Advances and challenges in platelet counting: evolving from traditional microscopy to modern flow cytometry by Chen Yong, Hu Yonggang, Hu Hai

“…Platelet counting is a fundamental clinical test for diagnosing haemorrhagic diseases, coagulation abnormalities, and certain autoimmune disorders, and it also serves as a critical basis for decisions regarding platelet transfusion. …”
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White Blood Cell and Granulocyte Counts Are Independent Predictive Factors for Prognosis of Advanced Pancreatic Caner by Lanyun Feng, Shihui Gu, Peng Wang, Hao Chen, Zhen Chen, Zhiqiang Meng, Luming Liu

“…Blood test results for white blood cell (WBC), granulocyte, neutrophil, lymphocyte, platelet count, neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), and platelet-to-lymphocyte ratio (PLR) were dichotomized on the basis of median values. …”
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A lightweight wheat ear counting model in UAV images based on improved YOLOv8 by Ruofan Li, Xiaohua Sun, Kun Yang, Zhenxue He, Zhenxue He, Xinxin Wang, Xinxin Wang, Chao Wang, Chao Wang, Bin Wang, Fushun Wang, Fushun Wang, Hongquan Liu, Hongquan Liu

“…Accurate quantification of wheat ear counts is crucial for effective scientific management of wheat fields. …”
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Integrating building code to microbial count studies in urban built spaces with ventilation and human presence: a model by Ma. Beatrice D. Villoria, Vina B. Argayosa, Angelo D. Rosalinas, Daniel Nichol R. Valerio, Christian Lyle La Madrid, Michael Xavier N. Ticzon

“…The use of different window sizes did not show significant difference in counts with the number replicates used but as the number of humans in the area increased, the bacterial counts also increased. …”
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Effectiveness of nurse-led multi-component intervention program (NLMIP) on improving antiretroviral therapy adherence, CD4 count, psychological distress, and quality of life of peo... by Gulati Sonia, Pandurangan Hariprasath, Gupta P. Kumar

“…This study will help determine the effectiveness of a nurse-led multi-component intervention program (NLMIP) on antiretroviral medication adherence, CD4 count, psychological distress and quality of life of people living with HIV/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) (PLWHA). …”
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Plant Detection in RGB Images from Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Using Segmentation by Deep Learning and an Impact of Model Accuracy on Downstream Analysis by Mikhail V. Kozhekin, Mikhail A. Genaev, Evgenii G. Komyshev, Zakhar A. Zavyalov, Dmitry A. Afonnikov

“…One of the important and widely used tasks in field monitoring is plant stand counting. The accurate identification of plants in field images provides estimates of plant number per unit area, detects missing seedlings, and predicts crop yield. …”
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Identifying Complex Scheduling Patterns Among Patients With Cancer With Transportation and Housing Needs: Feasibility Pilot Study by Allan Fong, Christian Boxley, Laura Schubel, Christopher Gallagher, Katarina AuBuchon, Hannah Arem

“…We defined an aggregate count-based adjustment metric as the harmonic mean of rescheduled ratio, canceled ratio, and no-show ratio. …”
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Acute Brucellosis Presenting with Bleeding Tendency due to Isolated Severe Thrombocytopenia by M. Aon, T. Al-Enezi

“…The absolute platelet count was 2 × 109/L. The patient was diagnosed as suffering from brucellosis on the basis of a strongly positive serologic reaction and was treated with antibiotics and a short course of corticosteroids, with a rapid rise in platelet count. …”
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Emphysematous Cystitis Occurred in the Case Treated with Steroid for Autoimmune Hepatitis by Tateki Yoshino, Shinya Ohara, Hiroyuki Moriyama

“…Abnormal findings of complete blood count and laboratory examination included an elevated WBC count (12,200/L), C-reactive protein (11.7 mg/dL), and creatinine (1.07 mg/dL). …”
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Identification of Initial Crack and Fracture Development Monitoring under Uniaxial Compression of Coal with High Bump Proneness by Zuoqing Bi, Han Liang, Qianjia Hui

“…The stress-strain curve, the distribution of the fractural points within the sample at different stress states, and the relationship between ring count and stress are obtained. Results show that the stress-strain curves of high burst proneness coal are almost linear, to which the stress-ring count curves are similar. …”
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Refractory Thrombocytopenia Responds to Octreotide Treatment in a Case of Evans Syndrome with Gastric Neuroendocrine Tumor by Kocfa Chung-Delgado, Alejandro Revilla-Montag, Sonia Guillén-Bravo, Hugo Ríos-Díaz, José C. Alva-Muñoz

“…After being treated with a total splenectomy for her Evans Syndrome with no clinical or laboratory improvement, she began regular treatment with octreotide on the basis of a possible hepatic metastasis. Days after the initiation of the octreotide, an increase in the platelet count was evidenced by laboratory findings, from 2,000 platelets/mm3 to 109,000 platelets/mm3. …”
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STATISTICAL EVALUATION OF COPD PATIENTS WITH RESPECT TOGENDER: A CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY by Gökhan Perincek

“…Patients number of hospitalization, one-year mortality, complete blood cell count, blood gas parameters, and the relationship of these parameters with gender was evaluated. …”
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Design and Analysis of a Multiple and Wide Nulling Collaborative Beamforming Scheme in the Domain of 3-Dimensional Wireless Sensor Networks by Robert Macharia Maina, Philip Kibet Langat, Peter Kamita Kihato

“…The contributions of this work to the existing literature are as follows: (i) the design and investigation of a null steering scheme from the perspective of a 3-dimension random arrangement of sensor nodes; (ii) the design of a concurrent beam steering and multiple wide null steering scheme on the basis of concurrent node transmit amplitude and phase perturbation whilst ensuring null depth uniformity; (iii) a statistical analysis of the impact of a count of collaborating nodes and collaborating cluster radius on nulling performance; (iv) investigation of capacity improvement at unintended receivers upon null steering.…”
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Changes in Serum CRP and PCT Levels in Patients with Acute Simple Lower Urinary Tract Infection and Evaluation of the Efficacy of Treatment with Shuangdong Capsules by Yachun Tang, Qun Zhou

“…The serum PCT and CRP levels, the number of urinary leukocyte count (LEU), and the number of urinary bacterial count (BACT) were significantly higher in Group A and Group B than in the healthy control group before treatment (P<0.05). …”
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Association of ambient air pollutants with blood physiological and biochemical indicators and systemic immune inflammation index in people living around Beijing: an analysis of air... by Bingqian DU, Zhiqiang REN, Peian CHEN, Zhenjun LI

“…ResultsSpearman correlation analysis showed that the concentrations of particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter of less than 2.5 μm (PM2.5) and carbon monoxide (CO) were positively correlated with monocyte count (MO#), eosinophil count (EOS#), and red blood cell distribution width standard deviation (RDW-SD), and negatively correlated with mean corpuscular hemoglobin concentration (MCHC) and platelet crit (PCT) (all P < 0.05). …”
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Correlation of diabetes and adverse outcomes in hospitalized COVID-19 patients admitted to a tertiary hospital in China during a small-scale COVID-19 outbreak by Yu Li, Guanni Li, Jiahong Li, Zirui Luo, Yaxuan Lin, Ning Lan, Xiaodan Zhang

“…Conclusion Infection with COVID-19 on the basis of diabetes can significantly increase mortality, which was further associated with diabetes control indicators.…”
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Evaluation of Dynamic Visual Perception of Riverside Interface in Mountainous Cities from the Perspective of Boating by Dan LUO, Ruhong WEI

“…From the three dimensions of visual comfort, readability and characteristic recognition, 14 evaluation indicators are selected, including overall fixation time, sky visibility, skyline fluctuation, color indicator, natural landscape distribution, interface harmony, fixation count, information density, visit count, saccade count, architectural level richness, mountain visibility, characteristic cognition and contour rhythm. …”
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Proposta de aclaração do “pacto sucessório” à luz de novos dados by Abel Estefânio

“…In an earlier work published in the Medievalista online Journal, the author considered that the designated “pacto sucessório” between the Counts Raymond and Henry could be a modern fake, although he had not been able to say that categorically. …”
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Rare nonsyndromic multiple supernumerary and permanent impacted teeth in a young female patient: A case report by El Mehdi Hariri, Mohamed Sellouti, Hind Ramdi

“…Teeth, either erupted or impacted, that exceed the normal count are known as supernumerary teeth. They can appear unilaterally or bilaterally, singly or in multiples, and may be located anywhere in both dental arches. …”
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The Persistence of Buildings and the Context Problem by Fabio Bacchini

“…This explains why buildings can usually not survive relocation: because normally there is no basis for ruling out any extrinsic contextual feature of the building as inessential. …”
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