Symptom-related experience and sexual health of female patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension: protocol for a systematic review and qualitative meta-synthesis by Ye He, Zhu Yang, Lixiao Yang, Fangfang Ma

“…A comprehensive search will encompass seven electronic databases and search engines (Ovid Medline, CINAHL, EMBASE, APA PsycINFO, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, PubMed, Scopus) and grey literature sources (ProQuest Dissertations, ClinicalTrials.gov). …”
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Community perceptions of community health worker effectiveness: Contributions to health behaviour change in an urban health district in South Africa by L S Thomas, Y Pillay, E Buch

“…Large-scale, comprehensive CHW programmes at health district level are part of a South African (SA) strategy to re-engineer primary healthcare and take health directly into communities and households, contributing to universal health coverage. …”
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Antibody response to Plasmodium vivax in the context of Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) co-infection: A 14-year follow-up study in the Amazon rainforest. by Luiz F F Guimarães, Bárbara A Rodrigues, Michelle H F Dias, Matheus G Barcelos, Maria F A Nascimento, Sâmick L Moreira-Nascimento, Sofia L Afonso, Barbara G S Abreu, Jaap M Middeldorp, Francis B Ntumngia, John H Adams, Camila Fabbri, Stefanie Lopes, Cor J F Fernandes, Flora S Kano, Luzia H Carvalho

“…The experimental approach focused on monitoring antibodies to the major blood-stage P. vivax vaccine candidate, the Duffy binding protein region II (DBPII-Sal1), including a novel engineered DBPII-based vaccine targeting conserved epitopes (DEKnull-2). …”
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Working Capital Management Practices and Performance of Small and Medium Enterprises in Western Uganda. by Sunday, Arthur, Turyahebwa, Abanis, Byamukama, Eliab Mpora

“…Small and medium Enterprises (SMEs) are the drivers of Ugandan economy; they are the engine of growth for the economic development, innovation, spur economic prosperity and wealth creation of Uganda. …”
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Plectranthus barbatus Leaf Extract-Mediated Synthesis of ZnS and Mg-Doped ZnS NPs: Structural, Optical, Morphological, and Antibacterial Studies by A. H. Al-Hammadi, Adnan Alnehia, Annas Al-Sharabi, Abdel-Basit Al-Odayni, Naaser A. Y. Abdu, Waseem Sharaf Saeed

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A System Dynamics Approach to Modeling Future Climate Scenarios: Quantifying and Projecting Patterns of Evapotranspiration and Precipitation in the Salton Sea Watershed by Michael E. Kjelland, Todd M. Swannack, William E. Grant

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Study on the Vibroimpact Response of the Particle Elastic Impact on the Metal Plate by Yang Yang, Lirong Wan

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Sparse View CT Reconstruction Algorithm Based on Non-Local Generalized Total Variation Regularization by Min JIANG, Hongwei TAO, Kai CHENG

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ANO7 expression in the prostate modulates mitochondrial function and lipid metabolism by Christoffer Löf, Nasrin Sultana, Neha Goel, Samuel Heron, Gudrun Wahlström, Andrew House, Minna Holopainen, Reijo Käkelä, Johanna Schleutker

“…Methods We performed RNA-sequencing (RNA-seq) on RWPE1 cells engineered to express ANO7 protein, alongside the analysis of a single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) dataset and RNA-seq from prostate tissues. …”
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Split-Cre-mediated GFP expression as a permanent marker for flagellar fusion of Trypanosoma brucei in its tsetse fly host by Ruth Etzensperger, Mattias Benninger, Berta Pozzi, Ruth Rehmann, Arunasalam Naguleswaran, Gabriela Schumann, Jan Van Den Abbeele, Isabel Roditi

“…We have developed a split-Cre-Lox system to permanently label trypanosomes that undergo flagellar fusion. Specifically, we engineered trypanosomes to contain a GFP gene flanked by Lox sites in the reverse orientation to the promoter. …”
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Low dose DNA methyltransferase inhibitors potentiate PARP inhibitors in homologous recombination repair deficient tumors by Romain Pacaud, Scott Thomas, Sibapriya Chaudhuri, Ann Lazar, Luika A. Timmerman, Pamela N. Munster

“…In animal studies, our BRCA-engineered hypomorphs and several independent PDX models with clinically relevant BRCA mutations were acutely more vulnerable to this drug combination. …”
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Novel and potent MICA/B antibody is therapeutically effective in KRAS LKB1 mutant lung cancer models by Shohei Koyama, Yujiro Naito, John D Minna, David E Gerber, Ryan R Kowash, Manoj Sabnani, Laura T Gray, Qing Deng, Nusrat U A Saleh, Luc Girard, Kentaro Masahiro, Zhiqian Lucy Liu, Hemanta Baruah, Esra A Akbay

“…Cell surface expression of MICA/B in NSCLC cell lines was determined through flow cytometry while ligand shedding in both patient blood and cell lines was determined through ELISA. We engineered an antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity (ADCC) enhanced MICA/B monoclonal antibody, AHA-1031, which prevents ligand shedding without interfering with binding to natural killer group 2D while targeting cancer cells via superior ADCC. …”
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Development and utilization of Treponema pallidum expressing green fluorescent protein to study spirochete-host interactions and antibody-mediated clearance: expanding the toolbox... by Kristina N. Delgado, Crystal F. Vicente, Christopher M. Hennelly, Farhang Aghakhanian, Jonathan B. Parr, Kevin P. Claffey, Justin D. Radolf, Kelly L. Hawley, Melissa J. Caimano

“…In this study, we took advantage of recent advances in in vitro cultivation and genetic manipulation of syphilis spirochetes to engineer a TPA strain that constitutively expresses green fluorescent protein (GFP). …”
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System-Technology Co-Optimization for Dense Edge Architectures Using 3-D Integration and Nonvolatile Memory by Leandro M. Giacomini Rocha, Mohamed Naeim, Guilherme Paim, Moritz Brunion, Priya Venugopal, Dragomir Milojevic, James Myers, Mustafa Badaroglu, Marian Verhelst, Julien Ryckaert, Dwaipayan Biswas

“…The framework is built on three engines that provide the physical design characterization, dataflow mapping optimizer, and system efficiency predictor. …”
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Apical transportation of nickel titianium reciprocating instruments. An in vitro study by Dario Di Nardo, Massimo Galli, Morgana Foghetti, Almira Isufi, Ivana Vidovic, Tugba Turk, Gabriele Miccoli

“…The blocks in Group C were prepared with an Elements Adaptive engine set to the dedicated program for TF Adaptive. …”
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Types of Complications and Associated Factors in Patients Undergoing Permanent Cardiac Pacemaker Implantation: A Systematic Review by Sugiharto F, Asmara AD, Sari WP, Freitas LA, Ramdani D, Anna A, Nuraeni A, Trisyani Y, Purnomo Y

“…The database used was PubMed, CINAHL: Medline Ultimate, ScienceDirect, Scopus, and search engines: Google Scholar. Articles with observational designs and RCTs in English were included without limitation of publication year.Results: This review analyzed 15 articles. …”
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The availability and functionality of medical equipment and the barriers to their use at comprehensive specialized hospitals in the Amhara region, Ethiopia by Alem Endeshaw Woldeyohanins, Nigatu Mihretu Molla, Abibo Wondie Mekonen, Abrham Wondimu

“…The present study also indicated that 75% of the surveyed facility's biomedical engineers did not receive on-the-job training regularly. …”
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TC2N maintains stem cell-like characteristics to accelerate lung carcinogenesis by blockade of dual specificity protein phosphatase 3 by Jing Gu, Yang-fan Lv, Ji-ying Xia, Fu-hai Bai, Ji Gong, Guang-qiang Pan, Bo Liu, Lu Huang, Qiao-nan Guo, Xiang-lin Hao

“…Beyond that, its precise function in tumorigenesis is not fully understood. Methods TC2N-engineered mice model was used to assess the effect of TC2N knockout on normal lung and urethane-induced carcinogenesis. …”
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FoxA1 knockdown promotes BMSC osteogenesis in part by activating the ERK1/2 signaling pathway and preventing ovariectomy-induced bone loss by Lijun Li, Renjin Lin, Yang Xu, Lingdi Li, Zhijun Pan, Jian Huang

“…Transplanting genetically engineered MSCs has been acknowledged as a highly promising therapy for osteoporosis. …”
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Prevalence of depression among medical students in Africa: Systematic review and meta-analysis. by Chilot Kassa Mekonnen, Hailemichael Kindie Abate, Zerko Wako Beko, Alebachew Ferede Zegeye, Abere Woretaw Azagew

“…<h4>Method</h4>Original articles about the prevalence of depression among African medical students were searched through known and international databases (PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and Cochran Library) and search engines (Google and Google Scholar). Data were extracted using a standard data extraction checklist that was developed according to Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI). …”
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