Epidemiological profile of SARS-CoV-2 among selected regions in Ghana: A cross-sectional retrospective study. by Michael Owusu, Augustina Angelina Sylverken, Sampson Twumasi Ankrah, Philip El-Duah, Nana Kwame Ayisi-Boateng, Richmond Yeboah, Richmond Gorman, Jesse Asamoah, Tabea Binger, Godfred Acheampong, Franklin Asiedu Bekoe, Sally-Ann Ohene, Rita Larsen-Reindorf, Anthony Afum-Adjei Awuah, John Amuasi, Ellis Owusu-Dabo, Yaw Adu-Sarkodie, Richard Odame Phillips

“…The prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 identified in the study population was 13.2% [95%CI: 12.9, 13.4). Males were mostly infected (4,897; 51.5%) compared to females. …”
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Evidence of the impact of CLN2 and CLN3 Batten disease on families in the United Kingdom by Sara E. Mole, Paul Gissen, Shannon Nordstrom, Suzanne Wait, Louise Allen, Mathilda Antonini, Liz Brownnutt, Richard Brown, Barbara Cole, Frances Gibbon, Robert H. Henderson, Sarah Kenrick, Zlatko Sisic, Bob Thompson, Joanna Nightingale

“…Abstract Background Neuronal Ceroid Lipofuscinoses (NCLs), also known as Batten disease, are a group of inherited neurodegenerative disorders that mostly arise in childhood. Each of the NCLs is a genetically distinct disease caused by variants in at least 13 different genes (CLN1–CLN14). …”
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Markers of neutrophil activation and some immune and haematological indices in malaria infection during pregnancy by Rebecca Chinyelu Chukwuanukwu, Chioma Esther Agu, Alfred Ehiaghe, Dorothy Ezeagwuna, Martin Herrmann, Gerald Udigwe

“…Although there were some significant differences, the assessed values remained mostly within the normal range. Further studies in a larger cohort assessing pregnant women infected with placental malaria and those with fatal outcomes are important to further investigate the role of NETs in malaria infection.…”
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Revisión sistemática de la producción científica de conocimientos en didáctica de la literatura / Systematic review of the scientific production of knowledge in literature didactic... by Jaime Rivera Segovia

“…The results show a consolidated over thirty years disciplinary area, highlighting exponential growth of research between 2012 and 2021. All continents, but mostly Europe and specifically Spain, presented the highest scientific production rates and greater numbers of researchers and co-authorships. …”
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On the impact of nuclear fusion power plants deployment on selected critical materials consumption by D.N. Dongiovanni, Y. Melese, F. Gracceva, C. Bustreo, A. von Müller

“…Criticalities emerge mostly on Be and Li with respect to FPP deployment. …”
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A multinational cross-sectional study on knowledge, attitudes, and practices towards magnesium supplements by Rana Abutaima, Muna Barakat, Samar Thiab, Hana M. Sawan, Malak Amer, Reem Alzayer, Doaa H. Abdelaziz, Doaa H. Abdelaziz, Noha O. Mansour, Fatima Saleh, Wael Abu Dayyih

“…Magnesium citrate was the mostly used magnesium salt (37.43%). Neutral attitudes were observed with a mean score of 3.02 ± 0.66. …”
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Diversity Patterns and Drivers of Soil Bacterial and Fungal Communities in a Muddy Coastal Wetland of China by Baohan Song, Tianyi Wang, Cheng Wan, Yuan Cai, Lingfeng Mao, Zhiwei Ge, Nan Yang

“…The total nitrogen content and soil salinity contributed mostly to regulating fungal community structure across different wetlands, accounting for 19.4% of the total variation. …”
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Pharmacometabolomics Study of Sulfamethoxazole and Trimethoprim in Kidney Transplant Recipients: Real-World Metabolism and Urinary Excretion by Marieke A. J. Hof, Hessel de Haan, Stepan Stepanovic, Stephan J. L. Bakker, Eelko Hak, Gérard Hopfgartner, Frank Klont, TransplantLines Investigators

“…Many studies, however, rely on pharmacokinetic data from drug developers, who mostly investigate drug metabolism in healthy male volunteers rather than in actual patient populations. …”
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Molecular detection and characterization of Rickettsia felis, R. asembonensis, and Yersinia pestis from peri-domestic fleas in Uganda by Wilfred Eneku, Bernard Erima, Anatoli Byaruhanga Maranda, Nora Cleary Gillian, Gladys Atim, Titus Tugume, Qouilazoni Ukuli Aquino, Hannah Kibuuka, Edison Mworozi, Christina Douglas, Jeffrey Koehler William, Michael von Fricken Emery, Robert Tweyongyere, Fred Wabwire-Mangen, Denis Byarugaba Karuhize

“…Genus, Ctenocephalides, accounted for 84.8% of fleas collected, mostly found on dogs and goats. The flea species were found across all districts, year-round, with higher numbers collected in dry seasons than rainy seasons. …”
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Multifunctional metal oxides synthesized via a solvo-hydrothermal process for photocatalytic degradation of organic dye and bacteria in wastewater by Emile Salomon Massima Mouele, Htet Htet Kyaw, Myo Tay Zar Myint, Mohammed Al-Abri, Mohammed A.Al Belushi, Sergey Dobretsov, Jean-Luc Mukaba, Alechine Emmanuel Ameh, Leslie F. Petrik, Francis Ntumba Muya, Bernard Bladergroen, Kingsley Ehi Ebomah, Mike Ojemaye, Anthony Ifeanyi Okoh, Omobola O. Okoh

“…SEM analysis shows that MOs mostly appeared in granular morphologies except for Fe₂O₃, which comprised elongated grains, and showed that both Ag and Fe were successfully doped into the TiO₂ framework. …”
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MIRI-LRS Spectrum of a Cold Exoplanet around a White Dwarf: Water, Ammonia, and Methane Measurements by Maël Voyer, Quentin Changeat, Pierre-Olivier Lagage, Pascal Tremblin, Rens Waters, Manuel Güdel, Thomas Henning, Olivier Absil, David Barrado, Anthony Boccaletti, Jeroen Bouwman, Alain Coulais, Leen Decin, Adrian M. Glauser, John Pye, Alistair Glasse, René Gastaud, Sarah Kendrew, Polychronis Patapis, Daniel Rouan, Ewine F. van Dishoeck, Göran Östlin, Tom P. Ray, Gillian Wright

“…While our interpretation of WD 0806-661 b’s atmosphere is mostly consistent with our theoretical understanding, some results—such as the lack of evidence for water clouds, an apparent increase in the mixing ratio of ammonia at low pressure, or the retrieved mass at odds with the supposed age—remain surprising and require follow-up observational and theoretical studies to be confirmed.…”
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Soil depth determines the microbial communities in Sorghum bicolor fields within a uniform regional environment by Emily R. Murray, Jeremiah J. Minich, Jocelyn Saxton, Marie de Gracia, Nathaniel Eck, Nicholas Allsing, Justine Kitony, Kavi Patel-Jhawar, Eric E. Allen, Todd P. Michael, Nadia Shakoor

“…Microbiome studies on agricultural soils, particularly fields growing S. bicolor, have been mostly limited to surface soils (<30 cm). Here we investigated the abiotic factors of soil properties, field location, depth, and the biotic factors of sorghum type across 38 genotypes of the soil microbiome. …”
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Potential applications for composite utilization of rubber and plastic in asphalt pavements: A critical review by Haibin Li, Lichang Zhou, Yuhang Cai, Yongfei Zhang, Bature Auwal Ibrahim, Zixuan Feng, Liyun Tang, Zhigang Li, Fayong Yang

“…The results show that rubber-plastic composite modified asphalt is mostly prepared by directly adding modified materials. …”
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Exosomes from Human Umbilical Cord Mesenchymal Stem Cells Reduce Damage from Oxidative Stress and the Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition in Renal Epithelial Cells Exposed to Oxalate... by Dian Li, Dan Zhang, Bo Tang, Yue Zhou, Wenhao Guo, Qing Kang, Zhang Wang, Lianju Shen, Guanghui Wei, Dawei He

“…The isolated exosomes had double-layer membranes, had hollow, circular, or elliptical shapes, had diameters mostly between 30 and 100 nm, and expressed CD9, CD63, and Alix. …”
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Exploring the limits of scan time reduction for ferumoxytol-enhanced whole-heart angiography in congenital heart disease patients by Ludovica Romanin, Milan Prsa, Christopher W. Roy, Xavier Sieber, Jérôme Yerly, Bastien Milani, Tobias Rutz, Salim Si-mohamed, Estelle Tenisch, Davide Piccini, Matthias Stuber

“…In 3D magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), strategies to shorten scan times mostly rely on ECG‐triggering or self-navigation for motion management, but are affected by heart rate variabilities or respiratory drifts. …”
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Illuminating a biologics development challenge: systematic characterization of CHO cell-derived hydrolases identified in monoclonal antibody formulations by Melanie Maier, Linus Weiß, Nikolas Zeh, Valerie Schmieder-Todtenhaupt, Alireza Dehghani, Marius Nicolaus Felix, Daniel Heinzelmann, Benjamin Lindner, Moritz Schmidt, Joey Studts, Patrick Schulz, Bernd Reisinger, Kerstin Otte, Matthias Franzreb, Daniel Lakatos, Simon Fischer

“…Applying a PS degradation assay, we found nine mostly secreted, PS-active hydrolases with varying hydrolytic activity. …”
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Machine learning enhanced metal 3D printing: high throughput optimization and material transfer extensibility by Yuanjie Zhang, Cheng Lin, Yuan Tian, Jianbao Gao, Bo Song, Hao Zhang, Min Wang, Kechen Song, Binghui Deng, Dezhen Xue, Yonggang Yao, Yusheng Shi, Kun Kelvin Fu

“…The high throughput methodologies are mostly on obtaining the printed samples and their structural and physical properties, while ML is used for data analysis by model building for prediction (optimization), and understanding. …”
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Aryl hydrocarbon receptor interacting protein and syndromic gene variants detected in Turkish isolated pituitary adenoma families by whole exome sequencing by M. Eda Ertorer, Feyza N. Tuncer, Sema Ciftci, Seher Tanrikulu, Ozlem Soyluk Selcukbiricik, Ömercan Topaloğlu, Mehtap Evran, Pinar Kadioglu, Sevcan Aydin, Bulent Can, Canan Sehit, Zafer Pekkolay, Guzide Gonca Oruk, Berrin Cetinarslan, Sema Yarman

“…Abstract Genetic causes of familial isolated pituitary adenomas (FIPAs) remain mostly elusive. A cohort of 20 FIPA cases from 12 different geographical regions of Türkiye was included to characterize clinical and genetic features. …”
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Rehabilitation with removable dentures in adults and older people with partial or total edentulism: Chilean Public Health System Experience, 2017–2019 by Karen Danke, DDS, MSc, Ingeborg Bevensee, DDS, Ana Beatriz Silva, DDS, MSc, Alicia Morales, DDS, MSc, Gisela Jara, DDs, MSc, Fabiola Werlinger, MSc, PhD, Mauricio Baeza, DDS, MSc, PhD, María Ignacia Muñoz, DDS, Viviana García Ubillo, MSc, Jorge Gamonal, DDS, MSc, PhD

“…The Public's response is mostly via removable dentures (RDs), however there is limited evidence regarding its results. …”
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Adverse events following the first, second and third doses of a COVID-19 vaccine in hemodialysis patients by Mei-Fen Pai, Kuei-Ting Tung, Shih-Ping Hsu, Yu-Sen Peng, Wan-Yu Lin, Ju-Yeh Yang, Hon-Yen Wu, Yen-Ling Chiu, Kai-Hsiang Shu, Wan-Chuan Tsai

“…These adverse events were mostly minor, short-lived and less than 5% reported daily activities being affected. …”
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