Monitoring Quality of Care in the WHO Africa Region-A study design for measurement and tracking, towards UHC attainment by Regina Titi-Ofei, Doris Osei-Afriyie, Humphrey Karamagi

“…This paper seeks to offer more insight into options in the Region for strengthening monitoring processes of quality of care, as a step towards generating empirical evidence which can galvanize action towards an improved care process. …”
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Bystander editing by adenine base editors impairs vision restoration in a mouse model of Leber congenital amaurosis by Seok-Hoon Lee, Jun Wu, Dongjoon Im, Gue-ho Hwang, You Kyeong Jeong, Hui Jiang, Seok Jae Lee, Dong Hyun Jo, William A. Goddard, III, Jeong Hun Kim, Sangsu Bae

“…We observed that in retinal degeneration 12 (rd12) of LCA model mice, the highest editing activity version of an adenine base editors (ABEs), ABE8e, generated substantial bystander editing, resulting in missense mutations despite RPE65 expression, preventing restoration of visual function. …”
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Transmissibility-Based Operational Modal Analysis: Enhanced Stabilisation Diagrams by Gert De Sitter, Christof Devriendt, Patrick Guillaume

“…This approach has several advantages: because of the deterministic character of the transmissibility functions, the estimated parameters are more accurate than the results obtained with the power spectra based operational modal analysis techniques. …”
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SsDiHal: discovery and engineering of a novel tryptophan dihalogenase by Hassan Sher, Haley Hardtke, Wenzhu Tang, Jie Ren, Hayat Ullah, Xudong Zhou, Y. Jessie Zhang, Jixun Zhan

“…Abstract Background Halogenation plays a crucial role in enhancing the properties of small molecules, particularly by making them more effective for applications in agrochemicals and pharmaceuticals. …”
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Hepatitis B virus genotypes A1 and A2 have distinct replication phenotypes due to polymorphisms in the HBx gene. by Min Zhang, Karim Mouzannar, Zhensheng Zhang, Yuji Teraoka, Jason Piotrowski, Yuji Ishida, Chise Tateno-Mukaidani, Takeshi Saito, Hiromi Abe-Chayama, Kazuaki Chayama, T Jake Liang

“…Using AlphaFold2, we generated structural models of HBx proteins of A1 and A2. …”
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Marek's disease virus-1 unique gene LORF1 is involved in viral replication and MDV-1/Md5-induced atrophy of the bursa of Fabricius. by Chenyi Bao, Jun Chu, Qi Gao, Shasha Yang, Xiaoyu Gao, Wenwen Chen, Fuchun Yang, Fei Jiang, Chenxi Tong, Mingyi Lei, Linlin Jiao, Jitong Li, Kexin Wei, Xue Lian, Kai Li, Suresh Kumar Tikoo, Nikolaus Osterrieder, Lorne A Babiuk, Yufeng Li, Yong-Sam Jung, Yingjuan Qian

“…Importantly, it also serves as a comparative model for studying herpesvirus-induced tumor formation in humans. MDV encodes more than 100 genes, most of which have unknown functions. …”
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A new Maxwell-Log logistic distribution and its applications for mortality rate data by Uthumporn Panitanarak, Aliyu Ismail Ishaq, Alfred Adewole Abiodun, Hanita Daud, Ahmad Abubakar Suleiman

“…We discussed some essential properties of the Max-LL distribution, including moments, moment generating function, probability weighted moments, stress-strength, and order statistics. …”
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Creativity of Nanofiber Materials and Application in the Expressive Power of Manual Tie-Dyeing Process by Jing Wen, Xueqing Lu, Mai Jiang, Xiaohua Shao

“…In modern society with the unprecedented development of technology and information, people’s life rhythm has accelerated, and the opposite “slow fashion” has become popular. More and more people are focusing more on the traditional craft of tie-dyeing. …”
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TestAnaAPP: An interactive R-shiny application for various test analysis methods by Youxiang Jiang, Qing Zeng, Hongbo Wen

“…As demonstrated in this paper, TestAnaAPP empowers researchers and practitioners from diverse fields with an interest in applying psychometric methods to seamlessly perform analyses, access comprehensive data analysis results, generate visualizations, obtain detailed analysis reports, and more.…”
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In Vitro Anthelmintic Activities of Khaya anthotheca and Faidherbia albida Extracts Used in Chad by Traditional Healers for the Treatment of Helminthiasis and In Silico Study of Ph... by Baigomen Christalin, Masoud Besati, Noumedem Anangmo Christelle Nadia, Mahdi Yaghoobi, Yamssi Cédric, Claire Ciancia, Mounvera Abdel Azizi, Gamago Nkadeu Guy-Armand, Vincent Khan Payne, Haibo Hu

“…Docking studies were carried out using the Schrodinger Maestro software’s Glide module. The score function in the software was used to rank and group distinct possible adduct structures generated by molecular docking. …”
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A Finite-Interval Uniqueness Theorem for Bilateral Laplace Transforms by Patrick Chareka

“…Two or more bilateral Laplace transforms with a complex argument “s” may be equal in a finite vertical interval when, in fact, the transforms correspond to different functions. …”
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MiMeNet: Exploring microbiome-metabolome relationships using neural networks. by Derek Reiman, Brian T Layden, Yang Dai

“…The advance in microbiome and metabolome studies has generated rich omics data revealing the involvement of the microbial community in host disease pathogenesis through interactions with their host at a metabolic level. …”
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Deep Learning System for E-Waste Management by Godfrey Perfectson Oise, Susan Konyeha

“…Rapid urbanization has resulted in increased waste generation, necessitating a more intelligent and efficient approach to e-waste collection and disposal. …”
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Real-world clinical determinants of alcohol dependence in outpatients with bipolar disorder: a multicenter treatment survey for bipolar disorder in psychiatric outpatient clinics w... by Keita Tokumitsu, Norio Sugawara, Naoto Adachi, Yukihisa Kubota, Yoichiro Watanabe, Kazuhira Miki, Takaharu Azekawa, Koji Edagawa, Eiichi Katsumoto, Seiji Hongo, Eiichiro Goto, Hitoshi Ueda, Masaki Kato, Masaki Kato, Reiji Yoshimura, Reiji Yoshimura, Atsuo Nakagawa, Atsuo Nakagawa, Toshiaki Kikuchi, Toshiaki Kikuchi, Takashi Tsuboi, Takashi Tsuboi, Koichiro Watanabe, Koichiro Watanabe, Norio Yasui-Furukori, Norio Yasui-Furukori

“…Therefore, it was considered necessary to conduct the study on a larger population in order to generate more robust evidence.ConclusionsWe found that outpatients with bipolar disorder, especially men, had higher rates of alcohol dependence overall than the general population in Japan. …”
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Penerapan Algoritma Kunang-Kunang pada Open Vehicle Routing Problem (OVRP) by Ihda Septiyafi, Herry Suprajitno, Asri Bekti Pratiwi

“…The results obtained from the program output indicate that the more the number of iterations and the number of fireflies, then the results of the objective function (total mileage) obtained tend to be better so that these parameters affect the value of the objective function. …”
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Beyond Standard Losses: Redefining Text-to-SQL with Task-Specific Optimization by Iker Azurmendi, Ekaitz Zulueta, Gustavo García, Nekane Uriarte-Arrazola, Jose Manuel Lopez-Guede

“…During the training process, the weights of each component of the loss function are dynamically adjusted to prioritize different aspects of query generation at the appropriate stage. …”
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Ultrahigh-field animal MRI system with advanced technological update by Yaohui Wang, Guyue Zhou, Haoran Chen, Pengfei Wu, Wenhui Yang, Feng Liu, Qiuliang Wang

“…Further research investigation will be performed to promote more scientific outputs with enhanced functional capabilities.…”
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AI-powered literature search: some observations and concerns by Farooq Azam Rathore, Fareeha Farooq

“…A brief overview of some tools that perform these functions is mentioned in Table I. However, in our role as physicians, faculty and researchers who have been using these tools for more than a year for various tasks including AI-powered literature search we have some concerns that need to be highlighted Recommending articles from the predatory journals We have noticed that some of the articles that these tools recommend are from predatory journals. …”
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Long Term Optimal DG Placement Considering Transmission System Reliability and Load Uncertainty by Ali Badri, Mahdy Norouzi

“…This paper presents an optimization method to determine long term optimal DG placement in distribution systems in which system reliability and operational constraints as well as environmental constraints are taken into account. In order to get more realistic results impact of load uncertainty is modeled using normal distribution function. …”
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The AMD-associated genetic polymorphism CFH Y402H confers vulnerability to Hydroquinone-induced stress in iPSC-RPE cells by Angela Armento, Inga Sonntag, Ana-Cristina Almansa-Garcia, Merve Sen, Sylvia Bolz, Blanca Arango-Gonzalez, Ellen Kilger, Ruchi Sharma, Kapil Bharti, Rosario Fernandez-Godino, Berta de la Cerda, Simon J. Clark, Simon J. Clark, Simon J. Clark, Marius Ueffing

“…There has been, and continues to be, much discussion around the functional consequences of this Y402H polymorphism, whether the soluble FH protein confers its risk association, or if the cells expressing the protein themselves are affected by the genetic alteration. …”
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