An outbreak within an outbreak: The impact of Infection Prevention and Control strategies on hospital-acquired infections and the occurrence of multi-drug resistant organisms durin... by B Mashigo, A Parker, U Lalla, B W Allwood, M S Moolla, T Lovelock, C F N Koegelenberg

“…We observed a very significant rise in HAIs in the COVID-19 ICU during the third wave compared with the first, with almost three times as many patients developing HAIs. Unsurprisingly, it was associated with a longer mean stay in ICU and a higher mortality. …”
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Evaluation of Inflammatory Markers and Clinical Outcomes in COVID-19 Patients with Concurrent <i>Clostridioides difficile</i> Infection: A Comparative Cohort Analysis by Flavia Ignuta, Adrian Vlad, Teodor Cerbulescu, Stana Loredana, Felix Bratosin, Ovidiu Rosca, Lavinia Stelea, Daciana Nistor

“…Among the evaluated markers, CAR and PNI emerged as robust predictors of severe disease. Timely recognition of <i>C. difficile</i> co-infection and use of targeted anti-inflammatory and supportive therapies may improve patient management. …”
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Strong-lensing Analysis of SPT-CL J2325−4111 and SPT-CL J0049−2440, Two Powerful Cosmic Telescopes (RE > 40″) from the SPT Clusters Sample by Guillaume Mahler, Keren Sharon, Matthew Bayliss, Lindsey. E. Bleem, Mark Brodwin, Benjamin Floyd, Raven Gassis, Michael D. Gladders, Gourav Khullar, Juan D. Remolina González, Arnab Sarkar

“…From the lensing analysis, we measure a projected mass density within 500 kpc of M (<500 kpc) = (7.30 ± 0.07) × 10 ^14 M _⊙ and $M(\lt 500\,\mathrm{kpc})=7.1{2}_{-0.19}^{+0.16}\times 1{0}^{14}$ M _⊙ for these two clusters, and subhalo mass ratios of 0.12 ± 0.01 and $0.2{1}_{-0.05}^{+0.07}$ , respectively. …”
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Inorganic constituents in cassava derivatives: Total concentration, dietary intake and bioaccessibility by Leilane R. Santos, Filipe B. Santana, Hilária F.A. Silveira, Wellington C. de Carvalho, Laís A. Souza, Rennan Geovanny O. Araujo, Maria Graças A. Korn, Daniele Cristina M.B. Santos

“…For Pb, the concentrations were three times higher than the legislated values in Brazil. …”
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Serum advanced glycation end products as a putative biomarker in Type2 DKD patients’ prognosis by Ze-Hou Wang, Ze-Hou Wang, Zong-Jin Zhang, Yue-Fen Wang, Jin Xie, Jin Xie, Yi-Min Li, Cun Shen, Yuan Meng, Wen-Jing Zhao, Lu-Ying Sun, Wei Jing Liu

“…Kaplan-Meier analysis demonstrated that patients in the high-level group (12 months) exhibited significantly shorter median survival times compared with those in the low-level group (50 months). …”
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A clinical study of the immunogenicity and protective potency of a live recombinant GamLPV vaccine for intranasal use for the prevention of whooping cough in adult volunteers by Alevtina A. Lidzhieva, Alisa Yu. Medkova, Sergey V. Kulikov, Ludmila N. Sinyashina, Rezida A. Sioundioukova, Andrey P. Markov, Aleksey B. Verveda, Natalia E. Abaeva, Irina N. Chernyshova, Marina V. Gavrilova, Kristina K. Bushkova, Ilya N. Dyakov, Gennady I. Karataev

“…The period of elimination after second vaccination is more than 2 times shorter than the period after the first one. …”
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Kinerja probiotik Bacillus sp. pada pendederan benih ikan lele Clarias sp. yang diinfeksi Aeromonas hydrophila by , Sukenda, Muhammad Mufthi Rafsyanzani, , Rahman, Dendi Hidayatullah

“…Fish were reared for 30 days and fed three times a day at rate 8% of  total body weight. At day 31, catfish were challenged by A. hydrophila 0.1 mL (106 cfu/mL). …”
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Results of propagation of Fagus silvatica L. plants in vitro by Mykola Lisovyi, Andrii Ivaniuk

“…Rhizogenesis of the initiated explants was carried out only on the MS medium, which proved to be the most effective at the initiation stage, modified as follows: the concentration of the main mineral salts was reduced by 2-4 times, the amount of sucrose was reduced to 0.5-1.0%, and in some variants cytokinin was completely extracted. …”
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Beyond identification of familial hypercholesterolemia: Improving downstream visits and treatments in a large health care system by Harin Lee, Tarun Kadaru, Ruth Schneider, Taylor Triana, Carol Tujardon, Colby Ayers, Mujeeb Basit, Zahid Ahmad, Amit Khera

“…Participants were contacted 1–4 times by one of these modalities. Chart extraction of contacted patients was performed to determine the type and frequency of contact and downstream visits and interventions. …”
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Security and religion in democratizing Tunisia: re-enacting surveillance through religious narratives and gendered dynamics by Fabrizio Leonardo Cuccu, Alessandra Bonci

“…As Moghadam claims, “at times of regime consolidation and state building, questions of gender, family and male-female relations come to the fore. …”
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Features of development and progression of colorectal cancer on a background of ulcerative colitis by I. L. Khalif, V. N. Kashnikov, A. V. Gusev, O. V. Golovenko, K. V. Bolikhov, L. L. Kapuller, A. N. Kuznetsov, A. V. Vasilchenko

“…Combined effect of disease duration and UC intestinal extent increases probability of CRC development several times. Presence of two peaks of CRC development – at patients with 11 to 15 years of UC past history and from 26 to 30 years has been revealed.…”
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The history of childbirth: Women and doctors in the lying-in hospital of Göttingen University, eighteenth – nineteenth century by Jürgen Schlumbohm

“…Furthermore, in every semester, the number of medical students trained at the hospital was five to ten times higher than that of the midwife apprentices. …”
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Modulation of brain activity in brain-injured patients with a disorder of consciousness in intensive care with repeated 10-Hz transcranial alternating current stimulation (tACS): a... by David Williamson, Francis Bernard, Stefanie Blain-Moraes, Caroline Arbour, Virginie Williams, Louis de Beaumont, Catherine Duclos, Béatrice P De Koninck, Daphnee Brazeau, Amelie A Deshaies, Marie-Michele Briand, Charlotte Maschke

“…Resting-state electroencephalogram (EEG) will be recorded four times daily for five consecutive days: pre and post-intervention, at 60 and 120 min post-tACS. …”
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Multidrug-Resistant <i>Acinetobacter baumannii</i>: Risk Factors for Mortality in a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital by Kristina Černiauskienė, Astra Vitkauskienė

“…Therefore, it is of utmost importance to reduce the prevalence of MDR <i>A. baumannii</i> infections in healthcare facilities by applying preventive measures and to administer timely effective treatment once <i>A. baumannii</i> infection is detected.…”
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Depression symptom severity and behavioral impairment in school-going adolescents in Uganda by Ronald Anguzu, Catherine Abbo, Julia Dickson-Gomez, Max Bobholz, Arthur Kiconco, Abdul R. Shour, Richard Kabanda, Kenneth Kalani, Laura D. Cassidy

“…School-going adolescents with mild depression symptoms had two times higher risk of behavioral impairment when compared to those with no or slight depression symptoms, after controlling for potential confounders. …”
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Seaweed extract of Gracilaria verrucosa as an antibacterial and treatment against Vibrio harveyi infection of Litopenaeus vannamei by Mad Rudi, Sukenda Sukenda, Dinamella Wahjuningrum, Wesly Pasaribu, Dendi Hidayatullah

“…Pacific white shrimp had been fed three times a day as much as 3% in at satiation for 14 days after challenged with V. harveyi. …”
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Comparison of bullying victimization and depression symptoms among Chinese adolescents before and after the end of the dynamic zero-COVID-19 policy: a repeated cross-sectional stud... by Yong Yang, Yi Lin, Feng Wang, Si Jia Wang, Jing Hui Wang, Feng Tong, Qing Hai Gong

“…The odds ratio of experiencing depression (CES-D Score ≧ 16) and bullying victimization in school were 1.18 (95% CI, 1.10–1.28) and 1.86 (95% CI, 1.55–2.24) times higher, respectively, in 2023 than in 2022 (P < 0.01). …”
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Evaluation of dietary coffee Coffee canephora husk supplementation on the growth, blood chemicals, and antioxidative activity of red Nile tilapia Oreochromis sp. by Azmi Afriansyah, Mia Setiawati, Muhammad Agus Suprayudi, Ichsan Achmad Fauzi

“…Fish were reared for 8 weeks and fed three times a day. Parameters observed contained growth performance and antioxidative activity. …”
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Evaluation of Common and Atypical Clinical Presentations of Tinea Faciei: A Cross-sectional Study from Barabanki, Uttar Pradesh, India by Suganita, Deepika Agarwal, Sonal Sachan, Vandana Yadav, Harshit Jaiswal, Divya Prajapati

“…The authors have described various common and atypical clinical morphologies and distributions of tinea faciei and recognising these atypical signs can help clinicians diagnose the condition early and initiate timely treatment. Moreover, the present study highlights that many patients use steroids in the form of topical, oral and injection to get quick relief, which can complicate the diagnosis.…”
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Evaluation of pulmonary tuberculosis disease burden in Shenyang, China, 2023 by Huijie Chen, Haiyan Bi, Peng Li, Zhixing Yang, Lihai Wen, Baijun Sun, Wei Sun

“…The disease burden showed a characteristic of increasing with age, and the PTB DALYs rate for males was higher than that for females, being equivalent to 4 times the female rate. The predominant disease burden of PTB was attributed to YLLs, accounting for as much as 71.38%, indicating that PTB primarily results in premature mortality rather than disability. …”
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