Homo erectus adapted to steppe-desert climate extremes one million years ago by Julio Mercader, Pamela Akuku, Nicole Boivin, Alfredo Camacho, Tristan Carter, Siobhán Clarke, Arturo Cueva Temprana, Julien Favreau, Jennifer Galloway, Raquel Hernando, Haiping Huang, Stephen Hubbard, Jed O. Kaplan, Steve Larter, Stephen Magohe, Abdallah Mohamed, Aloyce Mwambwiga, Ayoola Oladele, Michael Petraglia, Patrick Roberts, Palmira Saladié, Abel Shikoni, Renzo Silva, María Soto, Dominica Stricklin, Degsew Z. Mekonnen, Wenran Zhao, Paul Durkin

“…This adaptability likely facilitated the expansion of Homo erectus into the arid regions of Africa and Eurasia, redefining their role as ecological generalists thriving in some of the most challenging landscapes of the Middle Pleistocene.…”
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Genetic Analysis of Undiagnosed Juvenile GM1-Gangliosidosis by Microarray and Exome Sequencing by Ahmed Bouhouche, Houyam Tibar, Yamna Kriouale, Mohammed Jiddane, Imane Smaili, Naima Bouslam, Ali Benomar, Mohamed Yahyaoui, Elmostafa El Fahime

“…Our study identified the first GLB1 mutation in North Africa in patients with unexpected brain-MRI outcomes extending the clinical spectrum of the GM1-gangliosidosis.…”
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ENTREPRENEURSHIP OF MEMORY IN PUBLIC SPACE AND SOCIAL COMMUNICATION: A POSTCOLONIAL APPROACH IN TIME OF WAR by Viktoriia Kovpak, Nataliia Lebid, Viktor Burenkov

“…An important part of the article is the description of interpretive approaches in the discourse of postcolonial studies in the interpretation of the concept of "memory entrepreneurship", which has its origin in the discourse of desegregation of the past in the United States and South Africa. Therefore, the conclusion of the scientific research includes theses on conceptual value approaches in the politics of memory that underlie the constructive or destructive use of organisational imprinting (the mechanism of persistent memorisation and subsequent remembering as a consequence of the systemic mechanism of broadcasting national and cultural memories and the construction of national identity) in entrepreneurial activity as a strategic practice of the impression economy model.…”
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Genetic diversity and population structure of Plasmodium falciparum across areas of varied malaria transmission intensities in Uganda. by Mwesigwa, Alex, Tukwasibwe, Stephen, Cummings, Bryan, Kawalya, Hakiimu, Kiyaga, Shahiid, Okoboi, Stephen, Castelnuovo, Barbara, Bikaitwoha, Everd Maniple, Kalyango, Joan N., Nsobya, Samuel L., Karamagi, Charles, Byakika‑Kibwika, Pauline, Nankabirwa, Joaniter I.

“…Background: Malaria remains a significant global health threat, with sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) bearing the highest burden of the disease. …”
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Factors Contributing to Retention in Care and Treatment Adherence Among People Living With HIV Returning to Care in South-Eastern Tanzania: A Qualitative Study by Matimbwa H, Lolo SA, Matoy LS, Ndaki R, Ngahyoma S, Mollel HA, Luoga E, Vanobberghen F, Vianney JM, Idindili B, Weisser M

“…However, treatment interruptions remain a major challenge, particularly in rural Africa. This study explored factors related to dropout, return, retention in care, and treatment adherence among PLHIV returning to care after missing clinical visits.Methods: We conducted an exploratory study using a phenomenological approach in rural South-eastern Tanzania, from July to October 2023. …”
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Utility of the Rose Bengal Test as a Point-of-Care Test for Human Brucellosis in Endemic African Settings: A Systematic Review by Abel B. Ekiri, Christopher Kilonzo, Brian H. Bird, Elizabeth VanWormer, David J. Wolking, Woutrina A. Smith, Honorati Masanja, Rudovick R. Kazwala, Jonna A.K. Mazet

“…The good diagnostic performance of RBT combined with its simplicity, quickness, and affordability makes RBT an ideal (or close to) stand-alone point-of-care test for early clinical diagnosis and management of human brucellosis and nonmalarial fevers in small and understaffed health facilities and laboratories in endemic areas in Africa and elsewhere.…”
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Identification of Potential Vectors and Detection of Rift Valley Fever Virus in Mosquitoes Collected Before and During the 2022 Outbreak in Rwanda by Isidore Nsengimana, Emmanuel Hakizimana, Jackie Mupfasoni, Jean Nepomuscene Hakizimana, Augustino A. Chengula, Christopher J. Kasanga, Gillian Eastwood

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Recombinant factor VIIa: new insights into the mechanism of action through product innovation by Miguel A. Escobar, Maureane Hoffman, Giancarlo Castaman, Cedric Hermans, Johnny Mahlangu, Johannes Oldenburg, Charles L. Percy, Mark T. Reding, Amy D. Shapiro, Steven W. Pipe

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Serological cross-reactivity between Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever virus and Nairobi sheep disease virus glycoprotein C by Emmanuel A. Maze, George Booth, Georgina Limon, Sandra Belij-Rammerstorfer, Simona R. Tchakarova, Tsviatko Alexandrov, Clare Browning, Ginette Wilsden, Anna B. Ludi, Bryan Charleston, Teresa Lambe, Teresa Lambe

“…CCHFV and NSDV cocirculating in small ruminant populations across South Asia and East Africa. Cross-reactivity to viruses of the Orthonairovirus genus can potentially interfere with serological assays when employed for serosurveillance in regions where two or more genus members overlap in their distribution.MethodsIn this study, sheep sera sampled from a region of confirmed CCHFV circulation and NSDV absence were utilized, thereby eliminating the possibility of co-exposure. …”
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Does drug dispensing influence patients’ medication knowledge and medication adherence? A systematic review and meta-analysis by Elizabete Priscila Costa Santana, Haidelucia Rodrigues Vieira Javarini, Dyego Carlos Souza Anacleto de Araújo, Sabrina Cerqueira-Santos, Tiago Marques Reis, Genival Araujo dos Santos-Junior, Kérilin Stancine Santos Rocha

“…The studies were published in Africa, Latin America, Asia, Europe and Australia. …”
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Assessment of Hemoglobin Variants in Patients Receiving Health Care at the Ho Teaching Hospital: A Three-Year Retrospective Study by Daniel Kpodji Awaitey, Elliot Elikplim Akorsu, Emmanuel Allote Allotey, David Annor Kwasie, Precious Kwablah Kwadzokpui, Philip Apraku Tawiah, Stephen Adomako Amankwah, Albert Abaka-Yawson

“…Many children in low- and middle-income countries die even before they are diagnosed with sickle cell disease (SCD). In Africa, there are limited data on the incidence and prevalence of SCD and the Volta region of Ghana is no exception. …”
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Wastewater-based analysis of antimicrobial resistance at UK airports: Evaluating the potential opportunities and challenges by Margaret E. Knight, Kata Farkas, Matthew Wade, Gordon Webster, Daniel A. Pass, William Perry, Peter Kille, Andrew Singer, Davey L. Jones

“…Notably, flights originating from Asia and Africa carried a higher number of unique ARGs compared to those from Europe and North America. …”
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Taenia solium taeniosis and cysticercosis literature in Tanzania provides research evidence justification for control: A systematic scoping review. by Helena Aminiel Ngowi, Andrea Sylvia Winkler, Uffe Christian Braae, Robinson Hammerthon Mdegela, Ernatus Martin Mkupasi, Mwemezi Lutakyawa Kabululu, Faustin Peter Lekule, Maria Vang Johansen

“…<h4>Background</h4>Despite Taenia solium taeniosis/cysticercosis (TSTC) having been put high on the global agenda of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs), which over the last years has received a lot of attention, there has been no control programmes in place in sub-Saharan Africa, a highly endemic region. This could be attributed to lack of awareness of many stakeholders on the burden and impact of T. solium. …”
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DPANN symbiont of Haloferax volcanii accelerates xylan degradation by the non-host haloarchaeon Halorhabdus sp. by Oleg N. Reva, Violetta La Cono, Laura Marturano, Francesca Crisafi, Francesco Smedile, Manasi Mudaliyar, Debnath Ghosal, Elena A. Selivanova, Marina E. Ignatenko, Manuel Ferrer, Laura Fernandez-Lopez, Mart Krupovic, Michail M. Yakimov

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Breastfeeding and Neonatal Age Influence Neutrophil-Driven Ontogeny of Blood Cell Populations in the First Week of Human Life by Sebastiano Montante, Rym Ben-Othman, Nelly Amenyogbe, Asimenia Angelidou, Anita van den Biggelaar, Bing Cai, Yixuan Chen, Alansana Darboe, Joann Diray-Arce, Rebecca Ford, Olubukola Idoko, Amy Lee, Mandy Lo, Kerry McEnaney, Mehrnoush Malek, David Martino, Geraldine Masiria, Oludare A. Odumade, William Pomat, Casey Shannon, Kinga Smolen, The EPIC Consortium, Al Ozonoff, Peter Richmond, Scott Tebbutt, Ofer Levy, Beate Kampmann, Ryan Brinkman, Tobias Kollmann

“…To identify factors that may impact the trajectory of immune development, we conducted stringently standardized, high-throughput phenotyping of peripheral white blood cell (WBC) populations from 796 newborns across two distinct cohorts (The Gambia, West Africa; Papua New Guinea, Melanesia) in the framework of a Human Immunology Project Consortium (HIPC) study. …”
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Sushi Reverses Course: Consuming American Sushi in Tokyo by Matthew Allen, Rumi Sakamoto

“…Sushi stores today can be found across Asia, the Americas, Europe, Russia, Africa, Oceania and the Pacific. The phenomenon has accelerated rapidly since the turn of the millennium.While sushi’s global expansion has attracted the attention of Japanese and global media (Kato 2002; Matsumoto 2002; Tamamura 2004; Ikezawa 2005; Fukue 2010) and a number of scholarly works address sushi’s global popularity and its transformation outside Japan (Bestor 2000; Ng 2001; Cwiertka 1999; 2005; 2006),2 little scholarly or journalistic work exists on one important facet of sushi’s recent global growth — namely, the return home of transformed sushi to Japan, at times in barely recognisable forms. …”
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Assessment of nurses’ knowledge and practice of pressure injuries prevention for critically ill patients in Rwanda: a cross-sectional study by Sophie Mukantwari, Emmanuel Bikorimana, Liberatha Rumagihwa, Ime U. Akaninyene, Christian Ntakirutimana, Joseph Mucumbitsi, Thierry Claudien Uhawenimana, David Ikwuka

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Economic and relationship-strengthening intervention to reduce alcohol use in couples living with HIV in Malawi: a study protocol for a randomised controlled trial of Mlambe by Torsten B Neilands, Lynae A Darbes, James Mkandawire, Derek S Brown, Fred M Ssewamala, Judith A Hahn, Amy A Conroy, Nancy Mulauzi, Scott Tebbetts

“…Introduction Heavy alcohol use has the potential to derail progress towards UNAIDS 95-95-95 targets for countries in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Within couples, alcohol use is closely linked with factors such as intimate partner violence and economic insecurity and can result in poor adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) and HIV clinical outcomes. …”
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Pain science education concepts for pelvic pain: an e-Delphi of expert clinicians by Amelia K. Mardon, Amelia K. Mardon, Amelia K. Mardon, Hayley B. Leake, Hayley B. Leake, Monique V. Wilson, Monique V. Wilson, Emma L. Karran, Emma L. Karran, Romy Parker, Romy Parker, Rinkle Malani, G. Lorimer Moseley, G. Lorimer Moseley, K. Jane Chalmers, K. Jane Chalmers

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Safety and immunogenicity of Ad26.COV2.S in adolescents: Phase 2 randomized clinical trial by Jelena Tica, Veronica V. Rezelj, Benoit Baron, Vitalija van Paassen, Javier Zaidman, Lee Fairlie, Gert Scheper, Mathieu Le Gars, Frank Struyf, Macaya Douoguih, Javier Ruiz-Guiñazú

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