Current ART, determinants for virologic failure and implications for HIV drug resistance: an umbrella review by SeyedAhmad SeyedAlinaghi, Amir Masoud Afsahi, Ali Moradi, Zohal Parmoon, Pedram Habibi, Pegah Mirzapour, Mohsen Dashti, Afsaneh Ghasemzadeh, Elaheh Karimi, Foziye Sanaati, Zahra Hamedi, Ayoob Molla, Esmaeil Mehraeen, Omid Dadras

“…Sub-Saharan Africa exhibits elevated rates of determinants for virologic failure, attributed to the delay in HIV testing and diagnosis, and late initiation of antiretroviral therapy (ART). It is essential to undertake further research aimed at enhancing the detection of resistance in HIV patients and mitigating viral failure by addressing these underlying causes.…”
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Lymphatic Endothelial-to-Myofibroblast Transition: A Potential New Mechanism Underlying Skin Fibrosis in Systemic Sclerosis by Irene Rosa, Eloisa Romano, Bianca Saveria Fioretto, Khadija El Aoufy, Silvia Bellando-Randone, Marco Matucci-Cerinic, Mirko Manetti

“…Based on the evidence that blood vascular endothelial cells can undertake the endothelial-to-myofibroblast transition (EndMT) contributing to SSc-related skin fibrosis, we herein investigated whether the lymphatic endothelium might represent an additional source of profibrotic myofibroblasts through a lymphatic EndMT (Ly-EndMT) process. …”
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Developing and centralising a nurse‐led local anaesthetic transperineal biopsy service during COVID by David Adam Winters, Ashley Mehmi, Amar Odedra, Lydia Wilson, Joey Ancheta, Sally Buttleman, Paula Allchorne, Prabhakar Rajan, Shahid Khan, James S. A. Green

“…This led to improved performance across trust by freeing up valuable resources and staff to undertake more duties. The service remains highly valued trust‐wide.…”
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A model for community-driven development of best practices: the Ocean Observatories Initiative Biogeochemical Sensor Data Best Practices and User Guide by Hilary I. Palevsky, Sophie Clayton, Sophie Clayton, Heather Benway, Mairead Maheigan, Dariia Atamanchuk, Roman Battisti, Jennifer Batryn, Annie Bourbonnais, Ellen M. Briggs, Filipa Carvalho, Alison P. Chase, Rachel Eveleth, Rob Fatland, Kristen E. Fogaren, Jonathan Peter Fram, Susan E. Hartman, Isabela Le Bras, Cara C. M. Manning, Joseph A. Needoba, Merrie Beth Neely, Hilde Oliver, Andrew C. Reed, Jennie E. Rheuban, Christina Schallenberg, Ian Walsh, Christopher Wingard, Kohen Bauer, Baoshan Chen, Jose Cuevas, Susana Flecha, Micah Horwith, Melissa Melendez, Tyler Menz, Sara Rivero-Calle, Nicholas P. Roden, Tobias Steinhoff, Tobias Steinhoff, Pablo Nicolás Trucco-Pignata, Michael F. Vardaro, Meg Yoder

“…Our process and its impact on improving the accessibility and utility of the end product provides a roadmap for other groups undertaking similar community-driven activities to develop and disseminate new Ocean Best Practices.…”
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Tissue Culture Techniques for the Production of Interspecific Hybrids in Poland: History and Achievements by Karolina Tomiczak, Adela Adamus, Teresa Cegielska-Taras, Agnieszka Kiełkowska, Paulina Smyda-Dajmund, Katarzyna Sosnowska, Laurencja Szała

“…In the late 1970s, Professor Zenkteler was the first to undertake protoplast fusion. At that time, it appeared that no incompatibility could exist at the fusion level and that somatic hybridization would supersede the possibilities offered by sexual hybridization; however, the reality turned out to be slightly harsh. …”
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Relationships between Dream and Previous Wake Emotions Assessed through the Italian Modified Differential Emotions Scale by Francesca Conte, Nicola Cellini, Oreste De Rosa, Antonietta Caputo, Serena Malloggi, Alessia Coppola, Benedetta Albinni, Mariangela Cerasuolo, Fiorenza Giganti, Roberto Marcone, Gianluca Ficca

“…Our findings highlight a discontinuity between wake and dream affect and suggest that positive and negative emotions experienced during wake may undertake distinct sleep-related regulation pathways.…”
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Environmental Sustainability of Portuguese Nephrology: A National Survey by Ivo Laranjinha, Ana Cristina Martins, Patrícia Matias, Célia Gil, Margarida Gonçalves

“…Only one department had established a green group, but 13 were currently undertaking at least one green project (76.5%). Only 6% of responders (8/136) had received formal training on this topic, but more than 90% would like to have more information. …”
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Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on characteristics, extent and trends in child maltreatment in 34 Euro-CAN COST Action countries: a scoping review protocol by Catherine Quantin, Aideen Naughton, Anastasia Pantazidou, Eva Anna Mora-Theuer, Chryssa Grylli, Sinem Cankardas, Nara Tagiyeva-Milne, Mélanie Loiseau, Clarissa Sammut - Scerri, Jolanta Pivoriene, Johanna Schöggl

“…Two reviewers will independently screen full-text publications for eligibility and undertake data extraction, using a customised grid. …”
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Storm hardening and insuring energy systems in typhoon-prone regions: A techno-economic analysis of hybrid renewable energy systems in the Philippines’ Busuanga island cluster by Michael T. Castro, Laurence L. Delina, Eugene A. Esparcia, Jr., Joey D. Ocon

“…However, the vulnerability of specific regions to extreme weather events has raised concerns about the resilience of these systems. This study undertakes a techno-economic analysis to assess the impact and significance of incorporating storm hardening measures and insurance into an HRES designed for the Busuanga island cluster. …”
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Network Slicing on 5G Vehicular Cloud Computing Systems by Emmanouil Skondras, Angelos Michalas, Dimitrios J. Vergados, Emmanouel T. Michailidis, Nikolaos I. Miridakis, Dimitrios D. Vergados

“…Network access technologies such as Long-Term Evolution Advanced Pro with Full Dimensional Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (LTE-A Pro FD-MIMO) and LTE Vehicle to Everything (LTE-V2X) undertake the service of an increasing number of vehicular users, since each vehicle could serve multiple passenger with multiple services. …”
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Metabolomics reveals differences in metabolite profiles between wild and cultivated Tetrastigmae Radix by Haijie Chen, Wei Yang, Yongyi Zhou, Jia Xue, Zhichen Cai, Jiahuan Yuan, Nan Wu, Xunhong Liu, Cuihua Chen, Jianming Cheng, Guangxuan Zhang

“…As a result, this study used UFLC-Triple TOF-MS/MS to undertake untargeted metabolomics analysis of CTR and WTR, and then used statistical analysis to screen for differential accumulate metabolites (DAMs). …”
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Telehealth-based diagnostic testing in general practice during the COVID-19 pandemic: an observational study by Rae-Anne Hardie, Gorkem Sezgin, Chisato Imai, Emma Gault, Precious McGuire, Muhammad Kashif Sheikh, Christopher Pearce, Tony Badrick, Andrew Georgiou

“…Now widespread, it remains unknown how this shift to virtual care has impacted on quality-of-care indicators such as pathology testing and diagnosis. Aim: To undertake a comparison of telehealth and face-to-face general practice consultations to: identify if there were differences in the proportion of pathology test referrals from 2019–2020; and quantify any change in pathology test collection and follow-up patterns. …”
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Effects of Smoking and Smoking Cessation on the Intestinal Microbiota by Marcus G. Sublette, Tzu-Wen L. Cross, Claudia E. Korcarz, Kristin M. Hansen, Sofia M. Murga-Garrido, Stanley L. Hazen, Zeneng Wang, Madeline K. Oguss, Federico E. Rey, James H. Stein

“…We evaluated associations of smoking heaviness markers and the effects of smoking cessation on the intestinal microbiota and cardiovascular disease risk factors in current smokers undertaking a quit attempt. Participants were current smokers enrolled in a prospective randomized clinical trial of smoking cessation therapies with visits at baseline, 2, and 12 weeks. …”
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Parental spiritual and religious beliefs and behaviour data collected from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children, 2020 [version 2; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved... by Kate Northstone, Jean Golding, Yasmin Iles-Caven, Iain Bickerstaffe, Steven Gregory

“…For partners, the corresponding figures are: ‘yes’ 37.0% vs. 30.0%; ‘no’ 28.6% vs. 45.3% and ‘not sure’ 34.5% vs. 24.6%. We plan to undertake detailed analyses of the antecedents and consequences of RBSS. …”
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Real‐world evidence following a mandatory treatment break after a 1‐year prophylactic treatment with calcitonin gene‐related peptide (pathway) monoclonal antibodies by Michael Nsaka, Armin Scheffler, Sebastian Wurthmann, Hannah Schenk, Christoph Kleinschnitz, Martin Glas, Dagny Holle

“…Abstract Background Current German and European guidelines suggest migraine patients undertake a treatment break after 9 to 12 months of treatment with CGRP (pathway) monoclonal antibodies. …”
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Understanding the healthfulness of outlets providing lunch and dinner meals: a census of a rural food retail environment in Victoria, Australia by Laura Alston, Vincent Versace, Emily Brown, Melanie Nichols, Jill Whelan, Kristy A. Bolton, Gary Sacks, Cindy Needham, Liliana Orellana, Steven Allender

“…Abstract Objective: To undertake a census of the healthfulness of food venues providing lunch or dinner meals in a rural Australian setting and compare healthfulness by remoteness, using two measurement tools. …”
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Factors influencing participation in randomised clinical trials among patients with early Barrett’s neoplasia: a multicentre interview study by Pradeep Bhandari, Laurence B Lovat, Rehan Haidry, Krish Ragunath, Hugh Barr, Clive Stokes, Mohammad Farhad Peerally, Howard Smart, John De Caestecker, Clare Jackson

“…The BRIDE (Barrett’s Randomised Intervention for Dysplasia by Endoscopy) Study investigated the feasibility of undertaking a multicentre randomised controlled trial comparing argon plasma coagulation and radiofrequency ablation, following endoscopic resection, for the management of early Barrett’s neoplasia. …”
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A Pose-Based Feature Fusion and Classification Framework for the Early Prediction of Cerebral Palsy in Infants by Kevin D. McCay, Pengpeng Hu, Hubert P. H. Shum, Wai Lok Woo, Claire Marcroft, Nicholas D. Embleton, Adrian Munteanu, Edmond S. L. Ho

“…Previous works have established the viability of using pose-based features extracted from RGB video sequences to undertake classification of infant body movements based upon the GMA. …”
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Associations between personality and musculoskeletal disorders in the general population: A systematic review protocol by Shae E. Quirk, Shae E. Quirk, Shae E. Quirk, Heli Koivumaa-Honkanen, Heli Koivumaa-Honkanen, Heli Koivumaa-Honkanen, Risto J. Honkanen, Risto J. Honkanen, Mohammadreza Mohebbi, Bianca E. Kavanagh, Jeremi Heikkinen, Jeremi Heikkinen, Lana J. Williams, Lana J. Williams

“…Therefore, we present here a protocol of the methodology to undertake a systematic review, with the objective to evaluate associations between PD and MSDs in epidemiological population-based studies. …”
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Clinician perspectives on nonoperative management of hip fractures during COVID-19: an international survey by Lucille Xiang, Mriganka Singh, Lynn McNicoll, Iain K. Moppett

“…Aims: To identify factors influencing clinicians’ decisions to undertake a nonoperative hip fracture management approach among older people, and to determine whether there is global heterogeneity regarding these factors between clinicians from high-income countries (HIC) and low- and middle-income countries (LMIC). …”
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