Technology transfer, intellectual property, and the fight for the soul of WHO. by Melissa Barber

“…In response, WHO embarked in the 1950s on a visionary programme to establish a global network of non-profit, state-run drug manufacturers and scientists committed to the free exchange of knowledge. This ambitious initiative has been largely forgotten, excluded even from WHO's self-published accounts of historical technology transfer work. …”
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Temporal variation of Manning roughness coefficient in furrow irrigation and its relationship with various field parameters by Hadi Rezaei Rad, Hamed Ebrahimian, Abdolmajid Liaghat, Fatemeh Khalaji, Mahshid Shabani Arani

“…Pearson and Kendall statistical tests revealed that the Manning roughness coefficient during the entire irrigation event was strongly correlated with advance time (r = 0.65, p < 0.01) and moderately correlated with inflow and outflow rates, as well as initial soil moisture and cross-sectional flow area. …”
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Exploring the development, evaluation and implementation of complex health interventions to prevent early childhood caries in preschool children: A scoping review protocol. by Peggy C J M van Spreuwel, Milou L C Munk-Overkamp, Linda C Smit, Kirsten A Ziesemer, Cor van Loveren, Geert J M G van der Heijden, Josef J M Bruers, Katarina Jerković-Ćosić

“…<h4>Methods</h4>This review will follow the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology for scoping reviews. An initial search of PubMed identified keywords and Medical Subject Headings terms. …”
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De la simulation à la simulation participative : apporter une vision intégrée de la rénovation urbaine aux aménageurs publics, à travers une démarche expérimentale by Anaïs Berry, Nicolas Becu, Onil Goubier, Nikolaos Papoulias, Nathalie Long, Didier Vye

“…The numeric model allows the simulation of energy consumption of households for a set of buildings (« la Cité des Géraniums » in the district of Saint-Éloi in La Rochelle), for which an urban renewal project has been initiated in 2009. In the Geranium model, the participants can change three main classes of parameters during a simulation session: building structural parameters (number, surface, energy performance), psycho-social parameters of the households (household structure, income, occupant status, environmental awareness) and micro-climate parameters (temperature, humidity). …”
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A Rare Case of Neurosyphilis with Calvaria Osteitis Presenting in Pregnancy by Gisella M. Newbery, Christine E. Henricks, Julie A. Vircks, Andreina Colina, David C. Mundy

“…Although routine screening for syphilis infections is recommended at the initial prenatal visit, there is a lack of universal agreement on rescreening pregnant people and approximately 50% of syphilis cases are asymptomatic in the general population. …”
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The Efficacy of Intravitreal Conbercept for Chronic Central Serous Chorioretinopathy by Jianbo Mao, Caiyun Zhang, Chenyi Liu, Lijun Shen, Jimeng Lao, Yirun Shao, Yiqi Chen, Jiwei Tao

“…Full resolution of SRF was achieved in 8 (22.9%) eyes at 1 month, 16 (45.7%) eyes at 2 months, 22 (62.9%) eyes at 3 months, and 27 (77.1%) eyes at 6 months after the initial treatment of anti-VEGF injection. No severe adverse event was noted relevant to the therapy. …”
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Perspectives of Legal Policy on Balancing the Discretionary Provisions of the Tax Code of Ukraine by A. A. Barikova

“…While formulating legislative initiatives, it is necessary to primarily rely on the logical laws, general theoretical ideas about the legal system, the rules of legislative technique and economic feasibility.…”
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Chronic hepatitis B and risk of kidney involvement by M. V. Mayevskaya, I. N. Tikhonov, V. T. Ivashkin

“…Antiviral therapy is indicated to the most of these patients which potential, at the same time, is limited by initially decreased renal function, nephrotoxicity of some drugs or simultaneous prescription of immunosuppressants after organ transplantation. …”
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Association of smoking with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A systematic review, and meta-analysis, including dose-response analysis by Kihun Kim<sup>+<sup/>, Dai Sik Ko<sup>+<sup/>, Jin-Woo Kim, Dongjun Lee, Eunjeong Son, Hyun-Woo Kim, Tae-Jin Song<sup>+<sup/>, Yun Hak Kim

“…Methods On January 16th, 2023, we initially extracted records from medical databases, which included Medline, Embase, Web of Science, Scopus, and ScienceDirect. …”
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Chiropractic international research collaborative (CIRCuit): the development of a new practice-based research network, including the demographics, practice, and clinical management... by Kenneth J Young, Sasha Aspinall, Silvano Mior, Jordan Gliedt, Joseph Spencer, Christoffer Børsheim, Jennifer Nash, Melinda Ricci, Jonathan Shurr, Iben Axén

“…Although the results of the survey are not statistically generalisable, the initial cohort of CIRCuit clinician participants use similar techniques on similar types of conditions as the profession at large. …”
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Bayesian reinforcement learning models reveal how great-tailed grackles improve their behavioral flexibility in serial reversal learning experiments by Lukas, Dieter, McCune, Kelsey, Blaisdell, Aaron, Johnson-Ulrich, Zoe, MacPherson, Maggie, Seitz, Benjamin, Sevchik, August, Logan, Corina

“…In these experiments, individuals initially learn that a reward is associated with a specific cue before the reward is reversed back and forth between cues, forcing individuals to reverse their learned associations. …”
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Bioinspired surface structures for added shear stabilization in suction discs by Alyssa M. Hernandez, Jessica A. Sandoval, Michelle C. Yuen, Robert J. Wood

“…The arm was also used to vary the initial compression to test performance under both suction-dominant and friction-dominant preloads. …”
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The impact of trade policy on the export of agricultural products of Azerbaijan by Nazakat Musayeva, Nigar Atakishiyeva, Ulkar Mammadova, Gulnara Tanriverdiyeva, Оlena Lemishko

“…This highlighted the importance of the country's continued active participation in global trade initiatives. The analysis also confirmed the substantial impact of government subsidies on the competitiveness of products. …”
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Quantifying the potential value of entomological data collection for programmatic decision-making on malaria control in sub-Saharan African settings by Nora Schmit, Hillary M. Topazian, Matteo Pianella, Giovanni D. Charles, Peter Winskill, Penelope A. Hancock, Ellie Sherrard-Smith, Katharina Hauck, Thomas S. Churcher, Azra C. Ghani

“…Value of information estimates at cost-effectiveness thresholds over US$250 were higher than current investments into entomological monitoring by the US President’s Malaria Initiative. Conclusions These results suggest that entomological data collection should not delay implementation of interventions with demonstrated efficacy in most settings, but that sustained investments into and use of entomological surveillance are nevertheless worthwhile and have broad value to national malaria programmes.…”
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Electrochemically reduced graphene oxide integrated with carboxylated-8-carboxamidoquinoline: A platform for highly sensitive voltammetric detection of Zn(II) ion by screen-printed... by Ling Ling Tan, Nur Syamimi Mohamad, Nurul Izzaty Hassan, Choo Ta Goh

“…The green Zn(II) sensor demonstrated a quick response time (60 s), broad linear range [1 pM-1 μM Zn(II) ion], a limit of detection (LOD) of 0.53 pM, 35 days of storage period (≥80% of its initial response retained), good reproducibility [relative standard deviation (RSD) = 3.4%], and repeatability (RSD = 4.4%). …”
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Fatal Empyema Thoracis Caused by Nocardia otitidiscaviarum by Gu Q, Zhou L, Shen X, Xu L, Wu G, Pan W, Lin W, Lv D, Lin L, Yan S

“…We report an 81-year-old patient with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease treated by long-term inhalation of high-dose salmeterol fluticasone. The initial empirical anti-infection treatment proved ineffective, resulting in rapid disease progression before the confirmation of nocardiosis with empyema through cultures of pleural fluid and sputum. …”
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Evaluation of the Threshold for an Improved Surface Water Extraction Index Using Optical Remote Sensing Data by Fajar Yulianto, Dony Kushardono, Syarif Budhiman, Gatot Nugroho, Galdita Aruba Chulafak, Esthi Kurnia Dewi, Anjar Ilham Pambudi

“…The class threshold between water and nonwater in each selected subscene image can be determined based on the calculation of class intervals generated by geostatistical analysis, initially referred to as smart quantiles. It was used to determine the class separation between water and nonwater in the resulting subscene images. …”
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Efficacy and safety of edoxaban in patients with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension: protocol for a multicentre, randomised, warfarin-controlled, parallel group trial -... by Keiichi Fukuda, Satoshi Yasuda, Hiroyuki Tsutsui, Toyoaki Murohara, Kohtaro Abe, Koichiro Tatsumi, Junji Kishimoto, Yu Taniguchi, Yuichi Tamura, Koji Todaka, Shun Minatsuki, Kazuya Hosokawa, Yuko Kobayakawa, Takumi Inami, Nobutaka Ikeda

“…The present trial seeks to evaluate whether edoxaban is non-inferior to warfarin in preventing worsening of CTEPH.Methods and analysis The KABUKI trial (is an investigator-initiated, multicentre, phase 3, randomised, single-blind, parallel-group, warfarin-controlled, non-inferiority trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of edoxaban versus warfarin (vitamin K Antagonist) in subjects with chronic thromBoembolic pUlmonary hypertension taking warfarin (vitamin K antagonIst) at baseline) is designed to prove the non-inferiority of edoxaban to warfarin in terms of efficacy and safety in patients with CTEPH.Ethics and dissemination This study is approved by the Institutional Review Board of each participating institution. …”
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Ainu Representation in the World of Japanese Comics: Shumari and Golden Kamuy Take on the Ruling Narratives of Hokkaidō History by Zsófia Keller

“… Examining Japanese history through manga may initially seem unconventional, given the considerable distrust towards the medium in Western scholarship, where it is often viewed as a tool for distorting history. …”
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Bioenergetic adaptations of small intestinal epithelial cells reduce cell differentiation enhancing intestinal permeability in obese mice by Thomas Guerbette, Vincent Ciesielski, Manon Brien, Daniel Catheline, Roselyne Viel, Mégane Bostoën, Jean-Baptiste Perrin, Agnès Burel, Régis Janvier, Vincent Rioux, Annaïg Lan, Gaëlle Boudry

“…Moreover, we unraveled the intricate link between IEC energetic status and proliferation / differentiation balance since enhancing mitochondrial function with the AMPK activator AICAR in jejunal organoids reduced proliferation and initiated IEC differentiation and conversely. We confirmed that the reduced IEC mitochondrial function observed in DIO mice was associated with increased proliferation and reduced differentiation, promoting expression of the permissive Cldn2 in the jejunal epithelium of DIO mice. …”
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