PCSK9 is upregulated and correlated with more severe disease condition but fails to predict treatment outcomes in psoriasis patients by Xuwen Yin, Lei Shi, Ni Zhang, Heng Li, Jianwen Long, Xinjian Yu

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Are we working (too) comfortably?: the systematic development of an intervention to support workers to move more while working at home by Divya Sivaramakrishnan, Claire Fitzsimons, Sarah Morton, Jillian Manner, Ruth Jepson, Ailsa Niven

“…Further feasibility and effectiveness testing with a larger sample is recommended prior to large-scale implementation.…”
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Sustainable validated methodology for enzymeless determination of Tyrosine using 3D-printed PLA/CB electrodes in synthetic urine by Amanda Morais, Diego Pessoa Rocha, Maria Lurdes Felsner, Andressa Galli

“…Tyrosine (TYR), an amino acid, is a biomarker for several diseases, making its quantification in biological samples clinically relevant. However, conventional gold-standard methods typically require expensive reagents, are time-consuming, and are often not portable. …”
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PENERAPAN MODEL PEMBELAJARAN PEMBANGKIT ARGUMEN MENGGUNAKAN METODE SAINTIFIK UNTUK MENINGKATKAN KEMAMPUAN KOGNITIF DAN KETERAMPILAN BERARGUMENTASI SISWA by - Siswanto, I. Kaniawati, A. Suhandi

“…</p><p>ABSTRACT</p><p>The purposes of this study were to determine the difference between the generate-an-argument instructional model using scientific method and without scientific method in improving student’s cognitive abilities and argumentation skills, and to determine the correlation between the argumentation skills and the cognitive abilities in the generate-an-argument instructional model using scientific method class. …”
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Raman Spectroscopy in Optical Non-Invasive Diagnostics of Skin Neoplasms by O. I. Kaganov, I. G. Loginova, A. A. Moryatov, S. V. Kozlov, A. E. Orlov, I. A. Bratchenko, B. B. Dzhuraev

“…A 10-year study, conducted by the Department of Oncology, the Samara Regional Clinical Oncology Dispensary (SOKOD), included more than 500 observations. The study used samples of various skin neoplasms obtained during surgical treatment of patients. …”
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Occupational Visibility of COVID- 19 Disaster Heroes: Analysis from the Sample of Nurse by İlknur Aydın Avci, Özen Kulakaç, Mesiya Aydın

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Pumping and hygiene practices are associated with bacterial load and microbial composition in human milk expressed at home by Sarah M. Reyes, Dainelle L. Allen, Janet E. Williams, Mark A. McGuire, Michelle K. McGuire, Kathleen M. Rasmussen, Anthony G. Hay

“…The microbiota of OWN milk samples expressed with home-sterilized kits more closely resembled STER samples even in the absence of pre-pumping handwashing (R 2 = 0.36; P < 0.001). …”
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High-fidelity learning-based motion cueing algorithm by bypassing worst-case scenario-based tuning technique by Mohammad Reza Chalak Qazani, Houshyar Asadi, Zoran Najdovski, Shehab Alsanwy, Muhammad Zakarya, Furqan Alam, Hassen M. Ouakad, Chee Peng Lim, Saeid Nahavandi

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Test–retest reliability of the SVO-Slider Measure and other psychometric measures of personality traits by Debora Frei, Stefan Wehrli, Alexander Ehlert, Fabian Winter, Heiko Rauhut

“…We conclude that the SLM is a suitable method for assessing individual SVO over longer time periods and is best thought of as covering a sweet spot between stable personality traits and immediate behavioral expressions.…”
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Thromboelastography in COVID-19 patients: An observational study in the South African context by Bavinash Pillay, Sarah A. van Blydenstein, Shahed Omar

“…Objective: This study evaluated the relationship between anti-Xa and thromboelastogram in patients with COVID-19 receiving LMWH. Methods: This was a retrospective study of patients with COVID-19 receiving LMWH at Chris Hani Baragwanath Academic Hospital, Johannesburg, South Africa, between November 2020 and January 2021. …”
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Effects of Medicare predictors in health disparities in the risk of Alzheimer's disease by Igor Akushevich, Arseniy Yashkin, Julia Kravchenko

“…This study introduces an approach that leverages population attributable fraction (PAF) to analyze and explain AD/ADRD disparities using Medicare data. METHODS We applied our method to Medicare claims data from a nationally representative sample of the US adults aged 70, 75, 80, and 85. …”
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Antioxidant, bioactive, and nutritional potential of soybeans with brown and yellow seed coats by Victor Delino Barasuol Scarton, Ivan Ricardo Carvalho, Christiane de Fátima Colet, Jaqueline Piesanti Sangiovo, Willyan Júnior Adorian Bandeira, Murilo Vieira Loro, Ellen Cristina Perin, Solange Teresinha Carpes, Patricia Brugnerotto

“…The Ultrasonic Bath extraction method proved more effective in extracting ABTS and total flavonoids. …”
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Working experiences of remote interpreters in health care settings—insights from Austria and Germany by Sophie Klomfar, Sophie Klomfar, Anna Teufel, Gernot Gerger, Maria Kletečka-Pulker, Maria Kletečka-Pulker, Klara Doppler, Klara Doppler, Magdalena Eitenberger, Magdalena Eitenberger, Sabine Völkl-Kernstock, Sabine Völkl-Kernstock

“…Additionally, we analyzed qualitative data to uncover more enabling and hindering factors.MethodsA sample of 87 interpreters working in Austria and Germany was included in this multi-methods study. …”
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Green sample preparation protocol for extraction of carbazoles from petroleum source rock by Akinsehinwa Akinlua, Kai Mangelsdorf

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Predictive performance and uncertainty analysis of ensemble models in gully erosion susceptibility assessment by Congtan Liu, Haoming Fan, Yixuan Wang

“…A total of 25 Geo-Environmental Factors (GEFs) were selected to build datasets, supplemented by a gully inventory map comprising 823 gullies, resulting in 12,946 samples of both gully and non-gully occurrences. 3 ensemble methods including probability mean (PM), Probability Weighted Mean (PWM), and Probability Empirical Weighted Mean (PEWM) were used. …”
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Accuracy of two Sepsityper MALDI-TOF MS methods for bacterial identification in bloodstream infections in dogs, foals, and calves using Bayesian latent class model by Donatienne Castelain, Jade Bokma, Mathilde Laetitia Pas, Serge Verbanck, Dominique Paepe, Bart Pardon, Filip Boyen

“…This study aimed to compare diagnostic accuracy of two Sepsityper® methods (Rapid Sepsityper® and Sepsityper® Extraction) with conventional culture method for bacterial identification in clinical samples. …”
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Rapid ecological data collection from 360‐degree imagery using visualisation and immersive sampling in the R pannotator package by Robert Godfree, Nunzio Knerr

“…Advances in 360‐degree (panospheric) camera technology now allow the collection of geospatially explicit visual records of ecological properties far more cheaply, quickly and efficiently than traditional field survey methods. …”
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Evaluation of drying methods and green extraction techniques to enhance the recovery of bioactive compounds from hop leaves: A sustainable approach for the valorisation of agricult... by Katya Carbone, Valentina Macchioni

“…MAE yielded higher total polyphenol and flavan content (TPC and FLC, respectively) values than UAE. Similarly, FD samples showed higher TPC and FLC values than OD ones, whereas chlorophyll b was consistently more abundant than chlorophyll a in all samples. …”
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Experimental modeling of Electric kinetic barrier (EKB) in Porous Medium, Explain its numerical solution methods and analysis of the relations in the Hydraulic-Electric‌ coupled fl... by A.R. Latifi, S. Saiedijam, M. Derakhshandi, M. Heydari

“…Finally, the Forward Difference Approximation method was proposed due to more accuracy for coding in the MATLAB software. …”
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Strategies to Ensure Effective and Safe Patient Care in Intensive Care Units During Biological Events: A Delphi Study by Mojtaba Rad, Masoud Fallahi-Khshknab, Farahnaz Mohammadi Shahboulaghi, Kian Nourozi, Hamidreza Khankeh

“…The Delphi questionnaire was constructed using insights from the first two phases of the study: the qualitative component and the integrative review phase. The Delphi method was implemented over three rounds, with experts selected through purposive sampling. …”
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