Insights from the front line: uplifting stories of the COVID-19 pandemic through the eyes of the public health workforce in Iowa by Heidi Haines, Amanda Sursely, Hanh Pham, Rylee Beltran, Daniel K. Sewell, Lina Tucker Reinders, Natoshia Askelson, Sarah Dixon, Kaitlin Emrich, Christine Estle, Michelle Lewis, Edith Parker, Jimmy Reyes, Laurie Walkner, Kelly Wells Sittig, Rima A. Afifi

“…Our study documents the experiences of PHW in Iowa during the pandemic.MethodsWe used an innovative mixed methods data collection tool, SenseMaker® to gather stories from PHW in Iowa between March and July 2022. …”
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Hierarchical data modeling: A systematic comparison of statistical, tree-based, and neural network approaches by Marzieh Amiri Shahbazi, Nasibeh Azadeh-Fard

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Comparison of metagenomic analysis of fecal and gastrointestinal tract samples for identifying beneficial gut microorganisms by Ji-Seon Ahn, Eui-Jeong Han, Hea-Jong Chung, Hea-Jong Chung, Hea-Jong Chung

“…Studies have shown that microbial communities across the gastrointestinal (GI) tract are more diverse than those in feces, suggesting that microbial composition may vary depending on the sampling method. …”
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A Systematic Review of the Use of Electronic Nose and Tongue Technologies for Detecting Food Contaminants by Muhammad Zia Ul Haq, Baljit Singh, Xolile Fuku, Ahmed Barhoum, Furong Tian

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Leveraging digital tools to enhance diversity and inclusion in clinical trial recruitment by Tosin Tomiwa, Tosin Tomiwa, Erin Wong, Hailey N. Miller, Oluwabunmi Ogungbe, Samuel Byiringiro, Timothy Plante, Cheryl R. Himmelfarb, Cheryl R. Himmelfarb, Cheryl R. Himmelfarb

“…This paper explores the use of digital methods to enhance diversity and inclusion in research recruitment. …”
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THE ROLE OF HUMAN PAPILLOMA VIRUS (HPV) INFECTION IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF ORAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA - LITERATURE REVIEW by Elitsa Deliverska, Milena Ivanova-Shivarova, Stanislav Yordanov, Svetoslav Slavkov, Daniel Markov, Viktor Lenkov, Vessela Raykova, Deyan Neychev

“…Aim We aimed to investigate the relationship between HPV infection and the development of oral squamous cell carcinoma in more depth in the current literature as well as the different methods for the detection of HPV subtypes, which can be useful for treatment plan and prognosis. …”
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An improved SMOTE algorithm for enhanced imbalanced data classification by expanding sample generation space by Ying Li, Yali Yang, Peihua Song, Lian Duan, Rui Ren

“…To address this gap, we propose an enhanced SMOTE algorithm (ISMOTE), which modifies the spatial constraints for synthetic sample generation. Unlike SMOTE, the proposed method first generates a base sample between two original samples. …”
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Abnormal Load Variation Forecasting in Urban Cities Based on Sample Augmentation and TimesNet by Yiyan Li, Zizhuo Gao, Zhenghao Zhou, Yu Zhang, Zelin Guo, Zheng Yan

“…Second, a sample augmentation method is established based on Generative Adversarial Nets to boost the limited abnormal samples to a larger quantity to assist the forecasting model’s training. …”
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Protein Precipitation by Metal Hydroxides as a Convenient and Alternative Sample Preparation Procedure for Bioanalysis by Emanuele Salina, Luca Regazzoni

“…The main advantages of this method over the other precipitating reagents are the minimal sample dilution required and the maintenance of aqueous media at nearly neutral pH which ensure analyte stability. …”
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Approach to reproducing of missed data in learning samples for computer-aided inorganic compounds design by V. A. Dudarev

“…It is based on combination of linear regression and interpolation taking into consideration the problem domain – inorganic chemistry. The approach is more powerful than methods of missed data reproduction used currently in information-analytical system for inorganic compounds design running at IMET RAS.…”
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Optimal H2 filtering for sampled‐data systems with measurement delays and packet dropouts by Wei Wang, Chunyan Han

“…Two simulation examples are explored to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.…”
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THE EFFECTS OF COVID19 PANDEMIC UPON TOURISM: A SAMPLE FROM THE CITY OF KARS by Ethem Topçuoğlu, Erdoğan Kaygın

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Weight stigma and mental health in a racially and ethnically diverse sample of US adults by Mary A. Gerend, Anna W. Lu, Elizabeth L. Teets

“…This study sought to address these research gaps.MethodsA large sample of US adults (N = 2,632; aged 18–64 years; 50% women) completed an online survey. …”
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Ecological risk assessment and source identification of heavy metals in the sediments of the Danjiang River Basin: A quantitative method combining multivariate analysis and the APC... by Zhiming Cao, Hui Qian, Yanyan Gao, Kang Li, Yixin Liu, Xiaoxin Shi, Siqi Li, Weijie Zhao, Shuhan Yang, Panpan Tian, Puxia Wu, Yandong Ma

“…The degree of pollution varied among the sampling sites, and the results of NIRI on the spatial distribution and severity of contamination are generally consistent with other assessment indicators, providing a more detailed and comprehensive delineation. …”
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Epidemiology and classification of scapular fractures: a detailed survey on a large sample of patients by Matteo Cantore, MD, Davide Manni, MD, Vittorio Candela, MD, Jacopo Preziosi Standoli, PT, Alessandro Are, MD, Stefano Gumina, PhD, MD

“…Most of these are dated, show a low sample size, or take into consideration only intra-articular fractures. …”
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Crack propagation in micro-chevron-test samples of direct bonded silicon-silicon wafers by K. Vogel, D. Wuensch, A. Shaporin, J. Mehner, D. Billep, M. Wiemer

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Examining Different Factors of Income Tax Non-Compliance in a Small Sample in Bangladesh by In Tishar Ashir, Hasanuzzaman Syed

“…The study collected opinions of taxpayers by primary data collection following a convenient sampling method. Logit regression analysis finds out that log monthly income, tax morale, tax education and occupation significantly influence income tax non-compliance. …”
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Social determinants of health linked with oral health in a representative sample of U.S. adults by Raghad Obeidat, Lisa J. Heaton, Eric P. Tranby, John O’Malley, Peggy Timothé

“…The objective of the current study is to analyze the impact of different social determinants of health (SDOH) on oral health outcomes (frequency of dental visits, self-reported oral health status, embarrassment because of oral health status, and tooth loss) among a representative sample of United States (U.S.) adults. Methods Cross-sectional data for this observational study came from adults aged 18 and above (N = 5,320) participating in the nationally representative 2021 State of Oral Health Equity in America survey. …”
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The Prevalence and Clinical Features of Genital Warts among a sample of Patients in Erbil Governorate by Araz Hasan Mohammed Sherwany, Masoud Hadi Muhammed

“…Conclusions: This study showed that genital warts are more common in male with multiple sex partner and who are married and it’s also more common in lower educational levels of population. …”
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Empathy and its associations with age and sociodemographic characteristics in a large UK population sample. by Andrew Sommerlad, Jonathan Huntley, Gill Livingston, Katherine P Rankin, Daisy Fancourt

“…We weighted the sample to be UK population representative and employed multivariable weighted linear regression models.…”
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