From Funding Equity Initiatives to Research Productivity: Quantifying the Impact of NSF ADVANCE Awards on Recipients’ Publication Trajectories by Alexander J. Gates, Laura K. Nelson, Rachael Grudt, Kathrin Zippel

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From Margin to Mainstream: Informal Street Vendors and Local Politics in Kolkata, India by Tathagata Chatterji, Souvanic Roy

“…Power relations and engagement patterns between the street vendors and the state authorities had changed over years, impacting quality of life within the core city and its long term sustainability. …”
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Emoji-Driven Sentiment Analysis for Social Bot Detection with Relational Graph Convolutional Networks by Kaqian Zeng, Zhao Li, Xiujuan Wang

“…Subsequently, seven sentiment-based features are extracted to quantify statistical disparities in emotional expression patterns between bot and human accounts. An attention gating mechanism is further designed to dynamically fuse these sentiment features with user description, tweet content, numerical attributes, and categorical features. …”
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Elder abuse without borders: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Tegene Atamenta Kitaw, Amsalu Baylie, Bruktawite Afework Tekle, Befkad Derese Tilahun, Addisu Getie, Biruk Beletew Abate, Sefineh Fenta Feleke, Alemu Birara Zemariam, Molla Azmeraw, Gizachew Yilak, Seada Seid, Ribka Nigatu Haile

“…Institutional settings and upper-middle-income countries report significantly higher abuse rates, highlighting the need for targeted interventions. …”
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Dynamic Femur Fracture Brace vs Hip Spica Cast for Pediatric Femoral Shaft Fractures: A Retrospective Comparative Cohort Study by Virginia F. Casey, MD, Calvin C. Chandler, MD, George D. Graham, MD, Steven L. Frick, MD

“…Secondary outcomes encompassed hospital admission rates, length of stay, and complications. Results: Demographics were similar between groups (mean age 2.2 years, 80.0% male). …”
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Biomechanical and clinical comparison of different prosthetic in reconstruction following total en bloc spondylectomy in the thoracolumbar spine: based on finite element analysis a... by Zhangui Gu, Zhangui Gu, Long Ma, Long Ma, Qiang Liu, Qiang Liu, Kun Wang, Zongqiang Yang, Zongqiang Yang, Ningkui Niu, Jiandang Shi

“…Additionally, the AVB effectively reduced implant subsidence rates, maintained intervertebral height, corrected kyphotic deformities, and exhibited enhanced biomechanical stability and clinical efficacy.…”
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Nutritional status, dietary inflammatory potential, and risk of osteosarcopenia: the Bushehr Elderly Health (BEH) program by Gita Shafiee, Mehrad Nasiri, Zhaleh Shadman, Mehdi Ebrahimi, Narges Zargar Balajam, Ramin Abdi Dezfouli, Iraj Nabipour, Ramin Heshmat

“…Abstract Background Osteosarcopenia is a growingly approved geriatric condition with a significant prevalence that contributes to higher rates of illness and death. Chronic inflammation and inadequate nutrition are key risk factors for numerous age-related diseases. …”
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Ultrasound-activated miR-195-5p/shikonin nanobubbles remodel immunosuppressive microenvironment via immunogenic cell death to potentiate PD-1/PD-L1 blockade in hepatocellular carci... by Yandi Tan, Qiao Xu, Yezi Chen, Yun Liu, Chaoqi Liu, Xinwu Cui, Yun Zhao

“…Despite the transformative clinical impact of programmed cell death ligand 1/programmed death 1 (PD-1/PD-L1) blockade in hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC), therapeutic efficacy remains limited by the tumor immunosuppressive microenvironment (TIME), with objective response rates persistently below 20 %. To address this critical clinical challenge, we engineered ultrasound (US)-responsive lipid nanobubbles (NBs) co-encapsulating microRNA (miR)-195-5p and shikonin (SK) (designated miR-195-5p/SK-NBs), a dual-functional platform designed to synergize PD-L1 suppression with immunogenic cell death (ICD). …”
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Machine Learning-Based Intrusion Detection Systems for the Internet of Drones: A Systematic Literature Review by Mostafa Ogab, Sofiane Zaidi, Abdelhabib Bourouis, Carlos T. Calafate

“…Existing Intrusion Detection Systems (IDS) for IoD face several limitations, including high false positive rates, resource constraints of drones, limited adaptability to evolving attack patterns, and a lack of standardized datasets for benchmarking, despite ongoing research efforts. …”
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Global collaboration and innovation in malignant cerebral edema research: a bibliometric perspective by Xinhua Peng, Xinhua Peng, Rongrong Zhu, Ke Zhang, Jianghong Ji, Chuanguo Lv, Feng Feng, Feng Feng

“…AimMalignant cerebral edema (MCE) is a life-threatening complication of acute brain injuries, with mortality rates exceeding 80% in the absence of treatment. …”
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Profiles and kinetics of PgRNA and clinical characteristics in pregnant, postpartum, and non-pregnant women with chronic HBV infection by Genju Wang, Yandan Wu, Ziyue Zhang, Qiuchen Wu, Juan Tang, Ying Ji, Yan Wang, Guanlun Zhou, Minmin Yu

“…Moreover, the detection rates of pgRNA, DNA, and HBeAg varied significantly across the three stages and different treatment regimens in CHB women. pgRNA was highly correlated with HBeAg, and a moderate correlation was found between pgRNA and HBV DNA levels. …”
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fNIRS evidence of abnormal frontotemporal cortex activation and functional connectivity in depressed patients after stroke: neuromodulatory mechanisms from mild to moderate depress... by Shanshan Zhou, Xiaodie Liu, Mengyuan Chen, Wenyi Chen, Yawen Pan, Yinghao Zhi

“…In contrast, the mild-PSD group displayed no notable connectivity differences between the two groups.ConclusionThis study presents distinct patterns of frontotemporal cortex activation and functional connectivity alterations associated with varying severity levels of PSD. …”
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The Risk of Vestibular Disorders with Semaglutide and Tirzepatide: Findings from a Large Real-World Cohort by Eman A. Toraih, Awwad Alenezy, Mohammad H. Hussein, Shahmeer Hashmat, Saitej Mummadi, Nawaf Farhan Alrawili, Ahmed Abdelmaksoud, Manal S. Fawzy

“…Tirzepatide users demonstrated similar patterns but lower absolute rates (0.10% at 6 months to 0.19% at 3 years vs. controls 0.04% to 0.15%), with hazard ratios from 3.19 (95% CI: 2.11–4.81) to 4.55 (95% CI: 3.43–6.03). …”
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Immunohistochemical analysis of IDH1, ATRX, p53, and Ki-67 in glioblastoma and diffuse infiltrative glioma: Therapeutic and prognostic correlation by Hasbay Bermal, Kayaselçuk Fazilet, Süner Halil İbrahim, Tufan Kadir

“…Kaplan-Meier method and Cox proportional regression model (forward model) were used to estimate the mean and median survival times, failure rates, and hazard ratios. Results. In the study, 115 (56.1%) patients were male and 90 (43.9%) were female. …”
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Dietary strategies for preventing and managing obesity through evidence-based nutritional interventions by Stephen Olaide Aremu, Blessing Akute, Dorcas Oluwakemi Aremu, Caleb Zando, Esther Damilola Aremu, Omagu Julia Nwachukwu, Mary Omolola Omosebi, Victoria Oluwatosin Akute, Stephen Tokunbo Oluwole, Abdillahi Abdi Barkhadle, Matthew Olaleke Aremu

“…This crisis is driven by multifaceted factors, including sedentary lifestyles, urbanization, dietary transitions, and behavioral influences. As obesity rates continue to rise, dietary interventions emerge as crucial and modifiable strategies for prevention and management. …”
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Development of a PPP1R14B-associated immune prognostic model for hepatocellular carcinoma by Ligang Zhao, Xiaoling Jin, Qiushi Yu, Yigang He, Facai Yang, Weihu Ma, Zhengqing Lei, Jiahua Zhou

“…The analysis revealed distinct variations in immune scores and multiple immune cell enrichment patterns between elevated and reduced PPP1R14B expression categories, suggesting immune status connections. …”
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Global trends and hotspots of adolescent eating disorders: a bibliometric study and visual analysis by Qian Ye, Qian Ye, Yiling Yang, Yue Qi, Jiale Li, Huijuan Lei, Lina Sun, Jie Zhang

“…BackgroundAdolescent eating disorders represent a category of mental illness, marked by elevated mortality and morbidity rates and a significant adverse impact on the quality of life of both patients and their families. …”
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Molecular Epidemiology and Genetic Context of <i>optrA</i>-Carrying Linezolid-Resistant Enterococci from Humans and Animals in South Korea by Younggwon On, Sung Young Lee, Jung Sik Yoo, Jung Wook Kim

“…<i>optrA</i>-positive linezolid-resistant isolates were less frequent, with rates of 0.1%, 1.4%, 0.9%, and 1.0%, respectively. …”
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Global burden and trend of substance use disorders, self-harm, and interpersonal violence from 1990 to 2021, with projection to 2040 by Jia An, Qiang Wang, Zihao Bai, Xueying Du, Di Yu, Xuming Mo

“…Abstract Background Alcohol use disorders (AUD), drug use disorders (DUD), interpersonal violence, and self-harm are a major public health concern globally, with high rates of disability, morbidity, and mortality associated with this. …”
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The changes in health service utilisation in Malawi during the COVID-19 pandemic. by Bingling She, Tara D Mangal, Anna Y Adjabeng, Tim Colbourn, Joseph H Collins, Eva Janoušková, Ines Li Lin, Emmanuel Mnjowe, Sakshi Mohan, Margherita Molaro, Andrew N Phillips, Paul Revill, Robert Manning Smith, Pakwanja D Twea, Dominic Nkhoma, Gerald Manthalu, Timothy B Hallett

“…Two datasets were prepared: unadjusted and adjusted; for the latter, unreported monthly data entries for a facility were filled in through systematic rules based on reported mean values of that facility or facility type and considering both reporting rates and comparability with published data. Using statistical descriptive methods, we first described the patterns of service utilisation in pre-pandemic years (2015-2019). …”
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