Is grip strength linked to body composition and cardiovascular risk markers in primary schoolchildren? Cross-sectional data from three African countries by Juerg Utzinger, Nicole Probst-Hensch, Honorati Masanja, Uwe Pühse, Bassirou Bonfoh, Ivan Müller, Cheryl Walter, Rosa Du Randt, Stefanie Gall, Siphesihle Nqweniso, Peter Steinmann, Markus Gerber, Fredros O Okumu, Serge Ayekoé, Jean T Coulibaly, Dao Daouda, Bomey Clément Gba, Benal Kouassi, Sylvain G Traoré, Marceline F Finda, Elihaika G Minja, Getrud J Mollel, Johanna Beckmann, Christin Lang, Kurt Z Long

“…Inferential statistics are based on mixed linear regressions and analyses of covariance.Results Across all study sites, higher HGS was associated with lower body fat, higher muscle mass and higher fat-free mass (p<0.001, 3.9%–10.0% explained variance), both in boys and girls. …”
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Epidemiological Distribution of Major Ectoparasites Species of Small Ruminant in the Case of Chemical Control Campaign in Welkait District, Tigray Region, Ethiopia by Berhe Leul, Afera Berihun, Kebede Etsay

“…Sarcoptes scapie var. caprea with a prevalence of 0 (0.00%) in sheep and 4 (1.23%) in goats had no significant association (p>0.05) in all the risk factors considered. The present result indicated that ectoparasites especially tick species were more prevalent in small ruminants and may affect the wellbeing and productivity of goats and sheep in the study district. …”
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Multiresidue Pesticides Analysis of Vegetables in Vietnam by Ultrahigh-Performance Liquid Chromatography in Combination with High-Resolution Mass Spectrometry (UPLC-Orbitrap MS) by Nam Vu-Duc, Trung Nguyen-Quang, Thuy Le-Minh, Xuyen Nguyen-Thi, Tri Manh Tran, Hai Anh Vu, Lan-Anh Nguyen, Tien Doan-Duy, Bui Van Hoi, Cam-Tu Vu, Dung Le-Van, Lan-Anh Phung-Thi, Hong-An Vu-Thi, Dinh Binh Chu

“…Finally, the in-house validated method was applied to pesticides screening in vegetables samples in local villages in Hanoi, Vietnam. The concentrations of all target analytes were below limit of quantitation and lower than US-FDA or EU maximum residue levels.…”
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Immunogenicity and safety of a COVID-19 DNA vaccine in healthy adults and elderly: A randomized, observer-blind, placebo-controlled phase 2 trial by Siyue Jia, Chengwei Shao, Xin Cheng, Hongxing Pan, Zhijian Wang, Yu Xia, Jianfang Xu, Xuefen Huai, Danjing Leng, Jiarong Wang, Gan Zhao, Bin Wang, Jingxin Li, Fengcai Zhu

“…The incidence of adverse events within 30 days after vaccination was slightly higher in the high-dose group (115 [47.9%]) than that in the low-dose group (105 [43.8%]) (p = .0060). All adverse reactions were grade 1 or 2, primarily occurring within 14 days after vaccination. …”
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Kontrol Level Kecepatan Kipas Melalui Deteksi Gestur Jari Tangan Menggunakan MediaPipe dan Faster-RCNN by Muhammad Aldi Fakhruddin, Heri Pratikno, Musayyanah, Weny Indah Kusumawati

“…In the era of Society 5.0, all applications of technology that have the main goal are not only to facilitate human work but how technology can better understand and understand humans, so that's where Artificial Intelligence is applied. …”
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Bariatric Surgery as a Molecular Modulator: The Role of FSHR Polymorphisms in Enhancing eNOS Expression and Reproductive Hormone Dynamics in Women with Severe Obesity by Charalampos Voros, Despoina Mavrogianni, Kyriakos Bananis, Alexios Karakasis, Anthi-Maria Papahliou, Vasileios Topalis, Antonia Varthaliti, Raphail Mantzioros, Panagiota Kondili, Menelaos Darlas, Regina Sotiropoulou, Diamantis Athanasiou, Dimitris Mathiopoulos, Panagiotis Antsaklis, Dimitrios Loutradis, Georgios Daskalakis

“…Results: Bariatric surgery led to substantial increases in eNOS expression across all FSHR polymorphism groups (<i>p</i> < 0.0001), with the Ser/Ser group exhibiting the most variability. …”
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Diverse fox circovirus (Circovirus canine) variants circulate at high prevalence in grey wolves (Canis lupus) from the Northwest Territories, Canada by Canuti, Marta, King, Abigail V.L., Franzo, Giovanni, Cluff, H. Dean, Larsen, Lars E., Fenton, Heather, Dufour, Suzanne C., Lang, Andrew S.

“…Phylogenetic analysis of all available complete fox circovirus genomes (32 from foxes and 15 from wolves from North America and Europe) demonstrated four lineages, each including sequences from this study. …”
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The agronomic mechanism of root lodging resistance and yield stability for sweet corn in response to planting density and nitrogen rates at different planting dates by Qinggan Liang, Qinggan Liang, Qinggan Liang, Qinggan Liang, Hailong Chang, Hailong Chang, Hongrong Chen, Hongrong Chen, Qingdan Wu, Qingdan Wu, Yuanxia Qin, Zhuqing Wang, Gang Wang, Xuhui Li, Weiwei Chen, Jiantao Wu, Jiantao Wu, Qinnan Wang, Jianqiang Wang, Jianqiang Wang

“…Two nitrogen (N) rates (200 kg ha-1, N200; 150 kg ha-1,N150) applied to the main plots and three planting densities (20 cm plant space, D20; 25 cm plant space, D25; and 30 cm plant space, D30; 60 cm rows space for all plots) as subplots. The results indicated that the plants in N150D25 presented better root system architecture, greater root biomass, and more roots per plant. …”
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Minimal Invasive Versus Open Surgery for Colorectal Liver Metastases: A Multicenter German StuDoQ|Liver Registry-Based Cohort Analysis in Germany by Simon Moosburner, MD, Chiara Kettler, Karl H. Hillebrandt, MD, Moritz Blank, Hannes Freitag, Sebastian Knitter, MD, Felix Krenzien, MD, Nora Nevermann, MD, Igor M. Sauer, MD, Dominik P. Modest, MD, Georg Lurje, MD, Robert Öllinger, MD, Wenzel Schöning, MD, Jens Werner, MD, Maximilian Schmeding, MD, Johann Pratschke, MD, Nathanael Raschzok, MD, members of StuDoQ|Liver of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Allgemein- und Viszeralchirurgie/StuDoQ

“…Colorectal cancer is the third most common malignancy worldwide. Up to 50% of all patients with colorectal cancer develop CRLM. …”
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Előszó by Ákos Forczek

“…Prokk Balázs Boros egy Kierkegaard-tanulmányát gondolja tovább: A szeretet cselekedeteit boncolgató cikk fő állítása szerint a felebaráti szeretetben rejlő szimmetrikus viszony konfliktusban áll a szekuláris kormányzás szükségszerűen hierarchikus és aszimmetrikus viszonyrendszerével. …”
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The impact of preliminary patient hydration on physiological [18F]PSMA-1007 uptake in the urinary bladder on PET/CT by T. L. Antonevskaya, A. I. Khalimon, O. V. Mukhortova, M. M. Khodzhibekova, A. I. Nikiforuk, D. D. Zubkov, G. F. Khamadeeva, D. Yu. Khodakova, T. N. Lazutina, I. V. Pylova, A. V. Leontyev, I. P. Aslanidi

“…Scans were performed using three different PET/CT-systems: GE Discovery IQ Gen 2 (USA), Siemens Biograph 64 mCT and Biograph 64 TruePoint (Germany). All patients were divided into two groups: the group with hydration (n = 95, 53 %), which included the subgroups of patients with oral (n = 76, 80 %) and intravenous (n = 19, 20 %) routes of hydration, and the control group with no hydration (n = 85, 47 %). [18F]PSMA‑1007 uptake in the urinary bladder was quantified using SUVmean (Mean Standardized Uptake value), measured within a spherical VOI with a fixed volume of 2.5 cm3 delineating the bladder boundaries. …”
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Results from an Australopithecus africanus dental enamel fragment confirm the potential of palaeoproteomics for South African Plio-Pleistocene fossil sites by Palesa P. Madupe, Fazeelah Munir, Marc Dickinson, Alberto J. Taurozzi, Meaghan Mackie, Mirriam Tawane, Catherine Mollereau, Nomawethu Hlazo, Kirsty Penkman, Lauren Schroeder, Clément Zanolli, Jesper V. Olsen, Rebecca R. Ackermann, Enrico Cappellini

“…Lastly, we strongly believe that the involvement of African researchers at all levels of this research, including leadership, is of great importance. …”
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The potential of bacteriophage for controlling Vibrio parahaemolyticus as in-vitro by Bagus Ansani Takwin, Dinamella Wahjuningrum, Widanarni Widanarni, Hasan Nasrullah

“…However, the antibiotic control performed better than phage density treatments (0.61 ± 0.01). All phage density treatments effectively reduced V. parahaemolyticus density compared to the negative control, with the most favorable results observed in the FB9 treatment at a density of 109 PFU/mL.   …”
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Whole-genome sequencing reveals transmission pattern and drug resistance of Mycobacterium tuberculosis intra- or inter-hosts by Feng Ding, Wanfei Liu, Chi Wu, Chi Wu, Wensi Zhang, Shuyan Chen, Shuyan Chen, Wenjie Lai, Wenjie Lai, Jiayao Qu, Jiayao Qu, Qiang Lin, Shuihua Lu, Jiuxin Qu, Jiuxin Qu

“…The drug-resistant mutations in 36 of 45 transmission clusters (80.00%) were identical in all samples, suggesting the transmission of drug resistance. …”
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Unveiling chemical industry secrets: Insights gleaned from scientific literatures that examine internal chemical corporate documents-A scoping review. by Miaoran Dong, Marc-André Gagnon

“…Legal proceedings served as the primary source of internal document data for all examined articles. We uncovered and categorized dynamic strategies employed by chemical corporations to protect and advance their interests, including scientific capture (n = 16), regulatory capture (n = 15), professional capture (n = 7), civil society capture (n = 6), media capture (n = 4), legal capture (n = 4), technological capture (n = 3), and market capture (n = 2).…”
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Deep immunophenotyping of circulating immune cells in major depressive disorder patients reveals immune correlates of clinical course and treatment response by Fabiola Stolfi, Claudio Brasso, Davide Raineri, Virginia Landra, Camilla Barbero Mazzucca, Ali Ghazanfar, Lorenza Scotti, Riccardo Sinella, Vincenzo Villari, Giuseppe Cappellano, Paola Rocca, Annalisa Chiocchetti

“…Traditional treatment strategies often follow a one-size-fits-all approach obtaining suboptimal outcomes for many patients who fail to experience response or recovery. …”
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Marine sponge symbiotic bacterial bioremediation against heavy metal pollutants in tiger prawns; Penaeus monodon culture medium by I. Marzuki, I. Pratama, R. Asaf, A. Athirah, K. Nisaa, N. Nurbaya, M. Muslimin, N. Nurhidayah, S. Suwardi, A. Sahrijanna, K. Kamaruddin

“…The health of the tiger prawns was evaluated by observing signs of tissue damage.FINDINGS: Among all the treatments, Treatment I with copper ion exposure had the highest average specific growth rate of the tiger prawns in terms of weight and body length, followed by Treatment II with lead ion exposure and Treatment III with a combination of both pollutants (the lowest). …”
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Impact of HER2 Expression on the Prognosis of Muscle-Invasive Bladder Cancer Patients Treated with Bladder-Preservation Comprehensive Therapy by Yatong Chen, Fei Luo, Tingji Zhang, Jian Li

“…Methods We retrospectively collected information on MIBC patients. All 217 patients underwent cTURBT, of whom 175 received GC chemotherapy, while the remaining 42, due to intolerance to GC chemotherapy and HER2 positivity (IHC 2 + or 3 +), received RC48-ADC treatment. …”
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Pre-existing IgG antibodies to HCoVs NL63 and OC43 Spike increased during the pandemic and after COVID-19 vaccination by Zahra Hasan, Kiran Iqbal Masood, Marc Veldhoen, Shama Qaiser, Marta Alenquer, Mishgan Akhtar, Sadaf Balouch, Junaid Iqbal, Yaqub Wassan, Shahneel Hussain, Khalid Feroz, Sajid Muhammad, Atif Habib, Akbar Kanji, Erum Khan, Afsar Ali Mian, Rabia Hussain, Maria Joao Amorim, Zulfiqar A. Bhutta

“…Antibodies to SARS-CoV-2, NL63 and OC43 were all raised during the pandemic and further enhanced after COVID-19 vaccinations. …”
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Spondilitis Tuberkulosa Cervical by Roni Eka Saputra, Irsal Munandar

“…Keterlibatan spinal biasanya merupakan akibat dari penyebaran hema<br />Kata kunci: spondilitis TB, cervical, pembedahan<br /> <br />Abstract <br />Cervical tuberculous spondylitis is a fairly rare disease, only about 2-3% of all cases of tuberculous<br />spondylitis. The clinical features vary widely, ranging from mild and non-specific symptoms until the fatal neurological<br />complications. …”
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