Good Governance and Seigniorage in a Selected OPEC Countries and Iran by ALI Rashid Shamkhal, Kambiz Paykarjou, beitollah Akbari Moghaddam

“…While the use of seigniorage may initially appear as a natural right of governments, if it leads to a faster growth rate of money compared to economic growth, it can result in inflation and impose inflationary taxes. …”
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Towards universal voluntary HIV testing and counselling: a systematic review and meta-analysis of community-based approaches. by Amitabh B Suthar, Nathan Ford, Pamela J Bachanas, Vincent J Wong, Jay S Rajan, Alex K Saltzman, Olawale Ajose, Ade O Fakoya, Reuben M Granich, Eyerusalem K Negussie, Rachel C Baggaley

“…At the population level, community-based HTC increased HTC coverage (RR 7.07, 95% CI 3.52-14.22) and reduced HIV incidence (RR 0.86, 95% CI 0.73-1.02), although the incidence reduction lacked statistical significance. No studies reported any harm arising as a result of having been tested.…”
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The Effect of Predicted Compliance With a Web-Based Intervention for Anxiety and Depression Among Latin American University Students: Randomized Controlled Trial by Corina Benjet, Nur Hani Zainal, Yesica Albor, Libia Alvis-Barranco, Nayib Carrasco Tapia, Carlos C Contreras-Ibáñez, Jacqueline Cortés-Morelos, Lorena Cudris-Torres, Francisco R de la Peña, Noé González, Raúl A Gutierrez-Garcia, Eunice Vargas-Contreras, Maria Elena Medina-Mora, Pamela Patiño, Sarah M Gildea, Chris J Kennedy, Alex Luedtke, Nancy A Sampson, Maria V Petukhova, Jose R Zubizarreta, Pim Cuijpers, Alan E Kazdin, Ronald C Kessler

“…The secondary outcome was joint symptom reduction (mean scores on the Patient Health Questionnaire Anxiety and Depression Scale) at 3 and 12 months after randomization. …”
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Single-cell RNA-sequencing highlights a curtailed NK cell function in convalescent COVID-19 pregnant women by Madhuri S. Salker, Nor Haslinda Abd Aziz, Natalia Carman Prodan, Zhiqi Yang, Aditya Kumar Lankapalli, Katrin Lazar, Mohamad Nasir Shafiee, Ersoy Kocak, Ersoy Kocak, Harivignesh Ganesan, Surya Sekhar Pal, Omer Khalid, Norhana Mohd Kasim, Aida Kalok, Norashikin Abdul Fuad, Alfred Lennart Bissinger, Tina Ganzenmueller, Thomas Iftner, Karl Oliver Kagan, Stephan Ossowski, Stephan Ossowski, Nicolas Casadei, Nicolas Casadei, Sara Y. Brucker, Olaf Riess, Olaf Riess, Yogesh Singh, Yogesh Singh, Yogesh Singh, Deutsche COVID-19 OMICS Initiative (DeCOI)

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The high-resolution global shipping emission inventory by the Shipping Emission Inventory Model (SEIM) by W. Yi, X. Wang, T. He, H. Liu, Z. Luo, Z. Lv, K. He

“…Due to the implementation of fuel-switching policies, global ship emissions of SO<span class="inline-formula">₂</span> and primary PM<span class="inline-formula">_2.5</span> saw a significant reduction of 81.3 % and 76.5 % in 2021 compared to 2019, respectively. …”
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The Study of Farnesyl Diphosphate and Squalene Synthase Gene Expression Levels in Artemisia absinthium Exposed to Environmental Gamma Radiation by Sadegh Rahbarnejad, Ali Asghari, Noraddin Hosseinpour Azad, Ehsan Shokri

“…The Primer 3 Plus online software was used to design qPCR primers, which were then analyzed using the Oligo Analyzer tool and the NCBI/Primer-BLAST plugin in the NCBI genetic database. Initially, the gene regions controlling the farnesyl diphosphate and squalene synthase enzymes were amplified using the synthesized cDNA for all control and non-control samples as templates to ensure the accuracy of the designed primers. …”
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Multi-omics characterization of oncosis in spinal cord injury by Zhipeng Jiang, Youwei Guo, Zihan Wang, Jinhao Ouyang, Hailong Huang, Haoxuan Huang, Tianqian Shen, Lei Wang, Wen Yin, Xingjun Jiang, Caiping Ren

“…Spinal cord injury (SCI) initiates a cascade of complex secondary damage processes, prominently involving programmed cell death (PCD). …”
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Probable airborne transmission of Burkholderia pseudomallei causing an urban outbreak of melioidosis during typhoon season in Hong Kong, China by Wing-Gi Wu, Marcus Ho-Hin Shum, Ivan Tak-Fai Wong, Kelvin Keru Lu, Lam-Kwong Lee, Jake Siu-Lun Leung, Hiu-Yin Lao, Annie Wing-Tung Lee, Pak-Ting Hau, Chloe Toi-Mei Chan, Harmen Fung-Tin Wong, Sharon Ka-Yee Fung, Sally Choi-Ying Wong, Iain Chi-Fung Ng, Timothy Ting-Leung Ng, Ning Chow, Alex Yat-Man Ho, Mei Fan Hung, Franklin Wang-Ngai Chow, Maureen Mo-Lin Wong, Wing-Kin To, Tommy Tsan-Yuk Lam, Kristine Shik Luk, Gilman Kit-Hang Siu

“…Clinicians should be aware of melioidosis during typhoon season and initiate appropriate investigation and treatment for patients with compatible symptoms.…”
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Three‒Dimensional Numerical Simulation of the Breaching Process of Landslide Dams with Heterogeneous Structures by HU Xianrui, PENG Ming, FU Xiaoli, YANG Ge, ZHU Yan, SHI Zhenming, ZHANG Gongding

“…In addition, the deposition of coarse particles within the breach resulted in a reduction of the slope angle and flow velocity, which suppressed the initiation of further coarse particle entrainment and impeded upstream headward erosion. …”
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Lightweight YOLOv8s-Based Strawberry Plug Seedling Grading Detection and Localization via Channel Pruning by CHEN Junlin, ZHAO Peng, CAO Xianlin, NING Jifeng, YANG Shuqin

“…Experimental results demonstrated that the fine-tuned model not only maintained high detection accuracy but also achieved significant reductions in FLOPs (86.3%) and parameter count (95.4%). …”
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Effects of cotrimoxazole prophylaxis on Talaromyces marneffei infection in HIV/AIDS patients receiving antiretroviral therapy: a retrospective cohort study by Junjun Jiang, Fengxiang Qin, Sirun Meng, Eric J. Nehl, Jinping Huang, Yanfen Liu, Jun Zou, Wenyi Dong, Jiegang Huang, Hui Chen, Ning Zang, Bingyu Liang, Chuanyi Ning, Yanyan Liao, Chaolian Luo, Huifang Liu, Xin Liu, Jian Wang, Oulu Zhou, Thuy Le, Li Ye, Fengyao Wu, Hao Liang

“…Of the 3359 eligible individuals contributing 10,504.66 person-years of follow-up, 81.81% received CTX within 6 months after ART initiation, and 4.73% developed TM infection, contributing 15.14/1,000 person-year TM incidence rate. …”
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Effect of exercise training on cardiac function and glucose metabolism in the ischemic border zone: insights from multi-modal imaging techniques by Jun Zhang, Jun Zhang, Jun Zhang, Chunrong Jin, Xiao Han, Xiao Han, Ping Wu, Ping Wu, Jianbo Cao, Jianbo Cao, Jianbo Cao, Sheng He, Sheng He, Li Li, Li Li, Ruonan Wang, Ruonan Wang, Min Zhang, Min Zhang, Yuxin Xiao, Yuxin Xiao, Hongju Guo, Tianshuo Zhang, Zhifang Wu, Zhifang Wu, Zhifang Wu, Sijin Li, Sijin Li, Sijin Li

“…Histological analysis revealed a marked reduction in inflammatory cell infiltration and fibrosis percentage (MIE vs. …”
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Multiomics reveals tumor microenvironment remodeling in locally advanced gastric and gastroesophageal junction cancer following neoadjuvant immunotherapy and chemotherapy by Yong Liu, Xia Wang, Rui Liu, Le Zhang, Hongli Li, Ting Deng, Lijun Ma, Yanhui Zhang, Lan Su, Yi Ba, Zhi Ji, Jiaqi Xin, Duo Zuo, Xinze Lv, Shaohua Ge, Tingting Ding

“…In the tumor parenchyma, aside from a marked increase in CD8+T cells and NK cells, a notable reduction in macrophage was also observed (all p&lt;0.05). …”
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A G-quadruplex-binding platinum complex induces cancer mitochondrial dysfunction through dual-targeting mitochondrial and nuclear G4 enriched genome by Keli Kuang, Chunyan Li, Fatlinda Maksut, Deepanjan Ghosh, Robin Vinck, Maolin Wang, Joël Poupon, Run Xiang, Wen Li, Fei Li, Zhu Wang, Junrong Du, Marie-Paule Teulade-Fichou, Gilles Gasser, Sophie Bombard, Tao Jia

“…Pt-ttpy induces mtDNA deletion, copy reduction and transcription inhibition, hindering mt protein translation. …”
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Six months of hybrid closed-loop therapy improves diabetes-specific positive well-being, and reduces diabetes distress and fear of hypoglycemia: secondary analysis of a randomized... by Anthony C Keech, Vijaya Sundararajan, Bruce R King, Sara Vogrin, Richard J MacIsaac, Leon A Bach, Jane Speight, Alicia J Jenkins, Christel Hendrieckx, David O’Neal, Sybil A McAuley, Geoff R Ambler, Fergus J Cameron, Jan M Fairchild, Elizabeth A Davis, Timothy W Jones, Morton G Burt, Philip M Clarke, Neale D Cohen, Peter G Colman, Joey Kaye, Kavita Kumareswaran, Melissa H Lee, Roland W Mccallum, Barbora Paldus, Stephen N Stranks, Steven Trawley, Glenn M Ward, David N O’Neal, Sienna Russell-Green, Deborah Jane Holmes-Walker, Benjamin Lam, Jennifer A Halliday, Glenn Ward, Catriona M Sims, D Jane Holmes-Walker, Andrzej Januszewski, Hanafi Mohammed Husin, Martin I de Bock, Mary B Abraham

“…In particular, improvement in diabetes-specific positive well-being was observed 13 weeks after HCL initiation and maintained at 26 weeks. Reduction in the perceived frequency of hyperglycemia was also apparent by 26 weeks. …”
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Disruption to diabetes and hypertension care during the COVID-19 pandemic in Latin America and the Caribbean and mitigation approaches: a scoping review by Oluwabunmi Ogungbe, Samira Barbara Jabakhanji, Roopa Mehta, John McCaffrey, David Byrne, Sinéad Hurley, Lori Rosman, Eyram Cyril Bansah, Folahan Ibukun, Irene Afua Quarshie, Katherine Lord, Yidan Lu, Yunzhi Wang, Asma Rayani, Hairong Liu, Ann Joseph, Alejandro Escobosa, Ivy Nyamuame, Jieun Lee, Ning Meng, Ibrahim Jehanzeb, Temitope Akinyemi, Shoichiro Nohara, Mauro F. F. Mediano, Yvette Yeboah-Kordieh, Cecilia de Sousa, Juliana Farhat, Renato Bandeira de Mello, Tara Taeed, Lawrence J. Appel, Sonia Y. Angell, Edward W. Gregg, Kunihiro Matsushita

“…We adapted the Primary Health Care Performance Initiative framework to develop our search strategy and synthesize data. …”
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The effect of ultrasonic waves and seed priming in conjunction with weed management on yield and yield components of cowpea (Vigna sinensis L.) by Abbas Nasiri Dehsorkhi, hassan makarian, Manouchehr Gholipoor, Hamid Abbasdokht

“…Introduction The mechanism of seed priming is to initiate the repairing system for membrane and the metabolic preparation for germination through controlling water absorption rate of seed. …”
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Child mortality in England after national lockdowns for COVID-19: An analysis of childhood deaths, 2019-2023. by David Odd, Sylvia Stoianova, Tom Williams, Peter Fleming, Karen Luyt

“…<h4>Background</h4>During the COVID-19 pandemic children and young people (CYP) mortality in England reduced to the lowest on record, but it is unclear if the mechanisms which facilitated a reduction in mortality had a longer lasting impact, and what impact the pandemic, and its social restrictions, have had on deaths with longer latencies (e.g., malignancies). …”
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Upper-Bound Analysis of Slope Reliability Considering Anisotropic Spatial Variability and Reinforcement with Anti-slide Piles by ZHAO Zi-hao, WANG Jia-rui, FU Tao-tao, ZHU En-lin

“…Finally, the strength reduction method is employed to calculate the safety factor at the critical state of slope failure. …”
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Intervenções baseadas em métodos de relaxação em contexto escolar na perspetiva de promoção de saúde e bem-estar: uma revisão sistemática (Relaxation methods based interventions i... by Sara Sarroeira, Beatriz Oliveira Pereira, Graça S. Carvalho, Eugenio Rodríguez Fernandéz

“…The results suggest that the concept of relaxation can be used from different perspectives and that relaxation for children promotes the reduction of visible symptoms of anxiety, the improvement of autonomous functions, the child's autonomy and initiative, the interactions with others, the socio-emotional development and short-term memory development. …”
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