Helicobacter pylori SlyD stabilizes TPT1 via hnRNPK and enhances OCT1-mediated CDX2 transcriptional activation to drive gastric intestinal metaplasia by Shuwen Zheng, Yingying Wang, Chuxuan Ni, Rui Guo, Xunan Qiu, Jijun Chen, Lu Wang, Xiaohu Sun, Moye Chen, Yunen Liu, Yuan Yuan, Yuehua Gong

“…Immunohistochemistry staining was conducted to validate hnRNPK, TPT1, OCT1, and CDX2 expression in gastric tissue samples from both human and Mongolian gerbils. Results H. pylori SlyD upregulates TPT1 and induces the expression of GIM markers through hnRNPK. …”
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Association between glyphosate exposure and cardiovascular health using “Life’s Essential 8” metrics in US adults by Yuankang Zhu, Zhenlin Yang, Yuhao Chen, Lingzi Qian, Changning Hao, Liangshi Hao, Boshen Yang, Junli Duan

“…However, whether glyphosate exposure influences human cardiovascular health at the population levels remains unknown. …”
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Comparing Health Care Financing in Indonesia and Thailand from 1995-2010: What Lessons Could Be Learned? by Darius Erlangga, Lizheng Shi

“…**Purpose:** In 2010, the World Health Organization (WHO) released its report about health system financing and identified universal coverage as the best way to attain the right of every human being to enjoy “the highest attainable standard of health”. …”
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Evolutionary determinants of reproductive seasonality: A theoretical approach by Burtschell, Lugdiwine, Dezeure, Jules, Huchard, Elise, Godelle, Bernard

“…Overall, this study contributes a powerful theoretical framework and modelling tool that may apply across the life-history space, as well as sheds new light on the emergence and maintenance of non-seasonal breeding in slow-living species, including humans. …”
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Evaluation of the impact of PEPFAR transition on retention in care in South Africa’s Western Cape Province by J Chiliza, R Laing, F G Feeley, A T Brennan

“…We observed no RIC difference by facility size and a slight increase when two or more human resources transitioned from PEPFAR to the government. …”
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Climate change as a wildlife health threat: a scoping review by Sabrina S. Greening, Lucie R. Pascarosa, Avery L. Munster, Roderick B. Gagne, Julie C. Ellis

“…Amongst the subset of papers focused on vector distribution, top themes included concepts related to pathogen transmission dynamics, human/public health, and pathogen prevalence, while health papers focused on concepts related to increasing temperatures, species home ranges and distribution, and changing environmental variables. …”
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Estimation of median LC50 and toxicity of environmentally relevant concentrations of thiram in Labeo rohita by Sana Alam, Gulnaz Afzal, Riaz Hussain, Hafiz Muhammad Ali, Amtul Sami, Rabbiah Manzoor Malik, Raheela Jabeen, Farid Shokry Ataya, Kun Li

“…The findings demonstrate that thiram severely pollute the marine eco-system and is quite hazardous for aquatic species by causing severe health effects even at sub-lethal concentrations and thus, render the apparently clean water to be unfit for animal and human consumption.…”
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Space-time Characteristics of 16 PM2.5-bound Phthalates (PAEs) in Ambient Air from Shanghai: Profiles, Sources, Meteorological Effects, and Exposure Risks by Janvier Munyaneza, Md Faysal Hossain, Qilong Jia, Yusen Duan, Guangli Xiu

“…They occur in both particle and gas phases in the air causing threats to human health. In the study in hands, LC-MS/MS was employed for the analysis of PM2.5-PAEs in 128 ambient PM2.5 samples from nine locations (urban, sub-urban and coastal) in Shanghai between February 2015 and September 2021. …”
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Open-label dose-extending placebos for opioid use disorder: a protocol for a randomised controlled clinical trial with methadone treatment by Annabelle M Belcher, Thomas O Cole, Aaron D Greenblatt, Stephen W Hoag, David H Epstein, Michael Wagner, Amy S Billing, Ebonie Massey, Kristen R Hamilton, Zofia K Kozak, Christopher J Welsh, Eric Weintraub, Emerson M Wickwire, Eric D Wish, Ted J Kaptchuk, Luana Colloca

“…Exploratory outcomes include several environmental as well as personality factors associated with OUD and with propensity to demonstrate a placebo effect.Ethics and dissemination Human subjects oversight for this study is provided by the University of Maryland, Baltimore and University of Maryland, College Park Institutional Review Boards. …”
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In vitro and ex vivo comparison of reactive oxygen-releasing granules for internal tooth bleaching by Romy M. Mayer, Andrea Gubler, Thomas Attin, Matthias Zehnder

“…The bleaching efficacy of these suspensions was compared in blood-stained human dentin (n = 6) ex vivo. In addition, effects on mechanical dentin integrity were tested using bovine dentin beams (n = 9) exposed to a 3-point bending test (ISO 4049) after immersion in test suspensions or control solutions (35% H2O2 and physiological saline) for 1 week.ResultsGranules release between 21.5% and 35.2% (wt/wt) of H2O2 equivalent. …”
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Shear bond strength of three different fixed retainers: Stainless steel wires versus fiber reinforced composite (An in Vitro study) by Anees Mahmood Mudhir

“…Methods: One‐hundred twenty extracted human upper premolar teeth (60 pairs) were divided into three groups(40 for each group) bonded with three different types of retainer wires (db Straight‐8strand flattened nickel free braided wire 0.028 x 0.008 inches UK, 3M 0.0175; multi‐stranded wire and Speed korean orthodontic fiber reinforced splint (2 mm x 200 mm ‐ FS‐2) which were bonded to the lingual surface of the teeth as fixed retainers by specific adhesives (Transbond LR, 3M). …”
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Elucidating the effects of manganese on the growth and cadmium accumulation of OsNRAMP5 mutant rice by Xian’an Yu, Qiuqin Zhou, Xin-Yuan Huang, Mingxue Chen, Jiawen Zhou, Tong Zhou, Pengjie Hu, Xia Pan, Miaomiao Cheng, Yongming Luo, Peter Christie, Longhua Wu

“…Low-cadmium (Cd)-accumulating rice (Oryza sativa L.) cultivated by OsNRAMP5 mutation is a promising approach for ensuring food safety and human health. However, the impacts of reduced manganese (Mn) uptake caused by OsNRAMP5 mutation on rice growth and Cd accumulation under varying Mn levels remains unknown. …”
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Building with Jelly, or, Concrete as the Concretion of the Abstract by Alan Díaz Alva

“…Value-form theory (and the tradition of German *Wertkritik* which Jappe is part of), reads Marx’s theory of value as a theory of the abstract domination of human life and social practice by the abstract forms set in motion by the capitalist mode of production. …”
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Telaprevir: options of application in separate patient groups by M. V. Mayevskaya, I. N. Tikhonov, V. T. Ivashkin

“…To discuss potential of telaprevir application in patients with the 1-st genotype of chronic hepatitis C (CHC) representing certain difficulties in treatment, in patients having antiviral therapy experience, patients with liver cirrhosis, including, those, enrolled to liver transplantation waiting list, and after liver transplantation, in patients with human immunodeficiency virus coinfection, as well as nephrologic patients receiving renal substitution therapy.Key points. …”
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The Impact of Abatwa Settlement Patterns on their Social Economic Development: A Case Study of Kisoro Municipality. by Ahishakiye, Vincent

“…The study recommended that there is need for mass sensitization throughout Batwa communities and for men to accept that a woman getting into higher positions of leadership is not a cultural degradation but rather an opportunity for all Batwa strong people who can advocate for their rights rather than outsiders fighting for them. …”
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Design and Prototyping of Solar Operated Fertilizer Sprayer. by Nduhura, Whycliffee

“…The main drawback with these sprayers is that they cannot be used for long working hours due to human drudgery and cause fatigue to the person spraying due to back pains and muscular problems making the entire operation tedious and time consuming and they also have low pressure. …”
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Assessment of the Social-Economic Contributions of Mgahinga National Park to Local Communities in Muramba Sub-County, Kisoro District, South-Western Uganda. by Mahoro, Shallon

“…The challenges faced by people living near the National Parks were limited livelihood alternatives, increased competition on other development initiatives, inadequate innovation and human capital, crop animal raiding, prostitution and lack of mass education on conservation.The possible solutions to the challenges faced by communities near Mgahinga National park were community`s involvement in conservation activities, community-based natural resource management, ensuring environmental sustainability, practical field-based monitoring of illegal activities, use of wildlife friendly products and implementation of policies. …”
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Training and Employee Performance in Uganda: A Case of National Water and Sewarage Corporation by moses Agaba

“…The study's specific goals were to examine the relationship between on-the-job training and employee performance, determine the relationship between off-the-job training and employee performance, and find out the challenges that affect training and employee performance at NWSC Rukungiri District. Senior human resource managers and managerial and technical personnel made up the sample of 96 respondents, and the study was conducted using a cross-sectional and descriptive survey approach. …”
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Estimation of Radiological Effects from Consumption of milk from Volcanic areas of Kisoro, South-western Uganda. by Vianney, Habakwiha, Bosco, Oruru, Winston, Tumps Ireeta

“…The Radium Equivalent, annual Effective Dose Equivalent and, ELCR were all lower than the safe value from consumption of milk by 0.099 Bq l-1 , 0.0019 mSv y-1, and 3 0.005 10 , respectively hence from the results, it is concluded that the milk is safe for human consumption. Since the differences from the safe values are very small, the quantity of milk to be consumed was estimated to be 0.105 litres per day (0.74 litres per week) in order to keep the Radiological Effects low.…”
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Comprehensive characterization of tobacco-induced changes in enamel surface topography by Tamanna Kaur, Ramya Ramadoss, Nitya Krishnasamy, Sandhya Sundar, Suganya Panneer Selvam, Hema Shree K

“…Materials and methods: This study analyzed human enamel samples, including one unstained sample (Grade 0) and three tobacco-stained samples (Grades 1–3) according to Modified Lobene Stain Index (MLSI), to investigate the impact of tobacco exposure on enamel structure. …”
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