A prediction risk score for HIV among adolescent girls and young women in South Africa: identifying those in need of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis by Reuben Christopher Moyo, Darshini Govindasamy, Samuel Om Manda, Peter Suwirakwenda Nyasulu

“…However, a combination of the purported risk variables in a multivariate risk model could be more useful in determining HIV risk in AGYW than one at a time. The purpose of this study was to develop and validate an HIV risk prediction model for AGYW. …”
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Pulmonary Mucormycosis – An Experience from a Tertiary Care Center in Southern India: A PULM MUCOR Study by Ashwin Oliver Arul, K. Rajiv Karthik, Devasahayam Jesudas Christopher

“…Early identification of the disease is the key, and an early referral for bronchoscopy in a susceptible host can shorten the time to diagnosis and probably improve outcomes. …”
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The protective effect of trehalose and monosodium glutamate on yeast viability and antagonistic properties during freeze-drying by Joanna Krzymińska, Jolanta Kowalska

“…The efficacy of protective treatments depended on the yeast isolate, the protective substance used during freeze-drying, treatment timing (prevention vs. intervention), and interactions of those factors. …”
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Origin and Attribution of the Items in Eastern European Champlevé Enamels Style (Late 2nd – 4th Centuries) Found South-Eastward of the Main Dnieper Area by Oleg A. Radyush

“…Most known enameled finds belong to this time period, although some types of items can be traced back to the late 4th to early 5th centuries. …”
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Identification of genome compositions in allopolyploid species of the genus Elymus(Poaceae: Triticeae) in the Asian part of Russia by CAPS analysis by A. V. Agafonov, E. V. Shabanova (Kobozeva), S. V. Asbaganov, A. V. Mglinets, V. S. Bogdanova

“…In 16 species, genomic constitutions were identified for the first time. Fifteen accessions from Asian Russia  possessed the genomic constitution StStHH, and E. amurensis, phylogenetically close to the StY-genomic species  E. ciliaris, had the genomic constitution StStYY. …”
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Machine learning-based study of hardness in polypropylene/carbon nanotube and low-density polyethylene/carbon nanotube composites by Harshit Sharma, Gaurav Arora, Raj Kumar, Suman Debnath, Suchart Siengchin

“…Four input vectors have been used in the construction of proposed network, such as CNT concentration, power, pressure applied, and exposure time. Hardness prediction is one output that has been evolved from the proposed work. …”
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Scoping review of the characteristics assessed by vulnerability indices applied to people experiencing homelessness. by Jane Currie, Elizabeth Grech, Erin Longbottom, Jasmine Yee, Ruth Hastings, Amy Aitkenhead, Amy Cason, Karin Obrecht

“…<h4>Methods</h4>Included papers were primary research, published in the English language, participants were experiencing homelessness and aged over 18 years at the time of the study, a vulnerability index was used in the study, sample size was greater than 30, and the study had a health focus. …”
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Optimization of Caving Technology in an Extrathick Seam with Longwall Top Coal Caving Mining by Liu Yang, Lianghui Li, Weijie Wei

“…In addition, discussing ICGCT and the dependent cluster-group caving technology (DCGCT), it is found that the recovery ratio of DCGCT has a slight increase, which enlarges the maximum drawing range of top coal at both panel ends, shortening the total drawing time of the panel. In summary, ICGCT provides a new approach for improving the recovery ratio and drawing balance in LTCC with an extrathick coal seam.…”
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Long-Term Results of the Etiotropic Therapy of Subcompensed Liver Cirrhosis in the Outcome of Chronic Hepatitis C by P. O. Bogomolov, A. O. Bueverov, V. E. Bakirova, E. O. Lyusina, E. A. Fedosyina, S. V. Koblov, O. V. Sumtsova

“…In total, 66 patients (27 men and 39 women) received such a therapy, the median age was 56.4 years.Results. 147 weeks (IQR 56–156) following AVT completion, the long-term results were evaluated. At that time, 27 patients were available for observation. …”
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Intestinal Permeability Measured by Urinary Sucrose Excretion Correlates with Serum Zonulin and Faecal Calprotectin Concentrations in UC Patients in Remission by C. A. M. Wegh, N. M. de Roos, R. Hovenier, J. Meijerink, I. Besseling-van der Vaart, S. van Hemert, B. J. M. Witteman

“…During the study, no significant group or time effects were found for intestinal permeability measured by the 5-sugar absorption test, serum zonulin, and faecal zonulin. …”
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A Reliable Generative Adversarial Network Approach for Climate Downscaling and Weather Generation by Neelesh Rampal, Peter B. Gibson, Steven Sherwood, Gab Abramowitz, Sanaa Hobeichi

“…With this modification, we expect cGANs to be readily transferable to other applications and time periods, making them a useful weather generator for representing extreme event statistics in present and future climates.…”
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Fal – Fortune Telling from Chalil Juzefovich’s Tefsir (19th Century) by Galina Miškinienė

“…Although the fortune-telling text, which is being described for the first time, has no analogues in other manuscripts, it will provide excellent material for further comparative studies. …”
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Ultrasound radiomics-based logistic regression model for fibrotic NASH by Fei Xia, Wei Wei, Junli Wang, Yuhe Wang, Kun Wang, Chaoxue Zhang, Qiwei Zhu

“…Conclusion The nomogram and clinical radiomics model, which consists of clinical characteristics, real-time shear wave elastography, and radiomics, provide excellent predictive capability in assessing the likelihood of fibrotic NASH.…”
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ONLINE PROJECTS AS A FORM OF SPREADING PEDAGOGICAL BIOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE IN THE CONTEXT OF OPEN SCIENCE by Larysa D. Berezivska, Oleksandr P. Mikhno, Olha P. Pinchuk

“…The online project is considered both as a multifunctional information resource and as a digital tool for educational activities, which, with the help of web technologies, demonstrates specially created open-access content to a wide range of users. For the first time, the paper analyzes the spread of biographical pedagogical knowledge through the development of online projects and their implementation by means of social networks. …”
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Efficacy and safety of acupuncture for postoperative gastroparesis syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Yichuan Xv, Yiyi Feng, Jiang Lin

“…Acupuncture also reduced gastric tube indwelling time [MD = −2.36, 95% CI (−3.14, −1.59), p &lt; 0.001], decreased gastric juice drainage [MD = −166.88, 95% CI (−176.57, −156.18), p &lt; 0.001], and improved serum motilin levels [MD = 41.65, 95% CI (30.14, 53.15), p &lt; 0.001]. …”
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Why do people walk their dog where the wild things are? A qualitative content analysis from an urban nature reserve by Jasmin Packer, Mark Kohler, Dolly Dawson, Nusrat Asad, Rosslyn von derBorch, Anna Chur‐Hansen

“…Most people keep their dog on the lead at least some of the time, mainly for their dog's safety and to align with social norms. …”
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Mir-615-5p inhibits cervical cancer progression by targeting TMIGD2 by Yan Zhao, Haitao Chen, Wenhui Zhang, Wei Shang, Jinwei Cao, Huijuan Zhao, Zhixiang Zou

“…Materials and methods The levels of miR-615-5p and TMIGD2 mRNA in tissue samples and cells were quantified through quantitative reverse transcription real-time PCR, followed by statistical analyses to investigate the correlation between miR-615-5p and clinical data. …”
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Application of synthesized Fe3O4@Gelatin nanoparticles on interfacial properties and enhanced oil recovery by Hossein Ghalenavi, Abdolhossein Hemmati-Sarapardeh, Mahin Schaffie, Saeid Norouzi-Apourvari

“…In this study, Fe3O4@Gelatin NPs were synthesized by a convenient and single-step method and then investigated for EOR purposes for the first time. These NPS were characterized by Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). …”
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Association Between Cardiometabolic Comorbidity Burden and Outcomes in Heart Failure by Carine E. Hamo, Xiyue Li, Chiadi E. Ndumele, Amrita Mukhopadhyay, Samrachana Adhikari, Saul Blecker

“…Cox regression models were used to assess the association between cardiometabolic comorbidity burden and time to all‐cause and HF hospitalization at 1 year, adjusting for age, sex, race or ethnicity, and insurance status, smoking, prior hospitalization, and Elixhauser comorbidity index. …”
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Purification of mesenchymal stromal cell‐derived small extracellular vesicles using ultrafiltration by Rui Lei, Shuai Ren, Hua Ye, Zhanfeng Cui

“…Subsequently, a fed‐batch ultra‐diafiltration (UF/DF) process with optimised filtration parameters was developed and compared with the currently most used ultracentrifugation (UC) method, showing exceptional effectiveness and performance in the isolation of MSC‐sEVs: it increased the recovery of MSC‐sEV from 20.59% to 60.88% (about three folds increase) and nearly doubled the purity, while also reducing processing time from over 4 h to 3.5 h, with a potential further reduction to less than 2.5 h through automation. …”
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