The Single-Nucleotide Polymorphism (SNP) Validity to Detect Omicron Variants by Lia Gardenia Partakusuma, Luhung Budiailmiawan, null Budiman, Ida Parwati, null Aryati, Basti Andriyoko, Louisa Markus, Corine Niswara, Cut Nur Cinthia Alamanda

“…This study aims to determine the validity of the SNP method with PCR to detect omicron variants of SARS-CoV-2 compared with the gold standard, WGS. Methods. This is a diagnostic analysis of 140 confirmed COVID-19 nasopharyngeal samples taken from the Kemayoran COVID Emergency Hospital Laboratory and the West Java Provincial Health Laboratory from April to October 2022. …”
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Accounting for retarded weathering products in comparing methods for quantifying carbon dioxide removal in a short-term enhanced weathering study by Emily E. E. M. te Pas, Elliot Chang, Elliot Chang, Alison R. Marklein, Rob N. J. Comans, Mathilde Hagens

“…We aimed to contribute to the development of a standardized procedure for CDR quantification by complementing the results of a recently published soil column experiment, in which crushed olivine, wollastonite, and albite were added to soils, with total fusion ICP-OES analyses of base cation concentrations. …”
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Iron:The missing link of depression prevention and treatment by reza pakzad, Mohammadamin Jandaghian Bidgoli, fatemeh abdi, negin shaterian

“…To assess source of heterogeneity, meta-regression was used. The pooled standardized mean difference (PSMD) was calculated by considering the random effects model. …”
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Safety of Systems Integrating Fire Protection Equipment – Risks, Gaps, Recommendations by Wojciech Wróblewski, Dorota Seliga

“…Project and methods: A detailed review of the literature and cybersecurity standards applicable to fire protection systems, such as NFPA 72, was conducted, from which key points that are vulnerable elements and represent attack surfaces were identified. …”
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OSPREI: A Coupled Approach to Modeling CME‐Driven Space Weather With Automatically Generated, User‐Friendly Outputs by C. Kay, M. L. Mays, Y. M. Collado‐Vega

“…OSPREI includes ensemble modeling by varying each input parameter to probe any uncertainty in their values, yielding probabilities for all outputs. Standardized visualizations are automatically generated, providing easily accessible, essential information for space weather forecasting. …”
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Assessment of Pathological Response of Breast Carcinoma in Modified Radical Mastectomy Specimens after Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy by Dhanya Vasudevan, P. S. Jayalakshmy, Suresh Kumar, Siji Mathew

“…From our study we conclude that histopathological examination of the tumor bed is the gold standard for assessing the chemotherapeutic tumor response. …”
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Reproductive attributes of the spot-tail shark, Carcharhinus sorrah collected from westernmost waters of Aceh, Indonesia by Teuku Haris Iqbal, Ilham Fajri, Adrian Damora, Ahmad Fauzan Lubis, Benaya Meitasari Simeon, Efin Muttaqin, Hollie Booth

“…In terms of length distribution, the average greatest with standard deviation (±SD) length of male C. sorrah was 122.87±37.87 cm TL in AB, followed by BA at 113.80±13.10 cm TL and ABD at 107.86±18.38 cm TL. …”
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Re-conceptualizing trafficking-in-persons victimization using latent class analysis: Results from a community study in Cape Town, South Africa by Annah K. Bender, Erica L. Koegler, Edna G. Rich, Nicolette V. Roman, Rumi Kato Price

“…The difficulty of reaching a clandestine population is complicated by the lack of standardized definitions and culturally responsive assessments to identify victims and route them to appropriate care. …”
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Gambaran Pemeriksaan Kadar SGOT, SGPT, Ureum dan Kreatinin Pasien Covid-19 dengan dan tanpa Komorbid by Rachmi Fadillah, Ellyza Nasrul, Tuty Prihandani

“…The data was presented in table and average (standard deviation). Results:  A study of 76 patients found 28 with comorbidity and 48 without comorbidity. …”
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Healthcare needs among unaccompanied minor refugees: a study protocol of a qualitative study explaining access and utilisation across place and gender by Matthias Richter, Jacob Spallek, Hanna-Sophie Ulrich, Emma Kohler, Eva-Maria Fach, Martin Mlinarić

“…The study will comply rigorously with German data protection standards. Approval from the Ethical Review Committee at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany has been obtained and granted. …”
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Uncertainty-aware deep learning in healthcare: A scoping review. by Tyler J Loftus, Benjamin Shickel, Matthew M Ruppert, Jeremy A Balch, Tezcan Ozrazgat-Baslanti, Patrick J Tighe, Philip A Efron, William R Hogan, Parisa Rashidi, Gilbert R Upchurch, Azra Bihorac

“…Efficient maturation of this field will require standardized guidelines for reporting performance and uncertainty metrics.…”
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Medical students' exposure to and attitudes about the pharmaceutical industry: a systematic review. by Kirsten E Austad, Jerry Avorn, Aaron S Kesselheim

“…Studies were separated, where possible, into those that addressed preclinical versus clinical training, and were quality rated using a standard methodology. Thirty-two studies met inclusion criteria. …”
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Nanoparticles assisted drug delivery for effective management of Glioblastoma by Mansi Damani, Nagesh Nilawar, Munira Momin, Raghumani Singh Ningthoujham, Tabassum Khan

“…Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is one of the most aggressive forms of primary brain tumor with a dire prognosis due to its heterogeneity, invasive nature, and resistance to conventional therapies. Standard treatments, including surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy with temozolomide (TMZ), are often limited by the ability of the tumor to circumvent therapeutic effects and by the physiological barriers that restrict drug delivery to the brain parenchyma. …”
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Impact of Visit-to-Visit Triglyceride-Glucose Index Variability on the Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly by Fei Chen, Ying Pan, Ziqing Liu, Rong Huang, Jing Wang, Jian Shao, Yaqin Gong, Xiyi Sun, Xiaobo Jiang, Weihao Wang, Zhaoqiang Li, Shao Zhong, Qi Pan, Kaixin Zhou

“…The visit-to-visit variability of TyG index was calculated from annual health examination data and defined as average real variability (ARV), standard deviation (SD), or the coefficient of variability (CV). …”
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Risk Factors for Infection Associated with Ischemic Stroke in Patients over 60 Years of Age by Alexis Suárez Quesada, Alexis Álvarez Aliaga, Andrés José Quesada Vázquez, Eduardo René Valdés Ramos, Ezequiel Ernesto López Espinosa

“…The dependent variable was determined: infection associated with ischemic stroke and as independent variables the factors with possible influence on the development of infection associated with ischemic stroke. The means and standard deviations were determined, along with the minimum and maximum values of each distribution and absolute and relative frequencies were obtained.…”
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Impact of sex on the adaptation of adult mice to long consumption of sweet-fat diet by N. M. Bazhan, T. V. Iakovleva, A. D. Dubinina, E. N. Makarova

“…For 10 weeks, male and female С57Bl mice were fed a standard laboratory chow (Control group) or a diet, which consisted of laboratory chow supplemented with sweet cookies, sunflower seeds and lard (SFD group). …”
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Ketamine Infusion for Sedation and Analgesia during Mechanical Ventilation in the ICU: A Multicenter Evaluation by Kathryn M. Pendleton, Laurel E. Stephenson, Nick Goeden, Anna R. Benson, Qi Wang, Salman B. Mahmood, Kelly A. Considine, Matthew E. Prekker

“…Results. 95 mechanically ventilated adults received a ketamine infusion for a median duration of 75 hours (interquartile range [IQR] 44–115) at a mean ± standard deviation (SD) infusion rate of 1.3 ± 0.5 mg/kg/hour for the first 24 hours. …”
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Polydatin ameliorates early brain injury after subarachnoid hemorrhage through up-regulating SIRT1 to suppress endoplasmic reticulum stress by Yuwei Han, Guangzhi Hao, Song Han, Tingzhun Zhu, Yushu Dong, Ligang Chen, Xinyu Yang, Xiaoming Li, Hai Jin, Guobiao Liang

“…ObjectiveThis study aims to investigate the inhibitory effect of Polydatin (PD) on endoplasmic reticulum (ER) stress following subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and to elucidate the underlying mechanisms.MethodsA standard intravascular puncture model was established to mimic SAH in mice. …”
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Comparison of Fourier-Domain and Time-Domain Optical Coherence Tomography in the Measurement of Thinnest Corneal Thickness in Keratoconus by Chunxiao Wang, Xueying Xia, Bishan Tian, Shiyou Zhou

“…The comparison and agreement between the two modalities were analyzed by paired t-test, the Pearson correlation, intraclass correlation coefficient (ICC), and Bland-Altman plots. intraobserver repeatability was analyzed by the intraobserver within-subject standard deviation (S(w)), coefficient of variation (CV(w)), and ICC. …”
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Functional MRI-guided microsurgery of intracranial arteriovenous malformations: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Shuo Wang, Yuanli Zhao, Jun Wu, Bing Zhao, Yong Cao

“…These eligible patients will be randomised to the standard microsurgery group and the fMRI-guided microsurgery group in a 1:1 ratio. …”
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