Assessment of the Microbiological Quality of Food Contact Surfaces in Collective Catering in Central Morocco by Rachid Amaiach, Sanae Lairini, Rabia Bouslamti, Abdelhakim El Ouali Lalami

“…The samples were taken according to ISO 18593:2018 and analyzed using selected culture media for aerobic mesophilic bacteria (AMC), Enterobacteriaceae, Staphylococcus aureus, Enterococcus faecalis, Pseudomonas spp, as well as the presence of Salmonella spp. and Listeria monocytogenes. …”
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Does the Urinary Calcium/Citrate Ratio Help in the Diagnosis of Children at Risk of Urolithiasis? by Utku Dönger, Aysun Çaltık Yılmaz, Caner İncekaş, Kaan Gülleroğlu, Esra Baskın

“…Patients with calcium and citrate levels in spot or 24-hour urine and urinary system USG at initial presentation were included in the study. Statistical analyses were performed using SPSS version 25.0 software. …”
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532 Evaluating fibroblast growth factor receptor (FGFR) pathway mRNA expression and protein activation in cholangiocarcinoma tumors by Leah Stein, Julie W. Reeser, Michele R. Wing, Eric Samorodnitsky, Anoosha Paruchuri, Amy Smith, Thuy Dao, Zachary Risch, Emanuel F. Petricoin, Sameek Roychowdhury

“…Results/Anticipated Results: Our initial analysis defined the range of RNA expression of FGFR2 and pFGFR2 protein signal (Y653/654 and Y769) between FGFR2 WT and FGFR2 mutant samples. …”
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Impact of various dopants (X = Zn, Mg, and Bi) on the structural, optical, and adsorption properties of (Co0.8Ni0.1X0.1)3O4 nanostructures by Ahmed Khalaf, Amani Aridi, Dema Dasuki, Marwa Elkady, Khulud Habanjar, Gehan M. El-Subruiti, Ramadan Awad

“…Subsequent investigations with high-resolution resolution-(HRTEM) and selected-area electron diffraction (SAED) demonstrated that high crystalline spinel structures. …”
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Safety of RTS,S/AS01E vaccine for malaria in African children aged 5 to 17 months: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. by Joseph Alexis Zoa, Rahi-Metou Njemguie Linjouom, Martin Nyangono Ndongo, Jan Rene Nkeck

“…The Patient/Population, Intervention, Comparison, Outcomes, and Study Design (PICOS) framework was employed to screen and select relevant studies. Following initial screening, titles, abstracts, and full texts were filtered using EndNote software. …”
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Main topics in assisted reproductive market: A scoping review. by Janaina Ferreira Aderaldo, Beatriz Helena Dantas Rodrigues de Albuquerque, Maryana Thalyta Ferreira Câmara de Oliveira, Mychelle de Medeiros Garcia Torres, Daniel Carlos Ferreira Lanza

“…<h4>Results</h4>We found 2,232 academic papers and selected 632 to include in the automatic term detection. …”
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Immune hemolytic anemia associated with the use of immune checkpoint inhibitors: a scoping review by Juan-Manuel Hernandez-Martinez, Juan-Manuel Hernandez-Martinez, Eduardo Rios-Garcia, Cittim B. Palomares-Palomares, Oscar Arrieta

“…In the absence of predictive tools to individually estimate the risk of this complication, a list of frequently reported co-occurring conditions in cases of ICI-associated IHA may help select patients who could benefit from closer surveillance.…”
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Proof of concept of fully automated adaptive workflow for head and neck radiotherapy treatments with a conventional linear accelerator by Gaia Muti, Marco M. J. Felisi, Angelo F. Monti, Chiara Carsana, Roberto Pellegrini, Edoardo Salmeri, Mauro Palazzi, Paola E. Colombo

“…A total of twenty H&amp;N patients are selected for this step. The automatic plans are compared to manual VMAT plans by assessing differences in planning time, dose delivered to targets and OARs, and calculating the plan quality indexes (PQIs). …”
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Personalized dose reduction strategies for biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs for treating axial spondyloarthritis: a clinical and economic evaluation with predictive m... by Bui Hai Binh, Nguyen Thi Thu Phuong, Vu Thi Thanh Hang, Ngo Thi Thuc Nhan, Nguyen Thi Nhu Hoa, Hoang Van Dung

“…Methods This 12-month prospective study, 368 AS patients receiving ≥ 3 months of full-dose bDMARDs were included. Among 215 initial responders (ASDAS < 2.1), 146 underwent dose reduction while 69 continued full-dose therapy. …”
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Patient–Health Care Professional Communication via a Secure Web-Based Portal in Severe Mental Health Conditions: Qualitative Analysis of Secure Messages by Eva Meier-Diedrich, Carolyn Turvey, Jonas Maximilian Wördemann, Justin Speck, Mareike Weibezahl, Julian Schwarz

“…ResultsA total of 274 messages were analyzed: 22.3% (61/274) were initial notes from HCPs, 44.5% (122/274) were patient responses, and 33.2% (91/274) were HCP replies. …”
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Continuous Speech-Based Fatigue Detection and Transition State Prediction for Air Traffic Controllers by Susmitha Vekkot, Surya Teja Chavali, Charan Tej Kandavalli, Rama Sai Abhishek Podila, Deepa Gupta, Mohammed Zakariah, Yousef Ajami Alotaibi

“…The main contributions of this work are the creation of a continuous speech ATC dataset and the identification of a lightweight optimum feature set for fatigue classification from ATC speech. For the initial task, the classification of raw speech signals into fatigue and non-fatigue categories was performed using the top-10 best features selected from the openSMILE feature set. …”
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Evaluating the implementation of weekly rifapentine-isoniazid (3HP) for tuberculosis prevention among people living with HIV in Uganda: A qualitative evaluation of the 3HP Options... by Allan Musinguzi, Joan R Kasidi, Jillian L Kadota, Fred Welishe, Anne Nakitende, Lydia Akello, Jane Nakimuli, Lynn T Kunihira, Bishop Opira, Yeonsoo Baik, Devika Patel, Amanda Sammann, Christopher A Berger, Hélène E Aschmann, Payam Nahid, Robert Belknap, Moses R Kamya, Margaret A Handley, Patrick P J Phillips, Noah Kiwanuka, Achilles Katamba, David W Dowdy, Adithya Cattamanchi, Fred C Semitala, Anne R Katahoire

“…We conducted 72 in-depth interviews among PLHIV purposively selected to investigate factors influencing 3HP acceptance and completion. …”
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The Role of Microbiological Monitoring in Ensuring Rational Antibacterial Prophylaxis and Therapy in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit by Prof Batyrbek Aslanov, Ekaterina Yakovleva, Alexey Yakovlev, Dr Larisa Ermakova, Anna Nabieva

“…The effectiveness of antibacterial therapy is achieved through further adjustment based on MM results, considering the sensitivity of isolated pathogens, and selecting combined antimicrobial therapy by using medications with different antimicrobial activity. …”
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Recombinant Hydrophobic Polypeptide MBAY Loaded Into SPION-Exosome Realizes Sustained-Release to Improve Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Zong X, Xiao S, Xia H, Guo D, Wu J, Zhuang M, Rao L

“…Meanwhile, MBAY still maintained high affinity and selectivity for VPAC II and MBAY-exosome-SPIONs/MF could effectively promote insulin secretion in response to elevated GLC as BAY-exosome-SPIONs/MF. …”
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THE CHANGES IN TOTAL PROTEIN LEVEL IN BLOOD SERUM AND ORAL FLUID OF THE PATIENTS DURING THE TREATMENT OF GENERALIZED PERIODONTITIS COMBINED WITH CHRONIC LIVER DISEASES by R.S. Kashivska, М.М. Rozhko, G.М. Melnychuk

“…The level of TP in blood serum and oral fluid was determined. There were selected 19 patients with GP without concomitant pathology and 29 patients with GP combined with CH. …”
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A case of acute anti-Mi-2-beta antibody-positive dermatomyositis by Matthew Lewis, James Bailey, Syed Mashood, Asghar Khan

“…Given that symptoms were improving spontaneously, no immunosuppression was initiated at this stage. A computed tomography (CT) scan of the thorax, abdomen and pelvis showed no evidence of malignancy or interstitial lung disease.He was discharged on Day 11 with outpatient follow-up. …”
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Weight Change and Its Association with Cardiometabolic Risk Markers in Overweight and Obese Women by Liyana Ahmad Zamri, Geeta Appannah, Siti Yazmin Zahari Sham, Fazliana Mansor, Rashidah Ambak, Noor Safiza Mohd Nor, Tahir Aris

“…Weight loss of >2 to <5% obtained through lifestyle intervention may represent a reasonable initial weight loss target for women in the low socioeconomic community as it led to improvements in selected risk markers, particularly of diabetes risk.…”
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Reliability and validity of the Mentalization Questionnaire in a potentially depressed group of Chinese college students by Xin Huang, Zemin Zhou, Guang Yang, Jiao Liu, Xuan Li, Xuemei Li

“…To assess test-retest reliability, 85 participants were randomly selected for retesting one week after initial administration.ResultsThe MZQ revealed a 3-factor structural model, and confirmatory factor analysis showed satisfactory fit indices for all three structures (χ²/df = 3.69, NFI = 0.83, CFI = 0.87, GFI = 0.92, IFI = 0.87, TLI = 0.83, RMSEA = 0.078). …”
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Does a virtual simulation teaching platform improve surgical training for medical undergraduate students? by Jie Liu, Tingting Hu, Ke Xu, Zihui Cheng, Wenjie Bu, Aiqin Lin

“…Methods We randomly selected students from Class 1 to Class 4 of the Clinical Medicine major who enrolled at Wannan Medical College in 2021 as participants. …”
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Research on the Degradation Efficacy and Mechanism of Zearalenone by Tibetan Yeast Meyerozyma caribbica by Zhiliang XU, Yingbo CHEN, Keliang MENG, Chenxiaoye YANG, Dandan JIANG, Disha JIANG, Yulin WANG, Hao HU

“…【Method】Yeast strains were isolated from Tibetan soil samples, and strains with potential zearalenone degradation activity were selected for further analysis.Strain 68 was taxonomically identified through 26S rDNA gene sequence analysis and phylogenetic tree construction, and its degradation capacity was evaluated under cell concentrations ranging from 1×106 to 1×109 cells/mL. …”
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