Probiotics Can Boost the Antitumor Immunity of CD8+T Cells in BALB/c Mice and Patients with Colorectal Carcinoma by Jie Mao, Shu-Ze Zhang, Peng Du, Zhi-Bin Cheng, Huan Hu, Shi-Yao Wang

“…The experimental results in mice showed that probiotics could inhibit tumor growth and increase the proportion of CD8+T cells in mice; the difference was statistically significant (P=0.037). It was also found that probiotic feeding could upregulate the expression of T-cell immunoglobulin mucin receptor 1(TIM-1) in CD8+T cells of mice and also found that probiotic feeding could downregulate the expression of programmed cell death protein 1 (PD-1) in CD8+T cells of mice, compared with the nonfeeding group; the difference was statistically significant (P=0.045 for TIM-1 and P=0.02 for PD-1, respectively). …”
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Effectiveness of a Web-Based Medication Education Course on Pregnant Women’s Medication Information Literacy and Decision Self-Efficacy: Randomized Controlled Trial by Suya Li, Hui-Jun Chen, Jie Zhou, Yi-Bei Zhouchen, Rong Wang, Jinyi Guo, Sharon R Redding, Yan-Qiong Ouyang

“…The results of GEE indicated that there was no statistically significant difference in time×group interactions of MIL between the 2 groups (F2=3.12; P=.21). …”
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Barriers Influencing Seasonal Influenza Vaccination Uptake by Mazin A. Barry, Khalid I. Aljammaz, Abdulaziz A. Alrashed

“…After collection of data, statistical analyses were conducted by using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 19.0. …”
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Comparison of Nasal Colonization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus in HIV-Infected and Non-HIV Patients Attending the National Public Health Laboratory of Central Nepa... by Kalash Neupane, Binod Rayamajhee, Jyoti Acharya, Nisha Rijal, Dipendra Shrestha, Binod G C, Mahesh Raj Pant, Pradeep Kumar Shah

“…Among the HIV-infected, patients of age group 31–40 years were the ones with highest carriage rate 36 (45%), while in non-HIV patients, the highest rate 13 (28.9%) of carriage was detected among the patients of age group 21–30 years. Statistically significant difference was found between S. aureus carriage and HIV infection in patients (p<0.05). …”
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The CHK1 inhibitor prexasertib in BRCA wild-type platinum-resistant recurrent high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma: a phase 2 trial by Elena Giudice, Tzu-Ting Huang, Jayakumar R. Nair, Grant Zurcher, Ann McCoy, Darryl Nousome, Marc R. Radke, Elizabeth M. Swisher, Stanley Lipkowitz, Kristen Ibanez, Duncan Donohue, Tyler Malys, Min-Jung Lee, Bernadette Redd, Elliot Levy, Shraddha Rastogi, Nahoko Sato, Jane B. Trepel, Jung-Min Lee

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Studying and enhancing the methods for distance teaching of computer science in Kazakh secondary school students during the pandemic by M. M. Zhamankarin, A. M. Sivinskiy, M. K. Aitkenova, M. B. Zhanibekov

“…The t-test for unpaired samples for every group was conducted to prove the statistical certainty of the calculated average reference values, which were required to confirm the viability of the conducted research. …”
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Jinbei oral liquid for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: a randomized placebo-controlled trial by Aijun Zhang, Kangkang Han, Fangfang Chen, Xiao Chen, Jun Wang, Yikai Niu, Zhaoqiu Hu, Chunyan Zheng, Liping Han, Zhaoqing Meng, Liangzong Zhang, Qingcui Xu, Cuixiang Yu, Wei Zhang, Quanguo Li, Ningning Tao, Weixiang Kong, Fei Liu, Min Wang, Juanjuan Jiang, Honglin Li, LongBin Pang, Huaichen Li

“…Compared to the placebo group, there was a statistically significant reduction (p < 0.021) in TLC (mL) after 26 weeks for JBOL. …”
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Study on the Dynamic Biological Characteristics of Sca-1+ Hematopoietic Stem and Progenitor Cell Senescence by Shan Geng, Xin-Yi Mu, Xiong-Bin Chen, Ji-Ying Hou, Dao-Yong Jia, Chun-Yan Xu, Ya-Ping Wang

“…We found that the superoxide damage of HSPCs started to increase from the middle age (6 months old), with notably reduced antioxidation ability. …”
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Travailler sur des objets en faisant se confronter les points de vue. Regards croisés sur le langage fou : l’exemple des écrits bruts by Vincent Capt

“…Using a text written in an asylum now archived in the Collection de l’Art Brut in Lausanne as a starting point, this article, a discourse analysis, proposes to examine the impact of points of view on not only collecting but also the status and formal content of the objects of study. …”
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Valproate Treatment in an ALS Patient Carrying a c.194G>A Spastin Mutation and SMN2 Homozygous Deletion by Lucio Tremolizzo, Gessica Sala, Elisa Conti, Virginia Rodriguez-Menendez, Antonella Fogli, Angela Michelucci, Paolo Simi, Silvana Penco, Christian Lunetta, Massimo Corbo, Carlo Ferrarese

“…Here we report the case of an ALS patient found to carry both a novel heterozygous change (c.194G>A) within the spastin gene and a homozygous deletion of the SMN2 gene. The patient was started on valproic acid (VPA, 600 mg/die per os) considering the capacity of this drug of increasing survival motor neuron through an epigenetic mechanism. …”
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Extensive Intracardiac and Deep Venous Thromboses in a Young Woman with Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia and May-Thurner Syndrome by Yekaterina Kim, Daniel C. Choi, Ali N. Zaidi

“…Anticoagulation with argatroban for HIT thrombosis was started. She underwent a right atrial percutaneous thrombectomy and bilateral lower extremity thrombectomy with directed angioplasty and stent placement. …”
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John of the Cross and Emmanuel Lévinas: The QUEST for God beyond Being by D.B. Perrin

“…From this starting point, both are led to a God without or beyond Being. …”
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Intravenous Ketamine for Suicidal Behavior in Severe Depression with Psychotic Features by T. V. Pavan Kumar, Divya Bolla, Raj Kiran Donthu, Anzory Pathak

“…As per the guidelines, started on antidepressants and planned for mECT. As the patient and family members were not willing for mECT, based on evidence, IV ketamine was discussed and started. …”
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Coinfection of malaria and scrub typhus in a toddler: First report from South India by Nandini Vasudevan, Sawantharia Jaganathan, Priya Jose, Peter Prasanth Kumar Kommu

“…Rapid malarial antigen was positive, and started on antimalarial therapy. Fever was persisting after 48 h and doxycycline was started. …”
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Isoproterenol Induced Insulin Resistance Leading to Diabetic Ketoacidosis in Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus by Ryan Hoff, Chung-Kay Koh

“…Diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) developed within hours of starting an isoproterenol drip, and there were no other precipitating factors at that time. …”
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Acute Appendicitis in a Man Undergoing Therapy for Mantle Cell Lymphoma by Michael Linden, Ajay Gopal, Kerstin Edlefsen

“…A 71-year-old man was diagnosed with an aggressive mantle cell lymphoma and was started on six cycles of R-CHOP chemotherapy. Approximately two weeks after starting his first cycle of chemotherapy, he complained of severe right lower quadrant abdominal pain, and an abdominal CT scan demonstrated an enlarged appendix with evidence of contained perforation. …”
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Primary Pulmonary Synovial Sarcoma: A Case with Unique and Impressive Computed Tomography Findings by Jaspreet S Kambo, Bonnie Richardson, Diana N Ionescu, Tracy Tucker, Greg Kraushaar

“…A diagnosis of PPSS was made through the identification of an SS18 translocation by fluorescence in situ hybridization. She was started on adriamycin, ifosfamide and mesna chemotherapy. …”
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A Staged Finite-Time Control Strategy for Formation of Underactuated Unmanned Surface Vehicles by Hui Ye, Xiaofei Yang, Chunxiao Ge, Zhaoping Du

“…Firstly, we try to steer each USV to its own starting point in the formation for a limited time, under the initial condition that each of these vehicles is parked at random. …”
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Using Interest Approaches in Instructional Design and Delivery by Brianna N. Shanholtzer, Andrew Thoron, J. C. Bunch, Blake C. Colclasure

“… Most educators know that it can be challenging to get students motivated to learn at the start of a lesson. The importance of student motivation, academic desire, and engagement is well noted as these factors have been directly linked to students’ academic achievement. …”
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The Polynomial Pivots as Initial Values for a New Root-Finding Iterative Method by Mario Lázaro, Pedro Martín, Antonio Agüero, Ignacio Ferrer

“…The pivots present the property of lying close to some of the roots under certain conditions; this closeness leads us to propose them as efficient starting points for the proposed iterative sequences. …”
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