A ten-year evaluation of central nervous system cystic echinococcosis in a highly endemic area of Iran: Molecular epidemiology and clinicopathological characteristics by Mohsen Najjari, Ali Dehesht Manesh, Shahab Rezaeian, Bibi Razieh Hosseini Farrash, Mohammad Ali Mohammadi, Mohammad Ebrahimipour

“…Among these, 11 were classified within the E. granulosus sensu stricto (G1 and/or G3) complex, while 2 isolates were identified as belonging to the E. canadensis G6/G7. Cerebrospinal infection is a significant aspect of CE cases in northcentral Iran, with a higher prevalence among women and in rural areas. …”
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Development and Videographic Evaluation of a Vascular Access Simulation-Based Curriculum for Surgical and Medical Trainees by Alaska Pendleton, MD, MPH, Tiffany R. Bellomo, MD, Srihari K. Lella, MD, Kristen Jogerst, MD, Ada Stefanescu, MD, MSc, Douglas Drachman, MD, Nikolaos Zacharias, MD, Anahita Dua, MD, MBA, MSc

“…Fifteen participants (58%) belonged to general surgery residency, 9 (35%) to emergency medicine, 1 to vascular surgery, and 1 to interventional radiology residency programs. …”
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The book graphics of Vilnius printing houses in XVI-XVII centuries by Jolita Liškevičienė

“…Most of these engravings were done on wood, had a uniform style, and belonged to one professional engraver who worked in Vilnius. …”
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Characterization of a New Immunosuppressive and Antimicrobial Peptide, DRS-DA2, Isolated from the Mexican Frog, Pachymedusa dacnicolor by Claire Lacombe, Estefania Aleman-Navaro, Thierry Drujon, Veronica Martinez-Osorio, Emmanuelle Sachon, Erika Melchy-Pérez, Ludovic Carlier, Lorena Elizabeth Fajardo Brigido, Yannick Fleury, Christophe Piesse, Guadalupe Gutiérrez-Escobedo, Alejandro De las Peñas, Irene Castaño, Florie Desriac, Jose Luis Beristain-Hernandez, Christophe Combadiere, Yvonne Rosenstein, Constance Auvynet

“…We isolated three forms (DRS-DA2N, DRS-DA2NE, and DRS-DA2NEQ) of the same peptide, DRS-DA2, which belongs to the dermaseptin family, from the Mexican tree frog Pachymedusa dacnicolor. …”
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Heterologous Expression of a Potential ‘<i>Paulownia fortunei</i>’ MYB Factor Gene, <i>PfMYB90</i>, Improves Salt and Cold Tolerance in <i>Arabidopsis</i> by Hongling Wang, Shizheng Shi, Guijie Luo, Ruifang Huang, Dezong Sui, Yunpeng Gao, Lei Wang

“…The paulownia tree belongs to the Paulowniaceae family. Paulownia has strong vitality; has strong adaptability to harsh environmental conditions; and can be used as building raw material, as well as processing drugs and having other purposes. …”
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Fluid flow in crustal fault zones with varying lengthwise thickness: application to the Margeride fault zone (French Massif Central) by Emmy Penhoët, Laurent Arbaret, Laurent Guillou-Frottier, Hugo Duwiquet, Charles Gumiaux, Mathieu Bellanger

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Unveiling the nutritional and antioxidant properties of brown algae resources (Dictyota J.V. Lamouroux) from the Bay of Bengal and Arabian Sea, Indian coast by P. Chellamanimegalai, Geetanjali Deshmukhe, Amjad K. Balange, P. Layana

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Determining the effect of drug "Warfarin sodium" on toxicity indicators in an acute experiment by D.O. Hlavachek, O.Ye. Kondratenko

“…According to DL50 upon intragastric administration to female rats, which are the most sensitive species of animals to it, warfarin sodium belongs to highly hazardous substances.…”
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Conceptual and empirical item hierarchies of person-centred outpatient care by Fredrik Gasser, Albert Westergren, Sidona-Valentina Bala, Joakim Ekstrand, Peter Hagell

“…., testlets consisting of a combination of items belonging to the respective hierarchical domains) were created to account for any local dependency. …”
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Factors influencing the overall satisfaction of teachers participating in a nationwide school-based smoking prevention program in Korea by Geon Heo, Seulgi Kim, Sung-il Cho, Seunghyun Yoo, Jieun Hwang

“…The variables affecting teacher satisfaction across all school levels were the necessity of smoking prevention and cessation education, the effectiveness of the SSPP, and its impact on smoking cessation among smoking students, all of which belonged to the teacher perceptions factor. Conclusions Smoking education in schools requires teachers to play a crucial role. …”
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Identification of a pathogenic founder variant in the WFS1 gene that causes Wolfram syndrome in the Druze population by Inbal Halabi, Inbal Halabi, Yardena Tenenbaum-Rakover, Yardena Tenenbaum-Rakover, Lena Sagi-Dain, Lena Sagi-Dain, Lena Sagi-Dain, Ilana Koren, Ilana Koren, Ilana Koren

“…The natural history of WS is variable, even within the same family and with the same variant.ObjectiveTo report the phenotypes of five patients of Druze origin, all carrying the same autosomal recessive pathogenic variant in the WFS1 gene.Patients &amp; methodsFive patients belonging to three core families were enrolled. Clinical, biochemical, and genetic data were retrieved retrospectively from their medical files.ResultsAll five patients carried the same previously reported homozygous WFS1 pathogenic variant: c.2649del, p.Phe884fs. …”
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Squamanitaceae and three new species of Squamanita parasitic on Amanita basidiomes by Jian-Wei Liu, Zai-Wei Ge, Egon Horak, Alfredo Vizzini, Roy E. Halling, Chun-Lei Pan, Zhu L. Yang

“…Caesareae), while S. orientalis and S. sororcula are parasites of species belonging to the A. sepiacea complex (A. sect. Validae). …”
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Decoding the chicken gastrointestinal microbiome by PB. Burrows, F. Godoy-Santos, K. Lawther, A. Richmond, N. Corcionivoschi, SA. Huws

“…Metataxonomic profiles produced across the 602 datasets illustrated the presence of 3 phyla, 25 families and 30 genera, of which core genera (defined by presence in over 90% of datasets) belonged to Lactobacillus, Faecalibacterium, Butyricicoccus, Eisenbergiella, Subdoligranulum, Oscillibacter, Clostridium & Blautia. …”
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Biofabrication of zinc oxide nanoparticles using Moringa oleifera, characterization and statistical optimization for their application in crystal violet adsorption by Meshayil M. Alsolmi, Noura El-Ahmady El-Naggar, Mashael I. Alqurashi, Ragaa A. Hamouda

“…Abstract Crystal violet (Cry) is an essential textile dye belonging to the triphenylmethane group, that is widely used in the textile industry. …”
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<i>In silico</i> search for and analysis of R gene variation in primitive cultivated potato species by A. A. Gurina, M. S. Gancheva, N. V. Alpatieva, E. V. Rogozina

“…In total, the study involved 27 accessions belonging to three species: Solanum phureja Juz. &amp; Bukasov, S. stenotomum Juz. …”
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Mucosa-Associated Escherichia coli in Colorectal Cancer Patients and Control Subjects: Variations in the Prevalence and Attributing Features by Roghayeh Nouri, Alka Hasani, Kourosh Masnadi Shirazi, Mohammad Reza Alivand, Bita Sepehri, Simin Sotoudeh, Fatemeh Hemmati, Afshin Fattahzadeh, Babak Abdinia, Mohammad Ahangarzadeh Rezaee

“…Phylogroup A was predominant in control group specimens, while E. coli isolates from CRC patients belonged most frequently to phylogroups D and B2. Furthermore, the frequency of cyclomodulin-encoding genes in the CRC patients was significantly higher than the control group. …”
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Metagenomic analysis post thermal stress in buffalo sludge and tomato pomace anaerobic digestion: a case study by Maria Chiara La Mantia

“…Taxonomic classification showed that the bacteria phyla belonging to Firmicutes (51.7%), of whom 47.4% were Clostridia, Bacteroidetes (29.9%) mostly Bacteroidia (29.0%), Tenericutes (4.1%) and Proteobacteria (3.2%), accounted for 88.9% of total OTUs. …”
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Identifying Factors Influencing Urban Bus Drivers’ Distraction: A Qualitative Study in Tehran, Iran by Fatemeh Sadat Mirnajafi Zadeh, Mojtaba Khosravi Danesh, Ali Nahvi, Abbas Rahimi Foroushani, Mohammad Javad SheikhMozafari, Adel Mazloumi

“…Results: The findings revealed that the primary sources of distraction belonged to six levels of the work system, the most cited of which were environment, tasks, and organization. …”
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Serum Apelin Levels and Correlation with illness Severity in Nonobese Patients with Bronchial Asthma by Rohan Pattanaik, Pratima Kumari Sahu, Monalisa Mohapatro, Jeetendra Kumar Patra, Nirjharini Dhal

“…Apelin, a bioactive peptide belonging to the adipokines group, is identified as an endogenous ligand of an orphan G-protein coupled receptor named Apelin receptor (AR or APJ). …”
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Extracellular electron transfer genes expressed by candidate flocking bacteria in cable bacteria sediment by Jamie J. M. Lustermans, Mantas Sereika, Laurine D. W. Burdorf, Mads Albertsen, Andreas Schramm, Ian P. G. Marshall

“…The proposed flockers belonged to a large variety of metabolically versatile taxonomic groups: 18 genera spread across nine phyla. …”
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