Spectrum and trends of cancer among HIV patients in Southwestern Uganda. by Raymond Atwine, Mitala Yekosani, Abraham Birungi, Brian Ssenkumba, Barbra Tuhamize, Richard Ezinga, Keneth Male, Taseera Kabanda

“…These have mostly affected the young people, people who have been on HAART for a shorter period and those with lower CD4 cell count at initiation of ART.…”
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Comparison of the Accuracy of Four Malaria Diagnostic Methods in a High Transmission Setting in Coastal Cameroon by Marcel N. Moyeh, Innocent M. Ali, Dieudonné L. Njimoh, Akindeh M. Nji, Palmer M. Netongo, Marie S. Evehe, Barbara Atogho-Tiedeu, Stephen M. Ghogomu, Wilfred F. Mbacham

“…The predictive values of the positive test were highly comparable between light microscopy (90.09%, [95%CI: 83.61-94.18]) and SD Bioline™ mRDT (90.91%, [95%CI: 84.50-94.83]), P=0.98 with kappa values of 0.898 but lower for presumptive diagnosis (50.89%, [95%CI: 43.72-58.03]), P<0.0001, and kappa value of 0.277. …”
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Inulin supplementation in feed as a prebiotic for red tilapia Oreochromis sp. by Agustina Agustina, Adi Susanto

“…Red tilapia-fed diet supplemented with 4 g/kg inulin of feed had higher body weight increase, protein efficiency ratio, digestive enzyme activity, and amount of lactic acid bacteria while food conversion ratio was lower compared to other treatments (p<0.05). Meanwhile, the specific growth rate and survival rate were not different from the control group. …”
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Non-Luminal Disease Score for Everolimus in Patients with&nbsp;Hormone Receptor&#x2011;positive and Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2-Negative Advanced Breast Cancer: A Mult... by Tan Y, Jiang H, Tian X, Ma F, Wang J, Zhang P, Xu B, Fan Y, Zhao W

“…The median 1L-, 2L, and 3L-PFS was 13.9 months versus 11.8 months (p = 0.22, HR = 1.63, 95% CI = 0.74, 3.62), 6.7 months versus 3.6 months (p = 0.08, HR = 0.34, 95% CI = 0.10, 1.18), and 4.6 months versus 4.0 months (p = 0.81, HR = 1.07, 95% CI = 0.63, 1.79) respectively, for NOLUS-positive patients and NOLUS-negative patients.Conclusion: NOLUS-positive patients have a lower percentage of ER and PR, but a higher percentage of Ki67 index. …”
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Menaces pesant sur une population de Galagos nains, Galagoides demidoff phasma (Galagonidae, Primates), dans un quartier périphérique de la ville de Kinshasa à N’Djili-Brasseries e... by Nathalie Mvudi Nango, Jean Mukulire Malekani, Lem ’ s Kalemba

“…Le milieu est caractérisé par une flore composée de forêts entrecoupées de savanes arbustives ou arborées, de champs de cultures locales et d’habitations. …”
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Evaluation and Management of Patients with Seizures in the Emergency Department: A One-Year Analysis by K. Puteikis, K. Zdanytė, R. Mameniškienė

“…The mean age of patients with established epilepsy was 47.6±15.7 and significantly (p=0.014) lower than due to other causes. Male gender predominated in all-cause seizures (odds ratio OR=1.7; 95% confidence interval CI=1.0–2.9, p=0.042). …”
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Serum IL-1<mml:math alttext="$eta $"> <mml:mi>&#x03B2;</mml:mi> </mml:math>, IL-2, and IL-6 in Insulin-Dependent Diabetic Children

“…In all stages of diabetes higher levels of IL-1<mml:math alttext="$eta $"> <mml:mi>&#x03B2;</mml:mi> </mml:math> and TNF-<mml:math alttext="$alpha $"> <mml:mi>&#x03B1;</mml:mi> </mml:math> and lower levels of IL-2 and IL-6 were detected. Our data about elevated serum IL-1<mml:math alttext="$eta $"> <mml:mi>&#x03B2;</mml:mi> </mml:math>, TNF-<mml:math alttext="$alpha $"> <mml:mi>&#x03B1;</mml:mi> </mml:math> and decreased IL-2, IL-6 levels in newly diagnosed IDDM patients in comparison with longer standing cases supports an activation of systemic inflammatory process during early phases of IDDM which may be indicative of an ongoing <mml:math alttext="$eta $"> <mml:mi>&#x03B2;</mml:mi> </mml:math>-cell destruction. …”
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Preventing sensory and motor dysfunctions in children receiving neurotoxic chemotherapy: PrepAir study - an update by Céline Hammadou, Bianca Celine Schmidli, Christina Schindera, Nicolas von der Weid, Uta Tacke, Oliver Faude, Sarah Koch, Fiona Streckmann

“…In addition, numerous secondary endpoints such as postural control, strength of the lower limbs, CIPN-related pain, movement-related leisure activities, physical self-concept and quality of life are assessed. …”
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Pemanfaatan Aplikasi Pengiriman Makanan Pasca Penurunan Level Pembatasan Kegiatan Masyarakat Akibat Covid-19 Di Indonesia by Wan Ahmad Gazali Kodri, Dwiza Riana, Sri Hadianti

“…The decrease in the number of COVID-19 cases has caused the Indonesian government to lower the level of Enforcement of Restrictions on Community Activities (PPKM) so that people can return to common social activities. …”
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Perbandingan Pretrained Model Transformer pada Deteksi Ulasan Palsu by Aisyah Awalina, Fitra Abdurrachman Bachtiar, Fitri Utaminingrum

“…Previous studies have used a lot of fine-tuning due to the ease of training, less time, costs, and lower environmental requirements than the pre-training process. …”
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Clinical Utility of the Trajectory of Serum Bilirubin and International Normalized Ratio Values in Hepatitis B Virus-Related Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure by Song YQ, Fu XY, Yan SY, Qi RB, Zhou YJ, Liang JW, Zhang JQ, Ye LP, Mao XL, Li SW

“…The declining group had lower predicted scores and a better prognosis. The stable and fluctuating groups had worse prognosis compared to the declining group (P< 0.001). …”
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P Wave Duration/P Wave Voltage Ratio Plays a Promising Role in the Prediction of Atrial Fibrillation: A New Player in the Game by E. Karacop, A. Enhos, N. Bakhshaliyev, R. Ozdemir

“…P wave duration (123.27 ± 12.87 vs. 119.33 ± 17.39 ms, p=0.024) and P wave duration/P wave voltage (1284.70 ± 508.03 vs. 924.14 ± 462.06 ms/mV, p<0.001) were higher, and P wave voltage (0.12 ± 0.04 vs. 0.13 ± 0.04 mV, p<0.001) was significantly lower in the new-onset AF group compared with non-AFs. …”
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Analysis of postoperative atrial fibrillation and its associated factors in Morrow procedures with cardiopulmonary bypass by Zhibin Hu, Wenshuai Mao, Lijun Guo, Zhiwei Liu, Xujie Hu, Yong Cui

“…Implementing UFTCA and shortening the CPB weaning time are expected to lower the risk of POAF, shorten ICU and hospital stays, and enhance recovery. …”
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Clinical and Immunological Characteristics of Elderly Onset Rheumatoid Arthritis by LI Zhengfang, WU Chanyuan, MA Mengsi, LI Tingting, WU Xue, MENG Xinyan, ZHANG Sha, WU Lijun

“…In terms of peripheral blood immune indexes, the proportion of CD4+T cells in EORA group [(44.5±10.6)% vs. (48.8±10.7)%, P=0.045] was lower than that in YORA group, while the proportion of NK cells [(14.8±8.9)% vs. (10.1±3.7)%, P=0.003] and absolute count [(230.2±156.7)PCS/μL vs. (155.9±106.5)PCS/μL, P=0.014] in EORA group were higher than those in YORA group.ConclusionsCompared with YORA, EORA has higher male proportion, joint disease degree and disease activity. …”
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Randomized, observer-blind, controlled Phase 1 study of the safety and immunogenicity of the Na-GST-1/Alhydrogel hookworm vaccine with or without a CpG ODN adjuvant in hookworm-naï... by David J Diemert, Maria Zumer, Mark Bova, Christina Gibbs-Tewary, Elissa M Malkin, Doreen Campbell, Lara Hoeweler, Guangzhao Li, Maria Elena Bottazzi, Peter J Hotez, Jeffrey M Bethony

“…Longitudinal antigen-specific IgG1 and IgG3 subclass responses mirrored those of total IgG, whereas IgG4 responses were lower in the groups that received the vaccine with the CpG adjuvant compared to the non-CpG group.…”
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Assessment of maternal healthcare services among the women of reproductive age in the rural municipality of Nepal: a cross-sectional study by Mukesh Adhikari, Manish Rajbanshi, Anita Karki, Richa Aryal, Bishnu Prasad Choulagai

“…This study demonstrated proximity to health facilities, and lower ethnic groups were deprived of maternal healthcare services. …”
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Aerosol layer height (ALH) retrievals from oxygen absorption bands: intercomparison and validation among different satellite platforms, GEMS, EPIC, and TROPOMI by H. Kim, H. Kim, X. Chen, X. Chen, J. Wang, J. Wang, J. Wang, J. Wang, Z. Lu, Z. Lu, Z. Lu, M. Zhou, G. R. Carmichael, G. R. Carmichael, S. S. Park, J. Kim

“…The GEMS ALH displays minimal bias (0.1 km) but a slightly lower correlation (<span class="inline-formula"><i>R</i></span> <span class="inline-formula">=</span> 0.64). …”
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Assessing One Health integration in Somalia’s school curriculum for future pandemic preparedness by Ahmed Abdulkadir Hassan-Kadle, Aamir Muse Osman, Abas Mohamed Sharif

“…The upper primary science materials had the highest proportion (63%) of OH content, followed by the lower primary materials (28.3%), while the secondary subject biology materials had the least amount of OH integration (8.7%). …”
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Hubungan Kadar Hemoglobin dengan Daya Tahan Kardiovaskuler pada Pegawai Wanita RS Semen Padang by Nurfazlina Nurfazlina, Afriwardi Afriwardi, Nur Afrainin Syah Afrainin Syah

“…</p><p><strong>Kata kunc</strong><strong>i: </strong>daya tahan kardiovaskuler, hemoglobin, wanita</p><p> </p><p><strong><em>Abstract</em></strong></p><p><em>Women</em><em> are more likely to have lower hemoglobin levels (anemia) due to menstruation. …”
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Workplace Health Promotion as a good solution to the negative impact of the financial crisis on healthcare systems by Francesco Chirico

“…At the beginning of the century, the widespread Mediterranean diet, the favorable climate and the relaxed traditional lifestyle increased life expectancy for southern Italians, before growing factors, such as lower birthrates and worsening of economic resources, caused a trend inversion. …”
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