Sustainable Development Goals and Food Remittances: COVID-19 Lockdowns, Digital Transformation, Lessons and Policy Reflections from South Africa-Zimbabwe Corridor by Sean Sithole, Mulugeta Dinbabo, Daniel Tevera

“…This paper is based on a mixed-methods study whose aim is to contribute to the academic and policy discussion on food remittances by examining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic lockdowns introduced by the South African and Zimbabwean governments on the nature and volume of cross-border food remittance flows between the two countries. …”
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Tolerability and Effectiveness of Regorafenib Treatment in Patients with Unresectable Hepatocellular Carcinoma: Real-World Data from the United States by Finn RS, Iyer R, Kalman RS, Parikh ND, Cabrera R, Babajanyan S, Kaseb AO

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Travoprost Intracameral Implant in Eyes with Glaucoma or Ocular Hypertension: Early Short-Term Real-World Outcomes by Teymoorian S, Kaur J

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The Effective Compound Combination of Bufei Yishen Formula III Improves the Mitochondrial Dysfunction via Inhibiting JNK/Sab Pathway in COPD Mice by Song M, Han M, Zhang H, Yang Y, Tian Y, Li J, Zhao J

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Deep-learning-based extraction of circle of Willis topology with anatomical priors by Dieuwertje Alblas, Iris N. Vos, Micha M. Lipplaa, Christoph Brune, Irene C. van der Schaaf, Mireille R. E. Velthuis, Birgitta K. Velthuis, Hugo J. Kuijf, Ynte M. Ruigrok, Jelmer M. Wolterink

“…These fields are obtained using a scale-invariant and rotation-equivariant mesh-CNN-based model (SIRE). For a 3D TOF-MRA volume, a potentially overcomplete graph of the CoW is thus extracted in which each edge represents an artery. …”
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Predictive Value of Initial 18F-FDG PET/CT for Identifying EGFR and KRAS Mutations in Patients with Non-small-cell Lung Cancer by Ozge Vural Topuz, Nur Buyukpinarbasili

“…The EGFR-mt group had lower metabolic tumor volume (MTV) (p=0.015) and total lesion glycolysis (TLG) (p=0.017) values. …”
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A CRISPR/Cas12a electrochemical biosensing to detect pig mtDNA D-loop for ensuring food authenticity by Muhammad Ihda H.L. Zein, Clianta Yudin Kharismasari, Ari Hardianto, Salma Nur Zakiyyah, Riezki Amalia, Mehmet Ozsoz, Mara Mirasoli, Irkham, Yeni Wahyuni Hartati

“…Optimization using the Box-Behnken Design (BBD) yielded ideal conditions: 30 min STV incubation, 1.5 μM probe concentration, 240 min probe incubation, 0.1 % BSA concentration, 30 min target incubation, and 2 μL target volume. These parameters enabled the development of an ultrasensitive biosensor with detection and quantification limits of 4 fM and 71 fM, respectively. …”
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Decision-Making Factors Among Dentists for Using Dental Magnifying Loupes: A Cross-Sectional Study by Alghilan MA, AlShehri A, Almeshrafi A, Alrumi A, Aldibasi O

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The effect of exercise intervention on inhibitory function in obese and overweight children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Aona Chen, Chenggen Guo, Shuhua Qu

“…Both small exercise (SMD = -1.60, 95% CI = -2.25 to -0.94, p < 0.01) and large exercise volume (SMD = -0.85, 95% CI = -1.33 to -0.37, p < 0.01) outperformed the control group. …”
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Early Vegetation Recovery After the 2008–2009 Explosive Eruption of the Chaitén Volcano, Chile by Ricardo Moreno-Gonzalez, Iván A. Díaz, Duncan A. Christie, Antonio Lara

“…Additionally, in each site of 80 small plots (~4 m²), we tallied the regenerated plants, their coverage, and the log volume. We described whether the plant regeneration was occurring on a mineral or organic substrate (i.e., ash or leaf litter, respectively). …”
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Ontologies in modelling and analysing of big genetic data by N. L. Podkolodnyy, O. A. Podkolodnaya, V. A. Ivanisenko, M. A. Marchenko

“…To systematize and effectively use the huge volume of experimental data accumulated in the field of bioinformatics and biomedicine, new approaches based on ontologies are needed, including automated methods for semantic integration of heterogeneous experimental data, methods for creating large knowledge bases and self-interpreting methods for analyzing large heterogeneous data based on deep learning. …”
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Preferences and Attitudes Towards Digital Communication and Symptom Reporting Methods in Clinical Trials by McDowell B, Dumais KM, Gary ST, de Gooijer I, Ward T

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Identification of EGR1 as a Key Diagnostic Biomarker in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD) Through Machine Learning and Immune Analysis by Wu X, Pan T, Fang Z, Hui T, Yu X, Liu C, Guo Z, Liu C

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Dual-phase medium-entropy diboride–carbide ceramics with metal element exchange during sintering by Pai Peng, Ji-Xuan Liu, Xiao-Ting Xin, Weichao Bao, Yongcheng Liang, Fangfang Xu, Guo-Jun Zhang

“…It is inferred that optimized comprehensive properties or performance of dual-phase high-entropy or medium-entropy ceramics of diborides and carbides can be achieved by adjusting both the volume content and the metal element composition of the corresponding starting powders of diborides and carbides.…”
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Clinical Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Traumatic Shock Patients from the Korean Society of Traumatology by Pil Young Jung, Byungchul Yu, Chan-Yong Park, Sung Wook Chang, O Hyun Kim, Maru Kim, Junsik Kwon, Gil Jae Lee, Korean Society of Traumatology (KST) Clinical Research Group

“…Methods Five guidelines were assessed using the Appraisal of Guidelines for Research and Evaluation II instrument. Results Restrictive volume replacement must be used for patients experiencing shock from trauma until hemostasis is achieved (1B). …”
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Clinical and biochemical characteristics for patients with polyneuropathy, organomegaly, endocrinopathy, M-protein, and skin changes syndrome: a pilot observational study by Pei Li, Ye Zhang, Li-Min Luo, Wen-Qing Wang, Jing Li, Yan Cheng, Xiao Dang, Yang Chen, Wei Jiang

“…Most patients suffered with hyperpigmentation (n = 18), organomegaly (n = 18), elevated vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) (n = 17), extravascular volume overload (n = 15), sclerotic bone lesions (n = 11), and hypothyroidism (n = 10). …”
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Pharmacokinetics and Bioequivalence of Two Fixed-Dose Combination Tablets of Valsartan/Amlodipine (80/5 Mg) in Healthy Chinese Subjects by Tian M, Huang J, Chen Y, Jin Q, Jiang H, Shi C, Mei J, Xu M, Yu X, Yang S

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Exploring the Cardioprotective Mechanisms of Ligusticum wallichii in Myocardial Infarction Through Network Pharmacology and Experimental Validation by Yang H, Cao J, Zhou L, Chen J, Tang J, Chen J, Yin L, Xie L, Li J, Luo J

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The Prognostic Significance of the CALLY Index in Ampullary Carcinoma: An Inflammation-Nutrition Retrospective Analysis by Xi P, Huang G, Huang K, Qin D, Yao Z, Jiang L, Zhu Q, He C

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Does hydrogen-rich water mitigate MP toxicity in rainbow trout (Oncorhyncus mykiss)? Monitoring with hematology, DNA damage, and apoptosis via ROS/GSH/MDA pathway by Atamanalp Muhammed, Kırıcı Muammer, Köktürk Mine, Kırıcı Mahinur, Alwazeer Duried, Kocaman Esat Mahmut, Ucar Arzu, Parlak Veysel, Özcan Sinan, Alak Gonca

“…In this direction, the following were determined: PP+PE chronic toxicity in aquatic organisms, the toxicity mechanism and the effect of HRW as a possible treatment method in blood tissue; with hematological indices ([RBC count [RBC], leukocyte count [WBC], hemoglobin value [Hb], hematocrit ratio [Hct], platelet count [PLT], hemoglobin count per erythrocyte [MCHC], mean hemoglobin amount per erythrocyte [MCH] and mean erythrocyte volume [MCV]) in other tissues (liver, gill and brain tissue) oxidative stress response (catalase [CAT]), glutathione peroxidase (GPx), glutathione reductase (GR), superoxide dismutase (SOD), glutathione (GSH), reactive oxygen products (ROS), malondialdehyde ([MDA] levels), DNA damage (8-OHdG: 8-Hydroxy-2-Deoxyguanosine), and the apoptosis (caspase 3) levels were investigated. …”
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