Effect of drying techniques on the retention of antioxidant activities of Saskatoon berries by Pranabendu Mitra, Venkatesh Meda, Rick Green

“…Antioxidant activity of berry samples was determined by DPPH radical scavenging and ABTS radical scavenging, and the pH differential method was used to determine total anthocyanin content of the berry samples. …”
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Preparation of highly multiplexed small RNA sequencing libraries by Helena Persson, Rolf Søkilde, Anna Chiara Pirona, Carlos Rovira

“…Combined with the use of off-the-shelf reagents, more samples can be sequenced simultaneously on large-scale sequencing platforms at a considerably lower cost per sample. …”
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Cooccurrence of Mycotoxins in Maize and Poultry Feeds from Brazil by Liquid Chromatography/Tandem Mass Spectrometry by Maria de Lourdes Mendes de Souza, Michael Sulyok, Otniel Freitas-Silva, Sônia Soares Costa, Catherine Brabet, Miguel Machinski Junior, Beatriz Leiko Sekiyama, Eugenia Azevedo Vargas, Rudolf Krska, Rainer Schuhmacher

“…Most samples were contaminated with more than one mycotoxin. …”
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Proof-of-concept MALDI-TOF-MS assay for the detection of Toxin B enzymatic activity in Clostridioides difficile infection by Josef Dvorak, Lukáš Fojtík, Ljubina Adámková, Katerina Vlkova, Vendula Studentova, Katerina Chudejova, Lenka Geigerová, Michael Volny, Petr Novak, Jaroslav Hrabak, Petr Pompach

“…Established diagnostic methods, including nucleic acid amplification testing methods and immunoassays, detect the presence of the microorganism or the presence and concentration of the toxins, with limited ability to gauge infection severity based on the actual biochemical activity of the toxins and thus their potency to cause harm. …”
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Molecular biological research and molecular homologous modeling of Bw.03 subgroup by WANG Li, KONG Yongkui, JIN Huifang, LIU Xin, XIE Ying, LIU Xue, CHANG Yanli, WANG Yafang, YANG Shumiao, ZHU Di, YANG Qiankun

“…[Objective] To study the molecular biological mechanism for a case of ABO blood group B subtype, and perform three-dimensional modeling of the mutant enzyme. [Methods] The ABO phenotype was identified by the tube method and microcolumn gel method; the ABO gene of the proband was detected by sequence-specific primer polymerase chain reaction (PCR-SSP), and the exon 6 and 7 of the ABO gene were sequenced and analyzed. …”
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STRUCTURAL MODIFICATION OF NEW FORMATIONS IN CEMENT MATRIX USING CARBON NANOTUBE DISPERSIONS AND NANOSILICA by B. M. Khroustalev, S. N. Leonovich, G. I. Yakovlev, I. S. Polianskich, O. Lahayne, J. Eberhardsteiner, G. Skripkiunas, I. A. Pudov, E. A. Karpova

“…So in this case more adequate method for assessment must be a picoindenter , which combines a test method for nanoindentation with an optical SEM potential. …”
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Identifying the Dimensions and Components of a Gamification Model in the Marketing Processes for Sharing Economy Transportation Businesses by Somaye Moradi, Maysam Shafiee

“…Content validity was ensured through content validity method, and member checking was employed for reliability. …”
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Damage prediction of recycled aggregate concrete under a sulfate attack using the seasonal ARIMA model by Ting Du, Pengyu Qu, Qian Chen, Yue Cheng, Jinghao Chen, Yidong Gan, Benyi Xie

“…Considering the fly ash content and water-binder ratio, the trend moving average method was introduced to expand the data sample based on the experimental data, and a sulfate durability damage model of RAC based on the seasonal autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA)was proposed. …”
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Enhanced Acetone-Sensing Performance of a Bilayer Structure Gas Sensor Composed of a ZnO Nanorod Top Layer and a ZnFe₂O₄ Nanoparticle Decorated ZnO Nanorod Bo... by Hao Wu, Huichao Zhu, Jianwei Zhang, Jun Yu, Zhenan Tang, Guanyu Yao, Wenqing Zhao, Guohui Wu, Xia Jin

“…ZnO nanorods were synthesized via a water-bath method, after which the ZnFe₂O₄ nanoparticle-decorated ZnO nanorods were prepared using a simple immersion and calcination method. …”
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Predicting the Activity Level of the Great Gerbil (Rhombomys opimus) via Machine Learning by Fan Jiang, Peng Peng, Zhenting Xu, Yu Xu, Ding Yang, Shouquan Chai, Shuai Yuan, Limin Hua, Dawei Wang, Xuanye Wen

“…We will continue to improve the sample data in future work to obtain more accurate predictions.…”
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A Novel Approach of Semi‐Quantifying Gypsum in Sedimentary Rocks by Visible and Near‐Infrared Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy by Jingyu Zhang, Wei Cao, Yang Lu, Fernando Gázquez, Wout Krijgsman, Xiandi Zeng, Yi Zhong, Wei Liu, Qingsong Liu

“…Measuring variations in gypsum content, rapidly and with high accuracy, will contribute to more extensive paleoclimate reconstructions. However, a fast, convenient, and non‐destructive method for quantifying gypsum in sedimentary rocks is still lacking. …”
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Accurate Parcel Extraction Combined with Multi-Resolution Remote Sensing Images Based on SAM by Yong Dong, Hongyan Wang, Yuan Zhang, Xin Du, Qiangzi Li, Yueting Wang, Yunqi Shen, Sichen Zhang, Jing Xiao, Jingyuan Xu, Sifeng Yan, Shuguang Gong, Haoxuan Hu

“…Traditional edge detection fails in complex scenes with difficult post-processing, and deep learning models are time-consuming in terms of sample preparation and less transferable. Based on this, we designed a method combining multi-resolution remote sensing images based on the Segment Anything Model (SAM). …”
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Impact of propylene fibers and industrial wastewater on the properties of self-compacting concrete by Amirmasoud Salehi, Gholamreza Asadollahfardi, Somaye Mafakheri, Peyman Homami, Javad Akbardoost, Hamid Soleymani Tushmanlo, Abolfazl Soleymani Tushmanlo

“…Significantly, the presence of C–S–H is more prominent in these samples, with a lower Ca/Si ratio correlating with increased compressive strength.…”
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Analysis of factors influencing contact in the 686 Program for patients with a first-time diagnosis of severe mental disorders in Hainan Province from 2018 to 2022 by Xin Zuo, Jianhe Hong, Di Liang, Wenting Cao, Qiqing Liang, Yumei Liu

“…Method This study employed a cross-sectional study design. …”
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Women and Drugs : A Sociological study by Dr. Khalid Hantoosh Sachit

“…More than two-thirds of the sample do not currently own homes and mostly live in working-class areas…”
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A Simple and Precise Procedure for a Complete Characterization of a Cone-Beam Computed Tomography System by Kun-Long Shih, Shih-Chun Jin, Chia-Wei Wang, Jyh-Cheng Chen

“…We present here a validated method for calibrating a CBCT system and rectifying the effect of its tilting sample platform with good accuracy.…”
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Effect of Curing Technique and Emax Type on the Polymerization of Dual Cure Resin Cement by Amani Abduljabar Altaie, Emad Farhan Alkhalidi

“… Objective: The objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of different types of curing techniques and composition of two different types of emax materials on degree of conversion and polymerization of dual cure resin cement after 24 hours. Materials and Methods: Resin cement discs (90 total) were made by polymerization through two types of Emax discs: Ivoclar IPS e.max (n=30) and GC LiSi Press (n=30). 30 samples without an Emax disc were used as controls. …”
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Biases and complementarity in gut viromes obtained from bulk and virus-like particle-enriched metagenomic sequencing by Yun Li, Chuqing Sun, Jiaying Zhu, Mingyan Geng, Min Li, Xing-Ming Zhao, Wei-Hua Chen

“…This study comprehensively compared gut viromes identified from paired bulk and VLP data from 151 adult and 141 infant fecal samples. The VLP method showed superior performance to bulk in viral genome discovery in both data sets by recovering longer and more complete viral genomes, with higher sensitivity for low-abundant ones, resulting in a higher taxonomic annotation rate. …”
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Hypertriglyceridemic-waist Phenotype and the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: a Prospective Cohort Study by ZHU Ling, ZHAO Fouxi, WANG Jiangtao, DU Yu, WU Yanli, ZHANG Ji, LIU Tao

“…Objective To explore the risk of T2DM by hypertriglyceridemic-waist phenotype in different genders, regions, ages, and overweight /obese people, and to provide a scientific basis for the prevention and control of T2DM. Methods This was a prospective cohort study involving 9 280 permanent residents over 18 years in 12 districts (counties) of Guizhou province in 2010 selected by multi-stage stratified cluster random sampling. …”
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Estimates of the prevalence of autism spectrum disorder in the Middle East and North Africa region: A systematic review and Meta-Analysis by Aishat F. Akomolafe, Bushra M. Abdallah, Fathima R. Mahmood, Amgad M. Elshoeibi, Aisha Abdulla Al-Khulaifi, Elhassan Mahmoud, Yara Dweidri, Nour Darwish, Duaa Yousif, Hafsa Khalid, Majed Al-Theyab, Muhammad Waqar Azeem, Durre Shahwar, Madeeha Kamal, Majid Alabdulla, Salma M. Khaled, Tawanda Chivese

“…Conclusion Estimates of the prevalence of ASD vary widely across the MENA region, with variability in ASD prevalence estimates by diagnostic methods and sampling approaches. While the data suggest a possible increase in prevalence during the study period, this observation warrants further investigation through more robust, longitudinal, and methodologically consistent studies. …”
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