Well-Characterized Polyethyleneimine-/Carboxylated-Polyethylene-Glycol-Functionalized Gold Nanoparticles as Prospective Nanoscale Control Materials for In Vitro Cell Viability Assays: Particle Characterization and Toxicity Tests in Eight Mammalian Cell Lines by Vytas Reipa, Vincent A. Hackley, Alessandro Tona, Min Beom Heo, Ye Ryeong Lee, Tae Geol Lee, Aaron Johnston-Peck, Tae Joon Cho

“…Lately, animal-based testing has been replaced by mechanistically informative in vitro assays due to the requirements of regulatory agencies. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Whole Body and Hepatic Insulin Resistance Using Indices from Oral Glucose Tolerance Test in Morbidly Obese Subjects with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Kamran Qureshi, Ronald H. Clements, Fahad Saeed, Gary A. Abrams

“…Homeostasis Model Assessment Index for Insulin Sensitivity (HOMA-IS), Quantitative Insulin Sensitivity Check Index (QUICKI) for hepatic IR and Insulin Sensitivity Index (ISI0,120), and Whole Body Insulin Sensitivity Index (WBISI) for whole body IR are the indices calculated after Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT). We used these indices as noninvasive methods of IR (inverse of insulin sensitivity) estimation and compared hepatic/peripheral components of whole body IR in NAFLD. …”
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Feasibility, acceptability and preliminary effects of a social network-based, peer-led HIV self-testing intervention among men in two Ugandan fishing communities, 2022 by Joseph KB Matovu, Aisha Twahiri Namwama, Linda Kemigisha, Geoffrey Taasi, Jennipher Nakabugo, Julius Wandabwa, Laura M. Bogart, Nuraan Fakier, Rhoda K. Wanyenze, Peter Olupot-Olupot, Joshua Musinguzi, David Serwadda

“…Nearly all (99.1%, n = 352) kits’ recipients used them to self-test for HIV. Of the 352 HIV self-testers, 51 men (14.5%) had reactive (positive) HIV self-test results. …”
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Evaluation of Pavement Structural Number and Resilient Modulus in a Schistose Quartzite/Quartzite Environment using Dynamic Cone Penetration Test Data: Consequence for flexible pavement construction by Olumuyiwa Falowo, A.S. Daramola, W.K. Olabisi

“…Hence, this study determines (through in situ dynamic cone penetration test) important geotechnical attributes of the foundation soil in the campus of Rufus Giwa Polytechnic, Owo, southwestern Nigeria, correlates the stiffness properties (in terms of subgrade and elastic modulus). …”
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Dry Swab-Based Nucleic Acid Extraction vs. Spin Column-Based Nucleic Acid Extraction for COVID-19 RT-PCR Testing: A Comparative Study by Mohammed Faraaz Khan, C. Roopa

“…Out of the 56 samples tested, 27 were positive for VTM-based extraction and 29 were negative. …”
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Protocol for development of an assessment tool for competency of ECG interpretation: expert consensus by the RAND/UCLA appropriateness method and cross-sectional testing using multidimensional item response theory by Shinji Inaba, Toshi A Furukawa, Osamu Yamaguchi, Masatsugu Sakata, Kazumichi Yamamoto, Tomohiro Kaga, Muhammad Wannous

“…The current study seeks to (1) develop a set of items (ECG questions) for estimating competency of ECG interpretation by medical personnel by consensus among expert panels following a process based on the RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method (RAM) and (2) analyse item parameters and multidimensional latent factors of the test set to develop an assessment tool.Methods and analysis This study will be conducted in two steps: (1) selection of question items for ECG interpretation assessment by expert panels via a consensus process following RAM and (2) cross-sectional, web-based testing using a set of ECG questions. …”
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Maximal and Explosive Muscle Strength During Hip Adduction Squeeze and Hip Abduction Press Test Using A Handheld Dynamometer: An Intra- and Inter-tester Reliability Study by Lasse Ishøi, Kristian Thorborg, Laura Krohn, Lars Louis Andersen, Asger Møller Nielsen, MIkkel Bek Clausen

“…An alternative to unilateral testing, is the long-lever hip adduction squeeze test and a novel bilateral hip abduction press test. …”
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Degree of corrosion and other deterioration effects in highway bridge deck component using non-destructive self potential and vibration testing: case study from SW Nigeria by O. O. Falowo, O. Makinde, Y. Akindureni

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Clinicians’ experience with infographic summaries from the BMJ Rapid Recommendations: a qualitative user-testing study among residents and interns at a large teaching hospital in Switzerland by Thomas Agoritsas, Per Vandvik, Tiffany Hirschel

“…User testing was carried out through guided think-aloud sessions. …”
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Evaluation of change in emergency care knowledge and skills among front-line healthcare providers in Ukraine with the Basic Emergency Care course: a pretest/post-test study by Sean M Kivlehan, Amy Allen, Olha Viun, Dmitry A Makarov, Daniel Schnorr, Sonny Patel, Sergii A Ryzhenko, Phuong Pham, Timothy B Erickson

“…Objective Evaluate the change in participant emergency care knowledge and skill confidence after implementation of the WHO-International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) Basic Emergency Care (BEC) course.Design Pretest/post-test quasi-experimental study.Setting Mechnikov Hospital in Dnipro, Ukraine.Participants Seventy-nine participants engaged in the course, of whom 50 (63.3%) completed all assessment tools. …”
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Isolation and Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing of Haemophilus influenzae from Nasopharynx of Children under Five Years Attending Maternal and Child Health Clinic in Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital by Daniel Omoding, Joel Bazira

“…Therefore, we conducted a study to determine H. influenzae carriage rate and antibiotic susceptibility testing of the isolates among the children. Methods. …”
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Comparative testing of vaccines based on viruses of genetic lineages G1 and Y280 for their potency against low pathogenic avian influenza H9N2 by S. V. Frolov, L. O. Scherbakova, N. V. Moroz, V. N. Irza, V. Yu. Kulakov

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METHODOLOGY FOR KNOWLEDGE MEASUREMENT IN PROFESSIONAL TRAINING by Alexey V. Tomiltcev, Alexey V. Maltsev

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Análise descritiva do indicador de cobertura do exame de citopatológico no Brasil: um estudo de 2018 a 2023 by Laura Bassoli Baldiotti Benício, João Gabriel dos Santos, Natália Maria Vieira Pereira Caldeira, Lise Maria Carvalho Mendes, Fábio da Costa Carbogim, Flávia Azevedo Gomes-Sponholz, Thaís de Oliveira Gozzo, Nayara Gonçalves Barbosa

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DEİZM – ATEİZM TARTIŞMALARI VE GÜNÜMÜZE YANSIMALARI by Murtaza Korlaelçi

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Justification of the author’s methodology of emotional intelligence research by M. V. Butenko

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Interrelationship of the volunteerism and solidarity concepts in sociology by O. P. Noskova

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Influences of age and sex on the diagnostic accuracy of human epididymis secretory protein 4 for malignant pleural effusion by Qian Yang, Yan Niu, Qianghua Zhou, Dan-Ni Yang, Hong-Zhe Zhu, Cheng Yan, Su-Na Cha, Ting-Wang Jiang, Li Yan, Wen-Qi Zheng, Jian-Xun Wen, Zhi-De Hu

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PENGARUH SUHU LELEH MATRIK DAN PERLAKUAN CRYOGENIC SERAT KARBON TERHADAP INTERFACIAL SHEAR STRENGTH CARBON FIBER REINFORCED POLYPROPYLENE by Cahyo Budiyantoro, Fajri Attoriq, Harini Sosiati

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