People’s knowledge, attitudes, and conflicts with carnivores in central hills, Sri Lanka by Ashan Thudugala, Hem Bahadur Katuwal, Nalindra Laxman, Vishwa Dushmantha, Ravindi Menikrama, Harsha Dissanayake, Chameera Dilshan, Ru-Chuan He, Rui-Chang Quan

“…To address these gaps, we conducted semi-structured interviews with 303 households around Dhunumadalwa Forest Reserve, Kandy, Central Sri Lanka in 2023. …”
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Barriers and facilitators to facility-based delivery in rural Zambia: a qualitative study of women’s perceptions after implementation of an improved maternity waiting homes interve... by Peter C Rockers, Godfrey Biemba, Davidson H Hamer, Nancy A Scott, Jeanette L Kaiser, Taryn Vian, Rachel M Fong, Thandiwe Ngoma, Jody R Lori, Michelle Munro-Kramer, Misheck Bwalya, Gertrude Musonda, Eden Ahmed Mdluli, Viviane Rutagwera Sakanga, Kayla J Kuhfeldt

“…The IDIs explored perceptions and preferences of delivery location. We conducted content analysis to understand perceived barriers and facilitators to facility delivery.Setting and participants Participants lived in villages 10+ km from the health facility and had delivered a baby in the previous 12 months.Intervention The improved MWH model was implemented at 20 rural health facilities.Results Over 96% of participants in the intervention arm and 90% in the control arm delivered their last baby at a health facility. …”
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Modeling soil respiration in summer maize cropland based on hyperspectral imagery and machine learning by Fanchao Zeng, Fanchao Zeng, Jinwei Sun, Huihui Zhang, Lizhen Yang, Xiaoxue Zhao, Jing Zhao, Xiaodong Bo, Yuxin Cao, Fuqi Yao, Fenghui Yuan, Fenghui Yuan

“…A drought field experiment was conducted, and SR and hyperspectral imagery were collected during four maize growth stages: Jointing Stage (JS), Tasseling Stage (TS), Flowering Stage (FS), and Grain Filling Stage (GFS). …”
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Genomic interrogation of invasive group A Streptococcus (iGAS) epidemiology and COVID-19 impacts in Victoria, Australia: a 6-year retrospective studyResearch in context by Jacqueline M. Morris, Jake A. Lacey, Kerrie Stevens, Lamali Sadeesh Kumar, Mathilda Wilmot, Janet Strachan, Marion Easton, Daneeta Hennessy, Tony M. Korman, Andrew J. Daley, Katherine B. Gibney, Adam W.J. Jenney, Steven Y.C. Tong, Benjamin P. Howden, Norelle L. Sherry

“…Genomic analyses were conducted to determine the epidemiology, genetic diversity, and population dynamics of iGAS. …”
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Men care too: a qualitative study examining women’s perceptions of fathers’ engagement in early childhood development (ECD) during an ECD program for HIV-positive mothers in Malawi... by Linda Richter, Thomas J Coates, Tijana Temelkovska, Pericles Kalande, Evelyn Udedi, Laurie Bruns, Siyenunu Mulungu, Julie Hubbard, Sundeep Gupta, Kathryn Dovel

“…The intervention did not target fathers, but mothers were encouraged to share information with them.Results Interviews were conducted with 29 mothers. Almost all mothers discussed the PMTCT–ECD intervention with male partners. …”
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Multilevel determinants of racial/ethnic disparities in severe maternal morbidity and mortality in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA: protocol for a concurrent triang... by Bankole Olatosi, Jiajia Zhang, Xiaoming Li, Chen Liang, Jihong Liu, Peiyin Hung, Shan Qiao, Berry A Campbell, Myriam E Torres, Neset Hikmet

“…We will leverage an existing South Carolina COVID-19 Cohort by creating a pregnancy cohort that links COVID-19 testing data, electronic health records (EHRs), vital records data, healthcare utilisation data and billing data for all births in South Carolina (SC) between 2018 and 2021 (>200 000 births). We will also conduct similar analyses using EHR data from the National COVID-19 Cohort Collaborative including >270 000 women who had a childbirth between 2018 and 2021 in the USA. …”
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Decrease in phase angle after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is related to increase of anti-inflammatory status by Amanda Cristina Araújo Gomes, Amanda Machado Fiorotti, Amanda Motta de Bortoli, Beatriz Bobbio de Brito, João Arthur Souza Fiorido, Luciane Bresciani Salaroli, Andressa Bolsoni Lopes, Fabiano Kenji Haraguchi

“…Methods: This is a prospective longitudinal study with patients from the Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery Program of a university hospital. Analyses were conducted pre-RYGB and about two and six months post-RYGB. …”
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Model-Based Variation-Aware Optimization for Offset Calibration and Pre-Sensing in DRAM Sense Amplifiers by Dongyeong Kim, Geon Kim, Suyeon Kim, Jewon Park, Sinwook Kim, Hyeona Seo, Chaehyuk Lim, Sowon Kim, Juwon Lee, Jeonghyeon Yun, Hyerin Lee, Jinseok Park, Yongbok Lee, Seungchan Lee, Myoungjin Lee

“…While various BLSAs incorporating OC and PS techniques have been proposed to address these challenges, and studies have been conducted on models predicting statistical offset, previous research has not adequately considered OC timing (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$t_{OC}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>) and transistor size effects. …”
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Protocol for an adaptive platform trial of intended service user-derived interventions to equitably reduce non-attendance in eye screening programmes in Botswana, India, Kenya and... by Min Kim, David Macleod, Michael Gichangi, Andrew Bastawrous, Matthew J Burton, Jacqueline Ramke, Oathokwa Nkomazana, James R Carpenter, Sailesh Mishra, Shalinder Sabherwal, Luke Allen, Sarah Karanja, Ari Ho-Foster, Nigel Bolster, Malebogo Tlhajoane, Bakgaki Ratshaa

“…This platform trial aims to test multiple, iterative, low-risk public health interventions and simple service modifications with a series of individual randomised controlled trials (RCT) conducted in each country, with the aim of increasing the proportion of people attending.Methods and analysis We will set up a platform trial in each country to govern the running of a series of pragmatic, adaptive, embedded, parallel, multiarm, superiority RCTs to test a series of service modifications suggested by intended service users. …”
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Influence of Dentin Priming with Tannin-Rich Plant Extracts on the Longevity of Bonded Composite Restorations by Mackeler Ramos Polassi, Thales de Sá Oliveira, Ana Calheiros de Carvalho, Lívia Soman de Medeiros Medeiros, Thiago André Moura Veiga, Carlos Frederico de Oliveira Graeff, Alejandra Hortencia Miranda González, Maria Cristina Marcucci, Simone dos Santos Grecco, Paulo Henrique Perlatti D’Alpino

“…The push-out bond strength test was conducted (0.5 mm/min). Dentin biomodification was assessed by the modulus of elasticity and mass change in bovine tooth sections (0.5 × 1.7 × 7.0 mm). …”
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Challenges and enablers for scaling up interventions targeting non-communicable diseases: a qualitative study applying the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research to 19... by Josefien van Olmen, Peter Delobelle, Meena Daivadanam, Hassan Haghparast-Bidgoli, Maria Lazo-Porras, J Jaime Miranda, Yuan Li, Rohina Joshi, Amanda G Thrift, Rajesh Vedanthan, Gina Agarwal, Mark D Huffman, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch, Naomi Levitt, Dike Ojji, Feng J He, Kamran Siddiqi, Pascal Geldsetzer, Puhong Zhang, Milena Soriano Marcolino, Lal B Rawal, Brian Oldenburg, Helena Teede, Josephine Birungi, Edwin Wouters, Abha Shrestha, Ari Probandari, Mayowa Owolabi, Vilma Irazola, Andrea Beratarrechea, Keiko Nakamura, Gindo Tampubolon, Zulma Ortiz, Violet Naanyu, Jaap Koot, Anusha Ramani-Chander, Stephen Sherwood, Monika Martens, Gade Waqa, Maria Eugenia Esandi, Sujarwoto Sujarwoto, Laura Antonietti, Jan-Walter De Neve, Sayoki G Mfinanga, Antonio Luiz Pinho Ribeiro

“…We examined these studies to improve the understanding of the implementation factors, including challenges and facilitators, that influence the early implementation phase of scale-up research projects targeting NCDs.Methods This qualitative study was undertaken between August 2020 and July 2021. 43 semi-structured interviews were conducted with project investigators, implementers and policymakers, across 19 diverse scale-up projects, being implemented in 20 countries. …”
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The effect of lavender inhalation aromatherapy on systolic and diastolic blood pressure in patients with prehypertension by Amir Musarezaie, Mohammad Javad Tarrahi, Masoumeh Sadeghi, Sedigheh Farzi, Tahere Momeni-Ghale Ghasemi, Amir Hossein Saeidi, Maryam Sadat Shahshahani

“…Methods & Materials: This two-group quasi-experimental study was conducted in 2023, involving 70 prehypertensive patients selected from comprehensive health service centers in Isfahan. …”
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Understanding stakeholder views of the use of digital therapeutic interventions within children and young people’s mental health services by Brioney Gee, Brioney Gee, Tim Clarke, Tim Clarke, Jess Garner, Bonnie Teague, Bonnie Teague, Georgianna Coote, Aoife Dunne, Rachel McGuire, Andrew Laphan, Manjul Rathee, Jon Wilson, Jon Wilson

“…Increased use of digital technology in the delivery of children and young people’s mental health services has been proposed as a means of increasing access to treatment.MethodsWe conducted three interrelated studies to provide multi-perspective insights into the use of digital therapeutic interventions within children and young people’s mental health services in the UK. …”
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MASFNet: Multi-level attention and spatial sampling fusion network for pine wilt disease trees detection by Dong Ren, Meng Li, Ziyu Hong, Li Liu, Jingfeng Huang, Hang Sun, Shun Ren, Pan Sao, Wenbin Wang, Jingcheng Zhang

“…We utilized UAVs to acquire images and randomly selected images with a resolution greater than 0.6 meters for annotation, creating a dataset of 2360 images for model training and test. Experiments were conducted using seven different models (Faster R-CNN, Cascade R-CNN, CenterNet, FCOS, YOLOX, YOLOv7, and MASFNet), with mean average precision (mAP50) ranging from 0.717 to 0.885. …”
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Estimating the association between cigarette and e-cigarette use patterns and SARS-CoV-2 negative conversion time: retrospective online survey in China by Ying Xie, Yinghua Li, Zheng Su, Xueyan Han, Zhao Liu, Zhenxiao Huang, Anqi Cheng, Xinmei Zhou, Jinxuan Li, Rui Qin, Xiaowen Wei, Yi Liu, Xin Xia, Qingqing Song, Liang Zhao, Kian Fan Chung, Dan Xiao, Chen Wang

“…Methods An online national survey was conducted from January 28 through February 21, 2023, targeting a community-based population in mainland of China after peak waves of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). …”
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Exploring ketogenic diet resistance in glucose transporter type 1 deficiency syndrome: A comprehensive review and critical appraisal by Raffaele Falsaperla, Vincenzo Sortino, Gerhard Josef Kluger, Thomas Herberhold, Andrea Rüegger, Pasquale Striano, Martino Ruggieri, Joerg Klepper, Georgia Ramantani

“…Our goal is to improve counseling and prognostication for these patients. So, we conducted a comprehensive literature review on PubMed, focusing on studies documenting pediatric GLUT1DS patients with drug‐resistant epilepsy unresponsive to KDT. …”
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Impact of extraction methods on the properties of Carica papaya pseudostem fibers from Cameroon used as reinforcement in biocomposites by Jean Aimé Mono, Sandrine Emvoutou Ndongo, Odette Thérèse Adegono Assiene, Armel Mewoli, Rachelle Appolince Nguefack Assona, Richard Hervé Bitete, Giresse Ulrich Defo Tatchum, Claude Takoumbe

“…An experimental campaign is being conducted on the physical, chemical, thermal, mechanical, and morphological characteristics of Carica papaya fibers. …”
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Xpert Bladder Cancer Detection in Emergency Setting Assessment (XESA Project): A Prospective, Single-centre Trial by Federica Sordelli, Antonio Desai, Filippo Dagnino, Roberto Contieri, Sofia Giuriolo, Marco Paciotti, Vittorio Fasulo, Stefano Mancon, Davide Maffei, Pier Paolo Avolio, Giorgio Da Rin, Federica Maura, Elena Vanni, Davide Federico, Piergiuseppe Colombo, Giovanni Lughezzani, Nicolò Maria Buffi, Paolo Casale, Alberto Saita, Massiomo Lazzeri, Rodolfo Hurle, Antonio Voza

“…Our aim was to evaluate the clinical performance and economic implications of the Xpert BC Detection (BCD) test for patients presenting to the ED with haematuria to address the pressing need for more efficient and accurate diagnostic tools in this setting. Methods: We conducted a prospective single-centre observational study in the ED of a tertiary university hospital. …”
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Taxonomic composition and biodiversity of the gut microbiome from patients with irritable bowel syndrome, ulcerative colitis, and asthma by A. Y. Tikunov, A. N. Shvalov, V. V. Morozov, I. V. Babkin, G. V. Seledtsova, I. O. Voloshina, I. P. Ivanova, A. V. Bardasheva, V. V. Morozova, V. V. Vlasov, N. V. Tikunova

“…In this study, a comparative assessment of the biodiversity and taxonomic structure of gut microbiome was conducted based on the sequencing of 16S rRNA genes obtained from fecal samples of patients with IBS, UC, BA and volunteers. …”
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Enhanced expression of ten‐eleven translocation 1 reverses gemcitabine resistance in cholangiocarcinoma accompanied by a reduction in P‐glycoprotein expression by Chuanxu Wang, Hua Ye, Lei Zhang, Yayu Cheng, Shifeng Xu, Ping Zhang, Zijie Zhang, Jimin Bai, Fangkang Meng, Lin Zhong, Guangjun Shi, Hao Li

“…Xenograft tumor experiment was conducted to confirm the association between TET1 and P‐gp expression under gemcitabine chemoresistance. …”
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