An assessment of the capacity and responsiveness of a national system to address the threat of invasive species: a systems approach by F. Williams, K. L. Constantine, A. A. Ali, T. W. Karanja, S. Kibet, E. K. Lingeera, G. Muthike, I. Rwomushana, J. Godwin, R. Day

“…A number of key challenges were identified, for instance, the lack of finance, governance and leadership, as major barriers to effective system performance, alongside the lack of a central coordinating body to guide invasive species management. …”
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Effectiveness of a personal health coaching intervention (diabetescoach) in patients with type 2 diabetes: protocol for an open-label, pragmatic randomised controlled trial by Oliver Faude, Fiona Streckmann, Lukas Zahner, Markus Gerber, Vivien Hohberg, Jan-Niklas Kreppke, Jan Kohl, Eleonora Seelig, Daniel König

“…Linear mixed-effects models will be applied for each outcome variable to analyse the intervention effects.Ethics and dissemination This study was approved by the Ethics Committee North-western and Central Switzerland in February 2021 (ref: 2020-02755). …”
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Increased Mortality from Extrapancreatic Infections in Hospitalized Patients with Acute Pancreatitis by Guido Grajales-Figueroa, Héctor Adrián Díaz Hernández, Martín Alejandro Chacón Portillo, Luis F. Uscanga, Mario Peláez-Luna, Jorge Hernández Calleros

“…Data of interest were collected from the medical records and are presented with appropriate measures of central tendency and dispersion. For the case control study, the primary outcome evaluated was death, and to evaluate associated clinical features and determine differences between groups, we performed the χ2 or Fisher’s exact tests for categorical variables and the Student t-test or Mann-Whitney U test for continuous variables as appropriate. …”
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Tackling antimicrobial resistance in Bangladesh: A scoping review of policy and practice in human, animal and environment sectors. by Roksana Hoque, Syed Masud Ahmed, Nahitun Naher, Mohammad Aminul Islam, Emily K Rousham, Bushra Zarin Islam, Shaikh Hassan

“…We used Google Scholar, Pubmed, and Biomed Central databases for searching peer-reviewed literature in human, animal and environment sectors during January 2010-August 2019, and Google for grey materials from the institutional and journal websites. …”
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Public hospital-based care for abortive events in Mexico: complication rates and socio-demographic factors, 2018-2022 by Laura E. Jacobson, Biani Saavedra-Avendano, Raffaela Schiavon, Blair G. Darney

“…States with higher complication rates are primarily in the central and southern regions. Conclusions In Mexico, 92% of patients who seek care for all abortive events (induced, spontaneous, post-abortion) in SS hospitals have no complications. …”
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Ferroptosis in kidney disease: a bibliometric analysis from 2012 to 2024 by Yuxin Hu, Yuxin Hu, Yuxin Hu, Jingyi Tang, Jingyi Tang, Jingyi Tang, Hanzhang Hong, Hanzhang Hong, Yexin Chen, Yexin Chen, Beibei Ye, Ziheng Gao, Ziheng Gao, Gegongming Zhu, Lin Wang, Lin Wang, Lin Wang, Weijing Liu, Weijing Liu, Weijing Liu, Yaoxian Wang, Yaoxian Wang, Yaoxian Wang

“…China and the United States had the highest number of publications. Central South University and Guangzhou Medical University as the most active and influential institutions. …”
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Anti-VEGF-therapy for pseudoxanthoma elasticum (case reports) by A.D. Chuprov, S.M. Kim, E.A. Pidodniy, A.M. Iserkepova

“…Progressive destruction of Bruch's membrane favors CNV, whereas macular neovascularization is the key reason for a reduction in central vision in PXE. Intravitreal injection of anti-VEGF medications is a promising treatment for CNV due to angioid bands. …”
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Effectiveness of cupping therapy for musculoskeletal pain: an umbrella review by Mohamed Magdy ElMeligie, Amr M. Yehia, Mahmoud Hamada Mohamed, Manna Mahmoud, Mohamed N. AlKholui, Ghada I. Mohamed

“…Methods A search in PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, MEDLINE, Cochrane Central, CINAHL, EMBASE, and PEDro was performed. …”
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A Study on Dust Storm Pollution and Source Identification in Northwestern China by Hongfei Meng, Feiteng Wang, Guangzu Bai, Huilin Li

“…Backward trajectory and dust distribution analyses revealed that the dust primarily originated from Central Asia, western Mongolia, Xinjiang, and Gansu. …”
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Bug off or bug out: mapping flight secrets of Triatoma garciabesi (Hemiptera: Reduviidae) through climate, geography, and greenery by Thaiane Verly, Thaiane Verly, Federico G. Fiad, Ana Laura Carbajal-de-la-Fuente, Ana Laura Carbajal-de-la-Fuente, Sebastián Pita, Romina V. Piccinali, Romina V. Piccinali, Patricia A. Lobbia, Paz Sánchez-Casaccia, Paz Sánchez-Casaccia, Paz Sánchez-Casaccia, Antonieta Rojas de Arias, María José Cavallo, Gisel V. Gigena, Claudia S. Rodríguez, María C. Vega-Gómez, Miriam Rolón, Julieta Nattero, Julieta Nattero, Julieta Nattero

“…IntroductionTriatoma garciabesi is a vector of Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease, and is found across northwest and central Argentina, southern Bolivia, and western Paraguay. …”
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Laboratory Study of Local Scour Around an Array of Pile Groups in Clear-Water Scour Conditions by Ming Gong, Xinying Pan, Shengtao Du, Guoxiang Wu, Yingxue Lv, Yunjia Sun, Guangjia Ding, Bingchen Liang

“…The equilibrium scour depths in the central-positioned piles tended to a constant value of 0.5 times the pile diameter. …”
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Association between individual urinary iodine concentrations in pregnant women and maternal/newborn outcomes by Fernanda Bolfi, Maryan Borcsik Marum, Samantha Ellen da Silva Fonseca, Glaucia M F S Mazeto, Celia Regina Nogueira, Vania dos Santos Nunes-Nogueira

“…MEDLINE, Embase, LILACS and CENTRAL were our source databases. Selection of studies, risk-of-bias assessment and data extraction were performed in pairs and independently. …”
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Intraperitoneal paclitaxel for patients with primary malignant peritoneal mesothelioma: a phase I/II dose escalation and safety study—INTERACT MESO by Job P van Kooten, Jacobus W A Burger, Cornelis Verhoef, Joachim G J V Aerts, Eva V E Madsen, Alexandra R M Brandt-Kerkhof, Stijn L W Koolen, Ron H J Mathijssen, Michelle V Dietz, Niels A D Guchelaar

“…Through this PAC, 8–16 weekly cycles of intraperitoneal chemotherapy will be administered.Ethics and dissemination The Central Committee on Research Involving Human Subjects (CCMO, The Hague, The Netherlands) and the Medical Research Ethics Committee (METC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands) have granted permission to carry out this study protocol. …”
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Assessing Four Decades of Land Use and Land Cover Change: Policy Impacts and Environmental Dynamics in the Min River Basin, Fujian, China by Weixuan Huang, Anil Shrestha, Yifan Xie, Jianwu Yan, Jingxin Wang, Futao Guo, Yuee Cao, Guangyu Wang

“…Second, by analyzing existing policies, we categorized four decades of LULCC trends from 1980 to 2020, delineating three distinct stages: (1) the Economic Restoration (ER) stage (1978–1989), when the ecological impacts of LULCC on forests, croplands, and water bodies received limited policy attention; (2) the Construction of Ecological Protection and Economic Development (EPED) stage (1989–2012), which saw a significant increase in forest coverage, primarily driven by various central and provincial environmental conservation policies, such as the Green for Grain and the “Three-Five-Seven Reforestation Project” in Fujian; and (3) the Ecological Civilization (EC) stage (2012–2020), in which policy focus shifted from expanding forest land areas to enhancing the quality of these areas. …”
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Fracture Behavior of Engineered Cementitious Composites Concrete Under Center Point Bending Load by Al-Masraf Harith Mohammed, Al-Attar Tareq Salih, Freyyah Qais Jawad

“…Geometrically, three (75×75×400) mm, (75×150×800) mm, and (75×200×1200) mm notched-beams were investigated by applying one central point load for testing their fracture toughness, fracture energy, and characteristics length, also the influence of tensile ductility of engineering cementitious concrete. …”
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Carbon Budget Assessment and Influencing Factors for Forest Enterprises in the Key State-Owned Forest Area of the Greater Khingan Range, Northeast China by Hui Wang, Wenshu Lin, Jinzhuo Wu, Zhaoping Luan

“…The average annual carbon budget of forest enterprises was 1.02 × 10⁶ t CO₂-eq, which was highest in the central regions and lowest in the periphery. Soil pH, forest area, and elevation are the primary factors. …”
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Intelligent deep federated learning model for enhancing security in internet of things enabled edge computing environment by Nasser Nammas Albogami

“…The promptly developing IoT-connected devices below an integrated Machine Learning (ML) method might threaten data confidentiality. The standard centralized ML-assisted methods have been challenging because they require vast numbers of data in a vital unit. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of the Effects of Conservation Agriculture Integrated with Various Land Management Practices on Vertisol Productivity in Highlands of Ethiopia by Getacher Kassa Mitiku, Ayele Desalegn Woldemariam, Tilahun Getachew Abebe, Kebede Bekele Atilaw, Temesgen Yilma, Lisanu Getaneh

“…This study was conducted in Moretna Jiru wereda, Enewari, for seven years (2015 to 2022) in the central highlands of Ethiopia. In this study, soil indicators such as moisture content, bulk density, organic carbon, pH, available phosphorus, extractable potassium, electrical conductivity, and total nitrogen, as well as productivity indicators such as plant height, grain yield, and straw yield, were measured. …”
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Pituitary adenoma: literature review and association with TAS2R16 (rs978739, rs1357949) gene polymorphisms by E. Pileckaitė, G. Gedvilaitė, L. Kriaučiūnienė

“…PA is one of the most common tumors of the central nervous system. PA is differentiated by hormone secretion into non-secretory (non- functional) and secretory (functionally active). …”
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Cluster randomised controlled trial of screening for atrial fibrillation in people aged 70 years and over to reduce stroke: protocol for the pilot study for the SAFER trial by Martin R Cowie, Stephen Morris, Gregory Lip, Richard J McManus, Stephen Sutton, Jonathan Mant, Simon J Griffin, Sarah Hoare, Jenni Burt, Rachel Johnson, Mark Lown, Alison Powell, Natalie Armstrong, FD Richard Hobbs, Trudie Lobban, Rakesh Narendra Modi, Ben Freedman, David A Fitzmaurice, Stephen Kaptoge, Jenny Lund, Duncan Edwards, Kate Williams, H Thom, Francesco Fusco, Michael J Sweeting, Andrew Dymond, The SAFER Authorship Group

“…An economic evaluation using the pilot data will confirm whether it is plausible that screening might be cost-effective.Ethics and dissemination The London—Central Research Ethics Committee (19/LO/1597) and Confidentiality Advisory Group (19/CAG/0226) provided ethical approval. …”
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