Effects of high-power pain threshold ultrasound technique in patients with knee osteoarthritis: A single-blind randomized controlled trial by Yomna F. Ahmed, Rania M. Tawfik, Ahmed M. Tawfick, Shimaa T. Abu El Kasem

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Factores asociados a la COVID-19 moderada y grave en pacientes pediátricos by Tomás Eduardo Ordoñez-Condezo, Victor Hugo Moquillaza-Alcantara

“…El análisis ajustado mostró que presentar alguna enfermedad cardiovascular (p= 0,029; ORa: 7,64), enfermedad neurológica crónica (p< 0,001; ORa: 12,76), enfermedad pulmonar (p= 0,001; ORa: 11,12), obesidad (p= 0,005; ORa: 7,89) y enfermedad hematológica (p< 0,001; ORa: 17,70) incrementan la probabilidad de la COVID-19 moderada y grave. …”
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Características clínico-epidemiológicas de pacientes operados de bocio coloide reintervenidos por recidiva by Gladys Iglesias Díaz, Iván García García, Luisbel Correa Martínez

“…La muestra estuvo constituida por todos los pacientes operados de tiroides y que presentaron recidiva tiroidea, los cuales fueron re intervenidos (n= 29) en los años 2010, 2011 y 2012. La información fue obtenida a través de las historias clínicas y el registro de diagnósticos histopatológicos.…”
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CaGe: A Web-Based Cancer Gene Annotation System for Cancer Genomics by Young-Kyu Park, Tae-Wook Kang, Su-Jin Baek, Kwon-Il Kim, Seon-Young Kim, Doheon Lee, Yong Sung Kim

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Evaluating the Contribution of Nocardia spp. and Mycobacterium tuberculosis to Pulmonary Infections among HIV and Non-HIV Patients at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Ghana by Samuel Asamoah Sakyi, Kwabena Owusu Danquah, Richard Dadzie Ephraim, Anthony Enimil, Venus Frimpong, Linda Ahenkorah Fondjo, Esther Love Darkoh

“…Detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis by fluorescence-based Ziehl–Neelsen staining, culture, and PCR yielded 9 (15%), 11 (18.3%), and 12 (20%), respectively. There is a high prevalence of nocardiosis especially in HIV patients. …”
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Association of Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase C677T Gene Polymorphisms with Mild Cognitive Impairment Susceptibility: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Jiahui Sun, Xuefan Jiang, Ming Zhao, Lina Ma, Hui Pei, Nanyang Liu, Hao Li

“…There was no significant association between MTHFR C677T (rs1801133) gene variants and MCI susceptibility under the allelic (OR, 1.318; 95% CI, 0.964–1.801; p=0.084), dominant (OR, 1.296; 95% CI, 0.925–1.817; p=0.132), recessive (OR, 1.397; 95% CI, 0.845–2.312; p=0.193), heterozygous (OR, 1.031; 95% CI, 0.855–1.243; p=0.749), or homozygous (OR, 1.506; 95% CI, 0.850–2.667; p=0.160) models. …”
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Association between Cysticercosis and Neoplasia: A Study Based on Autopsy Findings by Camila Lourencini Cavellani, Aline Cristina Souza da Silva, Grace Kelly Naves de Aquino Ribeiro, Lívia Ferreira Oliveira, Mara Lúcia Fonseca Ferraz, Vicente de Paula Antunes Teixeira

“…Patients autopsied were divided into 4 groups: patients with neoplasia and cysticercosis (NC), patients with neoplasia only (NN), patients with cysticercosis only (CC), and patients without neoplasia or cysticercosis (WW). Of 2012 autopsy reports analyzed, 0.4 showed NC. In groups CC and NC, the most common location of the parasite was the brain. …”
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Metallic Nanotube Array Enabling Far Infrared Thermal Emitter Performance Enhancement by Hansen Kurniawan Njoto, Alfreda Krisna Altama, Wei-Xing Lu, Ting-Hao Chang, Kuan-Chou Lin, San-Liang Lee, Jinn P. Chu, Chih-Ting Lin

“…The device incorporating stainless steel MeNTA exhibits 1.4 times improvement in luminous efficiency, reaching 7.45 &#x00D7; 10^&#x2212;3, accompanied by a radiated power of 11.034 mW and 0.681 mW&#x002F;mm² radiated power per area. …”
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Effects of different doses of skt-b vibrio probiotic bacteria addition on survival and growth rate of tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon) larva by . Widanarni, M.A. Lidaenni, Dinamella Wahjuningrum

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Vaskularna flora planine Klekovače u Bosni i Hercegovini by Đorđije Milanović, Jugoslav Brujić, Vladimir Stupar, Vojin Bucalo, Jovan Travar, Rade Cvjetićanin

“…Na ukupno 174 lokaliteta, na kojima je bilježena flora i sakupljen obilan herbarski materijal, utvrđeno je da vaskularna flora planine Klekovače na prikazanom obuhvatu broji 812 taksona do nivoa podvrste, svrstanih u 97 familija. …”
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Diagnostic Utility of Various Hormones across Different Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Phenotypes: A Cross-sectional Study by Padala Ravi Kumar, Radha Krishna Telagareddy, Deepak Kumar Dash, Debasish Patro

“…All PCOS women were categorised into four phenotypes (A, B, C and D) based on the National Institute of Health (2012) criteria. Detailed clinical examination and hormonal investigations including testosterone, androstenedione, dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DHEAS) and anti-Müllerian hormone (AMH) were performed. …”
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A Reproducible Method for Donor Site Computed Tomography Measurements in Abdominally Based Autologous Breast Reconstruction by Damini Tandon, MD, Arthur Sletten, MD, PhD, Austin Ha, MD, Gary B. Skolnick, BA, MBA, Paul Commean, BEE, Terence Myckatyn, MD

“…Interrater reliability was excellent (ICC > 0.9, 0.912–0.995) for 12 measures and good (0.75 < ICC < 0.9, 0.78–0.896) for 5 measures. …”
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Isolation and Characterization of <i>Lactobacillus gasseri</i> Strains from Women for Potential Vaginal Health Applications by Eui-Chun Chung, Jong Seo Lee, Hye Ji Lim, Seok-Jin Kim, Youn-Jee Chung, Kum-Joo Shin

“…BELG74 produced the most lactic acid at a concentration of 20.12 g/L, which correlated with anti-pathogenic activity against <i>Gardnerella vaginalis</i>, <i>Fannyhessea vaginae,</i> and <i>Candida albicans</i> of more than 90%. …”
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Characteristics of exacerbators in the US Bronchiectasis and NTM Research Registry: a cross-sectional study by Nicole C. Lapinel, Radmila Choate, Timothy R. Aksamit, Joseph Feliciano, Kevin L. Winthrop, Andreas Schmid, Sebastian Fucile, Mark L. Metersky

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Accuracy and Reproducibility of a Modified Echocardiographic Method for Right Ventricular Output Calculation in Neonates by Carlotta Milocchi, Silvia Nogara, Giorgia Mazzuca, Federica Runfola, Martina Ciarcià, Iuri Corsini, Benjamim Ficial

“…RVO calculation with tip-PVD was more accurate than hinge-PVD in comparison with LVO, r² 0.712 versus 0.464, bias (95% limits of agreement) 1.4 mL/kg/min (−26–29 mL/kg/min) versus 61 mL/kg/min (−11–132 mL/kg/min), respectively. …”
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Clinical Significance of the Peripheral Blood Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio in Predicting Chemotherapy Outcomes for Small Cell Lung Cancer by Gao L, Liu B

“…Conversely, in patients whose disease progressed (PD) following chemotherapy, the NLR increased to 3.880 (95% CI: 2.953, 5.223) from a pre-chemotherapy level of 2.060 (1.915, 2.968) (Z = − 2.521, P = 0.012).Conclusion: The dynamic variations in the peripheral blood NLR before and after chemotherapy in patients with SCLC are strongly associated with the efficacy of first-line chemotherapy regimens. …”
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Serological Survey of Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus in Buffaloes (Syncerus caffer) in Zambia by T. K. W. Sikombe, A. S. Mweene, John Muma, C. Kasanga, Y. Sinkala, F. Banda, M. Mulumba, E. M. Fana, C. Mundia, M. Simuunza

“…Sera and probang samples were collected between 2011 and 2012 and analysed for presence of antibodies against FMDV while probang samples were used to isolate the FMDV by observing cytopathic effect (CPE). …”
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Dietary exposure to essential oils of selected Pinus and Abies species leads to morphological changes in Drosophila melanogaster wings by Cvetković Vladimir J., Lazarević Maja, Mitić Zorica S., Zlatković Bojan, Stojković-Piperac Milica, Jevtović Snežana, Stojanović Gordana, Žikić Vladimir

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Radiation-induced impacts on mitochondrial DNA and the transgenerational genomic instability by Ryosuke Seino, Haruka Kubo, Kai Nishikubo, Hisanori Fukunaga

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Políticas publicas de juventud en America Latina: de la construcción de espacios especificos, al desarrollo de una perspectiva generacional by Ernesto Rodríguez

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