Evaluating the Effectiveness of mRNA-1273.815 Against COVID-19 Hospitalization Among Adults Aged ≥ 18 Years in the United States by Amanda Wilson, Neloufar Rahai, Ekkehard Beck, Elisha Beebe, Brian Conroy, Daina Esposito, Priya Govil, Hagit Kopel, Tianyi Lu, James Mansi, Morgan A. Marks, Katherine E. Mues, Rohan Shah, Michelle Skornicki, Tianyu Sun, Astra Toyip, Mitra Yousefi, David Martin, Andre B. Araujo

“…This study evaluates the effectiveness of mRNA-1273.815, a 2023–2024 Omicron XBB.1.5-containing mRNA COVID-19 vaccine in preventing COVID-19-related hospitalizations and medically attended COVID-19 in US adults aged ≥ 18 years. …”
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EASTERN MYSTICISM AND TIMOTHY LEARY: HUMAN BEYOND THE CONVENTIONAL REALITY by T. V. Danylova

“…Leary was astonished that creativity was organically based; that human body contained billions of universes; and that human himself was the movement of various forms of energy. …”
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A brief instrument measuring the water, sanitation and hygiene domain of menstrual health among women who inject drugs. by Alhelí Calderón-Villarreal, Lourdes Johanna Avelar Portillo, Daniela Abramovitz, Shira Goldenberg, Shawn Flanigan, Penelope J E Quintana, Alicia Harvey-Vera, Carlos F Vera, Gudelia Rangel, Steffanie A Strathdee, Georgia L Kayser

“…We identified two sub-domains: Factor-1 included items describing 'WASH availability' and Factor-2 contained items related to 'WASH security'-encompassing physical and biological safety. …”
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Development of ptxD/Phi as a new dominant selection system for genetic manipulation in Cryptococcus neoformans by Muthita Khongthongdam, Tanaporn Phetruen, Sittinan Chanarat

“…The ptxD/Phi system effectively selected transformed cells on Phi-containing media. Growth assays showed that ptxD integration did not adversely affect cell growth or key virulence factors, including pleomorphism, capsule size, and melanin production. …”
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The Landbound Chicken and the Deliberate Chameleon yet have their Uses: Yorùbá Art History, Language, and Interpretation. by Kathy Curnow

“… Rowland Abiodun’s Yorùbá Art and Language contains many extremely valuable features, wrapped around a question he raises in its introduction: can foreign scholars ever truly understand a work the way its Yorùbá makers and users do? …”
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Evaluating strategies for global respiratory pandemic control at ports: a modelling study by Gregory Gan, Jue Tao Lim, Tong Guan, Sharon Esi Duoduwa, S Balakumar, Janhavi A, Borame L Dickens

“…Background Heavy reliance on container shipping during the COVID-19 pandemic with lockdown implementation and air travel bans placed substantial pressure on shipping crews and ports. …”
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Modulating the anti-inflammatory and barrier protective effects on intestinal epithelial cells utilizing an aqueous Aspalathus linearis extract in vitro by Shana De Bruyn-Orr, Stefan Abel, Mariam Rado, Mariska Lilly

“…Background: Rooibos is a natural herbal plant containing numerous unique polyphenols which have been associated with certain health benefits. …”
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Development and validation of a novel risk-predicted model for early sepsis-associated acute kidney injury in critically ill patients: a retrospective cohort study by Bo Li, Kun Zhang, Cong-Cong Zhao, Zi-Han Nan, Yan-Ling Yin, Li-Xia Liu, Zhen-Jie Hu

“…External validation was performed using another single-centre intensive care unit (ICU) database.Setting Data for the development cohort were obtained from the MIMIC-IV 2.0 database, which is a large publicly available database that contains information on patients admitted to the ICUs of Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, from 2008 to 2019. …”
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Toxicity Assessment of the Xanthid Crab Demania cultripes from Cebu Island, Philippines by Manabu Asakawa, Gloria Gomez-Delan, Shintaro Tsuruda, Michitaka Shimomura, Yasuo Shida, Shigeto Taniyama, Mercy Barte-Quilantang, Jo Shindo

“…In addition, only a small amount of PSP containing gonyautoxins1–4 and hydroxysaxitoxin was detected. …”
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Modelación numérica del concreto simple con elementos finitos mediante la teoría de la plasticidad y la función de fluencia de Hu y Schnobrich Numerical modeling of the simple conc... by Luis Rodríguez, Dorian Linero

“…Finalmente se presenta la comparación de la respuesta estructural de los paneles sometidos a fuerzas contenidas en su plano ensayados experimentalmente por Kupfer y otros (1969), contra la simulación numérica utilizando el modelo propuesto. …”
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Polymorphism of ITS sequences in 35S rRNA genes in Elymus dahuricus aggregate species: two cryptic species? by A. V. Rodionov, K. S. Dobryakova, N. N. Nosov, A. A. Gnutikov, E. O. Punina, A. A. Kriukov, V. S. Shneyer

“…In other words, there are at least two population groups (two races) of the Elymus dahuricus aggregate species that consistently differ in their ITS-sequences in Siberia, the Far East and Northern China. Each contains all morphological forms, which taxonomists now attribute either to different species of E. dahuricus aggr. …”
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The high value utilization characteristics of coal gangue powder with emulsified asphalt mastic through rheological and viscoelastic damage theory by Decai Wang, Jiawei Wei, Zongyuan Wu, Lei Hu, Lan Yang, Kai Cheng

“…The high temperature performance of EAM containing PC and CGP exhibit superior high-temperature performance compared to LP fillers. …”
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Insights into the contribution of multiple factors on Ixodes ricinus abundance across Europe spanning 20 years using different machine learning algorithms by Samantha Lansdell, Abin Zorto, Misaki Seto, Edessa Negera, Saeed Sharif, Sally Cutler

“…This study was undertaken to address these limitations by applying 11 predictive ML models (across three data clustering techniques) to a large I. ricinus occurrence dataset (27,150 records) containing geographical and temporal data from a 20-year period across 30 European countries, coupled with data covering a range of climatic and habitat features (temperature, rainfall, Normalised Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), percentage of discontinuous urban fabric and land use category). …”
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Physiological and transcriptome analysis reveals the mechanism of Gymnocarpos przewalskii response to drought stress by Chao Du, Xinyu Ni, Mengjiao Yan, Qinghan Meng, Junying He

“…There were 2,134 and 1,739 DEGs enriched in 47 GO secondary categories and 129 KEGG pathways, respectively. 2 up-regulated DEGs were annotated to P5CS, a key enzyme in the biosynthesis of proline. 32 DEGs were annotated to various antioxidases and antioxidants. 81 DEGs were annotated to 8 plant hormone signaling pathways, in which the auxin and ABA signaling pathways exhibited dominant enrichment. 150 DEGs were annotated to 35 transcription factor families with the abundant enrichment of TF families containing WRKY, bZIP, ERF, bHLH, MYB, and NAC. Conclusions High forage quality and drought stress tolerance were observed in G. przewalskii. …”
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Effects of Extraction Temperature on Physicochemical Properties and Antioxidant and Immunomodulatory Activities of Polysaccharides from Lycium ruthenicum Murr. by Bing LIU, Jingyu MA, Ting LI, Jun ZHU, Meipeng ZHU, Lihua WU, Xia CHEN, Xinguo ZHANG, Ping ZHAO

“…LRPs were mainly composed of L-Ara, D-Gal, D-Glc, D-Man, L-Rha and D-GlcA with a small amount of D-Xyl, of which LRP80 and LRP100 contained D-GalA. The Lycium ruthenicum Murr. polysaccharides obtained by extracting at 60 ℃ and 80 ℃ temperature had good antioxidant activity and immunomodulatory activity. …”
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Digital-based emergency prevention and control system: enhancing infection control in psychiatric hospitals by Mi Yang, Xiaojun Zhu, Fei Yan, Xincheng Huang, Zhixue Wu, Xin Jiang, Yan Huang, Zezhi Li

“…A cloud service platform was established at the PaaS layer using Docker container technology to manage infectious disease emergency-related services. …”
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Transcriptome, miRNA, and degradome sequencing reveal the leaf stripe (Pyrenophora graminea) resistance genes in Tibetan hulless barley by Yue Wang, Qian Hu, Youhua Yao, Yongmei Cui, Yixiong Bai, Likun An, Xin Li, Baojun Ding, Xiaohua Yao, Kunlun Wu

“…Gene Ontology (GO) and Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) analysis of the 8,916 DEGs identified many significantly enriched categories and pathways, of which a plant–pathogen interaction pathway, containing a total of 102 genes (100 known genes and two novel genes), was found, that was very important for the study of the leaf stripe resistance mechanism. …”
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Evidence of development of underutilised crops and their ecosystem services in Europe: a systematic mapping approach by Todd Jenkins, Sofie Landschoot, Kevin Dewitte, Geert Haesaert, John Reade, Nicola Randall

“…Results From an initial 34,522 articles identified by the searches, 1346 relevant primary research articles containing 2229 studies were included. A total of 38 relevant European projects were identified, with 112 research results or goals relating to the six underutilised crops. …”
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Dietary incorporation of biological curcumin nanoparticles improved growth performance, ileal architecture, antioxidative status, serum lipid profile, and humoral immune response o... by Abdel-Moneim Eid Abdel-Moneim, Noura M. Mesalam, Bing Yang, Mohamed Farouk Elsadek

“…The chicks were fed a basal diet containing CurNPs at concentrations of 0, 100, 200, 300, or 400 mg/kg feed, designated as 0CurNPs, 100CurNPs, 200CurNPs, 300CurNPs, and 400CurNPs, respectively. …”
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Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) Ethanolic Extract Inhibits Pparg Expression While Maintaining the Methylation of the Pparg Promoter During 3T3-L1 Adipocyte Differentiation by Ariyanto EF, Farahana AK, Sudirman GSJ, Widiarsih E, Qomarilla N, Rahayu NS, Wikayani TP, Heryaman H, Wira DW, Triatin RD, Bashari MH, Pamela Y, Pratiwi YS, Ghozali M

“…Eko Fuji Ariyanto,1,2 Anastasya Kania Farahana,3 Gabriella Sachiko Jannesha Sudirman,3 Erlina Widiarsih,4 Nurul Qomarilla,5 Nurul Setia Rahayu,4 Tenny Putri Wikayani,5 Henhen Heryaman,1 Dwi Wahyudha Wira,1 Rima Destya Triatin,1,2 Muhammad Hasan Bashari,1 Yunisa Pamela,1 Yuni Susanti Pratiwi,1 Mohammad Ghozali1 1Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Sumedang, West Java, Indonesia; 2Research Center for Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia; 3Undergraduate Program of Medical Doctor, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Sumedang, West Java, Indonesia; 4Molecular Genetics Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, West Java, Indonesia; 5Cell Culture Laboratory, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Bandung, West Java, IndonesiaCorrespondence: Eko Fuji Ariyanto, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Universitas Padjadjaran, Sumedang, West Java, Indonesia, Tel +6281316099791, Email fuji@unpad.ac.idPurpose: This study aims to provide new insights into the potential of oyster mushroom (Pleurotus ostreatus) ethanolic extract in preventing obesity through the inhibition of Pparg expression and modulation of methylation level on Pparg promoter during 3T3-L1 adipocyte differentiation.Methods: This in vitro quantitative experimental study was conducted by treating the 3T3-L1 cell line differentiated using 0.5 mM methyl-isobutyl-xanthine, 1 μM dexamethasone, and 10 μg/mL insulin-containing medium with oyster mushroom ethanolic extract. …”
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