Absolute Quantitative Metagenomic Analysis Provides More Accurate Insights for the Anti-Colitis Effect of Berberine via Modulation of Gut Microbiota by Jiaguo Zhan, Jiale Cheng, Wenhui Chang, Yuying Su, Xixin Yue, Chongming Wu

“…This study aims to identify the optimal method for microbiome analysis by comparing relative and absolute quantitative sequencing. …”
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Genome sequencing differentiates a paracentric inversion from a balanced insertion enabling more accurate preimplantation genetic testing by Josephine Wincent, Hafdís T. Helgadóttir, Fotios Sergouniotis, Angelo Salazar Mantero, Claudia M. B. Carvalho, Helena Malmgren, Anna Lindstrand, Erik Iwarsson

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Hirsutism or Hyperandrogenemia, Which is More Noteworthy for Adolescent Girls with Irregular Menses? A Case–Control Study Based on an Epidemiological Survey by Yu Hong, Lili Huang, Dongzi Yang, Zehong Zhou, Zhe Dong

“…Accordingly, this study was performed to delineate the clinical and biochemical hyperandrogenic status of adolescents with irregular menses, and to explore which one was more noteworthy in this population. Method: Based on the questionnaire of an epidemiological survey carried out by our research team, this case–control study compared the anthropomorphic, clinical, and laboratory materials of adolescent girls, at least 2 years after menarche, with irregular menses, as well as those with regular periods. …”
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Cyborg Adolescents and Digital Data: Examining Education and Revenue Generation in the Digital Lives of Youth through More-than-Human Ethnography by Davood Zahrani, Ali Hashemianfar, Ahmad Mehrshad

“…This research investigated adolescents' interactions with digital data using a combination of observations, document studies, and interviews and following the methods proposed by Logie and Quinton (2018). A purposive sample of 10 adolescents aged 11 to 19 was selected, along with interviews with their parents, ensuring adherence to ethical considerations. …”
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A “Sconce” Trap for Sampling Egg Masses of Spotted Lanternfly, <i>Lycorma delicatula</i> by Sarah M. Devine, Everett G. Booth, Miriam F. Cooperband, Emily K. L. Franzen, Phillip A. Lewis, Kelly M. Murman, Joseph A. Francese

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Combined water and detritus sampling is the most effective strategy to detect environmental DNA of macroinvertebrates in rivers by Kena Shi, Yajing He, Jiefeng Yu, Yongjing Zhao, Hongzhu Wang, Yongde Cui

“…Although environmental DNA (eDNA) metabarcoding technology has been increasingly applied in freshwater ecosystems, the effectiveness of conventional water sampling and other adaptive metabarcoding methods for detecting macroinvertebrates has not been comprehensively compared and validated. …”
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Women’s perceptions and preferences toward HPV self-sampling in France: A questionnaire within the French CapU4 Trial by Hélène De Pauw, Alexandra Ducancelle, Marc Arbyn, Adeline Pivert, Anne-Sophie Le Duc Banaszuk, Juliette Noyelle, Johane Le Goff, Franck Rexand-Galais, Gilbert Donders, Caroline Lefeuvre

“…This study assesses women’s perceptions and preferences toward HPV self-sampling among women enrolled in the CapU4 trial. Methods: CapU4 is a randomised controlled trial with two experimental arms (mailing either a urine self-sampling (USS) or VSS kit) and a control arm (mailing of a conventional invitation letter). …”
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Evaluation of intramammary infection status in dairy heifers using cisternal and teat end sampling techniques by Alyssa I. Novo, J.R. Middleton, S.E. Poock, P.R.F. Adkins

“…The objectives of this study were to (1) determine at what age or stage of gestation heifer mammary samples are culture positive, (2) compare the bacterial genera and species found among sample types, (3) assess the potential of using a needle-based mammary gland sampling technique in heifers, and (4) use novel, multimethod diagnostic criteria to more comprehensively define heifer IMI (hIMI) occurrence. …”
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Contraceptive use among women who desire no more children in Indonesia: a cross-sectional study of a national survey by Maria Gayatri, Desy Nuri Fajarningtiyas

“…The sample consisted of 17,938 women aged 15–49 years who desired no more children. …”
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In Critically Ill Patients, Serum Procalcitonin Is More Useful in Differentiating between Sepsis and SIRS than CRP, Il-6, or LBP by Iwan A. Meynaar, Wouter Droog, Manou Batstra, Rolf Vreede, Paul Herbrink

“…Blood samples for measuring CRP, PCT, IL-6 and LBP were taken every day until ICU discharge. …”
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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

“…Eligible participants were also asked to self-collect a vaginal sample and complete a questionnaire regarding comfort and acceptability. …”
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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

“…HPV16 was more prevalent in both younger and older age groups. …”
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Review of previously published ambient air respirable crystalline silica concentration data for use in risk assessment of mineral industry sources by John R. Richards, Todd T. Brozell

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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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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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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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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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Alpha-synuclein A53T mutation is not frequent on a sample of Brazilian Parkinson’s disease patients by Gabriela S. Longo, Marcela A. S. Pinhel, Michele L. Gregório, Bruno A. P. Oliveira, Driele C. G. Quinhoneiro, Waldir A. Tognola, Fábio N. Oliveira, Sabrina M.Cezario, Caroline L. Sado, Marcelo A. Nakazone, Maria C. J. Calastri, Dorotéia R. S. Souza

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