The German Version of the Gaze Anxiety Rating Scale (GARS): Reliability and Validity. by Gregor Domes, Lisa Marx, Ines Spenthof, Markus Heinrichs

“…The main objectives of the present study were to psychometrically evaluate the German translation of the GARS concerning its reliability, factorial structure, and validity.<h4>Methods</h4>Three samples of participants were enrolled in the study. (1) A non-patient sample (n = 353) completed the GARS and a set of trait questionnaires to assess internal consistency, test-retest reliability, factorial structure, and concurrent and divergent validity. (2) A sample of patients with SAD (n = 33) was compared to a healthy control group (n = 30) regarding their scores on the GARS and the trait measures.…”
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Immunoglobulin Rapid Test Sensitivity in PCR-Positive COVID-19 Patients by Ahmad A. Alharbi, Mohammad K. Alshomrani, Abdullah A. Alharbi, Abdulrahman H. Almaeen, Saad AlAsiri, Awad Al-Omari, Imad Alishat, Saeed Dolgom

“…Samples were statistically analyzed to determine the sensitivity of the serology-based assays. …”
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Assessment of Social Phobia among Students of Nursing College in Hawler Medical University at Erbil City-Iraq by Mosleh Saber Kareem, Dara Abdulla Al-Banna, Sirwan Kamel Ali

“…Conclusions: The study concluded that more than half of the study sample had social phobia and there are a highly significant relationship between academic years and social phobia among the nursing students. …”
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Radicular Cysts and Periapical Granulomas: Data Documentation for 696 Cases and Findings on Fibrosis, and Porphyromonas gingivalis and Fusobacterium nucleatum in These Lesions by Sirke Virkkunen, Terhi Kaarela, Merja Laine, Auli Suominen, Jaana Hagström, Timo Sorsa, Caj Haglund

“…In addition, we examined the presence of Porphyromonas gingivalis (Pg) and Fusobacterium nucleatum (Fn) since both are widely recognized pathogens in periodontal infections. Methods We re‐evaluated samples of RCs and PGs (n = 728) and collected data for analyses by IBM's SPSS Statistics. …”
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Predator occupancy rates in a thinned ponderosa pine forest, Arizona: A pilot study by Kevin J. Barrett, Elizabeth L. Kalies, Carol L. Chambers

“…However, our inability to develop strong models that predicted predator occupancy indicates that higher sample sizes and more habitat covariates are needed. …”
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Probing the limits of cis-acting gene regulation using a model of allelic imbalance quantitative trait loci. by Cathal Seoighe, Seán Connaire, Mehak Chopra

“…Imbalance in gene expression between alleles is a hallmark of cis-acting expression quantitative trait loci (eQTLs) and several methods have been developed to exploit allelic imbalance to support the identification of eQTLs. …”
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Family correlates of behavioral problems among adolescents in Rwanda. by Eugene Harerimana, Jean d'Amour Muziki, Eric Nshimyumuremyi, Thaoussi Uwera, Augustin Nshimiyimana, Jean Mutabaruka

“…<h4>Results</h4>Females exhibited more behavioral problems than males. Child and adolescent trauma (β = 0.705, t = 8.21, p < .001) and neglect (β = 0.147 t = 2.15, p < .05) were two significant family correlates in our sample. …”
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Replay-Based Incremental Learning Framework for Gesture Recognition Overcoming the Time-Varying Characteristics of sEMG Signals by Xingguo Zhang, Tengfei Li, Maoxun Sun, Lei Zhang, Cheng Zhang, Yue Zhang

“…The density-based spatial clustering of applications with noise (DBSCAN) algorithm is utilized to select representative samples to update the replayed dataset, achieving a 93.7% recognition rate with fewer samples, which is better than the other three conventional sample selection methods. …”
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A single-centre, randomised trial to compare diagnostic yield and safety between endobronchial cryobiopsy and endobronchial forceps biopsy procedure in patients with endobronchial... by Swapnendu Misra, Ankan Bandyopadhyay, Anupam Patra, Ritabrata Mitra, Amitava Sengupta, Somenath Kundu

“…Conclusions: Cryobiopsies were more successful than forceps biopsies particularly for diagnosis of infiltrative growth. …”
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Screening and genotyping of group B streptococcus in pregnant and non-pregnant women in Turkey by Feyza Alp, Duygu Findik, Hatice Turk Dagi, Ugur Arslan, Aybike Tazegul Pekin, Setenay Arzu Yilmaz

“…GBS was isolated from 65 (13%) samples. GBS was positive in 70 (14%) samples by antigen test and in 62 (12.4%) by PCR. …”
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Distribution Characteristics and Ecological Risk Assessment of Heavy Metals in Typical Soil Profiles of Muchuan County, Sichuan Province by Bixia LIAO, Wenling SHEN, Ling HE

“…The contents of As, Cd, Cu, Pb and Zn in some root soil samples exceeded the screening value standard for soil pollution risk of agricultural land (GB 15618—2018), and the exceeding ratios were 23.33%, 96.67%, 33.33%, 33.33% and 10.00%, respectively. …”
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Direct postendodontic restoration of teeth with the use of core resins and fiber posts morphological aspects. (In Vitro study) by B. R. Shumilovich, S. G. Ivanov, D. A. Ermilov, E. A. Akhtanin, S. I. Kozadaev, А. Yu. Yurchenko

“…For this purpose, 60 periodontal removed teeth with an IROPZ index of 0.8 or more were used, of which 120 restoration samples were made from the standard form of the composite and 120 restorations from the core-composite using a fiber-optic pin in both groups.Results and discussion. …”
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Silver Nanoparticles in Antifungal Applications: A Comparison of Biosynthesized and Physical Synthesized Nanoparticles on Paper-Biodegrading Fungi by Akram Kheiri, Parisa Mohammadi, Parinaz Ghadam

“…This study investigates and compares the antifungal efficacy of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) synthesized through various physical and biological methods. The fungal strains tested, Penicillium sp. and Aspergillus sp., were isolated from paper samples in a previous study, chosen for their more prevalence in contaminated paper.Methods: Five types of AgNPs, synthesized using both biological and physical methods, were evaluated. …”
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Generative Modeling for Imbalanced Credit Card Fraud Transaction Detection by Mohammed Tayebi, Said El Kafhali

“…The results, measured using the BEFS metrics, demonstrate that our generative models not only address the class imbalance problem more effectively but also outperform conventional oversampling methods in identifying fraudulent transactions.…”
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Detection of OXA-23, OXA-48, OmpA and bla-TEM genes in carbapenem-resistance Acinetobacter baumannii and biofilm formation in burn patients at Al-Anbar Government by Noor Nadhom Al-Janabi, Shaymaa H.M. Al-Kubaisy, Mohammed J. Alfeehan

“…Results. Among 120 samples, 40 (33.3%) were Acinetobacter baumannii, 34 (80%) were MDR- resistant, and 6 (15%) were XDR. 90% of the isolates were resistant to Cefotaxime, and Colistin was more sensitive in all forty isolates. …”
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VIS-NIR-SWIR spectroscopy in the evaluation nutritional status irrigated mango in the Brazilian semi-arid region by Patrícia de Araujo Souza, Marcos Sales Rodrigues, Daniel dos Santos Costa, Kátia Araújo da Silva Rocha, Augusto Miguel Nascimento Lima

“…However, the delay and high cost of conventional methods make its execution difficult. In this context, vis-NIR-SWIR (visible - near infrared - shortwave infrared) spectroscopy emerges as an analysis tool that is faster, more affordable and without major environmental impacts. …”
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GCAFlow: Multi-Scale Flow-Based Model with Global Context-Aware Channel Attention for Industrial Anomaly Detection by Lin Liao, Congde Lu, Yujie Gao, Hao Yu, Biao Cai

“…Among unsupervised methods, normalizing flow models have shown distinct advantages. …”
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Detection of Nosocomial Respiratory Infections among Hospitalized Patients in Intensive Care Unit: a Survey in Northern Iran by Mahshid Saeedi1, Leila Fozouni1*

“…Respiratory samples were examined for the presence of microbial isolates using clinical microbiology procedures based upon microscopic morphology, cultural and PCR methods. …”

Association between fruit intake and abdominal adiposity in 1,707 randomly selected U.S. children by Larry A. Tucker

“…BackgroundThis investigation was conducted to determine the relationship between fruit intake and abdominal adiposity in 1,707 U.S. children.MethodsThe children were randomly selected as part of the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), so the sample represented U.S. children 8–11 years old. …”
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Possibilities of lipid clinics in identifying patients with familial hypercholesterolemia by Z. F. Kim, A. S. Galyavich, D. I. Sadykova, L. M. Nurieva

“…For statistical processing, descriptive statistics methods were used.Results. Working-age patients apply 1,56 times more often than patients of the older age group (60,91% vs 39,09%), and the vast majority of them were referred by a primary care physician based on data from periodic health examinations. …”
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