Reverse Submammary Adipofascial Perforator Flap: Preliminary Results of a Dual-plane, Acellular Dermal Matrix–free, Direct-to-implant Hybrid Reconstruction by Diego Ribuffo, MD, PhD, Marco Marcasciano, MD, PhD, Federico Lo Torto, MD, PhD, Jacopo Nanni, MD, Luca Patanè, MD, Lorenzo Calabrese, MD, Davide Marino, MD, Donato Casella, MD, PhD, Manfredi Greco, MD, PhD

“…This study introduced an innovative acellular dermal matrix–free dual-plane DTI hybrid reconstruction using a reverse submammary adipofascial perforator flap for small-volume breasts. …”
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Assessing pteropod shell dissolution to advance ocean monitoring techniques: a methods comparison of SEM, CT, and light microscopy by Bryce E. Koester, Bryce E. Koester, John C. Handley, John C. Handley, Maven Mercado, Maven Mercado, Owen A. Goodchild, Owen A. Goodchild, Rosie L. Oakes, Rosie L. Oakes, Rosie L. Oakes, Jocelyn A. Sessa, Jocelyn A. Sessa

“…Pteropods are marine planktonic snails that are used as bioindicators of ocean acidification due to their thin, aragonitic shells, and ubiquity throughout the world’s oceans; their responses include decreased size, reduced shell thickness, and increased shell dissolution. …”
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Spatial and epidemiological drivers of Plasmodium falciparum malaria among adults in the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Steven R Meshnick, Molly Deutsch-Feldman, Nicholas F Brazeau, Kyaw L Thwai, Jeremie Muwonga, Melchior Kashamuka, Antoinette Tshefu Kitoto, Ozkan Aydemir, Jeffrey A Bailey, Jessie K Edwards, Robert Verity, Emily W Gower

“…In this study, we assessed malaria risk factors among adults using samples from the nationally representative, cross-sectional 2013–2014 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) conducted in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). …”
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The impact of social and commercial determinants on the unequal increase of oral disorder disease burdens across global, regional, and national contexts by Yongqiang Lai, Ye Li, Xinwei Liu, Yuanxiang Shi, Fangqi Qu, Xiyu Zhang, Baoguo Shi, Xiaohe Wang, Tao Sun, Xianhong Huang, Dingyun You

“…Temporal trends were examined using the Age-Period-Cohort (APC) model, and spatial heterogeneity in social and commercial determinants (e.g., income, urbanization, dentist density, sugar and alcohol consumption) were assessed using Geographically Weighted Regression (GWR). …”
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Implementing SARS-CoV-2 routine surveillance in antenatal care in Zambia, 2021–2022: best practices and lessons learned by Tannia Tembo, Elizabeth Heilmann, Bupe Mulenga Kabamba, Sombo Fwoloshi, Kalubi Kalenga, Felix Chilambe, Mpanji Siwinga, Marie-Reine Rutagwera, Maximillian Musunse, Chabu Kangale, Samuel Yingst, Ruchi Yadav, Theodora Savory, Julie R. Gutman, Izukanji Sikazwe, Lloyd B. Mulenga, Carolyn Bolton Moore, Jonas Z. Hines

“…Antenatal sentinel surveillance had not been used to assess infection trends. The ANC COVID-19 surveillance study sought to determine SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence and COVID-19 vaccine uptake among pregnant women. …”
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Spatiotemporal patterns of influenza in Western Australia by Kefyalew Addis Alene, Hannah C. Moore, Archie C.A. Clements, Beth Gilmour, Dylan D. Barth, Rebecca Pavlos, Ben Scalley, Christopher C. Blyth

“…Spatial clustering of influenza incidence was identified using Global Moran's I and Getis-Ord statistic. Bayesian spatial models were used to identify factors associated with spatial clustering of infection. …”
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Analisis Kualitas Website HSP Academy (PT. Hanosen Pratama) Menggunakan Metode Webqual 4.0 dan Importance and Performance Analysis (IPA) by Anisah Ikhsawiyanthi, Satrio Hadi Wijoyo, Yusi Tyroni Mursityo

“…Meanwhile, the IPA method is used to see which problems need improvement based on priority in the quadrant of IPA. …”
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Serotype Characterization of Streptococcus pneumoniae Identified in Meningitis Cases in Sevral Asian and European Countries by A. N. Oganesyan, E. A. Voropaeva, A. A. Mel'nikova, Yu. N. Urban, E. A. Egorova, V. A. Aleshkin

“…Results. 6% (188) of CSFs analyzed were positive for S. pneumoniae, The PCR assay used could predict the S. pneumoniae serotypes/ serogroups for 82% (n = 154) of positive CSFs, 16% were not-typeable in our PCR scheme and for 2% serotyping was not performed. …”
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Comparative analysis of SD biosensor standard™ M10 HPV and seegene anyplex™ II HPV HR for detecting high-risk human papillomavirus: a concordance study by Abigail Rembui Jerip, Vaenessa Noni, Vanessa Kiah Anthony, Andy Cheong Shin Bong, Jaria Adam, Cheng Siang Tan

“…Agreement between the assays was evaluated using Cohen’s Kappa (κ), McNemar’s test, and overall agreement percentages. …”
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Healthcare utilization and maternal and child mortality during the COVID-19 pandemic in 18 low- and middle-income countries: An interrupted time-series analysis with mathematical m... by Tashrik Ahmed, Timothy Roberton, Petra Vergeer, Peter M Hansen, Michael A Peters, Anthony Adofo Ofosu, Charles Mwansambo, Charles Nzelu, Chea Sanford Wesseh, Francis Smart, Jean Patrick Alfred, Mamoutou Diabate, Martina Baye, Mohamed Lamine Yansane, Naod Wendrad, Nur Ali Mohamud, Paul Mbaka, Sylvain Yuma, Youssoupha Ndiaye, Husnia Sadat, Helal Uddin, Helen Kiarie, Raharison Tsihory, George Mwinnyaa, Jean de Dieu Rusatira, Pablo Amor Fernandez, Pierre Muhoza, Prativa Baral, Salomé Drouard, Tawab Hashemi, Jed Friedman, Gil Shapira

“…The Lives Saved Tool mathematical model was used to project the impact of the service utilization disruptions on child and maternal mortality. …”
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Quantification of Mars Entry Trajectory Uncertainty: Dynamic Adaptive Error Band Modeling and Multiscenario Performance Evaluation by Zhixian Luo, Yanmin Jin, Xiaohua Tong, Huan Xie, Yongjiu Feng, Sicong Liu, Xiong Xu, Peng Chen

“…For 3-D error band construction, a plane is constructed using extreme points projected from three orthogonal planes onto the positional error ellipsoid. …”
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Hepatitis B virus seroepidemiology data for Africa: Modelling intervention strategies based on a systematic review and meta-analysis. by Anna L McNaughton, José Lourenço, Phillip Armand Bester, Jolynne Mokaya, Sheila F Lumley, Uri Obolski, Donall Forde, Tongai G Maponga, Kenneth R Katumba, Dominique Goedhals, Sunetra Gupta, Janet Seeley, Robert Newton, Ponsiano Ocama, Philippa C Matthews

“…In high-prevalence populations, adult catch-up vaccination has sometimes been deployed, but an alternative Test and Treat (T&T) approach could be used as an intervention to interrupt transmission. …”
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Generating High Spatial and Temporal Surface Albedo with Multispectral-Wavemix and Temporal-Shift Heatmaps by Sagthitharan Karalasingham, Ravinesh C. Deo, Nawin Raj, David Casillas-Perez, Sancho Salcedo-Sanz

“…Though satellite observations of surface reflectance, useful for estimating surface albedo, provide wide spatial coverage, they too lack temporal granularity. …”
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Impact of Dual Antibiotic Prophylaxis on 90-Day Surgical Site Infection Rates Following Posterior Spinal Fusion for Juvenile Scoliosis: A Single-Center Study of 296 Cases by Paolo Brigato, Davide Palombi, Leonardo Oggiano, Sergio De Salvatore, Alessandro Rogani, Sergio Sessa, Pier Francesco Costici

“…Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze antibiotic regimen, SSI risk, and perioperative variables using chi-square, Mann–Whitney U, ANOVA, and Cox regression. …”
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Are HPV Vaccines Well Accepted among Parents of Adolescent Girls in China? Trends, Obstacles, and Practical Implications for Further Interventions: A Five-Year Follow-Up Study by Yu Huang, Jie Ling, Xiang Zhao, Qiaohong Lv, Lei Wang, Qingqing Wu, Shuiyang Xu, Xuehai Zhang

“…Univariate and multivariate analyses were used to explore factors associated with HPV vaccination among teenage girls. …”
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Placental transfer of SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in mother-neonate pairs: a prospective nested cohort study by Alex G. Mugo, Angela Koech, Liberty Cantrell, Moses Mukhanya, Isaac Mwaniki, Joseph Mutunga, Merryn Voysey, Rachel Craik, Peter von Dadelszen, Kirsty Le Doare, Marleen Temmerman, Geoffrey Omuse, periCOVID-Africa, The PRECISE Network

“…Maternal sera were tested for SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain (RBD) IgM/IgG total antibodies using the Wantai assay. For positive samples, maternal and corresponding cord blood samples were tested for SARS-CoV-2 IgG antibodies against the spike (anti-spike) and nucleocapsid proteins (anti-NCP) using ELISA kits from Euroimmun. …”
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Enhancing medical assessment strategies: a comparative study between structured, traditional and hybrid viva-voce assessment by Kavita Rasalkar, Sunita Tripathy, Sulekha Sinha, Bikramaditya Mukherjee, Nagamma Takkella, Elvis Vishal Dadel, Monit Sundriyal, Swetanka Prasad

“…As an assessment tool it was used informally since 1989, however it was described separately by Oakley and Hencken in 2005. …”
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Large-scale screening of HIV-1 T-cell epitopes restricted by 12 prevalent HLA-A allotypes in Northeast Asia and universal detection of HIV-1-specific CD8+ T cells by Yan Ding, Jialai Yan, Ling Huang, Jinhong Yu, Yandan Wu, Chuanlai Shen, Anning Fang

“…A broad-spectrum CD8+ T-cell epitope library containing 141 validated epitope peptides was used to universally detect HIV-1-specific CD8+ T cells via peptide-PBMC ex vivo coculture and intracellular IFN-γ staining. …”
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Spatiotemporal analysis of dog-mediated rabies in Zambia: A retrospective study, 2013–2022 by Humphrey Banda, Amos Hamukale, Chitwambi Makungu, Wezi Kachinda, Masuzyo Ngoma, Liywalii Mataa, James Blazer Banda, Walter Muleya, Dabwitso Banda, Nyambe Sinyange

“…A Poisson regression was used to assess seasonal trends in rabies incidence. …”
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Whole-genome resequencing reveals collagen-related genes in Kele pigs. by Yu Dan Zhang, Wei Yuan, Huan Bi, Xiao Yang, Yi Yu Zhang, Wei Chen

“…Then 14 specific SNP sites were randomly selected from the four genes for sanger sequencing verification, and finally RT-qPCR was used to verify the expression levels of related genes in different tissues of Kele pigs.…”
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