Assessing the Health Impact of the following Measures in Schools in Maradi (Niger): Construction of Latrines, Clean Water Supply, Establishment of Hand Washing Stations, and Health... by Halima Boubacar Maïnassara, Zilahatou Tohon

“…An individual questionnaire, analysis of stool samples, and a group questionnaire were administered to children and teachers, respectively. …”
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The Ponto-Caspian and native amphipod life history in the Daugava River, Latvia by Paidere Jana, Brakovska Aija

“…The average number of eggs per brood was 27 (maximum: 41) with the average size of ovigerous females being 10.7 mm.…”
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The effect of Clostridium difficile infection on the course of liver cirrhosis by A. A. Driga, M. V. Mayevskaya, V. T. Ivashkin

“…All patients underwent clinical interviewing with assessment of past history, daily blood pressure (BP) measurement with calculation of the mean blood pressure level, blood tests, ECG, abdominal ultrasound, esophagogastroduodenoscopy, echocardiography, chest X-ray, lactulose hydrogen breath test, Clostridium difficile ELISA stool test. Results. Clostridium difficile infection was found in 26 (55.3%) of 47 patients with decompensated LC. …”
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Clinical Study of the Relation between Mucosal Healing and Long-Term Outcomes in Ulcerative Colitis by Kaoru Yokoyama, Kiyonori Kobayashi, Miyuki Mukae, Miwa Sada, Wasaburo Koizumi

“…Clinical remission was defined as a Mayo score of 0 for both stool frequency and rectal bleeding. Colonoscopic findings were evaluated into 4 grades according to the Mayo endoscopic subscore (MES). …”
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Plaider la « bonne gouvernance sécuritaire » au Maroc : Domestiquer les savoirs de réforme en régime de contrainte consensuelle by Irene Lizzola

“…In this register, the consensus is built around the reciprocal obligation to validate a legalist and managerial reformist discourse, strongly internationalized and deconflictualizing the issues, which unites the parties, as well as the mutual acceptance of the logics which accompany partnership selectivity governing the participation of associative and transnational actors in the “co-production” of public action. …”
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Call for Papers - Advancing Astropharmacy and Sports Pharmacy by Ashley Anderson, Ahmer Raza, Shireen Aziz, Misbah Noreen

“…., (misbahshah101@gmail.com) Misbah Noreen is a pharmacist with a strong foundation in Biomedicine. Her research interests focus on understanding PKPD changes in extreme environments, such as space, and exploring how these changes influence drug efficacy and safety. …”
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Gender differences in associations between obesity and hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia: evidence from electronic health records of 3.5 million Chinese senior population by Xuewen Jiang, Yanrong Zhao, Qing Yang, Wei Wang, Tianxiang Lin, Yinwei Qiu

“…Obesity negatively and strongly associated with chronic diseases in senior population, yet general obesity exerted more impact on hypertension, whereas central obesity exerted more impact on diabetes and dyslipidemia. …”
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Comparison of autism domains across thirty rare variant genotypesResearch in context by Nabila M.H. Ali, Samuel J.R.A. Chawner, Leila Kushan-Wells, Carrie E. Bearden, Jennifer Gladys Mulle, Rebecca M. Pollak, Raquel E. Gur, Wendy K. Chung, Michael J. Owen, Marianne B.M. van den Bree, Harriet Housby, Irene Lee, David Skuse, Jeanne Wolstencroft, William Mandy, Spiros Denaxas, Kate Baker, Lucy Raymond, Marianne van den Bree, Samuel Chawner, Jeremy Hall, Peter Holmans, Josh Hope-Bell, Danielle Le Roux, Sally Morrin, Michael Owen, Shreeya Sivakumar

“…Summary: Background: A number of Neurodevelopmental risk Copy Number Variants (ND-CNVs) and Single Gene Variants (SGVs) are strongly linked to elevated likelihood of autism. However, few studies have examined the impact on autism phenotypes across a wide range of rare variant genotypes. …”
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Investigating and Completing Khanlari’s Theory on Metrical Units by Abbas Jahed Jah

“…Khanlari’s suggested method was never fully applied by him or others, thus leaving it shrouded in ambiguity, which necessitates a practical evaluation of its strengths and weaknesses.The research pursues two primary objectives: first, to precisely describe Khanlari’s metrical units and identify the advantages and weaknesses of this type of segmentation; second, to refine, complete, and apply this method in alignment with later advancements and findings in prosody since Khanlari’s time. …”
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Advantages of Fluoroscopy for Accidental Ingestion of Multiple Magnets by Toshihiko Kakiuchi, Tetsuya Nosho

“…The patient did not develop any gastrointestinal symptoms after returning home, and two days later, three overlapping magnets were finally found in her stool. During accidental ingestion of single or multiple desk-type neodymium magnets, endoscopic removal may not be necessary if they are mobile and clump together in the stomach. …”
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Meconium aspiration syndrome, fetal heart rate, and stillbirth. Literature review by Jésser M. Herrera-Salgado, Luis E. Reyes-Mendoza, Jesús C. Briones-Garduño

“…It occurs when a newborn inhales meconium, which is the first stool (feces) that a baby passes in the womb. Normally, meconium is expelled after birth, but in some cases, it is released into the amniotic fluid and can be inhaled by the baby before or during delivery. …”
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Dyspepsia: When and How to Test for Helicobacter pylori Infection by Maria Pina Dore, Giovanni Mario Pes, Gabrio Bassotti, Paolo Usai-Satta

“…For patients without alarm symptoms, noninvasive testing for H. pylori, with either carbon-13-labeled urea breath testing or stool antigen testing, is recommended as a first-line strategy. …”
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Culture versus PCR for Salmonella Species Identification in Some Dairy Products and Dairy Handlers with Special Concern to Its Zoonotic Importance by Mayada M. Gwida, Maha A. M. AL-Ashmawy

“…The obtained results revealed that 21% of milk and dairy products (42/200) were positive for Salmonella species using enrichment culture-based PCR method, while 12% of different dairy samples (24/200) were found to be positive for Salmonella species by using the conventional culture methods. Two stool specimens out of 40 apparently healthy dairy handlers were positive by the PCR method. …”
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Combination of Oxalobacter Formigenes and Veillonella Parvula in Gastrointestinal Microbiota Related to Bile-Acid Metabolism as a Biomarker for Hypertensive Nephropathy by Xin Li, Li Wang, Shaojun Ma, Shaohui Lin, Chunyan Wang, Haiya Wang

“…Sequencing, bioinformatics, and statistical analysis were performed on the 16S rRNA gene of the subjects’ stool samples. This research study showed the differences of intestinal flora as biomarkers in hypertension patients with and without nephropathy; it investigated the relationship of the differences in the intestinal microbiota with bile-acid metabolism; it also explored bile-acid metabolism mechanism of intestinal microbiota differences in hypertension with or without nephropathy. …”
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A Case of Mild Encephalopathy with a Reversible Splenial Lesion Associated with G5P[6]Rotavirus Infection by Tsuyoshi Matsuoka, Toshifumi Yodoshi, Misaki Sugai, Masato Hiyane, Takashi Matsuoka, Hideki Akeda, Masaharu Ohfu, Satoshi Komoto, Koki Taniguchi

“…On day 8 of admission, head MRI revealed that the splenial lesion had disappeared. RV antigen-positive stools suggested that RV had caused MERS. This RV genotype was considered to be G5P[6]; it may have spread to humans as a strain reassortment through substitution of porcine RV into human RV gene segments. …”
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Spontaneous Rupture of Hepatic Metastasis from Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma by Anil Rahul, Fernandes Robin, Hiremath Adarsh

“…His hemoglobin (Hb) was 7.9 g/dL (10 days prior to presentation 12.2 g/dL), International normalized ratio (INR), platelet count was normal, and the stool guaiac test was negative. On admission, abdominal computed tomography (CT) scan showed hepatic metastatic lesion with a rupture and hemoperitoneum communicating to the subdiaphragmatic space. …”
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Life History of the Camelthorn Gall Leafhopper, Scenergates viridis (Vilbaste) (Hemiptera, Cicadellidae) by Roman Rakitov, Esther Appel

“…Fertilized females insert an average of 146 eggs under the gall’s inner epidermis and remain inside, possibly protecting the brood, until they die. The walls of the galls containing eggs are approximately three times thicker than regular leaves. …”
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Pengaruh Suplementasi Saccharomyces boulardii terhadap Kejadian Diare pada Balita by Winda Wahyu Pratiwi, Dwi Sarbini

“…Signs of diarrhea are the stool becomes liquid and the frequency of bowel movements is more than three times a day and is accompanied by blood and mucus or only mucus. …”
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Gut microbial profiles of patients with optic neuritis or myasthenia gravis by Tao Wu, Hanqiu Jiang, Chen Lin, Jingting Peng, Xiuyun Kong, Jie Yu, Jiawei Wang, Shilei Cui

“…Objective To characterize the gut microbial composition of patients with optic neuritis (ON) or myasthenia gravis (MG). Methods Stool samples were collected from 45 patients with ON, 13 patients with MG, and 20 healthy controls. …”
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Variable stressor exposure shapes fitness within and across generations by Marcus Lee

“…To address this gap, I conducted a reciprocal split-brood experiment using the freshwater crustacean, Daphnia magna, and an ecologically relevant environmental stressor, ultraviolet radiation (UVR). …”
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