Mitochondrial haplogroup M contributes to asthma risk in the Kuwaiti population by Mohammed Dashti, Hussain Bahbahani, Hussain Alsaleh, Thangavel Alphonse Thanaraj, Fahd Al-Mulla

“…While nuclear genetic studies have identified several asthma-associated loci, the role of maternally inherited mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) in asthma susceptibility remains poorly understood, particularly in Middle Eastern populations.MethodsIn this exploratory study, we analysed mtDNA from 287 Kuwaiti individuals, including 48 asthmatics and 239 controls, extracted from whole-exome sequencing data (average coverage 27×), with variant calling via GATK and haplogroup assignment using HaploGrep2. …”
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Evaluating Urban Mobility Resilience in Petrópolis Through a Multicriteria Approach by Alexandre Simas de Medeiros, Marcelino Aurélio Vieira da Silva, Marcus Hugo Sant’Anna Cardoso, Tálita Floriano Santos, Catalina Toro, Gonzalo Rojas, Vicente Aprigliano

“…We normalized the variables using Gaussian functions, respecting their maximization or minimization characteristics. …”
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A single-stranded based library preparation method for virome characterization by Xichuan Zhai, Alex Gobbi, Witold Kot, Lukasz Krych, Dennis Sandris Nielsen, Ling Deng

“…We hope this method can be further optimized, validated, and widely used to make gut virome study more comparable and reproducible. …”
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Assessment of Vegetation Indices Derived from UAV Imagery for Weed Detection in Vineyards by Fabrício Lopes Macedo, Humberto Nóbrega, José G. R. de Freitas, Miguel A. A. Pinheiro de Carvalho

“…This study aimed to detect weeds in vineyards throughout the crop cycle using pixel-based classification of RGB imagery captured by unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). …”
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Hookworm-related anaemia among pregnant women: a systematic review. by Simon Brooker, Peter J Hotez, Donald A P Bundy

“…To estimate the number of pregnant women, we used population surfaces and a spatial model of hookworm prevalence.…”
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Indian media professionals’ perspectives regarding the role of media in suicide prevention and receptiveness to media guidelines: a qualitative study by Lakshmi Vijayakumar, Gregory Armstrong, Anish Cherian, Soumitra Pathare, Kannan Krishnaswamy

“…Objectives Crime reports of suicide incidents routinely feature in the Indian mass media, with minimal coverage of suicide as a broader public health issue. …”
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Challenges and opportunities of Italian-qualified pharmacists relocated to work in Great Britain: A cross-sectional survey by Giuseppe Pasculli, Corrado Giua, Enrico Keber, Osvaldo Cancellu, Naoko Arakawa, Andrea Manfrin

“…Convenience sampling was used, and a sample power calculation was not deemed necessary. …”
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Geographically weighted logistic regression model for identifying risk factors for malaria infection among under-5 children in Ghana by Ernest Konadu Appiah, Eric Nimako Aidoo, Richard Kodzo Avuglah, Simon Kojo Appiah

“…Data from the Ghana Malaria Indicator Survey collected through the demographic and health survey program were used for analysis. The study found that the GWLR model fit the data better than the conventional binary logistic regression (BLR) model, based on the information criterion used and mode evaluation metrics. …”
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Whole Genome Sequencing Reveals Substantial Genetic Structure and Evidence of Local Adaptation in Alaskan Red King Crab by Carl A. St. John, Laura E. Timm, Kristen M. Gruenthal, Wesley A. Larson

“…We used data from millions of genetic markers generated from lcWGS to build on previous studies of population structure in Alaska that used < 100 markers and to investigate local adaptation. …”
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Intrafraction motion and impact of margin reduction for MR‐Linac online adaptive radiotherapy for pancreatic cancer treatments by Ashleigh Fasala, Madeline Carr, Yolanda Surjan, Parmoun Daghigh, Jeremy deLeon, Abbey Burns, Vikneswary Batumalai

“…All patients received SABR (50 Gy in five fractions) on the MR‐Linac using abdominal compression. The analysis included quantification of intrafraction motion, leading to the development of adjusted PTV margins. …”
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Extremity Soft-tissue Reconstruction With the Conjoined Latissimus Dorsi–Groin Flap by Satsuki Tachibana, MD, Shinichi Asamura, MD, Kazuhiro Hira, MD, Masatoshi Teraguchi, MD, Kentaro Ueda, MD, Shigeaki Inoue, MD

“…Various vascular supplies were used based on the defect location in a consistent semisupine position. …”
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COSP-RTTOV-1.0: flexible radiation diagnostics to enable new science applications in model evaluation, climate change detection, and satellite mission design by J. K. Shaw, J. K. Shaw, D. J. Swales, S. DeSouza-Machado, D. D. Turner, J. E. Kay, J. E. Kay, D. P. Schneider

“…We show additional applications in climate change detection using the NASA Atmospheric Infra-Red Sounder (AIRS) instrument and observing system simulation experiments using the NASA PREFIRE mission. …”
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Crowdsourced Indicators of Flora and Fauna Species: Comparisons Between iNaturalist Records and Field Observations by Hyuksoo Kwon, Bumsuk Seo, Jungin Kim, Heera Lee

“…However, challenges like bias in user-generated content, uneven ecosystem coverage, and the over- or under-representation of locations remain. …”
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A Simulation Study on Radiation Budget and Water-Heat Exchange over Alpine Grassland Based on CLM4.5 by Di WU, Zeyong HU, Chunwei FU, Shujing WANG, Weiwei FAN

“…Forced by observations from 1 June to 31 August 2014， which are provided by Naqu station of Plateau Climate and Environment in northern Qinghai-Xizang Plateau， CLM4.5 is used to evaluate the influence on simulated results of both radiation balance and exchange of water-heat after some surface parameters and parameterization schemes including LAI、 vegetation coverage and roughness length have changed.The reason for these changes are also discussed in this article.The results suggested that （1） Compared with the results produced by default scheme Z98， those of schemes named Z12 and B82 perform better in decreasing the positive bias of latent heat fluxes and negative bias of sensible heat fluxes.（2） aerodynamic roughness length calculated by revised Massman model and a method named “Chen” are respectively used to replace the default value， the outcomes produced by CLM approach the observations further.（3）With leaf area index increasing， sensible heat fluxes and reflected radiation and surface long-wave radiation decrease a lot， while latent heat fluxes are on the increase.（4）As the vegetation cover increases， latent fluxes decreases， while sensible heat fluxes and reflected radiation and surface long-wave radiation rise， meanwhile soil temperature and moisture also rise.The aim of this study is to provide a basis for future ambition to simulate the balance of ground surface water and heat over the whole Plateau.…”
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Seroprevalence of viral hepatitis B and C infections among healthcare workers in Ethiopia: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Getu Girmay, Gezahegn Bewket, Azanaw Amare, Abiy Ayele Angelo, Yenesew Mihret Wondmagegn, Abebaw Setegn, Menberu Wubete, Muluneh Assefa

“…In addition, adequate HBV vaccination coverage for HCWs is mandatory to reduce the burden of HBV infection in the country.…”
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Targeted genotyping‐by‐sequencing of potato and data analysis with R/polyBreedR by Jeffrey B. Endelman, Moctar Kante, Hannele Lindqvist‐Kreuze, Andrzej Kilian, Laura M. Shannon, Maria V. Caraza‐Harter, Brieanne Vaillancourt, Kathrine Mailloux, John P. Hamilton, C. Robin Buell

“…A 2.5K targeted GBS assay for potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) was developed using the DArTag technology and later expanded to 4K targets. …”
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Mapping evidence on the acceptability of human papillomavirus self-sampling for cervical cancer screening among women in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review by Tafadzwa Dzinamarira, Tivani Phosa Mashamba-Thompson, Mathias Dzobo, Kabelo Kgarosi, Kuhlula Maluleke, Ziningi Nobuhle Jaya

“…Two reviewers independently performed the extraction using a pre-designed Excel spreadsheet and emerging themes were narratively summarised.Results The initial search retrieved 1018 articles. …”
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Development and validation of Mental Health Literacy Assessment Scale among community health workers in Nepal by Shishir Paudel, Anisha Chalise, Prashabdhi Shakya, Tulsi Ram Bhandari

“…Exploratory factor analysis using Varimax rotation was performed to identify latent variables with factor loadings > 0.4. …”
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Barriers to effective communication on adult vaccination: results of in-depth interviews with the population and healthcare professionals of the Arkhangelsk Oblast by M. V. Lopatina, E. A. Kriger, N. R. Nizovtseva, A. V. Kudryavtsev, V. A. Yakovleva, V. А. Zinovieva, E. V. Usova, A. V. Kontsevaya, O. M. Drapkina

“…The identified barriers to effective communication on vaccination can form the basis for developing measures to eliminate them and increase adult vaccination coverage. The developed and presented tool for conducting personal in-depth interviews can be used by researchers and specialists in the field of public health promotion to study the problems of communication on adult vaccination.…”
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NanoAbLLaMA: construction of nanobody libraries with protein large language models by Xin Wang, Haotian Chen, Bo Chen, Lixin Liang, Fengcheng Mei, Bingding Huang

“…Training involved dataset preparation from SAbDab and experimental data, alignment with IMGT germline references, and structural validation using ImmuneBuilder and Foldseek.ResultsNanoAbLLaMA achieved near-perfect germline generation accuracy (100% for IGHV3-301, 95.5% for IGHV3S5301). …”
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