Influence of Environmental Factors and Aggregates on Concrete Elasticity: Ultrasonic and Strength Testing by Mohammad Reza Hadidi, Yaghoub Mohammadi

“…The study also validates using UPV as a nondestructive method to efficiently evaluate concrete’s structural integrity. …”
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EXAMINING THE PRODUCTIVITY BIAS HYPOTHESIS FOR NEXT 11 COUNTRIES by Gülfer Vural

“…Autoregressive Distributed Lag method (ARDL) of cointegration is used to analyze time series data. …”
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The detection of the early stages of ageing in an LDPE+graphite composite by comparison of dielectric responses induced by sinusoidal and triangular signals by I. Petronijevic, K. Simonovic, F. Marinkovic, J. Dojcilovic, A. S. Luyt, D. Dudic

“…This study describes the possibility of dielectric characterization of the initial stages of ageing in an low-density polyethylene (LDPE) + graphite composite, which is not possible using the standard method of dielectric spectroscopy. It is shown that the differences between the delay angles, Δφ = φTRI – φSIN, obtained using triangular and sinusoidal excitations on the composite samples, shows a maximum, and at the same time the position of this maximum shows more sensitivity to changes in the electrical properties of the material caused by ageing than other dielectric parameters. …”
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Anti-ALK autoantibodies in patients with ALK-positive Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC): A monocentric experience by Claudia Parisi, José Carlos Benitez, Hélène Lecourt, Filippo Gustavo dall’Olio, Mihaela Aldea, Felix Blanc-Durand, Véronique Vergé, Cyril Quivoron, Charles Naltet, Pamela Abdayem, Pernelle Lavaud, Maria Rosa Ghigna, Luc Friboulet, Yohann Loriot, Stéphane De Botton, Vincent Ribrag, Andrea Ardizzoni, David Planchard, Jean-Charles Soria, Fabrice Barlesi, Benjamin Besse

“…ALK-rearrangement was identified by FISH, IHC or NGS. Pts were aged more than 18-year-old and had previously signed informed consent for one of the studies. …”
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Clinical characteristics of AATD-related COPD patients vary with age at diagnosis: data from the EARCO international registry by Dilek Karadoğan, María Torres-Duran, Hanan Tanash, Carlota Rodríguez-García, Jens-Ulrik Stæhr Jensen, Angelo Guido Corsico, José Luis López-Campos, Kenneth Chapman, Christian Clarenbach, Catarina Guimaraes, Eva Bartošovská, Maria Sucena, Juan Luis Rodríguez-Hermosa, José María Hernández-Pérez, Tahsin Gökhan Telatar, Yelda Varol, İpek Özmen, Seda Tural, Alice M Turner, Paul Ellis, for the EARCO study group

“…Multivariate analysis showed that; compared to never-smokers, former smoking (OR: 0.08; 95% CI: 0.03–0.23) and current smoking (OR: 0.43; 95% CI: 0.27–0.70) were negatively associated with a diagnosis at age ≥ 65 in all sample. Compared to the Pi*ZZ genotype, among all sample, Pi*SS was associated with more than a 3-fold increased likelihood of diagnosis at age ≥ 65 and when considering only index cases Pi*SZ was associated with diagnosis age of ≥ 65 (OR: 2.01, 95%CI: 1.01–4.04). …”
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Investigating The Performance Of Local And Indigenous Businesses In Times Of Economic Recession With Emphasis On Developing The Capabilities Of Cooperatives In Sistan And Baluchest... by Ali Asghar Tabavar, Abdoulnaser Derakhshan, Sahar Arefi

“…In general, it can be said that cooperatives, as economic and social organizations, have the necessary power and capacity to organize different classes and groups of people to create sustainable human development, and during the economic recession, they play an effective role in creating stable employment and income generation (Shadmehri, Ahmad 2005).Case studyThe statistical population of the research included the collection of managers, supervisors, and employees of cooperatives located in Sistan and Baluchistan province in the number of 345 people, out of which 182 people were randomly selected as the sample group.Materials and methodsThe current research is of an applied type, Also, this research is one of the empirical research in the field of management. …”
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Antimicrobial Resistance Profiles of Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus spp. Isolated from Locally Produced Fish and Imported Fish Sold in the Centre Region of Cameroon by Frédéric Moffo, Mohamed Moustapha Fokom Ndebé, Isaac Dah, Esther NNeme Nkolo, Ronald Vougat Ngom, Fabiola Nango Madjeue, Abel Wade, Hélène Tiomo, Victor Ngu Ngwa, Mohamed Moctar Mouliom Mouiche

“…A total of 11 E . coli and 28 Staphylococcus spp. strains were isolated from the 100 fish samples collected in the study area. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed for 16 antimicrobial agents using the disk diffusion method. …”
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Evaluation of Synergistic Activity of Black Seed Extract (Nigella sativa), Honey and Zamzam Water on Candida albicans by Ummasalma Aliyu Saulawa, Sani Liti Hamisu

“…The clinical isolates C. albicans was cultured on Sabouraud dextrose agar (SDA). Agar well diffusion method was used in evaluating the synergistic activity of the test samples on C. albicans. …”
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Epidemiological and clinical impact of hepatitis E virus coinfection in chronic hepatitis B infected patients in Hebei, China by Yuzhu Shi, Yuzhu Shi, Yuchen Xie, Yuchen Xie, Ying Chen, Li Yang, Huixia Gao, Yun Guo, Fumin Feng, Jianhua Lu, Erhei Dai

“…Serum samples were screened for anti-HEV IgM and IgG antibodies by using an automated chemiluminescent immunoassay. …”
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Prognostic value of tertiary lymphoid structures in triple-negative breast cancer: integrated analysis with the tumor microenvironment and clinicopathological features by Florence Boissière-Michot, Marie-Christine Chateau, Simon Thézenas, Virginie Lafont, Evelyne Crapez, Evelyne Crapez, Priyanka Sharma, Angélique Bobrie, Angélique Bobrie, Pascal Roger, Séverine Guiu, Séverine Guiu, William Jacot, William Jacot, William Jacot, William Jacot

“…Tertiary lymphoid structures (TLS) are an important TILs source, but they are not integrated in the current prognostic criteria.MethodsIn this retrospective study, TLS were assessed in hematein-eosin-saffron-stained (HES) histological sections from 397 early, chemotherapy-naive TNBC samples after primary surgical resection. …”
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Microstructure and Hydrogen Embrittlement Sensitivity of 38CrMoAlNitriding Steel Treated by Vacuum Carburizing by ZHAO Hua-rui, DING Yan-xia

“…The hydrogen embrittlement sensitivity of vacuum carburizing (VC) samples was tested by electrochemical hydrogen charging method combined with slow strain tensile, which was compared with quenching and low tempering (QL) treated samples. …”
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Complex posttraumatic stress disorder in treatment-seeking refugees: the role of trauma history, post-migration stressors and comorbid symptoms by Regina Steil, Hannah Preiss, Mirjam Sophie Rueger, Thomas Ehring, Nexhmedin Morina, Sascha Kuck, Ricarda Mewes, Julia Giesebrecht, Johannes Johow, Cornelia Weise, Michael Wittenberg, Franziska Lechner-Meichsner

“…More investigations into cPTSD diagnostic assessments are needed, and clinical interviews should be used more often.…”
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Evaluation of Multidrug Resistance of <i>Salmonella</i> Isolated from Pork Meat Obtained from Traditional Slaughter Systems in Romania by Alexandra Tăbăran, Sorin Danel Dan, Liora Mihaela Colobaţiu, Marian Mihaiu, Sergiu Condor, Rodica Mărgăoan, Oana Lucia Crişan-Reget

“…Notably, 93.75% of the isolates were multidrug-resistant (MDR), exhibiting high resistance rates against streptomycin (91.66%) (>10 µg), tetracycline (83.33%) (>30 µg), and sulfamethoxazole (68.75%) (>300 µg). More than 60% of MDR isolates displayed resistance to five or more antibiotics. …”
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An outbreak investigation of a highly fatal Lassa Fever in Bo District, Sierra Leone, 2023 by Ibrahim Conteh, Hassan Swarray, Gbessay Saffa, Amara Alhaji Sheriff, Solomon Aiah Sogbeh, Umaru Sesay, Kassim Kamara, Anna Jammeh, Adel Hussein Elduma, Gebrekrstos Negash Gebru

“…Trainees of the Sierra Leone Field Epidemiology Training Program were deployed to confirm the diagnosis, assess the magnitude, and identify possible sources of infection and routes of transmission. Methods: We adapted the Lassa fever surveillance case definition, and a suspected case of Lassa Fever was any person who presented with gradual onset of one or more of the following: malaise, fever, headache, cough, nausea, vomiting, myalgia, chest pain, hearing loss and either history of contact with excreta or urine of rodents or history of contact with confirmed Lassa fever case from January 1 to March 14, 2023. …”
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Pan-cancer analysis shows that BCAP31 is a potential prognostic and immunotherapeutic biomarker for multiple cancer types by Yangyong Sun, Zhi Li, Jianchao Liu, Ying Xiao, Yaqiang Pan, Benbo Lv, Xufeng Wang, Zhiqiang Lin

“…Emerging evidence suggests that BCAP31 may play a role in cancer development and progression, although its specific effects across different cancer types remain incompletely understood.MethodsThe raw data on BCAP31 expression in tumor and adjacent non-tumor (paracancerous) samples were obtained from the Broad Institute Cancer Cell Line Encyclopedia (CCLE) and UCSC databases. …”
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Myocardial infarction in the population of some Russian regions and its prognostic value by S. A. Shalnova, O. M. Drapkina, V. A. Kutsenko, A. V. Kapustina, G. A. Muromtseva, E. B. Yarovaya, Yu. A. Balanova, S. E. Evstifeeva, A. E. Imaeva, E. V. Shlyakhto, S. A. Boytsov, Z. T. Astakhova, O. L. Barbarash, O. A. Belova, Yu. I. Grinshtein, A. Yu. Efanov, O. N. Kalachikova, N. V. Kulakova, S. V. Nedogoda, O. P. Rotar, I. A. Trubacheva, T. M. Chernykh on behalf of the ESSE-RF study participants.

“…To study the prevalence of myocardial infarction (MI) in the population of Russian regions and its contribution to cardiovascular events.Material and methods. The analysis material was representative samples of the population aged 35-64 years from 11 Russian regions,  examined within the multicenter study “Epidemiology of Cardiovascular Diseases and their Risk Factors in Regions  of Russian Federation”. …”
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Risk Factors of Portal Vein Thrombosis in Patients with Different Child-Pugh Classes Liver Cirrhosis by M. Yu. Nadinskaia, Kh. B. Kodzoeva, K. A. Gulyaeva, M.-D. E. Khen, D. I. Koroleva, M. A. Privalov, A. Kh. Tekaeva, V. R. Fedorov, S. G. Prokofev

“…Logistic regression models are constructed with the separation of the sample into training and test (0.7; 0.3). The operational characteristics of the models were calculated on the test sample; ROC analysis was carried out, the area under the ROC curve (AUC) was calculated.Results. …”
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ASSOCIATION OF BLOOD GENE EXPRESSIONS IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENTS WITH CLINICAL AND LABORATORY PARAMETERS BEFORE AND AFTER METHOTREXATE THERAPY by E. V. Chetina, N. V. Demidova, D. E. Karateev, G. A. Markova, M. A. Makarov, V. V. Kolomatsky, A. L. Logunov, E. A. Naryshkin, M. M. Lipina, S. A. Makarov, A. N. Kuzin

“…Furthermore, blood and knee articular cartilage samples from 21 patients (mean age, 50.4 years) with late-stage RA and cartilage samples from 25 healthy individuals were investigated. …”
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Role of hormonal factor in development of primary and secondary tumorous process in the brain by O. I. Kit, V. A. Bandovkina, E. M. Frantsiyants, E. E. Rostorguev, I. V. Balyazin-Parfenov, N. D. Cheryarina

“…In various periods of life the influence effect exerted by steroids on nervous cells can change the morphofunctional state of the brain and manifests as altering myelinization, neuronal growth, and differentiation of nerve cells.The present study was aimed at comparing the level of certain some hormones in tissue of glioblastomes, metastases of breast cancer into the brain and meningiomas, as well as the respective peritumoral zones.Materials and methods. Examined were samples of tissue obtained from a total of 56 patients admitted for operative treatment to our Department. …”
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PTSD Coach as an early mobile intervention to improve cancer-related anxiety and psychosocial oncology uptake in patients newly diagnosed with head and neck cancer: pilot randomize... by Laurence Ducharme, Chris Lo, Michael Hier, Anthony Zeitouni, Karen Kost, Alex Mlynarek, Michael Antoni, Eric Kuhn, Jason E. Owen, Daren Heyland, Robert Platt, Fabienne Fuehrmann, Nader Sadeghi, Zeev Rosberger, Saul Frenkiel, Khalil Sultanem, George Shenouda, Fabio Cury, Melissa Henry

“…Enrolment was lower than expected, with strategies implemented to increase the study’s participation rate (i.e., shortening the questionnaire, more relevant AC games, pacing study components, and enlarging eligibility to 4 weeks post-diagnosis instead of 2). …”
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