Technology-enabled CONTACT tracing in care homes in the COVID-19 pandemic: the CONTACT non-randomised mixed-methods feasibility study by Carl A Thompson, Thomas A Willis, Amanda Farrin, Adam Gordon, Amrit Daffu-O’Reilly, Catherine Noakes, Kishwer Khaliq, Andrew Kemp, Tom Hall, Chris Bojke, Karen Spilsbury

“…Quantitative data were analysed using descriptive statistical methods, and qualitative data were thematically analysed using normalisation process theory. …”
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Guiding Principles for Transformation Towards Integrated Acute Care for Older Adults Close to Home: Lessons from Nine Dutch Regional Partnerships. A Realist Evaluation by Eline D. Kroeze, Gercora Hoitinga, Susanne M. Smorenburg, Janet L. MacNeil Vroomen, Anneke J. A. H. van Vught, Bianca M. Buurman

“…The meso-level principles guide regional partnerships in applying context-specific strategies; activating the underlying mechanisms for transformation like ‘enjoying the process’. Yet, successful transformation also hinges on actions by system stakeholders.…”
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Technical and geographic potential analysis for large-scale wind energy production using a GIS-AHP multi-criteria in Cameroon by Isabelle Flora Fotsing Metegam, Isaac Yannick Bomeni, Venant Sorel Chara-Dackou, Donatien Njomo, René Tchinda

“…This article presents the suitability analysis of onshore wind farm sites using an AHP (Hierarchical Analysis Process) multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) approach based on geographic information system modeling (GIS). …”
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Degenerated vision, altered lipid metabolism, and expanded chemoreceptor repertoires enable Lindaspio polybranchiata to thrive in deep-sea cold seeps by Yujie Yan, Inge Seim, Yang Guo, Xupeng Chi, Zhaoshan Zhong, Dantong Wang, Mengna Li, Haining Wang, Huan Zhang, Minxiao Wang, Chaolun Li

“…Supporting this, transcriptomic and fatty acid data further corroborate our findings. Results We report the first genome of a deep-sea spionid, L. polybranchiata. …”
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The Ever-Evolving Regulatory Landscape Concerning Development and Clinical Application of Machine Intelligence: Practical Consequences for Spine Artificial Intelligence Research by Massimo Bottini, Seung-Jun Ryu, Adrian Elmi Terander, Stefanos Voglis, Nicolai Maldaner, David Bellut, Luca Regli, Carlo Serra, Victor E. Staartjes

“…The Republic of Korea emphasizes possibilities of streamlined approval and with growing use of real-world data to support validation. Developers must ensure regulatory alignment early in the development process, focusing on key aspects like dataset quality, transparency, and continuous monitoring. …”
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IGF2/IGFBP4 reduces apoptosis and increases free cholesterol of chicken granulosa cells in vitro by Wenhui Zhang, Xuejiao Chen, Axiu Guo, Zongyi Zhao, Bo Zhang, Fuwei Li, Hao Zhang

“…Follicle selection, a crucial step in maintaining continuous egg production in chickens, is a process that relies on granulosa cells (GCs). In this study, we aimed to identify the key genes that are involved in follicle selection from our previous single-cell transcriptomic data. …”
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Design of cross-reactive antigens with machine learning and high-throughput experimental evaluation by Chelsy Chesterman, Thomas Desautels, Luz-Jeannette Sierra, Kathryn T. Arrildt, Adam Zemla, Edmond Y. Lau, Shivshankar Sundaram, Jason Laliberte, Lynn Chen, Aaron Ruby, Mark Mednikov, Sylvie Bertholet, Dong Yu, Kate Luisi, Enrico Malito, Corey P. Mallett, Matthew J. Bottomley, Robert A. van den Berg, Daniel Faissol

“…High antigen sequence variability, as seen in pathogens like rhinovirus, HIV, influenza virus, complicates the design of a single cross-protective antigen. …”
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Post-deployment performance of a deep learning algorithm for normal and abnormal chest X-ray classification: A study at visa screening centers in the United Arab Emirates by Amina Abdelqadir Mohamed AlJasmi, Hatem Ghonim, Mohyi Eldin Fahmy, Aswathy Nair, Shamie Kumar, Dennis Robert, Afrah Abdikarim Mohamed, Hany Abdou, Anumeha Srivastava, Bhargava Reddy

“…Background: Chest radiographs (CXRs) are widely used to screen for infectious diseases like tuberculosis and COVID-19 among migrants. At such high-volume settings, manual CXR reporting is challenging and integrating artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms into the workflow help to rule out normal findings in minutes, allowing radiologists to focus on abnormal cases. …”
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Wildlife law and policy by S. Bertouille

“…The authors concluded that there is a need in the current process to agree on a common international protocol to collect hunting statistics, and they suggested going beyond hunting data to consider other aspects of the hunting sector and reduce the gap between hunting and other agricultural and forest resources. …”
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KeyMPs: One-Shot Vision-Language Guided Motion Generation by Sequencing DMPs for Occlusion-Rich Tasks by Edgar Anarossi, Yuhwan Kwon, Hirotaka Tahara, Shohei Tanaka, Keisuke Shirai, Masashi Hamaya, Cristian C. Beltran-Hernandez, Atsushi Hashimoto, Takamitsu Matsubara

“…A promising approach is to leverage Vision-Language Models (VLMs), which process multimodal data and can grasp high-level concepts. …”
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A novel lncRNA YIL163C enhances genomic stability and antifungal resistance via the DNA damage response in Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Xueting Wang, Xueting Wang, Xuemei Li, Duoyun Li, Yiying Zhang, Bing Bai, Bao Chai, Zewen Wen

“…IntroductionLong non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) are increasingly recognized as key regulators in cellular processes, including the DNA damage response (DDR). …”
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Research on the Application of Biochar in Carbon Sequestration: A Bibliometric Analysis by Shizhao Zhang, Shuzhi Wang, Jiayong Zhang, Bao Wang, Hui Wang, Liwei Liu, Chong Cao, Muyang Shi, Yuhan Liu

“…Research results reveal a three-stage developmental characteristic: 2007–2014 was a slow accumulation period for fundamental mechanism exploration, 2015–2020 was an accelerated expansion period driven by policies like the Paris Agreement, and 2021 to the present marks an exponential growth phase of interdisciplinary integration due to global carbon market consolidation. …”
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A surrogate in vitro experimental model for off-label drug repurposing: inhibitory effect of montelukast on bovine respiratory syncytial virus replication by Hanne Nur Kurucay, Zafer Yazici, Vahide Bayrakal, Bahadir Muftuoglu, Emre Ozan, Cuneyt Tamer, Seda Gozel, Gerald Barry, Mahir Igde, Semra Okur-Gumusova, Harun Albayrak, Ahmed Eisa Elhag, Huseyin Baskin

“…Developing surrogate in vitro experimental models (passage-to-passage), which mimic epidemic/pandemic-like transmission (human-to-human), may enhance this repurposing process. …”
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LncRNA targeted by coordinate zygotic genome activation during porcine embryonic development by Mengxin Liu, Enhong Li, Haiyuan Mu, Zimo Zhao, Xinze Chen, Jie Gao, Dengfeng Gao, Zhiyu Liu, Jianyong Han, Liang Zhong, Suying Cao

“…We analyzed transcriptome data from porcine fetal fibroblasts (PEF), induced pluripotent stem cells (iPS), and preimplantation embryos, identifying ZGA-specific lncRNAs like XLOC-040580 , and further predicted its potentially interacting genes TPRA1 and BCL2L1 via co-expression network. …”
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The Junction of Allergic Inflammation and Atherosclerosis: Pathways and Clinical Implications—A Review by Mihaela Valcovici, Mihai Sorin Iacob, Abhinav Sharma, Ana Maria Pah, Lucretia Marin-Bancila, Marcel Mihai Vaduva Berceanu, Milan Daniel Velimirovici, Anca-Raluca Dinu, Simona Ruxanda Drăgan, Nilima Rajpal Kundnani

“…However, most current data are observational, and our understanding of the underlying mechanisms in humans remains limited, often relying on insights gained from preclinical models. …”
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RBM39 shapes innate immunity by controlling the expression of key factors of the interferon response by Teng-Feng Li, Paul Rothhaar, Arthur Lang, Oliver Grünvogel, Ombretta Colasanti, Santa Mariela Olivera Ugarte, Jannik Traut, Antonio Piras, Nelson Acosta-Rivero, Vladimir Gonçalves Magalhães, Emely Springer, Andreas Betz, Hao-En Huang, Jeongbin Park, Ruiyue Qiu, Gnimah Eva Gnouamozi, Ann-Kathrin Mehnert, Viet Loan Dao Thi, Viet Loan Dao Thi, Stephan Urban, Stephan Urban, Martina Muckenthaler, Matthias Schlesner, Matthias Schlesner, Dirk Wohlleber, Marco Binder, Ralf Bartenschlager, Ralf Bartenschlager, Ralf Bartenschlager, Andreas Pichlmair, Andreas Pichlmair, Volker Lohmann, Volker Lohmann

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YOLOv8-GABNet: An Enhanced Lightweight Network for the High-Precision Recognition of Citrus Diseases and Nutrient Deficiencies by Qiufang Dai, Yungao Xiao, Shilei Lv, Shuran Song, Xiuyun Xue, Shiyao Liang, Ying Huang, Zhen Li

“…This dataset was expanded to 9918 images through data augmentation and was used for experimental validation. …”
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Fusarium spp. and Aspergillus flavus infection induces pathogen-specific and pathogen-independent host immune response in patients with fungal keratitis by Shreya Dinesh, Shreya Dinesh, Lalitha Prajna, Prajna Namperumalsamy Venkatesh, Kuppamuthu Dharmalingam, Bharanidharan Devarajan

“…Further confirmation of differential expression of selected genes were carried out by Real-Time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR). ResultsData analysis identified common and Fusarium spp. and A. flavus-specific differentially expressed genes (DEGs). …”
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Estimation and Forecasting of Nigeria’s Residential, Commercial, and Industrial Electricity Demands by Prosper O. Ugbehe, Ogheneruona E. Diemuodeke, Daniel O. Aikhuele, Kenneth E. Okedu, Gauri Kalnoor

“…These needs were analyzed using the developed models and sourced data to obtain advanced estimates of electricity consumption. …”
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The lncRNA LOC100257036 and vvimiR156 modulate gibberellin signaling through AGAMOUS during cluster formation in Sistan Yaghooti grape by Shahla Sahraei, Nafiseh Mahdinezhad, Abbasali Emamjomeh, Kaveh Kavousi, Mahmood Solouki, Massimo Delledonne

“…The target genes of lncRNAs were significantly associated with (Catabolic Process, hydrolase activity, Phosphorylation, ATP binding, response to abiotic stimulus). …”
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