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). …”
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Mapping maternal and infant health in Morocco: A global scoping review of themes, gaps, and the "unseen" in the published health research literature, 2000-2022. by Ellen Amster, Ghazal Jessani, Gauri Gupta, Oksana Hlyva, Charlene Rae

“…To understand how medical research has reflected social reality over the past 22 years, we explored not just what is known, but how it is known, where it is known, what remained unseen, and why. …”
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Effect of Early Mobilization on Respiratory and Limb Muscle Strength and Functionality of Nonintubated Patients in Critical Care: A Feasibility Trial by Maria Karoline Richtrmoc, Wagner Souza Leite, Anielle Martins Azevedo, Raissa Farias Correia, Rômulo de Aquino Coelho Lins, Wildberg Alencar Lima, Caio César Araújo Morais, Rodrigo Rios Pereira, Monique Bandeira, Carlos Eduardo Santos Rego Barros, Amina Maria Soares de Lima, Maria Glória Rodrigues-Machado, Daniella Cunha Brandão, Armèle Dornelas De Andrade, Maria Inês Remigio de Aguiar, Shirley Lima Campos

“…Maximal inspiratory and expiratory pressures (MIP and MEP), peripheral muscle strength (handgrip strength (HGS) and Medical Research Council scale (MRC-s)), and functionality (FIM, ICF-BMS, PFIT-s, and FSS-ICU scales) were evaluated at ICU admission and discharge. …”
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How international research consortia can strengthen organisations’ research systems and promote a conducive environment and culture by Justin Pulford, Nadia Tagoe, Yan Ding, Imelda Bates, Susie Crossman, Taghreed El Hajj, Tara Tancred, Lorelei Silvester, Martina Savio, Natasha Bevan

“…They were partly or wholly funded by UK agencies including the Wellcome, Foreign and Commonwealth Development Office, UK Research and Innovation Fund, and the Medical Research Council and they operated for 2–10 years between 2012 and 2022.Consortia’s size and ability to access and share resources among their member organisations according to need meant they were uniquely placed to target actions to address weaknesses in member organisations’ research capacity, to widen networks and collaborations, and to build in sustainability of capacity gains. …”
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Targeted therapy and immunotherapy for gastric cancer: rational strategies, novel advancements, challenges, and future perspectives by Dong Luo, Yunmei Liu, Zhengmao Lu, Lei Huang

“…Abstract Gastric cancer (GC) is one of the most common malignant tumors worldwide, and its treatment has been a focus of medical research. Herein we systematically review the current status of and advancements in targeted therapy and immunotherapy for GC, which have emerged as important treatment strategies in recent years with great potential, and summarize the efficacy and safety of such treatments. …”
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The effectiveness and risks of Treating people with Idiopathic Pulmonary fibrosis with the Addition of Lansoprazole (TIPAL): study protocol for a randomised placebo-controlled mult... by Toby M Maher, A John Simpson, Anthony Cahn, David Thickett, Luke Vale, Allan B Clark, Nazia Chaudhuri, Ian Forrest, Lisa G Spencer, Christopher Ward, Stephen Jones, Ganesh Raghu, Andrew M Wilson, Helen Parfrey, Megan Jones, Matthew Hammond, Jaclyn Ann Smith, Shajahan Wahed

“…Secondary assessments include cough frequency (in a subgroup) measured using the VitaloJAK cough monitor, the King’s Brief Interstitial Lung Disease questionnaire, the Raghu Scale for Pulmonary Fibrosis, Medical Research Council dyspnoea score, EQ-5D-5L, Leicester Cough Questionnaire, modified DeMeester reflux symptoms questionnaire and opportunistically captured routine lung function measurements. …”
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Identifying Fraudulent Responses in a Study Exploring Delivery Options for Pregnancies Impacted by Gestational Diabetes: Lessons Learned From a Web-Based Survey by Emma Ruby, Serine Ramlawi, Alexa Clare Bowie, Stephanie Boyd, Alysha Dingwall-Harvey, Ruth Rennicks White, Darine El-Chaâr, Mark Walker

“…Unfortunately, despite the significant rise of web-based surveys used in medical research, there remains very limited evidence on the implications of and optimal methods to handle fraudulent web-based survey responses. …”
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Booster Vaccination against Yellow Fever in Gambian children-(BoVY) -a Phase 3 clinical trial to establish safety and immunogenicity of repeated YF vaccination in healthy Gambian c... by David Jeffries, Caitlin Pley, Beate Kampmann, Mam Nabou Leigh, Julia Strandmark, Ed Clarke, Peter Ndow, Ebrima Kanteh, Amadou Faal, Elishia Roberts

“…All children were vaccinated with the 17D YF vaccine at 9–10 months of age as part of clinical trials run by the Medical Research Council (MRC) Unit The Gambia, and are thus well-characterised, including basic clinical, anthropometric, and post-primary immunogenicity data. …”
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Real-world effectiveness of sofosbuvir/velpatasvir, glecaprevir/pibrentasvir, and sofosbuvir/velpatasvir/voxilaprevir against genotype 3 hepatitis C virus infection: a systematic r... by Liwei Zhuang, Liwei Zhuang, Junnan Li, Yu Zhang, Shibo Ji, Huichun Xing, Huichun Xing

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Harnessing the power of proteins in modulation of miRNAs for targeting Iron deficiency Anemia: Opinion for future implications and strategies by Ray Wagiu Basrowi, Ray Wagiu Basrowi, Ray Wagiu Basrowi, Tonny Sundjaya, Tonny Sundjaya, Dessy Pratiwi, Nurlinah Amalia, Nurlinah Amalia, Nurlinah Amalia, Yosi Yohanes Putra Tandi, Muhammad Yasir Syafa’atulloh, Garuda Nusantara Putra Utomo, Muhammad Abdir Rahman Albarok, Fahrul Nurkolis

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Development and validation of the “Adjustment Disorder Scale for Medically Ill Patients - ETAM” by Juan Pablo Zapata-Ospina, Natalia Rodríguez, Ayda Margarita Rodríguez, Jenny García-Valencia, Mercedes Jiménez-Benítez, Nicolás Martínez-Ramos, Diana Restrepo Bernal, Ana Lucía Gallego, Carolina Gómez, Luis Fernando Tabares, Carlos Cardeño-Castro, Daniel Camilo Aguirre-Acevedo

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Coronavirus Host Genomics Study: South Africa (COVIGen-SA) by Andrew K. May, Heather Seymour, Harriet Etheredge, Heather Maher, Marta C. Nunes, Shabir A. Madhi, Simiso M. Sokhela, W. D. Francois Venter, Neil Martinson, Firdaus Nabeemeeah, Cheryl Cohen, Jocelyn Moyes, Sibongile Walaza, Stefano Tempia, Jackie Kleynhans, Anne von Gottberg, Jeremy Nel, Halima Dawood, Ebrahim Variava, Stephen Tollman, Kathleen Kahn, Kobus Herbst, Emily B. Wong, Caroline T. Tiemessen, Alex van Blydenstein, Lyle Murray, Michelle Venter, June Fabian, Michéle Ramsay

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Defining national research priorities for prostate cancer in Zambia: using the Delphi process for comprehensive cancer policy setting in sub-Saharan Africa by Ajay Aggarwal, Janet Seeley, Virginia Bond, Kennedy Lishimpi, John Kachimba, Musonda Simwinga, Andrew Sentoogo Ssemata, Susan Msadabwe, Dorothy Chilambe Lombe, Monde Mwamba, Richard Muhumuza, Victor Mapulanga

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Barcoded screening identifies nanocarriers for protein delivery to kidney by Luyao Wang, Wen Zhou, Hang Chen, Xiangqian Jia, Peiyuan Zheng, Haolin Jiang, Mengling Wu, Yaning Zhang, Yanchao Ding, Yexi Peng, Rui Zhu, Tiantian Li, Boxue Tian, Bujie Du, Juanjuan Du

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Human inborn errors of immunity underlying Talaromyces marneffei infections: a multicenter, retrospective cohort study by Huifeng Fan, Zhiyong Yang, Yuhui Wu, Xiulan Lu, Tian Li, Xuyang Lu, Gen Lu, Liming He, Guoping Lu, Li Huang

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Harnessing macrophage-drug conjugates for allogeneic cell-based therapy of solid tumors via the TRAIN mechanism by Bartlomiej Taciak, Maciej Bialasek, Malgorzata Kubiak, Ilona Marszalek, Malgorzata Gorczak, Olha Osadchuk, Daria Kurpiel, Damian Strzemecki, Karolina Barwik, Marcin Skorzynski, Julia Nowakowska, Waldemar Lipiński, Łukasz Kiraga, Jan Brancewicz, Robert Klopfleisch, Łukasz Krzemiński, Emilia Gorka, Anna Smolarska, Irena Padzinska-Pruszynska, Małgorzata Siemińska, Jakub Guzek, Jan Kutner, Marlena Kisiala, Krzysztof Wozniak, Giacomo Parisi, Roberta Piacentini, Luca Cassetta, Lesley M. Forrester, Lubomir Bodnar, Tobias Weiss, Alberto Boffi, Paulina Kucharzewska, Tomasz P. Rygiel, Magdalena Krol

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Mental health service satisfaction among adults with mental illness attending a psychiatric outpatient clinic: a cross-sectional study by Wondale Getinet Alemu, Wondale Getinet Alemu, Lillian Mwanri, Clemence Due, Telake Azale, Anna Ziersch

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Effects of the maternal and child health handbook and other home-based records on mothers’ non-health outcomes: a systematic review by Akira Shibanuma, Masamine Jimba, Rogie Royce Carandang, Jennifer Lisa Sakamoto, Ekaterina Yarotskaya, Milana Basargina, Mika Kondo Kunieda

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Tobacco smoking-attributable mortality in Kenya, 2012–2021 by Lazarus Odeny, Gladwell Gathecha, Valerian Mwenda, Anne Kendagor, Samuel Cheburet, Beatrice Mugi, Caroline Mithi, Florence Jaguga, Kennedy Okinda, Rachel K. Devotsu, Shukri F. Mohamed, Jane Rahedi Ong’ang’o

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Clinical Practice Guidelines of the Russian Scientific Liver Society, Russian Gastroenterological Association, Russian Association of Endocrinologists, Russian Association of Geron... by V. T. Ivashkin, M. V. Maevskaya, M. S. Zharkova, Yu. V. Kotovskaya, O. N. Tkacheva, E. A. Troshina, M. V. Shestakova, I. V. Maev, V. V. Breder, N. I. Gheivandova, V. L. Doshchitsin, E. N. Dudinskaya, E. V. Ershova, Kh. B. Kodzoeva, K. A. Komshilova, N. V. Korochanskaya, A. Yu. Mayorov, E. E. Mishina, M. Yu. Nadinskaya, I. G. Nikitin, N. V. Pogosova, A. I. Tarzimanova, M. Sh. Shamkhalova

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