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Braz J Biol
January 2025
Operational Research Center in Healthcare, Near East University, Mersin, Turkey.
Hepatitis C virus (HCV) presents a significant global health concern, affecting 3.3% of the world's population. The primary mode of HCV transmission is through blood and blood products.
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January 2025
Universidade Federal do Paraná, Departamento de Clínica Médica, Programa de pós-graduação em Medicina Interna e Ciências da Saúde, Curitiba, PR, Brasil.
Cryptococcal disease is the third most common invasive fungal infection in solid organ transplant recipients and is associated with high-morbidity and -mortality rates. Donor-derived Cryptococcus spp. infection typically manifests within the first month post-procedure and has historically been caused by C.
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December 2024
Michelle R. Anthony is from the University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson. Christopher Farkouh is from Rush Medical College, Chicago, Illinois. Parsa Abdi is from Memorial University, St. Johns, Newfoundland, Canada. Dr. Khan is from Kyber Teaching Hospital MTI KTH, Peshawar, Pakistan.
Buruli ulcer (BU) is a necrotizing skin and soft tissue disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans that is common in hot and humid climates. Mycobacterium ulcerans is a nontuberculous mycobacterium and ubiquitous acid-fast gram-positive bacillus known to thrive in aquatic environments and water insects. The mode of transmission to humans is poorly understood and varies by geography.
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January 2025
Department of Psychology, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the use of videoconferencing platforms became ubiquitous in postsecondary education around the world, making it crucial to understand how to maximize the efficacy of synchronous online classes. Given that social information can act as a motivation and improve memory, the current study tested the hypothesis that brief social presence during an online class would act as a social reward that would increase delayed memory for lecture information. Undergraduate students attended a mock synchronous class during which they viewed a pre-recorded science lecture, and social presence was manipulated by having participants turn on their cameras before and after the lecture (high social presence) or having cameras remain off during the entire class (low social presence).
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January 2025
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Bamenda, Bambili, North West Region, Cameroon.
Background: Malaria and HIV are leading causes of death in Africa, including Cameroon. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is expected to boost immunity and reduce vulnerability to opportunistic infections. Reports on comorbidities including malaria are common in Cameroon.
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