Clinical diagnostic performance of droplet digital PCR for pathogen detection in patients with Escherichia coli bloodstream infection: a prospective observational study by Hiroki Kitagawa, Masato Kojima, Kayoko Tadera, Shuta Kogasaki, Keitaro Omori, Toshihito Nomura, Norifumi Shigemoto, Eiso Hiyama, Hiroki Ohge

“…The results of ddPCR for E. coli had a sensitivity of 82.7% (95% CI: 73.1–89.4%), specificity 100% (95% CI: 93.0–100%). Patients with positive ddPCR results had significantly shorter TTP than those with negative results (median, 8.8 h vs. 10.7 h, p < 0.001). …”
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Study of a Remote Wind Resource Assessment System Integrated with Internet of Things by Filian Arbiyani, Filbert Filbert, Anthony Nathanael Theo

“…This study utilizes an Arduino Uno microcontroller, RK100-01 wind speed sensor, BMP280 temperature and pressure sensor, and SIM800L GPRS module to collect and transfer real-time data to the ThingSpeak cloud. …”
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Ecological and human health implications of mercury contamination in the coastal water by A. Mallongi, A.U. Rauf, R.D.P. Astuti, S. Palutturi, H. Ishak

“…From the simulation results, the concentration of mercury at 23.3% and exposure time of 21.3 percent were the most influential and dominant factors in non-cancer risk for adults and children, respectively. …”
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Clinical characteristics and outcomes of surgical resection for brain metastases from lung adenocarcinoma by Ming Li, Zhiying Li, Hang Zhang, Hiroaki Wakimoto, Linlin Sun, Tiantian Wang, Shengli Zhou, Liyun Zhou

“…The clinical data included patient gender, age, occupation, family history of tumor, smoking history, alcohol drinking history, neurological symptoms, history of lung cancer treatment, tumor location, tumor number, tumor size, gene status, expression of S-100, CEA, Ki67, and PD-L1 by immunohistochemistry, KPS after craniotomy, whether tumor therapy was continued after craniotomy, and survival time. …”
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Agronomic and Nutritional Evaluation of INIA 910—Kumymarca Ryegrass (<i>Lolium multiflorum</i> Lam.): An Alternative for Sustainable Forage Production in Department of Amazonas (NW... by Héctor V. Vásquez, Leandro Valqui, Leidy G. Bobadilla, Enrique Meseth, Milton J. Trigoso, Luis H. Zagaceta, Lamberto Valqui-Valqui, David Saravia-Navarro, Elgar Barboza, Jorge L. Maicelo

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Darker Skin Color Measured by Von Luschan Chromatic Scale and Increased Sunlight Exposure Time Are Independently Associated with Decreased Odds of Vitamin D Deficiency in Thai Ambu... by Nipith Charoenngam, Sutin Sriussadaporn

“…Patients were systematically interviewed to estimate daily sunlight exposure time. Results. A total of 334 patients were enrolled. …”
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Evaluating the effectiveness of immediate vs. elective thoracic endovascular aortic repair for blunt thoracic aortic injury by Zhaohui Hua, Baoning Zhou, Wenhao Xue, Zhibin Zhou, Jintao Shan, Lei Xia, Yunpeng Luo, Yiming Chai, Zhen Li

“…Purpose: To evaluate the relationship between the timing of thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) for blunt thoracic aortic injury (BTAI) and prognosis. …”
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Silent magnetic resonance angiography diagnostic value of intracranial unruptured aneurysms by Bin Lv, Tingyang Zhang, Ning Wang, Lu Liu, Mingyu Li, Meng Li, Mingguang Sun, Xiao Zang, Xinfeng Liu, Rongju Zhang, Xiangyu Cao, Zhihua Du, Jun Wang, Jinhao Lyu, Xueyang Wang, Qi Duan, Fangfang Guo, Xin Lou, Chenglin Tian

“…This study aimed to compare the diagnostic value of S-MRA and three-dimensional time of flight (3D-TOF) MRA for unruptured intracranial aneurysms. …”
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Evaluating capability of two halophyte plants for phytoextraction of cadmium from contaminated soils by Mahboubeh Mazhari, Safoora Asadi Kapourchal, Mehdi Homaee

“…Although both plants can be used as hyperaccumulators to remediate Cd-polluted soils, the clean-up time of C. album under higher Cd concentrations was shorter than C. botrys L.…”
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Faster intervals, faster recoveries - intensified short VO2max running intervals are inferior to traditional long intervals in terms of time spent above 90% VO2max by Daniel Fleckenstein, Hannes Braunstein, Nico Walter

“…The aim of the present study was to determine whether increasing the intensity of short intervals around maximal aerobic speed (vVO2max), compared to traditional long interval runs, leads to a greater time spent above 90% VO2max.Methods12 highly trained middle distance runners (7 males, 5 females) completed two VO2max sessions (4 × 3 min at 95% vVO2max, recovery: 3 min at 50% vVO2max vs. 24 × 30 s at 100% vVO2max, recovery: 30 s at 55% vVO2max) on the treadmill in randomized order. …”
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Time to Reach Full Enteral Feeding and Its Predictors among Very Low Birth Weight Neonates Admitted in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Follow-Up Cohort Study by Belay Alemayehu Getahun, Sileshi Mulatu, Hailemariam Mekonnen Workie

“…The overall incidence rate of full enteral feeding was 7.8 per 100 person day observations. The median survival time was 7 days. …”
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GNSS Differential Code Bias Determination Using Rao‐Blackwellized Particle Filtering by Ben Reid, David R. Themens, Anthony McCaffrey, P. T. Jayachandran, Mainul Hoque, Andrew J. Mazzella Jr.

“…Abstract The Assimilative Canadian High Arctic Ionospheric Model (A‐CHAIM) is a near‐real‐time data assimilation model of the high latitude ionosphere, incorporating measurements from many instruments, including slant Total Electron Content measurements from ground‐based Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) receivers. …”
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Temporal Change in Atmospheric Radiocesium during the First Seven Years after the Fukushima Dai-ich Nuclear Power Plant Accident by Tomohisa Abe, Kazuya Yoshimura, Yukihisa Sanada

“…The concentration ranged from 10−1 to 100 Bq m−3 during the first two years but from 10−5 to 10−1 Bq m−3 approximately seven years following the accident. …”
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Detection of seismic anisotropy and azimuthally varying resonances from seismic data recorded at the Noto Peninsula using seismic interferometry and empirical mode decomposition by Andrés Pech-Pérez

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Intermittent Use of Flash Glucose Monitoring Improves Glycemic Control in Chinese Older Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Hu Y, Yan R, Shen Y, Li H, Ma J, Su X

“…Secondary outcomes included time in range (3.9– 10mmol/L) (TIR), time below range (< 3.9mmol/L) (TBR), time above range (> 10.0mmol/L) (TAR), and glycemic variability (GV).Results: A total of 68 patients completed the 12-week FGM follow-up (age 67.9 ± 5.2 years; BMI 25.4 ± 3.3kg/m²). …”
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Mechanical properties and microscopic damage characteristics of coal series limestone under coupling effects of high temperature and impact by Peng Wu, Lianying Zhang, Bing Li, Yadong Zheng, Ming Li, Fuqiang Zhu

“…In this study, the impact tests (impact velocities of 6.0–10.0 m/s) on coal-series limestone under real-time high-temperature conditions (25 °C-800 °C) were conducted by the real-time high-temperature split Hopkinson pressure bar (HT-SHPB) testing system, and the microscopic changes in mineral composition under the coupling effect of real-time high-temperature and high strain rate action were investigated by X-ray diffraction (XRD), electron scanning microscopy (SEM), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS). …”
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Compact and full-range carbon dioxide sensor using photoacoustic and resonance dependent modes by Yifan Li, Lixian Liu, Liang Zhao, Xueshi Zhang, Le Zhang, Jialiang Sun, Huiting Huan, Yize Liang, Jiyong Zhang, Xiaopeng Shao, Andreas Mandelis, Roberto Li Voti

“…Higher concentration detection ranges (20 %-100 %) of CO2 were investigated using the RFT mode with an amplitude-stabilized He-Ne laser and a mechanical chopper. …”
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Development of a Dual-Targeted Oral Delivery System for Mesalazine and Acetaminophen by Fatemeh Soltani, Reihaneh Arghand, Ghazaleh Mehdipour, Hossein Shahdadi Sardou, Ali Mohammadi, Abbas Akhgari

“…Materials and methods: In this experimental study, mesalazine pellets were prepared using the extrusion-spheronization method and coated with pH-dependent polymers (Eudragit® L100 and Eudragit® S100) as well as a combination of time-dependent (Eudragit® RS) and pH-dependent polymers (Eudragit® L100). …”
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Expression of Genes Associated with Efflux Pump and Porins in Acinetobacter baumannii Isolates Recovered from Different Clinical Specimens by Alya Amer Rahi, Huda Hadi Al-Hasnawy

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Muscle contractile properties and perceived fatigue in the general and diseased population by Isa H. Mast, Neeltje A. E. Allard, Dominique tenHaaf, Anouk A. F. Stoffels, Lando Janssen, Hieronymus W. H. vanHees, Silvie Timmers, Bregina T. P. Hijmans‐Kersten, Maria T. E. Hopman, Laurien M. Buffart

“…Compared with the control group, we found differences in contractile properties of patients with COPD (larger muscle force decline: β = −10.5%, 95% CI = −16.7; −4.2, increase in early relaxation time (Rt): β = 84.4%, 95% CI = 51.7; 117.0, increase in half Rt: β = 83.1%, 95% CI = 45.5; 120.7, muscle force rise (MFR): β = 0.2%/ms, 95% CI = 0.1; 0.3, and decrease in MFR: β = −24.3%, 95% CI = −35.7; −13.0) and statin users (early Rt: β = −5.4 ms, 95% CI = −10.0; −0.8, increase in early Rt: β = 19.8%, 95% CI = 2.5; 37.1). …”
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