Control of Mould Spoilage on Apples Using Yeasts as Biological Control Agents by Zukisani Gomomo, Morris Fanadzo, Maxwell Mewa-Ngongang, Justin Hoff, Marieta Van der Rijst, Vincent Okudoh, Johan Kriel, Heinrich W. du Plessis

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate the antagonistic effect of selected yeasts against spoilage mould Botrytis cinerea , Penicillium expansum and Alternaria alstroemeriae . One hundred and four yeast isolates were screened for antagonistic activity against B. cinerea, P. expansum and A. alstroemeriae using radial inhibition, dual and mouth-to-mouth plate assays. …”
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Exploring DNA methylation, telomere length, mitochondrial DNA, and immune function in patients with Long-COVID by Andrea Polli, Lode Godderis, Dries S. Martens, Madhura Shekhar Patil, Jolien Hendrix, Arne Wyns, Jente Van Campenhout, Emma Richter, Lara Fanning, Olivia Vandekerckhove, Eveline Claeys, Wim Janssens, Natalie Lorent

“…Based on their clinical presentation, we could identify 6 main clusters. One-hundred and twenty-seven patients (35.4%) belonged to at least one cluster. …”
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Electrocardiographic Changes in Pregnant Patients With Congenital Heart Disease by Maria A. Pabon, Amrit Misra, Kimberlee Gauvreau, Madeline E. Duncan, Ava Conklin, Katherine E. Economy, Fred M. Wu, Thomas Tadros, Anne Marie Valente, For the STORCC Investigators

“…EKG parameters were measured in all available EKGs by two investigators, blinded to diagnosis and time of gestation. Results One hundred and seventy pregnant patients were included. …”
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Awareness, attitude, and acceptance of newborn screening for sickle cell disease among health workers and caregivers at primary healthcare centers in Gwagwalada Area Council, Feder... by Isa Hezekiah A, Chisomaga Ifeanyi Oparaugo, Grace Doyin Ajetomobi, Ayomide Esther Fasina, Reuben Ikechukwu Chianumba, Obiageli Eunice Nnodu, Obiageli Eunice Nnodu

“…Among the caregivers, 171 (57.2%) were not aware of NBS for SCD. Two hundred and ninety (97%) expressed willingness to participate in the NBS. …”
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Serum Magnesium Level among Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients and Its Correlation with Intra-hospital Complications: A Cross-sectional Single-center Study among Sudanese Patient... by Mohammed Taha, Ayman Azhary, Nooh Mohamed Hajhamed, Waleed Azhary Sir Alkhatim, Salahdeen Ismail Mohammed, Abdullah M Bakheit, Abdallah Elssir Ahmed, Abubakar Abdelbagi

“…This study aims to measure the level of serum Mg among patients diagnosed with AMI. Methods: One hundred AMI patients who came to the Wad Madani Heart Center were included in a cross-sectional research study. …”
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Central Pain in Parkinson’s Disease: Behavioral and Cognitive Characteristics by N. Vila-Chã, S. Cavaco, A. Mendes, A. Gonçalves, I. Moreira, J. Fernandes, J. Damásio, L. F. Azevedo, J. M. Castro-Lopes

“…The Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale (UPDRS) was used to assess motor and nonmotor symptoms in off and on conditions. Results. One hundred and eighty-eight patients (68%) reported pain; and in 41 (22%) of them, the pain was classified as central parkinsonian pain. …”
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The Secondary Component of the Extremely Low Mass Ratio Massive Binary HD 165246 Revealed by GHOST by C. N. Rodriguez, T. Ansin, G. A. Ferrero, O. G. Benvenuto, R. Gamen, N. I. Morrell, J. I. Arias, R. E. Higa, C. Putkuri, C. Johnston, K. Chiboucas, E. Deibert, C. R. Hayes, J.-E. Heo, M. Jeong, V. Kalari, E. Martioli, V. M. Placco, K. A. Venn, S. Xu, R. Diaz, M. Gomez-Jimenez, R. Ruiz-Carmona, C. Simpson, A. W. McConnachie, J. Pazder, G. Burley, T. A. M. Berg, J. G. Robertson, K. Labrie, J. Thomas-Osip

“…In the pursuit of understanding the multiplicity of massive stars, the OWN Survey has undertaken spectroscopic monitoring of hundreds of targets over the past 20 yr. This effort has led to the discovery of new single-lined spectroscopic binaries. …”
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Clinical Consultation in the Workplace: Are There Implications for Response Attitudes? by Bárbara Gonzalez, Rosa F. Novo, Maria João Afonso, Matilde Fernandes, Ana Vieira

“…Our main goal is to find out if, when psychological assessment occurs in the workplace context, patients being assessed present specific response bias that may have implications for the clinical results and correlative decisions. Five hundred and ten adult participants grouped in two samples of ambulatory patients – Clinical-Organizational Sample (COS n = 238) and Clinical Sample (CS n = 272) – were assessed with the Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory-2-RF validity and substantive scales. …”
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Long-Term Outcomes Following Inguinal Hernia Repair With Mesh Performed by Medical Doctors and Surgeons in Ghana by Jessica H. Beard, MD, Michael Ohene-Yeboah, MBChB, Emmanuel S. Kasu, MBChB, Nelson Affram, MBChB, Stephen Tabiri, MD, Joachim K. A. Amoako, MBChB, Francis A. Abantanga, MD, Jenny Löfgren, MD

“…A total of 242 operations in 241 participants were included, including 119 hernia repairs performed by the medical doctors and 123 performed by the surgeons. One hundred and sixty-nine participants (70.1%) were seen in follow-up at 5 years, 29 participants (12.0%) had died and 43 (17.8%) were lost to follow-up. …”
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Survival trends of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support for pediatric emergency patients in regional and metropolitan areas in Japan by Noriyuki Kaku, Wakato Matsuoka, Kentaro Ide, Takaaki Totoki, Katsuki Hirai, Soichi Mizuguchi, Kanako Higashi, Kenichi Tetsuhara, Hazumu Nagata, Satoshi Nakagawa, Yasuyuki Kakihana, Akira Shiose, Shouichi Ohga

“…The clinical outcomes of patients of ≤15 years of age who received ECMO during 2010–2019 were investigated, targeting the survival and performance at discharge from intensive care units (ICUs), using medical charts. Results: One hundred and fifty-five patients were analyzed (regional, n = 70; metropolitan, n = 85). …”
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Prediction of Seven Artificial Intelligence-Based Intraocular Lens Power Calculation Formulas in Medium-Long Caucasian Eyes by Wiktor Stopyra, Oleksiy Voytsekhivskyy, Andrzej Grzybowski

“…RMSAE, MedAE, and the percentage of eyes with a PE within ±0.25 D, ±0.50 D, ±0.75 D, and ±1.00 were counted. <b>Results:</b> Two hundred fourteen eyes with axial lengths ranging from 24.50 mm to 25.97 mm were tested. …”
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Insight into the current practice of ototoxicity monitoring during cisplatin therapy by N. M. Santucci, B. Garber, R. Ivory, M. A. Kuhn, M. Stephen, D. Aizenberg

“…Patients that underwent a transfer of care during treatment and with less than 3 months of follow-up were excluded. Results Three hundred seventy-nine patients met study criteria, of which 104 (27.4%) had a prior history of hearing loss. …”
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Evaluating Prospective Energy Services Demand for Residential Solar Photovoltaic (RSPV) Generated Electricity in Lagos State, Nigeria by Olalekan Jesuleye, Andrew Oriola, Adeyemi Adepoju

“…The study adopted quantitative research design with structured questionnaire to solicit information from the respondents. Three hundred and twenty-six (326) responses from the potential adopters were analysed with model for analysis of demand for energy (MADE II) and Pareto tool. …”
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The effect of emotional intelligence on nurses’ job performance: the mediating role of moral intelligence and occupational stress by Rozita Cheraghi, Naser Parizad, Vahid Alinejad, Mehri Piran, Laleh Almasi

“…Methods This descriptive cross-sectional correlational study was conducted in Urmia Teaching Hospital from February to April 2022. Six hundred and twenty-one nurses were recruited using quota sampling. …”
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Evaluation of Preptin and other Biomarkers in Coronary Artery Disease Patients with and without Diabetes Mellitus by Saja T. Yassen, Layla O. Farhan

“…Objectives: To determine the Preptin in patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) with and without Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Methods: One hundred and twenty Iraqi participants between the ages of 40 and 60 years were enrolled (80 patients and 40 age-matched controls). …”
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Dephrasal adjectives in Polish – A case of syntax-inside-morphology by Joanna Kolbusz-Buda

“…In what follows, we explore the thus far unstudied territory of dephrasal adjectives, such as tużpopołudniowy ‘right-after-noon’ and ponadstustronicowy ‘over-one-hundred-page’ built on phrasal bases subjected to suffixation. …”
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Motor Unit Sampling From Intramuscular Micro-Electrode Array Recordings by Agnese Grison, Jaime Ibanez Pereda, Dario Farina

“…Here, we used recently developed HD-iEMG electrodes to record from hundreds of recording sites within the muscle. This allowed us to investigate the impact of electrode number, inter-electrode distance, and the number of muscle insertions on the ability to sample motor units within the muscle. …”
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Depressive symptoms and its influencing factors of older people with cataracts in China: a national cross-sectional survey by Tengfei Niu, Shiwei Cao, Xiaoyu Wang, Xiaobing Xian, Chunyang Luo, Jingxi Ma

“…Meanwhile, a random forest model was developed in this study to rank the importance of the influencing factors.ResultsThree hundred and six (25.27%) of 1,211 cataract patients included in this study suffered from depressive symptoms. …”
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Comparative Assessment of Haematological Profile, CD4 Cell and Viral Load Counts of HIV-Positive Clients Attending Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH), Kano State, Nigeria by Rahamat I Ishaq, Aliyu Dutsinma Usman, M Bashir

“…This study aims to evaluate and compare the haematological parameters of HIV-positive patients and compare them with their CD4+ cell and viral load counts to ascertain their usefulness in monitoring HIV treatment and disease progression.  One hundred and ninety-six (196) HIV-positive clients already on antiretroviral therapy, aged 18-75 years old, were enrolled, and their haematological parameters, Viral load, and CD4+ cell counts were evaluated.  …”
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Systematic review of the application of the Kidney Failure Risk Equation and Oxford classification in estimating prognosis in IgA Nephropathy by M. P. Toal, R. Fergie, M. P. Quinn, C. J. Hill, C. O’Neill, A. P. Maxwell

“…This study of 2300 Chinese individuals with IgAN had a median follow-up of 2.5 years. Two-hundred eighty-eight individuals had a composite outcome of 50% decline in eGFR or ESRD, and 214 individuals developed ESRD. …”
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