Malaria epidemics and its drivers in Uganda in 2022 by Maru W. Aregawi, Catherine Maiteki, John C. Rek, Bosco Agaba, Charles Katureebe, Mansour Ranjbar, Chunzhe Zhang, Samson Kiware, Jimmy Opigo

“…Methods District Health Information System (DHIS2) data from 2017 to 2022 were analysed. A 75th percentile threshold from 2017 to 2021 was used to define true malaria epidemics and compare them to the suspected 2022 epidemic. …”
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The effects of aerobic exercise on 24-hour mean blood glucose levels measured by continuous glucose monitoring in type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis by Chou Wang, Shaokai Tang

“…Data analysis was performed using Review Manager 5.4 to determine effect sizes, conduct sensitivity analyses, assess potential biases, and perform subgroup analyses.ResultsA total of 1,034 articles were retrieved, and after 4 rounds of screening, 13 articles were finally selected for meta-analysis. …”
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The impact of land use/land cover change on ecosystem services in Golestan province by Hamidreza Kamyab, Nasim Shabani

“…The coefficient of sensitivity (CS) of these analyses was less than one in all cases. Our results of analyses indicated that the total ecosystem values estimated for Golestan Province were relatively inelastic, which also suggests that our ecosystem value evaluation is reasonable. …”
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Targeted Variant Assessments of Human Endogenous Retroviral Regions in Whole Genome Sequencing Data Reveal Retroviral Variants Associated with Papillary Thyroid Cancer by Erik Stricker, Erin C. Peckham-Gregory, Stephen Y. Lai, Vlad C. Sandulache, Michael E. Scheurer

“…Variant rs78588384, in particular, was shown in our analyses to be located within a POL2 binding site regulating an alternative transcript of <i>CNTN5</i>. …”
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Mortality and risk factors in hospitalised adult patients with tetanus: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Junbin Huang, Wenbin Zhang, Zhenlin Chen, Zhijie Lin, Hantian Hong, Zhishi Cai

“…Additionally, subgroup and meta-regression analyses were carried out to further explore potential sources of heterogeneity. …”
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Geospatial Trends in Insurance Payor Reimbursements Based on Area Deprivation Index for Total Ankle Arthroplasty across Southwestern Pennsylvania by Garcia Findlay BS, Marfred Umanes Munoz BS, MS, Kenzo M. Cotton BS, Devon Scott, Richard Michael Smith MD, Jarrett D. Cain DPM MSc, Lauren Lewis MD MPH, Macalus V. Hogan MD, MBA

“…Home addresses were additionally geocoded to census block groups. Correlation analyses and ANOVA with Post Hoc Tukey analyses were performed to analyze geospatial trends among Medicare, Medicaid, commercial and self-pay insurance payors based on ADI scores. …”
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Quantifying the mRNA epitranscriptome reveals epitranscriptome signatures and roles in cancer by Ying Feng, Xiaoli He, Mingxin Guo, Ying Tang, Guantong Qi, Qian Huang, Wenran Ma, Hong Chen, Yifan Qin, Ruiqi Li, Jin Wang, Yu Liu

“…Transcriptomic and proteomic analyses further revealed the molecular mechanisms underlying the phenotypic variation.…”
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Effects of dupilumab on quality of life in patients with atopic dermatitis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Yunqing Sun, Haibo Liu, Yingjun Gao, Hong Sang, Qingtao Kong, Qingtao Kong

“…The primary outcome was the quality of life of patients, with subgroup analyses conducted. Revman 5.4 and Stata 15.1 software were used for the analyses.ResultsThis study included 17 studies with a total of 6,665 participants. …”
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Integrative metabolomics and genomics reveal molecular signatures for type 2 diabetes and its cardiovascular complications by Chunxiao Cheng, Yuanjiao Liu, Lingyun Sun, Jiayao Fan, Xiaohui Sun, Ju-Sheng Zheng, Lin Zheng, Yimin Zhu, Dan Zhou

“…A total of 1912 metabolites were profiled using high-coverage widely targeted and non-targeted metabolic techniques. …”
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Impact of Traumatic Dental Injuries on Oral Health‐Related Quality of Life Among Primary School Children in Dar es Salaam by Gloria Leo, Kasusu Nyamuryekung'e, Febronia Kokulengya Kahabuka

“…Crown fractures were the most common injury (79.8%), with significant associations found between TDI prevalence and inadequate lip coverage (p = 0.037) and overjet (p < 0.001). Over 60% experienced an oral impact, notably in oral symptoms (52.5%), emotional well‐being (25.1%), and functional limitation (22.8%) domains. …”
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Real-world effectiveness of inactivated vaccine on COVID-19 patients with comorbidities by Hao Zhang, Hua-Fang Yan, Wu-Jun Xiong, Li-Li Gao

“…Our findings support maximizing coverage with inactivated vaccines in highly vaccinated populations, such as those in China. …”
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Optimizing Radiation Dose in High-Resolution Chest CT: The Impact of Patient-Specific Factors and Size-Specific Dose Estimates by Mohamed Abuzaid

“…Descriptive statistics, correlation analyses, and significance testing were conducted using IBM SPSS (Version 26). …”
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Unveiling the Mysteries of Molecular Testing in AML: A Guide for Oncologists [Podcast] by Zeidan AM, Loghavi S

“…The episode concludes by underscoring the need for oncologists to partner with pathologists and review test coverage data to ensure appropriate molecular profiling. …”
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Immunoinformatic strategy for developing multi-epitope subunit vaccine against Helicobacter pylori. by Md Nahian, Md Rasel Khan, Fabiha Rahman, Hossain Mohammed Reza, Imren Bayil, Tanjum Ahmed Nodee, Tabassum Basher, Mostafizur Rahaman Sany, Rabeya Najnin Munmun, S M Ariful Habib, Lincon Mazumder, Mrityunjoy Acharjee

“…The proposed vaccine candidates were evaluated based on population coverage, molecular docking, immune simulations, codon adaptation, secondary mRNA structure, and in silico cloning. …”
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Exploring Neural Idiosyncrasies in Response to Autonomous Sensory Meridian Response Videos: Naturalistic Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study of Stress and Sensory Processin... by Hye Eun Lee, Sungbin Youk, Yoon Esther Lee, Musa Malik, René Weber

“…Despite widespread media coverage promoting their benefits, empirical research on the neural mechanisms underlying ASMR remains limited, particularly in general, unselected populations rather than self-identified ASMR responders. …”
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Chromosome level de Novo hybrid assembly of Asian honeybee, Apis cerana Koreana by Jeong-Hyeon Lee, Byung-Ju Kim, Giyoun Han, Olga Frunze, Gyongju Nah, Hyung Wook Kwon

“…The final assembly comprises approximately 223 Mbp, including 16 chromosomes (217 Mbp), four unmapped scaffolds (6 Mbp), a mitochondrial sequence of 15,890 bp, and 12 gaps totaling 503 Ns. Comparative analyses against existing assemblies using metrics such as N50, Benchmarking Universal Single-Copy Orthologs (BUSCO) on hymenoptera dataset, and RNA-seq coverage indicate significant improvements in genome quality, validating AcerK1.0 as a reference-grade assembly. …”
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Differentiation of European yellow rust subraces within the 'Warrior(-)' genetic group. by Claudia Breitkreuz, Philipp Schulz, Anne-Kristin Schmitt, Kerstin Flath, Tiphaine Vidal, Amelia Hubbard, Kostya Kanyuka, Andreas Stahl, Jens Keilwagen, Dragan Perovic

“…Thus, this study provides a valuable tool for future yellow rust monitoring efforts while also highlighting significant origin-dependent effects that must be considered in genetic analyses.…”
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Humic acid in the production of ornamental lawn plugs and shading levels in the development of Carpet grass by Beatriz Watanabe, Armando Reis Tavares, João Victor Costa, Matheus Vinicios Leal do Nascimento, Alessandro Reinaldo Zabotto, Leandro José Grava de Godoy, Roberto Lyra Villas Bôas, Patrick Luan Ferreira dos Santos

“…And for the second part: GCI, SPAD (Soil Plant Analysis Development), NDVI, visual aspect, coverage rate, lawn height and dry mass of clippings. …”
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Diabetes Device Use and Glycemic Control among Youth with Type 1 Diabetes: A Single-Center, Cross-Sectional Study by Khalid Sheikh, Sara K. Bartz, Sarah K. Lyons, Daniel J. DeSalvo

“…At a large, diverse, pediatric diabetes center, disparities in diabetes device use were present across sex, race/ethnicity, health insurance coverage, and primary language of parent(s). CGM use was associated with lower HbA1c. …”
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of vaccination strategies against meningococcal disease for children under nine years of age in China by Haonan Zhang, Haijun Zhang, Hai Fang

“…We conducted sensitivity analyses to assess the robustness of the findings and explored prices for non-NIP vaccines that enable cost-effective strategies. …”
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