Identification and Validation of the Pyroptosis-Related Hub Gene Signature and the Associated Regulation Axis in Diabetic Keratopathy by Yi Cui, Li Wang, Wentao Liang, Li Huang, Shuting Zhuang, Hong Shi, Nuo Xu, Jianzhang Hu

“…A total of 459 DEGs were screened out from the diabetic group and nondiabetic controls. …”
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Investigation into the Pore Structure and Multifractal Characteristics of Shale Reservoirs through N2 Adsorption: An Application in the Triassic Yanchang Formation, Ordos Basin, Ch... by Zhikai Liang, Zhenxue Jiang, Zhuo Li, Fenglin Gao, Xiaoqing Liu

“…The multifractal characteristic parameters, including the width of singularity spectra (Δα), Hurst exponent (H), D1/D0, and nitrogen gas adsorption, were used to find out about the characteristics of pore development and to quantify the complexity and heterogeneity of pore structure. …”
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Farmers’ knowledge of using flood forecast information in fish farming: A case of rural Bangladesh by Shonia Sheheli, Mst. Sharmin Akter, Md Anamul Haque, Mohammad Maruf Hasan

“…A sample of 95 randomly chosen fish farmers (about 25% of the total population) out of 380 fish farmers provided the data. Focus groups, matrix ranking, and key informant interviews were among the qualitative and quantitative techniques used in the study's research methodology. …”
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Pengenalan Entitas Bernama Menggunakan Bi-LSTM pada Chatbot Bahasa Indonesia by Anshar Zulhilmi, Rizal Perdana, Indriati

“…In this study, the named entity recognition was carried out in several stages. These stages include noise removal, data labeling, word and label dictionary creation, sequence encoding and data separation, model initiation, and model training. …”
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Outcome of Chair-Side Dental Fear Treatment: Long-Term Follow-Up in Public Health Setting by T. Kankaala, T. Määttä, M. Tolvanen, S. Lahti, V. Anttonen

“…The outcome was considered successful if later dental visits were carried out without any notifications in the patient records of behavioral problems or sedation. …”
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Study on Stability of Tunnel Surrounding Rock and Precipitation Disaster Mitigation in Flowing Sand Body by Yongyi He, Bole Sun, Mingnian Wang

“…In this paper, a parametric experiment on the surrounding rock taken from the project site was carried out, and then, a numerical simulation of the flowing sand body was conducted to study the precipitation construction method and stability of the flowing sand body. …”
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Developing a priority global research agenda for antimicrobial resistance in the human health sector: protocol for a scoping review by Alessandro Cassini, Raph L Hamers, Koe Stella Asadinia, Silvia Bertagnolio

“…A qualitative content analysis is out of the scope of this protocol.Ethics and dissemination The scoping review process will only involve identification, selection and analysis of documents available for use in the public domain, and will not include any personal information on individuals, therefore ethical approval is not required. …”
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Isolation, Characterization and Genetic Diversity of Aspergillus flavus in Animal Feed by Dina Al-Shinawy, Reda E.M. Moghaieb, Sara B. Awaly, Gihan El-Moghazy, Dalia S. Ahmed

“…The aim of this study was to analyze fifty samples of livestock and poultry feed to identify mycotoxigenic fungi at both morphological and molecular levels, focusing on their toxigenic potential and genetic diversity. Out of the samples tested, six were confirmed as Aspergillus flavus using internal transcribed spacer (ITS) specific primers, accounting for approximately 12 % of the total detected microorganisms. …”
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Development and validation of a risk assessment tool for uncontrolled type 2 diabetes among patients in South Karnataka, India by Deepak Anil, Sunil Kumar Doddaiah, Rajendra Prasad Shivaswamy, Arun Gopi, Sayana Basheer, Mysore Ramakrishnaiah Narayana Murthy

“…The risk score is specifically designed for the population of South Karnataka, India.Results Out of the 545 study participants, the prevalence of uncontrolled diabetes was 59.9%. …”
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Early childhood caries and their association with serum iron, serum ferritin, serum albumin, and Vitamin D by Vasundhara Megha, Jeevendra Nath Shukla, Rajat Kumar Singh, Chitrita Gupta Mukherjee, Siddharth Anand, Aparna Singh

“…A total of 200 children aged between 3–6 years were screened for ECC, according to the AAPD guidelines. Out of 200 children, a total of 177 children fulfilled the inclusion criteria. …”
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Construction Control Technology and Monitoring Analysis of Walking Incremental Launching Construction of Small-Curvature Steel Box Girder Bridges Across Expressways by Hai Huang, Xiaomin Xue, Haitao Ma, Zhijun Zhou, Jianbo Dou, Heng Yang, Erwei Guo, Jianjun Ma

“…It is necessary to carry out stress and displacement monitoring of the whole process of construction of the curved steel box girder and the guide girder to guide the construction process. …”
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From registration, protocol to report: are COVID-19-related RCTs in mainland China consistent? A systematic review of clinical trial registry and literature by Yu Chen, Ruiqing Yan

“…Publications were searched in PubMed, Embase, Cochrane Library, Google Scholar, CNKI.net and Wanfangdata from 10 February 2022 to 12 February 2022.Eligibility criteria Eligible trials were COVID-19 related RCTs carried out in mainland China. Observational studies, non-randomised trials and single-arm trials were excluded.Data extraction and synthesis Two reviewers independently extracted data from registrations, publications and performed risk of bias assessment for trial reports. …”
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Challenges of Research Performance Evaluation in Iran: A Qualitative Study by Nadia Saniee, Shahram Sedghi, Abdolreza Noroozi chakoli, Salime Goharinezhad, Leila Nemati anaraki

“…Participants in this qualitative study were selected using a purposive sampling method. 11 Out of 21 experts from the two areas of the Ministry of Science, Research, and Technology and the Ministry of Health and Medical Education were interviewed face-to-face, by telephone, and WhatsApp social media based on an interview guide. …”
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Cultivation of Different Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus species) on Coffee Waste and Determination of Their Relative Biological Efficiency and Pectinase Enzyme Production, Ethiopia by Guta Dissasa

“…Solid-state cultivation (SSC) was carried out to evaluate the feasibility of using coffee waste (husk and parchment) as substrate for cultivation of oyster mushroom (Pleurotus species). …”
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A Novel Adjuvant “Sublancin” Enhances Immune Response in Specific Pathogen-Free Broiler Chickens Inoculated with Newcastle Disease Vaccine by Yangke Liu, Jiang Zhang, Shuai Wang, Yong Guo, Tao He, Rui Zhou

“…On 7 and 21 dpv, pinocytosis of peritoneal macrophages, B lymphocyte proliferation assay, measurement of CD4+ and CD8+ T cells, and serum cytokine quantitation were carried out. It was noted that sublancin promoted B lymphocyte proliferation, increased the proportion of CD8+ T lymphocyte subpopulations, and enhanced the antibody titer in broiler chickens. …”
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The winding road to health: A systematic scoping review on the effect of geographical accessibility to health care on infectious diseases in low- and middle-income countries. by Fleur Hierink, Emelda A Okiro, Antoine Flahault, Nicolas Ray

“…Data was charted into a tabular format and descriptive data analyses were carried out to identify geographical regions, infectious diseases, and measures of physical accessibility among other factors. …”
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Racialized migrant women’s discrimination in maternal care: a scoping review by Jasmine Therese Arcilla, Alexandra Nanou, Sarah Hamed, Fatumo Osman

“…Methodology This scoping review mapped out all available English-language scientific empirical literature published between 2012 and 2023. …”
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Albumin-to-Fibrinogen Ratio Independently Predicts 28-Day Mortality in Patients with Peritonitis-Induced Sepsis by Huiyu Tai, Zhiyun Zhu, Haifeng Mei, Wenbin Sun, Wei Zhang

“…Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) and Kaplan-Meier curve analyses were carried out to evaluate the association of baseline AFR and prognosis in septic patients. …”
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Testing of Ferarabivac anti-rabies live vaccine for wild carnivores for its immunogenicity and protectivity by A. V. Shishkov, D. A. Lozovoy, A. V. Borisov, D. V. Mikhalishin

“…No animals vaccinated against rabies with Ferarabivac live vaccine showed any clinical signs of the disease during the entire observation period following the challenge test carried out 30 days post vaccination.…”
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Impact of Renewable Energy Sources on the Electricity Generation Cost by V. A. Liubchyk

“…Based on the study, it became possible to find out that in the Republic of Belarus it is economically feasible and technically possible to replace up to 20.0 % of electrical energy generation by 2030 with energy produced from renewable energy sources.…”
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