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Identification of a new alanine racemase in Salmonella Enteritidis and its co...
Abstract Background Non-typhoidal Salmonella (NTS) infections caused primarily by S. Enteritidis and S. Typhimurium particularly in immunocompromised hosts have accounted for a... -
Effect of community led total sanitation and hygiene (CLTSH) implementation p...
Abstract Objective Absence of latrine remains a common public health problem in most of the Sub-Saharan Africa countries. A cross-sectional study was conducted to assess the... -
Corticosteroid prevents COVID-19 progression within its therapeutic window: a...
Background: Critically ill patients with COVID-19 are of grave concern. Those patients usually underwent a stage of excessive inflammation before developing acute respiratory... -
Monte Carlo simulation-based estimation for the minimum mortality temperature...
Abstract Background Rich literature has reported that there exists a nonlinear association between temperature and mortality. One important feature in the temperature-mortality... -
Malignant transformation of oral leukoplakia is associated with macrophage po...
Abstract Background Most oral squamous cell carcinomas (OSCC) occur on the basis of oral leukoplakias (OLP). The histologic degree of dysplasia is insufficient for the... -
Dielectric-Like Behavior of Graphene in Au Plasmon Resonator
Abstract Graphene has proven to be a promising conductive layer in fabricating optical plasmon resonators on insulator substrate using electron beam lithography and has the... -
Step-up fecal microbiota transplantation strategy: a pilot study for steroid-...
Abstract Background The strategy of using fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) for refractory ulcerative colitis (UC) remains unclear if single FMT failed to induce remission.... -
Iodine level concentration, coverage of adequately iodized salt consumption a...
Abstract Introduction Adequate iodine fortified salt is the most common and effective method of preventing iodine deficiency. Studies showed households using iodized salt (15... -
Salmonella Typhimurium undergoes distinct genetic adaption during chronic inf...
Abstract Background Typhoid fever caused by Salmonella enterica serovar Typhi (S. Typhi) is a severe systemic human disease and endemic in regions of the world with poor... -
The value of a causal loop diagram in exploring the complex interplay of fact...
Abstract Background Despite calls for the application of complex systems science in empirical studies of health promotion, there are very few examples. The aim of this paper was... -
Different forms of informal coercion in psychiatry: a qualitative study
Abstract Objectives The objective of the study was to investigate how mental health professionals describe and reflect upon different forms of informal coercion. Results In a... -
Discrimination of mediastinal metastatic lymph nodes in NSCLC based on radiom...
Abstract Background We aimed to develop radiomic models based on different phases of computed tomography (CT) imaging and to investigate the efficacy of models for diagnosing... -
Change in diaphragm and intercostal muscle thickness in mechanically ventilat...
Abstract Background Diaphragm atrophy is observed in mechanically ventilated patients. However, the atrophy is not investigated in other respiratory muscles. Therefore, we... -
Reduction of corneal epithelial thickness during medical treatment for myopic...
Abstract Background To evaluate corneal epithelial thickness change during medical treatment for eyes with myopic regression after femtosecond laser-assisted in situ... -
Target delineation and dose prescription of adaptive replanning intensity-mod...
Target delineation and dose prescription of adaptive replanning intensity-modulated radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma -
Unequal representation of genetic variation across ancestry groups creates he...
Abstract An important application of modern genomics is diagnosing genetic disorders. We use the largest publicly available exome sequence database to show that this key... -
Basic critical care echocardiography training of intensivists allows reproduc...
© The Author(s) 2019. Background: Although pulmonary artery catheters (PACs) have been the reference standard for calculating cardiac output, echocardiographic estimation of... -
Association between FCGR2A rs1801274 and MUC5B rs35705950 variations and pneu...
Abstract Background Herein, we collected currently published data to comprehensively evaluate the impact of the FCGR2A (Fc fragment of IgG receptor IIa) rs1801274 and MUC5B... -
The complete digital workflow in fixed prosthodontics: a systematic review
Abstract Background The continuous development in dental processing ensures new opportunities in the field of fixed prosthodontics in a complete virtual environment without any... -
Preparation, characterization and in vitro–in vivo evaluation of bortezomib s...
Abstract Backgrounds Intolerable toxicity and unsatisfactory therapeutic effects are still big problems retarding the use of chemotherapy against cancer. Nano-drug delivery...
