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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Health and economic evaluation of cytomegalovirus vaccination strategy among young women in China: a modelling study by Bin Zhang, Gang Qin, Jun-Tao Shu, You-Jia Wu, Yin-Hua Jiang, Yi-Wen Ge, Meng-Zhao Yin

“…Background Congenital cytomegalovirus (cCMV) infection imposes a substantial economic burden on both families and society in China. There is currently a paucity of dynamic models to study cytomegalovirus (CMV) vaccination strategies for China’s high-seroprevalence population (over 95%). …”
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ENHANCING ACCOUNTABILITY FOR MAKING CITIES RESILIENT AND ROLE OF SUPREME AUDIT INSTITUTIONS by Arife Coşkun, Latif Gürkan Kaya

“…Currently,more and more people are settling in cities, located in disaster prone areas. …”
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Modeling consequences of spatial closures for offshore energy: Loss of fishing grounds and fishery‐independent data by M. Campbell, J. F. Samhouri, J. W. White

“…Abstract Many jurisdictions are currently pursuing renewable sources of energy from the ocean, including offshore wind farms (OWFs). …”
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Evaluation of the Clear Fear Smartphone App for Young People Experiencing Anxiety: Uncontrolled Pre– and Post–Follow-Up Study by Chiara Samele, Norman Urquia, Rachel Edwards, Katie Donnell, Nihara Krause

“…Eligible participants were aged between 16 and 25 years with mild to moderate anxiety but not currently receiving treatment or in contact with specialist mental health services or using other interventions or apps to help monitor or manage their mental health. …”
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Leaving no one behind: the impact of disability and socioeconomic status on maternal continuum of care by Ebisa Turi, Lisa Gold, Ha N.D Le, Hasheem Mannan, Eric H.Y. Lau, Julie Abimanyi-Ochom

“…Higher maternal education (AOR = 1.63–2.27), female-headed household (AOR = 1.14, 95% CI: 1.07–1.22), currently working (AOR = 1.29, 95% CI:1.22–1.37) and wealth quintile (increasing from poor to the richest (AOR = 1.24–2.18) were positively associated with higher odds of completing the CoC. …”
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A review of private forest owner typologies with potential to contribute to social milieu research in forest policy by Peter K. Aurenhammer, Max Krott

“…Furthermore, their broader geographical scope can complement the currently German-centric milieu literature.In conclusion, PFO typology research and social milieu research are mutually beneficial. …”
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Assessing crack formation and strain distribution in concrete structures using externally installed fiber optic sensors by Henrik Becks, Matthias Högemann, Josef Hegger, Martin Classen

“…The structural integrity of many European bridges is increasingly compromised by rising traffic loads and gradual deterioration. …”
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Performance Evaluation and Optimization of 3D Gaussian Splatting in Indoor Scene Generation and Rendering by Xinjian Fang, Yingdan Zhang, Hao Tan, Chao Liu, Xu Yang

“…Firstly, utilizing a self-collected dataset, a comprehensive comparison was conducted among COLLI-SION-MAPping (abbreviated as COLMAP (V3.7), an open-source software based on Structure from Motion and Multi-View Stereo (SFM-MVS)), Context Capture (V10.2) (abbreviated as CC, a software utilizing oblique photography algorithms), Neural Radiance Fields (NeRF), and the currently renowned 3DGS algorithm. …”
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Justification on Choosing Screw Pumping Units as Energy Efficient Artificial Lift Technology by D. I. Sidorkin, K. S. Kupavykh

“…It is recognized that the number of publications in the area of energy efficiency is growing steadily. Currently Russian oil and gas industry are facing the task of accelerating reduction of energy consumption while preserving, or even increasing, production rates. …”
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HippoUnit: A software tool for the automated testing and systematic comparison of detailed models of hippocampal neurons based on electrophysiological data. by Sára Sáray, Christian A Rössert, Shailesh Appukuttan, Rosanna Migliore, Paola Vitale, Carmen A Lupascu, Luca L Bologna, Werner Van Geit, Armando Romani, Andrew P Davison, Eilif Muller, Tamás F Freund, Szabolcs Káli

“…These models were usually built to capture a few important or interesting properties of the given neuron type, and it is often unknown how they would behave outside their original context. In addition, there is currently no simple way of quantitatively comparing different models regarding how closely they match specific experimental observations. …”
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Immune factors and their role in tumor aggressiveness in glioblastoma: Atypical cadherin FAT1 as a promising target for combating immune evasion by Manvi Arora, Archismita Kundu, Subrata Sinha, Kunzang Chosdol

“…The FAT atypical cadherin 1 (FAT1) has shown context/tissue-dependent effects in cancers of different tissue origins, with either oncogenic or tumor suppressor roles. …”
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Phagocytic function of tumor-associated macrophages as a key determinant of tumor progression control: a review by Marc Lecoultre, Valérie Dutoit, Paul R Walker

“…In this context, a clear understanding of the impact of TAM phagocytosis on both innate and adaptive immunity is critical. …”
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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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Advancements and Challenges in the Management of Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis: A Review by Francesco Nappi

“…It is a significant concern in the field of cardiology, and the epidemiology of PVE has seen notable developments over the last five decades. The disease currently affects an older demographic and is becoming increasingly prevalent in patients with transcatheter-implanted valves. …”
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Leveraging agent-based modeling and a randomized intervention to advance childhood physical activity: A study protocol. by Matt Kasman, Adam B Sedlak, Lydia Reader, William J Heerman, Russell R Pate, Amelie G Ramirez, Evan C Sommer, Shari L Barkin, Ross A Hammond

“…At present, effective strategies for doing so are currently unknown. In large part, this is because PA determinants operate across levels dynamically, interact with one another, and can differ substantially across children. …”
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Psychological predictors and “protectors” of students’ Internet addiction by A. A. Kolmogortseva, E. A. Rylskaya

“…Introduction. Currently, in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic, the educational environment is forced to “migrate” to a virtual environment, which significantly increases the duration of student youth on the Internet space. …”
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ANALYSIS OF THE PERSONNEL’S CONSISTENT READINESS FOR CHANGES AS ILLUSTRATED BY THE EXAMPLE OF AN EXPORT-ORIENTED BIOTECHNOLOGICAL ENTERPRISE by E. V. Kazakova, V. P. Trukhin, I. A. Narkevich, I. I. Basakina

“…The biotechnology industry is currently one of the most dynamically developing sectors of the pharmaceutical industry, that is why it requires improvement in the personnel management system aimed at increasing the flexibility and adaptability of the organization.The aim of the research is to determine the degree of readiness of the organization’s employees for innovations as illustrated by the example of an export-oriented enterprise.Materials and methods. …”
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Determinants of malnutrition among adolescent females of age 15–19 years in an urban slum of Raipur city by Sakthi Das, Arvind Kumar Shukla, Abhiruchi Galhotra

“…Context: Adolescent girls suffer the brunt of malnutrition due to increased nutritional needs to facilitate rapid growth spurt including menstruation and increased physical activity. …”
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A Severe Case of <i>Plasmodium falciparum</i> Malaria in a 44-Year-Old Caucasian Woman on Return to Western Romania from a Visit to Nigeria by Alin Gabriel Mihu, Rodica Lighezan, Daniela Adriana Oatis, Ovidiu Alexandru Mederle, Cristina Petrine-Mocanu, Cristina Petrescu, Mirandolina Eugenia Prisca, Laura Andreea Ghenciu, Cecilia Roberta Avram, Maria Alina Lupu, Adelaida Bica, Tudor Rareș Olariu

“…Malaria is currently the most prevalent life-threatening infectious disease in the world. …”
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