Modelling and Analysis of Bioretention Systems for Removal of Stormwater Pollutants by Nuwagaba, Emmanuel, Abdulkadir, Taofeeq Sholagberu, Agwe, Michael Tobby, Philip, Tibenderana, Ako, Terseer, Moses N., Twesigye-omwe

“…BOD of the storm water samples fell within the recommended standard after 20 days of treatment in Column C with considerable level of reduction in TC and FC by 68.9 % and 75.4 % respectively when compared to raw storm water sample. …”
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Prevalence of Dermatophytosis and Antifungal Activity of Ethanolic Crude Leaf Extract of Tetradenia riparia against Dermatophytes Isolated from Patients Attending Kampala Internati... by Taufik Kakande, Yonah Batunge, Emmanuel Eilu, Ambrose Shabohurira, Justus Abimana, Saheed Adekunle Akinola, Reagan Muhwezi, Abubakar Sunusi Adam, Sarah Kemuma Onkoba, Adamu Almustapha Aliero, Collins Atuheire, Charles Drago Kato, Ibrahim Ntulume

“…A total of 100 samples of skin and nail scrapings were collected and processed using standard microscopy (KOH) and cultural methods. T. riparia leaves were collected and processed with 95% ethanol using standard extraction method. …”
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Developing a clinical prediction model to modify empirical antibiotics for non-typhoidal Salmonella bloodstream infection in children under-five in the Democratic Republic of Congo by Bieke Tack, Daniel Vita, Jules Mbuyamba, Emmanuel Ntangu, Hornela Vuvu, Immaculée Kahindo, Japhet Ngina, Aimée Luyindula, Naomie Nama, Tito Mputu, Justin Im, Hyonjin Jeon, Florian Marks, Jaan Toelen, Octavie Lunguya, Jan Jacobs, Ben Van Calster

“…Due to increasing drug resistance, NTS are often not covered by standard-of-care empirical antibiotics for severe febrile illness. …”
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Effectiveness and Safety of Treatments for Early‐Stage Merkel Cell Carcinoma: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis of Randomized and Non‐Randomized Studies by Yves Paul Vincent Mbous, Rowida Mohamed, Usha Sambamoorthi, Murtuza Bharmal, Khalid M. Kamal, Traci LeMasters, Joanna Kolodney, George A. Kelley

“…ABSTRACT Objective The lack of consensus on the benefits and harms of standard therapies, including surgery (SRx), radiotherapy (RTx), chemotherapy (CTx), and their combinations among early‐stage MCC, prompted this study. …”
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Speciation Analysis of Arsenic Compounds by High-Performance Liquid Chromatography in Combination with Inductively Coupled Plasma Dynamic Reaction Cell Quadrupole Mass Spectrometry... by Hai Anh Vu, Manh Ha Nguyen, Hong-An Vu-Thi, Quan Do-Hong, Xuan Hoang Dang, Thi Ngoc Bich Nguyen, Hong Quan Trinh, Thuy Ly Bich, Tien-Thanh Nguyen, Dung Le-Van, Minh Binh Tu, Dinh Binh Chu

“…However, total concentration of inorganic arsenic in most of investigated rice samples was below the maximum residual level according to US-FDA and European Union standards.…”
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Temporal patterns of macrophage‐ and neutrophil‐related markers are associated with clinical outcome in heart failure patients by Dominika Klimczak‐Tomaniak, Elke Bouwens, Anne‐Sophie Schuurman, K. Martijn Akkerhuis, Alina Constantinescu, Jasper Brugts, B. Daan Westenbrink, Jan vanRamshorst, Tjeerd Germans, Leszek Pączek, Victor Umans, Eric Boersma, Isabella Kardys

“…The relationship between repeatedly measured biomarker levels and the PE was evaluated by joint models. Mean (±standard deviation) age was 67 ± 13 years; 189 (72%) were men; left ventricular ejection fraction (%) was 32 ± 11. …”
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Agricultural GDP exposure to drought and its machine learning-based prediction in the Jialing River Basin, China by Xinzhi Wang, Qingxia Lin, Zhiyong Wu, Yuliang Zhang, Changwen Li, Ji Liu, Shinan Zhang, Songyu Li

“…Subsequently, the standardized precipitation evapotranspiration index (SPEI) and standardized soil moisture index (SSMI) were applied to analyze the spatial-temporal patterns of droughts. …”
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Clinical management of community-acquired meningitis in adults in the UK and Ireland in 2017: a retrospective cohort study on behalf of the National Infection Trainees Collaborativ... by Amy Robinson, Kamaljit Khalsa, Arjun Chandna, John Bowen, Viva Levee, Jan Coebergh, Tom Solomon, Clive Graham, David Turner, Robert Tilley, Tim Jones, Susan Hopkins, Matthew Stevens, Daniel White, Celestine Eshiwe, Anna Goodman, Ramandeep Singh, Robert S Heyderman, Nicholas Davies, Joseph Thompson, Ed Moran, Martin Williams, Rhea O’Regan, Simon Tiberi, Jonathan Lambourne, Naomi Bulteel, Susan Larkin, Ruth McEwen, Hassan Paraiso, Aarti Shah, Martin Wiselka, Sylviane Defres, Ernest Mutengesa, Maria Krutikov, Ruth Owen, David Griffith, David Harvey, Trupti Patel, Brendan Davies, Emma Mclean, Joanna Allen, Ali Khan, Alastair Miller, Ashutosh Deshpande, Christopher Green, Lewis Jones, Mark Melzer, Fiona McGill, Amanda Fife, Nimal Wickramasinghe, Stephanie Harris, Ewan Hunter, Jayne Ellis, Benedict Rogers, Imogen Fordham, Elen Vink, Victoria Ward, Anna Smith, Andrew Rosser, Alison Muir, Ken Woodhouse, John Shone, Iain Crossingham, Ryan Jayesinghe, Eavan Muldoon, Avneet Shahi, Terry John Evans, Jeremy Wong, Eloisa MacLachlan, Amy Chue, Karishma Gokani, Katherine Ajdukiewicz, Lucinda Barrett, Frances Edwards, Adam Usher, Mairi McLeod, Su su Htwe, Grace Duane, Nicholas Wong, Jennifer Poyner, Jenni Crane, Ollie Lloyd, Emma Chisholm, Ildiko Kustos, Sam Sutton, M. Estee Torok, Isobel Ramsay, Monica Ivan, Joshua York, Jennifer Ansett, Maithili Varadarajan, Priya Sekhon, James Cruise, Shivani Kanabar, Mirella Ling, Charlotte Milne, Jayanta Sarma, Aline Wilson, Lynn Urquhart, Sahar Eldirdiri, Leila White, Jody Aberdein, Phillip Simpson, Hnin Hay Mar, Keying Tan, Eint Shwe Zin thein, Mahmoud Aziz, Anthony Cadwgan, Natasha Weston, Salman Zeb, Angela Houston, Louise Wootton, Iona Willingham, Aimee Johnson, Ashley Horsley, Eamonn Trainor, Olivier Gaillemin, Nicholas J Norton, Katie Cheung, Megan Duxbury, Emilie Bellhouse, Helena Brezovjakova, Kanitkar Tanmay, Alexsander Dawidziuk, Razan Saman, Hugh Adler, Elshadai Ejere, Yiwen Soo, Wendy Beadles, Heather Sturgeon, Brodie Cameron, David Chadwick Ben Tomlinson, Claire McGoldrick, Katie McDowell, Mpho Molosiwa, Katherine FlackAdrian Kennedy, Phoebe Cross, Fay Perry, Vithusha Inpadhas, Sarathy Selvam, Vhairi Bateman, Henry Wu, Monika Pasztor, Ajanthiha Karunakaran, Basma Soliman, Andrew Blanshard, Harish Reddy, Helen Chesterfield, Ben Schroeder, Tee Keat Teoh, Sathyavani Subbarao, Caryn RosmarinLucy Bell, Emma McGuire, Robert Serafino, Ishaan Bhide, Karanjeet Sagoo, Indran Balakrishnan, Kajal Patel, Barzo Faris, Graeme Calver, Ricky Singh, Hazel Sanghvi, Mohamed Eltayeb, Rathur Haris

“…Objectives To assess practice in the care of adults with suspected community-acquired bacterial meningitis in the UK and Ireland.Design Retrospective cohort study.Setting 64 UK and Irish hospitals.Participants 1471 adults with community-acquired meningitis of any aetiology in 2017.Results None of the audit standards, from the 2016 UK Joint Specialists Societies guideline on diagnosis and management of meningitis, were met in all cases. …”
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Brief Report: Clinical Characteristics and Outcomes of Patients With Thoracic SMARCA4-Deficient Undifferentiated Tumors by Alissa J. Cooper, MD, Andrea Arfe, PhD, Biagio Ricciuti, MD, Andréanne Gagné, MD, PhD, Lynette M. Sholl, MD, Alessandro Di Federico, MD, Mark M. Awad, MD, PhD, Mihaela Aldea, MD, PhD, Maria Rosa Ghigna, MD, Miruna Grecea, MD, Phoebe Clark, MS, Jamie E. Chaft, MD, Mark G. Kris, MD, Gregory J. Riely, MD, Charles M. Rudin, MD, PhD, Ibiayi Dagogo-Jack, MD, Mari Mino-Kenudson, MD, Lingzhi Hong, MD, PhD, Neda Kalhor, MD, Natalie Vokes, MD, Anita Bowman, MS, Soo-Ryum Yang, MD, Natasha Rekhtman, MD, PhD, Adam J. Schoenfeld, MD

“…Conclusions: This multi-institution retrospective cohort analysis revealed a population of patients with short progression-free survival to standard therapies and poor overall survival. A few patients had remarkable response to regimens including immunotherapy. …”
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Modelling the epidemiological and economic impact of digital adherence technologies with differentiated care for tuberculosis treatment in Ethiopia by Richard White, Katherine L Fielding, Salome Charalambous, Nicola Foster, Degu Jerene, Andrew Mganga, Taye Letta, Job van Rest, Amare Worku Tadesse, Rein MGJ Houben, Ahmed Bedru, Kristian van Kalmthout, Christopher Finn McQuaid, Lara Goscé, Jense van der Wal, Martin J Harker, Norma Madden, Tofik Abdurhman, Demekech Gadissa, Tanyaradzwa N Dube, Jason Alacapa, Natasha Deyanova

“…We compared the epidemiological and economic impact of two DAT interventions, a digital pillbox and medication labels, to the current standard of care, assuming each was introduced at scale in 2023. …”
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Methods to Adjust for Confounding in Test-Negative Design COVID-19 Effectiveness Studies: Simulation Study by Elizabeth AK Rowley, Patrick K Mitchell, Duck-Hye Yang, Ned Lewis, Brian E Dixon, Gabriela Vazquez-Benitez, William F Fadel, Inih J Essien, Allison L Naleway, Edward Stenehjem, Toan C Ong, Manjusha Gaglani, Karthik Natarajan, Peter Embi, Ryan E Wiegand, Ruth Link-Gelles, Mark W Tenforde, Bruce Fireman

“…However, the DRS-adjusted models underestimated the standard errors of VE estimates, with coverage sometimes below the 95% level. …”
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Clinical validation of an artificial intelligence algorithm for classifying tuberculosis and pulmonary findings in chest radiographs by Thiago Fellipe Ortiz de Camargo, Thiago Fellipe Ortiz de Camargo, Guilherme Alberto Sousa Ribeiro, Guilherme Alberto Sousa Ribeiro, Maria Carolina Bueno da Silva, Luan Oliveira da Silva, Pedro Paulo Teixeira e Silva Torres, Denise do Socorro Rodrigues da Silva, Mayler Olombrada Nunes de Santos, William Salibe Filho, Marcela Emer Egypto Rosa, Magdala de Araujo Novaes, Thiago Augusto Massarutto, Osvaldo Landi Junior, Elaine Yanata, Marcio Rodrigues da Cunha Reis, Gilberto Szarf, Pedro Vieira Santana Netto, Joselisa Peres Queiroz de Paiva

“…The results show the algorithm's performance is comparable to Group A physicians, using gold-standard analysis (Group B) as the reference. Notably, both Groups reported minimal influence of the algorithm on their decisions in most cases.…”
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What activities do patients hope to perform following anatomic total shoulder arthroplasty but are unable to? Looking beyond patient-reported outcome measures by Alexander E. White, MD, Nicolas Pascual-Leone, MD, Anthony Finocchiaro, BS, Christopher M. Brusalis, MD, David M. Dines, MD, Joshua S. Dines, MD, Andreas Kontaxis, PhD, Samuel A. Taylor, MD, Lawrence V. Gulotta, MD, Michael C. Fu, MD, MHS

“…While these structured PROMs produce reliable and standardized data for surgeons, individual patient desires and expectations related to postoperative activities may not be completely captured in standard PROMs. …”
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Pharmacological management of gambling disorder: A systematic review and network meta-analysis by Konstantinos Ioannidis, Cinzia Del Giovane, Charidimos Tzagarakis, Jeremy E. Solly, Samuel J. Westwood, Valeria Parlatini, Henrietta Bowden-Jones, Jon E. Grant, Samuele Cortese, Samuel R. Chamberlain

“…Data were independently extracted by two researchers. We used standardized mean differences (SMD) using Hedges' g to measure the efficacy outcomes, and for the effect for tolerability we used dropout rate due to medication side effects, expressed as odds ratio (OR). …”
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Hydroxychloroquine plus personal protective equipment versus personal protective equipment alone for the prevention of laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 infections among healthcare wor... by Rohina Joshi, Sudha Vidyasagar, Niveditha Devasenapathy, Rinaldo Bellomo, Vivekanand Jha, Chirag Patel, Vijay Kumar, Lachlan Donaldson, Oommen John, Balasubramanian Venkatesh, Michael John, Naomi Hammond, Jeyaraj Pandian, Ashwani Kumar, Arpita Ghosh, S Radhakrishnan, Rajib Paul, Bharath Kumar Tirupakuzhi Vijayaraghavan, Dorrilyn Rajbhandari, Sheila Nainan Myatra, Amritendu Bhattacharya, Sumaiya Arfin, Abhinav Bassi, Lachlan Hugh Donaldson, Naomi E Hammond, Mallikarjuna Kunigari, Cynthia Amrutha, Syed Haider Mehdi Husaini, Subir Ghosh, Santosh Kumar Nag, Hari Krishnan Selvaraj, Viny Kantroo, Kamal D Shah, Sheila Myatra, Amritendu Battacharya, Pavan Kumar Vecham, Evangeline Elvira, Gomathi Parthasarathy, Archana Ragunathan, Gnanavel Rajendra Kunjurao, Pavithra Sampath Kumar, Hilda Nirmala Kumari, Jayanthi Swaminathan, Murshid Cheriyeri Peediyekkal, Arun Chander Yadav, Aarthi Venkatramanan, Cynthia Amrutha Sukumar, Dharini Prasad, Krishnanda Nayak, Ravindra Prabhu, Rohini Bilagi, Akash Bhange, Bhumika Patel, Ekta Ramchandani, Jinesh Patel, Krupa Gandhi, N Prathyusha, Rayshma Rao Bonshlay Lakshmanan, S Hari Krishnan, Abhishek George Mehta, Mousumi Pradhan, Syed Haider Mehdi Husaini, Shahid Ali Siddique, Naved-ur Rahman, Mohammad Jamalludeen, Mounika Amarneni, Suresh Sankar, Vidya Rajesh Joshi, Alka Yadav, Nikhil Modi, Rinku Dahiya, Serena Knowles, Nikita Bathla, Fatima Butt

“…In the 6 months after randomisation (primary analysis population=413), 11 participants assigned to the hydroxychloroquine group and 12 participants assigned to the standard practice group met the primary endpoint (5.2% vs 5.9%; OR 0.85, 95% CI 0.35 to 2.07, p=0.72). …”
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EV Hybrid Battery With Integrated Multilevel Neutral-Point-Clamped Interfacing and Lossless Intermodule State-of-Charge Balancing by Gabriel Garcia-Rojas, Sergio Busquets-Monge, Alber Filba-Martinez, Turev Sarikurt, Salvador Alepuz, Josep Bordonau

“…Overall, the proposed approach enables a modular and scalable design of the energy storage system for a wide range of electric vehicles, from only two different standard battery modules and a standard power semiconductor device, while optimizing the battery size for any given battery power and energy specification. …”
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Optimization of the management of pregnant women with new COVID-19 coronavirus infection: An open prospective cross-sectional study by Irina V. Medyannikova, Yuliya Ch. Kuklis, Irina V. Saveljeva, Galina B. Beznoshchenko, Elena G. Galyanskaya, Olga Yu. Tsygankova, Galina V. Krivchik, Elena A. Bukharova, Natalya V. Nosova, Pavel V. Davidov

“…In 32 pregnant women of the main group with a high risk of obstetric complications, the treatment approach included endotheliotropic agent sulodexide and acetylsalicylic acid in addition to the standard of care for the underlying disease. Results. …”
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Open-label dose-extending placebos for opioid use disorder: a protocol for a randomised controlled clinical trial with methadone treatment by Annabelle M Belcher, Thomas O Cole, Aaron D Greenblatt, Stephen W Hoag, David H Epstein, Michael Wagner, Amy S Billing, Ebonie Massey, Kristen R Hamilton, Zofia K Kozak, Christopher J Welsh, Eric Weintraub, Emerson M Wickwire, Eric D Wish, Ted J Kaptchuk, Luana Colloca

“…Methadone maintenance treatment is the gold standard of medication-based treatment for OUD, but high-dose methadone is associated with cardiotoxicity and respiratory complications, among other side effects. …”
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The impact of HPV/HIV co-infection on immunosuppression, HPV genotype, and cervical cancer biomarkers by Terkimbi Dominic Swase, Ilemobayo Victor Fasogbon, Ifie Josiah Eseoghene, Ekom Monday Etukudo, Solomon Adomi Mbina, Chebet Joan, Reuben Samson Dangana, Chinyere Anyanwu, Comfort Danchal Vandu, A. B Agbaje, Tijjani Salihu Shinkafi, Ibrahim Babangida Abubarkar, Patrick Maduabuchi Aja

“…Method The article selection method for this review was based on the 2020 Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) standards. The total of eighty-four (84) articles from standard electronic databases mainly Web of Science, PubMed, and Scopus were extracted and reviewed. …”
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Blockchain digital forensics: technology and architecture by FAN Wei, LI Haibo, ZHANG Zhujun

“…This framework integrated evidence information into the on-chain data structure and introduced a complementary graph analysis algorithm to standardize evidence collection across various scenarios. …”
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