Determining an optimal case definition using mid-upper arm circumference with or without weight for age to identify childhood wasting in the Philippines. by Lyle Daryll Dimaano Casas, Jhanna Uy, Eldridge Ferrer, Charmaine Duante, Paluku Bahwere, Rene Gerard Galera, Alice Nkoroi, Behzad Noubary, Mueni Mutunga, Sanele Nkomani, Roland Kupka, Valerie Gilbert Ulep

“…Our study aimed to identify the best-performing case definition to detect wasting by Weight-for-Height z-scores (WHZ) in Filipino children aged 6-59 months. …”
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The Association of Neutrophil/Lymphocyte and Platelet/Lymphocyte Ratios and Hematological Parameters with Diagnosis, Stages, Extrapulmonary Involvement, Pulmonary Hypertension, Res... by Celalettin Korkmaz, Sinan Demircioglu

“…A positive moderate correlation was detected between NLR and CD4/CD8 in blood, while there was a strong positive correlation between CD4/CD8 in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) and positive moderate correlation between PLR and CD4/CD8 in BAL. …”
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Versatile waste sorting in small batch and flexible manufacturing industries using deep learning techniques by Arso M. Vukicevic, Milos Petrovic, Nebojsa Jurisevic, Marko Djapan, Nikola Knezevic, Aleksandar Novakovic, Kosta Jovanovic

“…Such a pipeline brings two key advantages that make it more applicable in industry practice by: 1) eliminating the necessity for developing dedicated waste detection and segmentation algorithms for waste object localization, and 2) significantly reducing the time and costs required for adapting the solution to different use cases. …”
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Microbiological Quality of Meat and Swabs from Contact Surface in Butcher Shops in Debre Berhan, Ethiopia by Tefera Atlabachew, Jermen Mamo

“…In this study, it was observed that all samples collected from butcher shops detected a significant count of spoilage microbes. …”
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Seasonal Tree Height Dynamic Estimation Using Multi-source Remotely Sensed Data in Shenzhen by Hang Song, Xuemei Zhang, Ting Hu, Jinglei Liu, Bing Xu

“…In this study, we utilized light detection and ranging and satellite data to extract spectral, vegetation, texture, polarization, terrain, and season features. …”
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Gene Expression of CD70 and CD27 Is Increased in Alopecia Areata Lesions and Associated with Disease Severity and Activity by Radwa El- Sayed Mahmoud Marie, Noha M. Abd El-Fadeel, Yara El-Sayed Marei, Lina M. Atef

“…Significant associations were detected between signs of AA activity and lesional gene expression of CD70 and CD27. …”
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A real-world drug safety surveillance study from the FAERS database of hepatocellular carcinoma patients receiving pembrolizumab alone and plus lenvatinib by Huaxiang Wang, Junjun Li, Xiuling Zhu, Ruling Wang, Yunyan Wan

“…We gathered adverse drug reactions (ADRs)-related data from the FAERS database for HCC patients who received Pembrolizumab, both alone and in combination with Lenvatinib from the first quarter of 2014 to the fourth quarter of 2023. ADRs signal detection was performed using the ROR, PRR, BCPNN, MHRA, and MGPS methods. …”
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Preliminary In Vitro Evaluation of the Probiotic Potential of the Bacteriocinogenic Strain Enterococcus lactis PMD74 Isolated from Ezine Cheese by Başar Uymaz Tezel

“…The amino acid decarboxylase activities were detected negative for histidine, tyrosine, and ornithine. …”
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Some Surface and Catalytic Properties of VO–CrO/SiO, MoO–CrO/SiO and NiO–CrO/SiO Ternary Solid Catalysts by A.M. Youssef, A.I. Ahmed, S.E. Samra, N.B. El-Assy, E.A. El-Sharkawy

“…X-Ray diffraction and differential thermal analysis revealed that the only detectable phase was α-Cr 2 O 3 with the presence of all other phases or spinel not being confirmed. …”
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Chemical Composition and Mixing State of Fine Particles during Haze Periods in Yinchuan by Kangning Li, Yanqiu Ma, Liukun Li, Bin Huang

“…With time, complex processes of aerosol concentration variation detected by SPAMS were observed. The number fractions of elemental carbon/organic carbon (ECOC) and KEC particles were significantly higher on polluted days than on clean days. …”
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Making a diagnosis of glaucoma at the present time by A.B. Movsisyan, A.V. Kuroyedov

“…Thus, the current standard for glaucoma detection includes several diagnostic methods. To receive reliable data on the disease prevalence, its diagnosis should be established in a timely manner. …”
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Simultaneous Determination of Six Components in Beagle Dog Plasma by UPLC-MS/MS and Its Application to a Comparative Pharmacokinetic Study of Three Different Yuanhu Zhitong Prepara... by Yang Wang, Zhaorui Yin, Kai Zhang, Qingfen Meng, Jianli Guan, Guanwei Fan

“…Six analytes and one internal standard were separated on a Waters Acquity UPLC BEH C18 column (2.1 mm × 100 mm, 1.7 μm) by gradient elution with 0.1% formic acid-water and 0.1% formic acid-acetonitrile at a flow rate of 0.4 mL/min. Detection was conducted by multiple reaction monitoring mode in the positive ionization. …”
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Papaverine Enhances the Oncolytic Effects of Newcastle Disease Virus on Breast Cancer In Vitro and In Vivo by Sura Akram, Ahmed Majeed Al-Shammari, Hayder B. Sahib, Majid Sakhi Jabir

“…The study included a cell viability MTT assay, morphological analysis, and apoptosis detection. Animal experiments used the AN3 mouse mammary adenocarcinoma tumor model. …”
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Assessment of Angiography-Based Renal Quantitative Flow Ratio Measurement in Patients with Atherosclerotic Renal Artery Stenosis by Xiang Huang, Xiao-Lan Li, Heng Zhou, Xiao-Mei Li

“…The rQFR has the potential to enhance the ability of angiography to detect functionally significant renal artery stenosis during angiography and to produce results that are comparable to invasive hemodynamic assessment.…”
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Expression of the transcription factor encoding gene <i>StTCP23</i> in potato plants infected with the tuber spindle viroid by N. V. Mironenko, A. S. Orina, N. M. Lashina, О. S. Afanasenko

“…Symptoms of infecting ‘Colomba’ plants with the PSTVd viroid strain NicTr-3 were not detected, while the presence of the viroid in potato leaves was confirmed by molecular methods. …”
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Robust Forest Sound Classification Using Pareto-Mordukhovich Optimized MFCC in Environmental Monitoring by Ahmad Qurthobi, Robertas Damasevicius, Vytautas Barzdaitis, Rytis Maskeliunas

“…This study focuses on the application of deep learning models for forest sound classification as an effort to establish an early threats detection system. The research evaluates the performance of several pre-trained deep learning models, including MobileNet, GoogleNet, and ResNet, on the limited FSC22 dataset, which consists of 2,025 forest sound recordings classified into 27 categories. …”
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Association between red blood cell distribution width and mortality in severe osteomyelitis patients by Yunlong Liu, Yan Zheng, Sheng Ding

“…Restricted Cubic Spline (RCS) was used to detect the nonlinear relationship between RDW and mortality rate. …”
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LncRNA HOTAIR: A Novel Biomarker for the Diagnosis of Asymptomatic Carotid Artery Stenosis and Prediction of the Onset of Cerebral Ischemic Events by Pengcheng Feng, Chenguang Tong, Yuan Li, Li Liu

“…Blood samples were collected and serum HOTAIR levels were detected by qRT-PCR. Logistic regression examined factors associated with the degree of carotid stenosis. …”
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Optimization of Extraction of Compound Flavonoids from Chinese Herbal Medicines Based on Quantification Theory and Evaluation of Their Antioxidant Activity by Xu Yang, Dongli Cao, Haiyu Ji, Yingying Feng, Juan Yu, Anjun Liu

“…This study aims to optimize the extraction process of compound flavonoids (CFs) from Chinese herbal medicines and detect their antioxidant activity in vitro. CFs were extracted from the raw materials named “medicine food homology,” composed of hawthorn, lotus leaf, tartary buckwheat, cassia seed, Lycium barbarum, and Poria cocos in a mass ratio of 4 :  2 :  2 :  1.5 :  1 :  1. …”
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A new STI in the city: MPOX in Barcelona. First outbreak (5/2022-5/2023) and subsequent resurgence. by David Palma, Montserrat Guillaumes, Carles Pericas, Anna de Andrés, Raquel Prieto, Laia Álvarez-Bruned, Jesús Ospina, Paula Santiá, Patricia García de Olalla, Cristina Rius

“…<h4>Background</h4>In May 2022, after the suspension of the mobility restrictions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the first outbreak of MPOX virus, transmitted from human to human, was detected outside of Africa, affecting mostly sexually active men who have sex with men. …”
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