Mapping Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis Treatment Outcomes in Hunan Province, China by Temesgen Yihunie Akalu, Archie C. A. Clements, Zuhui Xu, Liqiong Bai, Kefyalew Addis Alene

“…Targeted public health interventions, including enhanced surveillance, focused healthcare initiatives, and treatment programs, are essential to improve treatment success.…”
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Techno-Economic Design Analysis of Electric Vehicle Charging Stations Powered by Photovoltaic Technology on the Highways of Saudi Arabia by Yassir Alhazmi

“…The total cost of the project was USD 2,786,621, with the 300 kW plant having the highest initial investment, which can be potentially justified due to its higher power output. …”
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Impact of pandemic service changes on ethnic inequalities in maternal and perinatal outcomes in England: a population-based study by Andrew Judge, Erik Lenguerrand, Tim Draycott, Stamatina Iliodromiti, Asma Khalil, Buthaina Ibrahim, Jennifer Elizabeth Jardine

“…The overall incidence of adverse outcomes per 1000 births initially decreased maternal: from 308.0 (95% CI 307.0 to 309.0) to 291.0 (95% CI 311.4 to 314.9) (p<0.001); perinatal: from 133.0 (95% CI 132.3 to 133.7) to 111.9 (95% CI 110.1 to 113.7) (p<0.001)), but then increased in the second pandemic period (maternal: 313.2 (95% CI 311.4 to 314.9) (p<0.001); perinatal 118.9 (95% CI 117.7 to 120.0) (p<0.001)). …”
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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

“…Early identification of at-risk individuals and prompt initiation of NAC can reduce poor outcomes. Larger multicentre studies are needed to identify independent predictors of paracetamol-induced hepatoxicity and mortality in Africa. …”
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Gene content of seawater microbes is a strong predictor of water chemistry across the Great Barrier Reef by Marko Terzin, Steven J. Robbins, Sara C. Bell, Kim-Anh Lê Cao, Renee K. Gruber, Pedro R. Frade, Nicole S. Webster, Yun Kit Yeoh, David G. Bourne, Patrick W. Laffy

“…Conclusion This study reveals that functional information in reef-associated seawater microbes more robustly associates with physico-chemical variables than taxonomic data, highlighting the importance of incorporating microbial function in reef monitoring initiatives. Our integrative approach to mine for stable seawater microbial biomarkers can be expanded to include additional continuous metrics of reef health (e.g., benthic cover of corals and macroalgae, fish counts/biomass) and may be applicable to other large-scale reef metagenomics datasets beyond the GBR. …”
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Developing Guidelines for Conducting Stigma Research With Transgender and Nonbinary Individuals: Protocol for Creation of a Trauma-Informed Approach to Research by Augustus Klein, Sarit A Golub, Danielle Berke, Elijah Castle

“…Second, the qualitative findings will be used to develop an initial set of survey items representing a preliminary set of guidelines. …”
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Exploration and implication of green macroalgal proliferation in the Nanhui-east-tidal-flat: an investigation of post-reclamation mudflat wetlands by Jinlin Liu, Zhangyi Xia, Yinqing Zeng, Jing Xia, Jing Xia, Peimin He

“…Most studies tend to initiate foundational research only after the outbreak of green tides, lacking early background data from the marine environment, thus rendering this study of significant reference value. …”
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Dinámicas de producción y emisiones modeladas de gases de efecto invernadero en sistemas regionales de producción lechera de Honduras by D. Marín-López, I. A. Matamoros-Ochoa, C. A. Ramírez-Restrepo

“…El objetivo del estudio fue la caracterización productiva y de emisiones modeladas de gases de efecto invernadero (GEI) en 61 sistemas lecheros localizados en cinco regiones de Honduras. Durante las fases inicial (FI) y final (FF), con encuestas aplicadas individualmente a los productores, se identificaron aspectos técnicos y de productividad. …”
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Nivolumab plasma concentration and clearance associated with overall survival in patients with renal cell carcinoma by Aurélien Marabelle, Laurence Albiges, Angelo Paci, Cécile Dalban, David Combarel, Sophie Broutin, Christophe Maritaz, Louis Blondel

“…Additional applications may include guiding dose adjustments of nivolumab in those who are less likely to respond to the initial dose.…”
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Associations of prognostic nutritional index with cardiovascular all-cause mortality among CVD patients with diabetes or prediabetes: evidence from the NHANES 2005–2018 by WenYi Xu, Li Zhang, Li Zhang, QianKun Yang, Ying Cao, Rui Rao, Li Lv, Qin Cen, Qiong Wei, LuLing Yang

“…This study aims to investigate the association of the novel immunonutritional indicator of prognostic nutritional index (PNI) with all-cause and CVD mortality in diabetic and prediabetic CVD patients.MethodThis is an open-cohort study involving 1,509 CVD patients with diabetes or prediabetes collected from The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and initially interviewed between 2005 and 2018. Subjects were followed up until on December 31, 2019. …”
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Mechanical properties and damage mechanism of steel fiber reinforced cemented tailings backfill by Yanbi XIONG, Xiaohui LIU, Haiyong CHENG, Shunchuan WU, Jing ZHANG, Weihua LIU, Rujun TUO, Zemin LIU

“…DIC damage evolution images captured at various loading stages illustrate the initiation, propagation, and penetration of cracks in backfill specimens during different failure processes. …”
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Generalization of artificial neural network for predicting methane production in laboratory-scale anaerobic bioreactor landfills by M.J. Zoqi

“…Ammonium concentrations initially increased and later decreased due to waste adsorption and bacterial assimilation. …”
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Exploring the Functional Brain Activity of Motor Control of Abdominal Muscle Associated with Voluntary Voiding Based on Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy by SHI Yinshuang, WANG Menghuan, PAN Yingying, LIN Feng

“…And further activation of the prefrontal cortex can be induced during abdominal muscle contractions in the strong urination state, suggesting that the prefrontal cortex plays a positive role in facilitating abdominal muscle movements and initiating urination following the perception of urinary awareness.…”
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Diabetes knowledge and glycemic control among type 2 diabetes patients at public hospitals in Debre Berhan, Ethiopia. by Girma Deshimo Lema, Enguday Demeke Gebeyaw

“…Enhancing diabetes education and identifying additional factors that influence glycemic control are crucial for achieving optimal diabetes management in Ethiopia. Public health initiatives should prioritize enhancing diabetes knowledge through targeted educational programs and resources to support effective diabetes management and achieve optimal glycemic control.…”
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Late blight resistant potato hybrid clones in the VIR collection of plant genetic resources by E. V. Rogozina, N. A. Chalaya, M. A. Kuznetsova, V. N. Demidova, A. N. Rogozin, T. I. Smetanina, M. P. Beketova, O. A. Fadina, E. Е. Khavkin

“…In parallel, DNA markers were used to reveal three genes that confer broad-spectrum resistance to P. infestance (Rpi).Results and conclusions. The initial period of infection, the rate of pathogen development and the degree of potato crop damage by LB differed significantly in 2015, 2016 and 2017. …”
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Secreted LGALS3BP facilitates distant metastasis of breast cancer by Seung-Su Kim, Issac Park, Jeesoo Kim, Na-Lee Ka, Ga Young Lim, Mi-Ye Park, Sewon Hwang, Ji-Eun Kim, So Yeon Park, Jong-Seo Kim, Hyun-Woo Rhee, Mi-Ock Lee

“…Abstract Background Patients with estrogen receptor (ER)-positive breast cancer (BC) can be treated with endocrine therapy targeting ER, however, metastatic recurrence occurs in 25% of the patients who have initially been treated. Secreted proteins from tumors play important roles in cancer metastasis but previous methods for isolating secretory proteins had limitations in identifying novel targets. …”
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Tobacco control research in South Africa from 1978 to 2022: A scoping review by C O Egbe, C Dare, S Gwambe, C van Walbeek

“…Results. We identified 6 743 initial records. A total of 223 articles were included in the final analysis. …”
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A Stock Dividend Model Applying the Value Creation Approach in Iran’s Capital Market: The Generalized Method of Moments by Ebrahim Solati Khosroshahi, Younes Badavar Nahandi, Houshang Taghizadeh

“…Additionally, this research aims to design a suitable model of stock dividends for Iran’s capital market by considering the value creation approach. MethodsIn the initial phase, all potential determinants of stock dividends were extracted by reviewing the extant literature, theories, and expert opinions. …”
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A Structural Model of Truncated Gaussia princeps Luciferase Elucidating the Crucial Catalytic Function of No.76 Arginine towards Coelenterazine Oxidation. by Nan Wu, Zhi-Chao Xu, Kai-Dong Du, Shen Huang, Naohiro Kobayashi, Yutaka Kuroda, Yan-Hong Bai

“…Both intramolecular electron transfer and the convergence of S1/S0 potential energy surfaces occurred in the last elementary reaction, which was regarded as the reported Chemically-Initiated-Electron-Exchange-Luminescence (CIEEL) reaction. …”
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Climate change risks illustrated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) “burning embers” by P. Marbaix, P. Marbaix, P. Marbaix, A. K. Magnan, A. K. Magnan, A. K. Magnan, V. Muccione, V. Muccione, P. W. Thorne, Z. Zommers

“…Since its Third Assessment Report (AR3), released 2 decades ago, the IPCC has developed a synthetic representation of how risks increase with global warming, with risk levels reflected by the colours used, including shades of yellow and red, which led to the nickname “burning embers”. While initially designed to illustrate five overarching Reasons for Concern, these diagrams have been progressively applied to risks in specific systems and regions over the last 10 years. …”
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