Recent Advances in the Use of Drosophila melanogaster as a Model to Study Immunopathogenesis of Medically Important Filamentous Fungi by Georgios Hamilos, George Samonis, Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis

“…Over the past decade, invertebrate hosts with evolutionarily conserved innate immune signaling pathways and powerful genetics, such as Drosophila melanogaster, have been employed as a means to overcome logistic restrains associated with the use mammalian models of fungal infections. Recent studies in Drosophila models of filamentous fungi demonstrated that several genes implicated in fungal virulence in mammals also play a similarly important pathogenic role in fruit flies, and important host-related aspects in fungal pathogenesis are evolutionarily conserved. …”
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Psychological expertise and governmentality in democratic South Africa: a tracer study of masters graduates from UKZN by Shelene G Gentz, Kvin Durrheim

“…Following from this, Nikolas Rose has elaborated how psychological expertise is implicated in the government of conduct in liberal democracies. …”
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Harnessing resource rents for debt reduction: A study of oil-rich Sub-Saharan African countries by Akinsola Motunrayo O., Akinsola Foluso A., Iwegbu Onyebuchi

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A Delphi Study of Socio-Cognitive Predictors of Career Choice Behavior in the Construction Industry in South Africa by Mariam Akinlolu, Theo C. Haupt

“…Ethnicity was found to have insignificant importance and impact on their career choices. The implication of the research is that results from the study provides insight into the factors that could conceivably increase the participation of women who want to enter and remain in the construction work. …”
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The Enhancement of COVID-19 Severity on Coagulation Markers: a Cross-sectional Study in West Sumatra, Indonesia by Ika Kurnia Febrianti, Andani Eka Putra, Raveinal Raveinal, Aisyah Elliyanti

“…Objective: This study aimed to determine the description of the coagulation marker and how it implicates COVID-19 patients based on clinical outcomes in the form of enhancement severity and death. …”
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Genome-wide association study reveals multiple loci associated with primary tooth development during infancy. by Demetris Pillas, Clive J Hoggart, David M Evans, Paul F O'Reilly, Kirsi Sipilä, Raija Lähdesmäki, Iona Y Millwood, Marika Kaakinen, Gopalakrishnan Netuveli, David Blane, Pimphen Charoen, Ulla Sovio, Anneli Pouta, Nelson Freimer, Anna-Liisa Hartikainen, Jaana Laitinen, Sarianna Vaara, Beate Glaser, Peter Crawford, Nicholas J Timpson, Susan M Ring, Guohong Deng, Weihua Zhang, Mark I McCarthy, Panos Deloukas, Leena Peltonen, Paul Elliott, Lachlan J M Coin, George Davey Smith, Marjo-Riitta Jarvelin

“…We performed a genome-wide association study of time to first tooth eruption and number of teeth at one year in 4,564 individuals from the 1966 Northern Finland Birth Cohort (NFBC1966) and 1,518 individuals from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). …”
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Adipose tissue-derived PRXL2A suppresses hepatic lipogenesis in a study with male mice by Zhiyuan Li, Zheng Tian, Xiaoliu Shi, Aijun Long, Yazhuo Wang, Yan Yang, Yaqi Wang, Jingjing Zhang, Yiguo Wang

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Integrating Technology to Increase Graduate Employability Skills: A Blockchain Case Study in Property Law Teaching by Kate Galloway, Francina Cantatore, Louise Parsons

“…The case study illustrates the application of an enhanced problem-solving approach. …”
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Emotions in misinformation studies: distinguishing affective state from emotional response and misinformation recognition from acceptance by Jula Lühring, Apeksha Shetty, Corinna Koschmieder, David Garcia, Annie Waldherr, Hannah Metzler

“…Extending a study by Martel et al. (Cognit Res: Principles Implic 5: 1–20, 2020), we conducted a pre-registered online survey experiment in Austria (N = 422), investigating associations of emotions and discernment of false and real news related to COVID-19. …”
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Investigating Preschool and Primary School Teachers’ Self-Efficacy and Needs in Teaching Science: A Pilot Study by Susanne Walan, Shu-Nu Chang Rundgren

“…In terms of the groups of 1-3 and 4-6 grades teachers, the needs relating to scientific literacy were revealed, with a focus on engaging students in socio-scientific problems (52%, 56%) and assessment (44%, 61%). The implication of this study is discussed in the hope to contribute to teachers’ professional development for both pre- and in-service teachers in science education.…”
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Prevalence and Risk Factors of Helicobacter Pylori Infection in Asymptomatic Sudanese Population: A Cross-sectional Study by Lobaina Mohammed Abozaid

“…Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted at Kassala Military Hospital in Sudan. …”
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Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies six new Loci for serum calcium concentrations. by Conall M O'Seaghdha, Hongsheng Wu, Qiong Yang, Karen Kapur, Idris Guessous, Annie Mercier Zuber, Anna Köttgen, Candice Stoudmann, Alexander Teumer, Zoltán Kutalik, Massimo Mangino, Abbas Dehghan, Weihua Zhang, Gudny Eiriksdottir, Guo Li, Toshiko Tanaka, Laura Portas, Lorna M Lopez, Caroline Hayward, Kurt Lohman, Koichi Matsuda, Sandosh Padmanabhan, Dmitri Firsov, Rossella Sorice, Sheila Ulivi, A Catharina Brockhaus, Marcus E Kleber, Anubha Mahajan, Florian D Ernst, Vilmundur Gudnason, Lenore J Launer, Aurelien Mace, Eric Boerwinckle, Dan E Arking, Chizu Tanikawa, Yusuke Nakamura, Morris J Brown, Jean-Michel Gaspoz, Jean-Marc Theler, David S Siscovick, Bruce M Psaty, Sven Bergmann, Peter Vollenweider, Veronique Vitart, Alan F Wright, Tatijana Zemunik, Mladen Boban, Ivana Kolcic, Pau Navarro, Edward M Brown, Karol Estrada, Jingzhong Ding, Tamara B Harris, Stefania Bandinelli, Dena Hernandez, Andrew B Singleton, Giorgia Girotto, Daniela Ruggiero, Adamo Pio d'Adamo, Antonietta Robino, Thomas Meitinger, Christa Meisinger, Gail Davies, John M Starr, John C Chambers, Bernhard O Boehm, Bernhard R Winkelmann, Jie Huang, Federico Murgia, Sarah H Wild, Harry Campbell, Andrew P Morris, Oscar H Franco, Albert Hofman, Andre G Uitterlinden, Fernando Rivadeneira, Uwe Völker, Anke Hannemann, Reiner Biffar, Wolfgang Hoffmann, So-Youn Shin, Pierre Lescuyer, Hughes Henry, Claudia Schurmann, SUNLIGHT Consortium, GEFOS Consortium, Patricia B Munroe, Paolo Gasparini, Nicola Pirastu, Marina Ciullo, Christian Gieger, Winfried März, Lars Lind, Tim D Spector, Albert V Smith, Igor Rudan, James F Wilson, Ozren Polasek, Ian J Deary, Mario Pirastu, Luigi Ferrucci, Yongmei Liu, Bryan Kestenbaum, Jaspal S Kooner, Jacqueline C M Witteman, Matthias Nauck, W H Linda Kao, Henri Wallaschofski, Olivier Bonny, Caroline S Fox, Murielle Bochud

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Depression in Medical Academia: A Study on Prevalence and Risk Factors among Undergraduate Students in Jammu, India by Dr. Bhavna Sahni

“…This research endeavors to scrutinize the prevalence of depression in undergraduate medical students and identify the diverse risk factors implicated.Methods In February 2023 a cross-sectional investigation was undertaken at a private medical institution in North India. …”
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Effect of icariin on ovarian cancer: a combined network pharmacology and meta-analysis of in vitro studies approach by Shang-Mei Cao, Bo-Lin Chen, Zhen-Zhen Zou, Shao-Zhe Yang, Xiu-Hong Fu

“…Nevertheless, the reliability of this evidence remains ambiguous. This study aimed to explore the impact of ICA on OC and the underlying mechanisms.MethodsBioinformatics analysis was employed to pinpoint ICA-targeted genes and signaling pathways implicated in OC, utilizing network pharmacology. …”
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Homepreneurship and Economic Wellbeing of Households: A Perspective Study of Selected Igbo Female Entrepreneurs in Ebonyi State by Gilbert Ogechukwu NWORIE, Fidelia N. NWORIE

“…Purpose: The study examined the extent to which homepreneurship enhances economic wellbeing of households in Ebonyi State. …”
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Statistical examination of shared loci in neuropsychiatric diseases using genome-wide association study summary statistics by Thomas P Spargo, Lachlan Gilchrist, Guy P Hunt, Richard JB Dobson, Petroula Proitsi, Ammar Al-Chalabi, Oliver Pain, Alfredo Iacoangeli

“…Continued methodological advances have enabled numerous statistical approaches for the analysis of summary statistics from genome-wide association studies. Genetic correlation analysis within specific regions enables a new strategy for identifying pleiotropy. …”
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Association between prescription medication and erectile dysfunction: results from NHANES dataset and mendelian randomization study by Jian Cai, Juan Zhao, Hao Tan, Hang Yang

“…This study investigated the association between prescription medication and erectile dysfunction (ED) using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) and Mendelian randomization (MR) analysis. …”
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Financial literacy, morality, and organizational culture in preventing financial mismanagement: A study on village governments in Indonesia by I Made Sara, Ida Bagus Udayana Putra, Komang Adi Kurniawan Saputra, I Wayan Kartika Jaya Utama

“…An empirical study was conducted with the aim of testing and analyzing the relationship between the variables of financial literacy, morality, organizational culture, and preventing financial mismanagement. …”
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Drug interactions in primary health care in the George subdistrict, South Africa: A cross-sectional study by P.A. Kapp, A.C. Klop, L.S. Jenkins

“…The risk factors identified in this study may assist in the design of interventions that reduce the risk.…”
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Portfolio Assessment-Led Engagement, Study and Activation (ESA) Mechanism in Writing Class: Focus on Emotive Dimensions by Fatemeh Ranjbarvahed, Gholam-Reza Abbasian, Bahram Mowlaie

“…A total of 177 students participated in the experimental study, completing think-aloud protocols, questionnaires, and interviews. …”
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