Genomic data suggest parallel dental vestigialization within the xenarthran radiation by Emerling, Christopher A, Gibb, Gillian C, Tilak, Marie-Ka, Hughes, Jonathan J, Kuch, Melanie, Duggan, Ana T, Poinar, Hendrik N, Nachman, Michael W, Delsuc, Frédéric

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Pro-inflammatory effects of inhaled Great Salt Lake dust particles by Jacob M. Cowley, Cassandra E. Deering-Rice, John G. Lamb, Erin G. Romero, Marysol Almestica-Roberts, Samantha N. Serna, Lili Sun, Kerry E. Kelly, Ross T. Whitaker, Jenna Cheminant, Alessandro Venosa, Christopher A. Reilly

“…An example is the Great Salt Lake in Utah, USA which is at a near record low water level. Adverse health effects have been associated with exposure to windblown dust originating from dried lakebed sediments, but mechanistic studies evaluating the health effects of these dusts are limited. …”
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Intrinsic subtype and immunity score in identification of triple-negative breast cancer at low risk by Xinyu Ren, Tong Zhou, Yu Song, Huanwen Wu, Jeff Chou, Lance D. Miller, Zhiyong Liang, Songjie Shen

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Evaluation of Root Canal Diameters and Radicular Wall Thickness of the Human Primary Molars by using Multidetector Computed Tomography: A Cross-sectional Study by Piyali Datta, Shabnam Zahir, Kaushik Dutta, Pratik Kumar Lahiri, Sudipta Kar, Biswaroop Chandra, Trishik Basak, Shreya Tripathi

“…Analysis of these Computed Tomography (CT) scan images was done through Denta Scan (GE Healthcare, USA) software. In each of the corresponding cross-sections, the diameters of the root and the root canals were measured at their greatest diameter. …”
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A Multicenter, Prospective Study of a New Fully Covered Expandable Metal Biliary Stent for the Palliative Treatment of Malignant Bile Duct Obstruction by Bret T. Petersen, Michel Kahaleh, Richard A. Kozarek, David Loren, Kapil Gupta, Thomas Kowalski, Martin Freeman, Yang K. Chen, Malcolm S. Branch, Steven Edmundowicz, Michael Gluck, Kenneth Binmoeller, Todd H. Baron, Raj J. Shah, Timothy Kinney, William Ross, Paul Jowell, David Carr-Locke

“…A fully covered biliary SEMS (WallFlex Biliary RX Boston Scientific, Natick, USA) was assessed for palliation of extrahepatic malignant biliary obstruction. …”
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Health care utilization patterns of patients enrolled in an interdisciplinary program for back pain by Sara Davin, Psy.D., MPH, Brittany Lapin, PhD., MPH, Belinda Udeh, PhD, Sarah Rispinto, PhD, Nicolas R. Thompson, MS, Ryan Honomichl, PhD, Andre Machado, MD, Irene L. Katzan, MD

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Rapid literature mapping on the recent use of machine learning for wildlife imagery by Nakagawa, Shinichi, Lagisz, Malgorzata, Francis, Roxane, Tam, Jessica, Li, Xun, Elphinstone, Andrew, Jordan, Neil R., O'Brien, Justine K., Pitcher, Benjamin J., Van Sluys, Monique, Sowmya, Arcot, Kingsford, Richard T.

“…Much of the published research and focus on animals came from India, China, Australia, or the USA. There were relatively few collaborations across countries. …”
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Factors associated with uptake and acceptability of cervical cancer screening among female sex workers in Northeastern Uganda: A cross-sectional study. by Ronald Opito, Emmanuel Tiyo Ayikobua, Hellen Akurut, Susan Alwedo, Saadick Mugerwa Ssentongo, Walter Drake Erabu, Lazarus Oucul, Musa Kirya, Lameck Lumu Bukenya, Elly Ekwamu, Abraham Ignatius Oluka, Samuel Kabwigu, Emmanuel Othieno, Amos Deogratius Mwaka

“…Data was collected using structured investigator administered questionnaire and analyzed using Stata statistical software version 15.0 (Stata Corp, Texas, USA). The primary outcome was uptake of cervical cancer screening measured as the proportion of female sex workers who have ever been screened for cervical cancer. …”
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Financial Toxicity and Kidney Disease in Children and Adults: A Scoping Review by Siligato R, Gembillo G, De Giorgi A, Di Maria A, Scichilone LM, Capone M, Vinci FM, Nicoletti S, Bondanelli M, Malaventura C, Storari A, Santoro D, Dionisi S, Fabbian F

“…For each included study, we considered the study design, the population and main results from different populations with distinct renal conditions and the results were summarized in four tables.Results: Socioeconomic deprivation was the main cause of FT, and the majority of studies on the relationship between FT and chronic kidney disease (CKD) were conducted in the USA (4 studies evaluated the pediatric population and 6 studies included adults). …”
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Fatty Acids of Erythrocyte Membranes and Blood Serum in Differential Diagnosis of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases by M. V. Kruchinina, I. O. Svetlova, M. F. Osipenko, N. V. Abaltusova, A. A. Gromov, M. V. Shashkov, A. S. Sokolova, I. N. Yakovina, A. V. Borisova

“…The study of fatty acids (FA) composition of RBC membranes and BS was carried out using GC/MS system based on three Agilent 7000B quadrupoles (USA).Results. The most significant for distinguishing active UC from CD exacerbation were serum levels of elaidin (p = 0.0006); docosatetraenoic (n-6) (p = 0.004); docodienic (n-6) (p = 0.009); omega-3/omega-6 ratio (p = 0.02); docosapentaenoic (n-3) (p = 0.03); the sum of eicosapentaenoic and docosahexaenoic (p = 0.03), as well as the content of RBC lauric FA (p = 0.04) (AUC — 0.89, sensitivity — 0.91, specificity — 0.89, diagnostic accuracy — 0.91). …”
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International perspective on social cognition in schizophrenia: current stage and the next steps by Silvia Corbera, Matthew M. Kurtz, Amélie M. Achim, Giulia Agostoni, Isabelle Amado, Michal Assaf, Stefano Barlati, Margherita Bechi, Roberto Cavallaro, Satoru Ikezawa, Hiroki Okano, Ryo Okubo, Rafael Penadés, Takashi Uchino, Antonio Vita, Yuji Yamada, Morris D Bell

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Standardization and validation of a novel reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction method for detecting virulent strains of the infectious bursal disease virus by Vladimir Longa-Bobadilla, Phillip Ormeño-Vásquez, Manuel Criollo-Orozco, Luis Tataje-Lavanda, Katherine Huamán-Gutierrez, Ángela Montalván, Mirko Zimic, Manolo Fernández-Sanchez, Manolo Fernández-Díaz

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Comparison of Field and Virtual Vegetation Surveys Conducted Using Uncrewed Aircraft System (UAS) Imagery at Two Coastal Marsh Restoration Projects by Aaron N. Schad, Molly K. Reif, Joseph H. Harwood, Christopher L. Macon, Lynde L. Dodd, Katie L. Vasquez, Kevin D. Philley, Glenn E. Dobson, Katie M. Steinmetz

“…This study assessed the utility of UAS red-green-blue (RGB) and low-altitude imagery for virtually surveying vegetation plots in a web application and compared to traditional field surveys at two coastal marsh restoration sites in southeast Louisiana, USA. Separate expert botanists independently observed vegetation plots in the field vs. using UAS imagery in a web application to identify growth form, species, and coverages. …”
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Adapting the World Health Organization’s Surgical Safety Checklist to High-Income Settings: A Hybrid Effectiveness-Implementation Trial Protocol by Nathan Turley, MA, MBA, Karolina Kogut, BA, Barbara Burian, PhD, Rachel Moyal-Smith, DrPH, PA-C, James Etheridge, MD, MPH, Yves Sonnay, MScPH, William Berry, MD, MPH, Alan Merry, MD, MBChB, Alexander Hannenberg, MD, Alex B. Haynes, MD, MPH, Roger D. Dias, MD, PhD, MBA, Kathryn Hagen, MD, George Molina, MD, MPH, Lisa Spruce, DNP, RN, Carla Williams, RN, MHSM, Mary E. Brindle, MD, MPH, FRCSC

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Mechanical chest compression increases intrathoracic hemorrhage complications in patients receiving extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation by Yoshihisa Matsushima, Tatsuhiro Shibata, Kodai Shibao, Rei Yamakawa, Miyu Hayashida, Toshiyuki Yanai, Takashi Ishimatsu, Takehiro Homma, Shoichiro Nohara, Maki Otsuka, Yoshihiro Fukumoto

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Percentage of primiparous water buffalo cows becoming pregnant in the first 90 days postpartum by Héctor Nava-Trujillo, José Colmenares-Duque, Frank Díaz-Huerta, Adriana Morgado-Osorio, Armando Quintero-Moreno

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YOLOX-SwinT algorithm improves the accuracy of AO/OTA classification of intertrochanteric fractures by orthopedic trauma surgeons by Xue-Si Liu, Rui Nie, Ao-Wen Duan, Li Yang, Xiang Li, Le-Tian Zhang, Guang-Kuo Guo, Qing-Shan Guo, Dong-Chu Zhao, Yang Li, He-Hua Zhang

“…Statistical analysis was performed using the SPSS 20.0 (IBM Corp., Armonk, NY, USA) to compare the differences among the SOTS, JOTS, SOTS + AI, JOTS + AI, SOTS + JOTS, and SOTS + JOTS + AI groups. …”
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Assessment of Lower Limb Muscle Volume Using 3D Ultrasonography: Validity and Reliability Compared to MRI by Paul Ritsche, Romina Ledergerber, Michele Pansini, Francesco Santini, Oliver Faude

“…Target muscles—biceps femoris, gastrocnemius medialis and lateralis, tibialis anterior, and vastus lateralis—were scanned using a linear probe (12L3, Siemens, Erlangen, Germany) integrated with a motion capture system (Optitrack Flex 3, NaturalPoint, Corvallis, OR, USA). Data synchronization and reconstruction were performed using 3D Slicer. …”
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Treating drug-resistant tuberculosis in an era of shorter regimens: Insights from rural South Africa by J-D K Lotz, J Porter, H Conradie, T Boyles, B Gaunt, S Dimanda, D Cort

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CAMELS-IND: hydrometeorological time series and catchment attributes for 228 catchments in Peninsular India by N. K. Mangukiya, K. B. Kumar, P. Dey, S. Sharma, V. Bejagam, P. P. Mujumdar, P. P. Mujumdar, A. Sharma, A. Sharma

“…CAMELS-IND follows the same standards of the previously developed CAMELS datasets for the USA, Chile, Brazil, Great Britain, Australia, Switzerland, and Germany to facilitate comparisons with catchments of those countries and inclusion in global hydrological studies. …”
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