Medicinal plants with neuroprotective potential in East African countries: A systematic review by Ibe Michael Usman, Ekom Monday Etukudo, Elna Owembabazi, Wusa Makena, Augustine Oviosun, Makeri Danladi, Vivian Ojiakor, Patrick Maduabuchi Aja, Emeka Anyanwu, Yanurkis Duranones Rosales, Mario Edgar Fernandez Diaz, Josiah Ifie, Ismahil Adekunle Adeniyi, Ilemobayo Victor Fasogbon, Victor Bassey Archibong

“…Method: The present study is a systematic review that included randomized controlled trial studies using experimental animal models for various nervous system related conditions treated with medicine plants sourced from within any of the East African countries. …”
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The Trend of Residential-Livelihood Changes in Nomadic Ecosystems with Environmental Sustainability Approach (Case Study: Farsimadan Tribe Ecosystem, Fars Province) by Siamak Tahmasbi, Seyed Ali Badri, Mohammad Reza Rezvani

“…Affected by the current socio-economic and political changes at national level, tribal communities have undergone a dramatic transformations in various aspects such as migration and settlement status, type of housing, having service and facilities, the exploitation status of livestock, farming and gardening, livestock feeding sources, socioeconomic structure and traditional patterns of mobility of them. …”
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HERV-derived epitopes represent new targets for T-cell-based immunotherapies in ovarian cancer by Qing Wang, Maha Ayyoub, Olivia Le Saux, Paola Bonaventura, Isabelle Treilleux, Nicolas Chopin, Clarisse Dubois, Virginie Mutez, Nicolas Chuvin, Yann Estornes, Jenny Valladeau-Guilemond, Stephane Depil, Nicolas Gadot, Marie Michelas, Audrey Page, Olivier Tabone, Marie Delles, Sarah Moran, Thibault Richard, Marjorie Lacourrège, Dina M Tawfik, Ema Etchegaray, Adrian Valente, Rasha E Boulos, Gabriel Jimenez Dominguez

“…Human endogenous retroviruses (HERVs) are aberrantly expressed by tumor cells and may represent a source of shared T-cell epitopes for cancer immunotherapy regardless of the tumor mutational burden.Methods A transcriptomic analysis based on RNA sequencing was developed to quantify the expression of HERV-K sequences containing the selected epitopes. …”
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Life cycle assessment of an entirely wood floor system designed for carbon negativity, future adaptability, and end-of-life de/re/construction by Muzan Williams Ijeoma, Sovanroth Ou, Amin Nabati, Hao Chen, Michael Stoner, Patricia Layton, Dustin Albright, Brandon Ross, Weichiang Pang, Michael Carbajales-Dale

“…Mass timber offers a promising alternative, with lower embodied carbon (EC) and the potential to function as a carbon sink when sustainably sourced. …”
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Behaviour change interventions to promote physical activity in people with intermittent claudication: the OPTIMA systematic review by Ukachukwu O Abaraogu, Philippa Dall, Chris Seenan, Sarah Rhodes, Trish Gorely, Joanna McParland, Julie Brittenden, Ebuka M Anieto, Lorna Booth, Cathy Gormal, Jeremy Dearling, Candida Fenton, Sarah Audsley, Kimberley Fairer, Lindsay Bearne, Dawn A Skelton

“…Secondary outcomes: clinical-/patient-reported outcomes. Data sources Seven primary studies databases; Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, the Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, Health Technology Assessment Database and Trial Registers to 31 August 2023. …”
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Subtype cluster analysis unveiled the correlation between m6A- and cuproptosis-related lncRNAs and the prognosis, immune microenvironment, and treatment sensitivity of esophageal c... by Ming Zhang, Yani Su, Pengfei Wen, Xiaolong Shao, Peng Yang, Peng An, Wensen Jing, Lin Liu, Zhi Yang, Mingyi Yang

“…Data on 23 m6A regulators and 25 cuproptosis-related genes were sourced from the latest literature. The m6aCRLncs linked to EC were identified through co-expression analysis. …”
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Graphical representation of global water models by H. Müller Schmied, H. Müller Schmied, S. N. Gosling, M. Garnsworthy, L. Müller, C.-E. Telteu, A. K. Ahmed, L. S. Andersen, J. Boulange, P. Burek, J. Chang, H. Chen, L. Gudmundsson, M. Grillakis, L. Guillaumot, N. Hanasaki, A. Koutroulis, R. Kumar, G. Leng, J. Liu, J. Liu, J. Liu, X. Liu, I. Menke, I. Menke, V. Mishra, V. Mishra, Y. Pokhrel, O. Rakovec, O. Rakovec, L. Samaniego, L. Samaniego, Y. Satoh, H. L. Shah, M. Smilovic, T. Stacke, E. Sutanudjaja, W. Thiery, A. Tsilimigkras, Y. Wada, N. Wanders, T. Yokohata

“…Model-specific diagrams are then copies of the ISIMIP2b-complete model, with individual processes either included or grayed out. An open-source tool has been developed and published jointly with the diagrams, which allows someone to generate a diagram for their own global water model by adapting the diagrams presented here. …”
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Understanding the effectiveness and underlying mechanisms of lifestyle modification interventions in adults with learning disabilities: a mixed-methods systematic review by Dikshyanta Rana, Sophie Westrop, Nishant Jaiswal, Evi Germeni, Arlene McGarty, Louisa Ells, Phillippa Lally, Michael McEwan, Craig Melville, Leanne Harris, Olivia Wu

“…To synthesise the data, the richest sources were identified through rereading the studies. …”
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Innovation Ecosystem of Iran's Tourism Industry with Emphasis on Supply Chain by Azizolah Jafari, mahdi alaei kerahrudi

“…First, in order to form the theoretical foundations of the research, an comprehensive search was conducted among articles, books, researches, reports and other reliable scientific sources. Then, the topic in question was examined in relation to the selected countries (based on the 2022 Global Innovation Index report) in order to provide a basis for a comparative study and comparison of Iran's situation with the mentioned countries. …”
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Growth Toxic Effects of Metal Nanoparticles on Bacillus subtilis and Vibrio parahaemolyticus by Shiyu CHEN, Bin XIA, Lin ZHU, Shuang LI, Qiufen LI, Xuemei SUN, Wei DAI

“…Concurrently, organic colloids from natural sources, dust aerosols from volcanic eruptions, and other metal nanoparticles also widely exist in nature which can be transferred directly or indirectly into the ocean through sewage dumping, air subsidence, and surface runoff, thereby threatening marine environments. …”
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Flow-based Text Style Transfer Model by Zihan ZHANG, Jinqiao DAI, Pin YANG

“…Text style transfer focuses on converting text attributes or styles while preserving the semantic content of the source sentences. Existing methods achieve significant progress in addressing the challenges associated with traditional TST tasks. …”
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Designing the outsourcing model in central government organizations by Mahnaz Moradi, Morteza Ghasemi, Maryam Majidi, Gholamreza Amjadi

“…Outsourcing is related to the transfer of a complete functional department of the business or some activities of a functional department and keeping the rest of the activities of that department internally. …”
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تقييم تأثير وسائل الاعلام والدعاية على إدراک المستخدمين للعمارة والعمران "دراسة حالة مشروعات الاسکان في مصر"... by محمود سليمان, ولاء زقدان

“…In addition to the impacts of the culture instilled by the mass media on architecture, construction, and the built environment in general, andhousing in particular, in order to establish interactive positive relationships between the mass media and the society's understating / perception of architecture andconstruction in general, and housing in particular.This research mainly aims at: raising the society members' awareness and perception of the concepts and basics of architecture and construction in general, and housing inparticular; heighten the awareness of the society members seeking housing about architecture, construction, and settlement gradually, through the different sources of massmedia, which shall contribute to the maximization of such member's ability to choose properly, and meet his/her basic needs. …”
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The Role of Landscape Metrics and Spatial Processes in Performance Evaluation of GEOMOD (Case Study: Neka River Basin) by Shrif Joorabian Shooshtari, Kamran Shayesteh, Mehdi Gholamalifard, Mahmood Azari, Juan Ignacio López-Moreno

“…Suitability map from forest to non-forest was produced using weighted linear combination algorithm. Fuzzy membership functions and analytical hierarchy process were used to standardization and weight of criteria, respectively. …”
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Comparing the Effectiveness of Self-Compassion and Mindfulness Therapies on Affection Control of Poor Parenting Adolescents by Zahra EffatDoost Sani, Mohammad Reza Zarbakhsh Bahri, Alireza Homayuni

“…The sample included 60 adolescents, who were voluntarily taking part in the study. They were selected and categorized in three groups (two experimental and one control) through purposeful sampling method. …”
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Sustainable forest management: success and challenges in Ethiopia by Rusha Begna Wakweya

“…In Ethiopia, SFM encompasses various practices, including reforestation, selective harvesting, and participatory management, all of which are informed by both ecological and socio-economic considerations. …”
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Early detection to improve outcome in people with undiagnosed psoriatic arthritis: the PROMPT research programme including RCT by Neil McHugh, Laura Bojke, Mel Brooke Turfrey, Rachel Charlton, Myka Ransom, Laura C Coates, Howard Collier, Claire Davies, Emma Dures, Philip Helliwell, Jana James, Anya Lissina, Vishnu B Madhok, Alison L Nightingale, Jonathan Packham, Catherine Smith, Eldon Spackman, Cerys Tassinari, William Tillett, Sarah T Brown

“…Surveillance for undiagnosed psoriatic arthritis generally detects mild cases as measured by physical function. Patients rate pain and fatigue as the most important outcomes. …”
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Investigating the relationship between the monetary policy shock through the exchange rate channel on the management quality index in the banking system: by examining the productiv... by Farhad Sharifi Bagha, Jafar Haqiqat, Zahra Karimi Takanloo

“…In the present study, we show that replacing ECB balance sheet size with random numbers leads to statistically indistinguishable shock response functions and time series of abnormal monetary policy shocks. …”
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Explaining the Comprehensive Human-To-Human Marketig System in the Health Tourism Industry by Ali Pourang, Meysam Shirkhodaie, Mahmood Yahyazadeh far, Mohsen Alizadeh San, Masoomeh Tavangar

“…To ensure trustworthiness, the study employed continuous data review, simultaneous data collection and analysis, participant code validation, and triangulation with secondary sources. The resulting framework was validated by experts, ensuring robustness and applicability to Iran’s health tourism context. 4. …”
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Establishing the best step-up treatments for children with uncontrolled asthma despite inhaled corticosteroids: the EINSTEIN systematic review, network meta-analysis and cost-effec... by Sofia Cividini, Ian Sinha, Giovanna Culeddu, Sarah Donegan, Michelle Maden, Katie Rose, Olivia Fulton, Dyfrig Hughes, Stephen Turner, Catrin Tudur Smith

“…We examined model fit by the posterior mean of the residual deviance and the deviance information criterion to select models. Pairwise MA and NMA were also carried out with a frequentist framework using the R functions ‘netmetabin’ and ‘netmeta’. …”
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