Epidemiology of Giardia intestinalis in non-human primates and their caregivers: A study from Czech zoos by Kristýna Brožová, Anna Šejnohová, Monika Koutenská, Zuzana Pavlíčková, Milan Jirků, Eliška Zimmelová, Oldřiška Kadlecová, Klára J. Petrželková, Kateřina Jirků

“…Giardia was detected in 47 % of NHPs and 30 % of caregivers. Assemblage B was the most frequently identified genotype; however, genotyping was challenging in samples with low fecal protist load, limiting the ability to accurately assess transmission pathways. …”
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Validating nonverbal cues for assessing physician empathy in telemedicine: a Delphi study by Annisa Ristya Rahmanti, Hsuan-Chia Yang, Chih-Wei Huang, Ching-Tzu Huang, Lutfan Lazuardi, Che-Wei Lin, Yu-Chuan Jack Li

“…Among these, facial expression, eye contact, and tone of voice were identified as the most crucial. Inter-expert agreement was statistically significant across all items with strong agreement on the importance (W = 0.739, p < 0.001), good agreement on their validity (W = 0.689, p < 0.001), and moderate agreement on their reliability (W = 0.452, p < 0.001). …”
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Trade-offs between cost and accuracy in active case finding for tuberculosis: A dynamic modelling analysis. by Lucia Cilloni, Katharina Kranzer, Helen R Stagg, Nimalan Arinaminpathy

“…For example, smear microscopy misses up to half of TB cases, yet is cheap and detects the most infectious TB cases. What, then, is the incremental value of using more sensitive and specific, yet more costly, tests such as Xpert MTB/RIF in ACF in a high-burden setting?…”
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Status and perspective of protein crystallography at the first multi-bend achromat based synchrotron MAX IV by Ana Gonzalez, Tobias Krojer, Jie Nan, Monika Bjelčić, Swati Aggarwal, Ishkan Gorgisyan, Mirko Milas, Mikel Eguiraun, Cecilia Casadei, Manoop Chenchiliyan, Andrius Jurgilaitis, David Kroon, Byungnam Ahn, John Carl Ekström, Oskar Aurelius, Dean Lang, Thomas Ursby, Marjolein M. G. M. Thunnissen

“…BioMAX is designed as a versatile, stable, high-throughput beamline catering for most protein crystallography experiments. MicroMAX is a more ambitious beamline dedicated to serial crystallography including time-resolved experiments. …”
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Prevalence of Depressive Symptoms and Its Associated Factors among People Living with HIV Attending Public Hospitals of Nekemte Town, Western Ethiopia, 2021 by Eba Abdisa, Tizita Tolesa, Muktar Abadiga

“…Depressive symptoms are the most common mental illness among people living with HIV/AIDS. …”
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Polygenic indices for cognition in healthy aging; the role of brain measures by A. Tsapanou, N. Mourtzi, Y. Gu, C. Habeck, D. Belsky, Y. Stern

“…Conclusions: Genetics discovered in GWAS of cognition are associated with cognitive performance in healthy adults across age, but most strongly in young and middle-aged adults. Associations were not explained by brain-structural markers of brain aging. …”
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Features of formation of grain sorghum yield structure elements in dependence on inter-row spacing and fertilizing by В. М. Найденко

“…An important indicator for plant productivity formation is productive tillering, since grain sorghum, like most cereals, has the ability to tiller, which under favourable conditions allows forming up to 25–45% of yield on the side shoots. …”
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Assessment of diabetes health literacy and its predictors among diabetic older adults attending geriatric clubs, 2024 by Hany Hassan Ziady, Nadia Abd El-monem El-Zeiny, Ebtisam Mohamed Fetohy, Sarah Ali Hafez Hewi, Eman Mohamed Ahmed Hagras

“…The majority (97.6%) of them were not currently working, and 53.8% reported insufficient income. Most participants (82.2%) did not receive prior diabetes-related health education. …”
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Inflammatory and neutrophil activation markers in Behcet's disease by K. S. Nurbaeva, T. M. Reshetnyak, R. G. Goloeva, A. M. Lila, E. L. Nasonov

“…The new inflammatory parameters (SII, NLR, NEUT-RI and IG) and the traditional inflammatory parameters (ESR, CRP, neutrophils) can serve as laboratory markers for BD activity. SII is the most informative parameter to determine BD activity with optimal sensitivity and specificity.…”
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Identification and Experimental Verification of Potential Immune Cell-Associated Gene Biomarkers in Human Intervertebral Disc Degeneration by Shi WH, Zou HS, Wang XY, Lu J, Yu HQ, Zhang PP, Huang LL, Chu PC, Liang DC, Zhang YN, Li B

“…Wei-Han Shi,1,&ast; Hui-Shuang Zou,1,&ast; Xiang-Yu Wang,2,&ast; Jie Lu,1 Hua-Qi Yu,1 Ping-Ping Zhang,1 Li-Li Huang,3 Peng-Cheng Chu,1 Da-Chuan Liang,3 Ya-Ning Zhang,1 Bin Li1 1Department of Orthopedics, Shanxi Medical University Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Linfen People’s Hospital, Linfen, Shanxi, 041000, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Pain Medicine, First Medical Center, PLA General Hospital, Beijing, 100000, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Scientific Research Management, Shanxi Medical University Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Linfen People’s Hospital, Linfen, Shanxi, 041000, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Bin Li; Ya-Ning Zhang, Shanxi Medical University Seventh Affiliated Hospital, Linfen People’s Hospital, 319 Gulou West Street, Yaodu District, Linfen, Shanxi, 041000, People’s Republic of China, Email lf09887@126.com; 2452462520@qq.comObjective: Intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) is one of the most common diseases in the elderly population. Recently, immune disorders have been considered to play an important role in IDD. …”
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Multidrug-resistant extended-spectrum beta-lactamase-producing Escherichia coli in poultry and cattle farms in India: Prevalence and survey-based risk factors by Hina Malik, Randhir Singh, Simranpreet Kaur, Neha Parmar, Anuj Tyagi, R.S. Aulakh, Jatinder Paul Singh Gill

“…Results: A higher prevalence of ESBL E. coli was identified in poultry (63.5%) compared to cattle (46%) and farmworkers (12%), which aligns with higher antibiotic use in poultry (85%) than cattle (70%). Most isolates (86.52%) were MDR, with poultry farm isolates having 97% MDR and 90.7% carrying the blaCTXM gene. …”
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Remote monitoring of patients with obstructive sleep apnea syndrome treated with CPAP: a feasibility study by Amélie Hediger-Parolini, Florian Charbonnier, Stéphane Grandin, Hiromitsu Takahashi, Fabian Braun, Mathieu Lemay, Roger Hilfiker, Sandra Van den Broecke, Olivier Contal

“…However, two patients discontinued the study due to skin allergies and device interference with professional activities. Most participants demonstrated autonomy in using the devices, although two required assistance with synchronization. …”
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Segmental fat-free mass and lean soft mass: a comparative study with dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA) and anthropometry and development of an... by Nicolás Baglietto, Mario Albaladejo-Saura, Francisco Esparza-Ros, Malek Mecherques-Carini, Raquel Vaquero-Cristóbal

“…FFM was also estimated using anthropometry (ANT).Results Significant intra-subject differences were observed between methods across most body segments (p ≤ 0.049), except for SW in the right upper limb (p = 0.328) and LSM in the trunk (p = 0.186) for females. …”
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SWEET transporters and their potential roles in response to abiotic and biotic stresses in mulberry by Xiaoru Kang, Shuai Huang, Yuming Feng, Rumeng Fu, Fengjuan Tang, Longyan Zheng, Peijun Li, Nan Chao, Li Liu

“…MaSWEETs showed quite different expression preference in tissues and organs indicating the possible function divergence. In addition, most MaSWEETs showed a disturbed expression levels in response to various abiotic stresses and Ciboria shiraiana infection. …”
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Spider Web DNA Metabarcoding Provides Improved Insight into the Prey Capture Ability of the Web-Building Spider <i>Tetragnatha keyserlingi</i> Simon (Araneae: Tetragnathidae) by Jie Sun, Xuhao Song, Bin Wang, Dongmei Chen, Tingbang Yang, Shichang Zhang

“…Phytophagous pests were the dominant prey group identified in both sample types. In web samples, the most abundant prey reads were from Chironomidae, followed by Delphacidae, Ceratopogonidae, Aleyrodidae, Muscidae, Coenagrionidae, and other prey families. …”
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Evaluation of the HAL® lumbar type exoskeleton in long-term care: protocol for a mixed-methods feasibility study by Sebastian Hofstetter, Pascal Müller, Dominik Behr, Suenye Thal, Motoaki Komiya, Stefan Dowiasch, Patrick Jahn

“…BackgroundLower back pain (LBP) is one of the most common occupational health issues among healthcare professionals, particularly in long-term care settings. …”
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Telenursing as an Effective Ally for Improving Patient Outcomes in Diabetes? An Umbrella Review by Marika Lo Monaco, Arianna Profeta, Salvatore Corrao

“…Results Thirty‐one eligible systematic reviews were identified. Most (n = 23) reported positive effects of telenursing interventions (telephone calls, text messaging, mobile software applications, telecoaching) on reducing glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c). …”
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RNA sequencing-based profiling of differentially expressed microRNAs in endothelial cells from offspring of hypertensive pregnancies: a preliminary study by Nurul Iffah Mohd Isa, Aslah Nabilah Abdull Sukor, Saiful Effendi Syafruddin, Mohd Faizal Ahmad, Shahidee Zainal Abidin, Mohd Helmy Mokhtar, Azizah Ugusman, Azizah Ugusman, Adila A. Hamid, Adila A. Hamid

“…Gene ontology, pathway enrichment, and protein-protein interaction network analyses revealed that the target genes of these miRNAs are involved in cellular functions and pathways related to angiogenesis and cellular senescence, which may contribute to endothelial dysfunction and CVD. The most significantly upregulated miRNA, hsa-miR-196a-5p expression was then validated through stem-loop RT-qPCR where its expression was significantly upregulated in hypertensive HUVEC by 6-fold as compared to normal HUVEC (p &lt; 0.01). …”
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Exploring the anticancer activities of Sulfur and magnesium oxide through integration of deep learning and fuzzy rough set analyses based on the features of Vidarabine alkaloid by Heba Askr, Marwa A. A. Fayed, Heba Mamdouh Farghaly, Mamdouh M. Gomaa, Enas Elgeldawi, Yaseen A. M. M. Elshaier, Ashraf Darwish, Aboul Ella Hassanien

“…To address these challenges, this paper presents an Artificial Intelligence (AI) model that combines the capabilities of Deep Learning (DL) to identify potential new drug candidates, Fuzzy Rough Set (FRS) theory to determine the most important chemical compound features, Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) to explain the features’ importance in the last layer, and medicinal chemistry to rediscover anticancer drugs based on natural products like Vidarabine. …”
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Optimizing the efficacy of COVID-19 patient satisfaction surveys in India: A DELPHI- based validation process by Shazina SAEED, Karuna Nidhi KAUR, Manmohan SINGHAL, Mohd. SHANNAWAZ, Farah NIAZI, Bhavna KUMAR, Aanchal ANANT AWASTHI

“…The questionnaire developed in the study appears to measure patient experiences during episodes of hospitalization and was implemented as a pivotal instrument for policymakers or healthcare providers focusing on the most relevant aspects that should be considered, which help achieve better understanding how they can respond more effectively to meet the respective needs. …”
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