Averting War in Northeast Asia: A Proposal by Mel Gurtov

“…And China-US relations are increasingly contentious, going beyond the longstanding differences over currency valuation and human rights to include a host of security matters. …”
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Geosystem services from the subsurface: A literature review and a proposed set of indicators tailored to a Swedish setting by Emrik Lundin-Frisk, Lars O. Ericsson, Paula Lindgren, Lorena Melgaço, Fredrik Mossmark, Olof Taromi Sandström, Victoria Svahn, Tore Söderqvist, Yevheniya Volchko, Maria de Lourdes Melo Zurita, Jenny Norrman

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Eating green in Copenhagen: organic consumers’ path to less meat and minimal food waste by Lea Ellen Matthiessen, Lea Ellen Matthiessen, Sinne Smed, Jørgen Dejgård Jensen, Dominika Średnicka-Tober, Laura Rossi, Susanne Gjedsted Bügel

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NIRS-BIDS: Brain Imaging Data Structure Extended to Near-Infrared Spectroscopy by Robert Luke, Robert Oostenveld, Helena Cockx, Guiomar Niso, Maureen J Shader, Felipe Orihuela-Espina, Hamish Innes-Brown, Stephen Tucker, David Boas, Meryem A. Yücel, Remi Gau, Taylor Salo, Stefan Appelhoff, Christopher J. Markiewicz, David McAlpine, The BIDS Maintainers, Luca Pollonini

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circRNA Expression Profile in Dental Pulp Stem Cells during Odontogenic Differentiation by Ming Chen, Yeqing Yang, Junkai Zeng, Zilong Deng, Buling Wu

“…Odontogenic differentiation of human dental pulp stem cells (hDPSCs) is a key step of pulp regeneration. …”
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Clinical Holistic Medicine: the “New Medicine”, the Multiparadigmatic Physician, and the Medical Record by Søren Ventegodt, Mohammed Morad, Joav Merrick

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Evaluation of various RNA-seq approaches for identification of gene outrons in the flatworm Opisthorchis felineus by N. I. Ershov, D. E. Maslov, N. P. Bondar

“…The parasitic flatworm Opisthorchis felineus is one of the causative agents of opisthorchiasis in humans. Recently, we assembled the O. felineus genome, but the correct genome annotation by means of standard methods was hampered by the presence of spliced leader trans-splicing (SLTS). …”
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Prevalence of hepatitis B virus and associated factors among blood donors in Hossana blood bank catchment area, Southern Ethiopia by Mesfin Menza Jaldo, Mhireteab WoldeYohannes Joffe, Eyasu Samuel Zemedkun

“…Abstract Background Human hepatitis is an inflammation of the liver brought on by the DNA virus known as the hepatitis B virus (HBV). …”
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Development and validation of a high-throughput qPCR platform for the detection of soil-transmitted helminth infections. by Nils Pilotte, Victor Omballa, Monica Voss, Leah Padgett, Malathi Manuel, Jeanne L Goodman, Tim Littlewood, Zayina Zondervenni Manoharan, Lisette van Lieshout, Jaco J Verweij, Manigandan Sekar, Ajith Kumar Muthukumar, Gretchen Walch, Abriana Warren, Mariyam Sheikh, Andrew Gonzalez, Sean R Galagan, Sitara Swarna Rao Ajjampur, Moudachirou Ibikounlé, Steven A Williams, Doug Rains, Ushashi Dadwal, Judd L Walson

“…<h4>Methodology/principal findings</h4>Through the development, selection, and validation of appropriate controls, we have successfully created and evaluated the performance of a testing platform capable of the semi-automated, high-throughput detection of four species of STH in human stool samples. Comparison of this platform with singleplex reference assays for the detection of these same pathogens has demonstrated comparable performance metrics, with index assay accuracy measuring at or above 99.5% and 98.1% for each target species at the level of the technical replicate and individual extraction respectively. …”
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Reciprocal Effects of Oxidative Stress on Heme Oxygenase Expression and Activity Contributes to Reno-Vascular Abnormalities in EC-SOD Knockout Mice by Tomoko Kawakami, Nitin Puri, Komal Sodhi, Lars Bellner, Toru Takahashi, Kiyoshi Morita, Rita Rezzani, Tim D. Oury, Nader G. Abraham

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Eunugs in die Bybel by F. P. Retief, S. J. P. K. Riekert, J. F. G. Cilliers

“…In Deuteronomy 23:1 the act of human castration is condemned, without using the word saris, while Leviticus 22:24 refers to animal castration by crushing (Hebrew word katut) of the testes. …”
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Some Problems of the Realization of Marital Relation with Foreigners by S. S. Myrza, I. A. Serednytska

“…The authors have analyzed the case law of the European Court of Human Rights in regard to the protection of the rights of married women, which has answers to a wide range of problematic issues that arise in certain life circumstances regarding the conclusion of marriage, including with a foreign element.…”
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Land Rights, Land Ownership, and Land Governance among Rural Communities in River Tana County, Kenya: A Gender Perspective by Wilson Ndenyele, Marie-Emmanuelle, Halimu Suleimani Shauri, Godffrey Nato

“… ontext and background  Gender issues in land governance remain a major concern in the developing countries owing the numerous human development challenges. Growing research evidences indicate that land governance is distorted by various aspects that often exacerbate discrimination against women. …”
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Analyzing Radiation Protection Risks in Nuclear Medicine: Cause Investigation and WSR-Based Countermeasure Evaluation by Sun P, Li G, Zhu Y

“…A Wuli-Shili-Renli (WSR) system management approach was implemented, addressing physical (Wuli), procedural (Shili), and human factors (Renli) to improve technical safeguards, optimize processes, and enhance personnel awareness. …”
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Adaptation and combination of two scales to measure dispositional gratitude in health sciences faculty: a psychometric analysis by Jesus Alfonso Beltran-Sanchez, José Moral de la Rubia, Adrian Valle de la O, Josue Omar Nava-Manzo, Angeles Dominguez

“…Finally, it represents a valuable contribution to the teaching of health sciences since it generates healthy environments with prosocial attitudes that facilitate flourishing in personal and academic life, and in the future, health professionals with humanism as their standard.…”
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The role of SASP in ischemic stroke: a deep dive into cellular mechanisms by Dong Xie, Yang Liu, Fang-Biao Xu, Jin-Sheng Zhang

“…The present study endeavored to preliminarily dissect the SASP-IS nexus via combined bulk and single-cell transcriptome analysis.MethodsAggregated expression profiles from human peripheral blood bulk chips and MCAO mouse single-cell sequencing data, followed by SASP gene analysis. …”
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Estimating the Burden of Illness Related to Genital Warts in Russia: A Cross-Sectional Study by Vera N. Prilepskaya, Mikhail Gomberg, Smita Kothari, Karen Yee, Amit Kulkarni, Suzanne M. Garland, Anna R. Giuliano

“…**Background:** Human papillomavirus (HPV) infections are the etiologic agents of genital warts (GW). …”
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Prevalence of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Associated Factors Among Internally Displaced Persons (IDPS) In Mogadishu Cross-Sectional Study by Sh Abukar IM, Asir Rage AA, Warsame MO

“…Ismail Mohamed Sh Abukar,1 Abdirashid Ali Asir Rage,1 Mohamed Omar Warsame2 1School of Public Health and Research, Somali National University, Mogadishu, Somalia; 2Department of Public Health, Federal Ministry of Health and Human Services, Mogadishu, SomaliaCorrespondence: Mohamed Omar Warsame, Email diirshe143@gmail.comBackground: An important mental health concern is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), especially for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the Horn of Africa. …”
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A novel index for diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus: Cholesterol, High density lipoprotein, and Glucose (CHG) index by Amin Mansoori, Mina Nosrati, Mohsen Dorchin, Fatemeh Mohammadyari, Elahe Derakhshan‐Nezhad, Gordon Ferns, Habibollah Esmaily, Majid Ghayour‐Mobarhan

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Analysis of vulnerability, its drivers, and strategies applied towards reducing the pastoral and agro-pastoral livelihood vulnerability to climatic shocks by Daniel Assefa Tofu, Tegegn Dilbato, Chalchisa Fana, Niguse Bekele Dirbaba, Gutu Tesso

“…Abstract In recent decades, the global climate has changed mainly due to human-induced causes and realizing their manifestations in the forms of extreme events such as droughts, floods, heat stress, and variability in rainfall. …”
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