Comparison of different puncture needles used for endoscopic ultrasound-guided fine-needle biopsy of Gastrointestinal subepithelial lesions (≤ 2 cm) with respect to the adequacy of... by Yasunobu Yamashita, Reiko Ashida, Toshio Shimokawa, Tetsuya Ikeda, Osama Inatomi, Takashi Ogura, Yuzo Kodama, Kotaro Takeshita, Mamoru Takenaka, Akiko Tsujimoto, Yoshiki Nakai, Yukihisa Fujinaga, Masayuki Kitano

“…Diagnosing SELs with EUS-FNB is more difficult than diagnosing other tumors because an accurate diagnosis of GIST requires a sufficient tissue sample for immunostaining, which is part of the diagnostic protocol. …”
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Gut-brain axis mediated by intestinal content microbiota was associated with Zhishi Daozhi decoction on constipation by Leyao Fang, Leyao Fang, Leyao Fang, Xin Yi, Xin Yi, Junxi Shen, Junxi Shen, Na Deng, Na Deng, Xinxin Peng, Xinxin Peng

“…This study is to evaluate the efficacy of ZDD in treating constipation and to elucidate the underlying mechanism.MethodsIn this study, Kunming mice were administered a high-protein diet (HFHPD) and loperamide hydrochloride injections to induce constipation. …”
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ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE REPORT FROM THE SURVEILLANCE OF INDONESIA NETWORK ON ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCE (SINAR) 2023 by Dewi Anggraini, Pristiawan Navy Endraputra, Rosantia Sarassari, Dewi Santosaningsih, Leli Saptawati, Thomas Robertus, Luh Inta Prilandari, Lusiya Ningsih, Nelly Puspandari, Cahyarini Cahyarini, Evira Tisyakusuma, Wani Devita Gunardi, Anis Karuniawati

“…E. coli with resistance to third-generation cephalosporins and carbapenems was most prevalent in LRT samples, while K. pneumoniae with similar resistance was more common in blood. …”
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Total Precipitable Water Retrieval from FY-3D MWHS-II Data by Yifan Zhang, Geng-Ming Jiang

“…The results indicate that the BPNN algorithms developed in this work are valid and superior to the D-matrix method, the Ridge method, the Lasso method, the physical method, the random forest (RF) method, the support vector machine (SVM) method, and the eXtreme Gradient Boosting (XGBoost) method. …”
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REUSABLE KITCHEN – AND TABLEWARE MATERIAL STABILITY TESTING WITH REGARD TO SPECIFIC MIGRATION OF MELAMINE AND FORMALDEHYDE by Svetla PETROVA, Valentina CHRISTOVA – BAGDASSARIAN

“…Formaldehyde migration results were below the SML in all but one sample, which exceeded the limit by more than four times. …”
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Biorefinery of sunflower by-products: Optimization of twin-screw extrusion for novel biostimulants by Jing Li, Hoang Khai Trinh, Lucas Tricoulet, Stéphane Ballas, Laurent Labonne, Danny Geelen, Philippe Evon

“…This study scrutinizes sample preparation and extraction methods optimizing the sunflower by-product biorefinery, reducing energy input and maximal recovery of biostimulant activity. …”
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Learning Gaussian graphical models from correlated data by Zeyuan Song, Zeyuan Song, Sophia Gunn, Stefano Monti, Stefano Monti, Gina M. Peloso, Ching-Ti Liu, Kathryn Lunetta, Paola Sebastiani, Paola Sebastiani, Paola Sebastiani

“…The advantage of using partial correlation is to show the relation between two variables after “adjusting” for the effects of other variables and leads to more parsimonious and interpretable models. There are well established procedures to build GGMs from a sample of independent and identical distributed observations. …”
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Advancing Glaucoma Diagnosis Through Multi‐Scale Feature Extraction and Cross‐Attention Mechanisms in Optical Coherence Tomography Images by Hamid Reza Khajeha, Mansoor Fateh, Vahid Abolghasemi, Amir Reza Fateh, Mohammad Hassan Emamian, Hassan Hashemi, Akbar Fotouhi

“…In comparison to the earlier leading methods ConvNeXtLarge model, our method exhibits a 2.2% improvement in accuracy while using fewer parameters. …”
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Factors predicting the length of stay in inpatient forensic psychiatric care in Hungary by Szabolcs Fekete, Szabolcs Fekete, Hunor Girasek, Hunor Girasek, Hunor Girasek, Gabor S. Ungvari, Gabor S. Ungvari, Gábor Gazdag, Gábor Gazdag

“…However, the regression model accounted for only 34.1% of the observed variance in LoS, suggesting the presence of additional unexplored factors that may lead to excessive LoS.ConclusionThe Hungarian forensic psychiatric system should implement a more evidence-based method for determining the LoS for inpatient care.…”
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Route Planning for Military Ground Vehicles in Road Networks under Uncertain Battlefield Environment by Tan Zhao, Jincai Huang, Jianmai Shi, Chao Chen

“…The computational results show that, for networks of small scale, our method can provide a good solution with a sample of small size, while, for the large network, with sample of small size, this method usually leads to a suboptimal solution, but a good solution can still be obtained as the sample size grows bigger. …”
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Combining DNA metabarcoding with macroscopic analysis increases the number of detected prey taxa in the estimated diet for harbour porpoises by Johanna Stedt, Linnea Brokmar, Aleksija Neimanis, Aleksija Neimanis, William F. Englund, Per Carlsson, Anna Roos

“…The detection probability of some occurring prey taxa, however, appears to be method dependent. To facilitate combined use of sDNA and macroscopic analysis in diet studies, we established and propose a new occurrence metric that can be used to merge data for more straightforward diet comparisons. …”
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FAULT DIAGNOSIS BASED ON SEMI-SUPERVISED LLTSA FOR DIMENSION REDUCTION by LI Lei, PANG Hai, ZHANG QianTu

“…The improved method realized the combination of data intrinsic manifold structure and class label information,and more discriminative low-dimension features can been obtained. …”
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The Effects of Boiling and Steaming on The Yield and Nutrient Content of Fish Meal by Fitria Nur Aini, M. Fadhlirrahman Latief, Windari Wahyu

“…This study aimed to evaluate the effects of boiling and steaming processes on yield and nutrient content in fishmeal production. Fish samples, including Mackerel Scad and Sardinella lemuru were obtained from Sendang Biru, Malang and processed using boiling and steaming methods at 90-100?…”
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Comprehensive Analysis of Morphologic and Molecular Studies on Eimeria tenella Infection in Broiler Chicks in Sulaimani Province, Iraq. by sazan amin

“…The study highlights an important stage that streamlines parasite isolation for molecular diagnosis by directly using cecum samples for DNA extraction. This method allows molecular diagnostic procedures to be completed more efficiently, regardless of the parasite’s stage.…”
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Eye Tracking and Semantic Evaluation for Ceramic Teapot Product Modeling by Wei Liu, Ziyan Hu, Yinan Fei, Jiaqi Chen, Changlong Yu

“…Using the orthogonal alignment method, nine styling samples were developed by combining expert classification of classic and traditional teapot styling elements. …”
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Natural biomaterial approach: Synergistic effects of cocoa and aloe vera in hydrogel-based bone regeneration: An in vitro study by Feni Istikharoh, Hidayat Sujuti, Edi Mustamsir

“…Aloe vera extract was obtained through the maceration method with 70 % ethanol. Samples were divided into four groups with different concentrations and sterilized using gamma radiation. …”
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Psycholinguistic Mechanisms of Understanding Contemporary Poetry by Future Philologists by Наталія Михальчук, Ернест Івашкевич, Інна Ногачевська, Олександр Набочук, Оксана Войтенко

“…The purpose of the article is to conduct the empirical study of understanding contemporary poetry by future philologists, which helps us to distinguish psycholinguistic mechanisms of such understanding. The methods of the research. The research was carried out using a sample method (using a questionnaire developed by us (Mykhalchuk, Ivashkevych & Nabochuk, 2020). …”
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Supercritical Extraction Technology of Obtaining Polyunsaturated Acids from Starfish (Lysastrosoma anthosticta Fisher, 1922) by Alexander M. Zakharenko, Konstantin Yu. Kirichenko, Igor A. Vakhniuk, Kirill S. Golokhvast

“…The yield of fatty acids obtained with supercritical carbon dioxide co-solvent was 1.8 times higher than that obtained with standard extraction according to the Folch method. The content of impurities was lower than in the samples with chloroform-methanol system. …”
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Meropenem inhibits Acinetobacter baumannii biofilm formation by downregulating pgaA gene expression by Mir Mahdi Najafi1*

“…This study investigated the meropenem effect on pgaA gene expression and biofilm format ion in A. baumannii . Methods: Over five months, 50 ur ine samples were taken from patients receiving medical care in the intensive care uni t, of which 20 A. baumannii isolates were detected. …”
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Adsorption and Desorption Characteristics of Cd(II) Ions onto the Adsorbent Derived from Algae by Shunsuke Aizawa, Ryusei Machida, Yoshimasa Amano, Motoi Machida

“…Then, practicality and reusability of CBA were examined by researching the adsorption/desorption performance of Cd(II) in batch and column methods. In batch method, the amount of 1st adsorption in CBA-S was highest (0.95 mmol/g) and more than twice CBA-Z series. …”
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