DNA methylation and its influence on the pathogenesis of osteoarthritis: a systematic literature review by Thomas Nau, Samira Cutts, Nerissa Naidoo

“…Gene-specific studies focused on pro-inflammatory markers in OA, demonstrating that DNA hypomethylation in the promoter region results in overexpression and hypermethylation is linked to gene silencing. Others reported on the association between OA risk genes and DNA methylation. …”
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Young men’s barriers to and facilitators of utilising HIV-testing services in South Africa by Sithembiso M.S. Ndlovu, Andrew Ross, James Ndirangu

“…Fear of an HIV-positive test result, limited HTS knowledge, and stigma around HIV and AIDS were challenges linked to HTS utilisation. Unsafe sexual encounters, voluntary medical male circumcision, early virus-detection, having a significant other living with HIV, and HIV-status curiosity encouraged young men to utilise HTS. …”
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Research on power communication private network based on interleaved digital-analog hybrid modulation by ZHANG Jun, XU Xiang, RUI Wenjun, HU Weisheng

“…At the transmitter, the original waveform was divided into a discrete digital part and a continuous analog part. At the receiver, the link noise in the digital part was removed by rounding operation, and the spectral efficiency was improved by the linear combination of analog part. …”
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EFL students’ motivation on learning English: What can we learn from them? by Yelni Erniyati, Pristian Hadi Putra

“…The researchers employed the questionnaire, which consisted of twelve statements to get the data about students’ motivation. it was divided to nine statements about intrinsic motivation and three statements for extrinsic motivation. …”
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Vitamin D deficiency and intracranial aneurysms: Systematic Review by Lívio Pereira de Macêdo, Glaudir Donato, Maria Eduarda d’Almeida Lins Regis, Isabela Fernandes de Melo Pereira, Gustavo Rodrigues Paulo, Kamilla Azevedo Bringel, Gabriel Carvalho Andrade Gadelha, Fábio Antônio Serra de Lima Júnior, Yally Dayanne Oliveira Ferreira, Renata de Castro Tavares, Arlindo Ugulino Netto, Kauê Franke, Pierre Vansant Oliveira Eugênio, Auricélio Batista Cezar-Junior, Igor Vilela Faquini, Eduardo Vieira de Carvalho Júnior, Nivaldo Sena de Almeida, Francisco Alfredo Bandeira e Farias, Marcelo Moraes Valença, Hildo Rocha Cirne Azevedo-Filho

“…However, solid evidence linking intracranial aneurysm (IA) to hypovitaminosis D is still lacking. …”
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Prevalence and Knowledge about Genital and other Warts among Students in Sulaimani Polytechnic University: A cross-sectional study by Burhan Karadaghy, Niaz Mustafa Kamal, Nasih Othman

“…Genital warts and other warts are an epidermal manifestation attributed to the epidermotropic human papillomavirus (HPV) some of which have been linked directly to an increased neoplastic risk in men and women. …”
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Bauhinia coccinea extract prevents memory loss induced by scopolamine through activation of antiapoptotic and antioxidant pathways in mice by Eunjin Sohn, Bu-Yeo Kim, Yu Jin Kim, Joo-Hwan Kim, Soo-Jin Jeong

“…Moreover, EEBC significantly reduced the number of terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase dUTP nick end labeling-positive apoptotic cells increased by SCO treatment. …”
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Fostering Interprofessional Education During Required Clerkships for Medical Students Across Regional Campuses by Stephanie Freed, Deborah R. Birnbaum, Jennifer Schwartz, Paul Ko, Megan Christman, Paul Wallach

“…Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM) expanded its interprofessional education directly into clinical training by implementing a simple exercise in required clerkships on all nine of its campuses and with various health system partners that achieves the goals of interprofessional education and in which students find value. …”
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Semi-automated data provenance tracking for transparent data production and linkage to enhance auditing and quality assurance in Trusted Research Environments by Katherine O'Sullivan, Milan Markovic, Jaroslaw Dymiter, Bernhard Scheliga, Chinasa Odo, Katie Wilde

“…These helped inform methods for technical implementation, applying the PROV-O ontology to create a derived ontology following the four-step Linked Open Terms methodology and development of automated scripts to collect provenance information for the data processing workflow. …”
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Discrimination and calibration performances of non-laboratory-based and laboratory-based cardiovascular risk predictions: a systematic review by Yihun Mulugeta Alemu, Sisay Mulugeta Alemu, Dan Chateau, Nasser Bagheri, Kinley Wangdi

“…Protocol: PROSPERO (CRD42021291936).Results Nine studies (1 238 562 participants, 46 cohorts) identified six unique CVD risk equations. …”
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Rosmini's metaphysical evidence for the existence of God by N. P. Swartz

“…Cosmology cannot be comprehensively explained without linking ontology and theology, in particular. Rosmini treats human knowledge of God’s existence ontologically. …”
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Investigation into the sero-molecular prevalence of Brucella melitensis in small ruminants in districts Mohmand and Charsadda Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan. by Sohaib Ul Hassan, Farhan Anwar Khan, Muhammad Shuaib, Muhammad Shahid, Said Sajjad Ali Shah, Shahrood Ahmed Siddiqui, Anthony Pokoo-Aikins, Ayman A Swelum

“…A total of 400 blood samples were collected from sheep and goats (n = 200 from each species) and analyzed by Rose Bengal precipitation test (RBPT), the indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (i-ELISA) and polymerase chain reaction (PCR). …”
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Prevalence of resistance-associated substitutions (RAS) in hepatitis C virus in the Former Soviet Union countries by Sten H Vermund, Salima Davlidova, Syed Hani Abidi, Syed Ali, Robert Heimer, Aidana Mustafa, Dinara Begimbetova

“…The most prevalent NS5A RAS was 30K (12.69%) in genotype 3a, associated with resistance to daclatasvir, elbasvir and ledipasvir, followed by 62S (8.96% in genotype 3a), linked with resistance to daclatasvir, and 93H (3.95% and 6.72% in genotypes 1b and 3a, respectively), conferring resistance to daclatasvir, ombitasvir, elbasvir, ledipasvir and velpatasvir. …”
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Dissociable genetic influences on eye movements during abstract versus naturalistic social scene viewing in infancy by Ana Maria Portugal, Mark J. Taylor, Kristiina Tammimies, Angelica Ronald, Terje Falck-Ytter

“…Although some genetic influences were shared between the two conditions, unique genetic factors were linked to naturalistic scene viewing, indicating that fixation durations index different phenomena dependent on the context. …”
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Metabolites derived from medicinal plants modulating voltage-gated sodium channel activity: A systematic review by José Luis Estela-Zape, Mayra Liliana Pizarro-Loaiza, Gabriel Arteaga, Santiago Castaño, Leonardo Fierro

“…These compounds exhibited analgesic, antiarrhythmic, and neuroprotective properties, suggesting their therapeutic potential for disorders linked to Nav channel dysfunction. Conclusions: Plant-derived metabolites that modulate Nav channels present significant therapeutic potential for treating neurological disorders, offering more targeted treatments with fewer side effects. …”
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Precision livestock farming applied to the dairy sector: 50 years of history with a text mining and topic analysis approach by Lucia Trapanese, Giovanna Bifulco, Alfio Calanni Macchio, Francesca Aragona, Sissy Purrone, Giuseppe Campanile, Angela Salzano

“…Addressing one area often influences others: thus, all these aspects are interrelated, with PLF being a key link between them.…”
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GeoTemporal clustering for aquifer delineation: a big data approach to synchronizing and analyzing variable-length groundwater time series by Khalid ElHaj, Dalal Alshamsi

“…Applying this to real data from the Texas Groundwater Database GWDB with over one million readings and 60,000 wells, the modeling achieved ~ 73% accuracy, delineating the nine major Texan aquifers using a filtered number of 74 representative wells. …”
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Association between alkali and alkaline earth elements in chorionic villus and risk for spontaneous abortion by Meng Lin, Yutong Wang, Xiaoye Wang, Lailai Yan, Linlin Wang, Chan Tian

“…Exposure to specific alkali and alkaline earth elements(AEs/AEEs) has been reported that are linked to an increased risk of spontaneous abortion. …”
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IMPACT OF MANAGEMENT CONTROL SYSTEM ON THE QUALITY OF TEACHING IN NIGERIAN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES by Abdulfatai Olanrewaju Nurudeen, Abdul Garba

“… Quality of teaching of a given institute of learning can be linked to effective use of management control techniques by the management. …”
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Longitudinal relationship between baseline Weight-Adjusted Waist Index and stroke risk over 8 years in Chinese adults aged 45 and older: a prospective cohort study by Xiaoqiang Li, Xiangmao Zhou, Hui Du, Hui Wang, Zhijian Tan, Yaqing Zeng, Zhibin Song, Guifeng Zhang

“…Curve fitting revealed a linear relationship between WWI and stroke risk, consistent across various demographic and clinical subgroups.ConclusionHigher WWI is linked to an increased risk of stroke in aged 45 and older Chinese adults over an eight-year period. …”
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