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Operational analysis of the national sickle cell screening programme in the Republic of Uganda

African Journal of Laboratory Medicine, 2021
Background: Sickle cell anaemia is a common global life-threatening haematological disorder. Most affected births occur in sub-Saharan Africa where children usually go undiagnosed and die early in life.
Arielle G. Hernandez, Charles Kiyaga, Thad A. Howard, Isaac Ssewanyana, Grace Ndeezi, Jane R. Aceng, Russell E. Ware   +6 more
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Transitioning from Traditional Academic Decision Making to Patient-Centric Healthcare Choices: The Example of Thyroid Thermal Ablation Techniques for Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinomas

Current Oncology, 2023
Percutaneous thermal ablation techniques (TATs) have contributed to improving thyroid tumor management for almost twenty years [...]
Hervé Monpeyssen
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Artificial intelligence-based 3D segmentation of tangle-associated TDP-43 in neurodegeneration. [PDF]

Brain Pathol
TAR DNA‐binding protein 43 (TDP‐43) inclusions are often associated with hyperphosphorylated tau, thus neurofibrillary tangles as the hallmark of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and primary age‐related tauopathy (PART). TDP‐43 in AD is associated with cognitive
Uruk G, Youssef H, Gatto RG, Hossain N, Whitwell JL, Reichard RR, Josephs KA.   +6 more
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Ankle Dorsiflexor Function after Gastrocsoleus Lengthening in Children with Cerebral Palsy: A Literature Review

Medicina, 2022
Background and Objectives: Ambulant children with cerebral palsy can demonstrate persistent “foot drop” after successful gastrocsoleus lengthening (GSL) surgery for equinus deformity.
Nicholas Sclavos, Norine Ma, Elyse Passmore, Pam Thomason, H. Kerr Graham, Erich Rutz   +5 more
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TATS: toolbox for time series data augmentation [PDF]

PeerJ Computer Science
Augmenting time series data plays a crucial role in enhancing the generalization of classification models, especially in scenarios where labeled datasets are limited.
Dawid Warchoł, Mariusz Oszust
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Ethnocultural basis of the formation process of the Crimean Tatar art culture and decorative and applied art (5) [PDF]

Крымское историческое обозрение
The interpenetration of ethno-confessional cultures and art of the Tatar, Seljuk, Armenian, Jewish, Greek Orthodox and Italian population of the Crimean Khanate, at the initial stage of its existence, contributed to emergence of the national cultures on ...
Ismet Zaatov
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Ethnocultural basis of the formation process of the Crimean Tatar art culture and decorative and applied art (part two) [PDF]

Крымское историческое обозрение, 2022
In the articlean attempt is made to trace the course of the early medieval (Old Turkic) stage of Turkization process of the plain, foothill, mountainous, southern coast population of the Crimea.
Ismet Zaatov
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Real life turnaround time of blood cultures in the clinical microbiology laboratory: results of the first Italian survey, May 2015

Microbiologia Medica, 2016
Background and aims: Blood culture (BC) results are essential to guide antimicrobial chemotherapy for patients with sepsis. However, BC is a time-consuming exam, which can take several days.
Fabio Arena, Marta Argentieri, Paola Bernaschi, Giacomo Fortina, Vesselina Kroumova, Esther Manso, Pier Giorgio Montanera, Pierluigi Nicoletti, Patrizia Pecile, Mario Rassu, Gian Maria Rossolini, Teresa Spanu, Pierangelo Clerici, Carla Fontana   +13 more
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Turnaround times – the Achilles’ heel of community screening and testing in Cape Town, South Africa: A short report

African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine, 2020
Early in the course of the coronavirus infection disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic in South Africa, the Department of Health implemented a policy of community screening and testing (CST).
James D. Porter, Robert Mash, Wolfgang Preiser   +2 more
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Operational impact of decreased turnaround times for Candida auris screening tests in a tertiary academic medical center

Antimicrobial Stewardship & Healthcare Epidemiology, 2023
Objective: Assess turnaround time (TAT) and cost-benefit of on-site C. auris screening and its impact on length of stay (LOS) and costs compared to reference laboratories. Design: Before-and-after retrospective cohort study.
Sebastian Arenas, Samira Patel, Spencer O. Seely, Paola P. Pagan, Prem R. Warde, Labu J. Tamrakar, Dipen J. Parekh, Tanira Ferreira, Yi Zhou, Hayley B. Gershengorn, Bhavarth S. Shukla   +10 more
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