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• First evaluation of the performance of portable IGRA, QIAreach® QuantiFERON®-TB in intermediate TB incidence setting.

  Authors:Zirwatul Adilah Aziz, Noorliza Mohamad Noordin, Wan Mazlina Wan Mohd, and Mohd Amin KasimFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 10, 20234,248 words Report 1490LDiagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis infection (TBI) are the core elements of tuberculosis elimination. Interferon gamma release assays have advantages over the tuberculin skin test, although their implementation in...

• An adversarial collaboration protocol for testing contrasting predictions of global neuronal workspace and integrated information theory.

  Authors:Lucia Melloni, Liad Mudrik, Michael Pitts, Katarina Bendtz, Oscar Ferrante, Urszula Gorska, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 10, 202315,651 words Report 1520LThe relationship between conscious experience and brain activity has intrigued scientists and philosophers for centuries. In the last decades, several theories have suggested different accounts for these relationships....

• High-sensitivity cardiac troponin T is associated with disease activity in patients with inflammatory arthritis.

  Authors:Thao H. P. Nguyen, Morten Wang Fagerland, Ivana Hollan, Jon Elling Whist, Mark W. Feinberg, and Stefan AgewallFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 10, 20233,859 words Report 1510LObjective To investigate whether high-sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hsTnT) correlates to markers of disease activity in inflammatory arthritis (IA), and whether antirheumatic treatment influences hsTnT levels....

• Matching degree of embodied carbon trade and value-added trade among Chinese provinces (regions).

  Authors:Xia Li, Fengying Lu, and Guangyao DengFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 10, 20237,092 words Report 2020LThis paper constructs a matching index model to research the matching degree of embodied carbon trade and value-added trade among eight regions and 31 provinces in China in 2012 and 2015. The study finds that (1) At the...

• Comparison of the dynamics of exoskeletal-assisted and unassisted locomotion in an FDA-approved lower extremity device: Controlled experiments and development of a subject-specific virtual simulator.

  Authors:Vishnu D. Chandran, Sanghyun Nam, David Hexner, William A. Bauman, and Saikat PalFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 10, 20239,652 words Report 1430LRobotic exoskeletons have considerable, but largely untapped, potential to restore mobility in individuals with neurological disorders, and other conditions that result in partial or complete immobilization. The growing...

• An in vitro carcinogenesis model for cervical cancer harboring episomal form of HPV16.

  Authors:Weerayut Wongjampa, Tomomi Nakahara, Katsuyuki Tanaka, Takashi Yugawa, Tipaya Ekalaksananan, Pilaiwan Kleebkaow, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 10, 20237,832 words Report 1470LDeregulated expression of viral E6 and E7 genes often caused by viral genome integration of high-risk human papillomaviruses (HR-HPVs) into host DNA and additional host genetic alterations are thought to be required for...

• Efficient nutrient management for enhancing crop productivity, quality and nutrient dynamics in lentil (Lens culinaris Medik.) in the semi-arid region of northern India.

  Authors:Sandeep Kumar, Surender Kumar Sharma, Anil Kumar Dhaka, Sandeep Bedwal, Seema Sheoran, Ram Swaroop Meena, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 10, 202311,780 words Report 1510LVarious faulty farming practices and low-performance cultivars selection are reducing crop yields, factor productivity, and soil fertility. Therefore, there is an urgent need to achieve better nutrient dynamics and...

• Community myths and misconceptions about sexual health in Tanzania: Stakeholders' views from a qualitative study in Dar es Salaam Tanzania.

  Authors:Gift G. Lukumay, Lucy R. Mgopa, Stella E. Mushy, B. R. Simon Rosser, Agnes F. Massae, Ever Mkonyi, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 10, 20239,179 words Report 1420LIntroduction Sexual and reproductive health problems are one of the top five risk factors for disability in the developing world. The rates of sexual health problems in most African countries are overwhelming, which is...

• Research on dynamic characteristics of large deformation shearer cable based on absolute node coordinate formulation method.

  Authors:Lijuan Zhao, Haining Zhang, Feng Gao, Liguo Han, and Man GeFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 10, 20237,657 words Report 1650LThe development of intelligent and unmanned coal mining has put forward higher requirements on the service life and dynamic reliability of shearer cables. However, it is difficult to comprehensively consider the...

• Factors associated with elder abuse and neglect in rural Uganda: A cross-sectional study of community older adults attending an outpatient clinic.

  Authors:Letizia Maria Atim, Mark Mohan Kaggwa, Mohammed A. Mamum, Moses Kule, Scholastic Ashaba, and Samuel MalingFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 10, 20238,341 words Report 1450LBackground Elderlies are vulnerable to abuse, and evidence suggests that one in three elderlies experience abuse. Abuse can impact the well-being of older persons, decreasing their quality of life, leading to mental...

• Remote follow-up based on patient-reported outcomes in patients with chronic kidney disease: A qualitative study of patient perspectives.

  Authors:Birgith Engelst Grove, Liv Marit Valen Schougaard, Per Ivarsen, Niels Henrik Hjollund, Annette de Thurah, and Caroline Trillingsgaard MejdahlFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 10, 20238,358 words Report 1340LBackground Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are increasingly used in outpatient follow-up. PRO-based remote follow-up offers a new healthcare delivery model, where PROs are used as the basis for outpatient follow-up in...

• Reweighted multi-view clustering with tissue-like P system.

  Authors:Huijian Chen and Xiyu LiuFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 10, 20239,587 words Report 1390LMulti-view clustering has received substantial research because of its ability to discover heterogeneous information in the data. The weight distribution of each view of data has always been difficult problem in...

• Gaining metabolic insight in older men undergoing androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer (the ADT & Metabolism Study): Protocol of a longitudinal, observational, cohort study.

  Authors:Milena Braga-Basaria, Thomas G. Travison, Mary-Ellen Taplin, Alexander Lin, Alyssa B. Dufour, Daniel Habtemariam, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 10, 20237,041 words Report 1590LAndrogen deprivation therapy (ADT), a cornerstone of treatment for patients with locally advanced and metastatic prostate cancer, is associated with many adverse effects, including osteoporosis, sexual dysfunction,...

• Testing the social mindfulness paradigm: Longitudinal evidence of its unidimensionality, reliability, validity, and replicability in a sample of health care providers.

  Authors:Tobias Altmann and Marcus RothFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 10, 20238,251 words Report 1420LObjectives Social mindfulness is a relatively new concept in psychological research and is attracting increasing attention. Recent studies have provided evidence of its relevance with regard to prosocial behavior and...

• Agricultural margins could enhance landscape connectivity for pollinating insects across the Central Valley of California, U.S.A.

  Authors:Thomas E. Dilts, Scott H. Black, Sarah M. Hoyle, Sarina J. Jepsen, Emily A. May, and Matthew L. ForisterFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 10, 202311,381 words Report 1670LOne of the defining features of the Anthropocene is eroding ecosystem services, decreases in biodiversity, and overall reductions in the abundance of once-common organisms, including many insects that play innumerable...

• Readability and topics of the German Health Web: Exploratory study and text analysis.

  Authors:Richard Zowalla, Daniel Pfeifer, and Thomas WetterFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 10, 202313,098 words Report 1390LBackground The internet has become an increasingly important resource for health information, especially for lay people. However, the information found does not necessarily comply with the user's health literacy level....

• Retraction: The effect of autophagy and mitochondrial fission on Harderian gland is greater than apoptosis in male hamsters during different photoperiods.

  From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 10, 2023715 words Correction notice 2030LAuthor(s): The PLOS ONE Editors Following the publication of this article [1], the first author requested correction of images in Figs 3 and 5. Following editorial assessment, additional concerns were raised regarding...

• Spatial memory distortions for the shapes of walked paths occur in violation of physically experienced geometry.

  Authors:Yu K. Du, Andrew S. McAvan, Jingyi Zheng, and Arne D. EkstromFrom:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 10, 202319,387 words Report 1460LAn important question regards the nature of our spatial memories for the paths that we have walked and, in particular, whether such distortions might violate the topological properties of the shape of the paths (i.e.,...

• Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is not associated with impairment in health-related quality of life in virally suppressed persons with human immune deficiency virus.

  Authors:Samer Gawrieh, Kathleen E. Corey, Jordan E. Lake, Niharika Samala, Archita P. Desai, Paula Debroy, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 10, 20235,317 words Report 1630LNon-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common liver disease in persons with HIV (PWH) (HIV-NAFLD). It is unknown if HIV-NAFLD is associated with impairment in health-related quality of life (HRQOL). We...

• "Feel the need to prepare for Armageddon even though I do not believe it will happen": Women Veterans' Firearm Beliefs and Behaviors during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Associations with Military Sexual Assault and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms.

  Authors:Lindsey L. Monteith, Christin N. Miller, Evan Polzer, Ryan Holliday, Claire A. Hoffmire, Christe'An D. Iglesias, et al.From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 18, Issue 2) Peer-Reviewed

  Feb. 10, 202310,476 words Report 1570LAims Firearm purchasing increased within the U.S. during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. While rates of firearm ownership and suicide are elevated among women Veterans compared to women non-Veterans, no studies...