Ecological concrete by partially substitution of cement with Cameroonian corn stover ash by Martial Ngnihamye Nde, Seidou Youssoufa, Fabien Kenmogne, Merveille Meto Kuigne, Michel Mbessa, Emmanuel Yamb Bell, Didier Fokwa

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Botulinum toxin type A for the treatment of patients with post-stroke spasticity in Thailand: cost-utility and budget impact analysis by Phorntida Hadnorntun, Pattara Leelahavarong, Tanawan Kongmalai, Varalak Srinonprasert, Juthamas Prawjaeng, Phakamas Tanvijit, Chuenchom Chueluecha, Nawarat Jintakul, Tipyarat Saringcarinkul, Witsanu Kumthornthip

“…Objectives To evaluate the cost-utility of botulinum toxin A (BoNT-A) for treating upper limb (UL) and lower limb (LL) post-stroke spasticity.Design Using a Markov model, adopting a societal perspective and a lifetime horizon with a 3% annual discount rate, the cost-utility analysis was conducted to compare BoNT-A combined with standard of care (SoC) with SoC alone. …”
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Nasopharyngeal carriage of Staphylococcus aureus in a rural population, Sierra Leone by Lisa Maria Kleine, Emmanuel Marx Kanu, Tobias Grebe, Desmond Mohamed Sesay, Henning Loismann, Maxwell Sesay, Tom Theiler, Viktoria Rudolf, Alexander Mellmann, Laura C. Kalkman, Martin P. Grobusch, Frieder Schaumburg

“…Results: Of 300 participants (62.7 % females, median age: 16 years), 168 (56 %) were colonized with S. aureus-related complex; six participants carried two different S. aureus genotypes, resulting in a total number of 174 isolates. …”
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Fatigue, pain and faecal incontinence in adult inflammatory bowel disease patients and the unmet need: a national cross-sectional survey by Ailsa Hart, Laura Miller, Fionn Cléirigh Büttner, Thomas Hamborg, Sonia Saxena, Richard C. G. Pollok, Imogen Stagg, Vari Wileman, Qasim Aziz, Wladyslawa Czuber-Dochan, Lesley Dibley, Borislava Mihaylova, Rona Moss-Morris, Chris Roukas, Christine Norton

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E_N_T_R_O_P_Y: Monocentric analysis of rectal cancer radio-chemotherapy treatment in patients of young age by E. Meldolesi, A. Nicolì, N. Dinapoli, G. Chiloiro, A. Romano, R. Menghi, R. Persiani, F. Pacelli, C. Coco, C. Ratto, S. Manfrida, L. Boldrini, B. Corvari, M.A. Gambacorta

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Acceptability of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine plus dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine in Papua New Guinea: a qualitative stu... by Elvin Lufele, Sophie Pascoe, Alice Mengi, Alma Auwun, Nalisa Neuendorf, John W. Bolnga, Moses Laman, Stephen J. Rogerson, Kamala Thriemer, Holger W. Unger

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Instrumental balance assessment in Parkinson's disease and parkinsonism. A systematic review with critical appraisal of clinical applications and quality of reporting by Andrea Merlo, Lorenzo Cavazzuti, Maria Chiara Bò, Francesco Cavallieri, Maria Chiara Bassi, Benedetta Damiano, Sara Scaltriti, Valentina Fioravanti, Giulia Di Rauso, Giulia Di Rauso, Giacomo Portaro, Franco Valzania, Mirco Lusuardi, Isabella Campanini

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The Influence of Polymerization Type and Reinforcement Method on Flexural Strength of Acrylic Resin by Rodrigo Borges Fonseca, Amanda Vessoni Barbosa Kasuya, Isabella Negro Favarão, Lucas Zago Naves, Márcio Grama Hoeppner

“…Data (MPa) were submitted to factorial analysis, ANOVA, and Tukey and T-student tests (a=5%) showing significant interaction (P=0.008), for SC: Uni (241.71±67.77)a, Uni-Short (221.05±71.97)a, Ind (215.21±46.59)ab, SW (190.51±31.49)abc, Short (156.31±28.76)bcd, Tpl (132.51±20.21)cd, Control SC (101.47±19.79)d and for HC: Ind (268.93±105.65)a, Uni (215.14±67.60)ab, Short (198.44±95.27)abc, Uni-Short (189.56±92.27)abc, Tpl (161.32±62.51)cd, SW (106.69±28.70)cd, and Control HC (93.39±39.61)d. …”
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Synthesis of Headful Packaging Phages Through Yeast Transformation-Associated Recombination by Cheng Lu, Lan He, Yangyijun Guo, Tingting Wang, Yanrui Ye, Zhanglin Lin

“…This study explores the synthetic genome assembly of <i>Pseudomonas</i> phage vB_PaeS_SCUT-S4 (S4), a 42,932 bp headful packaging phage, which encapsidates a terminally redundant, double-stranded DNA genome exceeding unit length. We demonstrate that using the yeast TAR approach, the S4 genome can be assembled and rebooted from a unit-length genome plus a minimal 60 bp terminal redundant sequence. …”
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Determining the Language Measurements in a Turkish-Persian Bilingual Child Suspected of Language Impairment: A Case Report by Galavizh Karimi Javan, Mahsa Mehdizadeh Behtash, Nahid Jalilehvand, Amirsalar Tozihi

“…For the syntactic domain, the measures of the mean length terminal-unit (MLTU), the number of grammatical errors per terminal-unit (NETU), the mean length of communication unit (MLCU), and for the semantic domain, the measure of a number of total words (NTW), the number of different words (NDW), and type-token ratio were used. …”
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Influence of Sanitizers on the Lipopolysaccharide Toxicity of Escherichia coli Strains Cultivated in the Presence of Zygosaccharomyces bailii by Lerato Mogotsi, Olga De Smidt, Pierre Venter, Willem Groenewald

“…LAL analysis showed a decrease in toxicity of both E. coli strains grown in combination with Z. bailii, while IL-6 analysis of the mixed cultures showed an increase in toxicity. The use of LAL for toxicity determination in a mixed culture overlooks the contribution made by spoilage yeast, thus demonstrating the importance of using the appropriate method for toxicity testing in mixed microbe environments.…”
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Depresi sebagai Prediksi Kematian dalam 1 Tahun pada Pasien Hemodialisis by Langgeng Perdhana, Shofa Chasani, Siti Nuraini

“…Methods: This cohort study was conducted from February to August 2020 at the hemodialysis unit of Roemani Muhammadiyah Hospital, Semarang. …”
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The Role of Prestroke Glycemic Control on Severity and Outcome of Acute Ischemic Stroke by Clara Hjalmarsson, Karin Manhem, Lena Bokemark, Björn Andersson

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Carriage of Neisseria Species in Communities with Different Rates of Meningococcal Disease by Nicole Le Saux, Fraser Ashton, Maksudar Rahman, Alan Ryan, Edward Ellis, Susan Tamblyn, Joan Morris, Al Borczyk, Caroll Mallory, Donald Mikel, Stephen Thompson, Lyall Black, Barbara Lacey, Chandar Anand

“…The clone isolated from patients was not present among the carrier strains as determined by sero- and subtyping and electrophoretic analysis of metabolic enzymes. Age greater than six years was the only factor associated with colonization with N meningitidis.…”
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Imagining a net-zero Teesside: actors, networks, and expectations in industrial decarbonisation megaprojects by Kyle S Herman, Marfuga Iskandarova, Benjamin K Sovacool

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Association between HMGB1 and COPD: A Systematic Review by Sebastiano Gangemi, Marco Casciaro, Giovanni Trapani, Sebastiano Quartuccio, Michele Navarra, Giovanni Pioggia, Egidio Imbalzano

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A low functional redundancy-based network slimming method for accelerating deep neural networks by Zheng Fang, Bo Yin

“…Build on this view, we propose feature contribution ranking unit (FCR unit) which can automatically learn the feature maps' contribution to the key information with training iterations. …”
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Case report: Multisystemic smooth muscle dysfunction syndrome: a rare genetic cause of infantile interstitial lung disease by Qianying Li, Lidan Cui, Jun Su, Yuelin Shen, Yuelin Shen

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Remote Laboratory Experiments in a Virtual Immersive Learning Environment by Luca Berruti, Franco Davoli, Sandro Zappatore, Gianluca Massei, Amedeo Scarpiello

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Same-Day Regimen as an Alternative to Split Preparation for Colonoscopy: A Systematic Review with Meta-Analysis by Cristina Bucci, Fabiana Zingone, Pietro Schettino, Clelia Marmo, Riccardo Marmo

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