A Case Study in Process Improvement to Minimize Delays from Obtaining Blood for Red Cell Exchange for a Patient with Sickle Cell Disease and Multiple Red Blood Cell Alloantibodies by Damodaran Narayanan, Noreen B. Hogan, Karen A. Schaser, Patricia Ruegsegger, William Nicholas Rose

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Bacteriological Contamination of Drinking Water Supply from Protected Water Sources to Point of Use and Water Handling Practices among Beneficiary Households of Boloso Sore Woreda, Wolaita Zone, Ethiopia by Matusala Gizachew, Amha Admasie, Chala Wegi, Etagegnehu Assefa

“…The study included 545 households for water handling practices, and 75 samples from stored water from households and eighteen water sources were included for faecal coliform test. …”
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A global gross primary productivity of sunlit and shaded canopies dataset from 2002 to 2020 via embedding random forest into two-leaf light use efficiency modelZenodo by Zhilong Li, Ziti Jiao, Ge Gao, Jing Guo, Chenxia Wang, Sizhe Chen, Zheyou Tan

“…Then, we used the RF technique to integrate various environmental stress factors, including meteorological factors, hydrological variables, soil properties, and elevation, which originate from the NASA MERRA-2 dataset, ISRIC soil Grids, and USGS data center. …”
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An effective process for simultaneous extraction of valuable metals (V, Cr, Ti, Fe, Mn) from vanadium slag using acidic sodium chlorate solution under water bath conditions by Liu S.Y., Shen S.B., Chou K.C.

“…In the present work, a novel process for effective extraction of valuable metals (V, Cr, Ti, Mn, Fe, Al, and Mg) from the vanadium slag is proposed. The leaching parameters for valuable metals extraction from the vanadium slag by acidic sodium chlorate solution were studied to obtain conditions for vanadium to be leached without using a pyro metallurgical step since the roasting process requires high energy consumption. …”
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Technical and clinical success rates of WallFlex duodenal stents in unresectable malignant gastric outlet obstruction. A retrospective observational study from a tertiary cancer hospital in India by Hameed Raina, Prachi Patil, Shaesta Mehta

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Gait spatiotemporal alterations in schoolchildren with overweight or obesity: a cross-sectional study by José Omar Larios-Tinoco, Xochiquetzalli Tejeda-Castellanos, Carlos Maximiliano Sánchez-Medina, Ma. Elena Ortiz-Cornejo, Horacio Márquez-González, María de Lourdes Martín-López, Salvador Villalpando-Carrión, Claudia Gutiérrez-Camacho, José Luis Alaniz-Arcos

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The quantitative characteristic of morphological and structural changes in the diverted regions of the large intestine by A. S. Akopyan, E. V. Manukyan, T. G. Bagdasaryan, A. F. Abramyan, A. A. Akopyan

Subjects: “…degree of «diversive» colitis and terms of intestine diversion from intestinal passage was is found. at early surgical rehabilitation in 125 patients no incompetence of anastomosis was observed. the postoperative morbidity rate was 7…”
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Genetic diversity of Plasmodium falciparum reticulocyte binding protein homologue-5, which is a potential malaria vaccine candidate: baseline data from areas of varying malaria endemicity in Mainland Tanzania by Angelina J. Kisambale, Dativa Pereus, Salehe S. Mandai, Beatus M. Lyimo, Catherine Bakari, Gervas A. Chacha, Ruth B. Mbwambo, Ramadhan Moshi, Daniel A. Petro, Daniel P. Challe, Misago D. Seth, Rashid A. Madebe, Rule Budodo, Sijenunu Aaron, Daniel Mbwambo, Abdallah Lusasi, Stella Kajange, Samwel Lazaro, Ntuli Kapologwe, Celine I. Mandara, Deus S. Ishengoma

“…This study evaluated the genetic diversity of Pfrh5 gene among parasites from regions with varying malaria transmission intensities in Mainland Tanzania, to generate baseline data for this potential malaria vaccine candidate. …”
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Association between non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio and serum thyroid function measures: Recent Findings from NHANES 2007–2012 and Mendelian randomization by Mo-Yao Tan, Ping Zhang, Shan Wu, Si-Xuan Zhu, Ming Gao

“…Thus, the present article aims to explore whether there is an association between non-high-density to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio (NHHR) and thyroid hormones.MethodsWe analyzed samples from 3,881 adults aged 20 years and above who took part in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) spanning 2007 to 2012. …”
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HIV risk perception and changes in sexual behavior and sexual satisfaction following male circumcision among circumcised males and their female partners from a traditionally noncircumcising community in Kenya, 2012-2014 by Barbara Burmen, Kennedy Mutai, George Otieno Olilo

“…Introduction: The aim of this study was to determine HIV risk perception, sexual satisfaction and condom use among recently-circumcised sexually-active males and their female partners from a traditionally noncircumcising Kenyan community. …”
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Community Involvement and Perceptions of the Community-Based Health Planning and Services (CHPS) Strategy for Improving Health Outcomes in Ghana: Quantitative Comparative Evidence from Two System Learning Districts of the CHPS+ Project by Margaret Kweku, Hubert Amu, Martin Adjuik, Emmanuel Manu, Fortress Yayra Aku, Elvis Enowbeyang Tarkang, Joyce Komesuor, Geoffrey Adebayo Asalu, Norbert Ndaah Amuna, Laud Ampomah Boateng, Justine Sefakor Alornyo, Roland Glover, Ayaga A. Bawah, Timothy Letsa, John Koku Awoonor-Williams, S. Patrick Kachur, James F. Phillips, John Owusu Gyapong

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Efficacy of tranilast in preventing exacerbating cardiac function and death from heart failure in muscular dystrophy patients with advanced-stage heart failure: a single-arm, open-label, multicenter study by Tsuyoshi Matsumura, Takayasu Fukudome, Yasufumi Motoyoshi, Akinori Nakamura, Satoshi Kuru, Kazuhiko Segawa, Ruriko Kitao, Chigusa Watanabe, Takuhisa Tamura, Toshiaki Takahashi, Hiroya Hashimoto, Masahiro Sekimizu, Akiko M. Saito, Masanori Asakura, Koichi Kimura, Yuko Iwata

“…Over the short-term period (28 weeks), the primary endpoint of change ratio in the logarithm of brain natriuretic peptide level from baseline to 28 weeks was not significant in the full analysis set but was lower in the per set protocol compared with data from a previous beta-blocker treatment study. …”
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The Synthesis, Characterization and Biological Activity of Some Metal Ions Complexes with Schiff’s Bases Derived from Reaction of 3-Hydrazone-1,3- Dihydro-Indole-2-One with 2- Pyridine Carboxaldehyde by safa sami Muwafaq, Naser Shaalan

“…      Novel complexes were synthesized from Schiff base ligand (L) produced by reacting 3-hydrocyclo-1,3-dihydro-indole-2-one (A) with 2-pyridine carboxaldehyde in an ethanol medium. …”
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Side-Stream Based Marine Solubles From Atlantic Cod (Gadus morhua) Modulate Appetite and Dietary Nutrient Utilization in Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L.) and can Replace Fish Meal by Hanne Jorun Sixten, Ivar Rønnestad, André S. Bogevik, Tone Aspevik, Åge Oterhals, Ana S. Gomes, Floriana Lai, Ingvill Tolås, Virginie Gelebard, Marie Hillestad, Katerina Kousoulaki

“…Four novel ingredients based on side-streams from Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) fileting were produced. …”
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