Intestinal schistosomiasis in remote areas of Southwest Ethiopia, a target region for large-scale mass drug administration by Yared Nigusu, Teshome Bekana, Eshetu Chilo, Sisay Teferi, Dereje Oljira Donacho, Dereje Gemeda, Tefera Darge, Abeza Mitiku, Abdi Geda Gedefa, Tadesse Sime, Wubishet Gezimu, Oda Gizaw, Gemechu Tadila, Miressa Bekana, Berhanu Erko

“…From February to April of 2023, 328 students from three primary schools in Southwest Ethiopia participated in an institution-based cross-sectional study in the detection of Schistosoma mansoni. Intestinal schistosomiasis was identified among 242 school children, with a rate of infection of 73.8% (95% CI: (64.8–83.4%)). …”
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Occurrence and Exposure Assessment of Zearalenone in the Zhejiang Province, China by Zijie Lu, Ronghua Zhang, Pinggu Wu, Dong Zhao, Jiang Chen, Xiaodong Pan, Jikai Wang, Hexiang Zhang, Xiaojuan Qi, Qin Weng, Shufeng Ye, Biao Zhou

“…The test results from five types of food from the Zhejiang Province show that corn oil has the highest detection rate of 87.82%. The levels of ZEN do not exceed the existing safety standards in any sample investigated in this study. …”
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Colorectal carcinogenesis in the Lynch syndromes and familial adenomatous polyposis: trigger events and downstream consequences by Pål Møller, Aysel Ahadova, Matthias Kloor, Toni T. Seppälä, John Burn, Saskia Haupt, Finlay Macrae, Mev Dominguez-Valentin, Gabriela Möslein, Annika Lindblom, Lone sunde, Ingrid Winship, Gabriel Capella, Kevin Monahan, Daniel D. Buchanan, D. Gareth Evans, Eivind Hovig, Julian R. Sampson

“…In path_MLH1 and path_MSH2 carriers, second hits lead to the formation of microscopically detectable, microsatellite unstable (MSI) crypts, from which CRC develops in about half of carriers over their lifetime, often without progressing through a diagnosable adenoma stage. …”
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Postmortem Analysis of Ethyl Alcohol Concentration in Blood, Urine, Muscle and Bile by Agnė Okulevičiūtė, Sigitas Chmieliauskas, Gabija Laubner-Sakalauskienė, Robertas Badaras, Sigitas Laima, Diana Vasiljevaitė, Jurgita Stasiūnienė

“…Conclusions: In addition to blood and urine, muscle and bile samples may be taken at autopsy to detect ethyl alcohol. The results of the study show that there may be differences in the levels of ethyl alcohol in different body fluids after death. …”
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<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> Proteins Implicated in the Reduced Virulence of <i>sarA</i> and <i>sarA/agr</i> Mutants in Osteomyelitis by Karen E. Beenken, Mara J. Campbell, Stephanie D. Byrum, Rick D. Edmondson, Samuel G. Mackintosh, Alan J. Tackett, Mark S. Smeltzer

“…A total of 1039 proteins were detected in conditioned media (CM) from overnight cultures of LAC, and protease-mediated degradation was shown to contribute to the reduced abundance of 224 of these (21.6%) in CM from the <i>sarA</i> and <i>sarA/agr</i> mutants. …”
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Vision Sensor for Automatic Recognition of Human Activities via Hybrid Features and Multi-Class Support Vector Machine by Saleha Kamal, Haifa F. Alhasson, Mohammed Alnusayri, Mohammed Alatiyyah, Hanan Aljuaid, Ahmad Jalal, Hui Liu

“…There are several elements that contribute to the complexity of the task, making it more challenging to detect human activities, i.e., (i) poor lightning conditions; (ii) different viewing angles; (iii) intricate clothing styles; (iv) diverse activities with similar gestures; and (v) limited availability of large datasets. …”
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Runs of homozygosity in spontaneous abortions from families with recurrent pregnancy loss by N. A. Skryabin, S. A. Vasilyev, T. V. Nikitina, D. I. Zhigalina, R. R. Savchenko, N. P. Babushkina, M. E. Lopatkina, A. A. Kashevarova, I. N. Lebedev

“…The high frequency of extended ROHs detected in the present study may point to a role of inbreeding in RPL etiology. …”
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Antioxidant and Laxative Effects of Methanol Extracts of Green Pine Cones (<i>Pinus densiflora</i>) in Sprague-Dawley Rats with Loperamide-Induced Constipation by Hee-Jin Song, Ayun Seol, Jumin Park, Ji-Eun Kim, Tae-Ryeol Kim, Ki-Ho Park, Eun-Seo Park, Su-Jeong Lim, Su-Ha Wang, Ji-Eun Sung, Youngwoo Choi, Heeseob Lee, Dae-Youn Hwang

“…Furthermore, significant improvements in the stool parameters, gastrointestinal (GI) transit, intestine length, and histopathological structure of the mid colon were detected in the Lop-induced constipation rats after MPC treatment. …”
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ZBP1 senses Brucella abortus DNA triggering type I interferon signaling pathway and unfolded protein response activation by Marco Túlio R. Gomes, Erika S. Guimarães, Erika S. Guimarães, Sergio C. Oliveira, Sergio C. Oliveira, Sergio C. Oliveira

“…The innate immune system promptly detects and responds to invading pathogens, with a key role played by the recognition of bacterial-derived DNA through pattern recognition receptors. …”
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Computerised cognitive training tools and online nutritional group counselling for people with mild cognitive impairment: study protocol of a completely digital, randomised, contro... by Stephanie Book, Elmar Graessel, Julia Schneider, Michael Jeitler, Petra Scheerbaum, Michael Jank, Etienne Hanslian, Melanie DellO’ro, Julia-Sophia Scheuermann, Sophia Bösl, Christian Kessler

“…With N=200, effects with an effect size of f≥0.24 (comparable to Cohen’s d≥0.48) can be detected. Screening, baseline, t6 and t12 testing will be conducted via a videoconferencing assessment, telephone, and online survey. …”
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Vesicoureteral Reflux in Children with Accidental Diagnosis of Unilateral Small Size Kidney by Mohsen Mohammadi, Khadijeh Ebrahimi, Soraya Khafri, Maryam Nikpour, Hadi Sorkhi

“…All children were followed for at least for 1 year with urine culture and urinalysis every 1-2 months for detection of UTI. Significance was set at P less than .05. …”
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Seropositivity to tick-borne pathogens in nature management workers in the Netherlands by B.J.A. Hoeve-Bakker, G. Çelik, O.E. van den Berg, C.C. van den Wijngaard, A. Hofhuis, J.H.J. Reimerink, S.F.T. Thijsen, K. Kerkhof

“…For B. burgdorferi s.l. antibody detection, the recommended two-tier testing strategy was used. …”
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Photometric Determination of Unresolved Main-sequence Binaries in the Pleiades: Binary Fraction and Mass-ratio Distribution by Rongrong Liu, Zhengyi Shao, Lu Li

“…This approach enables an accurate photometric determination of f _b and q distribution in a cluster. The detectable mass ratio can be down to the ${q}_{{\rm{lim}}}$ , limited by the minimum stellar mass in theoretical models. …”
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Novel nonsense mutation in gene CHRNA2 identified by whole-genome sequencing in infant with epilepsy disorder: A case report by Sultan Makhmetov, Kamila Temirkhanova, Saule Rakhimova, Nazerke Satvaldina, Ruslan Kalendar, Ulan Kozhamkulov, Aidos Bolatov, Mirgul Bayanova, Assiya Bazenova, Lyazzat Nazarova, Ainur Akilzhanova, Ulykbek Kairov

“…Our results revealed an identification of a novel mutation in a 2-year-old male patient who suffered from recurrent epileptic seizures of unknown etiology. The detected variant is heterozygous and located in gene CHRNA2 (chr8:27321348, NM_000742, c.612G > A, p.Trp204∗) in exon 6. …”
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A modeling study to define guidelines for antigen screening in schools and workplaces to mitigate COVID-19 outbreaks by Yong Dam Jeong, Keisuke Ejima, Kwang Su Kim, Shoya Iwanami, William S. Hart, Robin N. Thompson, Il Hyo Jung, Shingo Iwami, Marco Ajelli, Kazuyuki Aihara

“…If high sensitivity antigen tests (Detection limit: $$6.3\times {10}^{4}$$ 6.3 × 10 4 copies/mL) are deployed, it reaches 69.3% (95% CI: 66.5–72.5). …”
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Strategies for H-score Normalization of Preanalytical Technical Variables with Potential Utility to Immunohistochemical-Based Biomarker Quantitation in Therapeutic Reponse Diagnost... by William E. Pierceall, Michele Wolfe, Jessica Suschak, Hua Chang, Yan Chen, Kam M. Sprott, Jeffery L. Kutok, Stella Quan, David T. Weaver, Brian E. Ward

“…Most interestingly, detectable expression of SNRPA and SnRNP70 is covariant to test biomarkers under distinct fixation conditions and so these hold the potential for serving as calibration standards for general antigen preservation and reactivity.…”
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Identification and Analysis of Components in Yizhi Granule and Cynomolgus Monkey Plasma after Oral Administration by UPLC/ESI-Q-TOF MS and Their Protective Effects on PC12 Cells by Erwei Hao, Jianfeng Qin, Wei Wei, Jianhua Miao, Yan Xie, Xianglong Pan, Hangxuan Wu, Jinling Xie, Xiaosu Fan, Zhengcai Du, Xiaotao Hou, Jiagang Deng

“…By comparing retention time, MS, and MS/MS data of reference compounds, 70 compounds were detected in YZG. Of these, 63 were identified including 60 saponins, 2 flavones, and 1 methyl ester. …”
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Quality identification of Amomi fructus using E-nose, HS-GC-IMS, and intelligent data fusion methods by Pan-Pan Zhang, Xin-Jing Gui, Xin-Jing Gui, Xin-Jing Gui, Xue-Hua Fan, Han-Li, Hai-Yang Li, Xiao-Peng Li, Feng-Yu Dong, Yan-Li Wang, Jing-Yao, Jing-Yao, Jun-Han Shi, Jun-Han Shi, Rui-Xin Liu, Rui-Xin Liu, Rui-Xin Liu, Rui-Xin Liu, Rui-Xin Liu

“…A total of 111 VOCs were detected by HS-GC-IMS, with 101 tentatively identified. …”
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Pollen contamination and mating structure in maritime pine (Pinus pinaster Ait.) clonal seed orchards revealed by SNP markers by Bouffier, Laurent, Debille, Sandrine, Alazard, Pierre, Raffin, Annie, Pastuszka, Patrick, Trontin, Jean-François

“…All parental genotypes from the seed orchards contributed to the offspring as pollen parents, but differences in paternal reproductive success were detected. Finally, the overall self-fertilization rate was estimated at 5.4%, with considerable variability between genotypes (from 0% to 26%). …”
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Experimental assessment of condition monitoring techniques for an OWC electrical generator operating at overload by Joseba Lopez-Mendia, Iker Erkiaga, Pablo Ruiz-Minguela, Ivan Ruibal, Eider Robles, Salvador Ceballos

“…Several generator condition monitoring alternatives will be evaluated to identify the best option to detect and predict a future failure of the generator stator winding, such as Electrical Signature Analysis, Park’s Vector Approach, or direct monitorization of stator temperature and insulation. …”
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