Overview of systematic reviews on strategies to improve treatment initiation, adherence to antiretroviral therapy and retention in care for people living with HIV: part 1 by Lehana Thabane, Shari Margolese, Lawrence Mbuagbaw, Beth Rachlis, Winston Husbands, Carmen Logie, Marek Smieja, Elizabeth Alvarez, Daeria O Lawson, Anisa Hajizadeh, Annie Wang, Dominik Mertz, Anita C Benoit, Lisa Puchalski Ritchie, Babalwa Zani

“…Objectives We sought to map the evidence and identify interventions that increase initiation of antiretroviral therapy, adherence to antiretroviral therapy and retention in care for people living with HIV at high risk for poor engagement in care.Methods We conducted an overview of systematic reviews and sought for evidence on vulnerable populations (men who have sex with men (MSM), African, Caribbean and Black (ACB) people, sex workers (SWs), people who inject drugs (PWID) and indigenous people). …”
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Regional patterns and climatic predictors of viruses in honey bee (Apis mellifera) colonies over time by Alison McAfee, Niloofar Alavi-Shoushtari, Renata Labuschagne, Lan Tran, Julia Common, Heather Higo, Stephen F. Pernal, Pierre Giovenazzo, Shelley E. Hoover, Ernesto Guzman-Novoa, Robert W. Currie, Patricia Wolf Veiga, Sarah K. French, Ida M. Conflitti, Mateus Pepinelli, Daniel Borges, Elizabeth M. Walsh, Christine A. Bishop, Amro Zayed, Jason Duffe, M. Marta Guarna, Leonard J. Foster

“…We analyzed a multi-year longitudinal dataset of abundances of nine honey bee viruses (deformed wing virus A, deformed wing virus B, black queen cell virus, sacbrood virus, Lake Sinai virus, Kashmir bee virus, acute bee paralysis virus, chronic bee paralysis virus, and Israeli acute paralysis virus) in colonies located across Canada to describe broad trends in virus intensity and occurrence among regions and years. …”
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Effect of nirmatrelvir/ritonavir (Paxlovid) on hospitalization among adults with COVID-19: An electronic health record-based target trial emulation from N3C. by Abhishek Bhatia, Alexander J Preiss, Xuya Xiao, M Daniel Brannock, G Caleb Alexander, Robert F Chew, Hannah Davis, Megan Fitzgerald, Elaine Hill, Elizabeth P Kelly, Hemalkumar B Mehta, Charisse Madlock-Brown, Kenneth J Wilkins, Christopher G Chute, Melissa Haendel, Richard Moffitt, Emily R Pfaff, N3C Consortium

“…We observed disparities in Paxlovid treatment, with lower rates among black and Hispanic or Latino patients, and within socially vulnerable communities. …”
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The effects of Lepidium meyenii on MSG-induced subfertility in male Wistar rats: Targeting oxidative stress, pro-inflammatory cytokines, steroidogenic enzymes, and reproductive hor... by Temidayo S. Omolaoye, Surendra Singh Rawat, Naglaa Gamil Shehab, Eslam El Nebrisi, Stefan S. Du Plessis

“…Animals were orally (oral gavage) administered MSG (900 mg/kg/day for 45days), MSG and Maca (900 mg/kg/day of MSG and 500 mg/kg/day of black Lepidium meyenii root extract), or water only (control group), for a total period of 80 days. …”
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The Effect of Prejudice and Discrimination Education Given to University Students on Gender Perception and Attitude by Neslihan Nur Pehlivan

“…Most students who participated in the study said that the Black Sea region was where they spent most of their lives (46.3%). …”
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Predicting egg production rate and egg weight of broiler breeders based on machine learning and Shapley additive explanations by Hengyi Ji, Yidan Xu, Ganghui Teng

“…For egg weight predictions, the XGBoost model's MAE, RMSE and MAPE were less than 0.63g, 0.86g and 1.1%, respectively. Given the inherent black-box nature of ML models, we used the Shapley additive explanations (SHAP) method to interpret the key features influencing the XGBoost model's predictions and the interactions between these features. …”
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Comparative analysis of deep learning and radiomic signatures for overall survival prediction in recurrent high-grade glioma treated with immunotherapy by Qi Wan, Clifford Lindsay, Chenxi Zhang, Jisoo Kim, Xin Chen, Jing Li, Raymond Y. Huang, David A. Reardon, Geoffrey S. Young, Lei Qin

“…The potential time-saving must be weighed against the lower interpretability of end-to-end black box modeling.…”
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Enhancing predictive accuracy for urinary tract infections post-pediatric pyeloplasty with explainable AI: an ensemble TabNet approach by Hongyang Wang, Junpeng Ding, Shuochen Wang, Long Li, Jinqiu Song, Dongsheng Bai

“…Building on these findings, we developed an ensemble learning model, meta-learner, that effectively integrates both methodologies, and utilized SHAP(Shapley Additive Explanation, SHAP) to complete the visualization of the integrated black-box model. Among the 764 pediatric pyeloplasty cases analyzed, 265 (34.7%) developed postoperative UTIs, predominantly within the first three months. …”
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Painting a portrait: Analysis of national health survey data for cancer genetic counseling by Monica H. Stamp, Ora K. Gordon, Christopher P. Childers, Kimberly K. Childers

“…Among the unaffected, female sex (OR: 1.70 [1.30‐2.21]), non‐Hispanic black race (OR: 1.44 [1.02‐2.05], reference: non‐Hispanic white), graduate education (OR: 1.76 [1.03‐2.98], reference: less than high school), and age (OR: 1.06 [1.01‐1.11]) predicted higher rates of genetic counseling. …”
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Association between the composite dietary antioxidant index and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease: evidence from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2005–2016 by Yidian Fu, Yidian Fu, Chao Jiang, Zonglin Li, Xiangyun Shi, Peiyuan Lv, Peiyuan Lv, Jingbo Zhang

“…Sensitivity analyses confirmed this association using the hepatic steatosis index (HSI) to define NAFLD, applying unweighted logistic regression, adjusting for physical activity or after excluding non-Hispanic Black participants, and after excluding medications known for their potential hepatotoxic effects.Conclusions and relevanceIn this cross-sectional study based on six cycles (2005–2016) of the NHANES, CDAI was negatively associated with NAFLD in US adult population. …”
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A perinatal psychiatry access program to address rural and medically underserved populations using telemedicine by Courtney King, Marie Hayes, Lizmarie Maldonado, Elizabeth Monter, Rubin Aujla, Erin Phlegar, Claire Smith, Liz Parker, Kerry Blome, Amanda Sandford, Edie Douglas, Constance Guille

“…Treatment was provided to 881 perinatal patients (54.6% White, 26.1% Black, 6.2% Hispanic) of whom 51.8% were insured by Medicaid, 89.7% resided in counties designed as fully Medically Underserved Areas, and 38.9% lived in counties designed as fully rural. …”
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Multilevel determinants of racial/ethnic disparities in severe maternal morbidity and mortality in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA: protocol for a concurrent triang... by Bankole Olatosi, Jiajia Zhang, Xiaoming Li, Chen Liang, Jihong Liu, Peiyin Hung, Shan Qiao, Berry A Campbell, Myriam E Torres, Neset Hikmet

“…Introduction The COVID-19 pandemic has affected communities of colour the hardest. Non-Hispanic black and Hispanic pregnant women appear to have disproportionate SARS-CoV-2 infection and death rates.Methods and analysis We will use the socioecological framework and employ a concurrent triangulation, mixed-methods study design to achieve three specific aims: (1) examine the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on racial/ethnic disparities in severe maternal morbidity and mortality (SMMM); (2) explore how social contexts (eg, racial/ethnic residential segregation) have contributed to the widening of racial/ethnic disparities in SMMM during the pandemic and identify distinct mediating pathways through maternity care and mental health; and (3) determine the role of social contextual factors on racial/ethnic disparities in pregnancy-related morbidities using machine learning algorithms. …”
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Performance of sewage sludge reuse in the manufacturing of fired bricks by K. Moulato, M. Ammari, L. Ben Allal

“…Organic matter performed by the Walkley-Black assay and the loss on ignition method for comparison. …”
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Oxidative potential determines the oxidative stress and ferroptotic toxicity of airborne particulate matter on pulmonary epithelial cells by Bingxue Nie, Daoqiang Zhang, Xin Liu, Chengying Lei, Zhiruo Li, Nan Zhang, Shuping Zhang, Yiju Wei, Jie Zhang

“…In comparison to two kinds of commercial PM such as carbon black and SRM-1648a, real ambient PM2.5 induced more significant oxidative stress and ferroptosis, which was closely associated with its higher OP. …”
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Challenges faced by women oncologists in Africa: a mixed methods study by Doreen Ramogola-Masire, Reshma Jagsi, Matthew Jalink, Verna Vanderpuye, Nwamaka Lasebikan, Miriam Mutebi, Nazik Hammad, Susan Msadabwe, Laura Carson, Dorothy Chilambe Lombe, Zainab Doleeb, Haimanot Kasahun Alemu, Nesrine Chraiet, Naa Adorkor Aryeetey, Zainab Mohamed, Nazima Jaffer Dharsee, Sitna Mwanzi, Khadija Warfa, Emmanuella Nwachukwu, Edom Seife Woldetsadik, Hirondina Vaz Borges Spencer

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Clinical Utility of an Alzheimer’s Disease Blood Test Among Cognitively Impaired Patients: Results from the Quality Improvement PrecivityAD2 (QUIP II) Clinician Survey Study by Mark Monane, Demetrius M. Maraganore, Robert M. Carlile, Kim G. Johnson, David A. Merrill, Darren R. Gitelman, Kenneth S. Sharlin, Lawren A. VandeVrede, Kristi K. George, Jimin Wang, Tim West, Leslie Jacobs, Philip B. Verghese, Joel B. Braunstein

“…<b>Results</b>: Patients had a median age of 74, 53% were female, and 28% were traditionally under-represented in Black, Hispanic, and Asian groups. The composite primary endpoint, defined as a change in AD diagnostic certainty, drug therapy, or additional brain amyloid evaluation pre- and post-BBM testing, was 75% (<i>p</i> < 0.0001 versus the pre-specified threshold of 20% clinically meaningful change). …”
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Sistem Informasi Geografis Pemetaan Data Terpadu Kesejahteraan Sosial di Kabupaten Garut by Dede Kurniadi, Asri Mulyani, Marshal Firmansyah, Nia Abania

“…In addition to this, the results of the BlackBox testing assessment show that the test results have met all the results expected by users on functional requirements, with these results expected to make it easier for the public to find information and check the registered status in DTKS, one of which is through the data search feature based on NIK (Citizenship Identification Number). …”
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Presence of microplastics contamination in table salt and estimated exposure in humans by D.A. Syamsu, D. Deswati, S. Syafrizayanti, A. Putra, Y. Suteja

“…The dominant microplastics were 100-300 micrometers in size (47.3 percent) and black in color (52.88 percent). It is estimated that adults in Indonesia will be exposed to 60.225-571.225 microplastics/year if they consume 5 grams of salt/day or 120.45-1142.45 microplastics/year if they consume 10 grams of salt/day.CONCLUSION: Of the 21 salt samples analyzed, all were detected to contain microplastics. …”
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Assessment of Air Pollution and Lagged Meteorological Effects in an Urban Residential Area of Kenitra City, Morocco by Mustapha Zghaid, Abdelfettah Benchrif, Mounia Tahri, Amine Arfaoui, Malika Elouardi, Mohamed Derdaki, Ali Quyou, Moulay Laarbi Ouahidi

“…Complex mixtures of air pollutants, including ozone (O₃), carbon monoxide (CO), sulfur dioxide (SO₂), nitrogen dioxide (NO₂), black carbon (BC), and fine particulate matter (PM_2.5), present significant health risks. …”
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Research progress of phosphogypsum-based backfill technology by Qiusong CHEN, Aixiang WU

“…Typically, phosphogypsum appears gray-black or gray-white, with a pH value ranging from 1.2 to 6. …”
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