Prevalence and factors associated with xerostomia in patients hospitalized due AIDS-related complications by Jhonatan Yukio Naka, Adryano Arana Kamei, Vanessa C. Klamas, Mateus A. Ventura, Marcelo Morato, Rafael Z. Mobile, Antonio A. S. D. Lima

“…Material and methods One hundred and two adult subjects were divided into two groups (51 HIV-infected patients and 51 controls). …”
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CD4 T-Cell-Independent Antibody Response Reduces Enterovirus 71 Lethality in Mice by Decreasing Tissue Viral Loads by Li-Chiu Wang, Chia-Min Kao, Pin Ling, Ih-Jen Su, Tung-Miao Chang, Shun-Hua Chen

“…Enterovirus 71 (EV71) has induced fatal encephalitis in hundreds of thousands of infants and young children in the Asia-Pacific region since the past decade. …”
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FGF2 Attenuates Neural Cell Death via Suppressing Autophagy after Rat Mild Traumatic Brain Injury by Chonghui Tang, Yudong Shan, Yilan Hu, Zhanjian Fang, Yun Tong, Mengdan Chen, Xiaojie Wei, Xiaojun Fu, Xinlong Xu

“…The present study investigated FGF2’s beneficial effects in the early stage of rat mild TBI and the underlying mechanisms. One hundred and forty-four rats were used for creating controlled cortical impact (CCI) models to simulate the pathological damage after TBI. …”
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Molecular diagnosis of Shigella, Salmonella and Campylobacter by multiplex Real-time PCR in stool culture samples in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso) by Salfo Sawadogo, Birama Diarra, Cyrille BIsseye, Tegwindé Rebeca Compaore, Florencia W. Djigma, Djénéba Ouermi, Aboubakar S. Ouattara, Jacques Simpore

“…Materials and Methods: The study was conducted from February 5th to March 9th, 2013. Two hundred stool samples were received during the study period. …”
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Unveiling Tissue‐Specific RNA Landscapes in Mouse Organs During Fasting and Feeding Using Nanopore Direct RNA Sequencing by Chengfei Jiang, Ping Li, Haiming Cao

“…This study uncovered tens of thousands of novel transcripts and identified hundreds of genes with tissue‐specific expression, revealing additional layers of regulated pathways within each organ that conventional short‐read RNA‐seq cannot resolve. …”
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Risk Factors of Diarrhoea among Children Under Five Years in Southwest Nigeria by Harriet U. Ugboko, Obinna C. Nwinyi, Solomon U. Oranusi, Fasina F. Fagbeminiyi

“…The relationships and/or association between variables were evaluated using Pearson's Chi Square and logistic regression tests. One hundred and eighteen (42%) of the children were male, and 162 (58%) were female. …”
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Treatment with Metformin Can Improve Insulin Resistance and Lipid Profile in Non-Diabetic Iraqi Women with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome by Ali M. Kadim Al-Tuma, Saba Sabeeh Hussain, Muhjah Falah Hassan

“…Materials and Methods: Two hundred women with PCOS were included in the study. …”
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Validation of the French Version of the “Patterns of Activity Measure” in Patients with Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain by Charles Benaim, Bertrand Léger, Philippe Vuistiner, François Luthi

“…We followed the recommended procedure for translation of questionnaires. Five hundred and ninety five inpatients, admitted to a tertiary rehab center in the French-speaking part of Switzerland for chronic pain after orthopedic trauma, were included (sex ratio M/F = 4.36, mean age 43±12). …”
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Open Soil Spectral Library (OSSL): Building reproducible soil calibration models through open development and community engagement. by José L Safanelli, Tomislav Hengl, Leandro L Parente, Robert Minarik, Dellena E Bloom, Katherine Todd-Brown, Asa Gholizadeh, Wanderson de Sousa Mendes, Jonathan Sanderman

“…To help bridge this gap and enable hundreds of stakeholders to collect more affordable soil data by leveraging a centralized open resource, the Soil Spectroscopy for Global Good initiative has created the Open Soil Spectral Library (OSSL). …”
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Prevalence and correlates of personality disorders in males with alcohol dependence syndrome undergoing inpatient treatment in a tertiary care hospital in South India by Aravindan Balachandran, Parthasarathy Ramamurthy, Pradeep Thilakan

“…The severity of alcohol dependence was assessed using the Severity of Alcohol Dependence Questionnaire. Results: One hundred male inpatients with alcohol dependence syndrome were recruited. …”
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Is neutropenic fever an obstacle to effective stem cell harvesting? by Semih Başcı, Ersin Bozan, Samet Yaman, Bahar Uncu Ulu, Mehmet Bakırtaş, Tuğçe Nur Yiğenoğlu, Ali Kılınç, Nurgül Özcan, Mehmet Sinan Dal, Merih Kızıl Çakar, Fevzi Altuntaş

“…MATERIALS AND METHODS: Here, we aimed to investigate the impact of the FN in chemomobilization on apheresis outcomes and engraftment. One hundred and eighty-three patients with the diagnosis of lymphoma or myeloma who underwent chemomobilization between 2015 and 2020 were included in the study. …”
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Knowledge of Mpox, Media Exposure, and Clinical Experience: by Aime Fidele Ndayiragije Mvuyekure, Simon Pierre Ndayishimye Mvuyekure, Daniel Muhayimana, Jean Claude Tuyishime, Anifa Munderere

“…Background: This study aimed to determine the predictors of nursing students’ preparedness for disease outbreaks and the relationships between knowledge of Mpox, media exposure, and clinical experience, as moderated by demographic variables. One hundred respondents were selected using stratified random sampling from four academic levels at the University of Gitwe. …”
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Mesoporous TiO2 Micro-Nanometer Composite Structure: Synthesis, Optoelectric Properties, and Photocatalytic Selectivity by Kun Liu, Lianjie Zhu, Tengfei Jiang, Youguang Sun, Hongbin Li, Dejun Wang

“…The results show that the TiO2 composite structure consists of microspheres (∼0.5–2 μm in diameter) and irregular aggregates (several hundred nanometers) with rough surfaces and the average primary particle size is 10.2 nm. …”
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De l’augustinisme à la théosophie by Jean-François Alizon

“…Underlying the entire text, the anguish of the main character is perceivable: Have I been the subject of election by divine grace, or not? In 1616, almost a hundred years after the first proclamation of the Reformation, Protestantism was seen by some as having lost some of the spiritual momentum of its founders. …”
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Vaginal Tritrichomonas foetus infection in mice as an in vivo model for drug development against Trichomonas vaginalis. by Noelle M Nieskens, Yukiko Miyamoto, Brianna M Hurysz, Anthony J O'Donoghue, Lars Eckmann

“…Trichomonas vaginalis is the causative agent of the common sexually transmitted disease, trichomoniasis, which affects more than a hundred million people worldwide. Metronidazole and tinidazole, agents belonging to the 5-nitroheterocyclic class of antimicrobials, are most often used to treat infection, but increased resistance has been reported and adverse effects of these drugs can be significant. …”
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Sensitivity profile of carbapenem-resistant uropathogenic bacterial isolates to Cefiderocol by Fatemeh Omidi, Leila Fozouni, Arash Nikyar, Mehr Ali Mahmood Janlou

“…This study aimed to evaluate the prevalence and susceptibility profiles of Cefiderocol on carbapenem-resistant uropathogenic Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae isolates among hospitalized patients. Methods: One hundred twenty-nine patients more than 72 h admitted to hospitals participated from Feb. 2021 to Dec. 2022. …”
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Molecular Detection of Candida tropicalis Isolated from Immunocompromised Patients with Otitis Media by Aymen Nazar Khalil, Abbas M. Ammari

“…Candida tropicalis is a species of yeast in the genus Candida. One hundred swaps were collected from patients with otitis media who attended ENT consulting clinic at Baquba Teaching Hospital for a period extended from 15th of December 2022 to the 15th of March 2023. …”
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Mental toughness and performance strategies of martial artists in practice and competition by Atefeh Beheshti, Hassan Gharayagh Zandi, Zahra Fathirezaie, Fatemeh Heidari

“…Abstract This study’s objective was to analyze the relationship between mental toughness and martial artists’ performance strategies. Two hundred athletes (male: 105, female: 95) with an age range of 18-36 years (mean:25.12, s=4.96) who competed at university to the national standard of martial arts participated in this study. …”
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Endoscopic band ligation versus hot snare resection for hyperplastic gastric polyps in cirrhotic patients by Maha Elsabaawy, Osama Elbahr, Ahmed Edrees, Reda Badr, Ahmed Kamal, Sameh Afify

“…The aim of the study was to assess the efficacy and safety of endoscopic band ligation (EBL), compared to HSP in resecting GHPs in cirrhotic patients. One hundred consecutive adults with liver cirrhosis and sessile or pedunculated GHPs were enrolled from December 2018 to December 2020. …”
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Molecular Characterization of Staphylococci Recovered from Hospital Personnel and Frequently Touched Surfaces in Tianjin, China by Yuting Liu, Liqin Chen, Yuping Duan, Zhen Xu

“…In this study, antimicrobial susceptibility tests, mecA gene detection, SCCmec typing, and multilocus sequence typing (MLST) were performed to clarify the molecular epidemiology of staphylococci in a large hospital in Tianjin, China. One hundred and ninety-five staphylococci were recovered, and 94% of isolates were resistant to at least one antibiotic. …”
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