Effects of Dual-Site Anodal Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation on Attention, Decision-Making, and Working Memory during Sports Fatigue in Elite Soccer Athletes by Fengxue Qi, Na Zhang, Michael A. Nitsche, Longyan Yi, Yingqiu Zhang, Tian Yue

“…However, dual-site anodal tDCS targeting either the M1 or DLPFC did not significantly influence working memory performance during sports fatigue in this population. These preliminary findings suggest that dual-site tDCS targeting the M1 has beneficial effects on attention performance, potentially informing future research on sports fatigue in athletes. …”
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Serological cross-reactivity between Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus and Nairobi sheep disease virus glycoprotein C by Emmanuel A. Maze, George Booth, Georgina Limon, Sandra Belij-Rammerstorfer, Simona R. Tchakarova, Tsviatko Alexandrov, Clare Browning, Ginette Wilsden, Anna B. Ludi, Bryan Charleston, Teresa Lambe, Teresa Lambe

“…CCHFV and NSDV cocirculating in small ruminant populations across South Asia and East Africa. Cross-reactivity to viruses of the Orthonairovirus genus can potentially interfere with serological assays when employed for serosurveillance in regions where two or more genus members overlap in their distribution.MethodsIn this study, sheep sera sampled from a region of confirmed CCHFV circulation and NSDV absence were utilized, thereby eliminating the possibility of co-exposure. …”
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Digital Health Solutions for Cardiovascular Disease Prevention: Systematic Review by Yihan Qi, Emma Mohamad, Arina Anis Azlan, Chenglin Zhang, Yilian Ma, Anqi Wu

“…Data on prevention components, prevention types, study design, population, intervention, follow-up duration, personnel, and delivery settings were extracted. …”
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Pulmonary granuloma formation during latent Cryptococcus neoformans infection in C3HeB/FeJ mice involves progression through three immunological phases by Jovany J. Betancourt, Minna Ding, J. Marina Yoder, Issa Mutyaba, Hannah M. Atkins, Gabriela De la Cruz, David B. Meya, Kirsten Nielsen

“…To investigate this, we performed an analysis of pulmonary immune cell populations, cytokine changes, and granuloma formation during infection with a latent disease-causing clinical isolate in C3HeB/FeJ mice over 360 days. …”
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Conocimientos sobre la lectoescritura emergente y prácticas en las aulas para su promoción: Un estudio con docentes de Educación preescolar en Costa Rica/ Emergent Literacy Knowled... by Luis Diego Conejo, Ana María Carmiol

“…The goal of this program is to promote reading and writing learning among children living in urban-marginalized populations in Argentina. The analysis focuses on the interventions used by older children (tutors) to explain unfamiliar words to younger children (apprentices) in the context of different types of activities: reading stories and activities focused on the writing system and vocabulary. …”
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Genetic determinants of skin ageing: a systematic review and meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies and candidate genes by Chloe Wong, Jun Yan Ng, Yang Yie Sio, Fook Tim Chew

“…Future research that targets the same SNP across multiple populations could strengthen the association of additional loci with skin ageing. …”
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Concentrated Solar Power and Photovoltaic Systems: A New Approach to Boost Sustainable Energy for All (Se4all) in Rwanda by Noel Hagumimana, Jishi Zheng, Godwin Norense Osarumwense Asemota, Jean De Dieu Niyonteze, Walter Nsengiyumva, Aphrodis Nduwamungu, Samuel Bimenyimana

“….), the country currently has an installed electricity generation capacity of only 226.7 MW from its 45 power plants for a population of about 13 million in 2021. The current national rate of electrification in Rwanda is estimated to 54.5% (i.e.; 39.7% grid-connected and 14.8% off-grid connected systems). …”
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Conservation in action: Cost-effective UAVs and real-time detection of the globally threatened swamp deer (Rucervus duvaucelii) by Ravindra Nath Tripathi, Karan Agarwal, Vikas Tripathi, Ruchi Badola, Syed Ainul Hussain

“…This study exemplifies how combining UAVs with deep learning can facilitate species monitoring and population count estimation and be adopted by forest managers to support conservation decisions.…”
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Changes in interpersonal violence and utilization of trauma recovery services at an urban trauma center in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic: a retrospective, comparat... by Kevin Y. Zhu, Kristie J. Sun, Mary A. Breslin, Mark Kalina Jr., Tyler Moon, Ryan Furdock, Heather A. Vallier

“…Future direction of hospital policy to enable resource and service delivery to this population, despite internal and external challenges, appears warranted.…”
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Financial Cost of Treating Polytrauma in a Public Tertiary Hospital in the South-Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo: A Case Series Study by Kabeya Diyoka C, Ngongo Mwanvua L, Shauri Kalemera M, Pambi Mukanga P, Koba Mjumbe C

“…In developing countries, including the Democratic Republic of Congo, this phenomenon is exacerbated by a combination of factors, such as inadequate funding mechanisms, the high cost of healthcare services and the low socio-economic level of the populations at risk. This study aims to assess the financial cost of treating polytrauma in a tertiary hospital in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.Patients and Methods: A case series study was conducted at the Jason SENDWE provincial referral general hospital in Lubumbashi, with data collected from 1 January to 31 December 2023. …”
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Implementation research logic model in the design and execution of eHealth innovations for maternal and newborn healthcare in Ethiopia by Dabere Nigatu, Muluken Azage, Eyaya Misgan, Daniel A. Enquobahrie, Tegegn Kebebaw, Enyew Abate, Esubalew Alemneh, Mirkuzie Woldie, Tsinuel Girma

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Exploring lipidome mediated inflammatory pathways in acute pancreatitis using mendelian randomization by Wenbin Liu, Song Yang, Yuhan Li, Dava Tenzing, Ruizi Shi, Yang Jiang, Hao Deng, Enqiang Mao, Ying Chen, Yihui Wang

“…Exploration of genetic variants across the genome in a study population of 10,630 AP cases and 844,679 non-AP individuals revealed multiple lipidome entities significantly associated with AP risk. …”
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Anogenital distance in water buffalo females and relationship with reproductive performance. Preliminary results by Héctor Nava-Trujillo, Simón Zambrano-Salas, Justin Dijak, Adriana Morgado-Osorio, Quintino D’Andrea

“…However, considering the reduced number of animals and observations, testing, and validating these findings with a bigger population is necessary. In the same direction, there is a need to carry out more research to clarify the mechanism involved in improving reproductive performance and the heritability of AGD. …”
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The management and clinical outcome of paracetamol poisoning in South African adults: A single-centre retrospective review by C Kotze, J Swanepoel, E C Kruger, E Decloedt

“…A high case fatality rate was observed in the studied population. Early identification of at-risk individuals and prompt initiation of NAC can reduce poor outcomes. …”
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COVID-19 pandemic shifted epidemiology for cancer screening sites: breast, cervix, colon, and rectum by Yevgeniy Ishkinin, Dilyara Kaidarova, Dilyara Kaidarova, Serzhan Nazarbek, Serzhan Nazarbek, Alma Zhylkaidarova, Saniya Ossikbayeva, Kamilla Mussina, Nazgul Omarbayeva

“…During the COVID-19 restriction period, rectal cancer detection rates increased by 18.6% for EOC and decreased by 12.0% for LOC.ConclusionThe epidemiological indicators of population cancer screening worsened during the COVID pandemic; the detection rate decreased by 6.1% for breast EOC and 11.3% for cervical EOC, while there was an increase by 38.0% in EOC for colon cancer in men and by 8.0% in EOC for rectal cancer in men and 31.1% in women.…”
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Factors associated with retention in Quitline counseling for smoking cessation among HIV-positive smokers receiving care at HIV outpatient clinics in Vietnam. by Nam Truong Nguyen, Trang Nguyen, Giap Van Vu, Charles M Cleland, Yen Pham, Nga Truong, Reet Kapur, Gloria Guevara Alvarez, Phuong Thu Phan, Mari Armstrong-Hough, Donna Shelley

“…However, there is limited research on Quitline use and retention rates in this population and a lack of research on factors associated with retention in Quitline counseling. …”
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Cluster randomised controlled trial to examine medical mask use as source control for people with respiratory illness by Abrar Ahmad Chughtai, Chandini Raina MacIntyre, Yi Zhang, Quanyi Wang, Bayzidur Rahman, Haiyan Zhang, Holly Seale, Daitao Zhang, Yanhui Chu

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Association between early dietary patterns and cardiometabolic health at age 8: a confirmatory analysis of the European Childhood Obesity Project by Mariona Gispert-Llauradó, Joaquin Escribano, Natalia Ferré, Veit Grote, Berthold Koletzko, Gina Ambrosini, Elvira Verduci, Dariusz Gruszfeld, Annick Xhonneux, Veronica Luque

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Drug utilization study of antiparkinsonian medication in Romania during 25 years by Camelia Bucsa, Denisa Bruhs, Anamaria Apan, Elena Francu, Cristina Mogosan, Irina Iaru

“…Observing the trend in antiparkinsonian medication utilization over time is essential for providing insights into their real-world use and uptake in a large population.…”
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Comparison between traditional logistic regression and machine learning for predicting mortality in adult sepsis patients by Hongsheng Wu, Biling Liao, Tengfei Ji, Keqiang Ma, Yumei Luo, Shengmin Zhang

“…BackgroundSepsis is a life-threatening disease associated with a high mortality rate, emphasizing the need for the exploration of novel models to predict the prognosis of this patient population. This study compared the performance of traditional logistic regression and machine learning models in predicting adult sepsis mortality.ObjectiveTo develop an optimum model for predicting the mortality of adult sepsis patients based on comparing traditional logistic regression and machine learning methodology.MethodsRetrospective analysis was conducted on 606 adult sepsis inpatients at our medical center between January 2020 and December 2022, who were randomly divided into training and validation sets in a 7:3 ratio. …”
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