Quantifying animal social behaviour with ecological field methods by Molly A. Clark, Christos C. Ioannou

“…Due to the limited field techniques available, we present a novel method to quantify social behaviours in the field by comparing the counts of individuals caught in traps across multiple locations sampled simultaneously. …”
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Evaluation of Treatment Outcomes Using dNLR and GNRI in Combination Therapy With Atezolizumab and Bevacizumab for Hepatocellular Carcinoma by Atsushi Naganuma, Satoru Kakizaki, Atsushi Hiraoka, Toshifumi Tada, Takeshi Hatanaka, Kazuya Kariyama, Joji Tani, Masanori Atsukawa, Koichi Takaguchi, Ei Itobayashi, Shinya Fukunishi, Kunihiko Tsuji, Toru Ishikawa, Kazuto Tajiri, Hidenori Toyoda, Chikara Ogawa, Hiroki Nishikawa, Takashi Nishimura, Kazuhito Kawata, Hisashi Kosaka, Masashi Hirooka, Yutaka Yata, Hideko Ohama, Hidekatsu Kuroda, Tomomitsu Matono, Tomoko Aoki, Yuki Kanayama, Kazunari Tanaka, Fujimasa Tada, Kazuhiro Nouso, Asahiro Morishita, Akemi Tsutsui, Takuya Nagano, Norio Itokawa, Tomomi Okubo, Taeang Arai, Michitaka Imai, Shinichiro Nakamura, Hirayuki Enomoto, Masaki Kaibori, Yoichi Hiasa, Masatoshi Kudo, Takashi Kumada

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The Association between Hepcidin and Iron Status in Children and Adolescents with Obesity by Ekkarit Panichsillaphakit, Orapa Suteerojntrakool, Chitsanu Pancharoen, Issarang Nuchprayoon, Sirinuch Chomtho

“…A total of 63 children with obesity and 27 controls were enrolled. Complete blood count, serum iron, ferritin, transferrin saturation, and total iron binding capacity were analyzed. …”
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Hidden Urban Biodiversity: A New Species of the Genus <i>Scincella</i> Mittleman, 1950 (Squamata: Scincidae) from Chengdu, Sichuan Province, Southwest China by Ru-Wan Jia, Zong-Yuan Gao, Di-Hao Wu, Guan-Qi Wang, Gang Liu, Min Liu, Ke Jiang, De-Chun Jiang, Jin-Long Ren, Jia-Tang Li

“…The new species can be clearly distinguished by a combination of the following unique characters: (1) slender, medium-sized body, snout-vent length 28.4–43.2 mm; (2) infralabials seven, rarely six; (3) supraciliaries six or seven; (4) tympanum deeply recessed without lobules, tympanum diameters equal to or exceeding palpebral disc diameters; (5) midbody scale-row counts 23; (6) dorsal scales smooth, slightly enlarged, paravertebral scale-row counts 57–60, ventral scale-row counts 42–44, gulars 21–22; (7) upper edge of lateral longitudinal stripes relatively straight, four rows of dorsal scales in middle; (8) enlarged, undivided lamellae beneath finger IV 8–9, enlarged, undivided lamellae beneath toe IV 10–12; (9) ventral surface densely covered with dark spots; (10) grayish-brown, irregular dorsal stripes 2–3, black dorsolateral stripes from posterior corner of eye to lateral side of tail. …”
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HIV Late Presenters in Asia: Management and Public Health Challenges by Chen Seong Wong, Lyu Wei, Yeon-Sook Kim

“…Across Asia, an estimated 34–72% of people diagnosed with HIV are late presenters. …”
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Population structure, distribution pattern and habitat utilization of Yellow-wattled Lapwing, Vanellus malabaricus (Boddaert, 1783), in Northern India by Prateek, Himanshu Mishra, Vikas Kumar, Ashish Kumar

“…The outcome of the GLM analysis exhibited, that Bakshi Ka Talab had the highest lapwing count while, Malihabad had the lowest lapwing count. …”
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Effect of plateletpheresis on donor variables and platelet yield using three different cell separators: Experience from tertiary care hospital by Sarita Sharma, Sunita Bundas, Nippun Prinja, Amit Sharma, Rachna Narain

“…MATERIALS AND METHODS: This cross-sectional study was done on 600 healthy apheresis platelet donors from April 2016 to March 2017 using three different cell separators. …”
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Machine learning-based prediction of in-hospital mortality for critically ill patients with sepsis-associated acute kidney injury by Tianyun Gao, Zhiqiang Nong, Yuzhen Luo, Manqiu Mo, Zhaoyan Chen, Zhenhua Yang, Ling Pan

“…The AUC of the random forest (RF) model was the highest value both in the Ten-fold cross-validation and evaluation (AUC: 0.798, 95% CI: 0.774–0.821). …”
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Hubungan Dukungan Keluarga dengan Kejadian Depresi pada Usia Tua di Nagari Tanjung Banai Aur, Kecamatan Sumpur Kudus, Kabupaten Sijunjung Tahun 2012 by Figa Prima Dani, Yaslinda Yaunin, Edison .

“…The study’s method is an observational with cross-sectional approach. Samples in this study were people with age more than 60 years who lives with his/her in Nagari Tanjung Aur Banai, Kecamatan Sumpur Kudus Kabupaten Sijunjung, which were counted as 82 people, and taken by stratified sampling method. old age with depression have low family support. …”
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The proximate regulation of prosocial behaviour: towards a conceptual framework for comparative research by Kathrin S. Kopp, Patricia Kanngiesser, Rahel K. Brügger, Moritz M. Daum, Anja Gampe, Moritz Köster, Carel P. van Schaik, Katja Liebal, Judith M. Burkart

“…Such prosocial behaviour has been studied extensively across a range of disciplines over the last decades, but findings to date have led to conflicting conclusions about prosociality across and even within species. …”
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Leukoreduction in a dog with acute leukemia by Brenna Hanratty, Anna Hauck, Amanda Foskett, J. D. Foster

“…Abstract A 9‐year‐old male castrated golden retriever cross was evaluated for an acute onset of ataxia. …”
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Effect of Non-Fumigant Nematicides on Reproduction of Recently Detected <i>Meloidogyne</i> Species in Georgia Under Greenhouse Conditions in Tomato by Nabin Poudel, Luis Torres, Richard F. Davis, Ganpati B. Jagdale, Theodore McAvoy, Intiaz A. Chowdhury

“…Similarly, fluazaindolizine suppressed egg counts by more than 50.0% across all species except <i>M. enterolobii</i>, where it suppressed only 41.1%. …”
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An ENSO-Forecast Independent Statistical Model for the Prediction of Annual Atlantic Tropical Cyclone Frequency in April by Kenny Xie, Bin Liu

“…Leave-one-out cross validation indicates that the annual Atlantic TC counts predicted by this ENSO-independent statistical model show a remarkable correlation with the actual TC counts (R=0.72; P value <0.01). …”
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Isolated Central Nervous System Involvement after Brentuximab Vedotin Treatment for HIV-Positive ALK-Negative Anaplastic Large Cell Lymphoma by Takuya Suyama, Kumiko Matsui, Kosuke Makihara, Masatoshi Tsuru

“…Herein, we present a case of HIV-associated ALCL with isolated CNS involvement that occurred following the discontinuation of ART that was administered after treatment with brentuximab vedotin (BV)—which does not cross the blood-brain barrier. At the time of CNS recurrence, the patient’s CD4 count was 9 cells/mm3. …”
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Genetic diversity of Plasmodium falciparum reticulocyte binding protein homologue-5, which is a potential malaria vaccine candidate: baseline data from areas of varying malaria end... by Angelina J. Kisambale, Dativa Pereus, Salehe S. Mandai, Beatus M. Lyimo, Catherine Bakari, Gervas A. Chacha, Ruth B. Mbwambo, Ramadhan Moshi, Daniel A. Petro, Daniel P. Challe, Misago D. Seth, Rashid A. Madebe, Rule Budodo, Sijenunu Aaron, Daniel Mbwambo, Abdallah Lusasi, Stella Kajange, Samwel Lazaro, Ntuli Kapologwe, Celine I. Mandara, Deus S. Ishengoma

“…Low nucleotide diversity values were observed across the study sites (mean π = 0.00056). A total of 27 haplotypes were observed among the 313 monoclonal samples and under-fives exhibited higher haplotype counts. …”
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Risk Factors for Gastrointestinal Bleeding in Patients With Acute Myocardial Infarction: Multicenter Retrospective Cohort Study by Yanqi Kou, Shicai Ye, Yuan Tian, Ke Yang, Ling Qin, Zhe Huang, Botao Luo, Yanping Ha, Liping Zhan, Ruyin Ye, Yujie Huang, Qing Zhang, Kun He, Mouji Liang, Jieming Zheng, Haoyuan Huang, Chunyi Wu, Lei Ge, Yuping Yang

“…Key predictors included red blood cell count, hemoglobin, maximal myoglobin, hematocrit, CHD, and other variables, all of which were strongly associated with GIB risk. …”
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Bayesian Inference for Zero-Modified Power Series Regression Models by Katiane S. Conceição, Marinho G. Andrade, Victor Hugo Lachos, Nalini Ravishanker

“…Count data often exhibit discrepancies in the frequencies of zeros, which commonly occur across various application domains. …”
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MESH STRESS AND FATIGUE LIFE STUDY OF WALKING MECHANISM OF SHEARER UNDER PRACTICAL WORKING CONDITIONS by CHEN HongYue, JIAO SiWei, ZHANG Kun, MAO Jun

“…Fatigue life of walking wheel and pin rows were calculated by using Stress Life module of n-code GlypWorks. …”
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Identification of Infectious Bacteria in Dental Units by Maryam Moradnia, Shaghayegh Mousavi, Mohammad Darvishmotevalli, Hossein Karimi, Fatemeh Fotoohi Qazvini

“…Aim: The aim of this study was to determine the bacterial contamination of surfaces and water of dental units of Qazvin University of Medical Sciences. Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted on the surgery and periodontal units at the Faculty of Dentistry, Qazvin University of Medical Sciences in 2017. …”
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Growth Analysis of Three Soybean Varieties on Ultisol by Nugraha Ramadhan, Winda Purnama Sari, Dara Savitri, Eka Oktela Palja

“…While in the observation of plant growth rate and the ratio of crown: root there was no significant difference between the tested varieties. …”
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