Treatment of acute sore throat in Malaysia: a consensus of multidisciplinary recommendations using modified Delphi methodology by Abdullah, Baharudin, Koh, Kar Chai, Mohamed, Mohazmi, Tan, Vincent Eng Soon, Mohammad, Nurashikin, Sekawi, Zamberi, Periyasamy, Petrick, Ramadas, Anitha, Duerden, Martin

“…A consensus was reached if at least 70% of the group agreed with the statement. Results: All 10 statements for managing acute sore throat achieved consensus. …”
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Multi-Modal Protein Function Prediction using a Joint Embedding Space from Two Graph Neural Networks by Tysinger, Emma P.

“…There’s a growing need for precise and quick computational prediction methods, filling the gap between sequence discovery and functional understanding. …”
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Detection of florfenicol resistance in opportunistic Acinetobacter spp. infections in rural Thailand by Tan, Bernice Siu Yan, Mohan, Lalit, Watthanaworawit, Wanitda, Ngamprasertchai, Thundon, Nosten, Francois H., Ling, Clare, Bifani, Pablo

“…Whole genome sequencing was carried out for all the samples collected. Speciation and genome annotation was performed revealing the presence of the floR gene in the bacterial genome. …”
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Global age-sex-specific mortality, life expectancy, and population estimates in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1950–2021, and the impact of the COVID-... by Schumacher, AE, Kyu, HH, Aali, A, Almidani, O, Bandyopadhyay, S, Basnyat, B, Maude, RJ, Bennett, D, Browne, AJ, Dolecek, C, Dunachie, SJ, Newton, CRJ, Rodriguez, JAB

“…Uncertainty intervals (UIs) were calculated for every metric using the 25th and 975th ordered values from a 1000-draw posterior distribution. <p><b>Findings</b></p> Global all-cause mortality followed two distinct patterns over the study period: age-standardised mortality rates declined between 1950 and 2019 (a 62·8% [95% UI 60·5–65·1] decline), and increased during the COVID-19 pandemic period (2020–21; 5·1% [0·9–9·6] increase). …”

Renal-clearable molecular probe for near-infrared fluorescence imaging and urinalysis of SARS-CoV-2 by Liew, Si Si, Zeng, Ziling, Cheng, Penghui, He, Shasha, Zhang, Chi, Pu, Kanyi

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White-light-responsive prussian blue nanophotonic particles for effective eradication of bacteria and improved healing of infected cutaneous wounds by Chakraborty, Nayanika, Jha, Diksha, Singh, Vijay Pal, Kumar, Pradeep, Verma, Navin Kumar, Gautam, Hemant Kumar, Roy, Indrajit

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Organic solvent-assisted control of hydrogel structures and properties by Zhou, Quan

“…Hydrogels are three-dimensional (3D) cross-linked polymeric networks containing a significant amount of water and have found their applications in various fields, including tissue engineering, drug delivery, etc. However, major limitations still exist for hydrogels, especially their mechanical weakness, which limits their use in load-bearing applications. …”
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Gametocyte carriage in uncomplicated plasmodium falciparum malaria following treatment with artemisinin combination therapy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of individual pat... by Abdulla, S, Achan, J, Yeka, A, D'Alessandro, U, Adam, I, Alemayehu, B, Allan, R, Temu, E, Allen, E, Barnes, K, Anvikar, A, Valecha, N, Arinaitwe, E, Ashley, E, Carrara, V, McGready, R, Nosten, F, Lee, S, White, N, Asih, P, Awab, G, Dondorp, A, Fanello, C, Woodrow, C, Dahal, P, Guerin, P, Humphreys, G, Moreira, C, Nsanzabana, C, Price, R, Sibley, C, Stepniewska, K, Bassat, Q, Gonzalez, R, Baudin, E, Checchi, F, Espie, E, Grandesso, F, Nabasumba, C, Schramm, B, Björkman, A, Bompart, F, Lameyre, V, Bonnet, M, Borrmann, S, Bousema, T, Cenci, F, Cot, M, Faucher, J, Kapulu, M, Marsh, K, Mayxay, M, Newton, P, Roper, C, Deloron, P, Djimde, A, Fofana, B, Doumbo, O, Sagara, I, Dorsey, G, Rosenthal, P, Drakeley, C

“…The gametocytocidal properties of antimalarial drugs are important for malaria elimination efforts. …”

Tracking and detecting objects in image sequence by Wang, Li

“…The first piece of work addresses learning hierarchical features for visual object tracking by using deep learning. Previously, raw pixel values or hand-crafted features are used to represent target objects. …”
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Impact of BPL penalty functions and PSF models in PET/CT radial spatial resolution recovery by Si, Wang Jie

“…Tubes filled were placed at 5 cm intervals from the center towards the PET/CT FOV's periphery. …”
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Genomic insights into Vibrio cholerae O1 responsible for cholera epidemics in Tanzania between 1993 and 2017 by Hounmanou, Yaovi Mahuton Gildas, Leekitcharoenphon, Pimlapas, Kudirkiene, Egle, Mdegela, Robinson H., Hendriksen, Rene S., Olsen, John Elmerdahl, Dalsgaard, Anders

“…The strains were less drug resistant with approximate 10-kb deletions found in the SXT element, which encodes resistance to sulfamethoxazole and trimethoprim. …”
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Synthesis and characterization of silver nanoprism-based nanostructures by Mohammad Mehdi Shahjamali

“…On the other hand, the hollow cavity makes the encapsulation of materials of interest possible which candidates it for drug delivery, photothermal cancer therapy and other bioapplications.…”
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Arsenic (III) removal from water using natural sedimentary rocks by Yusof, Nur Zulaikha

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Using machine learning to discover candidate localised transcripts from microscopy and genome-wide bioinformatics data by Kiourlappou, M

“…Next, I present the innovative pipeline I use to systematically manage the output raw microscopy images and to create figures (approximately 1400 figures). …”

Cryo-electron microscopy structure of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis cytochrome bcc:aa₃ supercomplex and a novel inhibitor targeting subunit cytochrome cI by Mathiyazakan, Vikneswaran, Wong, Chui Fann, Harikishore, Amaravadhi, Pethe, Kevin, Grüber, Gerhard

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Luteolin escape mutants of dengue virus map to prM and NS2B and reveal viral plasticity during maturation by Vasudevan, Subhash G., Peng, Minhua, Swarbrick, Crystall Marie Dawn, Chan, Kitti Wing-Ki, Luo, Dahai, Zhang, Wei, Lai, Xiaoping, Li, Geng

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Waning of specific antibodies against Delta and Omicron variants five months after a third dose of BNT162b2 SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in elderly individuals by Goh, Yun Shan, Rouers, Angeline, Fong, Siew-Wai, Zhuo, Nicole Ziyi, Hor, Pei Xiang, Loh, Chiew Yee, Huang, Yuling, Neo, Vanessa Kexin, Kam, Isaac Kai Jie, Wang, Bei, Ngoh, Eve Zi Xian, Salleh, Siti Nazihah Mohd, Lee, Raphael Tze Chuen, Pada, Surinder, Sun, Louisa Jin, Ong, Desmond Luan Seng, Somani, Jyoti, Lee, Eng Sing, Maurer-Stroh, Sebastian, Wang, Cheng-I., Leo, Yee Sin, Ren, Ee Chee, Lye, David C., Young, Barnaby Edward, Ng, Lisa F. P., Renia, Laurent

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Interventions for managing skeletal muscle spasticity following traumatic brain injury by Synnot, Anneliese, Chau, Marisa, Pitt, Veronica, O'Connor, Denise, Gruen, Russell Lindsay, Wasiak, Jason, Clavisi, Ornella, Pattuwage, Loyal, Phillips, Kate

“…The four studies without useable results were funded by pharmaceutical or medical technology companies. It was difficult to draw conclusions about the effectiveness of these interventions due to poor reporting, small study size and the fact that participants with TBI were usually only a proportion of the overall total. …”
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Chitosan nanofibrous scaffold with graded and controlled release of ciprofloxacin and BMP-2 nanoparticles for the conception of bone regeneration by Zhang, Sihan, Zhao, Guanglei, Mahotra, Manish, Ma, Shiyuan, Li, Wenrui, Lee, Hiang Wee, Yu, Hong, Sampathkumar, Kaarunya, Xie, Denghui, Guo, Jinshan, Loo, Joachim Say Chye

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The effect of regularly dosed paracetamol versus no paracetamol on renal function in Plasmodium knowlesi malaria (PACKNOW) : study protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Cooper, Daniel J., Plewes, Katherine, Grigg, Matthew J., Rajahram, Giri S., Piera, Kim A., William, Timothy, Chatfield, Mark D., Yeo, Tsin Wen, Dondorp, Arjen M., Anstey, Nicholas M., Barber, Bridget E.

“…The inexpensive and widely available drug paracetamol inhibits CFHb-induced lipid peroxidation via reduction of ferryl haem to the less toxic Fe3+ state, and has been shown to reduce oxidative damage and improve renal function in patients with sepsis complicated by haemolysis as well as in falciparum malaria. …”
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