Sexual and reproductive health and rights, HIV and migration in southern Africa: A rapid review by G Musuka, I Chingombe, E Moyo, T Chikava, B Moyo, M Mapingure, H Musuka, T Dzinamarira

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DEPEND study protocol: early detection of patients with pancreatic cancer – a pilot study to evaluate the utility of faecal elastase-1 and 13C-mixed triglyceride breath test as scr... by Christopher D Byrne, Sam Wilding, Paul Remi Afolabi, Declan McDonnell, Victoria Goss, Jocelyn Walters, Zaed Z Hamady

“…Potential biomarkers of PC showing abilities to discriminate between patients with PC from healthy subjects or patients with chronic pancreatitis will be selected by metabolomic analysis.Ethics and dissemination The study was approved by the North of Scotland Research and Ethics Committee on 1 October 2020 (reference: 20/NS/0105, favourable opinion granted). …”
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MAPPING OF THE LOCI CONTROLLING THE RESISTANCE TO PYRENOPHORA TERES F. TERES AND COCHLIOBOLUS SATIVUS IN TWO DOUBLE HAPLOID BARLEY POPULATIONS by O. S. Afanasenko, A. V. Koziakov, P. Hedlay, N. M. Lashina, A. V. Anisimova, O. Manninen, M. Jalli, E. K. Potokina

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« Les besoins avant les actes » Le Children’s Hearing écossais et l’héritage durable de Lord Kilbrandon by John Sturgeon, Elodie Leygue-Eurieult

“…Le Children's Hearing écossais, un tribunal juridique officiellement constitué mais informel dans son fonctionnement, a été créé par la loi de 1968 sur le travail social (Social Work (Scotland) Act). Cinquante ans plus tard, elle a résisté à l'épreuve du temps et continue de fonctionner comme Kilbrandon l'avait envisagé en 1964. …”
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The adaptor protein Miro1 modulates horizontal transfer of mitochondria in mouse melanoma models by Jaromir Novak, Zuzana Nahacka, Gabriela L. Oliveira, Petra Brisudova, Maria Dubisova, Sarka Dvorakova, Sona Miklovicova, Marketa Dalecka, Verena Puttrich, Lenka Grycova, Silvia Magalhaes-Novais, Catarina Mendes Correia, Jennifer Levoux, Ludek Stepanek, Jan Prochazka, David Svec, David Pajuelo Reguera, Guillermo Lopez-Domenech, Renata Zobalova, Radek Sedlacek, Mikkel G. Terp, Payam A. Gammage, Zdenek Lansky, Josef Kittler, Paulo J. Oliveira, Henrik J. Ditzel, Michael V. Berridge, Anne-Marie Rodriguez, Stepana Boukalova, Jakub Rohlena, Jiri Neuzil

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Teaching undergraduate medical students virtual consultation skills: a mixed-methods interventional before-and-after study by Edie Booth, Kate McFetridge, Evelyn Ferguson, Catherine Paton

“…Objectives To evaluate the impact and transferability of a novel teaching method on virtual communication skills for final year medical students.Design Mixed-methods, interventional before-and-after study.Setting NHS Lanarkshire, Scotland.Participants 21 final year medical students on their obstetrics and gynaecology (O&G) placement from September to December 2020.Interventions A two-part teaching session on virtual communication skills.Main outcome measures Self-reported confidence in conducting consultations preteaching and post-teaching, exposure to virtual consultations, usefulness of teaching and transferability to primary care. …”
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Hypertensive load predicts recovery of renal function for patients undergoing revascularisation for renal artery stenosis by Ben Edgar, Rob Pearson, Andrew Jackson, Callum Stove, Ram Kasthuri, Keith Hussey, Christian Delles, Colin Geddes, Patrick Mark, Giles Roditi, Linsay McCallum, David B. Kingsmore

“…A retrospective analysis was performed of all patients who had renal revascularisation for renal impairment in a defined geographical area (West of Scotland, population 2.4 million) between 2008 and 2024. …”
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The Impact of Changes in Corneal Back Surface Astigmatism on the Residual Astigmatic Refractive Error following Routine Uncomplicated Phacoemulsification by Larysa Tutchenko, Sudi Patel, Oleksiy Voytsekhivskyy, Mykhailo Skovron, Olha Horak

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Teachers’ responses to racism and racist bullying in Dutch primary schools by Karen M. A. Sieben-Aduful, Roy A. Willems, Trijntje Völlink, Nico van der Wiel, Maria Sapouna, Pieter de Bruijn, Gemma Blok, Gemma Blok, Arjan E. R. Bos, Arjan E. R. Bos, Giel van Lankveld

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Dual interfacial modification of hematite electron transport layer for efficient and stable perovskite solar cells by Abu Summama Sadavi Bilal, Muhammad Meesum Bilal, Muhammad Faheem Zia, Shazia Feroz, Muhammad Nauman Ullah, Muhammad Ajmal Khan, Nargis Bano, Ijaz Hussain, Rida Fatima

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Keratinocyte Integrin α3β1 Promotes Efficient Healing of Wound Epidermis by Sanjana Dhulipalla, Giesse Albeche Duarte, Lei Wu, Mathieu R. DiPersio, John M. Lamar, C. Michael DiPersio, Whitney M. Longmate

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Obesity-induced mesenteric PVAT remodelling is sexually dimorphic, but not driven by ovarian hormones by Lisa Ivatt, Mhairi Paul, Allende Miguelez-Crespo, Patrick W. F. Hadoke, Matthew A. Bailey, Ruth A. Morgan, Mark Nixon

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Highlights of the Fourth Canadian Symposium on Hepatitis C: Moving towards a National Action Plan by Selena M. Sagan, Benoit Dupont, Jason Grebely, Mel Krajden, Sonya A. MacParland, Jennifer F. Raven, Sahar Saeed, Jordan J. Feld, D. Lorne Tyrrell, Joyce A. Wilson

“…The United States, Australia, and Scotland all have National Action Plans to prevent, diagnose, and treat HCV in order to efficiently reduce the burden and costs associated with HCV-related liver disease. …”
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Occult hepatitis B virus infection: risk for a blood supply, but how about individuals’ health? by Michael X. Fu, Ahmed Elsharkawy, Brendan Healy, Celia Jackson, Daniel Bradshaw, Emma Watkins, Ines Ushiro-Lumb, Jaisi Griffiths, James Neuberger, Kathryn Maguire, Monica Desai, Neil McDougall, Nicole Priddee, Stephen T. Barclay, Stuart Blackmore, Peter Simmonds, William L. Irving, Heli Harvala

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First-Line Chemo-Immunotherapy in SCLC: Outcomes of a Binational Real-World Study by Laura Moliner, MD, Núria Zellweger, MSc, Sabine Schmid, MD, Martina Bertschinger, MD, Christine Waibel, MD, Ferdinando Cerciello, MD, PhD, Patrizia Froesch, MD, Michael Mark, MD, Adrienne Bettini, MD, Pirmin Häuptle, MD, Veronika Blum, MD, Lisa Holer, MSc, Stefanie Hayoz, PhD, Martin Früh, MD, Samreen Ahmed, FRCP, MD, MBBS, MSc, Shradha Bhagani, MD, Nicola Steele, MD, Hannah-Leigh Gray, BSc, Stephen D. Robinson, MD, Michael Davidson, MD (Res), Samantha Cox, MD, MSc, MBBCh, Taha Khalid, MD, Tom R. Geldart, MD, Luke Nolan, FRCS, PhD, Deborah C. Scott, MBChB (MRCP), Lindsay Hennah, MD, Tom Newsom-Davis, MD, PhD, Emma Rathbone, MD, PhD, Catherine Handforth, MD, Arshi Denton, MD, Shairoz Merchant, PhD, Fiona Blackhall, MD, PhD, Laetitia A. Mauti, MD, Raffaele Califano, MD, Sacha I. Rothschild, MD, PhD

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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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Examining the complementarity in belowground water use between different varieties and ages of Arabica coffee plants and dominant shade tree species in an organic agroecosystem by Lyssette Elena Muñoz-Villers, Friso Holwerda, M. Susana Alvarado-Barrientos, Josie Geris, Todd E. Dawson

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Novel adaptive immune systems in pristine Antarctic soils by Marc W. Van Goethem, Oliver K. I. Bezuidt, Rian Pierneef, Surendra Vikram, David W. Hopkins, Thomas Aspray, Grant Hall, Stephan Woodborne, Ian D. Hogg, Trent R. Northen, Weidong Kong, Daniele Daffonchio, Don A. Cowan, Yves Van de Peer, Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, Thulani P. Makhalanyane

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Microbes Saving Lives and Reducing Suffering by Kenneth Timmis, Zeynep Ceren Karahan, Juan Luis Ramos, Omry Koren, Ana Elena Pérez‐Cobas, Karen Steward, Victor deLorenzo, Elisabetta Caselli, Margaret Douglas, Clarissa Schwab, Virginia Rivero, Rafael Giraldo, Junkal Garmendia, Raymond J. Turner, Jessamyn Perlmutter, José M. Borrero de Acuña, Pablo Ivan Nikel, Jerome Bonnet, Angela Sessitsch, James K. Timmis, Carla Pruzzo, M. Auxiliadora Prieto, Siavash Isazadeh, Wei E. Huang, Gerard Clarke, Danilo Ercolini, Max Häggblom

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Evaluation of two electronic-rehabilitation programmes for persistent knee pain: protocol for a randomised feasibility trial by Philip G Conaghan, Kim L Bennell, Mark Conner, Rana S Hinman, Sarah R Kingsbury, Elizabeth M A Hensor, Gretl A McHugh, Christine Comer, Dawn Groves-Williams, Rachel K Nelligan

“…If considered feasible and acceptable, a definitive randomised controlled trial can be conducted to investigate the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of one or both interventions with a view to implementation in routine care.Ethics and dissemination The trial was approved by the West of Scotland Research Ethics Committee 5 (Reference: 20/WS/0006). …”
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