Analysis of the patients' quality of life after radical cystectomy with the orthotopic neobladder or ileal conduit formation by S. V. Kotov, A. L. Khachatryan, D. P. Kotova, A. K. Zhuravleva, Sh. M. Sargsyan, D. M. Magomedov

“…Obviously, long-term studies with a large sample of patients are required to obtain more reliable results of a QoL evaluation after RCE with intestinal urine diversion.…”
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Evaluation on Carbon Sequestration Capacity of 30 Common Landscaping Tree Species in Beijing by Jing QIAN, Sidong SHEN, Shuxin FAN, Li DONG

“…ObjectiveWith the development of urbanization and industrialization, greenhouse gas emissions continue to increase, and the issue of global warming has attracted more and more attention. Actively responding to the issue of climate change, China has put forward the carbon peaking and carbon neutrality goals for carbon emission reduction. …”
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Una aproximación al ámbito laboral de las mujeres trans desde una perspectiva de la intervención social by Alejandro Hernández-Melián

“…For this purpose, a qualitative method is used through semi-structured interviews, with a total sample of six participants from different Autonomous Communities of Spain and from programs managed both from the public and the Third Social Sector. …”
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Thermo-hydro-mechanical coupling mechanisms and sensitivity analysis of abandoned mine thermal energy storage systems by Liyuan LIU, Yaohui LI, Tao WANG, Tongbin ZHAO, Qiang KOU, Zerui MI, Le ZHANG

“…Thermal energy recovery from mine water can yield several times more energy than the electrical power required for pumping operations. …”
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Association of skeletal muscle strength and cardiorespiratory fitness with bone mineral density: a cross-sectional study by Beibei Wei, Zelong Miao, Xinge Yang, Xinge Yang, Shuning Chen, Xueying Guo, Jixiang Wang, Xu Huang, Hanping Zhang, Xuan Wang, Bin Jia

“…Specifically, in women, lower limb muscle strength was more closely associated with bone density; however, this relationship was not significant in men. …”
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Feedback-Based Validation Learning by Chafik Boulealam, Hajar Filali, Jamal Riffi, Adnane Mohamed Mahraz, Hamid Tairi

“…This paper presents Feedback-Based Validation Learning (FBVL), a novel approach that transforms the role of validation datasets in deep learning. Unlike conventional methods that utilize validation datasets for performance evaluation post-training, FBVL integrates these datasets into the training process. …”
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Does isovaleric acid play a key role in the interaction between probiotics and antidepressants? A secondary analysis of a randomized clinical trial by Oliwia Gawlik-Kotelnicka, Marharyta Sobczak, Joanna Palma, Marta Popławska, Karolina Skonieczna-Żydecka, Maksymilian Plewka, Rafał Pawliczak, Dominik Strzelecki

“…Conclusions: R0052/R0175 as an add-on to non-SSRI antidepressants may offer antidepressant action partly through the decrease in isovaleric acid levels. More research with a larger sample size is needed to study SCFAs' role as a mediator of antidepressant action of both probiotics and medications. …”
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Spatial Variability of Soil Acidity and Lime Requirements for Potato Cultivation in the Huánuco Highlands by Kenyi Quispe, Sharon Mejía, Carlos Carbajal, Lidiana Alejandro, Patricia Verástegui, Richard Solórzano

“…The ordinary geostatistical kriging method evaluated the predictive accuracy for 23 soil properties and liming requirements over a 28,463 ha area, at a spatial resolution of 10 m. …”
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Mining Porcine Blood Whole-DNA Sequencing Datasets to Uncover Pig Viromes: An Exploratory Application to Identify Potential Infecting Agents of an Undefined Disease Outbreak by Samuele Bovo, Anisa Ribani, Giuseppina Schiavo, Valeria Taurisano, Matteo Bolner, Francesca Bertolini, Luca Fontanesi

“…In this study, we tested, for the first time for diagnostic purposes in a livestock species, a new method based on whole-genome sequencing of all the DNAs extracted from the blood of nine pigs sampled from a farm where there was a suspected outbreak of Post-weaning Multisystemic Wasting Syndrome. …”
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Study of Oxidative–Reductive Potential Changes in the Enrichment of Oxidized Polymetallic Ores by Alima Mambetaliyeva, Tansholpan Tussupbekova, Leyla Sabirova, Guldana Makasheva, Kanay Rysbekov, Madina Barmenshinova

“…The most effective method for enriching oxidized polymetallic ores is flotation with preliminary sulfidization. …”
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Comparison of genotyping assays for detection of targeted CRISPR/Cas mutagenesis in highly polyploid sugarcane by Eleanor J. Brant, Eleanor J. Brant, David May, David May, Ayman Eid, Ayman Eid, Fredy Altpeter, Fredy Altpeter

“…These assays were used to analyze sugarcane lines containing mutations at one or more of six sgRNA target sites. All three methods distinguished edited lines from wild type, with co-mutation frequencies ranging from 2% to 100%. …”
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A retrospective analysis of 6942 amniocentesis cases by Qingsha An, Yuxiao Huang, Feifei Yu, Yilun Tao, Juan Li, Xiaoze Li

“…Regarding diagnostic approaches, 27.65% of the cases utilized a single method, 66.96% employed two methods, and 5.39% used three or more methods. …”
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Cross-sectional biomonitoring of urinary deoxynivalenol, T-2 and HT-2 toxins, and zearalenone in Japanese adults by Toshiki Tajima, Tomohiko Isobe, Isao Saito, Takaaki Kondo, Koji Suzuki, Ryosuke Fujii, Yoshiki Tsuboi, Yoshiko Sugita-Konishi, Jun Ueyama

“…Urinary DON, T2/HT2, and ZEN levels were measured using a validated liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry method. Results: For DON, T2/HT2, and ZEN, the detection frequencies above the limit of detection (LOD) level (0.15, 0.13, and 0.01 µg/L, respectively) in all the samples were 53%, 26%, and 71%, respectively. …”
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Epidemiological investigation of a suspected outbreak of healthcare-associated infection with carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae in a geriatric emergency ward by CHEN Yue, QIAN Ziyu, ZHANG Jinghao, LIU Zhiyong, WANG Kaiyue, YU Yayan, DAI Xujuan, JIA Minglei, CHEN Yuehuo

“…But none of the 11 samples from the hands of healthcare workers tested positive for CRKP. …”
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Pharmacokinetics of 7,8-dihydroxyflavone in neonatal mice with hypoxia-ischemia related brain injury by Sin Yin Lim, Cameron O. Scarlett, Sefer Yapici, Peter Ferrazzano, Peter Ferrazzano, Pelin Cengiz, Pelin Cengiz

“…A liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry method was developed to quantitate the drug concentration in plasma samples, as well as in samples from the left and right brain hemispheres. …”
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Interpolymer Complexes Based on Carbopol^® and Poly(2-ethyl-2-oxazoline) as Carriers for Buccal Delivery of Metformin by A. S. Viktorova, E. S. Elizarova, R. S. Romanova, V. R. Timergalieva, V. V. Khutoryanskiy, R. I. Moustafine

“…The concentration of MF in the samples from the dissolution tests was determined with UV-spectrophotometry (Lambda, PerkinElmer, USA) at 232.8 nm.Results and discussion. …”
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Genomic analysis of the SMN1 gene region in patients with clinically diagnosed spinal muscular atrophy: a retrospective observational study by Tamaki Kato, Mamoru Yokomura, Yutaka Osawa, Kensuke Matsuo, Yuji Kubo, Taihei Homma, Kayoko Saito

“…Furthermore, SMN1 is highly homologous to SMN2; therefore, it is expected that many SNVs have not been elucidated. Methods This retrospective observational study conducted in Japan used pre-collected DNA samples from patients with clinically diagnosed SMA. …”
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Diversity and phylogenetic analysis of Chaetomium fungus from southeastern Tibet by YUE Haimei, ZHUANG Hua, PAN Zhaohui, GONG Wenfeng

“…Therefore, a systematic research on resource distribution of Chaetomium in Tibet is necessary and urgent.In this study, 355 samples of soil, plant residue and animal manure were collected from five regions of southeastern Tibet, in which plant residue and animal manure were separated by tissue separation, and soil samples were separated by dilution separation method. …”
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Bacteriological Profile of Chronic Suppurative Otitis Media and its Antibiotic Sensitivity Pattern at a Tertiary Care Hospital by Geeta Geeta, Naveen G, Apoorva P, Harish MO, Arathi Nair, Harshitha MC, Kiran Revankar, Girish PB

“…Antibiotic sensitivity testing was done using Kirby–Bauer disc diffusion method on Mueller– Hinton Agar. Results Mean age of participants was 33.5 years. 94.1% had the unilateral infection. 94.4% had a tubo-tymphanic type while 5.6% had attico-antral type. 70 (77.8%) samples showed mono-microbial growth, 13 (14.4%) showed poly-microbial growth and 7 (7.8%) samples showed no growth in aerobic culture. …”
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The proposed model of the body of knowledge of digital transformation for the Central Bank of the Islamic Republic of Iran by Samira Tahmasebi Ashtiani, Mohammad Hasanzadeh, Atefeh Sharif, Mostafa Amini

“…The opinion of experts about the importance of each of the indicators has been collected in the form of a 5-point Likert spectrum in the form of a questionnaire.The components and indicators were sent to the expert group in the form of a questionnaire. The sample selection method was purposeful and available. 15 people were selected to be a member of the expert panel from experts, managers, researchers and faculty members of universities. …”
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