Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019 by GBD 2019 Diseases and Injuries Collaborators

“…Five of the causes that were in the top ten for ages 10–24 years were also in the top ten in the 25–49-year age group: road injuries (ranked first), HIV/AIDS (second), low back pain (fourth), headache disorders (fifth), and depressive disorders (sixth). …”

Differences in health-related quality of life between HIV-positive and HIV-negative people in Zambia and South Africa: a cross-sectional baseline survey of the HPTN 071 (PopART) tr... by Thomas, R, Burger, R, Harper, A, Kanema, S, Mwenge, L, Vanqa, N, Bell-Mandla, N, Smith, P, Floyd, S, Bock, P, Ayles, H, Beyers, N, Donnell, D, Fidler, S, Hayes, R, Hauck, K, Hargreaves, J, Watson-Jones, D, Godfrey-Faussett, P, Cori, A, Pickles, M, Mandla, N, Yang, B, James, A, Vermaak, R, Makola, N, Hoddinott, G, Naidoo, V, Bond, V, Simwinga, M, Mwinga, A, Kosloff, B, Limbada, M, Bwalya, J, Ngulube, C, Fraser, C, Eshleman, S, Agyei, Y, Cummings, V, Catalano, D, Emel, L, Bunts, L, Noble, H, Burns, D, Kouda, A, Sista, N, Moore, A, White, R, Headen, T, Miller, E, Hinson, K, Vermund, S, Barnes, M, Horn, L, Mwango, A, Baldwin, M, Wolf, S, Hughes, E

“…<br/><br/> <strong>Funding</strong> National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institute of Mental Health, President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, International Initiative for Impact Evaluation, the Bill &amp; Melinda Gates Foundation.…”

STEM and the studio: Understanding the role of Studio Schools in English education by Randhawa, A

“…A key impact of the STEM offer appeared to be that it raised aspirations for both students and their local communities by preparing students for contemporary patterns of work and life that are increasingly influenced by science and technology. It also aided in shaping the role of reengagement with both STEM subjects and secondary education through the innovative delivery of the curriculum that was pursued at the schools. …”

Mathematical modelling of unsteady flows during ureteroscopy by Reynolds, H

“…It is found that an inlet flow which oscillates with a low frequency and high amplitude aids in disturbing vortical structures within the flow, leading to a significantly reduced dust wash-out time due to the resulting mixing effect. …”

Telephone counselling for smoking cessation by Matkin, W, Ordóñez-Mena, J, Hartmann-Boyce, J

“…</br> <br><strong>Authors' conclusions: </strong>There is moderate‐certainty evidence that proactive telephone counselling aids smokers who seek help from quitlines, and moderate‐certainty evidence that proactive telephone counselling increases quit rates in smokers in other settings. …”

Conservation analysis of dipterocarps in Sarawak using geographical information systems and remote sensing by Teo, Stephen Ping

“…As for the land cover map on 1990, the accuracy assessment was carried out with aids of land use map which was acquired around 1990 with 1:50,000 scale which are detail enough to provide clear division of land cover classes. …”
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Biological pretreatment of oil palm empty fruit bunch using crude laccase from Pycnoporus sanguineus for sugar production by Masran, Ruqayyah

“…Application of laccase has become a current trend in biological pretreatment of lignocellulosic biomass where laccase aids in degrading and modifying the lignin barrier. …”
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Fabrication and simulation of lithographically defined junctionless lateral gate silicon nanowire transistors by Larki, Farhad

“…Since the device structure was new and operational principle of transistor was not clear, thus, the same structure was simulated using Technology Computer-Aided Design (TCAD). In order to do, Sentaurus software tool is used as the platform for the 3D TCAD simulation. …”

The Relationship between Teaching Instructions and Students’ Achievement in Tilawah al-Quran among Form Two Students in Malaysia by Che Noh, Mohd Aderi

“…Two indicators were from component starting teaching, four indicators were from component extending teaching, one indicator was from component closing teaching and lastly one indicator was from component teaching aids. Meanwhile, based on the students’ input factors, Model Peningkatan Tilawah al-Quran clearly shown by variable of attitude with two indicators, variable of learning behaviour with three indicators and variables learning surroundings with three indicators. …”
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Prevalence and characterization of Vibrio spp. in seawater and wet-market cockles from Kuala Selangor, Malaysia, and risk of acquiring V. vulnificus infections from cockle consumpt... by Chang, Wei San

“…Among susceptible populations, elderly population was found exposed to the greatest risk followed by diabetes, alcoholism and AIDS population. Likewise, male population was found exposed to the greater risk of septicaemia infections, compared to female population regardless of their binge drinking habit. …”
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<i>lnc-IL7R</i> Expression Reflects Physiological Pulmonary Function and Its Aberration Is a Putative Indicator of COPD by Oluwaseun Adebayo Bamodu, Sheng-Ming Wu, Po-Hao Feng, Wei-Lun Sun, Cheng-Wei Lin, Hsiao-Chi Chuang, Shu-Chuan Ho, Kuan-Yuan Chen, Tzu-Tao Chen, Chien-Hua Tseng, Wen-Te Liu, Kang-Yun Lee

“…Consistent with other data, our bioinformatics-aided dose–response plot showed that the probability of COPD decreased as <i>lnc-IL7R</i> expression increased, thus, corroborating our posited anti-COPD therapeutic potential of <i>lnc-IL7R</i>. …”
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Specialized active leprosy search strategies in an endemic area of the Brazilian Amazon identifies a hypermutated Mycobacterium leprae strain causing primary drug resistance by Raquel Carvalho Bouth, Angélica Rita Gobbo, Josafá Gonçalves Barreto, Josafá Gonçalves Barreto, Pablo Diego do Carmo Pinto, Maraya Semblano Bittencourt, Marco Andrey Cipriani Frade, Apolônio Carvalho Nascimento, Sabrina Sampaio Bandeira, Patricia Fagundes da Costa, Guilherme Augusto Barros Conde, Charlotte Avanzi, Charlotte Avanzi, Ândrea Ribeiro-dos-Santos, John Stewart Spencer, Moises Batista da Silva, Claudio Guedes Salgado, Claudio Guedes Salgado

“…It also revealed a high hidden prevalence of overt disease and subclinical infection that remains a challenge for correct clinical diagnosis by signs and symptoms that may be aided using adjunct laboratory tests, such as RLEP qPCR and anti-PGL-I serology.…”
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Encourager les personnes âgées souffrant de préfragilité et de fragilité à participer au programme d’exercice et de nutrition « MoveStrong » : analyse des résultats secondaires d’u... by Isabel Rodrigues, Justin Wagler, Justin Wagler, Heather Keller, Lehana Thabane, Zachary Weston, Sharon Straus, Alexandra Papaioannou, Marina Mourtzakis, Jamie Milligan, Wanrudee Isaranuwatchai, Desmond Loong, Ravi Jain, Larry Funnell, Angela Cheung, Sheila Brien, Maureen Ashe, Lora Giangregorio

“…Nous avons analysé les résultats secondaires – poids, vitesse de marche, force de préhension, capacité physique (niveau de fatigue), transition assisdebout, équilibre dynamique, qualité de vie liée à la santé (QVLS), niveau d’activité physique et apport en protéines – à l’aide d’un test t d’échantillons appariés et d’une équation d’estimation généralisée (EEG). …”
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Determinants of Pulmonary Emphysema Severity in Taiwanese Patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: An Integrated Epigenomic and Air Pollutant Analysis by Sheng-Ming Wu, Wei-Lun Sun, Kang-Yun Lee, Cheng-Wei Lin, Po-Hao Feng, Hsiao-Chi Chuang, Shu-Chuan Ho, Kuan-Yuan Chen, Tzu-Tao Chen, Wen-Te Liu, Chien-Hua Tseng, Oluwaseun Adebayo Bamodu

“…Adopting a multimodal approach, including bioinformatics-aided analyses and geospatial modeling, we performed an integrated analysis of selected epigenetic, clinicopathological, geospatial, and air pollutant variables, coupled with correlative analyses of time-phased changes in pulmonary function indices and COPD-E severity. …”
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Effect of prenatal perfluoroheptanoic acid exposure on spermatogenesis in offspring mice by Yijie Zhou, Weilian Sun, Qiuqin Tang, Yiwen Lu, Mei Li, Jing Wang, Xiumei Han, Di Wu, Wei Wu

“…The sperm qualities were analyzed with computer-aided sperm analysis (CASA). The testicular tissues were taken to analyze the pathological changes and examine the global m6A RNA methylation levels. …”
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Estimation de l’exhaustivité des demandes de remboursement des médecins dans une optique de détermination des cas de diabète : étude menée dans plusieurs provinces by Joellyn Ellison, Yong Jun Gao, Kimberley Hutchings, Sharon Bartholomew, Hélène Gardiner, Lin Yan, Karen A. M. Phillips, Aakash Amatya, Maria Greif, Ping Li, Yue Liu, Yao Nie, Josh Squires, J. Michael Paterson, Rolf Puchtinger, Lisa Marie Lix

“…Nous avons divisé la cohorte de patients en deux groupes mutuellement exclusifs en fonction du mode de rémunération de leur médecin : médecins rémunérés à l’acte pour ceux payés uniquement de cette façon et médecins non rémunérés à l’acte pour les autres. À l’aide des données sur les ordonnances de médicaments hypoglycémiants (source de nos données de référence), nous avons évalué si les cas de maladie avaient été déterminés avec la même exactitude en fonction du mode de rémunération. …”
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Cognitive Systems and Signal Processing : 5th International Conference, ICCSIP 2020, Zhuhai, China, December 25-27, 2020, Revised Selected Papers / by ICCSIP (Conference) (5th : 2020 : Zhuhai, China), organiser 642897, Sun, Fuchun, 1964-, editor 600994, Liu, Huaping, 1976-, editor 600996, Fang, Bin, editor 642896

Etude comparée des gavages traditionnel et pneumatique chez l’oie et le canard by G. GUY, N. LAPIERRE, D. GOURICHON, J.C. BLUM

“…Au cours de l’essai 1, l’efficacité du "gavage pneumatique" basé sur l’emploi de farine injectée sous forme de bouillie dans l’oesophage à l’aide d’une pompe pneumatique est comparée à celle du gavage traditionnel (maïs grain) réalisé selon deux modalités : gavage intensif et gavage conduit plus lentement pour correspondre sensiblement au niveau d’ingestion alimentaire permis par le gavage pneumatique. …”
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Efficacy and safety of the Russian protease inhibitor narlaprevir at treatment-naive and earlier treated noncirrhotic patients with the 1st genotype chronic hepatitis C (PIONEER st... by M. V. Mayevskaya, V. T. Ivashkin, O. O. Znoyko, Ye. A. Klimova, D. T. Abdurakhmanov, I. G. Bakulin, P. O. Bogomolov, E. Z. Burnevich, M. Yu. Galushko, N. I. Geyvandova, K. V. Zhdanov, Ye. V. Esaulenko, S. N. Kizhlo, D. Yu. Konstantinov, N. I. Mironova, V. G. Morozov, Ye. A. Strebkova, I. G. Nikitin, M. F. Osipenko, V. D. Pasechnikov, O. I. Sagalova, I. M. Khayertynova, V. P. Chulanov, A. A. Yakovlev, I. A. Vasyutin, Ye. P. Tarkhova, E. N. Krasavina, M. Yu. Samsonov

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Demand creation for HIV testing services: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Anjuli D Wagner, Irene N Njuguna, Jillian Neary, Kendall A Lawley, Diana K N Louden, Ruchi Tiwari, Wenwen Jiang, Ngozi Kalu, Rachael M Burke, Dorothy Mangale, Chris Obermeyer, Jaclyn N Escudero, Michelle A Bulterys, Chloe Waters, Bastien Mollo, Hannah Han, Magdalena Barr-DiChiara, Rachel Baggaley, Muhammad S Jamil, Purvi Shah, Vincent J Wong, Alison L Drake, Cheryl C Johnson

“…<h4>Methods and findings</h4>The following electronic databases were searched through September 28, 2021: PubMed, PsycInfo, Cochrane CENTRAL, CINAHL Complete, Web of Science Core Collection, EMBASE, and Global Health Database; we searched IAS and AIDS conferences. We systematically searched for randomized controlled trials (RCTs) that compared any demand creation intervention (incentives, mobilization, counseling, tailoring, and digital interventions) to either a control or other demand creation intervention and reported HTS uptake. …”
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