Ophthalmologists’ and patients’ perspectives on treatments for diabetic retinopathy and maculopathy in Vietnam: a descriptive qualitative study by Tunde Peto, Nathan Congdon, Lynne Lohfeld, Hoang Tran, Katie Curran, Van Thu Nguyen, Tung Thanh Hoang, Hue Thi Nguyen, Quan Nhu Nguyen, Catherine Dardis, Hoang Huy Tran, Anh Tuan Vu, Mai Quoc Tung

“…Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data.Results In total, 10/24 (41.7%) ophthalmologists were female, and their median age was 41 years (range 29–69 years). …”
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Strengthening the delivery of integrated care for individuals experiencing serious mental illness within mental health settings: a qualitative description of health provider perspe... by Munazzah Ambreen, Christopher Canning, Brian Lo, Sri Mahavir Agarwal, Amer M. Burhan, David Castle, M. Elisabeth Del Giudice, Barna Konkolÿ-Thege, Louis Liu, Osnat C. Melamed, Frank Sirotich, Sanjeev Sockalingam, Gillian Strudwick, Tania Tajirian, Philip G. Tibbo, Mary Rose van Kesteren, Caroline Walker, Vicky Stergiopoulos

“…Methods This qualitative descriptive study involved conducting individual semi-structured interviews with 13 health administrators and four focus groups with 15 clinicians between July 2023 and April 2024. …”
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Exploring the Challenges Faced by Small Insurance Brokers in Achieving Sustainable Growth: A Case Study in Botswana's Insurance Industry by Maalila Malambo

“…Design/methodology/approach: An online questionnaire was distributed to 50 small insurance brokers in Botswana, with a response rate of 70%. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 key stakeholders, including regulators and customers, to gain deeper insights. …”
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The changing face of the Arctic: four decades of greening and implications for tundra ecosystems by Gerald V. Frost, Uma S. Bhatt, Matthew J. Macander, Logan T. Berner, Donald A. Walker, Martha K. Raynolds, Rúna Í. Magnússon, Annett Bartsch, Jarle W. Bjerke, Jarle W. Bjerke, Howard E. Epstein, Bruce C. Forbes, Scott J. Goetz, Elizabeth E. Hoy, Elizabeth E. Hoy, Stein R. Karlsen, Timo Kumpula, Trevor C. Lantz, Mark J. Lara, Efrén López-Blanco, Paul M. Montesano, Paul M. Montesano, Christopher S. R. Neigh, Ingmar Nitze, Kathleen M. Orndahl, Taejin Park, Taejin Park, Gareth K. Phoenix, Adrian V. Rocha, Brendan M. Rogers, Gabriela Schaepman-Strub, Hans Tømmervik, Mariana Verdonen, Mariana Verdonen, Alexandra Veremeeva, Anna-Maria Virkkala, Christine F. Waigl

“…Nonetheless, long-term increases in NDVI—commonly known as “the greening of the Arctic”—remain prominent across large areas in all available long-term spaceborne datasets and align with long-term shifts in vegetation structure documented in disparate Arctic regions. Common shifts reported from the Low Arctic, such as shrubification, generally portend declines in floristic diversity, and shifts in fauna that favor boreal forest species. …”
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Features of the Circulation of ARVI Pathogens During of Emergence and Widespread of SARS-CoV-2 in the 2018–2021 by E. I. Burtseva, L. V. Kolobukhina, O. L. Voronina, A. V. Ignatjeva, E. A. Mukasheva, A. D. Panova, E. L. Feodoritova, K. G. Krasnoslodotsev, S. V. Trushakova, L. N. Merkulova, I. N. Khlopova, N. V. Breslav, N. N. Ryzhova, M. S. Kunda, E. I. Aksenova, R. V. Vartanyan, L. B. Kisteneva, O. A. Burgasova, A. G. Rosatkevich, I. S. Kruzhkova, M. V. Bazarova, S. V. Smetanina, N. A. Tsvetkova, Yu. S. Levochkina, M. V. Kozlova, D. O. Korostin, E. I. Botsmanov

“…To identify the features of the structure of ARVI during the emergence and widespread spread of SARS-CoV-2. …”
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Advancing ocean monitoring and knowledge for societal benefit: the urgency to expand Argo to OneArgo by 2030 by Virginie Thierry, Hervé Claustre, Orens Pasqueron de Fommervault, Nathalie Zilberman, Kenneth S. Johnson, Brian A. King, Susan E. Wijffels, Udaya T. V. S. Bhaskar, Magdalena Alonso Balmaseda, Mathieu Belbeoch, Marine Bollard, Jacqueline Boutin, Phillip Boyd, Romain Cancouët, Fei Chai, Stefano Ciavatta, Rich Crane, Sophie Cravatte, Sophie Cravatte, Giorgio Dall’Olmo, Damien Desbruyères, Paul J. Durack, Andrea J. Fassbender, Katja Fennel, Yosuke Fujii, Florent Gasparin, Alberto González-Santana, Claire Gourcuff, Alison Gray, Helene T. Hewitt, Steven R. Jayne, Gregory C. Johnson, Nicolas Kolodziejczyk, Arnaud Le Boyer, Pierre-Yves Le Traon, Pierre-Yves Le Traon, William Llovel, M. Susan Lozier, John M. Lyman, John M. Lyman, Elaine L. McDonagh, Elaine L. McDonagh, Adrian P. Martin, Benoit Meyssignac, Kristian S. Mogensen, Tamaryn Morris, Peter R. Oke, Walker O. Smith, Breck Owens, Noé Poffa, Joanna Post, Dean Roemmich, Ryan R. Rykaczewski, Shubha Sathyendranath, Megan Scanderbeg, Carolyn Scheurle, Oscar Schofield, Karina von Schuckmann, James Scourse, Janet Sprintall, Toshio Suga, Toshio Suga, Marina Tonani, Esmee van Wijk, Esmee van Wijk, Xiaogang Xing, Hao Zuo

“…Effective and sustainable monitoring of the physical, biogeochemical state and ecosystem structure of the ocean, to enable climate adaptation, carbon management and sustainable marine resource management is urgently needed. …”
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Overview of antimicrobial resistance mitigation efforts in Benin 2024 by Alain K. Aissi, Tokpanou E.C. Koudjo, Filémon T. Tokponnon, Al Fattah Onifade, Akpeedje A.C. Wadagni, Géraud S.R. Padonou, Hervé A. Gbegnide, Léopold A. Azakpa, Adrien M. Hodonou, Roch C. Johnson, Francis M. Dossou

“…Methods: A retrospective cross-sectional evaluation was performed from 05 August 2024 to 30 September 2024. Data were collected through a documentary review, standardised questionnaires, semi-structured interviews and group discussions. …”
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Assessing the performance of a new gum Arabic harvesting tool through the insight of gum producers in the gum belt of Sudan by Muneer Elyas Siddig Eltahir, Suhad Ismail Eltahir, Moayad Balal Zaid, Hatim Mohamed Ahmed Elamin, Zeinab Mohammed Hamad, Osman Elsaid Adlan Abdelkareem, Faisal Ismail Musa, Ahmed Ismail Ahmed Safi, Awadelkareem Suliman Osman Khalifa, Abdalaziz Elsaid Hamad, Mohammed Osman Hassan, Heba Abdalla Noureldeen, Mohammed Eltom Elhaja, Uttam Kumar Sahoo

“…We conducted a study in North and West Kordofan of Sudan to assess the performance, use, and efficiency of the newly designed harvesting tool, and to understand the level of its adoption by the gum Arabic producers. Data were collected through a structured questionnaire, and by group discussion involving 44 trained gum producers by a purposive selection method. …”
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The High Burden of Depression, Anxiety, and Stress among University Students in Southern Iraq: A Cross-Sectional Study by Hassan Al-Karagoly, Zahraa Al-attar, Hjar Al-asadi, Sajad Al-Lahibi, Sajad Al-Lahibi, Russul Al-Fartousi, Teeba Al-Jadry, Menatallah Bali, Menatallah Bali, Baneen Al-Hasnawi, Qassim Al-rubaie, Hanan Al-aboudi, Ali Al-mosawi, Mohsin Al-samawi, Abdulsalam Halboup

“…A cross-sectional study was conducted among Iraqi university students using a structured questionnaire, including the DASS-21, Insomnia Severity Index, and Internet Addiction Test. …”
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Health poverty reduction effect of medical insurance in China’s middle-aged and elderly populations: a cross-sectional study by Haijun Yang, Rui Chen, Ye Li, Qunhong Wu, Linghan Shan, Bing Wu, Fang Yin, Yiyun Zhang, Yongqiang Lai, Xinwei Liu, Wanxin Tian, Xiyu Zhang, Yujuan Xu, Wenqing Miao, Baoguo Shi, Feifei Leng

“…Objectives In the context of demographic structure and disease spectrum changes: to study the role of the medical insurance system in providing protection and risk resilience for middle-aged and elderly vulnerable groups who are prone to impoverishment by medical expenses (IME), identify the vulnerable points and propose recommendations for improving the medical insurance system.Setting The research used data from the 2018 China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study.Participants 9184 households were included in the research ultimately.Primary and secondary outcome measures We use the WHO’s recommended composite measure of disease-related poverty and algorithm to determine the occurrence of IME in households. …”
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Seeking Correlation Among Porin Permeabilities and Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations Through Machine Learning: A Promising Route to the Essential Molecular Descriptors by Sara Boi, Silvia Puxeddu, Ilenia Delogu, Domenica Farci, Dario Piano, Aldo Manzin, Matteo Ceccarelli, Fabrizio Angius, Mariano Andrea Scorciapino, Stefan Milenkovic

“…The automated protocol presented here could be used to inspect, in silico, many alternatives of a given molecular structure, with the output being the list of the best candidates to be then synthesized and tested. …”
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Interface characterization of Cu18150/Al1060/Cu18150 laminated composite produced by combined cast-roll and hot-roll technique by Mahmoud Ebrahimi, Yuchao Zhao, Huisheng Cai, Shokouh Attarilar, Zhengping Shang, Qudong Wang

“…Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy-dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) analyses elucidate the formation of IMCs at the interfaces, with predicted formation sequences influenced by Gibbs free energy data. Electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD) analysis indicates that hot rolling promotes grain refinement in Cu18150, resulting in a homogeneous structure with elongated fine grains, while Al1060 shows nonuniform grain distribution. …”
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Identification and Analysis of <i>KAS II</i>, <i>FAT</i>, <i>SAD</i>, and <i>FAD</i> Gene Families in <i>Hippophae rhamnoides</i> by Alexander A. Arkhipov, Ekaterina M. Dvorianinova, Anastasia A. Turba, Roman O. Novakovskiy, Yury A. Zubarev, Pavel A. Predushchenko, Elizaveta A. Sigova, Daiana A. Zhernova, Elena V. Borkhert, Elena N. Pushkova, Chengjiang Ruan, Nataliya V. Melnikova, Alexey A. Dmitriev

“…As a result of structure and phylogenetic analyses, 4 <i>KAS II</i>, 8 <i>FAT</i>, 9 <i>SAD</i>, and 12 <i>FAD</i> genes were identified in the <i>H. rhamnoides</i> genome, which were classified into subfamilies: <i>KAS II, FATA</i>, <i>FATB</i>, <i>FAD2</i>, <i>FAD3</i>, <i>FAD6</i>, and <i>FAD7/8</i>. …”
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Differential effects of oral versus intravenous hydrocortisone and dexamethasone on capillary blood glucose levels in adult inpatients − a single centre study by Vaishali Limbachia, Ian Nunney, Daniel J. Page, Hannah A. Barton, Leena K. Patel, Georgia N. Thomason, Stephan L. Green, Kieran F.J. Lewis, Ketan Dhatariya

“…An auto-regressive covariance structure was employed to model correlations between repeated measurements. …”
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Quality of Care of Adult Patients With Allergic Diseases in Urban, Rural, and Remote Primary Care Sites in the Philippines by Carol Stephanie C. Tan-Lim, Robbi Miguel G. Falcon, Jeremiah F. Feliciano, Michael B. Fong MD, Mark Anthony U. Javelosa, Leonila F. Dans, Iris Thiele C. Isip-Tan, Josephine T. Sanchez, Mia P. Rey, Antonio Miguel L. Dans

“…Methods: This was a retrospective review of electronic health records of all adult patients who consulted in the 3 sites from May 2019 to April 2022. Data of adult patients with allergic diseases was extracted from the 3 EHR systems operating across the participating sites using standardized Structured Query Language queries across the 3 systems. …”
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Whole-Genome Resequencing to Identify Selection Signatures Associated with High Fertility in Lüliang Black Goat by Xu Wang, Zhenqi Zhou, Xinrui Chai, Jie Li, Wannian Wang, Zhixu Pang, Lifen Cheng, Caihong Cheng, Liying Qiao, Yangyang Pan, Kaijie Yang, Wenzhong Liu, Jianhua Liu

“…Based on whole-genome resequencing data, this study comprehensively assessed the population structure and genetic diversity of LBG and explored the related genes that affect reproductive performance. …”
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Technical note: Flow cytometry assays for the detection, counting and cell sorting of polyphosphate-accumulating bacteria by C. Bouquet, H. Billard, H. Billard, C. C. Bidaud, J. Colombet, J. Colombet, Y.-T. Chang, J. Artigas, I. Batisson, K. Benzerara, F. Skouri-Panet, E. Duprat, A.-C. Lehours

“…This requires high-throughput methods to characterize their structure and dynamics in ecosystems. A promising strategy is to combine the staining of intracellular polyphosphate granules and their subsequent detection by flow cytometry, enabling rapid data acquisition. …”
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Contextual factors in value-based decision support to enhance health technologies adoption: the case of biosimilars by Maximilian Otte, Maximilian Otte, Maximilian Otte, Zoltán Kaló, Zoltán Kaló, Zoltán Kaló, Hussain Abdulrahman Al-Omar, Meindert Boysen, Yingyao Chen, Ana Paula Beck Da Silva Etges, Ana Paula Beck Da Silva Etges, Guvenc Kockaya, Iñaki Gutierrez-Ibarluzea, Ahmed Mohammed Seyam, Deirdre Mullen, Deirdre Mullen, Hans-Peter Dauben, Hans-Peter Dauben, Hans-Peter Dauben

“…The MCDA framework offers a structured approach to operationalize these principles. …”
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Erythritol as a Next-Generation Sweetener: properties, metabolism, cardiovascular risk and gut health implications – A literature review by Julia Skowrońska-Borsuk, Martyna Narożniak, Adrianna Ewa Pękacka, Bartłomiej Czerwiec, Adam Borsuk, Joanna Katarzyna Pergoł, Malwina Wojtas, Julia Borkowska, Zuzanna Krupa, Julia Sposób

“…However, these findings are inconclusive and require further investigation. Emerging animal data indicate erythritol may modulate gut epithelial structure via microbiota-derived metabolites. …”
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Anti-Migratory Activity of Brazilin Chemodiversification on Breast Cancer Cells by Alberto Hernández-Moreno, Dania A. Nava-Tapia, Miriam D. Zuñiga-Eulogio, Jorge Bello-Martínez, Monserrat Olea-Flores, Tadeo Hernández-Moreno, Mario Ordoñez, Ana E. Zacapala-Gómez, Miguel A. Mendoza-Catalán, Napoleón Navarro-Tito

“…In this study, we isolated brazilin from the heartwood of <i>Haematoxylum brasiletto</i>; then, we performed a semi-synthesis by adding three methyl or acetyl groups to the core structure of brazilin. We confirmed the identity of brazilin and its derivatives by spectroscopic data (¹H NMR and ¹³C NMR) and measured their purity by optical rotation. …”
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