Pregnant Women, a Potential Reservoir for Onchocerca volvulus? A Cross Sectional Study in Maridi County, South Sudan by Chiara Trevisan, Amber Hadermann, Stephen Raimon Jada, Raphael A. Abong, Yak Yak Bol, Joseph N. Siewe Fodjo, Katja Polman, Robert Colebunders

“…All pregnant or one-week post-partum women willing to participate were interviewed, clinically examined, tested with the Ov16 Bioline rapid diagnostic test (RDT) and skin snipped for O. volvulus detection. A total of 317 women aged between 14 and 44 years participated in the study [median age: 23 years (IQR: 19–29)]. …”
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Predictive value of MMP-2, MMP-9, TIMP-1 in surgical treatment of localized renal cell cancer by A. I. Tarasenko, A. N. Rossolovskiy, O. L. Berezinets, D. A. Durnov, E. B. Popyhova, V. M. Popkov

“…The highest sensitivity and specificity for detecting tumor progression was demonstrated by matrix metalloproteinases: MMP‑2 – sensitivity 96 %, specificity 67 % (cut-off point 357.5 pg/ml) and MMP‑9 – sensitivity 87.5 % and specificity 62 % (cut-off point 958 ng/ml). …”
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A study on microbiological and chemical changes during the production and storage of potassium sorbate treated and salted carp fillets by Bahri Patır, Ayşe Gürel, Gülsüm Ateş, Ahmet H. Dinçoğlu

“…Moisture content of 10 % salted samples decreased rapidly (P< 0.05) whereas In 5 % salted samples that remained at higher level and unsimilar variations were detected throughout the storage. Salt levels in all types decreased during production and Storage. …”
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Characteristics of Land Use Change and Evaluation of Ecological Sensitivity in Chongqing by XIE Xianjian, GOU Qiantao, WU Han

“…Regions with significant changes in sensitivity levels were located in the central urban area and the southeastern Wuling Mountainous area of Chongqing. (3) The temporal and spatial evolution of comprehensive ecological sensitivity in the study area was the result of the joint action of natural environmental factors and social economic factors. Single-factor detection results indicate that the comprehensive index of average temperature, soil type, and land use degree were the main driving factors. …”
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Fecal microbiome change in patients with ulcerative colitis after fecal microbiota transplantation by A. Y. Tikunov, V. V. Morozov, A. N. Shvalov, A. V. Bardasheva, E. V. Shrayner, O. A. Maksimova, I. O. Voloshina, V. V. Morozova, V. V. Vlasov, N. V. Tikunova

“…In some samples collected before FT, sequences of pathogenic Firmicutes and Proteobacteria were detected, including Acinetobacter spp., Enterococcusspp., Klebsiella pneumoniae, Proteus mirabilis, Staphylococcus aureus, Stenotrophomonas maltophylia, Streptococcusspp. …”
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Physiological and image-based phenotyping assessment of waterlogging responses of three kiwifruit rootstocks and grafting combinations by Maria Calabritto, Alba N. Mininni, Roberto Di Biase, Angelo Petrozza, Stephan Summerer, Francesco Cellini, Bartolomeo Dichio

“…The results presented confirm the role of physiological measurements and enhance that of RGB and NIR images in detecting the occurrence of water stress and identifying more tolerant genotypes in kiwifruit.…”
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Genetically and chemically intraspecific variations of Ficus hirta provide novel insights into its protection and utilization by Jianling Chen, Qianqian Liu, Huihong Wang, Zhi Chao, Enwei Tian

“…High population differentiation (F ST = 0.912) was detected in F. hirta, and AMOVA revealed that 91.17% of cpDNA variation occurred between populations. …”
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Pengembangan Permainan Edukasi Berbasis Augmented Reality untuk Pembelajaran Senyawa Hidrokarbon bagi Siswa Sekolah Menengan Atas (SMA) by Carlista Naba, Muhammad Aminul Akbar, Ahmad Afif Supianto

“…The game will be developed as a puzzle game, on which the player arrange and build a hydrocarbon compound that can be seen on the real world with AR. The game will also detects the compound’s name. This study will be done with Iterative Rapid Prototyping design cycle. …”
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Spatiotemporal evolution of landscape ecological risk and its driving factors of the Beijing–Tianjin–Hebei major mineral belt, 1985–2022 by Yilin Wang, Xiaohong Wang, Wei Zhang, Weidong Man, Mingyue Liu, Linlin Jiao

“…In the context of interactive factor detection, the positive interaction between slope and average annual temperature, night-time illumination and slope, population density and annual precipitation were identified as exerting a more significant influence on the observed spatial differentiation of landscape ecological risk. …”
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Impact of Low Inclusion Rate of Olive Cake in Dairy Cow Rations on Uterine Health and Fertility Indices During Early Lactation by Ioannis Nanas, Themistoklis Giannoulis, Eleni Dovolou, Ilias Giannenas, Georgios S. Amiridis

“…Electronic aids were utilized to quantify daily milk yield and detect estrus expression, while clinical and uterine examinations were performed weekly. …”
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Patients with Age-related Macular Degeneration Have Increased Susceptibility to Valvular Heart Disease by Natan Lishinsky-Fischer, Itay Chowers, MD, PhD, Yahel Shwartz, MSc, Jaime Levy, MD

“…Moreover, a supervised machine learning model successfully detected the presence of AMD based solemnly on the patient’s history of VHD. …”
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Putative regulatory functions of SNPs associated with bronchial asthma, arterial hypertension and their comorbid phenotype by I. A. Goncharova, E. Yu. Bragina, I. Zh. Zhalsanova, M. B. Freidin, M. S. Nazarenko

“…Then, the disease-associated SNPs were annotated in silico in relation to their potential regulatory functions. Strong LD was detected between rs1928298 and rs1927914, as well as rs7026297 and rs7038716 in the Slavs of West Siberia. …”
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Screening Evaporative Dry Eyes Severity Using an Infrared Image by Qing Zhang, Yi Wu, Yilin Song, Guanghao Qin, Lanting Yang, Sumeet Singh Talwar, Tiezhu Lin, Gagan Deep Singh Talwar, Hongda Zhang, Ling Xu, Jonathan E Moore, Emmanuel Eric Pazo, Wei He

“…The effectiveness of these 8 ROIs OST in detecting varying severity of DED was evaluated in terms of correlations with severity of DED and their area under the curve (AUC). …”
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Insecticidas con posibilidad de registro en cereza en Argentina y sus implicancias para la exportación de frutas frescas by Liliana CICHON, Liliana ARAQUE, S. GARRIDO, J. LAGO, N. CUELLO

“…La mayoría de los insecticidas evaluados en frutas de cereza resultaron no detectables a los 45 días, a excepción del spirotetramate (0,01 ppm) y lambdacialotrina (0,03 ppm). …”
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Non-carbapenem-producing carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa in children: Risk factors, molecular epidemiology, and resistance mechanism by Lijun Yin, Lu Lu, Leiyan He, Gangfeng Yan, Guoping Lu, Xiaowen Zhai, Chuanqing Wang

“…Furthermore, low oprD expression was observed in 77.9 % of HAI isolates and 67.2 % of non-HAI isolates, while increased ampC production and mexB gene overexpression were infrequently detected (all P > 0.05). Conclusions: Prolonged hospital stays and an increased exposure to enzyme–inhibitor complex therapies were identified as independent risk factors for CRPA HAIs. …”
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Klasifikasi Citra Sampah Menggunakan Support Vector Machine dengan Ekstraksi Fitur Gray Level Co-Occurrence Matrix dan Color Moments by Iffa Zainan Nisa, Sukmawati Nur Endah, Priyo Sidik Sasongko, Retno Kusumaningrum, Khadijah Khadijah, Rismiyati Rismiyati

“…Therefore, automatic waste detection technology is needed to support more optimal waste sorting. …”
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Iron deposition is associated with motor and non-motor network breakdown in parkinsonism by Fangda Leng, Yue Gao, Fan Li, Luhua Wei, Yunchuang Sun, Fang Liu, Ying Zhu, Jianxing Qiu, Zhaoxia Wang, Yiwei Zhang

“…Brain functional network disruption has also been detected in parkinsonism, and is believed to be accountable for specific symptoms in parkinsonism. …”
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Intraoperative Intraluminal Endoscopy in the Surgical Treatment of Patients with Esophageal Diverticula of Various Localization by A. L. Shestakov, M. V. Khrustaleva, M. E. Shahbanov, N. A. Bulganina, T. T. Bitarov, I. A. Boeva, A. T. Tskhovrebov, I. A. Tarasova, O. V. Rykov, I. M. Selivanova, A. A. Bezaltynnykh

“…Signs of mild dysphagia when taking solid foods were detected in 1 (2.4 %) patient of the control group. …”
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Evaluating the effectiveness of handheld ultrasound in primary blast lung injury: a comprehensive study by Shifeng Shao, Zhengbin Wu, Jun Liu, Zhikang Liao, Yuan Yao, Liang Zhang, Yaoli Wang, Hui Zhao

“…With advancements in medical technology, and portable handheld ultrasound devices, the efficacy of ultrasound in detecting occult lung injuries early remains unclear. …”
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Pathological and radiological assessment of benign breast lesions with BIRADS IVc/V subtypes. should we repeat the biopsy? by Wesam Rjoop, Anwar Rjoop, Alia Almohtaseb, Lama Bataineh, Zeina Nser Joubi, Maha Gharaibeh, Abdalrahman Al-Qwabah, Yousef Alasheh, Ismail Matalka

“…Results A total of 828 breast lesions classified as BIRADS IVc or V were detected during the period spanning from 2015 to 2022. …”
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