What is the NCD service capacity and disruptions due to COVID-19? Results from the WHO non-communicable disease country capacity survey in the Americas region by Anselm Hennis, Silvana Luciani, Roberta Caixeta, Carolina Chavez, Dolores Ondarsuhu

“…Six of 24 countries (25%) reported stock out of essential NCD medicines and/or diagnostics at health facilities which affected service continuity. …”
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Moral grounds and social norms of safe prosocial behaviour of young people by P. A. Kislyakov, E. A. Shmeleva, M. O. Aleksandrovich

“…The following psychodiagnostic methods were applied: “Diagnostics of the Level of Moral and Ethical Responsibility of the Individual” (by I. …”
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Cardiac Migration of Endogenous Mesenchymal Stromal Cells in Patients with Inflammatory Cardiomyopathy by Caroline Schmidt-Lucke, Felicitas Escher, Sophie Van Linthout, Uwe Kühl, Kapka Miteva, Jochen Ringe, Thomas Zobel, Heinz-Peter Schultheiss, Carsten Tschöpe

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Comparison of Resting Energy Expenditure Using Indirect Calorimetry and Predictive Equations in Trauma Patients: A Pilot Study by Dae Sung Ma, Gil Jae Lee

“…REE was measured by IC (CCM Express, MGC Diagnostics) and calculated by the following PEs: Harris-Benedict, Fleisch, Robertson and Reid, Ireton-Jones, and the maximum value (25 kcal/kg/ day) of the European Society for Clinical Nutrition and Metabolism (ESPEN). …”
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Insight into the avidity–affinity relationship of the bivalent, pH-dependent interaction between IgG and FcRn by Johannes Reusch, Jan Terje Andersen, Ulrich Rant, Tilman Schlothauer

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Epidemiology and Mechanism of Drug Resistance of Multidrug-Resistant Klebsiella Pneumoniae Isolated from Patients with Urinary Tract Infection in Beijing Teaching Hospital, China by Xie Z, Jian J, Chen L

“…Zeqiang Xie,1– 3 Jiyong Jian,1– 3 Liang Chen1– 3 1Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 2Peking University Ninth School of Clinical Medicine, Beijing, People’s Republic of China; 3Beijing Key Laboratory of Urinary Cellular Molecular Diagnostics, Beijing, People’s Republic of ChinaCorrespondence: Liang Chen, Clinical Laboratory Medicine, Beijing Shijitan Hospital, Capital Medical University, NO. 10, Tie Yi Road, Yang Fang Dian, Beijing, Haidian District, 100038, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 18911726950, Email chenliang2254@bjsjth.cnPurpose: Klebsiella pneumoniae is an important pathogenic bacterium in causing urinary tract infection. …”
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A Systematic Review of Micropulse Laser Trabeculoplasty (MLT) in Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma (POAG) Management: Efficacy, Safety, and Future Perspectives by Filippo Confalonieri, Barbara Casarini, Annalaura Papapicco, Fabio Stiro, Raffaele Piscopo, Luca D’Andrea, Goran Petrovski, Tommaso Verdina

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Unrolled Optimization via Physics-Assisted Convolutional Neural Network for MR-Based Electrical Properties Tomography: A Numerical Investigation by Sabrina Zumbo, Stefano Mandija, Ettore F. Meliado, Peter Stijnman, Thierry G. Meerbothe, Cornelis A.T. van den Berg, Tommaso Isernia, Martina T. Bevacqua

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Optimizing demand response and load balancing in smart EV charging networks using AI integrated blockchain framework by Arvind R. Singh, R. Seshu Kumar, K. Reddy Madhavi, Faisal Alsaif, Mohit Bajaj, Ievgen Zaitsev

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Differential impact of lifestyle factors on 2-hour glucose values in individuals with type 2 diabetes: potential for more personalized interventions by Hanno Pijl, Tim Snel, Tanja Krone, Regina J M Kamstra, Hannah M Eggink, Albert A de Graaf, Iris M de Hoogh

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Noninvasive in vivo imaging of macrophages: understanding tumor microenvironments and delivery of therapeutics by Prakash Gangadaran, Akanksha Onkar, Ramya Lakshmi Rajendran, Anshika Goenka, Ji Min Oh, Fatima Khan, ArulJothi Kandasamy Nagarajan, Sathish Muthu, Anand Krishnan, Chae Moon Hong, Byeong-Cheol Ahn

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High prevalence of p16 staining in malignant tumors. by Noémi De Wispelaere, Sebastian Dwertmann Rico, Marcus Bauer, Andreas M Luebke, Martina Kluth, Franziska Büscheck, Claudia Hube-Magg, Doris Höflmayer, Natalia Gorbokon, Sören Weidemann, Katharina Möller, Christoph Fraune, Christian Bernreuther, Ronald Simon, Christian Kähler, Anne Menz, Andrea Hinsch, Frank Jacobsen, Patrick Lebok, Till Clauditz, Guido Sauter, Ria Uhlig, Waldemar Wilczak, Stefan Steurer, Eike Burandt, Rainer Krech, David Dum, Till Krech, Andreas Marx, Sarah Minner

“…It is concluded, that a positive and especially strong p16 immunostaining is a feature for malignancy which may be diagnostically useful in lipomatous, urothelial and possibly other tumors. …”
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<i>Solanum nigrum</i> L. is a potato spindle tuber viroid reservoir by N. V. Mironenko, A. V. Khiutti, E. I. Kyrova, N. M. Lashina, O. S. Afanasenko

“….), is ubiquitous in Russia.Materials and methods. Molecular diagnostics of the viroid was performed using RT-PCR with the P3/P4 primers specific for PSTVd and 6Pospi F/R specific for the Pospiviroidae family of viroids. …”
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Ūminio divertikulito diagnostika ir gydymas: sisteminė literatūros apžvalga by Edvinas Kildušis, Ieva Jasponytė, Gintautas Brimas

“…Atliekant paiešką, taikyti reikšminiai žodžiai: acute, diverticulitis, guidelines, diverticulosis, diagnostics, treatment. Rezultatai. Skirtingose gairėse nevienodai rekomenduojama laikytis ultragarsinio tyrimo (UG) ir kompiuterinės tomografijos tyrimo (KT), taikant intraveninį kontrastavimą, eiliškumo, tačiau 6 iš 6 gairių pritariama dėl UG, o 7 iš 7 gairių – dėl KT, taikant intraveninį kontrastavimą, tinkamumo ūminiam divertikulitui diagnozuoti. 7 iš 8 gairių nurodoma, kad, gydant nekomplikuotą divertikulitą, nepagrįstai taikoma rutininė antibiotikoterapija. 6 iš 6 gairių sutariama dėl mažų abscesų gydymo antibiotikoterapija, o 7 iš 7 gairių – dėl didelių abscesų gydymo antibiotikoterapija ir drenavimu. 5 iš 7 gairių pritariama dėl Hinchey III stadijos ligoniams taikytinos antibiotikoterapijos ir gydymo atliekant pirminę anastomozę bei formuojant prevencinę ileostomą arba jos neformuojant. …”
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Artificial Neural Networks as a Tool for High-Accuracy Prediction of In-Cylinder Pressure and Equivalent Flame Radius in Hydrogen-Fueled Internal Combustion Engines by Federico Ricci, Massimiliano Avana, Francesco Mariani

“…Furthermore, this methodology could subsequently be applied to conventional road engines exhibiting characteristics and performance similar to those of a specific optical engine used as the basis for the machine learning analysis, offering a practical advantage in real-time diagnostics.…”
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Simultaneous Determination of 34 Amino Acids in Tumor Tissues from Colorectal Cancer Patients Based on the Targeted UHPLC-MS/MS Method by Yang Yang, Feng Zhang, Shouhong Gao, Zhipeng Wang, Mingming Li, Hua Wei, Renqian Zhong, Wansheng Chen

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Adherence patterns, risk factors and complications among patients with tuberculosis: a cross-sectional study at Nsawam Government Hospital by Abraham Norman Nortey, Amanda Adjoda, Amidu Alhassan, Godfred Yawson Scott

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The Predictive Role of Lactate in the Emergency Department in Patients with Severe Dyspnea by Maciej Niczewski, Szymon Gawęda, Paulina Kluszczyk, Mikołaj Rycerski, Daria Syguła, Anna Danel, Szymon Szmigiel, Konrad Mendrala, Aleksandra Oraczewska, Czarosław Kijonka, Monika Nowicka, Michał Wita, Tomasz Cyzowski, Grzegorz Brożek, Maciej Dyrbuś, Szymon Skoczyński

“…An accurate identification of patients at the need for prioritized diagnostics and care are crucial in the emergency department (ED). …”
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Developing a Label-Free Infrared Spectroscopic Analysis with Chemometrics and Computational Enhancement for Assessing Lupus Nephritis Activity by Mei-Ching Yu, Xiang-Di Huang, Chin-Wei Kuo, Kai-Fu Zhang, Ping-Chung Liang, U-Ser Jeng, Pei-Yu Huang, Frederick Wai Keung Tam, Yao-Chang Lee

“…This study introduces groundbreaking personalized infrared (IR)-based diagnostics for real-time monitoring of disease status and treatment responses in lupus nephritis (LN). …”
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Extracellular vesicles, RNA sequencing, and bioinformatic analyses: Challenges, solutions, and recommendations by Rebecca T. Miceli, Tzu‐Yi Chen, Yohei Nose, Swapnil Tichkule, Briana Brown, John F. Fullard, Marilyn D. Saulsbury, Simon O. Heyliger, Sacha Gnjatic, Natasha Kyprianou, Carlos Cordon‐Cardo, Susmita Sahoo, Emanuela Taioli, Panos Roussos, Gustavo Stolovitzky, Edgar Gonzalez‐Kozlova, Navneet Dogra

“…Detailed portrayal of the current state of EVP transcriptomics will lead to a better understanding of how the RNA cargo of EVPs can be used in modern and targeted diagnostics and therapeutics. For the inclusion of different particles discussed in this article, we use the terms large/small EVs, non‐vesicular extracellular particles (NVEPs), EPs and EVPs as defined in MISEV guidelines by the International Society of Extracellular Vesicles (ISEV).…”
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