Social vulnerability index associated with higher COVID-19 seroprevalence in Nigeria by Natalia Blanco, Olanrewaju Lawal, Jibreel Jumare, Christina Riley, James Onyemata, Thomas Kono, Anna Winters, Chenfeng Xiong, Alash’le Abimiku, Manhattan Charurat, Kristen A. Stafford, for The INFORM Africa Research Study Group

“…Social vulnerability has been shown to be a strong predictor of disparities in health outcomes. A common approach to estimating social vulnerability is using a composite index, such as the social vulnerability index (SVI), which combines multiple factors corresponding to key social determinants of health. …”
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Established Pseudomonas syringae pv. tomato infection disrupts immigration of leaf surface bacteria to the apoplast by Kimberly N. Cowles, Arjun S. Iyer, Iain McConnell, Ellie G. Guillemette, Dharshita Nellore, Sonia C. Zaacks, Jeri D. Barak

“…While it may be considered common knowledge that hosts are fundamentally altered following infection, the mechanisms that drive these changes remain poorly understood. …”
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Testing the Breakdown of the Asteroseismic Scaling Relations in Luminous Red Giants by Amanda L. Ash, Marc H. Pinsonneault, Mathieu Vrard, Joel C. Zinn

“…Scaling relations are commonly used to relate global asteroseismic properties—the frequency of maximum power ${\nu }_{{\rm{\max }}}$ and the large-frequency separation Δ ν —to stellar properties. …”
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Unveiling early-life microbial colonization profile through characterizing low-biomass maternal-infant microbiomes by 2bRAD-M by Shuwen Hou, Yuesong Jiang, Feng Zhang, Tianfan Cheng, Dan Zhao, Jilong Yao, Ping Wen, Ping Wen, Lijian Jin, Shi Huang

“…We collected breast milk samples, maternal feces, and infant meconium, comparing the results from 2bRAD-M with those from both commonly used 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing and the gold-standard whole metagenomics sequencing (WMS).ResultsThe accuracy and robustness of 2bRAD-M were demonstrated through its consistently high correlation of microbial individual abundance and low whole-community-level distance with the paired WMS samples. …”
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Minerals, Toxic Heavy Metals, and Antioxidant Properties of Honeys from Bangladesh by Sudip Paul, Md. Sakib Hossen, E. M. Tanvir, Rizwana Afroz, Delwar Hossen, Sagarika Das, Nikhil Chandra Bhoumik, Nurul Karim, Farha Matin Juliana, Siew Hua Gan, Md. Ibrahim Khalil

“…The study provides a useful insight on the minerals, heavy metals, and antioxidant properties of honey samples commonly consumed in Bangladesh and found to be rich source of antioxidants and minerals. …”
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Catastrophic Brain Aspergillosis after Liver Transplantation by Mohammadmahdi Abbasi, Shirin Shams Ardakani, Nasir Fakhar, Hamid Eshaghi, Hosein Alimadadi, Toktam Faghihi, Behdad Gharib, Meisam Sharifzadeh, Masoomeh Safaei

“…Aspergillosis in solid organ recipients is one of the most common fungal infections that usually occur 1 month after transplantation. …”
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A detoxified TLR4 agonist inhibits tumour growth and lung metastasis of osteosarcoma by promoting CD8+ cytotoxic lymphocyte infiltration by Ryunosuke Oyama, Akira Nabeshima, Makoto Endo, Alexey Novikov, Toshifumi Fujiwara, Capucine Phelip, Nobuhiko Yokoyama, Yoshinao Oda, Martine Caroff, Yoshihiro Matsumoto, Jerome Kerzerho, Yasuharu Nakashima

“…Abstract Background Osteosarcoma is the most common malignant bone tumour with limited treatment options and poor outcomes in advanced metastatic cases. …”
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Increased Risk of Dementia in Patients with Antidepressants: A Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies by Yao-Chin Wang, Po-An Tai, Tahmina Nasrin Poly, Md Mohaimenul Islam, Hsuan-Chia Yang, Chieh-Chen Wu, Yu-Chuan (Jack) Li

“…Antidepressants are the most commonly and widely used medication for its effectiveness in the treatment of anxiety and depression. …”
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The Impact of Spatial Dynamic Error on the Assimilation of Soil Moisture Retrieval Products by Xuesong Bai, Zhengkun Qin, Juan Li, Shupeng Zhang, Lili Wang

“…To elucidate the impact of error localization on LDA, we constructed a land data assimilation system (LDAS) suitable for the Common Land Model (CoLM), based on the simplified extended Kalman filter (SEKF) method. …”
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Dose Optimization with mAs Reduction of 15% using Computed Radiography on Radiographic Examinations Pelvic Ap Projection by Intan Cahya, Muhammad Irsal, Nursama Heru A., Shinta Gunawati S., Mahfud Edy Widiatmoko

“…Background: Routine pelvic radiograph examination commonly performed in diagnostic radiology services is a pelvic examination of anteroposterior projection (AP). …”
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Effect of copper ions on the associations of <i>Azospirillum</i> bacteria with wheat seedlings (<i>Triticum aestivum</i> L.) by A. Yu. Muratova, E. V. Lyubun, S. N. Golubev, O. V. Turkovskaya

“…We evaluated the effect of copper ions on common wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) inoculated with three plant-growth-promoting rhizobacteria (PGPR) of the genus Azospirillum. …”
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Exploring the impacts of senescence on implantation and early embryonic development using totipotent cell-derived blastoids by Yuxin Luo, Chenrui An, Ke Zhong, Ping Zhou, Dan Li, Hui Liu, Qing Guo, Wei Wei, Hen Pan, Zheying Min, Rong Li, Yang Yu, Yong Fan

“…The genes implicated in these diseases and the common DEGs identified in the lineage-like cells of the two types of TBL-blastoids and deciduae may represent potential targets for addressing impaired implantation potential. …”
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Transcriptome analysis of liver injury of fatty liver disease induced by ALDH2 deficiency by Ziying Xu, Yagang Gao, Zihui Yu, Rui Zhang, Ruikun Wang, Shang Li, Shuowen Wang, Bing Du, Ziyan Tian, Lijuan Huang, Zanbo Ding, Jing Yuan

“…Abstract Aldehyde dehydrogenase 2 (Aldh2) Glu504Lys mutation, common in East Asians, is linked to various alcohol-related pathologies, notably fatty liver disease. …”
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Subclinical Inflammatory Status in Rett Syndrome by Alessio Cortelazzo, Claudio De Felice, Roberto Guerranti, Cinzia Signorini, Silvia Leoncini, Alessandra Pecorelli, Gloria Zollo, Claudia Landi, Giuseppe Valacchi, Lucia Ciccoli, Luca Bini, Joussef Hayek

“…Inflammation has been advocated as a possible common central mechanism for developmental cognitive impairment. …”
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Correlation between Intraoperative Fluid Administration and Outcomes of Pancreatoduodenectomy by Xuefeng Cao, Xixiu Wang, Baolei Zhao, Lingqun Kong, Lei Zhou, Wentao Zhu, Xutao Lin, Qiangpu Chen, Xingyuan Zhang

“…The in-hospital mortality rate was 7.28% with the most common cause being grade C POPF and secondary intra-abdominal infections. …”
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Prenatal Diagnosis of Bilateral Ectrodactyly and Radial Agenesis Associated with Trisomy 10 Mosaicism by Jonathan Lévy, Jean-Marie Jouannic, Julien Saada, Ferdinand Dhombres, Jean-Pierre Siffroi, Marie-France Portnoï

“…Bilateral radial ray defects comprise also a large heterogenous group of disorders, including trisomy 18, Fanconi anemia, and thrombocytopenia-absent-radius syndrome, not commonly associated with ectrodactyly. The present paper describes a case of ectrodactyly associated with bilateral radial ray defects, diagnosed in the first trimester of pregnancy, in a fetus affected by trisomy 10. …”
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Methodology to Evaluate Dripper Sensitivity to Clogging due to Solid Particles: An Assessment by Rogério Lavanholi, Fabricio C. Oliveira, Antonio P. de Camargo, José A. Frizzone, Bruno Molle, Nassim Ait-Mouheb, Séverine Tomas

“…Clogging caused by suspended solid particles is the most common plugging form of emitters. Water quality and emitter geometry are key aspects in clogging processes. …”
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The Chromosome 9p21 CVD- and T2D-Associated Regions in a Norwegian Population (The HUNT2 Survey) by Øyvind Helgeland, Jens K. Hertel, Anders Molven, Helge Ræder, Carl G. P. Platou, Kristian Midthjell, Kristian Hveem, Ottar Nygård, Pål R. Njølstad, Stefan Johansson

“…Single point and haplotype analysis showed evidence for only one common T2D risk haplotype (rs10757282∣rs10811661: OR = 1.19, P=2.0×10-3) in the region. …”
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Clinicopathologic Significance of CXCL12 and CXCR4 Expressions in Patients with Colorectal Cancer by Naomi Yoshuantari, Didik Setyo Heriyanto, Susanna Hilda Hutajulu, Johan Kurnianda, Ahmad Ghozali

“…Colorectal cancer (CRC) is both a global and national burden, being the third most common malignancy in men and the second in women, worldwide. …”
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Digital twin-enhanced three-organ microphysiological system for studying drug pharmacokinetics in pregnant women by Katja Graf, José Martin Murrieta-Coxca, Tobias Vogt, Sophie Besser, Daria Geilen, Tim Kaden, Tim Kaden, Anne-Katrin Bothe, Diana Maria Morales-Prieto, Behnam Amiri, Behnam Amiri, Stephan Schaller, Ligaya Kaufmann, Martin Raasch, Ramy M. Ammar, Ramy M. Ammar, Christian Maass, Christian Maass

“…BackgroundPregnant women represent a vulnerable group in pharmaceutical research due to limited knowledge about drug metabolism and safety of commonly used corticosteroids like prednisone due to ethical and practical constraints. …”
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