Facilitating active participation in anticoagulant decisions in advanced kidney disease: co-production of a question prompt list by Kathrine Parker, Abigail Needham, Jecko Thachil, Sandip Mitra, Penny Lewis

“…Currently, there are no support tools for people with chronic kidney disease regarding anticoagulant therapy decisions. …”
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Tuberculosis and diabetes mellitus: a narrative review on the growing syndemic in low- and middle-income countries by Ibrahim Khalil, Md. Imran Hossain

“…This review underscores the urgent need for tailored interventions and policies to improve patient care and public health outcomes in the context of TB-DM co-infection.…”
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Tendencia de las inversiones petroleras en la Argentina. Un caso más de las transformaciones del mercado petrolero mundial by MARÍA JIMENA SEGURA BORDENAVE-GASSEDAT

“…We consider relevant in the context of the preparation of the present paper, the development of the determinations of the capital investment in the energy sector at the end of the historically specific features of the current production. …”
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Using music to reduce anxiety and stress in patients undergoing coronary angioplasty: A randomized clinical trial protocol by Francisco de Cássio de Oliveira Mendes, Kauanny Vitoria Gurgel dos Santos, Tâmara Taynah Medeiros da Silva, Vinicius dos Santos Lemos Pereira, Késsya Dantas Diniz, Kátia Regina Barros Ribeiro, Daniele Vieira Dantas, Rodrigo Assis Neves Dantas

“…In the current health context, there is a widespread increase in chronic non-communicable diseases that predominantly affect the cardiovascular system. …”
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Assessing Farmers’ Prefrences in using Water Resources in Varamin Plain, Iran A Discrete Choice Experiment Technique by Hojatolah Shayeganfard, Mohsen Mehrara

“…In addition to that, in the context of providing policy recommendations, it is suggested to pay serious attention to the issue of agricultural water in the Varamin Plain. …”
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Pesticide Residues in Fruits and Vegetables from Cape Verde: A Multi-Year Monitoring and Dietary Risk Assessment Study by Andrea Acosta-Dacal, Ricardo Díaz-Díaz, Pablo Alonso-González, María del Mar Bernal-Suárez, Eva Parga-Dans, Lluis Serra-Majem, Adriana Ortiz-Andrellucchi, Manuel Zumbado, Edson Santos, Verena Furtado, Miriam Livramento, Dalila Silva, Octavio P. Luzardo

“…Food safety concerns related to pesticide residues in fruits and vegetables have increased globally, particularly in regions where monitoring programs are scarce or inconsistent. …”
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Contrasting Effect of Curcumin on Hepatitis B Virus Replication According to the Hepatoma Cell Line by María Mercedes Elizalde, Pedro Fuentes, Diego Chiappetta, Diego Martín Flichman

“…In recent decades, considerable advances have been achieved in the treatment of chronic hepatitis B. However, the currently available drugs have shortcomings. In this context, several natural compounds have been proposed as potential agents to improve either the outcome of antiviral treatment or the progression of chronic infection, with curcumin being one of the most evaluated compounds due to its pleiotropic antiviral activity. …”
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Determining the Cost-Effectiveness of Home Care: A Scoping Review by Katerina Gousia, Hansel Teo, Stacey Rand, Florin Vadean

“… Context: The demand for long-term care services provided at home (home care) has increased over time. …”
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Exploring voluntary sector specialist services for victim-survivors of sexual violence in England: the PROSPER co-production study by Caroline Bradbury-Jones, Sarah Damery, Kirsten Fruin, Clare Gunby, Jenny Harlock, Lucy Hebberts, Louise Isham, Anne-Marie Jones, Fay Maxted, Amelia Mighty, Priti Parmar, Laura Patterson, Jason Schaub, Fee Scott, Harriet Smailes, Debs Smith, Julie Taylor

“…However, from a less positive viewpoint, we identified a complex patchwork of services across statutory and VSS organisations that victim-survivors can struggle to naviagte. Within the VSS context, a concerning feature is the pressurised environment (e.g. high caseloads, rising demand, higher client need) and working with increasing complexity in clients’ lives. …”
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Influence of Silicon NanoSheet (SiNS) on the toughness of Biphasic Calcium Phosphate (BCP) composites by Anwer AL-Obaidi, Hussein K. Dalfi, Nazar Abdulridha, Amer Alomarah

“…This increase gave sufficient motivation to adopt this composition and addition in biomedical applications.…”
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RETRACTED: Biodiversity Loss with Habitat and Risk of New Diseases by Darshit Ram

“…The degradation of nature is among the most serious issues that the world faces, but current targets and consequent actions amount, at best, to a managed decline. …”
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Effect of Tapuy (Philippine Rice Wine) Lees on the Gut Microbiota Profile and Lifespan under Normal and Stress Conditions in Drosophila melanogaster by Ma Carmela P. Dela Cruz, Paul Mark B. Medina

“…These lees have been reported to contain high concentrations of proteins and dietary fibers. …”
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Framework for Building Resilient Health Systems by Chen Wang, Shiwen Zhang, Limei Jing, Jingrong Wang, Yihao Zhao, Xiaoxuan Zhang, Xiaoyu Zhang, Yuhan Lu, Chao Wang, Ruitai Shao

“…The growing complexity of global health challenges and the increasing frequency of public health emergencies have highlighted the fragility of current health systems, which often struggle to address evolving population health needs and public health challenges. …”
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Transcriptomic analysis on pancreatic adenocarcinoma patients uncovers KRAS-mediated PPAR pathway alteration by Giuseppe Defazio, Federico Scolari, Sara Fancelli, Simone Polvani, Daniele Lavacchi, Lucia Picariello, Alessandro Tubita, Michaela Luconi, Lorenzo Antonuzzo, Lorenzo Antonuzzo, Andrea Galli, Serena Pillozzi

“…The incidence and mortality of pancreatic adenocarcinoma (PC) are expected to increase in the coming years, with survival rates remaining poor due to limited treatment options. …”
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Antiageing strategy for neurodegenerative diseases: from mechanisms to clinical advances by Qiu Jiang, Jie Liu, Shan Huang, Xuan-Yue Wang, Xiaowei Chen, Guang-Hui Liu, Keqiang Ye, Weihong Song, Colin L. Masters, Jun Wang, Yan-Jiang Wang

“…Abstract In the context of global ageing, the prevalence of neurodegenerative diseases and dementia, such as Alzheimer’s disease (AD), is increasing. …”
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TRANSFORMING MUSIC EDUCATION IN UKRAINE: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES IN CULTURAL AND ARTISTIC EDUCATION REFORM by Ihor ZAKUS, Nataliia LEBEDIEVA, Irma GVINIASHVILI, Viktoriya KORZHENOK, Dennis ADU

“… The article discusses the current challenges and prospects for developing music education in Ukraine while reforming the cultural and artistic sphere. …”
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CAR-T cells and TRUCKs that recognize an EBNA-3C-derived epitope presented on HLA-B*35 control Epstein-Barr virus-associated lymphoproliferation by Michael Hudecek, Anna Christina Dragon, Katharina Zimmermann, Thomas Nerreter, Deborah Sandfort, Julia Lahrberg, Stephan Klöß, Christina Kloth, Caroline Mangare, Agnes Bonifacius, Sabine Tischer-Zimmermann, Rainer Blasczyk, Britta Maecker-Kolhoff, Barbara Uchanska-Ziegler, Hinrich Abken, Axel Schambach, Britta Eiz-Vesper

“…Background Immunosuppressive therapy or T-cell depletion in transplant patients can cause uncontrolled growth of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-infected B cells resulting in post-transplant lymphoproliferative disease (PTLD). Current treatment options do not distinguish between healthy and malignant B cells and are thereby often limited by severe side effects in the already immunocompromised patients. …”
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Humidity effect on epiphytic microflora development and seed germination of spring bread wheat by O. F. Khamova, P. V. Popolzukhin, O. S. Dmitrenko

“…There was found out that the seed germination on 88% depended on the moisture content during storage and a number of fungi on their surface. On increasing the initial moisture content of seeds to 17%, the number of microorganisms on them increased significantly, and germination decreased after three years of storage in plastic containers to 0–1.9% in 28 months (2.3 years). …”
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Identification of novel antiviral host factors by functional gene expression analysis using in vitro HBV infection assay systems. by Takuto Nosaka, Tatsushi Naito, Yu Akazawa, Kazuto Takahashi, Hidetaka Matsuda, Masahiro Ohtani, Tsutomu Nishizawa, Hiroaki Okamoto, Yasunari Nakamoto

“…Knockdown of STAT1 increased viral products in HBV-transfected HepG2 cells, but decreased in HBV-infected PXB cells. …”
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FEATURES OF THE FUNCTIONING OF THE NATIONAL LABOR MARKET IN CONDITIONS OF MILITARY THREAT AND INTERNAL POPULATION DISPLACEMENT by Liudmyla Akimova, Gаlina Urchik

“…The article presents a comprehensive study of the peculiarities of the functioning of the Ukrainian labour market in the context of modern challenges. The objective is to identify existing problems and transform the state policy in the labour market. …”
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