Youthful Choices: A Secondary Analysis of the NFHS-5 Data to Examine Tobacco Use in Indian Adolescent Girls and Young Women by Jobinse Jose, Aditi Chaudhary, Abhishek Ghosh, Sonu Goel

“…Conclusion: Our research offered valuable insights into tobacco use among young Indian women. …”
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Exploring the causal role of plasma metabolites and metabolite ratios in prostate cancer: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study by Changzhou Feng, Haining Li, Chu Zhang, Ying Zhou, Huanhuan Zhang, Ping Zheng, Shaolin Zhao, Lei Wang, Jin Yang

“…Furthermore, metabolic pathway analysis revealed a significant association between the “Glutathione Metabolism” pathway and PCa development.ConclusionThis study provides novel insights into the potential causal effects of plasma metabolites and metabolite ratios on PCa. …”
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The impact of mobile health interventions on service users' health outcomes and the role of health professions: a systematic review of systematic reviews by Fathiya Alkhuzaimi, Deborah Rainey, Christine Brown Wilson, Jacqueline Bloomfield

“…Discussion This SR of SRs provides critical insights into the effectiveness of mHealth interventions on health outcomes and highlights the important role of health professions in promoting their adoption. …”
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CircSPG21 ameliorates oxidative stress-induced senescence in nucleus pulposus-derived mesenchymal stem cells and mitigates intervertebral disc degeneration through the miR-217/SIRT... by Yongbo Zhang, Sheng Yang, Xuan You, Zhengguang Li, Liuyang chen, Rui Dai, Hua Sun, Liang Zhang

“…Conclusion CircSPG21 reduces oxidative stress-induced NPMSC senescence through the miR-217/SIRT1 axis and mitophagy, providing new insights into IVDD and identifying circSPG21 as a potential therapeutic target for disc degeneration.…”
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Effect of Government Agricultural Extension Services on Farm Income Among Banana Farmers in Kashenshero Town Council Mitooma District. by Aijuka, Bright

“…Farmers who had regular access to extension services reported higher farm income compared to those with limited or no access. Qualitative insights further elucidated the pathways through which extension services influence farm income, including improved adoption of agricultural technologies, enhanced crop productivity, and access to market information. …”
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Experiences and Challenges of the Integrated Development Model on Job Creation in Rwanda’s Gasabo District. by Rutarindwa, Alphonse, Ocan, Johnson, Adyanga, Francis Akena

“…Importantly this research increased insights into how integrated development program models can address unemployment and promote sustainable economic growth.…”
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Portrayal of Men in Damilare Kuku Nearly all Men in Lagos. by Arineitwe, Bridget

“…Such studies can provide deeper insights into how masculine stereotypes evolve over time and their impact on society…”
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Impact of Smallholder Tea Production in Buhunga Sub-County Rukungiri District. by Kyarisiima, Leticia

“…Gender disparities were also observed, with female farmers facing barriers in accessing resources and decision-making power. Qualitative insights highlighted the positive impact of tea production on community development, with farmers reporting reinvestment of their earnings into local infrastructure, such as schools and health clinics. …”
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Assessing the Impact of Inflation on Household Consumption in Kisoro District: A Case Study of Ny Akabande Subcounty by Nzabanita, Alikanjero

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Weighted Gene Co-Expression Network of Growth Differentiation-Related lncRNAs and mRNAs in Plectropomus leopardus by Jin GAO, Jinye LIU, Fuxiao CHEN, Yongbo WANG, Shuyuan FU

“…Such research offers insights into variety improvement and breeding practices within the field. …”
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Electrochemically stable and ultrathin polymer-based solid electrolytes for dendrite-free all-solid-state lithium-metal batteries by Fenghua Yu, Yongbiao Mu, Meisheng Han, Jie Liu, Kunxiong Zheng, Zhiyu Zou, Hengyuan Hu, Quanyan Man, Wenjia Li, Lei Wei, Lin Zeng, Tianshou Zhao

“…The study offers a new approach for fabricating ultrathin PCSEs and provides insights into the mechanisms of dendrite-free formation, guiding the development of high-performance PCSEs for ASSLMBs.…”
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A novel approach for target deconvolution from phenotype-based screening using knowledge graph by Xiaohong Wang, Meifang Zhang, Jianliang Xu, Xin Li, Jing Xiong, Haowei Cao, Fangkun Dou, Xue Zhai, Hua Sun

“…The regulation of this pathway by myriad stress signals and regulatory elements adds layers of complexity to the discovery of effective p53 pathway activators. Recent insights into p53 activation have led to two main screening strategies for p53 activators. …”
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Creating pathways for collaboration between Argentina and the UK to utilise microbial biofilms in sustainable agriculture by Patricia L. Abdian, Miguel Cámara, Fabricio D. Cassan, Gabriel Castrillo, Marisa Díaz, Gustavo Gonzalez Anta, Claire Hodge, Jo Slater-Jefferies, Cait E. MacPhee, Enzo Moriconi, Paulina D. Rakowska, Rasmita Raval, Duncan Ross, Juan F. Sandoval, Diego O. Serra, Claudio Valverde, Jeremy Webb, Ana Winters

“…It offers a comprehensive summary encompassing the insights, perspectives, and outcomes generated during the discussions among the participants, pinpointing three key priority areas for collaborative activities that were identified: (1) Using plant root biofilm composition as a sensor for soil health and to optimise interventions, (2) Biofilms and soil health resilience in a changing environment, (3) Intelligent seeds and innovative / automated large-scale monitoring systems. …”
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An empirical study of LLaMA3 quantization: from LLMs to MLLMs by Wei Huang, Xingyu Zheng, Xudong Ma, Haotong Qin, Chengtao Lv, Hong Chen, Jie Luo, Xiaojuan Qi, Xianglong Liu, Michele Magno

“…This exploration can potentially provide new insights and challenges for the low-bit quantization of LLaMA3 and other future LLMs, especially in addressing performance degradation issues that suffer in LLM compression. …”
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Ankle joint position sense acuity differences among stroke survivors at three walking ability levels: a cross-sectional study by Jinyao Xu, Jeremy Witchalls, Elisabeth Preston, Li Pan, Gengyuan Zhang, Gordon Waddington, Roger David Adams, Jia Han

“…These findings provide new insights into proprioceptive deficits after stroke and their relevance in neurorehabilitation.…”
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A Network Pharmacology-Based Approach for Exploring Key Active Compounds and Pharmacological Mechanisms of Tangshen Formula for Treatment of Diabetic Nephropathy by Weie Zhou, Xuefeng Zhou, Yuan Zhang, Yuyang Wang, Wenjie Wu, Haojun Zhang, Tingting Zhao, Liang Peng, Hailing Zhao, Ping Li

“…The present findings not only provide new insights for a deeper understanding of the constituent basis and pharmacology of TSF but also provide guidance for further pharmacological studies on TSF.…”
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PICT: A low‐cost, modular, open‐source camera trap system to study plant–insect interactions by Vincent Droissart, Laura Azandi, Eric Rostand Onguene, Marie Savignac, Thomas B. Smith, Vincent Deblauwe

“…Increased portability and image quality at lower costs allow for large‐scale deployment and the acquisition of novel insights into the reproductive biology of plants and their interactions with difficult to observe animals. ​…”
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Subcutaneous implantation of tooth germ stem cells over the masseter muscle in mice: An in vivo pilot study by Nosrat Nourbakhsh, Ghazaleh Baniebrahimi, Sahar Talebi, Ardeshir Talebi, Mohammad Hossein Nasr Esfahani, Bijan Movahedian, Maziar Manshayi, Navid Naghdi, Fatemeh Ejeian, Elahe Masaeli, Seyed Ali Mosaddad

“…These findings provide preliminary insights into the possible applications of tooth germ stem cells in regenerative dental tissue engineering.…”
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Effects of management of plastic and straw mulching management on crop yield and soil salinity in saline-alkaline soils of China: A meta-analysis by Ying Song, Jineng Sun, Mingjun Cai, Jinyu Li, Meizhen Bi, Mingxiu Gao

“…This research provides valuable insights for selecting appropriate mulching strategies to improve saline-alkali soils and promote sustainable agricultural practices.…”
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Characteristics of velopharyngeal dysfunction in 22q11.2 deletion syndrome: a retrospective case-control study by Sebastiano Failla, Peng You, Chandheeb Rajakumar, Anne Dworschak-Stokan, Philip C. Doyle, Murad Husein

“…The current findings provide initial insights into the unique aspects of velopharyngeal dysfunction for patients with 22q11.2 deletion syndrome. …”
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