Sewage pollution from onsite sewage disposal systems and an offshore wastewater treatment plant outfall in coastal waters of Keaukaha, Hawaiʻi Island by Shayla M.P. Waiki, Steven L. Colbert, Tracy N. Wiegner, Noelani Puniwai, Joseph W.P. Nakoa, III, Nicolas M. Storie, Craig E. Nelson, Ashlynn N. Overly, Karla J. McDermid, Devon K. Aguiar

“…Measured flow rates ranged from 130 to 213 m/d, which were 15 times faster than state models for cesspool removal prioritization. …”
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Clinical Practice Guidelines of the Scientific Society for the Clinical Study of Human Microbiome, of the Russian Gastroenterological Association and the Russian Society for the Pr... by V. T. Ivashkin, O. S. Lyashenko, O. M. Drapkina, O. P. Alexeeva, S. A. Alekseenko, D. N. Andreev, A. Yu. Baranovsky, O. V. Goloshchapov, N. V. Zheleznova, O. Yu. Zolnikova, I. L. Kliaritskaia, N. V. Korochanskaya, T. L. Lapina, I. V. Maev, R. V. Maslennikov, R. G. Myazin, P. V. Pavlov, M. V. Perekalina, N. A. Pisarenko, A. V. Povtoreyko, E. A. Poluektova, L. A. Sekretareva, A. V. Tkachev, Yu. M. Troshkina, A. S. Trukhmanov, A. I. Ulyanin, S. G. Filatova, V. V. Tsukanov, O. S. Shifrin

“…Determination of target groups of patients for the diagnosis of clostridial infection is important in preventing overdiagnosis and subsequent unnecessary treatment. Timely diagnosis and treatment of C. difficile-associated disease help avoiding the development of life-threatening complications and improve the prognosis and quality of life of patients.…”
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Standardization of breeding and rearing of the endangered Indian catfish Clarias magur (Hamilton, 1822) for juvenile production by Kamal Sarma, Bavithra R., Jaspreet Singh, S.K. Ahirwal, Ujjwal Kumar, Tarkeshwar Kumar, Maneesh Kumar Dubey

“…The walking catfish, Clarias magur, is one of India's most popular food fish because of its nutritional quality and taste. In recent times, more attention has been given to this species due to the alarmingly decreasing availability in natural water bodies. …”
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The maternal and newborn health eCohort to track longitudinal care quality: study protocol and survey development by Catherine Arsenault, Katherine Wright, Tefera Taddele, Ashenif Tadele, Anagaw Derseh Mebratie, Firew Tiruneh Tiyare, Rose J. Kosgei, Jacinta Nzinga, Bethany Holt, Irene Mugenya, Emma Clarke-Deelder, Adiam Nega, Dorairaj Prabhakaran, Sailesh Mohan, Nompumelelo Gloria Mfeka-Nkabinde, Londiwe Mthethwa, Damen Haile Mariam, Gebeyaw Molla, Theodros Getachew, Prashant Jarhyan, Monica Chaudhry, Munir Kassa, Margaret E. Kruk

“…The final MNH eCohort instrument is centered around six key domains of high-quality health systems including competent care (content of ANC, delivery, and postnatal care for the mother and newborn), competent systems (prevention and detection, timely care, continuity, integration), user experience, health outcomes, confidence in the health system, and economic outcomes. …”
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Towards fiscal sustainable practices in Mexico: The quality of municipal tax regulation and tiered tariffs improve income from solid waste management services by Sergio López-Olvera, Juan Carlos Olivo-Escudero, Mauricio Hernández-Marroquín, Fausto Rafael López-Olvera, Yessica Lourdes Vallejo-Rivera, Marco Antonio Rodríguez-Gómez, Pedro Hipólito Rodríguez-Herrero

“…Differentiated tariffs based on socioeconomic status were found to be particularly effective, generating income levels 3.29 times higher than uniform tariffs. In contrast, progressive tariffs based on waste quantity did not significantly enhance revenue generation. …”
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Professional experiences on use of the mental health act in ethnically diverse populations: a photovoice study by Roisin Mooney, Paul McCrone, Rose McCabe, Kamaldeep Bhui, Brian Brown, Colin King, Andrew Molodynski, Nusrat Husain, Jacqueline Sin, Karen Newbigging, Michael Larkin, Neil Caton, Raghu Raghavan, Doreen Joseph, Anthony Zigmond, Michelle Yeung, Julie Carr, Phuong Hua, Frank Keating, Tara Morey, Claire Dempsey, Rahul Battacharya, Nuwan Dissanyake, Rochelle Ramkisson, Laura Dixon, Kopal Tandon, Gary Roberts, Paul Illingworth, Jo White, Karen Persaud, Sayeeda Basharat, Tripti Kandia, Sandra Griffiths, Michael Molete

“…Practitioners felt helpless at times of staff shortages and often felt CAT could have been prevented. …”
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Proximity-based solutions for optimizing autism spectrum disorder treatment: integrating clinical and process data for personalized care by Annarita Vignapiano, Annarita Vignapiano, Francesco Monaco, Francesco Monaco, Stefania Landi, Luca Steardo, Carlo Mancuso, Claudio Pagano, Gianvito Petrillo, Alessandra Marenna, Martina Piacente, Stefano Leo, Carminia Marina Ingenito, Rossella Bonifacio, Benedetta Di Gruttola, Marco Solmi, Marco Solmi, Marco Solmi, Marco Solmi, Maria Pontillo, Giorgio Di Lorenzo, Giorgio Di Lorenzo, Alessio Fasano, Alessio Fasano, Alessio Fasano, Giulio Corrivetti, Giulio Corrivetti

“…This project will improve access to care, personalize treatments for better outcomes, shorten wait times, boost patient involvement, and raise ASD awareness, leading to better resource allocation. …”
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Exploring the Variability in Acute Glycemic Responses to Exercise in Type 2 Diabetes by Tasuku Terada, Alanna Friesen, Baljot S. Chahal, Gordon J. Bell, Linda J. McCargar, Normand G. Boulé

“…CapBG was measured immediately before and after each exercise session. Timing of food and antihyperglycemic medication intake prior to exercise was recorded. …”
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Preparation of recombinant myoglobin and investigation of the liquid antigen stability for quality control materials by Yu-Hui Wang, Xi-Feng Sun, Chun-Xin Xu, Feng-Qiang Sun, Rong-Rong Wang, Xiao-Kun Bian, Zhan-Zhao Wang, Qiang Wu

“…The effects of different storage buffer, storage temperature and storage times on the stability of liquid Mb were investigated by detecting the concentration changes. …”
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Study on the Influence of Introducing Al Transition Layer on Deuterium Resistance of Al2O3 Coating by Weijing Wang, Qinghe Yu, Xiaopeng Liu, Lei Hao, Jing Mi, Shijie Li, Shuai Li, Zheng Lu, Shanshan Li, Hao Liu

“…Furthermore, deuterium permeability of the Al/Al2O3 coating was diminished by about 2 orders of magnitude compared with 316 L stainless steel, and it is reduced 2~3 times compared with the single Al2O3 coating sample. …”
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Prevalence of Bacterial Urinary Tract Infections and Associated Factors among Patients Attending Hospitals in Bushenyi District, Uganda by Martin Odoki, Adamu Almustapha Aliero, Julius Tibyangye, Josephat Nyabayo Maniga, Eddie Wampande, Charles Drago Kato, Ezera Agwu, Joel Bazira

“…Sound knowledge of factors associated with UTI may allow timely intervention that can easily bring the disease under control. …”
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Design of an Iterative Model for Incremental Enhancements in Quantum Image Processing Using Reinforcement Learning-Based Optimizations by Lalitha Kumari Pappala, Sai Babu Veesam, Kannaiah Chattu, Janapati Venkata Krishna, Jyostna Devi Bodapati, B. Tarakeswara Rao

“…This resulted in over 95% sensitivity in anomaly detection and increased the speed of the correlation analysis by five times. QIR-ND enables enhanced image reconstruction from sullied or incomplete data through quantum noise reduction and reconstruction techniques. …”
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Multimodal fusion model for diagnosing mild cognitive impairment in unilateral middle cerebral artery steno-occlusive disease by Ziyi Yuan, Zhaodi Huang, Chaojun Li, Shengrong Li, Qingguo Ren, Xiaona Xia, Qingjun Jiang, Daoqiang Zhang, Qi Zhu, Xiangshui Meng, Xiangshui Meng

“…Efficient automated diagnosis facilitates the early and accurate detection of MCI and timely intervention and treatment to delay or prevent disease progression.…”
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Global Elevation Inversion for Multiband Spaceborne Lidar: Predevelopment of Forest Canopy Height by Haowei Zhang, Wei Gong, Hu He, Yue Ma, Weibiao Chen, Jiqiao Liu, Ge Han, Zhiyu Gao, Wanqi Zhong, Xin Ma

“…A high-precision multiband fusion algorithm (MBFA) is proposed for global geographic elevation inversion for multiband spaceborne lidar of China's Daqi-1 satellite (DQ-1), enhancing the ranging capability of the 1572 nm channel by approximately 5 times. Compared with ICESat-2, GEDI and airborne scanning data in Finland, the geographic elevation results of MBFA showed average biases of –0.09, 0.1, and –0.95 m, with root mean square errors (RMSE) of 3.68, 4.51, and 7.70 m, respectively. …”
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Human blood cell transcriptomics unveils dynamic systemic immune modulation along colorectal cancer progression by Pedro J Romero, Mauro Delorenzi, Amaia Martínez-Usatorre, Laura Ciarloni, Noushin Hadadi, Eric Durandau, Sylvain Monnier-Benoit, Paolo Angelino, Victoria Wosika, Alessandra Jordano Conforte, Sara S Fonseca Costa, Hector Fabio Satizabal, Jérémie Despraz, Andres Perez-Uribe, Stephan Morgenthaler, Brian Hashemi, Sahar Hosseinian-Ehrensberger

“…Taking into account, and adjusting for, the sensitivity of PBMCs transcriptomes to processing times, we report distinct transcriptomic changes in the periphery related to specific CRC stages. …”
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The Influence of Genetic Variations in the CD86 Gene on the Outcome after Allogeneic Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation by Lidia Karabon, Miroslaw Markiewicz, Karolina Chrobot, Monika Dzierzak-Mietla, Edyta Pawlak-Adamska, Anna Partyka, Anna Koclega, Slawomira Kyrcz-Krzemien, Irena Frydecka

“…Moreover, analysis of gene-gene interaction between CD86 and CTLA-4 showed that having both the A allele for CD86 rs1129055 and the CTLA-4 CT60GG genotype in recipients increased the risk of aGvHD about 3.5 times. Interestingly, the donors’ rs1129055GG genotype and the recipients’ CT60GG genotype also increased the risk of aGvHD about 2.7-fold. …”
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Aortic Stiffness Is Related to the Ischemic Brain Injury Biomarker N-Methyl-D-aspartate Receptor Antibody Levels in Aortic Valve Replacement by Emaddin Kidher, Vanash M. Patel, Petros Nihoyannopoulos, Jon R. Anderson, Andrew Chukwuemeka, Darrel P. Francis, Hutan Ashrafian, Thanos Athanasiou

“…Multiple regression revealed PWV independently related to NR2Ab level, and PWV cut-off was associated with a 7.23 times increase in the likelihood of having high NR2Ab (>1.8 ng/mL). …”
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Rapid aging of influenza epidemics in China from 2005/06 to 2016/17: A population-based study by Weibo Tang, Hao Lei, Nan Zhang, Yaojing Wang, Shimeng Cai, Shuyi Ji, Lei Yang, Mengya Yang, Can Chen, Shigui Yang, Dayan Wang, Yuelong Shu

“…Results: On average, the mean age of ILI cases and influenza-positive cases increased by 0.52 years and 0.60 years per year, respectively, which is approximately three times the annual increase in the mean age of the population. …”
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Effects of low, moderate, and high-intensity aquatic exercise on joint edema in induced rat knee arthritis by Alline Mardegan Mioto, Daniel Fernando dos Reis, Thiago Alves Garcia, Guilherme Akio Tamura Ozaki, Iara Buriola Trevisan, Rodrigo Metzker Pereira Ribeiro, Robson Chacon Castoldi, José Carlos Silva Camargo Filho

“…The physical activity groups received intra-articular injections of Zymosan in the right knee, followed by aquatic activity, swimming with a dorsal load for 30 minutes, 4 times weekly, for five weeks. Exercise intensity varied: GL 1%, GM 5%, GI 15% of body weight. …”
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In-vitro effectiveness of aqueous extract of organic compost against Helminthosporium turcicum (cryptogamic disease pathogen of maize) by Daouda Kutnjem, Anne Ayo, Ecclèsiaste Marien Ambombo Onguene, Carole Christèle Egono Ndemé, Ndongo Bekolo, Tofel Haman Katamssadan, Asseng Charles Carnot

“…After solidification, 7 mm-diameter mycelial discs from young H. turcicum cultures were deposited on the agar pellets. 48 hours after incubation, mycelial growth was measured 4 times until the positive control Petri dish was invaded by mycelial filaments. …”
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