Resourceful and economical designing of fermentation medium for lab and commercial strains of yeast from alternative feedstock: ‘transgenic oilcane’ by Shraddha Maitra, Bruce Dien, Kristen Eilts, Nurzhan Kuanyshev, Yoel R. Cortes-Pena, Yong-Su Jin, Jeremy S. Guest, Vijay Singh

“…Abstract Background Sugarcane plant engineered to accumulate lipids in its vegetative tissue is being developed as a new bioenergy crop. The new crop would be a source of juice, oil, and cellulosic sugars. …”
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Asymptomatic Malaria and Helminths Coinfection and Its Association with Anemia among Primary School Children in Gedeo Zone, Southern Ethiopia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Feven Wudneh, Yabibal Gebeyehu, Sara Anberbir

“…Total of 39.1% of asymptomatic malaria-infected school children were anemic, which is statistically significant P<0.05. 15.9% of helminths-infected school children were anemic, not statistically significant P>0.05. …”
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Lorentzian CFT 3-point functions in momentum space by Teresa Bautista, Hadi Godazgar

“…We explain how tensorial three-point correlators can be obtained and, in particular, compute the correlator with two identical scalars and one energy-momentum tensor. As an application, we show that expectation values of the ANEC operator simplify in this approach.…”
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The exotic rust fungus Puccinia abrupta var. partheniicola on the invasive alien weed Parthenium hysterophorus in India: rediscovery and first report of an epiphytotic by Prakya Sreerama Kumar

“…Disease incidence was 80–90% in large tracts of P. hysterophorus stands along the roadsides in an area of 5 km2 near Attibele–Sarjapura road (948A) in Anekal taluk of Bengaluru Urban district in Karnataka. …”
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Radical Surgery of Only the Anterior Elements of the Spine at the Posterior Element Fusion Level due to Metastatic Thyroid Cancer by Ryuto Tsuchiya, Kazuki Fujimoto, Kazuhide Inage, Sumihisa Orita, Yasuhiro Shiga, Hiroto Kamoda, Kazuyo Yamauchi, Miyako Suzuki, Jun Sato, Koki Abe, Hirohito Kanamoto, Masahiro Inoue, Hideyuki Kinoshita, Masaki Norimoto, Tomotaka Umimura, Masao Koda, Takeo Furuya, Junichi Nakamura, Kazuhisa Takahashi, Seiji Ohtori

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Silent witnesses: unveiling the epidemic of femicides in North-west Tshwane, South Africa – a decade of analysis by Yaseen Bismilla, K. K. Hlaise, C. Van Wyk

“…Abstract Background Femicides, defined as the gender-based killing of women, are a pressing public health issue worldwide, with South Africa experiencing some of the highest rates globally. …”
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Weaving oral health provider perspectives to guide future dental therapy advocacy and implementation efforts by Amanda J. Llaneza, Amanda J. Llaneza, Kara A. Stone, Julie Seward

“…IntroductionAmerican Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities in the United States (U.S.) face greater oral healthcare inequities than other groups in the country. A solution to improving oral healthcare access for American Indian and Alaska Native communities in the United States is the integration of dental therapists (DT). …”
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Level of physical activity of students from the police force academy in Bratislava by Gabriel Bujdos, Štefan Adamčák, Michal Marko, Anna Kozaňáková

“…A healthy and active lifestyle is becoming one of the most talked topics amongst people from all over the world. …”
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Assessing Health Disparities in Digital Services and Technologies During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Pooled Cross-Sectional Analysis Using HINTS Data by Shih HJ, Min H, Chang J

“…Digital divide—lack of internet, digital literacy, and SDOH—may inhibit fair adoption. One study found that the internet and IT affected people during and after the pandemic. …”
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Intraindividual variation in histone acetylation and its impact on autoimmune thyroid diseases by Emi Haga, Naoya Inoue, Yoshinori Iwatani, Yuya Arakawa, Emi Morita, Hidemi Hashimoto, Yusuke Noguchi, Yoh Hidaka, Mikio Watanabe

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Microplastics mediates the spread of antimicrobial resistance plasmids via modulating conjugal gene expression by Qiu E. Yang, Zhenyan Lin, Dehao Gan, Minchun Li, Xuedan Liu, Shungui Zhou, Timothy R. Walsh

“…Furthermore, we show that MPs induce the expression of plasmid-borne conjugal genes and SOS-linked genes such as recA, lexA, dinB and dinD. …”
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The availability and distribution of health services and resources across different regions in Afghanistan by Nelly Hegazy, Sherif El Deeb, Marwa Rashad Salem, Jerome A. Shaguy, Ramesh Nassery Mohammed, Abdullah Khawari, Jamshed Tanoli, Alaa Abouzeid, Alaa Abouzeid

“…This analysis emphasises the need for targeted resource allocation and infrastructure improvements to address inequities in access to essential healthcare services, particularly for underserved populations, thereby facilitating the achievement of equitable health outcomes in Afghanistan.…”
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Self-reported sleep in late pregnancy in relation to birth size and fetal distress: the E Moe, Māmā prospective cohort study by Laura D Howe, Sarah-Jane Paine, T Leigh Signal, Bronwyn Sweeney, Monique Priston, Diane Muller, Kathy Lee, Mark Huthwaite, Philippa Gander

“…Our findings tentatively suggest that self-reported breathing pauses and leg twitching in late pregnancy are associated with infant outcomes, and highlight ethnic inequalities.…”
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the research activity and working experience of clinical academics, with a focus on gender and ethnicity: a qualitative study in the UK by Carmen Soto, Jessica Elizabeth Morgan, Paul Crampton, Paul Alexander Tiffin, Gabrielle M Finn, Amelia Kehoe, Ellie Taylor, John AG Buchanan, Abisola Olatokunbo Balogun

“…This was attributed to inequalities experienced in relation to childcare provision and research capacity. …”
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Experiencia de vida colectiva de jóvenes y enseñanza social de la iglesia: mirada psicosocial by Ángela María Zapata, Felix Rafael Berrout

“…The findings showed that, although youth groups and movements have played an important role in the transformations of poverty in the territory from the individual and collective experience of faith in works, the reflexivity and critical approach to the causes of social and economic inequality living has been minimized by endogenous ecclesial actions that have been consolidating with greater force, religious practices and not the social teaching releasing.…”
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Xpert Ultra stool testing to diagnose tuberculosis in children in Ethiopia and Indonesia: a model-based cost-effectiveness analysis by Peter J Dodd, Nyashadzaishe Mafirakureva, Rina Triasih, Debebe Shaweno, Jens Levy, Eveline Klinkenberg, Petra de Haas, Ineke Spruijt, Nastiti Kaswandani, Ahmed Bedru, Melaku Gebremichael, Edine W Tiemersma

“…Objectives The WHO currently recommends stool testing using GeneXpert MTB/Rif (Xpert) for the diagnosis of paediatric tuberculosis (TB). The simple one-step (SOS) stool method enables processing for Xpert testing at the primary healthcare (PHC) level. …”
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Anti-IL-6 Receptor Antibody Causes Less Promotion of Tuberculosis Infection than Anti-TNF-𝛼 Antibody in Mice by Masaji Okada, Yoko Kita, Noriko Kanamaru, Satomi Hashimoto, Yasushi Uchiyama, Masahiko Mihara, Yoshikazu Inoue, Yoshiyuki Ohsugi, Tadamitsu Kishimoto, Mitsunori Sakatani

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Reflections on the Yoruba Past: Toyin Falola on Isaac Delano by Wale Oyedeji

“… Toyin Falola remains one of the most illuminating voices with remarkable efforts to reposition the continent of Africa on the appropriate place on the global map. …”
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Toxicity of nickel oxide nanoparticles in Capoeta fusca, using bioaccumulation, depuration, and histopathological changes by J. Kharkan, M.H. Sayadi, M. Hajiani, M.R. Rezaei, M. Savabieasfahani

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Fine-Needle Aspiration Biopsy and Endoscopic Ultrasound for Pretreatment Pathological Diagnosis of Gastric Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumors by Hiroaki Ito, Haruhiro Inoue, Shomei Ryozawa, Haruo Ikeda, Noriko Odaka, Nikolas Eleftheriadis, Roberta Maselli, Norimasa Sando, Satoshi Kimura, Shin-ei Kudo

“…Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) resulted in precise diagnoses in 11 (91.7%) of the 12 biopsy specimens. Fine-needle aspiration (FNA) biopsy resulted in precise diagnoses in 11 (84.6%) of the 13 biopsy specimens. …”
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