Are medical school preclinical tests biased for sex and race? A differential item functioning analysis by Esther Dasari Dale, Mohammed A. A. Abulela, Hao Jia, Claudio Violato

“…Accordingly, we conducted differential item functioning (DIF) analysis, a psychometric procedure for detecting potential item bias, for three preclinical medical school foundational courses based on students’ sex and race. …”
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Exploring the Effect of Mechanical Damage on the Water State in Blueberries Using Low-Field Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy by LUO Zixuan, JIANG Fengli, WU Peijing, SONG Ping, DING Keke

“…The experimental results provide a theoretical basis and data reference for the rapid detection and mechanistic understanding of mechanical damage in blueberries.…”
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Can Clinician-Stabilization with Hand-Held Dynamometry Yield a Reliable Measure of Knee Flexion Torque? by Daniel Larson, Daniel Lorenz, Brittany Melton

“…The prone method may be more sensitive to detecting change over time due to lower MDC values.…”
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Legal and Organizational Principles of Militia Activities of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic in 1956 by V. A. Grechenko

“…There were also shortcomings in the operative work on crime prevention and detection. The selection and placement of personnel was badly organized in the Ministry of Internal Affairs. …”
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Double-Hit Primary Plasma Cell Leukemia with IGH/MYC and IGH/CCND1 Translocations by Masato Yasumi, Takaya Endo, Hiroshi Sata, Takahiro Karasuno

“…However, two independent IgH translocations are barely detected at the onset of pPCL, and their significance is yet to be elucidated. …”
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Reliability of Spatiotemporal Characteristics During Single-Legged Hop and Bilateral Drop Jump Tasks Using an Instrumented Pressure Walkway by Matthew McManigal, Austin Post, Michael Allen, Alyx Jorgensen, MIke Rosenthal, Michael Wellsandt, Matthew Tao, Elizabeth Wellsandt

“… # Results All ST variables demonstrated excellent test-retest reliability (ICC \> 0.86) with small minimal detectable change (MDC) values during single-legged hop tests. …”
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Clinicopathological and molecular analyses of uterine carcinosarcomas using next-generation sequencing: A single-center experience by Ezgi Genç Erdoğan, Tülin D. Yalta, Nuray Can, Necdet Süt, Ebru Taştekin, Ufuk Usta, Fulya Öz Puyan, Fatma E. Usturalı Keskin, Busem B. Kurt

“…Although no statistical significance was found between the detected mutation and clinicopathological data, it was concluded that PDGFRA mutation might be associated with advanced-stage disease development. …”
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Using an Artificial Neural Network to Validate and Predict the Physical Properties of Self-Compacting Concrete by K. Thirumalai Raja, N. Jayanthi, Jule Leta Tesfaye, N. Nagaprasad, R. Krishnaraj, V. S. Kaushik

“…As a result, the goal of this study is to confirm the various possibilities of using an artificial neural network (ANN) to detect the features of SCC when Portland Pozzolana Cement (PPC) is partially substituted with biowaste such as Bagasse Ash (BA) and Rice Husk Ash (RHA) (RHA). …”
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METTL14 modulates the progression and ferroptosis of colitis by regulating the stability of m6A-modified GPX4 by Yuhua Chen, Weicong Fan, Ying Lyu, Jingsheng Liao, Ying Zhou

“…Use of the m6A methylation detection kit, MeRIP-qPCR, and RNA stability experiments confirmed the molecular mechanism controlled by METTL14. …”
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Innovative Design of External Airbag System for Improved Automotive Safety by A. Elaidy, R. Rayner, C. Kalyvas

“…Equipped with a highly sensitive sensor, the system triggers the airbag electronic controller unit (ECU) upon collision detection. The external airbag curtains deploy, shielding the pedestrian's head from striking the bonnet, while an additional airbag safeguards the pedestrian's legs from impact with the front bumper. …”
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Gastric MALT Lymphoma with Giant Ulcer from Untreated H. pylori: Role of Endoscopic Biopsy – A Case Report. by Hysni Dede, Rovena Roshi, Gentiana Cekodhima, Manjola Tahiraj, Augusto Orlandi

“…The presence of Helicobacter pylori was detected, and after its eradication treatment, the ulcer was more minor and improved from Forrest II-c to III. …”
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Nutritional Assessment of individuals interned in a general hospital by Carla de Oliveira Barbosa Rosa, Bárbara Pereira da Silva, Karla Pereira Balbino, Sônia Machado Rocha Ribeiro, Andréia Queiroz Ribeiro, Heloísa Helena Firmino

“…The evaluation of the nutritional status is important to detect malnourished patients or patients having risk of malnourishment. …”
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X-ray diffraction and SEM/EDX studies on technological evolution of the oxide-fluoride ceramic flux for submerged arc-surfacing by Sokolsky V.E., Roik A.S., Davidenko A.V., Kazimirov V.P., Lisnyak V.V., Galinich V.I., Goncharov I.A.

“…Chemical analysis performed by means of scanning electron microscopy with energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy analysis (SEM/EDX) detects that the grains of the remelted samples possess the same Ca : Al : Si elemental ratio as anorthite. …”
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D2CBDAMAttUnet: Dual-Decoder Convolution Block Dual Attention Unet for Accurate Retinal Vessel Segmentation From Fundus Images by Vo Trong Quang Huy, Chih-Min Lin

“…These are built upon a fortified encoder-decoder structure aimed at providing an automated, streamlined detection mechanism from fundus imagery. Thoroughly tested against the DRIVE, CHASEDB1 and STARE datasets, recognized standards in retinal vessel segmentation, the proposed models not only redefine the accuracy benchmarks but also represent a significant stride in automated retinal vessel analysis. …”
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Clinical signs of caprine arthritis-encephalitis and disease-related pathomorphological changes by V. Yu. Koptev, N. А. Shkil, N. Yu. Balybina, I. N. Penkova

“…Alongside with the population growth, clinical signs of some sporadic diseases or diseases that had not been previously registered were detected in animals. Caprine arthritis-encephalitis (CAE) is one of such diseases. …”
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Effects of lactic acid bacterial and chemical additives on the quality and biogenic amine production of oat silage at low temperature by Yuhan Huang, Tingting Jia

“…Five other amines, tryptamine, phenethylamine, histamine, spermidine and spermine were mostly detected at concentrations below 30 mg/kg. The concentrations of tryptamine, phenethylamine, putrescine, cadaverine, histamine, tyramine, spermidine and total biogenic amines, but not spermine, were higher in fresh oat silages compared to wilted oat silages after 30 or 60 days of fermentation. …”
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Lineage tracing studies suggest that the placenta is not a de novo source of hematopoietic stem cells. by Xiaowen Chen, Joanna Tober, Martin Dominguez, Alan T Tang, Jenna Bockman, Jisheng Yang, Sneha Mani, Chin Nien Lee, Mei Chen, Triloshan Thillaikumaran, Patricia Mericko-Ishizuka, Monica Mainigi, Nancy A Speck, Mark L Kahn

“…However, during human gestation HSPCs arise in the aorta considerably earlier than when they can first be detected in the placenta, suggesting that the placenta may primarily serve as a niche. …”
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In Vivo Noninvasive Optical Imaging of Receptor-Mediated RGD Internalization Using Self-Quenched Cy5-Labeled RAFT-c(-RGDfK-) by Zhao-Hui Jin, Jesus Razkin, Veronique Josserand, Didier Boturyn, Alexeï Grichine, Isabelle Texier, Marie-Christine Favrot, Pascal Dumy, Jean-Luc Coll

“…Confocal microscopy showed that only the intracellular Cy5 signal could be detected using RAFT-c(-RGDfK-) 4 -Cy5-SS-Q, confirming that uncleaved extracellular molecules are not visible. …”
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Microbiological tests of fresh bull semen collected at breeding establishment by M. A. Sushkova, I. Ya. Stroganova, S. А. Schislenko

“…. № anaerobes and pathogenic fungi were detected. Four Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates and three Proteus vulgaris isolates recovered during the test have demonstrated susceptibility to ciprofloxacin that can be used for etiotropic treatment of bulls identified as bacteria carriers.…”
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Diagnostic and predictive values of serum metabolic profiles in sudden sensorineural hearing loss patients by Xiangsheng Wang, Yan Gao, Ruirui Jiang

“…Serum metabolites were detected by liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry, and metabolic profiles were analyzed. …”
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