Challenges and Personal Protective Equipment among Healthcare Professionals during the COVID-19 Pandemic by Arazoo Issa Tahir, Masood Abdulkareem, Fatima Mohammed

“…Conclusion: According to the current study, healthcare professionals lacked the resources needed to treat COVID-19 patients. …”
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The impact of intermittent preventive treatment in school aged children with dihydroartemisinin piperaquine and artesunate amodiaquine on IgG response against six blood stage Plasm... by Eric Lyimo, Geofrey Makenga, Louise Turner, Thomas Lavstsen, John P A Lusingu, Jean-Pierre Van Geertruyden, Daniel T R Minja, Christian W Wang, Vito Baraka

“…Breadth of malaria antigen recognition increased significantly during and after the intervention phases and did not differ between the study groups (Trend test: DP, z-score = 5.92, p < 0.001, ASAQ, z-score = 6.64, p < 0.001 and control, z-score = 5.85, p < 0.001). …”
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Factors Associated with Bacterial Vaginosis among Women Who Have Sex with Women: A Systematic Review. by Dana S Forcey, Lenka A Vodstrcil, Jane S Hocking, Christopher K Fairley, Matthew Law, Ruth P McNair, Catriona S Bradshaw

“…<h4>Background</h4>Women who have sex with women (WSW) have a higher burden of bacterial vaginosis (BV) than heterosexual women; studies of risk factors specific to this population are limited. We summarised current knowledge regarding risk factors for BV among WSW by systematic review.…”
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Does behavior mediate the effect of weather on SARS-CoV-2 transmission? evidence from cell-phone data. by Elise N Grover, Andrea G Buchwald, Debashis Ghosh, Elizabeth J Carlton

“…One prevailing hypothesis is that people spend more time indoors in cooler weather, leading to increased spread of SARS-CoV-2 related to time spent in confined spaces and close contact with others. …”
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Effects of Organic Mineral Chelates of Zinc, Manganese, and Chromium on Growth Performance, Physiological, Hematological, Intestinal Microflora, Immunological, and Bone Traits in B... by A Rezapour, S Gharahveysi, KJ Khorshidi, R Abdolahpour

“…The highest antibody titers against bronchitis were observed in the control treatment, as well as the highest percentages of ash and phosphorus. The current findings showed that organic chrome improved body weight gain and FCR in the starter phase, and that the use of organic zinc increased the villi width of the jejunum in broiler chickens.…”
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Numerical Investigation into the Evolution of Groundwater Flow and Solute Transport in the Eastern Qaidam Basin since the Last Glacial Period by Qichen Hao, Chuan Lu, Yuchen Zhu, Yong Xiao, Xiaomin Gu

“…The groundwater in the discharge region is currently in the stage of carbonate precipitation and is far from gypsum and halite precipitation.…”
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Categorical analysis of the concept «business process» by I.I.

“…At the same time, there are currently no unified approaches to the interpretation of even the basic concepts of this theory - process, business process. …”
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Understanding the effectiveness and underlying mechanisms of lifestyle modification interventions in adults with learning disabilities: a mixed-methods systematic review by Dikshyanta Rana, Sophie Westrop, Nishant Jaiswal, Evi Germeni, Arlene McGarty, Louisa Ells, Phillippa Lally, Michael McEwan, Craig Melville, Leanne Harris, Olivia Wu

“…Following this, the specific interacting contexts and underlying mechanisms were appraised, and the synthesis focused on developing context–mechanism–outcome configurations (CMOCs), which formed the basis of the emerging programme theory. …”
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Component Composition and Antimicrobial Activity of CO2 Extract of Portulaca oleracea, Growing in the Territory of Kazakhstan by Meruyert I. Tleubayeva, Ubaidilla M. Datkhayev, Mereke Alimzhanova, Margarita Yu Ishmuratova, Nadezhda V. Korotetskaya, Raisa M. Abdullabekova, Elena V. Flisyuk, Nadezhda G. Gemejiyeva

“…Many antibiotics have been widely used to treat infectious diseases caused by various pathogenic bacteria. However, increased multidrug resistance has led to increased severity of diseases caused by bacterial pathogens. …”
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Plasma-electrolyte discharges in a gas-liquid medium for the production of hydrogen by A. F. Gaysin, F. M. Gaysin, L. N. Bagautdinova, A. A. Khafizov, R. I. Valiev, E. V. Gazeeva

“…Comprehensive study of the effect of direct current electric discharge plasma in a gas-liquid medium of inorganic mixtures in order to obtain gaseous hydrogen. …”
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Aminoquinazolin-4(3H)-one derivatives as multitargeting therapeutics in Alzheimer's disease by Tajamul Hussain, Salman Alrokayan, Dilawar Hussain, Khurram Shoaib, Syeda Abida Ejaz, Steven Ford, Jamshed Iqbal

“…Conclusively, the findings of the current study suggest hydrazineylquinazolinones as valuable scaffolds for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease by targeting BACE1.…”
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The impact of six weeks of swimming exercise on the levels of proteins associated with the myelination of hippocampal tissue in Wistar rats with multiple sclerosis by Mohammad Rami, Samaneh Rahdar, Sayed Shafa Marashi, Abdolhamid Habibi

“…Furthermore, data analyses showed that the amounts of these proteins increased significantly in the MS training group compared to the MS control group (p<0.05). …”
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Elevated levels of Letm1 drives mitochondrial dysfunction and cardiomyocyte stress-mediated apoptosis in cultured cardiomyocytes by Anushka Deshpande, Leo Weirauch, Tapan Kumar Baral, Marco Steier, Ankush Borlepawar, Manju Kumari, Lucia S. Kilian, Karsten Richter, Elke Hammer, Derk Frank, Constanze Schmidt, Norbert Frey, Ashraf Y. Rangrez

“…Electrophysiologically, Letm1 reduced L-type Ca2+ current density and significantly shortened action potential duration, leading to impaired contractility. …”
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Optimization of Physicochemical Parameters during the Electrocoagulation Cadmium Elimination by Abdelaaziz Aityoub, Abdesselam Abouelfida, Abdelaziz Benyaich, Abderrahmane Romane, Mohamed Elmeray, Rachid Idouhli, Yassine Koumya, Mohyeddine Khadiri

“…The increased use of fertilizers from phosphates in agriculture generates water pollution by heavy metals contained in these phosphates at levels higher than the standards. …”
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High Temperature Corrosion of Nickel in NaVO3-V2O5 Melts by J. Porcayo-Calderon, J. J. Ramos-Hernandez, Jan Mayén, E. Porcayo-Palafox, G. K. Pedraza-Basulto, J. G. Gonzalez-Rodriguez, L. Martinez-Gomez

“…V2O5 addition considerably increases the current densities of the anodic and cathodic reactions. …”
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Effects of ultrasonic vibration on residual stress distribution and local mechanical properties of AA6061/Ti6Al4V dissimilar joints by resistance spot welding by Mohan He, Qian Wang, Yingjun He, Jinxiang Wang, Ninshu Ma, Yuanxun Wang

“…The maximum load of welding nugget region increased from 19.6 N to 22.3 N, and the elongation obtained 10% increase. …”
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People with Gender Diversity in Portugal: A Brief Insight into Psychological Welfare and Family and Social Environments by José Luís de Magalhães Guimarães, Carolina Luísa Cardoso Lemos, Zélia Maria Teixeira Brandão Figueiredo

“…Results: Regarding tolerance towards gender diversity, we found that it increased substantially from childhood and adolescence to current life; also, we ascertained that, when the trans person’s household is not tolerant, neither are the peers, and vice ‑versa (p=0.023). …”
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Fatty acid analysis identifies an aberrant circulating triglyceride composition in patients with hypertriglyceridemia-induced acute pancreatitis by Alicia Leikin-Frenkel, Margarita Mayorov, Tamar Luvish, Aviv Shaish, Hofit Cohen, Yehuda Kamari, Dror Harats, Mudi Misgav, Rom Keshet

“…We found that TGs of hypertriglyceridemic patients with current HIAP contain increased levels of oleic acid, linoleic acid, and the trans FA elaidic acid, all potentially toxic to pancreatic cells; and decreased levels of the pancreatic-protective FAs gondoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid. …”
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Tuberculosis mortality and drug resistance among patients under TB treatment before and during COVID-19 in Burundi: a case–control study by Arnaud Iradukunda, Fentabil Getnet, Emmanuel Nene Odjidja

“…Conclusion TB mortality increased during the COVID-19 pandemic, particularly among MDR-TB patients. …”
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Study and implementation of a new rail geometry for a 10 MJ large caliber electromagnetic launcher by Vincent Andraud, Paul Gapenne, Quentin Hassler, Harald Scharf, Markus Schneider

“…In the case of flat rails, this tends to concentrate the current density and, consequently, the magnetic pressure in the corners of the rails, causing a deterioration in the quality of the sliding contact, which is all the more serious as the caliber increases. …”
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