Inflation expectations proprieties during the war: The case of Ukraine by Szyszko Magdalena, Rutkowska Aleksandra, Motuzka Olena

“…Its novel aspect also concerns the method applied—standard procedures cannot be used for this sample length.…”
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Сomparative analysis of grading models using fuzzy logic to enhance fairness and consistency in student performance evaluation by Alibek Barlybayev, Bibigul Razakhova, Altynbek Sharipbay, Aizhan Nazyrova, Nazira Tursynova, Altanbek Zulkhazhav, Gaziza Yelibayeva

“…Traditional assessment methods, such as exams and grading systems, do not always reflect the diversity of learning styles and individual characteristics of students, creating gaps in fairness and accuracy. …”
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Drying: A Practical Technology for Blueberries (<i>Vaccinium corymbosum</i> L.)—Processes and their Effects on Selected Health-Promoting Properties by Elsa Uribe, Antonio Vega-Galvez, Alexis Pasten, Kong Shun Ah-Hen, Nicol Mejias, Lorena Sepúlveda, Jacqueline Poblete, Luis S. Gomez-Perez

“…Chlorogenic acid and rutin predominated in HAD, IRD, and FD samples. The antioxidant potential in ORAC assays increased for all drying methods but decreased in DPPH assays. …”
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Combined endodontic treatment: microbiological aspects by using scanning electronical microscopy by V. N. Tsarev, A. V. Mitronin, M. S. Podporin, D. A. Ostanina, E. V. Ippolitov, V. A. Mitronin

“…To determine possible alternative algorithms for root canal disinfection through the combined use of chemical and physiotherapeutic irrigation techniques under in vitro conditions.Materials and methods. Single-root teeth removed according to orthodontic indications were used as a substrate for the formation of a biofilm. …”
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Rapid, sensitive, and visible RPA-LFD assay for BoHV-1 and BoHV-5 by Yue Wu, Wenci Zhang, Chenyang Yi, Kuijing He, Changmin Hu, Guishan Ye, Anding Zhang

“…In this study, utilizing the conserved sequences of BoHV-1 and BoHV-5 as targets, we developed a rapid and visually accessible recombinase polymerase amplification combined with lateral flow dipstick (RPA-LFD) assay suitable for on-site detection. This method enables visual detection within 30 min for clinical samples containing as little as 1 tissue culture infectious dose 50 (TCID50) and performs comparably to qPCR, with slightly lower sensitivity. …”
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Multiple Kinds of Pesticides Detection Based on Back-Propagation Neural Network Analysis of Fluorescence Spectra by Haiyi Bian, Hua Yao, Guohua Lin, Yinshan Yu, Ruiqiang Chen, Xiaoyan Wang, Rendong Ji, Xiao Yang, Tiezhu Zhu, Yongfeng Ju

“…However, given that the concentration of the pesticide detected via fluorescence spectroscopy is calculated in accordance with the Beer-Lambert law, this method can only be used to detect samples containing a single kind of pesticide or several kinds of pesticides with completely different fluorescence which is not in accordance with practical cases. …”
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Low frequency mitochondrial DNA heteroplasmy SNPs in blood, retina, and [RPE+choroid] of age-related macular degeneration subjects. by Shari R Atilano, Nitin Udar, Timothy A Satalich, Viraat Udar, Marilyn Chwa, M Cristina Kenney

“…This deep sequencing method (average sequencing depth of 30,000; range 1,000-100,000) can accurately differentiate low-frequency heteroplasmy SNPs from DNA modification artifacts. …”
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What Are the Reliable Plasma Biomarkers for Mild Cognitive Impairment? A Clinical 4D Proteomics Study and Validation by Zhitao Hou, Ailin Sun, Yan Li, Xiaochen Song, Shu Liu, Xinying Hu, Yihan Luan, Huibo Guan, Changyuan He, Yuefeng Sun, Jing Chen

“…Materials and Methods. Patients were recruited according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria and divided into three groups according to scale scores. …”
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A five-gene qPCR signature can classify type 2 asthma comparably to microscopy of induced sputum from severe asthma patients by B. Toennesen, J. M. Schmid, B. S. Sørensen, M. Fricker, H. J. H. Hoffmann

“…Replacing eosinophil and neutrophil cell counting with qPCR for transcripts of selected mast cell, and basophil genes may provide more reproducible results.Aims The objective of this study was to compare qPCR with microscopy in asthma endotyping.Methods A qPCR method measuring five mast cell/basophil genes was applied on induced sputum samples from 30 severe asthma patients and compared with microscopy. …”
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Differences in the standardization of medicinal products based on extracts of chondroitin sulfate by O. A. Gromova, I. Yu. Torshin, B. Ts. Zaychik, E. V. Shikh, A. O. Ruzhitskiy, A. N. Galustyan, I. S. Sardaryan, I. V. Sarvilina

“…Objective: a comparative analysis of 6 different chondroprotectors for injection, containing chondroitin sulfate (CS) based on natural extracts.Material and methods. Five samples were studied for each CS extract. …”
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Manure odor profiling for flock-level monitoring on commercial layer pullet farms: Vaccination events as a model stressor by Lara A. van Veen, Henry van den Brand, Anna C.M. van den Oever, Bas Kemp, Mara Meisenburg

“…Continuous, non-invasive, and objective methods to detect flock-level responses to stressors, including intestinal health deviations, are currently lacking in poultry. …”
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Utilizing derivatizing agents for the differentiation of cannabinoid isomers in complex food, beverage and personal-care product matrices by ambient ionization mass spectrometry by Benedetta Garosi, Megan I. Chambers, Rabi A. Musah

“…Furthermore, the differentiation of cannabinoids can be troublesome without implementing lengthy run times to achieve resolution of chromatographic peaks. With complex samples such as edibles, beverages, personal-care products, and plant materials, a method that can be more universally applied to rapidly detect and differentiate between cannabinoids is highly desirable. …”
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Prevalence and characteristics of foreign body-induced upper gastrointestinal obstruction in dogs by Lalita Laiket, Wijit Sutthiprapa, Suchawalee Khattiya, Pimjai Temwichitr, Jatuporn Rattanasrisomporn, Naris Thengchaisri

“…Small-breed dogs were more likely to have foreign bodies in the esophagus, while larger dogs (medium and large breeds) were more likely to have them in the stomach (p &lt; 0.001). …”
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Lyman Continuum Leakers at z > 3 in the GOODS-S Field: Mergers Dominated by Shuairu Zhu, Zhen-Ya Zheng, Fang-Ting Yuan, Chunyan Jiang, Ruqiu Lin

“…Even when using the nonparametric method, which may miss some mergers in a sample, the merger fraction remains high, especially for the high-confidence leakers. …”
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A systematic review on the trend of transcriptomic study in livestock: An effort to unwind the complexity of adaptation in a climate change environment by Putri Kusuma Astuti, Péter Sárkány, George Wanjala, Zoltán Bagi, Szilvia Kusza

“…We identified 152 studies that met our criteria for using transcriptome methods to heat stress adaptation and were published within the last ten years. …”
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SHAPING CUSTOMER EXPERIENCES THROUGH ROBOT SERVICE QUALITY: EVIDENCE FROM THE KLANG VALLEY HOSPITALITY INDUSTRY by Anbarasan Rawitchandaran, Arifha Mohamad, Noor Aslinda Abu Seman, Mohd Asmadi Mohd Angsor, Ashbie Mohamad

“…Based on Krejcie & Morgan's sample size table, 384 respondentsrequired forthis study.Quantitative research methods were designedas the target respondentswere customersfrom the Klang Valley area. …”
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Cold plasma as a frontier in combating foodborne bacterial pathogens in ready-to-eat (RTE) foodstuff by Tehmina Naseem, Umair Zahid, Asad Shahzad, Syed Ali Hassan, Gholamreza Abdi, Rana Muhammad Aadil

“…Previous investigations showed that CP significantly reduces the counts of Escherichia coli, Enterobacter aerogenes, Salmonella spp., Listeria spp., Shigella, and Pseudomonas spp. in different RTE foods with minimum loss of nutrients as compared to the heat-treated samples. The results were more favorable (in terms of microbial reduction) when CP was combined with other methods during the processing and storage steps.…”
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Analysis of shear characteristics and strength parameters in Jiangdingya landslide, Zhouqu County by Weixiong ZHANG, Xiaohui YANG, Baoyan DING, Wenjie ZHU, Yongzhong REN

“…Based on the above research, the following conclusions are drawn: (1) When the shear strain of the sliding zone soil is small, the shear stress-shear displacement relationship curve has crossed, and the shear stress of the soil sample increases with the increase of normal stress and shear strain; (2) The larger the normal stress of the sliding body soil, the more significant the strain softening behavior; (3) The residual strength of the landslide soil has a certain attenuation compared to the peak strength, mainly manifested as a weakening of cohesion, while the internal friction angle remains almost unchanged. …”
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Super-resolution reconstruction of the 1 arc-second Australian coastal DEM dataset by Bo Zhang, Zekai Shi, Danfeng Hong, Qi Wang, Jian Yang, Haoyuan Ren, Meng Zhang

“…Therefore, we proposed a novel method that incorporates two key measures to address this issue. …”
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Adding antibacterial/antiviral properties to medical purpose materials by modification with silver and copper nanoparticles by A. V. Rudenko, L. D. Kisterska, O. B. Loginova, S. L. Rybalko, H. B. Solodukha, A. M. Pochynok

“…The study of the adsorption properties of medical purpose fabrics (using BET method for determining the specific surface area and distribution of pores by size depending on their radius in the tested fabric sample) has shown that their surface is characterized by the presence of micro-, meso-, and macropores, which is why, in addition to its high adsorption capacity for various substances, it can be used for modification with NPs using the method of adsorption from solutions. …”
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