Stimulan® Antibiotic Impregnated Beads for the Treatment of Diabetic Foot Infection by Hazel Ting Wai Chon, Maher Hamish, Piranavan Kirupananthan, Aimen Gmati, Hiba Abdalla, Robert Hicks

“…Staphylococcus aureus was the most common bacteria isolated. Exclusion criteria consisted of those with Wagner Grade 1 or 2 ulcers and infections that had clinically responded to long courses of systemic antibiotics treatment. …”
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Trade and economic relations between Russia and the Horn of Africa countries as part of expanding the geography of cooperation: the food security by Artem S. Vasilev

“…Under these conditions, Russian-­African political, trade and economic relations began to develop actively, including relations with the countries of the Horn of Africa, one of the regions of the world most susceptible to hunger. The purpose of the study is to determine the nature of trade and economic relations between the Russian Federation and the countries of the Horn of Africa. …”
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Associations of Arterial Stiffness and Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women by O. Yu. Isaykina, I. A. Skripnikova, M. A. Kolchina, O. V. Kosmatova, V. E. Novikov, T. T. Tsoriev

“…According to the results of multivariate regression  analysis,  the most significant  predictors of arterial stiffness were indicators  reflecting  obesity and diastolic BP. …”
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Association between the non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio (NHHR) and early-onset benign prostatic hyperplasia: a cross-sectiona... by Pengfei Ta, Wei Guo, Baishun Li, Chunlei Xiao, Ke Liu, Shudong Zhang, Ruotao Xiao

“…Subgroup analysis showed that this association was observed in most subgroups. Conclusion Elevated NHHR is positively associated with early-onset BPH. …”
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P lasmodium falciparum gametocyte burden in a Tanzanian heterogeneous transmission setting by Charles Mulamba, Olukayode G. Odufuwa, Prisca A. Kweyamba, Linda O. Lazaro, Muhamed S. Chabo, Janeth J. Kamage, Katharina Kreppel, Ally I. Olotu, Chris L. Williams

“…Understanding malaria infectious reservoirs enables transmission-blocking interventions to target the most important hosts for the disease. This study characterized the distribution of gametocyte carriage as a baseline for the clinical evaluation of a Pfs25-based transmission-blocking vaccine candidate in Bagamoyo, Tanzania. …”
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Combination of Chemically-Characterized Essential Oils from Eucalyptus polybractea, Ormenis mixta, and Lavandula burnatii: Optimization of a New Complete Antibacterial Formulation... by Mohamed Jeddi, Naoufal El Hachlafi, Mouhcine Fadil, Nesrine Benkhaira, Samir Jeddi, Zineb Benziane Ouaritini, Kawtar Fikri-Benbrahim

“…Moreover, the simplex-centroid mixture design reported that the most effective combinations on E. coli and S. aureus correspond to 32%/28%/40% and 35%/30%/35% of E. polybractea, O. mixta, and L. burnatii, respectively. …”
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Effect of Deworming on Health Outcomes among Children Aged 12–59 Months in Tanzania: A Multilevel Mixed Effects Analysis by Cypriana Cyprian Moshi, Penina Joseph Sebastian, Kaunara Ally Azizi, Erick Killel, Devotha Gabriel Mushumbusi, Wessy Pirbhai Meghji, Malimi Emmanuel Kitunda, Francis Karl Millinga, Hancy Adam, Ladislaus Manaku Kasankala

“…Mass deworming of preschool children is a strategy suggested to prevent soil-transmitted helminth infections in most developing countries. Nonetheless, there is a scarcity of data showing the contribution of mass deworming to a child’s nutritional status. …”
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Anti-tumor immune modulation and favorable survival outcomes in uterine corpus endometrial carcinoma: insights from PIK3CA/ARID1A co-mutation analysis by Dongmei Han, Caihong Wu, Hao Jin

“…Abstract Background Uterine corpus endometrial carcinoma (UCEC) is the most prevalent cancer of the female reproductive system, posing significant risks to women's reproductive health and imposing considerable economic burdens on families and society due to high treatment costs. …”
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Bioconversion of a Glycerol- and Methanol-Rich Residue from Biodiesel Industry into 1,3-Propanediol: The Role of Magnesium by Rafael de Moraes Altafini, Giovana Masson Fachin, Valeria Reginatto

“…Biodiesel is one of the most important biofuels worldwide. Besides glycerol, the residual aqueous phase of the transesterification reaction (RAPTR) from the biodiesel industry contains a high concentration of methanol. …”
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Psychological and Linguistic Peculiarities of English Mastering by the Children of Young School Age in the Process of Associative Symbols Usage by Людмила Гусак, Ольга Шапран, Юрій Шапран

“…It is proven that elementary school pupils learn foreign words much faster if the words are related with a particular image or association, which conforms to the associative symbol method, which is one of the most effective ways to semantise lexical units. Based on the fundamental characteristics of the ASM, it is determined that this method involves combinations of language, gestures, facial expressions, body language, language code ideas and associations. …”
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THE PERFORMANCE OF 2023 AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RHEUMATOLOGY (ACR) / EUROPEAN ALLIANCE OF ASSOCIATIONS FOR RHEUMATOLOGY (EULAR) ANTIPHOSPHOLIPID SYNDROME CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA IN A R... by Ahmet Usta, Müçteba Enes Yayla, Emine Uslu, Serdar Sezer, Ebru Us, Aşkın Ateş, Murat Turgay

“… Background: Antiphospholipid Syndrome (APS) is one of the most common acquired causes of hypercoagulability. …”
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A Scalable Genetic Programming Approach to Integrate miRNA-Target Predictions: Comparing Different Parallel Implementations of M3GP by Stefano Beretta, Mauro Castelli, Luis Muñoz, Leonardo Trujillo, Yuliana Martínez, Aleš Popovič, Luciano Milanesi, Ivan Merelli

“…Although several computational methods have been developed for predicting the interactions between miRNA and target genes, there are substantial differences in the results achieved since most algorithms provide a large number of false positives. …”
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Review of Nondestructive Testing (NDT) Techniques for Timber Structures by Ziad Azzi, Houssam Al Sayegh, Omar Metwally, Mohamed Eissa

“…In the United States, wood is the most common material used in building construction. …”
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Integrated transcriptome and metabolome analysis revealed differential drought stress response mechanisms of wheat seedlings with varying drought tolerance by Xiaorui Guo, Liangjie Lv, Aiju Zhao, Wei Zhao, Yuping Liu, Zetong Li, Hui Li, Xiyong Chen

“…Integrated metabolome and transcriptome analyses demonstrated significant up-regulation of most flavonoids and phenolic acids biosynthesis-related metabolites and genes (HCT, FLS, CHS and F3’5’H) in T13 under drought stress. …”
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DAMAGE OF THE AIRCRAFT STRUCTURAL SYSTEM BY LIGHTING WITH RAIN PRECIPITATION ON ITS SURFACE by S. K. Kamzolov, S. M. Novikov, A. N. Razumovsky

“…The water depth (as far as it is known, thunderstorm in most cases is accompanied by rain precipitation) can be large enough especially on the ground during parking and taxiing, as well as at takeoff operation and landing. …”
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Modeling of spatial spread of COVID-19 pandemic waves in Russia using a kinetic-advection model by V. V. Aristov, A. V. Stroganov, A. D. Yastrebov

“…This paper studies the development of epidemic events in Russia, starting from the third and including the most recent fifth and sixth waves. Our twoparameter model is based on a kinetic equation. …”
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Exploring the link between dietary patterns and gastric adenocarcinoma in Brazil: a mediation analysis by Alex Richard Costa Silva, Gianfranco Alicandro, Valdete Regina Guandalini, Patrícia Paula da Fonseca Grili, Paulo Pimentel Assumpção, Mônica Santiago Barbosa, Rosane Oliveira de Sant’Ana, Felipe José Fernández Coimbra, Maria Paula Curado

“…Added sugars partly mediated the association between UDP and GA (percentage mediated between 7.3 and 21.7%), while sodium intake mediated most of the association between HDP and GA (percentage mediated between 52.4 and 100%). …”
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Russian language as an object of reflection for a foreign student by Viktoriya A. Maryanchik, Larisa V. Popova

“…To achieve this aim, an overview of the most representative scientific results was made. …”
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Diagnostic performance of two rapid tests for syphilis screening in people living with HIV in Cali, Colombia. by Jonny Alejandro García Luna, Nelson Romero-Rosas, Sebastian Alejandro Silva Peña, Oscar Javier Oviedo Sarmiento, Ximena Galindo Orrego, William Lenis Quintero, Luisa Consuelo Perea, Ernesto Martínez Buitrago, Lyda Osorio, Juan Carlos Salazar, Adrian D Smith, Neal Alexander

“…Specificities of the RDTs were > 95% in most analyses. Predictive values were 90% or higher. …”
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Leader Propagation Characteristics Under Positive Lightning Impulse Voltages by Lei Jia, Song Zhang, Lu Qu, Yongxiang Cai, Huaifei Chen, Xiaobing Xiao, Ruihan Qi, Minchuan Liao, Jian Hu

“…This overvoltage, with a rapid rise time of just a few microseconds, causes leader propagation characteristics to differ significantly from those under an impulse with a slower rise time. However, most existing studies focus on leader behavior under slow-rise-time impulses, like switching impulse voltage, while research on fast-rise-time impulses remains limited. …”
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