A protocol for mobilising novel finance models for collaborative health promotion and disease prevention initiatives: taking a smart capacitating investment approach in the Invest4... by Joanna Lane, Joanna Lane, Rhiannon T. Edwards, Balázs Babarczy, Holly Whiteley, Vidya Oruganti, Vidya Oruganti, Maureen Rutten-van Mölken, Caroline Costongs, Anant R. Jani, Sarah Wordsworth, Alison Maassen, Apostolos Tsiachristas, Jacob Davies, Bengt Stavenow, Jolanda van Vliet, Steve Wright, Steve Wright, Lina Papartyte, Jennifer Catherine Camaradou, Rositsa Koleva-Kolarova

“…The project consists of eight work packages which span the exploration and conceptualisation of SCI in public health; the characterisation of SCI-compatible business and finance models; piloting and evaluation of these models in four European testbeds (Sweden, Germany, Spain and Wales UK); and exploring the opportunities for sustainable replication and scaling of SCI and future research.DiscussionWe present an introduction to the I4H project, the concept of SCI applied to public health, plus key points for discussion internationally.…”
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The small non-coding RNA response to virus infection in the Leishmania vector Lutzomyia longipalpis. by Flávia Viana Ferreira, Eric Roberto Guimarães Rocha Aguiar, Roenick Proveti Olmo, Karla Pollyanna Vieira de Oliveira, Emanuele Guimarães Silva, Maurício Roberto Viana Sant'Anna, Nelder de Figueiredo Gontijo, Erna Geessien Kroon, Jean Luc Imler, João Trindade Marques

“…Our work begins to elucidate the role of RNAi mechanisms in the interaction between L. longipalpis and viruses and should also open the way for studies with other sandfly-borne pathogens.…”
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Bacterial type IV secretion system induces specific and nonspecific protective immunity by Fernanda V. S. Castanheira, Marcelo S. F. Pereira, Marco A. Ataide, Danielle P. A. Mascarenhas, Rhanoica O. Guerra, Gustavo F. S. Quirino, Fausto Almeida, Dario S. Zamboni

“…ABSTRACT Pathogenic microbes trigger rapid and robust innate immune responses that effectively restrict pathogen replication and promote long-lasting adaptive immunity. …”
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HIV-1 RNA levels in cerebrospinal fluid and plasma and their correlation with opportunistic neurological diseases in a Brazilian AIDS reference hospital Níveis de RNA do HIV-1 no l... by Paulo P. Christo, Dirceu B. Greco, Agdemir W. Aleixo, Jose A. Livramento

“…BACKGROUND: Plasma HIV RNA levels reflect systemic viral replication but in CNS it may occur relatively independent of systemic infection, yet clinical application of CSF HIV-1 RNA levels is less clear. …”
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Detection of fraud in public procurement using data-driven methods: a systematic mapping study by Everton Schneider dos Santos, Matheus Machado dos Santos, Márcio Castro, Jônata Tyska Carvalho

“…The results showed that most works use machine learning models to detect collusion and statistical analysis to detect instances of favoritism. …”
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Emotional Stability of Nurses and its Relation to Their Job Crafting by Ehsan S. S. Saad, Faten M. Ahmed

“…A convenient sample of 100 nurses working in the setting mentioned above. A descriptive correlational design utilized to achieve the aim of the study. …”
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The Effect of Various Testing Conditions on Long-Term Retention of Reading Materials: The Case of Initial and Delayed Test Types, and Feedback on Test by Mahmoud Qaracholloo, Mohammad Reza Ghorbani, Farhad Ghiasvand

“…Finally, open-book testing worked better than closed-book testing.  <strong> </strong>…”
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The Mini Colon Model: a benchtop multi-bioreactor system to investigate the gut microbiome by Zijie Jin, Andy Ng, Corinne F. Maurice, David Juncker

“…The device consists of triplicate bioreactors working independently of an anaerobic chamber and equipped with automated pH, temperature, and fluidic control. …”
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Correlation Analysis of Vertical Ground Movement and Climate Using Sentinel-1 InSAR by Francesco Pirotti, Felix Enyimah Toffah, Alberto Guarnieri

“…Data are shared in a public repository for the replication of the method.…”
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Determining the Performance Quality of Combine Harvesters Operating by M. E. Chaplygin, E. V. Zhalnin

“…It has been revealed that the proposed scheme for sampling a grain losses resulting from the working units of a combine harvester will reduce the total number of samplers used - no more than 7 in each replication, regardless of the width of a threshing-and-separating unit or a header.…”
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Design, Simulation and Experimental Validation of a Pneumatic Actuation Method for Automating Manual Pipetting Devices by Valentin Ciupe, Erwin-Christian Lovasz, Robert Kristof, Melania-Olivia Sandu, Carmen Sticlaru

“…The in-process actuators’ working pressure is recorded and analyzed to determine the suitability of the proposed method and pipetting ability. …”
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Early host defense against virus infections by Søren R. Paludan, Thomas Pradeu, Andreas Pichlmair, K. Brad Wray, Jacob Giehm Mikkelsen, David Olagnier, Trine H. Mogensen

“…Focusing on early host responses to virus infections, we analyze the literature to build a working hypothesis for the principles that govern the early line of cellular antiviral defense. …”
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Improving outcomes for people with autism spectrum disorders by reducing mental health problems: the IAMHealth research programme including one RCT by Emily Simonoff, Gillian Baird, Bryony Beresford, Tony Charman, Martin Knapp, Andrew Pickles, Carol Povey, Tom Purser, Paramala Santosh, Vicky Slonims, Stephen Scott

“…Participants Work package 1: 255 parents of autistic children/adolescent; work package 2: 19 autistic young adults; work package 3: QUEST cohort of 277 children; work package: 62 children. …”
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Heat Treatment as a Safe-Handling Procedure for Rift Valley Fever Virus by Maria Anele Romeo, Eliana Specchiarello, Cosmina Mija, Verdiana Zulian, Massimo Francalancia, Fabrizio Maggi, Anna Rosa Garbuglia, Daniele Lapa

“…Given the high pathogenic potential of the virus, it is crucial to develop a rapid heat-mediated inactivation protocol to create a safer working environment, particularly in medical facilities that lack a biosafety level 3 laboratory required for direct handling of RVFV. …”
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Production of prototype lab-scale oak barrel analogues using additive manufacturing by Hugh Holds, Kerry Wilkinson, David Jeffery, Frances Jack, Sue Bastian

“…Experimental vessels and 28 L commercial casks were filled in replicate with grape distillate and aged for two years. …”
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Ultrafast Laser High-Aspect-Ratio Extreme Nanostructuring of Glass beyond λ/100 by Guodong Zhang, Anton Rudenko, Razvan Stoian, Guanghua Cheng

“…Such achievement requires combining the control of optical near-fields and of material reactions while preserving the flexibility of long working distances, compatible with a mature laser process. …”
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Current therapy for the upper limb after stroke: a cross-sectional survey of UK therapists by Rachel Stockley, Rosemary Peel, Kathryn Jarvis, Louise Connell

“…Description and analysis of the data were based on items from the Template for Intervention Description and Replication (Who, Where, What and How much).Setting The online survey was distributed via professional and social networks to UK-based therapists.Participants Respondents were occupational or physiotherapists currently working clinically in the UK with people after stroke. …”
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INFORMATION AND SOFTWARE OF VIRTUAL REALITY TRAINING APPLICATION «NATURAL GAS DRYER PLANT» by D. A. Kuzmuk, O. A. Shovkoplias, B. O. Kuzikov

“…Theoretical training may need to provide more insight into real-world working conditions, while practical training can be dangerous or require significant financial investment. …”
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Teacher training, coaching and school libraries in rural indigenous Guatemala: A multi-pronged approach to improving reading proficiency by Sarah L. Peller, Amanda M. Marcotte, Ketan, Craig S. Wells, Nancy Press, Maciej Kos

“…Child Aid supports literacy development in hundreds of primary schools in indigenous communities in the rural highlands of Guatemala through an innovative and scalable teacher training program. The program works in over 100 schools at a time offering a four-year intervention with a three-pronged approach: workshops; professional instructional coaching; and providing thousands children's literature books to school libraries and classrooms. …”
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THE EVOLVING PARADIGM OF COMMUNITY MINING SCHEMES IN GHANA: PROSPECTS AND LESSONS FOR OTHER MINING JURISDICTIONS IN AFRICA by Simon Victory Quarcson Hamenoo, Theresa Y. Baah-Ennumh, Rudith S. King

“…Results: The study found that community mining schemes have the capacity and potential for employing several thousands of small-scale illegal miners in the country with better working conditions, and benefits. Job creation, reduction in land, and environmental degradation are some contributions and strengths of the scheme towards the achievement of the sustainable development goals (SDGs). …”
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