Investigating the needs and barriers for prevention, control, and treatment of HIV/AIDS in transgender population: a systematic review of literature by Heshmatollah Sofimajidpour, Ghobad Moradi, Hojat Dehghanbanadaki, Marzieh Mahboobi, Mobin Azami, Parisa Khodakhah, Mohammad Aziz Rasouli, Yousef Moradi

“…Conclusions According to the results, health policy-makers can develop an appropriate plan for timely access to HIV/AIDS control, prevention, and treatment services for transgender individuals. …”
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Medicinal plants with neuroprotective potential in East African countries: A systematic review by Ibe Michael Usman, Ekom Monday Etukudo, Elna Owembabazi, Wusa Makena, Augustine Oviosun, Makeri Danladi, Vivian Ojiakor, Patrick Maduabuchi Aja, Emeka Anyanwu, Yanurkis Duranones Rosales, Mario Edgar Fernandez Diaz, Josiah Ifie, Ismahil Adekunle Adeniyi, Ilemobayo Victor Fasogbon, Victor Bassey Archibong

“…Background: The use of plant-derived natural compounds in the management of various human disease conditions has gained lots of attention in recent times; hence, the present study examined medicinal plants with neuroprotective potential in East Africa and their mechanism of action. …”
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Fractionated radiotherapy initiated at the early stage of bone metastasis is effective to prolong survival in mouse model by Yun Zhang, Zhunyi Gao, Ziwei Qi, Jiahe Xu, Jiao Xue, Lujie Xiong, Junhui Wang, Yuhui Huang, Songbing Qin

“…The bone metastasis was treated by RT using various doses, timings, and modalities. Tumor growth was assessed through bioluminescence imaging, and lung metastases was quantified following lung tissue fixation. …”
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“I think we're on a cusp of some change:” coping and support for mental wellness among Black American women by Terika McCall, Terika McCall, Terika McCall, Meagan Foster, Holly Tomlin, Holly Tomlin, Bolatito Adepoju, Mckenzie Bolton-Johnson, Chyrell D. Bellamy

“…This study aimed to gain a better understanding of Black women's: (1) past and current causes of stress, anxiety, and depression, and coping skills used; (2) their attitudes and perceptions toward mental health and receiving mental health treatment; and (3) times in their life they felt anxious or depressed, and what type of support or resources would have been helpful to have access to.MethodsFocus groups were conducted with 20 women (mean age 36.6 years, SD 17.8 years), with 5 participants per group. …”
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Unveiling the potential of Nd2O3 in optimizing the radiation shielding performance of B2O3–TiO2–BaO–ZnO-Nd2O3 glasses by Maryam Al Huwayz, Aljawhara H. Almuqrin, F.F. Alharbi, M.I. Sayyed, B. Albarzan

“…At 0.245 MeV, the TVL is about 3.32 times higher than the HVL. The lowest mean free path (MFP) is found at 0.122 MeV, which varies between 0.672 cm for Nd1 and 0.403 cm for Nd4.…”
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Parathyroid carcinoma: impact of preoperative diagnosis on the choice of surgical procedure by Yoshitaka Kawai, Yo Kishimoto, Hisanobu Tamaki, Takashi Fujiwara, Ryo Asato, Koji Ushiro, Shogo Shinohara, Shinpei Kada, Shinji Takebayashi, Tsuyoshi Kojima, Shuya Otsuki, Masakazu Miyazaki, Yohei Kumabe, Koichi Omori

“…Although an intact parathyroid hormone (iPTH) threshold to suspect malignancy has not been established, six cases showed marked iPTH elevation exceeding 8.0 times the upper limit of normal. One case was excluded from analysis due to hemodialysis. …”
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Education and Training on Infection Prevention and Control Provided by Long-Term Care Homes to Visitors: A Scoping Review by Rachel MacLean, Pamela Durepos, Lisa Keeping-Burke, Richelle Witherspoon, Patricia Morris, Caroline Gibbons, Natasha Taylor, Rose McCloskey

“…Data were extracted by two reviewers, focusing on the educational content, delivery mode, frequency, timing, and qualifications of educators. A narrative summary and descriptive statistics were produced. …”
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Promoter Methylation Precedes Chromosomal Alterations in Colorectal Cancer Development by Sarah Derks, Cindy Postma, Peter T. M. Moerkerk, Sandra M. van den Bosch, Beatriz Carvalho, Mario A. J. A. Hermsen, Walter Giaretti, James G. Herman, Matty P. Weijenberg, Adriaan P. de Bruïne, Gerrit A. Meijer, Manon van Engeland

“…This study aimed to explore the timing of promoter methylation and relationship with mutations and chromosomal alterations in colorectal carcinogenesis. …”
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Human parietal epithelial cells as Trojan horses in albumin overload by Giovanna Priante, Monica Ceol, Lisa Gianesello, Claudia Maria Radu, Rachele Mantese, Lucia Federica Stefanelli, Martina Cacciapuoti, Francesca K. Martino, Lorenzo Arcangelo Calò, Franca Anglani, Federico Nalesso, Dorella Del Prete

“…Conditionally immortalized human PECs (hPECs) were incubated with different albumin concentrations at different times. Albumin internalization studies were performed. …”
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Uncertainty Inspired Early Autism Spectrum Disorder Screening via Contrastive Image-Viewing Paradigm by Ying Zhang, Yaping Huang, Jiansong Qi, Sihui Zhang, Mei Tian, Yi Tian, Fanchao Meng, Lin Guan, Tianyi Chang

“…However, existing eye-tracking-based methods suffer from long diagnostic times and low diagnostic accuracy due to the lack of awareness of gaze preference derived from individual differences. …”
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Projection of glacier changes over the Laohugou Glacier No. 12, Northeast Tibetan Plateau, China from 2020 to 2100 by Mengyuan Liu, Baojuan Huai, Lei Wang, Yuzhe Wang, Hongmin An, Jizu Chen, Wentao Du, Xiang Qin, Weijun Sun

“…., annual MB of −0.26 m w.e) by a factor of 1.04 and 1.73 under SSP1–2.6, 4.62 and 4.88 under SSP3–7.0, and 6.23 and 7.15 times under SSP5–8.5. By 2100, the ice volume and area of LHG12 simulated using CanESM5 and EC-Earth3 reduced to 0.03×109 (1.6 %) and 0.01×109 (0.4 %) m3, 1.87 and 0.75 km2 under SSP5–8.5, respectively.…”
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Long-term effects of post-earthquake landslides on vegetation ecosystem net carbon by Wen He, Baofeng Di, Shaolin Wu, Jierui Li, Wen Zeng, Yajie Zeng, Ruowei Li, Joseph Kimuli Balikuddembe, Hongkai Chen, Bin Zhang, Gang Chen, Constantine A. Stamatopoulos, Ufuk Yazgan, Isaya Kisekka

“…By 2019, only 45 out of 86 affected areas recovered to pre-earthquake ENCU levels, with 18 areas surpassing their initial levels. Recovery times for most landslides ranged from 8 to 11 years. …”
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Projected background and sensitivity of AMoRE-II by A. Agrawal, V. V. Alenkov, P. Aryal, J. Beyer, B. Bhandari, R. S. Boiko, K. Boonin, O. Buzanov, C. R. Byeon, N. Chanthima, M. K. Cheoun, J. S. Choe, Seonho Choi, S. Choudhury, J. S. Chung, F. A. Danevich, M. Djamal, D. Drung, C. Enss, A. Fleischmann, A. M. Gangapshev, L. Gastaldo, Y. M. Gavrilyuk, A. M. Gezhaev, O. Gileva, V. D. Grigorieva, V. I. Gurentsov, C. Ha, D. H. Ha, E. J. Ha, D. H. Hwnag, E. J. Jeon, J. A. Jeon, H. S. Jo, J. Kaewkhao, C. S. Kang, W. G. Kang, V. V. Kazalov, S. Kempf, A. Khan, S. Khan, D. Y. Kim, G. W. Kim, H. B. Kim, Ho-Jong Kim, H. J. Kim, H. L. Kim, H. S. Kim, M. B. Kim, S. C. Kim, S. K. Kim, S. R. Kim, W. T. Kim, Y. D. Kim, Y. H. Kim, K. Kirdsiri, Y. J. Ko, V. V. Kobychev, V. Kornoukhov, V. V. Kuzminov, D. H. Kwon, C. H. Lee, DongYeup Lee, E. K. Lee, H. J. Lee, H. S. Lee, J. Lee, J. Y. Lee, K. B. Lee, M. H. Lee, M. K. Lee, S. W. Lee, Y. C. Lee, D. S. Leonard, H. S. Lim, B. Mailyan, E. P. Makarov, P. Nyanda, Y. Oh, S. L. Olsen, S. I. Panasenko, H. K. Park, H. S. Park, K. S. Park, S. Y. Park, O. G. Polischuk, H. Prihtiadi, S. Ra, S. S. Ratkevich, G. Rooh, E. Sala, M. B. Sari, J. Seo, K. M. Seo, B. Sharma, K. A. Shin, V. N. Shlegel, K. Siyeon, J. So, N. V. Sokur, J. K. Son, J. W. Song, N. Srisittipokakun, V. I. Tretyak, R. Wirawan, K. R. Woo, H. J. Yeon, Y. S. Yoon, Q. Yue, The AMoRE Collaboration

“…The goal of the experiment is to reach an exclusion half-life sensitivity to the $$0\nu \beta \beta $$ 0 ν β β of $$^{100}$$ 100 Mo on the level of $$T^{0\nu \beta \beta }_{1/2} > 6 \times 10^{26}$$ T 1 / 2 0 ν β β > 6 × 10 26 year that covers completely the inverted Majorana neutrino mass hierarchy region of (15–46) meV. …”
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Risk and Prevention of Meningococcal Disease among Education Workers: A Review by Philippe De Wals, Pierre Deshaies, Gaston De Serres, Bernard Duval, Lise Goulet, Bernard Pouliot, Sylvie Ricard, Maurice Poulin

“…IMD incidence among education workers was analyzed in Cheshire (United Kingdom) in the period from 1997 to 1999, and the results indicated a risk six times higher than that in the general population. …”
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Essential Roles of PKA, iNOS, CD95/CD95L, and Terminal Caspases in Suppression of Eosinopoiesis by PGE2 and Other cAMP-Elevating Agents by Bianca de Luca, Pedro Xavier-Elsas, Mônica Barradas, Ricardo A. Luz, Túlio Queto, Carla Jones, Maria Augusta Arruda, Thiago Mattar Cunha, Fernando Queiroz Cunha, Maria Ignez Gaspar-Elsas

“…Bone-marrow collected from BALB/c mice, or from iNOS-, CD95-, or CD95L-deficient mutants (and wild-type controls), was cultured with interleukin-5 (IL-5), alone or associated with PGE2, cAMP-inducing/mimetic agents, caspase inhibitor zVAD-fmk, iNOS inhibitor aminoguanidine, or combinations thereof, and eosinopoiesis was evaluated at various times. PGE2, added up to 24 hours of culture, dose-dependently suppressed eosinopoiesis, by inducing apoptosis. …”
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DR Loss-Free Dithering-Based Digital Background Linearity Calibration for SAR-Assisted Multi-Stage ADCs With Digital Input-Interference Cancellation by Lizhen Zhang, Bo Gao, Kun-Woo Park, Kent Edrian Lozada, Raymond Mabilangan, Hyeongjin Kim, Jianhui Wu, Seung-Tak Ryu

“…By comparing the cases with and without the proposed IIC technique, a <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$50\times $ </tex-math></inline-formula> reduction in convergence cycle could be achieved. …”
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Advancing sustainable healthcare through multidisciplinary stroke team rehabilitation by Hanna C. Persson, Hanna C. Persson, Malin Reinholdsson, Malin Reinholdsson, Elvira Lange, Elvira Lange, Elvira Lange, Stefi Barna, Annie Palstam, Annie Palstam, Annie Palstam, Annie Palstam

“…This paper argues that multidisciplinary stroke team rehabilitation is essential for achieving sustainable stroke care, optimizing patient functioning, and contributing to all principles of sustainable healthcare: prevention, patient empowerment, lean pathways, low carbon alternatives, and efficient resource use. Timely assessments and dose-specific interventions are crucial for successful outcomes, providing significant co-benefits for healthcare resource use. …”
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Impact of Tacrolimus, Sirolimus, Age, and Body Mass Index on the Occurrence of Skin Cancer and Islet Dysfunction After Transplantation by Christopher Orr, Jeannette Stratton, Mohamed El-Shahawy, Elena Forouhar, Alice Peng, Gagandeep Singh, Keiko Omori, Meirigeng Qi, Fouad Kandeel

“…Individuals exceeding the MSE for 1 year were 9.2 times more likely to develop skin cancer ( P = 0.008). …”
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Sewage pollution from onsite sewage disposal systems and an offshore wastewater treatment plant outfall in coastal waters of Keaukaha, Hawaiʻi Island by Shayla M.P. Waiki, Steven L. Colbert, Tracy N. Wiegner, Noelani Puniwai, Joseph W.P. Nakoa, III, Nicolas M. Storie, Craig E. Nelson, Ashlynn N. Overly, Karla J. McDermid, Devon K. Aguiar

“…Measured flow rates ranged from 130 to 213 m/d, which were 15 times faster than state models for cesspool removal prioritization. …”
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Unveiling shadows: A data-driven insight on depression among Bangladeshi university students by Sanjib Kumar Sen, Md. Shifatul Ahsan Apurba, Anika Priodorshinee Mrittika, Md. Tawhid Anwar, A.B.M. Alim Al Islam, Jannatun Noor

“…This research mainly strives to identify the initial signs of depressive symptoms among Bangladeshi university-going students and facilitate timely and targeted interventions for the affected individuals. …”
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