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Open AccessImmune-mediated hematological disease in dogs is associated with alterations of the fecal microbiota: a pilot study
The dog is the most popular companion animal and is a valuable large animal model for several human diseases. Canine immune-mediated hematological diseases, including immune-mediated hemolytic anemia (IMHA) an...
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Open AccessEvaluation of the Fiscal Costs and Consequences of Alzheimer’s Disease in Germany: Microsimulation of Patients’ and Caregivers’ Pathways
Alzheimer’s disease is a severe condition, impacting individual’s wellbeing and independence in daily activities. Informal care provision is common and of great value to societies but is not without negative e...
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Open AccessLight management with quantum nanostructured dots-in-host semiconductors
Insightful knowledge on quantum nanostructured materials is paramount to engineer and exploit their vast gamut of applications. Here, a formalism based on the single-band effective mass equation was developed ...
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Open AccessDevelo** a social prescribing local system in a European Mediterranean country: a feasibility study to promote active and healthy aging
Social Prescribing (SP) is an innovative strategy to respond to the non-clinical health needs of the population. A Social Prescribing Local System (SPLS) can be defined as a set of joined community, health, an...
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Open AccessMajor Cost Drivers in Assessing the Economic Burden of Alzheimer’s Disease: A Structured, Rapid Review
Alzheimer’s Disease is the most common cause of dementia, affecting memory, thinking and behavior. Symptoms eventually grow severe enough to interfere with daily tasks. AD is predicted to increase healthcare s...
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Open AccessElevated soluble TNFα levels and upregulated TNFα mRNA expression in purified peripheral blood monocyte subsets associated with high-grade hepatocellular carcinoma
Chronic inflammation is involved in the initiation and progression of various cancers, including liver cancer. The current study focuses on the characterization of the peripheral immune response in hepatocellu...
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Open AccessOffice Paper Platform for Bioelectrochromic Detection of Electrochemically Active Bacteria using Tungsten Trioxide Nanoprobes
Electrochemically active bacteria (EAB) have the capability to transfer electrons to cell exterior, a feature that is currently explored for important applications in bioremediation and biotechnology fields. H...
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Diversity, distribution and ecology of the family Syllidae (Annelida) in the Portuguese coast (Western Iberian Peninsula)
The diversity, distribution and ecology of the family Syllidae along the Western Iberian coast was studied, based on 145 sediment samples covering the whole Portuguese coastal shelf and 30 Saccorhiza polyschides
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Open AccessInfluence of the layer thickness in plasmonic gold nanoparticles produced by thermal evaporation
Metallic nanoparticles (NPs) have received recently considerable interest of photonic and photovoltaic communities. In this work, we report the optoelectronic properties of gold NPs (Au-NPs) obtained by deposi...
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Haematological changes in retinal vasculitis
Two selected cases of retinal vasculitis, apparently of unknown aetiology, are reported; one case without any systemic or laboratory manifestation and the second case with a clinical picture similar to VKH syn...
