Virological and Immunological Aspects of AIDS Pathogenesis by Brian Conway, Francisco J Diaz-Mitoma

“…Proper· studies may allow us to determine a “threshold” for a composite virological and immunological parameter beyond which disease progression will occur. …”
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A Serious Game to Study Reduced Field of View in Keyhole Surgery: Development and Experimental Study by Phoebe Whitley, Connor Creasey, Matthew J Clarkson, Stephen Thompson

“…The development of a serious game that can be played by a wide range of participants will enable us to gather quantitative data on the effects of the reduced field of view on task performance. …”
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Thioredoxin 1 in Prostate Tissue Is Associated with Gleason Score, Erythrocyte Antioxidant Enzyme Activity, and Dietary Antioxidants by Terrence M. Vance, Gissou Azabdaftari, Elena A. Pop, Sang Gil Lee, L. Joseph Su, Elizabeth T. H. Fontham, Jeannette T. Bensen, Susan E. Steck, Lenore Arab, James L. Mohler, Ming-Hui Chen, Sung I. Koo, Ock K. Chun

“…Prostate cancer is the most common noncutaneous cancer and second leading cause of cancer-related mortality in men in the US. Growing evidence suggests that oxidative stress is involved in prostate cancer. …”
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3-year experience of hyperthermic intravesical chemotherapy use in patients with high risk non-muscular-invasive bladder cancer by R.S. Chystiakov, F.I. Kostyev, O.V. Bondar, V.V. Lysenko, V.O. Varbanets

“…Tumor progression was recorded in 11 patients receiving intravesical BCG therapy and in 4 patients receiving intravesical hyperthermic chemotherapy (20.4% versus 7.5%, p=0.046). The study allows us to conclude that the method of hyperthermic intravesical chemotherapy has a better safety profile compared to intravesical Bacillus Calmette–Guérin vaccine therapy, while such indicators of oncological efficacy as 3-year recurrence-free survival and the incidence of progression were better in the HIVEC® therapy group.…”
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Itinerarios híbridos para lectores modernos. Un enfoque transmediático para textos de fantasía épica / Hybrid itineraries for modern readers. A transmedia approach to epic fantasy... by Isabel Jerez Martínez, Eduardo Encabo Fernández

“…In conclusion, the need to connect reading with sensory atmospheres that transcend people is observed; likewise, the need to analyse what the user expects from the narratives that are presented to him/her; and the need to carry out a journey through the present day and tradition of epic fantasy or high fantasy, which allows us to verify archetypes or novelties in the architecture of such texts and whether digital evolution really affects their story design. …”
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Multiple Dimensions Define Thresholds for Population Resilience of the Eastern Oyster, Crassostrea virginica by Megan K. La Peyre, Hongqing Wang, Shaye E. Sable, Wei Wu, Bin Li, Devin Comba, Carlos Perez, Melanie Bates, Lauren M. Swam

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Immunoglobulin replacement therapy in patients with primary and secondary immunodeficiencies: impact of infusion method on immunoglobulin-specific perceptions of quality of life an... by Rajiv Mallick, Noemi Hahn, Christopher Scalchunes

“…Methods An online survey of US patients with PID and SID was conducted. This research investigates primarily the impact of two IgRT infusion methods, intravenous immunoglobulin therapy (IVIG) and subcutaneous immunoglobulin (SCIG), on the patient reported outcome (PRO) Life Quality Index (LQI) tool. …”
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El Alto - La Paz (Bolivia) : Las transformaciones socio territoriales del neoliberalismo y la derrota del movimiento obrero by Mariela Paula Díaz

“…The critical analysis of newspaper articles will allow us to understand the connection between the defeat of the general strike and the emergence of the city of El Alto.…”
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HUMAN DESTRUCTIVENESS IN THE EXISTING PRACTICES OF LATE MODERNISM VIOLENCE: POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE DIMENSIONS by O. V. Marchenko, L. V. Martseniuk

“…The departure from the consideration of violence as an abstract, faceless or ideologically colored evil allowed us to focus on man, his way of thinking, life and social orientations, feelings and internal contradictions, which find their expression in one or another form of destructiveness. …”
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Spatiotemporal Variability of Channel Roughness and its Substantial Impacts on Flood Modeling Errors by Md Abdullah Al Mehedi, Shah Saki, Krutikkumar Patel, Chaopeng Shen, Sagy Cohen, Virginia Smith, Adnan Rajib, Emmanouil Anagnostou, Tadd Bindas, Kathryn Lawson

“…Here, we developed and analyzed a continental‐scale n dataset (along with alternative formulations) calculated from observed velocity, slope, and hydraulic radius in 200,000 surveys conducted over 5,000 U.S. sites. These large, diverse observations allowed training of a Random Forest (RF) model capable of predicting n (or alternative parameters) at high accuracy (Nash Sutcliffe model efficiency >0.7) in space and time. …”
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Sources and Trends of CO, O₃, and Aerosols at the Mount Bachelor Observatory (2004–2022) by Noah Bernays, Jakob Johnson, Daniel Jaffe

“…For CO, we found a significant positive trend in the summer 95th percentiles, associated with increasing fires in the Western U.S., and a strong negative trend in the springtime values at all percentiles (1.6% yr⁻¹ for 50th percentile). …”
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‘What a perennial delight is in hearing the French language spoken!’: Class, Language and Taste in the Maison de Molière’s French Performances in London (1871–1893) by Ignacio Ramos Gay

“…Their performance in their native tongue proved to be an aesthetic magnificence that had clearly captivated an essentially English-speaking audience: ‘the pictures they produced went straight to the heart and needed no language for those of us who could not master French’, Irving declared. …”
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Savi’s pipistrelle (Hypsugo savii) in Ukraine: analysis of records and evidence of expansion by Igor Polischuk, Igor Zagorodniuk

“…Such facts were recorded by the authors using US-signals for a number of quite different places from the southern regions of Ukraine, in particular from the Azov Sea districts of Zaporizhzhia Oblast (Botieve, Novopetrivka), from Kherson Oblast (Askania-Nova) and from the northern regions of the Carpathians (Dolyna). …”
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Optimizing Vegetation Restoration: A Comprehensive Index System for Reclaiming Abandoned Mining Areas in Arid Regions of China by Aishajiang Aili, Yuguang Zhang, Tao Lin, Hailiang Xu, Abdul Waheed, Wanyu Zhao, Amannisha Kuerban, Kun Liu, Haitao Dou

“…The restoration methods, their initiation timelines, monitoring systems, and the cost–benefit aspects of various strategies are critically reviewed alongside case studies from regions such as the Mu Us Desert and Qaidam Basin. Key strategies like phytoremediation, soil rehabilitation, and water resource management are assessed for their effectiveness, while challenges in enforcement, socioeconomic integration, and community engagement are discussed. …”
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Neglected Questions on the “Forgotten War”: South Korea and the United States on the Eve of the Korean War by Mark Caprio

“…And, did such strategy enter into discussions between Syngman Rhee and high-level U.S. officials?…”
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Quantifying conjugation rates in clinical and environmental matrices: a systematic review to inform risk assessment by Hunter Quon, Hunter Quon, Lucia Ramirez, Blakeley Bagwell, Jennifer Moralez, Richard J. Sheppard, Allison J. Lopatkin, Allison J. Lopatkin, Kerry A. Hamilton, Kerry A. Hamilton

“…The highest rates were found in samples originating from wastewater sources or transferred in wastewater matrices, pointing to the significance and role of anthropogenic impacts on the environment in dissemination of AMR.DiscussionThe results allowed us to identify knowledge gaps in measuring conjugation rates in key environmental exposure areas, such as biofilms, and in reporting experimental outputs for understanding cell growth and conjugation dynamics, such as donor, recipient and transconjugant densities over time.…”
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Association between magnesium depletion score and prevalence of hyperuricemia in American adults: a study based on NHANES 2007-2018 by Yongchun Xiao, Yong Mou, Yong Mou, Ping Wu, Ke Wang, Tianjun Chen, Zhiwan Chen, Hongsheng Lin, Hua Yang, Zhisheng Ji

“…Sensitivity and additional analyses reinforced the robustness of these findings.ConclusionAmong U.S. adults, higher MDS were significantly associated with an increased prevalence of HUA, suggesting that interventions targeting magnesium deficiency could be beneficial in reducing HUA prevalence within this population. …”
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Treatment Patterns and Healthcare Costs Among Patients with Stroke and Spasticity: A 2-Year Longitudinal Study by Michael Hull, Vamshi Ruthwik Anupindi, Jing He, Mitchell DeKoven, Jumaah Goldberg, Jonathan Bouchard

“…Mean all-cause healthcare costs were US$62,875 among patients with PSS versus $44,472 among patients without (P < 0.001), representing 39.6% higher adjusted all-cause healthcare costs among patients with PSS versus patients without PSS. …”
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Elements of spatial cyclography by K. L. Panchuk, E. V. Lyubchinov

“…The analysis of geometric models used in such systems allows us to conclude that research is relevant to the development in R3 of analytical models of lines and surfaces of the space R4. …”
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The anomalously thundery month of June 1925 in southwest Spain: description and synoptic analysis by F. J. Acero, M. Antón, A. J. P. Aparicio, A. J. P. Aparicio, N. Bravo-Paredes, V. M. S. Carrasco, M. C. Gallego, J. A. García, M. Núñez, I. Tovar, J. Vaquero-Martínez, J. M. Vaquero

“…Lastly, we analyzed the synoptic situation of the thunderstorm events by employing National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration/Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences/Department of Energy (NOAA/CIRES/DOE) 20th Century Reanalysis V3 (20CR) data. This approach allowed us to comprehend, from a synoptic perspective, the exceptional nature of this month. …”
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