Spatiotemporal analysis of Plasmodium falciparum erythrocyte binding antigen-175 gene dimorphism in Ghana by Abraham Y. Kpirikai, Belinda A. Ofosu, Josie N. A. Okai, Victor Kornu, Abdul Rashid Kassim, Esther Donkor, Frederica Malm, Osumanu Ahmed, Mona-Liza E. Sakyi, Samirah Saiid, Albert Yao Kudakpo, Charles Mensah, Francis Dzabeng, Collins Morang’a, Gordon A. Awandare, Yaw Aniweh, Lucas N. Amenga-Etego

“…Conclusion The F-allele was the most prevalent form across all age groups, followed by the C allele and mixed F/C alleles. No significant difference in allele prevalence was observed between the high malaria season (wet) and low malaria season (dry). …”
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Comparative Perioperative Inflammatory and Functional Outcomes in Single Versus Multiple Joint Replacements for Hemophilic Arthritis: A Pilot Study by Maoye Shen, Ping Qian, Wenxue Jiang, Shanyou Yuan, Gaorui Cai, Zhenzhong Zhou, Xiaona Wu, Jinghua Wang, Xianjia Ning, Lixia Song

“…Longitudinal changes were analyzed using mixed‐model repeated measures ANOVA with time points as fixed effects and subjects as random effects. …”
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A single HIIT session does not alter blood sphingolipid levels in healthy young adults: The SphingoHIIT randomized controlled trial by Thomas Angst, Nadia Weber, Seraina Fischer, Joëlle Lehmann, Denis Infanger, Tony Teav, Fabian Schwendinger, Lukas Streese, Timo Hinrichs, Ilaria Croci, Christian Schmied, Hector Gallart-Ayala, Christoph Höchsmann, Karsten Koehler, Henner Hanssen, Arno Schmidt-Trucksäss, Julijana Ivanisevic, Justin Carrard

“…After adjusting for sex, body fat mass, cardiorespiratory fitness, and daily physical activity, linear mixed models showed no significant differences in sphingolipid levels between the HIIT and control groups at any post-intervention time point. …”
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Association of serum vitamin D with diagnosis and growth of abdominal aortic aneurysm by Shivshankar Thanigaimani, PhD, Rachel E. Neale, PhD, Mary Waterhouse, PhD, Joseph V. Moxon, PhD, Bu B. Yeap, PhD, Paul E. Norman, PhD, Leon Flicker, PhD, Graeme J. Hankey, PhD, Jason Jenkins, PhD, Frank Quigley, PhD, Michael W. Clarke, PhD, Jonathan Golledge, MA, FRCS, FRACS

“…Serum 25(OH)D3 concentration was measured using a validated mass spectrometry method and categorized into guideline-recommended cut-points after deseasonalization. The associations between deseasonalized 25(OH)D3 concentration and AAA diagnosis and growth were examined using logistic regression and linear mixed effects modeling. …”
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How reliable is the labeling of a commercial phytosteroid product? A 12-week randomized double-blind training study by Joshua Dissemond, Tim Havers, Steffen Held, Stephan Geisler, Tihomir Kostov, Patrick Diel, Svea Türschmann, Maria K. Parr, Eduard Isenmann

“…Data were analyzed using a linear mixed model (LMM).Results Twenty-four participants completed the study successfully. …”
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Persistent Low Anti-HIV Neutralizing Antibody Titers in HIV/HCV Coinfection Despite HCV Cure: A 5-Year Longitudinal Analysis by Daniel Sepúlveda-Crespo, Víctor Sánchez-Merino, Rafael Amigot-Sánchez, Almudena Rubio-Pérez, Cristina Díez, Víctor Hontañón, Juan Berenguer, Juan González-García, Felipe García, Isidoro Martínez, Eloísa Yuste, Salvador Resino

“…Samples were collected at three time points: before starting HCV treatment, one year after completion, and five years post-treatment. …”
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A multicomponent secondary school health promotion intervention and adolescent health: An extension of the SEHER cluster randomised controlled trial in Bihar, India. by Sachin Shinde, Helen A Weiss, Prachi Khandeparkar, Bernadette Pereira, Amit Sharma, Rajesh Gupta, David A Ross, George Patton, Vikram Patel

“…Intervention effects were estimated using mixed-effects linear or logistic regression, including a random effect to adjust for within-school clustering, minimisation variables, baseline cluster-level score of the outcome, and sociodemographic characteristics. …”
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Longitudinal association between DNA methylation and type 2 diabetes: findings from the KORA F4/FF4 study by Liye Lai, Dave Laurence Juntilla, Monica Del C Gomez-Alonso, Harald Grallert, Barbara Thorand, Aiman Farzeen, Wolfgang Rathmann, Juliane Winkelmann, Holger Prokisch, Christian Gieger, Christian Herder, Annette Peters, Melanie Waldenberger

“…Few large-scale investigations have explored these associations longitudinally over multiple time-points. Methods In this longitudinal study, we examined data from the Cooperative Health Research in the Region of Augsburg (KORA) F4 and FF4 studies, conducted approximately seven years apart. …”
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Public Health Workforce Professional Development Analysis: A Human-Systems Integration for Healthy Communities by Bashkin Osnat, Baron-Epel Orna, Bochenek Tomasz, Czabanowska Kasia, Davidovitch Nadav, Davidovitch Nadav, Davidovitch Nadav, De Nooijer Jascha, Dopelt Keren, Duplaga Mariusz, Harrington Janas, Leighton Lore, Levine Hagai, MacLeod Fiona, Malowany Maureen, Mor Zohar, Neumark Yehuda, Okenwa-Emegwa Leah, Otok Robert, Paillard-Borg Stephanie, Peled-Raz Maya, Tulchinsky Theodore, Zelber-Sagi Shira, Barach Paul, Barach Paul, Barach Paul

“…We outline a whole system’s learning approach for analyzing public health systems in collaboration with public health leaders.MethodsThe project included: i) a system’s analysis involving a cross-sectional mixed methods approach including a quantitative investigation, interviews and focus groups of leading representatives and students from five higher education institutions providing public health training, 49 managers, and 31 stakeholders from lead public health organizations; ii) develop and implement training interventions, involving human factors tools for evaluating and developing actionable solutions.ResultsWe developed and implemented three interventions: 1) An online user interface for public health professional development and collaboration; 2) A Public Health Leadership Academy; and 3) A video outreach to key stakeholders and communities using studies.ConclusionA holistic perspective incorporating human factors, and a systems approach provided a comprehensive understanding and approch towards the public health workforce while identifying leverage points for durable improvement.…”
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Comparative effects of integrated physical training with a high protein diet versus a regular protein diet in post-COVID-19 older men with sarcopenia symptoms by Gopal Nambi, Mshari Alghadier, Shahul Hameed Pakkir Mohamed, Arul Vellaiyan, Elturabi Elsayed Ebrahim, Dena Eltabey Sobeh, Osama R Aldhafian, Mohamed Sherif Sirajudeen, Hariraja Muthusamy, Radhakrishnan Unnikrishnan, Naif Nwihadh Alshahrani, Alaa Jameel A Albarakati

“…The data were analysed using a 4×2 mixed model for repeated measures at different time points.Results Demographic characteristics such as age, height, weight and body mass index did not show any statistically significant differences between the groups (p>0.05). …”
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Temporal Lobe Epilepsy Perturbs the Brain‐Wide Excitation‐Inhibition Balance: Associations with Microcircuit Organization, Clinical Parameters, and Cognitive Dysfunction by Ke Xie, Jessica Royer, Raul Rodriguez‐Cruces, Linda Horwood, Alexander Ngo, Thaera Arafat, Hans Auer, Ella Sahlas, Judy Chen, Yigu Zhou, Sofie L. Valk, Seok‐Jun Hong, Birgit Frauscher, Raluca Pana, Andrea Bernasconi, Neda Bernasconi, Luis Concha, Boris C. Bernhardt

“…Replicated in an independent dataset, this work provides in vivo evidence of a macroscale shift in E/I balance in TLE patients and points to progressive functional imbalances that relate to cognitive decline.…”
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Supporting self-management with an internet intervention for low back pain in primary care: a RCT (SupportBack 2) by Adam W A Geraghty, Taeko Becque, Lisa C Roberts, Jonathan Hill, Nadine E Foster, Lucy Yardley, Beth Stuart, David A Turner, Gareth Griffiths, Frances Webley, Lorraine Durcan, Alannah Morgan, Stephanie Hughes, Sarah Bathers, Stephanie Butler-Walley, Simon Wathall, Gemma Mansell, Malcolm White, Firoza Davies, Paul Little

“…A cost-effectiveness study estimated cost per point improvement in the Roland–Morris Disability Questionnaire. …”
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Enhancing soil organic carbon storage to meet the objectives of “4 per 1000 initiative” in Central and Western African ecosystems: A review by Lydie-Stella Koutika, Armand W. Koné, Martin L. Kaonga

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A New Version of the Generalized F-Expansion Method for the Fractional Biswas-Arshed Equation and Boussinesq Equation with the Beta-Derivative by Yusuf Pandir, Yusuf Gurefe

“…When the results are examined, it is seen that single, combined, and mixed Jacobi elliptic function solutions are obtained. …”
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Application Research of Gas Hydrates Dissociation and Formation Technology by Yang Meng, Yang Liang, Liu Daoping, Xie Yubo

“…., formation, gas storage, carbon capture and sequestration, seawater desalination, solution concentration, sewage treatment, mixed gas separation and cool storage in the form of hydrate are also summarized. …”
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Related Results to Hybrid Pair of Mappings and Applications in Bipolar Metric Spaces by G. N. V. Kishore, K. P. R. Rao, A. Sombabu, R. V. N. S. Rao

“…In this paper, we introduce the concept of multivalued contraction mappings in partially ordered bipolar metric spaces and establish the existence of unique coupled fixed point results for multivalued contractive mapping by using mixed monotone property in partially ordered bipolar metric spaces. …”
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A Comparison Study of Irregularity Descriptors of Benzene Ring Embedded in P-Type Surface Network and Its Derived Network by Nehad Ali Shah

“…Topological indices are atomic auxiliary descriptors which computationally and hypothetically portray the natures of the basic availability of nanomaterials and chemical mixes, and henceforth, they give faster techniques to look at their exercises and properties. …”
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Fréchet Random Noise for k-Regime-Switching Mixture Autoregressive Model by Rasaki, Olawale Olanrewaju, Anthony, Gichuhi Waititu, Nafiu, Lukman Abiodun

“…This paper describes Fréchet distribution as a random noise for capturing multimodalities, regime-switching and change-points attributed to uniformly time-varying series via causality of fluctuations, extreme values and heavy-tailed time series. …”
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Ecos lucianescos en el Quijote: una perspectiva helenista by Montserrat Jufresa

“…Other points in common could be the part of friendship as a motive inside the novel, the love for freedom of main characters, the pleasure in speculations about language, or the desire of criticizing mythical tradition. …”
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Positive Solutions and Mann Iterations of a Fourth Order Nonlinear Neutral Delay Differential Equation by Zeqing Liu, Jingjing Zhu, Jeong Sheok Ume, Shin Min Kang

“…By using the Banach fixed point theorem, we establish the existence of uncountably many bounded positive solutions for the equation, construct several Mann iterative sequences with mixed errors for approximating these positive solutions, and discuss some error estimates between the approximate solutions and these positive solutions. …”
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