Antifilarial Activity of the Methanolic Extract of Indigofera tinctoria (Fabaceae) on Bovine Parasites (Onchocerca ochengi) by Enock Enock Rakwa, Benoît Bargui Koubala, Bertrand Ndou Mando, Mathieu Djongra, Francis Nveikoueing, Dieudonné Ndjonka

“…Onchocerciasis is a major public health problem caused by Onchocerca volvulus parasite and transmitted to humans via black flies (simulium) bites. …”
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Internet Addiction Effect on Quality of Life: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Farzaneh Noroozi, Soheil Hassanipour, Fatemeh Eftekharian, Kumars Eisapareh, Mohammad Hossein Kaveh

“…These findings illustrate that Internet addiction should be regarded as a major health concern and incorporated into health education and intervention initiatives.…”
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Smokeless, not harmless: Understanding Naswar's cardiovascular risks in the northwestern Pakistan by Ihsanur Rahman, Fayaz Ahmad, Naveed Sadiq

“…Introduction: Tobacco use has a major impact on mortality from coronary artery disease (CAD). …”
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Copper and iron as unique trace elements linked to fibromyalgia risk by Wenxing Zeng, Minhua Hu, Luyao Ma, Feng Huang, Ziwei Jiang

“…This study employed Mendelian randomization (MR) to assess potential causal relationships between 15 major trace elements and the risk of FM, focusing on the specific roles of elements that show significant associations. …”
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How much does government’s short-term response matter for explaining cross-country variation in COVID-19 infection outcomes? A regression-based relative importance analysis of 84 c... by Gordon G Liu, Junjian Yi, Hanmo Yang, Xiaoyun Peng

“…In the meantime, many other factors underpin a major part of the variation in the control of COVID-19. …”
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Strategy of Russian Military Cooperation with the Countries of the Arab Region by A. A. Zhilchenko, M. N. Pasko

“…Within this context, particular emphasis is placed on Russia's strategic military cooperation with Arab states, given the region's status as a focal point of geopolitical interests for major economies and a primary destination for arms imports.The article scrutinizes Russia's competitive standing in the arms and military equipment markets of the Arab world, acknowledging the region's significance as a pivotal importer of such goods. …”
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The evolution, facilitators, barriers, and additional activities of acute flaccid paralysis surveillance platform in polio eradication programme Bangladesh: a mixed-method study by Humayra Binte Anwar, Yameen Mazumder, Sanjana Nujhat, Bushra Zarin Islam, Anna Kalbarczyk, Olakunle Alonge, Malabika Sarker

“…Results According to the grey literature review, survey, and KII, AFP surveillance successfully contributed to decreasing polio in Bangladesh. The major facilitating factors were multi-sectoral collaboration, Surveillance Immunization Medical Officer (SIMO) network activities, social environment, community-based surveillance, and promising political commitment. …”
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Phenotypic Characterization, Evaluation, and Classification of Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) Accessions in Ethiopia by Berhanu Bilate Daemo, Derbew Belew Yohannes, Tewodros Mulualem Beyene, Wosene Gebreselassie Abtew

“…Each cluster was varied by a major group characteristic that it represented. Furthermore, the study identified the desirable accessions for desired storage root characteristics such as root constrictions, the external color of the storage root, the color of root pulp, the color of the root cortex, and cortex peeling tendency. …”
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Prevalence of Hypercalcaemia in a Renal Transplant Population: A Single Centre Study by Tony Amin, P. Toby Coates, Jeffrey Barbara, Paul Hakendorf, Nazmul Karim

“…The magnitude of pretransplantation hyperparathyroidism is the major determinant for long-term parathyroid function rather than graft function or pretransplantation duration on dialysis or mode of dialysis.…”
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Multilevel analysis of factors associated with suicide attempts: Evidence from 2022/2023 Mozambique Demographic and Health Survey. by Angwach Abrham Asnake, Beminate Lemma Seifu, Bezawit Melak Fente, Hiwot Altaye Asebe, Meklit Melaku Bezie, Yohannes Mekuria Negussie, Zufan Alamrie Asmare, Mamaru Melkam

“…<h4>Background</h4>This issue represents a major global public health concern, accounting for approximately 703,000 deaths each year. …”
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Citrullinated Autoantigen–Specific T and B Lymphocytes in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Focus on Follicular T Helper Cells and Expansion by Coculture by Tim Ammon, Julia Zeiträg, Vanessa Mayr, Manuela Benedicic, Hans‐Peter Holthoff, Martin Ungerer

“…Novel combinations of major histocompatibility complex class II citrulline epitope tetramers were developed, which enabled robust detection of CAS T cells and showed increases of CAS‐naive T helper cells, Th1.17 cells, CAS total circulating T follicular helper (cTfh) cells, and cTfh1 cells in ACPA+ patients with RA. …”
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Hydrolysis of fish waste using fruit wastes of Ananas comosus and Carica papaya for the formulation of liquid fertilizers by RHAA Ranasinghe, BTSDP Kannagara, RMCS Ratnayake

“…This study carried out to investigate the utilizing potential of fruit wastes of Ananas comosus and Carica papaya that contain bromelain and papain as major proteases in order to hydrolyze fish waste proteins to fulfill plant nitrogen requirements.  …”
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Sensor Placement Strategies for the Seismic Monitoring of Complex Vaulted Structures of the Modern Architectural Heritage by Erica Lenticchia, Rosario Ceravolo, Paola Antonaci

“…Finally, a novel damage-scenario-driven sensor placement strategy based on a combination of the two above mentioned is proposed and discussed. One of the major conclusions drawn from the analyses performed is that nonstructural elements undergoing seismic damage or degradation may significantly affect the global dynamic response and consequently the optimal sensing configurations.…”
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Virtual Antenna Array and Multipath AOA-Delay Fingerprints Based Location for Moving Targets by Zhigang Chen, Lei Wang, Lu Chen

“…Multipath effects are the major challenge to the accurate indoor wireless positioning technology and the most viable solutions for overcoming such multipath effects are received signal strength (RSS) or channel status information (CSI) based fingerprinting location methods. …”
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Influence of a Two-Stage Sintering Process on Characteristics of Porous Ceramics Produced with Sewage Sludge and Coal Ash as Low-Cost Raw Materials by Esam Al-Qadhi, Gaiye Li, Yaxing Ni

“…On the one hand, the results show that the major content of the raw materials is silica (SiO2). …”
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Data-Driven Technologies for Energy Optimization in Smart Buildings: A Scoping Review by Joy Dalmacio Billanes, Zheng Grace Ma, Bo Nørregaard Jørgensen

“…Inspired by the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines, a structured search of the literature across four major databases yielded 112 relevant studies. The key technologies identified included big data analytics, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, the Internet of Things, Wireless Sensor Networks, Edge and Cloud Computing, Blockchain, Digital Twins, and Geographic Information Systems. …”
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Design of a small-scale and failure-resistant IaaS cloud using OpenStack by Samuel Heuchert, Bhaskar Prasad Rimal, Martin Reisslein, Yong Wang

“…Purpose – Major public cloud providers, such as AWS, Azure or Google, offer seamless experiences for infrastructure as a service (IaaS), platform as a service (PaaS) and software as a service (SaaS). …”
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Diversification and recurrent adaptation of the synaptonemal complex in Drosophila. by Rana Zakerzade, Ching-Ho Chang, Kamalakar Chatla, Ananya Krishnapura, Samuel P Appiah, Jacki Zhang, Robert L Unckless, Justin P Blumenstiel, Doris Bachtrog, Kevin H-C Wei

“…Despite being found in most major eukaryotic taxa implying a deeply conserved evolutionary origin, several components of the complex exhibit unusually high rates of sequence turnover. …”
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National Dialogue: Bahrain Case by E. I. Vulakh

“…In that context both the key task of and the major challenge to the national dialogue is to ensure maximal inclusiveness. …”
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Patients’ and physiotherapists’ perspectives on implementing a tailored stratified treatment approach for low back pain in Nigeria: a qualitative study by Kay Stevenson, Mishael Adje, Jost Steinhäuser, Chidozie Emmanuel Mbada, Sven Karstens

“…The prevalent treatment tradition and the patient expectations were seen as major barriers to implementation of stratified care by the physiotherapists. …”
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