Assessment of Knowledge, Attitude and Practices of Health Workers Towards Hepatitis B Virus Infection Prevention in Health Centers of Bushenyi District. by Byamukama, Julius

“…In conclusion, my study found that health workers are at a very high risk of contracting HBV infection during their training owing to the low HBV vaccine uptake rate and high rate of accidental exposure to blood. Thus, we recommend that all health workers in the health centers should be vaccinated before they enter into health professional practices.…”
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Misconceptions on COVID-19 Risk Among Ugandan Men: Results From a Rapid Exploratory Survey, April 2020 by Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, MacLeod, Ewan, Ssempijja, Fred, Mahero, Michael W., Matama, Kevin, Musoke, Grace Henry, Bardosh, Kevin, Ssebuufu, Robinson, Wakoko-Studstil, Florence, Echoru, Isaac, Tiyo Ayikobua, Emmanuel, Mujinya, Regan, Nambuya, Grace, Onohuean, Hope, Zirintunda, Gerald, Ekou, Justine, Welburn, Susan Christina

“…Sixty-four percent of respondents were male and 36% were female. Results: We found significant divergences of opinion on gendered susceptibility to COVID-19. …”
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Comparative Ethics of Modern Payment Models by Jacob Riegler

“…To truly evaluate a payment model, we need not vaguely consider the supposed moral intentions of a model – we need to evaluate the theoretical incentive design as it pertains to the tenets of bioethics. …”
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Cardiovascular risk assessment: Missing albuminuria contributing to gender inequality by Patricia de Sequera, Javier Arias, Borja Quiroga, María Benavent, Fabio Procaccini, Iago Romero, Guillermo López, Javier Diez, Alberto Ortiz

“…For adults with diabetes or hypertension, albuminuria was assessed more frequently in men than in women.Albuminuria assessment in those older than 50 years was also suboptimal at 2.24%, as compared with 31–47% for other CVD risk factors.Albuminuria and EGFR are needed to screen for CKD, meaning that a urine test for albumin and creatinine and a serum test for creatinine are needed. To these, we may add assessment of blood pressure, serum cholesterol (for familial hypercholesterolemia) and serum glucose for Diabetes. …”
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Effects of farming specialisation on grassland birds in Mediterranean High Nature Value farmland by Joana Santana, Pedro J. Leitão, Paulo Flores Ribeiro, Pedro Beja, Ângela Lomba, Rui Pedroso, Rui Morgado, Ricardo C. Martins, Inês Catry, Ana Teresa Marques, Luís Reino, Francisco Moreira

“…We found a dominant landscape gradient contrasting specialisation in either sheep or cattle. …”
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The landscape of cell regulatory and communication networks in the human dental follicle by Jia-Ning Liu, Jia-Ning Liu, Jiong-Yi Tian, Lu Liu, Lu Liu, Yuan Cao, Yuan Cao, Xiao Lei, Xiao Lei, Xiao-Hui Zhang, Xiao-Hui Zhang, Zi-Qi Zhang, Zi-Qi Zhang, Jun-Xi He, Jun-Xi He, Chen-Xi Zheng, Chao Ma, Sheng-Feng Bai, Bing-Dong Sui, Fang Jin, Ji Chen, Ji Chen

“…Cell–cell communication analysis unraveled crosstalk between vascular and immune cell components in orchestrating dental follicle biological activities, potentially based on COLLAGAN-CD44 ligand–receptor pairs, as well as ANGPTL1-ITGA/ITGB ligand–receptor pairs.ConclusionWe establish a landscape of cell regulatory and communication networks in the human dental follicle, providing mechanistic insights into the cellular regulation and interactions in the complex dental follicle tissue microenvironment.…”
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Professionalisation and governance in sports organisations: towards an integrated understanding by Raphael Stieger, Siegfried Nagel, Grazia Lang

“…Discussion/Conclusion The review process revealed key research gaps. On this basis, we propose five areas and recommendations for future research to advance an integrated understanding of professionalisation and governance in sports organisations. …”
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Differences in dialysis modality choice between immigrant and native populations in Barcelona, Spain by María Dolores Arenas-Jiménez, Jose Luis Fernandez-Martin, Isabel Galcerán Herrera, Marisol Fernández-Chamarro, Guillermo Pedreira-Robles, Silvia Collado Nieto, Julia Farrera Núñez, Eva Rodríguez García, Alicia Moreno Rodríguez, Laura Morro Fernández, Marta Crespo Barrio, Julio Pascual Santos

“…Considering the socioeconomic and cultural needs of the immigrant population we serve is necessary to effectively reduce health inequities. …”
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Identifying factors affecting the commercialization of products of knowledge-based companies based in science and technology parks and growth centers by yousef sofi, Vahid Reza Mirabi, Rahim Sarvar

“…Therefore, in this research, we are looking for an answer to the question of how to identify the factors affecting the commercialization of the products of knowledge-based companies based in science and technology parks and growth centers. …”
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Perceived effects of the hidden curriculum of return to entrepreneurship with the mediation of goal orientation by Ahmad KarimiDashtaki, Mohammadbagher Akbarpour Zangalani

“…Entrepreneurship refers to creating a business or a new organization; it emphasizes the content and answers the question of what kind of business we should enter. But entrepreneurial orientation emphasizes the process and explains what we should do in the process (Ermita et al, 2021). …”
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Multilevel plasticity and altered glycosylation drive aggressiveness in hypoxic and glucose-deprived bladder cancer cells by Andreia Peixoto, Dylan Ferreira, Andreia Miranda, Marta Relvas-Santos, Rui Freitas, Tim S. Veth, Andreia Brandão, Eduardo Ferreira, Paula Paulo, Marta Cardoso, Cristiana Gaiteiro, Sofia Cotton, Janine Soares, Luís Lima, Filipe Teixeira, Rita Ferreira, Carlos Palmeira, Albert J.R. Heck, Maria José Oliveira, André M.N. Silva, Lúcio Lara Santos, José Alexandre Ferreira

“…Exploiting glycoengineered cell models, we established that immature glycosylation contributes to reduced cell proliferation and increased invasion. …”
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Should the Food and Drug Administration Limit Placebo-Controlled Trials? by Max Goodman, Connor Pedersen

“…We propose that PCTs be used only for diseases that lack an established treatment, as decreed by Clause 33 of the Declaration of Helsinki. …”
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Observations of Microlensed Images with Dual-field Interferometry: On-sky Demonstration and Prospects by Przemek Mróz, Subo Dong, Antoine Mérand, Jinyi Shangguan, Julien Woillez, Andrew Gould, Andrzej Udalski, Frank Eisenhauer, Yoon-Hyun Ryu, Zexuan Wu, Zhuokai Liu, Hongjing Yang, —, Guillaume Bourdarot, Denis Defrère, Antonia Drescher, Maximilian Fabricius, Paulo Garcia, Reinhard Genzel, Stefan Gillessen, Sebastian F. Hönig, Laura Kreidberg, Jean-Baptiste Le Bouquin, Dieter Lutz, Florentin Millour, Thomas Ott, Thibaut Paumard, Jonas Sauter, T. Taro Shimizu, Christian Straubmeier, Matthias Subroweit, Felix Widmann, (The GRAVITY+ Collaboration), Michał K. Szymański, Igor Soszyński, Paweł Pietrukowicz, Szymon Kozłowski, Radosław Poleski, Jan Skowron, Krzysztof Ulaczyk, Mariusz Gromadzki, Krzysztof Rybicki, Patryk Iwanek, Marcin Wrona, Mateusz J. Mróz, (The OGLE Collaboration), Michael D. Albrow, Sun-Ju Chung, Cheongho Han, Kyu-Ha Hwang, Youn Kil Jung, In-Gu Shin, Yossi Shvartzvald, Jennifer C. Yee, Weicheng Zang, Sang-Mok Cha, Dong-Jin Kim, Seung-Lee Kim, Chung-Uk Lee, Dong-Joo Lee, Yongseok Lee, Byeong-Gon Park, Richard W. Pogge, (KMTNet Collaboration)

“…We measure the angular Einstein radius of the lens with subpercent precision, θ _E  = 1.280 ± 0.009 mas. …”
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Erythropoietin supplementation induces dysbiosis of the gut microbiota and impacts mucosal immunity in a non-diseased mouse model by Guillaume Sarrabayrouse, Corentin Joulain, Stéphanie Bessoles, Andrada S. Chiron, Andrada S. Chiron, Amine M. Abina, Salima Hacein-Bey-Abina, Salima Hacein-Bey-Abina

“…By studying a mouse model of erythropoietin (EPO) supplementation for 28 days, we observed EPO-induced dysbiosis of the fecal microbiota characterized by a greater bacterial load, lower bacterial diversity and taxonomic changes. …”
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High anti-Müllerian hormone level as a predictor of poor pregnancy outcomes in women with polycystic ovary syndrome undergoing in vitro fertilization/intracytoplasmic sperm injecti... by Fei Zhao, Duo Wen, Lin Zeng, Ruiqi Wang, Dingran Wang, Huiyu Xu, Rong Li, Hongbin Chi

“…Methods This retrospective cohort study recruited 4,719 women with infertility and polycystic ovary syndrome aged 20–40 years who underwent treatment at the Reproductive Center of Peking University Third Hospital between February 2017 and June 2023. We divided the participants into three groups according to the 25th and 75th percentile cutoffs of serum anti-Müllerian hormone: low (≤ 4.98 ng/mL, n = 1,198), average (4.98 − 10.65 ng/mL, n = 2,346), and high (≥ 10.65 ng/mL, n = 1,175). …”
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HEalth-Related Quality of Life-Intervention in Survivors of Breast and Other Cancers Experiencing Cancer-Related Fatigue and Associated Cognitive Symptoms Using TraditionAL Chinese... by Alexandre Chan PharmD, Daniella Chan BS, Ding Quan Ng BSPharm, Huang Fang Zheng MD, Quan Ming Tan MCM, Chia Jie Tan PhD, Jolene Hui Min Toh BS, Ning Yi Yap PhD, Yi Long Toh PhD, Yu Ke PhD, Edmund Chun Ann Wang BS, Queenie Pei Ni Lim BSocSc, Han Kiat Ho PhD, Lita Chew MMS, Tira J. Tan MBBS

“…Introduction: As pharmacological strategies remain limited for relieving fatigue and associated cognitive symptoms, integrative modalities such as traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) could be explored as therapeutic strategies in cancer survivors. Here, we evaluate and report the efficacy and safety of a TCM concoction, modified Xiang Bei Yang Rong Tang (XBYRT), on quality of life (QOL), cancer-related fatigue (CRF), and cognitive symptoms, compared to placebo. …”
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Genetic profiling of extended-spectrum β-Lactamase and carbapenemase-producing Escherichia coli O157:H7 from clinical samples among diarrheal patients in Shashemene, Ethiopia by Shimelis Teshome Ayalneh, Biruk Yeshitela Beshah, Yeonji Jeon, Ashenafi Alemu Wami, Seifegebriel Teshome, Solomon Gebreselassie, Se Eun Park, Mekonnen Teferi, Woldaregay Erku Abegaz

“…Data analysis was performed using SPSS version 27.0, employing logistic regression and descriptive statistics. Results We analyzed a total of 27 isolates that were ESBL-positive and 12 isolates that were found to produce carbapenemase phenotypically. …”
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Multi-environmental traits selection and farmer's participatory assessment of mean performance and stability of orange-fleshed sweet potato genotypes in Benin by Idrissou Ahoudou, Nicodeme V. Fassinou Hotegni, Dêêdi E.O. Sogbohossou, Tania L.I. Akponikpè, Charlotte O.A. Adjé, Françoise Assogba Komlan, Ismail Moumouni-Moussa, Enoch G. Achigan-Dako

“…The genotypes preferred by farmers were ACAB and Apomuden, generally followed by BF59xCIP, indicating excellent concordance between the genotypes selected with the MTPMPS and those selected by farmers during the PVS. We concluded that farmers’ participation in the OFSP genotype evaluation process for future dissemination is necessary to select the most suitable genotypes for production and increase the chances of adopting of these genotypes in rural areas. …”
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Isoniazid urine spectrophotometry for prediction of serum pharmacokinetics in adults with TB by P. S. Rao, K. Reed, N. Modi, D. Handler, K. Petros de Guex, S. Yu, L. Kagan, R. Reiss, N. Narayanan, C. A. Peloquin, A. Lardizabal, C. Vinnard, T. A. Thomas, Y. L. Xie, S. K. Heysell

“…Urine spectrophotometry could provide a low-cost alternative with simple sampling and quantification methods. METHODS: We enrolled 56 adult patients on treatment for active TB. …”
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Impact of aging on hepatic reserve after preoperative portal vein embolization in hepatectomy for perihilar cholangiocarcinoma by Shinichi Nakanuma, Takahiro Ogi, Hiroaki Sugita, Ryosuke Gabata, Tomokazu Tokoro, Ryohei Takei, Kaichiro Kato, Satoshi Takada, Mitsuyoshi Okazaki, Isamu Makino, Shintaro Yagi

“…This study aimed to evaluate the influence of aging on PVE. Methods: We enrolled 25 patients who underwent right hepatectomy with percutaneous transhepatic PVE. …”
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