Identifying spatiotemporal patterns and drivers of fecal indicator bacteria in an urban lake for water quality assessment and management by Jimmy J. Dimpor, Otite P. Lucky, Dennis F. Kwarkye, Samuel Watts, Chukwuebuka P. Oguayo, Catherine O. Ojewole, Joseph Kusi

“…The geometric means of E. coli (28.5 MPN/100 mL) and enterococci (39.3 MPN/100 mL) were below and above the recreational water quality standards, respectively. The concentrations of E. coli (7 %) and enterococci (22 %) exceeded the recommended single-sample maximum levels. …”
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Safety assessment on girth welds of large-diameter X80 pipelines in water network area by Yuqing LIU, Zhenyong ZHANG, Shengsi WU, Beilei JI, Hong ZHANG, Xiaoben LIU

“…If the critical Crack Tip Opening Displacement (CTOD) is taken to be 0.25 mm in the current standard, and the level-1 assessment curve is adopted, the welds of X80 pipeline in the water network area are always in a safe state. …”
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Medication burden in patients with dialysis-dependent CKD: a systematic review by Xuemei Liu, Ping Chen, Yun Liu, Xiaoyan Jia, Dongmei Xu

“…Data extraction and combining from multiple groups of number (n), mean, and standard deviation (SD) were performed using R programming language (version4.3.1; R Core Team, Vienna, Austria). …”
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Screening and evaluation of key technologies for non-bioartificial liver care: an empirical study by Yunzhi Zhang, Han Zhang, Ling Luo, Zhen Liu, Anlin Liu, Lin Shi, Lin Shi, Luwen Liang, Jing Zhao, Pu Chen, Yanli Yang

“…These technologies improve treatment safety, efficacy, and nursing standards, laying a foundation for NBAL care advancement.…”
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Surgical management of benign tumors of the parotid gland: the advantages of extracapsular dissection compared to traditional surgical techniques by Antonio Zanghì, Andrea Cavallaro, Martine Marchi, Marcello Marchi, Luigi La Via, Luigi La Via, Filippo Sanfilippo, Filippo Sanfilippo, Alessandro Cappellani, Simone Di Majo

“…In the early twentieth century, tumor enucleation was the standard treatment for parotid tumors to preserve the facial nerve, but high recurrence rates were the main downside of this procedure. …”
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The potential of Curcuma longa L. bioactive compounds as RSK inhibitors for the treatment of prostate cancer: in silico study by Olusola Olalekan Elekofehinti, Foluso Adeola Taiwo, Moses Orimoloye Akinjiyan, Ifeoluwa Rachael Adetoyi, Folasade Oluwatobiloba Ayodeji, Adedotun Olayemi Oluwatuyi, Oluwapelumi Nifesimi Akintoye, Idayat Oyinkansola Kehinde, Bolanle Esther Adedapo, Opeyemi Iwaloye

“…Results Five bioactive compounds may be possible lead drugs for the treatment of prostate cancer because they have the lowest binding energies, ranging from − 9.0 kcal/mol to − 11.00 kcal/mol, and have better pharmacokinetic qualities than the standard drugs docetaxel, enzalutamide, and abiraterone. …”
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Which variables are associated with recruitment failure? A nationwide review on obstetrical and gynaecological multicentre RCTs (2003–2023) by Ben W Mol, Madelon van Wely, L Ramos, J J Duvekot, J B Derks, Fulco van der Veen, Ruben Duijnhoven, H J van Beekhuizen, M J E Mourits, J A M van der Post, E Pajkrt, M A Oudijk, H C J Scheepers, Mariette Goddijn, J Huirne, Marijke C van der Weide, A Kwee, C Willekes, M Y Bongers, Judith Rikken, Romee Casteleijn, S Middeldorp, I M Custers, M P Lambregtse – van den Berg, V Mijatovic, F J M Broekmans, A Hoek, J P de Bruin, M H Mochtar, S Mastenbroek, J P W R Roovers, F Mol, A Vollebregt, C H van der Vaart, K B Kluivers, M E Vierhout, R C Painter, P M A J Geomini

“…The most relevant variables for recruitment failure in multivariable risk prediction modelling were presence of a no-treatment arm (where treatment is standard clinical practice), a compensation fee of less than €200 per included patient, funding of less than €350 000, while a preceding pilot study lowered this risk.Conclusions We identified that the presence of a no-treatment arm, low funding and a low compensation fee per included patient were the most relevant risk factors for recruitment failure within the preplanned period, while a preceding pilot study lowered this risk. …”
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The Complete Mitochondrial Genome of the American Palm Cixiid, Haplaxius crudus (Hemiptera: Cixiidae) by Lidia Komondy, Jose Huguet-Tapia, Marina S. Ascunce, Ericka E. Helmick, Erica M. Goss, Brian W. Bahder

“…Protein-coding genes (PCGs) possess the standard invertebrate mitochondrial start codons with few exceptions while the gene content and order of the H. crudus mitogenome is highly similar to most completely sequenced insect mitochondrial genomes. …”
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Process variables in mixture experimental design applied to wood plastic composites by Javier Cruz-Salgado, Sergio Alonso-Romero, Edgar Augusto Ruelas-Santoyo, José Alfredo Jiménez-García, Israel Miguel-Andrés, Roxana Zaricell Bautista-López

“…The inclusion of process variables in mixture experimental design is crucial for optimizing final products with precision. Unlike standard response surface designs, which are limited by the requirement that proportions must sum to 100%, mixture-process experiments enable a thorough evaluation of how operational factors, such as particle size and mixing time, interact with mixture components. …”
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Finite-Time Output Robust Control for Restricted Joint Flight Emulator Robotic Arm With Adaptive Tangent Barrier Gains by Isaac Chairez, Alejandra Hernandez-Sanchez, Caridad Mireles, Arthur Mukhamedov, Grigory Bugriy, Stepan Lemak, Viktor Chertopolokhov

“…Indirect validation of tracking error convergence is provided through numerical evaluations, which also comply with articulation constraints and demonstrate the impact of gain optimization design. A standard state feedback control architecture serves as a benchmark for comparison. …”
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Prevalence of psychological distress: a scientific approach towards the mental health and wellbeing of population during the SARS-COV-2 outbreak [version 2; peer review: 2 approved... by Shazia Sadaf, Sara Noreen, Ahmed Alsubaie, Inayat Shah, Saman Tauqir, Saqib Ali

“…Descriptive statistics, including means and standard deviations, were calculated, and statistical analyses were performed using SPSS (IBM, USA, version 22). …”
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Clinical outcomes of intravenous urography-assisted shockwave lithotripsy for radiolucent ureteral stones by Shinya Somiya, Shigeki Koterazawa, Katsuhiro Ito, Takao Haitani, Yuki Makino, Ryuichiro Arakaki, Norio Kawase, Yoshihito Higashi, Hitoshi Yamada, Toru Kanno

“…Objective: We aimed to compare the clinical outcomes of intravenous urography-assisted fluoroscopy-guided shockwave lithotripsy for radiolucent ureteral stones and standard shockwave lithotripsy for radiopaque ureteral stones. …”
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Enhanced interannual variability of the terrestrial carbon sink in China under high emissions by Han Wu, Li Zhang, Honglin He, Xiaoli Ren, Mengyu Zhang, Dingjin Chu, Yuanhao Zheng

“…The results reveal that China’s terrestrial NEP _IAV would be enhanced under higher emissions scenarios from 2015 to 2100. The standard deviation of national NEP _IAV under the SSP585 scenario rises by 12% compared with SSP126. …”
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Safety and efficacy of laryngeal mask airway placement in term of oropharyngeal leak pressure: A comparison between conventional insertion and laryngoscope guided insertion by Ayan Ghorui, Baisakhi Laha, Sandip Roy Basunia, Debasish Saha

“…Results: OLP was significantly high in laryngoscope-guided LMA insertion than conventional insertion (22.6±3.59 vs. 17.4±3.53 cm H2O [Mean±Standard deviation]). Time taken for LMA insertion (28.3±5.92 vs. 23.3±5.03 s) and hemodynamic stress response was higher in laryngoscope-guided insertion than conventional insertion. …”
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LINE-1 methylation status and survival outcomes in colorectal cancer patients: A systematic review and meta-analysis by Akbar Bagheri, Tohid Jafari-Koshki, Leila Alizadeh, Mortaza Raeisi, Yaghoub Moaddab, Abbas Karimi

“…The study suggests that LINE-1 methylation level could be a valuable prognostic biomarker for advanced-stage CRC patients, potentially improving personalized care and highlighting areas for future research to establish standardized methodologies.…”
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Development and Testing of a Patient Outcome Measure for Interprofessional Tuberculosis Care: A Delphi Study by Bau D. Ardyansyah, Reinie Cordier, Margo Brewer, Dave Parsons

“…The COnsensus-based Standards for the Selection of Health Measurement INstruments (COSMIN) guidelines were used to assess item relevance, comprehensibility, and comprehensiveness. …”
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Neural correlates of the non-optimal price: an MEG/EEG study by Aleksei Gorin, Elizaveta Kuznetsova, Andrew Kislov, Egor Levchenko, Vasily Klucharev, Victoria Moiseeva, Anna Yurchenko, Alexander Luzhin, Natalia Galkina, Anna N. Shestakova

“…Our results demonstrate that both the brain sources and the timing of the price-related M400 response differed from those of the standard M400 evoked by semantically incongruent words.DiscussionOverall, our results suggest that the N400-like response can serve as a neural marker of price-product incongruity, with potential applications in consumer research.…”
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Hydrophobic deep eutectic solvents as novel, sustainable aids for intracellular protein release from Saccharomyces cerevisiae by Tjalling Gijsbert Tjalsma, Yannick Patrice Didion, Ziran Su, Magdalena Malankowska, Pablo Torres-Montero, José Luis Martínez, Manuel Pinelo

“…DES lidocaine:decanoic acid 1:3 resulted in a protein yield of 2.45 (±0.03) mg/mL, which outperformed a method using a standard lysis reagent that resulted in 2.33 (±0.04) mg/mL. …”
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Vaccination against COVID-19 in patients with allergy: experience of the allergological center in Dnipro by Ye.M. Dytiatkovska, K.Yu. Gashynova, Ye.V. Korietskaia, M.A. Yevtushenko

“…Complaints and case histories were collected from all patients, including comorbidity and medications received, anthropometric data were studied, a standard clinical examination was performed, tryptase in venous blood was measured, the level of control was additionally assessed in patients with asthma using the asthma control test and spirography. …”
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Unified Visual-Aware Representations for Data Analytics by Ladislav Peska, Ivana Sixtova, David Hoksza, David Bernhauer, Jakub Lokoc, Tomas Skopal

“…Hence, processing of visualizations (images) by generic deep learning models results in deep feature vectors that could be uniformly used in standard data retrieval/analytics tasks. Specifically, we develop a semi-automated transfer learning pipeline for transformation of input arbitrary tabular data into visual representations. …”
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