High SARS-CoV-2 seroincidence but low excess COVID mortality in Sierra Leone in 2020-2022. by Ahmed Osman, Ashley Aimone, Rashid Ansumana, Isaac Bogoch, Hellen Gelband, Karen Colwill, Anne-Claude Gingras, Marc-André Langlois, Ronald Carshon-Marsh, Ibrahim Bob Swaray, Amara Jambai, Mohamed Vandi, Alimatu Vandi, Mohamed Massaquoi, Anteneh Assalif, H Chaim Birnboim, Patrick E Brown, Nico Nagelkerke, Prabhat Jha

“…Based on electronic verbal autopsy with dual independent physician assignment of causes, excess deaths during viral peaks from respiratory infections were notable. …”
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Dynamic Monitoring and Research on the Evolution of the Damage of Weakly Consolidated Coal Floor under Dynamic Pressure Using Distributed Optical Fiber by Chang Liu, Pingsong Zhang, Duoxi Yao, Yutong Tian, Yuanchao Ou

“…During the extraction of coal seam, the evolution pattern of the rock is an important element for controlling the rock seam and preventing water damage to mine. …”
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α2-macroglobulin and α1-inhibitor-3 mRNA expression in the rat liver after slow interleukin-1 stimulation by T. Gudmundsson, P. Björk, K. Ohlsson

“…The amounts measured during the experimental period agreed with the pattern of corresponding plasma protein levels. …”
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Assessing the Combined Impact of Land Surface Temperature and Droughts to Heatwaves over Europe Between 2003 and 2023 by Foteini Karinou, Ilias Agathangelidis, Constantinos Cartalis

“…Flux tower observations show that, during heatwaves, evergreen coniferous and mixed forests predominantly enhance sensible heat fluxes (mean anomalies during midday of 74 W/m² and 62 W/m², respectively), while grasslands exhibit increased latent heat flux (89 W/m²). …”
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Pervasive within-host recombination and epistasis as major determinants of the molecular evolution of the foot-and-mouth disease virus capsid. by Luca Ferretti, Eva Pérez-Martín, Fuquan Zhang, François Maree, Lin-Mari de Klerk-Lorist, Louis van Schalkwykc, Nicholas D Juleff, Bryan Charleston, Paolo Ribeca

“…Quite surprisingly, the effective recombination rate in VP1 during the acute infection phase turns out to be about 0.1 per base per year, i.e. comparable to the mutation/substitution rate. …”
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A Digital Simulation Model of Broadband Phased Array RF System and Its Application by Jia Ding, Huaizong Shao, Jianxing Lv, Fake Ding

“…Through this model, the antenna pattern of RFS04 was generated, and the relationship between beam pointing accuracy and delay quantization bit number was analyzed. …”
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Midwives’ competence in interpretation of the intrapartum cardiotocograph at public hospitals in Gauteng: An explanatory sequential mixed-methods study by Sanele Lukhele, Fhumulani Mavis Mulaudzi, Rodwell Gundo

“…Methods: An explanatory sequential mixed-methods approach was used. During phase one, 122 midwives in Johannesburg and Tshwane District filled in self-administered questionnaires, and during phase two, 30 midwives took part in semi-structured qualitative interviews. …”
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Evaluating Serum Amyloid A as a Biomarker in Preeclampsia by Montadhar K. Sultan, Moaed E. Al-Gazally, Bushra J. Al-Rubayae

“…The study involved 65 patients diagnosed with PE during their third trimester and 65 healthy expectant mothers. …”
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Movement-related theta rhythm in humans: coordinating self-directed hippocampal learning. by Raphael Kaplan, Christian F Doeller, Gareth R Barnes, Vladimir Litvak, Emrah Düzel, Peter A Bandettini, Neil Burgess

“…Performance-related hippocampal theta increases were observed during a static pre-navigation retrieval phase, where planning for subsequent navigation occurred. …”
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Loss of Paired Weapons Leads to Larger Testes and a Lighter Load for Dispersal by James C. Boothroyd, Steve M. Smit, Niko S. Zlotnik, Christine W. Miller

“…Males can naturally drop their limbs, and when hindlegs are lost during development, adult males do not grow a weapon. …”
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Quorum sensing-mediated inter-specific conidial anastomosis tube fusion between Colletotrichum gloeosporioides and C. siamense by Nikita Mehta, Abhishek Baghela

“…CAT induction, homing, and fusion were observed during this inter-specific CAT fusion. The CAT fusion was found to be higher in absence of nutrients and under physiological stresses. …”
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The knowledge, attitude and practices of pregnant women in preventing iron deficiency anemia in Georgia by Tengiz VERULAVA

“…Relevant obstacles to adopting a healthy eating pattern included limited financial access to food as well as cultural and religious barriers. …”
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Testing Positive and Disclosing in Pregnancy: A Phenomenological Study of the Experiences of Adolescents and Young Women in Maseru, Lesotho by Sphiwe Madiba, Mamorapeli Putsoane

“…Disclosure to partners presents particular complexities during pregnancy. However, research on the pattern and experiences of disclosure in pregnancy is limited in Lesotho, despite the high prevalence of HIV among pregnant women. …”
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Dynamics of Emotional State in Mothers of Babies Born Significantly Prematurely (28–31 weeks) by Alesia O. Evmenenko

“…The longitudinal study was conducted in 2 stages: during the first week after the birth of a premature baby and after 12–14 weeks. …”
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Training-dependent associative learning induced neocortical structural plasticity: a trace eyeblink conditioning analysis. by Lily S Chau, Alesia V Prakapenka, Liridon Zendeli, Ashley S Davis, Roberto Galvez

“…Findings from this study demonstrated a training-dependent spine proliferation in layer IV of barrel cortex during trace associative learning. Furthermore, findings from this study showing that filopodia-like spines exhibited a similar pattern to the overall spine density further suggests that reorganization of synaptic contacts set the foundation for learning-induced neocortical modifications through the different neocortical layers.…”
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Decadal Prediction for the European Energy Sector by Benjamin W. Hutchins, David J. Brayshaw, Len C. Shaffrey, Hazel E. Thornton, Doug M. Smith

“…We also show significant skill for 850 hPa zonal wind speed and the North Atlantic Oscillation during the extended winter period (October–March). …”
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The Role of Genetic Variations in the FAAH rs324420 Polymorphism and its Interaction with CRHR1 rs110402 and CNR1 rs2180619 in Anxiety and- Trauma Related Symptoms After Military D... by Nadia Leen, Antoin de Weijer, Marco Boks, Johanna Baas, Eric Vermetten, Elbert Geuze

“…Background During military deployment, stress regulation is vital to protect against the development of anxiety and trauma-related symptoms. …”
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Prevalence of hypertension-mediated target organ damage in hypertensive patients in an outpatient setting – An observational study by Ajay Jaryal, Bhupender Kumar, Nripen Gaur, Kapil Sharma, Sanjay Vikrant, Nitin Kumar

“…Results: A total of 454 patients (64.5% – preexisting hypertension, 35.5% – newly diagnosed) were found hypertensive during outpatient visits during the study period. …”
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Developmental enhancement of adenylate kinase-AMPK metabolic signaling axis supports stem cell cardiac differentiation. by Petras P Dzeja, Susan Chung, Randolph S Faustino, Atta Behfar, Andre Terzic

“…Molecular profiling of embryonic stem cells during cardiogenesis revealed here a distinct expression pattern of adenylate kinase and AMPK genes that encode the AK-AMP-AMPK metabolic surveillance axis. …”
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Glutamine Correction of Morphofunctional Disorders of the Small Bowel and Liver in the Posttraumatic Period of Experimental Cardiac Contusion (An Experimental Study) by V. S. Verbitskaya, V. T. Dolgikh, O. V. Korpacheva, I. A. Ostroglyadova

“…An experimental model of isolated cardiac contusion was used to investigate the activity of amylase from all small intestinal segments and that of alanine aminotransferase (ALAT), γ-glutamyl transferase (γ-GT), and cholinesterase (CE) in the rat serum over time during the posttraumatic period without correction, as well as during the enteral use of glutamine. …”
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