Carbapenem Resistance Profile of Acinetobacter baumannii Complex Strains in the Intensive Care Unit of a University Hospital in Northern Cyprus: 3-Year Follow-up by Meryem Güvenir, Emrah Güler, Kaya Süer

“…Carbapenem-resistant ABC infection was detected in 65 patients (70.7%) and carbapenemsensitive ABC infection was found in 27 patients (29.3%). …”
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Relationship and influences of behavioral and psychological factors on metabolic control of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus by Stanojević Vojislav, Jevtić Marija, Mitrović Milena, Panajotović Marko, Aleksić Aleksandar, Stanojević Čedomirka

“…Routine application of the questionnaire used in this study in the initial stages or critical moments of the disease can assess patients’ attitudes and knowledge about behavioral determinants of DM self-management and timely detect psychological conditions that affect them. …”
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Comparison of the Clinical Efficacy of Draining Autovalve Limbosclerectomy and Trabeculectomy in the Treatment of Primary Open-Angle Glaucoma with Long-Term Follow-Up by D. V. Lapochkin, V. I. Lapochkin, A. V. Lapochkin

“…Before and within 24 months after surgery, all patients underwent standard diagnostic examinations. The initial level of IOP against the background of the maximum antihypertensive mode varied from 24 to 50 mm. …”
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Long-term survival after surgical resection for recurrent hepatic and pulmonary metastases of intrahepatic cholangiocarcinoma: a case report by Mihoko Yamada, Atsuki Arimoto, Yoshitaka Toyoda, Shinya Watanabe, Keiji Aizu, Fumiya Sato, Akinori Fujieda, Ryuzo Yamaguchi

“…Twelve months after surgery, liver lesions in S4/S8 and S7 were detected on CT scans. A partial hepatectomy was performed. …”
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Caracterização da poligalacturonase produzida por fermentação semi-sólida utilizando-se resíduo do maracujá como substrato Characterization of polygalacturonase produced by solid-s... by Rosane L. A. de Souza, Líbia de S. C. Oliveira, Flávio L. H. da Silva, Beatriz C. Amorim

“…This enzyme remained stable in the pH range between 3.5 and 5.5 and was not detected for pH values above 6.5.…”
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Repeated irreversible electroporation in a locally advanced pancreatic cancer by A. N. Polyakov, D. V. Podluzhnyi, N. E. Kudashkin, I. S. Bazin, B. M. Medvedeva, A. Yu. Syskova, D. M. Kantieva, Yu. I. Patyutko

“…The patient passed away in 39 months from the beginning of the treatment and in 26 months from the initial IRE. In case of local relapse, repeated electroporation with a good long-term result is also possible. …”
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Influence of riboflavin and ultraviolet-light treatment on plasma proteins – protein S and alpha 2-antiplasmin – in relation to the time of administration by Gojkov Dragana, Balint Bela, Dejanović Bratislav, Vučetić Dušan

“…However, due to the existence of a “window” period during which these “markers” cannot be detected, as well as the emergence of new pathogens, the risk is still present. …”
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Performance evaluation of the Biosynex AMPLIQUICK Fecal Bacteriology PCR kit by Quentin Beaufils, Lucie Bénéjat, Astrid Ducournau, Johanna Aptel, Alicia Chevalier, Marine Jauvain, Philippe Lehours

“…Abstract This study assessed the clinical performance of the Biosynex AMPLIQUICK Fecal Bacteriology kit for detecting enteropathogenic bacteria in cases of acute community-acquired diarrhea. …”
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Plant-parasitic nematodes on hemp in the Pacific Northwest of the United States by Lester A. Núñez-Rodríguez, Hannah M. Rivedal, Cynthia M. Ocamb, David H. Gent, Inga A. Zasada

“…A large diversity of Pratylenchus spp. was detected in hemp root samples. Hemp ‘Alpha Explorer’ was a poor host for P. neglectus, resulting in low reproduction values (< 1). …”
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Factors determining primary or delayed surgery for unilateral, non-metastatic Wilms tumor: a multicentric Egyptian study by Ahmed Elgendy, Amr Abdelhamid AbouZeid, Mohamed El-Debeiky, Shaimaa Abdelsattar Mohammad, Marwa Romeih, Ahmed Ebeed, Mohamed Abouheba, Mohammed Hamada Takrouney, Mahmoud Mostafa, Ahmed Khairi, Osama El-Naggar, Sameh Shehata

“…Abstract Background There is no consensus on the initial treatment modality for unilateral Wilms tumor (WT) in Egypt. …”
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Simulación numérica de los apoyos de puente metálico giratorio // Numeric simulation of gyratory metallic bridge supports by César Chagoyen-Méndez, Yumar Acosta-García, Yandry Rodríguez-Toledo, Carlos Recarey-Morfa, Gregorio Aragón-López, José Leiva-Pérez

“…In this article the main ones characteristic<br />and pathologies detected when inspecting the mechanisms mentioned previously are described and<br />also are presented, the results of the numeric simulation of one of assembles of pieces of the support<br />mechanism. …”
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Temporal dynamics and clinical correlates of ischemic J waves in the early phase of acute myocardial infarction by Huanhuan Hu, Lu Huang, Dewen Zhu, Mingwei Wang, Deye Yang, Hongyu Wang, Lina Chen

“…Conclusion Ischemic J waves are most detectable within the first hour of chest discomfort in AMI patients and are independently associated with STEMI, bradycardia, hyperglycemia, and specific ECG changes.…”
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Long-term results of therapy with sequential use of rituximab and belimumab in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus by S. K. Solovyev, A. A. Mesnyankina, E. A. Aseeva, N. Yu. Nikishina

“…Prescribing bDMARDs allowed GC to be used as initial therapy in an exacerbation of SLE in medium and low doses (subsequently further reduced). …”
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Use of leflunomide in a cytomegalovirus infection resistant: a report of a case by Isabel Gómez Valbuena, Daniel Alioto, Olga Serrano Garrote, Jose Miguel Ferrari Piquero

“…The patient was treated with valganciclovir until have the authorization of use of leflunomide, although unanswered, since in March 2015, at the start of leflunomide treatment the patient had a viral load of 17 344 IU/ml. The initial regimen was 100 mg of leflunomide daily for the first five days, followed by 20 mg every 12 hours. …”
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Statistics on the Industry Structure of the Russian Economy and its Optimization Model by O. V. Morozov, M. A. Vasiliev

“…Econometric methods of processing the initial data and tabular methods of visualizing the results of the study were used. …”
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Risk factors and bone mineral density in predicting the risk of fracture in postmenopausal women by O. A. Nikitinskaya, N. V. Toroptsova, N. V. Demin

“…In 2013–2014, the FRAX® questionnaire was retrospectively filled in provided that all information was available in the initial documents on 224 women aged 50 years and older (mean age, 62±7 years), examined at the V.A. …”
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The Impact of Pelvic Floor Muscle Strengthening on the Functional State of Women Who Have Experienced OASIS After Childbirth by Atėnė Simanauskaitė, Justina Kačerauskienė, Dalia Regina Railaitė, Eglė Bartusevičienė

“…<i>Results:</i> OASIS were detected in 13 (0.4%) women in 2021. Risk factors for OASIS were found to be fetal macrosomia (<i>p</i> = 0.012), fetal occiput posterior position (<i>p</i> = 0.001), and epidural analgesia (<i>p</i> = 0.003). …”
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Ischemic stroke of undetermined source as a priming event for brain metastasis: a case report and systematic literature review by Paolo Amisano, Antonio Ciacciarelli, Svetlana Lorenzano, Irene Berto, Sara Belcastro, Danilo Toni, Manuela De Michele

“…Despite a comprehensive oncologic evaluation, including an ultrasound-guided bronchoscopic biopsy of the suspected lesion, no malignancy was detected. Several months later, the patient developed focal seizures, and brain magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed multiple left frontoparietal space-occupying lesions with imaging features suggestive of brain metastases (BMs). …”
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Global and local magnitude and spatial pattern of uncertainty from geographically adaptive empirical and machine learning satellite-derived bathymetry models by Kim Lowell, Yuri Rzhanov

“…Image types examined were (four) cloud-free Sentinel-2 images and a maximum blue band (Band 2) value image composite of the four Sentinel-2 images. Initial models fitted were based on band reflectances alone. …”
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Human Herpes virus 7 infections in children. Clinical and laboratory aspects by G. R. Fatkullina, V. A. Anokhin, A. R. Musina

“…Blood and saliva were examined to detect markers of human herpes virus type 7 (in qualitative PCR), and blood, oropharyngeal flushing, and urine were examined in semiquantitative PCR to determine other viruses from the herpes family (HHV6, CMV, EBV). …”
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