Culture-independent detection of Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex DNA using targeted next generation sequencing in African buffalo (Syncerus caffer) oronasal swabs in South Afric... by Sinegugu Kholeka Mhlophe, Charlene Clarke, Giovanni Ghielmetti, Giovanni Ghielmetti, Megan Matthews, Tanya Jane Kerr, Michele Ann Miller, Wynand Johan Goosen, Wynand Johan Goosen

“…This study employed a culture-independent approach using oronasal swabs collected from African buffaloes (n = 19), originating from three herds with no recorded history of M. bovis infection, to elucidate the possible cause of observed discordant immunological aTB test results. …”
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YOLO-UP: A High-Throughput Pest Detection Model for Dense Cotton Crops Utilizing UAV-Captured Visible Light Imagery by Chenglei Sun, Afizan Bin Azman, Zaiyun Wang, Xiaoxiao Gao, Kai Ding

“…Experimental results demonstrate that YOLO-PEST outperforms original YOLOv8n models, with a 3.46 percentage points increase in mAP50, a 5.16 percentage points increase in Precision, and a 7.81 percentage points increase in Recall. …”
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Environmental innovations as factor of development of petrochemical industry in Russia by A. I. Shinkevich, S. S. Kudryavtseva, Yu. N. Khakimullin, M. I. Farakhov

“…Informational and analytical materials of the Ministry of Economic Development of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Russian Federation, Rosstat, the Oslo Guide, government programs are used as an information base for the study. Originality: the factors of environmental innovations in the petrochemical industry are systematized, the coefficients of elasticity between the costs and the resulting indicators of eco-innovations in the petrochemical industry are calculated. …”
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Effects of Base Materials (α-Alumina and/or γ-Alumina) on Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs)-Sensing Properties of Adsorption/Combustion-Type Microsensors by Takeo Hyodo, Yuma Matsuura, Genki Inao, Takahiko Sasahara, Yasuhiro Shimizu, Taro Ueda

“…The mixing of 50 wt% α-Al₂O₃ with γ-Al₂O₃ was the most effective in enhancing the dynamic responses to ethanol, which originated from the flash combustion behavior of ethanol and/or their partially decomposed products adsorbed on the sensing films from 150 °C to 450 °C, while further mixing of α-Al₂O₃ with γ-Al₂O₃ tended to increase the dynamic responses to toluene. …”
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Perceived usefulness of trauma audit filters in urban India: a mixed-methods multicentre Delphi study comparing filters from the WHO and low and middle-income countries by Max Petzold, Lovenish Bains, Ulf Ekelund, Kapil Dev Soni, Nobhojit Roy, Martin Gerdin Wärnberg, Swati Gupta, Monty Khajanchi, Anurag Mishra, Jyoti Kamble, Helle Mølsted Alvesson, Johanna Berg, Shamita Chatterjee, Siddarth David, Rajdeep Singh, Prosanta Kumar Bhattacharjee, Pawanindra Lal, Vikas Malhotra, Ravi Meher, Lakshmeswar Nagaraj Mohan, Ritu Saxena, Prabhat Shrivastava, Sumit Sural

“…The filters were categorised into three groups depending on their origin: low and middle-income countries (LMIC), WHO and New (locally developed), and their scores compared. …”
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Artificial intelligence driven cyberattack detection system using integration of deep belief network with convolution neural network on industrial IoT by Mahmoud Ragab, Mohammed Basheri, Nasser N. Albogami, Alanoud Subahi, Omar A. Abdulkader, Hashem Alaidaros, Hassan Mousa, Abdullah AL-Malaise AL-Ghamdi

“…In power control systems, ICT technologies such as IIoT have improved automated monitoring, but legacy methods, originally autonomous, now connect with external networks. …”
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Ovum Pick-Up and Ovaries Characterization of Black Bengal Goat from Slaughterhouse by Shobhana Nourin, Md. Muktafi bin Mohit, Begum Fatema Zohara, Md. Faruk Islam

“…These are small-sized goats renowned for their high-quality meat, skin, and adaptability to adverse environmental conditions. To conserve the originality of this species, it is mandatory to develop an effective methodology for their germ cells to be harvested after death. …”
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Development of a brief screening measure of unmet supportive care needs (SCNS-P&C-6) in caregivers of people with high-grade glioma by Jill Chen, Joanne M. Shaw, Haryana M. Dhillon, Georgia K. B. Halkett, Emma McDougall, Anna K. Nowak, Rachel Campbell, for the BRAINs Program Investigators

“…Supplementary analysis was conducted at two timepoints (T1 & T2) on the final selected items to identify caregivers indicating no needs on the screening items but reported a need on the original SCNS-P&C, suggesting they would be “missed” by the screening items. …”
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Translation and validation of the Polish-language version of the Birth Satisfaction Scale-Revised (BSS-R) and its relationship to the type of delivery and the baby’s Apgar score by Paulina Pawlicka, Wiktor Wróbel, Barbara Baranowska, Daria Macewicz, Michał Olech, Caroline J. Hollins Martin, Colin R. Martin

“…Results The PL-BSS-R was found to have generally very good measurement properties and to be equivalent to the original English-language version across key validity indices. …”
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Molecular structure, UV–Visible spectra and other molecular properties of (E)-2-(2-hydroxy-5-methoxybenzylidene)hydrazinecarbothioamide and its n-methyl variant by using DFT method... by K. Srishailam, L. Ravindranath, Gaddam. Ramesh, D. Praveena, Sunil kumar V, Danikonda.Suresh Kumar, S. Muthu, G.Ramana Rao

“…For the two compounds under investigation, specific global reactivity descriptors were estimated with the help of frontier molecular orbital (FMO) analysis to understand the origin of UV–Vis spectra. Nonlinear optical (NLO) profile, for each of the two molecules, was computed, with in the frame work of the DFT/B3LYP/6–311++G(d,p) formalism to determine their utility for NLO applications. …”
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The Use of Le Bail Method to Analyze the Semicrystalline Pattern of a Nanocomposite Based on Polyaniline Emeraldine-Salt Form and α-Al2O3 by Edgar A. Sanches, Adriano de S. Carolino, Amanda L. dos Santos, Edson G. R. Fernandes, Daniela M. Trichês, Yvonne P. Mascarenhas

“…Thus, this paper showed that both materials have kept its original structural characteristics and exhibited high electrical conductivity when combined in nanocomposite form.…”
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Macro- and Micro-Nutrient Composition and Antioxidant Activity of Chickpea and Pea Accessions by Michela Costantini, Carmine Summo, Mariangela Centrone, Iga Rybicka, Mariagrazia D’Agostino, Paolo Annicchiarico, Francesco Caponio, Stefano Pavan, Grazia Tamma, Antonella Pasqualone

“…In this paper, five pea ( Pisum sativum L.) and twelve chickpea ( Cicer arietinum L.) accessions, having different characteristics and geographical origin, were characterised in terms of antioxidant activity, as well as macro- and micro-nutrient composition. …”
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Association between transarterial chemoembolization refractoriness and prognosis in Chinese patients with hepatocellular carcinoma: a large retrospective cohort study by Qinxue Sun, Ziliang Wu, Xi Yin, Feng Li, Ri Liu

“…Subgroup analyses were conducted across key clinical and tumor-related characteristics.ResultsKaplan-Meier survival analysis indicated that patients classified as TACE-Refractory exhibited significantly shorter OS compared to those categorized as TACE-Non-Refractory in both the original and matched cohorts (P < 0.001). Furthermore, multivariate analysis identified TACE refractoriness as a significant predictor of poorer OS, yielding an adjusted hazard ratio (HR) of 5.96 (95% CI: 3.39-10.5, P < 0.001). …”
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Impact of stream-groundwater interaction on stream water source composition: A case study of the Dosit River by Lanfang DING, Zhiyuan ZHANG, Xiaowei JIANG, Xusheng WANG, Li WAN

“…., in the Kushuigou section, 80% of the stream discharge under the three precipitation scenarios originates from only 12.3%, 9.2%, and 18.6% of the total river length, respectively. …”
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The low-cost technical system of rural sustainable wood construction and its suitability based on the small-diameter round timber of fast-growing Northeast Larch by Ying Wu, Hongpeng Xu, Jianmei Wu, Yuncheng Ji

“…Secondly, taking Northeast Larch of SDRT (a kind of small-diameter round timber tree species common in northeast China) as an example, the suitability space-threshold of its original wood properties in the structural systems can meet the needs of rural architectural space. …”
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Metallicity Dependence of Giant Planets around M Dwarfs by Tianjun Gan, Christopher A. Theissen, Sharon X. Wang, Adam J. Burgasser, Shude Mao

“…In particular, hot and warm Jupiters around M dwarfs may have the same origin as they have indistinguishable metallicity distributions. …”
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Seasonal variations and comparative nutritional composition of hatchery-reared, hatchery-released, and wild black rockfish (Sebastes schlegelii) by Liu Wang, Liu Wang, Yunhai He, Xu Wei, Xinyan Liang, Xinyan Liang, Ruonan Zhang, Ruonan Zhang, Qi Liu, Qi Liu, Chenqi Wang, Chenqi Wang, Jinfeng Chen, Jinfeng Chen, Meiyuan Li, Meiyuan Li, Zhi Ma, Shaodong Qu

“…Our research suggested that S. schlegelii exhibited extensive ecological plasticity, and the variations in nutrition of a population was mainly influenced by environmental factors rather than the origin. However, several differences in fatty acid composition between hatchery-released and wild S. schlegelii indicated that hatchery-released fish might not have fully adapt to the food supply in the wild. …”
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Infiltration and subtype analysis of CD3 + CD20 + T cells in lung cancer by Liping Luo, Juan Ji, Juan Dong, Maotao He, Wenjun Jiang, Yang Liu, Weidong Wang

“…Abstract Background CD3 + CD20 + T cells (TB cells) are a subset of lymphocytes in the human body that are associated with inflammation. They originate from T cells interacting with B cells, and their levels are abnormally elevated in individuals with immune disorders, as well as in some cancer patients. …”
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Depicting Soybean Diversity via Complementary Application of Three Marker Types by Vesna Perić, Natalija Kravić, Marijenka Tabaković, Snežana Mladenović Drinić, Valentina Nikolić, Marijana Simić, Ana Nikolić

“…Genotype grouping patterns varied among the markers, displaying the best congruence with pedigree data and maturity for SSRs and agronomic traits, respectively. The clear origin-related grouping pattern was not observed for any of the marker types. …”
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Melanin-like nanoparticles slow cyst growth in ADPKD by dual inhibition of oxidative stress and CREB by Yongzhan Sun, Quan Zou, Huizheng Yu, Xiaoping Yi, Xudan Dou, Yu Yang, Zhiheng Liu, Hong Yang, Junya Jia, Yupeng Chen, Shao-Kai Sun, Lirong Zhang

“…Autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) is a chronic genetic disorder closely associated with increased oxidative stress and featured by the progressive enlargement of cysts originating from various segments of the renal tubules. …”
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