevilla-Morán, Elena García-Campos, Juan José Villaverde, Manuel Arias-Estévez, David Fernández-Calviño, Vanesa Santás-Miguel

“…A significant portion of both are excreted and has been detected in sewage treatment plant effluents. The increasing use of such effluents in crops for irrigation and as fertilisers poses a threat to soil microbiota because of the presence of antibiotics. …”
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Food insecurity and the risk of HIV acquisition: findings from population-based surveys in six sub-Saharan African countries (2016–2017) by Danielle Barradas, Nicholus Mutenda, Hetal Patel, Avi J Hakim, Lloyd Mulenga, Sally Findley, Andrea Low, George Rutherford, Sarah Ayton, Elizabeth Gummerson, Amee Schwitters, Rogerio Bonifacio, Mekleet Teferi, James Juma, Claudia Ahpoe, Choice Ginindza, Samuel Biraro, Karam Sachathep, Ahmed Saadani Hassani, Willford Kirungi, Keisha Jackson, Leah Goeke, Neena Philips, Jennifer Ward, Steven Hong

“…Objective To assess the potential bidirectional relationship between food insecurity and HIV infection in sub-Saharan Africa.Design Nationally representative HIV impact assessment household-based surveys.Setting Zambia, Eswatini, Lesotho, Uganda and Tanzania and Namibia.Participants 112 955 survey participants aged 15–59 years with HIV and recency test results.Measures Recent HIV infection (within 6 months) classified using the HIV-1 limited antigen avidity assay, in participants with an unsuppressed viral load (&gt;1000 copies/mL) and no detectable antiretrovirals; severe food insecurity (SFI) defined as having no food in the house ≥three times in the past month.Results Overall, 10.3% of participants lived in households reporting SFI. …”
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A Highly Divergent Mitochondrial Genome in Extant Cape Buffalo From Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa by Deon deJager, Marlo Möller, Eileen Hoal, Paul vanHelden, Brigitte Glanzmann, Cindy Harper, Paulette Bloomer

“…Hluhluwe–iMfolozi Park (n = 15) had low levels of genetic diversity, with only four haplotypes detected, reflecting its past bottleneck. Addo Elephant National Park (n = 5) had the highest nucleotide diversity of all populations across Africa, which was unexpected, as it is known to have low nuclear diversity. …”
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Skin graft take rate among minor burns – A cohort study to investigate the effect of factors such as burn depth, burn size, and timing of the operation by Sinan Dogan, Arina Mahmoud, Ingrid Steinvall, Elin Albertsson, Elina Bergman, Jamila Halimi, Moustafa Elmasry

“…The advantageous effect of scalds may be interpreted to mean that scalds in general are more superficial than flame and contact burns, a difference that may not be detected by the use of a Lund and Browder chart. The conclusion is, however, tempered by the retrospective study design and the relatively low discriminatory power in our study.…”
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Global decadal measurements of methanol, ethene, ethyne, and HCN from the Cross-track Infrared Sounder by K. C. Wells, D. B. Millet, J. F. Brewer, V. H. Payne, K. E. Cady-Pereira, R. Pernak, S. Kulawik, S. Kulawik, C. Vigouroux, N. Jones, E. Mahieu, M. Makarova, T. Nagahama, I. Ortega, M. Palm, K. Strong, M. Schneider, D. Smale, R. Sussmann, M. Zhou

“…The CrIS data are well correlated with ground-based Network for the Detection of Atmospheric Composition Change (NDACC) retrievals for methanol (<span class="inline-formula"><i>r</i></span> <span class="inline-formula">=</span> 0.77–0.84); HCN and ethyne exhibit lower correlations (<span class="inline-formula"><i>r</i></span> <span class="inline-formula">=</span> 0.36–0.44 and 0.56–0.65, respectively) with an apparent 40 % CrIS–NDACC disparity for ethyne. …”
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Genomic and Pathogenic Characteristics of Virulent Newcastle Disease Virus Isolated from Chicken in Live Bird Markets and Backyard Flocks in Kenya by Irene N. Ogali, Paul O. Okumu, Erick O. Mungube, Jacqueline K. Lichoti, Stephen Ogada, Grace K. Moraa, Bernard R. Agwanda, Sheila C. Ommeh

“…This information will be useful in the development of specific markers for detection of viruses of genotype V and generation of genotype matched vaccines.…”
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Impact of Clinical Characteristics and Treatment on Cholangiocarcinoma Prognosis in Southern Thailand by Chirawadee Sathitruangsak, Tanawat Pattarapuntakul, Apichat Kaewdech, Tortrakoon Thongkan, Apinya Prisutkul, Phatcharaporn Thongwatchara, Hutcha Sriplung, Chanon Kongkamol, Kanyanatt Kanokwiroon, Sumalee Obchoei, Pimsiri Sripongpun

“…Cirrhosis was present in 6.3%, while the presence of liver fluke was not detected. Only 15.1% of the cohort were deemed resectable. …”
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