Outcomes of total hip replacement in adults with septic arthritis of the native hip joint: A systematic review by Teddy Cheong, Surya Varma Selvakumar, Ryan Kwang Jin Goh, Ing How Moo

“…Re-infection rate and various functional outcomes, measured in terms of the Harris Hip Score (HHS), Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), Merle D'Aubigne and Postel (MAP), Western Ontario, McMaster Universities Arthritis Index (WOMAC) Short Form 12-Item (SF-12) scores, were analyzed. …”
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Effects of Teaching Methods on Academic Performance of Pupils in Mathematics In Primary Schools of Bufundi Sub-County Rubanda District. by Byarugaba, Joseph

“…They revealed that In a strictly lecture teaching approach, a teacher talks most of the time, uses audio-visual materials to illustrate mathematical concepts, work out mathematical problems and chalkboard, and finally summarizes the main points of a lesson on the chalkboard while pupils listen, take notes and have limited chances of asking questions. …”
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Prevalence and molecular characterization of Beta-lactamase resistance gene in multidrug resistance bacteria, Proteus spp. by Sabiha S. Salih, Shno J. Mohammed, Imad M Noori, Lana MA Mohammed, Taib A. Hama Soor

“…The drug sensitivity test was performed for all isolates using a disk diffusion assay (Kirby Bauer test). The multidrug resistance was found in all isolates and the most common drug resistance phenotype were against tetracycline, rifampin, and doxycycline, while the imepenem, tobramycin, and meropenem remain more effective against the bacteria. …”
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Effects of supplementing a polyphenol-rich sugarcane extract through drinking water on egg production and quality of laying hens. by Namalika D Karunaratne, Sasmitha De Silva, Minoli Herath, Ruvini Liyanage, Pabodha Weththasinghe, Barana C Jayawardana, Eranga De Seram, Anil Pushpakumara, Mathew Flavel

“…Yolk height, thick albumen height, and haugh units were unaffected by the treatment, while thin albumen height showed a trend towards reduction in the PRSE group at weeks 47 and 49 (P = 0.05). The DPPH assay revealed a significant increase in antioxidant capacity in the PRSE group at week 45 (P = 0.02). …”
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Developing a risk score using liquid biopsy biomarkers for selecting Immunotherapy responders and stratifying disease progression risk in metastatic melanoma patients by Amalia Azzariti, Simona De Summa, Tommaso M. Marvulli, Ivana De Risi, Giuseppe De Palma, Roberta Di Fonte, Rossella Fasano, Simona Serratì, Sabino Strippoli, Letizia Porcelli, Michele Guida

“…Methods Soluble forms of PD1, PD-L1, LAG-3, CTLA-4, CD4, CD73, and CD74 were quantified using ELISA assay in plasma of a cohort of 110 MM patients, at baseline, to investigate possible correlations with clinical outcomes. …”
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Universal capillary screening for chronic autoimmune, metabolic and cardiovascular diseases: feasibility and acceptability of the UNISCREEN study by Sara Angiulli, Aurora Merolla, Elisa Borgonovo, Rebecca De Lorenzo, Serena Spadoni, Barbara Fontana, Giuseppina Manganaro, Elena Rela, Alberto Bongiovanni, Rita Peracino, Chiara Bellino, Giulia Pata, Eleonora Bianconi, Sabina Martinenghi, Francesca Ulivi, Cristina Renzi, Cristina Renzi, Emanuele Bosi, Emanuele Bosi, UNISCREEN Study Group, Sara Angiulli, Aurora Merolla, Alberto Bongiovanni, Rebecca De Lorenzo, Elena Rela, Rita Peracino, Chiara Bellino, Giuseppina Manganaro, Elisa Borgonovo, Sara Critelli, Aldo Fici, Martina Mallus, Giulia Morocutti, Giulia Pata, Clara Soggetti, Chiara Calabrese, Alberico Di Resta, Maria Pia Ruggiero, Antonella Spano’, Francesca Biasco, Manuel Stocchi, Pietro Melodia, Giuseppe Ancona, Andrea Laurenzi

“…Participants were invited to respond to feasibility and acceptability questionnaires immediately before and after the screening procedures, which included the following: capillary blood drawing for immediate measurement of metabolic parameters (glucose, glycated hemoglobin, total-, HDL- and calculated LDL-cholesterol, triglycerides) and late autoantibody assays; blood pressure measurement; brief consultation with a physician providing feed-back on immediate results and health recommendations. …”
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The Role of Phosphatidylethanolamine-N-methyltransferase (PEMT) Gene rs12449964 Polymorphism in the Development of Acute Pancreatitis and its Complications by T. A. Samgina, Yu. E. Azarova, Yu. V. Kanishchev, V. A. Lazarenko, P. M. Nazarenko, A. V. Polonikov

“…Genotyping of rs12449964 polymorphism was performed using real-time PCR by allelic discrimination using a CFX96 Bio-Rad Laboratories amplifier (USA) with TaqMan probes and commercial TaqMan SNP Genotyping Assays reagents purchased from Applied Biosystems (USA).Results. …”
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Instrumento para medir la competitividad de empresas agropecuarias de Santa Fe, Argentina by Patricia Acetta, María Isabel Castignani, Noelia Rossler, Marta Suero, Antonella Migliarini

“…Inicialmente se emplea Zotero como una herramienta integral de gestión de referencias bibliográficas, facilitando la recopilación, organización y citación de la vasta cantidad de literatura revisada en el estudio, permitiendo así una gestión eficiente de la información, asegurando la precisión y consistencia en la investigación. …”
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Hubungan Night Time Eating dan Asupan Lemak Dengan Kejadian Gizi Lebih Pada Mahasiswa di Kota Medan by Yatty Sandy, Erni Rukmana, Kanaya Yori Damanik, Caca Pratiwi

“…Instrumen yang digunakan yaitu Night Eating Diagnostic Questionnaire (NEDQ) untuk mengetahui kebiasaan makan tengah malam, kuesioner food recall 24 jam untuk mengetahui asupan lemak, timbangan berat badan serta microtoice untuk menghitung Indeks Massa Tubuh dan mengetahui status gizi lebih. Analisis data menggunakan chi square dan regresi logistik berganda. …”
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Circulating miR-574–5p shows diagnostic and prognostic significance and regulates oxygen-glucose deprivation (OGD)-induced inflammatory activation of microglia by targeting ATP2B2... by Xia Yin, Chunlei Zhang

“…The downstream targets of miR-574–5p were predicted from public databases, and the targeting relationship was evaluated by luciferase reporter assay. Results: Reducing serum miR-574–5p was observed in ischemic stroke patients relative to healthy individuals, which discriminated ischemic stroke patients. …”
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Metabolome profiling dissects the oat (Avena sativa L.) innate immune response to Pseudomonas syringae pathovars. by Chanel J Pretorius, Paul A Steenkamp, Ian A Dubery

“…At the seedling growth stage, metabolic alterations in the Dunnart oat cultivar (tolerant to Ps-c) in response to inoculation with the respective P. syringae pathovars were examined following perception and response assays. Following inoculation, plants were monitored for symptom development and harvested at 2-, 4- and 6 d.p.i. …”
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Assessment of the healing properties of Cichorium intybus L. extracts on wounds by Berivan Kaçmaz, Duygu Misirli, Seçil Erden Tayhan, Zafer Ömer Özdemir, Mahfuz Elmastaş

“…This will be accomplished through the utilization of in vitro scratch tests and in vitro cell migration assays. Additionally, the ash acquired from cremation, a method routinely employed by the general population, was also investigated. …”
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Ficus deltoidea standardized methanolic extract improves kidney structure and function against streptozotocin-induced diabetic nephropathy in rats by Nurdiana Samsulrizal, Noor Syaffinaz Noor Mohamad Zin, Nur Syimal`ain Azmi, Mohd Daud Bakar, Hafandi Ahmad, Yong-Meng Goh

“…Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays (ELISA) assessed the levels of oxidative stress, antioxidants, and apoptosis-related proteins in the kidney tissue. …”
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Extracellular vimentin is a damage-associated molecular pattern protein serving as an agonist of TLR4 in human neutrophils by Łukasz Suprewicz, Krzysztof Fiedoruk, Karol Skłodowski, Evan Hutt, Magdalena Zakrzewska, Alicja Walewska, Piotr Deptuła, Agata Lesiak, Sławomir Okła, Peter A. Galie, Alison E. Patteson, Paul A. Janmey, Robert Bucki

“…Methods Our study investigates the immunological roles of extracellular vimentin (eVim) and its citrullinated form (CitVim) as a damage-associated molecular pattern (DAMP) engaging the Toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) of human neutrophils. We used in vitro assays to study neutrophil migration through endothelial cell monolayers and activation markers such as NADPH oxidase subunit 2 (NOX2/gp91phox). …”
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Effect of rhGH treatment on lipidome and brown fat activity in prepuberal small for gestational age children: a pilot study by Lorena González, Carolina Gonzalez-Riano, Pablo Fernández-García, Rubén Cereijo, Aina Valls, Andrea Soria-Gondek, Nativitat Real, Belén Requena, Joan Bel-Comos, Patricia Corrales, David Jiménez-Pavón, Coral Barbas, Francesc Villarroya, David Sánchez-Infantes, Marta Murillo

“…Untargeted lipidomics analysis was performed using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry (LC-MS), and serum biomarker levels were measured using ELISA assays. Serum lipidomic analysis revealed that free fatty acids (FFAs) increased to levels close to those of the AGA group after three months of rhGH administration, including polyunsaturated fatty acids, correlating with reduced leptin levels. …”
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Assessment of Microbiological Indoor Air Quality in Cattle Breeding Farms by Justyna Szulc, Małgorzata Okrasa, Katarzyna Dybka-Stępień, Michael Sulyok, Adriana Nowak, Anna Otlewska, Bogumiła Szponar, Katarzyna Majchrzycka

“…In addition, the cytotoxicity of the dust to the human epithelial lung cell line was determined by using the MTT [3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide] assay. The concentrations of the total dust in the barns ranged from 0.175 to 0.351 mg m−3, with the dominant fraction (67.4-96.4%) displaying an aerodynamic diameter of < 1 µm. …”
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Regulation of adipocyte differentiation and lipid metabolism by novel synthetic chromenes exploring anti-obesity and broader therapeutic potential by Kewalin Inthanon, Natthawut Wong-a-nan, Srisulak Dheeranupattana, Andres Garcia Guerra, Neal M. Davies, Chatchai Kesornpun, Sasithorn Sangher, Prasat Kittakoop

“…The anti-adipogenesis and lipolysis enhancement potential of these non-toxic 14 chromenes were comprehensively evaluated using Oil Red O staining technique, LDH activity measurement, and glycerol release assays. Notably, 4, 5, 21 and 25 exhibited remarkable efficacy in reducing intracellular lipid accumulation without inducing cellular stress or cell death. …”
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Risk factors of multidrug resistant tuberculosis among patients with tuberculosis at selected multidrug resistance treatment initiative centres in southern Ethiopia: a case-control... by Fantahun Admassu, Ermias Abera, Addisalem Gizachew, Tagesse Sedoro, Taye Gari

“…Cases were all patients with TB with culture proven or line probe assay confirmed Mycobacterium tuberculosis resistant to at least both isoniazid and rifampicin and registered on second-line TB treatment. …”
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Estimation of the pattern of ocular manifestations, risk factors, and imaging of rhino-orbital-cerebral mucormycosis in COVID-19 patients by Rajwinder Kaur, Grace Budhiraja, Upasana Bhumbla, Manjot Kaur, Vandana Sharma, Priyanka Gupta, Ritesh Singla, Akashdeep Goel, Ekta Gupta, Priyanka Dahiya

“…They were confirmed as mucormycosis on KOH and fungal cultures of nasal scrapings and histopathology of debrided tissue. …”
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Evaluation of osseointegration of dental implant with and without primary stability: An experimental study on sheep by Diyar M. Kheder, Ahmed A. Hayder

“…After intramuscular sedation and local anesthesia, the implant site performed in the inferior border of the basal bone of mandible drilling to 4.3 mm in diameter and 8 mm in length. …”
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