Impact of prior SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccination on the subsequent incidence of COVID-19: a multicentre prospective cohort study among UK healthcare workers – the SIRE... by Nick Andrews, Mary Ramsay, Maria Zambon, Victoria Hall, Sarah Wallace, Susan Hopkins, Jean Timeyin, Tim J G Brooks, Amoolya Vusirikala, Meera Chand, Andre Charlett, Sakib Rokadiya, Colin S Brown, Madhumita Shrotri, Peter D Kirwan, Michele Cole, Natalie Gillson, Ana Atti, Sarah Foulkes, Andrew Taylor-Kerr, Blanche Oguti, Jasmin Islam

“…Participants gave informed consent before taking part in the study.Regular reports to national and international expert advisory groups and peer-reviewed publications ensure timely dissemination of findings to inform decision making.Trial registration number ISRCTN11041050.…”
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Heterogeneous integration of amorphous silicon carbide on thin film lithium niobate by Zizheng Li, Naresh Sharma, Bruno Lopez-Rodriguez, Roald van der Kolk, Thomas Scholte, Hugo Voncken, Jasper van der Boom, Simon Gröblacher, Iman Esmaeil Zadeh

“…Current approaches of SiC/LN integration require transfer-bonding techniques, which are time-consuming, expensive, and lack precision in layer thickness. …”
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Beyond variance: simple random distributions are not a good proxy for intraspecific variability in systems with environmental structure by Girard-Tercieux, Camille, Vieilledent, Ghislain, Clark, Adam, Clark, James S., Courbaud, Benoit, Fortunel, Claire, Kunstler, Georges, Pélissier, Raphaël, Rüger, Nadja, Maréchaux, Isabelle

“…This major assumption has largely remained undiscussed, although a great part of observed IV is structured in space or time, in particular when environmental dimensions that influence individual performance are imperfectly characterised or unobserved in the field. …”
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The impact of multiple exposures and movement on the fear response of poultry by Alexandra Jackson, Marcela Quino, Anusha Gautam, Melissa Gilpin, Katie Still, Denise Landers, Bethany Baker-Cook

“…For both the human approach and the novel object test, at all-time points, the number of birds interested in the human or object was higher on 37d than 23d (P<0.01). …”
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Barriers and facilitators to implementation of a home-based cardiac rehabilitation programme for patients with heart failure in the NHS: a mixed-methods study by Rod S Taylor, Paulina Daw, Samantha B van Beurden, Jet J C S Veldhuijzen van Zanten, Alexander Harrison, Sinead T J McDonagh, Patrick J Doherty, Colin J Greaves, Hasnain M Dalal, Grace E R Wood

“…Different implementation contexts (urban/rural), timing (during the COVID-19 pandemic) and factors outside the healthcare team/system (quality of the REACH-HF training) were observed to negatively or positively impact the implementation process.Conclusions The findings are highly relevant to healthcare professionals involved in planning, delivering and commissioning of cardiac rehabilitation for patients with heart failure. …”
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Development of monoclonal antibodies against P. gingivalis Mfa1 and their protective capacity in an experimental periodontitis model by Mingya Cao, Siyu Wang, Shengke Zhou, Min Yan, Yu Zou, Yuan Cui, Xinyu Lou, Yichang Gao, Ying Chen, Zijing Han, Yi Qian, Jingying Chen, Xia Li

“…In this study, we report for the first time that anti-Mfa1 monoclonal antibodies can reduce P. gingivalis infection and improve periodontitis. …”
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Reverse Shoulder Arthroplasty Baseplate Stability Is Affected by Bone Density and the Type and Amount of Augmentation by Daniel Ritter, Patric Raiss, Patrick J. Denard, Brian C. Werner, Manuel Kistler, Celina Lesnicar, Micheal van der Merwe, Peter E. Müller, Matthias Woiczinski, Coen A. Wijdicks, Samuel Bachmaier

“…Micromotion correlated with the subchondral bone density in the BIO-RSA group (r = −0.63, <i>p</i> = 0.036), but not in the MA-RSA (<i>p</i> > 0.178) or reference (<i>p</i> > 0.117) groups. Conclusions: Time-zero baseplate implant fixation is more variable with BIO-RSA and correlates with bone density. …”
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Anti-Inflammatory and Healing Activity of the Hydroalcoholic Fruit Extract of Solanum diploconos (Mart.) Bohs by Larissa Benvenutti, Roberta Nunes, Ivonilce Venturi, Silvia Aparecida Ramos, Milena Fronza Broering, Fernanda Capitanio Goldoni, Sarah Eskelsen Pavan, Maria Verônica Dávila Pastor, Angela Malheiros, Nara Lins Meira Quintão, Elizabeth Soares Fernandes, José Roberto Santin

“…Herein, we presented for the first time evidence for the anti-inflammatory and wound healing activities of S. diploconos fruit hydroalcoholic extract. …”
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The association of HIV status and depressive symptoms in the Ndlovu Cohort study by Li Xiang Y. den Boer, Karine Scheuermaier, Hugo A. Tempelman, Roos E. Barth, Walter L. J. M. Devillé, Roel A. Coutinho, Diederick E. Grobbee, Francois Venter, Alinda G. Vos-Seda, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch

“…Future research to investigate the relation between ART regimen and depressive symptoms, to establish causality and to identify changes over time, is warranted.…”
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Cytoreductive Nephrectomy and Nephrectomy/Complete Metastasectomy for Metastatic Renal Cancer by Paul Russo, Mark Synder, Andrew Vickers, Varuni Kondagunta, Robert Motzer

“…Corrected calcium was defined as follows: corrected calcium = total calcium - 0.707*(albumin - 3.4). During this time frame, 1628 patients underwent nephrectomy (partial or radical) for renal masses, 91 (5.6%) of whom had metastatic disease. …”
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Epigenetic «probes» for lung cancer monitoring: LINE-1 methylation pattern in blood- circulating DNA by A. A. Ponomaryova, Е. Y. Rykova, N. V. Cherdyntseva, A. A. Bondar, A. Y. Dobrodeev, A. A. Zavyalov, S. A. Tuzikov, L. O. Bryzgalov, T. I. Merkulova, V. V. Vlassov, P. P. Laktionov

“…Concentrations of methylated LINE-1 region 1 copies (LINE-1met) were assayed by real-time methylation-specific PCR. In order to normalize the LINE-1 methylation level, the LINE-1 region 2 concentration was evaluated, which was independent of the methylation status (LINE-1Ind). …”
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Supplementation of Parachlorella sp. in feed promote the gut microbiome colonization and fecal IgA response of broiler in both early and late period by Woonhak Ji, Tae-Yong Kim, Chae Won Lee, Z-Hun Kim, Ji Young Jung, Byeong Cheol Ban, Changsu Kong, Myunghoo Kim

“…These findings suggest that the early growth period of broilers is the optimal time for dietary immunomodulation to promote gut health in broilers.…”
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“Holding on to Hope”: follow up qualitative findings of a tobacco treatment intervention for people experiencing mental health conditions by Tessa-May Zirnsak, Kristen McCarter, Melissa L. McKinlay, Ashleigh Guillaumier, Nadine Cocks, Catherine Brasier, Laura Hayes, Amanda L. Baker, Donita E. Baird, Billie Bonevski, Ron Borland, Ron Borland, David Castle, Erin Forbes, Peter J. Kelly, Catherine Segan, Catherine Segan, Rohan Sweeney, Alyna Turner, Alyna Turner, Jill M. Williams, Lisa Brophy, Lisa Brophy

“…The purpose of this paper is to report on the medium- and longer-term findings from interviews conducted at 5 and 8 months.MethodsAs a part of the broader Quitlink study, participants were invited to qualitative interviews at 2, 5 and 8 months following recruitment, in line with quantitative follow-up time points. Interviews were conducted with 28 participants in the Quitlink trial (intervention group n = 12, control group n = 16). …”
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TET1 is a Tumor Suppressor That Inhibits Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Cell Migration and Invasion by Shuang Yu, Yali Yin, Shubin Hong, Siting Cao, Yanrui Huang, Shuwei Chen, Yujie Liu, Hongyu Guan, Quan Zhang, Yanbing Li, Haipeng Xiao

“…The expression of the TET family in 49 PTC tissues and corresponding tumor-adjacent tissues, as well as PTC cell lines (BCPAP, K1, and TPC-1) and the normal thyroid epithelial cell line (Nthy-ori 3-1), were detected using quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction. The 5hmC level was detected in PTC tissues and cell lines using immunohistochemistry and dot blot assay, respectively. …”
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Booster Vaccination against Yellow Fever in Gambian children-(BoVY) -a Phase 3 clinical trial to establish safety and immunogenicity of repeated YF vaccination in healthy Gambian c... by David Jeffries, Caitlin Pley, Beate Kampmann, Mam Nabou Leigh, Julia Strandmark, Ed Clarke, Peter Ndow, Ebrima Kanteh, Amadou Faal, Elishia Roberts

“…Discussion The results of this trial are likely to directly impact WHO recommendations on whether booster vaccination is required for children in endemic areas, and if so, the optimal timing of such a booster.…”
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Promotion of microfracture-mediated cartilage repair by the intra-articular injection of Mg2+ by Zhian Chen, Tianhua Zhou, Zhengbo Yin, Peiya Duan, Ying Zhang, Yujiao Feng, Rongmao Shi, Yongqing Xu, Rongqing Pang, Hongbo Tan

“…The expression levels of related genes were detected by real-time quantitative reverse transcription polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR). …”
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Protective potential of structural proteins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in protecting against COVID-19 by Inna V. Dolzhikova, Daria M. Grousova, Ilya D. Zorkov, Anna A. Ilyukhina, Anna V. Kovyrshina, Olga V. Zubkova, Olga D. Popova, Tatiana A. Ozharovskaya, Denis I. Zrelkin, Daria M. Savina, Ekaterina G. Samokhvalova, Amir I. Tukhvatulin, Dmitry V. Shcheblyakov, Denis Yu. Logunov, Alexander L. Gintsburg

“…Many different vaccines for the prevention of COVID-19 have received emergency use approval in the shortest possible time. Due to the high rate of variability of the pathogen, in this study we analyzed the variability of the structural proteins of the SARS-CoV-2 virus and compared their protective potential in protecting animals from COVID-19. …”
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Oxamflatin and ascorbic acid improves developmental competence and quality of buffalo (Bubalis bubalis) cloned embryos by Sonal Gupta, Gaurav Tripathi, Kartikey Patel, Ram Parsad, Tanya Gupta, Naresh L. Selokar, Manoj Kumar Singh

“…The cloned embryos were transferred to the synchronized recipient (n=15 to18 buffaloes in each group), and the conception rate was observed better in combined treatment (OxF+AA) (46.66%) than oxamflatin (16.66%) and ascorbic acid (12.50%). At the same time, no pregnancy was reported in the control group. …”
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Progress in phase field research of dead lithium in lithium batteries by Jing LIU, Huiyi CHEN, Huiyu LIU, Shu LI

“…The accumulation of dead lithium reduces the inventory of active lithium, causing battery capacity and efficiency to decline over time. Addressing these challenges requires an in-depth understanding of the formation mechanisms of lithium dendrites and dead lithium and their influencing factors. …”
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Epi-Off versus Epi-On Corneal Collagen Cross-Linking in Keratoconus Patients: A Comparative Study through 2-Year Follow-Up by F. Cifariello, M. Minicucci, F. Di Renzo, D. Di Taranto, G. Coclite, S. Zaccaria, S. De Turris, C. Costagliola

“…All patients underwent a complete ophthalmologic testing that included uncorrected and best corrected visual acuity, central and peripheral corneal thickness, corneal astigmatism, simulated maximum, minimum, and average keratometry, corneal confocal microscopy, Schirmer I and break-up time (BUT) tests, and the Ocular Surface Disease Index. …”
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