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• Anticholinergic burden measures, symptoms, and fall-associated risk in older adults with polypharmacy: Development and validation of a prognostic model.

  Authors:Truc Sophia Dinh, Andreas D. Meid, Henrik Rudolf, Maria-Sophie Brueckle, Ana I. González-González, Veronika Bencheva, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 23, 20238,103 words Report 1510LBackground Anticholinergic burden has been associated with adverse outcomes such as falls. To date, no gold standard measure has been identified to assess anticholinergic burden, and no conclusion has been drawn on...

• Exploration or exploitation? A study on equity incentive design, dynamic decision making, and economic consequences.

  Authors:Qianqian Zhang, Chunzi Jiang, and Xiaomei ZhangFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 23, 20237,972 words Report 1490LWe examine whether equity incentive can encourage exploratory innovation from the perspective of dynamic innovation decision-making process. Using the data of equity incentives in China's listed companies from 2006 to...

• The effect of contraceptive access reform on privately insured patients: Evidence from Delaware Contraceptive Access Now.

  Authors:Maranna Yoder and Michel BoudreauxFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 23, 20236,876 words Report 1550LBackground Many states are implementing comprehensive programs aimed at reducing persistent barriers to contraceptive care. Evidence on the effectiveness of these programs is essential for practice improvement and...

• Leveraging interactive voice response technology to mitigate COVID-19 risk in refugee settlements in Uganda: Lessons learned implementing "Dial-COVID" a toll-free mobile phone symptom surveillance and information dissemination tool.

  Authors:Robin E. Klabbers, Timothy R. Muwonge, Phuong Pham, Andrew Mujugira, Patrick Vinck, Sukanya Borthakur, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 23, 20237,048 words Report 1600LBackground Persons living in refugee settlements in sub-Saharan Africa may be at increased risk for COVID-19 and experience barriers to accessing COVID-19 information. We aimed to evaluate the implementation of...

• Seroprevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 specific antibodies in vaccinated and vaccine naïve adult Nigerians.

  Authors:Abdulfattah Adekunle Onifade, Adeola Fowotade, Sheu Kadiri Rahamon, Victory Fabian Edem, Surajudeen Adebayo Yaqub, Olatunji Kadri Akande, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 23, 20234,805 words Report 1420LBackground Reports on the evaluation of immune responses to different COVID-19 vaccines are limited. Similarly, effects of age and gender have not been well explored as variables that could impact on the...

• Experimental and machine learning approaches to investigate the effect of waste glass powder on the flexural strength of cement mortar.

  Authors:Muhammad Nasir Amin, Hassan Ali Alkadhim, Waqas Ahmad, Kaffayatullah Khan, Hisham Alabduljabbar, and Abdullah MohamedFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 23, 20237,526 words Report 1350LUsing solid waste in building materials is an efficient approach to achieving sustainability goals. Also, the application of modern methods like artificial intelligence is gaining attention. In this regard, the flexural...

• Optimization and application of non-native Phragmites australis transcriptome assemblies.

  Authors:Feng Tao, Chuanzhu Fan, Yimin Liu, Subashini Sivakumar, Kurt P. Kowalski, and Edward M. GolenbergFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 23, 202312,952 words Report 1410LPhragmites australis (common reed) has a cosmopolitan distribution and has been suggested as a model organism for the study of invasive plant species. In North America, the non-native subspecies (ssp. australis) is...

• Association between non-acute Traumatic Injury (TI) and Heart Rate Variability (HRV) in adults: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

  Authors:Rabeea Maqsood, Ahmed Khattab, Alexander N. Bennett, and Christopher J. BoosFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 23, 20235,687 words Report 1360LHeart rate variability (HRV) is a non-invasive measure of autonomic function. The relationship between unselected long-term traumatic injury (TI) and HRV has not been investigated. This systematic review examines the...

• Euclasta condylotricha flowers essential oils: A new source of juvenile hormones and its larvicidal activity against Anopheles gambiae s.s. (Diptera: Culicidae).

  Authors:Roméo Barnabé Bohounton, Oswald Yédjinnavênan Djihinto, Oronce Sedjro-Ludolphe Dedome, Réné Mahudro Yovo, Laurette Djossou, Koffi Koba, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 23, 20234,940 words Report 1340LThe essential oil (EO) of plants of the Poaceae family has diverse chemical constituents with several biological properties. But, data on the chemical constituents and toxicity are still unavailable for some species...

• Changes in physical function over time in rheumatoid arthritis patients: A cohort study.

  Authors:Rafaela Cavalheiro do Espírito Santo, Joshua F. Baker, Leonardo Peterson dos Santos, Jordana Miranda de Souza Silva, Lidiane Isabel Filippin, Juliana Katarina Schoer Portes, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 23, 20235,514 words Report 1420LIntroduction Self-reported disability is potentially influenced by many factors in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In this sense, we evaluated the association between self-reported disability and (1) clinical...

• Identification of key ferroptosis genes in diabetic retinopathy based on bioinformatics analysis.

  Authors:Yan Huang, Jun Peng, and Qiuhua LiangFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 23, 20235,064 words Report 1360LObjectives Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is a retinal microvascular disease associated with diabetes. Ferroptosis is a new type of programmed cell death that may participate in the occurrence and development of DR....

• The Treatment Expectation Questionnaire (TEX-Q): Validation of a generic multidimensional scale measuring patients' treatment expectations.

  Authors:Meike C. Shedden-Mora, Jannis Alberts, Keith J. Petrie, Johannes A. C. Laferton, Pia von Blanckenburg, Sebastian Kohlmann, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 23, 20236,854 words Report 1490LBackground Patients' expectations, as a central mechanism behind placebo and nocebo effects, are an important predictor of health outcomes. Yet, theoretically based generic assessment tools allowing for an integrated...

• Visibility of documentary heritage through digitisation projects in Romanian libraries.

  Authors:Maria Micle, Elena Tîrziman, and Angela RepanoviciFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 23, 20239,505 words Report 1570LBackground The article presents, from a diachronic perspective, the concerns of valorization and preservation of the documentary heritage through digitisation projects in the Romanian Library System. The development of...

• Optimized inferences of finite population mean using robust parameters in systematic sampling.

  Authors:Nazia Shaheen, Muhammad Nouman Qureshi, Osama Abdulaziz Alamri, and Muhammad HanifFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 23, 20233,158 words Report 1730LIn this article, we have proposed a generalized estimator for mean estimation by combining the ratio and regression methods of estimation in the presence of auxiliary information using systematic sampling. We...

• Farmers' perceptions on tomato early blight, fungicide use factors and awareness of fungicide resistance: Insights from a field survey in Kenya.

  Authors:Andrew M. Nuwamanya, Steven Runo, and Maina MwangiFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 23, 20235,932 words Report 1430LEarly blight (EB) caused by Alternaria solani is one of the most devastating tomato diseases in Kenya and is most often managed by application of synthetic fungicides. However, there have been reports from farmers about...

• Mental health and wellbeing of further and higher education students returning to face-to-face learning after Covid-19 restrictions.

  Authors:Shaun Liverpool, Mohammed Moinuddin, Supritha Aithal, Michael Owen, Katie Bracegirdle, Meggie Caravotta, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 23, 20237,956 words Report 1450LAim This study aimed to examine the mental health and wellbeing of further and higher education students and the associating factors after returning to face-to-face (in-person) learning after Covid-19 restrictions....

• Social support and professional networks of nurses and nursing technicians in coping with Covid-19: A sectional study in two Brazilian cities.

  Authors:Helena Maria Scherloski Leal David, Maria Rocineide Ferreira da Silva, Magda Guimarães de Araújo Faria, Tarciso Feijó da Silva, Tatiana Cabral da Silva Ramos, and Marcus Vinicius Pereira-SilvaFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 23, 20235,846 words Report 1500LAmong healthcare workers, nurses are at exceptionally considerable risk for contracting COVID-19. Regardless of professionals' level of education, Brazilian nursing is one of the healthcare occupations shouldering the...

• Anti-neuraminidase and anti-hemagglutinin immune serum can confer inter-lineage cross protection against recent influenza B.

  Authors:João Paulo Portela Catani, Tine Ysenbaert, Anouk Smet, Marnik Vuylsteke, Thorsten U. Vogel, and Xavier SaelensFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 23, 20237,250 words Report 1560LInfluenza B viruses (IBV) are responsible for a considerable part of the burden caused by influenza virus infections. Since their emergence in the 1980s, the Yamagata and Victoria antigenic lineages of influenza B...

• Trend and factors associated with anemia among women reproductive age in Ethiopia: A multivariate decomposition analysis of Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey.

  Authors:Berhan Tsegaye Negash and Mohammed AyalewFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 23, 20238,691 words Report 1320LBackground In developing countries like Ethiopia, anemia is a public health problem. Unfortunately, the progress of anemia reduction has been slow. Although the issue of anemia has received considerable critical...

• Lived experience of young people with epilepsy in Bahir Dar city government hospitals, Ethiopia, a qualitative interview study.

  Authors:Kokeb Ayele, Habtamu Wondiye, and Eyob Ketema BogaleFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 1) Peer-Reviewed

  Jan. 23, 20239,962 words Report 1440LBackground Epilepsy is the most common neurological disorder, which is characterized by persistent derangement of the nervous system due to an abrupt excessive discharge of the group of neurons from the cerebrum. For...