Vector-borne pathogens in cats and associated fleas in southern Ethiopia by Marika Grillini, Hana Tadesse, Alessandra Mondin, Maria Luisa Menandro, Giovanni Franzo, Giorgia Dotto, Antonio Frangipane di Regalbono, Bersissa Kumsa, Rudi Cassini, Giulia Simonato

“…Cats were sampled, and information about the animals was recorded. …”
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DNA metabarcoding unveils authenticity and adulteration in commercial Chinese polyherbal preparations: Renshen Jianpi Wan as a critical case study by Shilin Zhou, Ting Zhou, Yanmei Zhang, Bingqian Yang, Junmei Niu, Weixian Li, Yiyi Weitu, Faming Long, Zhenwen Liu, Zhenwen Liu, Zhenwen Liu, Jing Zhou, Jing Zhou

“…The integration with complementary analytical methods such as metabolomics could provide more comprehensive quality assessment in future studies, demonstrating the necessity of multi-analytical approaches in ensuring the authenticity of traditional medicine.…”
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Meta-analysis of muscle transcriptome data identifies key genes influencing intramuscular fat content in pigs by Yan Wang, Jiahao Wang, Yanhui Zhao, Xihui Sheng, Xiaolong Qi, Lei Zhou, Jianfeng Liu, Chuduan Wang, Jianliang Wu, Yongchun Cao, Kai Xing

“…Despite numerous transcriptomic studies on IMF, variations in sample sizes and data analysis methods have produced inconsistent gene expression patterns and results. …”
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CO₂ and hydrography acquired by autonomous surface vehicles from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea: data correction and validation by R. Martellucci, M. Giani, E. Mauri, L. Coppola, M. Paulsen, M. Fourrier, S. Pensieri, V. Cardin, C. Dentico, R. Bozzano, C. Cantoni, A. Lucchetta, A. Izquierdo, M. Bruno, I. Skjelvan

“…For future experiments, a more frequent sample collection would improve the data qualification and validation.…”
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Estimation of physico-chemical properties of soil using machine learning by Patience Chizoba Mba, Opegbemi Matthias Busoye, John Temitope Ajayi, Judith Nkechinyere Njoku, Cosmas Ifeanyi Nwakanma, Senorpe Asem-Hiablie, Rammohan Mallipeddi, Tusan Park, Daniel Dooyum Uyeh

“…Alternatives to traditional soil quality estimation methods, often costly and inaccessible in resource-poor regions, are needed. …”
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<i>Megaselia scalaris</i> and <i>Senotainia tricuspis</i> Infesting <i>Apis mellifera</i>: Detection by Quantitative PCR, Genotyping, and Involvement in the Transmission of Microbi... by Franca Rossi, Martina Iannitto, Beqe Hulaj, Paola Manocchio, Francesca Gentile, Ilaria Del Matto, Massimiliano Paoletti, Lucio Marino, Luciano Ricchiuti

“…</i> The tests were preliminarily applied to 64 samples of adult honeybees and hive debris collected in the Abruzzo and Molise regions, Central Italy, and the Republic of Kosovo showing that both flies occur in the two countries and more frequently in Italy. …”
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Levels and types of physical activity in Russia according to the ESSE-RF study: is there a trace of the COVID-19 pandemic? by M. B. Kotova, S. A. Maksimov, S. A. Shalnova, A. V. Kontsevaya, Yu. A. Balanova, A. E. Imaeva, V. A. Kutsenko, G. A. Muromtseva, N. S. Karamnova, S. E. Evstifeeva, A. V. Kapustina, O. A. Litinskaya, M. S. Pokrovskaya, E. B. Yarovaya, T. V. Repkina, T. O. Gonoshilova, A. V. Kudryavtsev, N. I. Belova, L. L. Shagrov, M. A. Samotrueva, A. L. Yasenyavskaya, E. N. Chernysheva, S. V. Glukhovskaya, I. A. Levina, E. A. Shirshova, E. B. Dorzhieva, E. Z. Urbanova, N. Yu. Borovkova, V. K. Kurashin, A. D. Tokareva, Yu. I. Ragino, G. I. Simonova, A. D. Khudyakova, V. N. Nikulin, O. R. Aslyamov, G. V. Khokhlova, A. V. Solovyova, A. A. Rodionov, O. V. Kryachkova, Yu. Yu. Shamurova, I. V. Tantsyreva, I. N. Baryshnikova, M. G. Ataev, M. O. Radjabov, M. M. Isakhanova, M. A. Umetov, L. V. Elgarova, I. A. Khakuasheva, E. I. Yamashkina, M. V. Esina, T. A. Kunyaeva, A. M. Nikitina, N. V. Savvina, Yu. E. Spiridonova, E. A. Naumova, A. A. Keskinov, V. S. Yudin, S. M. Yudin, O. M. Drapkina

“…The study showed that 27,4% of the sample have insufficient physical activity. Among the low physical activity category, there are more women than men (28,12 vs 26,7%, p&lt;0,001); among men, high physical activity was more often identified (24,1 vs 18,3%, p&lt;0,001). …”
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Pre-transplant T-cell clonal analysis identifies CD8+ donor reactive clones that contribute to kidney transplant rejection by Jes M. Sanders, Barbara L. Banbury, Erika L. Schumacher, Jie He, Yuvaraj Sambandam, Paul A. Fields, Lorenzo Gallon, Lorenzo Gallon, James M. Mathew, James M. Mathew, James M. Mathew, Joseph R. Leventhal, Joseph R. Leventhal

“…Circulating CD8+ DRTC were more abundant pre- and post-transplant in patients that received non-lymphodepletional induction and developed an abnormal biopsy when compared to stable patients. …”
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Association of religiosity on anxiety and depressive symptoms in the Brazilian population: A cross-sectional study by Lucas Lima Galvão, Anne Sulivan Lopes da Silva Reis, Claudio Andre Barbosa de Lira, Marilia Santos Andrade, Katja Weiss, Beat Knechtle, Barbara Juliana Pinheiro Borges, Paulo Gentil, Thomas Rosemann, Rodrigo Luiz Vancini

“…Methods: Study cross-sectional involved 1017 participants (669 women). …”
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Mycological profile of dermatomycoses in Macedonian patients by Gordana Mirchevska, Emel Dauti Jahja, Sanja Kostova-Ilieva, Nadica Krsteva, Aleksandra Kacarska, Marija Kostovska-Micevska, Elena Trajkovska-Dokic, Zorica Zafirovik

“…Forty-seven percent of the samples were found to be culture positive. Samples from females were positive more frequently (192/317) than in males (125/317). …”
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Deciphering differential biomarkers for anti-interleukin-6 receptor and anti-tumour necrosis factor-α treatment response in rheumatoid arthritis by multiomics analysis by Emilie Gerard, Michel Didier, Matthias Herrmann, Inoncent Agueusop, Daniel Margerie, Anne Remaury, Raphaël Brard, Francesca Frau, Gilbert Thill, Yaligara Veeranagouda, Markus Kohlmann, Nadine Biesemann

“…Objective To identify blood-based predictive and pharmacodynamic biomarkers at different timepoints in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treated with anti-interleukin-6 receptor (anti-IL-6R) and anti-tumour necrosis factor-α (anti-TNF-α).Methods This study used blood samples from the MONARCH trial (NCT02332590), a randomised, double-blind, phase III trial that compared the safety and efficacy of sarilumab (anti-IL-6R) and adalimumab (anti-TNF-α) monotherapy in patients with RA who were intolerant/inadequate responders to methotrexate. …”
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Campylobacter in Raw Chicken Meat at Retail Level: Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment, Genomic Profiling, and Comparison With Isolates From Human Infections by Lucien Kelbert, Karen Barmettler, Jule Anna Horlbog, Marc J.A. Stevens, Nicole Cernela, Magdalena Nüesch-Inderbinen, Roger Stephan

“…A total of 300 different chilled or frozen chicken meat samples and 50 chilled marinated meat samples were analyzed by qualitative (enrichment) and quantitative (plating) ISO 10272-1:2017 and ISO 10272-2:2017 methods. …”
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Exploration of severe early childhood caries microbiota through a novel developed nutrient enriched microbiological medium, high through-put 16S rRNA sequencing and culturomics by Yixin Zhang, Yang Chen, Chang Diao, Haojie Lin, Jingqi Zhu, Ruiqing Sun, Meng Wang, Yuke Chen, Hanzhang Zhou, Zixi Dong, Bin Xia, Yixiang Wang

“…To explore S-ECC microbiota, a new bacterial medium, nutrient-enriched microbiological medium (NEMM) was designed in this study. Methods Eleven fresh S-ECC dental plaque samples were collected and cultivated in both NEMM and SHI medium (reference medium) for 0, 1, 3, 6, 9, 15, 21 and 28 days under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. …”
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Synthetic Data Generation and Evaluation Techniques for Classifiers in Data Starved Medical Applications by Wan D. Bae, Shayma Alkobaisi, Matthew Horak, Siddheshwari Bankar, Sartaj Bhuvaji, Sungroul Kim, Choon-Sik Park

“…With their ability to find solutions among complex relationships of variables, machine learning (ML) techniques are becoming more applicable to various fields, including health risk prediction. …”
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Analysis of causal effects on metabolic syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease: a Mendelian randomization study by Danyang Zhang, Haitao Shi, Chongcao Wei, Fenrong Chen, Pan Zhang, Xin Gao, Yan Wang

“…The study aimed to comprehensively analyze the causal association of each component of MetS, including fasting blood glucose(FBG), HDL-C, triglyceride(TG), waist circumference(WC), and hypertension, on the risk of IBD and its subtypes via univariate, two-way, and multivariate MR (MVMR) methods. Methods We selected independent genetic variants of MetS and IBD as instrumental variables (IVs) from published data from the IEU OpenGWAS project and IIBDGC (International Inflammatory Bowel Disease Genetic Consortium), used MR to infer potential causal effects between them, and used a variety of methods (random effect inverse variance weighting (IVW), weighted median, MR-Egger regression, etc.) to ensure the robustness of causal effects. …”
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Dietary Quality and Intake of Cancer Caregivers: A Systematic Review of Quantitative Studies and Recommendations for Future Research by Susannah K. Ayre, Katelyn E. Collins, Xanthia E. Bourdaniotis, Grace L. Rose, Gosia Boardman, Constantina Depaune, Belinda C. Goodwin, Elizabeth A. Johnston

“…Data on study design, aims, methods, sample characteristics, and results were extracted and summarized using descriptive analyses. …”
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Clinical profile and therapeutic aspects of mycosis fungoides: a retrospective analysis of 210 cases in Russia by L. G. Gorenkova, E. E. Zvonkov, Ya. K. Mangasarova, Yu. A. Chabaeva, S. M. Kulikov, A. M. Kovrigina, L. A. Kuzmina, Yu. V. Sidorova, M. A. Mozdon

“…This creates difficulties in choosing treatment methods and assessing their effectiveness.Aim. To characterize current treatment methods and their results in MF patients who were observed or received consultative and diagnostic care at the National Medical Research Center for Hematology.Materials and methods. …”
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Hormonal, antioxidant, and body composition differences in national level male athletes: a comparative study of aerobic and anaerobic training by Manar Burhan Jaradat, Eyyad Maghayreh, Waqar Husain, Khaled Trabelsi, Khaled Trabelsi, Khaled Trabelsi, Adam Amawi, Haitham Jahrami, Haitham Jahrami, Hadeel Ali Ghazzawi

“…Limitations include the small sample size and reliance on 24-h dietary recall. Future research should use larger, more diverse samples and explore combined training effects. …”
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Effect of grape variety, place of growth, and processing technology on the physical and chemical indicators of grape pomace by Tikhonova Anastasia N., Ageyeva Natalia M., Biryukova Svetlana A., Globa Ekaterina V., Abakumova Alla A.

“…Grape pomace is the basic waste of wine industry, and research in its chemical composition may allow for a more effective recycling of food industry waste. …”
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Flexural strength and surface hardness of nanocomposite denture base resins by Anagha Waghmare, Chandana Nair, Anuj K. Shukla, Mudita Chaturvedi, Tushar Vitthalrao Bhagat, Ebrahim Fihaid Alsubaiy, Ghazala Suleman, Mohasin Abdul Khader, Saurabh Chaturvedi

“…These dies were duplicated in 120 acrylic resin samples. These samples were divided into five groups in which group I is control group samples in conventional resin and group II,III, IV &V contained 1 % and 2 % concentrations of ZnO &amp; TiO2 nanoparticles in heat cure acrylic resin. …”
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