QCD predictions for simultaneously produced Higgs and vector bosons at $$\sqrt{s}$$ s = 13, 14, 27 and 100 TeV with a comprehensive study of systematic uncertainty and charge asymm... by Kamuran Dilsiz, Emrah Tiras, Meryem Yilmaz, Hasan Ogul

“…Abstract A comprehensive study of high-order QCD cross-section for the Higgs boson that is simultaneously produced with a vector boson is presented at $$\sqrt{s} = 13, 14, 27$$ s = 13 , 14 , 27 and 100 TeV in this manuscript. The simultaneous Higgs production with a vector boson facilitates the investigation of the Higgs signal. …”
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Meals, Education, and Gardens for In-School Adolescents (MEGA): study protocol for a cluster randomised trial of an integrated adolescent nutrition intervention in Dodoma, Tanzania by Wafaie W Fawzi, Dongqing Wang, Abbas Ismail, Leonard Kamanga Katalambula, Andrea R Modest, Tara Young, Mary Mwanyika-Sando, Amani Tinkasimile, Dominic Mosha, Augustine Malero, Said Vuai

“…Chan School of Public Health (approval number: IRB20-1623), the Institutional Research Review Committee at the University of Dodoma (approval number: MA.84/261/02) and the Tanzania National Institute for Medical Research (approval number: NIMR/HO/R.8a/Vol. IX/3801). A manuscript with the research findings will be developed for publication. …”
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BSG 2024 IBD guidelines protocol (standard operating procedures) by Philip Smith, Rachel Cooney, Jimmy Limdi, Sreedhar Subramanian, Polychronis Pavlidis, Ajay Verma, Said Din, Gordon W Moran, Naila Arebi, Shahida Din, Morris Gordon, Kamal V Patel, Klaartje Bel Kok, Dennis McGonagle, Matthew Shale, Ana-Maria Darie, Vasiliki Sinopoulou, Newton A C S Wong

“…We present the prospective operating procedure and technical summary protocol in the manuscript.Methods ‘Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation’ (GRADE) will be followed in the development of the guideline, approach as laid out in the GRADE handbook, supported by the WHO. …”
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Major facility superfamily sugar transporter protein SsMFSST1 regulates Sporisorium scitamineum mating, pathogenicity, and sugar transport/absorption by Yi Zhang, Yongding He, Meixin Yan, Shilong Zhang, Sisi Zhou, Wankuan Shen

“…Therefore, it is very necessary to study the pathogenic mechanism of S. scitamineum, especially at the molecular level. This manuscript identified a new pathogenic gene and discovered a new pathogenic mechanism of this gene in S. scitamineum, enriched the molecular pathogenesis of S. scitamineum, and provided a new target for the prevention and control of sugarcane smut disease.…”
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Fatigue in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: protocol of the Dutch multicentre, longitudinal, observational FAntasTIGUE study by Mirjam A G Sprangers, Martijn A Spruit, Emiel F M Wouters, Daisy J A Janssen, Jean W M Muris, Judith B Prins, Yvonne M J Goërtz, Milou Looijmans, Melissa S Y Thong, Jeannette B Peters, Chris Burtin, Yvonne Meertens-Kerris, Arnold Coors, Jan H Vercoulen

“…The secondary aim is to identify diurnal differences in fatigue by using ecological momentary assessment (EMA). This manuscript describes the protocol of the FAntasTIGUE study and gives an overview of the possible strengths, weaknesses and clinical implications.Methods and analysis A 2-year longitudinal, observational study, enrolling 400 patients with clinically stable COPD has been designed. …”
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Computational pathology assessments of cardiac stromal remodeling: Clinical correlates and prognostic implications in heart transplantation by Eliot G. Peyster, MD, MSc, Cai Yuan, PhD, Sara Arabyarmohammadi, PhD, Priti Lal, MD, Michael D. Feldman, MD, PhD, Pingfu Fu, PhD, Kenneth B. Margulies, MD, MS, Anant Madabhushi, PhD, FAIMBE, FIEEE, FNAI

“…Data Availability: The data that support the findings of this study are presented in the manuscript and extended data sections. Unprocessed raw data are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request. …”
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Refining Established Practices for Research Question Definition to Foster Interdisciplinary Research Skills in a Digital Age: Consensus Study With Nominal Group Technique by Jana Sedlakova, Mina Stanikić, Felix Gille, Jürgen Bernard, Andrea B Horn, Markus Wolf, Christina Haag, Joel Floris, Gabriela Morgenshtern, Gerold Schneider, Aleksandra Zumbrunn Wojczyńska, Corine Mouton Dorey, Dominik Alois Ettlin, Daniel Gero, Thomas Friemel, Ziyuan Lu, Kimon Papadopoulos, Sonja Schläpfer, Ning Wang, Viktor von Wyl

“…For the workshops and the subsequent manuscript writing process, we adopted a consensus study methodology. …”
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Introducing ‘trident’: a graphical interface for discriminating groups using dental microwear texture analysis by Thiery, Ghislain, Francisco, Arthur, Louail, Margot, Berlioz, Emilie, Blondel, Cécile, Brunetière, Noël, Ramdarshan, Anusha, Walker, Axelle EC, Merceron, Gildas

“…This manuscript introduces trident, an R package for performing dental microwear texture analysis and subsequently classifying variables based on their ability to separate discrete categories. …”
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Longitudinal impact of past-year reproductive coercion on contraceptive use dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from eight population-based cohortsResearch in context by Shannon N. Wood, Haley L. Thomas, Georges Guiella, Rosine Mosso, Peter Gichangi, Simon P.S. Kibira, Fredrick Makumbi, Pierre Z. Akilimali, Funmilola M. OlaOlorun, Elizabeth Omoluabi, Michele R. Decker

“…Under the grant conditions of the Foundation, a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 Generic License has already been assigned to the Author Accepted Manuscript version that might arise from this submission.…”
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A dataset of Zostera marina and Zostera noltei structure and functioning in four sites along the French coast over a period of 18 months by Lacoste, Elise, Ouisse, Vincent, Desroy, Nicolas, Allano, Lionel, Auby, Isabelle, Bajjouk, Touria, Bourdier, Constance, Caisey, Xavier, De Casamajor, Marie-Noelle, Cimiterra, Nicolas, Cordier, Céline, Curd, Amélia, Derrien, Lauriane, Droual, Gabin, Dubois, Stanislas, Foucault, Elodie, Foveau, Aurélie, Gaffet, Jean-Dominique, Ganthy, Florian, Gionaroli, Camille, Ignacio-Cifre, Rachel, Liabot, Pierre-Olivier, Messiaen, Gregory, Meteigner, Claire, Monnier, Benjamin, Van Paemelen, Robin, Pasquier, Marine, Rigouin, Loic, Rollet, Claire, Royer, Aurélien, Soissons, Laura, Tancray, Aurélien, Blanchet-Aurigny, Aline

“…This manuscript describes the methodology associated with the dataset entitled: A dataset of Zostera marina and Zostera noltei structure and functioning in four sites along the French coast over a period of 18 months. …”
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Impact of Nutritional Support for Tuberculosis on Intermediate and Terminal Undernutrition and Treatment Outcomes (INSTITUT) study: a protocol for a quasi-experimental study to ass... by Dissou Affolabi, Chelsie Cintron, Madolyn Dauphinais, Attannon Arnauld Fiogbe, Mohammed Fall Dogo, Safiou Ate, Christine Adjonou, Kokou Agossou, Susie Jiaxing Pan, Marius Esse, Benjamin Ade, Komi Séraphin Adjoh, Pranay Sinha, Kobto G Koura

“…Findings from the study will be disseminated via national and international conferences and through manuscript publications in peer-reviewed journals. Data can be made available upon request to the corresponding author.Trial registration number NCT06084715. …”
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A qualitative process evaluation of SBIRT implementation in pediatric trauma centers using the Science to Service Laboratory implementation strategy by Kelli Scott, Michael J. Mello, Geraldine Almonte, Emely Arenas Lemus, Julie R. Bromberg, Janette Baird, Anthony Spirito, Mark R. Zonfrillo, Karla Lawson, Lois K. Lee, Emily Christison-Lagay, Stephanie Ruest, Jeremy Aidlen, Andrew Kiragu, Charles Pruitt, Isam Nasr, Robert Todd Maxson, Beth Ebel, Sara J. Becker

“…The Implementing Alcohol Misuse Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment Study (IAMSBIRT) aimed to implement SBIRT across 10 pediatric trauma centers using the Science-to-Service Laboratory (SSL), an empirically supported implementation strategy. This manuscript aimed to assess trauma center staff preferences and experience with the didactic training, performance feedback, and ongoing coaching elements of the SSL via a retrospective qualitative process evaluation. …”
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Examining the effect of direct-from-blood bacterial testing on antibiotic administration and clinical outcomes: a protocol and statistical analysis plan for a pragmatic randomised... by Li Wang, Wesley H Self, Todd W Rice, Matthew W Semler, Karen F Miller, Cheryl L Gatto, Andrea Fletcher, Romney M Humphries, Joanna L Stollings, Adrienne Baughman, Jakea Johnson, Edward T Qian, Mary Lynn Dear, David C Gaston, Ariel A Lewis, George E Nelson, Benjamin J Ereshefsky, Matthew A Christensen, Ritu Banerjee, Dan Albert, Alison Benton, Laura Bobbitt, Carleigh Burns, Timothy Duff, David C. Gaston, MLS Sharon Glover, Allyson Hobbie, Austin Ing, Gabriel Kemp, Sheryl Mangrum, Geoff Mavrak, Kelly Moser, David Mulherin, Shannon Pugh, Matthew Rodgers, Chrissie Schaeffer, Adam Turner, Sabrina Shipman, Halden Z VanCleave, Hamilton Wen Li Wang, LaKeysha Wiggins

“…However, few randomised trials have evaluated the effect of using direct-from-blood bacterial testing on antibiotic administration and clinical outcomes. This manuscript describes the protocol and statistical analysis plan for a randomised trial designed to evaluate the effect of blood cultures plus direct-from-blood bacterial testing results compared with blood culture results alone on antibiotic administration and clinical outcomes.Methods and analysis We are conducting a prospective, single-centre, parallel-group, non-blinded, pragmatic, randomised trial. …”
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The Edge Odd Graceful Labeling of Water Wheel Graphs by Mohammed Aljohani, Salama Nagy Daoud

“…The main objective of this manuscript is to introduce new classes of planar graphs, namely water wheel graphs, <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>W</mi><msub><mi>W</mi><mi>n</mi></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>; triangulated water wheel graphs, <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>T</mi><msub><mi>W</mi><mi>n</mi></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>; closed water wheel graphs, <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>C</mi><msub><mi>W</mi><mi>n</mi></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>; and closed triangulated water wheel graphs, <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>C</mi><msub><mi>T</mi><mi>n</mi></msub></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula>. …”
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Study protocol for the COPE study: COVID-19 in Older PEople: the influence of frailty and multimorbidity on survival. A multicentre, European observational study by Thomas Lee, Sandeep Singh, Phyo Kyaw Myint, Sheila Jones, Ben Carter, Susan Moug, Terry Quinn, Michael Thomas, Emma Bhatti, Angeline Price, Fenella Barlow-Pay, Siobhan Duffy, Lyndsay Pearce, Arturo Vilches-Moraga, Michael Stechman, Philip Braude, Emma Mitchell, Alessia Verduri, Kathryn McCarthy, Jonathan Hewitt, Charlotte Davey, Kiah Lunstone, Alice Cavenagh, Charlotte Silver, Thomas Telford, Rebecca Simmons, Dolcie Paxton, Francis Rickard, Mark Holloway, James Hesford, Tarik Jichi, Norman Galbraith, Jenny Edwards, Carly Bisset, Ross Alexander, Abigail Ingham, Roxanna Short, Aine McGovern, Jemima Collins, Eilidh Bruce, Alice Einarsson, Enrico Clini, Giovanni Guaraldi, Madeline Garcia, Shefali Sangani, Thomas Kneen, George Kyriakopoulos, Denise Tan

“…This project will be submitted for presentation at a national or international surgical and geriatric conference. Manuscript(s) will be prepared following the close of the project.…”
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Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer: updates and best practices for multiplex immunohistochemistry (IHC) and immunofluorescence (IF) image analysis and data sharing by Ignacio I Wistuba, Michael T Tetzlaff, Carlo B Bifulco, Benjamin Green, Sacha Gnjatic, Scott J Rodig, Joel C Sunshine, Janis M Taube, Keith E Steele, Marlon C Rebelatto, David L Rimm, Ana Lako, Edwin R Parra, Guray Akturk, Michael Angelo, Shirley Greenbaum, Noah F Greenwald, Cyrus V Hedvat, Travis J Hollmann, Kurt A Schalper, Cláudia S Ferreira, Konstanty Korski, Emanuel Schenck, Michael J Surace, Jennifer H Yearley, Jeffrey S Roskes, Margaret Eminizer, Logan L Engle, Daniel Jiménez-Sánchez, Jamie Rodriguez-Canales, Alexander S Szalay

“…The current effort represents a complementary manuscript for mIHC/IF analysis focused on the associated image analysis and data management.Methods The Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer convened a task force of pathologists and laboratory leaders from academic centers as well as experts from pharmaceutical and diagnostic companies to develop best practice guidelines for the quantitative image analysis of mIHC/IF output and data management considerations.Results Best-practice approaches for image acquisition, color deconvolution and spectral unmixing, tissue and cell segmentation, phenotyping, and algorithm verification are reviewed. …”
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Functionally important respiratory symptoms and continued cigarette use versus e-cigarette switching: population assessment of tobacco and health study waves 2-6Research in context by James D. Sargent, Kristin Lauten, Kathryn C. Edwards, Susanne E. Tanski, Todd A. MacKenzie, Laura M. Paulin, Mary F. Brunette, Maciej L. Goniewicz, Amanda Malasky, Debra Stark, Fernando B. de Moura, Holly Griffin, Kimberly H. Nguyen, Eric Backlund, Heather L. Kimmel, John H. Kingsbury, Jenny E. Ozga, K Michael Cummings, Andrew Hyland

“…Interpretation: Switching completely from past 30-day use of cigarettes to e-cigarettes had short-term beneficial associations with functionally important respiratory symptoms similar to quitting tobacco completely. Funding: This manuscript is supported with Federal funds from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), Department of Health and Human Services, under contract to Westat (contract nos. …”
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A phase 1b clinical trial to determine the safety, tolerability and immunogenicity of simian adenovirus and poxvirus vectored vaccines against Mycobacterium avium complex subspecie... by Jeremy Sanderson, Jeremy Aboagye, Rebecca Makinson, Katerina Rapi, Samuel Provstgaard-Morys, Lisa Stockdale, Alison Lawrie, Isabelle Lanigan, Nishat Halim, Abdel Douiri, Emily Greenlay, Rayka Malek, Emma Gray, Lindsey West, Fatima El Oulidi, Paul Ian Cross, Michael Stallibrass, Sarah C. Gilbert, Adrian V.S. Hill, Katie J. Ewer

“…The Sponsor was involved in protocol development, trial conduct, including data monitoring and analysis, and the preparation of this manuscript in line with the Medicines for Human Use (Clinical Trials) Regulations 2004 and amendments.…”
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Clinical trials to gene therapy development and production in Brazil: a review by Jonas Alex Morales Saute, Virginia Picanço-Castro, Ana Carolina de Freitas Lopes, João Batista da Silva Júnior, Johanna Henriques Nehm, Franciele dos Santos Maciel, Ida Vanessa Doederlein Schwartz, Juliana Maria Ferraz Sallum, Margareth Castro Ozelo, Roberto Giugliani, Martin Bonamino, Hilda Petrs-Silva, Guilherme Baldo

“…Summary: Challenges related to the implementation of gene therapy products are daunting for low-to middle-income countries, such as Brazil, and include the creation of an appropriate technical, regulatory, and economic environment. In this manuscript, we give an overview of historical aspects, as well as the current state of clinical trials and approved gene therapy products for commercialization in Brazil. …”
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Voltaire et Contant d’Orville: le 'Voltaire portatif' (1766), une lettre inconnue, un remerciement à l’auteur, et une réplique voilée à l’archevêque d’Auch by John R. Iverson

“…Given the strong possibility that these letters would circulate more widely, either in print or in manuscript form, Voltaire seems to have taken great care in composing them, scrupulously respecting appropriate forms of civility, establishing personal connections and, on occasion, using them as a platform to elaborate on matters of personal interest. …”
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