Lower reclamation of coastal lagoon conserves higher waterbird assemblage phylogenetic diversity by Xianli Che, Min Zhang, Wangming Li, YanYan Zhao, Xuebing Zhao, Yisheng Peng, Alexandra Ashley Grossi, Zhaohui Pang, Fasheng Zou

“…The main challenge faced by many researchers and managers is how to detect biodiversity loss before (without) species diversity decreases. …”
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Using by-products for rehabilitating mine sites or degraded lands: systematic review and meta-analysis on phosphogypsum, phosphate sludge and sewage sludge by Yao Kohou Donatien Guéablé, N’Dri Yves Bohoussou, Mohamed El Gharous, Khalil El Mejahed, Mohamed Hafidi, Mohamed Hafidi

“…Furthermore, a beneficial effect on P and K was detected, regardless of the by-product used. Moreover, Cd, Pb, and Ni concentrations in SS treatments had a substantial reduction of 30.46%, 30.70%, and 18.07%, respectively. …”
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Tricuspid Valve Replacement in a Patient with a Leadless Cardiac Pacemaker: Current Guidelines and Recommendations for Perioperative Management by River Hames, J. W. Awori Hayanga, Diane Schmidt-Krings, Timothy Goldhardt, John Bozek, Donald Siddoway, Stanley Schmidt, John Lobban, Heather K. Hayanga

“…Pacemaker interrogation was performed several hours prior to the scheduled surgery based on the electrophysiologist’s availability; the device was kept in its programmed VVIR mode, and the base rate was increased from 60 to 80 beats per minute in anticipation of the upcoming surgery. …”
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Unveiling the Genetic Landscape of Coronary Artery Disease Through Common and Rare Structural Variants by Kruthika R. Iyer, Shoa L. Clarke, Rodrigo Guarischi‐Sousa, Ketrin Gjoni, Adam S. Heath, Erica P. Young, Nathan O. Stitziel, Cecelia Laurie, Jai G. Broome, Alyna T. Khan, Joshua P. Lewis, Huichun Xu, May E. Montasser, Kellan E. Ashley, Natalie R. Hasbani, Eric Boerwinkle, Alanna C. Morrison, Nathalie Chami, Ron Do, Ghislain Rocheleau, Donald M. Lloyd‐Jones, Rozenn N. Lemaitre, Joshua C. Bis, James S. Floyd, Gregory L. Kinney, Donald W. Bowden, Nicholette D. Palmer, Emelia J. Benjamin, Matthew Nayor, Lisa R. Yanek, Brian G. Kral, Lewis C. Becker, Sharon L. R. Kardia, Jennifer A. Smith, Lawrence F. Bielak, Arnita F. Norwood, Yuan‐I Min, April P. Carson, Wendy S. Post, Stephen S. Rich, David Herrington, Xiuqing Guo, Kent D. Taylor, JoAnn E. Manson, Nora Franceschini, Katherine S. Pollard, Braxton D. Mitchell, Ruth J. F. Loos, Myriam Fornage, Lifang Hou, Bruce M. Psaty, Kendra A. Young, Elizabeth A. Regan, Barry I. Freedman, Ramachandran S. Vasan, Daniel Levy, Rasika A. Mathias, Patricia A. Peyser, Laura M. Raffield, Charles Kooperberg, Alex P. Reiner, Jerome I. Rotter, Goo Jun, Paul S. de Vries, Themistocles L. Assimes

“…Method and Results We leveraged SVs detected from high‐coverage whole genome sequencing data in a diverse group of participants from the National Heart Lung and Blood Institute's Trans‐Omics for Precision Medicine program. …”
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Nonlinear mixed-effects models to analyze actin dynamics in dendritic spines by Gioia Di Credico, Silvia Pelucchi, Francesco Pauli, Ramona Stringhi, Elena Marcello, Valeria Edefonti

“…We developed an R-based Shiny application, termed FRApp, to fit the statistical models introduced without requiring programming expertise.…”
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Pathological and molecular investigation of infectious bronchitis in broilers: analyzing the impact of biosecurity lapses by Jelena Maletić, Nemanja Jezdimirović, Ljiljana Spalević, Bojan Milovanović, Ana Vasić, Jasna Kureljušić, Branislav Kureljušić

“…Consequently, serological, pathological, molecular and biosecurity investigations were conducted.ResultsDespite a vaccination program using two types of live vaccines (Massachusetts serotype and serotype 793B), serological testing revealed elevated antibody titers against the IB virus, suggesting exposure to a wild viral strain. …”
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Injured inflammatory environment overrides the TET2 shaped epigenetic landscape of pluripotent stem cell derived human neural stem cells by Noriko Kamei, Kenneth Day, Wei Guo, Daniel L. Haus, Hal X. Nguyen, Vanessa M. Scarfone, Keith Booher, Xi-Yu Jia, Brian J. Cummings, Aileen J. Anderson

“…Despite similarities in gene expression and markers detected by immunostaining, hNSC populations exhibit heterogeneous therapeutic potential. …”
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Antibiotic resistance profiles of Campylobacter species in the South Africa private health care sector by Christiana O. Shobo, Linda Antionette Bester, Sooraj Baijnath, Anou M. Somboro, Abdool K.C. Peer, Sabiha Y. Essack

“…Resistance to tetracycline was detected in 10 (55.6%) C. coli and 14 (25.9%) C. jejuni strains. …”
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Fabrication of self-sensing soft robots via multi-material digital light processing 3D printing of hydrogels by Yifei Miao, Xiaokang Liu, Shenglin Yang, Jinghong Ma

“…The bilayer actuator responded quickly to heat (4.1°/s), could be programmed for specific deformations, and reacted rapidly to near-infrared light. …”
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Genomic characterization and insights into the belted coat pattern of a local, reconstituted pig population by Samira Giovannini, Maria Giuseppina Strillacci, Raffaella Milanesi, Caterina Altissimi, Massimo Biagetti, Francesca Maria Sarti

“…The selection strategy employed a reconstruction breeding program, choosing mating pairs based on the unique coat phenotype represented in these artworks. …”
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Estimated Disease Progression Trajectory of White Matter Disruption in Unilateral Temporal Lobe Epilepsy: A Data-Driven Machine Learning Approach by Daichi Sone, Noriko Sato, Yoko Shigemoto, Iman Beheshti, Yukio Kimura, Hiroshi Matsuda

“…We used the Subtype and Stage Inference (SuStaIn) program to detect the progression trajectory of FA changes and investigated its association with clinical parameters including onset age, disease duration, drug-responsiveness, and the number of anti-seizure medications (ASMs). …”
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Influence of Different Nicotine Sources on Exercise-Driven Immune Responses of Peripheral Blood Monocytes by Paul N. Axt, Theresa Mohr, Armin Steffen, Kirstin Plötze-Martin, Nele Jagodzinski, Sabine Bohnet, Daniel Drömann, Karl-Ludwig Bruchhage, Klaas F. Franzen, Ralph Pries

“…Furthermore, significantly increased plasma growth hormone levels were detected in response to physical stress in combination with cigarette consumption. …”
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An Exploratory Investigation of Representations of Herpes Zoster and Adjuvanted Recombinant Herpes Zoster Vaccination in a Sample of Fragile Adults in Italy by Francesco De Caro, Nadia Pecoraro, Mario Capunzo, Simona Caruccio, Filippo Caggiano, Giuseppina Cersosimo, Maria Costantino, Walter Longanella, Francesca Malatesta, Matteo Tomeo, Giulia Savarese, Pio Sinopoli, Emilia Anna Vozzella, Giuseppina Moccia

“…In the context of the Italian National Herpes Zoster Vaccine program, an exploratory survey was conducted on a sample of fragile adult patients to investigate the representations of the disease and its prevention to build future local vaccination campaigns. …”
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Assessment of health care workers preparedness to epidemics: A case of Ebola virus disease preparedness in private hospitals in Kampala, Uganda by Collins Ankunda, Stuart Martin Kanyesigye, Susan Nakubulwa, Brendah Kyomuhangi, Jakob Cramer, Enrique Chacon-Cruz, Sue Ann Costa Clemens, Ralf Clemens

“…This study aimed to assess healthcare workers (HCWs) preparedness in private hospitals located in Kampala, to detect, respond and prevent EVD. Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out among HCWs in direct clinical care provision in four private hospitals, and in one Ebola Treatment Unit (ETU) using a self-administered questionnaire from March to June 2020. …”
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Phage therapy in antibiotic resistant pneumonia: immunomodulation or redistribution? by S. S. Bochkareva, I. M. Fedorova, O. N. Ershova, S. I. Koteleva, I. V. Kapustin, M. S. Blyakher, L. I. Novikova, A. V. Aleshkin, А. М. Vorobev

“…Statistical processing of the results was carried out using the Statistica 6 program according to the nonparametric Mann-Whitney U-test. …”
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The Cut-Off Values of Anthropometric Indices for Identifying Subjects at Risk for Metabolic Syndrome in Iranian Elderly Men by Mojgan Gharipour, Masoumeh Sadeghi, Minoo Dianatkhah, Shirin Bidmeshgi, Alireza Ahmadi, Marzieh Tahri, Nizal Sarrafzadegan

“…WC has the best ability to detect MetS which followed by WHtR and BMI had a lower discriminating value comparatively. …”
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Comprehensive identification of hub mRNAs and lncRNAs in colorectal cancer using galaxy: an in silico transcriptome analysis by Mohsen Yari, Milad Eidi, Mohammad-Amin Omrani, Zahra Fazeli, Mohammad Rahmanian, Soudeh Ghafouri-Fard

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Predominance of gram-negative multidrug-resistant pathogens causing lower respiratory tract infections among gene X-pert negative presumptive tuberculosis patients in Dar Es Salaam... by Irene Rabiel, Mtebe Majigo, Loveness Urio, Lilian Nkinda, Peter Richard Torokaa, Elieshiupendo M. Niccodem, Mabula Kasubi, Doreen Kamori, Joel Manyahi, Agricola Joachim

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Spatial and temporal analysis of Rift Valley fever outbreaks in livestock in Uganda: a retrospective study from 2013 to 2022 by Eugene Arinaitwe, David Kalenzi Atuhaire, Emmanuel Hasahya, Nakanjako Gladys K, Robert Mwebe, Gerald Nizeyimana, Mathias Afayoa, Frank Norbert Mwiine, Joseph Erume

“…Abstract Background Rift Valley fever (RVF) is a zoonotic disease caused by the Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV), primarily affecting livestock and transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes. First detected in Kenya in 1930, RVF has since spread across Africa, including Uganda, and to the Arabian Peninsula. …”
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Long-term follow-up of combination therapy with pembrolizumab and anlotinib in thoracic SMARCA4-deficient undifferentiated tumor: a case report and molecular features by Ting Duan, Mingxin Xu, Haibo Zhang, Shengchang Wu, Haochu Wang, Zhenying Guo

“…SMARCA4, SMARCA2 and SMARCA1 gene mutations were detected in this case. Given a tumor proportion score (TPS) of 60% for programmed death-ligand 1(22C3)immunoexpression and high TMB(361.32 muts/Mb), a combination of Pembrolizumab plus anlotinib was initiated as a second-line approach. …”
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