Molecular characterization and genome sequencing of selected highly resistant clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and its association with the clustered regularly interspac... by Hekmat A. Owaid, Mushtak T.S. Al-Ouqaili

“…Further, WGS for the two strains revealed resistance to multiple antibiotics. It is important to examine specific antimicrobial resistance (AMR) pathways, which suggests that a significant number of resistant genes in these isolates indicate a loss of CRISPR genes in the two strains. …”
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Using positive deviance to enhance HIV care retention in South Africa: development of a compassion-focused program to improve the staff and patient experience by Allison J. Ober, Donald H. Skinner, Laura M. Bogart, Leletu Busakwe, Wadene Davids, Hassan Mahomed, Debbie Ling, Virginia Zweigenthal

“…Methods We conducted 11 in-depth leadership interviews, 9 staff focus groups with 29 participants, 11 patient focus groups with 45 participants, 23 patient shadowing visits, and multiple facility observations in each of 3 high- and 3 low-retention public primary care facilities in Cape Town, South Africa. …”
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Under-nutrition and its associated factors among adult second-line antiretroviral treatment users in Northern Ethiopia by Seteamlak Adane Masresha, Atitegeb Abera Kidie, Getahun Fentaw Mulaw, Fentaw Wassie Feleke, Mesfin Wudu Kassaw, Tadesse Mamo Dejene, Aychew Kassie Gidafie, Fassikaw Kebede Bizuneh

“…Data was entered and cleaned by using EpiDATA version 4.6.0.2 and statistical analysis was done by STATA version 17. Multiple imputation method was applied to manage variables having up to 25% missing values by using R-Version 3.6.2 software. …”
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DNA barcoding of terrestrial invasive plant species in Southwest Michigan by Sneha Nath, Joshua T. VanSlambrouck, Janelle W. Yao, Ashika Gullapalli, Fayyaz Razi, Yan Lu

“…To investigate whether DNA barcoding can aid in the detection and management of TIPS, we visited multiple nature areas in Southwest Michigan and collected a small piece of leaf tissue from 91 representative terrestrial plant species, most of which are invasive. …”
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Applying implementation science frameworks to understand why fisherfolk continue or discontinue pre-exposure prophylaxis for HIV prevention in Uganda: a qualitative analysis by Simon Mwima, Rhoda Kitti Wanyenze, Rose Naigino, Laura M Bogart, William Musoke, Semei C Mukama, Stella Allupo, Herbert Kadama, Barbara Mukasa

“…In the outer setting, high HIV prevalence motivated PrEP initiation, but stigma, particularly the misconception that PrEP is an antiretroviral drug used by people living with HIV, led to discontinuation.Conclusion Fisherfolk in Uganda encounter multiple barriers to PrEP continuation, with women facing more significant challenges. …”
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Treatment of Severe Hypercapnic Respiratory Failure Caused by SARS-CoV-2 Lung Injury with ECCO2R Using the Hemolung Respiratory Assist System by Ramiro Saavedra-Romero, Francisco Paz, John M. Litell, Julia Weinkauf, Carina C. Benson, Lisa Tindell, Kari Williams

“…We present the case of a woman in her mid-60’s with severe acute hypercapnic respiratory failure secondary to COVID-19 pneumonia who was successfully treated with early implementation of lung-protective ventilation facilitated by extracorporeal carbon dioxide removal (ECCO2R). This patient’s multiple comorbid conditions included obesity, hypertension, type 2 diabetes mellitus, and hypercholesterolemia. …”
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Hypoglycemic Effects and Myocardial Protection of Sanghuangporus vaninii Polysaccharide on Diabetes Rats by Yue CHANG, Yue WU, Jianfeng GUO, Weiyuan ZHAO, Yuantian LU, Di LIU

“…Following 4 weeks of continuous intervention by gavage, the weights and multiple physiological and biochemical indicators of rats were measured and recorded, and performed pathological observations of the pancreatic and myocardial tissues of rats. …”
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Research Progress on Neural Processing of Hand and Forearm Tactile Sensation: A Review Based on fMRI Research by Chen H, Fu S, Zhi X, Wang Y, Liu F, Li Y, Ren F, Zhang J, Ren L, Wang Y

“…Neuroimaging techniques, such as functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI), provide compelling evidence indicating that different types of tactile signals undergo independent or collective processing within multiple brain regions. This review focuses on fMRI studies employing both task-based (block design or event-related design) and resting-state paradigms. …”
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Electromyographic Characteristics of a Single Motion Shoulder Exercise: A Pilot Study Investigating a Novel Shoulder Exercise by Michael J Henehan, Tamar Brand-Perez, Jeffrey C Peng, Masaaki Tsuruike

“…A single motion shoulder exercise that effectively activates the rotator cuff and scapular stabilizing muscles, engages the scapulohumeral rhythm, and includes eccentric contractions may be more effective and easier for patients to consistently perform as compared to multiple standard shoulder exercises. # Purpose To compare the electromyographic muscle activation of key shoulder complex muscles during a single motion exercise and individual exercises (standard exercises) typically included in shoulder rehabilitation protocols…”
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Construction and application of a digital twin model for multi-objectiveoptimization of intelligent tape conveyor system by Wei CHEN, Jingzhao LI, Qing SHI, Jichao LIU, Huashun LI

“…This process helps gain precise real-time readings of sweeping forces in conveyor systems and enables the reasonable dispatch of multiple levels of sweeping mechanisms. Consequently, it significantly lightens maintenance workloads, mitigates environmental pollution, and greatly enhances the safety and stability of conveyor equipment.…”
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Golgi scaffold protein PAQR11 in pan-cancer landscape: A comprehensive bioinformatics exploration of expression patterns, prognostic significance, and potential immunological funct... by Zhu Liu, Zhi-Qiang Ling

“…Results: Our findings demonstrate elevated PAQR11 expression levels across multiple cancer types, which significantly correlate with patient prognostic outcomes. …”
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Economic impact of medication non-adherence by disease groups: a systematic review by Victoria Garcia-Cardenas, Rachelle Louise Cutler, Fernando Fernandez-Llimos, Michael Frommer, Charlie Benrimoj

“…Objective To determine the economic impact of medication non-adherence across multiple disease groups.Design Systematic review.Evidence review A comprehensive literature search was conducted in PubMed and Scopus in September 2017. …”
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Transformer-Based Person Detection in Paired RGB-T Aerial Images With VTSaR Dataset by Xiangqing Zhang, Yan Feng, Nan Wang, Guohua Lu, Shaohui Mei

“…Moreover, the adaptation scheme is constructed with multiple strategies to effectively handle various scenarios involving persons, and the entire network is trained end-to-end. …”
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Inconsistencia del equilibrio parcial en la teoría del valor y su consistencia macroeconómica* by José Guillermo Peláez Gramajo

“…Sin embargo, Arrow y Hahn apuntan acertadamente que, cuando se aplica el teorema Leontief-Hicks, es posible el análisis del equilibrio parcial, el cual tiene relevancia teórica y empírica para una economía con múltiples mercados.…”
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Excessive daytime sleepiness and its predictors among type 2 diabetes mellitus patients at central ethiopia by Alemayehu Wondie, Mitiku Mammo Taderegew, Betemariam Girma, Atsede Getawey, Zufan Tessema, Ambaw Abebaw Emrie, Tamene Fetene Terefe

“…Data was collected by semi-structured questionnaires, then entered into the Epi data version 4.6 and exported to SPSS version 25.0 for analysis. Binary and multiple logistic regression analysis was used to assess factors associated with excessive daytime sleepiness and statistical significance was set at P-value < 0.05. …”
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Study on the Genetic Differences in Reservoir Characteristics Based on the Bidirectional Provenance of the Yanchang Formation in the Jiyuan Area, Ordos Basin, China by Qiang Tong, Zhaohui Xia, Jixin Huang, Junchang Wu, Yusheng Wang, Zheng Meng, Chaoqian Zhang

“…Many scholars have confirmed that in the Late Triassic, the basin was surrounded by ancient continents, and there were multiple provenance supply directions. Combined with the nature of the basement of the basin and the characteristics of the present structure, it is believed that the Jiyuan area is located in the central and western parts of the basin, spanning two first-level structural units, the Tianhuan Depression and the Yishan Ramp. …”
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Impact of triglyceride-glucose index on risk of cardiovascular disease among non-diabetic hypertension patients: a 10-year prospective cohort study by Xin Chen, Jinyou Yang, Dan Wang, Jiali Liu, Hang Jin, Yongqing Zhang, Quanyong Xiang

“…Cox regression analysis showed that with the highest TyG index in Q4 group at baseline, the incidence of CVD risk increased by 33.6% after adjustment for multiple confounders compared to Q1 group. Compared with TyG index variation degree 0 ~ < 1, the hazard ratios (HR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) respectively in < 0, 1 ~ < 2 and 2 ~ were 0.326(0.276, 0.384), 3.216(2.697,3.835) and 4.225(3.359,5.314). …”
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Criminological principles of transitional justice for Ukraine: zones of criminogenic risks by Y. V. Orlov, L. V. Dundych

“…The dilemma of “reconciliation vs. truth” is one of the manifestations of competing victimhood, as well as a consequence of metaphysical multiplicity of ontological simultaneous stay of the parties to the conflict in different socio-temporal modes: excellent narrative, discursive symbolic systems of thought, practice. …”
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Ethnicity and anthropometric deficits in children: A cross-sectional analysis of national survey data from 18 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. by Lucy S Tusting, Swapnil Mishra, Harry S Gibson, Steven W Lindsay, Daniel J Weiss, Seth Flaxman, Samir Bhatt

“…In pairwise comparisons (accounting for multiple comparisons) between ethnic groups, height-for-age z-scores differed by at least 0.5 standard deviations in 29% of comparisons, weight-for-height z-scores in 36% of comparisons and weight-for-age z-scores in 20% of comparisons. …”
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A systematic review of outcomes reported in studies to optimise the medication use of patients at hospital discharge by Joke Wuyts, Veerle Foulon, Samuel Sebastian Allemann, Fabienne Boeni

“…The interventions investigated in the quantitative literature mostly had multiple components performed either pre- or post-discharge. …”
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