A clinico-epidemiological study, assessing possible predictors of mortality and health-related quality of life for people living with visceral leishmaniasis – human immune virus (V... by Niyamat Ali Siddiqui, Dhruv Kumar Pandey, Ashish Kumar Singh, Sanjay Kumar Sinha, Mohd. Zahid Ansari, Rishikesh Kumar, Biplab Pal, Vidya Nand Rabi Das, Rajatashuvra Adhikary, Saurabh Jain, Krishna Pandey

“…These patients have a poor VL therapeutic success rate, more drug-related toxicity, and relapses resulting in high mortality. …”
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Clinical characteristics and outcomes of COVID-19 in kidney transplant recipients by R. O. Kantariya, Ya. G. Moysyuk, E. I. Prokopenko, A. R. Karapityan, A. A. Ammosov, A. V. Makevnina, A. A. Gaydarova

“…The comparison study of the clinical pattern, laboratory and instrumental test results, treatment features and outcomes was made.Results. …”
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Clinical profiles of SS-ILD compared with SS-NILD in a Chinese population: a retrospective analysis of 735 patients by Ting Guo, Yaomei Long, Qinxue Shen, Wei Guo, Wang Duan, Xiaoli Ouyang, Hong Peng

“…NSIP (56.3%) was the most frequent HRCT pattern. Compared with pSS patients with ILD (pSS-ILD) patients, sSS patients with ILD (sSS-ILD) patients had a higher incidence of proteinuria (p < .001) and hypercreatinaemia (p = .013), a higher level of erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) (p = .003), low levels of complement 3 (C3) (p = .013), lymphocytes (p = .009) and leukocytes (p = .024), and worse DLCO (%Pred) (p = .035).Conclusions ILD is a common pulmonary involvement in both pSS patients and sSS patients. …”
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Clinical and diagnostic value of transrectal ultrasound in assessing the severity of ulcerative colitis by M.V. Stoikevych, M.V. Titova, T.S. Tarasova, O.P. Petishko

“…A correlation was revealed between the thickness of the colon wall and the frequency of bowel movements (r = 0.37; p = 0.018), leukocytosis (r = 0.38; p = 0.016) and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (r = 0.35; p = 0.027). The blood flow density in the intestinal wall positively correlated with the presence of edema (r = 0.32; р = 0.045), the severity of the vascular pattern (r = 0.42; р = 0.008), the presence of erosions (r = 0.4; р = 0.011) and bleeding of the mucous membrane (r = 0.50; p = 0.001). …”
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Supported Telemonitoring and Glycemic Control in People with Type 2 Diabetes: The Telescot Diabetes Pragmatic Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial. by Sarah H Wild, Janet Hanley, Stephanie C Lewis, John A McKnight, Lucy B McCloughan, Paul L Padfield, Richard A Parker, Mary Paterson, Hilary Pinnock, Aziz Sheikh, Brian McKinstry

“…In secondary analysis, there was a greater number of telephone calls between practice nurses and patients in the intervention compared with control group (rate ratio 7.50 (95% CI 4.45-12.65, p < 0.0001) but no other significant differences between groups in use of health services were identified between groups. …”
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Immunological efficacy and tolerability of vaccination in patients with noncommunicable diseases by O. M. Drapkina, M. N. Mamedov, V. A. Kutsenko, L. N. Ryzhakova, A. V. Emelyanov, B. U. Mardanov, A. V. Kontsevaya

“…The following clinical and paraclinical investigations were carried out: saturation assessment, measurement of temperature, blood pressure and heart rate at rest, pharynx examination, auscultation of the heart and respiratory organs. …”
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Zoom-in Dermoscopy for Facial Tumors by Martina D’Onghia, Francesca Falcinelli, Lorenzo Barbarossa, Alberto Pinto, Alessandra Cartocci, Linda Tognetti, Giovanni Rubegni, Anastasia Batsikosta, Pietro Rubegni, Elisa Cinotti

“…To compare D30 with D150 and D150 with FAV, the Gwet AC1 concordance index and the correct classification rate (CCR) were estimated. <b>Results</b>: Among 85 facial lesions analyzed, LM/LMM exhibited distinctive dermoscopic features at D30, including a blue–white veil (38.9% vs. 1.7%, <i>p</i> < 0.001), regression structures (55.6% vs. 21.7%, <i>p</i> = 0.013), irregular dots or globules (50.0% vs. 10%, <i>p</i> = 0.001), angulated lines (72.2% vs. 6.7%, <i>p</i> < 0.001), an annular granular pattern (61.1% vs. 20%, <i>p</i> = 0.002), asymmetrical pigmented follicular openings (100.0% vs. 21.7%; <i>p</i> < 0.001), and follicular obliteration (27.8% vs. 3.3%). …”
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Effects of Rubber Plantation Restoration in National Parks on Plant Diversity and Soil Chemical Properties by Chunyan Du, Donghai Li, Weifeng Wang, Xiaobo Yang, Zhixiang Wu, Chuan Yang, Yingying Zhang, Qingmao Fu, Dongling Qi

“…Soil available phosphorus and total phosphorus (TP) were positively correlated with the Margalef index, Simpson index, Shannon–Wiener index, and Pielou index. The recovery rate of understory vegetation in decommissioned rubber plantations was faster than that of the soil. …”
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An impact of neutrophil extracellular traps to the prothrombotic state and tumor progression in gynecological cancer patients by E. V. Slukhanchuk, V. O. Bitsadze, A. G. Solopova, J. Kh. Khizroeva, N. D. Degtyareva, D. V. Shcherbakov, J.-C. Gris, I. Elalamy, A. D. Makatsariya

“…One of the leading causes in the mortality pattern of cancer patients is accounted for by thrombotic complications. …”
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Automated Video Assistant Referee in Lead Climbing by Eliane Künzler, David Roder, Urs Stöcker, Peter Wolf

“…RTMO achieved a 100% pose detection rate across all videos whereby a subsequent inspection showed that many false poses were considered as “detected”. …”
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A COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH TO THE TREATMENT OF PATIENTS WITH ALVEOLAR RIDGE ATROPHY IN PARODONTAL DISEASES: FROM THE USE OF BONE AUGMENTATION TO THE RESTORATION OF FUNCTIONAL OCCLUS... by Yu.O. Kinash, L.V. Kinash, K.V. Honcharov

“… The rate of atrophy is significantly lower with the included dentition defects than with the final ones, as the teeth that limit the newly formed defect are natural constraints for bone resorption. …”
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Semen quality and fertility effectiveness of cloned buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) bulls by Manoj Kumar Singh, Smiriti Gupta, Kanika Gandhi, S.S. Lathwal, Naresh L. Selokar

“…To determine the fertility of cloned bulls, 20 female buffaloes were inseminated with the semen of two above-mentioned cloned bulls. A 65% conception rate was achieved following insemination, which is typical in buffaloes. …”
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Risk of developing drug abuse in administration of a new hexaazaisowurtzitane derivative-based analgesic (experimental study) by S. G. Krylova, T. N. Pove’teva, K. A. Lopatina, Yu. V. Nesterova, E. P. Zueva, O. G. Afanas’eva, P. V. Kulpin, E. A. Kiseleva, N. I. Suslov, D. A. Kulagina, S. V. Sysolyatin, V. V. Zhdanov

“…Previous in vivo and in silico studies (docking, molecular modeling, molecular dynamics simulation) on the multi-target mechanism of thiowurtzine explain the absence of its morphine-like effect by the fact that the major targets of the analgesic are TRPA1 receptors and voltage-gated Ca 2+ channels. With a high degree of probability, the conclusions made herein predict no drug abuse development when thiowurtzine is used in the clinical setting. …”
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CONCOMITANT CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES AND ANTIHYPERTENSIVE TREATMENT IN OUTPATIENT PRACTICE (BY THE RECVASA REGISTRY DATA) by M. M. Loukianov, S. A. Boytsov, S. S. Yakushin, S. Yu. Martsevich, A. N. Vorobyev, A. V. Zagrebelnyy, N. N. Nikulina, K. G. Pereverzeva, E. A. Pravkina, A. D. Deev, E. V. Kudryashov, E. N. Belova

“…The mean number of prescribed AHDs was 1.73. The mean incidence rate of target blood pressure achievement was 26.1%. …”
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Chichimene field T2 sand: a successful application of cycles in a water injection project on heavy crude oil, enabled by a novel smart selective completion system adapted for water... by Pedro Luis Solorzano, Carlos Emilio Giosa, Carol Stephanny Rojas, Mónica Andrea Satizabal, Amelia Jhoanna Araque, Luisa Fernanda Falla, Walter Enrique Sanchez, Luis Oswaldo Castañeda, Mónica Alexandra Martínez, Diana Patricia Ahmedt

“…During more than one year, the operation and interpretation of the DAS measuring tool (Continuous sound recording) was understood, from which injected water per zone is daily known, with this, the optimization of the injection rate per zone allowed enhancement of the production pattern behaviour. …”
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Dietary supplementation with L-carnitine elevates intracellular carnitine levels and affects gene expression of SLC25A20 and COX4I1, as well as non-mitochondrial respiration of bov... by Leonie Seemann, Susanne Kersten, Susanne Bühler, Fabian Billenkamp, Ulrich Meyer, Christian Visscher, Korinna Huber, Erika Most, Klaus Eder, Sven Dänicke, Jana Frahm

“…The same applied for PBMC mitochondrial functionality and metabolic activity as assessed by ex vivo approaches, whereas non-mitochondrial respiration rate was significantly affected by L-carnitine supplementation over time. …”
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Molecular Network <i>Polyamorphism</i> in Mechanically Activated Arsenic Selenides Under Deviation from As₂Se₃ Stoichiometry by Oleh Shpotyuk, Zdenka Lukáčová Bujňáková, Peter Baláž, Yaroslav Shpotyuk, Malgorzata Hyla, Andrzej Kozdras, Adam Ingram, Vitaliy Boyko, Pavlo Demchenko, Andriy Kovalskiy

“…At the atomic-deficient level probed by PAL spectroscopy, these changes are accompanied by reduced positron trapping rate of agglomerated multiatomic vacancies and vacancy-type clusters in an amorphous As-Se network. …”
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Comparing tacrolimus level monitoring in peripheral blood mononuclear cells and whole blood within one year after kidney transplantation: a single-center, prospective, observationa... by Jia You, Jia You, Jia You, Rui Chen, Rui Chen, Yuhui Chai, Xue Wang, Wenmin Xie, Yunyun Yang, Kaile Zheng, Kaile Zheng, Kaile Zheng, Lizhi Chen, Zhuo Wang, Xuebin Wang, Xuebin Wang, Xuebin Wang

“…Notably, PBMC tacrolimus levels demonstrated stronger associations with creatinine clearance and estimated glomerular filtration rate at multiple timepoints compared to whole-blood measurements. …”
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Assessing the psychometric properties of generic (EQ-5D-5L) and disease-specific (KCCQ) quality of life in patients with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in the AFFECT-HCM study by Alexander Hirsch, Mickael Hiligsmann, Peter-paul Zwetsloot, Michelle Michels, Christian Knackstedt, Tjeerd Germans, Isabell Wiethoff, Stephan A.C. Schoonvelde, Rudolf A. de Boer, Silvia M.A.A. Evers, Wouter P. te Rijdt, Marjon A. van Slegtenhorst, Arend F.L. Schinkel

“…Reliability was assessed using internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha), response rate, floor/ceiling effects (percentage scoring highest/lowest), correlation and level of agreement between instruments (using Bland-Altman plots). …”
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Ornidazole-Induced Liver Injury: The Clinical Characterization of a Rare Adverse Reaction and Its Implications from a Multicenter Study by Ali Rıza Çalışkan, Ilker Turan, Sezgin Vatansever, Jasmin Weninger, Emine Türkmen Şamdancı, Ayşe Nur Akatli, Elvan Işık, Esra Durmazer, Ayşenur Arslan, Nilay Danış, Hüseyin Kaçmaz, Sedat Cicek, Osman Sağlam, Dilara Turan Gökçe, Derya Arı, Sevinç Tuğçe Güvenir, Serkan Yaraş, Cumali Efe, Meral Akdoğan Kayhan, Murat Harputluoğlu, Ali Canbay, Ulus Salih Akarca, Zeki Karasu, Ramazan Idilman, Fulya Günşar

“…Corticosteroids were used in 24.8% of cases (n = 25) and were associated with higher ANA positivity and a 20% (n = 5) relapse rate post-discontinuation. Recovery was achieved in 87.7% of cases (n = 88), while 7.9% of cases (n = 8) required liver transplantation and 4% (n = 4) died. …”
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