Zinc Deficiency and the Recurrence of Clostridium difficile Infection after Fecal Microbiota Transplant: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Blake A. Niccum, Daniel J. Stein, Brian W. Behm, R. Ann Hays

“…Forty-nine subjects had a normal zinc level, and 31 had a low level (<0.66 µg/mL). …”
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The Impact of Osteopontin Gene Variations on Multiple Sclerosis Development and Progression by Cristoforo Comi, Giuseppe Cappellano, Annalisa Chiocchetti, Elisabetta Orilieri, Sara Buttini, Laura Ghezzi, Daniela Galimberti, Franca Guerini, Nadia Barizzone, Franco Perla, Maurizio Leone, Sandra D’Alfonso, Domenico Caputo, Elio Scarpini, Roberto Cantello, Umberto Dianzani

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Diabetes Mellitus, Extreme Insulin Resistance, and Hypothalamic-Pituitary Langerhans Cells Histiocytosis by Mathilde Sollier, Marine Halbron, Jean Donadieu, Ahmed Idbaih, Fleur Cohen Aubart, Corinne Vigouroux, Martine Auclair, Olivier Bourron, Marie Bastin, Géraldine Béra, Philippe Touraine, Jacques Young, Héléna Mosbah, Agnès Hartemann, Fabrizio Andreelli, Chloé Amouyal

“…HbA1c level and fasting blood glucose were in the normal range. The diagnosis of hypothalamopituitary histiocytosis was based on histological features after biopsy of a large suprachiasmatic lesion identified on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). …”
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The impact of mobile health interventions on service users' health outcomes and the role of health professions: a systematic review of systematic reviews by Fathiya Alkhuzaimi, Deborah Rainey, Christine Brown Wilson, Jacqueline Bloomfield

“…Psychological benefits, such as reduced anxiety and enhanced patient satisfaction, were noted. The involvement of health professions significantly enhanced mHealth outcomes. …”
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The last giants: New evidence for giant Late Triassic (Rhaetian) ichthyosaurs from the UK. by Dean R Lomax, Paul de la Salle, Marcello Perillo, Justin Reynolds, Ruby Reynolds, James F Waldron

“…Ichthyotitan severnensis gen. et sp. nov., is the first-named giant ichthyosaur from the Rhaetian and probably represents the largest marine reptile formally described.…”
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Mardinli Luvîs Şeyho ve Nuzhetu’t-Tarf fi Muhtasari’s-Sarf İsimli Eseri by Ahmet Şen

“…Nuzhetu’t-tarf’ta sarf konularını özetle sunarken talebenin meseleleri zihninde soru işareti bırakmadan anlayabilmesi için tablo kullanımı, soru-cevap, harekeleme, notlandırma gibi enstrümanları etkili bir şekilde kullanmıştır. …”
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Robust Prediction of Healthcare Inflation Rate With Statistical and AI Methods in Iran by Mohammad Javad Shaibani, Ali Akbar Fazaeli

“…Using monthly time series data of HCIR in Iran, we developed various forecasting techniques based on classical smoothing methods, decomposition ETS (error, trend, and seasonality) approaches, autoregressive (AR) integrated moving average (ARIMA), seasonal ARIMA (SARIMA), and a multilayer nonlinear AR artificial neural network (NARANN) with several training algorithms including Bayesian regularization (BR), Levenberg–Marquardt (LM), scaled conjugate gradient (SCG), Broyden–Fletcher–Goldfarb–Shanno (BFGS) quasi-Newton, conjugate gradient with Powell–Beale restarts (CGB), conjugate gradient with Fletcher–Reeves updates (CGF), and resilient propagation (RPROP) algorithms. …”
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Rosiglitazone and Pioglitazone Alter Aromatase Kinetic Properties in Human Granulosa Cells by Takako Araki, Miroslava Varadinova, Michael Goldman, Zev Rosenwaks, Leonid Poretsky, Donna Seto-Young

“…We conclude that rosiglitazone or pioglitazone has no effect on Km but inhibits Vmax of aromatase in human granulosa cells, therefore, acting as noncompetitive inhibitors.…”
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Editorial by Jörg Tremmel, Marisa dos Reis, Joseph Burke, Raphaelle Schwarzberg (†)

“…As followers of the recent Review of the Rome Statute in Kampala will have noticed, reform in international criminal law is a slow process. …”
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Mesenchymal Progenitor Cells and Their Orthopedic Applications: Forging a Path towards Clinical Trials by Deana S. Shenaq, Farbod Rastegar, Djuro Petkovic, Bing-Qiang Zhang, Bai-Cheng He, Liang Chen, Guo-Wei Zuo, Qing Luo, Qiong Shi, Eric R. Wagner, Enyi Huang, Yanhong Gao, Jian-Li Gao, Stephanie H. Kim, Ke Yang, Yang Bi, Yuxi Su, Gaohui Zhu, Jinyong Luo, Xiaoji Luo, Jiaqiang Qin, Russell R. Reid, Hue H. Luu, Rex C. Haydon, Tong-Chuan He

“…Mesenchymal progenitor cells (MPCs) are nonhematopoietic multipotent cells capable of differentiating into mesenchymal and nonmesenchymal lineages. …”
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Comparison of the Efficiency of Lepidium sativum, Ficus carica, and Punica granatum Methanolic Extracts in Relieving Hyperglycemia and Hyperlipidemia of Streptozotocin-Induced Diab... by Shimaa Ramadan, Amany Mohamed Hegab, Yahya S. Al-Awthan, Mohammed Ali Al-Duais, Ahmed A. Tayel, Mahmoud A. Al-Saman

“…Healthy male albino rats weighing 185-266 g were divided into nine groups of eight rats each: normal control, diabetic control, diabetic rats with dietary supplements of L. sativum, F. carica, and P. granatum methanolic extracts, and diabetics treated with insulin. …”
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CLASSIFICATION OF THE SEVERNAYA DVINA RIVER AND THE VYCHEGDA RIVER CHANNEL SECTIONS ACCORDING TO COMPLEXITY OF CHANNEL PROCESSES AND THEIR MANAGEMENT CONDITIONS by Nadezhda M. Mikhailova, Roman S. Chalov

“…The complexity of the control conditions for channel processes is examined by the case of the Severnaya Dvina River and its main tributary the Vychegda River, which are both the most important waterways of the European North of Russia. The developed and approved earlier methodology was applied to rank rivers in by the channel stability, the load and composition of sediments (the factor was applied for the first time to the rivers under study), water capacity, geological and geomorphological conditions of the channel formation conditions (embedded riverbeds or channels with wide floodplain), evolution of different morpho/dynamic types of channel, abundance and mode of deformations of riffles. …”

The Detection of Fosfomycin-Modifying Enzymes (fos) in Uropathogenic Enterobacterale, Azerbaijan, Iran by Aidin Lalezadeh, Pardis Ghotaslou, Reza Ghotaslou

“…To determine the susceptibility testing to fosfomycin in 211 isolates, agar dilution and disk agar diffusion methods were used. MDR was nonsusceptibility to at least one agent in three or more antimicrobial categories. …”
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Surface quality of the Ni-TiO2 composite coatings produced by electroplating by Stanković V., Gojo M., Grekulovic V., Pajkić N., Cigula T.

“…SEM micrographs showed irregularities like single-nodule, or beads of nodules on the surface. Relationship between surface roughness and current density has not been noted. …”
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Turkmens: Victims of Arabization and Kurdification Policies in Kirkuk by Şafak OĞUZ

“…In supporting the Kurds, Western countries have ignored the suffering of the Turkmen, the primary victims of Arabization in the past and nowadays of Kurdification.…”
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Establishing Personalized and Sparse Spinal Reflex Circuitry From Locomotion Data by Huawei Wang, Arvid Q. L. Keemink, Massimo Sartori

“…Trajectory optimization is used in both steps, namely direct collocation formulated as a non-linear program. Multi-speed walking and running data of five subjects was used to test the framework. …”
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Les États-Unis, la propagande et la guerre : de Cuba (1898) à l’Irak (2003) by Fredj Maatoug

“…The USA waged a tremendous PR campaign to convince public opinion of the potential threat of Iraqi weapons of mass destruction and of the involvement of the Saddam Hussein regime in the attacks against the World Trade Center. None of these reasons proved to be true, but the war showed the strength of different political and industrial lobbies.…”
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Lower Kinetic Chain, Meet the Thinking Brain: A Scoping Review of Cognitive Function and Lower Extremity Injury Risk by Michaela A. Reyes, Mark O. Probasco, Trina N. Worby, Dylan E. Loertscher, Lyndsey K. Soderbeck, Wendy E. Huddleston

“…The classic model of non-contact ACL injury includes environmental, anatomical, hormonal and biomechanical risk factors which directly impact either the amount of stress placed on the ligament or the relative capacity of ligament to withstand the forces placed on it. …”
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Peripheral Contributions to Visceral Hyperalgesia by GF Gebhart

“…Key questions associated with understanding visceral hyperalgesia relate to whether the viscera are innervated by nociceptors (ie, sensory receptors that respond selectively to noxious intensities of stimulation), whether visceral receptors and/or afferent fibres sensitize after tissue injury and whether silent nociceptors exist in the viscera. …”
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Formulation of Scientific Concepts as a Component of the Research Competence of Future Teachers by T. F. Orekhova, T. G. Neretina, E. N. Kondrashova

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