Frailty prevalence and its associations in a subacute geriatric ward in Singapore by Christine Yuanxin Chen, Thulasi Chandran, Vivian Cantiller Barrera, Rachelle Tumbokon Tan-Pantanao, Tanya Joy Zapata Quicho, Zin Tun Thant, Kiat Sern Goh

“…Data on history of healthcare utilisation, medications, length of stay, selected blood investigations and presence of geriatric syndromes were also collected. …”
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Transcriptome analysis reveals common and distinct mechanisms for sheepgrass (Leymus chinensis) responses to defoliation compared to mechanical wounding. by Shuangyan Chen, Yueyue Cai, Lexin Zhang, Xueqing Yan, Liqin Cheng, Dongmei Qi, Qingyuan Zhou, Xiaoxia Li, Gongshe Liu

“…GO, KOG and pathway-based enrichment analyses were performed to determine and further understand the biological functions of those differentially expressed genes (DEGs). …”
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Neonatal Microcephaly and Central Nervous System Abnormalities During the Zika Outbreak in Rio de Janeiro by Marlos Melo Martins, Roberto de Andrade Medronho, Carlos Eduardo Raymundo, Arnaldo Prata-Barbosa, Antonio José Ledo Alves da Cunha

“…Ophthalmologic abnormalities were detected in 55.5% of cases, and brainstem auditory evoked potential anomalies were reported in 33.3%. …”
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Management of severe pediatric Guillain-Barré syndrome in a low-income country: efficacy and safety of therapeutic plasma exchange in pediatric patients: a retrospective study by Tahani Ali, Faihaa Hkima Abou Fakher, Malek Alawir, Abdulsater Allababidi, Aya Sheikh Hasan

“…In this study, TPE was associated with the recovery of neurological functions, yielding positive outcomes with only minimal residual deficits. …”
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Use of Remote Assessment Tools to Substitute Routine Outpatient Care: Scoping Review by Jayne Barclay, Clair Sullivan, Michael Beckmann, Graeme Mattison, Rebecca Runciman, Elizabeth Martin

“…The interventions varied in length, from 4 weeks to 12 months, and demonstrated a range of functionalities, including symptom monitoring and postsurgical follow-ups. …”
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Soil water dynamics in a 450-year-old natural landslide-dammed valley farmland: Insights into precipitation responses by Zhao Jin, Huifeng Wu, Hao Han, Yunchong Fu, Jing Zhang, Guofan Cao, Keyan Xu

“…Tens of thousands of sediment check dams have historically played vital ecological functions in China’s Loess Plateau, and dammed valley farmland has been a significant agricultural resource for centuries. …”
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Screening potential antileukemia ingredients from sweet potato: integration of metabolomics analysis, network pharmacology, and experimental validation by Lianling Xu, Lianling Xu, Kaixuan Zeng, Kaixuan Zeng, Zuoyue Duan, Zuoyue Duan, Jing Liu, Yan Zeng, Miao Zhang, You Yang, Qulian Guo, Yanling Jin, Wenjun Liu, Ling Guo

“…BackgroundActive dietary flavonoids are a promising resource for novel drug discovery. Sweet potato, a widely cultivated functional crop, is abundant in flavonoids. …”
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Towards safe and sustainable by design nanomaterials: Risk and sustainability assessment on two nanomaterial case studies at early stages of development by Konstantina-Roxani Chatzipanagiotou, Foteini Petrakli, Joséphine Steck, Cécile Philippot, Sébastien Artous, Elias P. Koumoulos

“…The application of tools in each case study, the significance of the functional unit definition on the outcome, and the comparison of the results achieved with each tool, are reported. …”
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Clinical Surveillance vs. Anticoagulation For low-risk patiEnts with isolated SubSegmental Pulmonary Embolism: protocol for a multicentre randomised placebo-controlled non-inferior... by Marc Carrier, Christine Baumgartner, Drahomir Aujesky, Menno V Huisman, Frederikus A Klok, Jeanne Moor, Marc Righini, Jürg-Hans Beer, Martina Peluso, Damiana Rakovic

“…The ancillary outcomes are health-related quality of life, functional status and medical resource utilisation.Ethics and dissemination The local ethics committees in Switzerland have approved this protocol. …”
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Experimental Evaluation and Thermodynamic Analysis of Magnetic Fe₃O₄@La-Zr-MOFs for Highly Efficient Fluoride and Phosphate Removal by Ziyi Zhang, Xinyun Chen, Yongyi Yu, Wenbin Pan, Ruilai Liu, Jiangyan Song, Jiapeng Hu

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Optimizing urban energy flows: Integrative vehicle-to-building strategies and renewable energy management by Jian Hern Yeoh, Kai-Yun Lo, I-Yun Lisa Hsieh

“…The optimization tasks are handled using the Sequential Least Squares Programming (SLSQP) algorithm, which is well-suited for managing quadratic objective functions, nonlinear constraints, and bounded variables. …”
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Lassa fever survivors: long-term health effects and chronic sequelae – a scoping review by Sulymon A. Saka, Qudus O. Lawal, Osahon Otaigbe, Faustina F. Blackie, Osazuwa Ighodaro, Perpetua I. Odafen, Sylvanus Okogbenin

“…Methods A systematic literature search was conducted in PubMed/MEDLINE, Embase, and Google Scholar (up to September 2024) for English-language studies reporting physical, psychological, and functional outcomes ≥ 4 weeks post-recovery. Studies were selected using PCC framework (Population: Lassa survivors; Concept: Long-term sequelae; Context: Endemic regions globally). …”
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Sustainable water treatment using thermally stable natural clay: dual adsorption–thermolysis approach for organic pollutants and nitrate removal by Iyad Dawood, Ahed H. Zyoud, Shaher Zyoud, Ameed Amireh, Samer H. Zyoud, Tae Woo Kim

“…The results position thermally regenerated natural clay as a promising candidate for large-scale applications in water purification, particularly in resource-limited settings.…”
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Evaluation of meningitis surveillance system in rural area, Rwanda by Solange Nyinawabeza, Jean Claude Niyoyita, Emmanuel Nshimiyimana, Jerome Ndayisenga, Angela Umutoni, Caroline Stamatakis

“…The study was cross-sectional, using purposive sampling to select healthcare providers participating in the meningitis surveillance. …”
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Civil Servants and Political Leaders’ Performance in Service Delivery in Kisoro District Local Government, Uganda. by Zigira Sam, Niyonzima

“…Based on the findings, the study concluded that monitoring and evaluation ensures there is availability and functionality of infrastructure and/or equipment in the health sector for better health services delivery. …”
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Dental and oral health assessments in the German National Cohort (NAKO) by Stefanie Samietz, Katrin Borof, Katrin Hertrampf, Ghazal Aarabi, Antonio Ciardo, Hannah Finke, Daniel Hagenfeld, Jan Kühnisch, Maurice Rütters, Sebastian-Edgar Baumeister, Stefan Lars Reckelkamm, Ti-Sun Kim, Thomas Kocher, Wolfgang Ahrens, Hermann Brenner, Carina Emmel, Beate Fischer, Amand Führer, Karin Halina Greiser, Jasmin Grischke, Kathrin Günther, Volker Harth, Stefanie Jaskulski, André Karch, Thomas Keil, Yvonne Kemmling, Alexander Kluttig, Lilian Krist, Oliver Kuss, Michael Leitzmann, Claudia Meinke-Franze, Karin B. Michels, Nadia Obi, Anette Peters, Nicole Pischon, Tobias Pischon, Sabine Schipf, Börge Schmidt, Henning Teismann, Stefan Rupf, Birte Holtfreter

“…As part of the Level 2 program that was offered to 20% randomly selected participants, each study centre selected one of three modules, one of them being the Level 2 oral examination. …”
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Wind Turbine Static Errors Related to Yaw, Pitch or Anemometer Apparatus: Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Related Performance Assessment by Davide Astolfi, Silvia Iuliano, Antony Vasile, Marco Pasetti, Salvatore Dello Iacono, Alfredo Vaccaro

“…Nevertheless, methods based on additional information sources (like further sensors or meteorological data) are also discussed. …”
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Accumulation of long-chain unsaturated fatty acids in the airway inflammatory microenvironment drives eosinophil etosis and corticosteroid resistance by Yurong Bai, Pengda Fang, Shasha Li, Zhenhao Xiao, Wenyi Chen, Wenlong Li, Xinyue Wang, Jingyuan Chen, Yue Li, Junhai Chen, Weiqiang Huang, Xin Luo, Shigeharu Ueki, Deyu Fang, Qintai Yang, Yana Zhang

“…Functional analyses were performed on purified eosinophils. …”
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Effects of aspirin and omega-3 fatty acids on age-related macular degeneration in ASCEND-Eye: a randomised placebo-controlled trial in a population with diabetes by Praveen Patel, Rory Collins, Richard Peto, Mark Davies, Sanjiv Banerjee, David Simpson, John Anderson, Louise Bowman, Peter Scanlon, Amanda Adler, Andrew Farmer, Helen Cook, Laura Evans, Elizabeth Williamson, Louis Bolter, Jane Armitage, Peter Sandercock, Richard Gray, Nilesh Samani, Tasso Gazis, Richard Haynes, Arun Sachdev, Eric Wu, Elizabeth Wincott, Peter Sleight, Colin Baigent, Marion Mafham, Sarah Parish, Gavin Brown, Susan Hurley, Lynne Allsop, William Stevens, Theingi Aung, Allen Young, Emily Sammons, Georgina Buck, Imen Hammami, Jill Barton, Jonathan Bodansky, Roger McPherson, Lucy Fletcher, Murphy Kevin, Ryonfa Lee, Sandra Pickworth, Monica Willett, Michael Lay, Ola Murawska, Karen Melham, Jonathan Latham-Mollart, Anna Brewer, Mike Olson, Jude Kay, Alisha Griffiths, Helen Clayton, Philip Kirby, Mike Pennington, Dominic Clarke, Jenny Anslow, Alex Hallam, Jenny Witts, Sarah Egan, Alex Wharton, Amy Derbyshire, Katherine Hepplestone, Sujit Mithra, Su Oliver, Pauline Wiatrak-Olszewska, Kelly Alvey, Nick Gregory, Priyai Parkinson, Prema Maharajan, Rachel McFee, Donna Sowter, John Featonby, Richard Furnival, Helen Lipinski, Hazel Benjamin, Tanisha McAfee, Emma Payne Payne, Liz Still

“…Reports of AMD diagnoses were sourced from 6 monthly ASCEND follow-up questionnaires and a Visual Function Questionnaire.Participants 15 480 UK adults at least 40 years of age with diabetes but no evident cardiovascular disease.Interventions 100 mg aspirin daily versus placebo and, separately, 1 g omega-3 FAs daily versus placebo.Main outcome measure The first post-randomisation reports of AMD.Results During 7.4 years of follow-up, 122 (1.6%) participants randomised to aspirin were reported as having AMD, compared with 138 (1.8%) randomised to placebo (rate ratio 0.88; 95% CI 0.69 to 1.12; p=0.31). …”
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Why is Multi-Business Forestry Needed to Overcome the Low Performance of Forestry Governance and Food Security in Indonesia? by Suryanto Suryanto, Dodik Ridho Nurrochmat, Suria Darma Tarigan, Iskandar Zulkarnaen Siregar, Ishak Yassir, Mangarah Silalahi, Irdika Mansur, Rhett D. Harisson, Agus Wahyudi, Lutfy Abdulah

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