Quo vadis autoimmune hepatitis? - Summary of the 5th international autoimmune hepatitis group research workshop 2024Keypoints by Bastian Engel, David N. Assis, Mamatha Bhat, Jan Clusmann, Joost PH. Drenth, Alessio Gerussi, María-Carlota Londoño, Ye Htun Oo, Ida Schregel, Marcial Sebode, Richard Taubert

“…Patient representatives from the European Reference Network (ERN) Rare Liver Youth Panel participated in the workshop. The specific objectives of this year's 5th Workshop were: (1) To further improve diagnostics. (2) Initiate clinical trials including knowledge transfer on drugs from extrahepatic immune-mediated diseases, including B cell-depleting CAR T cells. (3) Utilisation of multi-omics approaches to improve the understanding of disease pathogenesis. (4) Application of machine learning-based approaches established in oncology or transplantation medicine to improve diagnosis and outcome prediction in AIH.…”
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Evaluation of humoral immune response and milk antibody transfer in calves and lactating cows vaccinated with inactivated H5 avian influenza vaccine by Mohamed Samy Abousenna, Nermeen G. Shafik, Mahmoud M. Abotaleb

“…The immune response to the AI vaccine differed from responses to other vaccines used in cattle such as Foot and Mouth Disease Virus (FMDV) and Lumpy Skin Disease Virus (LSDV), indicating the need for optimizing vaccine dosage and formulation, including adjuvant and antigen content. …”
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Epidemiologic characteristics of infectious disease-related public health emergencies in Guangdong province, 2014 – 2023: a surveillance data analysis by Weiyi CHEN, Runing GUO, Yun HUANG, Jianhua HUANG, Meiling YANG, Jiya DAI, Fengxiang SHI, Wenjia LIANG

“…The top five infectious diseases causing these public health emergencies were influenza (accounting for 18.82% of all reported emergencies), other infectious diarrheal diseases (17.42%), dengue fever (17.23%), varicella (17.00%), and hand, foot, and mouth disease (6.93%). The highest proportion of events (61.80%) were reported in the Pearl River Delta region. …”
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Customised Enriched Coconut Oil as Panacea for Oral Biofilm Mediated Diseases - A Prospective Study by Shamini Sai, Raga T Nivedha, Srinivasan Narasimhan, Aruna K. Veronica, Jayaraman Selvakumar, Anand V. Susila

“…Aims: To evaluate a customised enriched formulation of coconut (CEC) oil with Arimedadi Tailam (AT) and 0.2% chlorhexidine mouth rinse (CHX) for their plaque control and potential anticaries effects using the oratest in healthy volunteers. …”
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Pollen contamination and mating structure in maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.) clonal seed orchards revealed by SNP markers by Bouffier, Laurent, Debille, Sandrine, Alazard, Pierre, Raffin, Annie, Pastuszka, Patrick, Trontin, Jean-François

“…Maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.) is a major forest tree species in south-western Europe. In France, an advanced breeding program for this conifer species has been underway since the early 1960s. …”
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Application of different edge detection methods for faults identification in Anza Basin, Kenya by Gege Li, Qing Chen, Bingqiang Yuan, Xianfeng Tan, Hao Chen, Xiaoyu Huang, Lang Pan

“…The analysis of residual gravity anomaly yields results indicating that the local structure of the study area has obvious structural pattern of the “east-west zone and north-south block”. The study area exhibits developed faults, which can be mainly categorized into two sets with northwest direction and northeast direction orientations. …”
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Regional differences in triage decisions affect hospital mortality among frail COVID-19 patients in the COvid MEdicaTion study by Julia Minnema, Roos Sablerolles, Janneke van Kempen, Hugo van der Kuy, Harmke Polinder-Bos, Bob van de Loo, Jorie Versmissen, Miriam L. Haaksma, Melvin Lafeber, Miriam C. Faes, on behalf of the COMET research team^

“…Patients from 11 European countries were included and these countries were categorized into two regions: north and south. The effects of region on ICU admission and in-hospital mortality were assessed using logistic regression analyses stratified for frailty. …”
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Are there benefits of culture-based detection of Mycobacterium avium spp paratuberculosis over histopathology? by Motlatso T. Hlokwe, Nomawethu S. Masina, Boitumelo Letsoko, Sewellyn C. Davey, Anita L. Michel

“…The current work assessed the diagnostic value of the VersaTREK automated liquid culture system in isolating Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) from faecal and intestinal tissue samples from ovine under South African conditions and compared it with the current method of choice, histopathological examination. …”
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Embosphere Size Selection and Dilution Rate in Preoperative Tumor Embolization of the External Carotid Artery System Using a Small-diameter Catheter by Takao HASHIMOTO, Yusuke ARAI, Hirofumi OKADA, Muneaki KIKUNO, Hiroki SAKAMOTO, Kyosuke MATSUNAGA, Michihiro KOHNO

“…The widespread adoption of preoperative embolization in highly vascularized brain tumors often involves the frequent use of Embosphere (Merit Medical Systems, South Jordan, Utah, USA). Nevertheless, inconsistency in size selection and dilution rates across different institutions requires comprehensive examination. …”
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Improving Fugitive Dust Emission Inventory from Construction Sector Using UAV Images Recognition by Yuyao He, Jicheng Jang, Yun Zhu, Pen-Chi Chiang, Jia Xing, Shuxiao Wang, Bin Zhao, Shicheng Long, Yingzhi Yuan

“…Post integration of monitoring data through the Software for the Modeled Attainment Test - Community Edition (SMAT-CE), the contributions of construction dust to local PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations were estimated at 3.27 ± 0.8 µg m–3 and 1.11 ± 0.27 µg m–3, respectively, with more pronounced impacts observed in the central, northwestern, and south-central zones of the study region. This study provides valuable insight for improving construction dust and PM emission inventories, which should be benefiting the development of air pollution prevention and control strategies over this study area as well as other rapidly growing urban areas.…”
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2023 Cumhurbaşkanlığı Seçim Sürecinde Siyasal Söylem: Meral Akşener Örneği by Ayşe Çelikbaş Aykut

“…Bu çalışma, 2023 Cumhurbaşkanlığı seçim döneminde Meral Akşener’in Altılı Masa’dan ayrılması sonrasında yapmış olduğu basın açıklaması ve konuya ilişkin katıldığı YouTube programında üretmiş olduğu siyasal söylemleri siyasal iletişim bağlamında eleştirel olarak incelemeyi amaçlamaktadır. …”
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Dying to be famous: retrospective cohort study of rock and pop star mortality and its association with adverse childhood experiences by Mark A Bellis, Karen Hughes, Olivia Sharples, Tom Hennell, Katherine A Hardcastle

“…Adverse experiences in early life may leave some predisposed to health-damaging behaviours, with fame and extreme wealth providing greater opportunities to engage in risk-taking. Millions of youths wish to emulate their icons. It is important they recognise that substance use and risk-taking may be rooted in childhood adversity rather than seeing them as symbols of success.…”
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Measurement the Physiological Properties of Water Pipe Smokers in Shekhan Distract by Abdullah. M. Al-Saiegh, Turki Sabri Haji, Jihan Saado Ahmed, Alaa Azzo Aslo, Firas Faris Khalaf

“…Smoking is one of the old habits used by humans before 400 years ago, where this custom was exclusively used in males with the development of time, tools, ingredients and flavors that used in hookah the women also started smoking, which led to an increase in the prevalence of use in many countries of the world Smoking is one of the reasons that lead to an increase in the percentage incidence of lung cancer, chronic lung disease ,mouth disease ,teeth deformation and gingivitis. …”
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Impact of Human Capital Development on Economic Growth in Uganda. by Nuwagaba, Christopher

“…Urgent action is needed to reverse this troubling trend; otherwise, Uganda risks missing out on its demographic dividend, resulting in a large, poorly educated population that hinders the prospects for a more prosperous future. …”
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Variation in Benthic Macroinvertebrates Along aLongitudinal Gradient of a Disturbed Nyakambu Stream Kabale District Southwestern Uganda. by Byaruhanga, Benson

“…Macroinvertebrate community structure and South African Scoring System (SASS) scores closely followed the induced changes in water quality due to human activities. …”
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Role of Pastoral Care on Church Growth: A Case Study of Muko Parish Rubanda District. by Ampumuza, Flavia

“…A case study of Muko parish Rubanda district following the objectives of the study which were to find out the services offered by pastoral care to the church growth of Muko district, to explore the challenges faced by pastoral care in the transformation of the Christian community in Muko parish Rubanda district and to find out possible strategies that promote pastoral care in the transformation of the Christian community of Muko parish Rubanda district. …”
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University Lecturers and Students Could Help in Community Education About SARS-CoV-2 Infection in Uganda. by Echoru, Isaac, Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Usman, Ibe Michael, Mukenya Mutuku, Irene, Ssebuufu4, Robinson, Decanar Ajambo, Patricia, Ssempijja, Fred, Mujinya, Regan, Matama, Kevin, Musoke, Grace Henry, Tiyo Ayikobua, Emmanuel, Ninsiima, Herbert Izo, Dare, Samuel Sunday, Ejike, Daniel Eze, Eriya Bukenya, Edmund, Keyune Nambatya, Grace, Ewan, MacLeod, Welburn, Susan Christina

“…Lecturers and students were all willing to continue using personal protective equipment like masks, and personal practices such as covering the mouth while sneezing and coughing, no handshaking, and washing of hands with no significant differences in the responses. …”
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O estudo dos parâmetros em uma função quadrática no GeoGebra: uma experiência com alunos de Ensino Médio-Técnico by Thiago Beirigo Lopes, Ademir Brandão Costa, Luis Andrés Castillo, Ivonne C. Sánchez

“…Para isso, foram propostas e executadas atividades com discentes do ensino médio-técnico do 1º Ano de Agropecuária do Instituto Federal de Mato Grosso (IFMT) - Campus Confresa, no mês de maio de 2022. Houve a exploração, com o uso do GeoGebra no laboratório de informática, de cada parâmetro que compõe uma função quadrática para que os alunos compreendessem as transformações que produzem cada parâmetro sobre uma família de curvas, com posterior apresentação e análise de suas opiniões e questionamentos sobre a atividade desenvolvida. …”
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Aquaculture Applications of the Family Gobiidae by Matt DiMaggio, Jesse Von Linden, Joshua Patterson, Cortney Ohs

“…Gobies can be easily housed with a variety of other species of fish. Several have qualities that lend themselves to aquarium life. …”
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A CRISPR-Cas12a-based universal rapid scrub typhus diagnostic method targeting 16S rRNA of Orientia tsutsugamushi. by Bum Ju Park, Sang Taek Heo, Misun Kim, Jeong Rae Yoo, Eun Jin Bae, Su Yeon Kang, Sunghoon Park, Kyeo Re Han, Keun Hwa Lee, Jae Myun Lee, Hyeyoung Lee, Yoon-Jae Song

“…Using this method, we successfully detected up to 100 copies of in vitro transcribed O. tsutsugamushi 16S rRNA within 1 hour under isothermal conditions. In blood samples from patients confirmed to be infected with O. tsutsugamushi by nested PCR, the developed method exhibited a clinical sensitivity of 98% and high specificity. …”
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