Pre-graduate medical education from the perspective of Primary Health Care: the Portuguese case by Paulo Santos

“…It allows us to produce better doctors toward humanized medicine, closer to the people, without devaluing technological and organizational advances but placing them at the service of the patient.…”
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Trends on Distance Education in the COVID-19: A Content Analysis Study by Ayfer Alper, Mutluhan Yılmaz, Ayşegül Pürbudak

“…Moreover, a part of this change will be permanent. Because humanity has always been successful to create new alternatives during the crisis. …”
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Seroprevalence of HCMV among Pregnant Women and Its relation to CD4 and CRP by Staar Mohammed Qader

“…The HCMV is a widespread viral pathogen characterized by strict host specificity and is limited to humans. It has been described as an important etiological agent of intrauterine infection in during the pregnancy, which may lead to some serious results such as miscarriage, cerebellar malformation stillbirth, and fetus developmental retardation. …”
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Quantitative LAMP and PCR Detection of Salmonella in Chicken Samples Collected from Local Markets around Pathum Thani Province, Thailand by Virun Vichaibun, Panan Kanchanaphum

“…Salmonella is a bacterium that infects people when they consume contaminated food or liquids. To prevent humans from becoming ill, it is useful to have an efficient method of detecting Salmonella before the disease is passed on through the food chain. …”
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Time in and for nature-based solutions. No quick fix solutions for complex ecological and social processes by Ina Lehmann, Julia Grosinger, Steffen Bauer, Jean Carlo Rodríguez de Francisco, Katarzyna Negacz, Jonas Hein

“…They embody the idea that nature and natural processes can be purposefully used by humans to provide solutions to pressing environmental and social challenges. …”
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Anti-amoebic effects of selected herbal extracts against Acanthamoeba species isolated from different borehole water samples from Budiriro District in Harare, Zimbabwe by Kudzai Fambisai, Petros Muchesa, Farisai Chidzwondo, Rumbidzai Mangoyi

“… Acanthamoeba species are the major cause of Acanthamoeba Keratitis (AK) of eyes, Acanthamoeba meningoencephalitis of the central nervous system, and fatal Granulomatous Amoebic Encephalitis (GAE) of the brain in humans. These diseases are difficult to treat due to their resistance to extreme temperatures, pH, alcohol, and pressure. …”
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Urban Immunity Against the Pandemic within the Framework of Public Administration, City and Citizens by Nilüfer Negiz, Pınar Savaş-Yavuzçehre

“…Based on the elements necessary for the provision of immunity in humans, the requirements for urban immunity, the health of the infrastructure and superstructure of the soil, the resources and sustainability of a city, its resilience and growth control are discussed within the framework of urban management. …”
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Evaluation of Lymphocyte Response to the Induced Oxidative Stress in a Cohort of Ageing Subjects, including Semisupercentenarians and Their Offspring by Federico Sizzano, Sebastiano Collino, Ornella Cominetti, Daniela Monti, Paolo Garagnani, Rita Ostan, Chiara Pirazzini, Maria Giulia Bacalini, Daniela Mari, Giuseppe Passarino, Claudio Franceschi, Alessio Palini

“…Globally, these data suggest that the capability to buffer dynamic changes in the oxidative environment could be a hallmark of longevity in humans.…”
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Oxidative Stress Biomarkers: Establishment of Reference Values for Isoprostanes, AOPP, and NPBI in Cord Blood by Mariangela Longini, Elisa Belvisi, Fabrizio Proietti, Francesco Bazzini, Giuseppe Buonocore, Serafina Perrone

“…Oxidative stress (OS) is a common pathogenic factor involved in the onset of several diseases in humans, from immunologic disorders to malignancy, being a serious public health problem. …”
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Detection of Trypanosoma cruzi in white-eared opossums (Didelphis albiventris) from Canoinhas, Santa Catarina State, Brazil by Giane Helenita Pontarolo, Daniela Pedrassani, Luís Felipe Kühl, Monique Paiva Campos, Thais Cristina Tirado, Fabiano Borges Figueiredo, Thállitha Samih Wischral Jayme Vieira, Ana Cláudia Calchi, Marcos Rogério André, Rafael Felipe da Costa Vieira, Ivan Roque de Barros Filho

“…Chagas disease, a neglected tropical disease caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, affects many domestic and wild animals and humans worldwide. This study aimed to determine the occurrence of T. cruzi in free-ranging opossums in Canoinhas, Santa Catarina, Brazil. …”
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Synthesis and Analysis of Impregnation on Activated Carbon in Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube for Cu Adsorption from Wastewater by L. Natrayan, P. V. Arul Kumar, Joshuva Arockia Dhanraj, S. Kaliappan, N. S. Sivakumar, Pravin P. Patil, S. Sekar, Prabhu Paramasivam

“…The contamination of freshwater leads to various issues for microorganisms and humans. This paper proposes a novel method to remove excess copper from the water. …”
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A learning‐based approach to regression analysis for climate data–A case of Northeast China by Jiaxu Guo, Yidan Xu, Liang Hu, Xianwei Wu, Gaochao Xu, Xilong Che

“…Abstract Global climate change is an important issue that all of humanity needs to address together. Precipitation is an important climatic feature for agricultural development and food security, and the study of precipitation and its associated climatic factors is important for the analysis of global change. …”
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Development of a New Sequential Extraction Procedure of Nickel Species on Workplace Airborne Particulate Matter: Assessing the Occupational Exposure to Carcinogenic Metal Species by Catalani Simona, Fostinelli Jacopo, Gilberti Maria Enrica, Orlandi Francesca, Magarini Riccardo, Paganelli Matteo, Madeo Egidio, De Palma Giuseppe

“…The method has occurred effectively in the comparison of the obtained results with occupational exposure limit values set by the main international scientific and regulatory agencies for occupational safety and health, in order to prevent both toxic and carcinogenic effects in humans.…”
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Application of IoT and Cloud Computing in Automation of Agriculture Irrigation by Khongdet Phasinam, Thanwamas Kassanuk, Priyanka P. Shinde, Chetan M. Thakar, Dilip Kumar Sharma, Md. Khaja Mohiddin, Abdul Wahab Rahmani

“…All living things, including plants, animals, and humans, need water in order to live. Even though the world has a lot of water, only about 1% of it is fresh and usable. …”
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Phylogenetic and Genetic Variation Analysis of ITS1 Gene of Trypanosoma lewisi in Wild Rats Using Polymerase Chain Reaction by Reza Yesica, Andreas Bandang Hardian, Yudit Oktanella, Shelly Kusumarini, Gabriela Jeanne Giacynta Prasetyo

“…Cases of trypanosomiasis have been documented due to Trypanosoma lewisi infecting rats and humans in various countries. Diagnosis of T. lewisi is typically conducted using polymerase chain reaction (PCR), which amplifies target DNA using specific primers. …”
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Effect of COVID-19 on the cultural identity of the Amazonian indigenous Waorani by Aldrin Espín-León, María Luisa Pertegal-Felices, Antonio Jimeno-Morenilla, Juan Guzmán-Montalvo

“…COVID-19, caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus, affected all of humanity, including populations with limited contact with Western cultures, such as the Waorani indigenous people of the Amazon. …”
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Muscle Wasting and Resistance of Muscle Anabolism: The “Anabolic Threshold Concept” for Adapted Nutritional Strategies during Sarcopenia by Dominique Dardevet, Didier Rémond, Marie-Agnès Peyron, Isabelle Papet, Isabelle Savary-Auzeloux, Laurent Mosoni

“…However, on the long term, these nutritional strategies have often failed in improving muscle mass even if given for long periods of time in both humans and rodent models. Muscle mass loss situations have been often correlated to a resistance of muscle protein anabolism to food intake which may be explained by an increase of the anabolic threshold toward the stimulatory effect of amino acids. …”
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Evaluation of Mathematical Modeling Activities of 4th-Grade Students: The Case of Experiential Learning Theory by Gülcenur Kesebir, Dilara Yılmaz

“…The story about a virus facing humanity asked to the students to find a solution of the problem. …”
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Biologically Inspired Spatial–Temporal Perceiving Strategies for Spiking Neural Network by Yu Zheng, Jingfeng Xue, Jing Liu, Yanjun Zhang

“…Moreover, this perceptual process needs to be interpretable and understandable, so that future interactions between unmanned systems and humans can be unimpeded. However, current mainstream DNN (deep learning neural network)-based AI (artificial intelligence) is a ‘black box’. …”
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Domestic Horse Bite: An Unusual Etiology of Crush Injury of the Fourth Finger—How to Manage? by Naoufal Elghoul, Youssef Jalal, Ayoub Bouya, Ali Zine, Abdeloihab Jaafar

“…Almost 2% of all emergency admissions involve an animal bite. While horses bite humans very rarely, their bites are mostly associated with fatalities. …”
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