COPD prevalence and characteristics among sample of working population by Sasho Stoleski, Jordan Minov, Dragan Mijakoski, Hana Brborović, Milan Milošević, Roko Žaja

“…IntroductionCOPD is a global public health problem, causing a very high rates of morbidity, mortality, and work disability in the last decades worldwide.ObjectiveTo determine the prevalence and characteristics COPD in a random sample of workers form the city of Skopje, and its relation to occupational exposures.MethodsA cross-sectional study was conducted including 1,867 workers (959 males and 908 females) from the city of Skopje. …”
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Molecular Diagnosis of Scrub Typhus: Sample and Timing Matter by Nagarajan L Surya, Sania Paul, Susmitha K Perumalla, Karthik Gunasekaran, KPP Abhilash, JAJ Prakash

“…-- named anchor --> </a> <h5 class="section-title" id="d1446636e165">Methods:</h5> <p dir="auto" id="d1446636e167">Clotted blood samples from 284 inpatients (IPs) and EDTA-treated blood samples from 194 outpatients (OPs) with suspected scrub typhus were collected from patients who were blood culture- and malaria-negative. …”
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Development and attestation of a standard sample of calcium nadroparin by A. V. Zykova, S. V. Krivoshchekov, D. A. Isakov, A. M. Guryev, M. V. Belousov

“…The aim of the work was to develop, attestation and determine the stability during the shelf life of a secondary standard sample to determine the authenticity of calcium nadroparin as part of improving the quality control system of the enterprise with the prospect of creating a domestic pharmacopoeia standard sample.Materials and methods. …”
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MICRO DETERMINATION OF DOPAMINE IN BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES BY COUPLING REACTION by AHMED JASSIM MUKLIVE AL-OGAIDI

“…The method was successfully validated to the analysis of the dopamine in biological samples. …”
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Evaluating the influence of polystyrene standards on quantification in environmental samples by Honglin Chen, Kevin V. Thomas, Cassandra Rauert

“…Pyrolysis-gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (Py-GC-MS) is an emerging analytical method for MNPs in environmental matrices, but there are uncertainties in the analysis as it is an indirect technique. …”
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Industrial wastewater treatment and reuse: Heckman probit sample selection model by Urgessa Tilahun Bekabil, M.K. Jayamohan, Amsalu Bedemo Beyene

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Synergy between Philosophy of Education and Technology: Toward a More Innovative Approach to Learning by Dian Dian, Salma Fauziyyah, Zoeji Arpiandi, Nistia Sri Utari

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Nightmares Fluctuate Across the Menstrual Cycle and May be More Pronounced in Women With Premenstrual Syndrome by Léa Dobler, Océane Richard, Emmanuelle Clerici, Emilie Stern, Michel Lejoyeux, Marie‐Pia d'Ortho, Julia Maruani, Pierre A. Geoffroy

“…Clinical observations suggest a potential link, leading this study to investigate whether women with PMS experience more frequent or intense nightmares compared to those without PMS. …”
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Fertility intention and its correlates with reproductive-aged married women in Ethiopia: an adapted theory of planned behavior (TPB) by Fitsum Tariku Fantaye, Solomon Abrha Damtew, Kelemua Menegesha Sene

“…In addition, it can be an instructive tool for discovering more about overall fertility patterns, which is important for understanding future reproductive behaviors. …”
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Quality and representativeness of research online with Yahoo! Crowdsourcing by Katie Seaborn, Satoshi Nakamura

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Adaptive Focal Loss for Keypoint-Based Deep Learning Detectors Addressing Class Imbalance by Zhihao Su, Afzan Adam, Mohammad Faidzul Nasrudin

“…Popular solutions such as hard sampling, soft sampling, and sampling-free methods have been proposed to tackle this issue. …”
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Estimation of finite population mean in a complex survey sampling. by Mohsin Abbas, Muhammad Ahmed Shehzad, Mahwish Rabia, Haris Khurram, Muhammad Ijaz

“…Traditional methods like simple random sampling may not always provide reliable or efficient estimates in such cases. …”
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Fair food futures UK: Protocol for a mixed methods study exploring what approaches adopted by community food organisations are more likely to prevent the need for emergency food in... by Laura Sheard, Giorgia Previdoli, Wendy Burton, Rachel Benchekroun, Maddy Power, Bob Doherty, Philip Hadley, Ariadne Beatrice Kapetenaki, Shahid Islam, Sairah Mirza, Claire Cameron, Kate Pickett, Angela Hutton, Charlotte Edwards, Maria Bryant

“…Levels have significantly increased in the UK since 2010, due to the impact of austerity and, more recently, the COVID-19 pandemic and the cost of living crisis. …”
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Volume of sampling at estimation of quantitative indicators of filbert fruit quality by Y. I. Sukhorukikh, S. G. Biganova, E. K. Pchikhachev

“…To estimate the “kernel mass" index the sample size with an error of 0.05 g and α = 0.05 in individuals is 7, in the population - 15 nuts and more. …”
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Using ensemble neural network based on sampling for multiclass classification by Khotimah Bain Khusnul, Setiawan Eko, Anamisa Devie Rosa, Puspitarini Oktavia Rahayu

“…This study aims to overcome the problem of data imbalance in the ensemble neural network method by comparing the oversampling method with undersampling, so that more representative synthetic data is obtained. …”
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Electric Drive and Automation of Sampling System for Chimney Fas Analyzer by V. I. Emeliantchikov, E. E. Loikuts, O. F. Opeiko

“…A functional diagram of the control system is proposed, which contains a programmable logic controller for generating the motion mode, as well as a method for calculating parameters and expressions for generating a task signal for continuous sampling mode. …”
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An ingestible device for automated sampling and location tracing in gastrointestinal tract. by Tao Li, Jeremy Felton, Johnathan Lewis, Qisen Cheng, Ryan Meredith, Hsueh-Tsung Lu, Alexander Benken, Partha P Dutta, Jinhui Liao, Xiangyu D Zhao, Aleksas Matvekas, Jason Baker, William L Hasler, Andrew Babiskin, Ross Walenga, Lanyan Lucy Fang, Robert Lionberger, Manjunath P Pai, Duxin Sun, Yogesh B Gianchandani

“…Fluids sampled from the gastrointestinal (GI) tract are of interest for evaluating the bioequivalence of oral medications, and more generally for evaluating GI-related diseases, and for profiling the individual gut microbiome. …”
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Optimizing plane detection in point clouds through line sampling by José María Martínez-Otzeta, Jon Azpiazu, Iñigo Mendialdua, Basilio Sierra

“…In this work, we present an approach that, rather than seeking planes directly, focuses on finding lines by sampling only two points at a time. This leverages the observation that it is more likely to detect lines within the plane than to find the plane itself. …”
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Design and Analysis of a Portable Robot for Venous Blood Sampling by Haoran Xue, Hasiaoqier Han, Gang Man, Zeran Feng, Peng Yu, Zhenbang Xu

“…However, the stationary manual blood sampling method in current use not only requires human resources but also is inconvenient for elderly persons and patients with limited mobility. …”
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Hierarchical Stratification for Spatial Sampling and Digital Mapping of Soil Attributes by Derlei D. Melo, Isabella A. Cunha, Lucas R. Amaral

“…Allocating more samples where soil variability is expected offers a promising alternative. …”
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