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There are several methods to assess the function of the autonomic nervous system. Among them, heart rate recovery (HRR) is an accepted, easy, low-cost technique. Different pathological conditions have been related to the development of autonomic dysf...

The aim of the SYRIACA project was to test the capability of a social robot to perform specific tasks in healthcare settings, reducing infection risks for patients and caregivers. The robot was piloted in an Intensive Hematological Unit, where the pa...

Introduction: Leprosy is a chronic granulomatous infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae that mostly result in immunological reactions that affect the skin, peripheral nervous system and mucosa of the upper respiratory tract. This study aim...

(1) Background: Bartonella spp. are Gram-negative, facultative, intracellular bacteria transmitted by hematophagous insects. Several species cause zoonotic diseases such as cat-scratch disease. Bartonella henselae and Bartonella clarridgeiae are the...

The Miranda donkey is an autochthonous Portuguese breed that is considered endangered. Several studies have been carried out on this breed, but to the authors’ best knowledge, no studies have been conducted on their clinical pathology. The aims...

Long COVID affects many individuals following acute coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), and hematological changes can persist after the acute COVID-19 phase. This study aimed to evaluate these hematological laboratory markers, linking them to clinic...

Children: adolescents, and young who are adults affected with hematological malignancies (CAYA-H) and who are undergoing intensive phases of cancer treatment, including hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT), experience diminished functional...

Isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) variants can lead to the development and/or progression of various solid tumors and hematological malignancies. IDH testing can guide diagnosis, prognosis, and therapeutic choice and typically relies on NGS, IHC, or PCR...

Elsholtzia ciliata essential oil (E. ciliata) has been reported to have an impact on the cardiovascular system. However, its toxicity remains unknown. Therefore, the objective of this investigation was to evaluate the toxicological aspects of the E. ...

Background: This study aimed to develop a simple predictive model for early identification of the risk of adverse outcomes in kidney transplant-associated Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) patients. Methods: This study encompassed 103 patients dia...

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is the most common motor neuron disease. Since there are no pathognomonic tests for ALS prognoses; clinical diagnoses of the disease take time and are usually difficult. Prognostic biomarkers are urgently needed fo...

Background/Objective: The effectiveness of blue-light phototherapy (PT) is mainly dependent on the total dose of light (time under PT and amount of skin exposed) received by infants. The primary aim of this study was the development of a novel, flexi...

The present study aims for the first time to provide the in vivo acute toxicological profile of the highest dose of Clinacanthus nutans (Burm. f.) Lindau water leaf extract according to the Organization for economic co-operation and development (OECD...

This study aimed to characterize and evaluate the fibrinolytic, thrombolytic, hematological, and toxicological aspects of a serine protease (AsKSP) from Aspergillus tamarii Kita UCP 1279. The enzyme was purified using a two-phase aqueous system...

Background and Objectives: Hepatitis C virus (HCV) remains a significant cause of chronic liver disease worldwide. While direct-acting antivirals achieve high cure rates, the interplay between viral load, gender, and routine laboratory parameters rem...

Aquaculture output, sustainability, and profitability can be enhanced by using functional feed additives. The effect of supplementation with two different dietary levels of propylene glycol (PG) and essential oils (EOs) was evaluated in Nile tilapia....

Several societies have published recommendations for evaluating older adults with cancer in standard conditions. It is vital to assure a proper systematic patient condition evaluation, not only in the oldest (geriatric assessment) but in all adult pa...

Vaccination is the primary public health strategy to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. Although solid tumor and hematologic patients are at higher risk of serious COVID-19-related complications, data on immune responses to COVID-19 vaccines in this pa...

The presence of intermuscular bones severely affects the edibility and value-added processing of crucian carp (Carassius auratus), becoming a constraint to the high-quality development of its industry. Our previous study identified bmp6 as the key os...

Here we analyzed SARS-CoV-2-specific antibodies and T-cell responses after two coronavirus disease 2019 vaccinations over a six-month period in patients with hematological malignancies and assessed the effect of a third vaccination in a subgroup. Six...

Background/Objectives: The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is a significant threat to people with persistent infections. In recent years, the treatment of chronic hepatitis C (CHC) has been transformed significantly with the use of Direct-Acting Antivirals (...

In the evaluation of a patient’s primary hematologic malignancy, positron emission tomography/computed tomography (PET/CT) imaging may incidentally detect a concerning abnormality suggestive of a second concurrent cancer. Despite accounting for...

Background: Patients with hematologic malignancies are highly vulnerable to Gram-negative bacterial bloodstream infections (GNB-BSIs) due to underlying disease-related immunosuppression, intensive chemotherapy, and repeated invasive interventions, re...

Complex malignant hematology (CMH) shared-care programs have been established to support patients with access to care closer to home. This integrative review examined what is known about CMH shared-care using the RE-AIM evaluation framework. We searc...

Background: Splenic arterial embolization (SAE) is a well-established technique in the non-operative management of splenic trauma and aneurysms. While its short-term safety and efficacy have been widely documented, medium- and long-term impacts on sp...

AIM: Monitoring biochemical and hematologic parameters in athletes at regular intervals is essential for the evaluation, protection, and improvement of their health and performance. The aim of the study was to monitor and evaluate the biochemical and...

Background: We aimed to investigate the prognostic significance of hematological inflammatory indices and monocyte-to-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio (MHR) in the diagnosis and prognosis of Bell’s palsy. Method: The study included 15...

A safety study on ketoprofen 10% was carried out on pigs using a different dosing and treatment scheme. Forty healthy crossbreed pigs with similar age, weight, and body condition score were distributed into five treatment groups. The pigs were intram...

During cancer treatments in childhood hematological malignancies, reduced exercise tolerance is one of the main hardships. Precision-based training programs help children, adolescents, and young adults and their families to resume regular physical ac...

Miconazole nitrate (MCNR), an antifungal drug, is used to treat superficial infections. The objective of the current study was to assess the antifungal effectiveness of MCNR-loaded transethosomal gel (MNTG) against Candida albicans in an in vivo rat...

The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a highly morphic, retrovirus that rapidly evolves through mutation as well as recombination. Because of the immunocompromised status in HIV patients, there is often a higher chance of acquiring different seco...

Bubaline alphaherpesvirus-1 (BuAHV-1) and Bovine alphaherpesvirus-1 (BoAHV-1) are respiratory viruses that can cause an infection known as “Infectious Bovine Rhinotracheitis” (IBR) in both water buffalo and bovine species. As the main dis...

This study aims to evaluate the dietary replacement effect of various levels of fish meal (FM) with meat meal (MM) on the growth, feed utilization, chemical composition, hematological parameters, and innate immune responses of olive flounder. A total...

Background: Patients with hematological malignancies (HM), including multiple myeloma (MM), frequently suffer from immune deficiency-associated infectious complications because of both the disease and the treatment. Alarming results from China and th...

Background: Rigorous evaluation of vacuum blood collection tubes is essential to ensure the reliability of laboratory results. Methods: In this study, we compared the serum separator tube V-Tube™ (V-Tube SST), the quick-clotting serum separator...

We performed an 8-week feeding trial to evaluate dietary soluble extract hydrolysates from fishery by-products, such as shrimp soluble extract (SSE) with or without inosine monophosphate (IMP), tilapia soluble extract (TSE) and squid soluble extract...

COVID-19, caused by SARS-CoV-2, and its variants have spread rapidly across the globe in the past few years, resulting in millions of deaths worldwide. Hematological diseases and complications associated with COVID-19 severely impact the mortality an...

The research into and production of hematological reference samples used to implement an external quality assessment (EQA) to check the quality of hematology tests are necessary for hematology laboratories in Vietnam. In this research, the study team...

(1) Background: Benzene, toluene, and xylene isomers (BTX) are present in gasoline. Exposure to benzene may lead to the appearance of a series of signs, symptoms, and complications, which are characterized by benzene poisoning, which is an occupation...

In our study, we investigated the prognostic significance of hematological markers—NLR (Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte Ratio), PLR (Platelet-to-Lymphocyte Ratio), and RDW-CV (Red Blood Cell Distribution Width—Coefficient of Variation)—in...

Background/Objectives: Breast cancer is a leading cause of female mortality worldwide. Immune system dynamics, reflected in hematological ratios derived from leukocytes, have been increasingly recognized for their prognostic value in cancer patients....

Maternal hematological disorders during pregnancy may pose a risk to the neurological development of newborns. To investigate the association between maternal hematological disorders during pregnancy and neurological outcomes in newborns, this mixed...

Trimester specific reference ranges of hematological indices were described in several populations; however, comparable reports among Sudanese women with normal pregnancy are lacking. To evaluate trimester pattern of change and reference ranges of he...

Reference intervals for common hematological and clinical chemistry parameters constitute an important basis for health care. Moreover, with increasing priority in drug and vaccine development for infectious diseases in Africa, the first priority is...

Biologics are used for ankylosing spondylitis (AS), psoriasis, and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) treatment. The association between biologics and the development of hematologic malignancies is controversial, and data on patients with AS, psoriasis, and P...

Equine piroplasmosis (EP) is a tick-borne disease affecting equids worldwide. Diagnosis is based on direct methods (blood smear or PCR) or indirect methods (serology); however, these techniques yield positive and negative results. Thus, an alternativ...

The experiment was conducted to evaluate the requirement of cyanocobalamin of male Pekin ducks from hatch to 21 days of age. A total of three-hundred-eighty-four, one-day-old meat-type male Pekin ducks were randomly allocated to six treatments, i.e.,...

Background and Objectives: There is a need for information regarding the clinical picture of hemorrhagic pneumonia caused by Stenotrophomonas maltophilia in patients with hematologic malignancies. In this study, we aimed to investigate the risk facto...

Feline blood donation requires sedation to allow for good blood collection, avoiding venous damage and unnecessary donor stress. In the present study, we describe the variation of hematological parameters in a population of 74 healthy blood-donor cat...

Raman spectroscopy is a molecular spectroscopic technique able to provide detailed information about the chemical structure, phase, crystallinity, and molecular interactions of virtually any analyzed sample. Although its medical applications have bee...