A Spatially-Informed Healthy Location Index for Assessing Urban Living Environment by Anu Rai, Kasturi Adhikary, Debisha Ghosh, Mohor Samaddar, Hrileena Chowdhury, Sayanika Si

“…The study utilizes remotely sensed and administrative datasets (e.g., Landsat-derived NDVI, NDBI, NDWI, Point-of-Interest data) and validates the HLI against COVID-19 containment zones (June 2020–January 2021) using Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) analysis. …”
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Correlates of survival after autoantibody reduction therapy for acute IPF exacerbations. by Tejaswini Kulkarni, Vincent G Valentine, Fei Fei, Thi K Tran-Nguyen, Luisa D Quesada-Arias, Takudzwa Mkorombindo, Huy P Pham, Sierra C Simmons, Kevin G Dsouza, Tracy Luckhardt, Steven R Duncan

“…<h4>Background</h4>No medical treatment has proven efficacy for acute exacerbations of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (AE-IPF), and this syndrome has a very high mortality. Based on data indicating humoral autoimmune processes are involved in IPF pathogenesis, we treated AE-IPF patients with an autoantibody reduction regimen of therapeutic plasma exchange, rituximab, and intravenous immunoglobulin. …”
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Leveraging AlphaFold2 structural space exploration for generating drug target structures in structure-based virtual screening by Keisuke Uchikawa, Kairi Furui, Masahito Ohue

“…In contrast, with limited active compound data, a random search strategy proves more effective. …”
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Predictors of Academic and Fieldwork Performance in Occupational Therapy Students: A Systematic Review by Yun Wang, Lai-Ha Chung, Chao-Yi Cheng, Wei-Jiun Wang, Li-Chin Chang, Yu-Ming Huang, Sheng-Yuan Tso, Yu-Lin Chen, Ching-Yi Wu

“…Occupational therapy (OT) educational programs are aimed at enrolling a diverse student population that is likely to succeed in the academic and fieldwork components of the program. …”
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Effect of progesterone on Smad signaling and TGF-β/Smad-regulated genes in lung epithelial cells. by Steffen Kunzmann, Barbara Ottensmeier, Christian P Speer, Markus Fehrholz

“…While prenatal progesterone substitution may prevent preterm birth, in vitro and in vivo data suggest a benefit of postnatal progesterone replacement on the incidence and severity of bronchopulmonary dysplasia (BPD). …”
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Demographic, risk factors, and management practices of patients with acute coronary syndrome: an observational study in a tertiary care hospital in Central India by Chinmay Guralwar, Harshwardhan Khandait, Prabhav Tekam, Antara Agrawal, Rashi Mahajan, Nandita Gawande, Vinod Khandait

“…Materials and Methods: A cross-sectional, questionnaire-based study was conducted at a tertiary care hospital. Data from patients with ACS were collected through face-to-face interviews using a self-designed, semi-structured, open-ended questionnaire. …”
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High ELF4 expression in human cancers is associated with worse disease outcomes and increased resistance to anticancer drugs. by Doris Kafita, Victor Daka, Panji Nkhoma, Mildred Zulu, Ephraim Zulu, Rabecca Tembo, Zifa Ngwira, Florence Mwaba, Musalula Sinkala, Sody Munsaka

“…Here, using ELF4 mRNA expression data of 9,350 samples from the Cancer Genome Atlas pan-cancer project, we identify two groups of patient's tumours: those that expressed high ELF4 transcripts and those that expressed low ELF4 transcripts across 32 different human cancers. …”
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Analysis of the human monocyte-derived macrophage transcriptome and response to lipopolysaccharide provides new insights into genetic aetiology of inflammatory bowel disease. by J Kenneth Baillie, Erik Arner, Carsten Daub, Michiel De Hoon, Masayoshi Itoh, Hideya Kawaji, Timo Lassmann, Piero Carninci, Alistair R R Forrest, Yoshihide Hayashizaki, FANTOM Consortium, Geoffrey J Faulkner, Christine A Wells, Michael Rehli, Paul Pavli, Kim M Summers, David A Hume

“…Promoter analysis using motif activity response analysis (MARA) identified some of the transcription factors likely to be responsible for the temporal profile of transcriptional activation. …”
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FACTORS INFLUENCING THE DISCLOSURE OF SUSTAINABILITY REPORTS BY LISTED COMPANIES ON THE VIETNAMESE STOCK MARKET by Tran The Nu, Nguyen Thi Thanh Hai, Le Thi Thanh Huong, Do Thi Ngoc Lan

“… Sustainability reporting is a critical process through which companies disclose environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals and communicate progress toward achieving them. …”
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Activation-induced cytidine deaminase (AID)-associated multigene signature to assess impact of AID in etiology of diseases with inflammatory component. by Diana Mechtcheriakova, Yury Sobanov, Gabriele Holtappels, Erika Bajna, Martin Svoboda, Markus Jaritz, Claus Bachert, Erika Jensen-Jarolim

“…Complementary, AID-positive ectopic lymphoid structures were detected within polyp tissues by in situ immunostaining. Our data demonstrate the class switch recombination and somatic hypermutation events likely taking place locally in the airways and in addition to the previously highlighted markers and/or targets as IL5 and IgE suggest novel candidate genes to be considered for treatment of nasal polyposis including among others IL13 and CD23. …”
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“Those risks, that preventative work, that is the bedrock of family medicine”: A foucauldian discourse analysis of communicating risk for type 2 diabetes among primary care provide... by Wendy M. Blunt, Jennifer D. Irwin, Robert J. Petrella, Jacob Shelley, Maxwell J. Smith

“…Abstract With estimates suggesting 350 million individuals are at-risk for type 2 diabetes (T2D), there is an urgent need to critically understand the processes of risk communication with primary care providers. …”
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Exotic grass alters micro‐climate and mobility for northern bobwhite chicks by James A. Martin, Jason K. Burkhart, Reggie E. Thackston, John P. Carroll

“…However, targeted control or suppression of bermudagrass prior to and following field fallowing is necessary to achieve the objectives of conservation programs for bobwhites and likely other ground‐dwelling birds. © 2015 The Wildlife Society.…”
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Emotional Regulation and its Relationship with Decision-Making Ability among University Female Students in Saudi Arabia by Norah Almotrefi

“…Emotional regulation plays a significant role in decision-making processes. Students who effectively manage their emotions are less likely to engage in risky behaviors and make impulsive decisions. …”
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In silico exploration of Elaeocarpus ganitrus extract phytochemicals on STAT3, to assess their anticancer potential by Mehnaj, Abdul Roouf Bhat, Fareeda Athar

“…Hence, it is essential to determine the pharmacokinetic parameters of the phytoligands showing preferred binding with receptor 6NJS to consider the apparent bioavailability. The data for pharmacokinetics behavior, bioavailability extent, drug-likeness properties, medicinal chemistry friendliness, and toxicity of 26 phytochemicals with referenced inhibitors was explored. …”
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In vivo mapping of sodium homeostasis disturbances in individual ALS patients: A brain 23Na MRI study. by Aude-Marie Grapperon, Mohamed Mounir El Mendili, Adil Maarouf, Jean-Philippe Ranjeva, Maxime Guye, Annie Verschueren, Shahram Attarian, Wafaa Zaaraoui

“…These findings suggest that TSC increase detected at the individual level by 23Na MRI may be a useful marker of the clinical heterogeneity of ALS patients, a factor that is likely to greatly influence the results of therapeutic trials.…”
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COVID‐19 and Oncology: Service transformation during pandemic by Marco Shiu Tsun Leung, Shangzhe George Lin, Jason Chow, Amer Harky

“…We assess the risks and benefits of the service transformation in the immediate, interim, and long term, and how telemedicine supports the process. Methods We performed a comprehensive review of the literature using suitable keywords on the search engines of PubMed, SCOPUS, Google Scholar, and latest official data from May to June 2020. …”
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Europa’s Sodium and Potassium Exosphere during Juno’s Flyby by Emma Lovett, Carl Schmidt, Patrick Lierle

“…This suggests that alkalis are ejected from the ice by a high-energy process—likely ion sputtering—into an exosphere where initial energies are not appreciably dampened through collisions with the cold O _2 atmosphere and icy surface. …”
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Non-invasive adapted N-95 mask sampling captures variation in viral particles expelled by COVID-19 patients: Implications in understanding SARS-CoV2 transmission. by Kalpana Sriraman, Ambreen Shaikh, Swapneil Parikh, Shreevatsa Udupa, Nirjhar Chatterjee, Jayanthi Shastri, Nerges Mistry

“…SARS-CoV-2 viral RNA was detected and quantified using rRT-PCR in the mask and in concomitantly collected nasopharyngeal swab (NPS) samples. The data were analyzed with respect to patient demographics and clinical presentation. …”
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Assessing the quality of tuberculosis evaluation for children with prolonged cough presenting to routine community health care settings in rural Uganda. by Carina Marquez, J Lucian Davis, Achilles Katamba, Priscilla Haguma, Emmanuel Ochom, Irene Ayakaka, Gabriel Chamie, Grant Dorsey, Moses R Kamya, Edwin Charlebois, Diane V Havlir, Adithya Cattamanchi

“…<h4>Background</h4>Improving childhood tuberculosis (TB) evaluation and care is a global priority, but data on performance at community health centers in TB endemic regions are sparse.…”
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Exon level machine learning analyses elucidate novel candidate miRNA targets in an avian model of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. by Abrar E Al-Shaer, George R Flentke, Mark E Berres, Ana Garic, Susan M Smith

“…We address these limitations with a novel approach and implemented an unsupervised machine learning model, which we applied to an exon-level analysis to reduce data complexity to the most likely functionally relevant exons, without loss of novel information. …”
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