Maximizing Identification Precision of Hymenoptera and Brachycera (Diptera) With a Non‐Destructive DNA Metabarcoding Approach by Isabel C. Kilian, Ameli Kirse, Ralph S. Peters, Sarah J. Bourlat, Vera G. Fonseca, Wolfgang J. Wägele, Andrée Hamm, Ximo Mengual

“…Conversely, for Brachycera, we acknowledge the promise of employing a non‐destructive metabarcoding approach, incorporating ASV clustering into OTUs and filtering with LULU, to derive dependable species lists. …”
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A Machine Learning Algorithm to Predict Medical Device Recall by the Food and Drug Administration by Victor Barbosa Slivinskis, Isabela Agi Maluli, Joshua Seth Broder

“…While the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) employs an adverse event reporting program (MedWatch) and database (MAUDE), other data sources and methods might have utility to identify potentially dangerous medical devices. …”
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Accelerating phase field simulations through a hybrid adaptive Fourier neural operator with U-net backbone by Christophe Bonneville, Nathan Bieberdorf, Arun Hegde, Mark Asta, Habib N. Najm, Laurent Capolungo, Cosmin Safta

“…In this paper, we propose a U-shaped adaptive Fourier neural operator (U-AFNO), a machine learning (ML) based model inspired by recent advances in neural operator learning. U-AFNO employs U-Nets for extracting and reconstructing local features within the physical fields, and passes the latent space through a vision transformer (ViT) implemented in the Fourier space (AFNO). …”
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External validation of the prediction model of intradialytic hypotension: a multicenter prospective cohort study by Yuhe Xiang, Guoting Ma, Qin Yang, Min Cao, Wenbin Xu, Lin Li, Qian Yang

“…Decision Curve Analysis (DCA) was employed to evaluate the clinical benefit of updating the model.Results The final cohort comprised 2235 individuals undergoing maintenance hemodialysis, exhibiting a 14.6% occurrence rate of IDH. …”
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Main aspects of occupation policy of labour obligations in Lithuania in the years 1941-1944 by Justinas Braslauskas

“…Even though this article does not consider the reasons of the Lithuanian administration in aiding the Nazis to recruit the labour force, however, we are of the opinion that such a position was predetermined by several causes: 1) necessity to maximally employ the local production potential during the war for the supply of the Lithuanian population with food, fuel, etc.; 2) striving to consolidate all the forces of the country, simultaneously to help the German army in the fight against the mortal enemy of the Lithuanian nation - Bolshevism. …”
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Achieving prediabetes reversal in China: a nationwide longitudinal study on the role of blood glucose and lipid management in middle-aged and elderly adults by Hongguang Yang, Yao Liu, Zhenhe Huang, Guifang Deng

“…However, scant research has delved into the factors that affect a regression from prediabetes to normal glucose regulation (NGR) in middle-aged and elderly Chinese adults.MethodsWe conducted a longitudinal analysis of 2,655 adults, aged 45 years and above, drawing data from wave 1 and wave 3 of the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS). We employed a stepwise logistic regression model to identify factors associated with the regression to NGR. …”
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Evaluating handgrip strength and functional tests as indicators of gait speed in older females by Valentina Muollo, Samuel D’Emanuele, Laura Ghiotto, Doriana Rudi, Federico Schena, Cantor Tarperi

“…Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves were employed to evaluate the effectiveness of various tests in detecting slow GS (<1.0 m/s), by means of the area under the curve (AUC), sensitivity, and specificity.ResultsHGS showed positive significant (p < 0.001) associations with 30 s-AC (r = 0.499), SPPB (r = 0.447), and 30 s-CS (r = 0.329). …”
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Non-Rigid Cycle Consistent Bidirectional Network with Transformer for Unsupervised Deformable Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging Registration by Yingying Wang, Yu Feng, Weiming Zeng

“…The work achieves fMRI registration through structural MRI registration, and functional information is introduced to improve registration performance. Specifically, we employ a bidirectional registration network that implements forward and reverse registration between image pairs and apply Transformer in the registration network to establish remote spatial mapping between image voxels. …”
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Spatiotemporal dynamics and prevention strategies of cervical cancer incidence in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: an ecological study by Mathewos Assefa, Eva Johanna Kantelhardt, Teferi Gedif Fenta, Tariku Shimels

“…Objective This study analysed the spatial and temporal patterns of cervical cancer incidence in Addis Ababa from 2012 to 2021.Design An ecological study was conducted from 1 September to 30 November 2023 to examine the spatiotemporal trends of cervical cancer incidence.Setting The research was conducted in Addis Ababa, the capital city of Ethiopia.Participants Included were all patients with clinically and/or histopathologically confirmed diagnoses of cervical cancer.Data analysis The study employed advanced analytical tools including R programming, Quantum Geographic Information System V.3.36.0, GeoDa V.1.2.2 and System for Automated Geoscientific Analyses GIS V.9.3.2. …”
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A multi-stage weakly supervised design for spheroid segmentation to explore mesenchymal stem cell differentiation dynamics by Arash Shahbazpoor Shahbazi, Farzin Irandoost, Reza Mahdavian, Seyedehsamaneh Shojaeilangari, Abdollah Allahvardi, Hossein Naderi-Manesh

“…Light microscopy was employed to capture cell images from the first day to the 21st day of differentiation. …”
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Association between cardiovascular health and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: a nationwide cross-sectional study by Lian-Zhen Huang, Ze-Bin Ni, Wei-Feng Huang, Li-Ping Sheng, Yan-Qing Wang, Jin-Yan Zhang

“…Weighted binary logistic regression was employed to calculate the odds ratio (OR) and 95% confidence interval (CI) to investigate the association of CVH with MASLD. …”
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Poor COVID-19 Preventive Practice among Healthcare Workers in Northwest Ethiopia, 2020 by Belayneh Ayanaw Kassie, Aynishet Adane, Eskeziaw Abebe Kassahun, Amare Simegn Ayele, Aysheshim Kassahun Belew

“…Both bivariate and multivariable logistic regression analyses were employed to identify associated factors. Adjusted odds ratio (AOR) with 95% confidence interval was used to determine independent predictors of COVID-19 preventive practice. …”
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Longitudinal associations between informal caring, social network, and psychological distress among adolescents and young adults: modelling within-person effects by Miharu Nakanishi, Satoshi Yamaguchi, Mai Sakai, Hatsumi Yoshii, Syudo Yamasaki, Atsushi Nishida, Takahiro Tabuchi

“…Caring status was retrospectively reported at T2. We employed a random intercept cross-lagged model to detect within-person prospective associations between informal caring, social network, and psychological distress. …”
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circ-SIRT1 Promotes Colorectal Cancer Proliferation and EMT by Recruiting and Binding to eIF4A3 by Xiangjie Wang, Shuang Liu, Bin Xu, Yabin Liu, Peng Kong, Changlin Li, Binghui Li

“…RNA immunoprecipitation and RNA pull-down assays were employed to validate the binding of circ-SIRT1 to EIF4A3. …”
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Digitala läspraktiker i förskolan by Malin Nilsen

“…The study is grounded in a sociocultural perspective, employing the concepts of remediation, joint attention, scaffolding, and agency as central analytical tools. …”
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Factors Associated with Serious Injuries among Adolescents in Ghana: Findings from 2012 Global School Health Survey by Martin Ackah, Mohammed Gazali Salifu, Hosea Boakye

“…This study was conducted in Ghana among Junior High School (JHS) and senior high school students (SHS) using the 2012 Global School-Based Student Health Survey (GSHS) data. The GSHS employed two-stage cluster sampling method. Serious injuries (SI) and independent factors were measured via self-administered questionnaires. …”
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THE EFFECT OF MOTIVATION ON THE MOTOR ACTIVITIES OF STUDENTS UNDER DIFFERENT PHYSICAL EDUCATION APPROACHES by E. M. Revenko, V. A. Salnikov

“…IBM SPSS Statistics 22 and Microsoft Excel software programs were employed for statistical processing of primary experimental material.Results and scientific novelty. …”
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A hybrid fuzzy decision-making approach for evaluating the suppliers based on industry 5.0 and viable supply chain dimensions: a case study in medical devices manufacturing by Zeinab Asadi, Hassanali Aghajani, Mohammad Valipourkhatir, Erfan Babaee Tirkolaee

“…In the next stage, the feasible suppliers are evaluated by employing the fuzzy VIKOR method. Also, to show the robustness and validation of the proposed approach, its results are compared with those of traditional approaches.Findings: In this study, a list of indicators, including six aspects and 34 criteria, is provided for the research problem based on its nature, and their importance has been computed. …”
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Variational Approaches for Drug-Disease-Gene Links in Periodontal Inflammation by Pradeep Kumar Yadalam, Prabhu Manickam Natarajan, Musab Hamed Saeed, Carlos M. Ardila

“…Their roles in various biological processes were evaluated using gene set enrichment analysis, employing tools like Enrichr, which integrates diverse gene sets from sources such as DSigDB, DisGeNET, and Lincs_l1000.drug. …”
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Determinants of Preterm Birth among Women Who Gave Birth in Amhara Region Referral Hospitals, Northern Ethiopia, 2018: Institutional Based Case Control Study by Abebayehu Melesew Mekuriyaw, Muhabaw Shumye Mihret, Ayenew Engida Yismaw

“…Multistage sampling technique was employed. Data were collected using structured questionnaire through face to face interview and checklist via Chart review. …”
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