Multiple Myeloma Experiences and Preferences: A Mixed Methods Study of Patients and Care Partners in the United States by Flora DR, Byrd R, Platt DA, Hlavacek P, Hoag Goldman E, Cappelleri JC, Kennedy CT, LeBlanc TW

“…To understand how disease status and an evolving treatment landscape impact decisions made by patients and care partners, a non-interventional mixed methods study was conducted.Patients and Methods: Patients self-reporting MM and care partners were recruited through the Gryt Health Cancer Community, social media, and snowball sampling to participate in this US-based study centered around a semi-structured interview. …”
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Constructive engagement in cognitive stimulation therapy groups among people with dementia: A mixed‐methods study by Anna Yan Zhang, Gloria Hoi Yan Wong, Terry Yat Sang Lum, Bob Woods, Aimee Spector

“…We investigated changes in CE during CST and its contributors. Methods This is a mixed‐methods study. We used time sampling to record the time proportion of persons with dementia (n = 113) spent in constructive, passive, non–task‐related engagement and non‐engagement during early, middle, and late phases in a 14‐session group CST. …”
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Preventive aspects and patient satisfaction with laser aided gingivectomy versus conventional method. An in-vivo comparative study by Aras Maruf Rauf, Ara Omer Fattah

“…Results: The mean age of the sample was 25.01 + 6.56 years, more than half (57.8%) of the sample were females. …”
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Clinical application value of simultaneous plasma and bronchoalveolar lavage fluid metagenomic next generation sequencing in patients with pneumonia-derived sepsis by Jiayan Li, Dongxu Pan, Yuxin Guo, Bo Zhang, Xinglin Lu, Chen Deng, Feifei Xu, Zongnan Lv, Qinhe Chen, Yafeng Zheng, Shuhao Nong, Lihua Su, Rongfa Qin, Fufu Jiang, Wei Gai, Gang Qin

“…Patients with lower white blood cells and neutrophil indices had a greater consistency in dual-sample mNGS. Patients in the mNGS group had more antibiotic adjustments compared to the non-mNGS group (85.71% vs. 33.33%, P<0.001). …”
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Effect of Manipulation Methods and Storage Environments on the Microstructural, Chemical, and Mechanical Properties of Calcium-Enriched Mixture Cement by Leyla Roghanizadeh, Hassan Torabzadeh, Ardavan Parhizkar, Alireza Akbarzadeh Baghban, Saeed Asgary

“…Four sample groups were examined, including nondried (ND-I) and dried (D-I) groups placed directly in an incubator, dried samples stored in phosphate-buffered saline (PBS) (D-P), and dried samples stored in distilled water (D-W). …”
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Exploring relationships between social media use, online exposure to drug-related content, and youth substance use in real time: a pilot ecological momentary assessment study in a... by Meredith Gansner, Meredith Gansner, Anna Katharine Horton, Rasika Singh, Zev Schuman-Olivier

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Mother transformer: A High-Throughput, Cost-Effective in Planta Hairy Root Transformation Method for Cannabis by Ladan Ajdanian, Davoud Torkamaneh

“…Results The two-step ex vitro method proved more efficient than both the one-step ex vitro and in vitro methods, with the highest transformation efficiency of 90% observed in the actual plant. …”
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Effect of preservative and preservation methods on physical, chemical and microbiological properties of nipa palm (Nypa fructicans) sap by Dayang Nur Athirah, Mohd Razip Asaruddin, Showkat Ahmad Bhawani, Aldrin Felix Simbas, Kho Swen Jack

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A novel hybrid sand and dust storm detection method using MODIS data on GEE platform by Wei Wang, Alim Samat, Jilili Abuduwaili, Yongxiao Ge, Philippe De Maeyer, Tim Van de Voorde

“…This method achieved more than 98% training accuracy and validation accuracy in SDS detection.…”
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Bias‐Eliminating Techniques in the Computation of Power Spectra for Characterizing Gravity Waves: Interleaved Methods and Error Analyses by Jackson Jandreau, Xinzhao Chu

“…However, only the Co‐PSD (the real part of CPSD) eliminates the noise floor completely, while taking the absolute magnitude of CPSD adds a reduced noise floor back to the spectrum when the sample number is finite. This reduced noise floor can be further minimized through averaging over more observations, completely different from traditional spectrum calculations whose noise floor cannot be reduced by incorporating more samples. …”
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Recent advances in the methods and clinical applications of next-generation sequencing in genomic profiling and precision cancer therapy by Ahad Amer Alsaiari

“…Therefore, targeted sequencing has arisen as a more affordable technique for the genomic profiling of tumors. …”
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Integration of former child and adolescent study participants into a national health online panel for a longitudinal study on young adult mental health by Michael Lange, Vera Birgel, Stefan Damerow, Johannes Lemcke, Jennifer Allen, Hans Butschalowsky, Susanna Christen, Caroline Cohrdes

“…This study addresses challenges of contacting, re-activation and comparability of individuals in transition to adulthood with the initial population-based sample last contacted up to 9 years ago. Methods In 2024, former participants of the “German Health Interview and Examination Survey for Children and Adolescents” (KiGGS) aged 16–25 years were invited to register in the new online panel infrastructure “Health in Germany” and participate in the “Study on Mental Health in Emerging Adulthood” (JEPSY) via a push-to-online panel approach. …”
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EGFR Mutation Analysis of Circulating Tumor DNA Using an Improved PNA-LNA PCR Clamp Method by Kana Watanabe, Tatsuro Fukuhara, Yoko Tsukita, Mami Morita, Aya Suzuki, Nobuyuki Tanaka, Hiroshi Terasaki, Toshihiro Nukiwa, Makoto Maemondo

“…Plasma EGFR activating mutations and the T790M resistance mutation were analyzed by an improved PNA-LNA PCR clamp method, characterized by a 10-fold or more sensitivity compared with the original methods. …”
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PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL METHODS OF RESEARCHING ROCKS AND MINERALS IN THE ANALYTICAL CENTRE OF THE INSTITUTE OF THE EARTH'S CRUST, SB RAS by А. G. Revenko

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Detection of anti-enterovirus IgG in human sera by ELISA method using the KTL-510 peptide by Michaela Pellerova, Michaela Pellerova, Katarina Albertova, Vanesa Simkova, Maria Borsanyiova, Brigita Benkoova, Renata Kissova, Katarina Pastuchova, Sisko Tauriainen, Jochem M. D. Galama, Shubhada Bopegamage

“…These serum samples were examined using a standard virus neutralization test as well as the newly developed ELISA method.…”
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Apple Watercore Grade Classification Method Based on ConvNeXt and Visible/Near-Infrared Spectroscopy by Chunlin Zhao, Zhipeng Yin, Yushuo Tan, Wenbin Zhang, Panpan Guo, Yaxing Ma, Haijian Wu, Ding Hu, Quan Lu

“…Furthermore, the newly proposed quantification method for watercore levels proved to be more effective.…”
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Releasing time to deliver care: a mixed methods evaluation of the implementation of enhanced midwifery continuity of carer by Paul Wilson, Jo Dumville, Luke Aaron Munford, Elaine Harkness, Charlotte Hall, Stephanie Gillibrand, Kate Parkyn, Maartje Kletter

“…Equally, enhanced teams strived to broaden the targeted characteristics (i.e. more broadly than on the basis of deprivation) to include a wider and more diverse set of social risk factors and vulnerabilities, based on local needs and priorities. …”
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Screening of tuberculosis suspected subjects using real-time PCR, TaqMan method; Northeastern Iran by Sanaz Ahmadi Ghezeldasht, Arman Mosavat, Saman Soleimanpour, Seyed Abdolrahim Rezaee, Mohammad Derakhshan

“…Conclusions: In-house qPCR assays using standard reagents, which are generally available can confirm that this method more practical, time-saving, and feasible for TB-suspected individuals, particularly in extrapulmonary forms such as urine, CSF, and paraffin-embedded samples, compared to direct microscopy and culture.…”
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Monitoring Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus Strains in the Moscow Medical and Surgical Center using Molecular-Biological Methods by T. S. Skachkova, M. N. Zamyatin, O. A. Orlova, N. A. Yumtsunova, N. N. Lashenkova, V. S. Fomina, V. G. Gusarov, Yu. V. Mikhaylova, A. A. Shelenkov, E. N. Goloveshkina, V. G. Akimkin

“…The results of PCR of washing samples showed that DNA of methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative staphylococci were detected much more often than MRSA (p &lt;0.001). …”
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What should be publicly funded in the Colombian health system? A mixed methods study of citizens’ perceptions by Juan Carlos Velasquez, Claudia Marcela Vélez, Diana Patricia Díaz-Hernández, Pamela Velázquez-Salazar, Gilma Hernández-Herrera, Daniel Felipe Patiño-Lugo, Olga Francisca Salazar-Blanco, Leydi Camila Rodríguez-Corredor, Viviana María Vélez-Marín, Anny Julieth Jaramillo-García

“…Prioritising which health technologies should be publicly funded is one decision that requires prudence and consideration of the values and expectations of the people who will be affected by it.Objective To identify and understand the citizens’ perceptions about which health technologies should be publicly funded in Colombia.Design Sequential exploratory mixed methods study; the first was a qualitative embedded case study, and the second was a Q methodology study.Participants 46 citizens were interviewed, and 30 citizens ordered a Q-sample of 45 statements.Analysis Interviews were content analysed. …”
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