Deglycosylation of Excretory-Secretory Antigens of the Second-Stage Larvae of Toxocara cati Improves Its Efficacy in the Diagnosis of Human Toxocariasis by Ali Pouryousef, Bahador Sarkari, Amir Mootabi Alavi, Mostafa Omidian, Fattaneh Mikaeili

“…Sera samples collected from 30 confirmed cases of toxocariasis, 30 patients with other diseases, and 30 healthy subjects were evaluated by both systems. Results. The sensitivity of TES and dTES ELISA for the diagnosis of human toxocariasis was 96.67% (95% CI = 82.78–99.92) and 93.33% (95% CI = 77.93–99.18), respectively, while the specificity of dTES (88.33%; 95% CI = 77.43–95.18) increased significantly compared to the TES (80.00%; 95% CI = 67.67–89.22). …”
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Identification of quality problems staff vocational training by Vera V. Zhivaeva, Vadim A. Nikovaev, Svetlana N. Parfenova, Elena P. Tuponosova

“…Vocational training (VET) is a very complex and understudied system-object, the functioning of which is the subject to a continuous action of a large number of random (uncertain) factors. …”
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Evaluation of the Morphology of Ganglion Cell Complex and Functional Outcomes after Internal Limiting Membrane Peeling with Macular Abrasion in Idiopathic Macular Hole by Aurelio Imburgia, Purva Date, Alessandro Mularoni, Gian Maria Cavallini, Rodolfo Mastropasqua, Matteo Forlini

“…This retrospective study was conducted between April 2019 and December 2019. 33 patients with IMH were included and divided into three groups: stage I, stage II, and stage IV. All patients were subjected to vitrectomy with ILM peeling. Gentle and vigorous macular abrasion was additionally performed for stage II and stage IV patients, respectively. …”
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Application and implementation of brief geriatric assessment in primary care and community settings: a scoping review by Lay Khoon Lau, Penny Lun, Jonathan Gao, Edward Tan, Yew Yoong Ding

“…Self-reported questionnaire is the key approach, but uncertainty remains on the validity of subjective cognitive assessments. Brief geriatric assessments have been administered by non-healthcare professionals. …”
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Predictive Value of Obstetrical Doppler Parameters to Predict Oxidative Stress and Cord Blood PH in Newborn Infants by Vakkas Korkmaz, Alptekin Tosun, Enis Özkaya, Dilek Menekşe Beşer, Tuncay Küçüközkan, Fadıl Kara

“…Active labor was confirmed for each woman according to uterine contraction frequency, cervical dilatation and effacement. Subjects with amniotic fluid index (AFI) lower than 80 mm were included in the study. …”
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The syntactic features and emotional impact of Xitsonga interjections by Respect Mlambo, Madala C. Hlungwani

“…The data were purposefully sampled and subsequently subjected to content analysis. The article was written following the principles of prototype theory. …”
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Profiling endogenous airway proteases and antiproteases and modeling proteolytic activation of Influenza HA using in vitro and ex vivo human airway surface liquid samples. by Stephanie A Brocke, Boris Reidel, Camille Ehre, Meghan E Rebuli, Carole Robinette, Kevin D Schichlein, Christian A Brooks, Ilona Jaspers

“…We detected 48 proteases in the apical wash of cultured human nasal epithelial cells (HNECs) (n = 6) and 57 in NELF (n = 13) samples from healthy human subjects using mass-spectrometry based proteomics. …”
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Work engagement of psychiatric nurses: a scoping review protocol by Yuichi Kato, Tsuyoshi Mukaihata, Toshiyuki Swa, Hirokazu Fujimoto

“…Although some knowledge has been accumulated on the subject, no reviews have been conducted on the work engagement of psychiatric nurses. …”
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Association of blood pressure and left ventricular mass with subclinical coronary atherosclerosis by Weiting Huang, Calvin Chin, Rehena Sultana, Chirk Jenn Ng, Jonathan Jiunn Liang Yap, Enver De Wei Loh, Swee Yaw Tan, Siew Ching Kong, Khung K Yeo

“…Logistic regression models were used to assess the interaction of BP and LVMI on prevalent CAC.Results The study included 880 subjects (mean age 45.8±11.7 years, 51.4% women). Individuals with high LVMI had higher BP than those with normal LVMI. …”
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RAB3GAP2 dysregulation in adult T-cell leukemia/lymphoma (ATLL) compared to acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL): a molecular perspective by Samira Pourrezaei, Arash Letafati, Ghazale Molaverdi, Mehdi Norouzi, Sayed-Hamidreza Mozhgani

“…Whole blood samples and peripheral blood mononuclear cells were collected from 10 viral ATLL patients and 10 ALL subjects. Real-time quantitative PCR was then performed to quantify mRNA expression levels of SMC6, FANCM, EIF4H, WDR7, RAB3GAP2, and IFN α/β. …”
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Process Assessment of Fencer's Parents within the scope of the Covid-19 Normalization Steps by Yusuf Barsbuğa

“…The survey form, which was drawn up by the researcher by taking expert opinion, consisting of a total of nine questions, and devised to learn the opinions of the participants on the subject matter of the study, includes multiple-choice and open-ended question types. …”
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Static Standing Trunk Sway Assessment in Amputees – Effects of Sub-Threshold Stimulation by L. Ming-Yih, S. Kok-Soon, L. Chih-Feng

“…Four unilateral trans-tibial amputees who consecutively wore prosthetics over 2 years were recruited in this study. Subjects performed single leg quiet standing trails with sub-threshold electrical stimulation applied at the quadriceps muscle during the trails. …”
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Effectiveness of robot-assisted task-oriented training intervention for upper limb and daily living skills in stroke patients: A meta-analysis. by Chengzhu Jin, Yonghuan Chen, Yuanyuan Ma

“…Subgroup and regression analyses revealed that the use of combined interventions, the geographical region of the first author, and the age of the subjects did not appear to be sources of high heterogeneity. …”
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Ellagic acid could prevent experimentally induced oxidative stress in rats by Mehmet Ali Kisacam, Gonca Ozan Kocamuftuoglu, Enver Ozan, Sema Temizer Ozan

“…After 8 weeks rats were sacrificed, liver and blood were subjected to biochemical evaluation.<p> <b>Results: </b>DEN alone or with PB increased liver MDA levels significantly; however plasma MDA levels didn?…”
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Thoracic load carriage impairs the acute physiological response to hypoxia in healthy males by Daniel A. Baur, Caroline M. Lassalle, Stephanie P. Kurti

“…Expiratory flow limitation was present in 50% of subjects during LH. Cardiac output and muscle oxygenation were maintained during LH despite reduced stroke volume (6%–8%; p < 0.05). …”
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Verbalization of the concept of “hearing” in Slavic languages by Liudmyla Pedchenko

“…The object of the study is the Slavic names of auditory perception. The subject of the study is the onomasiological structure of these names. …”
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Cross-country assessments of the housing sector based on the development of comparative analysis methodology by T. Yu. Ovsiannikova, O. V. Rabtsevich

“…The object of the study is the housing sector, and the subject of the study is housing relations.Materials and methods. …”
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Comparison of anonymization techniques regarding statistical reproducibility. by David Pau, Camille Bachot, Charles Monteil, Laetitia Vinet, Mathieu Boucher, Nadir Sella, Romain Jegou

“…<h4>Background</h4>Anonymization opens up innovative ways of using secondary data without the requirements of the GDPR, as anonymized data does not affect anymore the privacy of data subjects. Anonymization requires data alteration, and this project aims to compare the ability of such privacy protection methods to maintain reliability and utility of scientific data for secondary research purposes.…”
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Peran Modal Sosial dalam Pengelolaan Badan Usaha Milik Desa Maju Bersama di Desa Sei Jawi-Jawi Kecamatan Sei Kepayang Barat Kabupaten Asahan by Zulpahmi Zulpahmi, Badaruddin Badaruddin, Humaizi Humaizi

“…This can be seen from the BUMDes Maju Bersama cooperation network that is still small, with collateral or collateral provided by BUMDes, the interest given by the management is too high, almost the same as the existing cooperatives and there is still public debt arrears. The informant's subjects from this study were the Village Head, Village Officials, BUMDes Maju Bersama Management, BUMDes Supervisor, parties who knew BUMDes and the Community who knew about BUMDes Maju Bersama.…”
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In vitro assessment of fracture resistance of endodontically treated teeth restored with short fiber reinforced resin based composite and ceramic overlays by Mona Elshirbini Hafez, Ahmed Ata Abd El-ghany, Ahmed Ismail Taha, Ashraf Amin

“…Fracture loads were recorded, and fracture mode was evaluated. All data were subjected to statistical analysis. Results Teeth restored with CeraSmart 270 overlays and those restored with high aspect ratio short fiber-reinforced resin composite recorded the highest resistance to fracture with no significant differences between them. …”
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