Exploring the key anthropological drivers of and barriers to zoonotic malaria preventative behaviour in a community exposed to Plasmodium knowlesi infection in Malaysia: protocol f... by Rozita Hod, Nurul Athirah Naserrudin, Richard Culleton, Mohammad Saffree Jeffree, Kamruddin Ahmed, Mohd Rohaizat Hassan

“…According to the WHO, the prevention and control of vector-borne diseases require community participation to increase coherence between malaria interventions and sustainable public health programmes. We describe a participatory research (PR) design for a study aimed at exploring the key anthropological drivers of and barriers to zoonotic malaria preventive behaviour among communities exposed to P. knowlesi infection in Malaysia. …”
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A pan-cancer analysis: predictive role of ZNF32 in cancer prognosis and immunotherapy response by Minghan Li, Chang Su, Qianru Wang, Yuetong Chen, Di Jiang, Weijia Wang, Shunjin Chen, Xiangping Li, Ming Fu, Juan Lu

“…To further elucidate the biological role of ZNF32 and identify potential immunotherapy targets in cancer, we conducted an in-depth analysis of ZNF32. We comprehensively investigated the expression of ZNF32 across tumors using diverse databases, including TCGA, CCLE, TIMER2.0, KM-Plotter, cBioPortal, ImmuCellAI. …”
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Analysis of Indicators for Assessing the Risk of Progression from PACS to APAC and the Degree of Intraocular Pressure Elevation in APAC Using AS-OCT by Rumin Zhao, Qiaofang Du, Yunlong Wu, Wenhui Geng, Zijian Zhang, Bojun Zhao

“…In all 60 eyes, LT showed a negative correlation with ACV, ACD, ACA, and nasal IT750, and a positive correlation with LV and nasal IC. …”
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Identification of novel pQTL‐SNPs associated with lung adenocarcinoma risk: A multi‐stage study by Yutong Wu, Huiwen Xu, Liping Mao, Rongrong Zhao, Junfeng Chu, Lili Huang, Wendi Zhang, Yiran Liu, Qiong Chen, Xiaobo Tao, Siqi Li, Shenxuan Zhou, Anhui Ning, Zhenyu Li, Tian Tian, Lei Zhang, Jiahua Cui, Guangyu Tian, Minjie Chu

“…Methods “Blood +” high depth blood proteomics analysis was performed on plasma from female LUAD patients and female healthy controls, and combined with proteomics data from tumors and adjacent non‐tumor tissues of female LUAD patients to screen proteins uniformly expressed in plasma and tissues. pQTL‐SNPs were then screened through multiple databases and subjected to multilevel screening. …”
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Comparison of ocular biometry and refractive outcomes using two swept-source optical coherence tomography-based biometers. by Hansol Park, Young-Sik Yoo, Eunhae Shin, Won Seok Song, Yeokyoung Won, Tae-Young Chung, Dong Hui Lim

“…There were no significant differences in measuring anterior chamber depth (ACD) (p > 0.05). Anterion showed flatter corneal curvature measurements than Argos (p < 0.001). …”
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INFLUENCE OF TRANSPORT OPERATIONS ON THE CHANGING LOCAL CLIMATE IN NIGERIA’S SOUTHWESTERN CITIES by Umar Obafemi SALISU, Simeon Oluwagbenga FASINA, Hazzan Tunde SHODUNKE, Ayobami Ademola AKANMU, Sekinat Motunrayo SANNI, Samuel Oluwaseyi OLORUNFEMI

“…The activities of transport operations exhibit both positive and negative outcomes. Its negative effects on human health and the sustainability of the environment are of interest in this study. …”
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LOCALIZACIÓN DE NUEVOS ASENTAMIENTOS HUMANOS Y SECTORES PRODUCTIVOS EN LA MESETA PATAGÓNICA ARGENTINA by Luis Alberto Bertani, María de los Ángeles Tesoniero, Lorena Conejeros Bilbao

“…They have a sandy texture and their effective depth varies between 0.73 m and 1.40 m. which makes them suitable for crops such as olive, vine, forestation, fodder, etc.…”
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Evaluation of the Transition-to-Practice Arrangements for Novice Perioperative Nurses: Protocol for a Mixed Methods Study by Nick Nijkamp, Pauline Calleja, Ashlyn Sahay, Leanne Jack

“…Phase 4 is projected to occur in 2026. Each phase is anticipated to have a results manuscript submitted for publication once data are analyzed and written up. …”
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Preface by Susanne Ditlevsen, Petr Lansky

“…The workshop wasconceived to bring together scientists from different disciplines foran in-depth discussion of mathematical model-building andcomputational strategies. …”
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Prevalence and predictive factors of testosterone-induced erythrocytosis: a retrospective single center study by Anina Neidhart, Viktor von Wyl, Viktor von Wyl, Benno Käslin, Christoph Henzen, Stefan Fischli

“…TRT was carried out with testosterone undecanoate (TU) n=194, testosterone enanthate (TE) n=18 and testosterone gel (n=35). Compared to baseline, hematocrit (HCT) values at last follow-up (LFU) increased significantly by +0.04 (95% confidence interval (CI) [0.027, 0.050], p=&lt;0.0001) in all patients (n=92) and +0.06 (95%CI [0.031, 0.057], p&lt;0.0001) in the TU group (n=71). 57% of the patients reached an HCT value&gt;0.46, 23% &gt;0.5 and 5%&gt;0.54. 46% of the patients who have reached an HCT value &gt;0.46 have had their highest HCT measurement within the first year of TRT application. …”
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Hybridize Machine Learning Methods and Optimization Techniques to Analyze and Repair Welding Defects via Digital Twin of Jidoka Simulator by Ahmed M. Abed, Tamer S. Gaafar

“…Four clusters are used to identify welding flaws&#x2019; severity to keep them from getting worse via mapping their finite element meshes (MFEM) and using the high-frequency current ring (HFCR) lean technique to identify their size, depth, growth direction (<inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$\boldsymbol {{R}_{s}}$ </tex-math></inline-formula>), and shape deployment via prediction to assign the flaws as Susceptible (S), and preludes to transfer to a Quarantine cluster (Q) to take one decision whether rescued (R), Isolated (I) or Eliminated (E). …”
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Virgin coconut oil lessens trichloroacetic acid assault on the stomach and intestine of rats via enhancement of Nrf2 but inhibition of TNF-α, IL1β/NF-kB signalling pathway by OO Oladokun, KO Ajeigbe, MA Adelakun

“…Virgin coconut oil (VCO) is known for many beneficial health effects associated with its phenolic acids and flavonoid contents. …”
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Personalized lightweight distributed network intrusion detection system in fog computing by Tianpeng YE, Xiang LIN, Jianhua LI, Xuankai ZHANG, Liwen XU

“…With the continuous development of Internet of Things (IoT) technology, there is a constant emergency of new IoT applications with low latency, high dynamics, and large bandwidth requirements.This has led to the widespread aggregation of massive devices and information at the network edge, promoting the emergence and deep development of fog computing architecture.However, with the widespread and in-depth application of fog computing architecture, the distributed network security architecture deployed to ensure its security is facing critical challenges brought by fog computing itself, such as the limitations of fog computing node computing and network communication resources, and the high dynamics of fog computing applications, which limit the edge deployment of complex network intrusion detection algorithms.To effectively solve the above problems, a personalized lightweight distributed network intrusion detection system (PLD-NIDS) was proposed based on the fog computing architecture.A large-scale complex network flow intrusion detection model was trained based on the convolutional neural network architecture, and furthermore the network traffic type distribution of each fog computing node was collected.The personalized model distillation algorithm and the weighted first-order Taylor approximation pruning algorithm were proposed to quickly compress the complex model, breaking through the limitation of traditional model compression algorithms that can only provide single compressed models for edge node deployment due to the high compression calculation overhead when facing a large number of personalized nodes.According to experimental results, the proposed PLD-NIDS architecture can achieve fast personalized compression of edge intrusion detection models.Compared with traditional model pruning algorithms, the proposed architecture achieves a good balance between computational loss and model accuracy.In terms of model accuracy, the proposed weighted first-order Taylor approximation pruning algorithm can achieve about 4% model compression ratio improvement under the same 0.2% model accuracy loss condition compared with the traditional first-order Taylor approximation pruning algorithm.…”
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Female genital cutting in Malaysia: a mixed-methods study by Abdul Rashid, Yufu Iguchi

“…The qualitative component of the study included in-depth interviews and focus group interviews.Setting This study was conducted in rural areas of two states in the Northern Peninsular Malaysia.Participants Due to the sensitive nature of the study, the study sample was chosen using a snowball sampling method. …”
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Unmanned Aerial Geophysical Remote Sensing: A Systematic Review by Farzaneh Dadrass Javan, Farhad Samadzadegan, Ahmad Toosi, Mark van der Meijde

“…Geophysical surveys, a means of analyzing the Earth and its environments, have traditionally relied on ground-based methodologies. …”
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Effects of a Total Motion Release (TMR®) Protocol for the Single Leg Squat on Asymmetrical Movement Patterns by Nickolai JP Martonick, Craig P McGowan, Russell T Baker, Lindsay W Larkins, Jeff G Seegmiller, Joshua P Bailey

“…The non-preferred side was defined as the side that scored higher. 3Dimensional motion capture was used to bilaterally assess baseline SLS depth as well as hip, knee, and ankle kinematics and kinetics. …”
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Long-term outcome of photodynamic therapy with hexyl aminolevulinate, 5-aminolevulinic acid nanoemulsion and methyl aminolevulinate for low-risk Basal Cell Carcinomas by M. Salmivuori, M. Grönroos, T. Tani, J. Räsänen, E. Snellman, N. Neittaanmäki

“…Hexyl aminolevulinate (HAL) and 5-aminolevulinic acid nanoemulsion (BF-200 ALA) with enhanced penetration depth enables the use of lower concentrations compared to methylaminolevulinate (MAL) in photodynamic therapy (PDT). …”
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KIDS CLUB: CHILD-FRIENDLY HOTEL MARKETING STRATEGY by Dian Pramita Sugiarti, I Gede Anom Sastrawan

“…Data were collected by observation, in-depth interviews, questionnaire dissemination, literature studies, and documentation techniques. …”
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Opportunities for the further development of the Safety Case for deep geological repositories by transdisciplinary research – FEP catalogs and scenario development by Marcel Ebeling, Martina Heiermann, Klaus-Jürgen Röhlig

“…In TRANSENS, it was proven that the participation of non-experts in research can lead to substantive and in-depth suggestions for improvement. This also means that meaningful contributions based on participatory research are possible in broad participatory processes such as the German site selection procedure. …”
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Barriers and facilitators to facility-based delivery in rural Zambia: a qualitative study of women’s perceptions after implementation of an improved maternity waiting homes interve... by Peter C Rockers, Godfrey Biemba, Davidson H Hamer, Nancy A Scott, Jeanette L Kaiser, Taryn Vian, Rachel M Fong, Thandiwe Ngoma, Jody R Lori, Michelle Munro-Kramer, Misheck Bwalya, Gertrude Musonda, Eden Ahmed Mdluli, Viviane Rutagwera Sakanga, Kayla J Kuhfeldt

“…We conducted content analysis to understand perceived barriers and facilitators to facility delivery.Setting and participants Participants lived in villages 10+ km from the health facility and had delivered a baby in the previous 12 months.Intervention The improved MWH model was implemented at 20 rural health facilities.Results Over 96% of participants in the intervention arm and 90% in the control arm delivered their last baby at a health facility. …”
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