Kidney disease among adults on tenofovir-based second-line antiretroviral therapy in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania by Sabina F. Mugusi, Grace A. Shayo, Philip G. Sasi, Lulu S. Fundikira, Eric A. Aris, Christopher R. Sudfeld, Ferdinand M. Mugusi

“…Ultrasonography was performed to visualise the kidneys. Results: A total of 323 patients were enrolled (67.8% women), with a median age of 44 (interquartile range [IQR]: 39–51) years. …”
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Barriers and facilitators to global access to life-saving skills training: an international cross-sectional survey by Marcus Eng Hock Ong, Freddy Lippert, Lin Zhang, Willem Stassen, So Yeon Joyce Kong, Audrey L Blewer, Yeh Lai Chern, Andrew Fu Wah Ho

“…Majority of responses were from high- or upper-middle income countries (61.2%) compared with low- or lower-middle income countries (38.8%). All respondents from Europe reported reliable access to LST. …”
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Building sustainable information systems and transformer models on demand by Thomas Asselborn, Sylvia Melzer, Simon Schiff, Magnus Bender, Florian Andreas Marwitz, Said Aljoumani, Stefan Thiemann, Konrad Hirschler, Ralf Möller

“…To ensure sustainable RDM (Research Data Management), archiving must consider the future potential for data reuse in a low-threshold fashion. In this article, we demonstrate the utilisation of straightforward methods to implement a so-called warm or hot archiving for research data within an RDR, as opposed to the conventional cold archiving approach. …”
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Spirulina supplementation effects on small ruminants performance and product attributes: a meta-analysis by Frediansyah Firdaus, Tanda Sahat Panjaitan, Malik Makmur, Bayu Andri Atmoko, Yudi Adinata, Noor Hudhia Krishna, Retno Widiyawati

“…Blood biochemistry markers, including alanine transaminase, aspartate transaminase, cholesterol, haemoglobin, low-density lipoprotein, total protein, urea, and white blood cell counts, remain within normal physiological ranges. …”
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Machine learning-derived asthma and allergy trajectories in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Daniil Lisik, Saliha Selin Özuygur Ermis, Gregorio Paolo Milani, Giulia Carla Immacolata Spolidoro, Selin Ercan, Michael Salisu, Faozyat Odetola, Daniele Giovanni Ghiglioni, Danylo Pylov, Emma Goksör, Rani Basna, Göran Wennergren, Hannu Kankaanranta, Bright I. Nwaru

“…Most studies (69%) were of low methodological quality (particularly in modelling approaches and reporting). …”
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High-Frequency Ultrasonography As An Innovative Diagnostic Method in Dermatology by Aneta Rasińska, Piotr Rzyczniok, Anna Rzyczniok, Weronika Rasińska, Justyna Jachimczak, Filip Grydź, Joanna Filipow, Anna Rebizak, Paulina Bala, Aneta Rostkowska, Sebastian Kupisiak, Natalia Pasierb, Justyna Matusik, Mateusz Kopczyński

“…Frequencies of 20–30 MHz visualise full dermis, 50 MHz epidermis/upper dermis, while lower (7–12 MHz) probes image deeper lesions and lymph nodes. …”
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Integral genomic description of blaNDM-5-harbouring plasmids recovered from Enterobacterales in Argentina. by Francisco González-Espinosa, Vincenzo Di Pilato, Luca Calabrese, Elisa Costa, Agustina Costa, Gabriel Gutkind, Daniela Cejas, Marcela Radice

“…Plasmids deposited in PLSDB showed low similarity to local multi-replicon plasmids. …”
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Epidemiology and risk factors of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias in South and Southeast Asia: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol by Zhahirul Islam, Israt Jahan, Sharmin Sultana, Nowshin Papri, Mantaka Rahman, Imran Hasan, Tamal Saha, Shoma Hayat, Ashiqa Tabassum, Md Abu Jaher Nayeem

“…Forest plots will be used to visualise the findings, and heterogeneity across the included studies will be assessed using the I² and Cochrane’s Q statistics. …”
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Application of machine learning in early childhood development research: a scoping review by Akbar K Waljee, Amina Abubakar, Patrick N Mwangala, Faith Neema Benson, Daisy Chelangat, Willie Brink, Cheryl A Moyer

“…Background Early childhood development (ECD) lays the foundation for lifelong health, academic success and social well-being, yet over 250 million children in low- and middle-income countries are at risk of not reaching their developmental potential. …”
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Planning with self‑organised initiatives by Igor Tempels Moreno Pessôa

“…The chapter reveals that despite reducing the housing deficit for the low-income segment, the MCMV programme is having a strong negative impact by raising the level of spatial fragmentation already present in both metropolises. …”
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