Testing infrared camera surveys and distance analyses to estimate feral horse abundance in a known population by Kathryn A. Schoenecker, Paul F. Doherty Jr., Jacob S. Hourt, John P. Romero

“…We found the combination of IR surveys and distance sampling analysis to be a useful method to estimate feral horse abundance in sagebrush vegetation type, which had limited cover to obscure horses. …”
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Development of co-doped ZnS-CdS quantum dots based composite sensor for the detection of cefixime (CXM) and tetracycline (TET), and application in real samples from local dairies by Shakiba Javaheri, Fatemeh Keshavarzi, Changiz Karami

“…The analysis revealed a significant decrease in fluorescence intensity with increasing antibiotic concentrations, demonstrating the method’s high specificity and sensitivity. Recovery experiments with spiked milk samples yielded high accuracy, with CXM recovery rates ranging from 96.0 to 100.77% for Bistoon milk and 100.5–100.33% for Kalleh milk; TET recovery rates ranged from 97.2 to 106.0% for Bistoon milk and 93.16–102.5% for Kalleh milk. …”
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Prevalence of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli O157 and Non-O157 Serogroups Isolated from Fresh Raw Beef Meat Samples in an Industrial Slaughterhouse by Kiandokht Babolhavaeji, Leili Shokoohizadeh, Morteza Yavari, Abbas Moradi, Mohammad Yousef Alikhani

“…Materials and Methods. A total of 110 beef samples were collected from the depth of the rump of cattle slaughtered at Hamadan industrial slaughterhouse. …”
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Prediction of Soil Carbon Sequestration in Rangelands Regarding the Depth and Elevation of Sample Locations using Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) (Case Study: Lar Wat... by zeinab jafarian, zhila ghorbani

“…This is despite the fact that the performance and accuracy of regression methods strongly depend on the sample size, and a small sample size can be a limiting factor in such statistical models. …”
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Effective Detection of Cloud Masks in Remote Sensing Images by Yichen Cui, Hong Shen, Chan-Tong Lam

“…The model uses an improved residual module to capture the multi-scale features of clouds more effectively. MDU-Net first extracts the feature maps using four residual modules at different scales, and then sends them to the context information full flow module for the first up-sampling. …”
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PoE-Enabled Visible Light Positioning Network With Low Bandwidth Requirement and High Precision Pulse Reconstruction by Zhenghai Wang, Xuan Huang, Xuanbang Chen, Mengzhen Xu, Xiaodong Liu, Yuhao Wang, Xun Zhang

“…Then, a high-precision pulse reconstruction method considering the LED model and impulse response is established to enhance the signal quality. …”
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Re‐evaluating fetal scalp pH thresholds: An examination of fetal pH variations during labor by Aude Girault, Camille Le Ray, Charles Garabedian, François Goffinet, Xavier Tannier

“…The aim of the study was to investigate if pH drop rate accelerates at the common thresholds (7.25 and 7.20) and to explore the possibility of identifying more accurate thresholds. Material and methods A retrospective study was conducted at a tertiary maternity hospital between June 2017 and July 2021. …”
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Blended therapy for adolescents with chronic health conditions to increase fatigue-related self-efficacy (Booster): protocol for a single-case multiple baseline study by Maartje D. Stutvoet, Anouk Vroegindeweij, Jan Houtveen, Raphaële R. L. van Litsenburg, Elise van de Putte, Remco C. Veltkamp, Sanne L. Nijhof

“…Discussion Booster uses innovative methods by combining tailored ESM-insight, mHealth and healthcare professional support. …”
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Anxiety disorders in an attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder clinical sample Transtorno de ansiedade em amostra de pacientes com déficit de atenção e hiperatividade by Isabella Souza, Maria Antônia Pinheiro, Paulo Mattos

“…Two children showed more than one anxiety disorder. CONCLUSION: Children and adolescents with ADHD seem to be more prone to have comorbid anxiety disorders, at least in clinical samples referred to specialized units.…”
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A cross-sectional study to understand the correlation among Salmonella enterica infection and Lactobacillus reuteri concentration in fecal samples of post weaning piglets and their... by NOVIK YANA VIKTOROVNA, SITA PRASAD TIWARI, BALESHWARI DIXIT, MIRONOVA TATYANA EVGENIEVNA, CHEREPUSHKINA VICTORIA SERGEEVNA, AFONYUSHKINVASILY NIKOLAEVICH, KORNEVA MARINA VYACHESLAVOVNA, DAVYDOVA NATALIA VICTOROVNA, YURCHENKO ELIZAVETA EVGENIEVNA

“…Piglets were classified as sick (diarrhea) and healthy (norm) by Indikal indicator paper method. Fecal samples were processed for the extraction of genomic DNA of Lactobacilli and Salmonella and subjected to real-time PCR to detect concentration of microorganisms in the sample. …”
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Knowledge regarding human monkeypox among a sample of undergraduate and post-graduate students from selected tertiary institutions in Bangladesh: An online-based cross-sectional st... by Md Hasan Al Banna, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, Trisha Mallick, Nahidur Rahman, Mst Sadia Sultana, Humayra Alam Mouly, Najim Z Alshahrani, Nargees Akter, Tareq Mahmud, Susmita Hossain, Anannya Sheikh, Ashish Biswas, Sumaia Sahrin, Md Nazmul Hassan, Md Shafiqul Islam Khan

“…Therefore, this study's objectives were to: (i) determine the level of knowledge regarding mpox among undergraduate and post-graduate students in Bangladesh, and (ii) assess the determinants of knowledge regarding mpox among the study sample.<h4>Methods</h4>An online-based cross-sectional study was conducted among 879 tertiary-level students from selected tertiary institutions (n = 13) in Bangladesh. …”
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Cervix cytology samples revealed increased methylation of the human markers FAM19A4/miR124‐2 up to 8 years before adenocarcinoma by Ylva Lindroth, Louise Pedersen, Jacob Alssamaray, Tim Berglund, Avalon Sundqvist, Christer Borgfeldt, Ola Forslund

“…For LBC samples collected more than 2 years before the development of AIS, SCC or ADC, methylation analysis showed a higher positivity rate than cytology did. …”
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Perspectives and experiences regarding pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in a community sample of Veterans with unhealthy alcohol use: overall and across sexual orientation and gende... by Olivia V. Fletcher, Kristine Beaver, Elizabeth J. Austin, Jenna van Draanen, E. Jennifer Edelman, Emily C. Williams

“…Veterans with unhealthy alcohol use were not more likely to have heard of PrEP (58.2% vs. 55.4%, p = 0.37), but trended toward more likely to have taken PrEP (7.5% vs. 5.0%, p = 0.09), to be willing to take PrEP (30.5% vs. 27.6%, p = 0.06), and to have spoken with a doctor about PrEP (11.4% vs. 7.7%, p = 0.04). …”
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Comorbidades do transtorno de déficit de atenção e hiperatividade em crianças escolares Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder comorbidity in a school sample of children by Marianne de Aguiar Possa, Lucas Spanemberg, Ana Guardiola

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Accounting for effects of coagulation and model uncertainties in particle number concentration estimates based on measurements from sampling lines – a Bayesian inversion approach w... by M. Niskanen, A. Seppänen, H. Oikarinen, M. Olin, P. Karjalainen, S. Mikkonen, S. Mikkonen, K. Lehtinen

“…The proposed method should give more freedom for designing the measurement setup and also aid in the comparison of results obtained at different sampling locations, such as CVS and tailpipe.…”
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Associations between youth lifestyle habits, sociodemographic characteristics, and health status with positive mental health: A gender-based analysis in a sample of Canadian postse... by Rachel Surprenant, David Bezeau, Gabriel A. Tiraboschi, Gabrielle Garon-Carrier, Isabelle Cabot, Magaly Brodeur, Caroline Fitzpatrick

“…., flourishing, languishing, moderate) and anxiety and depression symptoms in postsecondary students. Methods: This cross-sectional study used a convenience sample of 2165 Canadian first-semester postsecondary students (59 % female, 41 % men). …”
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Effects of Changes in Runoff Characteristics on Asphalt Mixtures' Performance Against Low-Temperature Cracking by Mehdi Mehdinazar, Ali Abdi Kordani, Mahyar Arabani

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Associations between childhood socioeconomic characteristics, race, and risk of adverse childhood experiences in a population-based sample of US-born non-Hispanic Black and White w... by Lydia Marcus Post, J. Topitzes, D. Phuong Do, Young I. Cho, Dorothy R. Pathak, Amani Nuru-Jeter, Jamila L. Kwarteng, Tyan Parker Dominguez, Ann S. Hamilton, Kelly A. Hirko, Ann G. Schwartz, Ellen M. Velie

“…We examine the effect of both childhood socioeconomic characteristics and race on ACE burden. Methods Data are from a population-based sample (N = 1381) of US-born non-Hispanic Black (NHB) and White (NHW) women aged 20–49 years in Metropolitan Detroit and Los Angeles County, 2011–2014. …”
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Green trapping intra tube flux extraction device using polymethyl methacrylate for organochlorine pesticide analysis by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry by Desirée Marianne Sales Silveira, Jhonatan Bispo de Oliveira, Ildefonso Binatti, Emerson Fernandes Pedroso, Patrícia Santiago de Oliveira Patricio, Patterson Patricio de Souza

“…In this paper, the use of Poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) as the extraction phase in Intra Tube Flux extraction (IT-FEx-SPME) is presented as a one-step, environmentally friendly, and solvent-free method of aqueous sample preparation for gas chromatography. …”
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Ways to increase the inter-maitenance period of roads by A. A. Lytkin, G. V. Dolgikh, A. S. Prolygin

“…To study the hardening kinetics of sludge-granular concrete from asphalt granulate, reinforced with ground sludge, samples with a diameter of 71.4 mm by pressing under a pressure of 7 MPa, according to standard methods were prepared. …”
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