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• Cell-surface protein YwfG of Lactococcus lactis binds to [alpha]-1,2-linked mannose.

  Authors:Wataru Tsuchiya, Zui Fujimoto, Noritoshi Inagaki, Hiroyuki Nakagawa, Miwa Tanaka, Hiromi Kimoto-Nira, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 5, 20238,802 words Report 1440LLactococcus lactis strains are used as starter cultures in the production of fermented dairy and vegetable foods, but the species also occurs in other niches such as plant material. Lactococcus lactis subsp. lactis G50...

• Healthcare expenditure and its socio-demographic and clinical predictors in Australians with poorly controlled asthma.

  Authors:Stella T. Lartey, Thomas Lung, Sarah Serhal, Luke Bereznicki, Bonnie Bereznicki, Lynne Emmerton, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 5, 20236,567 words Report 1470LIntroduction Asthma has substantial and increasing health and economic burden worldwide. This study aimed to estimate healthcare expenditure and determine the factors that increase expenditure in Australians with...

• Effect of connection induced upper body movements on embodiment towards a limb controlled by another during virtual co-embodiment.

  Authors:Harin Hapuarachchi, Takayoshi Hagiwara, Gowrishankar Ganesh, and Michiteru KitazakiFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 5, 202311,957 words Report 1530LEven if we cannot control them, or when we receive no tactile or proprioceptive feedback from them, limbs attached to our bodies can still provide indirect proprioceptive and haptic stimulations to the body parts they...

• Women infertility and common mental disorders: A cross-sectional study from North India.

  Authors:Navjot Kamboj, Kallur Nava Saraswathy, Sweta Prasad, Nandita Babu, Manju Puri, Apoorva Sharma, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 5, 20235,812 words Report 1550LBackground Infertility is a very distressing condition. It is often associated with long-term stress, which can emerge as anxiety and depression. Aim To understand the effect of socio-demographic variables,...

• Publication bias in trials registered in the Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry: Is it a problem? A cross-sectional study.

  Authors:Marian Showell, Sam Buckman, Slavica Berber, Nada Ata Allah, Ben Patterson, Samantha Cole, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 5, 20236,097 words Report 1510LBackground Timely publication of clinical trials is critical to ensure the dissemination and implementation of high-quality healthcare evidence. This study investigates the publication rate and time to publication of...

• Identification and characterization of a novel gene controlling floral organ number in rice (Oryza sativa L.).

  Authors:Phyu Phyu Maung, Backki Kim, Zhuo Jin, Su Jang, Yoon Kyung Lee, and Hee-Jong KohFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 5, 20236,417 words Report 1510LFloral organ number is crucial for successful seed setting and mature grain development. Although some genes and signaling pathways controlling floral organ number have been studied, the underlying mechanism is...

• A novel clustering approach to bipartite investor-startup networks.

  Authors:Théophile Carniel, José Halloy, and Jean-Michel DalleFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 5, 20235,700 words Report 1750LWe propose a novel similarity-based clustering approach to venture capital investors that takes as input the bipartite graph of funding interactions between investors and startups and returns clusterings of investors...

• Quality of life of patients with solid malignancies at 3 months after unplanned admission in the intensive care unit: A prospective case-control study.

  Authors:Anne-Claire Toffart, Wassila M'Sallaoui, Sophie Jerusalem, Alexandre Godon, Francois Bettega, Gael Roth, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 5, 20234,563 words Report 1420LBackground Although short- and long-term survival in critically ill patients with cancer has been described, data on their quality of life (QoL) after an intensive care unit (ICU) stay are scarce. This study aimed to...

• Supporting care engagement in primary care; the development of a maturity matrix.

  Authors:René Wolters, Ibtissam Mokadem, Michel Wensing, and Jozé BraspenningFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 5, 20238,093 words Report 1350LBackground Care engagement or active patient involvement in healthcare contributes to the quality of primary care, but organisational preconditions in routine practice need to be aligned. A Maturity Matrix for Care...

• Impact of anemia on acute ischemic stroke outcomes: A systematic review of the literature.

  Authors:Ansh Desai, David Oh, Elizabeth M. Rao, Saswat Sahoo, Uma V. Mahajan, Collin M. Labak, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 5, 20234,832 words Report 1510LIntroduction Anemia has been reported in nearly 40% of acute ischemic stroke (AIS) patients and is linked to significant morbidity and disability. The presence of anemia is associated with worse outcomes in AIS,...

• Cytokine and phenotypic cell profiles in human cutaneous leishmaniasis caused by Leishmania donovani.

  Authors:Hiruni Wijesooriya, Nilakshi Samaranayake, and Nadira D. KarunaweeraFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 5, 20238,003 words Report 1520LBackground The innate immune mediators are likely to influence the clinical phenotype of leishmaniasis by primary responses which limit or facilitate the spread of the parasite, as well as by modulating adaptive...

• Optimal resource allocation method for energy harvesting based underlay Cognitive Radio networks.

  Authors:Jianbin Liao, Hongliang Yu, Weibin Jiang, Ruiquan Lin, and Jun WangFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 5, 20235,396 words Report 1490LThis paper proposes an optimal resource allocation method. The method is to maximize the Energy Efficiency (EE) for an Energy Harvesting (EH) enabled underlay Cognitive Radio (CR) network. First, we assumed the Secondary...

• Prevalence of hypertension and other cardiovascular disease risk factors among university students from the National Polytechnic Institute of Côte d'Ivoire: A cross-sectional study.

  Authors:Philippe C. Zobo, Frank Y. Touré, Iklo Coulibaly, Alexandra M. Bitty-Anderson, Simon P. Boni, Serge Niangoran, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 5, 20234,947 words Report 1390LBackground Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading causes of death in the world, mainly occurring in low-and-middle income countries. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of hypertension and other...

• Specific plasticity of the anemone Anthopleura hermaphroditica to intertidal and subtidal environmental conditions of the Quempillén estuary.

  Authors:Víctor M. Cubillos, Felipe E. Ramírez, Daniela A. Mardones-Toledo, Nelson Valdivia, Oscar R. Chaparro, Jaime A. Montory, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 5, 20238,293 words Report 1520LThe cellular capacity of marine organisms to address rapid fluctuations in environmental conditions is decisive, especially when their bathymetric distribution encompasses intertidal and subtidal zones of estuarine...

• Workplace impact on employees: A Lifelines Corona Research Initiative on the return to work.

  Author:Mark P. MobachFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 5, 20239,443 words Report 1360LA large proportion of the global workforce migrated home during the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns. It remains unclear what the exact differences between home workers and non-home workers were, especially...

• Epicardial conduction abnormalities in patients with Arrhythmogenic Right Ventricular Cardiomyopathy (ARVC) and mutation positive healthy family members - A study using electrocardiographic imaging.

  Authors:Varvara Kommata, Elena Sciaraffia, and Carina Blomström-LundqvistFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 5, 20235,898 words Report 1500LBackground The diagnosis of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) in early stages is challenging. The aim of this study was therefore to investigate whether electrocardiographic imaging (ECGI) can...

• The combined effect of pre-pregnancy body mass index and gestational weight gain on the risk of pre-labour and intrapartum caesarean section-The ICE-MCH study.

  Authors:Aino-Maija Eloranta, Ingibjörg Gunnarsdottir, Birna Thorisdottir, Geir Gunnlaugsson, Bryndis Eva Birgisdottir, Inga Thorsdottir, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 5, 20234,764 words Report 1570LWomen who are obese before pregnancy have a higher risk of caesarean section than normal weight women. We investigated the combined effect of pre-pregnancy weight and gestational weight gain on pre-labour and intrapartum...

• A qualitative process evaluation within a clinical trial that used healthcare technologies for children with asthma-insights and implications.

  Authors:Louisa Lawrie, Stephen Turner, Seonaidh C. Cotton, Jessica Wood, and Heather M. MorganFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 5, 20237,184 words Report 1420LBackground Healthcare technologies are becoming more commonplace, however clinical and patient perspectives regarding the use of technology in the management of childhood asthma have yet to be investigated. Within a...

• Transforming brownfields into urban greenspaces: A working process for stakeholder analysis.

  Authors:Shaswati Chowdhury, Jaan-Henrik Kain, Marco Adelfio, Yevheniya Volchko, and Jenny NorrmanFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 5, 202311,735 words Report 1440LUrban greenspaces (UGS) provide a range of ecosystem services and are instrumental in ensuring the liveability of cities. Whilst incorporating UGS in increasingly denser cities is a challenge to planners, brownfields...

• Local indicators of climate change impacts described by indigenous peoples and local communities: Study protocol.

  Authors:Victoria Reyes-García, Santiago Álvarez-Fernández, Petra Benyei, David García-del-Amo, André B. Junqueira, Vanesse Labeyrie, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 5, 20237,463 words Report 1560LIntroduction In the quest to improve the understanding of climate change impacts on elements of the atmospheric, physical, and life systems, scientists are challenged by the scarcity and uneven distribution of grounded...