Parental traditional medicine use for children and associated factors in Harar City, Harari Regional State, Eastern Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study by Ayichew Alemu, Fentahun Meseret, Mulualem Keneni, Fenta Wondimneh, Henok Legesse, Yalew Mossie, Tilahun Teshager, Eyerusalem Tamiru, Diribsa Tizau, Tesfaye Asfaw

“…A multistage sampling procedure was used to obtain 348 parents. …”
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Colostrum avoidance and associated factors among mothers of children under the age of six months in Sekota Zuria woreda, Waghimra zone, Ethiopia by Fitsum Zekarias Mohammed, Mulugeta Desalegn Berie, Abinet Dagnaw Mekuria, Sadat Mohammed Yesuf, Besufekad Mulugeta Urgie

“…Objective To assess colostrum avoidance and its associated factors among mothers of children under the age of six months in the Sekota Zuria Woreda of the Waghimra Zone, Ethiopia, 2022. Methods A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted between June 26 and July 30, 2022, in the Sekota Zuria Woreda of the Waghimra Zone, Ethiopia. …”
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Common mental disorders and associated factors among adult patients admitted in non-psychiatric wards of public hospitals in Harari regional State, Eastern Ethiopia by Hirko Assefa, Tilahun Ali, Ibsa Mussa, Tadesse Misgana, Dawit Abdi, Abinet Zewudie, Abdi Temesgen

“…A systematic random sampling technique was employed to select the study participants. …”
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Heartbeat of Care: Exploring Radiographers’ Insights Into CPR Knowledge and Attitudes in Jordan by Aljarrah T, Alewaidat H, Oglat A, Eltahir MA, Almakhadmeh A, Alawaqla MQ, Da'meh A, Shabaitah M, Gareeballah A

“…The data were analyzed using SPSS IBM software v. 28, and P-values < 0.05 were considered statistically significant.Results: A total of 359 radiographers with a mean age of 31.71± 8.22 years participated in the study. More than half of the sample were male (198, 55.2%) compared to 161 (44.8%) females. …”
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Nomophobia and its Relationship with Depression, Anxiety and Stress among Undergraduate Medical Students in a District of West Bengal: A Cross-sectional Study by Tousif Ahamed, Ritu Ghosh, Malay Kumar Das, Dilip Kumar Das

“…Aim: This study aimed to estimate the magnitude of nomophobia, the prevalence and degree of depression, anxiety, and stress, as well as to assess the relationship between nomophobia and mental health status, and to identify the correlates of nomophobia among undergraduate medical students. Materials and Methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted at Murshidabad Medical College, West Bengal, India, between September to November 2023, among 222 undergraduate medical students from three consecutive batches (2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23), selected through stratified random sampling. …”
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Evaluation of the epidemiological situation of intestinal schistosomiasis using the POC-CCA parasite antigen test and the Kato-Katz egg count test in school-age children in endemic... by Sokouri Edwige A., Ahouty Bernardin, Abé Innocent A., Yao Flora G.D., Konan Thomas K., Nyangiri Oscar A., MacLeod Annette, Matovu Enock, Noyes Harry, Koffi Mathurin

“…We compared the conventional Kato Katz (KK) test and a more sensitive but rarely used method, the point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen (POC-CCA), in order to contribute to the development of a more appropriate strategy for the control and elimination of intestinal schistosomiasis in western Côte d’Ivoire. …”
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Construction of a sugar and acid content estimation model for Miliang-1 kiwifruit during storage by LIU Li, YANG Tianyi, DONG Congying, SHI Caiyun, SI Peng, WEI Zhifeng, GAO Dengtao

“…To address these issues, we propose a non-destructive testing method based on hyperspectral technology. This study aims to develop a reliable and efficient method for evaluating the quality of kiwifruit during storage without damaging the samples, thereby providing a more practical and economical solution for the kiwifruit industry. …”
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Frequency of strains with multiple antibiotic resistance in the structure of opportunitistic pathogens by N. M. Voropaeva, U. M. Nemchenko, K. O. Sitnikova, E. D. Savilov, N. N. Chemezova, E. V. Grigorova, A. V. Sorokina, R. E. Zugeeva, N. L. Belkova

“…Analysis of the long-term dynamics of changes in the antibacterial resistance of microorganisms and the creation of a collection of multi-resistant strains of opportunistic microorganisms.   Materials and methods. The study included data from 3173 bacteriological samples of various loci of the human body for 2010 and 2020–2021. …”
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Improving food safety: Synthetic data augmentation for accurate mushroom species identification in complex environments by Mengze Du, Fei Wang, Weibing Yan, Jie Guo, Lu Liu, Ping Lv, Yong He, Xuping Feng, Yuwei Wang

“…These findings highlight the practical utility of diffusion-based augmentation in enhancing model robustness, ensuring more reliable monitoring compared to traditional methods, and mitigating the likelihood of toxic mushrooms entering the food chain. …”
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Enhancing Microwave Disinfection: Impact of Sodium Chloride on Microbial Inactivation by Saleh A. Alfawaz, Ibrahim N. Alquaydheb, Amirreza Ghadimi Avval, Sara Ghayouraneh, Samir M. El-Ghazaly, Jianhong Zhou, Yuchun Du

“…This study explores the role of sodium chloride (NaCl) in enhancing the efficiency of microbial inactivation using microwave energy with two distinct methods: temperature-controlled treatment and predefined cycle. …”
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Analysis of Calving Cow Posture Recognition, Behavioral Changes, and Influencing Factors Based on Machine Vision by Yuning An, Yifeng Song, Hehao Jiang, Yuan Wang, Na Liu, Xia Li, Zhalaga Zhang, Xiaoping An

“…This study introduces a non-contact, single-target method for real-time monitoring of dairy cow calving posture and behavior using the YOLOv8 model. …”
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Utility of enhanced quantitative urine culture technique for isolation of uro-pathogens in children by Kavita Gupta, Prashanth Purushotham, Nischitha Vallurupalli, Bilal Malik, Saroj Dash

“…Method: A prospective observation study was conducted and urine samples were collected and processed using both SUC and EQUC techniques. …”
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Searching for Dubh: Experiments in Black Dyes Pre 15th Century in Ireland and Scotland by Ashley Stillwell-Hasan

“…Closer examination showed that the addition of alum resulted in substantial degradation of the fleece and made it difficult to spin. Additionally, all samples proved to be lightfast. Further testing is required of the other plausible recipes collected, in addition to repeat testing using the more historical methods in this experiment. …”
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Structural Strength of Corrugated Cardboard Products by Ivan A. Kosarev, Aleksandr V. Guriev

“…A method has been developed to evaluate the structural strength and stability of samples with various parameters under edgewise compression conditions. …”
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The Impact of Sustainability Reporting Disclosure and Accounting Information Comparability on Profit Continuity by Hanieh Hekmat, Ali Rahmani, Samira Movaffagh

“…The selected statistical sample accounted for approximately 40% of the total market value. …”
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Estimating the effect of tissue- and blood-derived cell reference matrices on deconvolving bulk transcriptomic datasets by Siqi Sun, Shweta Yadav, Mulini Pingili, Dan Chang, Jing Wang

“…Cell deconvolution is a widely used method to characterize the composition of the mixed cell population in bulk transcriptomic datasets. …”
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Circadian Disruptions Alter Consumption Timing and Exacerbate Binge-Like Eating in Mice by Christopher J. Mancuso, Samantha P. Bedard, Lindsay Gillikin, P. Evelyna Kambanis, Emily Schmitt, Kyle P. De Young

“…Circadian disrupted mice consumed more during HED access than non-disrupted mice, indicating that circadian disruptions may exacerbate binge-like eating. …”
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Clinical Utility of Plasma Microbial Cell-Free DNA Surveillance in Neutropenic Patients with Acute Myeloid Leukemia Undergoing Outpatient Chemotherapy: A Case Series by Maria Lampou, Elizabeth C. Trull, Hailey M. Warren, Musie S. Ghebremichael, Raja Nakka, Daniel J. Floyd, Amir T. Fathi, Andrew M. Brunner, Michael K. Mansour

“…<b>Conclusions</b>: In the outpatient setting, mcfDNA surveillance offers a more reliable method for detecting pathogens. This approach identified actionable microbiologic results in immunocompromised individuals who did not meet standard clinical criteria for suspicion of infection. …”
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The impact of COVID-19 on parents from Black ethnic backgrounds in the UK: what we have learned and why it still matters by Valentina Cardi, Valentina Meregalli, Chiara Tosi, Laura Sudulich, Juliana Onwumere

“…Parents sought support from formal support networks when health issues were perceived as more severe. Conclusions This study engaged a large sample of families from Black ethnic backgrounds, but recruitment may have been biased by sociodemographic characteristics. …”
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Using Environmental DNA to Detect and Identify Sweetpotato Whitefly Bemisia argentifolii and Twospotted Spider Mite Tetranychus urticae in Greenhouse‐Grown Tomato Plants by Jonathan Lee‐Rodriguez, Christopher M. Ranger, Ashley Leach, Andrew Michel, Michael E. Reding, Luis Canas

“…Positive eDNA detection was achieved with both amplification methods, with qPCR proving more reliable than cPCR due to the latter's inconsistent performance with positive control samples. …”
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