An evaluation of financial losses due to lumpy skin disease outbreaks in dairy farms of northern Thailand by Wittawat Modethed, Khwanchai Kreausukon, Tawatchai Singhla, Kittikorn Boonsri, Kidsadagon Pringproa, Nattawooti Sthitmatee, Nattawooti Sthitmatee, Paramintra Vinitchaikul, Supitchaya Srisawang, Roderick Salvador, Simon Gubbins, Georgina Limon, Veerasak Punyapornwithaya, Veerasak Punyapornwithaya

“…Based on a retrospective study, data was collected using a standardized questionnaire from 100 farms affected by LSD outbreaks (outbreak farms) and 33 farms that did not experience LSD outbreaks (non-LSD outbreak farms) in two dairy farming areas that experienced LSD outbreaks between June and December 2021. …”
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Antibacterial, Antibiofilm, and Efflux Pump Inhibitory Properties of the Crude Extract and Fractions from Acacia macrostachya Stem Bark by Akua Frema Barfour, Abraham Yeboah Mensah, Evelyn Asante-Kwatia, Cynthia Amaning Danquah, Daniel Anokwah, Silas Adjei, Michael Kwesi Baah, Merlin L. K. Mensah

“…At ½ MIC, the methanol fraction demonstrated significant accumulation of EtBr in E. coli having superior efflux inhibition over the standard EPIs: chlorpromazine and verapamil. Tannins, flavonoids, triterpenoids, phytosterols, coumarins, and saponins were identified in preliminary phytochemical studies. …”
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Opening up Corpus FinSL: enriching corpus analysis with linguistic ethnography in a study of constructed action by Puupponen Anna, Hodge Gabrielle, Anible Benjamin, Salonen Juhana, Wainio Tuija, Keränen Jarkko, Hernández Doris, Jantunen Tommi

“…This article outlines a novel interview method developed to enrich the original Corpus of Finnish Sign Language (Corpus FinSL) with additional ethnographic information eight years after it was first documented and archived with standard IMDI corpus metadata. We interviewed 22 Corpus FinSL signers about their family and social networks, as well as their lifelong language, geographical, educational, and employment trajectories. …”
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Association of plasma biomarkers of Alzheimer’s pathology and neurodegeneration with gait performance in older adults by Farwa Ali, Jeremy A. Syrjanen, Dan J. Figdore, Walter K. Kremers, Michelle M. Mielke, Clifford R. Jack, David S. Knopman, Prashanthi Vemuri, Jonathan Graff-Radford, B. Gwen Windham, Leland R. Barnard, Ronald C. Petersen, Alicia Algeciras-Schimnich

“…Results In this study multiple statistically significant relationships are observed for GFAP, NfL, and P-Tau181 with gait parameters. Each standard deviation increase in GFAP, NfL, and P-Tau181 is associated with a reduction in velocity of 2.100 (95% CI: −3.004, −1.196; p = 5.4 × 10−6), 4.400 (−5.292, -3.507; p = 9.5 × 10−22), and 2.617 (−3.414, −1.819; p = 1.5 × 10−10) cm/sec, respectively. …”
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Management of Canine Leishmaniasis and the Treatment Trends of Veterinarians in Aegean Region of Türkiye: A Questionnaire-based Survey by Metin Pekağırbaş, Mehmet Karakuş, Elif Dönmez, Hüseyin Gökhan Özdemir, Yusuf Özbel, Seray Töz

“…Although CanL and vector sandflies are widespread in the study area, there are no standardized diagnostic and treatment methods followed by private clinics. …”
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MRI and FDG PET/CT Findings for Borderline Brenner Tumor of the Ovary: A Case Report and Literature Review by Hiroki Matsutani, Go Nakai, Takashi Yamada, Kazuhiro Yamamoto, Masahide Ohmichi, Keigo Osuga

“…Furthermore, ADC values and maximum standardized uptake value (SUV max) in the present case were compared with those of an additional 7 cases of benign BT in this institution in addition to literature reviews. …”
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Groundwater vulnerability and, risk assessment of seawater intrusion for the development of a strategy plan towards sustainability: Case of the Souss-Massa coastal area, Morocco by Yassine Ez-zaouy, Lhoussaine Bouchaou, Mohammed Hssaisoune, Abdelhaq Aangri, Gianluigi Busico, Saadou Oumarou Danni, Oumaima Attar, Mohamed Nehmadou, Aicha Saad, Yassine Ait Brahim

“…Our results show that improved GALDIT provides a better overview on groundwater vulnerability to seawater intrusion in comparison to the standard approach. The study area has five levels of vulnerability, very low, low, moderate, high, and very high, which present 15 %, 1.3 %, 19.8 %, 5.5 %, and 58.4 %, respectively. …”
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Circulating Levels of Glial Cell Line-Derived Neurotrophic Factor (GDNF) in Schizophrenia: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Omran Davarinejad, Saeid Komasi, Mohammad-Taher Moradi, Farzaneh Golmohammadi, Maryam Bahrami, Hamed Esmaeil Lashgarian, Masumeh Jalalvand, Sara Hookari, Fatemeh Kazemisafa

“…Subgroup analyses indicated that the standardized mean difference of GDNF was larger in European samples (d = –1.01, p ≤ 0.001) than in the Asian population (d = –0.61, p = 0.011). …”
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Prediction of clinical efficacy of acupuncture intervention on upper limb dysfunction after ischemic stroke based on machine learning: a study driven by DSA diagnostic reports data by Yaning Liu, Yuqi Tang, Zechen Li, Pei Yu, Jing Yuan, Lichuan Zeng, Can Wang, Su Li, Ling Zhao, Ling Zhao, Ling Zhao

“…All patients received standardized acupuncture treatment. After screening, 616 datasets were selected for analysis. …”
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Intracardiac Echocardiography as a Guide for Transcatheter Closure of Patent Ductus Arteriosus by Hironaga Yoshimoto, Maeda Yasuto, Tadashi Inoue, Yoshiyuki Kagiyama, Yozo Teramachi, Ryuta Takase, Yusuke Koteda, Yoshihiro Fukumoto, Motofumi Iemura, Kenji Suda

“…Transcatheter closure of patent ductus arteriosus (TC-PDA), conventionally guided by aortography, has become the standard treatment of this disease. The purposes of this study were to evaluate whether intracardiac echocardiography (ICE) may be used for measuring PDA size and be used as a guide for TC-PDA. …”
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Deploying the Qline System for a QKD Metropolitan Network on the Berlin OpenQKD Testbed by Matheus Sena, Georg Harder, Ronny Doring, Ralf-Peter Braun, Michaela Ritter, Oliver Holschke, Marc Kaplan, Marc Geitz

“…Our innovative design leverages conventional telecom modulators and a standard Wavelength-Division Multiplexing - Arrayed Waveguide Grating (WDM-AWG), offering a practical solution for flexible multi-partner communication and enabling full connectivity between non-adjacent nodes. …”
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Recommendations of the Russian Gastroenterological Association in Diagnosis and Treatment of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease by V. T. Ivashkin, I. V. Maev, A. S. Trukhmanov, T. L. Lapina, O. A. Storonova, O. V. Zayratyants, O. B. Dronova, Yu. A. Kucheryavyy, S. S. Pirogov, R. G. Sayfutdinov, Yu. P. Uspenskiy, A. A. Sheptulin, D. N. Andreev, D. E. Rumyantseva

“…The refractory form of disease (lack of conclusive clinical and endoscopic remission during 4-8 weeks of standard-dose PPI therapy), presence of strictures and Barrett's esophagus require EGDS with esophageal biopsy and bioptic histological examination. …”
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Comprehensive characterization and identification of chemical constituents of Pingwei Powder by ultra high performance liquid chromatography tandem quadrupole-time-of-flight tandem... by Tongyan Zhu, Na Li, Chunying Zhao, Jianwei Liu, Yuling Liu, Jianhui Chen, Yuxin Dong, Yuxuan Tian, Xia Hong, Hui Xiong

“…Subsequently, the chemical substances in Pingwei Powder were identified by comparison with reference standards, literatures, and the built-in database of SCIEX OS 2.2 software. …”
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PET Study of Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Receptor 1 Expression in Response to Vascular Inflammation in a Rat Model of Carotid Injury by Hui Liu PhD, MD, Hongjun Jin PhD, Xuyi Yue PhD, Junbin Han PhD, Pamela Baum SRS, Dana R. Abendschein PhD, Zhude Tu PhD

“…Three-dimensional (3D) reconstruction of the first 100-second microPET/computed tomography (CT) image indicated the location of bilateral common carotid arteries. [ 11 C]TZ3321 displayed significantly higher accumulation (standardized uptake values: 0.93 ± 0.07 vs 0.78 ± 0.09, n = 6, P = .001) in the injured carotid artery than in the contralateral side. …”
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PD-1/PD-L1 inhibitors related adverse events: A bibliometric analysis from 2014 to 2024 by Qingya Song, Zongliang Yu, Wenping Lu, Zhili Zhuo, Lei Chang, Heting Mei, Yongjia Cui, Dongni Zhang

“…The management of these adverse events has become more refined and standardized. Biomarker research and multi-phase clinical trials are likely to be key areas of focus in future studies.…”
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Safety and recommendation of voriconazole for invasive pulmonary aspergillosis in severe liver disease patients: a retrospective cohort study by Xin Zhang, Caopei Zheng, Ling Zhang, Yuqing Sun, Ying Liang, Xue Chen, Lijun Pang, Yulin Zhang

“…Among the three subgroups of voriconazole monotherapy, no-loading dose regime demonstrated a superior response to IPA therapy compared to the standard-dose regimen (OR 0.264, 95%CI 0.068–0.845, p = 0.035). …”
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Neurological history both twinned and queried by generative artificial intelligence by Jung-Hyun Lee, Jung-Hyun Lee, Jung-Hyun Lee, Eunhee Choi, Sergio L. Angulo, Sergio L. Angulo, Robert A. McDougal, Robert A. McDougal, Robert A. McDougal, Robert A. McDougal, William W. Lytton, William W. Lytton, William W. Lytton

“…A large language model (LLM) could be utilized as a digital twin which could enhance queryable electronic medical record (EMR) systems and provide healthcare conversational agents (HCAs) to replace waiting-room questionnaires.MethodsIn this observational pilot study, we presented verbatim history of present illness (HPI) narratives from published case reports of headache, stroke, and neurodegenerative diseases. Three standard GPT-4 models were designated Models P: patient digital twin; N: neurologist to query Model P; and S: supervisor to synthesize the N-P dialogue into a derived HPI and formulate the differential diagnosis. …”
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The GWAS-MAP platform for aggregation of results of genome-wide association studies and the GWAS-MAP|homo database of 70 billion genetic associations of human traits by T. I. Shashkova, D. D. Gorev, E. D. Pakhomov, A. S. Shadrina, S. Zh. Sharapov, Y. A. Tsepilov, L. C. Karssen, Y. S. Aulchenko

“…While the amount of GWAS summary statistics collected by the scientific community is rapidly increasing, the use of this data is limited by the lack of generally accepted standards. In particular, the researchers who would like to use GWAS summary statistics in their studies have to become aware that the data are scattered across multiple websites, are presented in a variety of formats, and, often, were not quality controlled. …”
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Field-based evidence for the prevalence of soil antibiotic resistomes under long-term antibiotic-free fertilization by Yuhao Fu, Fang Hu, Fang Wang, Min Xu, Zhongjun Jia, Wulf Amelung, Zhi Mei, Xiaozeng Han, Marko Virta, Xin Jiang, James M. Tiedje

“…Despite the influence of various factors like bacterial communities, soil properties, heavy metals, and MGEs, the MGEs had the most significant standardized effects on shaping ARGs through both direct and indirect pathways. …”
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Associations between changes in the gut microbiota and liver cirrhosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Ye Liu, Ziwei Chen, Chang Li, Tianhan Sun, Xuanmei Luo, Boyue Jiang, Meilan Liu, Qing Wang, Tong Li, Jianfu Cao, Yayu Li, Yuan Chen, Lu Kuai, Fei Xiao, Hongtao Xu, Hongyuan Cui

“…Using a random-effects model, the standard mean deviation (SMD) and 95% confidence interval (CI) were calculated. …”
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