Genome-wide association study identifies candidate genes affecting body conformation traits of Zhongwei goat by Mingxuan Han, Xinbo Wang, Haidong Du, Yanlong Cao, Zhanqiang Zhao, Shuran Niu, Xuxu Bao, Youjun Rong, Xiaofang Ao, Furong Guo, Qincheng Xia, Fangzheng Shang, Ruijun Wang, Yanjun Zhang

“…Our research identified a series of SNPs and candidate genes associated with growth traits, which could assist us in developing the meat production trait in Zhongwei goats.…”
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Antibiotic resistance genotype, phenotype, and clinical outcomes in patients with Gram-negative infections at Rabin Medical Center in Israel by Rachelle E. Koch, Jackson Barth, Andrew E. Clark, Dhara Desai, Jiwoong Kim, Christine A. Pybus, Xiaowei Zhan, Leonard Leibovici, Dafna Yahav, David E. Greenberg

“…Merging both clinical and genomic data allowed us to find both bacterial and clinical factors that impact certain clinical outcomes. …”
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Outcome evaluation and cost-effectiveness analysis for an integrated multidisciplinary diabetic limb salvage program: a combined observational and simulation study by Yan Sun, Xiaoli Zhu, Jaime Lin, John Abisheganaden, Zhiwen Joseph Lo, Lixia Ge, Joseph Molina, Elaine Tan, Huiling Liew, Jeremy Hoe, Gary Ang, Kai Qiang Low, Theophilus Yap, Nur Aberleen Syafirah Binte Azmi, Enming Yong, Tiffany Chew, Hui Yan Koo, Chelsea Law, Dexter Yak Seng Chan, Claris Shi, Julia Choo, Wai Han Hoi, Sadhana Chandraskear, Jo Ann Lim, Jemes Siow, Sabariah Binte Kaspon, Subramaniam Tavintharan, Daniel Chew

“…Additionally, they experienced fewer inpatient admissions (0.98 fewer episodes) and shorter hospital stays (5.5 fewer days) within 1 year (p-value <0.001). The ICER was US$22 707 (SE: 430) per quality-adjusted life year gained, indicating long-term cost-effectiveness. …”
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Alimentation d’une population historique by Estelle Herrscher

“…The analysis of stable isotopes enables us to determine what types of food were consumed during an individual’s life. …”
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N-Butyl-2-Cyanoacrylate Adhesive Versus Absorbable Tacks in Laparoscopic Groin Hernia Repair: A Multicenter Randomized Clinical Trial by Clayton C. Petro, MD, Benjamin K. Poulose, MD, Michael J. Rosen, MD, Alfredo M. Carbonell, II, DO, Adel G. El-Ghazzawy, MD, Jeremy A. Warren, MD, Emanuele Lo Menzo, MD, Ajita S. Prabhu, MD, David M. Krpata, MD, Samuel Szomstein, MD, Vimal Narula, MD, Crystal F. Totten, MD, Kelly R. Haisley, MD, Andrew C. Bernard, MD, Henrik O. Berdel, MD, Jessica K. Reynolds, MD, Zachary D. Warriner, MD, John S. Roth, MD

“…Chronic pain after laparoscopic groin hernia repair has been associated with penetrating fixation, but there had been no US Food and Drug Administration–approved devices for nonpenetrating fixation in this context. …”
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Impactos ambientales en la ciudad de Manaus: una búsqueda de comprensión Ambient impacts in the city of Manaus: an understanding search by Eveline Maria Damasceno do Nascimento, Iraildes Caldas Torres

“…The process of reproduction of the urban space leads us in front of deep transformations because each citizen points out in to a space wich determines, in the level of the daily life, the collective construction of the city, what it strengthens the necessity to identify the roles and the responsibilities of the diverse actors in face to the environmental issues and to the necessity reading consensus around them. …”
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Sources of right to freedom of peaceful assembly by М. А. Sambor

“…Sources of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly in their retrospective dimension allow us to approach the understanding of the right to freedom of peaceful assembly, taking into account the historical peculiarities of the understanding of this right, conditioned by the historical stages of the development of humanity, statehood and legal ideas about human rights in general and the right to freedom of peaceful assembly in particular. …”
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Perceived effectiveness and recommendations from a childbirth quality assurance and improvement programme in India’s private sector: a qualitative evaluation using the RE-AIM frame... by Katherine Semrau, Meghna Desai, Lauren Spigel, Somesh Kumar, Megan Marx Delaney, Lauren Bobanski, Suranjeen Pallipamula, Natalie Henrich, Tapas Sadasivan Nair, Hema Divakar, Rajat Chabba, Shweta Jindal, Gulnoza Usmanova, Sukanya Dutta, Aarushi Gupta, Sucheta Kinjawadekar, Priti Kumar, Priyanka Kumari, Prerna Mukharya, Hrishikesh Pai, Ameya Purandare, Pompy Sridhar

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Impact of Nutritional Support for Tuberculosis on Intermediate and Terminal Undernutrition and Treatment Outcomes (INSTITUT) study: a protocol for a quasi-experimental study to ass... by Dissou Affolabi, Chelsie Cintron, Madolyn Dauphinais, Attannon Arnauld Fiogbe, Mohammed Fall Dogo, Safiou Ate, Christine Adjonou, Kokou Agossou, Susie Jiaxing Pan, Marius Esse, Benjamin Ade, Komi Séraphin Adjoh, Pranay Sinha, Kobto G Koura

“…Comparing treatment outcomes of PWTB treated in Benin and Togo can help us understand the impact of nutritional support for PWTB.Methods and analysis We designed a programmatic, prospective cohort study to assess the treatment outcomes among persons with pulmonary tuberculosis under programmatic conditions. …”
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Lung function improvement on triple modulators: high-resolution, nationwide data from the Danish Cystic Fibrosis Cohort by Christian Leo-Hansen, Daniel Faurholt-Jepsen, Tavs Qvist, Christine Højte, Bibi U. Nielsen, Thomas Bryrup, Esben H. Henriksen, Terese Katzenstein, Marianne Skov, Inger H.M. Mathiesen, Majbritt Jeppesen, Søren Jensen-Fangel, Hanne V. Olesen, Frederik Fouirnaies Buchvald, Kim Gjerum Nielsen, Espen Jimenez-Solem, Christian Ritz, Tacjana Pressler, Mette F. Olsen, the TransformCF Study Group

“…Close monitoring allowed us to assess the impact of treatment on lung function and progression of lung disease in an unselected nationwide cystic fibrosis population from 6 years of age. …”
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Pectin obtention from agroindustrial wastes of Malus domestica using green solvents (citric acid and natural deep eutectic solvents). Chemical, thermal, and rheological characteriz... by Carolina Gómez Vargas, Carolina Gómez Vargas, Nora Marta Andrea Ponce, Carlos A. Stortz, Eliana Noemi Fissore, Eliana Noemi Fissore, Pablo Bonelli, Pablo Bonelli, Carlos Mauricio Otálora González, Carlos Mauricio Otálora González, Lía Noemí Gerschenson, Lía Noemí Gerschenson

“…The effect of ultrasound assistance was preliminarily evaluated in the production of pectic fractions using N2, observing higher yields (13–18 g/100 g), in general, a higher concentration of uronic acid and a higher degree of methoxylation when compared with the extraction without US. They also showed greater arabinose content (less degradative treatment), lower glucose content (increased purity), and higher rhamnogalacturonan I (RG-I) content. …”
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A Program for Master of Science in Environment and Natural Resources (MENR) by Kabale University

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Identifying pre-diabetes ‘hotspots’ in Northern California using geospatial analysis: opportunities to target diabetes prevention strategies and improve health equity by Tannaz Moin, Luis A Rodriguez, Obidiugwu Kenrik Duru, Julie Schmittdiel, Tainayah W Thomas, Maher Yassin, Yelba Castellon-Lopez

“…Objectives The US Preventive Services Task Force recommends screening of adults aged 35–70 with a body mass index ≥25 kg/m2 for type 2 diabetes and referral of individuals who screen positive for pre-diabetes to evidence-based prevention strategies. …”
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L’aqueduc de Fontanières : un cinquième aqueduc romain à Lyon ? by Jean-Yves Barbier

“…Many hypotheses have been put forward about its source, profile, destination and dating, but only the discovery of new elements will allow us to draw further conclusions.…”
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Relationship of Serum Levels of IL-17, IL-18, TNF-α, and Lung Function Parameters in Patients with COPD, Asthma-COPD Overlap, and Bronchial Asthma by Nailya Kubysheva, Marina Boldina, Tatyana Eliseeva, Svetlana Soodaeva, Igor Klimanov, Anastasia Khaletskaya, Venera Bayrasheva, Valery Solovyev, Luis Alfonso Villa-Vargas, Marco Antonio Ramírez-Salinas, Moisés Salinas-Rosales, Dmitry Yu. Ovsyannikov, Ildar Batyrshin

“…In patients with COPD, the levels of IL-17 and TNF-α increased progressively against the background of a decrease in numerous spirometric indicators, which allows us to consider these cytokines as systemic biomarkers of disease severity. …”
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Hurricane Effects on a Shallow Lake Ecosystem and Its Response to a Controlled Manipulation of Water Level by Karl E. Havens, Kang-Ren Jin, Andrew J. Rodusky, Bruce Sharfstein, Mark A. Brady, Therese L. East, Nenad Iricanin, R. Thomas James, Matthew C. Harwell, Alan D. Steinman

“…In order to reverse the damage to aquatic plant communities caused by multiple years of high water levels in Lake Okeechobee, Florida (U.S.), the Governing Board of the South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) authorized a "managed recession" to substantially lower the surface elevation of the lake in spring 2000. …”
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Single-cell atlas reveals multi-faced responses of losartan on tubular mitochondria in diabetic kidney disease by Zhen Zhu, Guangxin Luan, Song Wu, Yiyi Song, Shuang Shen, Kaiyue Wu, Shengnan Qian, Weiping Jia, Jun Yin, Tao Ren, Jianping Ye, Li Wei

“…Here, our DKD mouse kidney single-cell RNA sequencing conveys a more comprehensive mitochondrial profile, which helps us further understand the therapeutic response of this unique organelle family to drugs. …”
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The analysis of gene co-expression network and immune infiltration revealed biomarkers between triple-negative and non-triple negative breast cancer by Yao Yi, Yao Yi, Yu Zhong, Yu Zhong, Lianhua Xie, Lianhua Xie, Shuxian Lu, Shuxian Lu, Yifeng Zhang, Yifeng Zhang

“…Therefore, we explored the immune microenvironment differences between TNBC and non-TNBC by leveraging the CIBERSORT algorithm. This enabled us to estimate the immune cell compositions in the breast cancer tissue of the two subtypes. …”
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Exploring Future Pandemic Preparedness Through the Development of Preventive Vaccine Platforms and the Key Roles of International Organizations in a Global Health Crisis by Jihee Jeon, Eunyoung Kim

“…In response, many international organizations, including the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the World Health Organization (WHO), and the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC), have developed strategies to combat these health threats. …”
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A Pragmatic Approach to Rhetorical Technique of "Exaggeration" Based on Grice’s "Cooperative Principle" by Hassan Rahmani, Qasem Mokhtari, Mohammad Jorfi, Ebrahim Anari Bozchlooi, Mahmoud Shahbazi

“…IntroductionBadi, the art of eloquence, strives to teach us the method of fine speaking. Despite its value and importance, we observe that the beautiful and captivating visage of this science has long been covered in the dust of antiquity and obsolescence, with little effort made to scientifically explain its subtleties and delicacies. …”
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