Immunogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination Schedules Including a Booster Dose in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: Data from a Prospective Multicenter Study by Natália Sarzi Sartori, Ketty Lysie Libardi Lira Machado, Samira Tatiyama Miyamoto, Flávia Zon Pretti, Maria da Penha Gomes Gouveia, Yasmin Gurtler Pinheiro de Oliveira, Vanezia Gonçalves da Silva, Filipe Faé, Ana Paula Neves Burian, Karina Rosemarie Lallemand Tapia, Anna Carolina Simões Moulin, Luiza Lorenzoni Grillo, Paula dos Santos Athayde, Helena da Silva Corona, Sabrina de Souza Ramos, Flávia Maria Matos Melo Campos Peixoto, Priscila Dias Cardoso Ribeiro, Vanessa de Oliveira Magalhães, Mariana Freitas de Aguiar, Erika Biegelmeyer, Cristiane Kayser, Alexandre Wagner Silva de Souza, Charlles Heldan de Moura Castro, Juliana Bühring, Sandra Lúcia Euzébio Ribeiro, Sérgio Henrique Oliveira dos Santos, Clara Pinheiro Martins, Jonathan Willian da Silva Rodrigues, Marcos Mavignier Sousa Dias, Bruna Guimarães Dutra, Camila Maria Paiva França Telles, Samuel Elias Basualto Dias, Rodrigo Poubel Vieira de Rezende, Katia Lino Baptista, Rodrigo Cutrim Gaudio, Ana Karla Guedes de Melo, Valéria Bezerra da Silva, Vitor Alves Cruz, Jozelia Rêgo, Rejane Maria Rodrigues de Abreu Vieira, Adah Sophia Rodrigues Vieira, Adriana Maria Kakehasi, Anna Carolina Faria Moreira Gomes Tavares, Victória Dornelas Paz Carvalho, Renata Henriques de Azevedo, Valderilio Feijó Azevedo, Olindo Assis Martins-Filho, Vanessa Peruhype-Magalhães, Andrese Aline Gasparin, Vanessa Hax, Valéria Valim, Gilda Aparecida Ferreira, Andréa Teixeira-Carvalho, Edgard Torres dos Reis-Neto, Emília Inoue Sato, Marcelo de Medeiros Pinheiro, Viviane Angelina de Souza, Ricardo Machado Xavier, Gecilmara Salviato Pileggi, Odirlei André Monticielo

“…No severe outcomes associated with death or hospitalization were found in the evaluated patient sample. Complete vaccination schedules including a booster dose induced higher humoral responses than incomplete schedules, especially in patients initially immunized with an inactivated virus vaccine schedule and those with a suboptimal humoral response.…”
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Single-Stage Pedicle Preputial Tube Substitution Urethroplasty with Corpora Cavernosa Augmentation Using Buccal Mucosa Graft for Primary Peno-Scrotal Hypospadias Repair in Adults by Pankaj Joshi, Sanjay Kulkarni, Nicole Albanese, Fausto Negri, Marco Bandini

“…Subsequently, surgery is performed under general anesthesia with the patient in a supine position. Initially, artificial erection is induced to accurately gauge the severity of curvature. …”
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Are HIV Treatment Clients Offered a Choice of Differentiated Service Delivery Models? Evidence from Malawi, South Africa, and Zambia by Mokhele I, Ntjikelane V, Scott NA, Kaiser JL, Morgan AJ, Huber A, Mokgethi NO, Tchereni TH, Phiri W, Kamanga A, Haimbe PM, Lumano-Mulenga P, Nyirenda RK, Pascoe SJS, Rosen S

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Effects of Suryanamaskara and Sheetali Pranayama on College Students Aggression: A Prospective Interventional Study by Youganjaly Mehra, Malika Sharma, Kalpana Sharma

“…Voluntary participants were initially screened using the Buss and Perry Aggression Questionnaire (AQ) and those who exhibited high aggression scores were selected for the intervention training programme. …”
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C18:0 GM3 ganglioside’s efficacy in LPS-induced parkinsonism: neuroprotection, inflammatory inhibition and gliosis mitigation by Tsung-Ta Liu, Cheng-Tsung Liu, I-Hsun Li, Yu-Chieh Chu, Hao-Yuan Hung, Chuang-Hsin Chiu, Ta-Kai Chou, Shiao-Yun Li, Tin-An Wang, Jui-Hu Shih

“…Methods Male C57BL/6 mice were utilized in an LPS-induced PD model to evaluate the neuroprotective effects of C18:0 GM3 ganglioside. …”
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IMMUNOLOGICAL MARKERS OF UNCONTROLLED ATOPIC BRONCHIAL ASTHMA IN CHILDREN by M. V. Smolnikova, S. V. Smirnova, N. A. Ilyenkova, O. S. Konopleva

“…Cytokines fulfill their distinct function in pathogenesis of atopic  bronchial asthma, participating at the initiation, development and persistence of allergic inflammation in airways, causing different  variations of clinical course of the disease (with  respect  to its acuteness, severity, frequency of exacerbations). …”
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Next-generation diagnostics of bloodstream infections enabled by rapid whole-genome sequencing of bacterial cells purified from blood culturesResearch in context by Vincenzo Di Pilato, Chiara Bonaiuto, Fabio Morecchiato, Alberto Antonelli, Tommaso Giani, Gian Maria Rossolini

“…Funding: This study was partially supported by an investigator-initiated grant from Qvella Corporation.…”
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The Influence of Community Health Resources on Effectiveness and Sustainability of Community and Lay Health Worker Programs in Lower-Income Countries: A Systematic Review. by Daniel H de Vries, Robert Pool

“…Findings show minimal inclusion of even basic community level indicators, such as the degree to which the program is a community initiative, community input in the program or training, the background and history of CLHW recruits, and the role of the community in motivation and retention. …”
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Optimising the use of IV zoledronic acid treatment in neck of femur fracture patients: a quality improvement project by Sean Von Hagt, Uma Sirisha Pusapati

“…Addressing delays in its administration could reduce hospital stay duration.Future plans include evaluating the impact of these interventions through closing the quality improvement loop with a second QIP cycle. …”
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In-Silico discovery of novel cephalosporin antibiotic conformers via ligand-based pharmacophore modelling and de novo molecular design by Rayhan Chowdhury, Samia Akter Saima, Md. Al Amin, Md. Kawsar Habib, Ramisa Binti Mohiuddin, Ali Mohamod Wasaf Hasan, Roksana Khanam, Shahin Mahmud

“…The generated pharmacophore model, with a score of 0.9268, was utilized to screen a drug library, initially assessing 19 compounds. After the drug-likeness screening, seven promising compounds were identified. …”
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The Role of Vitamin D in the Management of Major Depressive Disorder: A Systematic Review by Andreea Roșian, Mihaela Zdrîncă, Luciana Dobjanschi, Laura Grațiela Vicaș, Mariana Eugenia Mureșan, Camelia Maria Dindelegan, Rita Ioana Platona, Eleonora Marian

“…In this systematic review, our objective was to evaluate the correlation between serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) and depression based on evidence from cross-sectional and cohort studies. …”
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High-intensity intermittent exercise regulates oxidative stress and improves endothelial progenitor cell function in patients with essential hypertension by Jixin ZHI, Tiantian WANG, Shuang REN, Chenyu WANG

“…BackgroundVascular endothelial damage associated with endothelial progenitor cell dysfunction is considered as an initiating step of hypertension and target organ damage, in which oxidative stress plays a key role. …”
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Dental Infection of Porphyromonas gingivalis Induces Preterm Birth in Mice. by Min Ao, Mutsumi Miyauchi, Hisako Furusho, Toshihiro Inubushi, Masae Kitagawa, Atsuhiro Nagasaki, Shinichi Sakamoto, Katsuyuki Kozai, Takashi Takata

“…-infected and control mice, and serum and placental tissues were collected at gd 15 to evaluate the systemic and local conditions during pregnancy.…”
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Effects of moisture and fermentation length on the quality and digestibility of fermented concentrate using tamanu kernel cake as the main protein source through an in vitro study by Dimas Hand Vidya Paradhipta, Chusnul Hanim, Ali Agus, Budi Leksono, Aziz Umroni, Sinta Maharani, Arrynda Rachma Dyasti Wardani, Zazin Mukmila

“…Objective: The present study aimed to evaluate the effects of moisture and fermentation length on the chemical compositions, fermentation characteristics, feed-out phase, and ruminal digestibility of fermented concentrate using tamanu kernel cake (TKC) as the main protein source. …”
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Ten-year experience with rituximab for induction and maintenance therapy in patients with ANCA-associated systemic vasculitis by T. V. Beketova, E. L. Nasonov

“…The duration of a follow-up after initiation of RTM treatment was more than a year (with the exception of death cases) and averaged 25 to 58 months in different ANCA-SV groups. …”
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Immune checkpoint inhibitor‐related type 1 diabetes incidence, risk, and survival association by Fumika Kamitani, Yuichi Nishioka, Miyuki Koizumi, Hiroki Nakajima, Yukako Kurematsu, Sadanori Okada, Shinichiro Kubo, Tomoya Myojin, Tatsuya Noda, Tomoaki Imamura, Yutaka Takahashi

“…The risk factors for ICI‐T1DM development and their characteristics were evaluated by logistic regression analysis. Development of a new irAE after the day following the first administration of ICI was set as the study outcome. …”
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Unique challenges in managing pediatric colorectal diseases in under-resourced areas: context-aware adaptive responses from short-term surgical outreach visits by Alessandro Calisti, Kibreab Belay, Giovanni Giuliani, Pierluigi Lelli Chiesa, Guglielmo Mazzoni, Philippe Molle, Paola Presutti, Diaaeldinn Yaseen Salman, Boniphace Tresphory

“…Even with advances in healthcare facilities and global health initiatives, most of children living in low resources SSA lack of specialist pediatric surgical facilities. …”
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The efficacy of colchicine in patients with gout with different missense genetic variants of the <i>ABCG2</i> gene (<i>V12M; rs2231137</i> and <i>Q141K; rs2231142)</i> by M. S. Eliseev, M. N. Chikina, I. A. Guseva, O. V. Zhelyabina, Ya. I. Kuzmina

“…Genetic polymorphisms in ABCG2 gene (V12M; rs2231137 and Q141K; rs2231142) in patients with gout may determine the efficacy of colchicine for the prevention of arthritis attacks during the initiation of urate-lowering therapy. These data can be used in the development of a personalized approach for the treatment of patients with gout.Objective: to evaluate the efficacy of colchicine in patients with gout with different missense genetic variants of the ABCG2 gene (V12M; rs2231137 and Q141K; rs2231142).Material and methods. …”
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Heterogeneity symptoms of urgency in patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia by V. L. Medvedev, M. I. Kogan, T. I. Derevianko, P. V. Shornikov, M. E. Efremov, D. S. Isaeva

“…After the results were obtained, the severity of symptoms was evaluated, considering the data of the urination diary. …”
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Management of diabetes and associated costs in a complex humanitarian setting in the Democratic Republic of Congo: a retrospective cohort study by David Prieto-Merino, Pablo Perel, Bayard Roberts, Éimhín Mary Ansbro, Michel Biringanine, Grazia Caleo, Zia Sadique, Kiran Jobanputra

“…Objective We aimed to evaluate an Integrated Diabetic Clinic within a Hospital Outpatient Department (IDC-OPD) in a complex humanitarian setting in North Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo. …”
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