A multi-country cohort database study to assess pregnancy and infant outcomes after potential maternal or paternal exposure to cladribine tablets in the treatment of multiple scler... by Kerstin Hellwig, Melinda Magyari, Thomas M. MacDonald, Carolyn E. Cesta, Stig Wergeland, Maarit K. Leinonen, Asher Ornoy, Sandra Vukusic, Alexandra Lauer, Xiaolei Zhou, Alison Kawai, Rachel Weinrib, Alejandro Arana, Tahani Boumenna

“…The first interim analysis (performed using German pregnancy cohorts) was conducted when ⩾75 pregnant women (including 25 women from the maternal cohort exposed) were cumulatively reached across all participating countries. The end of the study period will be established once pregnancy counts reach 149 in the maternal cohort exposed and 298 in the maternal cohort unexposed in all countries combined, or 5 years after pregnancy counts are first assessed (whichever occurs first). …”
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Rapid literature mapping on the recent use of machine learning for wildlife imagery by Nakagawa, Shinichi, Lagisz, Malgorzata, Francis, Roxane, Tam, Jessica, Li, Xun, Elphinstone, Andrew, Jordan, Neil R., O'Brien, Justine K., Pitcher, Benjamin J., Van Sluys, Monique, Sowmya, Arcot, Kingsford, Richard T.

“…They dramatically speed up the time to detect, count, and classify animals and their behaviours. …”
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Effect of touristic activities on seabirds’ habitat selection on sandy beaches by Costa Leonardo, Rangel Danilo Freitas, Zalmon Ilana

“…Physical variables, prey abundance, and human stressors, such as the number of people and dogs, were also measured. The brown booby Sula leucogaster foraged mainly in the least impacted sector, despite the lower abundance of prey and harsher physical conditions. …”
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Neutrophil-to-Lymphocyte and Platelet-to-Lymphocyte Ratios in Nondialysis Chronic Kidney Patients by Gysllene M. C. Brito, Andrea M. M. Fontenele, Erika Cristina R. L. Carneiro, Iara Antonia L. Nogueira, Tamires B. Cavalcante, André A. M. Vale, Sally Cristina M. Monteiro, Natalino Salgado Filho

“…Methods. A prospective cross-sectional study was conducted with 85 patients at different stages of chronic kidney disease (CKD), treated at the Kidney Disease Prevention Center of the University Hospital of the Federal University of Maranhão. …”
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Efficacy of non -thermal pressure plasma versus other modalities for disinfection of primary root canals by Shaymaa A. El Shishiny, Yomna O. Morad, Rania I. Hindi, Amina M. El-Motasem, Asmaa A. El Sheshiny, Dalia M. Alramady, Amira M. Samy

“…Standardized 8 mm root length was obtained through crown decronation below the cemento-enamel junction. …”
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Prediction of reduced left ventricular ejection fraction using atrial fibrillation or flutter electrocardiograms: A machine-learning study by Soonil Kwon, SooMin Chung, So-Ryoung Lee, Kwangsoo Kim, Junmo Kim, Dahyeon Baek, Hyun-Lim Yang, Eue-Keun Choi, Seil Oh

“…A hold-out test dataset was constructed using a different recruitment period. Five-fold cross-validation and calibration plots were used to evaluate performance. …”
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Stress-relieving plant growth-promoting bacterial co-inoculation enhances nodulation and nitrogen uptake in black gram under nitrogen-free saline conditions by Praveen Kumar Tiwari, Praveen Kumar Tiwari, Anchal Kumar Srivastava, Rachana Singh, Alok Kumar Srivastava

“…These bacteria were characterized through taxonomic and biochemical tests. Cross-compatibility analysis showed two rhizobia strains were highly compatible with five salt-tolerant bacteria. …”
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Association of Hematological and Biochemical Parameters with Serological Markers of Acute Dengue Infection during the 2022 Dengue Outbreak in Nepal by Bibek Raj Bhattarai, Abhishek Mishra, Suraj Aryal, Mandira Chhusyabaga, Rajshree Bhujel

“…Method. A laboratory-based cross-sectional study was conducted among dengue patients. …”
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Estimates of disclosure and victimization rates for fishery observers in the maritime workplace by Lacey Jeroue, Lacey Jeroue, Craig Faunce, Andy Kingham, Jaclyn Smith

“…In the United States and other countries, scientists, called fishery observers, are required by the government to be deployed alongside fishing crews for extended periods to collect essential fisheries data and report potential fishing regulation violations they witness. …”
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Asymptomatic Bacteriuria among Pregnant Women in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: Prevalence, Causal Agents, and Their Antimicrobial Susceptibility by Ketema Bizuwork, Haile Alemayehu, Girmay Medhin, Wondwossen Amogne, Tadesse Eguale

“…Women whose urine samples carried greater than or equal to 105 colony-forming units (CFU) of bacteria per milliliter of urine when grown on plate count agar were considered positive for ASBU. …”
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Effects of Agrochemicals on Soil Bio-Physico-Chemical Properties in Potato Production Systems in the Highlands of South Western Uganda. by Twebaze, Jeniffer

“…The ardent use of agrochemicals is on the rise to increase the production and productivity of various crops in Uganda. The increased agrochemical usage could probably pose undesirable impacts on the soil environment that could outweigh the yield benefits. …”
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Treatment outcomes and its associated factors among neonates admitted with sepsis in Hiwot Fana Comprehensive Specialized University Hospital, Harar, Ethiopia by Betelhem Gezahegn, Ahmed Abdella, Fentahun Meseret, Ahmed Mohammed, Mulualem Keneni, Tesfaye Asfaw, Diribsa Tizazu, Assefa Desalew

“…The significant prognostic factors for sepsis were found to be low WBC count, desaturation, lack of ANC visits, and chorioamnionitis. …”
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Re-Branding China’s Battered Image in Nigeria amidst the COVID-19 Pandemic by Endong Floribert Patrick C.

“…In effect, by the time the epidemic was declared a pandemic, China’s image on the international stage had perceptibly become negative as both governments and citizens across the world tended to associate the Asian emerging nation with the origin and propagation of the Corona virus in the world as well as with many other crises/challenges derived from the pandemic. …”
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EFFECT OF COMBINATION OF DILL AND YOGURT ON GROWTH PERFORMANCE AND SOME PHYSIOLOGICAL TRAITS IN LOCAL QUAILS by Lanja A. Ismael, Payam Sadik Sabir

“…Female quail were significantly superior in body and carcass weight at 42 days of age, while males were superior to females in most of the physiological traits studied. Brown quails also significantly outperformed white quails in body weight at 42 days (215.52 ± 4.83 g/bird), carcass weight (127.66 ± 2.33 g/bird), and white blood cell count (120.49 ± 4.16µL/100). …”
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EFFECTS OF GREEN TEA EXTRACT ON GRAAFIAN FOLLICLES AND SERUM17b-ESTRADIOL IN MONOSODIUM GLUTAMATE-EXPOSED RATS by Syami Yulianti et al

“…Graafian follicles were counted using light microscope while serum 17b-estradiol level was measured using ELISA kit and the data was statistically analyzed using one-way ANOVA. …”
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Species Diversity, Structure, and Regeneration Status of Woody Plants in Saleda Yohans Church Forest, South Wollo, Ethiopia by Amare Bitew Mekonnen, Ali Seid Mohammed, Aster Demissew

“…Five transect lines oriented to north-south directions at a distance of about 500 m were laid down along transects across the forest. Fifty main plots of 20 m × 20 m were laid for tree/shrub data collection. …”
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Spatiotemporal Trends and Distributions of Malaria Incidence in the Northwest Ethiopia by Teshager Zerihun Nigussie, Temesgen T. Zewotir, Essey Kebede Muluneh

“…Malaria incidence had a decreasing linear trend changed across districts of the study region, and the steepness of trends of districts might not depend on incidences. …”
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Identifying Complex Scheduling Patterns Among Patients With Cancer With Transportation and Housing Needs: Feasibility Pilot Study by Allan Fong, Christian Boxley, Laura Schubel, Christopher Gallagher, Katarina AuBuchon, Hannah Arem

“…We defined an aggregate count-based adjustment metric as the harmonic mean of rescheduled ratio, canceled ratio, and no-show ratio. …”
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Models for the marrow: A comprehensive review of AI‐based cell classification methods and malignancy detection in bone marrow aspirate smears by Tabita Ghete, Farina Kock, Martina Pontones, David Pfrang, Max Westphal, Henning Höfener, Markus Metzler

“…To ensure general applicability across multiple medical centers and to deliver high accuracy on prospective clinical data, AI models would require highly heterogeneous training datasets. …”
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Sm-Nd Isotope Data Compilation from Geoscientific Literature Using an Automated Tabular Extraction Method by Zhixin Guo, Tao Wang, Chaoyang Wang, Jianping Zhou, Guanjie Zheng, Xinbing Wang, Chenghu Zhou

“…However, the scattering of critical geoscience data across multiple publications poses significant challenges regarding human capital and time. …”
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