Advancing the chemotherapy of tuberculous meningitis: a consensus view by Wasserman, S, Donovan, J, Kestelyn, E, Watson, JA, Aarnoutse, RE, Barnacle, JR, Boulware, DR, Chow, FC, Cresswell, FV, Davis, AG, Dooley, KE, Figaji, AA, Gibb, DM, Huynh, J, Imran, D, Marais, S, Meya, DB, Misra, UK, Modi, M, Raberahona, M, Ganiem, AR, Rohlwink, UK, Ruslami, R, Seddon, JA, Skolimowska, KH, Solomons, RS, Stek, CJ, Thuong, NTT, van Crevel, R, Whitaker, C, Thwaites, GE, Wilkinson, RJ

“…Antimicrobial treatment is based on regimens used for pulmonary tuberculosis, which overlooks important differences between lung and brain drug distributions. …”

The impact of evolving SARS-CoV-2 mutations and variants on COVID-19 vaccines by McLean, Gary R., Kamil, Jeremy, Lee, Benhur, Moore, Penny, Schulz, Thomas F., Muik, Alexander, Sahin, Ugur, Tureci, Ozlem, Pather, Shanti

“…Although data on the effectiveness of the primary regimen against omicron (B.1.1.529) are limited, booster programs using mRNA vaccines have been shown to restore protection against infection and symptomatic disease (regardless of the vaccine used for the primary regimen) and maintain high effectiveness against hospitalization. …”
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Long contraction scour by Koh, Chun Wei

“…Using the incomplete self-similarity method and regression analysis of the database, a predictive scour depth equation was proposed which is suitable for applications with uniform and non-uniform sediments. It was found that the maximum scour depth in a long contraction depends mainly on the effect of the densimetric Froude number (Fo,d84), width ratio of the uncontracted to the contracted channel (B1/B2), sediment gradation (σg), and the relative sediment size (d84/h1). …”
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Determining targets for antiretroviral drug concentrations: a causal framework illustrated with pediatric efavirenz data from the CHAPAS-3 trial by Schomaker, M, Denti, P, Bienczak, A, Burger, D, Díaz, I, Gibb, DM, Walker, AS, McIlleron, H

“…<p><strong>Background:&nbsp;</strong>Determining a therapeutic window for maintaining antiretroviral drug concentrations within an appropriate range is required for identifying effective dosing regimens. The limits of this window are typically calculated using predictive models. …”

Maximizing the performance of badminton athletes through core strength training: Unlocking their full potential using machine learning (ML) modeling by Ma, Shuzhen, Geok Soh, Kim, Japar, Salimah, Xu, Simao, Zhicheng, Guo

“…Incorporating core strength training into regular regimens can improve athletes' overall strength, endurance, balance, control, and prevent injuries. …”
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Phonological analysis of syllabic changes of Arabic loan verbs by Muhaimin Syaqiq Mawaridi, Abdul Azim Mohamad Isa, Lutfi Hassan

“…The reduction of syllable segments refers to a segmental reduction in the first, second or third syllable. …”
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Characterization of Microbial Primary and Secondary Metabolism in the Marine Realm by Geller-McGrath, David Edward

“…Many marine environments, particularly oxygen-depleted water columns and sediments, however, remain under-represented in these studies. …”
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Behaviour of joints in tunnel linings by Alevey, Niall Mac, Ashraf Mohamed Hefny

“…Precast concrete tunnel segments are used extensively to construct tunnel linings. …”
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Distinct Circle of Willis anatomical configurations in healthy preterm born adults: a 3D time-of-flight magnetic resonance angiography study by Greggio, J, Malamateniou, C, Baruteau, KP, Reyes-Aldasoro, CC, Huckstep, OJ, Francis, JM, Williamson, W, Leeson, P, Lewandowski, AJ, Lapidaire, W

“…In contrast, preterm females showed higher odds of a group 4a variant (circles with one or more accessory segments, without any absent segments) in comparison to their full-term counterparts (p = 0.020). …”

Multi-Proxy Records of Climate and Carbon Cycle Perturbations in the Paleozoic: Integrating Isotope Geochemistry and Sedimentology by Anderson, Noah

“…To glean robust information from this archive, we must understand how carbonate sediments form, ensure our analytical techniques are optimized, and consider how inherently local deposition of sediments can communicate information about global changes in climate. …”
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Estimating evolutionary and demographic parameters via ARG-derived IBD by Huang, Z, Kelleher, J, Chan, Y, Balding, D

“…Inference of evolutionary and demographic parameters from a sample of genome sequences often proceeds by first inferring identical-by-descent (IBD) genome segments. By exploiting efficient data encoding based on the ancestral recombination graph (ARG), we obtain three major advantages over current approaches: (i) no need to impose a length threshold on IBD segments, (ii) IBD can be defined without the hard-to-verify requirement of no recombination, and (iii) computation time can be reduced with little loss of statistical efficiency using only the IBD segments from a set of sequence pairs that scales linearly with sample size. …”

Treatment options to support the elimination of Hepatitis C: an open label, factorial randomised controlled trial by Cooke, G, Le Manh, H, Flower, B, McCabe, L, Vu Thu Kim, H, Vo Thi, T, Dang Trong, T, Nguyen Thanh, D, Le Thanh, P, Dao Bach, K, Nguyen Thi Chau, A, Pham Ngoc, T, Vu Thu Thu, H, Dang Thi, B, Nguyen Kim, T, Ansari, A, Le Ngoc, C, Vo Minh, Q, Nguyen Thi Ngoc, P, Le Thi, T, Nguyen Bao, T, Kestelyn, E, Kingsley, C, Van Doorn, R, Rahman, M, Pett, S, Thwaites, G, Barnes, E, Day, J, Nguyen Van Vinh, C, Walker, AS

“…No randomised trials have compared these regimens and high cure rates may be achievable with shorter durations of therapy.…”

Variational mesh decomposition by Zhang, Juyong, Zheng, Jianmin, Wu, Chunlin, Cai, Jianfei

“…The problem of decomposing a 3D mesh into meaningful segments (or parts) is of great practical importance in computer graphics. …”
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Characterization of artemisinin resistance in plasmodium falciparum by Rocamora, Frances Maureen C.

“…In order to better understand the Artemisinin resistance phenotype, we developed Artemisinin-resistant parasite lines derived from two isogenic clones (6A and 11C) of the 3D7 strain of Plasmodium falciparum using a selection regimen that mimics how parasites interact with the drug in infected patients. …”
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Drug interaction between acetyltanshinone IIA and rapamycin in breast cancer cells by Wong, De Pin

“…Developing in vitro drug combination study is essential for the development of new and effective combination regimens. In this project, the objective is to investigate the synergistic potential between two anti breast cancer agent, rapamycin and acetyltanshinone IIA (ATA) in breast cancer cells. …”
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Using Sequenom to identify KRAS mutations in an Asian cohort of ovarian mucinous cancer by Tiong, Wen Ning

“…While there are distinct differences between mucinous epithelial ovarian cancer (mEOC) and the other subtypes of EOC, a standard treatment regimen is followed for all EOC histotypes. KRAS mutations have been observed to occur in relatively high frequencies of 50-60% in mEOC but not in other subtypes of EOC in at least three clinical studies. …”
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Development of a powermeter for a bicycle – I by Pillarisetty Venkata Pranav

“…More than just being a mode of transportation, bicycling has caught on as a competitive sport in many parts of the world and as an exercise regimen by a sizeable fraction of the global population. …”
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First-line chemotherapy for advanced ovarian cancer: paclitaxel, cisplatin and the evidence by Sandercock, J, Parmar, MKB, Torri, V

“…Two of the reported trials (GOG-111 and the Intergroup trial) provide clear evidence that cisplatin combined with paclitaxel is a more effective regimen than one using the same dose of cisplatin combined with cyclophosphamide. …”

Targeted hematopoietic stem cell depletion through SCF-blockade by Chan, Yan Y., Ho, Pui Y., Dib, Carla, Swartzrock, Leah, Rayburn, Maire, Willner, Hana, Ko, Ethan, Ho, Katie, Down, Julian D., Wilkinson, Adam C., Nakauchi, Hiro, Denis, Morgane, Cool, Taylor, Czechowicz, Agnieszka

“…Abstract Background Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT) is a curative treatment for many diverse blood and immune diseases. However, HSCT regimens currently commonly utilize genotoxic chemotherapy and/or total body irradiation (TBI) conditioning which causes significant morbidity and mortality through inducing broad tissue damage triggering infections, graft vs. host disease, infertility, and secondary cancers. …”
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Spatio temporal traffic pediction for a large-scale road network by Krishnamoorthy, Nardana

“…The road segments belonging to one of these clusters were then tested. …”
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