Neutrophil–Lymphocytes Ratio as Potential Early Marker for Alzheimer’s Disease by Carlo Cervellati, Dario Pedrini, Pietro Pirro, Paola Guindani, Carlo Renzini, Gloria Brombo, Giovanni Zuliani

“…NLR was measured in the blood of patients with AD (n = 103), amnestic type mild cognitive impairment (aMCI, n = 212), vascular dementia (VAD, n = 34), and cognitively healthy Controls (n = 61). One hundred twelve MCI patients underwent a regular clinical follow-up. …”
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EFFECT OF REPLACING SOYBEAN MEAL WITH LARVAE MEAL OF BLACK SOLDIER FLY HERMETIA ILLUCENS IN GROWTH PERFORMANCE AND SOME BIOCHEMICAL BLOOD PARAMETERS OF COMMON CARP CYPRINUS CARPIO... by Ahmed I. Albayati, R. S. Attee, M. S. Al-Khshali

“… This study was conducted at the College of Agriculture/ Diyala University/ Department of Animal production to determine the effect of replacing soybean meal with black soldier fly Hermetia illucens larvae meal on the growth performance and some biochemical blood parameters of common carp Cyprinus carpio L. One hundred and five fish with an average initial weight of 27.46±0.14 g was used in this experiment. …”
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PREVALENCE OF DOMESTIC ACCIDENTS AND PREVENTIVE PRACTICE AMONG WOMEN OF CHILDBEARING IN IKORODU LOCAL GOVERNMENT AREA, LAGOS STATE by WALIU BABATUNDE OGUNBAMOWO, BODUNRIN OLUGBENGA ADEYEMI, LIGALI LATEEFAT ABIODUN, ASHON DANIEL OLUWATOBI

“…Th study consisted of three hundred women of childbearing age in, Ikorodu Local Government Area, Lagos state and utilized a self-developed questionnaire titled Domestic Accident Questionnaire(DAQ) to collect data. …”
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Moderating effect of teacher–student relationship and mediating role of self-efficacy on the relationship between peer-assisted learning and mathematics performance by Bright Asare

“…This study examined the effect peer peer-assisted learning on mathematics performance as well as the moderating effect of the teacher–student relationship and the mediating effect of self-efficacy on the relationship between students’ mathematics performance and peer-assisted learning among students.Design/methodology/approachFor this study, a descriptive-correlation design was used. Three hundred and fifty-one students made up the study’s sample size. …”
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ASSOCIATION BETWEEN CHRONIC APICAL PERIODONTITIS AND OXIDATIVE STRESS OR META-INFLAMMATION: A CROSS-SECTIONAL OBSERVATIONAL STUDY by Antonia Boca, Ada Delean, Sanda Ileana Cîmpean, Adina Bianca Boșca, Cosmina Ioana Bondor, Sebastian Candrea, SALIVAGES Project group, Aranka Ilea

“…This study investigated the impact of periapical lesions on patients’ general homeostazis and systemic inflammatory status. Two hundred patients were enrolled in a cross-sectional observational study, with 73 diagnosed with periapical inflammation based on orthopantomography and clinical assessment. …”
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Does the vicinity of the Black-Headed Gull colony (Chroicocephalus ridibundus) increase the breeding success of the Common Tern (Sterna hirundo) on the islands of the middle Vistul... by Dariusz Bukackiński, Monika Bukacińska, Milena Grabowska

“…The height of nesting site, type of nesting habitat, clutch size, mean egg volume and mean egg mass of these STH pairs did not differ significantly from those that formed a single species colony, on the same island but several hundred meters away. However, STH nests in the neighborhood of the LAR colony were established much earlier and both the hatching success and chick survival of STH during the early-chick stage were twice as high. …”
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Hemosiderin-Laden Macrophages in Bronchoalveolar Lavage: Predictive Role for Acute Exacerbation of Idiopathic Interstitial Pneumonias by Toru Arai, Tomoko Kagawa, Yumiko Sasaki, Reiko Sugawara, Chikatoshi Sugimoto, Kazunobu Tachibana, Yoshiki Fujita, Seiji Hayashi, Yoshikazu Inoue

“…This retrospective study examined the ability of HLMs in BALF to predict the acute exacerbation (AE) of chronic idiopathic interstitial pneumonias (IIPs). Methods. Two hundred and twenty-one patients with IIP diagnosed by bronchoscopy were enrolled in the study (IPF, n = 87; IIPs other than IPF, n = 134). …”
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Organoleptic Quality Attributes and Their Association with Morphological Traits in Arabica Coffee (Coffea arabica L.) Genotypes by Wakuma Merga Sakata, Wosene Gebreselassie Abtew, Weyessa Garedew

“…All of the organoleptic quality attributes evaluated showed a no significant correlation with morphological traits like body (r = −0.11) and hundred-bean weight and, flavor (r = −0.1) and bean thickness. …”
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Initiation of the Dutch Inguinal Hernia Audit (DIHA): A survey on support for registration, obstacles, and possible areas of improvement by Richtje R. Meuzelaar, Floris P. J. den Hartog, Pieter J. Tanis, Anandi H. W. Schiphorst, Josephina P. J. Burgmans

“…MATERIALS AND METHODS: A web-based survey was sent to all (>2,000) members of the Dutch Surgical Society, including surgeons and residents. RESULTS: Two-hundred sixty-seven respondents replied between April 14 and June 26, 2022 (hospital distribution: 36% small peripheral, 44% large peripheral, 11% academic, 2% specialized clinic). …”
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Hydraulic Abrasion-Resistant Elastic Epoxy Resin Materials by Liqun Xu, Kai Zhang, Yanhui Liu

“…The results showed that the abrasion-resistance performance of elastic epoxy coating improved hundreds of times over that of common concrete. Although the wearing strength was reduced with pressure, the elastic epoxy coating still retained excellent abrasion-resistance performance. …”
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Antibiogram Pattern of Uropathogenic Escherichia Coli in Baghdad Province, Iraq by Nuha Abd Al.rheem Saad, Raghad Hassan Hussein, Nadia M.M. Al-Shakir

“…Objective: To evaluate the prevalence of antibiotic resistance among Escherichia coli isolated from patients with urinary tract infection. Two-hundred and sixty-four mid-stream urine samples were collected from patients with symptoms of urinary tract infection who visited Baghdad teaching Hospital. …”
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Performance Evaluation and Stability of Maize (Zea mays L.) Genotypes for Grain Yield Using AMMI and GGE Biplot by Berhanu Bilate Daemo, Getahun Bore Wolancho, Zeleke Ashango Arke, Dawit Dalga Wakalto, Mesele Haile Onu

“…Moreover, the combined analysis of variance showed that genotype-environment interaction significantly influenced plant height, ear height, dry biomass yield, and hundred-kernel weight. The sum of squares factor explained that grain yield variation was contributed by the genotype (71.22%), followed by the environment (16.54%) and the genotype-environment interaction effect (12.24%) of the total variation. …”
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Socio-demographic profile and clinical co-morbidities of cannabis users attending a tertiary care hospital in India: A retrospective case record study by Soumya Jha, Rupa Jha, Wenona Fernandes, Ashish Srivastava

“…Data regarding cannabis use, clinical profile, and socio-demographic profile of the individuals was obtained and analyzed using appropriate statistical tests. Results: One hundred and sixty-four cannabis users were evaluated which consisted of 140 males and 24 females, the mean age being 28 years with a standard deviation of 7.68. …”
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Survival and Prognostic Factors in Patients with Hepatocellular Carcinoma Treated by Percutaneous Ethanol Injection: A 10-Year Experience by Roberto Mazzanti, Umberto Arena, Pietro Pantaleo, Lorenzo Antonuzzo, Greta Cipriani, Bruno Neri, Clara Giordano, Fabio Lanini, Serena Marchetti, Paolo Gentilini

“…The efficacy of PEI in patients with biopsy-proven viral cirrhosis and small to intermediate inoperable HCC was evaluated. One hundred twenty-seven patients (85 men, 42 women, mean age 63 years, range 51 to 92 years, 115 hepatitis C virus-positive, 12 hepatitis B virus-positive) were enrolled between January 1993 and December 2002. …”
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Hip Abduction Strength: Relationship to Trunk and Lower Extremity Motion During A Single-Leg Step-Down Task in Professional Baseball Players by M. Christopher Zipser, Hillary A Plummer, Nathan Kindstrand, Johnathan C Sum, Bernard Li, Lori A Michener

“… # Study Design Cross sectional, cohort study # Methods One hundred-eighteen Minor League baseball players (age=21.6 ± 2.0 years; n=68 pitchers, n=50 position players) participated. …”
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The Effects of Preeclampsia Severity and Thrombocytopenia on the Prognosis of Hypertensive Pregnant Women by Emre Beşe, Fatma Devran Bıldırcın, Erdal Malatyalıoğlu

“… OBJECTIVE: The present study was aimed to determine the effects of preeclampsia severity and thrombocytopenia on maternal and fetal prognosis in hypertensive pregnant women, and to discuss the clinical and biochemical findings in light of the literature. STUDY DESIGN: Three hundred and one pregnant patients, who had been admitted to the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of our clinic, with the diagnosis of preeclampsia between October 2006 and October 2008, were retrospectively evaluated. …”
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Detection of mental disorders with the Patient Health Questionnaire in primary care settings in Nigeria by Michael O. Olatawura, Olawale Olusegun Ogunsemi, Christopher O. Alebiosu, Olufemi E. Amoran, Adekunle J. Ariba, Francis A. Oluwole, Festus Abasiubong, Adebayo R. Erinfolami

“…Subject age ranged from 18-90 years with a mean age of 52.50±21.08 years. One hundred and seventy- six (42.7%) of the subjects were males. …”
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Endothelial Function in Women with and without a History of Glucose Intolerance in Pregnancy by Shireen Brewster, John Floras, Bernard Zinman, Ravi Retnakaran

“…Thus, we sought to evaluate endothelial function in women with and without recent glucose intolerance in pregnancy. Methods. One-hundred and seventeen women underwent oral glucose tolerance testing (OGTT) in pregnancy, enabling stratification into those with normal gestational glucose tolerance (n=59) and those with GDM or GIGT (n=58). 6 years postpartum, they underwent a repeat of OGTT and brachial artery FMD studies, enabling assessment of FMD and 4 secondary vascular measures: FMD after 60 seconds (FMD60), baseline arterial diameter, peak shear rate, and reactive hyperemia. …”
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Hsp90 mutants with distinct defects provide novel insights into cochaperone regulation of the folding cycle. by Rebecca Mercier, Danielle Yama, Paul LaPointe, Jill L Johnson

“…The abundant, essential, cytosolic Hsp90 (Heat shock protein, 90 kDa) facilitates the folding and activation of hundreds of newly synthesized or misfolded client proteins in an ATP-dependent folding pathway. …”
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Risk Factors for Stroke-associated Pneumonia: A Prospective Cohort Study by Alexis Suárez Quesada, Ezequiel López Espinosa, Noelsis García Verdecia, Miguel Ángel Serra Valdés

“…<strong><br />Results:</strong> two hundred thirteen patients (54.6 %) with ischemic stroke and 177 (45.4 %) with hemorrhagic stroke were studied. …”
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