Strategies for strengthening cervical cancer screening programmes in Gwanda district, Zimbabwe: a qualitative study by Fennie Mantula, Yoesrie Toefy, Vikash Sewram

“…Data were analysed thematically with the aid of the Web Atlas.ti software. Results Key findings suggest that women’s willingness to be screened, on-going awareness campaigns and an increasing number of screening sites and nurses trained in screening procedures promote the uptake of screening. …”
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Neuropharmacological profile of new thiazepinone and thiazolidinone compounds designed by virtual screening by Juan Sebastian Carrero-Sandoval, Paola Andrea Cuervo-Prado, Fabian Orozco-Lopez, Christian Alonso Becerra-Rivas, Estefany Arias-Quiroz, Mario Francisco Guerrero-Pabón

“…Abstract To evaluate the neuropharmacological profile of new spiro thiazepinone and thiazolidinone compounds in CD1 mice after a computer-aided virtual screening based on a GABA-A/BZD site. …”
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ANKRD22 participates in the proinflammatory activities of macrophages in the colon cancer tumor microenvironment by Xiaoying Wang, Keqing Yang, Bin Yang, Rui Wang, Yongliang Zhu, Tianhui Pan

“…Additionally, we identified a small-molecule ANKRD22 upregulator that could aid in the development of novel therapeutics targeting TAM remodeling.…”
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Evolving View of Coronary Artery Calcium: A Personalized Shared Decision-Making Tool in Primary Prevention by Omar Dzaye, Cara Reiter-Brennan, Albert D. Osei, Olusola A. Orimoloye, S. M. Iftekhar Uddin, Mohammadhassan Mirbolouk, Michael J. Blaha

“…In this article, we review the recent AHA/ACC cholesterol management guideline and contextualize the transition of CAC testing to a guideline-endorsed decision aid for borderline- to intermediate-risk patients who seek more definitive risk assessment as part of a clinician-patient discussion. …”
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A New Sutureless Illuminated Macular Buckle Designed for Myopic Macular Hole Retinal Detachment by Ahmed M. Bedda, Ahmed M. Abdel Hadi, Mohamed Lolah, Muhammad S. Abd Al Shafy

“…The primary outcomes measured included aided visual acuity (BCVA) and optical coherence tomography (OCT) findings. …”
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What ‘unexplored’ means: mapping regions with digitized natural history records to look for ‘biodiversity blindspots’ by Laymon Ball, Sheila Rodríguez-Machado, Diego Paredes-Burneo, Samantha Rutledge, David A. Boyd, David Vander Pluym, Spenser Babb-Biernacki, Austin S. Chipps, Rafet Ç. Öztürk, Yahya Terzi, Prosanta Chakrabarty

“…We call for museums to prioritize digitizing those collections from these ‘biodiversity blindspots’ and for increased funding for museums to aid in these efforts. We also argue for increased scientific infrastructure so that more reference collections with vouchers can be kept in the countries of origin (particularly those countries lacking such infrastructure currently).…”
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Cautionary note: Chatbots generate fictitious references on the topics related to oral pathology by Gargi Sarode, Shruti Singh, Sachin C. Sarode

“…Background: While chatbots such as Chat Generative Pre-Trained Transformer (ChatGPT) and BARD have gained significant popularity in aiding researchers in crafting scientific articles, concerns persist, particularly regarding their accuracy in generating references. …”
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Cretaceous-Tertiary Foraminifera and Palynomorphs from Djega Section and Inferred Paleodepositional Environments, Rio Del Rey Basin, Cameroon, West Africa by Njon Olivier Anoh, Mbanda L. Njoke, Ngoe D. Elangwe

“…Both microfossils and lithofacies analyses aided the reconstruction of an open marine, probably middle to inner neritic shallow and transitional intertidal paleodepositional environments for the sediments exposed at this outcrop.…”
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A systematic review and meta-analysis of the farmers\' attitudes towards the use of climate information by leyla sharifi, saeed bazgeer, hosain mohmmadi, alireza darbaneh astaneh, mostafa karimi

“…For this purpose, the following keywords, including climate, climate change, climate changes, meteorological information, global warming, drought, flood, chilling, frost, climate hazard, precipitation, temperature with the aid of the following keywords namely, farmer, farmerchr('39')s attitude, farmerchr('39')s perception, farmerchr('39')s knowledge, and indigenous knowledge were used in both languages, Persian and English, among the articles published between the year of 2000 and 2019. …”
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Space Weather Environment During the SpaceX Starlink Satellite Loss in February 2022 by Tzu‐Wei Fang, Adam Kubaryk, David Goldstein, Zhuxiao Li, Tim Fuller‐Rowell, George Millward, Howard J. Singer, Robert Steenburgh, Solomon Westerman, Erik Babcock

“…Thus, during geomagnetic storms, it is crucial to establish suitable alerts and warnings based on neutral density predictions to provide users guidance for preventing satellite losses due to drag and to aid in collision avoidance calculations.…”
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stormTB: a web-based simulator of a murine minimal-PBPK model for anti-tuberculosis treatments by Roberto Visintainer, Anna Fochesato, Anna Fochesato, Daniele Boaretti, Stefano Giampiccolo, Stefano Giampiccolo, Shayne Watson, Micha Levi, Federico Reali, Luca Marchetti, Luca Marchetti

“…The app facilitates visual comparisons of pharmacokinetic profiles, aiding in assessing drug-dose combinations.ResultsThe mPBPK model, supporting 11 anti-TB drugs, offers a unified perspective, overcoming the potential inconsistencies arising from diverse modeling efforts. …”
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PREDICTING THE LEARNING PATH TO LEARNER’S OPTIMUM COMPREHENSION by Ifeanyi Isaiah Achi, Chukwuemeka Odi Agwu, Christopher Chizoba Nnamene, Sylvester C. Aniobi, Ifebude Barnabas C., Kelechi Christian Oketa, Godson Kenechukwu Ezeh, John Otozi Ugah

“…The evaluation of this research involved brainstorming on the Bellman’s equation with the aid of the Markov Chain transition state framework, resulting in an improved mean value function of 71.7. …”
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Assessing the balance between excitation and inhibition in chronic pain through the aperiodic component of EEG by Cristina Gil Avila, Elisabeth S May, Felix S Bott, Laura Tiemann, Vanessa Hohn, Henrik Heitmann, Paul Theo Zebhauser, Joachim Gross, Markus Ploner

“…Thus, identifying a non-invasive, scalable marker of E/I could provide valuable insights into the neural mechanisms of chronic pain and aid in developing clinically useful biomarkers. …”
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Construction and validation of nomograms to predict central lymph node metastasis in clinical node-negative unilateral papillary thyroid carcinoma by Longqing Hu, Bei Qian, Junlin Zhu, Shuting Gao, Li Mei, Shengnan Ruan, Xincai Qu

“…UPTC patients can use these two nomograms to predict the probability of ipsilateral CLNM and contralateral CLNM separately, enabling risk stratification and aiding in surgical decision-making.…”
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Patient-specific spine digital twins: a computational characterization of the idiopathic scoliosis by David Landinez, Carlos Francisco Rodríguez, Christian Cifuentes - De la Portilla

“…Conclusion: This modeling approach enhances the understanding of scoliosis biomechanics, facilitating risk assessment for disc prolapse and aiding in treatment selection, including the design of condition-specific orthotics. …”
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Contrastive-learning of language embedding and biological features for cross modality encoding and effector prediction by Yue Peng, Junze Wu, Yi Sun, Yuanxing Zhang, Qiyao Wang, Shuai Shao

“…Abstract Identifying and characterizing virulence proteins secreted by Gram-negative bacteria are fundamental for deciphering microbial pathogenicity as well as aiding the development of therapeutic strategies. …”
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Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma Presenting as Prolonged Pyrexia and Stauffer’s Syndrome: Can a Routine Ultrasound Scan Fail to Detect a Renal Cell Carcinoma? by C. L. Fonseka, A. G. T. A. Kariyawasam, S. A. G. L. Singhapura, C. M. de Silva, T. E. Kanakkahewa, I. G. T. M. Senarathna, C. K. Bodinayake

“…When a RCC is suspected in the setting of a pyrexia of unknown origin, ultrasound with doppler or a contrast CT should be requested to aid diagnosis.…”
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Characterization and simulation of AlGaN barrier structure effects in normally-off recessed gate AlGaN/GaN MISHEMTs by An-Chen Liu, Hsin-Chu Chen, Po-Tsung Tu, Yan-Lin Chen, Yan-Chieh Chen, Po-Chun Yeh, Chih-I Wu, Shu-Tong Chang, Tsung-Sheng Kao, Hao-Chung Kuo

“…The objective of this study is to optimize the trade-off between threshold voltage (V _TH ) and maximum drain current (I _D,max ) in recessed gate AlGaN/GaN metal insulator semiconductor high electron mobility transistor (MISHEMT) using atomic layer etching (ALE) technology, with technical computer-aided design (TCAD) simulations assisting in the analysis of the underlying mechanisms to demonstrate the high performance and reliability of GaN-based power application. …”
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Exploring Conditions for Designing Citizen Observatories in Sri Lanka: The Case of Air Quality in Rural Areas by Chaminda Rathnayake, Somya Joshi, Teresa Cerratto-Pargman

“…We conducted a case study to examine how rural communities that reside close to industrial centers make sense of their surroundings, with a specific focus on air quality. With the aid of qualitative analysis of ten semi-structured interviews, we identify primary collective community practices that contribute to local air quality knowledge. …”
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Vascular Guidance: Microstructural Scaffold Patterning for Inductive Neovascularization by Daniel Muller, Harvey Chim, Augustinus Bader, Matthew Whiteman, Jan-Thorsten Schantz

“…The network of vascular channels within a frontal-parietal defect in a patient, originating from the anterior branch of the middle meningeal artery, was modeled using computer-aided design (CAD) techniques and subsequently incorporated into polycaprolactone (PCL) scaffolds fabricated using fused deposition modeling (FDM). …”
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