The Effect of Sleep Deprivation on Junior Physicians’ Cognitive Performance and Irritability in the Kingdom of Bahrain by Abdulla Almusalam, Israa Sinan

“…Methods: Following the recruitment of participants, they were asked to complete the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) to assess sleep quality and disturbances over 1 month. …”
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Progress of CCL20-CCR6 in the airways: a promising new therapeutic target by Ya -Jing Li, Wan-Li Geng, Chen-Chen Li, Jia-Hao Wu, Fei Gao, Yong Wang

“…Within the respiratory system, CCL20-CCR6 demonstrates heightened expression in conditions such as allergic asthma, chronic airway inflammation, non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC), chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and other respiratory diseases, which is conducive to the inflammatory mediators recruitment and tumor microenvironment remodeling. Numerous studies have demonstrated that therapeutic interventions targeting CCL20 and CCR6, including antibodies and antagonists, have the potential to mitigate disease progression. …”
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Intradermal DNA Electroporation Induces Cellular and Humoral Immune Response and Confers Protection against HER2/neu Tumor by Alessia Lamolinara, Lorenzo Stramucci, Albana Hysi, Manuela Iezzi, Cristina Marchini, Marianna Mariotti, Augusto Amici, Claudia Curcio

“…Additionally, we observed a marked recruitment of reactive infiltrates mainly 6–24 hours after treatment and inflammatory cells included CD11c+. …”
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Assessing Utilization of Information Access Tools in Academic Libraries: A Case Study of National Teachers College Kabale. by Arimpwera, Phiona

“…Inadequate well trained information workers, lack of awareness of library users to information resources, improper accurate information, inadequate funds to procure ICT tools were also among the challenges faced while training of staff, recruitment of qualified library staff, provision of different information materials, provision of internet facilities, creation of awareness and finally government funding were pointed out by respondents as possible solutions to the challenges faced by students in utilizing available information resources in National Teachers College Kabale.…”
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Library and Information Service Delivery in Secondary Schools: A Cases Study of St. Pauls S.S in Bukunda Sub-County Kabale District. by Edrida, Katusiime

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Hepatitis D virus infection triggers CXCL9-11 upregulation in hepatocytes and liver infiltration of CXCR3+ CD4 T cells by Jan-Hendrik Bockmann, Lena Allweiss, Annika Volmari, David da Fonseca Araújo, Matin Kohsar, Anastasia Hyrina, Janine Kah, Zhijuan Song, Josolyn Chan, Katja Giersch, Tassilo Volz, Marc Lütgehetmann, Jeffrey J. Wallin, Dmitry Manuilov, Meghan M. Holdorf, Simon P. Fletcher, Ansgar W. Lohse, Antonio Bertoletti, Julian Schulze zur Wiesch, Maura Dandri

“…Lastly, adoptive transfer of human T cells in humanised mice led to recruitment of non-HBV/HDV-specific CD4+ T cells only in the setting of HBV/HDV coinfection, but not in HBV-mono-infected mice. …”
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Adenosine A2A Receptors Modulate Acute Injury and Neuroinflammation in Brain Ischemia by Felicita Pedata, Anna Maria Pugliese, Elisabetta Coppi, Ilaria Dettori, Giovanna Maraula, Lucrezia Cellai, Alessia Melani

“…Proinflammatory cytokines, which upregulate cell adhesion molecules, exert an important role in promoting recruitment of leukocytes that in turn promote expansion of the inflammatory response in ischemic tissue. …”
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Cytisine compared to combination nicotine replacement therapy to reduce cigarette consumption in relapsed smokers: protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial by Hassan Mir, Javad Heshmati, Kerri-Anne Mullen, Ashley Baldwin, Evyanne Quirouette, Andrew Pipe, Robert Reid

“…Methods This trial will recruit relapsed smokers from the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. …”
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Benefits of Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (rTMS) for Spastic Subjects: Clinical, Functional, and Biomechanical Parameters for Lower Limb and Walking in Five Hemipa... by Luc Terreaux, Raphael Gross, Fabien Leboeuf, Hubert Desal, Olivier Hamel, Jean Paul Nguyen, Chantal Pérot, Kévin Buffenoir

“…Clinical parameters were not significantly modified after 1 Hz stimulation, apart from a tendency towards improved recruitment of antagonist muscles on the Fügl-Meyer scale. …”
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Protocol for the impact of machine learning-based clinician decision support algorithims in perioperative care (IMAGINATIVE) in Singapore general hospital : a large prospective ran... by Marcus Ong, Hairil Rizal Abdullah, Ecosse Lamoureux, Elaine Lum, Gek Hsiang Lim, Tan Pei Yi Brenda, Celestine Loh

“…All patients will sign an informed consent form before recruitment and translators will be made available to non-English-speaking participants. …”
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Lacticaseibacillus rhamnosus Fmb14 ameliorates hyperuricemia-induced hepatocyte pyroptosis via NLRP3 inflammasome cascade inhibition by Hongyuan Zhao, Xiaoyu Chen, Li Zhang, Fanqiang Meng, Libang Zhou, Zhaoxin Lu, Yingjian Lu

“…Cell free extracts of high dose L. rhamnosus Fmb14 treatment reduced the death rate of HepG2 cell lines from 24.1% to 14.9% by inhibiting NLRP3 recruitment, which was mainly activated by reactive oxygen species release and mitochondrial membrane potential disorder. …”
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Peripheral nerve regeneration using a bioresorbable silk fibroin-based artificial nerve conduit fabricated via a novel freeze–thaw process by Tomoki Matsuo, Hiroo Kimura, Takayuki Nishijima, Yasuhiro Kiyota, Taku Suzuki, Narihito Nagoshi, Shinsuke Shibata, Tomoko Shindo, Nobuko Moritoki, Makoto Sasaki, Sarara Noguchi, Yasushi Tamada, Masaya Nakamura, Takuji Iwamoto

“…Histological analyses indicated that vascularization and M2 macrophage recruitment were pronounced inside the SFC. These results suggest that the unique properties of the SFC further enhanced the peripheral nerve regeneration mechanism. …”
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Usage and cost-effectiveness of anti-psychotics in psychiatry OPD among various clinical conditions: A prospective observational study in a tertiary care center by Reshabh Saini, Chandrasekaran Dhinakaran, Rohit Raina, Ramanathan Gandhibabu, Kathiresan Krishnasamy

“…Medical University Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The recruitment of subjects was carried out with the help the physicians who had the knowledge of patient’s history and caregivers consenting to the study protocol and patients with case sheets carrying antipsychotics prescription. …”
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Expression and Function of Granzymes A and B in Escherichia coli Peritonitis and Sepsis by M. Isabel García-Laorden, Ingrid Stroo, Sanne Terpstra, Sandrine Florquin, Jan Paul Medema, Cornelis van´t Veer, Alex F. de Vos, Tom van der Poll

“…While gzm deficiency did not impact neutrophil recruitment into the abdominal cavity, it was accompanied by enhanced nucleosome release at the primary site of infection, earlier hepatic necrosis, and more renal dysfunction. …”
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Transcriptional Systems Vaccinology Approaches for Vaccine Adjuvant Profiling by Diogo Pellegrina, Heather L. Wilson, George K. Mutwiri, Mohamed Helmy

“…Previous studies on mechanisms of action of adjuvants have focused on how they activate innate immune responses, including the regulation of cell recruitment and activation, cytokine/chemokine production, and the regulation of some “immune” genes. …”
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No Correlation Exists between Disease Activity and the Expression of Killer-Cell Immunoglobulin-Like Receptors in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis by Toshiaki Kogure, Takeshi Tatsumi, Atsushi Niizawa, Hiroshi Fujinaga, Tomoyuki Ito, Yutaka Shimada, Katsutoshi Terasawa

“…There was no correlation between KIR expression and disease activity; therefore, the clinical use of KIR expression should be limited, while unnatural KIR expression may be involved in the pathogenesis of RA, but not a recruitment of chronic inflammation to induce joint damage.…”
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Broadening the diversity of consumers engaged in guidelines: a scoping review by Sophie Hill, Tari Turner, Anneliese Synnot, Kelvin Hill, Allison Jauré, Bronwen Merner, Peta Bates, Alexandra Liacos

“…Themes covered general engagement concepts (Respectful partnerships; Recruitment; Expectations, process and review); specific concepts about guideline development group (GDG) engagement (Characteristics of guideline personnel; Consumers’ role, characteristics and prominence; Preparing and supporting consumers); and other (non-GDG) approaches (Online methods; Consultations and research-based approaches). …”
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Theory-based mobile phone text messaging intervention for blood pressure control (TEXT4BP) among hypertensive patients in Nepal: study protocol for a feasibility randomised control... by Buna Bhandari, Padmanesan Narasimhan, Abhinav Vaidya, Rohan Jayasuriya

“…Feasibility measures, such as differential rates of recruitment and attrition rates, will be calculated. …”
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A qualitative descriptive study examining the impact of child‐raising experience on Japanese family doctors by Manabu Fujihara, Satoko Watanabe, Kuniko Kodama, Koki Nakamura, Maham Stanyon, Satoshi Kanke, Ryuki Kassai

“…Once it was established that no additional categories were required, the recruitment and analysis process was concluded. Results The eight participants were recruited, and the following themes were extracted; these were “Developing patience and new perspectives through raising children,” “Empathizing with the experiences of others,” “Building awareness of social factors and home context,” “Reflecting on one's own words and behavior,” “Forming partnerships with patients through shared parenting experiences,” and “Facilitating interpersonal growth.” …”
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Protective Effect of CXCR3+CD4+CD25+Foxp3+ Regulatory T Cells in Renal Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury by Cao Jun, Li Qingshu, Wei Ke, Li Ping, Dong Jun, Luo Jie, Min Su

“…This indicated that recruitment of Tregs into the kidney was related to the recovery of renal function after IRI and CXCR3 might be involved in the migration of Tregs.…”
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