Molecular and Microscopic-Based Characterization of Plasmodium spp. in Fars and Hormozgan Provinces, South of Iran by Tahereh Mohammadzadeh, Gholamreza Hatam, Mohsen Kalantari, Bahador Sarkari, Mohammad Hosein Motazedian, Seyed Mahmoud Sadjjadi, Reza Safari

“…Molecular techniques including PCR, which has proved more sensitive and specific than microscopic examination methods, help to detect infection in low levels of parasitemia and mixed infections. …”
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From Farm to Slaughter: Tracing Antimicrobial Resistance in a Poultry Short Food Chain by Andrea Laconi, Roberta Tolosi, Claudia Chirollo, Cristiana Penon, Giacomo Berto, Francesco Galuppo, Alessandra Piccirillo

“…<b>Background</b>: Short food supply chains are commonly perceived as more sustainable and safer alternatives to conventional production systems, often linked to organic, free-range livestock practices. …”
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Sexual Health Practices Evaluation Scale: A Methodological Study by Özen Kulakaç, Nedime Gül Doğan Özdemir

“…It is recommended that the psychometric structure of the scale be evaluated in more comprehensive studies on different samples.…”
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RESEARCH REGARDING THE IDENTIFICATION OF THE FUNGUS PHOMOPSIS MALI ROBERTS (PHOMOPSIS FRUIT TREE CANKER) IN A TWO YEARS OLD ECOLOGICAL APPLE ORCHARD - CASE STUDY by Otilia COTUNA, Mirela PARASCHIVU, Veronica SĂRĂȚEANU, Marinel Nicolae HORABLAGA, Andi CIOBANU, Klaudia KINCEL, Anca Ofelia PANDA, Ramona ȘTEF

“…The identification of the disease and of the pathogen was done using visual and laboratory methods. In laboratory was identified the fungus with the humid chamber method and by placement of diseased tissue samples on culture medium followed by incubation at 23 - 24oC for seven days. …”
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Evaluation of Lactococcus lactis carrying active For t 2 protein in immunotherapy for Forcipomyia taiwana allergy in mice by Mey-Fann Lee, PhD, Yi-Hsing Chen, MD, PhD, Chu-Hui Chiang, PhD, Chi-Sheng Wu, MS, Nancy M. Wang, PhD

“…Its effect was comparable to that of the viable group and was even more pronounced in reducing IL-9 expression. Further, we performed a comprehensive analysis of 16S rRNA profiles corresponding to fecal samples. …”
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Genetic predictors of response to serotonergic and noradrenergic antidepressants in major depressive disorder: a genome-wide analysis of individual-level data and a meta-analysis. by Katherine E Tansey, Michel Guipponi, Nader Perroud, Guido Bondolfi, Enrico Domenici, David Evans, Stephanie K Hall, Joanna Hauser, Neven Henigsberg, Xiaolan Hu, Borut Jerman, Wolfgang Maier, Ole Mors, Michael O'Donovan, Tim J Peters, Anna Placentino, Marcella Rietschel, Daniel Souery, Katherine J Aitchison, Ian Craig, Anne Farmer, Jens R Wendland, Alain Malafosse, Peter Holmans, Glyn Lewis, Cathryn M Lewis, Tine Bryan Stensbøl, Shitij Kapur, Peter McGuffin, Rudolf Uher

“…This study aims to test the hypothesis that common genetic variants can predict response to antidepressants in a clinically meaningful way.<h4>Methods and findings</h4>The NEWMEDS consortium, an academia-industry partnership, assembled a database of over 2,000 European-ancestry individuals with major depressive disorder, prospectively measured treatment outcomes with serotonin reuptake inhibiting or noradrenaline reuptake inhibiting antidepressants and available genetic samples from five studies (three randomized controlled trials, one part-randomized controlled trial, and one treatment cohort study). …”
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Patient Portals and Shared Decision‐Making in US Adults With or at Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases: A Cross‐Sectional Study by Yuling Chen, Erin M. Spaulding, Suratsawadee Kruahong, Sarah Slone, Hailey Miller, Binu Koirala, Patricia M. Davidson, Yvonne Commodore‐Mensah, Cheryl R. Dennison Himmelfarb

“…This study aimed to examine the relationship between patient portal access offered by HCPs and patient engagement in SDM among adults with or at risk of cardiovascular disease in the United States (US). Methods This population‐based cross‐sectional study included a nationally representative sample of US adults from the 2022 Health Information National Trends Survey. …”
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Prevalence and Distribution of Oral Mucosal Lesions by Sex and Age Categories: A Retrospective Study of Patients Attending Lebanese School of Dentistry by Sami El Toum, Antoine Cassia, Nermine Bouchi, Issam Kassab

“…Prevalence and distribution of oral mucosal lesions in a sample of Lebanese population attending the School of Dentistry of Lebanese University is necessary to evaluate their oral health situation. …”
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Vaginal flora in HPV infection: a cross‑sectional analysis by Peining Dou, Feng Fang, Rongqiu Qin, Jingsong Nie, Xiaoyan Chen, Xiaoyan Yin, Yiding Wang, Shengying Shi

“…Additionally, we collected 115 HPV-negative samples and 48 HPV-positive samples for 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing. …”
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Preparation and In Vitro Characterization of Triamcinolone Acetonide-Loaded Lipid Liquid Crystal Nanocarriers for Ocular Delivery by Fatemeh Asgharian Rezae, Malihe Karimi, Hossein Kamali, Bizhan Malaekeh-Nikouei

“…The percentage of Encapsulation efficacy and drug loading were evaluated using an indirect method. A reversed-phase HPLC method was employed to quantify the drug concentrations in the samples. …”
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Are salivary amylase and pH – Prognostic indicators of cancers? by Atmakuri Shanmukha Ramya, Divya Uppala, Sumit Majumdar, Ch. Surekha, K.G.K. Deepak

“…Aim of study: To evaluate and compare the pH and amylase levels in saliva of cancer patients prior to treatment, patients during treatment. Materials and methods: Saliva samples of 90 individuals were taken which were divided into 3 groups - 30 individuals without cancer, 30 cancer patients prior treatment and 30 cancer patients during treatment. …”
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Power analysis for concurrent balanced or imbalanced multiple-intervention stepped wedge design: a simulation-based approach by Yi Zhang, Meng Zheng, Xue-zhi Liang, Qi Wang, Kun-peng Wu, Ting-ting Guo, Wen Chen

“…The impact of autocorrelation coefficients on powers is more pronounced when these parameters are large. …”
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Mental Health Inequalities in Adolescents Growing Up in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Cross-Sectional Survey, SHaW Study. by Jayati Das-Munshi, Crick Lund, Catherine Mathews, Charlotte Clark, Catherine Rothon, Stephen Stansfeld

“…The study objective was to assess mental health disparities in a representative sample of adolescents growing up in South Africa.<h4>Methods</h4>Cross-sectional associations of race/ethnicity and material disadvantage with CMD and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) were assessed in a stratified random sample representative of school-attendees, aged 14-15 years, in a large metropolitan area of Cape Town. …”
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Self-reported history of head injury is associated with cognitive impulsivity on a delay discounting task by M. Todd Allen, Alejandro Interian, Vibha Reddy, Kailyn Rodriguez, Catherine E. Myers

“…Future work should assess more details on head injuries to further explore how a head injury relates to cognitive impulsivity.…”
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Pediatric mental health visits with prolonged length of stay in community emergency departments during COVID‐19 by Alexander T. Janke, Katherine A. Nash, Pawan Goyal, Marc Auerbach, Arjun K. Venkatesh

“…For visits with ED LOS >24 hours, the most common diagnostic categories were suicide or self‐injury, depressive disorders, and mental health syndrome. Conclusions In this sample of 107 EDs in 29 states, visit counts with prolonged LOS >24 hours more than doubled in some months since the arrival of COVID‐19. …”
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UVI-induced endogenous retrovirus HERV-E λ 4-1 expression in blood mononuclear cells by I. A. Goldina, K. V. Gaidul, V. A. Kozlov

“…Then, in these cell culture samples the proliferative activity, based on the incorporation of tritium labeled thymidine, a viability, by the trypan blue staining, and ER-E λ 4-1 expression by the reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction method, were determined.The main results. …”
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First-line glaucoma monotherapy medication patterns in Finland during 1995-2019 based on a population-based study. by Petri K M Purola, Seppo V P Koskinen, Hannu M T Uusitalo

“…The cohort (n = 9288) is a random sample drawn from the nationwide health examination survey FinHealth 2017 which represents the Finnish population aged 30 years or older in 2017. …”
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Expression of GRK4 in hepatocellular carcinoma and its correlation with patient prognosis by Yunxiu Luo

“…The association between GRK4 and HCC requires more investigation.…”
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Identification of Immune-Related Genes and Small-Molecule Drugs in Interstitial Cystitis/Bladder Pain Syndrome Based on the Integrative Machine Learning Algorithms and Molecular Do... by Yiheng Jiang, Xinqing Zhu, Abdullah Y. Al-danakh, Qiwei Chen, Deyong Yang

“…When compared to the normal control group, the IC/BPS cohort had significantly more immune cell infiltration. Integrative machine learning methods discovered 5 IC/BPS characteristic genes (RASGRP1, PPBP, RBP4, CR2, and PROS2) that may predict IC/BPS diagnosis and immune cell infiltration. …”
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Evaluation and Analysis of Factors Affecting the Development of Coastal Tourism (Study Case: Manjil Coastal City) by Farzaneh Dehghani Gishi, Soude Noormohammadi, Milad Babayi Elyasi, Narjes Sadat Barakbaf

“…Also, the sample size based on Sample Power software, 30 people who were available were selected. …”
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