Exploring the similarities and differences of variables collected by burn registers globally: protocol for a data dictionary review study by Amber Young, Ken Dunn, Michael Peck, Yvonne Singer, Emily Bebbington, Joanna Miles

“…Detailed information will be extracted for a sample of variables to give a deeper insight into similarities and differences between registers.Ethics and dissemination No patient data will be used in this project. …”
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Pilot application of an inflammation and physiological dysregulation index based on noninvasive salivary biomarkers by Andrey I. Egorov, William Xue, Jason Kobylanski, Miyu Fuzawa, Shannon M. Griffin, Timothy J. Wade, Michael Nye

“…Results Participants recruited at subsidized public housing projects in Denver, Colorado, completed a sociodemographic, behavioral, and health questionnaire and used passive drool samplers to collect five saliva samples over the course of 1 day. …”
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Detecting Fentanyl Analogs by Combining Surface-Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS) and Paper Spray Mass Spectroscopy (PS-MS). by S. Dogruer Erkok, R. Gallois, P. Camoiras Gonzalez, A. van Asten, B. McCord

“…Conclusions: Coupling portable SERS and PSI-MS methods will provide strong confirmatory results for real-world samples and drug mixtures. The experimental results obtained in this project can be readily implemented in field applications and in smaller laboratories, where inexpensive portable Raman spectrometers are often present and are used in drug analysis.…”
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A cross‐sectional study evaluating the frequency of HIV drug resistance mutations among individuals diagnosed with HIV‐1 in tenofovir disoproxil fumarate‐based pre‐exposure prophyl... by Urvi M. Parikh, Lauren D. Kudrick, Lisa Levy, Everline Bosek, Bhavna H. Chohan, Irene Mukui, Sarah Masyuko, Nonhlanhla Ndlovu, Imelda Mahaka, Owen Mugurungi, Gertrude Ncube, Anita Hettema, Sindy N. Matse, Saiqa Mullick, Carole L. Wallis, Amy L. Heaps, Kerri J. Penrose, Kevin D. McCormick, Lubbe Wiesner, Peter L. Anderson, Jill M. Peterson, Connie Celum, Barbra A. Richardson, Delivette Castor, Shannon Allen, Kristine Torjesen, John W. Mellors, Global Evaluation of Microbicide Sensitivity (GEMS) Project

“…Tenofovir‐diphosphate levels were consistent with moderate to high levels (≥350 femtomoles per punch) in 53% (120 of 226) individuals with drug‐level data. Of 154 samples successfully genotyped, 34 (22%; 95% CI [16%, 30%]) had PrEP‐associated mutations; these included 27 samples with M184I/V, one sample with K65KR, and six samples with both K65R and M184I/V. …”
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Overcoming practical challenges to pilot Sierra Leone’s first school-based distribution of piperonyl butoxide-synergist ITNs: findings from a 2023 assessment in Kono district by Keith Esch, Fredrick Yamba, Kevin Opondo, Musa Sillah-Kanu, David Schnabel, Prince Owusu, Raymond Sudoi, Malia Skjefte, Wani Lahai, Mohamed G. Sheku, Mariama Kabba Jibatteh, Augustine Ngegbe, Jenny Carlson, Temitayo Labor, Djenam Jacob, Charlene Youseff, Elisabeth Tyler, Prince Nallo, Dennis Marke, Stephen Poyer

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Numerical assessment of the effect of xenopericardial bioprosthetic heart valve calcifications on its biomechanics by P. S. Onishchenko, K. Yu. Klyshnikov, A. A. Khromov, A. E. Kostyunin, T. V. Glushkova, T. N. Akentieva, E. A. Ovcharenko

“…The study’s focus was on two commercially available UniLine bioprosthetic mitral valves sized 26 and 30 (NeoCor, Russia). The samples were subjected to microcomputer tomographic scanning in order to reconstruct calcium volumes. …”
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Experience of creation and application of automatic meteorological stations in polar regions by Idrisov I.V., Naumov A.V., Kovchin I.S.

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Perbandingan Model Pembelajaran Mata Kuliah Metodologi Penelitian Dalam Meningkatkan Kompetensi Mahasiswa by Ahmad Danu Syaputra, Fitria Fitria, Dheo Rimbano

“…The research population of 5,604 students spread across well-known private Universities in Lubuklinggau City and Musi Rawas District, researchers took a sample of 1%, with a uniform distribution. The researcher uses the frequency crosstab analysis (cross percentage), for the comparative type the researcher uses the technique of One Sample T Test, Independent Sample T Test, and One Way Anova. …”
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Development of Aluminum and Copper Alloys for Electric Automotive Engines—From the Research Work at the University of Dunaújváros by Judit Pázmán

“…In the project work, CES EDUPACK material selection software and Arc melter 500 arc remelting equipment were used to select good-performance materials and produce a sample. …”
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Automatisation developments on ESRF-EBS BM05 beamline by Fabien Léonard, Florian Jürries, Elodie Boller

“…For commercial users, a robotic sample changer has been assembled to be able to scan series of up to 45 samples, and maximise usage of night shifts. …”
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Reduction of Patient Harm Through Decreasing Urine Culture Contamination in an Emergency Department Using Multiple Process Improvement Interventions by Clare Cowen, Shelley Frinsco, Rebecca Nosal, Faith Colen

“… # Methods Culture results were reviewed and the project definition of contamination was applied. Contaminated cultures were reviewed further via manual electronic health record review of ED notes to determine documentation of collection source, education prior to clean catch collection, the cognitive and physical documented descriptions of the patient, and the name of the staff member who collected the sample…”
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Improvement of Saemangeum Dredged Soils Using Coffee Sludge for Vegetation Soil by Daehyeon Kim, Minseok Kim, Munchae Kim, Kyungho Park

“…In Korea, a large scale national project (Saemangeum Project) has been underway that requires a huge amount of dredged soils and their reclamation. …”
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Pharmacological interventions for patients with chronic primary musculoskeletal pain: disparity between synthesized evidence and real-world clinical practice by Helen Koechlin, Cedric Werdelis, Antonia Barke, Beatrice Korwisi, Roland von Känel, Julia Wagner, Cosima Locher

“…The RCT-based sample stemmed from a network meta-analysis project. …”
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The reality of psychological defense deception among students practicing sports in the faculties of physical education and Sports Sciences/Baghdad University by Sawsan Jawdat, Dr. Najlaa Abbas

“…   The study aimed to apply the measure of psychological defense deception for university students practices for sports, and to recognize the level of psychological defense deception among university students practices for sports, and the researchers adopted the descriptive curriculum by the survey method  a sample of third-graders in the Faculties of Physical Education and Sports Sciences /Baghdad University for the academic year (2020-2021) and the number of the students are (209) students, selected from them (189) students by (90.43%) In the random way of the main application sample, also (10) students were selected by (4,785%) in a random way of the exploration experiment sample, a recent specialized measure were adopted by the two researchers for the target sample of measurement, and the procedures were from a exploration experiment and a major survey in the research for the period between (2/3/2021 and 6/4/2021), as after the application of the measure by conducting the main survey they were mediated by paper forms,  and the results were addressed by the statistical bag system (SPSS) (V26) to be the conclusions and recommendations that university students practice sports have an acceptable level of psychological defense deception, and need to raise the recommended level of compensation and projection of Psychological defense deception are characterized by surpassing, and it is necessary to increase interest in the mechanisms to encourage university students to exercise in student activities with the availability of reinforcement of various kinds, and it is necessary for the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research to ensure sports culture and its role in the psychology of female students in education courses Continuous and electronic activity platforms to communicate between faculty members …”
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DIFFICULTIES IN USING THE INTERNET IN THE TEACHING OF SCIENCES by Baghdad Science Journal

“…The present research aims at recognizing the difficulties and problems which hamper teachers and educators alike when using the internet for educational purposes.It discusses the benefits of the internet as a source of information or publication and as a communicative tool.Arandom sample of (30) teachers working at schools in Baghdad / Second Risafa,was selected.Three of the sample members use the internet for student project plans via internet centers, whereas 16 of them use it for chatting, emailing and research purposes.The rest of the sample have limited knowledge of the internet. …”
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Study design and procedures for a hybrid effectiveness-implementation incomplete stepped-wedge cluster-randomized trial to evaluate a differentiated point-of-care HIV diagnosis and... by Michael E. Herce, Caitlin Cassidy, Alexandra Munson, Jessie K. Edwards, Sarah E. Rutstein, Mitch Matoga, Chimwemwe Kumwenda, Katherine R. Simon, Joep J. van Oosterhout, Carrie M. Cox, Funny Kamanga, Wiza Kumwenda, Sam Phiri, Ethel Rambiki, Agness Thawani, Jacqueline Huwa, Bridget Malewezi, Tisu Mvalo, Agatha Bula, Lameck Chinula, Irving Hoffman, Madeleine A. Squibb, Rose K. Nyirenda, Friday Saidi, Mina C. Hosseinipour, Maganizo B. Chagomerana

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Association of skeletal muscle strength and cardiorespiratory fitness with bone mineral density: a cross-sectional study by Beibei Wei, Zelong Miao, Xinge Yang, Xinge Yang, Shuning Chen, Xueying Guo, Jixiang Wang, Xu Huang, Hanping Zhang, Xuan Wang, Bin Jia

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Identification of hepatitis C virus in the common bed bug – a potential, but uncommon route for HCV infection? by Jiaxin Ling, Thomas Persson Vinnersten, Jenny C. Hesson, Jon Bohlin, Espen Roligheten, Edward C. Holmes, John H.-O. Pettersson

“…During an ongoing virome metagenomics project we identified hepatitis C virus (HCV) in a pool of recently blood-fed common bed bug (Cimex lectularius) nymphs sampled from domestic residences in Europe. …”
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Natural Products as Timeless Remedies – Unlocking Nature’s Treasure Trove by Tamara Balsiger, Robin Teufel, Eliane Garo

“…This workflow is used routinely in our group and was successfully applied to numerous natural product drug discovery projects. …”
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Integrated pore size and grain size characterization of geomaterials from Ewekoro, Eastern Dahomey Basin by Olawale Babatunde Olatinsu, Mathew Osaretin Ogieva, Kehinde Saheed Ishola, Amidu Abiola Ige-Adeyeye

“…The pore and grain size of rocks and geomaterials are very crucial factors in evaluating their usefulness in industrial productions, geological and petrophysical assessments, geotechnical engineering projects and environmental studies. The study techniques include low field NMR measurements via CPMG pulse sequence on fully saturated disc-shaped samples and grain size analysis on sample fragments. …”
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