Hepatitis C Worldwide and in Brazil: Silent Epidemic—Data on Disease including Incidence, Transmission, Prevention, and Treatment by Iara Fabricia Kretzer, Andrea do Livramento, Joel da Cunha, Sabrina Gonçalves, Iraci Tosin, Celso Spada, Aricio Treitinger

“…Hepatitis C virus (HCV) is endemic worldwide and according to the World Health Organization (WHO), there are about 150 million chronic carriers worldwide. The infection is a leading cause of liver diseases like cirrhosis and hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC); thus, HCV infection constitutes a critical public health problem. …”
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Sedentarization of nomadic people and citizens’ perceptions in Djibouti by Bouh Omar Ali, Yutaka Ito, Shuichi Oyama, Sergio Azael May-Cuevas, Sawahiko Shimada, Yuki Yamamoto

“…However, the public perceptions of policies addressing nomadic communities remain understudied, leading to delays in effective policy implementation. …”
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Docking to Explicate Interface between Plant-Originated Inhibitors and E6 Oncogenic Protein of Highly Threatening Human Papillomavirus 18 by Satish Kumar, Lingaraja Jena, Maheswata Sahoo, Mrunmayi Kakde, Sangeeta Daf, Ashok K. Varma

“…The leading cause of cancer mortality globally amongst the women is due to human papillomavirus (HPV) infection. …”
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Engineering of Metal–Organic Framework-Derived CoTiO₃ Micro-Prisms for Lithium-Ion Batteries by Tao Li, Minghui Song, Qi Zhang, Yifan Li, Gengchen Yu, Xue Bai

“…The experimental results indicate the substitutional doping of Ni²⁺ for Co²⁺ in CoTiO₃ (CTO), leading to improved conductivity, as further confirmed by density functional theory calculations. …”
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Extreme Temperature Events in Kazakhstan and Their Impacts on Public Health and Energy Demand by Parya Broomandi, Alfrendo Satyanaga, Mehdi Bagheri, Mostafa Hadei, David Galán‐Madruga, Ali Mozhdehi Fard, Adib Roshani, Aram Fathian, Amir Nourian, Michael Leuchner, Klaus Reicherter, Mehdi Hamidi, Prashant Kumar, Jong Ryeol Kim

“…This study explores the impacts of extreme temperature events leading to heat‐/cold waves on public health and energy consumption in Kazakhstan from 1959 to 2021. …”
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A Cosmic Ray Acceleration Mechanism Based on Background Flow Velocity Inhomogeneities Yielding Power-law Spectra by J.-F. Wang, G. Qin

“…In astrophysics, one significant challenge lies in understanding the acceleration of cosmic rays, which leads to the occurrence of a power law. In this article, momentum transport generated by the combined effects of pitch-angle diffusion and background flow velocity inhomogeneities is proposed to obtain a cosmic rays acceleration mechanism, starting from the well-known focused transport equation describing particle diffusion and acceleration. …”
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Simulation of the Fate and Seasonal Variations of α-Hexachlorocyclohexane in Lake Chaohu Using a Dynamic Fugacity Model by Xiang-zhen Kong, Wei He, Ning Qin, Qi-Shuang He, Bin Yang, Huiling Ouyang, Qingmei Wang, Chen Yang, Yujiao Jiang, Fuliu Xu

“…Seasonal patterns in various media were successfully modeled and factors leading to this seasonality were discussed. Sensitivity analysis found that parameters of source and degradation were more important than the other parameters. …”
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Taquicardia ortostática postural em adolescentes: como e por que diagnosticar by Camila Magalhães Silva, Ludimila Dos Anjos Teixeira Romão, Lalleinny Franthiesca da Costa Alves, Roberta Leão Bassi, Rose Mary Ferreira Lisboa da Silva, Fátima Derlene da Rocha Araújo, Zilda Maria Alves Meira

“…Chronic symptoms are nonspecific and involve multiple organ systems, often leading to debilitating effects on the individuals quality of life. …”
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An Efficient Retinal Fluid Segmentation Network Based on Large Receptive Field Context Capture for Optical Coherence Tomography Images by Hang Qi, Weijiang Wang, Hua Dang, Yueyang Chen, Minli Jia, Xiaohua Wang

“…Although feature modeling with wide or global receptive fields offers a feasible solution, it typically leads to significant computational overhead. To address these challenges, we propose LKMU-Lite, a lightweight U-shaped segmentation method tailored for retinal fluid segmentation. …”
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Giant Bilateral Adrenal Myelolipoma with Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia by S. Al-Bahri, A. Tariq, B. Lowentritt, D. V. Nasrallah

“…We discuss the association with high adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH) states and review the studies involving ACTH as proponent leading to myelolipomas. Massive growth of these tumors, as in our case, can produce compression and hemorrhagic symptoms. …”
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Fluid flow impacts endothelial-monocyte interactions in a model of vascular inflammatory fibrosis by Isabelle Linares, Kaihua Chen, Ava Saffren, Mehran Mansouri, Vinay V. Abhyankar, Benjamin L. Miller, Stefano Begolo, Hani A. Awad, James L. McGrath

“…Abstract The aberrant vascular response associated with tendon injury results in circulating immune cell infiltration and a chronic inflammatory feedback loop leading to poor healing outcomes. Studying this dysregulated tendon repair response in human pathophysiology has been historically challenging due to the reliance on animal models. …”
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Economic optimization configuration of energy storage in distribution network considering the attenuation of aging photovoltaic output by HU Haipeng, ZHAO Ping, LI Yan, HOU Qingxing, WANG Guanghui, LI Zhenxing

“…The impact of aging PV generation decay rate and operational lifespan on actual PV output is thoroughly analyzed, leading to the development of a mathematical relationship between PV output and rated energy storage power and capacity. …”
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Gamified Virtual Reality Training for Visuospatial Ability in Neuroradiology by Allgaier Mareen, Jered Härtel Tim, Zubel Seraphine, Thormann Maximilian, Behme Daniel, Preim Bernhard, Saalfeld Sylvia

“…Even small changes that have been suggested can adjust the difficulty, leading to an appropriate training that could be integrated into the curriculum. …”
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Successful Management of Hemolytic Anemia Due to Rh-immunization, Diagnosed Antenatally by Sevinch Mahmudova, Gulnar Elizade, Nezrin Hesenli, Turab Janbakhishov, Sarkhan Elbayiyev

“…HDFN occurs when maternal alloimmunization leads to the production of immunoglobulin G (IgG) antibodies that cross the placenta and trigger fetal red blood cell hemolysis. …”
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Asymptomatic cholecystitis and its controversial issues in biliary surgery by Sergey Yurievich Muraviev, Evgeniy Alexandrovich Tarabrin, Alexey Leonidovich Shestakov, Irina Alexandrovna Tarasova, Ivan Alexandrovich Markov, Vadim Sergeevich Razumovsky, Anna Victorovna Ananichuk, Andrey Pavlovich Fabrika, Valeria Alexandrovna Stener, Mehrshad Ebrahimnezhad, Denis Vasilievich Orlushin, Anna Nikolaevna Zavyalova

“…That is why most cases of postcholecystectomy syndrome occur in patients operated on for asymptomatic cholecystitis.The unwillingness to discover the secret of stone formation and asymptomatic cholecystitis in humans when concretions in the gallbladder are detected without reference to surgery, to indicate the trajectory of the examination, leads to a number of tactical errors, preserving the risk of PES, and erasing practical recommendations for the management of such patients. …”
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Vali@mPEG‐TK‐COS: A Dual‐Function Nano‐Pesticide for Fungicidal Action and Plant Immune Modulation by Ruixin Li, Xiaochen Jia, Hongguo Xie, Xueran Wang, Jinxuan Wen, Guanglu Yu, Chunlai Zhang, Yeqing Sun, Heng Yin

“…ABSTRACT Pesticides play a crucial role in safeguarding crops against pathogens and pests, yet the limited bioavailability of conventional formulations leads to excessive usage, causing environmental and health concerns. …”
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Human Trajectory Imputation Model: A Hybrid Deep Learning Approach for Pedestrian Trajectory Imputation by Deb Kanti Barua, Mithun Halder, Shayanta Shopnil, Md. Motaharul Islam

“…The sensors implanted in these self-driving vehicles, despite being state-of-the-art ones, often face inaccuracies in the perception of surrounding environments due to technical challenges in adverse weather conditions, interference from other vehicles’ sensors and electronic devices, and signal reception failure, leading to incompleteness in the trajectory data. …”
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Intravenous Administration of Bone Marrow-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells Induces a Switch from Classical to Atypical Symptoms in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis by Mónica Kurte, Javiera Bravo-Alegría, Alexander Torres, Vania Carrasco, Cristina Ibáñez, Ana María Vega-Letter, Catalina Fernández-O’Ryan, Carlos E. Irarrázabal, Fernando E. Figueroa, Rodrigo A. Fuentealba, Claudia Riedel, Flavio Carrión

“…These results suggest that the inflammatory status is important to be considered for administering MSCs in autoimmune pathologies, leading to a further research to clarify the effect of MSCs for multiple sclerosis.…”
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Peer support for adult social care in prisons in England and Wales: a mixed-methods rapid evaluation by Holly Walton, Efthalia Massou, Chris Sherlaw-Johnson, Donna Gipson, Lucy Wainwright, Paula Harriott, Pei Li Ng, Stephen Riley, Stephen Morris, Naomi J Fulop

“…The multisite study included 1 workshop with national and local stakeholders (n = 13) and 71 interviews with national and local leads (n = 7), prison leads from 18 prisons (n = 20), staff (n = 7), peers (n = 18) and recipients (n = 19) from 5 prisons. …”
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