Evaluation Of Life Quality In Colorectal Cancer Patients by Gülşah Kayserilioğlu, Dilek Aygin

“…In this study, life quality of colorectal cancer patients and the factors affecting their quality of life were examined. Materials and method. The sample of the study consisted of 110 patients who applied to the General Surgery Clinic/Service and Chemotherapy Unit in State Hospital and Training and Research Hospital between 01.05.2014 and 01.11.2015. …”
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Multi-element Accurate Analysis of Sulfide Minerals by Low-temperature Ablation LA-ICP-MS by Huilai LI, Fan LI, Dingwen ZHANG, Wei GUO, Lanlan JIN, Shenghong HU

“…This method reduces thermal effect and decreases particle size during the ablation process, improving precision by freezing sulfide samples with a designed cryogenic ablation cell. …”
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Using a CCD Camera Imaging System as a Recording Device to Quantify Human DNA by Slot Blot Hybridization by Bruce Budowle, William R. Hudlow, Steven B. Lee, Leonard Klevan

“…In addition, the data support the premise that more accurate and precise human DNA quantification should be obtained by not assuming a linear response of signal to known standards. …”
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Investigating the impact of physical dimensions - space to encourage walking in Tehran (Case Study: neighborhood Amirabad and Daneshgah Tehran) by ahmad pourahmad, nabi moradpour, hossen hataminejad

“…The population of the study, all residents of the neighborhood Amirabad and up Tehran University, using a sample of 384 randomly selected examples. The writers for more accurate research results, the sample size has been increased to 400. …”
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Evaluation of accuracy of OraQuick® rapid test in detecting HIV antibodies in saliva of Nigerians by M.C. Nwoga, O. Odukoya, K.O. Savage, O.A. Effiom

“… Objective: The accuracy of OraQuick® rapid test in detecting HIV 1 & 2 antibodies in saliva is evaluated against the blood EIA benchmark tests with confirmatory testing, against which OraQuick® accuracy is determined. Method: Paired samples of saliva and blood from 281 Nigerians were tested for HIV antibodies, and compared for sensitivity and specificity. …”
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Antimicrobial-resistant bacteria isolated from clinical mastitis cases by Rotinsulu Dordia Anindita, Djari Daud Julius, Sunartatie Titiek

“…Treatment of bovine clinical mastitis becomes more complicated due to the emergence of antimicrobial resistance of the causative pathogen. …”
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Microwave-assisted synthesis and catalytic activity of nano-sized molybdenum carbide in naphthalene hydrogenation by Artur Aghoyan, Argam V. Akopyan, Gurgen Aleksanyan, Davit Davtyan

“…Varying the synthesis conditions affects not only the phase composition and physicochemical properties of the resulting carbide but also makes it possible to regulate the selectivity for hydrogenation products. Samples synthesized in a short time (1–4 min) contain more acid sites due to the presence of molybdenum oxide and allow deeper hydrogenation of naphthalene to decalin compared to a pure-phase molybdenum carbide sample. …”
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Micromechanical crack analysis of glass-epoxy laminated composites subjected to tension load by Slaviša Putić, Dragoljub Ilić, Dragoljub Bekrić, Marina Stamenović

“…The material is glass fiber 280 g/m², 'twill woven' with 100 cm width, type - Interglas 92125, and epoxy resin type MGS L-135, where samples are molded using hand manual method with 35% fiber weight per volume. …”
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Personality characteristics of security police male employees with «pre-disease» somatic health disorders by V. V. Bocharov, K. S. Denisova

“…Clinical psychology method and test psychodiagnostical methods were used in the research. …”
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Synthesis and Electrochemical Characterization of Activated Porous Carbon Derived from Walnut Shells as an Electrode Material for Symmetric Supercapacitor Application by Rohit Yadav, Nagaraju Macherla, Kuldeep Singh, Kusum Kumari

“…The valorization method comprises of two-steps for the synthesis of activated biocarbon which are thermal carbonization and ZnCl₂ chemical activation of walnut shells at 700 °C. …”
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Health risk perception and behavioral decision-making among online-dating MSM in Shandong, China: perspectives on HIV and new psychoactive substances by Yuyao Chen, Haiying Yu, Xiaoyan Zhu, Ling Li, Lin Wang, Yangji Zhuoma, Na Zhang, Guoyong Wang, Wei Ma, Meizhen Liao

“…This study aims to explore the perceptions of MSM regarding the risks and harms associated with HIV and NPS in the context of online dating. Methods From April to July 2023, MSM were recruited from eight cities in Shandong Province using a combination of snowball sampling, venue-based recruitment, and online methods. …”
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Evaluation of two Taenia solium cysticercal antigenic preparations (vesicular fluid and a glycoprotein fraction with affinity for lentil lectin) for the immunodiagnosis of neurocys... by Lisandra Akemi Suzuki, Cláudio Lúcio Rossi

“…There was no significant difference in the sensitivity and specificity of the two antigenic preparations used to screen CSF and serum samples. CONCLUSION: Considering the complexity and high cost of obtaining the LLa-Gp fraction, VF could be more suitable for screening specific antibodies by ELISA in CSF and serum samples from patients with neurocysticercosis.…”
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Coverage Estimation of Droplets Sprayed on Water-Sensitive Papers Based on Domain-Adaptive Segmentation by Dae-Hyun Lee, Baek-Gyeom Seong, Seung-Yun Baek, Chun-Gu Lee, Yeong-Ho Kang, Xiongzhe Han, Seung-Hwa Yu

“…Unmanned aerial spraying systems (UASSs) are widely used today for the effective control of pests affecting crops, and more advanced UASS techniques are now being developed. …”
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Enhance decoding of lower limb motor imagery‐electroencephalography patterns by Riemannian clustering by Xinwei Sun, Tuo Liu, Kun Wang, Lincong Pan, Lin Meng, Xinmin Ding, Weibo Yi, Minpeng Xu, Dong Ming

“…Our methods divide all samples into subclusters based on the Riemannian distance and innovate clustering criteria. …”
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Sufficient statistics for the Pareto distribution parameter by I. S. Pulkin, A. V. Tatarintsev

“…In addition, it is proved that the geometric mean of the sample is a more convenient sufficient statistic from a practical point of view than the product of the sample elements. …”
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Durability characteristics of geopolymer concrete produced using gold ore tailings along with recycled coarse aggregates by Eshwarayya Bolluru Lokesha, Mangalpady Aruna, Sandi Kumar Reddy

“…In this test, the GPC samples showed a reduction in compressive strength and weight, which is slightly more when compared to CC samples. …”
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Equipment Maintenance Support Effectiveness Evaluation Based on Improved Generative Adversarial Network and Radial Basis Function Network by Zhen Li, Jianping Hao, Cuijuan Gao

“…Compared with traditional neural network evaluation methods, the improved GAN-RBF model has higher evaluation accuracy, better solves the problem of poor generalization ability caused by insufficient training samples, and can be more effectively applied to maintenance support effectiveness evaluation. …”
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Prevalence of toxigenic Clostridium difficile in hospitalized patients in the southwestern province of Saudi Arabia: Confirmation using the GeneXpert analysis by Nader Kameli, Vinod Kumar Basode, Ahmed Abdulhaq, Mohammed Uthman A. Alamoudi, Khalid Amaash Mohammed Zain, Ahmad Hassn Ghzwani

“…C. difficile strains were detected in 12 (10.71%) out of 112 stool samples using the GDH + toxin A + B immunoassay method and toxigenic C. difficile was confirmed in 5 stool samples using the GeneXpert molecular assay. …”
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Antimicrobial resistance and virulence associated genes in Campylobacter jejuni isolated from chicken in Côte d’Ivoire by Bernadette G Goualié, Eric E Akpa, Solange E Kakou-N’Gazoa, Honoré G Ouattara, Sébastien L Niamke, Mireille Dosso

“…Methodology: A total of 336 chicken ceaca samples recovered from market of two municipality of Abidjan were examined by conventional microbiological methods and molecular test using PCR. …”
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Enhancing laboratory test consistency through linear transformation: A multi-center study by Shitong Cheng, Dongliang Man, Zhiwei Zhou, Hui Kang

“…Methods: Five ISO 15189 accredited laboratories participated in this study. …”
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