The frequency of polidrug use in a driving population in Rome by Giovanni Michele Lagravinese, Alessia Mammone, Carla Rossi, Miriam De Vita, Valeria Marino, Alessandro Feola, Luigi Tonino Marsella

“…Among those who resulted positive to at least one substance (95, 52% of the sample) 55 subjects re-sulted positive to one substance (58%), 27 to two substances (28%) and 13 to three or more substances (13%). …”
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Phytochemical screening, HPLC analysis, antimicrobial and antioxidant effect of Euphorbia parviflora L. (Euphorbiaceae Juss.) by Muhammad Adil, Faten Zubair Filimban, Ambrin, Atifa Quddoos, Ayaz Ali Sher, Muhammad Naseer

“…The present research work was carried out to investigate the phytochemical constituents, antimicrobial activity, and antioxidant activity of different extracted samples of Euphorbia parviflora. Anti-microbial studies were carried out by Agar well diffusion while the DPPH method was employed for investigating anti-oxidant activity. …”
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Biodegradation of plastic materials obtained from solid waste dumpsites in Nigeria, using native bacterial strains by Beatrice O. Ojiego, Obianuju P. Ilo, Fatima Dantanko, Shauibu A. Abdullahi, Ibrahim M. K. Gadzama, Paul Bolorunduro, Elijah Ella, Gideon I Ogu

“…The bacterial isolates were inoculated into a series of shake flasks containing nutrient broth and pre-sterilized strips (1×1 cm) of plastic bags (0.05-0.0514 g) and plastic bottles (0.05-0.0529 g), and then incubated at 30 oC for 60 d to monitor their biodegradation using the weight loss method. The strips of bottles (0.58-49.00 %) were more susceptible to biodegradation than the plastic bags (0.78-15.40 %) after 60 d of incubation. …”
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Novel dihydroxybenzohydrazide grafted deoxycellulose for efficient removal of anionic food colorants and hexavalent chromium from wastewater by Magda A. Akl, Azza A. H. Fahim, El-Sayed R. H. El-Gharkawy

“…The results showed that the adsorption of E122, E124, and Cr(VI) follows pseudo-2nd-order kinetic and Langmuir isotherm models due to the more subordinate error functions and increased correlation coefficient (R2 ≥ 0.999). …”
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Effectiveness of Attachment-Based Family Therapy for Suicidal Adolescents and Young Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Poul M. Schulte-Frankenfeld, Josefien J. F. Breedvelt, Marlies E. Brouwer, Nadia van der Spek, Guy Bosmans, Claudi L. Bockting

“…[Conclusion] Evidence is strongly limited, with few available trials, small sample sizes, high sample heterogeneity, attrition rates, and risk of bias. …”
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Association of PRKCQ variants with breast cancer susceptibility and clinicopathological features by Amna Hafeez, Maria Shabbir, Yasmin Badshah, Andleeb Farooq, Janeen H. Trembley, Tayyaba Afsar, Dara Aldisi, Suhail Razak

“…The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relation between five pathogenic missense variants in the PRKCQ gene (rs1838691533, rs1248923790, rs1837738907, rs1837738573, and rs1403981107) and risks of breast cancer, tumor characteristics, and molecular types. Methods Blood samples were collected from 361 breast cancer patients and 364 cancer-free women in hospitals in Islamabad and Rawalpindi, Pakistan. …”
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The relationship between maternal COVID-19 with fetal and neonatal complications and intrauterine vertical transmission: A cohort study on pregnant women. by Zahra Shafizadeh, Zahra Akbarian-Rad, Fatemeh Nasiri-Amiri, Mostafa Javanian, Hamid Reza Nouri, Mehdi Rajabnia, Zahra Geraili, Shanaz Barat, Jamileh Aqatabar Roudbari

“…<h4>Results</h4>The final sample included 234 pregnant women (100 COVID-19 infected and 134 non-infected). …”
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Isolation and Determination of Antibacterial Sensitivity Characteristics of Staphylococcus aureus from Lactating Cows in West Shewa Zone, Ethiopia by Negassa Feyissa, Tesfaye Alemu, Dagim Jirata Birri, Asnake Desalegn, Melaku Sombo, Shubisa Abera

“…Of these mastitis positive cows, 59 (60.8%) were subclinical and 38 (39.2%) were clinical. Among the 258 milk samples, 43 (16.7%) were positive for S. aureus. According to the results of the current investigation, subclinical mastitis was significantly more prevalent than clinical mastitis (p<0.05). …”
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Evaluating Trichoderma-containing Biofungicide and Grafting for Productivity and Plant Health of Triploid Seedless Watermelon in California’s Commercial Production by Fayrouz Buojaylah, Yaritza Castrejon, Zheng Wang

“…Overall, grafted plants yielded 47.6% and 32.4% more than the nongrafted counterpart in 2022 and 2023, respectively. …”
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Population dynamics of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (Linnaeus, 1758) in Samendéni reservoir, Burkina Faso by Raogo Blaise Ouédraogo, Souleymane Sanogo, Inoussa Compaoré

“…The total length (TL) and weight of each sample were measured. Thus, the length-frequency data of 1,268 specimens were measured from 9 to 32 cm in TL. …”
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Prophylaxis of herpetic infections reactivation before the planned pregnancy by V. S. Kopcha, I. V. Lipkovska, N. H. Shpikula

“…An increase in IgG corresponding levels in 4 times and more in pared serum samples does not occur in the case of herpetic infection reactivation. …”
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Arterial hypertension in Ryazan region: data of the third section of the EPOHA study by E. A. Smirnova, Yu. V. Terekhovskaya, A. A. Molodtsova, S. S. Yakushin

“…A representative sample of the population of the Ryazan region, created in 2002 by the method of step-by-step randomization, was reexamined in 2007 and 2016. …”
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Behavioural and Social Drivers of Seasonal Influenza Vaccination (BeSD IN) in Jordan by Ayman Bani Mousa, Nizar Maswadi, Zaid Al-Hamdan, Mohammad Alhawarat, Lora Al Sawalha, Raid Anwar Al-Shboul, Feras Ibrahim Hawari

“…These misconceptions were more prevalent among the elderly and rural populations. …”
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Trends in maternal education-based inequalities in under-five mortality in Ethiopia: multilevel, decomposition and concentration index analyses by Negussie Shiferaw Tessema, Nigatu Regassa Geda

“…The primary objective of this study was to scrutinize the trends in under-five mortality inequalities based on maternal education in Ethiopia from 2000 to 2016. Method The analysis utilized data from repeated cross-sectional surveys, drawing upon a pooled total sample of 35,404 children aged 0–59 months. …”
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The Effects of Mineral Supplementation in Rapeseed Cake Diet on Thyroid Function and Meat Quality in Broiler Chickens by Tamás Tóth, Rita Éva Horváth, Ottó Dóka, Mihály Kovács, Hedvig Fébel

“…The relative ratio of n-6 and n-3 fatty acids narrowed in both R and R+ meat samples compared to C (<i>p</i> < 0.05). R+ may have a more favorable effect on oxidation processes according to the better MDA values in fresh meat (<i>p</i> < 0.001) and samples after 1–2 months of storage (<i>p</i> < 0.05) than R when compared with C. …”
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Radiotherapy-induced fatigue in Palestinian breast cancer survivors by Hussein ALMasri, Omar Rimawi

“…The sample consisted of 148 breast cancer survivors undergoing RT. …”
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Frequency of distress symptoms in the population of medical students and their relationship with symptoms of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder by Joković Nikola, Kojović Natalija, Mandić-Maravić Vanja, Marić Nađa P.

“…Conclusion: A high frequency of distress symptoms was shown in our sample of students. The ADHD-screening positive group of students had more pronounced distress symptoms, and the most pronounced symptom was the feeling of fatigue and lack of energy. …”
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Quantifying missing heritability at known GWAS loci. by Alexander Gusev, Gaurav Bhatia, Noah Zaitlen, Bjarni J Vilhjalmsson, Dorothée Diogo, Eli A Stahl, Peter K Gregersen, Jane Worthington, Lars Klareskog, Soumya Raychaudhuri, Robert M Plenge, Bogdan Pasaniuc, Alkes L Price

“…We also observed significant increases in an analysis of > 20,000 Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) samples typed on ImmunoChip, with 2.37 x more heritability from all SNPs at GWAS loci (P = 2.3 x 10⁻⁶) and 5.33 x more heritability from all autoimmune disease loci (P < 1 x 10⁻¹⁶ compared to known RA SNPs (including those identified in this cohort). …”
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Reconstruction of U.S. Regional-Scale Soybean SIF Based on MODIS Data and BP Neural Network by YAO Jianen, LIU Haiqiu, YANG Man, FENG Jinying, CHEN Xiu, ZHANG Peipei

“…The proposed OCO-2 SIF data reconstruction method in this study holds the potential to provide a more reliable SIF dataset. …”
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Dominant Trends of Housing Market Development: Financing and Affordability by Svitlana Ianchuk

“…The methods of crosscountry statistical, graphical, and analytical analysis using the Excel 2010 software package for the sample from 25 European countries for 2011-2020 (limited data in 2019-2020 due to the availability of information on open information portals of The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development and European Union Statistical Office) were applied to determine dominant trends of housing market development, to analyse the dynamics of house prices, and financing social and affordable housing. …”
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