Perinatal consequences of a category 1 caesarean section at term by Sailesh Kumar, Leah Grace, Ristan M Greer

“…Category 1 CS were defined as one that required a decision-to-delivery time interval of <30 min when there was an immediate threat to the life of a woman or fetus. …”
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Effectiveness of a Protective Barrier for Aerosol Transmission Control during Oxygen Therapy with Different Devices by Hsiu-Mei Chang, Ben-Ran Fu, Hao-Wei Yu, Fu-Tsai Chung, Chen-June Seak, Ying-Chun Chen, Shih-Cheng Hu

“…The effects of nebulized drug delivery on aerosol concentration were also investigated. …”
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Reprogramming the tumor immune microenvironment using engineered dual-drug loaded Salmonella by Dinh-Huy Nguyen, Sung-Hwan You, Hien Thi-Thu Ngo, Khuynh Van Nguyen, Khang Vuong Tran, Tan-Huy Chu, So-young Kim, Sang-Jun Ha, Yeongjin Hong, Jung-Joon Min

“…These side-effects can be overcome by using a tumor-specific delivery system. Here, we report a method of targeted immunotherapy using an attenuated Salmonella typhimurium (SAM-FC) engineered to release dual payloads: cytolysin A (ClyA), a cytolytic anti-cancer agent, and Vibrio vulnificus flagellin B (FlaB), a potent inducer of anti-tumor innate immunity. …”
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Management of Severe COVID-19 in Pregnancy by Yassamine Abourida, Houssam Rebahi, Imane Oussayeh, Hajar Chichou, Bouchra Fakhir, Abderraouf Soummani, Hicham Jalal, Fatiha Bennaoui, Nadia El Idrissi Slitine, Fadl Mrabih Rabou Maoulainine, Ahmed Rhassane El Adib, Mohamed Abdenacer Samkaoui

“…The core problem is laying out evidence on coronavirus’s implications on pregnancy and delivery, as well as vertical transmission and neonatal mortality. …”
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Engaging health system, service and consumer representatives in the co-design of a multi-criteria decision-making framework for commissioning overweight and obesity programs and se... by Laura Thomas, Suzanne Robinson, Sharyn Burns, Helen Mitchell, Andrea Begley

“…A total of 4 themes arose from the co-design process: (1) reduce duplication, (2) demote criteria, (3) re-organize criteria and (4) simplify language, and 10 criteria were established: safety, collaboration and consultation, appropriateness, effectiveness, efficiency, equity, evidence-based, health service delivery model, sustainability and workforce capacity and competence. …”
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β-Glucan-modified nanoparticles with different particle sizes exhibit different lymphatic targeting efficiencies and adjuvant effects by Wen Guo, Xinyue Zhang, Long Wan, Zhiqi Wang, Meiqi Han, Ziwei Yan, Jia Li, Ruizhu Deng, Shenglong Li, Yuling Mao, Siling Wang

“…The results also indicate that β-glucan-modified MSN, with a particle size of ∼100 nm, has a great potential as a vaccine delivery vehicle and immune adjuvant and offers a novel approach for the delivery of multiple therapeutic agents that target other lymph-mediated diseases.…”
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Potential effects of Whatsapp on maternal health services uptake during COVID-19: a cross-sectional study in Ghana by Kwame S. Safo, Daniel Opoku, Richard A. Bonney, Clement K. Serchim, Kofi A. Mensah

“…Abstract Background During the COVID-19 pandemic period Health Care Practitioners (HCPs) were seen to facilitate healthcare delivery by using their mobile phones also known as “informal mHealth”, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). …”
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Optimized D-α-tocopherol polyethylene glycol succinate/phospholipid self-assembled mixed micelles: A promising lipid-based nanoplatform for augmenting the antifungal activity of fl... by Badr-Eldin Shaimaa M., Aldawsari Hibah M., Fahmy Usama A., Ahmed Osama A. A., Alhakamy Nabil A., Elfaky Mahmoud A., Sirwi Alaa, Hawsawi Salman A., Alzahrani Ali H., Yaseen Abdulrahman Y., Qassim Mohannad, Kotta Sabna

“…Accordingly, this research aimed at developing a self-assembled mixed micelles topical delivery system to enhance the topical delivery of the drug. …”
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A Soft Landing Approach for the Centrifugal Microgel Synthesis Process by Badalan, Matei, Adisson, Lucie, Boldron, Arthur, Achard, Jean-Luc, Ghigliotti, Giovanni, Balarac, Guillaume, Bottausci, Frédéric

“…This represents a significant limitation of this technology, since capsule shape regularity is an important requirement for various biomedical applications (e.g. cell therapy implants, drug delivery). In this article we propose and validate experimentally an adaptation of the centrifugal microencapsulation, based on the concept of “soft landing” [1]. …”
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Intelligent two-phase dual authentication framework for Internet of Medical Things by Muhammad Asif, Mohammad Abrar, Abdu Salam, Farhan Amin, Faizan Ullah, Sabir Shah, Hussain AlSalman

“…Furthermore, the framework achieved a high packet delivery ratio and strong defense against cyber threats for maintaining the confidentiality and integrity of the medical data across IoMT networks. …”
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Using Targeted Virotherapy to Treat a Resistant Ewing Sarcoma Model: From the Bedside to the Bench and Back by Hesham Abdelbary, Christopher W. Brown, Joel Werier, John Bell

“…Our hypothesis is that systemic delivery of VSVΔM51 can demonstrate tumor-specific killing of resistant EWS cells, as well as a significant decrease of tumor burden in EWS bearing mice. …”
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Sixth-Month Perinatal Outcomes of Anemic Pregnancies by Emel Kıyak Çağlayan, Öznur Küçük, Ayşe Yeşim Göçmen, Levent Seçkin, Ayla Aktulay, Yaprak Engin Üstün

“…CONCLUSION: There is a negative correlation between anemia and preterm delivery week, fetal development and small head circumference at birth. …”
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Oxygenation and function of endocrine bioartificial pancreatic tissue constructs under flow for preclinical optimization by Brenden N Moeun, Florent Lemaire, Alexandra M Smink, Hamid Ebrahimi Orimi, Richard L Leask, Paul de Vos, Corinne A Hoesli

“…So far, the results have been less promising when transitioning to humans and larger animal models due to challenges in oxygenation and insulin delivery. We propose a versatile in vitro perfusion system to culture and experimentally study the function of centimeter-scale tissues and devices for insulin-secreting cell delivery. …”
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Budgeting Practices and Performance of Town Councils in Uganda: A Case Study of Muhanga Town Council. by Kembabazi, Primah

“…The study recommended that zero-based budgets should be the only one to use at Muhanga town council without wasting time on other types since they rotate through all the levels of the organization and enhance service delivery, all heads of departments at Muhanga town council should get involved in budget execution in enhancing the overall budget implementation and the budgeting systems of Muhanga town council need to be supported in order to ensure prudent management of funds by use of better budgeting management practices to provide timely and quality service delivery. …”
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Transport Systems Tracking and Inventory Security: A Case of Mega Bakery, Kabale. by Ntaribi, Elijah

“…The findings revealed that Mega Bakery, Kabale GPS Tracking Systems where many bakeries have adopted Global Positioning System (GPS) technology to monitor the location of delivery vehicles in real-time. They revealed that this allows firms to optimize routes, reduce delivery times, and improve customer satisfaction. …”
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Targeted allele-specific FGFR2 knockdown via human recombinant ferritin nanoparticles for personalized treatment of Crouzon syndrome by Federica Tiberio, Martina Salvati, Luca Polito, Giada Tisci, Alessia Vita, Ornella Parolini, Luca Massimi, Lorena Di Pietro, Pierpaolo Ceci, Gianpiero Tamburrini, Alessandro Arcovito, Elisabetta Falvo, Wanda Lattanzi

“…We developed a highly biocompatible delivery system for siRNAs, based on human recombinant ferritin nanoparticles (NPs), combining cell targeting with improved nucleic acid encapsulation and endosomal escape properties. …”
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The transparency of the South African Reserve Bank by Anna Oksiutycz

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Immunotherapeutic Strategies for Alzheimer's Disease Treatment by Beka Solomon

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Review of the European <i>Helicobacter</i> Study Group Workshop reports (Ljubljana, 2012) by A. A. Sheptulin

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Les territoires sahariens en Algérie. Gouvernance, acteurs et recomposition territoriale by Badreddine Yousfi

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