Quantifying the Relationship Between Self-Efficacy and Mathematical Creativity: A Meta-Analysis by Herianto Herianto, Anastasia Sofroniou, Muh Fitrah, Dadan Rosana, Caly Setiawan, Raden Rosnawati, Widihastuti Widihastuti, Andi Jusmiana, Yudince Marinding

“…This meta-analysis included 21 studies with a total sample size of 11,621 participants and 33 effect sizes across the studies. …”
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Chinese expert consensus on vaginal self-sampling with high-risk human papillomavirus testing for cervical cancer screening by Linhong Wang, Yun Zhao, Beihua Kong, Ding Ma, Ruifang Wu, Hui Du, Xinfeng Qu, Lihui Wei, Long Sui, Mingzhu Li, Fanghui Zhao, Jingran Li

“…In light of the push for HR-HPV testing as a primary cervical cancer screening strategy and considering the current status of cervical cancer screening in China, experts from five academic societies developed a consensus that including the definition, value, advantages, applicable people, screening proposal, tools and methods, process, sampler distribution form, organisational screening model, HPV DNA testing, abnormal results management of vaginal self-sampling, information system construction, management quality control and so on, aims to guide the standardised application of vaginal self-sampling screening, enhance cervical cancer screening coverage in China and advance the efforts to eliminate cervical cancer in the country.…”
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Considerations in assessing blood glucose in mice: coping with interferences of intraperitoneal injection, noise, fasting, housing and blood sampling by Si-Li Zheng, Xue-Lian Wang, Pin Wang, Jin Chen, Chao-Yu Miao

“…This study is to discuss conditions in assessing blood glucose in C57BL/6J mice, providing references to help increase the success of blood glucose testing in mouse experiments. Methods Animals were fed common chow or high-fat diet, without fasting or with a fasting duration of 6 h in the daytime or overnight before the test. …”
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Optimisation of bioaerosol sampling using an ultralight aircraft: A novel approach in determining the 3-D atmospheric biodiversity by Maria P. Plaza, Athanasios Charalampopoulos, Vivien Leier-Wirtz, Pia Viuf Ørby, Mathilde Kloster, Michael Dines Christiansen, Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann, Athanasios Damialis, Ulrich Gosewinkel

“…Bioaerosols, such as pollen and fungal spores, are routinely monitored for agricultural, medical or urban greening practices, but sampling methodology is largely relying on techniques more than half a century old. …”
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Self-Collected versus Clinician-Collected Sampling for Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Screening: A Systemic Review and Meta-Analysis. by Carole Lunny, Darlene Taylor, Linda Hoang, Tom Wong, Mark Gilbert, Richard Lester, Mel Krajden, Gina Ogilvie

“…<h4>Methods</h4>The hierarchical summary receiver operating characteristic and the fixed effect models were used to assess the accuracy of comparable specimens that were collected by patients compared to clinicians. …”
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Integrated Model Selection and Scalability in Functional Data Analysis Through Bayesian Learning by Wenzheng Tao, Sarang Joshi, Ross Whitaker

“…They offer a continuous perspective that captures subtle dynamics and richer structures compared to discrete representations, thereby preserving essential information and facilitating the more natural modeling of real-world phenomena, especially in sparse or irregularly sampled settings. …”
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An In Vitro Comparative Study of the Effect of Different Surface Preparation Methods on Shear Bond Strength Between Ivoclar SR Nexco Paste Indirect Composite Resin and Ivoclar Heli... by Elahe Soltanmohamadi Borujeni, Sepehr Sobhani Kazemi

“…Background and purpose: Due to the relatively high cost of cosmetic restorations with indirect composite resins, the time required for their complete replacement, and, in some cases, the need for significant tooth structure removal, repairing these restorations may sometimes be a more appropriate approach. This study aimed to investigate and compare the effects of different surface preparation methods on the shear bond strength between indirect and direct composite resins. …”
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Comparison of sequencing methods and data processing pipelines for whole genome sequencing and minority single nucleotide variant (mSNV) analysis during an influenza A/H5N8 outbrea... by Marjolein J Poen, Anne Pohlmann, Clara Amid, Theo M Bestebroer, Sharon M Brookes, Ian H Brown, Helen Everett, Claudia M E Schapendonk, Rachel D Scheuer, Saskia L Smits, Martin Beer, Ron A M Fouchier, Richard J Ellis

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Exploring pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) modality preferences among black cisgender women attending family planning clinics in Chicago via a cross-sectional mixed-methods study by Sadia Haider, Amy K Johnson, Emily Ott, Eleanor E Friedman, Agustina Pandiani, Amy Moore, Isa Alvarez, Catherine Desmarais

“…As advancements in PrEP delivery options continue, it is important to understand women’s acceptability of these additional options, specifically black cisgender women, in order to inform uptake and adherence among this population at increased need of HIV prevention options.Setting A cross-sectional survey among black cisgender women ages 13–45 (inclusive) attending women’s health clinics in Chicago, Illinois, USA, prior to the approval of cabotegravir long-acting injectable.Methods Descriptive statistics were used to describe the sample and bivariate analysis was used to detect differences between categorical and outcome variables using χ2 test. …”
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Helmet (Health impact of e-bikes and e-scooters) study: Data collection methods and information gathered for the evaluation of the introduction of share hire schemes [version 1; pe... by James Garbutt, Miranda EG Armstrong, Ben Spencer, Tim Jones, Sabina Sanghera, Ian Philips, Rayne Roberts, Lesley Welch, Ruth Salway, Frank de Vocht, Russell Jago

“…Background This study aimed to collect information on e-bike and e-scooter use in areas with and without e-bike (EB) and e-bike plus e-scooter (EB+ES) combined share-hire schemes. Methods This study employed a repeated cross-sectional design. …”
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Safety-Prioritized Optimization of Asteroid Sample Site Selection Using Genetic Algorithm and Variable Neighborhood Tabu Search by Huan Xie, Jie Chen, Xiongfeng Yan, Yifan Wang, Yaqiong Wang, Qingfan Zhang, Yuanting Xi, Jun Xie, Ming Yang, Yongjiu Feng, Yusheng Xu, Xiaohua Tong

“…This method leverages the global search capability of the GA for the initial coarse search of selection sites and refines the selection through more localized optimization with the VNTS. …”
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Direct Conditional Score Modeling for Accelerated MRI Reconstruction by Hongki Lim

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Identifying and determining the weight of personality indicators effective in establishing educational and training interaction between Iranian paramedical instructors and students... by Firouz Nouri Kalkhoran, Pegah Arman, Iraj salehi, Ali Khalafi, Mohammad Reza Safari

“…One of the most significant factors is the personality traits of students, which can aid them in the learning process and lead to more effective education. Methods: This research was organized using a mixed-methods approach. …”
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Sequencing of pooled DNA samples (Pool-Seq) uncovers complex dynamics of transposable element insertions in Drosophila melanogaster. by Robert Kofler, Andrea J Betancourt, Christian Schlötterer

“…Here, we describe a novel and cost-effective approach for estimating population frequencies of TE insertions using paired-end Illumina reads from a pooled population sample. Importantly, the method treats insertions present in and absent from the reference genome identically, allowing unbiased TE population frequency estimates. …”
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A Bayesian tool for optimizing sample size in phase I dose-finding trials for head and neck cancer by Sivakamavalli Jeyachandran

“…Traditional sample size planning often uses fixed statistical methods that lack flexibility. …”
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Assessment of greenness for solid phase microextraction techniques of sample preparation for flavors by AGREE Prep &amp; SPMS tools by Ruchita Rajput, Sonal Desai

“…As per AGREE Prep, method 34 was found to be environmental friendly with score of 0.66, attributed to safe solvents, minimized waste, high sample throughput, and low energy consumption where as method 7 with SPMS scores of 7.05 is more sustainable due to miniaturization, fewer steps, and low energy use.…”
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Research on Small-Sample Credit Card Fraud Identification Based on Temporal Attention-Boundary-Enhanced Prototype Network by Boyu Liu, Longrui Wu, Shengdong Mu

“…In small sample data environments, traditional fraud detection methods based on prototype network models struggle with the loss of time-series features and the challenge of identifying the uncorrected sample distribution in the metric space. …”
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A cross-sectional survey on the relationship between metacognitive ability and completion ability among Chinese nursing students: the mediating role of perceived campus atmosphere... by Jiayu Wang, Zhenwei Yu, Lingyu Wang, Ye Xing, Yu Lu, Jun Tao, Taoyu Lin, Xue Bai

“…The simulation teaching method moderated the relationship between metacognitive ability and completion ability, with metacognitive ability having a more significant predictive effect on the completion ability of nursing students who received simulation teaching. …”
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Analysis of <i>cis</i>-isomer-enriched dihydroquercetin sample by 1D and 2D NMR spectroscopy by R. P. Terekhov, A. Taldaev, E. V. Bocharov, D. I. Pankov, A. D. Savina, I. A. Selivanova

“…Therefore, the development of methods for qualitative and quantitative control of DHQ diastereomers in analyzed samples is essential for patient safety management. …”
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A modified RNA-Seq approach for whole genome sequencing of RNA viruses from faecal and blood samples. by Elizabeth M Batty, T H Nicholas Wong, Amy Trebes, Karène Argoud, Moustafa Attar, David Buck, Camilla L C Ip, Tanya Golubchik, Madeleine Cule, Rory Bowden, Charis Manganis, Paul Klenerman, Eleanor Barnes, A Sarah Walker, David H Wyllie, Daniel J Wilson, Kate E Dingle, Tim E A Peto, Derrick W Crook, Paolo Piazza

“…We demonstrate the effectiveness of this method by sequencing three Norovirus samples from faeces and two Hepatitis C virus samples from blood, on an Illumina MiSeq benchtop sequencer. …”
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