Mandibular cephalometric characteristics of a Saudi sample of patients having impacted third molars by Ali H. Hassan

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Isolation and Identification of Listeria spp. from White Cheese Samples Presented for Consumption in Istanbul by Elif Özlem Arslan Aydoğdu, Ayten Kimiran, Nil Kaya

“…The detection of Listeria bacteria in feta cheese samples made with pasteurized milk revealed that packaging, distribution, and storage practices following the pasteurization process should be followed more strictly. …”
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Enhancing the discriminatory power of polygenic scores for ADHD and autism in clinical and non-clinical samples by James J. Li, Quanfa He, Stephen Dorn, Zihang Wang, Qiongshi Lu

“…Conclusions Psychiatric PGS associations are likely inflated by the high degree of genetic overlap between the psychiatric disorders. Methods such as GenomicSEM can be used to refine PGS signals to be more disorder-specific, thereby enhancing their discriminatory power for future diagnostic applications.…”
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Determination of Listeria monocytogenes and Serotypes in Modified Atmosphere Packed Ground and Cubed Beef Samples by Adem Özkiraz, Ali Gücükoğlu

“…Eleven L. monocytogenes isolates that obtained from samples being investigated in term of hlyA gene by PCR method have verified that this gene (100%). …”
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Defect Diagnosis of Photovoltaic Module Visible Light Images Under Imbalanced Sample Conditions by Huiqing Rao, Qiong Li, Long Chen, Sha Jin, Yong Lu, Zhiguang Li

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Willingness of population health survey participants to provide personal health information and biological samples by Harpreet Jaswal, Anca Ialomiteanu, Hayley Hamilton, Jürgen Rehm, Samantha Wells, Kevin D. Shield

“…The present study investigates factors associated with population health survey respondents’ willingness to provide biological samples and personal health information. Methods Using data from the 2019 Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) Monitor survey (n = 2,827), we examined participants’ willingness to provide blood samples, saliva samples, probabilistic linkage, and direct linkage with personal health information. …”
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Prevalence and correlates of muscle dysmorphia in a sample of boys and men in Canada and the United States by Kyle T. Ganson, Deborah Mitchison, Rachel F. Rodgers, Stuart B. Murray, Alexander Testa, Jason M. Nagata

“…Methods The sample comprised 1,488 boys and men who completed a variety of measures and items to capture sociodemographic characteristics and muscle dysmorphia symptoms. …”
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Nonuniformly Spaced Array with the Direct Data Domain Method for 2D Angle-of-Arrival Measurement in Electronic Support Measures Application from 6 to 18 GHz by Chen Wu, Janaka Elangage

“…The simulation results show that with good SNR (≥15 dB), the estimator can have 50% probability of AoA estimation with root mean square error (RMSE) less than or equal to 1° using just a few samples from the NSA. Moreover, the study focuses on the applications with low SNR by using more samples from the NSA. …”
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Source Apportionment of Potentially Toxic Elements in Agricultural Soils of Yingtan City, Jiangxi Province, China: A Principal Component Analysis–Positive Matrix Factorization Meth... by Shaoting Chen, Hongmei Wang, Ruiming Han

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EasyNAT MTC assay: A simple, rapid, and low-cost cross-priming amplification method for the detection of mycobacterium tuberculosis suitable for point-of-care testing by Zhuman Zhang, Jian Du, Tao Liu, Fen Wang, Junnan Jia, Lingling Dong, Liping Zhao, Yi Xue, Guanglu Jiang, Xia Yu, Hairong Huang

“…More sensitive, rapid, and affordable diagnostic tools for pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) are urgently needed. …”
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Secondary stroke evaluation in patients admitted for CRAO in a large national inpatient sample by Rukhsana G Mirza, Sahil Doshi, Jay B Bisen, Hanaina K Bains, Ariz Keshwani, Neena Cherayil

“…This study aims to understand the national stroke evaluation rates for patients with CRAO before 2021.Methods Retrospective, cross-sectional analysis of inpatient admissions from the National Inpatient Sample between 2016 and 2021. …”
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Disruptive behaviors in early childhood: the influence of family practices and functionality in a Turkish sample by Merve Çıkılı Uytun, Esra Yürümez, Gökçe Yağmur Efendi, Hande Konşuk Ünlü, Serpil Aktaş Altunay, Didem Behice Öztop

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Photographic capture-recapture modeling for estimation stray animal population: a pilot study by Doğukan Özen, Erman Gülendağ, Hülya Özen

“…<p> <b>Conclusion: </b>The Schumacher-Eschmeyer model stands out as a practical method that can be used in the estimation of unknown populations when appropriate marking methods are used, the closed population assumption is provided and when more than two counts are performed.…”
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Prevalence and Reasons for Tooth Loss in a Sample from a Dental Clinic in Brazil by Andréia Affonso Barretto Montandon, Elizangela Partata Zuza, Benedicto Egbert Corrêa de Toledo

“…To evaluate the prevalence and reasons for teeth extractions in a sample from a dental clinic in Brazil. Methods. The prevalence of teeth mortality was analyzed by gender, age, tooth type and reasons for extraction on 800 teeth of 439 subjects, whose data was collected in clinical records in a convenience sample. …”
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Association between myopia and diabetic retinopathy: A two-sample mendelian randomization study by Jinyi Xu, Shengsong Xu, Xiao Wang, Chuqi Xiang, Zhenbang Ruan, Mingxin Lu, Liying He, Yin Hu, Xiao Yang

“…This study aimed to investigate the causal associations of genetically determined myopia with DR, and further explore specific mechanisms. Methods: We conducted two-sample mendelian randomization (MR) analyses of any myopia and high myopia on six DR phenotypes, including any DR, background DR, severe background DR, proliferative DR (PDR), diabetic maculopathy and unspecific DR in the primary study. …”
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Situation analysis for delivering integrated comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services for displaced population of Kasaï, Democratic Republic of Congo: Protocol for a m... by Jacques B O Emina, Parfait Gahungu, Francis Iyese, Rinelle Etinkum, Brigitte Kini, Joseph Fataki Mobolua, Mohira Boboeva, Loulou Kobeissi

“…This is hoped for ultimately improve the quality and effectiveness of services, when considering service delivery and response in humanitarian settings.<h4>Data and methods</h4>We will conduct a mixed-methods study design, which will combine quantitative and qualitative approaches. …”
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Preparing Dutch Homes for Energy Transition by Prateek Wahi

“…This research tackles the challenge of preparing Dutch homes for LTH by developing a systematic decision-support framework using a mixed-methods research approach. It is structured around four key research activities. …”
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Personality Traits as Predictors of Academic and Work Engagement in a Sample of Nursing Students and Professionals by Maja Kućar, Andreja Brajša-Žganec, Marijana Neuberg

“…Understanding how personality traits influence both AE and WE in this dual-role group may offer insights relevant for academic success and well-being in healthcare settings. <b>Methods</b>: The sample consisted of 230 nursing students from a public university in Croatia who were also working as nurses. …”
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Public awareness about common ocular diseases among a sample of Egyptian population by Esraa El-Mayah, Marwa M Zein, Ahmed S Hegazi, Eman O Abdelghany

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Soil lipid analysis by chromatography: A critical review of the current state in sample preparation by Gladys Arteaga-Clemente, María Araceli García-González, Mónica González-González

“…This paper reviews current sample preparation strategies for the analysis of soil lipids and presents some alternatives to the traditional methods used for soil lipid extraction, fractionation, and derivatization.…”
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