Clinical management of community-acquired meningitis in adults in the UK and Ireland in 2017: a retrospective cohort study on behalf of the National Infection Trainees Collaborativ... by Amy Robinson, Kamaljit Khalsa, Arjun Chandna, John Bowen, Viva Levee, Jan Coebergh, Tom Solomon, Clive Graham, David Turner, Robert Tilley, Tim Jones, Susan Hopkins, Matthew Stevens, Daniel White, Celestine Eshiwe, Anna Goodman, Ramandeep Singh, Robert S Heyderman, Nicholas Davies, Joseph Thompson, Ed Moran, Martin Williams, Rhea O’Regan, Simon Tiberi, Jonathan Lambourne, Naomi Bulteel, Susan Larkin, Ruth McEwen, Hassan Paraiso, Aarti Shah, Martin Wiselka, Sylviane Defres, Ernest Mutengesa, Maria Krutikov, Ruth Owen, David Griffith, David Harvey, Trupti Patel, Brendan Davies, Emma Mclean, Joanna Allen, Ali Khan, Alastair Miller, Ashutosh Deshpande, Christopher Green, Lewis Jones, Mark Melzer, Fiona McGill, Amanda Fife, Nimal Wickramasinghe, Stephanie Harris, Ewan Hunter, Jayne Ellis, Benedict Rogers, Imogen Fordham, Elen Vink, Victoria Ward, Anna Smith, Andrew Rosser, Alison Muir, Ken Woodhouse, John Shone, Iain Crossingham, Ryan Jayesinghe, Eavan Muldoon, Avneet Shahi, Terry John Evans, Jeremy Wong, Eloisa MacLachlan, Amy Chue, Karishma Gokani, Katherine Ajdukiewicz, Lucinda Barrett, Frances Edwards, Adam Usher, Mairi McLeod, Su su Htwe, Grace Duane, Nicholas Wong, Jennifer Poyner, Jenni Crane, Ollie Lloyd, Emma Chisholm, Ildiko Kustos, Sam Sutton, M. Estee Torok, Isobel Ramsay, Monica Ivan, Joshua York, Jennifer Ansett, Maithili Varadarajan, Priya Sekhon, James Cruise, Shivani Kanabar, Mirella Ling, Charlotte Milne, Jayanta Sarma, Aline Wilson, Lynn Urquhart, Sahar Eldirdiri, Leila White, Jody Aberdein, Phillip Simpson, Hnin Hay Mar, Keying Tan, Eint Shwe Zin thein, Mahmoud Aziz, Anthony Cadwgan, Natasha Weston, Salman Zeb, Angela Houston, Louise Wootton, Iona Willingham, Aimee Johnson, Ashley Horsley, Eamonn Trainor, Olivier Gaillemin, Nicholas J Norton, Katie Cheung, Megan Duxbury, Emilie Bellhouse, Helena Brezovjakova, Kanitkar Tanmay, Alexsander Dawidziuk, Razan Saman, Hugh Adler, Elshadai Ejere, Yiwen Soo, Wendy Beadles, Heather Sturgeon, Brodie Cameron, David Chadwick Ben Tomlinson, Claire McGoldrick, Katie McDowell, Mpho Molosiwa, Katherine FlackAdrian Kennedy, Phoebe Cross, Fay Perry, Vithusha Inpadhas, Sarathy Selvam, Vhairi Bateman, Henry Wu, Monika Pasztor, Ajanthiha Karunakaran, Basma Soliman, Andrew Blanshard, Harish Reddy, Helen Chesterfield, Ben Schroeder, Tee Keat Teoh, Sathyavani Subbarao, Caryn RosmarinLucy Bell, Emma McGuire, Robert Serafino, Ishaan Bhide, Karanjeet Sagoo, Indran Balakrishnan, Kajal Patel, Barzo Faris, Graeme Calver, Ricky Singh, Hazel Sanghvi, Mohamed Eltayeb, Rathur Haris

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Détection de différents rétrovirus chez des primates non-humains infectés par STLV-1 ou SFV et pathologie viro-induite by Jocelyn Turpin, Sandrine Alais, Ambroise Marçais, Olivier Hermine, Réjane Rua, Antoine Gessain, Romain Lacoste, Renaud Mahieux

“…Une lymphocytose associée à une charge provirale (PVL ou nombres de copies du génome viral, intégrées dans la cellule hôte) élevée et à une prolifération monoclonale de cellules infectées constituent des marqueurs de la maladie. …”
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Maternal Satisfaction on Delivery Service among Postnatal Mothers in a Government Hospital, Mid-Western Nepal by Asha Panth, Praveena Kafle

“…A descriptive, cross-sectional study was conducted in maternity ward of Bheri Zonal Hospital, Nepal. A total of 178 purposively selected postnatal mothers were interviewed face-to-face using semistructured interview schedules. …”
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Three-Level SOC Equalization Control Strategy for MMC-BESS Based on Feedforward Sliding Window Integral Method by Yuan Cheng, Hui Zhang, Xiaohui Wei, Wenquan Shao

“…When an asymmetric voltage or a sudden change in DC load occurs in the AC grid, in order to compensate for the power difference between AC and DC sides, the energy storage submodule of the MMC-BESS will have a large unbalanced charging and discharging current, destroying the equalization state of SOC and seriously affecting energy storage capacity utilization and battery service life. …”
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Distinct phenotypes of salivaricin-producing Ligilactobacillus salivarius isolated from the gastrointestinal tract of broiler chickens and laying hens by A.G. Elnar, Y.J. Jang, B.G. Eum, M.H. Kang, G.W. Hwang, D.Y. Kil, G.B. Kim

“…SalP bacteriocins were predicted as positively charged, hydrophobic, small molecular weight (α, 4.097 kDa; ß, 4.285 kDa) bacteriocins with characteristic GXXXG motif. …”
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The Role of Dendritic Cells in Adaptive Immune Response Induced by OVA/PDDA Nanoparticles by Daniele R. Pereira, Yunys Pérez-Betancourt, Bianca C. L. F. Távora, Geraldo S. Magalhães, Ana Maria Carmona-Ribeiro, Eliana L. Faquim-Mauro

“…<b>Background/Objective</b>: Cationic polymers were shown to assemble with negatively charged proteins yielding nanoparticles (NPs). Poly-diallyl-dimethyl-ammonium chloride (PDDA) combined with ovalbumin (OVA) yielded a stable colloidal dispersion (OVA/PDDA-NPs) eliciting significant anti-OVA immune response. …”
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Hispanic Patients Undergoing Spinal Fusion for Neuromuscular Scoliosis Sustain Health Inequalities by Armando S. Martinez, David Momtaz, Travis Kotzur, Alexandra McLennan, Abdullah Ghali, Farhan Ahmad, Ebubechi Adindu, Alan C. Santiago-Rodriquez, Ali Seifi, Brian Smith

“…Data included demographic and hospital variables, including days from admission to the procedure, length of stay, recovery time, total charge, discharge disposition, and mortality rates. …”
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Achieving prediabetes reversal in China: a nationwide longitudinal study on the role of blood glucose and lipid management in middle-aged and elderly adults by Hongguang Yang, Yao Liu, Zhenhe Huang, Guifang Deng

“…However, scant research has delved into the factors that affect a regression from prediabetes to normal glucose regulation (NGR) in middle-aged and elderly Chinese adults.MethodsWe conducted a longitudinal analysis of 2,655 adults, aged 45 years and above, drawing data from wave 1 and wave 3 of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). We employed a stepwise logistic regression model to identify factors associated with the regression to NGR. …”
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Evaluation of a Low-threshold Exercise And Protein supplementation intervention for Women (LEAP-W) experiencing homelessness and addiction: Protocol for a single-arm mixed methods... by Fiona Kennedy, Deirdre Murray, Clíona Ní Cheallaigh, Roman Romero-Ortuno, Julie Broderick

“…Physical function (10m Walk Test, 2Min Walk Test, Single Leg Stance, Chair Stand Test, hand grip dynamometry), frailty (Clinical Frailty Scale and the SHARE-Frailty Instrument) and nutritional status (Mini-Nutritional Status), pain (Numerical Rating Scale) and quality of life (SF 12-V2) will be evaluated. …”
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Interaction Study of Oxygen and Iron-Sulfur Clusters Based on the Density Functional Theory by Jiancun Gao, Hongbin Sui, Siyuan Wu, Renyou Zhang, Mengxin Zhang, Bolun Cui, Huilin Chu

“…The results show that O2 prefers to adsorb around Fe atoms and has repulsion with S atoms, and the adsorption energy is maximum when two O atoms are co-adsorbed around Fe atoms, which is 198.13 kJ/mol. After adsorption charge, oxygen is in the superoxide state. The calculation of the reaction path divides the reaction process into different stages and considers different reaction routes. …”
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Self-sampling and self-testing for HIV at a commercial and community-based test provider in the Netherlands: user preferences and usability by I. J. M. Willemstein, O. Shobowale, A. M. Żakowicz, H. Bos, E. L. M. Op de Coul

“…In 2022 and 2023, a survey was distributed among users of one online commercial provider and one community-based provider; either users ordered a commercial online HIVSS/ST or they sought a free-of-charge HIVST via the community-based provider. Questions included usability, preferences, and barriers of HIVSS/ST-testing. …”
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Next-generation calcium oxide nanoparticles: A breakthrough in energy storage and humidity sensing by Asif Khan, Syed Tasleem Hussain, Abdul Naeem, Ayesha Sadiqa, Awais Ahmad, Muhammad Aamir Ali Shehzada, Munirah D. Albaqami

“…Electrochemical performance such as supercapacitance and cyclic stability of the prepared sample were evaluated by studying different electrochemical factors like Cyclic Voltammetry, Galvanostatic Charge Discharge and Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy. …”
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Transition metal-based MOFs for Fenton-like photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants: Performance, stability, and biocompatibility by S.M. Tikhanova, Yu.A. Tishchenko, E.Yu. Stovpiaga, M. Timofeeva, D.V. Lipin, S.A. Povarov, V.A. Milichko, A.S. Timin, S.A. Shipilovskikh, V.I. Popkov

“…The proposed mechanism involves ligand-to-metal charge transfer (LMCT) and Fe-driven generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) such as hydroxyl radicals. …”
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Vitamin D Status and Physical Functioning in Nursing Home Residents after Improved Adherence to the Vitamin D and Calcium Recommendation—A Quasiexperimental Study by Charlotte Mortensen, Anne Marie Beck, Inge Tetens, Charlotte Jeppesen, Søren Frank Jørgensen, Leif Kofoed Nielsen, Michael Kristensen

“…Outcomes were number of residents taking vitamin D and calcium supplements; vitamin D status; handgrip strength; and physical functioning with timed-up-and-go test and 30-second chair stand test. Results. Prevalence of vitamin D supplement users increased from 45 to 78% (mean dose 41 μg) and of calcium supplement users from 40 to 72% (mean dose 769 mg) (both P=0.002). …”
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High-Performance Hydrogen Sensing at Room Temperature via Nb-Doped Titanium Oxide Thin Films Fabricated by Micro-Arc Oxidation by Chilou Zhou, Zhiqiu Ye, Yue Tan, Zhenghua Wu, Xinyi Guo, Yinglin Bai, Xuying Xie, Zilong Wu, Ji’an Feng, Yao Xu, Bo Deng, Hao Wu

“…The enhanced hydrogen sensing mechanism of NTO thin films primarily stems from the influence of Nb₂O₅; nanoparticles doping in the anatase-phase TiO₂ structure on the semiconductor surface depletion layer, as well as the improved charge transfer and additional adsorption sites provided by the Nb/Ti composite metal oxides, such as TiNb₂O₇ and Ti_0.95Nb_0.95O₄. …”
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From Dickens’s Theatrical Performance to Contemporary post Dickensian Narrative and Artistic Performance (Acker, Ackroyd, Waters and Rushdie) by Georges Letissier

“…With English Music, Ackroyd, for his part, illustrates what Clayton in his study: Charles Dickens in Cyberspace (2003) calls “undisciplined” creativity, by revisiting Great Expectations trans-artistically, through an odd combination of the pictorial, the musical, the cinematographic and the theatrical. …”
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Approaches for difficult-to-induce-seizures electroconvulsive therapy cases (DEC): a Japanese expert consensus by Yoshiteru Takekita, Taro Suwa, Kazuyuki Yasuda, Hirotsugu Kawashima, Wataru Omori, Naoki Kurimoto, Takashi Tsuboi, Takamasa Noda, Nobuatsu Aoki, Ken Wada, Ken Inada, Minoru Takebayash, Expert Consensus Development Working Group, Electroconvulsive Therapy Committee, Japanese Society of General Hospital Psychiatry

“…Therefore, therapeutic seizures can be difficult to induce, even at maximum stimulus charge with available ECT devices. Such cases are known as difficult-to-induce-seizures electroconvulsive therapy cases (DECs). …”
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HSBM-Produced Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles: Physical Properties and Evaluation of Their Antimicrobial Activity against Human Pathogens by Imen Massoudi, Ridha Hamdi, Ibtisam Ababutain, Ethar Alhussain, Aya Kharma

“…According to FT-IR analysis, as material sizes change, the polarization charge of the ZNP surface changes as well, creating discrepancies in vibrational frequency, as demonstrated by the shifting of the IR spectra in the 300–600 cm−1 frequency band. …”
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Multiresidue Pesticides Analysis of Vegetables in Vietnam by Ultrahigh-Performance Liquid Chromatography in Combination with High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry (UPLC-Orbitrap MS) by Nam Vu-Duc, Trung Nguyen-Quang, Thuy Le-Minh, Xuyen Nguyen-Thi, Tri Manh Tran, Hai Anh Vu, Lan-Anh Nguyen, Tien Doan-Duy, Bui Van Hoi, Cam-Tu Vu, Dung Le-Van, Lan-Anh Phung-Thi, Hong-An Vu-Thi, Dinh Binh Chu

“…The identification of the analytes in real samples was based on retention times, mass to charge ratios, mass accuracies, and MS/MS spectra at the confirmation mode with the inclusion list of target analytes. …”
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On the Role of the Institute of Headmen of Academic Groups in Russian Universities by Yu. S. Ezrokh

“…The questionnaire was anonymous, remote, electronic, free of charge.The results and scientific novelty. The author has formulated a number of key problems characterizing functioning of the institute of headmen of academic groups at the present stage: a) the lack of proper interaction between deans and headmen; b) the lack of real authority among the headmen; c) the lack of candidates for the role of headmen; d) the lack of systems in domestic universities for: d1) attracting students with high organizational skills and leadership to perform the functions of headmen; d2) the formation of a personnel reserve of headmen; d3) supporting headmen’s activities including the development of their personal and business qualities. …”
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