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COVID-19 seroprevalence in Pakistan: a cross-sectional study

BMJ Open, 2022
Objectives This study adapted WHO’s ‘Unity Study’ protocol to estimate the population prevalence of antibodies to SARS CoV-2 and risk factors for developing SARS-CoV-2 infection.Design This population-based, age-stratified cross-sectional study was ...
Maida Umar, Khurram Shahzad, Assad Hafeez, Ahsan M Ahmad, Mariumn Masood, Fahad Abbasi   +5 more
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Evaluating an institutional health partnership using the ESTHER EFFECt tool: A case study of an evaluation of the institutional health partnership between Nigeria CDC and Public Health England

Public Health in Practice, 2021
Objectives: Bilateral Institutional Health Partnerships (IHPs) are a means of strengthening health systems and are becoming increasing prevalent in global health.
Ahmed Razavi, Ngozi Erondu, Katie Haddock, Gurnam Johal, Oyeronke Oyebanji, Chikwe Ihekweazu, Ebere Okereke   +6 more
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Evaluating implementation of International Health Regulations core capacities: using the Electronic States Parties Self-Assessment Annual Reporting Tool (e-SPAR) to monitor progress with Joint External Evaluation indicators

Globalization and Health, 2021
Background The International Health Regulations (IHR) are a legally binding instrument designed to improve Global Health Security by limiting the cross boarder spread of health risks.
Ahmed Razavi, Samuel Collins, Anne Wilson, Ebere Okereke   +3 more
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Heat Stress Targeting Individual Organs Reveals the Central Role of Roots and Crowns in Rice Stress Responses

Frontiers in Plant Science, 2022
Inter-organ communication and the heat stress (HS; 45°C, 6 h) responses of organs exposed and not directly exposed to HS were evaluated in rice (Oryza sativa) by comparing the impact of HS applied either to whole plants, or only to shoots or roots. Whole-
Sylva Prerostova, Jana Jarosova, Petre I. Dobrev, Lucia Hluskova, Vaclav Motyka, Roberta Filepova, Vojtech Knirsch, Alena Gaudinova, Joseph Kieber, Radomira Vankova   +9 more
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Risk Analysis and Countermeasures of Excessive Pesticide Residues in China's Export of Grapes to ASEAN

Shipin gongye ke-ji, 2022
Grape is one of the largest agricultural products exported from China to ASEAN. Grapes are prone to diseases and insect pests in the production process, and a variety of pesticides are used on them.
Xiaoyan SONG, Juan WU, Jianjun LI, Minggang ZHAO   +3 more
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Radiomics models based on enhanced computed tomography to distinguish clear cell from non-clear cell renal cell carcinomas

Scientific Reports, 2021
This study was to assess the effect of the predictive model for distinguishing clear cell RCC (ccRCC) from non-clear cell RCC (non-ccRCC) by establishing predictive radiomic models based on enhanced-computed tomography (CT) images of renal cell carcinoma
Ping Wang, Xu Pei, Xiao-Ping Yin, Jia-Liang Ren, Yun Wang, Lu-Yao Ma, Xiao-Guang Du, Bu-Lang Gao   +7 more
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DWI Combined With Hepatobiliary-Phase Enhanced Imaging Can Better Differentiate Cholangiocarcinoma From Atypical Liver Abscesses

Frontiers in Oncology, 2022
ObjectiveTo investigate the value of diffusion-weighted imaging (DWI) combined with the hepatobiliary phase (HBP) Gd-BOPTA enhancement in differentiating intrahepatic mass-forming cholangiocarcinoma (IMCC) from atypical liver abscess.Materials and ...
Li-Hong Xing, Li-Hong Xing, Li-Yong Zhuo, Yu Zhang, Xi Ma, Ze-Peng Ma, Ying-Jia Zhao, Xiao-Ping Yin, Bu-Lang Gao   +8 more
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Trend Analysis of exponential increase of Covid-19 cases in Pakistan: An interpretation

Global Biosecurity, 2020
'Background': The 2019 novel coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) originated in the central Chinese city, Wuhan, at the end of December 2019. Pakistan reported its first 2 confirmed cases on 26February 2020, linked to a travel history of Iran.
Nadia Noreen, Irum Naveed, Saima Dil, Saeed Ullah Khan Niazi, Shabana Saleem, Nasser Mohiuddin, Naveed Ullah Khan, Beenish Noor, Mumtaz Ali Khan, Farida Khudaid Khan   +9 more
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Dissecting Hierarchies between Light, Sugar and Auxin Action Underpinning Root and Root Hair Growth

Plants, 2021
Plant roots are very plastic and can adjust their tissue organization and cell appearance during abiotic stress responses. Previous studies showed that direct root illumination and sugar supplementation mask root growth phenotypes and traits.
Judith García-González, Jozef Lacek, Katarzyna Retzer   +2 more
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Isolation of living dopaminergic neurons labeled with a fluorescent ligand of the dopamine transporter from mouse substantia nigra as a new tool for basic and applied research

Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience, 2022
Dopaminergic neurons (DNs) of the nigrostriatal system control the motor function, and their degeneration leads to the development of Parkinson’s disease (PD).
Dmitry Troshev, Victor Blokhin, Valeria Ukrainskaya, Anna Kolacheva, Michael Ugrumov   +4 more
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