A survey of the same human contingents (children under 14 years and adults) in different zones of Ukraine revealed the opisthorchiasis foci of different intensity in the northeastern part of Polesye and in the forest-steppe zone. The affliction of adults ranged from 27.5 +/- 2.2% to 2.8 +/- 0.7%, that of children was from 14.5 +/- 2.3% to 0. In the foci of high and moderate tension, the trichocephaliasis prevalence was 10.2 +/- 0.7%, ascaridiasis 5.1 +/- 0.5%, amebiasis 2.4 +/- 0.7%, lambliasis 7.7 +/- 0.6%, and outside the foci these figures were lower (2.0 +/- 0.7%; 2.4 +/- 0.7%; 0.5 +/- 0.3%; 2.9 +/- 0.8%, respectively). In concurrent invasions and infections, the number of helminth eggs and protozoan cysts excreted by patients was significantly lower than in that in monoinvasion.
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January 2025
Department of Environmental and Industrial Biotechnology, Institute of Biotechnology, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia.
Objective: Heavy metal pollution is one of the more recent problems of environmental degradation caused by rapid industrialization and human activity. The objective of this study was to isolate, screen, and characterize heavy metal-resistant bacteria from solid waste disposal sites.
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Front Plant Sci
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Institute of Crop Science, Huzhou Academy of Agriculture Sciences, Huzhou, China.
With the rapid advancement of plant phenotyping research, understanding plant genetic information and growth trends has become crucial. Measuring seedling length is a key criterion for assessing seed viability, but traditional ruler-based methods are time-consuming and labor-intensive. To address these limitations, we propose an efficient deep learning approach to enhance plant seedling phenotyping analysis.
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Uro-Oncology, Amrita Institute of Medical Sciences, Kochi, Kerala, India.
Introduction: Recently, the Prostate Imaging Reporting and Data System - 3 lesions (PI-RADS 3) have been sub classified into "3a" - lesions with a volume of <0.5 mL and "3b" - lesions exceeding 0.5 mL, whereas the prostate-specific antigen density (PSAD) is an established adjunct tool for predicting clinically significant prostate cancer (csPCa).
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CAPITAL Research Group, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.
Background: Type I myocardial infarction (T1MI) or type II myocardial infarction (T2MI) have different underlying mechanisms; however, in the setting of cardiogenic shock (CS), it is not understood if patients experience resultantly different outcomes. The objective of this study was to determine clinical features, biomarker patterns, and outcomes in these subgroups.
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JACS Au
January 2025
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Uppsala University, 751 24 Uppsala, Sweden.
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