Species Distribution Models Reveal Varying Degrees of Refugia From the Invasive Asian Needle Ant for Native Ants Versus Ant‐Plant Seed Dispersal Mutualisms by Drew Kanes, Daniel Malagon, Ben Camper, Anna Hewitt, Simon Dunn, Eva Purcell, Sharon Bewick

“…Thus, although southern Appalachian precipitation and temperature regimes may provide a refuge from B. chinensis at high elevations, this will not protect all species likely to be impacted by this invasive ant.…”
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Assessing feasibility and acceptability of increasing access to sexual and reproductive health and rights through pharmacy outlets and community health volunteers: lessons from pilot study in Kenya by Wilson Liambila, Francis Obare, Saumya RamaRao, Monica Oguttu, Carol Nyandat, Benedict Denga, Zeka Wekesa

“…Data collection involved baseline and endline interviews with 10 pharmacy staff (drawn from 9 pharmacy outlets) and 20 community health volunteers while program data was extracted from pharmacy sales records. …”
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Improving follow-up survey completion rates through pilot interventions in the All of Us Research Program: Results from a non-randomized intervention study. by Robert M Cronin, Xiaoke Feng, Ashley Able, Scott Sutherland, Ben Givens, Rebecca Johnston, Charlene Depry, Katrina W Le Blanc, Orlane Caro, Brandy Mapes, Josh Denny, Mick P Couper, Qingxia Chen, Irene Prabhu Das

“…<h4>Study design and setting</h4>The pilot interventions occurred from April 27, 2020, to August 3, 2020. The three arms were: (1) telephone appointment [staff members calling participants offering appointments to complete surveys over phone] (2) postal [mail reminder to complete surveys through U.S. …”
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Three Unrelated Patients of Roma Ethnicity from a Single Center Carrying the Same Deletion in <i>MYD88</i> Gene: A Founder Effect? by Roberta Romano, Francesca Cillo, Laura Grilli, Alessio Ciaccio, Lorenzo Bufalo, Elisabetta Toriello, Antonio De Rosa, Carmen Rosano, Emilia Cirillo, Giancarlo Blasio, Marika Comegna, Carmela Di Domenico, Giuseppe Castaldo, Claudio Pignata, Giuliana Giardino

“…We describe three unrelated patients from the Campania region in Italy with MyD88 deficiency, all belonging to Roma descent and displaying severe or recurrent infections in early infancy. …”
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Help-seeking for depression among Vietnamese migrant workers in Japan and factors related to their intentions to seek help from a psychiatrist: a cross-sectional study by Yui Fukuda, Atsuko Taguchi, Akane Futami, Yusuke Umegaki, Pham Nguyen Quy, Toshihiko Nakajima, Akihito Uezato

“…This study aimed to identify the percentage of Vietnamese migrant workers in Japan who have sought help from healthcare professionals for depressive symptoms and to explore the factors related to their intentions to seek help from a psychiatrist. …”
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Gender-Specific Independent and Combined Effects of the Cortisol-to-Cortisone Ratio and 11-Deoxycortisol on Prediabetes and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: From the Henan Rural Cohort Study by Xue Liu, Jingjing Jiang, Xiaotian Liu, Zhicheng Luo, Yan Wang, Xiaokang Dong, Dandan Wei, Wenqian Huo, Songcheng Yu, Linlin Li, Shuna Jin, Chongjian Wang, Zhenxing Mao

“…A case-control study was performed including 2676 participants from the Henan Rural Cohort Study. Liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry was used to assess serum cortisol, cortisone, and 11-deoxycortisol. …”
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Colony Formation, Migratory, and Differentiation Characteristics of Multipotential Stromal Cells (MSCs) from “Clinically Accessible” Human Periosteum Compared to Donor-Matched Bone Marrow MSCs by Heather E. Owston, Payal Ganguly, Giuseppe Tronci, Stephen J. Russell, Peter V. Giannoudis, Elena A. Jones

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High triglyceride-glucose index in patients with diabetes mellitus is associated with an increased likelihood of nephropathy development: evidence from a meta-analysis among Asian population by Raphael Enrique Tiongco, Neil David Cayanan, Michael John Dominguez, Kyll Geonzon, Julie Ann Mercado, Maria Ruth Pineda-Cortel

“…Relevant data were extracted from the included studies and were subjected to analysis using Review Manager 5.4. …”
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Cost-utility analysis of combination medical therapies in chronic coronary syndrome: a comparative study using real-world and patient-level data from Iran by Fatemeh Soleymani, Parham Sadeghipour, Majid Davari, Abbas Kebriaeezadeh, Behzad Fatemi, Mohammad Reza Maracy, Nasim Naderi, Saman Zartab

“…Objectives The main objective was to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of various medical therapy combinations in managing chronic coronary syndrome (CCS) in Iran, based on real-world and patient-level data.Design A cost-utility analysis employing a Markov model was conducted using data from a retrospective cohort study.Setting The study was conducted in the healthcare setting of Iran, focusing on primary and secondary care.Participants Patients with CCS were included in the study. …”
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Prevalence and factors associated with depression and anxiety among patients recovered from COVID-19: a cross-sectional study in a tertiary care hospital in Nepal by Biraj Man Karmacharya, Kamal Gautam, Kalpana Chaudhary, Prasanna Rai, Shalik Ram Dhital, Shrinkhala Shrestha, Bandana Paneru, Akina Shrestha

“…Participants who received COVID-19 related information from the radio reported higher levels of anxiety and depression symptoms. …”
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Markers of Sleep Disordered Breathing and Diabetes Mellitus in a Multiethnic Sample of US Adults: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (2005–2008) by Charumathi Sabanayagam, Srinivas Teppala, Anoop Shankar

“…We examined gender and ethnic differences in the association between sleep disordered breathing (SDB) and diabetes among 6,522 participants aged ≥20 years from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2005–08. …”
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Association between neutrophil-albumin ratio and ultrasound-defined metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease in U.S. adults: evidence from NHANES 2017–2018 by Ming-yu He, Xin-jie Du, Yi-ming Liu

“…Methods This population-based study was performed using data from NHANES 2017–2018 and included 4526 individuals with a median age of 44 years old, and the males account for 46.13% (n = 2088). …”
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Replication kinetics, pathogenicity and virus-induced cellular responses of cattle-origin influenza A(H5N1) isolates from Texas, United States by Ahmed Mostafa, Ramya S. Barre, Anna Allué-Guardia, Ruby A. Escobedo, Vinay Shivanna, Hussin Rothan, Esteban M. Castro, Yao Ma, Anastasija Cupic, Nathaniel Jackson, Mahmoud Bayoumi, Jordi B. Torrelles, Chengjin Ye, Adolfo García-Sastre, Luis Martinez-Sobrido

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Early Results From the ‘Diggers to Veterans’ Longitudinal Study of Australian Men who Served in the First World War.... by Janet McCalman, Rebecca Kippen, Joan McMeeken, John Hopper, Michael Reade

“…This paper reports on the first iteration of a cradle-to-grave dataset of men who enlisted and served overseas in the First World War from the state of Victoria, Australia. It examines mortality during military service and in civilian life and finds that mortality in both cases was strongly correlated with individual characteristics. …”
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Whether Detection of Gene Mutations Could Identify Low- or High-Risk Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma? Data from 393 Cases Using the Next-Generation Sequencing by Lei Jin, Liang Zhou, Jian-Biao Wang, Li Tao, Xiao-Xiao Lu, Na Yan, Qian-Ming Chen, Li-Ping Cao, Lei Xie

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«CULTURAL REVOLUTION» IN THE USSR IN 1929–1932 AND THE EARLY ATTACKS AGAINST N.I. VAVILOV’S SCHOOL. A STUDY BASED ON DOCUMENTS FROM ST. PETERSBURG ARCHIVES by E. I. Kolchinsky

“…The article for the first time presents documents from several archival CPSU collections kept in St. …”
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Association Analysis of the Genomic and Functional Characteristics of Halotolerant <i>Glutamicibacter endophyticus</i> J2-5-19 from the Rhizosphere of <i>Suaeda salsa</i> by Longhao Sun, Shanshan Sun, Tianyang Liu, Xinmin Lei, Ruiqi Liu, Junyi Zhang, Shanshan Dai, Jing Li, Yanqin Ding

“…In this study, an HT-PGPB isolated from coastal saline-alkali soil in the Yellow River Delta was identified as <i>Glutamicibacter endophyticus</i> J2-5-19. …”
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High immunoproteasome and low constitutive proteasome subunit levels correlate with sensitivity to bortezomib-containing chemotherapy: update from the Children’s Oncology Group AALL1231 trial by Margot S. F. Roeten, Johan van Meerloo, Suzanne N. van Dijk, Zinia Kwidama, Gaye Jenkins, David T. Teachey, Meenakshi Devidas, Mignon L. Loh, Gertjan J. L. Kaspers, Sonja Zweegman, Gerrit Jansen, Terzah M. Horton, Jacqueline Cloos

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Incidence of Malignancies and the Association with Biological Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs in Japanese Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: A Time-Dependent Analysis from the IORRA Patient Registry by Masayoshi Harigai, Eiichi Tanaka, Eisuke Inoue, Ryoko Sakai, Naohiro Sugitani, Shigeyuki Toyoizumi, Naonobu Sugiyama, Hisashi Yamanaka

“…Methods Patients aged ≥ 18 years with ≥ 2 data entries of RA in the IORRA (Institute of Rheumatology, Rheumatoid Arthritis) patient registry, enrolled from January 2013–December 2018, were identified (‘All RA’ cohort). …”
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Examining the effect of direct-from-blood bacterial testing on antibiotic administration and clinical outcomes: a protocol and statistical analysis plan for a pragmatic randomised trial by Li Wang, Wesley H Self, Todd W Rice, Matthew W Semler, Karen F Miller, Cheryl L Gatto, Andrea Fletcher, Romney M Humphries, Joanna L Stollings, Adrienne Baughman, Jakea Johnson, Edward T Qian, Mary Lynn Dear, David C Gaston, Ariel A Lewis, George E Nelson, Benjamin J Ereshefsky, Matthew A Christensen, Ritu Banerjee, Dan Albert, Alison Benton, Laura Bobbitt, Carleigh Burns, Timothy Duff, David C. Gaston, MLS Sharon Glover, Allyson Hobbie, Austin Ing, Gabriel Kemp, Sheryl Mangrum, Geoff Mavrak, Kelly Moser, David Mulherin, Shannon Pugh, Matthew Rodgers, Chrissie Schaeffer, Adam Turner, Sabrina Shipman, Halden Z VanCleave, Hamilton Wen Li Wang, LaKeysha Wiggins

“…Introduction Patients with suspected bacterial infection frequently receive empiric, broad-spectrum antibiotics prior to pathogen identification due to the time required for bacteria to grow in culture. Direct-from-blood diagnostics identifying the presence or absence of bacteria and/or resistance genes from whole blood samples within hours of collection could enable earlier antibiotic optimisation for patients suspected to have bacterial infections. …”
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