Preservation Technique of Dwarf Elephant Grass Cuttings (Pennisetum purpureum CV mott.) by Desy Valentina P, Nevy Diana Hanafi, Tri Hesti Wahyuni, Achmad Sadeli

“…The breeding of dwarf elephant grass generally uses vegetative methods, namely using cuttings. The constraints faced and the distribution of cuttings are the nature of which are easily damaged during storage due to physiological activities and invasion of microorganisms. …”
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İLKÖĞRETİM ÖĞRENCİLERİNİN GÖRÜŞLERİNE GÖRE ÖĞRETMENLERİN ETKİLİLİĞİ by Erten GÖKÇE

“…Frequency and percentage methods were employed to analyse the study. According to the results of the study, it was concluded that the teachers gave enough examples to illustrate their point of view, they asked questions related to the subjects they taught, they were tolerant, and in good intention. …”
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Pedagogical and evaluative competencies for the 21st century in molecular biology education and their relationship with honors programs: a systematic literature review by Ricardo Pérez Zúñiga, Mario Martínez García, Marina Campos-Valdez, Laura V. Sánchez-Orozco

“…Literature suggests that teaching methods should assess both knowledge and disciplinary skills, as this approach is a prerequisite for student employability in biomolecular sciences.MethodsIn this systematic review, we conducted a search in Web of Science and Scopus, selecting 55 studies that met the inclusion criteria for the development of this research. …”
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Practical guidance to handle missing values in the 25-question Geriatric Locomotive Function Scale (GLFS-25): a simulation study by Sakae Tanaka, Keiko Yamada, Toru Ogata, Hirotaka Chikuda, Kozo Nakamura, Takuya Kawahara, Ryohei Terashima, Ikumi Takashima, Hiromasa Miura, Takashi Ohe

“…Complete case analysis showed the largest bias, and the performances of the single imputation were between those methods. The relative performances were similar across the three datasets. …”
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Interest groups in Lithuania: dynamics of development and characteristics of institutionalization by Alvidas Lukošaitis

“…The interest groups topic is wide: analysis of the methods concerning the reasons for birth, organizational structure, and methods of activity can be treated as a starting point for scientific research, whereas the ending point of the research could be reserved for studying the patterns of interest groups – state relationships. …”
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Leveraging faith-leaders to prevent violence against women and girls: A qualitative study of evangelical faith-leaders' perceptions in Woliso, Ethiopia. by Wosene Berhanu, Elisa Gobbo, Addise Amado Dube, Nesanet Megersa, Yoska Amenu, Mengistu Demeke, Adamu Addisse, Sibylle Herzig Van Wees

“…<h4>Methods</h4>A qualitative study design drawing on 14 semi-structured interviews and observational data from workshops with Evangelical faith-leaders that explored their views on gender equality and VAWG. …”
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Can Synthetic Data Allow for Smaller Sample Sizes in Chronic Urticaria Research? by Annika Gutsche, Pascale Salameh, Samad S. Jahandideh, Mehran Roodsaz, Serkan Kutan, Ali Salehzadeh‐Yazdi, Emek Kocatürk, Stamatios Gregoriou, Simon F. Thomsen, Kanokvalai Kulthanan, Papapit Tuchinda, Joachim Dissemond, Alicja Kasperska‐Zajac, Magdalena Zajac, Mateusz Zamłyński, Martijn vanDoorn, Claudio A. S. Parisi, Jonny G. Peter, Cascia Day, Cathryn McDougall, Michael Makris, Daria Fomina, Elena Kovalkova, Nikolai Streliaev, Gerelma Andrenova, Marina Lebedkina, Maryam Khoskhkui, Mehraneh M. Aliabadi, Andrea Bauer, Lea Kiefer, Melba Muñoz, Karsten Weller, Pavel Kolkhir, Martin Metz

“…Conclusion Synthetic data could replicate RWD with reasonable accuracy for patients with CSU down to 25% of the original population size. This method has the potential to extend small patient subgroups in clinical and epidemiological research.…”
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Peculiarities of Clinical Indices, Duration and Complication of Acute Pancreatitis in Patients With Comorbid Obesity by Kebkalo A., Tkachuk O., Reiti A.

“…The aim of the study is to find out the features of clinical indicators, course and complications of acute pancreatitis in patients with comorbid obesity. Materials and methods. In our work, we used a retrospective analysis. …”
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The Effect of Recombinant Human Brain Natriuretic Peptide Combined with Xinmailong on Heart Failure and Its Impact on Cardiac Function and Inflammatory Response by Ge Z, Li C, Liu Y, Sun X

“…Zhaorui Ge,1,&ast; Chunyan Li,2,&ast; Yanling Liu,3 Xiujuan Sun4 1Department of Internal Medicine, Xianxian Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Xianxian, 062250, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Cardiology, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Hebei North University, Baoding, People’s Republic of China; 3Wuqiao County Hospital of Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Internal medicine, Wuqiao County, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Cardiology, Wuqiao County Hospital of Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Wuqiao County, People’s Republic of China&ast;These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Chunyan Li, Email yds734@126.comObjective: To analyze the effect of recombinant human brain natriuretic peptide (rhBNP) combined with Xinmailong on heart failure and its impact on cardiac function and inflammatory response.Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on the clinical data of 60 heart failure patients treated in our hospital from January 2023 to March 2024. …”
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TERRITORIAL DIFFERENTIATION OF INCOMES ADJUSTED FOR INFLATION by M. V. Moroshkina

“…Objective: to analyze and evaluate the regional disparities of socio-economic development of the Russian regions in terms of income differentiation adjusted for the level of inflation.Methods: indicator by which to measure the level of regional growth heterogeneity is Gini coefficient, allowing to determine the degree of the Russian regions’ deviation from absolute equality. …”
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NMRAL1 as a Causal Factor in Postherpetic Neuralgia: A Proteome-Wide Mendelian Randomization Study by Ye H, Wang Y, Shi Y, Wu Y, Xu Q, Huang S

“…Causal effects were assessed using inverse variance weighting (IVW) and MR-Egger methods.Results: MR analysis identified NMRAL1 as the only plasma protein causally associated with PHN. …”
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Routine Blood Tests as Predictive Tools for Differentiating Follicular Thyroid Carcinoma From Follicular Adenoma by Wang J, Wang J, Liu H, Chen C

“…Follicular thyroid carcinoma (FTC), though less common than papillary thyroid carcinoma (PTC), presents greater diagnostic challenges, especially when differentiating from follicular adenoma (FA). Current diagnostic methods lack specificity, underscoring the need for a simple, cost-effective predictive model for FTC.This study aimed to develop a predictive scoring system based on routine blood biomarkers to distinguish between FTC and FA, facilitating early diagnosis and treatment.Methods: A retrospective, single-center case-control study was conducted on patients diagnosed with FTC and FA at Renmin Hospital of Wuhan University from 2016 to 2022. …”
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Handheld lidar sensors can accurately measure aboveground biomass by David H. Atkins, Ryan C. Blackburn, Daniel C. Laughlin, Margaret M. Moore, Andrew J. Sánchez Meador

“…Lidar approaches can be completed within a fraction of the time required by many analog methods. However, it is unknown if handheld sensors are capable of accurately predicting AGB or how different modeling techniques affect prediction accuracy. …”
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Analysis of professional deficits of teachers of the Republic of Tatarstan by L. E. Khairullina, F. M. Gafarov, L. E. Mingalieva

“…The results of the diagnostic work were processed using visual and mathematical- statistical methods implemented within the tools and libraries of the Python programming language.Results and scientific novelty. …”
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National standards of pharmaceutical education in the context of reforming legislation of higher education by І. M. Alieksieieva

“…Methods of research – bibliographic, linguistic, contextual, substantive-legal, comparative-legal, generalization, description of results. …”
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Integral assessment of lipoperoxidation processes in women with ovarian hyperandrogenism by L. I. Kolesnikova, O. V. Krusko, L. V. Belenkaya, L. V. Sholokhov, L. A. Grebenkina, N. A. Kurashova, S. I. Kolesnikov

“…Practically healthy women of the corresponding ages  made up the 3rd and 4th control subgroups. Standard methods were used  to study the LPO–antioxidant defense system. …”
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Evaluation of the antitumor effects of Echovirus in combination with Doxorubicin in a mouse model of breast cancer by Fatemeh Aminian, Hadi Esmaeili Gouvrchin Ghaleh, Nahid Babaei, Gholamreza Khamisipour, Mahdieh Farzanehpour

“…This study aimed to assess the anti-tumor effects of Echovirus and Doxorubicin use in a mouse model of breast cancer. Methods. After inducing breast cancer, the mice were randomly divided into 4 equal groups. …”
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Algorithm for Selecting a Base Tractor Model to Form a Tractor Train by M. T. Toshboltaev, B. A. Kholikov

“…The studies employed the methods of implement mounting on machine-tractor units and elements of the theory of a tractor. …”
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The clinical manifestation and diagnostic features of Kawasaki-like phenotypes in pediatric multisystem inflammatory syndrome: a comparative retrospective study in Ukraine by Nataliia Bodnarchuk-Sokhatska, Halyna Pavlyshyn, Kateryna Kozak, Iryna Avramenko

“…Clinical and echocardiographic features were compared using appropriate statistical methods.ResultsAmong the 48 MIS-C cases analyzed, 22 patients (46%) met the Kawasaki disease criteria, equally divided between complete and incomplete Kawasaki-like phenotypes. btion was longest in the complete phenotype (9.7 days) and shortest in the incomplete phenotype (5.5 days). …”
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Applying photovoice and human-centered design to contextualize an adolescent micronutrient supplementation intervention in Mozambique by Sarah Bauler, Carmen Tse, Aicha Dos Santos, Lucilia Moises, Nicole Mbouemboue, Melissa Young, Joel Gittelsohn, Christine Marie George, Elli Leontsini

“…Methods We purposively selected 16 girls from three rural and peri-rural secondary schools divided equally into two age groups (13–16 years and 17–20 years) and asked them to take photos of their food environment. …”
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