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A case of Plasmodium malariae recurrence: recrudescence or reinfection?

. . Grande R, Antinori S, Meroni L, Menegon M, Severini C. . Malar J. 2019 May 14;18(1):169. doi: 10.1186/s12936-019-2806-y. Abstract BACKGROUND: Plasmodium malariae is the most neglected of the six human malaria species and it is still unknown which is the mechanism underlying the long latency of this Plasmodium. CASE PRESENTATION: A case of …

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Growth inhibitory activity of biflavonoids and diterpenoids from the leaves of the Libyan Juniperus phoenicea against human cancer cells

. . Al Groshi A, Jasim HA, Evans AR, Ismail FMD, Dempster NM, Nahar L, Sarker SD. . Phytother Res. 2019 Aug;33(8):2075-2082. doi: 10.1002/ptr.6397. Epub 2019 Jun 3. Abstract Three biflavonoids [cupressuflavone (1), amentoflavone (2), and sumaflavone (3)], four diterpenoids [13-epi-cupressic acid (4), imbricatholic acid (5), 3-hydroxy-sandaracopimaric acid (6), and dehydroabietic acid (7)], and one …

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Sequence-based epidemiology of an OXA-48 plasmid during a hospital outbreak

. . Hidalgo L, de Been M, Rogers MRC, Schürch AC, Scharringa J, van der Zee A, Bonten MJM, Fluit AC. . Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2019 Oct 7;63(12):e01204-19. doi: 10.1128/AAC.01204-19. Online ahead of print. Abstract Objectives. A large OXA-48 outbreak in the Netherlands involved the spread of OXA-48producing Enterobacteriaceae among at least 118 patients, suggesting …

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Are hand biomechanics affected following radial forearm flap harvest? A systematic review and meta-analysis

. . Mashrah MA, Aldhohrah TA, Abdelrehem Moustafa A, Al-Sharani HM, Alrmali A, Wang L. . Int J Oral Maxillofac Surg. 2021 Jan;50(1):21-31. doi: 10.1016/j.ijom.2020.06.016. Epub 2020 Jul 19. Abstract Donor site morbidity following radial forearm flap (RFF) harvest remains a controversial issue. The aim of this meta-analysis was to answer the question “Are the …

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Pregnancy status and thyroid function in semi-intensive-kept Marecha she-camels (Camelus dromedarius): managerial implications

. . Faraz A, Iglesias Pastrana C, Passantino A, Mustafa AB, Waheed A, Tauqir NA, Nabeel MS. . Trop Anim Health Prod. 2020 Nov;52(6):3387-3393. doi: 10.1007/s11250-020-02371-x. Epub 2020 Sep 11. Abstract Pakistani Marecha dromedaries, a distinctive breed not covered in the empirical data of the literature reviewed existing for thyroidal physiology in camels, are subjected …

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Relationships of Acculturative Stress, Perceived Stress, and Social Support with Oral Health-related Quality of Life among International Students in Malaysia: A Structural Equation Modelling

. . BenGhasheer HF, Saub R. . J Int Soc Prev Community Dent. 2020 Aug 6;10(4):520-531. doi: 10.4103/jispcd.JISPCD_192_20. 2020 Jul-Aug. Abstract AIM: This study aimed to investigate the relationships between acculturative stress, perceived stress, social support, and subjective oral health outcomes among international graduate students in Malaysian public universities. MATERIALS AND METHODS: A total of …

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Assessment of physiochemical properties and concentration of heavy metals in agricultural soils fertilized with chemical fertilizers

. . Salem MA, Bedade DK, Al-Ethawi L, Al-Waleed SM. . Heliyon. 2020 Oct 16;6(10):e05224. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05224. 2020 Oct. Abstract The present study aim to assess the effect of phosphate and urea fertilizers on the physicochemical properties, pH and electrical conductivity (EC) of the soil. The effect of these fertilizers on cation exchange capacity (CEC), …

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Anti-angiogenic and anti-inflammatory activity of the summer truffle (Tuber aestivum Vittad.) extracts and a correlation with the chemical constituents identified therein

. . Marathe SJ, Hamzi W, Bashein AM, Deska J, Seppänen-Laakso T, Singhal RS, Shamekh S. . Food Res Int. 2020 Nov;137:109699. doi: 10.1016/j.foodres.2020.109699. Epub 2020 Sep 18. Abstract Fungi are a huge source of unexplored bioactive compounds. Owing to their biological activities, several fungi have shown commercial application in the health industry. Tuber aestivum …

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Flexural Strength and Hardness of Filler-Reinforced PMMA Targeted for Denture Base Application

. . Alhotan A, Yates J, Zidan S, Haider J, Silikas N. . Materials (Basel). 2021 May 19;14(10):2659. doi: 10.3390/ma14102659. Abstract The aim of this work was to evaluate the flexural strength and surface hardness of heat-cured Polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) modified by the addition of ZrO(2) nanoparticles, TiO(2) nanoparticles, and E-glass fibre at different wt.% …

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Convolutional neural networks for the classification of chest X-rays in the IoT era

. . Almezhghwi K, Serte S, Al-Turjman F. . Multimed Tools Appl. 2021 Jun 17:1-15. doi: 10.1007/s11042-021-10907-y. Online ahead of print. Abstract Chest X-ray medical imaging technology allows the diagnosis of many lung diseases. It is known that this technology is frequently used in hospitals, and it is the most accurate way of detecting most …

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