Bacteriological Profile and Antibiotic Susceptibility Patterns in Lower Respiratory Tract Infection at a Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital by Jitendra Singh, Arpita Shah, Hemali Parmar, Bithika Duttaroy

“…Aim: To study the bacterial profile, along with antibiotic susceptibility pattern of isolates from suspected cases of LRTIs attending the tertiary care study area. Materials and Methods: Respiratory samples like sputum, BAL & ET secretions from patients clinically suspected with LRTIs received from both in patient and OPD of a tertiary care teaching hospital, were processed as per standard protocol in Department of Microbiology. …”
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Methods of Measuring ‘Soft Power’ by S. I. Belov

“…Examination of both theoretical and practical aspects of ‘soft power’ is currently one of the most dynamic research fields within studies of power in international relations. Much of scholarly attention is drawn to various indexes and ratings, designed to evaluate the ‘soft power’ of the leading actors of world politics. …”
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Relevance of the Human Microbiome in Breast Cancer: A Global Bibliometric and Visual Analysis by Faqeeha Javed, Shahzad Ahmad, Rakhi Issrani, Hafiz Muhammad Zeeshan, Abid Iqbal, Eiman Syed, Mohammad Khursheed Alam, Namdeo Prabhu

“…This review represents a modest attempt to compile the body of knowledge regarding the relationship between breast cancer and the human microbiome.…”
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Impact of Molecular and Crystal Structure on the Melting Points in Halo-Substituted Phenyl-Quinazolinones by Ivica Đilović, Nenad Judaš, Mario Komar, Maja Molnar, Marta Počkaj, Tomislav Balić

“…Regarding the halogen atom type, the order of melting points is Cl ≈ Br > F > I for enantiopure and Br > I ≈ Cl > F for racemic compounds. …”
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Breaking the cycle: a pilot study on autonomous Digital CBTe for recurrent binge eating by Rebecca Murphy, Charandeep Khera, Emma L. Osborne

“…Most participants (85%) self-reported features that resembled binge eating disorder, and the rest self-reported features that resembled bulimia nervosa (8%) and atypical bulimia nervosa (7%). On average, participants reported that the onset of their eating disorder was more than twenty years ago. …”
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Les nouvelles monnaies numériques : au-delà de la dématérialisation de la monnaie et de la contestation des banques by Alain Laurent, Virginie Monvoisin

“…Moreover, new agents and new digital moneys challenge the common view of money in an attempt to emancipate from monetary and banking institutions. …”
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Complementary cognitive roles for D2-MSNs and D1-MSNs during interval timing by Robert A Bruce, Matthew Weber, Alexandra Bova, Rachael Volkman, Casey Jacobs, Kartik Sivakumar, Hannah Stutt, Youngcho Kim, Rodica Curtu, Kumar Narayanan

“…We studied dorsomedial striatal cognitive processing during interval timing, an elementary cognitive task that requires mice to estimate intervals of several seconds and involves working memory for temporal rules as well as attention to the passage of time. We harnessed optogenetic tagging to record from striatal D2-dopamine receptor-expressing medium spiny neurons (D2-MSNs) in the indirect pathway and from D1-dopamine receptor-expressing MSNs (D1-MSNs) in the direct pathway. …”
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The Acute Effects of Dynamic and Static Stretching on Tennis Serve Targeting Performance by Bahar Yılmaz, Asuman Şahan, Bülent Turna

“…The study investigates the acute effects of dynamic and static stretching on the tennis serve targeting performance of amateur tennis players. Twenty male athletes who were between the ages of 16-24 years and played tennis for at least 1 year (21.40±2.16 years, 181±0.06 cm, 71.85±7.42 kg, tennis playing time 1.55±0.88 years) voluntarily participated in the study. …”
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Changes of Cell Adhesion Molecules and T Cell Subset Populations in Acute Myeloid Leukemia Patients Undergoing Intravenous Administration of Cytarabine Supplemented with Idarubicin by Jinhua Piao, Didi Wang, Siying Pei, Tangdong Ge, Jing Li, Pengxia Zhang

“…The present study aimed at investigating the efficacy and safety of intravenous administration of cytarabine supplemented with idarubicin in treating acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients undergoing first attack and its effects on serum levels of cell adhesion molecules, cytokines in response to inflammation, and T cell subset populations in acute myeloid leukemia (AML) patients undergoing first attack. …”
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„Different place, different rules”. Inny świat w komunikacji marki PlayStation by Paweł Pawiński

“…Artykuł omawia konkretne sposoby konstruowania rzeczywistości w reklamowej komunikacji marki Sony PlayStation, a także atrybuty modelowego użytkownika tej rzeczywistości. …”
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SVDD: SAR Vehicle Dataset Construction and Detection by Dan Gao, Xiaofang Wu, Zhijin Wen, Yue Xu, Zhengchao Chen

“…With the advent of high-quality SAR images and the rapid development of computing technology, the object detection algorithms based on convolution neural network have attracted a lot of attention in the field of SAR object detection. …”
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RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BANK CREDITS AND MACROECONOMIC FACTORS IN NIGERIA by Kayode David KOLAWOLE

“… Credit risk management is a very difficult and complex task in the financial industry due to unpredictable nature of the macroeconomic factors coupled with the various microeconomic variables which are peculiar to the banking industry or specific to a particular bank. The paper attempts to determine the association between bank credits and macroeconomic factors. …”
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Les lois d’amnistie devant la Cour européenne des Droits de l’Homme by Amane Gogorza

“…Unlike its counterpart on the other side of the Atlantic, however, the ECHR has never completely closed the door on amnesty laws, whose validity could well be accepted on condition that they are part of a process of social reconciliation.…”
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The clinical characteristics and implications of acute kidney injury during induction therapy for acute promyelocytic leukemia by Kai Shen, Chenlu Yang, Jie Huang, Xiao Shuai, Ting Niu, Hongbing Ma

“…BackgroundDual induction with all-trans retinoic acid (ATRA) and arsenic trioxide (ATO) has made acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) a curable disease. …”
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Reflexões sobre pigmentocracia e colorismo no Brasil by Juliana Morais de Góes

“…Alejandro Lipschütz criou o segundo conceito para descrever as dinâmicas raciais de sociedades latino-americanas, que hierarquizam pessoas segundo características fenotípicas (especialmente a cor da pele). Através da justaposição desses conceitos e da literatura sobre raça e racismo no Brasil, argumenta-se que o termo pigmentocracia capta melhor a realidade brasileira do que o termo colorismo. …”
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Glycogen Synthase Kinase-3 Regulates Production of Amyloid-β Peptides and Tau Phosphorylation in Diabetic Rat Brain by Zhong-Sen Qu, Liang Li, Xiao-Jiang Sun, Yu-Wu Zhao, Jin Zhang, Zhi Geng, Jian-Liang Fu, Qing-Guo Ren

“…Furthermore, selective inhibition of GSK-3 by lithium could attenuate the conditions of Aβ overproduction and tau hyperphosphorylation. …”
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Update on Babesiosis by Edouard Vannier, Peter J. Krause

“…Specific antimicrobial therapy consists of atovaquone and azithromycin or clindamycin and quinine. …”
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Por una historia de la secularización y de la laicidad en la Argentina by Roberto Di Stefano

“…Por este motivo, las etapas que el autor cree necesario reinterpretar –fundamental - mente el cambio de siglo- han merecido mayor atención que las restantes y presentan por tanto un mayor desarrollo.…”
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Educational services sphere as a tool for improving the quality of human resources in the region by L. V. Agarkova, E. A. Ostapenko

“…The main trends and challenges related to education development in the region have been studied, and practical recommendations for optimizing educational programs and improving the quality of training offered. Particular attention has been paid to the issues of training highly qualified personnel and creating favorable conditions for their retention in the region. …”
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Relative Susceptibilities of ABO Blood Groups to Plasmodium falciparum Malaria in Ghana by Richmond Afoakwah, Edmond Aubyn, James Prah, Ekene Kwabena Nwaefuna, Johnson N. Boampong

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