Effects of clopidogrel therapy on whole blood platelet aggregation, the Plateletworks® assay and coagulation parameters in cats with asymptomatic hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: a pil... oleh M. L. den Toom, M. W. van Leeuwen, V. Szatmári, E. Teske

"…Objectives: Evaluating effects of clopidogrel therapy in asymptomatic cats with HCM on (1) conventional whole blood aggregation (WBA), (2) alternative platelet aggregation assessed with tubes of the Plateletworks® assay and (3) standard coagulation parameters. …"
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Modifying the resin type of hybrid anion exchange nanotechnology (HAIX-Nano) to improve its regeneration and phosphate recovery efficiency oleh Xavier Foster, Céline Vaneeckhaute

"…For a desorption solution of only 0.4% NaOH and no NaCl, WBA-2 showed an average regeneration efficiency of 78 ± 1% compared to SBA-1 with 24 ± 1%.…"
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Antigen-Specific Mammary Inflammation Depends on the Production of IL-17A and IFN-γ by Bovine CD4+ T Lymphocytes. oleh Pascal Rainard, Patricia Cunha, Marion Ledresseur, Christophe Staub, Jean-Luc Touzé, Florent Kempf, Florence B Gilbert, Gilles Foucras

"…The IL-17A and IFN-γ production in the WBA was dependent on the presence of CD4+ cells in blood samples. …"
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Feasibility of using pozzolanicity tests to assess reactivity of wood biomass fly ashes oleh Karmen Kostanić Jurić, Ivana Carević, Marijana Serdar, Nina Štirmer

"…The above-mentioned pozzolanicity tests are used in this study to evaluate reactivity of wood biomass fly ashes (WBA-F). The results presented in the paper show that only the SAI method can fully reveal the hydraulic and pozzolanic activity of WBA-F.…"
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Making assessment a team sport: a qualitative study of facilitated group feedback in internal medicine residency oleh Heather Braund, Nancy Dalgarno, Rachel O'Dell, David R Taylor

"… Purpose: Competency-based medical education relies on feedback from workplace-based assessment (WBA) to direct learning. Unfortunately, WBAs often lack rich narrative feedback and show bias towards Medical Expert aspects of care. …"
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A whole blood intracellular cytokine assay optimised for field site studies demonstrates polyfunctionality of CD4+ T cells in acute scrub typhus. oleh Manutsanun Inthawong, Nattapon Pinthong, Areerat Thaiprakhong, Tri Wangrangsimakul, Piyanate Sunyakumthorn, Jennifer Hill, Piengchan Sonthayanon, Daniel H Paris, Susanna J Dunachie, Barbara Kronsteiner

"…<h4>Methodology/principle findings</h4>We optimised a flow cytometry-based whole blood intracellular cytokine assay (WBA) with respect to duration of antigen stimulation and intracellular protein retention time. …"
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Wheat bran oil concentrate induced AMPK activation, insulin and lipid homeostasis alleviates adipokines and cytokine in high fat fed C57BL6 mice oleh Sharanappa T. Talawar, A.S. Mohan Kumar, G. Bhaskaragoud, B.V. Mohan Kumar, G. Suresh Kumar

"…However, the treatment with WBA 1 and 2% significantly lessened lipid droplets in 3T3-L1 cells. …"
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Attenuated Salmonella Typhimurium expressing Salmonella Paratyphoid A O-antigen induces protective immune responses against two Salmonella strains oleh Qing Liu, Pei Li, Hongyan Luo, Roy Curtiss, Qingke Kong

"…Typhimurium mutants were constructed with replacement of abe, wzxB1 and wbaVB1 genes with respective prt-tyvA1, wzxA1 and wbaVA1, and the results showed that only three genes including prt, wbaVA1 and wzxA1 from S. …"
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Comparison of the clinical effects for different positions of the weight-bearing axis after high tibial osteotomy oleh Han Xu, Huali Tu, Tianzuo Zhao, Daofei Xu, Qinglong Yu, Long Liao, Shitian Tang, Bo Shi

"…Half a year later, those with a WBA range of 62–66% had better knee joint function scores. …"
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Does visuospatial neglect contribute to standing balance within the first 12 weeks post-stroke? A prospective longitudinal cohort study oleh Elissa Embrechts, Jonas Schröder, Tanja C. W. Nijboer, Charlotte van der Waal, Christophe Lafosse, Steven Truijen, Wim Saeys

"…Posturographic measures included measures of postural control (mediolateral (ML)/anteroposterior (AP) net center-of-pressure velocities (COPvel)) and WBA during quiet standing. A linear mixed model was used to examine longitudinal associations between egocentric and allocentric VSN, and BBS-s, COPvel-ML, COPvel-AP and WBA within the first 12 weeks post-stroke. …"
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Quantification of Exposure Level in a Reverberation Chamber for a Large-Scale Animal Study oleh RYOTA ITO, SANGBONG JEON, JIANQING WANG, AE-KYOUNG LEE, JEONG-KI PACK, HYUNG-DO CHOI, Young Hwan AHN, Katsumi IMAIDA

"…The derived quantitative relationship between the WBA <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\_$</tex-math></inline-formula> SAR and the electric field strength required to achieve the WBA <inline-formula><tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\_$</tex-math></inline-formula> SAR consists of a one-dimensional approximation model which considers only the body mass of rats and a two-dimensional approximation model which considers not only the body mass but also the number of rats. …"
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Can Wideband Absorbance Be Used in the Detection of Ossicular Chain Defects oleh Fulya Turanoglu, Ozan Ozdemir, Cigdem Ertugay, Ozgur Yigit

"…WBA measurements at 8 frequencies between 1888-2311 Hz in Group 1 were significantly lower than Group 3 (P<0.05). …"
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Well-being balance and lived experiences assessment: a valid, comprehensive measure of positive well-being oleh Ashley F. McDermott, Christopher R. Brydges, Troy W. Norris

"…The WBAL Assessment demonstrated strong convergent validity in comparison to PERMA+ (r = 0.80) and WBA-24 (r = 0.75), indicating that the WBAL Assessment measures a similar overall concept of well-being and flourishing. …"
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Host immune responses induced by specific Mycobacterium leprae antigens in an overnight whole-blood assay correlate with the diagnosis of paucibacillary leprosy patients in China. oleh Xiaohua Chen, Yuan-Gang You, You-Hua Yuan, Lian C Yuan, Yan Wen

"…CONCLUSIONS:Our findings suggest that the host markers induced by specific M. leprae antigens in an overnight WBA increase diagnostic and discriminatory value in PB patients with leprosy, with a particularly strong association with interleukin 8.…"
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Implementing a Real-time Workplace-based Assessment Data Collection System Across an Entire Medical School’s Clinical Learning Environment oleh Reem Hasan, Carrie Phillipi, Andrea Smeraglio, Jessica Blank, Alexandra Shuford, Cameron Budd, Amy Garcia, Patricia Carney

"…We developed an online WBA system designed to overcome these challenges, and implemented it across an entire undergraduate medical education program to address the need for EPA competency assessment. …"
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Machine learning on longitudinal multi-modal data enables the understanding and prognosis of Alzheimer’s disease progression oleh Suixia Zhang, Jing Yuan, Yu Sun, Fei Wu, Ziyue Liu, Feifei Zhai, Yaoyun Zhang, Judith Somekh, Mor Peleg, Yi-Cheng Zhu, Zhengxing Huang

"…Ten biologically and clinically meaningful disease-related states were identified from data, which constitute three non-overlapping stages (i.e., neocortical atrophy [NCA], medial temporal atrophy [MTA], and whole brain atrophy [WBA]) and two distinct disease progression patterns (i.e., NCA → WBA and MTA → WBA). …"
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Workplace-based assessments of entrustable professional activities in a psychiatry core clerkship: an observational study oleh Severin Pinilla, Alexandra Kyrou, Stefan Klöppel, Werner Strik, Christoph Nissen, Sören Huwendiek

"…Abstract Background Entrustable professional activities (EPAs) in competency-based, undergraduate medical education (UME) have led to new formative workplace-based assessments (WBA) using entrustment-supervision scales in clerkships. …"
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Preoperative platelet response to collagen is associated with myocardial injury after off-pump coronary bypass graft in patients taking aspirin oleh Deok Man Hong, Yun Seok Jeon, Jun Hyun Kim, Tae Wan Lim, Young Jin Lim, Jae Hyon Bahk, Ki Bong Kim, Il Jae Kim

"…Therefore, we evaluated the relationship between preoperative whole-blood aggregometry (WBA) by collagen and the postoperative myocardial injuries.MethodsFor 44 patients who were scheduled for elective off-pump CABG and taking aspirin, WBA was measured by the impedance method in the presence of collagen (2 mg/ml or 5 mg/ml) as stimulatory agents. …"
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Discontinuously supervised aerobic training vs. physical activity promotion in the self-management of type 2 diabetes in older Italian patients: design and methods of the ‘TRIPL-A’... oleh Francesco Lucertini, Carlo Ferri Marini, Davide Sisti, Vilberto Stocchi, Ario Federici, Franco Gregorio, Donata Piangerelli, Carlos Chiatti, Antonio Cherubini, Massimo Boemi, Fabio Romagnoli, Michela Cucchi, Federica D’Angelo, Maria Paola Luconi, Anna Rita Bonfigli

"…Methods A randomized controlled design will be used, and an ERS, supported by a WBA, will be implemented. 300 physically inactive T2D patients (aged 65–74 years) will be assigned to either an intervention or control arm. …"
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Throughput Improvement in Multi radio Multi channel Wireless Cognitive Radio Mesh Networks oleh Fahimeh Aghaei, Avid Avokh

"…In this regard, we jointly exploit the multicast scheduling policies, the intra-groups and inter-groups assistance strategies, and the Wireless Broadcast Advantage (WBA). Based on WBA, a single transmission of a node can simultaneously cover multiple neighboring receivers. …"
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