Characterizing microbial diversity and metabolic pathways in yak milk and fermented yak milk based on metagenomics: A study from Ganzi Tibetan autonomous prefecture by Jie Zhang, Yangbo Jiao, Kaiyang Liu, Wenyou Situ, Bilige Menghe, Yongfu Chen, Musu Zha

“…Kangding and Litang are the capital and pivotal county respectively within Ganzi. The region's distinctive geographical and climatic environment has endowed yak milk (YM) and its products with unique microbial resources, which play a crucial role in product quality and flavor. …”
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Insulin Resistance and Chronic Kidney Disease in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus by Mihaela Vladu, Diana Clenciu, Ion Cristian Efrem, Mircea-Cătalin Forțofoiu, Anca Amzolini, Simona Tudorică Micu, Maria Moţa, Maria Forțofoiu

“…The study was conducted over a period of three years (2010–2013) and included patients with DM registered in the Clinical Centre of Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolic Diseases of Dolj county. The study design was an epidemiological, transversal, noninterventional type. …”
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Oral glucose tolerance testing as a complement to fasting plasma glucose in screening for type 2 diabetes: population-based cross-sectional analyses of 146 000 health examinations... by Patrik Wennberg, Mattias Brunström, Anna Rosén, Julia Otten, Andreas Stomby, Simon Vallin

“…Objective To assess the effect of adding an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) to fasting plasma glucose (FPG) in terms of detection of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and impaired glucose tolerance (IGT).Design Retrospective analysis of serial cross-sectional screening study.Setting Population-based health examinations within primary care in Västerbotten County, Sweden.Participants Individuals aged 40- 50 and 60 years with participation from 1985 to 2017. …”
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Starches Modified by Combination of Phosphorylation and High-Voltage Electrical Discharge (HVED) Treatment by Ivanka Grgić, Marijana Grec, Artur Gryszkin, Tomasz Zięba, Mirela Kopjar, Đurđica Ačkar, Antun Jozinović, Borislav Miličević, Sandra Zavadlav, Jurislav Babić

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Influence of Monitoring and Evaluation on The Performance of Government Projects: A Case Study of Operation Wealth Creation in Kabale District. by Twehemukama, Agatha

“…OWC secretariat should be more involved in program M&E at the district and sub-county level to make the implementers more accountable, From the questionnaires, respondents gave their opinions that Farmers should be given inputs as crop finance at concessionary interest rates through the SACCOS. …”
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Role of Government Projects and Youth Employment in Kisoro District: A Case Study of Youth Livelihood Program. by Zaninka, Esther

“…The study revealed that the factor that hindered youth from being involved in government programs in Uganda is that most youth were being hindered by corruption on how to be registered at the sub-county and receive the funds in a group which hinders them from participating in YLP. …”
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Agricultural Innovation Characteristics and Their Utilisation: A Case of National Agricultural Research Organization by Barekye, Alex

“…In order to establish how the innovation characteristics and market attributes affect utilization of innovations, a total of 91 households involved in cassava, maize and rice production were interviewed in Kihiihi sub-county, one of the sub-counties in Kanungu district where the NARO innovations on cassava, maize and rice have been promoted. …”
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The Role of Gut Microbiota in Hypertension Management - A Review by Alicja Kot, Marta Wojtczak, Natalia Myśliwiec, Adrian Różycki, Michał Pniak, Paweł Miklis, Maciej Mawlichanów, Aleksandra Ciesielska, Aleksandra Sieradzka, Krzysztof Szerej

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Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of Native Americans in northern California regarding ticks and tick-borne diseases by Patricia Torres, Elizabeth F. Pienaar, Michelle A. Ritchie, Mourad W. Gabriel, Michael J. Yabsley

“…To address this gap, we examined knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding ticks and TBDs among Native American communities in Humboldt County, California. We conducted semi-structured interviews with participants, who represented various tribes, at a cultural gathering. …”
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Metabolomics Biomarkers in Prediction of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome: The Role of Short Chain Fatty Acids by Maria Aslam, Omer Riaz, Jawaria Aslam, Dost Muhammad Khan, Mustafa Hameed, Muhammad Suleman, Rizwan Shahid, Turke Althobaiti, Naeem Ramzan

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Relation between occupation, gender dominance in the occupation and workplace and suicide in Sweden: a longitudinal study by Gun Johansson, Theo Bodin, Anette Linnersjö, Vladimir Carli, Gergö Hadlaczky, Nuria Matilla Santander, Bianca Blazevska

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Population Size Estimation of Men Who Have Sex With Men in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Google Trends Analysis by Carly M Malburg, Steve Gutreuter, Horacio Ruiseñor-Escudero, Abu Abdul-Quader, Wolfgang Hladik

“…We assumed “porn” represents “men” (denominator) while “gay porn” represents a subset of “MSM” (numerator) in each county, resulting in a proportional size estimate for MSM. …”
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Integrating Remote Sensing and Soil Features for Enhanced Machine Learning-Based Corn Yield Prediction in the Southern US by Sayantan Sarkar, Javier M. Osorio Leyton, Efrain Noa-Yarasca, Kabindra Adhikari, Chad B. Hajda, Douglas R. Smith

“…Unlike prior studies that focus mainly on county-level or controlled laboratory-scale areas, this study targets a production-scale area, better representing real-world agricultural conditions and offering more practical relevance for farmers. …”
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Malaria and Geohelminthiasis Coinfections in Expectant Women: Effect on Maternal Health and Birth Outcomes in a Malaria Endemic Region in Kenya by Wekesa Antony Wanyonyi, Chrispinus Siteti Mulambalah, David H. Mulama, Elizabeth Omukunda, Darwin Injete Siteti

“…For a better understanding of this coinfection in expectant mothers, a cross-sectional study was carried out to evaluate the effect of the coinfection on maternal health and birth outcomes in expectant mothers in Bungoma County, Kenya. To collect data on malaria and maternal haematological parameters, blood samples were obtained from 750 participants aged 18-49 years and analyzed. …”
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Novel Graphical Analyses of Runs of Homozygosity among Species and Livestock Breeds by Laura Iacolina, Astrid V. Stronen, Cino Pertoldi, Małgorzata Tokarska, Louise S. Nørgaard, Joaquin Muñoz, Anders Kjærsgaard, Aritz Ruiz-Gonzalez, Stanisław Kamiński, Deirdre C. Purfield

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Development and experimental validation of dephosphorylation-related biomarkers to assess prognosis and immunotherapeutic response in gliomas by Hui Tang, Xuping Yang, Xuping Yang, Guoqian Li, Ke Peng, Yang Sun, Longyang Jiang, Longyang Jiang, Yilan Huang, Yilan Huang

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Clinical analysis of risk factors for diarrhea associated with enteral nutrition in post-craniocerebral surgery patients by Lei Zhang, Lulu Zhang, Xiaojie Zhu, Leiming Xu, Lin Zhu, Hai Zhou, Shengkai Yang

“…This study aims to identify the clinical risk factors for diarrhea in patients receiving EN after undergoing craniocerebral surgery.MethodsThe clinical data of patients hospitalized in the Department of Neurosurgery and Neurosurgical Intensive Care Unit of Binhai County People’s Hospital were retrospectively collected from January 2021 to December 2022. …”
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The short-, medium-, and long-term prevalence of physical health comorbidities in first-episode psychosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol [version 2; peer review: 3... by Michael Norton, Brian O'Donoghue, Mary Clarke, Karen O'Connor, Jennifer Murphy, Anna Zierotin

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Response of Microbial Community Structure and Diversity to Nitrogen Deposition in Soils of Pinus yunnanensis Forest of the Central Yunnan Plateau by SONG Chenggong, WANG Keqin, SONG Yali, LI Xiaodong, ZHANG Jiguo, LI Yun, DENG Qiujiang

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Looking at Infrared Background Radiation Anisotropies with Spitzer: Large-scale Anisotropies and Their Implications by A. Kashlinsky, Richard G. Arendt, M. L. N. Ashby, J. Kruk, N. Odegard

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