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• A full pipeline of diagnosis and prognosis the risk of chronic diseases using deep learning and Shapley values: The Ravansar county anthropometric cohort study.

  Authors:Habib Jafari, Shamarina Shohaimi, Nader Salari, Ali Akbar Kiaei, Farid Najafi, Soleiman Khazaei, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20, 20227,919 words Report 1380LAnthropometry is a Greek word that consists of the two words "Anthropo" meaning human species and "metery" meaning measurement. It is a science that deals with the size of the body including the dimensions of different...

• Prevalence of depression among HIV-positive pregnant women and its association with adherence to antiretroviral therapy in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

  Authors:Workeabeba Abebe, Mahlet Gebremariam, Mitike Molla, Solomon Teferra, Larry Wissow, and Andrea RuffFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20, 20226,048 words Report 1420LBackground Vertical transmission of HIV remains one of the most common transmission modes. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) decreases the risk of transmission to less than 2%, but maintaining adherence to treatment remains...

• Exploiting three-dimensional human hepatic constructs to investigate the impact of rs174537 on fatty acid metabolism.

  Authors:L. Madison Kirk, Charlotte Mae K. Waits, Alexander C. Bashore, Beverly Dosso, Allison K. Meyers, Antonio C. Renaldo, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20, 202211,106 words Report 1520LThe Modern Western Diet has been associated with the rise in metabolic and inflammatory diseases, including obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. This has been attributed, in part, to the increase in dietary...

• Diagnostic accuracy of three commercially available one step RT-PCR assays for the detection of SARS-CoV-2 in resource limited settings.

  Authors:Abay Sisay, Adugna Abera, Boja Dufera, Tujuba Endrias, Geremew Tasew, Abraham Tesfaye, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20, 20227,497 words Report 1620LBackground COVID-19 is an ongoing public health pandemic regardless of the countless efforts made by various actors. Quality diagnostic tests are important for early detection and control. Notably, several commercially...

• Are high medical costs incurred by people with disabilities excessive?: An empirical analysis of Korean National Health Insurance Data.

  Authors:Min Jung Hong, Changwoo Lee, Clara Lee, Ye-Soon Kim, Jae Yeon Jeong, Junha Park, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20, 20224,081 words Report 1580LA crude comparison of medical costs between people with disabilities (PWD) and without disabilities (PWoD) shows a much higher expenditure among PWD and such results have been a cause for further stigmatization. This...

• Leading causes of death and high mortality rates in an HIV endemic setting (Kisumu county, Kenya, 2019).

  Authors:Anthony Waruru, Dickens Onyango, Lilly Nyagah, Alex Sila, Wanjiru Waruiru, Solomon Sava, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20, 20227,401 words Report 1480LBackground In resource-limited settings, underlying causes of death (UCOD) often are not ascertained systematically, leading to unreliable mortality statistics. We reviewed medical charts to establish UCOD for...

• Perception of students on factors contributing to overweight and obesity among high school students in Kiribati: A qualitative study.

  Authors:Tanebu Julia Tong, Masoud Mohammadnezhad, Nasser Salem Alqahtani, and Mosese SalusaluFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20, 202213,629 words Report 1280LBackground Overweight and obesity among high school students is a growing distress not only to the individual wellbeing of a person but also to the productivity of communities and economic expense of both developed and...

• The vaginal Torquetenovirus titer varies with vaginal microbiota composition in pregnant women.

  Authors:Tania Regina Tozetto-Mendoza, Maria C. Mendes-Correa, Antonio F. Moron, Larry J. Forney, Iara M. Linhares, Almir Ribeiro da Silva, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20, 20224,334 words Report 1550LTorquetenovirus (TTV) is a nonpathogenic endogenous virus whose abundance varies with the extent of immune system activation. We determined if the TTV titer in the vagina of pregnant women was associated with vaginal...

• Validation of the Rowlands Universal Dementia Assessment Scale (RUDAS) to detect major neurocognitive disorder among elderly people in Ethiopia, 2020.

  Authors:Beniam Daniel, Liyew Agenagnew, Abdulhalik Workicho, and Mubarek AberaFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20, 20226,199 words Report 1390LBackground The Rowland Universal Dementia Assessment Scale (RUDAS) is currently widely used for research and clinical purposes in many countries. However, its applicability and validity have not been evaluated in the...

• The importance of active surveillance of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) in colonization rates in critically ill patients.

  Authors:Mabel Duarte Alves Gomides, Astrídia Marília de Souza Fontes, Amanda Oliveira Soares Monteiro Silveira, Daniel Chadud Matoso, Anderson Luiz Ferreira, and Geraldo SadoyamaFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20, 20225,744 words Report 1650LObjective This study aimed to demonstrate the importance of active carbapenem-resistant Enterobacterales (CRE) surveillance and evaluate the prevalence of invasive infections, risk factors, and mortality risk in...

• The perils of plurality rule in democratic presidential systems: A replication and extension.

  Author:Joshua HolzerFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20, 20225,765 words Report 1530LRecent research suggests that country-years where presidents won their previous election with an absolute majority are more likely to be associated with high government respect for human rights, in comparison to...

• Sex-specific association of high maternal psychological stress during pregnancy on newborn birthweight.

  Authors:Nathalie Bernard, Yves Giguère, Joanie Mélançon, Réjean Tessier, George M. Tarabulsy, and Jean-Claude ForestFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20, 20226,659 words Report 1450LBirthweight is an important predictor of newborn health and has been linked to maternal psychological stress during pregnancy. However, it is unclear whether prenatal stress affects birthweight similarly for both male...

• Effect of Kinesio taping on Pregnancy-related low back pain: A protocol for systematic review and meta-analysis.

  Authors:Xiali Xue, Xinwei Yang, Zhongyi Deng, Yan Chen, Xiaorong Mao, Huan Tu, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20, 20224,681 words Report 1420LBackground Pregnancy-related low back pain (PLBP) affects the daily living activities of pregnant women, even leading to fetal agitation and threatened abortion. Kinesio taping (KT) can improve the circulation of blood...

• Dynamic performance-Energy tradeoff consolidation with contention-aware resource provisioning in containerized clouds.

  Authors:Rewer M. Canosa-Reyes, Andrei Tchernykh, Jorge M. Cortés-Mendoza, Bernardo Pulido-Gaytan, Raúl Rivera-Rodriguez, Jose E. Lozano-Rizk, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20, 202210,305 words Report 1300LContainers have emerged as a more portable and efficient solution than virtual machines for cloud infrastructure providing both a flexible way to build and deploy applications. The quality of service, security,...

• Survival analysis in patients with invasive lobular cancer and invasive ductal cancer according to hormone receptor expression status in the Korean population.

  Authors:Douk Kwon, Byung Kyun Ko, Seung Pil Jung, Hong-Kyu Kim, Eun-Kyu Kim, Yong Sik Jung, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20, 20223,925 words Report 1260LBackground We compared the clinicopathological characteristics and survival outcomes of invasive lobular carcinoma (ILC) cases with those of invasive ductal carcinoma (IDC) cases in various hormone receptor expression...

• Parasitism preference of Chalcid hymenopteran Dirhinus giffardii (Silvestri) confirms higher parasitism against housefly (Musca domestica) (Diptera: Muscidae) pupae.

  Authors:Imran Rauf, Niaz Hussain Khuhro, Raza Muhammad Memon, and Imtiaz Ahmed KhanFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20, 20224,635 words Report 1440LThe housefly, Musca domestica (Diptera: Muscidae), is capable of transmitting many pathogens that cause severe diseases in humans and animals. Mostly the management tactics rely on synthetic chemicals, but these...

• COVID-19 excess mortality among long-term care residents in Ontario, Canada.

  Authors:Noori Akhtar-Danesh, Andrea Baumann, Mary Crea-Arsenio, and Valentina AntonipillaiFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20, 20224,864 words Report 1450LThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has had devastating consequences worldwide, including a spike in global mortality. Residents of long-term care homes have been disproportionately affected. We conducted a...

• Deciphering the evolution of composite-type GSKIP in mitochondria and Wnt signaling pathways.

  Authors:Cheng-Yu Tsai, Shean-Jaw Chiou, Huey-Jiun Ko, Yu-Fan Cheng, Sin-Yi Lin, Yun-Ling Lai, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20, 20228,086 words Report 1430LWe previously revealed the origin of mammalian simple-type glycogen synthase kinase interaction protein (GSKIP), which served as a scavenger and a competitor in the Wnt signaling pathway during evolution. In this study,...

• Mapping and size estimation of men who have sex with men in virtual platforms in Delhi, India.

  Authors:Shajy Isac, Purnima Parmar, Carl Boodman, Shishram Ola, Reynold Washington, J. K. Mishra, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20, 20224,843 words Report 1480LIntroduction In India, the HIV epidemic is concentrated among Key Populations (KPs), such as men who have sex with men (MSM), who bear a disproportionate burden of HIV disease. Conventional targeted interventions (TI)...

• Effects of integrative neuromuscular training intervention on physical performance in elite female table tennis players: A randomized controlled trial.

  Authors:Jinfeng Xiong, Shangxiao Li, Aibin Cao, Lei Qian, Bo Peng, and Dandan XiaoFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 17, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 20, 20225,530 words Report 1430LObjectives To investigate the effects of integrative neuromuscular training (INT) on physical performance in elite female table tennis players. Methods Twenty-four Chinese elite female table tennis players were...