Gut microbiome in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease by Anastasios Mpountouridis, Christina Tsigalou, Ioanna Bezirtzoglou, Eugenia Bezirtzoglou, Elisavet Stavropoulou

“…Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has a rapidly growing incidence worldwide, affecting approximately one-third of world population. The disturbance of gut commensal bacteria impacting host’s homeostasis is referred to as gut dysbiosis. …”
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A Joint Forgetting Factor-Based Adaptive Extended Kalman Filtering Approach to Predict the State-of-Charge and Model Parameter of Lithium-Ion Battery by Satyaprakash Rout, Satyajit Das

“…The practical applicability of the proposed JFFAEKF is validated using real-world current profiles from the LA92, UDDS, and US06 drive cycles at various operating temperatures. …”
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Costs of colorectal cancer screening in Sweden: an observational, longitudinal cost description by Johannes Blom, Naimi Johansson, Camilla Nystrand

“…The aim of this paper was to describe the costs of CRC screening in a population-based screening programme, using administrative real-world data. Specifically, we aimed to estimate the annual costs of the screening programme and the total costs of the full programme over five consecutive screening rounds.Methods The CRC screening programme of Stockholm-Gotland, Sweden, targeted all resident men and women aged 60–69 years for biennial screening. …”
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A novel stereographic semi-circular distribution and enhanced analysis of the posterior corneal curvature of eye by Shakila Bashir, Bushra Masood, Aamir Sanaullah, Laila A. Al-Essa

“…The proposed semi-circular Marshall-Olkin extended Burr-XII distribution proves adept at handling real-world semi-circular data. The extension to the l-axial model and subsequent transformations introduces innovative models, demonstrated by superior compatibility in both circular and semi-circular datasets.…”
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Effect of E-Learning on Public Health and Environment During COVID-19 Lockdown by Avani Agarwal, Sahil Sharma, Vijay Kumar, Manjit Kaur

“…E-learning is the most promising venture in the entire world. During the COVID-19 lockdown, e-learning is successfully providing potential information to the students and researchers. …”
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Reliability-Based Design of Solid and Nail-jointed I-Section of Nigerian-Grown African Birch (<i>Anogeissus leiocarpus</i>) Timber Column by U.N. Wilson, A.A. Adedeji, F.O.P. Oriola, J.A. Alomaja, J.E. Sani

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Lung and Gut Microbiota as Potential Hidden Driver of Immunotherapy Efficacy in Lung Cancer by Carmine Carbone, Geny Piro, Vincenzo Di Noia, Ettore D’Argento, Emanuele Vita, Miriam Grazia Ferrara, Sara Pilotto, Michele Milella, Giovanni Cammarota, Antonio Gasbarrini, Giampaolo Tortora, Emilio Bria

“…Lung cancer is one of the deadliest and most common malignancies in the world, representing one of the greatest challenges in cancer treatment. …”
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Burden and mortality of breast cancer attributed to diabetes and smoking in women: a secondary analysis based on Global Burden of Disease 2019 in North Africa and the Middle East by Fatemeh Khosravi Shadmani, Ali Jafari-Khounigh, Leili Abedi Gheshlaghi, Leila Rezakhani, Mozafar Khazaei

“…Background Breast cancer (BC) is the second most common cancer in the world. This study aimed to investigate the burden of BC due to some risk factors in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) countries from 1990 to 2019.Methods This study is a secondary analysis based on the Global Burden of Disease 2019 data. …”
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The effect of labour migration and structural changes on economic development by O. Nosova

“…The most immediate economic impact of the Ukrainian conflict was sharply rising food, energy, and commodity prices in the world. In the process of massive population displacement people were forced to leave their homes and lose their livelihood. …”
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Health Behaviours among Travellers Regarding Risk Compensation Following COVID-19 Vaccination in Taizhou, China by Meng-Ge Yang, Li-Jun Wang, Lu-Yin Xu, Mang Ke, Liang-Xue Sun

“…According to the risk compensation theory, travellers post-COVID-19 vaccination may encounter higher risks; however, no real-world studies provide such evidence. Therefore, we conducted a survey to assess whether risk compensation would occur among travellers’ health-related behaviours after COVID-19 vaccination, potentially aggravating the transmission of the virus. …”
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Distribution network fault comprehensive identification method based on voltage–ampere curves and deep ensemble learning by Jian Wang, Bo Zhang, Dong Yin, Jinxin Ouyang

“…The proposed method has good adaptability and generalization ability to different systems and real-world data. The proposed method can provide decision guidance for automatic line reclosing, fault recovery and operation and maintenance repair.© 2017 Elsevier Inc. …”
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Unravelling pain in diabetic neuropathy patients: Exploring the relationship between perceived pain severity, lifestyle, and coping strategies mediated by self-focused attention an... by Fatemeh Hosseini, Amirhossein Yavari, Arya Haddadi

“…Objective: Diabetes ranks highly among the world's non-communicable diseases, bringing about a host of physical and psychological impacts on those it afflicts. …”
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Impact of Monetary Policy on the Level of Economic Inequality in the United States by M. L. Dorofeev

“…Abstract: After the reform of the world monetary system in 1971, the competition between countries for the global market is taking place in completely new conditions. …”
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Behavior of liver cirrhosis at the "Arnaldo Milian Castro" Hospital from July 2007 to March 2009 by María Herminia Fajardo González, Merlyn Arce Nuñez, Yosvany Medina Garrido, Lisset Esteva Carral, Marcos Félix Osorio Pagola

“…<strong>Background</strong>: Liver cirrhosis is among the top ten death causes in the developed world and also in Cuba, so it is important to know its clinical and epidemiological characteristics in order to propose appropriate preventive measures. …”
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Potential mutagenicity of aflatoxin B1 in Egyptian spices by Basma El Geoshi, Gehan El-Akabawy, Mohammed El Metwally, Magda I. Soliman

“…Different durations of treatment (3 h, 6 h, and 12 h) were used to treat the Vicia faba root tips with varying concentrations of Aflatoxin B1 (AFB1) following the approved protocol for plant assays published by the International Program on Chemical Safety (IPCS) and the World Health Organization (WHO). The data obtained indicated that AFB1 not only has the ability to induce various alterations in the process of mitosis, ranging from increasing to decreasing mitotic and phase indices but also leads to many mitotic aberrations. …”
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Numerical study of the plasticity effect on the behavior of short steel columns filled with concrete loaded axially by Yousria Boulmaali-Hacene Chaouche, Nadia Kouider, Kamel Djeghaba, Bachir Kebaili

“… For more than two decades, the construction technique using concrete filled steel tube (CFST) has been widespread throughout the world. Indeed, it has been demonstrated that the use of normal or high strength concrete, confined in a steel tube of circular shape can considerably improve its ductility as well as its load capacity, owing to the combination of the qualities of the two constituent materials; these tubes have an effortless execution, indeed, the concrete used in the CFST does not require formwork nor reinforcement, a durability of the two materials as well as a good behavior to fire, which was the effect desired at the origin of their elaboration. …”
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Wind farms reduce grassland plant community diversity and lead to plant community convergence by Xuancheng Zhao, Fengshi Li, Yuan Yuan, Guna Ari, Yongzhi Yan, Qing Zhang, Aruhan Olhnuud, Pengtao Liu

“…Abstract Climate warming has become a hot issue of common concern all over the world, and wind energy has become an important clean energy source. …”
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Investigation on Derailment of Empty Wagons of Long Freight Train during Dynamic Braking by Xin Ge, Kaiyun Wang, Lirong Guo, Min Yang, Kaikai Lv, Wanming Zhai

“…The derailments of empty wagons of long freight trains frequently occurred around the world, which caused tremendous losses every year. …”
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Highlights of 2023-Print Issue by Patient Safety Authority

“…We welcome manuscripts from all over the world. If your work can help advance patient safety, please [submit it to us for consideration](https://patientsafetyj.com/for-authors), and kindly share our journal with friends, family, colleagues, and caregivers. …”
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Molecular Epidemiology of Salmonella enterica in Poultry in South Africa Using the Farm-to-Fork Approach by Melissa A. Ramtahal, Anou M. Somboro, Daniel G. Amoako, Akebe L. K. Abia, Keith Perrett, Linda A. Bester, Sabiha Y. Essack

“…Antimicrobial susceptibility profiles were determined using Vitek-2 and the Kirby–Bauer disk diffusion method against a panel of 21 antibiotics recommended by the World Health Organisation Advisory Group on Integrated Surveillance of Antimicrobial Resistance (WHO-AGISAR). …”
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