Web-Based Respondent-Driven Sampling to Assess Biobehavioral Factors Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Thailand: Cross-Sectional Study by Watcharapol Srinor, Suvimon Tanpradech, Panupit Thiengtham, Samart Karuchit, Charif Naksuk, Thitipong Yingyong, Thananda Naiwatanakul, Sanny Northbrook, Wolfgang Hladik

“… Abstract BackgroundRespondent-driven sampling (RDS) is the current standard for sampling key populations at risk for HIV infections but is usually limited to local implementation in single towns or cities. …”
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Use of ICT to Confront COVID-19 by Yousry Saber El Gamal

“…Supporting a digitized world and staying current in the latest technology will be essential for any country to remain competitive in a post COVID-19 world. …”
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Seismic Performance of Steel Column Base of Disc-spring Self-centering Energy-consuming Damper by SUN Jiateng, LIU Jianming, ZHU Guangzhi

“…When the number of shear energy dissipation plates is increased, the maximum stiffness, maximum residual deformation and energy consumption are increased by 20%, 25% and 20% respectively. …”
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Characterizing obesity: A qualitative study by Tim Bober, Flor Cameron, Lane Alexander, J.G. Luiggi-Hernandez, David Rometo, Linda-Marie Lavenburg, Haley Grant, Emily Klawson, Autumn R. Boyer, Kathleen M. McTigue, Julie Gouveia-Pisano, Avani Patel, Lisa Tarasenko, Jannette Escobar, Allison Brenner, Scott M. Vouri, Feng Dai, Megan E. Hamm

“…Conclusion: This qualitative study of people with obesity, health professionals, and payors demonstrated current views of addressing and treating obesity in clinical settings. …”
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Oral-Delivery Lactococcus lactis expressing cherry fusion lactoferrin peptides against infection of avian pathogenic Escherichia coli in chickens by Zhuoran Li, Xueying Wang, Dianzhong Zheng, Fuzhen Han, Yue Li, Han Zhou, Jiaxuan Li, Wen Cui, Yanping Jiang, Xiaona Wang, Weichun Xie, Lijie Tang

“…Historically, antibiotics and vaccinations currently control APEC infections in poultry, however, antibiotic-resistant strains and heterologous serotypes limit their effectiveness. …”
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Improvement of the perovskite photodiodes performance via advanced interface engineering with polymer dielectric by Andrey P. Morozov, Lev O. Luchnikov, Sergey Yu. Yurchuk, Artur R. Ishteev, Pavel A. Gostishchev, Sergey I. Didenko, Nikita S. Saratovsky, Dmitry O. Balakirev, Ivan V. Dyadishchev, Andrey A. Romanov, Ekaterina A. Ilicheva, Anton A. Vasilev, Sergey S. Kozlov, Dmitry S. Muratov, Yuriy N. Luponosov, Danila S. Saranin

“…IV curve analysis and 2-diode model calculations showed enhanced shunt properties, a decreased non-ideality factor, and reduced saturation dark current. …”
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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

“…IL-12, secreted by TRUCKs on target contact, was further tested for its chemoattractive and activating potential towards monocytes and natural killer (NK) cells.Results After co-cultivation with EBV target cells, TÜ165 CAR-Ts and TRUCKs showed an increased activation marker expression (CD137, CD25) and release of proinflammatory cytokines (interferon-γ and tumor necrosis factor-α). …”
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Effects of temporary erosion control blanket and grass cover on the rates of runoff and sediment in the cut and fill slopes of forest roads using a rainfall simulation test by Behnaz Askari, Mehran Nasiri, Majid Lotfalian

“…The use of erosion control blankets is a soil bio-engineering method that can effectively reduce runoff and sediment and increase slope stability. Therefore, the current research aimed to temporarily stabilize soil using protective covering treatments, such as jute, straw, wood chips, Festuca grass cover, and nano zeolite super absorbent, to reduce the amount of runoff and sediment. …”
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Safety, Feasibility, and Tolerability of Ten Days of At-Home, Remotely Supervised tDCS During Gamified Attention Training in Children with Acquired Brain Injury: An Open-Label, Dos... by Athena Stein, Justin Riddle, Kevin A. Caulfield, Paul E. Dux, Maximilian A. Friehs, Philipp A. Schroeder, Michael P. Craven, Madeleine J. Groom, Kartik K. Iyer, Karen M. Barlow

“…When delivered daily, transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) may improve attention; however, access to daily in-clinic tDCS treatment can be limited by other commitments, including concurrent therapy, school commitments, and caregiver schedules. …”
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The epidemiology of bacterial meningitis in the United States during 2008–2023: an analysis of active, laboratory, population-based, multistate surveillance dataResearch in context... by Namrata Prasad, Miwako Kobayashi, Jennifer P. Collins, Amy B. Rubis, Gordana Derado, Miranda J. Delahoy, Daniel C. Payne, Lesley McGee, Sopio Chochua, Henju Marjuki, Lucy A. McNamara, LeAnne M. Fox, Arthur Reingold, Megan Barnes, Susan Petit, Monica M. Farley, Lee H. Harrison, Ruth Lynfield, Jessica Houston, Bridget J. Anderson, Ann Thomas, Keipp H. Talbot, William Schaffner, Adam L. Cohen, Stephanie J. Schrag, Melissa Arvay

“…Between 2008–2009 and 2010–2019, overall bacterial meningitis incidence declined from 1.3 to 1.1, driven by decreases in S. pneumoniae meningitis caused by serotypes contained in the 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) and N. meningitidis meningitis. …”
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Impact of strategic public health interventions to reduce tuberculosis incidence in Brazil: a Bayesian structural time-series scenario analysisResearch in context by Klauss Villalva-Serra, Beatriz Barreto-Duarte, Moreno M. Rodrigues, Artur T.L. Queiroz, Leonardo Martinez, Julio Croda, Valeria C. Rolla, Afrânio L. Kritski, Marcelo Cordeiro-Santos, Timothy R. Sterling, Mariana Araújo-Pereira, Bruno B. Andrade

“…Additional reductions were seen with increased coverage of DOT, TPT adherence, and contact investigation rates (−14.4 [−13 to −16.2]), and by combining these with efforts to reduce TB cases among vulnerable populations (−23.6 [−26.3 to −41.4]), potentially lowering incidence to 18.5 [7.8–28.4] per 100,000, though still above WHO targets. …”
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Comparación de dos métodos de detección para el registro de la frecuencia cardíaca: banda torácica vs camiseta técnica (Comparison of two methods for recording heart rate telemetry... by Jose Pino Ortega, Alejandro Bastida Castillo, Jose Maria Oliva Lozano, Daniel Rojas Valverde, Pedro Reche Soto, Carlos David Gómez Carmona

“…Heart rate (HR) is one of the most studied and utilized variables for internal load control. Currently, heart rate monitors have been integrated onto sport clothes in order to increase athletes’ comfortability. …”
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Social Networks Link Prediction Based on Incremental Learning by Jian SHU, Zhichen CHEN

“…However, the prediction performance of IL−SNLP on Ask Ubuntu and Super User decreases by only 4.54% and 5.25%, respectively, compared to its performance on Math Overflow. …”
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Evaluation of parenting interventions for those with additional health and social care needs during pregnancy: THRIVE a multi-arm RCT with embedded economic and process components by Marion Henderson, Anja Wittkowski, Katie Buston, Karen Crawford, Alice MacLachlan, Alex McConnachie, Emma McIntosh, Claudia-Martina Messow, Catherine Nixon, Rosaleen O’Brien, Shona Shinwell, Daniel Wight, Yiqiao Xin, Rachel Calam, Ruth Dundas, James Law, Helen Minnis, Lucy Thompson, Philip Wilson

“…This has the potential to affect fetal brain development, increase infant reactivity to stress, and impair sensitive mother–infant bonds from developing. …”
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Anisotropic flexible stress sensors based on Loofah/CN/MWCNTs by 刘璐, 贾晓丽, 黄书童, 张景龙, 李守宝, 柯燎亮

“…Consequently, the loofah skeleton and conductive coating were compressed and released simultaneously, effectively functioning as a variable resistor. As applied stress increased, the loofah framework became more compact, gradually increasing the contact area between carbon-based materials of different sizes, thereby generating new current pathways. …”
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Effects of Conditioning Temperature on Pellet Quality, Nutrients Digestibility, and Metabolizable Energy of Broilers Diet by Seyedeh Vajiheh Shakhese Emampour, Abolghasem Golian, Heydar Zarghi, Ali Reza Hesabi Nameghi

“…So that the amount of electricity usage decreased (quadratic, p< 0.001), and increased pellet PDI (quadratic, p<0.001) and pellet hardness (linear, p<0.002) by increasing in conditioning temperature. …”
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Time to treat the climate and nature crisis as one indivisible global health emergency by Kamran Abbasi, Parveen Ali, Virginia Barbour, Thomas Benfield, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Stephen Hancocks, Richard Horton, Laurie Laybourn-Langton, Robert Mash, Peush Sahni, Wadeia Mohammad Sharief, Paul Yonga, Chris Zielinski

“…Fish provide more than half of dietary protein in many African, South Asian and small island nations, but ocean acidification has reduced the quality and quantity of seafood.16 Changes in land use have forced tens of thousands of species into closer contact, increasing the exchange of pathogens and the emergence of new diseases and pandemics.17 People losing contact with the natural environment and the declining loss in biodiversity have both been linked to increases in non-communicable, autoimmune, and inflammatory diseases and metabolic, allergic and neuropsychiatric disorders.10,18  For Indigenous people, caring for and connecting with nature is especially important for their health.19 Nature has also been an important source of medicines, and thus reduced diversity also constrains the discovery of new medicines. …”
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Museums and Geoconservation by Michael J. Benton, Sarah King

“…He also sees real impacts from increasing awareness among professionals and the public for issues associated with decolonization issues and the climate crisis. …”
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Digital augmentation of aftercare for patients with anorexia nervosa: the TRIANGLE RCT and economic evaluation by Janet Treasure, Katie Rowlands, Valentina Cardi, Suman Ambwani, David McDaid, Jodie Lord, Danielle Clark Bryan, Pamela Macdonald, Eva Bonin, Ulrike Schmidt, Jon Arcelus, Amy Harrison, Sabine Landau

“…The majority (76%) were recruited from inpatient care, including 19% currently admitted under the Mental Health Act (MHA) [16% had previous admissions (median 2) under the MHA]. …”
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Urodynamics tests for the diagnosis and management of male bladder outlet obstruction: long-term follow-up of the UPSTREAM non-inferiority RCT by Madeleine Clout, Amanda L Lewis, Madeleine Cochrane, Grace J Young, Paul Abrams, Peter S Blair, Christopher Chapple, Gordon T Taylor, Sian Noble, Tom Steuart-Feilding, Jodi Taylor, J Athene Lane, Marcus J Drake

“…Men were excluded if they were unable to pass urine without a catheter, had a relevant neurological disease, were currently undergoing treatment for prostate or bladder cancer, had previous prostate surgery or were unfit for surgery. …”
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