Assessment of Fish Species Biodiversity in the Yong River Basin Based on Environmental DNA Metabarcoding by Shengming Deng, Bai-an Lin, Yan Luo, Xiaolong Dang, Chengdan Ma, Yongcan Zhou, Xiang Zhang, Yang Zhang, Ning Xu, Shousong Jiang, Jiana Li, Jianlong Li

“…In this study, environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding was employed to assess fish species biodiversity across five river sections of the Yong River basin in October 2022. Additionally, we checked the results against fishing gear (drift gillnets and ground cages) surveys and historical records. …”
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Isotopic Composition of Abiogenic Gas Produced in Closed-System Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis: Implications for the Origins of the Deep Songliao Basin Gases in China by Zhifu Wei, Yongli Wang, Gen Wang, Xueyun Ma, Wei He, Ting Zhang, Xiaoli Yu, Yan-Rong Zou

“…In addition, the deep Songliao Basin gas isotopic pattern is different from both Lost City and Kidd Creek where the deep Basin gas carbon isotopic pattern has a reverse order, and the hydrogen isotopic pattern has a normal order. …”
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Motivations regarding continuing or terminating pregnancy in women with high-risk pregnancies: a scoping review by Mónica Antunes, Mónica Antunes, Ana Galhanas, Ana Lúcia Vitorino, Sara Palma, Sara Palma, Ana Frias, Ana Frias

“…Titles and abstracts were screened to select original studies, and cross-checking was performed to avoid case overlap. We included studies that focused on the factors influencing women's decisions to either continue or terminate pregnancies when complications arose.ResultsEighteen studies involving women from different countries and cultural contexts were included. …”
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Influence of Basin Hydrogeology in the Detectability of Narrow Rivers by Sentinel2-A Satellite Images: A Case Study in Karamenderes (Çanakkale) by Muhittin Karaman, Emre Özelkan, Suat Taşdelen

“…According to the Thornthwaite water budget, the river bed area which can be determined by satellite images was higher than the water deficient periods in the hydrogeological periods where there was a water surplus caused increase in the water areas in the creek wider than 10 meters. The hydrometeorological cycle, agricultural irrigation, daily water consumption and other human-induced factors were effective on the decreased water flow. …”
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Assessing paramedic performance and background factors in emerging disease outbreak by Karim Javanmardi, Abbas Dadashzadeh, Hossein Feizollahzadeh, Neda Gilani, Mansour Ghafourifard, Javad Dehghannejad

“…Results showed that assessing patients' vital signs, checking for COVID-19 symptoms/signs, administering oxygen and IV fluids, recommending home care, and transporting patients to the emergency department were the most common actions taken by paramedics. …”
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Design and Characteristics of a Single-Story Building Model Incorporating Waste by Mohamed Darwish, Mohamed Elnakeb, Marina Moawad, Marwan Mohamed Shawki, Ehab Abdelhamid, Donia Eldwib, Mohamed Nagib Abouzeid, Maram Saudy, Safwan Khedr, Khaled Nassar

“…The structural soundness of the system was tested by loading it with a load surpassing its design load in addition to measuring the deflection and checking its abidance to the code limitations. The thermal efficiency was tested by measuring the temperatures in comparison with the outside of the building for a span of 7 days with data recorded every 1 h. …”
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Gnidia glauca- and Plumbago zeylanica-Mediated Synthesis of Novel Copper Nanoparticles as Promising Antidiabetic Agents by Dhiraj A. Jamdade, Dishantsingh Rajpali, Komal A. Joshi, Rohini Kitture, Anuja S. Kulkarni, Vaishali S. Shinde, Jayesh Bellare, Kaushik R. Babiya, Sougata Ghosh

“…Further, the CuNPs were checked for antidiabetic activity using porcine pancreatic α-amylase and α-glucosidase inhibition followed by evaluation of mechanism using circular dichroism spectroscopy. …”
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The large and central Caligo martia eyespot may reduce fatal attacks by birds: a case study supports the deflection hypothesis in nature by Iserhard, Cristiano Agra, Malta, Shimene, Penz, Carla, Fraga, Brenda Barbon, Costa, Camila Abel, Schwantz, Taiane, Bordin, Kauane Maiara

“…In both experiments facsimiles were placed in two forest sites, organized in 50 blocks with four facsimiles each, and checked for predator attacks every 24 h for five consecutive days. …”
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Improvement of Blood Plasmalogens and Clinical Symptoms in Parkinson’s Disease by Oral Administration of Ether Phospholipids: A Preliminary Report by Shiro Mawatari, Shinji Ohara, Yoshihide Taniwaki, Yoshio Tsuboi, Toru Maruyama, Takehiko Fujino

“…Clinical symptoms and blood tests were checked at 0, 4, 12, 24, and 28 weeks. The blood levels of plasmalogens in patients with PD were compared with those of 39 age-matched normal controls. …”
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Exploration of interstitial fluid proteome in Homo sapiens forearm through a cutting edge intradermal microdialysis and high-throughput proteomics approach: a pilot study by Yu Sakamoto, Naoto Fujii, Junko Shibato, Ravi Gupta, Cheol Woo Min, Sun Tae Kim, Ranjith Kumar Bakku, Randeep Rakwal

“…Dialysate samples were checked for protein extracted in LB-TT, SDS-PAGE, and by LC–MS/MS. …”
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Green Analytical Method for Simultaneous Determination of Glucosamine and Calcium in Dietary Supplements by Capillary Electrophoresis with Capacitively Coupled Contactless Conducti... by Yen Nhi Do, Thi Lan Phuong Kieu, Thi Huyen My Dang, Quang Huy Nguyen, Thu Hien Dang, Cao Son Tran, Anh Phuong Vu, Thi Trang Do, Thi Ngan Nguyen, Son Luong Dinh, Thi Minh Thu Nguyen, Thi Ngoc Mai Pham, Anh Quoc Hoang, Bach Pham, Thi Anh Huong Nguyen

“…The measured concentrations were generally in line with the values of label claims and with cross-checking data from reference methods (HPLC and ICP-OES).…”
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Validation of a Radio frequency identification system for tracking location of laying hens in a quasi-commercial aviary system by Gebhardt-Henrich, Sabine G., Kashev, Alexander, Petelle, Matthew B., Toscano, Michael J.

“…However, hens are kept in large numbers in those systems which makes checking for health and welfare difficult and individuals cannot be identified. …”
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Estimating and forecasting bitcoin daily prices using ARIMA-GARCH models by Quang Phung Duy, Oanh Nguyen Thi, Phuong Hao Le Thi, Hai Duong Pham Hoang, Khanh Linh Luong, Kim Ngan Nguyen Thi

“…The model was selected based on the Akaike Information Criteria corrected (AICc) minimum values and maximum log-likelihood. Model adequacy was checked using plots of residuals and the Ljung–Box test. …”
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Common Dietary Patterns Among Female Employees Participating in the Persian Cohort Study (Mashhad) and Their Relationship With Metabolic Syndrome by Fatemeh Davoudi Dastenaie, Fatemeh Sadat Hashemi Javaheri, Mohammad Masoumvand, Mohammad Amin Nazari Manesh, Mohammad Akbari Moghadam, Maryam Khosravi, Ali Jafarzadeh Esfehani

“…Demographic, clinical and anthropometric information of the subjects were analyzed after checking the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Also, dietary intake based on the food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) was extracted from the participants' records. …”
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Efficacy of Pre-mixed Fungicides Against Rhizoctonia solani and Macrophomina phaseolina Isolated from Soybean by Chetan Karoda, Pawan K. Amrate, Laxman Singh Lovewanshi, Shubham Patidar, Sanjay Kharte

“…Penflufen 13.28%+trifloxystrobin 13.28% FS completely checked both pathogen’s mycelial development even at 50 ppm. …”
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Recherche d’alcaloïdes et hétérosides cyanogénétiques (cyanures) dans les fruits consommés par Pan paniscus à Luikotale dans le Parc National de la Salonga-Sud, RD Congo by Nono I Bondjengo, Gaby Kitengie, Dieudonné Musibono, Constantin Lubini, Gottfried Hohmann, Barbara Fruth

“…A travers cette étude, nous avons cherché à savoir si les bonobos évitent de fortes concentrations en ces éléments dans leur nourriture. …”
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Le tourisme et l’imaginaire érotique à Paris durant la guerre : Français et Allemands pendant l’Occupation, 1940-1944 by Bertram M. Gordon

“…En abordant les intersections complexes du tourisme, de la guerre et de l’érotisme, il cherche à encourager de futures recherches sur les relations qu’ils entretiennent.…”
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The well-being of Polish general practitioners during the COVID-19 pandemic-cross-sectional questionnaire-based study by Katarzyna Nessler, Krzysztof Studziński, Esther Van Poel, Sara Willems, Ewa Wójtowicz, Elżbieta Kryj – Radziszewska, Adam Windak

“…Spearman’s correlation was used to measure the strength and direction of association between general practitioners’ distress level and continuous variables, and for ordinal variables, Gamma correlation was recommended for many tide ranks. We also checked the association of the level of distress with continuous variables by categorizing them and applying the Kruskal-Wallis test likewise for a comparison of the distress in different practice locations. …”
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Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Nurses Working in the Adult Intensive-Care Unit and Associated Factors towards the Use of Physical Restraint in Federally Administered Hospital... by Lielt Mersha Woldekirkos, Tilahun Jiru, Heyria Hussien, Belayneh Shetie

“…By census, a total of 126 nurses were included. The data were checked for their completeness and were entered to EpiData version 4.2 and analyzed using SPSS version 25 software with 95% CI. …”
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Prevalence of hepatitis B virus and associated factors among blood donors in Hossana blood bank catchment area, Southern Ethiopia by Mesfin Menza Jaldo, Mhireteab WoldeYohannes Joffe, Eyasu Samuel Zemedkun

“…The adequacy of the model was checked by Hosmer-Lemeshow test. Results a total of 546 participant’s data was analyzed. …”
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