The Microbiome Characterization of Edible Visceral Organs and Fresh Meat During Production in a Pig Processing Facility in Thailand by Jutamat Klinsoda, Alongkot Boonsoongnern, Narut Thanantong, Tanyanant Kaminsonsakul, Khemmapas Treesuwan, Sudsai Trevanich, Barbara U. Metzler-Zebeli

“…., tonsils, lungs, and spleen) and blood from several carcasses using 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing as a screening method. We also investigated how closely the bacterial composition of the meat and organ samples was related to the gut bacterial community and the bacterial communities on the hands of the workers at different positions during meat processing. …”
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Assessment of the quality of drinking water and basic water, sanitation, and hygiene conditions of urban street dwellers in Bangladesh by Dr Zenat Hossain, Md. Harun Or Rashid, Dipan Barai, Najmun Nahar, Dr. Anowara Begum

“…Results: Findings from drinking water quality assessment showed that 98% (82 of 84) of the water samples were contaminated with coliform bacteria and 40% (34 of 84) samples contained more than 300 TC per 100 ml of water. …”
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Exploiting the similarity of dissimilarities for biomedical applications and enhanced machine learning. by Mohammad Neamul Kabir, Li Rong Wang, Wilson Wen Bin Goh

“…Integrating this approach into an analysis allows for the design of better, more meaningful experiments and the development of smarter validation methods, ensuring that the models learn in a meaningful way.…”
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Awareness and perceptions regarding autism among school teachers in Jazan region, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia by Eman A. Otaif, Sarah M. A. Salih, Mohammed S. Mahfouz

“…This study was performed to assess the school teachers' level of knowledge and perception regarding Autism. Materials and Methods: An observational cross-sectional study was carried out in the Jazan region among a random sample of school teachers (males and females) who are working at the governmental primary Schools, throughout the scholastic year 2019–2020. …”
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Myopia prevalence, refractive status and uncorrected myopia among primary and secondary school students in Germany by Astrid Hönekopp, Lisa-Marie Tommes, Philipp Doebler, Sarah Weigelt

“…The older sample also exhibited a more myopic spherical equivalent than the younger sample. …”
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Noise classification in three-level quantum networks by Machine Learning by Shreyasi Mukherjee, Dario Penna, Fabio Cirinnà, Mauro Paternostro, Elisabetta Paladino, Giuseppe Falci, Luigi Giannelli

“…Three non-Markovian (quasi-static correlated, anti-correlated and uncorrelated) and Markovian noises are classified with more than 99% accuracy. On the contrary, correlations of Markovian noise cannot be discriminated with our method. …”
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Improving AI models for rare thyroid cancer subtype by text guided diffusion models by Fang Dai, Siqiong Yao, Min Wang, Yicheng Zhu, Xiangjun Qiu, Peng Sun, Cheng Qiu, Jisheng Yin, Guangtai Shen, Jingjing Sun, Maofeng Wang, Yun Wang, Zheyu Yang, Jianfeng Sang, Xiaolei Wang, Fenyong Sun, Wei Cai, Xingcai Zhang, Hui Lu

“…To overcome this, we propose a text-driven generative method that fuses clinical insights with image generation, producing synthetic samples that realistically reflect rare subtypes. …”
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Brief Coping Scale TCS-9: Optimising the Assessment of Coping Strategies. The case of Health Care Workers. by Basant K. Puri, Anastasia Miari, Maria Theodoratou

“… # Setting The setting for this study was amongst healthcare workers in Greece, during the COVID-19 pandemic, a period marked by significant psychological demands on medical staff. # Methods We conducted an unbiased exploratory factor analysis on the Toulouse Coping Scale's 54 items, drawing from a sample of 144 healthcare workers, adhering to strict methodological criteria…”
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Community Approaches to Combat Dengue Transmission in Morelia, Michoacan by Ezequiel Sandoval, Damaris Guzmán, Bruno Michel Muñiz

“…Prevalence of actions or use of personal protection tools From the whole sample, 28% use two or more personal protection tools, followed by mosquito repellent (17%), but 55% do not use it. 30% of participants do not use any personal protection tools. …”
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Housing and Health: Very Old People with Self-Reported Parkinson’s Disease versus Controls by Maria H. Nilsson, Maria Haak, Susanne Iwarsson

“…The number of physical environmental barriers did not differ (P=0.727) between the samples. The PD sample had more (P<0.001) accessibility problems than controls and perceived their homes as less (P=0.003) usable in relation to activities. …”
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Integrated Co-extraction Protocol for Transcriptomic and 1H NMR Metabolomic Analysis of Multi-species Biofilms by Anaïs Séguéla, Oriane Della-Negra, Roselyne Gautier, Jérôme Hamelin, Kim Milferstedt, Rémi Servien, Marie-Ange Teste, Cécile Canlet

“…This novel method enables the co-extraction of RNA and metabolites from the same sample, as opposed to the parallel extraction from two samples. …”
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Research of physicomechanical and design characteristics of vibrated, centrifuged and vibro-centrifuged concretes by L. R. Mailyan, S. A. Stel'makh, E. M. Shcherban, Yu. V. Zherebtsov, M. M. Al-Tulaikhi

“…From the total annular section of each sample, three conditional quadrants were distinguished, from which standard samples of small size were cut out. …”
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Evaluating Fitbits for Assessment of Physical Activity and Sleep in Pediatric Pain: Feasibility and Acceptability Pilot Study by Bridget A Nestor, Andreas M Baumer, Justin Chimoff, Benoit Delecourt, Camila Koike, Nicole Tacugue, Roland Brusseau, Nathalie Roy, Israel A Gaytan-Fuentes, Navil Sethna, Danielle Wallace, Joe Kossowsky

“…Feasibility was assessed by tracking the daily compliant wear of the Fitbit device, which was operationalized as more than 600 minutes of daily wear time. We tested for group differences in acceptability and feasibility between orthopedic and cardiac patients within the acute pain sample and between the acute pain and chronic pain samples. …”
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Seroprevalence of HSV-2 in multiple subgroups of infertile men with abnormal sperm parameters and those seeking sex selection: a case-control study by Mohamad Javad Mahmodi, Somayeh Shatizadeh Malekshahi, Haleh Soltanghoraee

“…Therefore, we conducted a case-control study to examine the seroprevalence of HSV-2 in multiple subgroups of infertile men with abnormal sperm parameters (Case) and individuals seeking sex selection services and those with normal sperm parameters (Control). Method Blood samples were collected from infertile males seeking fertility treatment, and those seeking sex selection at the Avicenna Infertility Clinic in Tehran, Iran between July 2023 and February 2024. …”
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Study of the effect of onion husk ethanol extract on the chemical composition and microstructure of meat pates by N. V. Kupaeva, Yu. I. Bogdanova, A. A. Motovilina, D. A. Utyanov, A. S. Knyazeva, M. E. Spirina, V. A. Pchelkina, E. A. Kotenkova

“…The total antioxidant capacity by the DPPH radical method (TACDPPH), fatty acid composition and amino acid composition were determined; microelement content analysis, proteomic and microstructural studies of meat pate samples with and without the addition of extract were also carried out. …”
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Molecular genetic characterization of Cryptosporidium and Cystoisospora protozoan infections in cats from large cities of Kazakhstan by Lyudmila Lider, Rabiga Uakhit, Rabiga Uakhit, Nurassyl Manapov, Valentina Yerzhanova, Alexandr Andreyev, Ainura Smagulova, Carlos Hermosilla, Vladimir Kiyan

“…This study focuses on the prevalence, genetic diversity, and zoonotic potential of Cryptosporidium and Cystoisospora from companion and shelter cats across five major cities in Kazakhstan.MethodsOverall, from five cities, 1301 fecal samples were collected and studied. …”
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Facial/sinus pain or pressure and migraine: exploratory findings from the HEADS registry by Deena E. Kuruvilla, Gretchen E. Tietjen, Gregory A. Panza, Victoria L. Hodgkinson, Victoria L. Hodgkinson, Frederick A. Godley

“…Continuous variables were compared using independent samples t-test or Mann–Whitney U, and categorical variables were compared using chi-square or Fisher's exact test.ResultsThe FPP+ group (n = 598) was younger, more often female, and reported higher rates of nasal, vestibular, and otologic symptoms compared to the FPP− group (n = 146). …”
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Supramolecular self-assembly of high-loaded horseradish peroxidase and biorecognized antibody into Au/polydopamine nanocomposites for sensitive immunoassay of Escherichia coli O157... by Bolong Fang, Yuzhi Li, Xiaole Zhao, Yan Liu, Lin Xu, Qiao Wang, Xin Liu, Zhiyong Gong, Weihua Lai

“…For E. coli O157:H7 detection in milk samples, the proposed immunoassay achieved a visual cut-off value of 103 cfu mL−1 and a low limit of detection of 2.8 × 102 cfu mL−1, which are 33 and 46 times more sensitive than the traditional ELISA, respectively. …”
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Synthesis of Defective MOF-801 via Air–Liquid Segmented Flow for Catalytic Transfer Hydrogenation of Furfural by Yuxuan Liu, Qiuju Fu, Weijing Niu, Yingxin Zhang, Wenpeng Xie, Huimin Jiang, Liting Yan, Guangda Li, Xuebo Zhao

“…The characterization results reveal that the air–liquid segmented flow method not only regulates the defect content of MOF-801 to expose more active sites but also adjusts the crystal size and pore structures by precisely controlling the reaction time. …”
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Comparison of Bone Marrow Biopsy and Flow Cytometry in Demonstrating Bone Marrow Metastasis of Neuroblastoma by Esra Arslantaş, Ali Ayçiçek, Selvinaz Özkara, Ayşe Özkan Karagenç, Sibel Akpınar Tekgündüz, Duygu Yıldırgan, Tuba Nur Tahtakesen Güçer, Ayşe Gonca Kaçar, Özgü Hançerli, Saide Ertürk, Ezgi Paslı Uysalol, Cengiz Bayram

“…Conclusion: Multicolor flow cytometry may be used as an adjunct to cytomorphology to achieve more sensitive and accurate results as an objective, quantitative method with fast results in detecting bone marrow involvement in children with NB.…”
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