Hyperglycaemia after dolutegravir-based antiretroviral treatment in people living with human immunodeficiency virus: A case series by Keerthana Sagadevan, Pilla S. Surya Durga Devi, Katikatala Swaroopa, P. Sathish Sreenivas, R. Srinivasa Rao

“…All five patients who were living with HIV either started or switched to ART with a tenofovir, lamivudine and DTG (TLD) regimen based on the latest guidelines for HIV treatment by the National Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Control Organization (NACO). …”
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A cross-sectional study to analyze the pattern of pharmacotherapy and its associated factors among patients with schizophrenia by B. S. Abhishree, Shreya Bhat, Sushma Muraraiah, Kavitha Rajarathna

“…Background: Schizophrenia, a severe chronic mental disorder, is primarily treated with pharmacotherapy, typically involving either first-generation antipsychotics (FGA) or second-generation antipsychotics (SGA) or a combination of both. …”
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Fully CMOS Boost Converter Operating at 2.65 GHz for Photovoltaic Energy Harvesting by Pedro Mendonca Dos Santos, Ricardo Alexandre Marques Lameirinhas, Catarina P. Correia V. Bernardo, Joao Paulo Neto Torres, Antonio Serralheiro, Rafael Vieira, Nuno Lourenco

“…The monolithic system is based on the inductive boost converter, with both the energy storage spiral inductor and the output filter capacitor integrated together with an LC oscillator at 2.65 GHz, to drive both MOSFET switches, in a 110 nm CMOS process. …”
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Bandwidth Reconfigurable Metamaterial Arrays by Nathanael J. Smith, Dimitris Papantonis, John L. Volakis

“…A variety of circuit changes can be employed using MEMS switches or variable lumped loads within the feed and 5 example band-pass and band-rejection responses are presented. …”
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Design of Satellite Attitude Control Algorithm Based on the SDRE Method Using Gas Jets and Reaction Wheels by Luiz C. G. de Souza, Victor M. R. Arena

“…In this paper the standard LQR linear controller and the SDRE controller associated with an SDRE filter are applied to design a controller for a nonlinear plant. …”
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Width evolution of channel belts as a random walk by J. M. Turowski, J. M. Turowski, F. McNab, A. Bufe, A. Bufe, S. Tofelde

“…First, before the channel switches direction for the first time, the channel belt grows linearly. …”
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Adaptive Hybrid Soft-Sensor Model of Grinding Process Based on Regularized Extreme Learning Machine and Least Squares Support Vector Machine Optimized by Golden Sine Harris Hawk Op... by Wei Xie, Jie-sheng Wang, Cheng Xing, Sha-Sha Guo, Meng-wei Guo, Ling-feng Zhu

“…The prediction accuracy of the regularized extreme learning machine with MW strategy (MW-RELM) is higher than that of MW-LSSVM at some moments. Based on the training errors of LSSVM and RELM within the window, this paper proposes an adaptive hybrid soft-sensing model that switches between LSSVM and RELM. …”
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Voltage and Current Balancing of a Faulty Photovoltaic System Connected to Cascaded H-Bridge Multilevel Inverter by Kamel Djermouni, Ali Berboucha, Salah Tamalouzt, Djamel Ziane

“…This is achieved through selective harmonic elimination control without the need for a filtering system. A comparative study between these two approaches will be conducted to assess their advantages and disadvantages. …”
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Self-Inhibiting Modules Can Self-Organize as a Brain of a Robot: A Conjecture by J. Negrete-Martínez

“…In the robot, each module drives either a joint motor or a pair of wheel motors. Every module estimates the distance from a sensor placed in the tool to a beacon. …”
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Sequence-based engineering of pH-sensitive antibodies for tumor targeting or endosomal recycling applications by Wanlei Wei, Traian Sulea

“…Inexpensive computational techniques to predict the effectiveness of His pH-switches require antibody-antigen complex structures, but these are lacking in most cases. …”
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Design and Implementation of Hybrid GA-PSO-Based Harmonic Mitigation Technique for Modified Packed U-Cell Inverters by Hasan Iqbal, Arif Sarwat

“…Most of the available harmonic mitigation techniques, that is, passive filtering and individual optimization techniques, which include GA and PSO, are susceptible to a variety of shortcomings regarding their inherent complexity and inefficiency; hence, finding an appropriate convergence may be quite hard. …”
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Cost-effectiveness of tyrosine kinase inhibitor treatment strategies for chronic myeloid leukemia in South Africa by Rochelle Woudberg, Edina Sinanovic

“…The objective of this study was to develop a Markov model with a 20-year time horizon to assess the cost effectiveness of TKIs from a public healthcare system perspective in South Africa.MethodsWe constructed a Markov model to compare three strategies in which treatment was initiated with either imatinib, nilotinib, or dasatinib. Treatment was switched to another TKI in the case of intolerance or resistance to the initial TKI. …”
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A Dual-Type L2 11-88 Peptide from HPV Types 16/18 Formulated in Montanide ISA 720 Induced Strong and Balanced Th1/Th2 Immune Responses, Associated with High Titers of Broad Spectru... by Farhad Motavalli Khiavi, Arash Arashkia, Majid Golkar, Maryam Nasimi, Farzin Roohvand, Kayhan Azadmanesh

“…Immunization studies in mice by formulation of the DT: 11-88 × 1 peptide with various adjuvants (alum, MF59, and Montanides ISA 720 and 50) indicated that Montanide adjuvants elicited the highest cross-reactive titers of NAbs and similar levels of IgG1 and IgG2a (switching towards balanced Th1/Th2 responses). …”
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Determinants Present in the Receptor Carboxy Tail Are Responsible for Differences in Subtype-Specific Coupling of β-Adrenergic Receptors to Phosphoinositide 3-Kinase by Julie Simard, Matthieu Boucher, Rachel Massé, Terence E. Hébert, Guy Rousseau

“…Thus, the physical proximity of activated β2-AR and PI-3K allows the activation of the latter. In contrast, it has been observed that the β1-AR is unable to activate the PI-3K/Akt pathway. …”
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The early development of a combined micro- and full-field X-ray fluorescence analysis system using white X-rays at PLS-II by Min Woo Kim, Kangwoo Ahn, Chang Hun Lee, Tae Joo Kim, JongYul Kim, Min-Su Han, Hyeong Uk Mo, Jina Kim, Hyun Wook Park, Ho Jae Kwak, Jong Hyun Kim

“…This system allows easy mode switching while maintaining the region of interest of the imaging system within a single apparatus, simply by rotating the sample to face either detector depending on research purposes. …”
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Automated system for calving time prediction and cattle classification utilizing trajectory data and movement features by Wai Hnin Eaindrar Mg, Thi Thi Zin, Pyke Tin, Masaru Aikawa, Kazuyuki Honkawa, Yoichiro Horii

“…To minimize some ID switching errors over extended tracking periods, we integrated IDs optimization in the CTA utilizing Global IDs identification. …”
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Exploring the use of solid fuels for cooking and household air pollution in informal settlements through photovoice: The Fuel to Pot study in Ndirande (Malawi) and Mukuru (Kenya). by Isabelle Uny, Tracy Chasima, Line Caes, Lusizi Kambalame, Moses V M Chamba, Limbani Kalumbi, Fred Orina, Heather Price, Sian Lucas, Maria Nyikuri, Sean Semple, Hellen Meme

“…Most studies to date have focused either household air pollution exposure, its impacts on particular health outcomes or on the efficacy of mitigation interventions. …”
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Improved Medication Adherence with the Use of Extended-Release Tacrolimus in Liver Transplant Recipients: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial by Manisha Verma, Radi Zaki, Johnathan Sadeh, John P. Knorr, Mark Gallagher, Afshin Parsikia, Victor Navarro

“…Thirty-one patients were consented and randomized to either of the two groups: conversion to TAC-ER (n = 15) or continued TAC-IR (n = 16). …”
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Measles neutralising antibody levels in patients receiving intravenous immunoglobulin treatment - a sub-analysis of a randomized, cross-over bioequivalence trial. by Vatsala Rajendram, Martyn Paddick, John More

“…Eligible adult patients received five infusions of Gammaplex® 5% followed by five infusions of Gammaplex® 10%, or vice versa, on either a 21- or 28-day dosing regimen. The trial included 15 paediatric patients who were not randomized, receiving only five infusions of 10% product. …”
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TARGET Protein: the effect of augmented administration of enteral protein to critically ill adults on clinical outcomes—statistical analysis plan for a cluster randomized, cross-se... by Sophie Zaloumis, Matthew J. Summers, Jeffrey J. Presneill, Rinaldo Bellomo, Lee-anne S. Chapple, Marianne J. Chapman, Adam M. Deane, Suzie Ferrie, Craig French, Sally Hurford, Nima Kakho, Matthew J. Maiden, Stephanie N. O’Connor, Sandra L. Peake, Emma J. Ridley, An Tran-Duy, Patricia J. Williams, Paul J. Young, Amalia Karahalios, on behalf of the TARGET Protein Investigators, the Australian, New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group

“…The trial randomized eight intensive care units (ICU) to receive enteral formula containing either higher dose enteral protein (augmented protein) or usual dose protein in a 1:1 ratio. …”
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