Prevalence of Microalbuminuria in Adult Patients with Sickle Cell Disease in Eastern Saudi Arabia by Ahmed M. Alkhunaizi, Adil A. Al-Khatti, Mansour A. Alkhunaizi

“…Patients with SCD should be screened for MA, and those with positive tests should probably be treated with antiproteinuric agents that may slow the progression to advanced stages of renal failure and decrease the risk of cardiovascular diseases.…”
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A 5-Fluorouracil-Induced Hyperammonemic Encephalopathy Challenged with Capecitabine by Michael Chahin, Nithya Krishnan, Hardik Chhatrala, Marwan Shaikh

“…Causes that must be considered include organ involvement of the cancer, electrolytes abnormalities, and even chemotherapeutic agents. A 32-year-old female patient had been recently started on FOLFOX for metastatic colon cancer. …”
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Silver Nanoparticles in Antifungal Applications: A Comparison of Biosynthesized and Physical Synthesized Nanoparticles on Paper-Biodegrading Fungi by Akram Kheiri, Parisa Mohammadi, Parinaz Ghadam

“…The AgNPs’ effectiveness ranked as follows: (1) AgNPs produced by Nostoc pruniforme, (2) AgNPs produced by M. sylvestris, (3) AgNPs produced by Nostoc IBRC-M5064, (4) AgNPs produced by J. regia, and (5) physically synthesized AgNPs.Conclusion: These findings highlight the potential of biologically synthesized AgNPs as environmentally friendly biocidal agents for preventing and controlling paper biodegradation.…”
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Asociatividad empresarial: estrategia para la competitividad en las pymes del sector turístico by Gladys Fernández, Mercy Narváez

“…se concluye que para implementar el modelo propuesto, es necesario for talecer el capital social local, así como la presencia de un agente ar ticulador que dirija la ejecución de cada una de sus fases.…”
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Bile acids regulation of cellular stress responses in liver physiology and diseases by Tiangang Li, Mohammad Nazmul Hasan, Lijie Gu

“…Dysregulation of bile acid homeostasis alters cell function and causes cell injury in chronic liver diseases. Therapeutic agents targeting bile acid synthesis, transport and signalling hold great potential for treatment of chronic liver diseases. …”
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Evaluation of the Effects of systemic Therapy on Inflammatory Markers and Disease Severity in Patients With Pemphigus by Mehmet Enes Güner, Perihan Ozturk, Mine müjde Kuş

“…Objective: In this study, our objective was to investigate changes in the inflammatory markers NLR, PLR, MPV, LMR, CRP and ESR, which are inflammatory markers, before treatment and during follow-up, and the correlation of disease severity with these markers in patients with pemphigus receiving IVIG and/or systemic immunosuppressant agents. Method: 76 pemphigus patients who received systemic treatment, and used these treatments for at least 6 months were included. …”
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Análisis Marginal: Un Procedimiento Económico para Seleccionar Tecnologías o Prácticas Alternativas by Edward A. Evans

“… Hoy en día, muchos agentes de extensión e investigadores agrícolas incorporan cierto nivel de análisis económico a las decisiones relacionadas con la selección de tecnologas o prácticas que recomiendan a los productores agrícolas para mejorar sus ingresos. …”
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Evaluation of efficacy of GCSF in reducing neutropenia among carcinoma patients undergoing anti-cancer chemotherapy. A prospective cohort study. by Maria Kakar, Sami Ullah, Amjad Khan, Shabnam Nazir

“…The use of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (GCSF) to control febrile neutropenia (FN) caused by anti-cancer chemotherapy is well documented but it still needs to evaluated with respect to the specific type of cancer and chemotherapeutic agents. The present study evaluates the efficacy of adjunctive GCSF for treating FN after taking anticancer therapy by measuring clinical, hematological and microbiological outcomes. …”
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Antimicrobials susceptibility and β—lactamase activity of staphylococci isolated from dairy cows with mastitis by H. Hüseyin Hadimli, Mehmet Ateş, Leyia Güler, Kürşat Kav, Taner Öncel

“…Susceptibility test results for other an-abacterial agents with the 107 strains were as follows: 104 (97.1 %) for the sefaperazone+sulbactam; 98 (91 5 %) clo-xacillme 93 (86.9 %) sefaperazone; 86 (80.3 %) oxacilline; 85 (79.4 %); oxytetrac yeline, 83 (77.5 %); ampicıllıne+sulbactam; 80 (74.7 %) gentamycin; 76 (71.0 %) trimetopnm+sulfametaksazol. …”
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Protective Effects of Gemigliptin, a Dipeptidyl Peptidase-4 Inhibitor, against Cisplatin-Induced Nephrotoxicity in Mice by Seung Hee Choi, Jaechan Leem, In-Kyu Lee

“…Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 (DPP-4) inhibitors are widely used antihyperglycemic agents for the treatment of type 2 diabetes mellitus. …”
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The Neuroprotective Disease-Modifying Potential of Psychotropics in Parkinson's Disease by Edward C. Lauterbach, Leonardo F. Fontenelle, Antonio L. Teixeira

“…The most promising neuroprotective investigative priorities will involve disease-modifying trials of the safest agents alone or in combination to capture salutary effects on H3 histone deacetylase, gene transcription, glycogen synthase kinase-3, α-synuclein, reactive oxygen species (ROS), reactive nitrogen species (RNS), apoptosis, inflammation, and trophic factors including GDNF and BDNF.…”
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Adjuvant Hormonal Therapy in Postmenopausal Women with Breast Cancer: Physician’s Choices by Asim Jamal Shaikh, Shiyam Kumar, Sajjad Raza, Maria Mehboob, Osama Ishtiaq

“…The choice of adjuvant hormonal therapy in postmenopausal women with hormone receptor positive breast cancer has remained a matter of controversy and debate. The variety of agents is available, with each claiming to be superior. …”
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Food Safety Risk Communication between the Food Regulator and Consumer in China: An Evolutionary Game Perspective by Ying Zhu, May Chu, Xiaowei Wen, Yiqin Wang

“…In the end, some numerical examples have been displayed to simulate the agents’ choices. The results show that penalty cost, governance intensity, communication cost, and reputation of the government have an essential impact on consumers’ enthusiasm for food safety risk communication decision-making behavior. …”
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The effects of ozone pretreatment on the physicochemical, functional, bioactive, textural, and sensory properties of medicinal plants: A comprehensive review by Zahra Shafiee, Bahram Hosseinzadeh Samani

“…Background and aims: Ozone technology is utilized to inactivate enzymes, destroy microorganisms, and preserve and maintain food quality without chemicals as antimicrobial agents. Methods: As an emerging processing technology, ozone pretreatment objectives combine some selected features with low molecular weight functional components and bioactive properties of medicinal plants. …”
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Late Endocrine Effects after Stem Cell Transplant in a Young Girl with Griscelli Syndrome by Shana R. Mencher, William V. Tamborlane, Anisha D. Patel

“…It is important to monitor pubertal progression as the majority of those treated with alkylating agents prior to SCT have pubertal and ovarian failure and remain at risk for premature menopause.…”
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Changes in Testing and Treatment Methods in Osteoporosis Care by Takashi Nagai, Koji Ishikawa, Koki Tsuchiya, Soji Tani, Yusuke Dodo, Yusuke Oshita, Keizo Sakamoto, Nobuyuki Kawate, Yoshifumi Kudo

“…Regarding therapeutic agents, bisphosphonates decreased in usage, whereas parathyroid hormone and romosozumab witnessed an increase. …”
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Costo de capital bajo riesgos asimétricos en el mercado de valores mexicano by M. Rodríguez, K. Cortez, H. García

“…El siguiente artículo tiene como fin calcular el costo de financiamiento de las empresas al momento de captar recursos de la Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, costo al que también se denomina costo de capital o tasa de rendimiento mínimo aceptable. Utilizamos la metodología del capital asset price model (CAMP) propuesta por W. …”
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Enhanced Hepatocarcinogenicity Due to Agonists of Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors in Senescent Rats: Role of Peroxisome Proliferation, Cell Proliferation, and Apoptosis by Jihan Youssef, Mostafa Badr

“…This paradoxical effect may be responsible for the exaggerated sensitivity of the aged liver to the carcinogenic effect of agents that activate PPARs.…”
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Botulinum Toxin Suppression of CNS Network Activity In Vitro by Joseph J. Pancrazio, Kamakshi Gopal, Edward W. Keefer, Guenter W. Gross

“…The botulinum toxins are potent agents which disrupt synaptic transmission. While the standard method for BoNT detection and quantification is based on the mouse lethality assay, we have examined whether alterations in cultured neuronal network activity can be used to detect the functional effects of BoNT. …”
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The Use of Adipose-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells in the Treatment of Claw Lesions in Cows by Nataly Kostyuk, Andrei Prytychenka

“…At the same time, the problem of finding new agents to improve tissue regeneration remains. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) cells may be considered as such a remedy. …”
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