Convalescent plasma therapy for COVID-19 – Donor selection strategies and establishment of a plasma bank by Mikael Kajova, Tamim Khawaja, Iris Levonen, Jukka-Pekka Pietilä, Jenni Virtanen, Sari H. Pakkanen, Hanna Välimaa, Arttu Nousiainen, Jussi Hepojoki, Tarja Sironen, Antti Vierikko, Jarkko Ihalainen, Olli Vapalahti, Anu Kantele

“…Excessive laboratory workloads during a pandemic hamper their ability to conduct MNT, underscoring the need for rapid screening tests. …”
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Differentiated vulvar intraepithelial neoplasia long‐term follow up and prognostic factors: An analysis of a large historical cohort by Niccolò Gallio, Mario Preti, Ronald W. Jones, Fulvio Borella, Linn Woelber, Luca Bertero, Sara Urru, Leonardo Micheletti, Federica Zamagni, Federica Bevilacqua, Pierluigi Tondo, Benedetta Pollano, Paola Cassoni, Chiara Benedetto

“…Kaplan–Meier method and log‐rank test were used to estimate cancer risk or recurrent cancer risk differences and uni‐ and multivariate Cox regression analyses to identify risk factors associated with VSCC development in solitary dVIN and recurrence of dVIN‐VSCC. …”
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Engineering and Evaluation of a Live-Attenuated Vaccine Candidate with Enhanced Type 1 Fimbriae Expression to Optimize Protection Against <i>Salmonella</i> Typhimurium by Patricia García, Arianna Rodríguez-Coello, Andrea García-Pose, María Del Carmen Fernández-López, Andrea Muras, Miriam Moscoso, Alejandro Beceiro, Germán Bou

“…Safety and immunogenicity were assessed by clinical monitoring, bacterial load, fecal shedding, ELISA tests, and adhesion/blocking assays using fecal extracts. …”
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Co-Infection of <i>Culex tarsalis</i> Mosquitoes with Rift Valley Fever Phlebovirus Strains Results in Efficient Viral Reassortment by Emma K. Harris, Velmurugan Balaraman, Cassidy C. Keating, Chester McDowell, J. Brian Kimble, Alina De La Mota-Peynado, Erin M. Borland, Barbara Graham, William C. Wilson, Juergen A. Richt, Rebekah C. Kading, Natasha N. Gaudreault

“…This can have severe implications in areas where RVFV is endemic and convolutes our ability to anticipate transmission and circulation in novel geographic regions. …”
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Chronic disease medications accessibility among Sudanese patients during war by Thoraya Salah Murtada Sidahmed, Al-Romaysa M. Osman Khalafalla El-Haj, Hiba Salah Abdelgadir, Afra K. Ahmed, Asjad Elias Sidieg Mohammed, Abdelfatah Abdelelah El Zain Hassan, Ebaa Ismat Mahmoud Ahmed, Hiba Algaali Altayeb Babikir, Khalid Mukhtar Awad Hamza, Alaa Hamid Yousif Ahmed, Mojtaba Majdy Elfakey Omer, Shahad Yahya Awadelkarim Elbadawi, Logaine Tarig Abdelwahab Mohammed, Rawan Ali Ahmed Mohamed Ahmed, Hind Elmukashfi ShamsEldin Elobied, Hind Salah Abdelgadir, Ruba Ahmed Osman Mohamed, Hala Hashim Salim Hamza, Omnia Yousif Abdalmalik Alfaki, Arwa Yagoub Elmadani Ibrahim, Rawan Izzeldin Babiker Farah, Abeer Hussien Musa Mohamed, Amaal Izzeldin Ahmed Altamar, Lana Awad Jahallah Hassab Alrasoul, Ali Mohamedahmed Ali Mohamed, Mohamedelamin Abdelgayoum Khalifa, Tarig Siddig Abdelgader Mohieldin, Soujod Emad Elden Mohamed Elamen

“…Chi square and binary logistic regression tests were done to assess the association between demographic characteristics of the participants and medications accessibility. p value less than 0.05 was considered statistically significant. …”
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A simplified frailty index and nomogram to predict the postoperative complications and survival in older patients with upper urinary tract urothelial carcinoma by Jianyong Liu, Jianyong Liu, Haoran Wang, Haoran Wang, Pengjie Wu, Pengjie Wu, Jiawen Wang, Jiawen Wang, Jianye Wang, Jianye Wang, Huimin Hou, Huimin Hou, Jianlong Wang, Jianlong Wang, Yaoguang Zhang, Yaoguang Zhang

“…The nomogram developed was clinically valuable and had good ability to discriminate abilities for high-risk patients. …”
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‘Making Moves’: Protocol for a hybrid effectiveness-implementation pre-post trial of a co-designed online physical activity program for childhood cancer survivors by Lauren Ha, Claire E. Wakefield, Jacqueline Jacovou, Karen Johnston, Donna Drew, Mark W. Donoghoe, David Mizrahi, Richard De Abreu Lourenco, Richard J. Cohn, Natalie Taylor, Christina Signorelli, Kiarn Roughley, Callum Joyner, Aj Wright

“…Methods and analysis: This type I hybrid effectiveness-implementation pre-post trial will simultaneously (i) test the potential effectiveness of Making Moves on survivors' physical activity self-efficacy, and (ii) explore barriers and facilitators to implementation from multiple levels (individual, provider, organisational, and community) to inform future adaptations and implementation strategies. …”
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The correlation between serum asprosin and type 2 diabetic patients with obesity in the community by Dong Liang, Dong Liang, Xiaoyu Li, Chenyu Xiang, Chenyu Xiang, Minggang Xu, Yi Ren, Fen Zheng, Lijing Ma, Jing Yang, Jing Yang, Yan Wang, Yan Wang, Yan Wang, Yan Wang, Linxin Xu, Linxin Xu, Linxin Xu, Linxin Xu

“…In addition, the diagnostic ability of asprosin to detect type 2 diabetic patients with obesity was tested using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis.ResultsCompared with patients with normal weight, the circulating level of asprosin was significantly higher in the obese group than in the normal weight and overweight group (P &lt;0.05). …”
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Non-Invasive Ventilation Failure in Pediatric ICU: A Machine Learning Driven Prediction by Maria Vittoria Chiaruttini, Giulia Lorenzoni, Marco Daverio, Luca Marchetto, Francesca Izzo, Giovanna Chidini, Enzo Picconi, Claudio Nettuno, Elisa Zanonato, Raffaella Sagredini, Emanuele Rossetti, Maria Cristina Mondardini, Corrado Cecchetti, Pasquale Vitale, Nicola Alaimo, Denise Colosimo, Francesco Sacco, Giulia Genoni, Daniela Perrotta, Camilla Micalizzi, Silvia Moggia, Giosuè Chisari, Immacolata Rulli, Andrea Wolfler, Angela Amigoni, Dario Gregori

“…This study aims to identify predictors of first-attempt NIV failure in PICU patients by testing various machine learning techniques and comparing their predictive abilities. …”
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Fibrinogen-albumin ratio predicts treatment response in phospholipase A2 receptor-associated membranous nephropathy with nephrotic syndrome by Suyan Duan, Si Chen, Chen Chen, Fang Lu, Ying Pan, Yifei Lu, Qing Li, Simeng Liu, Bo Zhang, Huijuan Mao, Changying Xing, Yanggang Yuan

“…The independent risk factors of non-remission (NR) and the predictive ability of FAR were explored by Cox regression and receiver-operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. …”
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The Effect of Heat Stress on the Performance and Genetic Parameters of Milk Production, Reproduction, and Somatic Cell Scores in Iranian Holstein Cows by Reza Seyedsharifi, Fatemeh Ala Noshahr, Jamal Seif Davati, Nemat Hedayat Evrigh

“…Extended Abstract Background: Improving the ability of animals to deal with adverse environmental conditions is a challenge in the livestock industry. …”
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Evaluating yield and land equivalent ratio in mixcropping of balangu (Lallemantia royleana Benth.) and chickpea (Cicer arietinum L.) affected by weed competition by Ebrahim Eizadi-Darbandi, Arash Maghsoudi, Elnaz Molaei

“…Chickpea and balangu planting date is close together, with these abilities of legumes and planting dates it seems that their intercropping is an ideal purpose for medicinal production. …”
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Detection of water surface targets based on improved Deformable DETR by Pengjiu WANG, Junbin Gong, Wei LUO, Xiao HUANG, Junjie GUO

“…To further reduce the model size and enhance the detection ability, three output feature maps from specific modules of MobileNetV3-Small were directly used for multi-scale feature extraction. …”
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Robust COVID-19 Vaccine Responses Despite Filarial Co-Infection: Insights from a Lymphatic Filariasis Cohort in Ghana by Julia Meyer, Jennifer Nadal, Linda Batsa Debrah, Alexander Yaw Debrah, Jubin Osei-Mensah, Derrick Adu Mensah, Patricia Jebett Korir, Janina M. Kuehlwein, Ute Klarmann-Schulz, Achim Hoerauf, Tomabu Adjobimey

“…Indeed, helminths are renowned for their ability to modulate human immune responses, which, while potentially beneficial in limiting excessive inflammation, could also diminish vaccine efficacy and impede viral clearance. …”
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PD-L1 targeting high-affinity NK (t-haNK) cells induce direct antitumor effects and target suppressive MDSC populations by Jeffrey Schlom, James W Hodge, Clint T. Allen, Shahrooz Rabizadeh, Patrick Soon-Shiong, John H. Lee, Renee N. Donahue, Kristen Solocinski, Michelle R Padget, Kellsye P Fabian, Yvette Robbins

“…In vitro, we demonstrate the ability of irradiated PD-L1 t-haNK cells to lyse 20 of the 20 human cancer cell lines tested, including triple negative breast cancer (TNBC) and lung, urogenital, and gastric cancer cells. …”
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GENERATION OF CD34+ DERIVED HUMAN MACROPHAGE EXPRESSING CHIMERIC ANTIGEN RECEPTORS FOR CANCER TREATMENT by Ian-Costa, Livia-Furquin, Viviane-Jennifer, Théo-Gremen, Samuel-Campanelli, Rafael-Almeida, Vanderson-Rocha, Rodrigo-Nalio

“…From this perspective, macrophages become promising cells for CAR insertion (CARMac) due to their ability to infiltrate the dense tumor matrix, promote phagocytose and antigen presentation and to secrete pro-inflammatory cytokines. …”
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國小師資生國語發音錯誤之調查與分析 Investigation and Analysis of Mandarin Pronunciation Errors among Elementary Pre-service Teachers by 張金蘭 Ching-Lan Chang

“…The authors adopted a survey research approach using the “Mandarin Oral and Expressive Ability Test” and the “Mandarin Pronunciation Classification and Marking Table,” involving recording, transcription, and analysis. …”
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Mechanism of Bushen Zhuangjin Decoction to Promote BMSCs Homing and Protect Articular Cartilage in Mice by the SDF-1/CXCR4 Axis by HUANG Yanfeng, MA Dezun, FU Changlong, YE Jinxia, HUANG Yunmei, LI Xihai

“…The migration of BMSCs in each group was observed by cell scratch test. The chondrogenic differentiation ability of cells in each group was observed by immunocytological staining of Collagen Ⅱ and Alcian blue. …”
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Diverse fox circovirus (Circovirus canine) variants circulate at high prevalence in grey wolves (Canis lupus) from the Northwest Territories, Canada by Canuti, Marta, King, Abigail V.L., Franzo, Giovanni, Cluff, H. Dean, Larsen, Lars E., Fenton, Heather, Dufour, Suzanne C., Lang, Andrew S.

“…Canine circoviruses (CanineCV) have a worldwide distribution in dogs and are occasionally detected in wild carnivorans, indicating their ability for cross-species transmission. However, fox circovirus, a lineage of CanineCV, has been identified exclusively in wild canids. …”
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Phytochemical, In Silico, In Vitro, and In Vivo Research on Piptadeniastrum africanum (Fabaceae) Unveiling Anti‐Stereotypic, Anxiolytic, and Analgesic Effects in a Sodium Valproate... by Ambani Omgba Jeanne Julie, Ngouateu Omer Bébé, Mengue Ngadena Yolande Sandrine, Owona Pascal Emmanuel, Kandeda Kavaye Antoine, Ambamba Akamba Bruno Dupon, Nongni Piebeng Quentin Cicilien, Ngang Nguema Franck Emmanuel, Ngondi Judith Laure, Bilanda Danielle Claude, Dzeufiet Djomeni Paul Désiré

“…Material and Methods The study investigated the secondary metabolites in P. africanum extract using UHPLC‐MS. DPPH, ABTS, and FRAP tests were performed to assess the extract's ability to neutralize free radicals. …”
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