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A systematic review of clinical effectiveness and safety for historical and current treatment options for metachromatic leukodystrophy in children, including atidarsagene autotemcel

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2023
Objective To understand the benefit-risk profile for historical and current treatments for MLD. Methods A systematic review was conducted on the effectiveness, safety, and costs of MLD treatments: allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT)
Nigel Armstrong, Andrew Olaye, Caro Noake, Francis Pang   +3 more
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Grassy-floral soil covering as a tool for increasing herbaceous diversity in agroforestry [PDF]

Journal of Central European Agriculture, 2022
Intensive agricultural technologies lead to a simplification of landscape and a decrease in biodiversity. Besides economic benefits, alley cropping might increase species richness, improving pollination in agriculture.
Nóra Szigeti, Judit Berényi Üveges, Imre Berki, Andrea Vityi   +3 more
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Assessment of vaccination service delivery and quality: a cross-sectional survey of over 1300 health facilities from 29 districts in Sindh, Pakistan conducted between 2017–18

BMC Health Services Research, 2022
Background Routine childhood immunization coverage in Pakistan remains sub-par, in part, due to suboptimal utilization of existing vaccination services.
Danya Arif Siddiqi, Sara Abdullah, Vijay Kumar Dharma, Tasleem Khamisani, Mubarak Taighoon Shah, Hamidreza Setayesh, Aamir Javed Khan, Subhash Chandir   +7 more
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A proof-of-concept analysis of carbohydrate-deficient transferrin by imaged capillary isoelectric focusing and in-capillary immunodetection

BioTechniques, 2020
Carbohydrate-deficient transferrin (CDT) is a reliable biomarker for chronic alcohol abuse. We developed a method for CDT analysis by capillary isoelectric focusing, followed by immunodetection directly in the capillary, in an automated fashion and on a ...
Jiaqi Wu, Charles H Haitjema, Christopher D Heger, Annegret Boge   +3 more
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Behavioral recommendation engine driven by only non-identifiable user data

Machine Learning with Applications, 2023
Most recommendation systems utilize personal data to device personalized recommendations for users. Even though it seems favorable, security risks like data breaches are inevitable.
Kishor Datta Gupta, Nafiz Sadman, Akib Sadmanee, Md. Kamruzzaman Sarker, Roy George   +4 more
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A mobile swabbing booth to address Singapore GPs’ concerns about swabber protection: human-centred design during the COVID-19 pandemic

BMC Family Practice, 2021
Background During the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Health asked Singapore’s private general practitioners (GPs) to perform swab testing in their clinics, but some GPs had concerns about swabber protection. Our aim was to develop a swabbing booth to
Boon See Teo, Esther Li, Yi-Lin Khoo, Michelle Evaristo, Yang Fang, Helen E. Smith   +5 more
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Understanding caregiver descriptions of initial signs and symptoms to improve diagnosis of metachromatic leukodystrophy

Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases, 2022
Background Metachromatic leukodystrophy (MLD), a relentlessly progressive and ultimately fatal condition, is a rare autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disorder caused by a deficiency of the enzyme arylsulfatase A (ARSA).
F. Eichler, Caroline Sevin, M. Barth, F. Pang, K. Howie, M. Walz, A. Wilds, C. Calcagni, C. Chanson, L. Campbell   +9 more
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The effect of osmotic stress, lighting spectrum and temperature on growth and gene expression related to anthocyanin biosynthetic pathway in wild strawberry (Fragaria vesca L.) in vitro

Folia Horticulturae, 2023
The goal of this research was to evaluate the effect of light, temperature, sucrose and PEG on the growth of Fragaria vesca in vitro and the expression of regulatory Myb10, WD40 and enzyme-coding genes CHI, CHS, DFR, EGL, F3H and UFGT, which are ...
Vinskienė Jurgita, Bendokas Vidmantas, Stanys Vidmantas, Sasnauskas Audrius, Rugienius Rytis   +4 more
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Model construction and validation of airflow velocity attenuation through pear tree canopies

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
To investigate the airflow velocity attenuation inside pear tree canopies and the factors that influence its effect on air-assisted spraying, the relationship between the resistance of the canopies to airflow and airflow velocity inside the canopies was ...
Fubin Zhang, Hao Sun, Wei Qiu, Xiaolan Lv, Yunfu Chen, Guozhu Zhao   +5 more
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Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) methods for the emerging Campylobacter species C. hyointestinalis, C. lanienae, C. sputorum, C. concisus and C. curvus

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology, 2012
Multilocus sequence typing (MLST) systems have been reported previously for multiple food- and food animal-associated Campylobacter species (e.g. C. jejuni, C. coli, C. lari and C. fetus) to both differentiate strains and identify clonal lineages. These
William G Miller, Mary H Chapman, Emma eYee, Stephen L.W. On, Desmond K McNulty, Albert J Lastovica, Anne M Carroll, Eleanor B McNamara, Geraldine eDuffy, Robert E Mandrell   +9 more
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