The prevalence of hand pathology in regional orthopaedic hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal: A cross-sectional study by S Thabit, M O'Connor, W Parker, T Mashishi, K Moodley, A Peer, K Matanzima, A J de Villiers, O Adewusi, R Aboobaker, A Rocher

“…Based on these findings, targeted efforts to improve community awareness of precautions against trauma to the hand, osteopaenia and hand hygiene are suggested as preventive measures. …”
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The influence of biofloc system on Vibrio composition, the growth and the gut microvilli performance of the Pacific white shrimp Penaeus vannamei by Muhamad Gustilatov, Widanarni Widanarni, Julie Ekasari, Pande Gde Sasmita Julyantoro, Diana Elizabeth Waturangi

“…V. hepatarius (1.10%) and V. nereis (1.06%) were found to dominate the Vibrio bacterial community in the biofloc system maintenance media, while Vibrio sp. …”
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The fungal microbiota modulate neonatal oxygen-induced lung injury by Isaac Martin, Mary Silverberg, Ahmed Abdelgawad, Kosuke Tanaka, Brian A. Halloran, Teodora Nicola, Erin D. Myers, Jay P. Desai, Catrina T. White, Ibrahim Karabayir, Oguz Akbilgic, Laura Tipton, Samuel J. Gentle, Namasivayam Ambalavanan, Brian M. Peters, Luan D. Vu, Viral G. Jain, Charitharth V. Lal, Stephania A. Cormier, Joseph F. Pierre, Tamás Jilling, Ajay J. Talati, Kent A. Willis

“…Results Here, we show that the fungal microbiota modulates hyperoxia-induced lung injury severity in very low birth weight premature infants and preclinical pseudohumanized and altered fungal colonization mouse models. Instead of fungal communities dominated by Candida and Saccharomyces, the first stool microbiomes of infants who developed BPD had less interconnected community architectures with a greater diversity of rarer fungi. …”
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Acceptability and Implementation Challenges of Benzathine Penicillin G Secondary Prophylaxis for Rheumatic Heart Disease in Ethiopia: A Qualitative Study by Eshetie Melese Birru, Kevin T. Batty, Laurens Manning, Stephanie L. Enkel, Brioni R. Moore

“…Highlights: • Key barriers included (a) resistance from healthcare providers to administer benzathine penicillin G (BPG) due to their concerns about injection-related severe adverse events, and potential repercussions should an event occur, (b) poor community and healthcare provider awareness of the disease and its treatment, (c) lack of resources to manage adverse events, and (d) injection pain. • Key enablers included (a) perceived superior treatment benefits of BPG and (b) co-administration of lidocaine/analgesics to reduce injection pain. • Recommendations to address identified challenges include (a) improved training/education on RHD diagnosis, disease progression, and treatment, (b) improved access to supportive resources, (c) active adverse reaction monitoring and reporting, and (d) encouraging the provision/access of globally subsidized BPG suspension formulations in pre-filled syringes.…”
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Interpretation of indoor air surveillance for respiratory infections: a prospective longitudinal observational study in a childcare settingResearch in context by Caspar Geenen, Steven Traets, Sarah Gorissen, Michiel Happaerts, Kurt Beuselinck, Lies Laenen, Jens Swinnen, Sien Ombelet, Joren Raymenants, Els Keyaerts, Emmanuel André

“…Summary: Background: Sampling the air in indoor congregate settings, where respiratory pathogens are ubiquitous, may constitute a valuable yet underutilised data source for community-wide surveillance of respiratory infections. …”
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Migrant Health Country Profile tool (MHCP-t) for transforming health data collection and surveillance in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region: tool development protocol... by Farah Seedat, Bouchra Assarag, Kolitha Wickramage, Sally Hargreaves, Ana Requena-Mendez, Dominik Zenner, Anna Deal, Stella Evangelidou, Oumnia Bouaddi, Moudrick Abdellatifi, Hassan Edries, Eman Elafef, Taha Maatoug, Anissa Ouahchi, Sara Arias, Adel Abdelkhalek, Ibrahim Ahmed Bani, Kenza Hassouni, Mahmoud Hilali, Mohamed Khalis, Wejdene Mansour, Ali Mtiraoui, Hassan Chrifi, Mohamed Douagi, Abdedayem Khelifi

“…First, towards the generation of indicators, qualitative field activities will be conducted in different regions in Morocco, Tunisia and Egypt with migrants (n=50 per region), migrant community leaders (n=20 per region) and professionals working with them (n=20 per region). …”
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Supervised Injecting Room Cohort Study (SIRX): study protocol by Lisa Maher, Thomas Kerr, Matthew Hickman, Alexander Thompson, Peter Higgs, Paul Dietze, Paul A Agius, Nick Scott, Daniel O’Keefe, Mark A Stoové, Jack Stone, Dylan Vella-Horne, Ashleigh C Stewart, Amanda Roxburgh, Sione Crawford, Josephine Norman, Zachary Lloyd, Nico Clark

“…The Supervised Injecting Room Cohort Study (SIRX) aims to provide evidence of the effects, including cost-effectiveness, of a SIF embedded within a community health service, the Melbourne Medically Supervised Injecting Room (MSIR), which has a range of integrated harm reduction, health and social support services on-site.Methods and analysis The SIRX study design involves two prospective cohort studies that collect behavioural data and retrospectively and prospectively linked administrative data for primary and tertiary health services, criminal justice records, and mortality. …”
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Modifiable Risk Factors Including Self-Perceived Stress for Breast Cancer in Hong Kong: A Case-Control Study of 10 757 Subject by Winnie Yeo, Lok-Wa Yuen, Kelvin Kam-Fai Tsoi, Emily Ying-Yang Chan, Carol C Kwok, Inda Soong, Ting-Ying Ng, Joanne Chiu, Miranda Chan, Sharon Wing-Wai Chan, Ting-Ting Wong, Yolanda Ho-Yan Chan, Lawrence Pui-Ki Li, Chun-Chung Yau, Wai-Ka Hung, Polly Suk-Yee Cheung

“…Methods: This is a case-control study that enrolled breast cancer patients from the Hong Kong Breast Cancer Registry and healthy matched controls from the local community between 2014 and 2017. Potential risk factors were analyzed using multiple logistic regression. …”
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Analisis Perbandingan Metode Regresi Linier Dan Importance Performance Analysis (IPA) Terhadap Kepuasan Pengguna Pada Layanan E-Government Menggunakan Metode WebQual Modifikasi by Frandika Septa, Anton Yudhana, Abdul Fadlil

“…E-Government services to user satisfaction, because one of the goals that E-Government is developing to provide maximum service to the community. This study analyzes the level of quality of E-Government services in this case the SIMSARPRAS website based on user perceptions from the SIMSARPRAS website, namely madrasah and operators of the ministry of religion. …”
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Impact of quality of life on overall work productivity impairment and activity impairment of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: the PEONY study by Yoshiya Tanaka, Shintaro Hirata, Shingo Nakayamada, Yusuke Miyazaki, Kazuyoshi Saito, Kunihiro Yamaoka, Shigeru Iwata, Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi, Keisuke Nakatsuka, Shunpei Kosaka, Katsuhide Kusaka, Toshiki Yabe-Wada, Masakazu Fujiwara, Yoshifumi Arita, Mitsuru Hoshino, Naoko Ozaki

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Investigating mental health disparities in rural sexual and gender minority adults: protocol for the rural exploration and approaches to LGBTQ + Mental Health (REALM) prospective c... by Shoshanna L. Fine, Kalai Willis, Iaah L. Lucas, Kirsten F. Siebach, Jennifer L. Glick, Mariah Valentine-Graves, Savannah Winter, Michael Smith, Thomas Waltz, Gina Bailey Herring, Marissa Hannah, Holly C. Wilcox, Travis Sanchez, Stefan D. Baral, Sarah M. Murray

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Suspected Mpox Symptoms and Testing in Men Who Have Sex With Men in the United States: Cross-Sectional Study by Kaitlyn Atkins, Thomas Carpino, Amrita Rao, Travis Sanchez, O Winslow Edwards, Marissa Hannah, Patrick S Sullivan, Yasmin P Ogale, Winston E Abara, Kevin P Delaney, Stefan D Baral

“…Sustaining and scaling community-tailored messaging to promote testing and vaccination represent critical interventions for mpox control among GBMSM in the United States.…”
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Probiotic Supplementation Alleviates Corticosterone-Induced Fatty Liver Disease by Regulating Hepatic Lipogenesis and Increasing Gut Microbiota Diversity in Broilers by Yuyan Feng, Wenqing Mei, Qu Chen, Xiaojing Chen, Yingdong Ni, Mingming Lei, Jie Liu

“…In contrast, probiotic supplementation increased the beta diversity, the community richness, and the diversity index (<i>p</i> > 0.05), as well as the abundance of <i>Intestinimonas</i> (<i>p</i> < 0.05). …”
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Have the COVID-19 pandemic and lockdown affected children’s mental health in the long term? A repeated cross-sectional study by Alan Johnson, Sayan Mukherjee, Sushant Mane, Manas Pustake, Ajit Bhagwat, Mohammad Arfat Ganiyani, Misba Sayed, Varada Mithbavkar, Zaid Memon, Abdus Samad Momin, Krishna Deshmukh, Ayush Chordia, Sabyasachi Parida, Sanket Warghade, Deepankar Varma

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Strategy and mechanism of One Health governance: case study of China by Xinchen Li, Yanyan Zhang, Qiyu Zhang, Jingshu Liu, Zelin Zhu, Xinyu Feng, Lefei Han, Xiaoxi Zhang

“…Results: The analysis identified progress and challenges in six key areas: (1) political commitment: strong national support exists, but lacks a unified strategy; (2) legislation and regulation: notable legislative efforts are in place, yet they remain fragmented; (3) leadership building: effective leadership structures have been established during crises but are not institutionalized; (4) strategic planning: initial regional planning is underway, but a comprehensive national focus is needed; (5) coordination and communication: mechanisms exist but require formalized, consistent information-sharing channels; (6) stakeholder engagement: public and academic awareness is growing, yet local community involvement needs strengthening. Conclusion: To advance its One Health governance, China must focus on creating a unified strategy, enhancing interdepartmental coordination, and deepening stakeholder engagement, ensuring its alignment with international standards and improving public health outcomes.…”
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Seaweed (Porphyra) cultivation enhances production of autochthonous refractory dissolved organic matter in coastal ecosystems by Ting Wang, Ting Wang, Jiajun Xu, Jiajun Xu, Randy A. Dahlgren, Qiang Liu, Yang Jia, Yang Jia, Binbin Chen, Binbin Chen, Hanqin Xu, Hanqin Xu, Zengling Ma, Zengling Ma, Liyin Qu, Liyin Qu

“…To fill this knowledge gap, we conducted investigations examining the quantity and optical properties of DOM and POM, microbial community structures and relevant environmental factors along a continuum from a subtropical river through its adjacent coastal Porphyra cultivation zone during the cultivation and non-cultivation periods. …”
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The incidence of incomplete abortion and the prevalence of abortion-related morbidity in South African public hospitals, 2018 by D N Conco, J Levin, B Komane, K Blanchard, T Bessenaar, N G Nkosi, S Fonn

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Co-occurring climate events and environmental justice in California, 2018–2019 by Brittany Shea, Gabriella Y Meltzer, Benjamin B Steiger, Robbie M Parks, Vivian Do, Heather McBrien, Nina Flores, Milo Gordon, Elizabeth M Blake, Joan A Casey

“…We defined county-day wildfire burn zone disasters when an active wildfire burn zone intersected a county, burned 1+ structures, killed a civilian, or received a Federal Emergency Management Agency Fire Management Declaration, and overlapped with a community. For a subset of the 38 counties (66%), long power outage county days were identified using PowerOutage.us data when an outage affected >0.5% of county customers for 8+ h. …”
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Comparative analysis of the human microbiome from four different regions of China and machine learning-based geographical inference by Yinlei Lei, Min Li, Han Zhang, Yu Deng, Xinyu Dong, Pengyu Chen, Ye Li, Suhua Zhang, Chengtao Li, Shouyu Wang, Ruiyang Tao

“…ABSTRACT The human microbiome, the community of microorganisms that reside on and inside the human body, is critically important for health and disease. …”
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Investigating the Role of Artificial Intelligence Enablers and Companies' Readiness in Adopting an Artificial Intelligence-integrated Customer Relationship Management System by Soheila Mohammadzadeh Vanestan, Rahim Abedi

“…MethodologyTo align with the research topic and ensure compatibility with the common characteristics of the studied community, data collection involved surveying a sample of 384 businesses specializing in the sale of goods. …”
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