Rare Earth Element Contents and Occurrence Forms in Weathering Crust Ion Adsorption Rare Earth Ore by Xilian XIAO, Min GUO, Xin SHAO, Juanjuan TAN, Lei WANG, Xiaofei QIU

“…ICP-MS was used as the detection method to explore the distribution of the total amount and various REE forms in the samples. …”
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Risk of Aedes-borne diseases in and around the Tanzanian seaport of Tanga despite community members being more concerned about malaria by Amri S. Abas, Alfred J. Simfukwe, John P. Masalu, Najat F. Kahamba, Ismail H. Nambunga, Dickson S. Msaky, Alex J. Limwagu, Abdallah R. Kipekepeke, Carsten Wergin, Rukiyah M. Njalambaha, Elison E. Kemibala, Amour Seleman, Yeromin P. Mlacha, Marceline Finda, Uli Beisel, Esther G. Kimaro, Halfan S. Ngowo, Fredros O. Okumu

“…This study compared the risks of Aedes-borne disease in and around the eastern Tanzanian seaport of Tanga. Methods A 200 m × 200 m grid-based system was used to sample mosquitoes within the port area, and in surrounding areas at 2 km, 2.5 km, and 5 km away, between June and December 2023. …”
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In situ volcanic ash sampling and aerosol–gas analysis based on UAS technologies (AeroVolc) by S. Thivet, G. Bagheri, P. M. Kornatowski, P. M. Kornatowski, A. Fries, J. Lemus, J. Lemus, R. Simionato, R. Simionato, C. Díaz-Vecino, E. Rossi, T. Yamada, S. Scollo, C. Bonadonna

“…While ground- and satellite-based remote-sensing systems are key to describing explosive volcanism and assessing associated hazards, direct in situ measurements inside volcanic clouds are not possible with these methods. This study presents an innovative approach using an unoccupied aircraft system (UAS) for (i) airborne ash sampling and (ii) measurements of aerosol and gas concentrations (AeroVolc system). …”
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HPV self-sampling acceptability in rural and indigenous communities in Guatemala: a cross-sectional study by Kristin Bevilacqua, Audrey R. Murchland, Anna Gottschlich, Andres Pineda, Berner Andrée Sandoval-Ramírez, Christian S Alvarez, Gina S Ogilvie, Thomas E Carey, Mark Prince, Michael Dean, Carlos Mendoza Montano, Alvaro Rivera-Andrade, Rafael Meza

“…This study assessed and compared the acceptability of self-collection HPV testing in two rural, indigenous and ethnically distinct communities in Guatemala: Santiago Atitlán, Sololá and Livingston, Izabal.Methods All participants, women between the ages of 18 and 60, completed a questionnaire. …”
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Distribution and extended triage of high-risk human papillomavirus genotyping based on vaginal self-sampling by Ling Li, Yun Zhao, Rong Liu, Chen Yao, Zhijun Zhang, Yingying Hu, Ruifang Wu, Ruifang An, Hui Du, Xinfeng Qu, Lihui Wei, Bei Lin, Mingzhu Li, Chao Zhao, Jingran Li, Zhixin Lin, Jihong Deng, Songling Zhang

“…Background To investigate the overall and type-specific prevalence of high-risk human papillomavirus (HR-HPV) infection in China across different age groups and regions and to evaluate the triage of HPV-positive cases.Methods A prospective cross-sectional study recruited a total of 20 103 women aged 30–59 years from 13 provinces in China. …”
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Identification of the features of the organic matter of oils and source rocks based on a comparison of the results of geochemical analysis with statistical analysis built upon mach... by K. O. Osipov, E. A. Ablya, R. S. Sautkin, M. A. Bolshakova, A. A. Suslova, A. P. Antonov

“…The object of the study were the samples of oil and gas source rocks of the Tutleim and Tyumen Formations, as well as oil samples of the Vikulov Formation and Jurassic and pre-Jurassic deposits in the western part of the West Siberian basin.Among the methods of statistical analysis, the principal component method and the random forest method were used. …”
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Statistical Assessment of The Implementation of Socio-Economic Development Strategies of The Republic of Uzbekistan in the Context of Digital Transformation by B. A. Begalov, I. E. Zhukovskaya

“…The main purpose of the article is to conduct a statistical assessment of the implementation of strategies for the socio-economic development of the Republic of Uzbekistan using an innovative methodology based on the use of digital technological solutions.Materials and methods. In the course of writing this article, the authors used the methods of system analysis, synthesis, statistical sampling and grouping, induction, deduction, methods of working with computer networks and digital platforms, special methods and tools necessary to optimize the work of the portal of the State Committee of the Republic of Uzbekistan on Statistics, as well as when working on this article, methods of working with digital technologies, specialized software products, web services were reflected.Results. …”
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Ex Vivo Assessment of Natural Teeth Wear against Zirconia and Novel Glass-Fiber-Reinforced Composite Crowns in Primary Teeth by a Three-Dimensional Assessment Method by Abhinav Talekar, Gayatri Chaudhari, Sreekanth Kumar Mallineni, Sneha Kothare, Amol Patil, Prasad Musale, Yusuf Chunawala, Shikha Choubey

“…All samples were assessed for surface wear with pre- and post-3-dimensional scanning. …”
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Laser-induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Based on Pre-classification Strategy for Quantitative Analysis of Rock Samples by Weiheng KONG, Lingwei ZENG, Yu RAO, Sha CHEN, Xu WANG, Yanting YANG, Yixiang DUAN, Qingwen FAN

“…By using finer spectral lines, higher sampling rate, and more precise laser pulse control, high resolution LIBS analysis at nanoscale has been achieved. …”
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Investigation of Super Learner Methodology on HIV-1 Small Sample: Application on Jaguar Trial Data by Allal Houssaïni, Lambert Assoumou, Anne Geneviève Marcelin, Jean Michel Molina, Vincent Calvez, Philippe Flandre

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Evaluation of empirical relationships in carbonates by developing a 1D mechanical earth model in an oil field in Southwestern Iran by Hadi Ammarloo, Pedram Zoughy, Leili Fatahi Mehraban, Mohammadkazem Amiri

“…Additionally, this study reviewed existing methods and empirical relationships for estimating key physico-mechanical rock parameters. …”
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Exploring Sample Storage Conditions for the Mass Spectrometric Analysis of Extracted Lipids from Latent Fingerprints by Aleesa E. Chua, Eden P. Go, Heather Desaire

“…In an alternative method, samples are stored directly on the deposition foil, and preparation is delayed until all can be processed in a single batch. …”
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Acoustic Emission Monitoring and Failure Precursors of Sandstone Samples under Various Loading and Unloading Paths by Jie Xu, Jingdong Jiang, Lingling Zuo, Yufeng Gao

“…To explore the failure precursors of hard rock, a series of triaxial loading and unloading experiments were carried out on sandstone sample using the acoustic emission systems. The extreme-point symmetric mode decomposition method (ESMD method) was used to denoise and reconstruct the AE data. …”
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Antifungal Drug Susceptibility Profile of Candida kefyr Isolated from Clinical Samples and Dairy Products by Zahra Zareshahrabadi, Samin Khaliji, Maryam Roudbari, Kamiar Zomorodian

“…All Candida kefyr isolates were previously identified using conventional and molecular methods. Susceptibility to antifungal drugs, including caspofungin, fluconazole, itraconazole, voriconazole, and amphotericin B, was determined using the microdilution method following CLSI-M27-A3 protocols, with results interpreted according to CLSI-M27-S4 guidelines. …”
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Extreme R-CNN: Few-Shot Object Detection via Sample Synthesis and Knowledge Distillation by Shenyong Zhang, Wenmin Wang, Zhibing Wang, Honglei Li, Ruochen Li, Shixiong Zhang

“…Comprehensive evaluations on the Microsoft COCO and PASCAL VOC datasets demonstrate significant improvements over baseline methods. Specifically, on the PASCAL VOC dataset, the average precision for novel categories is enhanced by up to 15 percent, while on the more complex Microsoft COCO benchmark it is enhanced by up to 6.1 percent. …”
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Virtual sample based techniques using deep features for SSPP face recognition in unconstrained environment. by Muhammad Tariq Siddique, Ibrahim Venkat, Humera Farooq, Sharul Tajuddin, S H Shah Newaz

“…As challenging as it is to use face recognition with a Single Sample Per Person, it becomes even more difficult when face recognition based on a single sample is performed in an unconstrained environment. …”
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Occurrence of Uncultured <i>Legionella</i> spp. in Treated Wastewater Effluent and Its Impact on Human Health (SCA.Re.S Project) by Osvalda De Giglio, Giusy Diella, Francesco Bagordo, Antonella Francesca Savino, Angelantonio Calabrese, Mariavirginia Campanale, Francesco Triggiano, Francesca Apollonio, Valentina Spagnuolo, Marco Lopuzzo, Tiziana Grassi, Maria Clementina Caputo, Silvia Brigida, Federica Valeriani, Vincenzo Romano Spica, Maria Teresa Montagna

“…The samples were analyzed to determine the concentrations of <i>Legionella</i> spp using the standard culture-based method and molecular techniques, followed by genomic sequencing analysis. …”
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Factors determining semen sample collection and semen quality parameters in African penguins Spheniscus demersus by Paweł Borecki, Anna Mucha, Wojciech Niżański, Agnieszka Partyka

“…Young and human-reared males exhibited more favorable behaviors, and samples containing spermatozoa were more likely collected during the reproductive season. …”
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Multimodal Contrastive Learning for Remote Sensing Image Feature Extraction Based on Relaxed Positive Samples by Zhenshi Zhang, Qiujun Li, Wenxuan Jing, Guangjun He, Lili Zhu, Shijuan Gao

“…To fully leverage the characteristics of remote sensing images, we propose a multimodal contrastive learning method for remote sensing image feature extraction, based on positive sample tripartite relaxation, where the model is relaxed in three aspects. …”
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Adequacy of biopsy samples for epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) molecular testing in lung adenocarcinoma by Tegeltija Dragana, Lovrenski Aleksandra, Vasiljević Tijana, Andrejić-Višnjić Bojana

“…In 35% of cases, there was either one or two biopsy samples. More than 10% of tumor cells were found in 68% of cases, while the majority of cases (33%) had between 200 and 500 tumor cells and only 8% of cases had between 20 and 50 tumor cells. …”
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