A Highly Divergent Mitochondrial Genome in Extant Cape Buffalo From Addo Elephant National Park, South Africa by Deon deJager, Marlo Möller, Eileen Hoal, Paul vanHelden, Brigitte Glanzmann, Cindy Harper, Paulette Bloomer

“…Coverage of the mitogenomes ranged from 154 to 1036X. …”
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Essential aid made fully visible: understanding the proCHW financing landscape analysing accessible donor data sources by James O’Donovan, Daniel Palazuelos, Madeleine Ballard, Mallika Raghavan, Stephanie Rapp, Ash Rogers, Carla López Castañeda, Benedicte Razafinjato, Matthew French, Cleo Baskin, Sarah Lindsay, Carey Carpenter Westgate, Laura Shellaby, Rachel Hofmann, Pauline Picho Keronyai, Niloofar Ganjian, Sonia Tiedt, Diana Nambatya Nsubuga, Jude Aidam

“…Professional CHWs (proCHWs), who are salaried, skilled, supplied and supervised, are essential for achieving Universal Health Coverage and other global health goals. Despite the growing recognition of proCHWs, there is limited understanding of the global financing landscape for these workers. …”
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Effects of Short Naps on EEG Microstates: Improving Sleep Deprivation-Induced Cognitive Impairment by Ma C, Peng J, Li Y, Ouyang A, Huang Y, He W, Zhu Y, Fang P

“…EEG microstates analysis was used to explore changes of brain dynamic network. …”
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Fast-ion phase-space tomography with wave–particle interactions in the ion cyclotron frequency range as prior by M. Rud, L.G. Eriksson, J. Eriksson, P.C. Hansen, O. Hyvärinen, H. Järleblad, Ye.O. Kazakov, S.B. Korsholm, M. Nocente, J. Rasmussen, B.C.G. Reman, A. Snicker, A. Valentini, Y. Dong, D. Moseev, M. Salewski

“…The addition of such prior information is beneficial in the case of a limited phase-space coverage of fast-ion diagnostics.…”
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From waste to wealth: Plant-Derived cellulose nanocrystal hydrogel for anticancer, antibacterial, and anticorrosion studies by Collince Omondi Awere, Valentine Chikaodili Anadebe, Durgadevi Sabapathi, Bynedi Seshadhri Chinna Mounish, Kasinathan Rakkammal, Pandiyan Muthuramalingam, Venkatramanan Varadharajan, Maduabuchi Chidiebere Arinzechukwu, Ponnuchamy Kumar, Eno E. Ebenso, Krishnaswamy Balamurugan, Rakesh Chandra Barik, Manikandan Ramesh

“…The CNC hydrogel exhibited a flat adsorption surface coverage on the Cu facet, which impedes further Cu dissolution processes. …”
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Monitoring equity in the delivery of health services: a Delphi process to select healthcare equity indicators by Clement P. Buclin, Moreno Doninelli, Laura Bertini, Patrick Bodenmann, Stéphane Cullati, Arnaud Chiolero, Adriana Degiorgi, Armin Gemperli, Olivier Hugli, Anne Jachmann, Yves Jackson, Joachim Marti, Kevin Morisod, Katrina A. Obas, Florian Rüter, Judith Safford, Javier Sanchis-Zozaya, Matthis Schick, Francesca Giuliani, Delphine S. Courvoisier

“…The most valid and measurable indicators and stratifiers were retained using a Delphi process. They were then operationalised, and their implementation tested in three Swiss hospitals from the three language regions. …”
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Unveiling the Interior Structure and Thermal Evolution of Super-Earth GJ 486b by Chandan K. Sahu, Liton Majumdar, Sudipta Mridha, Harshit Krishna

“…This study investigates the interior structure, thermal evolution, and atmospheric dynamics of the super-Earth GJ 486b using SERPINT , a 1D self-consistent coupled interior structure and evolution model, aiming to understand the planet’s thermal evolution based on an Earth-like structure. …”
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Threshold effects of vegetation increase on ecosystem services based on the constraint line method in the Loess Plateau gully Zone by Xiaoman Liu, Wenwu Zhao, Bingbing Gao, Li Yu, Jingfang Yuan, Tao Liang, Chao Wang, Qian Zhou, Yizhong Huan, Guangjin Zhou, Jixi Gao

“…This study quantitatively assessed the spatiotemporal evolution of fractional vegetation cover (FVC) and three ESs in the Loess Plateau Gully Zone from 2000 to 2020, examining their spatial correlations across multiple scales. Using the constraint line method, we simulated ES response curves to FVC changes and identified the threshold of FVC influence. …”
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Hetero-Disubstituted Sugarcane Bagasse as an Efficient Bioadsorbent for Cationic Dyes by Megg Madonyk Cota Elias Carvalho, Liliane Catone Soares, Oscar Fernando Herrera Adarme, Gabriel Max Dias Ferreira, Ranylson Marcello Leal Savedra, Melissa Fabíola Siqueira, Eduardo Ribeiro de Azevedo, Leandro Vinícius Alves Gurgel

“…A hetero-disubstituted sugarcane bagasse (HDSB) was prepared by simultaneous one-pot chemical modification of sugarcane bagasse with succinic and phthalic anhydrides. HDSB was used in batch mode for the removal of the cationic dyes auramine-O (AO) and safranin-T (ST) from spiked aqueous solutions. …”
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Model-based estimation of tokamak plasma profiles and physics parameters: algorithm overview and application to ITER by S. Van Mulders, F. Felici, S.C. McIntosh, F. Carpanese, C.E. Contré, R. Coosemans, O. Kudláček, F. Pastore, S.D. Pinches, M. Reisner, O. Sauter

“…Estimates of transport model coefficients can be directly used to find adequate settings for launching a predictive simulation, accelerating inter-discharge scenario design. …”
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Crop Growth Analysis of Autumn- and Spring-Sown Wheat–Pea Intercrops by Reinhard W. Neugschwandtner, Patrick Herz, Alexander Böck, Helmut Wagentristl, Gerhard Moitzi, Agnieszka Klimek-Kopyra, Jaroslav Bernas, Tomáš Lošák, Mohammad Ghorbani, Elnaz Amirahmadi, Kuanysh K. Zholamanov, Hans-Peter Kaul

“…For both crops, facultative cultivars were used. Compared to spring-sowing, autumn-sowing resulted in earlier development of plants, taller plants, faster soil coverage, a higher crop growth rate up to mid-May in the first year and early June in the second year, more above-ground dry matter production and in the second year also in a higher land equivalent ratio (LER) of intercrops. …”
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Alternative therapeutic approaches for combating multi-drug-resistant bacteria: Reverse vaccinology against Enterobacter cloacae by Gabriela Guerrera Soares, Marcelo Silva Folhas Damas, Pedro Mendes Laprega, Rebecca Elizabeth Shilling, Eduarda Oliva Ribeiro Rangel, Louise Teixeira Cerdeira, Murillo Rodrigo Petrucelli Homem, André Pitondo-Silva, Andrea Soares da Costa-Fuentes, Maria-Cristina da Silva Pranchevicius

“…From this refined selection, 9 were found to be antigenic, extracellular, or exported to the outer membrane and used to construct 4 multi-epitope vaccines (VEC1-4) containing antigenic (threshold of ≥0.5), non-allergenic, conserved, hydrophilic (GRAVY < 0), exposed, and non-toxic epitopes. …”
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Specific Detection of African Swine Fever Virus Variants: Novel Quadplex Real-Time PCR Assay with Internal Control by Lihua Wang, Yuzhen Li, Xirui Zhang, Rachel Madera, Homer Pantua, Aidan Craig, Nina Muro, Danqin Li, Jamie Retallick, Franco Matias Ferreyra, Quang Lam Truong, Lan Thi Nguyen, Jishu Shi

“…Optimization and evaluation using spike-in tests demonstrated high sensitivity, with a limit of detection (LOD) ranging from 1 to 10 plasmid copies or 0.1 TCID₅₀ of ASFV isolates per reaction. …”
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Barriers underlying care gaps in Singapore’s mental health landscape and suggestions for improvement from service providers’ perspectives: a qualitative approach by Siang Joo Seah, Charlotte Chao Min Tan, Mary Su-Lynn Chew, Jin Jin Lim, Dhiya Mahirah, Yi-Ching Lynn Ho, Sing Ai Lee, Ee-Lian Lee, Sungwon Yoon, Sungwon Yoon, Vicknesan Marimuttu, Ngar Yee Poon, Julian Thumboo, Julian Thumboo

“…Interview transcripts were analyzed using thematic analysis.ResultsBarriers underlying service accessibility included insufficient integration across organizations and sectors for timely referrals and concerns about stigma of receiving services. …”
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Integrated in-silico design and in vivo validation of multi-epitope vaccines for norovirus by Jingxuan Qiu, Yiwen Wei, Jiayi Shu, Wenjing Zheng, Yuxi Zhang, Junting Xie, Dong Zhang, Xiaochuan Luo, Xiulan Sun, Xin Wang, Sijie Wang, Xuanyi Wang, Tianyi Qiu

“…Specifically, broad-spectrum T-cell epitope vaccines were designed based on consensus sequences and optimized epitope screening, while broad-spectrum B-cell spatial epitope vaccines were constructed using high-throughput antigenicity calculations and epitope mapping. …”
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The association of Trisomy 13 and 18 and hospital discharge outcomes among neonates in California: A retrospective cohort study by Edith Haghnazarian, Jiaqi Hu, Ashley Y. Song, Philippe S. Friedlich, Ashwini Lakshmanan

“…In terms of insurance type, patients with private coverage had 10.8 ± 4.9 days more than patients with Medicaid. …”
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Current status of psychotherapy and counseling service resources in mental health institutions in Chinese mainland in 2020: a submitted data-based analysis by Runzi CHEN, Ning MA, Yunfeng WANG, Yu BAI, Rongcheng SU, Ziyu LI, Xiamin WU, Lin LU

“…MethodsFrom May to June 2021, the National Mental Health Program Office conducted a resource survey using a self-designed questionnaire on 3 833 institutions providing psychotherapy/counseling services across all 31 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities) in Chinese mainland. …”
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Unlocking liver physiology: comprehensive pathway maps for mechanistic understanding by Luiz Ladeira, Anouk Verhoeven, Jonas van Ertvelde, Jian Jiang, Alessio Gamba, Julen Sanz-Serrano, Tamara Vanhaecke, Harm J. Heusinkveld, Ramiro Jover, Mathieu Vinken, Liesbet Geris, Liesbet Geris, Liesbet Geris, Bernard Staumont

“…Cell-type specificity was validated using Human Protein Atlas datasets. An interactive version is available online for exploration. …”
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Cross-sectional investigation of pneumococcal vaccination patterns in HIV patients at a tertiary care hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia by Reem Binsuwaidan, Enas Mosaffer Alghamdi, Ethar Abdullhameed Otaif, Maram Saud ALqutaym, Yahya Ali Mohzari, Ahmed Ali Alrashed, Rowdan Zeyan Alderaan, Ahmed Ajlan Alsheheri, Alaa Alhubaishi, Lina I Alnajjar

“…Statistical analyses were performed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 21 (SPSS Inc., Armonk, New York, USA). …”
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Implementation of WHO SMART Guidelines-Digital Adaptation Kits in Pathfinder Countries in Africa: Processes and Early Lessons Learned by Rosemary K Muliokela, Kuwani Banda, Abdulaziz Mohammed Hussen, Sarai Bvulani Malumo, Andrew Kashoka, Angel Mwiche, Innocent Chiboma, Maria Barreix, Muyereka Nyirenda, Zvanaka Sithole, Natschja Ratanaprayul, Berhanu Fikadie Endehabtu, Hanna Abayneh Telake, Adane Weldeab, William J M Probert, Ӧzge Tunçalp, Ernest Maya, Mulatu Woldetsadik, Binyam Tilahun, Chris Guure, Kafui Senya, Lale Say, Tigest Tamrat

“…MethodsA DAK assessment tool was developed and used to assess guideline digitization readiness and opportunities for system uptake in each country. …”
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