The relationship between Helicobacter pylori and pityriasis versicolor by May H. El Samahy, Raafat Z. Abdelrahman, Hossam O. Ibrahim, Azza E. Mostafa

“…Active H. pylori infection was detected in both groups using H. pylori stool antigen test (SAT). In group A, patients who tested SAT positive were subjected to measurement of anti-H. pylori immunoglobulin (Ig)G and IgA and interleukin (IL)-10 serum levels. …”
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Experience of application of modern laxatives at treatment of functional constipation at adults by Ye. K. Baranskaya

“…The average frequency of stool on a background of long treatment at patients was 4–6 times per week.Conclusions. …”
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Observational study protocol: the faecal microbiome in the acute stage of new-onset paediatric type 1 diabetes in an Irish cohort by Eugene Dempsey, Catherine Stanton, Paul Ross, Colin Patrick Hawkes, Aonghus Lavelle, Carol-Anne O’Shea, Elaine Catherine Kennedy, Fiona Catherine Ross

“…We will develop a microbial culture biobank based on culturomic studies of stool samples from the healthy controls that will support future investigation. …”
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Fecal Lactoferrin: Reliable Biomarker for Intestinal Inflammation in Pediatric IBD by Stephan Buderus, James H. Boone, Michael J. Lentze

“…FL was measured by ELISA in stool specimens collected prior to endoscopy for IBD (IBD-SCAN; TechLab, Blacksburg; normal < 7.3 µg/g feces). …”
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Could Total Colectomy with Ileorectal Anastomosis Be an Alternative to Total Proctocolectomy with Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis in Selected Ulcerative Colitis Patients? by Francesco Tonelli, Carmela Di Martino, Francesco Giudici

“…About functional results, stool consistency [liquid (6.7% of IRA patients versus 29% of IPAA patients; p=0.003)], daily soiling (0% versus 6%; p=0.01), and nocturnal soiling (6% versus 25.5%; p=0.03) were statistically different. …”
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Upregulation of TCPTP in Macrophages Is Involved in IL-35 Mediated Attenuation of Experimental Colitis by Baoren Zhang, Chenglu Sun, Yanglin Zhu, Hong Qin, Dejun Kong, Jingyi Zhang, Bo Shao, Xiang Li, Shaohua Ren, Hongda Wang, Jingpeng Hao, Hao Wang

“…After administration of Pichia/IL-35, the mice showed significant improvement in weight loss, bloody stools, and shortened colon. Colon pathology also showed that the inflammatory condition of mice in the Pichia/IL-35 treatment group was alleviated. …”
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Prevalence of Intestinal Protozoan Parasites and Associated Risk Factors among School Children in Merhabete District, Central Ethiopia by Nigus Dagne, Amir Alelign

“…A total of 280 children from Zeita primary school were selected using stratified random sampling techniques. Stool samples were collected and examined using direct wet mount, Formal-Ether concentration and Modified Zeihel-Neelsen staining techniques. …”
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A Cause of Diarrhea in a Patient with Selective Immunoglobulin A Deficiency by M. I. Gonik, V. S. Shcherbakha, E. Yu. Yuryeva, I. M. Kartavenko, A. S. Tertychny, P. V. Pavlov, A. E. Leonovich, T. L. Lapina, V. T. Ivashkin

“…A 46-year-old woman complained of a mushy stool without pathological impurities up to 5 times a day. …”
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Clinical value of motor function of digestive system investigation: past, present and future by A. S. Trukhmanov, O. A. Storonova, V. T. Ivashkin

“…This method allows to estimate obturative function of rectal sphincter, intestinal component of stool continence.Conclusion. Clinical value of digestive system motor function investigation grows steadily and skill to diagnose disorders of peristaltic activity according to symptoms can and should be complemented by with modern methods of esophageal, gastric and intestinal motor activity registration.…”
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Efficacy and safety of pseudolaric acid B against Echinococcus multilocularis in vitro and in a murine infection model by Zhuo-ma Dawa, Zhuo-ma Dawa, Ting Zhai, Ting Zhai, Chuan-chuan Liu, Chuan-chuan Liu, Hai-ning Fan, Hai-ning Fan

“…Pseudolaric acid B (PAB) has been described to have strong antiparasitic effects. However, the in-depth mechanism by which PAB acts against E. multilocularis remains unclear.MethodsTo evaluate the effect of a PAB intervention on protoscoleces, metacestode vesicles and germinal cells in E. multilocularis in vitro. …”
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Heart Rate in Hypertension: Review and Expert Opinion by Jamshed Dalal, Arup Dasbiswas, Immaneni Sathyamurthy, Srinivasa Rao Maddury, Prafulla Kerkar, Sandeep Bansal, Joy Thomas, Sankar Chandra Mandal, Soura Mookerjee, Sivakadaksham Natarajan, Viveka Kumar, Nishith Chandra, Aziz Khan, R. Vijayakumar, J. P. S. Sawhney

“…Heart rate (HR) is strongly associated with both peripheral and central blood pressures. …”
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Modifiable factors for irritable bowel syndrome: evidence from Mendelian randomisation approach by Jinling Tang, Zhirong Yang, Shanshan Wu, Feng Sha, Tengfei Lin, Di Liu, Meiling Cao, Yiwen Jiang, Weijie Cao, Fuxiao Li

“…MR analyses revealed strong causation between IBS and multisite chronic pain (OR=2.20, 95% CI 1.82 to 2.66), gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (OR=1.31, 95% CI 1.23 to 1.39), well-being spectrum (OR=0.17, 95% CI 0.13 to 0.21), life satisfaction (OR=0.31, 95% CI 0.25 to 0.38), positive affect (OR=0.30, 95% CI 0.24 to 0.37), neuroticism score (OR=1.20, 95% CI 1.16 to 1.25) and depression (OR=1.50, 95% CI 1.37 to 1.66). …”
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Trajectories of self-rated health in an older general population and their determinants: the Lifelines Cohort Study by Barbara C van Munster, Nynke Smidt, Sophia E de Rooij, Marlies Feenstra, Janet L MacNeil Vroomen

“…Objectives Poor self-rated health (SRH) is a strong predictor of premature mortality in older adults. …”
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An automated adaptive trading system for enhanced performance of emerging market portfolios by Cristiana Tudor, Robert Sova

“…Emerging market (EM) investors have seen two major downturn events in the 2020s, namely the COVID-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine conflict, both of which have strongly affected EM portfolios’ risk-return profiles and increased their correlations with their developed market counterparts, eliminating much or all of EMs’ diversification benefits. …”
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Effects of Sewage Sludge Compost on Carbon, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Sulfur Ratios and Soil Enzyme Activities in a Long-Term Experiment by Csilla Almási, Viktória Orosz, Timea Tóth, Mostafa M. Mansour, Ibolya Demeter, István Henzsel, Zsolt Bogdányi, Tamás András Szegi, Marianna Makádi

“…The canonical correspondent analyses revealed that phosphatase activities were affected by C:N, C:P, and N:P ratios and β-glucosidase was correlated with P forms and the E4/E6 ratio, while the soil pH strongly affected all soil enzymes. Based on the alkaline and acidic phosphatase activities, the role of microbes became more important with increasing compost doses in phosphorus mobilization. …”
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Clinical inertia and treatment intensification among patients with type ii diabetes mellitus at Debre Tabor comprehensive specialized hospital, Ethiopia: an institutional-based cro... by Samuel Berihun Dagnew, Samuel Agegnew Wondm, Getachew Yitayew Tarekegn, Abebe Tarekegn Kassaw, Tilaye Arega Moges

“…Age, glycemic control, medication non-adherence, treatment fee, and number of medications were found to be strongly correlated with clinical inertia. More precise knowledge of the clinical inertia and the associated therapies is necessary to tackle this issue more effectively.…”
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Permafrost pore structure and its influence on microbial diversity: Insights from X-ray computed tomography by Nathan D. Blais, Joy M. O’Brien, Hannah Holland-Moritz, Lauren Farnsworth, Robyn A. Barbato, Thomas A. Douglas, Alexandra Contosta, Julie Bobyock, Erin C. Rooney, Taylor Sullivan, Jessica Gilman Ernakovich

“…Additionally, we identified pore connectivity as a potential driver of microbial diversity and provided evidence that conditions before the formation of permafrost exert a strong legacy effect on currently observed permafrost microbial diversity. …”
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Lipid Metabolism-Related Gene Signature Predicts Prognosis and Indicates Immune Microenvironment Infiltration in Advanced Gastric Cancer by Lijian He, Qiange Ye, Yanmei Zhu, Wenqi Zhong, Guifang Xu, Lei Wang, Zhangding Wang, Xiaoping Zou

“…Furthermore, our results indicated that most chemotherapeutic agents are more effective for AGC patients in the low-risk group than in the high-risk group, and risk scores for AGC are strongly correlated with drug sensitivity. Finally, we performed qRT-PCR experiments to verify the relevant results. …”
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Reconstructing prevalence dynamics of wildlife pathogens from pooled and individual samples by Borremans, Benny, Falvo, Caylee A, Crowley, Daniel E, Hoegh, Andrew, Lloyd-Smith, James O, Peel, Alison J, Restif, Olivier, Ruiz-Aravena, Manuel, Plowright, Raina K

“…Crucially, when individual samples can test false negative, a potentially strong bias is introduced that results in incorrect estimates of regression coefficients. …”
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The Positive Regulatory Effect of DBT on Lipid Metabolism in Postpartum Dairy Cows by Zheng Zhou, Kang Yong, Zhengzhong Luo, Zhenlong Du, Tao Zhou, Xiaoping Li, Xueping Yao, Liuhong Shen, Shumin Yu, Yixin Huang, Suizhong Cao

“…Correlation analyses showed that the relative abundances of <i>Bacillus</i>, <i>Solibacillus, Dorea</i>, and <i>Romboutsia</i> were strongly correlated with the differential metabolites, which is crucial for the beneficial effects of DBT. …”
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