Coinfections between Persistent Parasitic Neglected Tropical Diseases and Viral Infections among Prisoners from Sub-Saharan Africa and Latin America by Lilian Da Silva Santos, Hans Wolff, François Chappuis, Pedro Albajar-Viñas, Marco Vitoria, Nguyen-Toan Tran, Stéphanie Baggio, Giuseppe Togni, Nicolas Vuilleumier, François Girardin, Francesco Negro, Laurent Gétaz

“…Our research aimed to study the prevalence rates and coinfections of two neglected tropical diseases, namely, Strongyloides stercoralis and Schistosoma sp. and viral infections among sub-Saharan Africans (SSA) and Latin Americans (LA) in Switzerland’s largest pretrial prison. …”
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Self-Perceived Barriers to Pediatric Cancer Care in Sub-Saharan Africa: A Cross-Sectional Multinational Study by Ole Stoeter, Nikolaus C.S. Mezger, Tamara Koenig, Eric Chokunonga, Girum Tessema, Adugna Fekadu Damise, Alda Stevy Makouanzi, Esther Majaliwa, Mahine Ivanga, Bakarou Kamate, Franck Gnahatin, Sarah Nambooze, Ima-Obong A. Ekanem, Toralf Bernig, Biying Liu, Sumit Gupta, Eva Johanna Kantelhardt

“…The fear of treatment effects and the perceived (poor) health of the child were named most frequently as barriers for all treatment modalities (78.9% and 75.5%, respectively). …”
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Genetic and biochemical characterization of staphylococci occurring in Novosibirsk, Russia by Y. N. Kozlova, N. V. Fomenko, V. V. Morozova, I. V. Saranina, A. Yu. Tikunov, D. A. Ganichev, A. G. Samokhin, V. V. Pavlov, O. M. Rozhnova, I. A. Bondar’, E. V. Zenkova, V. V. Nimaev, V. V.  Klimontov, N. V. Tikunova

“…Last years, coagulase­negative staphylococci were the cause of infection in many cases. Infectious agents, namely Staphylococcus epidermidis, Staphylococcus haemolyticus, and Staphylococcus hominis, were detected more often as nosocomial infections. …”
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Genetic Mapping for Seed Aging Tolerance Under Multiple Environments in Sweet Corn by Yanchao Du, Jianting Lin, Haoxuan Jiang, Huating Zhao, Xuebiao Zhang, Ruigang Wang, Faqiang Feng

“…Composite interval mapping was employed to detect quantitative trait loci (QTLs) associated with five seed vigor traits, namely the seedling fresh weight (SFW), germination potential (GP), germination rate (GR), germination index (GI), and vigor index (VI), at three days after artificial aging treatment. …”
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Sustainability index analysis of microalgae cultivated in biorefinery palm oil mill effluent by A. Santoso, T. Handayani, D. Pinardi, K. Kusrestuwardani, N. Widyastuti, I. Djarot, J. Haryanti, A. Sitomurni, H. Apriyanto

“…Some leverage attributes that require more attention in order to improve sustainability are management experience and skills (in environment dimension), involvement of family member (in the social dimension), the productivity level (in economic dimension), and management of experience and skill (technological dimention).CONCLUSION: Based on the prospective analysis, it is known that there are 4 key factors or dominant factors that are very influential in the microalgae supply system, namely production, productivity, land conversion, consumption per capita and population. …”
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Effects of digital and non-digital parental distraction on parent-child interaction and communication by Souhir Chamam, Souhir Chamam, Alexia Forcella, Alexia Forcella, Nadia Musio, Nadia Musio, Florence Quinodoz, Florence Quinodoz, Nevena Dimitrova

“…Technoference, namely parental screen use in the presence of a child, is a widespread phenomenon that has negative effects on parent-child interaction and communication. …”
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Stability of Ternary Drug–Drug–Drug Coamorphous Systems Obtained Through Mechanochemistry by Ilenia D’Abbrunzo, Elisabetta Venier, Francesca Selmin, Irena Škorić, Enrico Bernardo, Giuseppe Procida, Beatrice Perissutti

“…<b>Background/Objectives:</b> This study investigates the preparation of coamorphous systems composed entirely of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs), namely praziquantel, niclosamide, and mebendazole. …”
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Comprehensive Evaluation of Quality Characteristics and Processing Suitability of Different Varieties of Large-fruited Sea Buckthorn Juice from Xinjiang Using Multivariate Analysis... by Rong HAN, Yan MA, Yu AO, Ting ZHANG, Xintao MENG, Mingqiang XU, Yan PAN

“…The varieties included five large-fruited sea buckthorn types, namely SQH, ZYH, GR, WCF, and XY, along with one mixed-fruited variety (HG). …”
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MultiTax-human: an extensive and high-resolution human-related full-length 16S rRNA reference database and taxonomy by Zhiwei Bao, Bin Zhang, Jianhua Yao, Ming D. Li

“…In this study, we developed an automatic system, named MultiTax pipeline, for generating de novo taxonomy from full-length 16S rRNA sequences using the Genome Taxonomy Database and other existing reference databases. …”
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Synthesis and characterization of zinc oxide nanoparticles-carbon composite derived from pineapple peel wastes for adsorption of methylene blue from solution and photocatalytic act... by Salsa Putri Alzura, Vienna Saraswaty, Safri Ishmayana, Yudha Prawira Budiman, Diana Rakhmawaty Eddy, Evyka Setya Aji, Diah Ratnaningrum, Een Sri Endah, Hanny Meirinawati, Henry Setiyanto

“…In this work, a biosorbent derived from pineapple peels and modified with zinc oxide nanoparticles namely ZnONPs/PPWB, was prepared for the removal of cationic dyes, specifically methylene blue (MB), from aqueous solution. …”
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Multi-task aquatic toxicity prediction model based on multi-level features fusion by Xin Yang, Jianqiang Sun, Bingyu Jin, Yuer Lu, Jinyan Cheng, Jiaju Jiang, Qi Zhao, Jianwei Shuai

“…Furthermore, to validate the advantages of multi-task learning, we independently construct prediction models, named ATFPGT-single, for each fish species. We employ cross-validation in our experiments to assess the performance and generalization ability of ATFPGT-multi. …”
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Six new species of zombie-ant fungi from Yunnan in China by Dexiang Tang, Ou Huang, Weiqiu Zou, Yuanbing Wang, Yao Wang, Quanying Dong, Tao Sun, Gang Yang, Hong Yu

“…Six novel species of Ophiocordyceps with hirsutella-like asexual morphs exclusively infecting ants were presented herein, namely, Ophiocordyceps acroasca, Ophiocordyceps bifertilis, Ophiocordyceps subtiliphialida, Ophiocordyceps basiasca, Ophiocordyceps nuozhaduensis and Ophiocordyceps contiispora. …”
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A Performance Evaluation and Inter-laboratory Comparison of Community Face Coverings Media in the Context of COVID-19 Pandemic by Soleiman Bourrous, Mathieu Barrault, Victor Mocho, Stéphane Poirier, Nathalie Bardin-Monnier, Augustin Charvet, Dominique Thomas, Alexandre Bescond, Axel Fouqueau, Tatiana Mace, François Gaie-Levrel, François-Xavier Ouf

“…Abstract During the recent pandemic of SARS-CoV-2, and as a reaction to the worldwide shortage of surgical masks, several countries have introduced new types of masks named “community face coverings” (CoFC). To ensure the quality of such devices and their relevance to slow down the virus spreading, a quick reaction of the certification organisms was necessary to fix the minimal acceptable performances requirements. …”
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A comparison of development methods used to define portion sizes in food-based dietary guidelines around the world by Fanny Salesse, Fanny Salesse, Alison L. Eldridge, Tsz Ning Mak, Eileen R. Gibney, Eileen R. Gibney

“…Analyses across regions revealed that portion recommendations were generally consistent, with significant differences found only for one food group, namely, Fish &amp; shellfish, where portion size recommendations were significantly higher in Europe compared to those in Latin America and the Caribbean.DiscussionResults indicate little variation in the recommendations for portion size across development methods, and for most food groups, across global regions. …”
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A novel framework to predict ADHD symptoms using irritability in adolescents and young adults with and without ADHD by Saeedeh Komijani, Dipak Ghosal, Manpreet K. Singh, Julie B. Schweitzer, Julie B. Schweitzer, Prerona Mukherjee, Prerona Mukherjee

“…Using a non-parametric-based approach, employing the Random Forest (RF) method, we found that among both adolescents and young adults, irritability in adolescent females significantly contributes to predicting impulsive symptoms in subsequent years, achieving a performance rate of 86%.ConclusionOur results corroborate and extend prior findings, allowing for an in-depth examination of longitudinal relations between irritability and ADHD symptoms, namely hyperactivity, impulsivity, and inattentiveness, and the unique association between irritability and ADHD symptoms in females.…”
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Causal relationship of familial hypercholesterolemia with risk of intestinal vascular disorders: A mendelian randomization study by Gang Wei, Cheng Zhang, Feng-Jie Shen, Hua-Qi Guo, Lin Liu

“…Rs7575840 in 6.5kda upstream of ApoB gene, rs11591147 in PCSK9 gene and rs9644862 in the CDKN2B-AS1 (or named ANRIL; p15AS; PCAT12; CDKN2BAS; CDKN2B-AS; NCRNA00089) gene were illustrated to mostly influence the risk of intestinal vascular diseases. …”
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Clinical Characteristics During and After COVID‐19 Infection Among Healthcare Workers During the First Wave of Omicron in Chongqing, China by Haoling Tang, Zhiwei Chen, Tianquan Huang, Pingping Yu, Qiao Tang, Yue Qiu, Yunling Xue, Jing Tang, Nan Cai, Hong Ren, Mingli Peng, Peng Hu

“…The aim of this study is to investigate the clinical characteristics observed during and after Omicron infection among a specific population, namely healthcare workers (HCWs). Methods From November 4, 2022, to January 15, 2023, HCWs in our hospital were enrolled to document clinical symptoms, prevention, and treatment for COVID‐19 using a structured questionnaire. …”
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Equalizer Design: HBOA-DE-trained radial basis function neural networks by Santosh Kumar Das, Satya Ranjan Pattanaik, Pradyumna Kumar Mohapatra, Saroja Kumar Rout, Abdulaziz S. Almazyad, Muhammed Basheer Jasser, Guojiang Xiong, Ali Wagdy Mohamed

“…As an optimization algorithm, a nature-inspired hybrid algorithm is applied, namely BOA/DE, which is a combination of the Butterfly optimization algorithm (BOA) and differential evolution (DE). …”
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Pollution Characteristics and Source Analysis of Carbonaceous Components in PM2.5 in a Typical Industrial City by Liyan Ma, Dongmei Hu, Yulong Yan, Yueyuan Niu, Xiaolin Duan, Yafei Guo, Wanhua Li, Lin Peng

“…In this study, online observation data from September 1, 2022, to August 31, 2023, were used to analyze the carbonaceous components, namely, organic carbon (OC) and elemental carbon (EC), in PM2.5 in Jincheng, which is a typical industrial city. …”
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Comparisons of adverse events associated with immune checkpoint inhibitors in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer: a real-world disproportionality analysis based on the FDA... by Ruichen Gao, Wenjun Liang, Jintao Chen, Mingxia Yang, Xiaowei Yu, Xiaohua Wang

“…Results We analyzed 13,580 reports of AEs associated with five ICIs, namely, durvalumab, pembrolizumab, ipilimumab, atezolizumab, and nivolumab from January 2013 to October 2022. …”
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