The incidence of HLA-DQ2/DQ8 in Turkish children with celiac disease and a comparison of the geographical distribution of HLA-DQ by Ahmet Basturk, Reha Artan, Aygen Yilmaz

“…In our patients diagnosed with CD, in addition to tissue transglutaminase antibodies (anti-tTG), we also evaluated HLA-DQ2 B1 and HLA-DQ8 B1 alleles using the method of polymerase chain reaction (PCR)/sequence-specific oligonucleotide probes (Luminex®). The detection of 0201/0202 for HLA-DQ2 allele and 0302 for HLA-DQ8 allele was accepted as a positive result. …”
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Prevalence, Antibiotic Susceptibility, and Molecular Typing of Staphylococcus aureus and Methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) among Domestic Animals in Dharan, Nepal by Rubina Katuwal, Manita Shyaula, Bigyan Shrestha, Saroj Babu Koirala, Hemanta Khanal

“…Molecular analysis using the spa gene as a marker for strain typing detected its presence in a small subset of MRSA isolates, suggesting the possibility of human colonization and further underscoring the interconnectedness of animal and human health. …”
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Clinical outcomes and risk factors of post-polypectomy microperforation in patients with colorectal neoplasia: a case-control study by Seung Yong Shin, Min Soo Cho, Jinhoon Nam, Jie-Hyun Kim, Young Hoon Yoon, Hyojin Park, Jeonghyun Kang, Jae Jun Park

“…Patients with pneumoperitoneum detected on plain radiography were enrolled. Patients who underwent adverse event-free colonoscopic polypectomies within 1 week of each case and were matched 2:1 by age and sex to the cases were selected as controls. …”
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Simultaneous determination of macrolides in water samples by solid-phase extraction and capillary electrophoresis by Pavlović Dragana Mutavdžić, Babić Sandra, Čizmić Mirta, Sertić Miranda, Pinušić Tea

“…The developed SPE-CE method for macrolide antibiotics and tiamulin was validated for linearity, precision, repeatability, the limit of detection (LOD), the limit of quantification (LOQ), and recovery. …”
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Zika, a Mosquito-Transmitted Virus by L. Phil Lounibos, Barry W. Alto, Nathan D. Burkett-Cadena, Cynthia C. Lord, Chelsea T. Smartt, C. Roxanne Rutledge Connelly, Jorge R. Rey

“…Local transmission, mainly by the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti, has now been documented in most tropical countries of the Americas but has not yet been detected in the continental United States. This 7-page fact sheet describes the Zika microbe, its mosquito hosts, and the disease it causes. …”
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Evaluation of Irisin Level in Iraqi Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes Status as a Predictive Factor by Hiba Mohammed Hatem, Kadhim Khudhair Ghudhaib

“…Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays were used to detect the levels of irisin and insulin, and spectrophotometric techniques were used to determine the levels of FBG and lipid profile. …”
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Quality of Gluten Free Bread with the Addition of Xanthan Gum and Different Kneading Methods by Siti Chairiyah Batubara, Nur Hanifah Muliyana

“…The gluten-free test did not reveal any detectable gluten content in this study.</em>…”
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Beyond the spotlight: Unveiling the gender bias curtain in movie reviews. by Jad Doughman, Wael Khreich

“…This work aims to leverage our language-model-powered gender bias detection system to measure benevolent sexism, hostile sexism, explicit marking of sex, dehumanization, and generic pronouns in reviews published by professional critics. …”
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A stacked CNN and random forest ensemble architecture for complex nursing activity recognition and nurse identification by Arafat Rahman, Nazmun Nahid, Björn Schuller, Md Atiqur Rahman Ahad

“…After intermediate and final feature extraction, we use an ensemble of a random forest classifier and a stacked convolutional neural network (S-CNN) model to detect activities and users. Unlike traditional CNN, the S-CNN takes the input feature channels in separate pathways with equal importance, which makes it robust to intra-class variation and produces accurate results. …”
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Bithyniid snails (Gastropoda: Bithyniidae) infected with Xiphidiocercariae in Thailand include a new record of Bithynia siamensis siamensis as the intermediate host of Plagiorchis... by Abdulhakam Dumidae, Jiranun Ardpairin, Supawan Pansri, Chanatinat Homkaew, Mayura Nichitcharoen, Aunchalee Thanwisai, Apichat Vitta

“…Only the morphological type of the xiphidiocercariae was detected. BLASTn searches in GenBank and phylogenetic trees based on xiphidiocercariae were used to classify the samples into four different families spanning two superfamilies of digenean trematodes. …”
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Double Compressions of Atmospheric Depth by Geopotential Tendency, Vorticity, and Atmospheric Boundary Layer Affected Abrupt High Particulate Matter Concentrations at a Coastal Cit... by Hyo Choi, Mi Sook Lee

“…Maximum PM10 (PM2.5, PM1) concentration was detected with 3.8 (3.4, 14.1) times higher magnitude than one in non-Yellow Dust period. …”
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The Curing Kinetics of Multiscale [Ni(EDTA)]-2 Intercalated Zn-Al Layered Double Hydroxides: Glass Fiber–Epoxy Composite Prepreg by Reza Darvishi, Mahdi Darvishi, Ali Moshkriz

“…The curing kinetics of prepregs was assessed through the differential isoconversional Friedman (FR) technique and the integration method of Flynn–Wall–Ozawa (FWO) and Kissinger–Akahira–Sunose (KAS). A decrease was detected in the Eα value of glass fiber/LDH-[Ni(EDTA)]-2/epoxy (GELP) and glass fiber/LDH-[Ni(EDTA)]-2/epoxy (GELNiP) prepregs at small cure degrees relative to GEP, suggesting the catalytic effect of LDH or LDH-[Ni(EDTA)]-2 on the initial epoxy/amine reaction. …”
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Purification of Anti-Mycobacterium tuberculosis MPT64 Immunoglobulin-Y from Egg-Yolk Supernatant Using Thiophilic Adsorption Chromatography by Sri Agung Fitri Kusuma, Muhammad Fadhlillah, Intan Timur Maisyarah, Shintani Ayunda Khairunnisa, Muhammad Yusuf, Yaya Rukayadi, Toto Subroto

“…Therefore, it can be summarized that thiophilic adsorption chromatography with five steps gradient of purification was an efficient process to obtain a higher purity of IgY anti-MPT64, especially to be targeted as a diagnostic kit component for MPT64 detection. …”
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The Effect of Transobturator Tape Surgery on Female Sexual Functions: A Systematic Review by Engin Yildirim, Nuriye Buyukkayaci Duman, Umit Gorkem, Ozgur Kan

“…Conclusion: Maintaining urinary continence is detected to directly be correlated with sexual functions. …”
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Metabolic syndrome index measurement tool (MSI): scale development, reliability and validity study by Zahide Akeren, Emine Apaydın

“…Conclusions The MSI scale is a valid and reliable tool for early detection of MetS risk.…”
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Evaluation of the Value of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology and Cell Morphology in Determining the Histogenesis of Pancreatic Lesions With Review of Literature, Overview and Cytolog... by Soudah Bisharah, Abbas Mahmoud

“…Results In this work, we detected 20.077% malignant lesions, 63.333% benign findings and inflammation, 7.441% pseudocysts and cysts. …”
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Investigating the Relationship Between Clinical Characteristics, Mental Health, and Vascular Function in Minor Ischemic Stroke or Transient Ischemic Attack Patients by Witid Mitranun, Witoon Mitarnun, Prasit Peepathum, Amorntheap Wandee, Wenika Mitarnun, Wilasinee Pangwong, Tanormsak Senakham

“…Therefore, it is important to detect and provide appropriate treatment for depressive symptoms in these patients, as it may lead to improvements in vascular function and better cerebrovascular outcomes.…”
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Antibiotics-induced pulmonary embolism: A disproportionality analysis in Food and Drug Administration database of Adverse Event Reporting System using data mining algorithms by Pramod Kumar Adusumilli, Foujia Begum, Ankita Ashok Sangnure, Jeesa George

“…Aim: The study was designed to detect the association between pulmonary embolism and antibiotics by disproportionality analysis in the Food and Drug Administration database of Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) using data mining algorithms (DMAs). …”
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Analysis of Salivary Cytokines in Retinopathy of Prematurity by Hwa-Shiu Wu, Hsin-Chun Huang, I-Lun Chen

“…Additionally, we sought to identify a minimally invasive method for cytokine detection in this population. Methods: We recruited premature neonates born at less than 34 weeks gestational age (GA), with no history of maternal or neonatal infections. …”
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Performance Analysis of Thermodynamic Indices and Atmospheric Stability Parameters in Thunderstorm Prediction: The Case of Samsun by Ahmet Can Kaya, Veli Yavuz

“…Statistical performance tests such as Probability of Detection (POD), False Alarm Ratio (FAR), Miss Rate (MR), Critical Success Index (CIS), Hiedke Skill Score (HSS), and True Skill Score (TSS) were used to measure the success of the indices and parameters in predicting thunderstorm events. …”
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