The assessment of routine health information system performance towards improvement of quality of reproductive, maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health services in Ondo and... by Victoria Oladoyin, Sunday Adedini, Kayode Ijadunola, Hassan Ogunwemimo, Olubunmi Folorunso, Elizabeth Chukwu, Ugo Okoli, Anthony Adoghe, Samuel Oyeniyi, Oniyire Adetiloye, Adesegun Fatusi

“…Using the routine health information system performance diagnostic tool, service data captured for over one year were critically reviewed in randomly selected sample of 169 public health facilities (Ondo:117; Ekiti:52) and information was obtained from facility heads or designates. …”
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Evaluation of extracts from used Xpert MTB/RIF cartridges for detection of resistance to second-line anti-tuberculosis drugs in patients with multidrug-resistant tuberculosis in Et... by Tilahun Ketema, Mulualem Tadesse, Zegeye Bonsa, Getu Balay, Wakjira Kebede, Mekidim Mekonnen, Gemeda Abebe

“…Methods A cross-sectional diagnostic evaluation study was conducted from June 2020 to May 2021 at two TB Referral Laboratories in Eastern and Western Oromia, Ethiopia. …”
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Identification of Crucial lncRNAs for Luminal A Breast Cancer through RNA Sequencing by Xinjian Jia, Hai Lei, Xuemei Jiang, Ying Yi, Xue Luo, Junyan Li, Yu Chen, Sha Liu, Chengcheng Yang

“…Online databases were used to validate the RNA sequencing result. The diagnostic value of candidate mRNAs was evaluated by receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis. …”
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Method for predicting the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus development in persons with visceral obesity and prediabetes by Yulia V. Nelaeva, Alsu A. Nelaeva, Anna E. Yuzhakova, Ivan M. Petrov, Igor F. Sholomov

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Circular RNA encoded by PPARG in the peripheral blood and a lipopolysaccharide-induced cardiomyocyte inflammation model is identified as a marker of fulminant myocarditis by Shasha Huang, Shumin He, Fei Xiao, Yang Zhou, Su Lyu

“…This study attempted to identify the abnormal expression of circRNAs in the peripheral blood of patients with FM and to evaluate the potential diagnostic value. Methods Peripheral blood was collected from 5 children with FM and 5 sex- and age-matched healthy controls; total RNA was extracted from each sample, and the extracted RNA from each group was pooled. …”
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Bovine leukemia virus occurrence in Dagestan by N. R. Budulov, M. M. Mikailov, Sh. A. Gunashev, E. A. Yanikova, A. A. Halikov

“…Results of diagnostic tests for bovine leukosis carried out in the Dagestan Republic in 2022 (as of October 1, 2022) showing bovine leukemia virus (BLV) occurrence are presented in the paper for the whole Republic and for each municipality separately. …”
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Co-modulation of a circular form of PCDH11Y during neuroendocrine differentiation of prostate cancer by Giovanni Pecoraro, Ilaria Leone, Silvia Nuzzo, Santiago Negueruela, Giovanni Smaldone, Lorena Buono

“…Further validation in clinical samples is required to establish its diagnostic and therapeutic potential, which could significantly improve the management of treatment-resistant prostate cancer. …”
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Usability Assessment of Technologies for Remote Monitoring of Knee Osteoarthritis by Andrea Cafarelli, Angela Sorriento, Giorgia Marola, Denise Amram, Fabien Rabusseau, Herve Locteau, Paolo Cabras, Erik Dumont, Sam Nakhaei, Ake Jernberger, Par Bergsten, Paolo Spinnato, Alessandro Russo, Leonardo Ricotti

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Retrospective Analysis Comparing Lung-RADS v2022 and British Thoracic Society Guidelines for Differentiating Lung Metastases from Primary Lung Cancer by Loredana Gabriela Stana, Alexandru Ovidiu Mederle, Claudiu Avram, Felix Bratosin, Paula Irina Barata

“…Recognizing characteristic imaging features can improve diagnostic accuracy and guide appropriate management.…”
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Serum Periostin as a Potential Biomarker in the Evaluation of Allergic Rhinitis: A Pilot Study by Zhu XJ, Lu MP, Chen RX, Mao ZF, Yang YF, Han J, Cheng L

“…The predicted probability of serum periostin demonstrated moderate diagnostic accuracy in detecting AR (AUC=0.773, p< 0.001).Conclusion: Serum periostin shows potential as a candidate biomarker for detecting AR and can serve as a surrogate biomarker for assessing airway inflammation in AR patients.Keywords: allergic rhinitis, biomarkers, fractional exhaled nitric oxide, inflammation, periostin…”
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Retrospective study of the frequency of diagnosing diffuse changes in the liver parenchyma according to the results of radiological studies by N.Yu. Ziuz, V.M. Bogomaz

“…Given the variety of factors contributing to the progression of chronic liver diseases and the importance of identifying patients at high risk of developing liver cirrhosis, there is a need for widespread implementation of non-invasive diagnostic tests and technical upgrading of specialized healthcare facilities. …”
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Combined mutations in nonstructural protein 14, envelope, and membrane proteins mitigate the neuropathogenicity of SARS-CoV-2 Omicron BA.1 in K18-hACE2 mice by Kotou Sangare, Shufeng Liu, Prabhuanand Selvaraj, Charles B. Stauft, Matthew F. Starost, Tony T. Wang

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Antimicrobial susceptibility profiles of Mycoplasma hyosynoviae strains isolated from five European countries between 2018 and 2023 by Ulrich Klein, Dorottya Földi, Eszter Zsófia Nagy, Lilla Tóth, Nikolett Belecz, Karola Költő, Enikő Wehmann, Szilvia Marton, Marianna Merenda, Michele Gastaldelli, Salvatore Catania, Joachim Spergser, Ute Siesenop, Philip Vyt, Krisztián Bányai, Zsuzsa Kreizinger, Wouter Depondt, Miklós Gyuranecz

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Leptomeningeal Dissemination in Choroid Plexus Tumors: Magnetic Resonance Imaging Appearance and Risk Factors by Daniel Nunes do Espirito Santo, Monika Warmuth-Metz, Camelia-Maria Monoranu, Martin Hasselblatt, Christian Thomas, Torsten Pietsch, Jürgen Krauß, Tilmann Schweitzer, Brigitte Bison, Matthias Eyrich, Uwe Kordes, Denise Obrecht-Sturm, Mirko Pham, Annika Quenzer

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Assessment of the application of the FA280—a fully automated fecal analyzer for diagnosing clonorchiasis: a mixed-method study by Si-Yue Huang, Qing-Sheng Zeng, Xin-Fu Shi, Yun-Ting He, Yue-Yi Fang, Ying-Si Lai

“…The quantitative component consisted of a cross-sectional survey in Xinhui District, Guangdong, China, to evaluate the diagnostic performance of the FA280. The positive rate and agreement between the FA280 and the KK method were evaluated using McNemar’s test. …”
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Relationship between cognitive impairment and hippocampal iron overload: A quantitative susceptibility mapping study of a rat model by Xi Deng, Meiru Bu, Jiali Liang, Yihao Sun, Liyan Li, Heishu Zheng, Zisan Zeng, Muliang Jiang, Bihong T. Chen

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Molecular Epidemiological Characteristics of <i>Staphylococcus pseudintermedius</i>, <i>Staphylococcus coagulans,</i> and Coagulase-Negative Staphylococci Cultured from Clinical Ca... by Sara Horsman, Julian Zaugg, Erika Meler, Deirdre Mikkelsen, Ricardo J. Soares Magalhães, Justine S. Gibson

“…<b>Methods:</b> Forty-two <i>Staphylococcus</i> spp. isolated from clinical canine skin and ear samples, from an unknown number of dogs, were sourced from two veterinary diagnostic laboratories between January 2022 and May 2023. …”
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Association between Axial Length to Corneal Curvature Radius Ratio and Myopia in Adult Patients by Yanyun Fan, Yikeng Huang, Xionggao Huang

“…Compared with 0.830 (95% confidence interval: 0.769 to 0.900) for AL, the area under ROC curve of AL/CR was 0.896 (95% confidence interval: 0.851 to 0.941), indicating that the diagnostic value of AL/CR for high myopia was higher than that of AL (P< 0.01). …”
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System- and fish-size-specific reference intervals for plasma analytes in Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) reared in commercial fresh- and saltwater recirculating aquaculture syste... by Thomas Amlie, David Persson, Simen Foyn Nørstebø, Asgeir Østvik, Marit Stormoen, Øystein Evensen

“…Reference values should then be compared to analyte levels in fish with known diseases to assess the diagnostic value of blood sampling.…”
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COVID-19 is a risk factor for retinal vein occlusion in younger patients? by A.G. Shchuko, M.V. Akulenko, T.N. Yur’eva

“…Management of younger patients with RVO required a complex diagnostic approach to assess systemic risk factors and obligatory evaluation of baseline retinal ischemia using fluorescein angiography (FA) or optical coherence tomography angiography (OCTA). …”
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