Occult Hepatitis B Infection among Hemodialysis Patients in Tabriz, Northwest of Iran: Prevalence and Mutations within the S Region by Narges Eslami, Vahdat Poortahmasebi, Javid Sadeghi, Reza Ghotaslou, Bahram Niknafs, Hossein Bannazadeh Baghi, Mahin Ahangar Oskouee

“…Specific primers by nested polymerase chain reaction have been utilized to examine HBV DNA; also, direct sequencing of surface genes was carried out to characterize the viral genotypes and S gene mutations. Finally, followed by real-time PCR, the quantity of viral load in OBI-positive patients was determined. …”
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Neuropati Auditori by Sukri Rahman, Rossy Rosalinda

“…Conclusion: An accurate clinical and audiological evaluation are needed in auditory neuropathy, and finally, a correct diagnosis allow better treatment and rehabilitative strategies. …”
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Prevalence and Mortality Rates of Acute Kidney Injury among Critically Ill Patients: A Retrospective Study by Randa I. Farah, Othman A. Alfuqaha, Ali R. Younes, Hasan A. Mahmoud, Alhareth M. Al-Jboor, Mohammad M. Karajeh, Mohammad Z. Al-Masadeh, Omar I. Murad, Nathir Obeidat

“…Prior utilization of statins before admission exhibited a significant association with reduced mortality rate (AOR: 0.42; 95% CI: 0.2–0.85; p=0.02). Finally, AKI was associated with a higher mortality rate during MICU stay (AOR: 2.44; 95% CI: 1.07–5.56; p=0.03). …”
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Vagal nerve stimulation dynamically alters anxiety-like behavior in rats by A.G. Butler, J.K. Bassi, A.A. Connelly, M.R. Melo, A.M. Allen, S.J. McDougall

“…Additionally, a place preference assay determined whether VNS is rewarding or aversive. Finally, a c-Fos assay was performed to evaluate VNS-driven neuronal activation within the brainstem. …”
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Design, Implementation and Environmental Impact of Cutoff Wall for Pollution Control in an Industrial Legacy Site by Lu Yu, Sichen Chen, Jinnan Wang, Zhihong Zhang, Yan Huang

“…A protocol for a cutoff wall (50 m length × 2 m width × 3 m height) was finally verified and applied at the real contaminated site for the blocking of compound pollutant diffusion. …”
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Time to Relapse and Relapse Predictors in Patients with Schizophrenia at Ayder Comprehensive Specialized Hospital, Northern Ethiopia by Habtamu Endashaw Hareru, Kebede Embaye Gezae, Daniel Sisay W/tsadik, Gebremedhin Berhe Gebregergs

“…Both univariate and multivariate Cox regression models were used for variable selection. Finally, after confirming the model’s diagnosis and assumptions, factors with a p value of less than 0.05 were declared to be statistically significant predictors of schizophrenia relapse. …”
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Spatiotemporal Response of MODIS Derived Vegetation index to climatic condition Case study: Kohgiloyeh O Boirahmad Province of Iran by Mohammad Hossein Nasserzadeh, zahra Hejazizadeh, Zahra Gholampour, Bohloul Alijani

“…In transient months such as May, October and November,(temperate months in study region ) the spatial correlation among NDVI and LST is falling to 0.30 to 0.35 which is not statistical significant in 0.95 confident level. Finally in summer season or warm months including Jun to September, we found the minimum spatial association among the NDVI and LST.. …”
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Archival and Newly Isolated Historical <i>Bacillus anthracis</i> Strains Populate the Deeper Phylogeny of the A.Br.075(Sterne) Clade by Markus Antwerpen, Peter Braun, Wolfgang Beyer, Dirk Aldenkortt, Michael Seidel, Gregor Grass

“…A further 11 isolates amend the clade named A.Br.Para-Sterne (A.Br.078). Finally, some of the terminal clusters of the clade named A.Br.Eu-Sterne appear to be replete with (near) identical isolates, possibly a result of widespread use of the Sterne vaccine and of its re-isolation from vaccination-related animal anthrax outbreaks. …”
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GS-DTA: integrating graph and sequence models for predicting drug-target binding affinity by Junwei Luo, Ziguang Zhu, Zhenhan Xu, Chuanle Xiao, Jingjing Wei, Jiquan Shen

“…Meanwhile, for each protein, a framework combining CNN, Bi-LSTM, and Transformer is used to extract the contextual and structural information of the protein amino acid sequences, and this combination can help to understand a comprehensive and detailed features of the protein. Finally, the obtained drug and protein feature vectors are combined to predict DTA through the fully connected layer. …”
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Boards' strategic involvement models: Past, present, and future by Bozhinovska Tihona, Eftimov Ljupcho

“…Findings/conclusions: This paper contributes to research by identifying the models of boards' strategic involvement, classifying them in three competing groups of models that represent the foundation in this research area, by identifying the most investigated topics in the past five years and finally, by drafting the future research agenda. Our conclusion is that the research in this multidisciplinary area is navigating around these three groups of models and that the most explored topics around which the future research is going to be conducted are boards' involvement in the area of strategic human resource management and decisions regarding organizations' sustainability. …”
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Amine modified sodium alginate: Synthesis, characterization and in vivo evaluation in rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) by Samira Salarvand, Seyed Amir Hossein Jalali, Nasrollah Mahboobi Soofiani, Alireza Allafchian

“…Its cytotoxicity was evaluated using an MTT assay. Finally, its effects were assessed orally in rainbow trout (3 ± 0.3 g) for 6 weeks at 2 levels (2.5 and 5 g kg-1). …”
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Digital intervention promoting physical activity among obese people (DIPPAO) randomised controlled trial: study protocol by Bruno Pereira, Martine Duclos, Alexandre Mazéas, Aïna Chalabaev, Marine Blond

“…To advance our understanding of complex interventions like gamified and group-based ones, we will explore several psychological mediators relative to motivation, enjoyment, in-group identification or perceived weight stigma. Finally, to assess a potential superior economic efficiency compared with the current treatment, we will conduct a cost–utility analysis between the two conditions. …”
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Numerical Simulation of Gas–Liquid–Solid Three-Phase Erosion in a Gas Storage Tank Tee by Zongxiao Ren, Chenyu Zhang, Zhaoyang Fan, Yanfei Ren

“…As the sand and salt particle sizes increase, the maximum erosion rate of the tee initially rises, then declines, and finally stabilizes. The findings of this study offer valuable insights into the mechanisms governing tee erosion under elevated temperatures and pressures within storage reservoirs.…”
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Comparative potential of biogas production from the distillery, fruit and vegetable waste and their mixtures (digestion) by Gebresilasie Gebremedhin Gebresilasie, Mulualem G. Gebreslassie, Mebrahtom Gebresemati

“…Biogas was analyzed using a biogas analyzer, an ORSAT apparatus for CO2, and a TUTWILER apparatus for H2S. Finally, the %CH4 was calculated from 100 % by ignoring other gases. …”
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Heterologous Expression and Adaptive Evolution of ε-Poly-lysine Synthase Gene in <i>Corynebacterium glutamicum</i> by Long Pan, Yihang Chen, Aimei Liao, Yinchen Hou, Jihong Huang

“…Further optimization of the fermentation temperature, initial pH, and inoculation amount of the recombinant strain resulted in an increase in the ε-PL fermentation yield from 0.12 g/L to 0.22 g/L. Finally, through adaptive evolution of the recombinant strain, the ε-PL tolerance of the recombinant strain was increased to 1.3 g/L, and the yield of ε-PL ultimately reached 0.34 g/L, which increased by 54.55% compared to the initial strain. …”
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The Effects of 1 mA tACS and tRNS on Children/Adolescents and Adults: Investigating Age and Sensitivity to Sham Stimulation by Maike Splittgerber, Jan Hendrik Suwelack, Navah Ester Kadish, Vera Moliadze

“…This study contributes to the findings that noninvasive brain stimulation is well tolerated in children and adolescents including tACS, which has not been studied before. Finally, our study supports a modulating role of sensitivity to sham stimulation on responsiveness to a broader stimulation and age range.…”
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Skull vibration induced nystagmus, velocity storage and self-stability by Ian S. Curthoys, David S. Zee, Georges Dumas, Georges Dumas, Christopher J. Pastras, Julia Dlugaiczyk

“…In this paper we give an introduction to the area, followed by brief reviews of the neural response to sound and vibration, and then the velocity storage integrator, before putting forward our hypothesis about the neural input to the velocity storage integrator. Finally we discuss some of the implications of our hypothesis. …”
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Clinical Holistic Medicine: Psychodynamic Short-Time Therapy Complemented with Bodywork. A Clinical Follow-Up Study of 109 Patients by Søren Ventegodt, Suzette Thegler, Tove Andreasen, Flemming Struve, Lars Enevoldsen, Laila Bassaine, Margrethe Torp, Joav Merrick

“…Every new patient was asked to answer a 10-question composite questionnaire containing QOL1, QOL5, and four questions on ability to function socially, ability to function sexually, ability to love, and ability to work, rated on a 5-point Likert scale, on initial contact and after 1–3 months, when the patient had received about five treatments, the patient was asked to complete the questionnaire again, and finally again after 1 year. All had been to their general practitioner first with their problems and 30% had been in psychological/psychiatric treatment before. …”
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Evaluating the association of depressive symptoms on serum folate and erythrocyte folate levels based on the 2017–2020 NHANES database by Yunhong Yang, Huaqian Qi, Jiahao Zhang, Jie Jia, Yunsong Yang, Hong Zhao

“…The relationship between depression severity and erythrocyte folate as well as serum folate was also mutually validated by the results of multiple logistic regression. Finally, we made restricted cubic spline plots using the glm function of R.ResultsDepression remained negatively correlated with serum folate levels with a OR value of −0.02, 95% CI of −0.05 ~ −0.00. …”
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Implementation of an information system for tuberculosis in healthcare facilities in Indonesia: evaluation of its effectiveness and challenges by Rita Dian Pratiwi, Bachti Alisjahbana, Yanri Wijayanti Subronto, Sigit Priyanta, Suharna Suharna

“…Second, a cross-sectional survey of 115 SITB users was carried out across all health facilities in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, Indonesia, for reporting TB cases, using the EUCS method. Finally, in-depth interviews were conducted in 10 health facilities, focusing on identifying specific attributes that needed improvement to enhance user satisfaction. …”
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