Comparison of the adequacies of the OSCE and vOSCE to assess the competencies required under Brazilian medical curriculum guidelines: a multicenter study by Hervaldo Sampaio Carvalho, Maria do Carmo Barros Melo, Fabiana Maria Kakehasi, Priscila Menezes Ferri Liu, Fernanda Gontijo Minafra Silveira Santos, Ricardo Luiz de Melo Martins, Marilene Vale de Castro Monteiro, Marcelo Esteves Chaves Campos, Roberto Zonato Esteves, Matheus Belloni Torsani, Iolanda de Fátima Lopes Calvo Tiberio, Akihito Inca Atahualpa Urdiales, Andrea Mora De Marco Novellino, Rosiane Viana Zuza Diniz, Helena Ferreira Moura, Maria Alice de Vilhena Toledo, Célia Regina Machado Saldanha, Andrea Pedrosa Ribeiro Alves Oliveira, Patricia Zen Tempski, Itamar de Souza Santos, Milton de Arruda Martins

“…Abstract Background The COVID-19 pandemic has led to the popularization of information and communication technology in medical education. This study aimed to compare the objective structured clinical examination (OSCE) and the virtual objective structured clinical examination (vOSCE), based on expert opinion, as tools for assessing the competencies needed under medical curriculum guidelines in Brazil. …”
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Laying the groundwork: Exploring pesticide exposure and genetic factors in south-eastern Brazilian farmers by Débora Dummer Meira, Victor Nogueira Da Gama Kohls, Matheus Correia Casotti, Luana Santos Louro, Gabriel Mendonça Santana, Thomas Erik Santos Louro, Adriana Madeira Alvares da Silva, Lorena Souza Castro Altoé, Raquel Reis Trabach, Sonia Groisman, Elizeu Fagundes de Carvalho, Jamila Alessandra Perini Machado, Stephanie Seneff, Iúri Drumond Louro

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Macropinocytosis enhances foamy macrophage formation and cholesterol crystallization to activate NLRP3 inflammasome after spinal cord injury by Chenxi Zhang, Shujie Zhao, Zhenfei Huang, Ao Xue, Hao Liu, Siming Dai, Ziyang Zheng, Yin Li, Xiaodong Guo, Jun Gu, Feng Zhang, Fubing Wang, Yongxiang Wang, Xiaohua Zhou, Shujun Zhang, Hanwen Zhang, Jun Shen, Jian Chen, Guoyong Yin

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OsLAP3/OsSTRL2, encoding a rice strictosidine synthase, is required for anther cuticle formation and pollen exine patterning in rice by Dai-bo Chen, Ran Zhou, Ran Zhou, Hui-min Wang, Pei-pei Zhang, Zheng-fu Yang, Zheng-fu Yang, Dan-dan Xuan, Ying-xin Zhang, Xiao-deng Zhan, Li-yong Cao, Li-yong Cao, Shi-hua Cheng, Lian-ping Sun, Lian-ping Sun

“…OsLAP3 is homologous to the maize ZmMS45, the core recessive nuclear sterile gene of maize Seed Production Technology (SPT), and localizes to the endoplasmic reticulum and plays a conserved role in anther development and pollenformation. …”
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Collagen prolyl 4-hydroxylase subunit α member-induced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma aggressiveness is antagonized by LLGL2 via redu... by Xu Miao, Shi Run, Yang Jie, Chen Heng, Liu Shihua, Yu Shupei, Li Sasa, He Wenqiang, Sy Man-Sun, Lu Mingjian, Zhang Huixia, Li Chaoyang

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Evaluation of the effects of Keratinase-treated feather meal as a replacement for fishmeal on growth performance, liver function, and intestinal health in juvenile largemouth bass... by Yi-Huan Xu, Li-Han Zhang, Min Liu, Mei-Yan Li, Xue-Dan Fang, Hui Xia, Ran Guo, Fazhan Hanafiah, Waiho Khor, Guang Chen, Xin Hao

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A qualitative study exploring the acceptability of the TEXTPAD telehealth and virtual supervised exercise intervention and trial for patients with peripheral arterial disease livin... by Maddey Patterson, MPH, Letitia Sermin-Reed, MSc, James Prentis, MBBS, Arathi Radhakrishnan, MBBS, Eileen Kaner, PhD, Sandip Nandhra, MBBS, Maisie Rowland, BSc, Gabriel Cucato, PhD, Mackenzie Fong, PhD

“…However, people who have poorer digital skills must be provided with adequate support to use the technologies needed to engage with these virtual interventions. …”
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Physics-Informed Neural Networks for Modal Wave Field Predictions in 3D Room Acoustics by Stefan Schoder

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C3G improves lipid droplet accumulation in the proximal tubules of high-fat diet-induced ORG mice by Yong-Ping Lu, Xiao-Hua Wang, Bin Xia, Hong-Wei Wu, Yan Lei, Kai-Wen Cai, Zi-Yan Deng, Chun Tang, Wei-Bin Bai, Ting Zhu, Zhi-Hua Zheng

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Multimodal data deep learning method for predicting symptomatic pneumonitis caused by lung cancer radiotherapy combined with immunotherapy by Mingyu Yang, Jianli Ma, Chengcheng Zhang, Liming Zhang, Jianyu Xu, Shilong Liu, Jian Li, Jiabin Han, Songliu Hu

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Association between maternal infertility treatment and child neurodevelopment: findings from the Tohoku Medical Megabank Project Birth and Three-Generation Cohort Study in Miyagi a... by Mami Ishikuro, Shinichi Kuriyama, Shigeo Kure, Junichi Sugawara, Taku Obara, Nobuo Yaegashi, Tatsui Otsuka, Aoi Noda, Keiko Murakami, Fumihiko Ueno, Fumiko Matsuzaki, Tomomi Onuma, Zen Watanabe, Naomi Shiga, Noriyuki Iwama, Hamada Hirotaka, Masahito Tachibana, Hiroaki Tomita, Masatoshi Saito

“…We performed a multivariate logistic regression analysis of the association between infertility treatment (including ovulation induction (OI), artificial insemination with husband’s sperm (AIH) and assisted reproductive technology (ART)) and the clinical range of ASQ-3.Results Of 9655 mother–child pairs, 273 (2.8%) and 487 (5.0%) were conceived through OI/AIH and ART, respectively. …”
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Construction and iterative redesign of synXVI a 903 kb synthetic Saccharomyces cerevisiae chromosome by Hugh D. Goold, Heinrich Kroukamp, Paige E. Erpf, Yu Zhao, Philip Kelso, Julie Calame, John J. B. Timmins, Elizabeth L. I. Wightman, Kai Peng, Alexander C. Carpenter, Briardo Llorente, Carmen Hawthorne, Samuel Clay, Niël van Wyk, Elizabeth L. Daniel, Fergus Harrison, Felix Meier, Robert D. Willows, Yizhi Cai, Roy S. K. Walker, Xin Xu, Monica I. Espinosa, Giovanni Stracquadanio, Joel S. Bader, Leslie A. Mitchell, Jef D. Boeke, Thomas C. Williams, Ian T. Paulsen, Isak S. Pretorius

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A protocol for mobilising novel finance models for collaborative health promotion and disease prevention initiatives: taking a smart capacitating investment approach in the Invest4... by Joanna Lane, Joanna Lane, Rhiannon T. Edwards, Balázs Babarczy, Holly Whiteley, Vidya Oruganti, Vidya Oruganti, Maureen Rutten-van Mölken, Caroline Costongs, Anant R. Jani, Sarah Wordsworth, Alison Maassen, Apostolos Tsiachristas, Jacob Davies, Bengt Stavenow, Jolanda van Vliet, Steve Wright, Steve Wright, Lina Papartyte, Jennifer Catherine Camaradou, Rositsa Koleva-Kolarova

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Analisa Strategi Teknologi Informasi Pemasaran UKM Kuliner di Media Sosial Menggunakan Metode SWOT by Fahmi Ajismanto, Andika Widyanto

“…The used of information technology as a promotional media on social media is one of the decision-making techniques needed to promote and increase the income of Culinary SMEs in Palembang     …”
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Caracterización de la piscicultura amazónica ecuatoriana, un panorama de su desarrollo y perspectivas by Ricardo Ernesto Burgos-Morán, Cristina Altamirano-Cantos

“…The study identifies five main bottlenecks in the production chain: institutional, administrative, commercial, technological, and socio-environmental. To address these issues, the study proposes the following solutions: harmonization of fish culture regularization schemes, strengthening of administrative processes, processing of fish products with a bioeconomic approach, technological improvements in production systems. …”
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Pre-treatment nutrition-related indicators and the prognosis of patients with newly diagnosed epithelial ovarian cancer: an ambispective cohort study by Shirui Wang, Jingyu Zhu, Ningjuan Wu, Nannan Wang, Xiaohe Dang, Minyi Zhao, Juan Zhao, Ding Ma, Xiaofeng Yang

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New avenues of preoperative evaluation before corneal refractive surgery during the COVID-19 pandemic by S.N. Sakhnov, O.A. Klokova, A.V. Piskunov, R.O. Damashauskas, M.S. Geidenrich, E.I. Dyakonova

“…Refractometry, IOP levels, and pachymetry measured by Visionix VX130+ system (LLC “Visionix Rus” — affiliated company of Luneau Technology Operations) were compared to the readings produced by Topcon KR-800 Auto Kerato-Refractometer (Topcon, Japan), Nidek NT-530P non-contact tonometer (Nidek, Japan), CT200 Goldman applanation tonometer (Reichert, USA), ALLEGRO Oculyzer (WaveLight AG, Germany), and RTVue-100 (Optovue, USA).…”
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Testicular cell transplantation of neon tetra Paracheirodon innesi into common carp fry by , Alimuddin, Odang Carman, Sri Setyo Wulandari

“…However, production is still relatively low due to low fecundity (approximately 180 eggs/female). Technology of testicular cell transplantation of neon tetra as donor to common carp as recipient fish which have high fecundity provides a promising way to overcome problem of neon tetra production. …”
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mHealth-Based Diabetes Prevention Program for Chinese Mothers With Abdominal Obesity: Randomized Controlled Trial by Qinyuan Huang, Qinyi Zhong, Yanjing Zeng, Yimeng Li, James Wiley, Man Ping Wang, Jyu-Lin Chen, Jia Guo

“…Mobile health (mHealth)–based technologies provide the flexibility and resource-saving opportunities to improve lifestyles in an individualized way. …”
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A clean energy Korea by 2035: Transitioning to 80% carbon-free electricity generation by Won Young Park, Yong Hyun Song, Nikit Abhyankar, Hee Seung Moon, Umed Paliwal, Eunsung Kim, Nina Khanna, Sanghyun Hong, James Hyungkwan Kim, Kenji Shiraishi, Jiang Lin, Seung Wan Kim, Amol Phadke

“…We analyze economic decarbonization pathways for Korea’s electric power sector by 2035, leveraging optimal capacity expansion and hourly dispatch modeling to assess the opportunities and constraints in the power systems and reflecting expected rapid declines in the costs of solar, wind, and battery storage technologies. We also introduce offshore high-voltage direct current transmission lines as a strategic network planning option to address the significant discrepancies between major load centers and high-potential renewable energy regions. …”
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