Physicochemical characterization of biodegradable polymer polyhydroxybutyrate from halophilic bacterium local strain Halomonas elongata by W.O.S. Rizki, E. Ratnaningsih, D.G.T. Andini, S. Komariah, A.T. Simbara, R. Hertadi

“…The effect of incubation time, sodium chloride concentration, nitrogen, and carbon sources were evaluated via gas chromatography to enhance its productivity. …”
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The Epidemiological Characteristics of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in Halabja Province/Kurdistan –Iraq by Osama Hamid Shareef, Othman Abdulrahman Mohammed, Dashty Aziz Ghafor, Ari Shareef Ali, Hardi Rafat Baqi, Ali Aziz Ali, Aryan Mahmood Faraj, Syamand Ahmed Qadir, Ali Muhi Aldeen Omar Aljabary

“…Samples were obtained nasopharyngeal using a sterilized swab following WHO guidelines and then the real time PCR (RT-PCR) machine was used for analysis. …”
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Risk of hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome associated with meteorological factors in diverse epidemic regions: a nationwide longitudinal study in China by Nan Chang, Wenzhong Huang, Yanlin Niu, Zhihu Xu, Yuan Gao, Tingting Ye, Zihao Wang, Xiaohui Wei, Yuming Guo, Qiyong Liu

“…The associations between meteorological variables and HFRS incidence were investigated using a time-stratified case-crossover design combined with distributed lag nonlinear modeling for each epidemic category. …”
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Increase of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor and Decrease of MCP-1 and Some Updated Epidemiology Aspects of Cystic Echinococcosis Human Cases in Calabria Region by Giovanni Matera, Maria Teresa Loria, Cinzia Peronace, Tatiana Catanzariti, Pio Settembre, Aida Giancotti, Angelo G. Lamberti, Giorgio S. Barreca, Luisa Galati, Gessica Dodaro, Maria Mazzitelli, Alessio Strazzulla, Carlo Torti, Angela Quirino, Maria Carla Liberto, Alfredo Focà

“…Echinococcosis diagnosis was based on imaging, serological investigations, and molecular assay. Indeed, real-time PCR indicated the presence of G2/G3 genotypes of Echinococcus granulosus complex. …”
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Resurgence of Mumps among Lower Socioeconomic Class of Children in Ahmedabad: A Cross-sectional Study of 115 Cases in a Tertiary Care Center by Dipti V Patel, Zeel Patel, Snehal V Patel, Pooja Gandhi, Gayatri Parmar, Param S Patel

“…Conclusion: It is high time that the Indian Academy of Pediatrics and the Government of India join hands to include MMR in place of MR in the National Immunization Schedule (NIS) and conduct a mass campaign for the MMR vaccine, although three doses of MMR in the 2023 Indian Academy of Pediatrics (IAP) Advisory Committee on Vaccines and Immunization Practices (ACVIP) recommendation. …”
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Challenges and Opportunities for Data Sharing Related to Artificial Intelligence Tools in Health Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Systematic Review and Case Study From Tha... by Aprajita Kaushik, Capucine Barcellona, Nikita Kanumoory Mandyam, Si Ying Tan, Jasper Tromp

“…In Thailand, inconsistent data systems, limited staff time, low health data literacy, complex and unclear policies, and cybersecurity issues were important data-sharing challenges. …”
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Physicochemical profiles of mixed ruminal microbes in response to surface tension and specific surface area by Yong Liu, Junrui Liao, Shaoxun Tang, Shaoxun Tang, Chuanshe Zhou, Chuanshe Zhou, Zhiliang Tan, Abdelfattah Z. M. Salem

“…A holistic view of the physicochemical profiles of mixed rumen microbiota (MRM) is not well-illustrated.MethodsThe experiment was performed with a 3 × 4 factorial arrangement of the specific surface area (SSA: 3.37, 3.73, and 4.44 m2/g) of NDF extracted from rice straw and the surface tension (ST: 54, 46, 43, and 36 dyn/cm) of a fermented medium in a fermentation time series of 6, 12, 24, 48 h with three experimental units. …”
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Global, regional and national burden of neuroblastoma and other peripheral nervous system tumors, 1990 to 2021 and predictions to 2035: visualizing epidemiological characteristics... by Chaoyan Yue, Qi Zhang, Fenyong Sun, Qiuhui Pan

“…Findings: This study reported the disease burden of neuroblastoma and other peripheral nervous system tumors in GBD 2021 database for the first time. Globally, the incidence and mortality of neuroblastoma have increased year by year from 1990 to 2021, especially in regions with low SDI, such as South Asia and sub-Saharan Africa, where the burden of disease has increased significantly. …”
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Novel Clinical Insights into the Pathogenesis of Posttraumatic Elbow Stiffness: An Expression Profile Analysis of Contracted Joint Capsule in Human by Liu N, Dong J, Li L, Xu J, Yang C, Yu Z, Liu F

“…Finally, key DEGs were validated by quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (qRT-PCR).Results: A total of 4909 DEGs associated with protein-coding, LncRNA and microRNA were detected, including 2124 upregulated and 2785 downregulated. …”
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Genes Involved in the Transcriptional Regulation of Pluripotency Are Expressed in Malignant Tumors of the Uterine Cervix and Can Induce Tumorigenic Capacity in a Nontumorigenic Cel... by Graciela Ruiz, Heriberto A. Valencia-González, Delia Pérez-Montiel, Felipe Muñoz, Rodolfo Ocadiz-Delgado, Jorge Fernández-Retana, Carlos Pérez-Plasencia, Osbaldo Reséndis-Antonio, Patricio Gariglio, Alejandro García-Carrancá

“…To our knowledge, this is the first time that the expression of OSKM-N is described to induce one of the main characteristics of the cancer stem cell, the tumorigenicity. …”
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A Study of the Relationship between the Polymorphism and Mutation of rs682429 and rs3781590 in the LRP5 Gene and Bone Metabolism in Postmenopausal Type 2 Diabetic Women in Xinjiang by Jun Li, SiYuan Li, HuiRong Zhao, JiaJia Li, Shuang Wang, YanQiu Shi

“…Calcium (Ca), phosphorus (P), alkaline phosphatase (ALP), and clinical biochemical data were determined; haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) was measured by HPLC; BMD of the femoral neck, hip, and lumbar spine (L1-4) was measured by dual-energy X-ray (DEXA); and the rs682429 and rs3781590 polymorphisms of the LRP5 gene were detected by time-of-flight mass spectrometry (TOF MS). Results. (1) The rs682429 polymorphism of the LRP5 genotype distribution was statistically significant (P<0.05) in group B compared with group A. (2) The triglycerides (TG) of women with the CT/TT genotype (mutant type) were higher than those of women with the CC genotype (wild type) (2.37±1.30 vs. 1.52±0.83, P<0.05) at the rs3781590 site of the LRP5 gene in group D. (3) Multiple linear regression analysis showed that TG (β=0.034, P<0.05) and body mass index (BMI) (β=0.013, P<0.05) were the influencing factors of BMD (L1-4) in T2DM patients. …”
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Im Niemandsland zwischen strengem Satz und Historismus. Zur Krise der Kontrapunktlehre im mittleren 19. Jahrhundert by Florian Edler

“…The influence of the music of his time on Bellermann’s method can be observed in an example from his book Der Contrapunkt, which may be interpreted as the outer voices of a modified Tristan citation.…”
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Application of Minimally Invasive Oral Swab Samples for qPCR-Based Sexing in Neognathae Birds by Maria-Carmen Turcu, Anamaria Ioana Paștiu, Lucia-Victoria Bel, Anca-Alexandra Doboși, Dana Liana Pusta

“…The objective of the present study was to demonstrate rapid, effective, and precise identification of sex in birds through quantitative real-time PCR (qPCR) using samples obtained via a minimally invasive technique (oral swabs). …”
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Sports and Games Union Policy by Kabale University

“…Such values as untiring work ethic-hard work endurance , perseverance , discipline ,leadership, how to follow , communication commitment time management , reliability, sportsmanship , responsibility , confidence character, creativity , socialization, motivation unselfishness/teamwork, self-awareness and alertness, how to handle adversity of losses and how to accept winning and losing graciously , among many other values are what sports help to instill into the participating athlete.…”
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Developing an effective teaching model in order to improve the educational level of schools by Mehdi Mohammadi, fardin Abdollahy, Rafigh Hasani

“…In explaining the findings of this research, it can be said that the optimal classroom management mentioned by the interviewees includes: classroom preparation, planning, parents' participation in their children's education process, welcoming students' interaction with each other, the ability to communicate with problematic students, continuous and formative evaluation, respecting the order of the teacher while teaching, having a lesson plan, having a logical order in teaching, on time attendance control, strictness on time, removing communication barriers while teaching, providing a learning environment, and human relations governing the classroom atmosphere. …”
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The learning process of physical education lessons in education through virtual education by mahyar yarahmadi, Habib Honari, Meysam Shabaninia

“…Theoretical Framework Virtual training Educational systems are among the institutions that are fundamentally on the path of these changes, in such a way that the quality and manner of teaching and learning have changed; focusing on the human being as an active learner and diminishing the limitations caused by time and space, e-learning has been proposed as a new paradigm in this category (Geller et al, 2018). …”
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Designing a model of institutionalization of organizational culture based on synergy in the tourism holding of Parsian Hotels Group by Behnam Rahemi, Majid Jahangirfard, Farshad Hajalian

“…Imagine that the organizational production department performs its tasks very well and on time and delivers the desired product beyond the program's predictions. …”
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Designing an educational model based on identity development with an Iranian-Islamic approach for primary school students. by Ali Oladhamzehzadeh, masoumeh oladiyan, Mahmoud Safari

“…The important role of ethnic minority grandparents which have been studied but at the same time not assumed is their performance in the racial-racial socialization and identity development of their grandchildren. …”
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Uptake and 4-week outcomes of an ‘opt-out’ smoking cessation referral strategy in a London-based lung cancer screening setting by Anthony Edey, Neal Navani, Kitty Chan, Graham Robinson, Janine Zylstra, Paul Robinson, Laura Green, Anand Devaraj, Jane Rowlands, Allan Hackshaw, Carolyn Horst, Arjun Nair, Sam M Janes, Kate Davies, Jeannie Eng, Mamta Ruparel, Samantha L Quaife, Jennifer L Dickson, Magali Taylor, Angshu Bhowmik, Hasti Robbie, Joseph Jacob, Laura Farrelly, Sophie Tisi, Tanya Patrick, Andrew Creamer, Helen Hall, Samanjit Hare, Jon Teague, Samuel M Janes, Esther Arthur-Darkwa, Thea Buchan, Stephen Ellis, Thomas Callender, Rachael Sarpong, John McCabe, Zaheer Mangera, Ethaar El-Emir, Terry O'Shaughnessy, Geoff Bellingan, Nick Screaton, Priyam Verghese, William M Ricketts, Vicky Bowyer, Kylie Gyertson, Fanta Bojang, Claire Levermore, Tania Anastasiadis, Ruth Prendecki, Amyn Bhamani, Malavika Suresh, Judy Airebamen, Alice Cotton, Kaylene Phua, Elodie Murali, Simranjit Mehta, Karen Parry-Billings, Columbus Ife, April Neville, Zahra Hanif, Helen Kiconco, Ricardo McEwen, Dominique Arancon, Nicholas Beech, Derya Ovayolu, Christine Hosein, Sylvia Patricia Enes, Qin April Neville, Aashna Samson, Urja Patel, Fahmida Hoque, Hina Pervez, Sofia Nnorom, Moksud Miah, Julian McKee, Mark Clark, Anant Patel, Sara Lock, Rajesh Banka, Ugo Ekeowa, Charlotte Cash, Tunku Aziz, Alberto Villanueva, Elena Stefan, Charlie Sayer, Navinah Nundlall, Andrew Crossingham, Tanita Limani, Kate Gowers, Andrew Perugia, James Rusius, Anne-Marie Hacker, Monica L Mullin, Evangelos Katsampouris, Chuen R Khaw, Chuen Khaw, Sheetal Karavadra, Alan Shaw, Chris Valerio, Ali Mohammed, Lynsey Gallagher, Mehran Azimbagirad, Burcu Ozaltin, Maureen Browne, Eleanor Hellier, Catherine Nestor

“…Males (adjusted OR (aOR) 1.16), younger individuals (55–59: aOR 1.70, 60–64: aOR 1.71 and 65–69: aOR 1.78) and those of ethnic minority backgrounds (Asian: aOR 1.31, Black: aOR 1.71 and Mixed: aOR 1.72) were more likely to consent, while individuals from the most deprived socioeconomic quintile were less likely to do so (aOR 0.65).High level of motivation to quit within a defined time frame (aOR 1.92), previous quit attempts in the past 12 months (1–4: aOR 1.65 and ≥5: aOR 1.54) and time to first cigarette of ≤60 min (&lt;5: aOR 2.07, 6–30: aOR 1.55 and 31–60: aOR 1.56) were measures of tobacco dependence associated with a higher likelihood of providing consent.Outcomes were available for 742 referrals. …”
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Technical note: A fast and reproducible autosampler for direct vapor equilibration isotope measurements by J. Pyschik, S. Seeger, S. Seeger, B. Herbstritt, M. Weiler

“…Moreover, VapAuSa triples sample throughput per week while also reducing the direct labor time to just 10 % of that required for manual processing.…”
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