Study on the Fractal Dimension and Growth Time of the Electrical Treeing Degradation at Different Temperature and Moisture by Youping Fan, Dai Zhang, Jingjiao Li

“…The fractal dimension of final electrical trees was estimated using 2-D box-counting method. Four groups of electrical trees were grown at variable moisture and temperature. …”
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Optimising Xpert-Ultra and culture testing to reliably measure tuberculosis prevalence in the community: findings from surveys in Zambia and South Africa by Richard Hayes, Sarah Fidler, Sian Floyd, María Rupérez, Helen Ayles, Redwaan Vermaak, Kwame Shanaube, Albertus Schaap, Eveline Klinkenberg, Petra de Haas, Barry Kosloff, Thomas Gachie, Pete J Dodd, Chali Wapamesa, Michael J Burnett, Nico Kalisvaart, Tila Mainga, Linda Mureithi

“…Specificity was 97% when trace-positive results were counted as positive and 98% when trace-positive results were counted as negative. …”
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Serum Leptin Is not a Diagnostic Marker for Familial Mediterranean Fever Attacks

“…We investigated serum levels of leptin, interleukin-6 (IL-6) erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR),} C-reactive protein (CRP),fibrinogen, and leukocyte counts before the attack and 8–12 hours after the attack started. …”
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Genetic predisposition to altered blood cell homeostasis is associated with glioma risk and survival by Linda Kachuri, Geno A. Guerra, Taishi Nakase, George A. Wendt, Helen M. Hansen, Annette M. Molinaro, Paige Bracci, Lucie McCoy, Terri Rice, John K. Wiencke, Jeanette E. Eckel-Passow, Robert B. Jenkins, Margaret Wrensch, Stephen S. Francis

“…Genetically inferred increased counts of lymphocytes (IDHmut-intact OR = 0.70, p = 0.004) and neutrophils (IDHmut OR = 0.69, p = 0.019; IDHmut-intact OR = 0.60, p = 0.009) show inverse associations with risk, which may reflect enhanced immune-surveillance. …”
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Assessment of different genotyping markers and algorithms for distinguishing Plasmodium falciparum recrudescence from reinfection in Uganda by Alex Mwesigwa, Monica Golumbeanu, Sam Jones, Sara L. Cantoreggi, Benson Musinguzi, Joaniter I. Nankabirwa, Everd Maniple Bikaitwoha, Joan N Kalyango, Charles Karamagi, Mateusz Plucinski, Samuel L. Nsobya, Christian Nsanzabana, Pauline Byakika-Kibwika

“…Discrepancies in recrudescence classification between match-counting and Bayesian algorithms highlight the need for standardized PCR correction practices.…”
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Prediction of Colorectal Cancer Risk Using a Genetic Risk Score: The Korean Cancer Prevention Study-II (KCPS-II) by Jaeseong Jo, Chung Mo Nam, Jae Woong Sull, Ji Eun Yun, Sang Yeun Kim, Sun Ju Lee, Yoon Nam Kim, Eun Jung Park, Heejin Kimm, Sun Ha Jee

“…The area under the curve (AUC) increased by 0.5% to 5.2% when either counted or weighted GRS was added to a prediction model consisting of age alone (AUC 0.687 for men, 0.598 for women) or age and family history of CRC (AUC 0.692 for men, 0.603 for women) for both men and women. …”
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Optimization of microprobe analysis of cementitious materials incorporating glass powder under electron beam to avoid alkali migration by Wena de Nazaré do Rosário Martel, Josée Duchesne, Benoît Fournier

“…At those conditions, the implementation of a sub-counting method effectively reduces the Na loss to 3%. …”
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Assessment of Weight Management Practices among Adults in the United Arab Emirates by Amita Attlee, Nour Atmani, Viktor Stromtsov, Fatima Ali, Rim Tikarly, Sarah Ryad, Ghada Salah, Hayder Hasan, Reyad Obaid

“…Males focused on physical activity, gyms, and wellness centers and females on calories counting, dietitian visits, meals replacement, skipping meals, and natural herbs/teas. …”
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Anti-allergic potentials of Ceriops decandra leaves in TDI-induced allergic mice: Comprehensive in-vivo and in-silico studies by Aishwarja Dey, Subarna Rani, Rabindra Nath Acharyya, Apurba Kumar Barman, Khondoker Shahin Ahmed, Nripendra Nath Biswas, Shrabanti Dev, Asish Kumar Das

“…In the anti-allergic assay, the leaf extract significantly (p < 0.05) decreased the allergic symptoms along with the WBC counts in blood in a dose-dependent manner. The HPLC profile revealed the presence of six phenolic compounds (Catechin hydrate, Caffeic acid, Vanillic acid, Syringic acid, Rutin hydrate, p-coumarin). …”
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In-Package Air Cold Plasma Treatment of Chicken Breast Meat: Treatment Time Effect by Hong Zhuang, Michael J. Rothrock Jr., Kelli L. Hiett, Kurt C. Lawrence, Gary R. Gamble, Brian C. Bowker, Kevin M. Keener

“…No differences in pathogenic bacterial counts were observed between the three treatment times; however, increasing treatment time beyond 60 sec resulted in additional inhibition of psychrophilic growth. …”
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Assessment of different genotyping markers and algorithms for distinguishing Plasmodium falciparum recrudescence from reinfection in Uganda. by Mwesigwa, Alex, Golumbeanu, Monica, Jones, Sam, Cantoreggi, L. Sara, Musinguzi, Benson, Nankabirwa, I. Joaniter, Bikaitwoha, Everd Maniple, Kalyango, N. Joan, Karamagi, Charles, Plucinski, Mateusz, Nsobya, L. Samuel, Nsanzabana, Christian, Byakika-Kibwika, Pauline

“…Discrepancies in recrudescence classification between match-counting and Bayesian algorithms highlight the need for standardized PCR correction practices…”
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STUDIES ON CERTAIN GROWTH PARAMETERS OF DIFFERENT PROBIOTIC STRAINS by DUMITRA RĂDUCANU, ANA-MARIA GEORGESCU

“…Thus, the number of bifidobacteria resulting from direct counting with Thoma chamber was of 7890 cells. …”
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Les mesures corporelles dans les rituels mexicains by Danièle Dehouve

“…Every ceremony included the precise counting of ceremonial objects, as well as the measurement of their dimensions. …”
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Characterization and Goodness-of-Fit Test of Pareto and Some Related Distributions Based on Near-Order Statistics by Masoumeh Akbari

“…Then some characterization results for Pareto and some related distributions are established in terms of mass probability function, first moment of these new counting random variables, and using completeness properties of the sequence of functions xn,0<x<1,n≥1. …”
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Las medidas corporales en los rituales mexicanos by Danièle Dehouve

“…Every ceremony included the precise counting of ceremonial objects, as well as the measurement of their dimensions. …”
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DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF AN ELECTRICALLY POWERED MAIZE PLANTER by BABATUNDE OLUWAMAYOKUN SOYOYE

“…The device accurately counted the falling seeds with the planter forward speed of 1.38 m/s and seed delivery tube of 24 mm. …”
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Nanosensor Data Processor in Quantum-Dot Cellular Automata by Fenghui Yao, Mohamed Saleh Zein-Sabatto, Guifeng Shao, Mohammad Bodruzzaman, Mohan Malkani

“…The functions of NSDP contain (i) sending the preprocessed raw data to high-level processor, (ii) counting the number of the active majority gates, and (iii) generating the approximate sigmoid function. …”
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On the Spectral Asymptotics of Operators on Manifolds with Ends by Sandro Coriasco, Lidia Maniccia

“…We deal with the asymptotic behaviour, for λ→+∞, of the counting function NP(λ) of certain positive self-adjoint operators P with double order (m,μ), m,μ > 0,  m≠μ , defined on a manifold with ends M. …”
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Simultaneous Manifestation of Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukemia and Multiple Myeloma during Treatment by Prednisolone and Eltrombopag for Immune-Mediated Thrombocytopenic Purpura by Masao Hagihara, Morihiro Inoue, Kenichiro Kodama, Tomoyuki Uchida, Jian Hua

“…He was diagnosed with idiopathic thrombocytopenia, and prednisolone together with eltrombopag was started, leading to significant improvement of platelet counts. Four years later, there was a prominent increase of peripheral blood monocytes, which was accompanied by recurrence of thrombocytopenia. …”
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La langue régionale : une marque de terroir ? by Fatiha Fort

“…We also note that no specificity or typicality of products claiming to be Occitan is required and that only the place of production in Occitanie counts as a proof of legitimacy. In practice, the use of Occitan divides the respondents on the type of writing to be used to display the names of products.…”
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