Genetic diversity of wild barley (<i>Hordeum spontaneum</i> K. Koch) in the context of resistance to toxic aluminum ions by O. V. Yakovleva

“…The objective of this work was to search for H. spontaneum genotypes highly resistant to ionic (Al3+) toxicity.Materials and methods. One hundred accessions of H. spontaneum from the collection of the N.I. …”
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ATTITUDES TOWARD COVID-19 BOOSTER DOSE VACCINES ACCEPTANCEAMONG HEALTHCARE STUDENTS, KARACHI: A CROSS-SECTIONALANALYSIS by Arif Ali, Benish Zia, Shayan Ali, Ali Ahmed, Naqiha Shabbir

“…Additionally, 268 (86.5%) reported having relatives who were infected with COVID-19. Two hundred seventy-eight (89.7%) participants believed that the emergence of continuously new variants, followed by 244 (78.7%) not adhering to CDC guidelines regarding vaccination and incomplete dosage (223; 71.9%), were the major causes of breakthrough infections. …”
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An Ecolevel Estimation Method of Individual Driver Performance Based on Driving Simulator Experiment by Yiping Wu, Xiaohua Zhao, Ying Yao, Jian Rong

“…Taking a number of one hundred of data segments in vehicle starting process as training sample, the optimal structure, functions, and learning rate of a backpropagation neural network model with three layers were obtained, after repeated model simulation experiments. …”
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Bailing Out the Protester by Alireza Nourani-Dargiri

“…Although the overwhelming majority of these protests and demonstrations are peaceful, and many of the charges in these arrests are eventually dropped, arrested protesters are still required to put up hundreds––sometimes even thousands––of dollars to be released pretrial. …”
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Secondary infections in COVID-19: Antemortem and postmortem culture study by Vandana V. Kiro, Meenakshi Sharma, Sharad Srivastava, Parin Lalwani, Richa Aggarwal, Kapil D. Soni, Rajesh Malhotra, Sanjeev Lalwani, Purva Mathur, Anjan Trikha

“…Forty-four pathogens were isolated, which consisted of Acinetobacter baumannii (43.1%), Klebsiella pneumoniae (36.3%), Escherichia coli (11.3%), and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (4.5%), Enterococcus faecium (4.5%). Two hundred fifty-eight samples were collected from the deceased bodies wherein the nasopharyngeal sample was highest, followed by tissue and blood. …”
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The new technologies of high-throughput single-cell RNA sequencing by E. A. Vodiasova, E. S. Chelebieva, O. N. Kuleshova

“…The first RNA-sequencing technologies of individual cell transcriptomes (scRNA-seq) captured no more than one hundred cells at a time, which was insufficient due to the detection of high cell heterogeneity, existence of the minor cell types (which were not detected by morphology) and complex regulatory pathways. …”
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Evaluation of Serum Bilirubin as a Predictive Marker for Simple and Complicated Appendicitis in Sulaimani Emergency Teaching Hospital by Seerwan Hama Shareef, Dara Ahmed Mohammed, Goran Ameer Ahmed

“…Patients were divided into 3 groups: non-inflamed appendix, simple appendicitis and complicated appendicitis. One hundred and 75 patients were analysed, 90 of them were females and 85 were males. …”
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"Þat Ʒet þe wynd & þe weder & þe worlde stynkes": The Sins of Richard II and the Corruption of the Crown by Shawn Mcavoy

“…Many writings from late-fourteenth century England reflect a popular conception that English society had deteriorated into serious dysfunction, which included the Hundred Years’ War, recurrent outbreaks of the Black Death, and ongoing tensions between the King and Parliament, among other matters. …”
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Bridging the pain gap after cancer surgery – Evaluating the feasibility of transitional pain service to prevent persistent postsurgical pain – A systematic review and meta-analysis... by Raghu S. Thota, S Ramkiran, Aveek Jayant, Koilada Shiv Kumar, Anjana Wajekar, Sadasivan Iyer, M Ashwini

“…Meta-analysis with meta-regression was conducted to analyse the feasibility of TPS with individual subgroup analysis and its relation to pain-related patient outcomes. Results: Three hundred seventy-four articles were evaluated, of which 14 manuscripts were included in the meta-analysis. …”
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Synthetic data as external control arms in scarce single-arm clinical trials. by Severin Elvatun, Daan Knoors, Simon Brant, Christian Jonasson, Jan F Nygård

“…Clinical trials typically comprise only a few hundred patients usually with high-cardinality features, which makes individual data instances more exposed to re-identification attacks. …”
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GASTROINTESTINAL PARASITES AND ASSOCIATED GUT PATHOLOGY IN CHICKENS SOLD AT LIVE-BIRD MARKETS IN LAGOS STATE, SOUTHWESTERN NIGERIA by Oluwayomi Oluwatoyin Adeyemi, Emmanuel Taiwo Idowu, Bamidele Akinsanya, Isa Danladi Jatau, Temitope Morenikeji Oladipo

“…This survey aimed to determine the diversity and pathological effects of GI parasites of chickens in Lagos State, Nigeria. Three hundred and sixty-four (364) chickens were randomly sampled from selected live-bird markets. …”
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Glycated Hemoglobin as a Screening Tool in the Diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus among Adult Patients in a Tertiary Health Facility in Port Harcourt, Niger Delta Region of Nigeria by Gesiye Bozimo, Marcellinus Okafor Nkpozi, Adaeze Ugwu, Victoria Eno Gomba, Chinweuba M. Abonyi, Chioma Unachukwu

“…Materials and Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study, in which 400 subjects were evaluated for the presence of glucose intolerance. Two hundred patients with hypertension and 200 nonhypertensives patients were screened for DM. …”
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Seroprevalence Study of Dengue at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Jaipur, Rajasthan by Ashina Singla, Afreen Ali, Himanshi Galav, Ved Prakash Mamoria

“…Results: One thousand seven hundred and sixty-three serum samples were tested for dengue NS1 antigen, IgM, and IgG, out of which 1066 were positive for one or more serological parameters. …”
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Weight status influences the effect of hyperglycemia at admission on clinical outcomes after endovascular thrombectomy by Tao Tang, Xu-Sheng Zhao, Zhong-Jun Chen, Tie-Ping Fan, Aline M. Thomas, Man-Hong Zhao, Di Li, Shen Li

“…This study explores whether weight status influences the relationship between admission hyperglycemia and outcomes after thrombectomy. METHODS: Four hundred and fifty-two patients with acute anterior circulation ischemic stroke undergoing thrombectomy were retrospectively analyzed. …”
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Size, spines, and primes: the drivers of collar spine numbers among echinostome trematodes by Bronwen Presswell, Priscila M. Salloum, Jerusha Bennett, Katherine E. Buschang, Robert Poulin

“…We investigate interspecific variation in the number of collar spines among trematodes from the superfamily Echinostomatoidea, using a dataset comprising hundreds of species. These trematodes possess a ring of spines around their anterior sucker; in some families, they form 2 arcs on either side of the sucker, with a central gap, whereas in other families, they form a continuous collar with no gap. …”
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Evaluation of efficacy of two bag-mask ventilation techniques by novice airway providers: Two-handed CE versus dominant-hand CE–non-dominant-hand thenar eminence techniques – A ran... by Neetu Saroye, Gurpreeti Kaur, Udeyana Singh, Anju Grewal, Akshita Khanna, Rushal Nayyar

“…Hence, we compared the efficacy of two-handed CE versus a hybrid technique. Methods: One hundred thirty-two American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) I–II adult patients were randomised into groups A and B. …”
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Disability among attendees with schizophrenia in a Nigerian hospital: further evidence for integrated rehabilitative treatment designs by Andrew Toyin Olagunju, Dapo Adebowale Adegbaju, Richard Uwakwe

“…This study aims to investigate the pattern of disability, and the associated factors among individuals with schizophrenia. One hundred consecutively recruited consenting participants were subjected to designed questionnaire to inquire about their demographic and illness-related variables. …”
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A PERISCOPE INTO THE PSYCHO-SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC CHALLENGES EXPERIENCED BY FAMILIES OF PERSONS WITH MENTAL DISORDERS IN KADUNA STATE by FARIDA ABUBAKAR SAULAWA

“…This study adopted mixed methods, where other related studies adopted one method, utilizing both in-depth interviews and questionnaires, which comprised of a total of four hundred (400) caregivers who have consistently accompanied their mentally ill patients to the hospital in the last six months. …”
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Dentists’ Attitudes in Jordan towards the Shortened Dental Arch Concept: A Cross-Sectional Study by Motasum Abu-Awwad, Rula Amarin, Farah Khouli, Sirin Shaban, Sandra AlTarawneh

“…The chi-square (X2) test was used to examine associations. Results. One hundred and six dentists responded (70.7% response rate). …”
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Maximising informativeness for target capture-based phylogenomics in Erica (Ericaceae) by Seth D. Musker, Nicolai M. Nürk, Michael D. Pirie

“…Target capture (aka Hyb-Seq) allows researchers to sequence hundreds of genomic regions (loci) of their choosing, at relatively low cost per sample, from which to derive phylogenetically informative data. …”
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