Assessment of environmental degradation and conservation in the Maracanã River Basin, eastern amazon by Lucas Lima Raiol, Yuri Antonio da Silva Rocha, Aline Maria Meiguins de Lima, Andrés Velastegui-Montoya

“…The Maracanã River Basin (MRB) represents this environment, holding various ecosystem services for the component municipalities, protected areas with highly sensitive environments and water demand, and potential for multiple water uses. …”
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Gender-Based Influence of Project and Montessori Learning on Bullying in Children by Septriyani Septriyani, Sofia Hartati, R. Sri Martini Meilanie

“…The implications of this research highlight the importance of gender-sensitive educational interventions in fostering positive social and emotional development in early childhood education…”
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Geomagnetically Induced Currents and Harmonic Distortion: Storm‐Time Observations From New Zealand by Craig J. Rodger, Mark A. Clilverd, Daniel H. Mac Manus, Ian Martin, Michael Dalzell, James B. Brundell, Tim Divett, Neil R. Thomson, Tanja Petersen, Yuki Obana, Neville R. Watson

“…In this paper we analyze space weather‐induced GIC impact patterns over the entire country by using a different set of sensors that monitor levels of harmonic distortion, with even and odd harmonics measured separately. …”
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Transfer Learning-Based Health Monitoring of Robotic Rotate Vector Reducer Under Variable Working Conditions by Muhammad Umar Elahi, Izaz Raouf, Salman Khalid, Faraz Ahmad, Heung Soo Kim

“…Traditional approaches for HM, including those using vibration and acoustic emission sensors, encounter such challenges as noise interference, data inconsistency, and high computational costs. …”
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A Displacement Frequency Response Function-Based Approach for Locating Damage to Building Structures by Ching-Yun Kao, Xuan-Zhi Chen, Shih-Lin Hung

“…The proposed damage location index, CurveFRFDI, improves the sensitivity of SubFRFDI, which is a substructure FRF-based damage location index proposed by Lin et al. (2012). …”
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Decoding the m6A epitranscriptomic landscape for biotechnological applications using a direct RNA sequencing approach by Chuwei Liu, Heng Liang, Arabella H. Wan, Min Xiao, Lei Sun, Yiling Yu, Shijia Yan, Yuan Deng, Ruonian Liu, Juan Fang, Zhi Wang, Weiling He, Guohui Wan

“…By combining electrical signal features with base alignment data and employing a weighted Noisy-OR probability mechanism, pum6a achieves enhanced sensitivity and accuracy in m6A detection, particularly in low-coverage loci. …”
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Development of a novel, high-throughput imaged capillary isoelectric focusing-Western method to characterize charge heterogeneity of monoclonal antibody heavy and light chains by Gangadhar Dhulipala, Alanna Broszeit, Kun Lu, Nisha Palackal, Erica Pyles

“…We thus developed a novel, automated high-throughput iCIEF-Western method to directly quantify the HC and LC charge variants with high sensitivity under denatured and reduced conditions. …”
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Refractory human cytomegalovirus infection without evidence of genetic resistance in the UL-54 and UL-97 genes in a pediatric hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipient: a case r... by Alejandra Pando-Caciano, Ketty Adid Escudero-Ramirez, Jackeline Carol Rodríguez-Torres, Holger Maita-Malpartida, Holger Maita-Malpartida

“…Furthermore, this case highlights the importance of using highly sensitive genetic tools to detect mutations associated with virus resistance in a broader range of the viral genome.…”
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Study protocol of the PRINCESS trial—PReoperative INtermittent fasting versus CarbohydratE loading to reduce inSulin resiStance versus standard of care in orthopaedic patients: a r... by Markus W Hollmann, Abraham H Hulst, Benedikt Preckel, Jeroen Hermanides, Ayla Y Stobbe, Eline S de Klerk, Robert van Wilpe, Arthur J Kievit, Kee Fong Choi, Mireille F M van Stijn

“…Introduction Surgical trauma induces a metabolic stress response, resulting in reduced insulin sensitivity and hyperglycaemia. Postoperative insulin resistance (IR) is associated with postoperative complications, and extended preoperative fasting may further aggravate the postoperative metabolic stress response. …”
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Probiotics supplementation for management of type II diabetes risk factors in adults with polycystic ovarian syndrome: a meta-analysis of randomized clinical trial by Chengcheng Zhang, Yingyue Sheng, Jinchi Jiang, Yuzheng Xue, Leilei Yu, Fengwei Tian, Jianxin Zhao, Hao Zhang, Jian Jin, Qixiao Zhai

“…An analysis of pooled extracted data revealed that supplementation with probiotics significantly decreased fasting blood glucose (FBG, n = 7; standardized mean difference (SMD) = −0.40; 95 % confidence interval (CI): −2.02, −0.02; P = 0.04) and insulin levels (n = 6; SMD = −0.57; 95 % CI: −0.89, −0.25; P = 0.0004) and the homeostatic model assessment of insulin resistance (n = 7; SMD = −0.64; 95 % CI: −0.96, −0.31; P = 0.0001) while increasing the quantitative insulin sensitivity check index (QUICKI, n = 5; SMD = 0.58; 95 % CI: 0.08, 1.09; P = 0.02) in patients with PCOS. …”
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Estimation of Soil Erosion in Sefidrood Watershed by Emphasis on the Role of Landforms by Alireza Jafarzadeh Estalkhkouhi, Parviz Rezaei

“…In general, considering the study carried out on the nine influential factors in the soil erosion model (the PSIAC model), we notice that the mountainside and mountainous regions are more sensitive to erosion and influential factors in erosion are more active in these regions.…”
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Analysis of Driving Characteristic of Bistable Mechanism based on Dynamics by Meng Qingguo, Zhang Lili, Yang Xuefeng, Li Wei, Lu En, Dong Shi

“…At the same time,based on the dynamics characteristic of bistable state,the bistable switches and sensor can be designed and used.…”
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Enhancing Fault Detection and Classification in MMC-HVDC Systems: Integrating Harris Hawks Optimization Algorithm with Machine Learning Methods by Omar Hazim Hameed Hameed, Uğurhan Kutbay, Javad Rahebi, Fırat Hardalaç, Ibrahim Mahariq

“…Evaluating the fault detection system’s effectiveness, quantified through metrics such as specificity, accuracy, F1 score, and sensitivity, yields remarkable results, with percentages of 99.01%, 98.69%, 98.64%, and 98.67%, respectively. …”
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Development and validation of trigger tools in primary care: A scoping review. by Inge Dhamanti, Elida Zairina, Ida Nurhaida, Salsabila Salsabila, Fitri Yakub

“…The validation process was then carried out in two steps by both physician and non-physician experts for content and concurrent validity. The sensitivity, specificity, and positive predictive value (PPV) of the final algorithm were critical in determining the validity of each trigger. …”
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The Serum Biomarkers in Ulcerative Colitis by Semih SEZER, Selim DEMIRCI, Melisa Irem KARA, Murat KORKMAZ

“…Conclusions: This study demonstrated that the CLR and CAR had high sensitivity and specificity for detecting UC activity, whereas the PLR and NLR had low diagnostic value.…”
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Diabetes-Resistant NOR Mice Are More Severely Affected by Streptozotocin Compared to the Diabetes-Prone NOD Mice: Correlations with Liver and Kidney GLUT2 Expressions by S. Kahraman, C. Aydin, G. O. Elpek, E. Dirice, A. D. Sanlioglu

“…Although beta cell GLUT2 expression levels are frequently evaluated as a marker predicting STZ sensitivity in animal models, we report here very different diabetic responses to STZ in two different animal strains, in spite of similar initial GLUT2 expressions in beta cells. …”
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Neutrophil-to-lymphocyte ratio: A biomarker for predicting systemic involvement in iga vasculitis by Rintu Merin George, Arun C Inamadar, Ajit B Janagond

“…Optimal cutoff value of NLR for predicting systemic involvement was 3.25, with a specificity of 100% and sensitivity of 59%. Conclusions: NLR can be considered as a biomarker for predicting systemic involvement in IgA vasculitis, presenting with only cutaneous with/without joint manifestations.…”
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Photoplethysmography Biometric Recognition Model Based on Sparse Softmax Vector and k-Nearest Neighbor by Junfeng Yang, Yuwen Huang, Fuxian Huang, Gongping Yang

“…Although some promising results on PPG biometric recognition have been reported, challenges in noise sensitivity and poor robustness remain. To address these issues, a PPG biometric recognition framework is presented in this article, that is, a PPG biometric recognition model based on a sparse softmax vector and k-nearest neighbor. …”
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A comparative analysis of sphenoid and frontal sinuses using cone beam computed tomography for sex determination by Junaid Ahmed, Namrata, Nanditha Sujir, Nandita Shenoy, Srikant Natarajan, Archana Muralidharan, Ashwin C. Shetty

“…Additionally, the receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, area under the curve (AUC), sensitivity, and specificity were also determined. A p value < 0.05 was considered significant. …”
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Standardization, validation, and comparative evaluation of a convenient surrogate recombinant vesicular stomatitis virus plaque reduction test for quantification of Hantaan orthoha... by Jing Wei, Hui Zhang, Jiawei Pei, Qiqi Yang, Yuan Wang, Xiaolei Jin, He Liu, Liang Zhang, Hongwei Ma, Linfeng Cheng, Yangchao Dong, Yingfeng Lei, Yinlan Bai, Zhikai Xu, Pengbo Yu, Fanglin Zhang, Wei Ye

“…Our results suggest that rVSV-HTNV-GP based PRNT is a reliable lower-biosafety level surrogate for HTNV NAbs evaluation, which is easy to perform with higher sensitivity. Graphical abstract…”
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