Establishment of a rapid and quantitative method for detecting the range of infection exposure in preclinical dental education by Ayaka Ueda, Yuki Shinoda-Ito, Kazu Takeuchi-Hatanaka, Takashi Ito, Shintaro Ono, Kimito Hirai, Kazuhiro Omori, Tadashi Yamamoto, Shogo Takashiba

“…The spread of infections such as SARS-CoV-2, antibiotic-resistant bacteria, and oral bacteria are sometimes lethal for medically compromised patients. …”
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An electrolyte-gated transistor for the monitoring of a CRISPR/Cas activity by Pierre Guermonprez, Le Tu Anh, Louis Renaud, Pierre Nioche, Eric Krejci, Aurélie Alleaume-Butaux, Nicolas Battaglini, Vu Thi Thu, Sébastien Sanaur, Benoît Piro

“…These sensors were tested for the detection of a SARS-CoV-2 RNA sequence and showed a linear response in the range of 10−7 - 102 ng μL−1 with an estimated limit of detection of 10 fM. …”
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Application of N-Acetyl-Glucosaminil-N-Acetyl-Muramyl Dipeptide during Triple Component Anti-Helicobacter Pylori Therapy in the Period of Coronavirus Infection COVID-19 by M. R. Konorev, E. N. Tyshevich, R. A. Pavlyukov

“…Patients were divided into three groups according to treatment protocols: omeprazole 0.04 g/day, clarithromycin 1 g/day, amoxicillin 2 g/day (OСA; n = 103); omeprazole 0.04 g/day, clarithromycin 1 g/day, amoxicillin 2 g/day + GMDP 0.001 g/day (OCAL1; n = 61) or 0.01 g/day (OCAL10; n = 44) for 10 days. Detection of SARS-CoV-2 RNA by PCR was carried out from April 2020 to April 2022. …”
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Effect of nirmatrelvir/ritonavir (Paxlovid) on hospitalization among adults with COVID-19: An electronic health record-based target trial emulation from N3C. by Abhishek Bhatia, Alexander J Preiss, Xuya Xiao, M Daniel Brannock, G Caleb Alexander, Robert F Chew, Hannah Davis, Megan Fitzgerald, Elaine Hill, Elizabeth P Kelly, Hemalkumar B Mehta, Charisse Madlock-Brown, Kenneth J Wilkins, Christopher G Chute, Melissa Haendel, Richard Moffitt, Emily R Pfaff, N3C Consortium

“…This remains true in the era of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) Omicron subvariants. However, disparities in Paxlovid treatment rates imply that the benefit of Paxlovid's effectiveness is not equitably distributed.…”
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The Epidemiological Characteristics of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in Halabja Province/Kurdistan –Iraq by Osama Hamid Shareef, Othman Abdulrahman Mohammed, Dashty Aziz Ghafor, Ari Shareef Ali, Hardi Rafat Baqi, Ali Aziz Ali, Aryan Mahmood Faraj, Syamand Ahmed Qadir, Ali Muhi Aldeen Omar Aljabary

“…The World Health Organization publicized that it is phylogenetically belonging to severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS), introduced as COVID-19 pandemic disease, and spread around the world. …”
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Targeting eEF1A reprograms translation and uncovers broad-spectrum antivirals against cap or m6A protein synthesis routes by Elisa Molina Molina, Joan Josep Bech-Serra, Eloi Franco-Trepat, Ignasi Jarne, Daniel Perez-Zsolt, Roger Badia, Eva Riveira-Muñoz, Edurne Garcia-Vidal, Lluís Revilla, Sandra Franco, Ferran Tarrés-Freixas, Núria Roca, Gerardo Ceada, Karl Kochanowski, Dàlia Raïch-Regué, Itziar Erkizia, Rytis Boreika, Antoni E. Bordoy, Laia Soler, Sonia Guil, Jorge Carrillo, Julià Blanco, Miguel Ángel Martínez, Roger Paredes, Alejandro Losada, Pablo Aviles, Carmen Cuevas, Júlia Vergara-Alert, Joaquim Segalés, Bonaventura Clotet, Ester Ballana, Carolina de la Torre, Nuria Izquierdo-Useros

“…Here we detect that plitidepsin decreases de novo cap-dependent translation of SARS-CoV-2 and non-viral RNAs but affects less than 13% of the host proteome, thus preserving cellular viability. …”
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Inter-rater reliability and prognostic value of baseline Radiographic Assessment of Lung Edema (RALE) scores in observational cohort studies of inpatients with COVID-19 by Andrew I Kim, William Bain, Alison Morris, Barbara Methe, Bryan J McVerry, Georgios D Kitsios, Daniel Kotok, Janet S Lee, Nameer Al-Yousif, Christine E Girard, Jana J Jacobs, Konstantin Golubykh, Hafiz Qurashi, Michael Lu, Saketram Komanduri, Anatoliy Korzhuk, Halimat O Lawal, Nicholas Abourizk, Caitlin Schaefer, Kevin J Mitchell, Catherine M Dietz, Ellen K Hughes, Clara S Brandt, Georgia M Fitzgerald, Robin Joyce, Asmaa S Chaudhry, Jose D Rivera, Shruti Shettigar, Allen Lavina, Samantha R Gillenwater, Anas Hadeh, Faraaz A Shah, Matthew Bittner, Niall Prendergast, John Evankovich, Navitha Ramesh, Cathy Kessinger

“…Objectives To reliably quantify the radiographic severity of COVID-19 pneumonia with the Radiographic Assessment of Lung Edema (RALE) score on clinical chest X-rays among inpatients and examine the prognostic value of baseline RALE scores on COVID-19 clinical outcomes.Setting Hospitalised patients with COVID-19 in dedicated wards and intensive care units from two different hospital systems.Participants 425 patients with COVID-19 in a discovery data set and 415 patients in a validation data set.Primary and secondary outcomes We measured inter-rater reliability for RALE score annotations by different reviewers and examined for associations of consensus RALE scores with the level of respiratory support, demographics, physiologic variables, applied therapies, plasma host–response biomarkers, SARS-CoV-2 RNA load and clinical outcomes.Results Inter-rater agreement for RALE scores improved from fair to excellent following reviewer training and feedback (intraclass correlation coefficient of 0.85 vs 0.93, respectively). …”
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Sarilumab is not Inferior to Tocilizumab in the Treatment of Cytokine Release Syndrome in COVID-19 by V. T. Ivashkin, R. V. Maslennikov, E. V. Vasilieva, M. L. Chipurik, P. A. Semikova, V. V. Semenets, T. A. Russkova

“…Mortality was lower in SAR and TOC groups than in CON group (12.5% and 14.8% vs. 31.9%; p=0.021 and p=0.031) with no difference between SAR and TOC groups (p=0.389).  …”
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The regulatory role of placental extracellular vesicle on trophoblast and endothelial cell functions by Kunfeng Bai, Kunfeng Bai, Xintong Li, Yanjie Guo, Ye Shang, Leqian Lin, Philip C. N. Chiu, Philip C. N. Chiu, Cheuk-Lun Lee

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Artificial intelligence in dentistry—A review by Hao Ding, Jiamin Wu, Wuyuan Zhao, Jukka P. Matinlinna, Jukka P. Matinlinna, Michael F. Burrow, James K. H. Tsoi

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Husband involvement in antenatal care moderates the link between vitamin D status and depressive symptoms in pregnant women by Rosa S. Wong, Keith T. S. Tung, Hing Wai Tsang, Jennifer K. Y. Ko, Wing-cheong Leung, Patrick Ip

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Case report: Low-dose radiation reverses pembrolizumab resistance in melanoma by Ka Hey Agnes Fong, Isaac Ho, Tsz Him So

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Development of a psychological frailty index: results from the China health and retirement longitudinal study by Jinlong Zhao, Justina Yat Wa Liu, Justina Yat Wa Liu, Daniel Fernández, Stefanos Tyrovolas, Stefanos Tyrovolas, Stefanos Tyrovolas, Stefanos Tyrovolas

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How efficient are specialized public health services in China? A data envelopment analysis and geographically weighted regression approach by Qian Bai, Qian Bai, Lieyu Huang, Yan Guo, Xin Xu, Zhouyixin Zhang, Yuan Wang, Hao Chen, Ying Bian, Ying Bian

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GIS-based modeling and analytical approaches for groundwater quality suitability for different purposes in the Egyptian Nile Valley, a case study in Wadi Qena by Hanaa A. Megahed, Abd El-Hay A. Farrag, Amira A. Mohamed, Mahmoud H. Darwish, Mohamed A. E. AbdelRahman, Heba El-Bagoury, Paola D’Antonio, Antonio Scopa, Mansour A. A. Saad

“…This is confirmed by the values of Na+, SAR, EC, RSC, PI, MH, KR, SSP, TH, and Cl−. The values of Na+, SAR, EC, RSC, PI, MH, KR, SSP, TH, and Cl confirm this. …”
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Transformer-Based Person Detection in Paired RGB-T Aerial Images With VTSaR Dataset by Xiangqing Zhang, Yan Feng, Nan Wang, Guohua Lu, Shaohui Mei

“…However, existing person detection models designed for aerial images heavily rely on numerous labeled instances and exhibit limited tolerance towards complex lighting conditions commonly encountered in search and rescue (SaR) scenarios. This article presents the visible-thermal from SaR scenarios for person detection network (VTSaRNet) to address the challenge of detecting persons situated sparsely in SaR scenes marked by intricate illumination conditions and restricted accessibility. …”
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Aspectos Atuais da Fibrilação Atrial no Estudo ELSA-Brasil by Victor Sarli Issa, Alfredo José Mansur

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The JPEX scandal: a test case for Hong Kong’s new cryptocurrency regulatory regime or is it still the wild west? by Noble Po Kan Lo, Noble Po Kan Lo, Tony Hon Yiu Lau, Tony Hon Yiu Lau

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Groundwater quality evaluation and its suitability for domestic and irrigation use in the hard rock terrain of Olakkur block, Tamilnadu, India by D. Vinodh., S. Senthilkumar, B. Gowtham, Talelign Wegene, M. Jeevanandam

“…Sodium Adsorption Ratio (SAR) and US salinity diagram were used to evaluate the groundwater for irrigation suitability. …”
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ASSESSMENT OF MALIR RIVER WATER QUALITY AND IT SUITABILITY FOR IRRIGATION PURPOSES by MUHAMMAD SALEEM

“…The overall suitability of Malir river based on EC, TDS and SAR is ranked’Permissible’ for irrigation. …”
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