Asirtmali Aba Wrestling in Turkish sports history and culture by Haci Sahın

“…In other words, practicing wrestling in times when Turks have lived in Central Asia has grown out of the need for the unity of spiritual sentiments and thoughts with body by remaining bound to their living standards and cultural norms of those times. In this research the traditional wrestling of Turks, aşırtmalı aba wrestling, which is performed in Gaziantep, has been analyzed with its historical background, clothing, rules and techniques. …”
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Plant breeders' rights by Lončar Gordana

“…The Convention of the International Union for the Protection of New Plant Varieties (UPOV), adopted in 1991, is a document that sets international standards for the protection of intellectual property on plant varieties. …”
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The Impact of Child Dental Caries and the Associated Factors on Child and Family Quality of Life by Marziyeh Shokravi, Fatemeh Khani-Varzgan, Mohammad Asghari-Jafarabadi, Leila Erfanparast, Behjat Shokrvash

“…Results: Out of 756 children under 7 years old, 51.5% boys, mean (M) standard deviation (SD) of age 5.76 (0.78). About 85% of children had dental caries. …”
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A Five-Year Data Report of Long-Term Central Venous Catheters Focusing on Early Complications by Harald Lenz, Kirsti Myre, Tomas Draegni, Elizabeth Dorph

“…Long-term venous access has become the standard practice for the administration of chemotherapy, fluid therapy, antibiotics, and parenteral nutrition. …”
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Abnormality detection in nailfold capillary images using deep learning with EfficientNet and cascade transfer learning by Mona Ebadi Jalal, Omar S. Emam, Cristián Castillo-Olea, Begoña García-Zapirain, Adel Elmaghraby

“…Chronic pathological changes associated with a wide range of systemic diseases, such as diabetes, cardiovascular disorders, and rheumatological conditions like systemic sclerosis, can manifest as observable microvascular changes in the terminal capillaries of nailfolds. The current gold standard relies on experts performing manual evaluations, which is an exhaustive time-intensive, and subjective process. …”
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EGFR-TKIs or EGFR-TKIs combination treatments for untreated advanced EGFR-mutated NSCLC: a network meta-analysis by Ao Liu, Xiaoming Wang, Lian Wang, Han Zhuang, Liubo Xiong, Xiao Gan, Qian Wang, Guanyu Tao

“…Abstract Background Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitors (TKIs) and EGFR-TKI combination treatments have become the standard first-line treatments for EGFR-mutated non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) patients. …”
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Improvement of Bacteriocin Production by Natural Zeolite and Detection of Antibacterial Activity of Leuconostoc carnosum Purified Carnosin by Haneen A. Ibrahim, Intesar N. Khelkal, Yusra M. Muhsin

“…Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) isolates were identified by standard diagnostic methods. Bacteriocin production was detected by measuring the inhibition zone towards indicator pathogenic bacterial isolates. …”
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Development and Performance Evaluation of a Poultry Bird Defeathering Machine by Olufemi Adeyemi Adetola

“…The primary objectives of this study were the design, construction, and performance evaluation of a chicken defeathering machine using locally accessible materials. Standard equations and formulae were used in the design of the machine's main parts, which include the electric motor, sheave, belt, pulley, bearing, feather plate, rubber fingers, cylindrical drum, and rubber pluckers. …”
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Development and Validation of New High Performance Liquid Chromatography Analytical Technique For Separation of Diclofenac Sodium and Lidocaine Hydrochloride From Ampoule Injection by Mohammed Ali Salih, Dlivan Fattah Aziz, Salar Ibrahim Ali

“…Moreover, for determining of lidocaine HCl drug, a range of 500 - 1500 ?g/mL of working standard was used, the result showed for lidocain HCl that a linear curve with correlation coefficients of > 0.99980. …”
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Use of Machine Learning to Predict Individual Postprandial Glycemic Responses to Food Among Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes in India: Protocol for a Prospective Cohort Study by Niteesh K Choudhry, Shweta Priyadarshini, Jaganath Swamy, Mridul Mehta

“…Participants wear a continuous glucose monitor, eat a series of standardized meals, and record all free-living foods, activities, and medication use for a 14-day period. …”
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Resistance of Biomphalaria alexandrina to Schistosoma mansoni and Bulinus truncatus to Schistosoma haematobium Correlates with Unsaturated Fatty Acid Levels in the Snail Soft Tissu... by Marian Elias, Rasha S. Hanafi, Samia El-Bardicy, Ebtisam A. Hafez, Rashika El Ridi

“…Snails were examined for presence or lack of infection association with soft tissue and hemolymph content of proteins, cholesterol, and triglycerides, evaluated using standard biochemical techniques and palmitic, oleic, linoleic, and arachidonic acid, assayed by ultraperformance liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry. …”
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Malaria Microscopy Competency in the Subnational Verification, China: Implications for Malaria Elimination and the Prevention of Malaria Reestablishment by Mei Li, Fang Huang, Jianhai Yin, He Yan, Shuisen Zhou, Zhigui Xia

“…Specifically, five provincial microscopist representatives and ten county-level representatives were assessed in each of previously endemic provinces on qualitative identification (Plasmodium positive or negative) and Plasmodium species identification using standard slides from the National Malaria Diagnosis Reference Laboratory. …”
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Predicting Age and Visual-Motor Integration Using Origami Photographs: Deep Learning Study by Chien-Yu Huang, Yen-Ting Yu, Kuan-Lin Chen, Jenn-Jier Lien, Gong-Hong Lin, Ching-Lin Hsieh

“…First, we sought to apply artificial intelligence (AI) techniques to origami products to predict children’s ages and VMI development, including VMI level (standardized scores) and VMI developmental status (typical, borderline, or delayed). …”
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Task-Driven Neurophysiological qEEG Baseline Performance Capabilities in Healthy, Uninjured Division-I College Athletes. by Robert E. Mangine, Thomas G. Palmer, James A. Tersak, Michael Mark, Joseph F Clark, Marsha Eifert-Mangine, Audrey Hill-Lindsay, Brian M Grawe

“… # Results Uninjured athletes experienced standard and regulated fluctuations of brain wave activity in key performance indicators of attention, workload capacity and sensorimotor rhythm (SMR) asymmetries…”
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Agro-environmental characterization of biochar issued from crop wastes in the humid forest zone of Cameroon by Samuel Fru Billa, Tsi Evaristus Angwafo, Ajebesone Francis Ngome

“…Methods Biochar was produced from crop wastes such as cassava residues, corncobs, rice husk, sawdust, coffee husk, and peanut using an Elsa barrel pyrolyser. Standard laboratory procedures were used to analyze pH, CEC, total carbon and nitrogen and exchangeable cations. …”
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Acute Effects of Dry Needling on Myofascial Trigger Points in the Triceps Surae of Ballet Dancers: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial by Jennifer A Janowski, Deanna M L Phelan-Smith, Maria N Kroat Brady, Kelsey L Michels, Alexandra H Timm, Nicole M Boucher, Kedron D Casteen, David Village, Mark D Sleeper

“…The dancers had three pre-determined standard point (SP) measurement spots that were used as a baseline for surface temperature comparisons. …”
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Secretory Carcinoma of the Parotid: Making the Correct Diagnosis of a Rare Salivary Gland Carcinoma When Molecular Biology Testing Is Not Available by Nelson Montalvo, David Galarza, Ligia Redrobán

“…Identification of the t(12;15) (p13;q25) translocation is the gold standard for diagnosis, although some cases that do not present this specific translocation have already been reported. …”
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Comparing Health Care Financing in Indonesia and Thailand from 1995-2010: What Lessons Could Be Learned? by Darius Erlangga, Lizheng Shi

“…**Purpose:** In 2010, the World Health Organization (WHO) released its report about health system financing and identified universal coverage as the best way to attain the right of every human being to enjoy “the highest attainable standard of health”. Over the past decade, Thailand has successfully implemented a universal health coverage scheme for its population, while its neighbor country, Indonesia, is still struggling to achieve the same goal. …”
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Fast In-House Next-Generation Sequencing in the Diagnosis of Metastatic Non-small Cell Lung Cancer: A Hospital Budget Impact Analysis by Ubong Silas, Maximilian Blüher, Antonia Bosworth Smith, Rhodri Saunders

“…A pathway that used in-house NGS (75%) and the use of external laboratories (so-called send-out NGS) (25%), was compared with the standard of exclusively send-out NGS. The model was from the perspective of a US hospital over a 5-year time horizon. …”
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Development and Preliminary Validation of a Stroke Physical Activity Questionnaire by Thunyakamon Phusuttatam, Jittima Saengsuwan, Pajeemas Kittipanya-ngam

“…The SPAQ can be used to practically assess physical activity in chronic stroke patients, and it has acceptable psychometric properties which are comparable to other standard physical activity questionnaires. Future work should determine the validity of the SPAQ using an objective device such as an accelerometer.…”
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