Lessons from the Case History of a Massive Landslide Dam by Fawad S. Niazi, Aranzazu Pinan-Llamas, Kamran Akhtar

“…It offers lessons learned from a case history that can be beneficial in future evaluation of seepage-induced failure of similar natural features.…”
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Bacterial community assembly of specific pathogen-free neonatal mice by Elizabeth A. Kennedy, James S. Weagley, Andrew H. Kim, Avan Antia, Anna L. DeVeaux, Megan T. Baldridge

“…We address this gap by characterizing the assembly of the bacterial microbiota of C57BL/6 and BALB/c litters from birth to adulthood across multiple independent litters. …”
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Effect of Allicin and Artesunate Combination Treatment on Experimental Mice Infected with Plasmodium berghei by Sakaewan Ounjaijean, Voravuth Somsak

“…It can be concluded that allicin exerted potential antimalarial activity in single and its combination with ART.…”
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CryJ-LAMP DNA Vaccines for Japanese Red Cedar Allergy Induce Robust Th1-Type Immune Responses in Murine Model by Yan Su, Michael Connolly, Anthony Marketon, Teri Heiland

“…Allergies caused by Japanese Red Cedar (JRC) pollen affect up to a third of Japanese people, necessitating development of an effective therapeutic. …”
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Negotiation and Procurement Performance in Uganda: A Case Study of Kabale Municipality. by Tayebwa, Newbold

“…The objectives of the study were; to find out the effect of collaborative negotiations on the procurement performance of Kabale Municipal Council, to establish the effect of compromising negotiations on the procurement performance of Kabale Municipal Council, and to find out the effect of competitive negotiations on procurement performance of Ka bale Municipal Council. A case study design was used and data was collected using questionnaires and interviews. …”
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High‐risk cytogenetic abnormalities in multiple myeloma: PETHEMA‐GEM experience by Veronica González‐Calle, Paula Rodriguez‐Otero, Maria J. Calasanz, Manuela Guijarro, Joaquin Martínez‐López, Laura Rosiñol, Miguel T. Hernández, Ana I. Teruel, Mercedes Gironella, Albert Oriol, Javier de laRubia, Ana P. González‐Rodríguez, Joan Bargay, Felipe deArriba, Luis Palomera, Marta‐Sonia González‐Pérez, Anna Sureda, Enrique Ocio, Juan J. Lahuerta, Joan Bladé, Jesus F. San Miguel, Maria V. Mateos, Norma C. Gutiérrez

“…Del(17p) was linked to poor prognosis using a cut‐off level of ≥20% positive cells, without any impact of higher cut‐off in prognosis, except for patients with clonal fraction ≥80% who had a dismal outcome. …”
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Evaluating Digital Rehabilitation Outcomes in Chronic Musculoskeletal Conditions Across Non-Obesity, Obesity, and Severe Obesity by Pereira AP, Janela D, Areias AC, Molinos M, Tong X, Bento V, Yanamadala V, Cohen SP, Correia FD, Costa F

“…Improvements in daily activities were seen across all groups, and over half of the participants reported positive changes in their condition. …”
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HSTC: hybrid traffic scheduling mechanism in time-sensitive networking by Changchuan YIN, Yanjue LI, Hailong ZHU, Xinxin HE, Wenxuan HAN

“…DDL of each SR flow was a random integer value within range of <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML"><mrow> <mo stretchy="false">[</mo><mn>0.5</mn><mo>×</mo><msubsup> <mi>T</mi> <mtext>j</mtext> <mi>R</mi> </msubsup> <mo>,</mo><msubsup> <mi>T</mi> <mtext>j</mtext> <mi>R</mi> </msubsup> <mo stretchy="false">]</mo></mrow></math></inline-formula>. …”
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Case Reports: The core of practice-based evidence by Antonio Villa

Subjects: “…Academic publishing; case reports; case histories; evidence-based medicine; practice-based medicine.…”
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A diagnostic host-specific transcriptome response for Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia to guide pediatric patient treatment by Sandra Viz-Lasheras, Alberto Gómez-Carballa, Xabier Bello, Irene Rivero-Calle, Ana Isabel Dacosta, Myrsini Kaforou, Dominic Habgood-Coote, Aubrey J. Cunnington, Marieke Emonts, Jethro A. Herberg, Victoria J. Wright, Enitan D. Carrol, Stephane C. Paulus, Werner Zenz, Daniela S. Kohlfürst, Nina Schweintzger, Michiel Van der Flier, Ronald de Groot, Luregn J. Schlapbach, Philipp Agyeman, Andrew J. Pollard, Colin Fink, Taco T. Kuijpers, Suzanne Anderson, Ulrich Von Both, Marko Pokorn, Dace Zavadska, María Tsolia, Henriëtte A. Moll, Clementien Vermont, Michael Levin, Federico Martinón-Torres, Antonio Salas, On behalf of EUCLIDS, PERFORM, and DIAMONDS consortia

“…Its lack of a cell wall makes it resistant to beta-lactams, which are the first-line treatment for typical pneumonia. …”
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Révision de l’espèce Homo erectus (Dubois, 1893) by Valéry Zeitoun

“…They can cause a more specific and more complex definition, a precise combination of elements. …”
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大剂量甲泼尼龙对幼猪体外循环肺表面活性物质的影响 by 岑坚正, 张镜方, 庄建

“…分别于CPB开始前、CPB60min、CPB120min、CPB后180min，以纤维支气管镜吸取不同肺叶支气管肺泡灌洗液（BALF）样本。测定BALF中表面活性蛋白A（SP-A）、总蛋白（TP）、总磷脂（PL）、饱和卵磷脂、表面活性物质大分子聚合物（LA）及小分子聚合物（SA）磷脂、血红蛋白（Hb）的变化。…”
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Targeted Next-Generation Sequencing in Pneumonia: Applications in the Detection of Responsible Pathogens, Antimicrobial Resistance, and Virulence by Liu B, Bao Z, Chen W, Xi X, Ge X, Zhou J, Zheng X, Zhang P, Deng W, Ding R, Zhou M, Fang J

“…Bronchoalveolar lavage fluid (BALF) or sputum samples were collected and sent for tNGS, metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS), and conventional microbiological tests (CMTs).Results: In total, 67 BALF and 11 sputum samples from 78 patients were included in the analyses. …”
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Ethyl Pyruvate Ameliorates Hepatic Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury by Inhibiting Intrinsic Pathway of Apoptosis and Autophagy by Miao Shen, Jie Lu, Weiqi Dai, Fan Wang, Ling Xu, Kan Chen, Lei He, Ping Cheng, Yan Zhang, Chengfen Wang, Dong Wu, Jing Yang, Rong Zhu, Huawei Zhang, Yinqun Zhou, Chuanyong Guo

“…Three doses of ethyl pyruvate (20 mg/kg, 40 mg/kg, and 80 mg/kg) were administered 1 h before a model of segmental (70%) hepatic warm ischemia was established in Balb/c mice. All serum and liver tissues were obtained at three different time points (4 h, 8 h, and 16 h). …”
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Cryoablation combined with dual immune checkpoint blockade enhances antitumor efficacy in hepatocellular carcinoma model mice by Jun Gu, Zepeng Yu, Xiangxiang Tang, Wenying Chen, Xuedong Deng, Xiaoli Zhu

“…In addition, the combination therapy may induce the production of multiple Th1-type cytokines but reduce the production of Th2-type cytokines.Conclusions Cryo can activate CD8+ and CD4+ T-cell immune responses. …”
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Inhaling arsenic aggravates airway hyperreactivity by upregulating PNEC-sourced 5-HT in OVA-induced allergic asthma by Xue Lu, Zhu-Xia Tan, Ya-Xin Yao, Ze-Yan Li, Yan-Yan Zhu, Qian-Qun Yang, Zhao Li, Kun Peng, Yan Wang, De-Xiang Xu

Subjects: “…Pulmonary neuroendocrine cell…”
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High protein diet increases the risk of allergic sensitization but not asthma in mice through modulation of the cytokine milieu toward Th2 bias by Waleed Al-Herz, MD, Fawaz Azizieh, PhD, Raj Raghupathy, PhD

“…Airway inflammation was tested by measuring total and differential cell counts in bronchoalveolar lavage fluid and by measuring bronchial mucus production, goblet cell hyperplasia and perivascular and peribronchial inflammation severity scores by histologic examination. …”
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Second-hand Smoke Increases Nitric Oxide and Alters the IgE Response in a Murine Model of Allergic Aspergillosis by Brian W. P. Seymour, Janice L. Peake, Kent E. Pinkerton, Viswanath P. Kurup, Laurel J. Gershwin

“…In vitro restimulation of the BAL cells on day 45 showed a TH0 response with elevated levels of IL3, 4, 5, 10 and IFN-γ. …”
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Oral administration of Limosilactobacillus reuteri VHProbi® M07 alleviates ovalbumin-induced allergic asthma in mice. by Guoqing Meng, Hongchang Cui, Congrui Feng, Chaoqun Guo, Lei Song, Zhi Duan

“…BALB/c mice were administered M07 both before and after ovalbumin (OVA) challenge. …”
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PD-L1 monoclonal antibody alleviated MI injury of left ventricular function via modulating CD47/SHP2/SIRPα/SYK/FcγR signalings in tumor associated macrophages by Deyou Kong, Yongzhen Chen, Yajuan Yin, Zhikun Liu, Fang Yang, Xiaohong Li, Dongxing Shen, Jun Zhang

“…In vivo experiments were conducted using 27 female BALB/c mice, which were divided equally into 3 groups. …”
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