Understanding the vaginal microbiome among women with different genotypes of human papillomavirus infection in remote Andaman islands by Rehnuma Parvez, Santhiya Vijayakumar, Alwin Vins, Sudha Ramaiah, Anand Anbarasu, Lipika Biswas, Nisha Beniwal, Harpreet Kaur, Nagarajan Muruganandam

“…At the genus level, Lactobacillus and Gardnerella dominated across all samples. Gardnerella was significantly more abundant in HPV-positive (22.40%) compared to HPV-negative samples (10.04%). …”
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Potentially Toxic Elements and Health Risk Assessment in Farmland Systems around High-Concentrated Arsenic Coal Mining in Xingren, China by Ying-ju Li, Zhi-kang Wang, Fan-xin Qin, Zhi-qing Fang, Xin-li Li, Gang Li

“…Fingernail samples from females were more likely to show exposure to trace metals compared to males. …”
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Evaluation of quantitative changes, pollution indexes and distribution of heavy metals Pb and Cd in the dust falling (case study: Zahedan city) by Sara Abdollahi, HamidReza Azimzadeh, MohammadReza Ekhtesasi, Asghar Mosleh-Arani

“…The aim of this study was to determine the amount of dust falling and heavy metals lead and cadmium concentrations in dust samples to evaluate these elements is the urban pollution.Material and methods: In this study, samples were collected using mild sediment trap for six months.A total of 180 samples were collected. …”
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The skin microbiome on healthy and inflammatory altered canine skin determined by next generation sequencing by Lucia Štempelová, Lenka Micenková, Petr Andrla, Petr Andrla, Viola Strompfová

“…Beta diversity analysis showed clustering across samples from the individual skin sites but also across samples collected from individual dogs. …”
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Genotypic Antimicrobial Resistance Profiles of Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli and Nontyphoidal Salmonella Strains Isolated from Children with Diarrhea and Their Exposure Environmen... by Belina D, Gobena T, Kebede A, Chimdessa M, Hald T

“…This study aimed to predict and characterize the AMR profiles of diarrheagenic Escherichia coli (DEC) and nontyphoidal Salmonella (NTS) strains isolated from human, animal, food, and environmental samples using whole genome sequencing.Methods: A total of 57 NTS and 50 DEC isolates were sequenced on an Illumina NextSeq 550. …”
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Resistance exercise snacks as a workplace health intervention by Tom Brandt, Christian Thomas Lothar Schwandner, Annette Schmidt

“…Muscle mass improved significantly more in the IG (+.42 kg ± .54) compared to the CG (-.16 kg ± .51) (p = .01, ⴄ²p = .24). …”
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Zircon luminescence dating revisited by C. Schmidt, T. Halter, P. R. Hanson, A. Ulianov, B. Putlitz, G. E. King, S. Kreutzer

“…The essential advantage of zircons over other minerals is the time-invariant and high internal dose rate due to high radionuclide contents, dominating over the external contribution, which is more challenging to assess. Reported drawbacks are low zircon abundance, laborious sample preparation, signal instabilities, unknown optical signal resetting rates, and low signal intensities. …”
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Identification of potential biomarkers and mechanisms for keloid disorder based on comprehensive bioinformatics analysis and machine learning algorithms by Bowen Zheng, Jianxiong Qiao, Xiaoping Yu, Hanghang Zhou, Anqi Wang, Xuanfen Zhang

“…This study sought to identify biomarkers and potential therapeutic targets for KD through an integrative bioinformatics approach and machine learning analysis of RNA sequencing data. Methods RNA sequencing was performed on skin tissue samples from 13 patients with KD and 14 healthy controls. …”
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Effect of Immersive Virtual Reality Teamwork Training on Safety Behaviors During Surgical Cases: Nonrandomized Intervention Versus Controlled Pilot Study by Lukasz Mazur, Logan Butler, Cody Mitchell, Shaian Lashani, Shawna Buchanan, Christi Fenison, Karthik Adapa, Xianming Tan, Selina An, Jin Ra

“…Further research with larger, more diverse sample sizes is needed to confirm the generalizability of these findings.…”
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Perception of Interventional Radiology among Jazan Medical Students: Assessment of Knowledge and Career Intentions by Salha Al Bahkali, Ali Al Harbi, Fatimah Kamili, Ibrahim Al Rashidi

“…Statistical Analysis We calculated the size of the sample using the Raosoft Sample Size Calculator Web site. …”
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Overdiagnosis of dental caries in South Korea: a pseudo-patient study by Ji-Young Son, Yuyi Park, Ji-Yeon Park, Min-Ji Kim, Dong-Hun Han

“…Dentists diagnosed five or more dental caries in 20.9% (41/196) of the sample. 196 dental clinics diagnosed a total of 503 dental caries. …”
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Cartridge-based nucleic amplification (CBNAAT)/GeneXpert test as a diagnostic modality for the detection of genital tuberculosis in women with infertility by Shaozae, Chavini K., Rai, Yogita, Jaiswal, Nishtha, Jais, Manoj B.

“…GeneXpert, being much faster and more feasible than conventional methods such as culture, could be incorporated into the standard evaluation of GTB.…”
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Prevalence of carotid artery calcification in the 25-64-year population in a large city of the Siberian Federal District by V. S. Kaveshnikov, I. A. Trubacheva, M. A. Kuzmichkina, A. V. Kaveshnikov

“…To study the detection rate of carotid calcified plaques in the general population of a large city of the Siberian Federal District.Material and methods. The data of 1412 people from a representative population sample aged 25-64 years in Tomsk (n=1600) were studied, who underwent an examination according to the ESSE-RF study protocol and an assessment of plaque structure by ultrasound. …”
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Comparing the root canal filling removal efficiency of XP-endo retreatment system with hand Files, R-endo, reciproc and protaper universal retreatment systems in curved root canals... by Eren Orhan, Kaan Orhan, Mert Ocak, Betul Gunes

“…Conclusions According to the results of this study, all tested methods could not completely remove filling material from the root canal. …”
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Research on rock fracture evolution prediction model based on Adam-ConvLSTM and transfer learning by Runze Liu, Ziwei Wang, Yanbo Zhang, Xulong Yao, Shaohong Yan, Zhiyuan Chen, Shuai Wang, Hua Li, Qi Wang

“…Abstract The propagation of rock fractures is essential for maintaining engineering safety, yet traditional theoretical methods are burdened by challenges such as complex sample collection and lengthy prediction processes. …”
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Rotor Location During Atrial Fibrillation: A Framework Based on Data Fusion and Information Quality by Miguel A. Becerra, Diego H. Peluffo-Ordoñez, Johana Vela, Cristian Mejía, Juan P. Ugarte, Catalina Tobón

“…The proposed framework outperformed existing EGM-based rotor detection methods, demonstrating superior functionality and performance compared to existing EGM-based rotor detection methods. …”
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Evaluation of Onco E6 point of care rapid diagnostic test for human papilloma virus in Bahir Dar, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia. by Alemayehu Abate, Abaineh Munshea, Endalkachew Nibret, Belay Bezabih, Bereket Amare, Gizachew Yismaw

“…The HPV16/18-E6 test could be used either as primary screening tool or in conjunction with other diagnostic methods.…”
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The influence of population on the economic efficiency of the metropolitan governance by Yuriy V. Pavlov

“…The rest of the metropolitan areas of the sample do not need reforms.…”
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Analysis of Preoperative Detection for Apex Prostate Cancer by Transrectal Biopsy by Tomokazu Sazuka, Takashi Imamoto, Takeshi Namekawa, Takanobu Utsumi, Mitsuru Yanagisawa, Koji Kawamura, Naoto Kamiya, Hiroyoshi Suzuki, Takeshi Ueda, Satoshi Ota, Yukio Nakatani, Tomohiko Ichikawa

“…There is a high false negative rate for transrectal biopsy samples. To improve the detection rate, transperitoneal biopsy or more accurate imaging technology is needed.…”
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Comparison between Two Decades of Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Diseases and Risk Factors in a Brazilian Urban Centre by Maria Aparecida Alves de Oliveira Serra, Cristina de Souza Chaves, Zirlane Castelo Branco Coêlho, Naya Lúcia de Castro Rodrigues, Josias Martins Vale, Maria Jânia Teixeira, Francisco Josemar Alves de Oliveira, Márcio Flávio Moura de Araújo, Ivo Castelo Branco Coelho

“…This study’s objective was to compare the prevalence of intestinal parasites and associated risk factors in children in urban communities, in the Brazilian Northeast, between two decades. Methods. This quantitative transversal study consisted of a comparative analysis of two different samples: the first viewing the years 1992–1996 and the other through a coproepidemiological data survey undertaken in 2010-2011. …”
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