What impact has the NIHR Academic Clinical Fellowship (ACF) scheme had on clinical academic careers in England over the last 10 years? A retrospective study by James Neilson, David Jones, Sally Clough, James Fenton, Helen Harris-Joseph, Leesa Rayton, Caroline Magee, Lisa Ann Cotterill

“…Balancing clinical and academic commitments is one of the reported challenges when completing an ACF. We have found that undertaking an ACF was shown to increase the likelihood of securing an externally funded doctoral training award and the vast majority of ACFs move into academic roles, with many completing PhDs. …”
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Pervasive systemic disparities: medical-related gaslighting, trauma, and distrust among LGBTQ+ people in the United States by Dustin Z. Nowaskie, Dehandra Blackwood, Frank Garcia

“…Participants answered questions about their healthcare, including experiences with medical-related gaslighting, trauma, and trust.ResultsCompared to cisgender and heterosexual people (n = 857), LGBTQ+ people (n = 815) reported significantly higher rates of medical-related gaslighting (46.5% vs. 26.5%, ORs 1.75–2.80) and trauma (18% vs. 8.9%, ORs 1.63–2.66). …”
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A systematic review of plant-based therapy for the management of diabetes mellitus in the East Africa community by Nancy Bonareri Mitaki, Ilemobayo Victor Fasogbon, Onyinye Vivian Ojiakor, Wusa Makena, Emmanuel O. Ikuomola, Reuben Samson Dangana, Ibe Micheal Usman, Ekom Monday Etukudo, Augustine Oviosun, Swase Dominic Terkimbi, Elizabeth Bessy Umoren, Angela Mumbua Musyoka, Solomon A Mbina, Esther Ugo Alum, Ibrahim Babangida Abubakar, Godson Emeka Anyanwu, Patrick Maduabuchi Aja

“…We limited our search to peer-reviewed English articles, preclinical models, and intervention studies reporting the use of medicinal plants in the treatment of diabetes, particularly in EAC. …”
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Tuberculosis Mimicking-Musculoskeletal Tumor of The Hand: An Uncommon Case of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis by Andy Lesmana, Hapsari Retno Dewanti, Lenty BR Perangin Angin, Muhamad Irvan Muzakky, Stefi Geovani Valentin Hayon, Mentari Maratus Sholihah, Muhammad Ifham Hanif

“…This study describes an unusual case of extrapulmonary tuberculosis that manifested as a soft tissue tumor of the hand. Case Report: A 17-year-old male presented with a painful swollen part of the 3rd finger of the left hand. …”
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The First Saint Petersburg Regional Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Registry on the Basis of the Regional Health Information System: Principles of Functioning, Testing Results, Plan of... by Yu. P. Uspenskiy, A. M. Sarana, L. N. Melentyeva, A. V. Yazenok, S. V. Petrov, Yu. A. Fominykh, S. V. Ivanov, A. V. Shotik, A. M. Segal, T. V. Gorbacheva, S. D. Plotnikova, K. V. Dronov

“…The Clinical Module allows to assess the IBD features in prospective observation. The register case report form is integrated into the patient's status in the Medical Information System of the medical institution. …”
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Los efectos negativos de la religiosidad-espiritualidad en la salud mental: una revisión bibliográfica by Rene Gallardo-Vergara, Patricio Silva-Maragaño, Yasna Castro-Aburto

“… Aunque en la actualidad se cuenta con evidencia de los efectos positivos de la religiosidad/ espiritualidad en la salud mental, también existen reportes que dan cuenta de efectos mixtos. Incluso, se han reportado efectos adversos en la salud mental de las personas. …”
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A Review of Watermelon Production and Price Trends from 2010 to 2021 by Tara Wade, Kelvin Amon, Kevin Athearn, Craig Frey

“…These values show a decline in the value of watermelon produced and total production from 2020, by 7% and 1%, respectively (USDA-NASS, 2022). This report provides information on both seeded and seedless conventional watermelon acreage, volume, and pricing for California, Florida, Georgia, and Texas from 2010 through 2021. …”
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Towards Sustainability: Tracking Carbon Footprint Trends at Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife by Kgaphudi Wendy Madiope, Jacob Adedayo Adedeji, Sebataolo Rahlao

“…Using the greenhouse gas protocol corporate accounting and reporting standard as a guide, the study methodology examines greenhouse gas emissions from direct (Scope 1) and indirect (Scopes 2 and 3) sources related to Ezemvelo wildlife activities over five years (2014/2015--2018/2019). …”
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Performance and limitations of linkage-disequilibrium-based methods for inferring the genomic landscape of recombination and detecting hotspots: a simulation study by Raynaud, Marie, Gagnaire, Pierre-Alexandre, Galtier, Nicolas

“…Using simulations, we specifically assessed the impact of methodological (sample size, phasing errors, block penalty) and evolutionary parameters (effective population size (Ne),  demographic history, mutation to recombination rate ratio) on inferred map quality. We report reasonably good correlations between simulated and inferred landscapes, but point to limitations when it comes to detecting recombination hotspots. …”
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Association between alkali and alkaline earth elements in chorionic villus and risk for spontaneous abortion by Meng Lin, Yutong Wang, Xiaoye Wang, Lailai Yan, Linlin Wang, Chan Tian

“…Exposure to specific alkali and alkaline earth elements(AEs/AEEs) has been reported that are linked to an increased risk of spontaneous abortion. …”
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Assessment Design And Practices Toward Holistic Learning Of Higher Education Students: Empirical Evidence Via Path Analysis Modelling Approach by Ebenezer Afrifa-Yamoah, Esther Adama, Amanda Graf, Kwadwo Adusei-Asante

“…A cross-sectional study design was employed for this study in which a self-reported survey instrument was administered to 380 social science and nursing undergraduate and postgraduate students in a public university in Australia. …”
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A review of studies assessing the benefits of clean air and climate mitigation policies for child and adult health by Frederica Perera, Kathleen Lau

“…Results: All 26 studies found positive and substantial impacts of climate and clean air policies on the health of children and adults, along with substantial associated cost savings (reported in half of the studies). The benefits are likely to be serious undercounts as most studies included a limited suite of outcomes: economic savings generally considered only short-term costs; and the health benefits of climate policies were estimated as “co-benefits” of reduced air pollution, omitting those from fewer climate “shocks”. …”
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Digital connection, real bonding: Brief online chats boost interpersonal closeness regardless of the conversational topic by Chiara Fini, Vanessa Era, Giovanna Cuomo, Ilenia Falcinelli, Mattia A. Gervasi, Matteo Candidi, Claudia Mazzuca, Marco Tullio Liuzza, Bodo Winter, Anna M. Borghi

“…Results indicated that participants in the interactive condition reported feeling significantly closer to their interlocutor than those in the non-interactive condition. …”
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ASKAP Observations of the Radio Shell in the Composite Supernova Remnant G310.6-1.6 by Wenhui Jing, Jennifer L. West, Xiaohui Sun, Wasim Raja, Xianghua Li, Lingxiao Dang, Ping Zhou, Miroslav D. Filipović, Andrew M. Hopkins, Roland Kothes, Sanja Lazarević, Denis Leahy, Emil Lenc, Yik Ki Ma, Cameron L. Van Eck

“…We report the observations of the radio shell of the supernova remnant (SNR) G310.6–1.6 at 943 MHz from the Evolutionary Map of the Universe (EMU) and the Polarization Sky Survey of the Universe’s Magnetism (POSSUM) surveys by using the Australian Square Kilometre Array Pathfinder (ASKAP). …”
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Genetically edited human placental organoids cast new light on the role of ACE2 by Anya L. Arthurs, Bianca Dietrich, Martin Knöfler, Caleb J. Lushington, Paul Q. Thomas, Fatwa Adikusuma, Jessica M. Williamson, Susan Babikha, Tyla Damhuis, Tanja Jankovic-Karasoulos, Melanie D. Smith, Kirsty G. Pringle, Claire T. Roberts

“…Parameters of cell and organoid growth were measured, together with qPCR, Western Blotting, and ELISA assessments, in all groups from both organoid models. Here, we report that ACE2 knockout results in delayed placental cell growth and increased cell death. …”
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Insights into prostate cancer awareness and perceptions among men in Tshwane by L Nzombe, J Shirinde, S Patrick

“…While 93.7% of the respondents reported that they had never tested for PCa, 98.3% said that if they were offered the opportunity to test voluntarily, they would agree to test for PCa. …”
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Fluids, faulting and earthquakes in the brittle crust: recent advances and new challenges by Fabbri, Olivier, Raimbourg, Hugues, Leclère, Henri

“…Supra-hydrostatic $p_{f}$ also plays a role in the nucleation or propagation of seismic ruptures in the continental or oceanic crust, and in subducting slabs in convergent margins, as reported for aftershocks, swarms, slow earthquakes, and to a lesser extent for major earthquakes. …”
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ELECTRONIC BANKING AND PERFORMANCE OF BANKING SECTOR IN NIGERIA by Kayode David KOLAWOLE

“…Hence this research examined electronic banking and performance of banking sector in Nigeria. The financial reports of the chosen Nigerian deposit-taking banks provided the secondary data used in this investigation. …”
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Real-World Effectiveness of Portable Air Cleaners in Reducing Home Particulate Matter Concentrations by Frederic T. Lu, Robert J. Laumbach, Alicia Legard, Nirmala T. Myers, Kathleen G. Black, Pamela Ohman-Strickland, Shahnaz Alimokhtari, Adriana de Resende, Leonardo Calderón, Gediminas Mainelis, Howard M. Kipen

“…When a central air handler (CAH) was reported to be in use, filter-associated reductions of PM were statistically significant during the day (06:00–22:00) and night (22:01–05:59) in the primary rooms but only during the day in the secondary rooms. …”
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Rates of Stellar Tidal Disruption Events around Intermediate-mass Black Holes by Janet N. Y. Chang, Lixin Dai, Hugo Pfister, Rudrani Kar Chowdhury, Priyamvada Natarajan

“…The IMBH TDEs from galactic nuclei have an overall volumetric rate comparable to SMBH TDEs at ∼10 ^−7 Mpc ^−3 yr ^−1 , and off-center IMBH TDEs from globular clusters have a volumetric rate that is one or two orders of magnitude lower, assuming that their occupation fraction varies within 10%–100%. Furthermore, we report that IMBH TDEs typically occur in the pinhole regime, which means that deeply plunging events are more likely for IMBH TDEs compared to SMBH TDEs.…”
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