Neutrophil Gelatinase-Associated Lipocalin: A New Marker of Renal Function in C-Related End Stage Liver Disease by Omkolsoum Mohamed Alhaddad, Ayman Alsebaey, Mohamed Omar Amer, Hala Hany El-Said, Tary Abdel Hamid Salman

“…Patient and Methods. One hundred HCV related end stage liver cirrhosis patients were randomized into two groups: Group I (n=35), patients with GFR < 60 mL/m measured by isotope scanning of the kidney (Renogram), and Group II (n=65), patients with GFR ≥ 60 mL/m. …”
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Peripheral Arterial Disease and Its Associated Factors among Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Patients at Debre Tabor General Hospital, Northwest Ethiopia by Yonas Akalu, Ambaye Birhan

“…The mean age of the study participants was 61.2±7.3 years. One hundred seventy-two (61.4%) patients were males. The prevalence of PAD in this study was 30.7% (95% CI (25.3-36.2%)). …”
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ALGUNAS APLICACIONES RECIENTES DE LA TÉCNICA DE RADIO OCULTAMIENTO SATELITAL EN EL ESTUDIO DE PROCESOS ATMOSFÉRICOS by Alejandro de la Torre, Pedro Alexander, Pablo Llamedo, Rodrigo Hierro, Horacio Pessano, Andrés Odiard

“…The enormous advantage offered by the coverage in the whole planet, above the continental and oceanic territories, the 1K T resolution, the long term stability and mainly the absence of any restriction imposed by climatic conditions, makes the GPS RO technique unique among different remote sensing atmospheric systems. Up to now, hundreds of thousands of soundings have been processed, from the first satellites to recent (SAC-C, CHAMP, GRACE, COSMIC, TerraSAR-X, MetOp). …”
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Clinical and Epidemiological Features of Patients with Drug-Induced Stevens-Johnson Syndrome and Toxic Epidermal Necrolysis in Iran: Different Points of Children from Adults by Bahareh Abtahi-Naeini, Mohammad-sadegh Dehghan, Fatemeh Paknazar, Zabihollah Shahmoradi, Gita Faghihi, Ali Mohammad Sabzghabaee, Mojtaba Akbari, Mahdi Hadian, Tooba Momen

“…SJS and TEN were clinically diagnosed and confirmed by skin biopsy as needed. Results. One hundred one patients (31 children and 70 adults) with a female to male ratio of 1.1 : 1 was identified in the present study. …”
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Power-sharing and Identity-Politics Transformation in Zanzibar, Tanzania by Moh'd Haji

“…Both qualitative and quantitative data were collected from five in-depth interviews and two hundreds and eight seven questionnaires respectively. …”
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Medicinal Plants used for Cutaneous Wound Healing in Uganda; Ethnomedicinal Reports and Pharmacological Evidences. by Gang, Roggers, Okello, Denis, Kang, Youngmin

“…Fifty-four (33 %) of the plant species have been investigated for their wound-healing activities whereas, one hundred eleven (67 %) have not been scientifically investigated for their wound-healing effects. …”
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Anxiety, Anger and Depression Amongst Low-Income Earners in Southwestern Uganda During the COVID-19 Total Lockdown by Archibong, Victor, Usman, Ibe Michael, Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Osamudiamwen, Eric Aigbogun Jr., Josiah, Ifie, Monima, Ann Lemuel, Ssebuufu, Robinson, Chekwech, Gaudencia, Terkimbi, Swase Dominic, Owoisinke, Okon, Mbiydzenyuy, Ngala Elvis, Adeoye, Azeez, Aruwa, oshua Ojodale, Afodun, Adam Moyosore, Odoma, Saidi, Ssempijja, Fred, Ayikobua, Emmanuel Tiyo, Ayuba, John Tabakwot, Nankya, Viola, Onongha, Comfort, Sussan, Henry, Matama, Kevin, Yusuf, Helen, Nalugo, Halima, MacLeod, Ewan, Welburn, Susan Christina

“…Methods: A cross-sectional descriptive study was undertaken amongst earners whose income falls below the poverty threshold. Two hundred and fifty-three (n = 253) male and female low-income earners between the ages of 18 and 60 years of age were recruited to the study. …”
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Health system financing fragmentation and maternal mortality transition in Mexico, 2000–2022 by Edson Serván-Mori, Carlos Pineda-Antúnez, Diego Cerecero-García, Laura Flamand, Alejandro Mohar-Betancourt, Christopher Millett, Thomas Hone, Rodrigo Moreno-Serra, Octavio Gómez-Dantés

“…Findings MMR in Mexico decreased from 59.3 maternal deaths per hundred thousand live births in 2000 to 47.3 in 2018. …”
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Predominance of metallo-beta-lactamase blaVIM Genes in Clinical Isolates from Health Facilities in Nigeria: Role in Multidrug Resistance Surge by Etang UE, Moses AE, Akpan SS, Eyo AO, Moses EA

“…Materials and methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in three health facilities in the State. One hundred and sixty (160) samples each of wound, urine and blood were collected aseptically from consented patients and analyzed using standard laboratory procedures. …”
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Non-Destructive Detection of Silage pH Based on Colorimetric Sensor Array Using Extended Color Components and Novel Sensitive Dye Screening Method by Kai Zhao, Haiqing Tian, Jue Zhang, Yang Yu, Lina Guo, Jianying Sun, Haijun Li

“…The variable combination population analysis–iteratively retains informative variables algorithm was iterated to optimize effective features. Consequently, six hundred variables were extracted from the twelve dyes, which were able to comprehensively and finely characterize the CSA response. …”
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Incidence, prevalence, and predictors of osteoporotic fracture in adult lung transplant recipients by Elisabeth Ng, Shanal Kumar, Eldho Paul, Daniel Bennett, Luisa Rosi, Louise Fuller, Lauren Chiu, Shoshana Sztal-Mazer, Steven Ivulich, Greg Snell, Leon A. Bach, Kathryn L. Hackman

“…Coprimary outcomes were incidence, prevalence, and predictors of osteoporotic fractures and major osteoporotic fractures post-LT. Results: Four hundred and five LT recipients (41% female, median age 59 years) had a median follow-up of 4.9 years (interquartile range 3.4-6.7). …”
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Extracellular vesicles-derived miR-21 as a biomarker for early diagnosis and tumor activity in breast cancer subtypes by Claudia Omarini, Virginia Catani, Ilenia Mastrolia, Angela Toss, Federico Banchelli, Chrystel Isca, Daniele Medici, Ornella Ponzoni, Marco Brucale, Francesco Valle, Maria Cristina Baschieri, Roberto D’Amico, Valentina Masciale, Chiara Chiavelli, Federica Caggia, Carlo Augusto Bortolotti, Federico Piacentini, Massimo Dominici

“…We assessed EV-derived miR-21 levels in one hundred women: 30 with early BC (EBC), 30 with metastatic BC on treatment progression (MBC), 30 cancer survivors on follow-up (FU) and 10 healthy donors (HD) as age- and body mass index (BMI)-matched controls. …”
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Comprehensive analysis of H3K27me3 LOCKs under different DNA methylation contexts reveal epigenetic redistribution in tumorigenesis by Yuan Liang, Mengni Liu, Bingyuan Liu, Benjamin Ziman, Guanjie Peng, Qiong Mao, Xingzhe Wang, Lizhen Jiang, De-Chen Lin, Yueyuan Zheng

“…This modification forms large chromatin domains, known as Large Organized Chromatin Lysine Domains (LOCKs), which span several hundred kilobases. Result In this study, we identify and categorize H3K27me3 LOCKs in 109 normal human samples, distinguishing between long and short LOCKs. …”
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Machine learning model and nomogram to predict the risk of heart failure hospitalization in peritoneal dialysis patients by Liping Xu, Fang Cao, Lian Wang, Weihua Liu, Meizhu Gao, Li Zhang, Fuyuan Hong, Miao Lin

“…The prediction performance of ML methods and Cox regression was compared.Results Over a median follow-up of 49 months. Two hundred and ninety-eight patients developed HF required hospitalization; 199 patients died during the follow-up. …”
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Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio and short-term mortality in patients having anti-MDA5-positive dermatomyositis with interstitial lung disease: a retrospective study by Hongxia Xin, Ping He, Bin Xi, Zhaojun Wang, Han Wang, Faxuan Wang, Zhanbing Ma, Jing Xue, Yuanyuan Jia, Hourong Cai, Bi Chen, Juan Chen

“…Furthermore, a generalized additive mixed model (GAMM) was applied to compare the NLR variations over time between 30-day survival group and non-survival group. Results Two hundred sixty-three patients with anti-MDA5-positive DM-ILD were divided into different groups based on their NLR and whether they survived or not within 30 days. …”
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Monocyte to High‐Density Lipoprotein Ratio Is Associated With Carotid Plaque: A Retrospective Cohort Study by Shuang Liu, Xinlei Miao, Manling Hu, Ziping Song, Xiaoling Xie, Yuting Sun, Meng Li, Guimin Tang, Song Leng

“…The mean age of the population was 46.14 years and 58.8% (n=3093) of the participants were male. Seven hundred fifty‐nine (14.4%) of participants developed new‐onset CP. …”
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Risk factors affecting long-term efficacy of ultrasound-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound treatment for multiple uterine fibroids by Zhenjiang Lin, Feng Xu, Yuan Yuan, Jiaojiao Peng, Jin Luo, Chunmei Gong, Dayong Chen, Yangyang Wang, Donghong Wang, Bing Yang, Lian Zhang

“…Objectives To investigate the long-term efficacy of ultrasound-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound (USgHIFU) for multiple uterine fibroids and the factors associated with recurrence.Materials and methods Five hundred and forty-nine patients with multiple uterine fibroids treated with USgHIFU from June 2017 to June 2019 were retrospectively analyzed. …”
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Determinants of the Morning-Evening Home Blood Pressure Difference in Treated Hypertensives: The HIBA-Home Study by Lucas S. Aparicio, Jessica Barochiner, Paula E. Cuffaro, José Alfie, Marcelo A. Rada, Margarita S. Morales, Carlos R. Galarza, Marcos J. Marín, Gabriel D. Waisman

“…Variables identified as relevant predictors were entered into a multivariable linear regression analysis model. Results. Three hundred sixty-seven medicated hypertensives were included. …”
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Sofosbuvir Based Regimens in the Treatment of Chronic Hepatitis C with Compensated Liver Cirrhosis in Community Care Setting by Vijay Gayam, Amrendra Kumar Mandal, Mazin Khalid, Osama Mukhtar, Arshpal Gill, Pavani Garlapati, Mowyad Khalid, Mohammed Mansour

“…Pretreatment baseline patient characteristics, treatment efficacy with the sustained virologic response at 12 weeks posttreatment (SVR12), and adverse reactions were assessed. Results. One hundred and twelve patients with CHC infection and concurrent compensated cirrhosis were included in the study. …”
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Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Practices in Patients Admitted to The Pediatric Neurology Outpatient Clinic by Deniz Yüksel, Ergin Atasoy, Ülkühan Öztoprak, Erhan Aksoy, Fatih Mehmet Akif Özdemir, Halil Celik, Nesrin Ceylan

“…This study was approved with the decision number E-20-12-62 at the meeting dated 21.12.2020 of the Clinical Research Ethics Committee of SBU Ankara Dr Sami Ulus Gynecology and Childhood Health and Diseases Training and Research Hospital. Results: Three hundred parents (56% women) participated in the study. …”
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