Progress on HIV and other sexually transmitted infections elimination among youth and adults across BRICS-plus countries: Results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 by Rizhen Wang, Yinuo Sun, Huan Wang, Xiaoran Yu, JiYan Ma, Zuokun Liu, Jing Li, Zhiyong Zou, Yangmu Huang

“…We aim to assess HIV and other STIs morbidity trends from 1992 to 2021 across BRICS-plus (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa, Egypt, Ethiopia, Iran, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates), which accounts for nearly half of the world population. Methods: HIV and other STIs morbidity estimates were derived from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021. …”
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Privacy-preserving approach for IoT networks using statistical learning with optimization algorithm on high-dimensional big data environment by Fatma S. Alrayes, Mohammed Maray, Asma Alshuhail, Khaled Mohamad Almustafa, Abdulbasit A. Darem, Ali M. Al-Sharafi, Shoayee Dlaim Alotaibi

“…Additionally, it needs to adequately account for the complex dynamics of the IoT environment. …”
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Impaction bone grafting for acetabular bone defects replacement in revision hip arthroplasty: biomechanical aspects by Vadim N. Golnik, Natalia V. Fedorova, Alexey Y. Larichkin, Svetlana V. Boyko, Andrey A. Panchenko, Alexandr M. Kosinov, Vladimir A. Peleganchuk, Vitaliy V. Pavlov

“…Cyclic tests were carried out at the second stage of the experiment. Taking into account the presence of blood in the wound, we provided for a model with an aqueous solution of 45% glycerin. …”
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Estimated cumulative incidence of intervention by children's social care services to age 18: a whole-of-England administrative data cohort study using the child in need census by Matthew A Jay, Patricio Troncoso, Andy Bilson, Dave Thomson, Richard Dorsett, Rachel Pearson, Bianca De Stavola, Ruth Gilbert

“…We estimated the above cumulative incidences in three cohorts and combined them, adjusting numerators to account for left-censoring. The three cohorts were children born in: (a) 2012/13, followed to age 5; (b) 2005/06, followed from age 6 age to 12; and (c) 2000/01, followed from age 13 to 17. …”
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Effects of exercise dose based on the ACSM recommendations on depression in hemodialysis patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials by Yang Fang, Yang Fang, Bai Xiaoling, Li Huan, Li Huan, Guan Yaping, Zhang Binying, Wang Man, Wu Juan, Liu Xinyu

“…The mean age of the patients ranged from 33.2 to 70 years, and the average body mass index (BMI) fluctuated between 23.3 and 28.81 kg/m2. Males accounted for a relatively larger proportion of the participants. …”
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Road Transport and Urban Mobility Greenhouse Gas Emissions Factor for Air Pollution Modeling in Burkina Faso by Issaka Abdou Razakou Kiribou, Tiga Neya, Bernard Nana, Kehinde Ogunjobi, Tizane Daho, Y․ Woro Gounkaou, Faith Mawia Muema, Dejene W. Sintayehu

“…Thus, in 2019, gasoline and diesel accounted for 71 % and 21 % of total fuel consumption respectively, and produced a total amount of 1034 513.84 tons of CO2 (1034.5 GgCO2). …”
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Gene networks for use in metabolomic data analysis of blood plasma from patients with postoperative delirium by V. A. Ivanisenko, N. V. Basov, A. A. Makarova, A. S. Venzel, A. D. Rogachev, P. S. Demenkov, T.  V. Ivanisenko, M. A. Kleshchev, E. V. Gaisler, G. B. Moroz, V. V. Plesko, Y. S. Sotnikova, Y. V. Patrushev, V. V. Lomivorotov, N. A. Kolchanov, A. G. Pokrovsky

“…It is hypothesized that dysfunction of NPD-associated regulators may specifically account for the development of POD after cardiac surgery. …”
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Genome-wide linkage mapping of Fusarium crown rot in common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) by Faji Li, Can Guo, Qi Zhao, Weie Wen, Shengnan Zhai, Xinyou Cao, Cheng Liu, Dungong Cheng, Jun Guo, Yan Zi, Aifeng Liu, Jianmin Song, Jianjun Liu, Jindong Liu, Haosheng Li

“…The RILs and their parents were genotyped using a wheat 90K singlenucleotide polymorphism (SNP) array.ResultsWe identified a total of five quantitative trait loci (QTLs) related to FCR resistance: QFCR.caas-3AL, QFCR.caas-3DL, QFCR.caas-5BL, QFCR.caas-6BS, and QFCR.caas-7DS. These QTLs accounted for 4.6% to 12.8% of the phenotypic variance. …”
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Size-resolved Compositional Analysis and Source Apportionment of Submicron Aerosol during Lockdown Period Using HR-ToF-AMS by Prodip Acharja, Akash Vispute, Prasanna Lonkar, Suresh W. Gosavi, Sreyashi Debnath, Narendra G. Dhangar, Kaushar Ali, Gaurav Govardhan, Sachin D. Ghude

“…Among these factors, HOA contributes nearly a quarter to the OA mass, and OOA accounted for nearly 60% of the total OA mass. The high-resolution positive matrix factorization (HR-PMF) analysis and the elemental ratios of H/C, O/C, and OM/OC showed distinct characteristics during different periods. …”
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Risk factors affecting polygenic score performance across diverse cohorts by Daniel Hui, Scott Dudek, Krzysztof Kiryluk, Theresa L Walunas, Iftikhar J Kullo, Wei-Qi Wei, Hemant Tiwari, Josh F Peterson, Wendy K Chung, Brittney H Davis, Atlas Khan, Leah C Kottyan, Nita A Limdi, Qiping Feng, Megan J Puckelwartz, Chunhua Weng, Johanna L Smith, Elizabeth W Karlson, Regeneron Genetics Center, Penn Medicine BioBank, Gail P Jarvik, Marylyn D Ritchie

“…Given significant and replicable evidence for context-specific PGSBMI performance and effects, we investigated ways to increase model performance taking into account nonlinear effects. Machine learning models (neural networks) increased relative model R2 (mean 23%) across datasets. …”
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Elevation of ganglioside degradation pathway drives GM2 and GM3 within amyloid plaques in a transgenic mouse model of Alzheimer's disease by Wenxuan Wang, Sarah J. Myers, Nikita Ollen-Bittle, Shawn N. Whitehead

“…Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that accounts for two-thirds of all dementia cases, and age is the strongest risk factor. …”
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Global decadal measurements of methanol, ethene, ethyne, and HCN from the Cross-track Infrared Sounder by K. C. Wells, D. B. Millet, J. F. Brewer, V. H. Payne, K. E. Cady-Pereira, R. Pernak, S. Kulawik, S. Kulawik, C. Vigouroux, N. Jones, E. Mahieu, M. Makarova, T. Nagahama, I. Ortega, M. Palm, K. Strong, M. Schneider, D. Smale, R. Sussmann, M. Zhou

“…We update the Retrieval of Organics from CrIS Radiances (ROCR) algorithm developed previously for isoprene to explicitly account for the spectral signal dependence on the VOC vertical profile shape, and we apply this updated retrieval (ROCRv2) to derive column abundances for the targeted species across the full Suomi NPP CrIS record (2012–2023). …”
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Paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental constraints on organic matter enrichment in the Paleocene strata in the Lishui Sag, East China Sea Shelf Basin by Shiyan Yin, Chuang Lei, Jiaren Ye, Jingfu Wu, Yu Wang, Ying Zhang, Xiaoying Han

“…Organic matter productivity, as well as the preservation or degradation of organic matter, was controlled by covariation in the paleoclimatic and paleoenvironmental conditions. This can account for the difference in organic matter enrichment in the mudstones of the three formations. …”
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Longitudinal Associations between Obesity, Inflammation, and the Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus among US Black and White Adults in the CARDIA Study by Sharon H. Jackson, Anna Bellatorre, Timothy McNeel, Anna María Nápoles, Kelvin Choi

“…However, stratification by race showed greater attenuation of the effects of waist circumference on T2DM in Whites than in Blacks when inflammation biomarkers were accounted for in the model. Conclusion. Targeted control of systemic inflammation may reduce the risk of developing T2DM, especially among Blacks, and could help address Black-White disparities in diabetes care and outcomes.…”
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How prepared is Nigeria digital payment for health workers? A landscape analysis by Folashayo Peter Adeniji, David Ayobami Adewole, Segun Bello, Elizabeth Ekirapa, Juliet Aweko, Vincent Michael Kiberu, Charles Opio, Peter Waiswa, Olufunmilayo Ibitola Fawole

“…Other incentives for digitization of payments were: availability of credible financial institutions, improved financial accountability and transparency, previous experience of under-payment or non-payment of end beneficiaries, to avoid delays in payment and ensure timely retirement of funds. …”
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Analysis of mutations in CDC27, CTBP2, HYDIN and KMT5A genes in carotid paragangliomas by E. N. Lukyanova, A. V. Snezhkina, D. V. Kalinin, A. V. Pokrovsky, A. L. Golovyuk, O. A. Stepanov, E. A. Pudova, G. S. Razmakhaev, M. V. Orlova, A. P. Polyakov, M. V. Kiseleva, A. D. Kaprin, A. V. Kudryavtseva

“…This allows considering CDC27, CTBP2, HYDIN, and KMT5A genes as potentially associated with CPGL pathogenesis and requires taking them into account in further investigations. Thus, there is a necessity to improve the methods for identification of cancer-asso ciated genes as well as pathogenic mutations.…”
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Quantitative Trait Loci Analysis of Folate Content in Dry Beans, Phaseolus vulgaris L. by S. Khanal, J. Xue, R. Khanal, W. Xie, J. Shi, K. P. Pauls, A. Navabi

“…These QTL had significant dominance effects and individually accounted for 7.7% to 10.5% of the total phenotypic variance. …”
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Dissection of the genetic loci for grain hardness and variation of the key genes in common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) by Jinna Hou, Pengge Sun, Pei Yan, Shenghui Geng, Wenxu Li, Maomao Qin, Ziju Dai, Baoming Tian, Zhengqing Wu, Zhengfu Zhou, Changwen Li, Zhensheng Lei

“…Totally, six haplotypes were identified and among them the haplotypes Pina-D1a/PinbD1b (56.77 %) and Pina-Dla/Pinb-D1a (31.25 %) accounted for the highest proportion. Addtionally, a novel haplotype, Pina-null/Pinb-null, was detected in var. …”
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Dataset of microscale atmospheric flow and pollutant concentration large-eddy simulations for varying mesoscale meteorological forcing in an idealized urban environmentZenodo by Eliott Lumet, Thomas Jaravel, Mélanie C. Rochoux

“…Given these issues, the construction of CFD datasets that account for uncertainty would be an interesting avenue of research for microscale atmospheric science.In this context, we present the PPMLES (Perturbed-Parameter ensemble of MUST Large-Eddy Simulations) dataset, which consists of 200 large-eddy simulations (LES) characterizing the complex interactions between the turbulent airflow, the tracer dispersion, and an idealized urban environment. …”
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Clinical Characteristics of 31 Patients with Chest Pain Variant Asthma by Mao W, Gao Y, Sun W, Li J, Wang J, Wang Z, Zhang L, Huang K

“…Here, we aim to introduce the characteristics of their symptoms, lung function and chest imaging features to arouse the attention of physicians to know better of the disease.Patients and Methods: We retrospectively analyzed thirty-one patients who had been diagnosed with CPVA based on clinical data and positive bronchial provocation tests (BPTs).Results: The mean age of all enrolled patients was forty-seven years, and females accounted for 64.5%. Main features of chest pain manifested as dull pain and mild pain with unfixed location, and several patients were presented with distending pain, pinprick pain, chest pain related to breathing, chest pain position-related and chest pain like angina pectoris. …”
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