Efficacy of carbonyl cyanide-3-chlorophenylhydrazone in combination with antibiotics against Mycobacterium abscessus by Jifang Zheng, Qiang Liu, Haoran Wang, Fengmin Huo, Junnan Jia, Hairong Huang, Suting Chen

“…ABSTRACT Given the intrinsic resistance of Mycobacterium abscessus to a wide range of conventional antibiotics, it is urgent to explore new therapeutic approaches to manage this infection effectively. …”
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Longitudinal exploration of cancer-related cognitive impairment in patients with newly diagnosed aggressive lymphoma: protocol for a feasibility study by Vincent Dore, Christopher C Rowe, Meinir Krishnasamy, Haryana Dhillon, Adam K Walker, Karla Gough, Priscilla Gates, Carlene Wilson, Eliza Hawkes, Yuliya Perchyonok, Janette L Vardy, Michiel de Ruiter

“…Blood cell-based inflammatory markers and neuroimaging including a positron emission tomography (PET) with 18F-labelled fluoro-2-deoxyglucose (18F-FDG) and CT (18F-FDG-PET/CT) and a MRI will explore potential inflammatory and neuroanatomical or functional mechanisms and biomarkers related to CRCI. …”
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Dynamic Associations of Change in Physical Activity and Change in Cognitive Function: Coordinated Analyses of Four Longitudinal Studies by Magnus Lindwall, Cynthia R. Cimino, Laura E. Gibbons, Meghan B. Mitchell, Andreana Benitez, Cassandra L. Brown, Robert F. Kennison, Steven D. Shirk, Alireza Atri, Annie Robitaille, Stuart W. S. MacDonald, Elizabeth M. Zelinski, Sherry L. Willis, K. Warner Schaie, Boo Johansson, Marcus Praetorius, Roger A. Dixon, Dan M. Mungas, Scott M. Hofer, Andrea M. Piccinin

“…However, there was a consistent pattern of positive relationships between time-specific changes in physical activity and time-specific changes in cognition, controlling for expected linear trajectories over time, across all four studies. This pattern was most evident for the domains of reasoning and fluency.…”
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Evaluation of Elexacafor/Tezacaftor/Ivacaftor therapy after lung transplantation in Cystic Fibrosis: The Dutch National KOALA study by Johanna P. van Gemert, Bart Luijk, Merel E. Hellemons, Klara A. Visser, Carina.M.E. Hansen, Renske van der Meer, C. Tji Gan, Hester van der Vaart, Onno W. Akkerman, Willie N. Steenhuis, Marieke Verkleij, Harry G.M. Heijerman, Erik A.M. Verschuuren

“…Three months results showed a decrease in SNOT-22 score (p< 0.001) and GI symptoms (all 4, p< 0.05), an increase in BMI (p= 0.012) and CFQ-R (6 domains, p< 0.05). …”
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Impact of late effects after treatment for bladder cancer with radical cystectomy on Quality of life: a case-control study by Rikke V. Milling, Ninna K. Nielsen, Charlotte Graugaard-Jensen, Peter Christensen, Helle Pappot, Jørgen B. Jensen

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CHANGES IN THE QUALITY OF LIFE AND SEXUAL FUNCTION IN WOMEN WITH PELVIC PROLAPSE AFTER LIGATION OF COLPOPEXY WITH POLYPROPYLENE MESH by A. D. Kaprin, A. A. Kostin, V. B. Filimonov, R. V. Vasin, I. V. Vasina

“…In the postoperative period, significant improvement in the quality of life in the 2 treatment groups compared with preoperative observed in all parameters. In group 1 noted that PHC restored by 32%, and PsCH 40.7%; in the 2nd group - PHC improved by 26.1% and PsCH of 29.4% (Fig. 2). …”
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<i>Piriformospora indica</i> Enhances Rice Blast Resistance and Plant Growth by Manegdebwaoga Arthur Fabrice Kabore, Guanpeng Huang, Changqing Feng, Shuhong Wu, Jiayi Guo, Guofeng Wu, Yiqiong Sun, Samuel Tareke Woldegiorgis, Yufang Ai, Lina Zhang, Wei Liu, Huaqin He

“…Meanwhile, Pi inoculation increased <i>OsCesA9</i> expression in rice to strengthen cell walls and establish the primary defense barrier against <i>M. oryzae</i> and upregulated the expression of <i>OsNPR1</i> without a significant difference in CO39 but downregulated it in Pi4b to activate PR genes to enhance plant resistance. …”
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Factors associated with the discontinuation of modern contraceptive methods among lactating women in nine West African high-fertility countries: findings of the most recent demogra... by Abou Coulibaly, Adama Baguiya, Denise Kpebo, Augustin Zango, Halima Tougri, Franck Garanet, Seni Kouanda

“…Results The overall prevalence of modern contraceptives discontinuation was 13.1% among 5,599 lactating mothers, with wide variations between countries (prevalence ranging from 8.2% in Sierra Leone to 33.6% in Guinea). …”
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Comparing the Therapeutic Impact of Strain-Counterstrain and Exercise on Low Back Myofascial Pain Syndrome: A Randomized Trial by Koura GMR, Elshiwi AMF, Selim MN, Asiri AAM, Alqahtani RHJ, Elimy DA, Alshehri MA, Alnakhli HH, Assiri SM, Ahmad F, Ahmad I

“…Reliability of ROM measurements was ensured using intraclass correlation coefficients (ICC > 0.90).Results: MANOVA revealed statistically significant group, time, and interaction effects for all outcomes (Wilks’ Lambda = 0.065, F (6, 51) = 91.34, p < 0.001). …”
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Sex Differences in Computed Tomography Coronary Stenosis Severity Versus Flow Impairment and Impact on Revascularization, Clinical Events and Health Care Costs: A FORECAST Substudy by Lavinia Gabara, Jonathan Hinton, Mohamed Kira, James Shambrook, Ausami Abbas, Sam Wilding, Jonathon A. Leipsic, Pamela S. Douglas, Nick Curzen

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Spatial modeling of rainfed wheat yield using agroclimaticmicrozonation in Kurdistan by Naseh Qaderi, Bohloul Alijani, zahra hejazizadeh, mohammad saligheh

“…Most of the independent variables alone have a significant effect on wheat yield, but in the stepwise model, 7 variables such as: the number of rainy days of the year, the sum of the degree hours (of temperature less than -11 ° C) in germination and tilling stage, annual precipitation and the precipitation of November are determinants of the yield. …”
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SNP discovery by exome capture and resequencing in a pea genetic resource collection by Aubert, Grégoire, Kreplak, Jonathan, Leveugle, Magalie, Duborjal, Hervé, Klein, Anthony, Boucherot, Karen, Vieille, Emilie, Chabert-Martinello, Marianne, Cruaud, Corinne, Bourion, Virginie, Lejeune-Hénaut, Isabelle, Pilet-Nayel, Marie-Laure, Bouchenak-Khelladi, Yanis, Francillonne, Nicolas, Tayeh, Nadim, Pichon, Jean-Philippe, Rivière, Nathalie, Burstin, Judith

“…The development of this resource paves the way for Genome-wide association studies and the development of powerful genotyping tools. …”
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Dietary selenium peptide supplementation for increasing the growth of African catfish Clarias gariepinus by Muhammad Agus Suprayudi, Muhammad Roikhan Amanullah, Dedi Jusadi, Hasan Nasrullah, Ahmad Yazid Latif

“…A total of 15 catfish at an initial weight of 21.80 ± 0.29 g were reared in a 90×40×45 cm3 aquarium filled with water at a volume of 108 L, for 45 days. …”
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Mailed smoking cessation support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who smoke: protocol for a hybrid type 1 effectiveness – implementation trial by Raglan Maddox, Catherine Chamberlain, Billie Bonevski, Amanual Getnet Mersha, Jamie Bryant, Michelle Kennedy, Nathan Taylor, Cathy Segan, Kayden Roberts-Barker, Zabowie Mills, Kade Booth, Joley Foster

“…Implementation outcomes will include assessment of recruitment and retention rates, intervention uptake and adherence, and intervention acceptability.Cessation data will be analysed using an intention-to-treat principle with all individuals lost to follow-up considered as smoking. …”
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Genetic characterization of a rare case of pheochromocytoma in a pulmonary transplant patient by Stéfanie Parisien-La Salle, Florence Perreault, Gilles Corbeil, Julie Morisset, Charles Poirier, Catherine Beauregard, Agnès Räkel, Marjorie Labrecque, Martine Tétreault, Martine Tétreault, Christian Cohade, Pasquale Ferraro, Isabelle Bourdeau

“…BackgroundPheochromocytomas (PCCs) and paragangliomas (PGLs) (PPGLs) are rare tumours arising from the chromaffin cells. There is evidence suggesting a link between hypoxemia and PPGLs. …”
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The digestibility of biofloc meal from African catfish culture medium as a feed raw material for Pacific white shrimp by Julie Ekasari, Muhammad Agus Suprayudi, Putri Elas, Reza Karunia Senja

“…Nine units of glass tanks (90 cm ×40 cm× 35 cm) filled with 100 L seawater were used as the experimental culture units. …”
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Experimental Study of Steady Blowing from the Trailing Edge of an Open Cavity Flow by Naser Al Haddabi, Konstantinos Kontis, Hossein Zare-Behtash

“…Cavity flows have a wide range of low-speed applications (<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>M</mi><mo>≤</mo><mn>0.3</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>), such as aircraft wheel wells, ground transportations, and pipelines. …”
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Revisiting water resources management in the Mandara Mountains by Diane Madomguia, Esther Laurentine Nya, Emma Laureane Njomou-Ngounou, Nadège Gatcha-Bandjun, Tulinave Burton Mwamila, Jules Balna, Emina Halimassia, Jules Metsebo, Wilfried Arsène Letah Nzouebet, Raoul Rodrigue Tchoumbe, André Firmin Bon, Willis Gwenzi, Chicgoua Noubactep

“…Brazil, China), but is not yet really used in the Mandara Mountains of Cameroon where people are still lacking safe drinking water. Recently, RWH was also demonstrated as the missing puzzle in integrated water resources management (IWRM) not only in areas facing water scarcity. …”
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Feasibility and acceptability of an integrated mind-body intervention for depression: whole-body hyperthermia (WBH) and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) by Ashley E. Mason, Anoushka Chowdhary, Wendy Hartogensis, Chelsea J. Siwik, Osnat Lupesko-Persky, Leena S. Pandya, Stefanie Roberts, Claudine Anglo, Patricia J. Moran, J. Craig Nelson, Christopher A. Lowry, Rhonda P. Patrick, Charles L. Raison, Frederick M. Hecht

“…The n = 12 participants who attended the final assessment visit completed 100% of administered self-report depression assessments; all enrolled participants (n = 16) completed 89% of these assessments. …”
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Determinants of Dropout From a Virtual Agent–Based App for Insomnia Management in a Self-Selected Sample of Users With Insomnia Symptoms: Longitudinal Study by María Montserrat Sanchez Ortuño, Florian Pecune, Julien Coelho, Jean Arthur Micoulaud-Franchi, Nathalie Salles, Marc Auriacombe, Fuschia Serre, Yannick Levavasseur, Etienne De Sevin, Patricia Sagaspe, Pierre Philip

“…MethodsFrom January 2021 to December 2022, of the 9657 individuals, aged 18 years or older, who downloaded and completed the KANOPEE screening interview and had either subclinical or clinical insomnia symptoms, 4295 (44.5%) dropped out (ie, did not return to the app to continue filling in subsequent assessments). The primary outcome was a binary variable: having dropped out after completing the screening assessment (early dropout) or having completed all the treatment phases (n=551). …”
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