Perception of phage therapy and research across selected professional and social groups in Poland by Maciej Żaczek, Marcin W. Zieliński, Andrzej Górski, Andrzej Górski, Andrzej Górski, Beata Weber-Dąbrowska, Ryszard Międzybrodzki, Ryszard Międzybrodzki, Ryszard Międzybrodzki

“…Interestingly, physicians were quite reluctant to deepen their knowledge in the field of phage therapy with just over one third (37.5%) ready to do so. With the COVID-19 pandemic in the background, we also explored how the pandemic influenced the interest in experimental therapies in general, which makes this article a potential universal compendium on perceptions of experimental therapies in the coming years.…”
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Elements of Success After Metatarsectomy Healing of Neuropathic Diabetic Foot Ulcers by Hossein Hemmati, Behrang Motamed, Sedighe Masoudi Taramsari, Mohammad Taghi Ashoobi, Mohaya Farzin, Habib Eslami Kenarsari, Rastin Hosseinzaeh Asli, Zahra Abbasi Ranjbar, Milad Sarafi

“…Patients were followed up for two weeks, one month, and three months after surgery and were evaluated for complete recovery, partial recovery, and no response. …”
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Changes in the menstrual hygiene management facilities and usage among Bangladeshi school girls and its effect on school absenteeism from 2014 to 2018 by Farjana Jahan, Noshin Sayiara Shuchi, Abul Kasham Shoab, Mahbub-Ul Alam, Sk. Md. Kamrul Bashar, Khairul Islam, Hasin Jahan, Mahadi Hasan, Md. Masud Alam, Mahbubur Rahman

“…In the GEE model, we found that living in rural areas (coef: −5.6; CI: −10.06 to −1.14), parental restrictions on going outside (coef: 4.47; CI: 0.75 to 8.2), education levels of girls (coef: −9.48; CI: −14.17 to −4.79), girl’s belief that menstruation affects school performance (coef: 23.32; CI: 19.71 to 26.93), and using old cloths (coef: −4.2; CI: −7.6 to −0.79) were significantly associated with higher absenteeism. …”
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Exploring the functional role of POU5F1 using CRISPR RNP electroporation of zygote (CRISPR-EZ) in buffaloes by Meeti Punetha, Dharmendra Kumar, Suman Choudhary, Sheetal Saini, Kamlesh Kumari Bajwa, Surabhi Sharma, Manu Mangal, P. S. Yadav, T. K. Datta

“…We determined the expression of SOX2, Nanog, and GATA2 in POU5F1 intact (Control) and POU5F1-KO confirmed blastocyst to better understand the impact of POU5F1-KO on other pluripotent genes. …”
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Pediatric endoscopic retrograde pancreatography expertise in chronic pancreatitis: a single-center analysis by Hongxi Guo, Juan Luo, Hu Yang, Jun Yang, Hongqiang Bian, Xufei Duan, Xin Wang

“…However, data on endoscopic treatment of CP in children are still limited.MethodsDemographics, etiology, surgical indications, diagnosis, treatment details, associated complications, and follow-up information were retrospectively studied in consecutive patients (<18 years old) who underwent ERP for CP between January 2020 and October 2024.ResultsA total of 17 children (7 male, 10 female) with a mean age of 10.0 ± 2.7 years were included in the study. …”
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Buffalo whey proteins as innovative raw material for nanoparticles building by Pablo A. Solis Cizek, Gustavo A. Crudeli, Darío Spelzini, Franco E. Vasile

“…The gradual increase in the absorbance, intended as the formation of soluble complexes, was verified for BWPC-GA from pH 5, reaching a maximum of 4. In contrast, for WPC-GA, it occurred between 5.5 and 4.5. In the range of formation of conjugates, PS-PR showed intermediate zeta-potential values to the single components, being -27 and -50 mV for BWPC-GA and WPC-GA, respectively. …”
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Epidemiology of pediatric dengue virus infection, Scenario from a tertiary level hospital in Bangladesh by Kinkar Ghosh, Selim Reza Tony, Khaleda Islam, Reaz Mobarak, Md. Jahangir Alam, Md. Kamruzzaman, Sumaira Alam, Muhammad Talha, Abdullah Al Faisal, Nahidul Islam, Md Mobarok Hossain, Mst. Noorjahan Begum, Mustafizur Rahman

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Economic and relationship-strengthening intervention to reduce alcohol use in couples living with HIV in Malawi: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of Mlambe by Torsten B Neilands, Lynae A Darbes, James Mkandawire, Derek S Brown, Fred M Ssewamala, Judith A Hahn, Amy A Conroy, Nancy Mulauzi, Scott Tebbetts

“…The synergy of these interventions has not been assessed in SSA—specifically among people living with HIV who drink alcohol. To test this hypothesis, we will test Mlambe, an economic and relationship-strengthening intervention, found to be feasible and acceptable in a pilot study in Malawi. …”
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Social Media Use and Oral Health–Related Misconceptions in Saudi Arabia: Cross-Sectional Study by Rahaf Hamdan BinHamdan, Salwa Abdulrahman Alsadhan, Arwa Zohair Gazzaz, AlBandary Hassan AlJameel

“…ConclusionsSocial media platforms are essential yet double-edged tools for oral health information dissemination in Saudi Arabia. Participants who followed dental-specific accounts had significantly lower misconceptions, while trust in social media as a source of information was linked to higher counts of misconceptions. …”
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Estimated inpatient malnutrition prevalence, screening tool utilization, and dietitian referral rates across hospitals during extension of phase 2 of More-2-Eat by Yingying Xu, Rachel A. Warren, Shirley M. Peters, Sonya Boudreau, Tina N. Strickland, Mari Somerville, Brenda L. MacDonald, Heather Keller, Leah E. Cahill

“…Results: Nutrition screening at admission occurred for 54.9% of audited patients, with variation among sites (p<0.001). 34.5% of these screened patients were at nutritional risk, of whom 79.8% were referred to a dietitian. 14.4% of all charts audited had a malnutrition diagnosis as per SGA, as did 28.5% of patients screened by the CNST. 94.2% of patients who underwent SGA were diagnosed with malnutrition. …”
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Effect of biannual azithromycin on respiratory pathogens among symptomatic children: results from the randomised Macrolides Oraux pour Réduire les Décès avec un Oeil sur la Résista... by Jie Liu, Thomas M Lietman, Jeremy D Keenan, Kieran S O'Brien, Elodie Lebas, Amza Abdou, Benjamin F Arnold, James A Platts-Mills, Eric R Houpt, Stephanie A Brennhofer, Elizabeth T Rogawski McQuade, Ramatou Maliki, Jixian Zhang, Suzanne Stroup, Suporn Pholwat, Ahmed M Arzika

“…The prevalence was reduced in children from azithromycin communities for just two pathogens: Bordetella pertussis and H. influenzae type b (Hib). …”
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Comparative evaluation of APRI and MELD scores in the prediction of complications of chronic hepatitis in patients infected with hepatitis B or C viruses in Lubumbashi, democratic republic of Congo by Arsène Kabamba-Tshikongo, Adolphe Baleebenga, Bernard Kalunga-Tompa, Claude Mwamba-Mulumba, Henry Manya-Mboni, Cedrick Mutombo-Shakalenga, Pierrot Mwamba-Tshilumba, Sébastien Bontems, Géraldine Dessilly, Benoît Kabamba-Mukadi, Albert Longanga-Otshudi

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Safety and effectiveness of different modes of labor induction among pregnant women delivering at referral hospitals in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania: a cohort study by Emmanuel Erasto, Martine A. Manguzu, Goodluck G. Nyondo, Manase Kilonzi, Alphonce Ignace Marealle, Ritah F. Mutagonda

“…Factors associated with achieving SVD included multigravidity (AoR = 1.57, p = 0.004), comorbidities (AoR = 1.47, p = 0.007), and use of oxytocin (AoR = 3.13, p < 0.001) or dinoprostone (AoR = 0.58, p = 0.003). …”
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ANALISIS DESKRIPTIF BERBASIS MODEL MENTAL FISIKA TERHADAP PEMAHAMAN KOGNITIF MAHASISWA PADA KONSEP KINEMATIKA PARTIKEL DAN GERAK PARABOLA by Nyoman Rohadi, Iwan Setiawan

“…The analized data were a pretestt, students work sheets (SWS) and posttest data Of 28 students who participated in basics physics 1 class. The mean score of the pretestt data was 44,64 in a range score  of 30.00-80.00. …”
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Predictive value of enhanced CT and pathological indicators in lymph node metastasis in patients with gastric cancer based on GEE model by Ling Yang, Yingying Ding, Dafu Zhang, Guangjun Yang, Xingxiang Dong, Zhiping Zhang, Caixia Zhang, Wenjie Zhang, Youguo Dai, Zhenhui Li

“…Methods Sixty-six consecutive patients (235 regional lymph nodes) with pathologically confirmed gastric cancer who underwent surgery at our hospital between December 2020 and November 2021 were retrospectively reviewed. …”
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Re-examining the Division of Candi Borobudur into Kāmadhātu, Rūpadhātu, and Arūpadhātu by So Tju Shinta LEE, Agus Aris Munandar, Lilawati Kurnia

“…The Gaṇḍavyūha-Bhadracarī discusses the dharmadhātu (realm of reality), the reality experienced by those who are awakened, which is beyond the three dhātus. …”
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Physicochemical and sensory analysis of fruit juices based on buffalo yogurt whey by Gladis Rébak, Gladys Obregón, Luz Segovia-Espindola, Victoria Cantero, Mariano Pino, Liliana Alegre

“…At 48 h for G1, they were: pH 3.68; ρ 1056.7; ºBrix 14.52 and G2: pH 3.54; ρ 1042.55; °Brix 10.92. …”
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Association of Serum Irisin With Severity and Prognosis in Patients With Coronavirus Disease 2019: A Prospective Cohort Study by Zhang X, Wang W, Li Y, Liu X, Zhang L, Cheng Z, Liu M, Wang Y, Fu L, Yang J

“…The results of the follow-up study suggested that the level of serum irisin upon admission was reduced in patients who died within one month of hospitalization. A lower serum irisin level at admission increased the risk of death within one month.Conclusion: Serum irisin levels at admission were negatively correlated with disease severity and prognosis, suggesting that irisin is involved in the pathological process of COVID-19. …”
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Efficacy and safety of super selective bronchial artery coil embolisation for haemoptysis: a single-centre retrospective observational study by Daijiro Kabata, Ayumi Shintani, Masanori Akira, Masahiko Hara, Hideo Ishikawa, Misaki Ryuge, Jun Takafuji, Mihoko Youmoto, Yukio Nagasaka, Kouji Yamamoto

“…The objective of the present study was to evaluate the safety and the 3-year postprocedure haemoptysis-free survival rate of de novo elective ssBAE using platinum coils rather than particles for the treatment of haemoptysis.Design A single-centre retrospective observational study.Setting Hemoptysis and Pulmonary Circulation Center in Japan.Participants A total of 489 consecutive patients with massive and non-massive haemoptysis who underwent de novo elective ssBAE without malignancy or haemodialysis.Interventions ssBAE using platinum coils. …”
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A proposal of visual assessment of serotonergic deficits in parkinsonian syndromes: An 123I-FP-CIT SPECT study by Tomoko Totsune, Toru Baba, Yoko Sugimura, Hideki Oizumi, Hiroyasu Tanaka, Toshiaki Takahashi, Masaru Yoshioka, Ken-ichi Nagamatsu, Atsushi Takeda

“…Objectives: The aims of this study were to propose a visual assessment grading system of brainstem 123I-FP-CIT uptake and investigate the ability of this method to differentiate PD from PS. Methods: We analyzed the imaging data of 97 parkinsonian patients who underwent 123I-FP-CIT SPECT. …”
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