Evaluation of Treatment Patterns and Maintenance Dose Titration Among Patients With Crohn’s Disease Initiating Biologics With 3 Years of Follow-Up by Ruizhi Zhao, Zhijie Ding, Parul Gupta, Laurence Gozalo, Robert Bruette, Victor M. Johnson, Keshia Maughn, Yihang Liu, Sumesh Kachroo

“…Results were summarized using means and SD or counts and percentages. **Results:** A total of 2309 confirmed patients with CD were identified (847 \[36.7%\] IFX, 534 \[23.1%\] ADA, 486 \[21.1%\] VDZ, 394 \[17.1%\] UST, 85 \[3.7%\] CZP, and 72 \[3.1%\] IFX-BS). …”
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Assessment of Microbiological Indoor Air Quality in Cattle Breeding Farms by Justyna Szulc, Małgorzata Okrasa, Katarzyna Dybka-Stępień, Michael Sulyok, Adriana Nowak, Anna Otlewska, Bogumiła Szponar, Katarzyna Majchrzycka

“…Abstract This study, which was conducted on a farm in central Poland from February till April 2019, aimed to evaluate microbiological threats on cattle breeding premises by counting and identifying the microorganisms (via culturing and high-throughput sequencing), assessing the endotoxin concentrations (via gas chromatography-mass spectrometry [GC-MS]) and analysing the secondary metabolites (including mycotoxins) in the air and sedimented dust (via liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry [LC-MS/MS]) in six barns. …”
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Effect of phycocyanin and phycoerythrin on antioxidant and antimicrobial activity of refrigerated low-fat yogurt and cream cheese by Azadeh Ahmadi, Seyed Amir Ali Anvar, Bahareh Nowruzi, Leila Golestan

“…Cream cheeses and low-fat yogurts enriched with either PE or PE + PC had the greatest antioxidant activity and the lowest number of psychrophilic bacteria and mold, and yeast counts at the end of the test period. Therefore, low-fat yogurt and cream cheese containing cyanobacterial PE and PC can be considered an innovative dairy product for the food industry. …”
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Comparing Minor Connector Castability of Printed Cast Partial Dentures to Conventional Cast Partial Dentures: An In-vitro Study by Meghna Budati, Suresh Venugopalan

“…To assess castability, the number of lattice framework holes in each connector was counted after wax-up and fabrication. Statistical analysis was performed using a statistical software program Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23.0. …”
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Multicomponent intervention for schoolchildren with asthma: Pilot cluster randomized controlled trial by Marina Reznik, MD, MS, Florinda Islamovic, MD, Jill S. Halterman, MD, MPH, Cheng-Shiun Leu, PhD, Jiaqing Zhang, PhD, Philip O. Ozuah, MD, PhD

“…Children in the intervention group had a significantly greater increase in total moderate-to-vigorous PA and step counts at 12 months after intervention in the entire sample (β = 6.05, P < .0001; β = 579.11, P = .008, respectively) and in those with persistent or uncontrolled asthma compared to controls (β = 6.20, P < .001; β = 639.08, P = .004, respectively). …”
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Influence of Land-Use and Landcover on the Nest Distribution and Breeding Success of Grey Crowned Crane (Balearica Regulorum) In Kiyanja- Kaku Wetland Ecosystem. by Tayebwa, Gilbert

“…A total of 38 nests were monitored, and breeding success was calculated by counting the number of chicks that fledged from each nest. …”
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Assessing the Impact of Social Media Usage and Performance of the Selected Small and Medium Businesses in Ntungamo District. by Nyamwija, Bonitah

“…The collected data was analyzed manually using tallies and the responses of the subjects were then categorized in frequency counts and score tables with varying percentages calculated and later tabulation method was used to present data. …”
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Impact of Small-Scale Businesses on Provision of Employment to Informal Labor Force in Kabale Municipality. by Uwibanze, Frank

“…The collected data was analyzed using quantitative analysis which majorly involved six major activities namely, data preparation, counting, grouping, relating, predicting, and statistical testing. …”
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Universal capillary screening for chronic autoimmune, metabolic and cardiovascular diseases: feasibility and acceptability of the UNISCREEN study by Sara Angiulli, Aurora Merolla, Elisa Borgonovo, Rebecca De Lorenzo, Serena Spadoni, Barbara Fontana, Giuseppina Manganaro, Elena Rela, Alberto Bongiovanni, Rita Peracino, Chiara Bellino, Giulia Pata, Eleonora Bianconi, Sabina Martinenghi, Francesca Ulivi, Cristina Renzi, Cristina Renzi, Emanuele Bosi, Emanuele Bosi, UNISCREEN Study Group, Sara Angiulli, Aurora Merolla, Alberto Bongiovanni, Rebecca De Lorenzo, Elena Rela, Rita Peracino, Chiara Bellino, Giuseppina Manganaro, Elisa Borgonovo, Sara Critelli, Aldo Fici, Martina Mallus, Giulia Morocutti, Giulia Pata, Clara Soggetti, Chiara Calabrese, Alberico Di Resta, Maria Pia Ruggiero, Antonella Spano’, Francesca Biasco, Manuel Stocchi, Pietro Melodia, Giuseppe Ancona, Andrea Laurenzi

“…BackgroundUNISCREEN is a general population study aiming at evaluating feasibility and acceptability of universal screening for chronic autoimmune (type 1 diabetes and celiac disease) and metabolic/cardiovascular diseases (dysglycemia, type 2 diabetes, dyslipidemia, hypertension) across all age groups using capillary blood sampling by fingerprick to measure disease risk markers.MethodsUNISCREEN was conducted in the Cantalupo fraction, Cerro Maggiore, Milan, Italy, counting 3,061 inhabitants between 1 and 100 years of age. …”
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Analysis of the predictive value of the prostate-specific antigen-to-neutrophil ratio for the diagnosis of prostate cancer by Yuxuan Chen, Haisheng Yan, Yaoqin Xu, Kexin Chen, Runqin Yang, Jiali Yang, Ruian Zhu, Rui Lin, Jiang Wang, Jie Liu, Pingsheng Gao, Lei Pang, Lexin Wang

“…Based on this, we combined PSA and absolute neutrophil counts to calculate the total PSA to absolute neutrophil ratio (PNR), which is higher in patients with prostate cancer and lower in those with benign conditions. …”
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Death and disappearance: Measuring racial disparities in mortality and life expectancy among people in state prisons, United States 2000-2014. by Bryan L Sykes, Ernest K Chavez, Justin D Strong

“…We also benchmark death counts reported to federal agencies with official state reports to cross-validate general mortality patterns.…”
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: NR3C2 affects the proliferation and invasiveness of colon cancer cells through the Wnt/β-Catenin signaling pathway by Ke Nie, Zhong-Jiang He, Ling-Jun Kong

“…Furthermore, colon cancer cell models overexpressing NR3C2 and with knockdown NR3C2 were constructed by lentiviral vector transfection. Cell Counting Kit-8 assay, transplantation of tumors in nude mice and transwell assays were used to examine the proliferation, migration and invasion of colon cancer cells. …”
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“Unmasking the Uncommon”: A case series of multi-drug resistant Elizabethkingia meningoseptica causing late-onset sepsis and meningitis in preterm neonates [version 2; peer review:... by Anisha Maria Fernandes, Sinchana Bhat, Suchitra Shenoy M., Prajnha U.P.

“…Initial investigations revealed normal complete blood counts (CBC) parameters and elevated CRP levels. Blood and CSF cultures isolated Elizabethkingia meningoseptica with a similar AST pattern. …”
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Inhibition of complement system-related gene ITGB2 attenuates epithelial–mesenchymal transition and inflammation in diabetic nephropathy by Jun Peng, Wenqi Zhao, Lu Zhou, Kun Ding

“…Then the cell viability, inflammatory factors, and the expression of epithelial–mesenchymal transition (EMT) and fibrosis markers were determined by using Cell Counting Kit-8 (CCK-8) assay, enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA), western blotting assays, respectively. …”
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Clinical Profile and Prescription Patterns in Culture-proven Enteric Fever in Children by Divya Priyadharshini, Mobill Clinton, Nandini Sethuraman, Mathrubootham Sridhar, Vidya Krishna

“…Most cases had normal leukocyte counts, eosinopenia, and elevated CRP. CRP does not predict fever defervescence. …”
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Green analysis of illicit drugs on banknote dust by Teresa Cecchi, Arianna Giuliani, Carlo Catini

“…Purpose: This study aims to develop and validate the first analytical method to assess the presence of common illicit drugs on banknote dust from counting machines via green preanalytical and analytical approaches. …”
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Patient experience and burden of haemolytic disease of the foetus and newborn: a systematic review by P. Maurice, J. McCallion, M. Fitzgibbon, J. N. Barthelmes, W. Karmous, E. J. Hardy, S. A. Mitchell, C. R. Mitchell, J. Lee, W. Noel, Andras Borsi, J. M. Jouannic

“…Results A total of 26 relevant publications were identified for inclusion in the SR, consisting of one study that directly measured Health Related Quality of Life, 9 studies reporting on proxy outcomes for patient burden and 18 studies reporting on economic burden (this includes two double-counted studies reporting more than one outcome type). …”
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Comparison of phenotypic and genetic traits of ESBL-producing UPEC strains causing recurrent or single episode UTI in postmenopausal women by Michelle Kalu, Peter Jorth, Annie Wong-Beringer

“…Bladder cell line 5637 was infected with study strains at MOI 15 for 2 h, treated with amikacin for 2 h to remove extracellular bacteria, then lysed to enumerate intracellular CFU counts. Results No differences in clinical characteristics between patient groups were observed. …”
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Relationship of monocyte to high-density lipoprotein ratio (MHR) and other inflammatory biomarkers with sarcopenia: a population-based study by Zhiwei Xue, Jian Cao, Jianhui Mou, Rui Wang, Peng Liu

“…Abstract Objectives In previous studies, several inflammatory biomarkers derived from complete blood cell counts (CBC), such as systemic immune inflammation index (SII), neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio (NLR), and non‑high‑density lipoprotein cholesterol to high‑density lipoprotein cholesterol ratio (NHHR) have been identified as predictors of sarcopenia. …”
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Effects of Agrochemicals on Soil Bio-Physico-Chemical Properties in Potato Production Systems in the Highlands of South Western Uganda. by Twebaze, Jeniffer

“…Soil macrofauna samples were collected three times per season, and the observed organisms were counted and recorded to determine their abundance, evenness, and richness. …”
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