Investigation of Arsenic-Stressed Yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) as a Bioassay in Homeopathic Basic Research by Tim Jäger, Claudia Scherr, Ursula Wolf, Meinhard Simon, Peter Heusser, Stephan Baumgartner

“…Data from the control and treatment groups were both pooled to increase statistical power. In this study with yeast, no significant effects were found for any outcome parameter or any homeopathic treatment. …”
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The Goldilocks Zone: Finding the right balance of user and institutional risk for suicide-related generative AI queries. by Anna R Van Meter, Michael G Wheaton, Victoria E Cosgrove, Katerina Andreadis, Ronald E Robertson

“…The response to each query was coded on seven metrics including presence of a suicide hotline number, content related to evidence-based suicide interventions, supportive content, harmful content. Pooling across tools, most of the responses (79%) were supportive. …”
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Metabolic syndrome index measurement tool (MSI): scale development, reliability and validity study by Zahide Akeren, Emine Apaydın

“…Materials and methods In the methodological study, an item pool was created by reviewing the literature. Pre-application was performed after the weighting of the items whose content validity was ensured by taking expert opinions. …”
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Risk of Candida Infection and Serious Infections in Patients with Moderate-to-Severe Psoriasis Receiving Biologics: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled T... by Yue Feng, Baosen Zhou, Zhen Wang, Guijuan Xu, Lili Wang, Tingting Zhang, Yanping Zhang

“…Results from individual RCT were pooled using Peto’s method with a fixed-effects model, and I2 was calculated to assess the heterogeneity. …”
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Biomathematical enzyme kinetics model of prebiotic autocatalytic RNA networks: degenerating parasite-specific hyperparasite catalysts confer parasite resistance and herald the birt... by Magnus Pirovino, Christian Iseli, Joseph A Curran, Bernard Conrad

“…We confirm previous models showing that these second-order autocatalytic cycles are sustainable, provided there is a sufficient nucleotide pool. However, molecular parasites become untenable unless they sequentially degenerate to hyperparasites (i.e. parasites of parasites). …”
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PYROSEQUENCING: ITS POTENTIAL AND LIMITATIONS IN DIAGNOSIS OF INHERITED DISEASES IN CATTLE by Н. A. Kirsanova, A. V. Sukhoedova, M. A. Pleskacheva, I. V. Soltynskaya, I. A. Timofeeva, О. V. Prasolova, E. V. Krylova

“…The use of the proposed genetic tests to detect mutant alleles, as well as reduced use of mutation-bearing animals in stock breeding will allow minimizing the occurrence of inherited diseases and thus improving the gene pool of cattle in the country.…”
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High genomic connectivity within Anatoma at hydrothermal vents along the Central and Southeast Indian Ridge by Katharina Kniesz, Leon Hoffman, Pedro Martínez Arbizu, Terue C. Kihara

“…However, low levels of heterozygosity revealed a small gene pool and therefore an increased vulnerability towards environmental change. …”
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Detection of genetic relations between species in the genus Prunus L. when using them in breeding of stone fruit crops by G. V. Eremin

“…Research conducted at Krymsk Experiment Breeding Station of VIR on the gene pools of stone fruit plants and genomic analysis of the genetic collection of interspecific hybrids within the genus Prunus L. disclosed differences in the degree of incompatibility among the studied species. …”
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Analysis of a multi-server retrial queue with a varying finite number of sources by Ciro D'Apice, Alexander Dudin, Sergei Dudin, Rosanna Manzo

“…These requests are processed in a finite pool of servers. After service completion of a request, the source is granted the possibility to generate another request. …”
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Aspects of introduction and prospects for the use of <i>Juglans</i> L. representatives in Central Russia by O. Yu. Emelyanova, М. F. Tsoy, L. I. Masalova

“…The objective of this study was to analyze the gene pool of Juglans L. and screen its bioresource collection at the arboretum of the Russian Research Institute of Fruit Crop Breeding (VNIISPK) in the context of useful agronomic indicators promising for plant breeding and landscaping. …”
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Impact of digital breast tomosynthesis on screening performance and interval cancer rates compared to digital mammography: A meta-analysis. by Xuewen Liu, Ting Yang, Juan Yao

“…<h4>Materials and methods</h4>A database of data was searched for articles published until July 2024. Initially, the pooled sensitivity and specificity of DBT (DBT alone, DM/DBT, and SM/DBT) and DM were estimated. …”
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Deconstructing the map of the paradigm struggle: tracing a nationwide debate on “I do not get it” in Art Magazine (Meishu) by Nan Li, Dawei Lu

“…Thus, if discourse is a “gene pool” for interpreting research outcomes, from which scholars can extract a specific range of knowledge, draw on statements and establish their theoretical frameworks, the shaping of discourse and the ensuing theoretical paradigm struggle are more likely to influence one’s scholarly judgements, particularly in his or her exploratory research. …”
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AFF-LightNet: A Lightweight Ship Detection Architecture Based on Attentional Feature Fusion by Yingxiu Yuan, Xiaoyan Yu, Xianwei Rong, Xiaozhou Wang

“…It enhances the spatial sampling position in convolution and Region of Interest (Rol) pooling by introducing offsets. Moreover, a lightweight convolution GhostConv was introduced into the head network to reduce the number of parameters and computation cost. …”
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Waist Circumference as Measure of Abdominal Fat Compartments by Scott M. Grundy, Ian J. Neeland, Aslan T. Turer, Gloria Lena Vega

“…However, when all data were pooled, IPF was positively correlated with both triglyceride (r=0.358 (men) and 0.363 (women)) and HOMA2-IR (r=0.480 (men) and 0.517 (women)); after adjustment for ASF, IPF was still correlated with triglyceride (r=0.353 (men) and 0.348 (women)) and HOMA2-IR (r=0.290 (men) and 0.221 (women)). …”
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Evaluating the outcomes of problem-based learning in postgraduate medical education: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Emma A Mensour, Carolyn Tran, Toni Li, Indika Mallawaarachchi, Jennifer Shaw, Sarah Blissett

“…Meta-analysis of the three eligible articles demonstrated no significant difference after PBL in pre- and post-test results (pooled mean difference=0.13%, 95% CI, -6.74–7.00). …”
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Mobilization, conservation and study of cultivated and wild potato genetic resources by S. D. Kiru, E. V. Rogozina

“…Nowadays, the world’s largest Potato Genebanks, including VIR Potato Genebank, hold about 98 thousand accessions of potato and its wild relatives. This gene pool, which has been accumulated for almost a century, represents a huge genetic diversity of tuber bearing species of the genus Solanum L., which has a great importance for basic and applied research in general, and for human food security. …”
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Public health implications of multidrugresistant and methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus in retail oysters by Rahma Mohammed, Sara M. Nader, Dalia A. Hamza, Maha A. Sabry

“…It also examined the occurrence of tsst-1 virulence gene and assessed the associated zoonotic risks. Thirty-three pooled fresh oyster samples were acquired from different retail fish markets in Egypt. …”
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Individual morphostructural components of yield in black currant cultivars by O. A. Tikhonova

“…Therefore, new cultivars replenishing the gene pool of black currant preserved by VIR, in addition to their main biological and economic characteristics (flowering and fruiting biology features, resistance to abiotic and biotic environmental factors), undergo mandatory testing for the quality of yield. …”
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Epidemiological Patterns of Skin Disease in Saudi Arabia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Mohammad Almohideb

“…Skin infection represented about 18.5% (95% CI, 18.1%–19%), while the papulosquamous disorders represented 5.3% (95% CI, 5%–5.6%) of the skin diseases in Saudi Arabia. Skin cancers were pooled from only two studies. Basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma were the most common malignant neoplasm in Saudi Arabia (51.4% and 22.5% of the malignant neoplasm, respectively), while malignant melanoma represents only 3.8% of the malignant skin cancer. …”
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Russia’s youth non-commercial organizations: Identity politics and the collective “I” by G. F. Gabdrahmanova, R. D. Galiullin

“…Social activists are ready to improve their competencies in certain professions and participate in the formation of a pool of young activists as a separate professional group with the relevant knowledge and skills. …”
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