Extended-spectrum β-lactamase production and antimicrobial resistance among Enterobacteriaceae causing clinical infections in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2012–20... by Getahun Kahsay Abay, Mebrahtu Teweldemedhin Shfare, Teklay Gebrecherkos Teklu, Kibriti Mehari Kidane, Tsega Kahsay Gebremeskel, Atsebaha Gebrekidan Kahsay, Kebede Embaye Gezae, Saravanan Muthupandian, Tsehaye Asmelash Degene

“…The included studies demonstrated a significant variation in ESBL-PE resistance among the countries. This illustrates the necessity of actively monitoring antimicrobial resistance in Africa to develop interventions aimed at halting the spread of ESBL-PE.…”
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Neuregulin1 ameliorates metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease via the ERK/SIRT1 signaling pathways by Chengan Xu, Shouhao Wang, Di Meng, Mingshan Wang, Rong Yan, Yining Dai

“…But the presice echanism has not been fully illustrated. This study aimed to investigate the role of NRG1 via the ERK/SIRT1 signaling in the pathogenesis of MAFLD. …”
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Soil total carbon as a key factor affects soil biota attributes in plant mixtures over time: A meta-analysis by Huiling Zhang, Jinshan Cai, Xu Yang, Jing Huang, Xuan Zhou, Dima Chen

“…However, only herbivore abundance showed significant differences across different ecosystems. Our analysis illustrates the distinct responses of soil biota attributes to plant mixtures and their potential influencing factors, thereby benefiting the sustainability of soil biota biodiversity in the face of plant richness loss.…”
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Advancements, Trends and Future Prospects of Lower Limb Prosthesis by Muhammad Asif, Mohsin Islam Tiwana, Umar Shahbaz Khan, Waqar Shahid Qureshi, Javaid Iqbal, Nasir Rashid, Noman Naseer

“…Design & development section illustrates design mechanisms, the categories of passive, active, & semi-active prostheses, an overview of a subset of commercially available prosthetic devices, and 3D printing of the accessories. …”
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Construction of a novel cuproptosis-related gene signature and integrative analyses in cholangiocarcinoma by Liye Wang, Pan Li, Shuai Gong, Lina Pang, Mingyu Li, Chi Zhang, Shengli Zhang, Xiaoke Zhang, Guozhong Jiang, Wei He

“…However, the molecular and immune characteristics in cuproptosis-defined subgroups of cholangiocarcinoma (CCA) remain to be further illustrated. Methods: We conducted a comprehensive investigation into the genetic and transcriptional variation, prognostic significance, and expression profiles of 16 cuproptosis-related genes (CRGs). …”
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Ferula communis leaf extract: antioxidant capacity, UHPLC–MS/MS analysis, and in vivo and in silico toxicity investigations by Imad Ed-Dahmani, Mohamed El Fadili, Ghizlane Nouioura, Fahd Kandsi, Yassine El Atki, Hatem A. Abuelizz, Raffaele Conte, Fatima Zahra Lafdil, Abdeslam Taleb, Abdelfattah Abdellaoui, Mustapha Taleb

“…The antioxidant activity illustrates that the extracts have notable activity in DPPH and FRAP assays. …”
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Application of three statistical approaches to explore effects of dietary intake of multiple persistent organic pollutants on ER-positive breast cancer risk in the French E3N cohor... by Pauline Frenoy, Ismaïl Ahmed, Chloé Marques, Xuan Ren, Gianluca Severi, Vittorio Perduca, Francesca Romana Mancini

“…This study provides an illustrative example of the application of three distinct statistical methods in the context of highly correlated environmental exposures, discussing their potential relevance and limitations within this specific framework.…”
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Efficacy of Antimicrobial Photodynamic Therapy for Treating Moderate to Deep Periodontal Pockets in Individuals with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by João Victor Soares Rodrigues, Mariella Boaretti Deroide, Wilton Mitsunari Takeshita, Valdir Gouveia Garcia, Rafael Scaf de Molon, Leticia Helena Theodoro

“…A meta-analysis was conducted illustrating treatment effects across groups. <b>Results:</b> After screening 117 studies based on titles and abstracts, three and four studies met the eligibility criteria for quantitative and qualitative analyses, respectively. …”
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The association between blood selenium and metabolic syndrome in adults: a systematic review and dose–response meta-analysis of epidemiologic studies by Zahra Hajhashemy, Zahra Hajhashemy, Sahar Foshati, Mohammad Bagherniya, Gholamreza Askari

“…Linear dose–response analysis illustrated each 50 μg/L increment in circulating selenium was related to 7% higher risk of MetS (RR: 1.07, 95%CI: 0.99, 1.15) However, this association was not statistically significant. …”
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Evaluating the radiosensitivity of the oral microbiome to predict radiation-induced mucositis in head and neck cancer patients: A prospective trial by Andreas R. Thomsen, Elsa Beatriz Monroy Ordonez, Michael Henke, Benedikt Luka, Jörg Sahlmann, Henning Schäfer, Vivek Verma, Nadine Schlueter, Anca-Ligia Grosu, Tanja Sprave

“…This prospective trial illustrates that the intrinsic ex-vivo radiosensitivity of oral keratinocytes could be correlated with RT-induced OM in patients with H&N cancer. …”
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Perturbation-Based Nulling Control Beamforming With Measured Element Radiation Patterns for MU-mMIMO by Yuanzhe Gong, Arish Yaseen, Tingrui Zhang, Robert Morawski, Tho Le-Ngoc

“…This process fine-tunes the sub-optimal beamforming vectors to address discrepancies caused by non-uniform ERPs. Illustrative results demonstrate interference suppression levels exceeding 52.4 dB in multi-user scenarios, without significantly affecting the main-lobe radiation patterns. …”
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Functional and structural characterization of mouse Factor H-related B protein unveils a novel dimerization domain shared by FHR-B and FH by Adrián Martín-Ambrosio Doménech, Silvia González Sanz, Bárbara Márquez Tirado, Lucia Juana-López, Elena Goicoechea de Jorge, Santiago Rodríguez de Córdoba, Héctor Martín Merinero

“…Furthermore, this study reveals a novel dimerization domain shared by FHR-B and mouse FH and illustrates the importance of dimerization and monomer orientation in FHRs activity. …”
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Biochemical failure-free survival of 18F-rhPSMA-7 and 18F-flotufolastat PET-guided salvage radiotherapy for patients with recurrent prostate cancer by Marco M. E. Vogel, Isabel Rauscher, Jürgen E. Gschwend, Türkay Hekimsoy, Nicola Gabler, Charlotte Olufs, Calogero D’Alessandria, Jan C. Peeken, Stephanie E. Combs, Matthias Eiber

“…Although statistical significance was not reached, likely due to the limited sample size in this preliminary analysis, our data illustrate potential for 18F-flotufolastat-PET-guided SRT.…”
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Computing the time-dependent activity rate using non-declustered and declustered catalogues – a first step towards time-dependent seismic hazard calculations for operational earthq... by D. Montiel-López, S. Molina, S. Molina, J. J. Galiana-Merino, J. J. Galiana-Merino, I. Gómez, I. Gómez, A. Kharazian, J. L. Soler-Llorens, J. A. Huesca-Tortosa, A. Guardiola-Villora, G. Ortuño-Sáez

“…To account for the spatial variability and the relationship of the earthquakes with the seismic sources, we incorporate the distance from the centre of the grid cell to the closest fault and the epicentre's uncertainty into the smoothing kernel as the average distance and the variance, respectively. To illustrate this methodology, we selected two scenarios as representatives of the high-seismicity region and low-to-moderate-seismicity region. …”
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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

“…The performance validation of the PPSLOA-HDBDE technique illustrated a superior accuracy value of 99.49% over existing models.…”
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Einstein Ordered Weighted Aggregation Operators for Pythagorean Fuzzy Hypersoft Set With Its Application to Solve MCDM Problem by Rana Muhammad Zulqarnain, Imran Siddique, Rifaqat Ali, Jan Awrejcewicz, Hanen Karamti, Dariusz Grzelczyk, Aiyared Iampan, Muhammad Asif

“…The extended model appraisals recognized score values to regulate robotic agri-farming equated to prevalent methods, which is more useful for agribusiness. A numerical illustration of decision-making complications in real-life farming is deliberated to authenticate the established method&#x2019;s supremacy and applicability. …”
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Identifying falsified COVID-19 vaccines by analysing vaccine vial label and excipient profiles using MALDI-ToF mass spectrometry by Benediktus Yohan Arman, Rebecca Clarke, Tehmina Bharucha, Laura Gomez Fernandez, John Walsby-Tickle, Michael Deats, Sara Mosca, Qianqi Lin, Sneha Banerjee, Shrikrishna R. Chunekar, Kundan D. Patil, Sunil Gairola, Susanna Dunachie, Hamid A. Merchant, Robert Stokes, Rutendo Kuwana, Alexandrine Maes, Jean-Philippe Charrier, Fay Probert, Céline Caillet, Pavel Matousek, James McCullagh, Paul N. Newton, Nicole Zitzmann, Bevin Gangadharan

“…However, these developments are associated with the risk of a surge of substandard and falsified (SF) vaccines, as illustrated by the 184 incidents with SF and diverted COVID-19 vaccines which have been reported during the pandemic in 48 countries, with a paucity of methods for their detection in supply chains. …”
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How Earth System Models Can Inform Key Dimensions of Marine Food Security in the Alaskan Arctic by Georgina A. Gibson, Hajo Eicken, Henry P. Huntington, Clara J. Deal, Olivia Lee, Katherine M. Smith, Nicole Jeffery, Josephine-Mary Sam

“…Our example model-derived food security indicators illustrate how Earth System Model output could be combined with relevant, non-model, information sources; These model products are meant only as a starting point and a tool for engaging community members and to present, in an accessible way, the model’s potential utility, or current lack thereof, to rights holders and stakeholders concerned about food security. …”
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Investigation the effect of calcination heating rate on the structural, morphological, thermal and color properties of nano Cobalt Aluminate (CoAl2O4) by Md. Farid Ahmed, Monmon Podder, Md. Rassel Moni, Md. Lutfor Rahman, Bristy Biswas, Juliya Khanam, Mahmuda Hakim, Moksodur Rahman, Md. Sahadat Hossain, Nahid Sharmin

“…The presence of functional groups was explored by Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) Spectroscopy, while Field Emission Scanning Electron Microscopy (FESEM) illustrated agglomerated nanoparticles showcasing diverse shapes. …”
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Development a glycosylated extracellular vesicle-derived miRNA Signature for early detection of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma by Jianlin Chen, Yue Zheng, Zhen Wang, Qi Gao, Kun Hao, Xiongfeng Chen, Nantian Ke, Xiang Lv, Jiamiao Weng, Yuhong Zhong, Zhixin Huang, Miao Fu, Lilan Zhao, Fan Lin, Hui Mi, Haijun Tang, Chundong Yu, Yi Huang

“…Conclusions Our study illustrates the effectiveness of glycosylated EVs capture strategy for isolating tumour-specific EVs. …”
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