Evaluating the Growth of Staphylococcus aureus During Slow Cooking of Beef and Turkey Formulations from 10 °C to 54.4 °C for an Extended Time by Subash Shrestha, Michelle Riemann, Vijay K. Juneja, Abhinav Mishra

“…The counts declined thereafter (p < 0.05) in all formulations, reaching below the inoculation level by 9.3 h. …”
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Human Papillomavirus Prevalence in Oral and Oropharyngeal Rinse and Gargle Specimens of Dental Patients and of an HIV-Positive Cohort from Pretoria, South Africa by Neil H. Wood, Koketso S. Makua, Ramokone L. Lebelo, Nina Redzic, Ina Benoy, Olivier M. Vanderveken, Johannes Bogers

“…The low prevalence of 3.6% compares well to similar studies in different cohorts studied in South Africa and falls within the global oral/oropharyngeal prevalence spectrum. Only 4 participants, all from the HIV-management clinic, had palatine tonsils. …”
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Inpatient autopsy rate and associated factors in a Chinese megacity: a population-based retrospective cohort study by Yu Wang, Jiming Zhu, Zihan Wang, Dachun Zhao, Hange Li, Yanrong He, Xidong Guo, Hanbo Zhang, Huatang Zeng

“…Demographic, clinical and hospital information was extracted.Participants All the 35 272 inpatient deaths between 2016 and 2022 with known autopsy status were included to calculate the overall autopsy rate. …”
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The Role of Prenatal Exposure to Lead and Manganese in Child Cognitive Neurodevelopment at 18 Months: The Results of the Italian PHIME Cohort by Valentina Rosolen, Fabiano Barbiero, Marika Mariuz, Maria Parpinel, Luca Ronfani, Liza Vecchi Brumatti, Maura Bin, Luigi Castriotta, Francesca Valent, D’Anna Latesha Little, Janja Snoj Tratnik, Darja Mazej, Ingrid Falnoga, Milena Horvat, Fabio Barbone

“…This study investigated the effects of prenatal exposure to Pb and Mn on neurodevelopment in children at 18 months of age, using data from 607 Italian mother–child pairs enrolled in the Northern Adriatic Cohort II (NAC-II). All children born at term (≥37 weeks) were assessed with the Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development, third edition. …”
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A fast monocular 6D pose estimation method for textureless objects based on perceptual hashing and template matching by Jose Moises Araya-Martinez, Jose Moises Araya-Martinez, Vinicius Soares Matthiesen, Vinicius Soares Matthiesen, Simon Bøgh, Jens Lambrecht, Rui Pimentel de Figueiredo

“…Additionally, our algorithm efficiently utilizes all CPU cores and includes adjustable parameters for balancing computation time and accuracy, making it suitable for a wide range of applications where hardware cost and power efficiency are critical. …”
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Learning how to swim in 5- to 12-year-old children: a scoping review of evidence-based motor learning methods by Carola Minkels, Carola Minkels, John van der Kamp, Ralph de Vries, Peter J. Beek, Peter J. Beek

“…Peer-reviewed studies in all languages published before 2025 were considered. …”
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Ensemble learning to predict short birth interval among reproductive-age women in Ethiopia: evidence from EDHS 2016–2019 by Jenberu Mekurianew Kelkay, Deje Sendek Anteneh, Henok Dessie Wubneh, Abraham Dessie Gessesse, Gebeyehu Fassil Gebeyehu, Kalkidan Kassahun Aweke, Mikiyas Birhanu Ejigu, Mathias Amare Sendeku, Kirubel Adrissie Barkneh, Hasset Girma Demissie, Wubshet D. Negash, Birku Getie Mihret

“…An ensemble Machin learning algorithm using different classification models were implemented. All analysis and calculation were performed using Python 3 programming language in Jupyter Notebook using imblearn, sklearn, and xgboost pakages. …”
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Assessing the determinants of out-of-pocket health expenditures among Cambodian households in informal employment using survey data by Andrea Hannah Kaiser, Sovathiro Mao, Jesper Sundewall, Marlaina Ross, Sokunthea Koy, Searivoth Vorn, Pichenda Koeut, Bjoern Ekman

“…Results Healthcare variables were the dominant contributors to the explained variance in all outcomes (41.36–50.73%), followed by health factors. …”
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The Effect of Intravenous Metoclopramide on Pain, Nausea, Discomfort, and Ease of Insertion of Nasogastric Tube in Emergency Department: A Double-blind Randomized Clinical Trial by Seyed Mohammad Hosseininejad, Farzad Bozorgi, Asieh Khodami, Hamed Aminiahidashti, Mohammad Hajizade Juybari

“…In metoclopramide and placebo groups, 10 mg of metoclopramide and 10 mg of normal saline solution were administered, respectively. All of the NGT was inserted 15–20 mins after the intravenous infusion. …”
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A novel virulent core genome multilocus sequence type CT 11424 of Listeria monocytogenes isolate causing stillbirth in Bangladesh by Muntasir Alam, Md Saiful Islam, M. Ishrat Jahan, Arpita Shyama Deb, Afruna Rahman, Zahidul Islam, Atique Iqbal Chowdhury, Kazi Munisul Islam, Mohammad Zahid Hossain, Dilruba Ahmed, Shams El Arifeen, Emily S. Gurley, Mustafizur Rahman

“…An expert panel evaluated all reports to determine the role of L. monocytogenes infection in the causal chain of stillbirth. …”
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At-Home Immersive Virtual Reality Exergames to Reduce Cardiometabolic Risk Among Office Workers: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial by Jing Zhao, Akitomo Yasunaga, Andrew T Kaczynski, Hyuntae Park, Yufeng Luo, Jiuling Li, Ai Shibata, Kaori Ishii, Shohei Yano, Koichiro Oka, Mohammad Javad Koohsari

“…Differences in metabolic syndrome clinical risk factors among all groups will be used to evaluate the effects of at-home immersive VR exergames. …”
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Cortical lesions impact cognitive decline in multiple sclerosis via volume loss of nonlesional cortex by Eva A. Krijnen, Maureen vanDam, Albulena Bajrami, Piet M. Bouman, Samantha Noteboom, Frederik Barkhof, Bernard M.J. Uitdehaag, Martijn D. Steenwijk, Eric C. Klawiter, Ismail Koubiyr, Menno M. Schoonheim

“…Multiple sclerosis‐related cortical thinning was more pronounced in lesional (mean Z‐score = 0.70 ± 0.84) compared to normal‐appearing cortex (−0.45 ± 0.60; P < 0.001) in all, except sensorimotor, networks. Cognitive dysfunction, particularly of verbal memory, visuospatial memory, and inhibition, at follow‐up was best predicted by baseline network volume of normal‐appearing cortex of the default mode network [B (95% CI) = 0.31 (0.18; 0.43), P < 0.001]. …”
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Precise Detection of Gene Mutations in Fine-Needle Aspiration Specimens of the Papillary Thyroid Microcarcinoma Using Next-Generation Sequencing by Feng-xia Yu, Min-xia Hu, Han-xue Zhao, Li-juan Niu, Xue-yu Rong, Wei-hua Li, Qiang Zhu, Jian-ming Ying, Ning Lyu

“…This mutation detected in BRAF was p.V600E (c.1799T>A) in exon 15 of all 59 specimens. NRAS mutation was identified in 1 (1.39%) specimen classified as Bethesda III and pathologically confirmed as a follicular variant PTMC. …”
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Evaluation and Management of Patients with Hematoma After Gynecologic and Obstetric Surgery by Bekir Kahveci, Mehmet Obut, Serhat Ege, Mete Sucu, Nurullah Peker, Osman Uzundere, Gaye Kahveci, Mehmet Sukru Budak

“…The diagnosed cases were divided into three groups as wound hematoma, rectus sheath hematoma and intra-abdominal hematoma (intraperitoneal and retroperitoneal). All cases were assessed by patient demographics and clinical findings, hematoma of characteristics, treatment methods and results. …”
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Explore the factors related to the death of offspring under age five and appraise the hazard of child mortality using machine learning techniques in Bangladesh by Ashikur Rahman, Md. Habibur Rahman

“…According to the findings of the over-sampling data, the Random Forest outperformed all the other models in terms of total performance based on training and testing sets, with an accuracy of seventy percent. …”
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Genome drafting of nosocomial infection CRE Klebsiella pneumoniae confirming resistance to colistin and eravacycline, carrying blaNDM-1, mcr-1, and blaKPC-2, in neonatology from No... by Xinlong Zhou, Kailash Wagh, Guizhen Lv, Devender Sharma, Wei Lei

“…Kp1 and Kp2 belonged to sequence type (ST) ST23 and were genetically near-identical, differing by a single allele, while Kp3 was of a distinct sequence type, ST2096, with 245 allelic differences from Kp1 and Kp2. All isolates were resistant to colistin and carried resistance genes, including mcr-1 and blaNDM-1,blaKPC2 confirming carbapenem resistance. …”
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Randomized Clinical Trial of Intraocular Pressure-Lowering Medications on Preventing Spikes in Intraocular Pressure Following Intravitreal Anti-Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor I... by Piriya Soomsawasdi, Kulawan Rojananuangnit, Eakkachai Arayangkoon, Ratchada Chantiwas, Sureeporn Pengrungreungwong, Nontakorn Preawsampran, Natnaree Tinpowong, Rujira Samakhararaksakul, Kanokwan Katkingkaew, Natthapuch Seekhum, Wanwisa Sathim

“…Baseline characteristics and IOP were comparable across all groups. In the prophylactic premedication groups, mean IOP at 30 min were within 21 mmHg and returned to their baseline at 1 h. …”
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Search for Neutrino Signals Correlated with LHAASO Diffuse Galactic Emission by Wenlian Li, Tian-Qi Huang, Donglian Xu, Huihai He

“…The measured muon neutrino intensity at 25 TeV is $4.7{3}_{-2.51}^{+2.53}\times 1{0}^{-14}\,{{\rm{TeV}}}^{-1}\,{{\rm{cm}}}^{-2}\,{{\rm{s}}}^{-1}\,{{\rm{sr}}}^{-1}$ , consistent with the expected neutrino flux assuming that all the diffuse Galactic γ -rays originate from hadronic interactions. …”
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Trial of alginates in throat symptoms: protocol for a pragmatic, multicentre, placebo controlled, double blind, parallel, randomised controlled trial of liquid alginate (Gaviscon A... by David Hamilton, Ruth Wood, Dawn Teare, Miranda Morton, Rebecca Maier, James O’Hara, Tony Fouweather, Julian McGlashan, Julie Thompson, Richard Joyce, Hesther Smith, Lysbeth Evans

“…The primary objective is to compare the symptomatic response in patients with PTS to liquid alginate (Gaviscon Advance) compared with placebo using the outcome measure of total Reflux Symptom Index questionnaire score at 8 weeks.Ethics and dissemination Favourable ethical opinion was received from the East Midlands—Leicester South Research Ethics Committee (reference: 22/EM/0205). All participants will provide informed consent prior to any trial specific activity taking place. …”
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Acute hemorrhagic conjunctivitis outbreaks associated with Coxsackievirus A-24 in India, 2023 by Nutan A. Chavan, Pooja Shinde, Sanjaykumar Tikute, Rajlakshmi Vishwanathan, Avinash R. Deoshatwar, Yogesh K. Gurav, Rishabh Waghchaure, Nishat H. Ahmed, Vannavada S. Rani, Vikram Khan, Aditya Kelkar, Harsh H. Jain, Amita Jain, Mallika Lavania, Babasaheb V. Tandale

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