Bacterial Pathogens and Antibiotic Resistance in Bloodstream Infections in Tunisia: A 13-Year Trend Analysis by Lamia Kanzari, Sana Ferjani, Khaoula Meftah, Mariem Zribi, Sonda Mezghani, Asma Ferjani, Yosra Chebbi, Manel Hamdoun, Hajer Rhim, Yosr Kadri, Siwar Frigui, Emna Mhiri, Asma Ghariani, Nour Ben Ayed, Faouzia Mahjoubi, Yomna Ben Lamine, Salma Kaoual, Basma Mnif, Habiba Naija, Manel Marzouk, Sarra Dhraief, Hela Karray, Jaya Prasad Tripathy, Bobson Derrick Fofanah, Safa Bouwazra, Hajer Battikh, Ramzi Ouhichi, Lamia Thabet, Jalel Boukadida, Farouk Barguellil, Sophia Besbes, Leila Slim, Maha Mastouri, Olfa Bahri, Wafa Achour, Adnene Hammami, Hanen Smaoui, Ilhem Boutiba-Ben Boubaker

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Benthic Community Metrics Track Hydrologically Stressed Mangrove Systems by Amanda W. J. Demopoulos, Jill R. Bourque, Jennifer P. McClain-Counts, Nicole Cormier, Ken W. Krauss

“…Samples were collected along a gradient of degradation, from a heavily degraded zone, with mostly dead trees, to a transition zone, with a high number of saplings, to a full canopy zone, with mature trees, and into a reference zone with dense, mature mangrove trees. …”
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Genomic perspective on the bacillus causing paratyphoid B fever by Jane Hawkey, Lise Frézal, Alicia Tran Dien, Anna Zhukova, Derek Brown, Marie Anne Chattaway, Sandra Simon, Hidemasa Izumiya, Patricia I. Fields, Niall De Lappe, Lidia Kaftyreva, Xuebin Xu, Junko Isobe, Dominique Clermont, Elisabeth Njamkepo, Yukihiro Akeda, Sylvie Issenhuth-Jeanjean, Mariia Makarova, Yanan Wang, Martin Hunt, Brent M. Jenkins, Magali Ravel, Véronique Guibert, Estelle Serre, Zoya Matveeva, Laëtitia Fabre, Martin Cormican, Min Yue, Baoli Zhu, Masatomo Morita, Zamin Iqbal, Carolina Silva Nodari, Maria Pardos de la Gandara, François-Xavier Weill

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Assessing the performance of a point-of-need diagnostic algorithm in rapid detection of peripheral lymph node tuberculosis (Mobile-TB-Lab): a diagnostic evaluation study protocol by Dinesh Mondal, Lydia Nakiyingi, Elizabeth Ekirapa Kiracho, Kevin Cassar, Arianna Ceruti, Julius Boniface Okuni, Manfred Weidmann, Bishwajit Bhowmik, Prakash Ghosh, Shaheda Anwar, Martin Siegel, Nishad Tasnim Mithila, Sophie Elisabeth Müller, Farhana Rahman Luba, Rea Maja Kobialka, Bishnu Pada Dey, Syed Nazin Morshed, Cemre Arpa, Md Arko Ayon Chowdhury, Ahmed Abu Saleh, Ahmed Abd El Wahed, Sophie Schneitler

“…Despite the significant burden, the diagnosis of peripheral lymph node(LN)TB, the most prevalent form of extra pulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB), has been challenging in low resource settings. …”
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High spatial resolution crop type and land use land cover classification without labels: A framework using multi-temporal PlanetScope images and variational Bayesian Gaussian mixtu... by Minh Tri Le, Khuong H. Tran, Phuong D. Dao, Hesham El-Askary, Tuyen V. Ha, Taejin Park

“…The area percentage for all crop type and LULC classes agreed well with their reference maps, with R2 of 0.95 and RMSE of 1.04 %. …”
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Determination the crop coefficient and water requirement of lentil, using water balance method (Case study: Khorram Abad) by maryam saremi, Bahman Farhadi, abas maleki, masume farasati

“…Introduction Evapotranspiration is one of the most important elements of hydrological cycle which is required for water resource management and design of irrigation systems. …”
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The variability of minimum clinically important difference, substantial clinical benefit, and patient acceptable symptom state thresholds for Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in t... by Auston R. Locke, MPH, Avanish Yendluri, BS, Graham Sabo, BA, Niklas H. Koehne, BA, Alexander C. Lee, MD, Ibikari Legg-Jack, BS, Michael N. Megafu, DO, MPH, Xinning Li, MD, John D. Kelly, IV, MD, Robert L. Parisien, MD

“…A variety of approaches were employed for threshold calculation, with anchor (difference in change) being the most common (52.9%). Notably, 83.3% of MCID thresholds had variability >50% of the most commonly referenced values and 33.3% of SCB calculated thresholds are >25% of the most commonly referenced values reported for the 6 most commonly utilized PROMs (American Shoulder and Elbow Surgeons, Simple Shoulder Test, Constant-Murley Shoulder Outcome Score, University of California at Los Angeles Shoulder Score, Shoulder Pain and Disability Index, and Visual Analog Scale). …”
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First Molecular Detection of <i>Toxoplasma gondii</i> DNA in Blood and Milk of Goats from Algeria by Abdeldjalil Dahmane, Alice Vismarra, Karine Passebosc-Faure, Nassiba Reghaissia, Djamel Baroudi, Houssem Samari, Manuela Semeraro, Hélène Yera, AbdElkarim Laatamna

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Feasibility of predicting the evolution of cerebral gliomas based on study of microRNA expression levels in blood plasma and saliva by R. Yu. Seliverstov, M. I. Zaraiskii, A. F. Gurchin, G. V. Kataeva, R. V. Tyurin, A. G. Naryshkin, V. G. Valerko

“…The lack of CG stabilization and the most probable progression of the tumor with a poor prognosis was related to an increase in microRNA-21 and -210 expression levels and decrease in microRNA-128 expression and at least four of microRNA 15, -16, -34, -126, and -342. …”
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Analysis of Isoniazid, Streptomycin and Ethambutol resistance in Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates from Morocco by Imane Chaoui, Radia Sabouni, Moussa Kourout, Annemie M. Jordaan, Ouafae Lahlou, Rajae Elouad, Mohammed Akrim, Thomas C. Victor, Mohammed Elmzibri

“…Based on these results, rapid drug resistance genotyping can be used as an adjunct to the traditional culture based methods in reference laboratories.…”
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The Influence of Mineral Matter on X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Characterization of Surface Oxides on Carbon by Francesca Cerciello, Annunziata Forgione, Paolo Lacovig, Silvano Lizzit, Antonio Fabozzi, Piero Salatino, Osvalda Senneca

“…However, the XPS analysis of ash-bearing carbons may be biased by the interfering effects of inorganics with the most relevant spectral ranges, namely the core levels O_1s and C_1s. …”
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Nutrient Intake from Fortified Foods and Supplements in Vegan, Vegetarian, and Omnivorous Participants Aged 6 to 18 Years in Germany: Results from the VeChi Youth Study by Joelina Dietrich, Vanessa Keller, Morwenna Fischer, Stine Weder, Ute Alexy, Andreas Michalsen, Alfred Längler, Andreas Sputtek, Markus Keller

“…Among VN and VG, vitamins B12 and D were the most frequently supplemented nutrients, while among OM, this was vitamin C. …”
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ROLE OF THE VARIABLE SITES G-1082A AND C-592A OF GENE IL10 IN DEVELOPMENT OF ONE YEAR ADVERSE OUTCOMES OF ST ELEVATION ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME by S. A. Berns, Е. A. Shmidt, О. A. Makeeva, I. A. Goncharova, R. R. Salakhov, О. A. Nagirniak, О. L. Barbarash

“…Endowment analysis towards the endpoint during 12 months showed that the most adverse is heterozygous carriage of А/С rs3024491 (G-1082А) gene IL10 (р=0,048).Conclusion. …”
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Activity of LpxC inhibitors on carbapenemase-producing Citrobacter spp. clinical isolates by Víctor Vinuesa, Raquel Cruces, Javier E. Cañada-García, Jesús Oteo-Iglesias, Andrés Corral-Lugo, Michael J. McConnell

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Non-synonymous ERG11 mutations in M. restricta and M. arunalokei: impact on azole susceptibility by Cheryl Leong, Wisely Chua, Cheng-Shoong Chong, Shi Mun Lee, Sebastian Maurer-Stroh, Won Hee Jung, Thomas L. Dawson

“…Ketoconazole and itraconazole were the most effective at inhibiting both species. Isolates of M. restricta and M. arunalokei from healthy skin of Singapore subjects were cultured, evaluated, and generally susceptible to common over-the-counter azoles, including clotrimazole, except for select less-susceptible strains. …”
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Heat Stress Upregulates the Expression of TLR4 and Its Alternative Splicing Variant in Bama Miniature Pigs by Xiang-hong JU, Han-jin XU, Yan-hong YONG, Li-long AN, Ying-mei XU, Pei-rong JIAO, Ming LIAO

“…The stability of these reference genes was ranked using the geNorm and NormFinder programs, and ribosomal protein L4 (RPL4) and TATA box-binding protein (TBP) were found to be the two genes showing the most stable expression in the in vitro cultured peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) during heat shock. …”
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Effect of C12H25−(HG) hydrophilic group on the wetting of anthracite: Experimental and molecular simulation by Jiangshi ZHANG, Hongfu JIA, Xiaofeng REN, Yanan WANG, Qi ZHANG, Linquan TONG, Yanhui WANG

“…The research results provide theoretical basis and reference for the application of surfactants in mine dust control.…”
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Trial to assess the tolerability of using felodipine to upregulate autophagy as a treatment of Huntington’s disease (FELL-HD): a phase II, single-centre, open-label, dose-finding t... by Roger A Barker, Laura Oakley, Emma Cutting, David C Rubinsztein, Dimitrios Apostolopoulos, Nikolaos Demiris, Katie Andresen, Amy H Evans, Alimu Dayimu, Katherine Bongaerts, Robyn Staples, Wendy Gooding

“…From a screen of a library enriched in approved drugs, felodipine was selected as the most suitable candidate showing strong autophagy-inducing effects in preclinical models of HD. …”
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Evaluating the robustness of Bayesian flood mapping with Sentinel-1 data: A multi-event validation study by Florian Roth, Mark Edwin Tupas, Claudio Navacchi, Jie Zhao, Wolfgang Wagner, Bernhard Bauer-Marschallinger

“…In addition to computing common accuracy metrics, eight representative events were analysed in detail to understand the reasons for the differences found, identify potential improvements for the method, and gain generic insights for radar-based flood mapping. Most differences are caused by the use of the VH polarization in some of the ODM reference maps, while the GFM service so far relies exclusively on VV polarization due to computational costs. …”
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Matrix Corrected SIMS In Situ Oxygen Isotope Analyses of Marine Shell Aragonite for High Resolution Seawater Temperature Reconstructions by Oliver M. Medd, Laura M. Otter, Ian S. Williams, Richard A. Stern, Michael W. Förster, Stephen M. Eggins, Laura Rodriguez‐Sanz, Nerilie J. Abram, Miaohong He, Michael J. Ellwood, Jessica A. Hargreaves, Stewart J. Fallon, Brett M. Knowles

“…However, determining oxygen isotope ratios in aragonite, the most common shell mineral, is hampered by a lack of ideal reference materials, limiting the accuracy of SIMS‐based seawater temperature reconstructions. …”
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