The C/C Genotype of the C-1019G (rs6295) Polymorphism of the 5-HT1A Receptor Gene Is Associated with Lower Susceptibility to Depressive Symptoms in a Rural Population in Mexico by Margarita Hernandez-Mixteco, Olga Lidia Valenzuela, Cecilia Luz Balderas-Vazquez, Paola Castillo-Juárez, Sandra Rivera-Gutiérrez, Rocío Liliana García-Reyes, Gilberto Cornejo-Estudillo, Ricardo Jiovanni Soria-Herrera, Moises León-Juárez, Addy Cecilia Helguera-Repetto, Daniel Valencia-Trujillo, Victoria Campos-Peña, Eliud Alfredo Garcia-Montalvo, Jorge Francisco Cerna-Cortés

“…Background: Depression is one of the most prevalent mental health disorders worldwide, affecting a significant proportion of the global population. …”
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Exploring biomarkers for noise-induced hearing loss through mitochondrial DNA methylation analysis by Dianpeng Wang, Dianpeng Wang, Caiping Li, Caiping Li, Liuwei Shi, Liuwei Shi, Dafeng Lin, Shaofan Weng, Xiangli Yang, Peimao Li, Zhimin Zhang, Wen Zhang, Yan Guo, Guangtao Yang, Zhenlie Huang, Naixing Zhang

“…ObjectiveNoise-induced hearing loss (NIHL), resulting from occupational noise exposure, is a significant health concern with considerable economic and social implications. It is the most commonly reported occupational disease in developing countries. …”
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Imprints of High-Density Nuclear Symmetry Energy on Crustal Fraction of Neutron Star Moment of Inertia by Nai-Bo Zhang, Bao-An Li

“…The density dependence of nuclear symmetry energy <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><msub><mi>E</mi><mi>sym</mi></msub><mrow><mo>(</mo><mi>ρ</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> remains the most uncertain aspect of the equation of state (EOS) of supradense neutron-rich nucleonic matter. …”
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Plaider la « bonne gouvernance sécuritaire » au Maroc : Domestiquer les savoirs de réforme en régime de contrainte consensuelle by Irene Lizzola

“…Here, the developmentalist discourse, strongly neoliberalized, imposes itself as the shared grammar allowing the most professionalized, internationalized, and least protesting actors to invest in the field of public security policies.This article is based on fieldwork carried out in Morocco between 2019 and 2022, for a discontinuous period of nine months, in the cities of Rabat and Casablanca, conducted both at the headquarters of the associations studied (CEDHD, FVJ, Institut Prometheus), through semi-structured interviews with their founding members (four of whom are used in this article) and consultation of their archives and publications (reports, studies, surveys), and, through non-participant observations, at activities (press conferences, seminars) organized by them, in partnership with institutions and the DCAF. …”
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Antibiotic treatment of pediatric infections in primary healthcare setting: evaluation and comparison of 80 national treatment guidelines with the WHO AWaRe book recommendationsRes... by Daniele Donà, Giulia Brigadoi, Anna Cantarutti, Giovanni Autore, Marco Masetti, Shrey Mathur, Mike Sharland, Susanna Esposito

“…Antibiotic recommendations for the ten most common primary healthcare infections in children were compared with the WHO AWaRe book (2022), the WHO Essential Medicines List for children (EMLc) and national Essential Medicines Lists (nEMLs) where available. …”
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Organic-based remediation of heavy metal-contaminated soils in the Taojia river basin affected by long-term non-ferrous mining and logging activities by Yan Zeng, Taimoor Hassan Farooq, Taimoor Hassan Farooq, Chenglin Yuan, Wang Li, Asma Farooq, Guangjun Wang, Yingchun Fang, Jun Wang, Wende Yan

“…The second applied the most effective method identified in segment one to assess Pb, cadmium (Cd), zinc (Zn), and copper (Cu) in soil, paddy, and straw in rice fields. …”
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Effect of nitrogen application and planting density on grain yield and quality of japonica rice cultivar D46 in the planting area of Chengdu plain by LAN Yan, HUANG Peng, JIANG Guchihong, LEI Xiaobo, DING Chunbang, LI Tian

“…Rice is one of the most important crops in the world, especially in Asia, where more than 90% of the world’s rice is grown and consumed. …”
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USP10 protects against pressure overload-induced mitochondrial morphofunctional defects and pathological cardiac hypertrophy through stabilizing cytoplasmic Mfn2 by Runjing Li, Feng Gao, Yunan Chen, Jiamin Zhao, Rui Shi, Man Li, Zhenzi Zuo, Pan Chang, Dema De, Lin Chen, Feng Fu, Mingge Ding

“…RNA sequencing results showed that ubiquitin-mediated proteolysis was markedly enriched in pressure overload-induced hypertrophied and failing myocardium, and USP10 was identified as the most significantly downregulated gene among them and correlated with heart failure severity in human heart samples. …”
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Hazardous waste management practices among healthcare workers in Gondar City, Ethiopia by Gashaw Mesfin Haylie, Mengesha Genet, Eshetu Abera Worede, Belayneh Jejaw Abate, Garedew Tadege Engdaw, Gelila Yitageasu, Abebe Birhanu, Lidetu Demoze, Bikes Destaw Bitew

“…While healthcare workers play a key role in managing hazardous waste and most studies in Ethiopia have focused on general waste management. …”
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Associations of maternal quitting, reducing, and continuing smoking during pregnancy with longitudinal fetal growth: Findings from Mendelian randomization and parental negative con... by Judith S Brand, Romy Gaillard, Jane West, Rosemary R C McEachan, John Wright, Ellis Voerman, Janine F Felix, Kate Tilling, Deborah A Lawlor

“…Overall, fetal size reductions were most pronounced for FL. The fetal growth trajectory in women who quit smoking in early pregnancy was similar to that of non-smokers, except for a shorter FL and greater AC around 36-40 weeks' gestation. …”
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Probabilistic seasonal dengue forecasting in Vietnam: A modelling study using superensembles. by Felipe J Colón-González, Leonardo Soares Bastos, Barbara Hofmann, Alison Hopkin, Quillon Harpham, Tom Crocker, Rosanna Amato, Iacopo Ferrario, Francesca Moschini, Samuel James, Sajni Malde, Eleanor Ainscoe, Vu Sinh Nam, Dang Quang Tan, Nguyen Duc Khoa, Mark Harrison, Gina Tsarouchi, Darren Lumbroso, Oliver J Brady, Rachel Lowe

“…The outbreak detection capability of the superensemble was considerably larger (69%) than that of the baseline model (54.5%). Predictions were most accurate in southern Vietnam, an area that experiences semi-regular seasonal dengue transmission. …”
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Tracking an Eruptive Intermediate Prominence Originating from the Farside of the Sun by Qingmin Zhang, Wenwei Pan, Beili Ying, Li Feng, Yiliang Li, Xiaoli Yan, Liheng Yang, Ye Qiu, Jun Chen, Suli Ma

“…Hence, the prominence eruption is most likely triggered by ideal kink instability. …”
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Staged dissection reduces blood loss in surgery for metopic synostosis by Anna Sundelin, Madiha Bhatti-Søfteland, Ingrid Stubelius, Tobias Hallén, Robert Olsson, Giovanni Maltese, Peter Tarnow, Karin Säljö, Lars Kölby

“…METHODS: All consecutive patients operated for metopic synostosis with the new staged dissection technique (T2) were included. For comparison, the most recent equal number of cases operated with the traditional dissection technique (T1) were included. …”
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SYNTHESIS, ANTIAGGREGATION AND ANTITROMBOTIC ACTIVITIES OF NEW DERIVATIVES OF HYDROXYBENZOIC ACIDS WITH TAURIC FRAGMENT by A. K. Brel, N. V. Atapina, Yu. N. Budaeva, S. V. Lisina, S. S. Tsaruk, D. V. Kurkin, I. N. Tyurenkov

“…It has been revealed that the dipotassium salt of N-(2-hydroxybenzoyl)taurine exhibits a less antiplatelet activity than the dipotassium salt of N-(3-hydroxybenzoyl)taurine. The most pronounced antiplatelet activity is exhibited by the compound N-(4-hydroxybenzoyl)taurine. …”
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Molecular Characterization and Antimicrobial Resistance Evaluation of <i>Listeria monocytogenes</i> Strains from Food and Human Samples by Annamaria Castello, Vincenzina Alio, Marina Torresi, Gabriella Centorotola, Alexandra Chiaverini, Francesco Pomilio, Ignazio Arrigo, Anna Giammanco, Teresa Fasciana, Marco Francesco Ortoffi, Antonietta Gattuso, Giuseppa Oliveri, Cinzia Cardamone, Antonella Costa

“…The majority of strains belonged to serotype IVb (34/41 and 53/87 of clinical and food-source isolates, respectively) and were subtyped as CC2-ST2 (28/34 and 41/53 of clinical and food-source isolates respectively). Most of the isolates were susceptible to the main antimicrobials recommended for treatment of listeriosis. …”
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Comparative analysis of cranberry fruit rot fungal diversity in Massachusetts from wild, organic, and conventional ecosystems using multiplex PCR by Salisu Sulley, Mura Jyostna Devi, Benjamin Cinget, Matteo Conti, Richard Bélanger, Marty Sylvia, Frank Caruso, Leela Saisree Uppala

“…By employing multiplex PCR, a high-throughput molecular method for the simultaneous detection of multiple fungi, we investigated the prevalence and diversity of 11 most commonly associated fruit rot fungi in 2021 and 2022, in 32 (23 conventional, 4 organic and 5 wild) and 50 (40 conventional, 4 organic and 6 wild) cranberry bogs respectively. …”
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Association of <i>SEPT9</i> Gene Methylation with the Clinicopathologic Features and <i>Fusobacterium nucleatum</i> Infection in Colorectal Cancer Patients by Siew-Wai Pang, Subasri Armon, Jack-Bee Chook, Kaik-Boo Peh, Suat-Cheng Peh, Sin-Yeang Teow

“…On the other hand, <i>Fusobacterium nucleatum</i> (FN) is one of the most studied cancer-related microbes in CRC. This study provided cohort evidence on the association of <i>mSEPT9</i> with clinicopathologic characteristics and FN infection in CRC patients. …”
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Genome-Driven Functional Validation of <i>Bacillus amyloliquefaciens</i> Strain MEPW12: A Multifunctional Endophyte for Sustainable Sweet Potato Cultivation by Yiming Wang, Jingwen Hao, Jingsheng Gu, Jiaying Wu, Yongjing Zhang, Ting Liang, Haimeng Bai, Qinghe Cao, Jihong Jiang, Ludan Li, Xiaoying Cao

“…Among them, MEPW12 had the most plant growth-promoting functions. In addition, MEPW12 promoted host chlorophyll accumulation and inhibited pathogen growth and colonization in sweet potato roots and can utilize various carbon sources and salts for growth. …”
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Preferences for Mobile App Features to Support People Living With Chronic Heart Diseases: Discrete Choice Study by Sumudu Avanthi Hewage, Sameera Senanayake, David Brain, Michelle J Allen, Steven M McPhail, William Parsonage, Tomos Walters, Sanjeewa Kularatna

“…Vital sign monitoring was the most influential attribute among the 4. Scenario analysis revealed an 84% probability of app adoption with basic features, rising to 92% when app features aligned with respondents’ preferences. …”
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Evolving Landscape of Paediatric Pneumococcal Meningitis in Argentina (2013–2023) by Jonathan Zintgraff, Paula Gagetti, Nahuel Sanchez Eluchans, Paulina Marchetti, María Alicia Moscoloni, Argentina Spn Working Group, Claudia Sara Lara, Alejandra Corso

“…Among the PCV13 serotypes, 19A remained the most commonly associated with MDR. The non-PCV13 serotypes, particularly 24F, 24A, and 24B, were prevalent among MDR isolates. …”
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