Identification of Antibiotic Resistance of Acinetobacter baumannii in Iraqi Patients by Maha E. Zidan, Jaleel Samanje, Hiba Mansour Nasir

“…To investigate the prevalence of antibiotics resistance among A baumannii. Two-hundred clinical smaples were collected including (burns, sputum, urine and wound swabs) from individuals suffering from different complaints such as surgical and wound infections, burns inflammation, inflammation of the urinary tract, pneumonia and COVID-19 patients. 86 A. baumannii bacterial isolates could be picked up from these samples using routine test and VITEK-2 system. …”
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Assessment of Compliance of Glucosamine and Chondroitin Sulfate in Patients with Early Osteoarthritis of the Knee by Ajit Prakash Bhaskarwar, Ashish Pande, Kailash Pati Dev Jaidev

“…Compliance was assessed by the Morisky Medication Adherence Scale (MMAS). Results: One hundred patients consisting of 44 males and 56 females were enrolled. …”
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Effect of extraction of mandibular mesially impacted wisdom teeth on the proximal contact strength by XU Shi, LU Zhanyi, MIAO Leiying

“…Objective To explore the influence of extracting different types of mandibular mesially impacted third molars on the proximal contact strength(PCS) of adjacent teeth. Methods One hundred and ten cases of mandibular mesially impacted third molars were divided into high impacted group(40 cases), middle impacted group(40 cases) and low impacted group(30 cases). …”
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Effectiveness of donor notification and counseling of HIV-reactive donors in a tertiary care hospital from North India: An audit by Divya Bansal, Preeti Diwaker, Priyanka Gogoi, Malvika Singh, Anil Kumar Singh, Bharat Singh

“…RESULTS: Out of 60,907 total donations, 124 (0.2%) donors were HIV reactive. One hundred and eleven were informed about their reactive status and the rest 13 could not be informed due to wrong demographic details in donor registration form. …”
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Genotypic Investigation of Clostridium difficile in Prince Edward Island by H Martin, LP Abbott, DE Low, B Willey, M Mulvey, J Scott Weese

“…The objective of the present study was to characterize C difficile isolates obtained from people hospitalized with C difficile infection in Prince Edward Island. One hundred twenty-six C difficile ELISA toxin-positive stool samples were obtained and cultured using an enrichment protocol. …”
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Dervish Mehmed bin Mubarek Geray Genghisi. The Chronicle “Tarikh-i Mehmed Geray” (“Mehmed Geray’s History”) (part 4)* by Refat Abduzhemilev

“…The manuscript is not marked with the title, but has an appraisal prescript: “Tarih-i Mehmed Geray Qara Mustafa Paşa cenklerin söyler üçünci Sultan Mehmed Han vaqtlarından Sultan Ahmed Han biñ yüz on beş tarihınacek söyler bir maqbul tarihdır” / “Mehmed Tarikh-i Mehmed Geray narrating about the wars of Kara Mustafa Pasha, the acceptable story telling from the time of Sultan Mehmed Khan III to the period of Sultan Ahmed Khan, up to the year one thousand one hundred and fifteen”. The Chronicle’s translation into Russian (the author of the translation is R.R. …”
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Emergence and Distribution of Diverse Serovars of Non-Typhoidal Salmonellae in Mangalore, Coastal Karnataka: A 12-year Experience by Beena Antony, Anup Kumar Shetty, Thomas S. Kuruvilla

“…Nonlactose fermenting colonies resembling Salmonella were subjected to biochemical characterization and antimicrobial susceptibility testing followed by serotyping. Results: One hundred fifty-two NTS strains were isolated from feces and 13 from blood. …”
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Race and gender biases in assessing pain intensity and medication needs among Chinese observers by Zhiyuan Liu, Tzu-Ying Chuang, Shan Wang

“…This study investigated how sufferers' race and gender affect Chinese observers' evaluations of pain intensity and medication needs and the associations with the observers' race and gender-related stereotypical beliefs. Methods:. One hundred sixty-two Chinese participants completed a pain facial expression rating task assessing the level of pain intensity and the extent to which they believe the sufferer needs pain medication for East Asian, White, and Black sufferers, followed by a battery of questionnaires measuring their gender and race role expectation of pain. …”
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Analysis of the marketing channels of an indigenous smallholder cattle breed at risk of losing genetic diversity: The case of the Lagune cattle in Benin by Maurice Cossi Ahozonlin, Joël Lopez Fianto, Jemima Alla Houessou, Luc Hippolyte Dossa

“…It was based on literature research and field surveys conducted between February and April 2022 in six localities of the Ouémé department in southeast Benin, where the largest population of this breed is found. One hundred seventy-three (173) producers of Lagune cattle and 20 butchers were included in the field survey. …”
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Performance and Emission Characteristics of Pyrolysis Oil Obtained from Neem de Oiled Cake and Waste Polystyrene in a Compression Ignition Engine by D. Raguraman, Aditya Kumar, S. Prasanna Raj Yadav, Pandurang Y. Patil, J. Samson Isaac, C. Sowmya Dhanalakshmi, P. Madhu, J. Isaac JoshuaRamesh Lalvani

“…It sticks around in the environment for more than hundred years, threatening nature and spreading toxins. …”
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Difference Between Two Versions of the International Standard of Cylindrical Gears ISO 1328-1 by Tang Jie, Chai Lingyu, Shi Zhaoyao

“…The changes can be found from the results as follows: the accuracy level range is from 1 to 11 in new standard,pitch circle diameter d increase to 15 000 mm and tooth width b increase to 1 200 mm respectively in applications,the form and slope deviations are the compulsory measurement items,the regulation of the minimum number of teeth measured are added in,the definition and evaluation method of the elemental deviations are revised,the big difference can be found between the tolerance value of elemental deviations in new standard and permissible value given in the list in old one,which is dozens of micron at 5 grade of accuracy level,and hundreds of microns at 11 grade of accuracy. There is no doubt that big difference exist between the two versions of the cylindrical gear accuracy standard,which has changed the basis of the accuracy evaluation of the gear elemental deviations and will contribute to a series of revision of other related standards. …”
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The 500-year Cultural & Economic Trajectory of Tobacco: A Circle Complete by Christopher A. Jones, Amanda Wassel, William Mierse, E. Scott Sills

“…Tobacco use has been accompanied by controversy from the moment of its entry into European culture, and conflicting opinions regarding its potentially adverse influence on health have coexisted for hundreds of years. Its use in all forms represents the world’s single greatest cause of preventable disease and death. …”
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Obese Children with Metabolic Syndrome Have 3 Times Higher Risk to Have Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Compared with Those without Metabolic Syndrome by Dimitrios Papandreou, Mirey Karavetian, Zacharoula Karabouta, Eleni Andreou

“…The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between metabolic syndrome (MS) and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in obese children. One hundred and twenty-five subjects aged 11-12 years old participated in the study. …”
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INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL POLICE ORGANISATION STRATEGIES AND THE NATIONAL EFFORT IN THE FIGHT AGAINST CYBERCRIME IN NIGERIA by AUDU MOMOH AMINU, YAHAYA ABDULLAHI ADADU, MUHAMMED BELLO BABAN’UMMA, LUKA RUTH CALEB, MICHAEL MASHAL JEMLAK

“…Questionnaires were administered on three hundred and seventy-five (375) respondents drawn from the International criminal Police Organisation (ICPO-Interpol) National Central Bureau (NCB) Abuja, Nigeria Police Force (NPF), Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) and the Department of State Services (DSS).  …”
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Comparing the effects of intrathecal and intra-articular magnesium sulfate and fentanyl on pain after knee arthroscopy; double-blind clinical trial by Houriye Safaripoor, Hesameddin Modir, Alireza Susanabadi, Seyed Yosef Shahtaheri, Mohsen Parsi Khamene

“…Materials and Methods: This double-blind clinical trial was conducted in 2022–2023. One hundred and forty candidates for KA were randomly allocated to four groups, namely intrathecal magnesium sulfate, IA-Mg, intrathecal fentanyl (IT-F), and intra-articular fentanyl. …”
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Persistent Microalbuminuria in Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infected Children in Kano, Nigeria by Abdullahi Mudi, Bashir U. Alhaj, Fatimah Hassan-Hanga, Isah Adagiri Yahaya

“…Microalbuminuria has been reported to be a precursor of HIV related renal disease, which if detected early and coupled with appropriate intervention may slow or retard the progress of the disease. One hundred and seventy-eight HIV infected children aged 15 years and below were recruited from the Paediatric Infectious Disease Clinic of Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital (AKTH), Kano, to determine the prevalence of persistent microalbuminuria using the albumin creatinine ratio (ACR). …”
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Protective effect of nigella sativa and thymoquinone on relative liver weight increase caused by aflatoxin in broilers by Mehmet Burak Ateş, Mustafa Ortatatlı

“…<p> <b>Materials and Methods:</b> One hundred twenty 1-d-old broiler chicks were used and divided into 6 equal groups and fed for 28 days. …”
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Comparison between paracervical block and intrauterine lidocaine for pain management in surgical termination of first-trimester miscarriage: a randomized clinical trial by Doaa M. Effat, Mona A. Elkafrawy, Amira A.E. Shaban

“…Patients and methods One hundred fifty pregnant women suffering from first-trimester miscarriage and requiring pregnancy termination were randomly assigned into three equal groups. …”
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Comparison of Serum Zinc and Copper Concentrations in Females with Ovarian and Uterine Tumors by Hiba Ghmeedh Adhab, Liwaa Hussein Mahdi, Eman M. Al-Hilo

“…Materials and Methods: One hundred and twenty-four women with benign and malignant ovarian and uterine tumors were eligible for the study. …”
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Mineral Composition of Lentils: Physiological Functions, Antinutritional Effects, and Bioavailability Enhancement by Asmaa Benayad, Youssef Aboussaleh

“…Based on the previous studies, 100 g of cooked lentils, for example, may be enough to cover the recommended dietary allowance/adequate intake of iron in infants under six months and children aged one to three years. One hundred grams of cooked lentils may also cover the recommended dietary allowance/adequate intake of zinc and magnesium in infants and children aged one to three years. …”
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