Bloodthirsty bites: host-feeding patterns of phlebotomine sand flies from two localities in the Aegean Region of Türkiye by Metin Pekagirbas, Fatma Bursali, Serkan Bakirci

“…Blood-feeding patterns of these species was determined using direct ELISA technique and multiplex PCR method. Results All the samples collected from Aydin blood fed from Bos taurus whereas females sampled from Mugla locality blood-fed from Canis lupus (8/15) and Gallus domesticus (7/15). …”
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The prevalence of the Cryptosporidium parvum among children in Ramadi city by KHADIJA KHLEAF AL-DULAIMI

“…Our study was shown that the rate of prevalence of the C. parvum was 7.87% from the total of 813 samples of diarrhea by using Zeihl-Neelsen method while  ELISA technique result was 11.56% From our results, ELISA technique more specific than Ziehl-Neelsen method in diagnosis of C. parvum and the different is  significant (P <0.05).. …”
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Detection of Giardia and Cryptosporidium in surface water of a subarctic city by Christina A. Ahlstrom, Michael P. Carey, Damian M. Menning, Jonathan A. O'Donnell, Andrew M. Ramey

“…The molecular approach was ultimately unsuccessful and therefore only data obtained using Method 1623 are presented. Giardia or Cryptosporidium spp. was detected from nine of 15 urban streams and lakes sampled (60 %), six of which were positive for both parasites (40 %). …”
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Lightweight Apple Leaf Disease Detection Algorithm Based on Improved YOLOv8 by LUO Youlu, PAN Yonghao, XIA Shunxing, TAO Youzhi

“…In addition, to assess the model's generalization ability, a stratified sampling method was used, selecting 20% of the images from the dataset as the test set. …”
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Effect of Brassinosteroid and Melatonin Foliar Application on Biochemical Characteristics and Growth Indices of Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd) under Drought Stress Condition by N Pakgohar, A. A Maghsoudi Mood, H Farahbakhsh, A Pasandi pour

“…Chlorophyll fluorescence was assessed via the saturation pulse method to determine the maximum quantum yield of photosystem II. …”
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Effects of Gamma Irradiation on the Properties of Bioactive Compounds of Bee Pollen by Parvin Shawrang, Maryam Sadeghi, Hamed Majidi-Zahed

“…The effects of pollen feeding on the microbial flora of the digestive tract, intestinal morphology, and villus growth were studied by sampling intestinal tissue and contents. Interleukin-4 was measured to study the antiallergic effects of pollen by the ELISA method. …”
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Feedback-Driven Pattern Matching in Time Series Data by M. Van Onsem, V. Ledoux, W. Melange, D. Dreesen, S. Van Hoecke

“…As patterns in production network monitoring environments, which monitors and manages entire infrastructures of millions of device metrics over time, frequently exhibit more complex characteristics such as differences in temporal size or expected noise, these methods often remain insufficient for accurately tracking important behavioral patterns such as backup cycles or transcode sessions. …”
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A novel disc bend test specimen for realistic measuring of tensile strength in pavements under transverse cracking condition by M.R.M. Aliha, Hamid Reza Karimi, S.M.N. Ghoreishi

“…Hence, in this research, a novel test specimen is proposed for the first time to measure the tensile strength of asphalt concrete materials in more realistic conditions. The proposed method utilizes a disc shape sample named Symmetric Disc Bend (SDB), which is a specimen loaded by a conventional three-point bending fixture. …”
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Designing an Earnings Management Improvement Model for Iranian knowledge-based Firms by Khadijeh Ghasemi, Hosein Jabbari, Meysam Arabzadeh, Hosein Panahian

“…The constant comparative method in the three stages of open, axial, and selective coding based on the Strauss et al. (1996) method and the MAXQDA software was employed to analyse the data. …”
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Transference patterns and working alliance during the early phase of psychodynamic psychotherapy by Samardžić Ljiljana, Nikolić Gordana

“…The aim of our paper was to determine the differences between the groups of patients with low, middle, and high working alliance scores and the dropout group in transference patterns, sociodemographic and clinical parameters, during the early phase of psychodynamic psychotherapy. Methods. Our sample consisted of 61 non-psychotic patients, randomly selected by the method of consecutive admissions and treated with psychoanalytic psychotherapy in the outpatient clinical setting. …”
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Validation of ELISA Test-system for Trastuzumab (Herceptin, Hertikad) quantitative determination in biological fluids by V. V. Pisarev, A. V. Ivanov

“…The found average values of trastuzumab concentrations did not deviate from the nominal values by more than 14 % in the entire range of determined concentrations, the intraand interseries precision of the test system did not exceed 8%, and the total method error was 20.1 %. …”
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OVERDISPERSION HANDLING IN POISSON REGRESSION MODEL BY APPLYING NEGATIVE BINOMIAL REGRESSION by Yesan Tiara, Muhammad Nur Aidi, Erfiani Erfiani, Rika Rachmawati

“…A negative binomial regression can overcome an unfulfilled equidispersion assumption where the mean is greater than the standard deviation value (overdispersion). This method is more flexible because it does not require that the variance be equal to the mean. …”
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Mitigation of the effect of variability in digital PCR assays through use of duplexed reference assays for normalization by Sherry J Coulter

“…Correcting for the actual amount of amplifiable nucleic acid present demonstrated a higher correlation between various dilutions of sample mRNA and allowed more accurate comparisons of digital PCR results.…”
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Comparison of different auxiliary techniques used during root canal filling removal in terms of the amount of apically extruded debris: In vitro study. by Ismail Uzun, Kevser Şenel, Rawan Alqawasmi

“…<h4>Conclusion</h4>The study concludes that auxiliary methods used during root canal filling removal significantly impact the degree of apical debris extrusion, with some methods leading to greater extrusion than others.…”
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Improvement of accuracy and diagnostic significance of breast tumor fine-needle aspiration biopsy by miRNA analysis of material isolated from cytological smears by N. N. Kolesnikov, S. E. Titov, Yu. A. Veryaskina, A. V. Vladimirova, R. B. Samsonov, A. S. Artem’eva, V. I. Novik, L. M. Bershteyn, I. F. Zhimulev, A. V. Malek

“…In clinical practice methods are being applied: trepan-biopsy and fine needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB). …”
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Comparative Analysis of the Physicochemical Properties of Fresh, Solar-Dried, Oven-Dried and Commercial <i>Royal Gala</i> Apple Snacks by Lisete Fernandes, Pedro B. Tavares, João Siopa, Carla Gonçalves, Fernando M. Nunes

“…The ratio of soluble solids to titratable acidity, an indicator of sensory acceptance, was more influenced by drying methods than temperature. …”
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Endotracheal Intubation Done in Field Conditions of Restrained Space by S. Gavrilovic, S. Milic, F. Dujmovic, Z. Fiser

“…Maximum performing time for the sample was 15 seconds. We consider that, using this method, the endo-tracheal intubation can be realized in all conditions up to now thought untouchable. …”
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What Influences Low-cost Sensor Data Calibration? - A Systematic Assessment of Algorithms, Duration, and Predictor Selection by Lu Liang, Jacob Daniels

“…Using baseline data, the neural network achieved the best performance, followed by the four regression-based methods, showing very consistent and stable performance. …”
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Tackling copyright issues in AI image generation through originality estimation and genericization by Hiroaki Chiba-Okabe, Weijie J. Su

“…Here, we propose a genericization method that modifies the outputs of a generative model to make them more generic and less likely to imitate distinctive features of copyrighted materials. …”
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Measurement of the femoral neck anteversion angle using a three-dimensional reconstruction in the fixed coordinate system based on the basal anterior cortex of the femoral neck: an... by Ruibao Yang, Jie Lin, Guibin Han, Guangliang Jiang, Yingsheng Deng

“…Abstract Purpose This study investigated the accessibility of 3D reconstruction in the fixed coordinate system(3D-R-FCS) based on the basal anterior cortex of the femoral neck in measuring the femoral neck anteversion angle (FNAA). Methods CT and EOS examinations were performed on 40 femoral samples synthesized by Sawbone. …”
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