Peculiarities of the morphology of liver biopsy samples of donors above 60 years of age by I. M. Iljinsky, N. P. Mozheyko, D. V. Voronov, M. G. Minina, O. M. Tsirulnikova

“…Dystrophic processes are the result of more severe ischemic injury to the liver of elderly donors. …”
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Improved extraction of PCR-quality community DNA from digesta and fecal samples by Zhongtang Yu, Mark Morrison

“…The community DNA prepared with the RBB+C method was also free of inhibitory substances and resulted in improved denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) profiles, which is indicative of a more complete lysis and representation of microbial diversity present in such samples.…”
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Comparison of the Panther Fusion and Allplex assays for the detection of respiratory viruses in clinical samples. by Lola Folgueira, Noelia Moral, Consuelo Pascual, Rafael Delgado

“…There was high agreement between both methods, with 98.6% concordance and a kappa (k) value of 0.9 (95% CI: 0.89-0.92). …”
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A joint likelihood estimator of relatedness and allele frequencies from a small sample of individuals by Jinliang Wang

“…Using simulated and empirical data, I show that the new method is much less biased and more accurate than previous methods, providing almost unbiased relatedness and inbreeding estimates, when the sampled individuals are few or/and contain many close relatives. …”
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Nurses’ attitudes toward death in Oman: Prevalence and correlates in a nationwide sample by Eilean Rathinasamy Lazarus, Joshua K. Muliira, Omar Al Zaabi, Murtadha K. Al-Khabori, Mudhar Mohammed Al Adawi, Qasim Al Mamari

“…The Death Attitude Profile–Revised scale was adopted to collect data from 1469 nurses working in tertiary hospitals using simple random sampling and population proportionate sampling methods. …”
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The value of metagenomic next-generation sequencing with blood samples for the diagnosis of disseminated tuberculosis by Jing Ma, Yongfang Jiang, Yongfang Jiang, Yongfang Jiang, Yan He, Huaying Zhou

“…ObjectiveThe aim of this study was to assess the clinical value of metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) of blood samples for the identification of disseminated tuberculosis (DTB).MethodsA total of 48 individuals suspected of DTB were enrolled. …”
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Retinopathy of Prematurity (ROP): An Overview of Biomarkers in Various Samples for Prediction, Diagnosis, and Prognosis by Huang D, Liu Z, Deng Y

“…Non-invasive or minimally invasive methods of obtaining samples and selecting biomarkers with high validity promise to be more beneficial for newborn, early diagnosis of ROP, and better prevention of blindness in preterm infants, providing relevant medical references for clinical practice.Keywords: retinopathy of prematurity, biomarkers, neonatal screening, early diagnosis…”
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Highlight Removal From Wireless Capsule Endoscopy Images by Shaojie Zhang, Yinghui Wang, Peixuan Liu, Wei Li, Jinlong Yang, Tao Yan, Liangyi Huang, Yukai Wang, Ibragim R. Atadjanov

Subjects: “…The result shows the efficacy of our proposed method in this regard…”
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Trajectory Based Prioritized Double Experience Buffer for Sample-Efficient Policy Optimization by Shengxiang Li, Ou Li, Guangyi Liu, Siyuan Ding, Yijie Bai

“…We evaluate our method on the reinforcement learning suit of Open AI Gym tasks, and the results show that the proposed method can learn more steadily and achieve higher performance than existing methods.…”
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Occupational Visibility of COVID- 19 Disaster Heroes: Analysis from the Sample of Nurse by İlknur Aydın Avci, Özen Kulakaç, Mesiya Aydın

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Girls, mental health problems, and offending: findings from a community sample by Linn Persson, Anna-Karin Ivert

“…Methods Data were drawn from the Malmö Individual and Neighbourhood Development Study (MINDS), a longitudinal study which comprises a random sample of 525 adolescents (~ 20%) born in 1995 and living in Malmö, Sweden, in 2007. …”
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Compulsive sexual behavior disorder: rates and clinical correlates in a community sample by Jon E. Grant, Sophie Boutouis, Madison Collins, Samuel R. Chamberlain, Samuel R. Chamberlain

“…BackgroundThis study sought to examine the rate of compulsive sexual behavior disorder (CSBD) in a sample of adults drawn from the community and its associated mental health correlates.MethodsAn online survey of “Personality, Mental Health, and Well-Being” was distributed via Prolific to 300 adults aged 18 to 75 years. …”
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Primary Brain Tumors in A Sample of Adult Iraqi Patients (Clinicopathological Study) by Mina Hilal, Ayser Latif

“… Background: Primary brain tumors are a diverse group of neoplasms. More than 120 histological types of these tumors have been classified by the World Health Organization (WHO). …”
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The Bidimensional Model of Mental Health: an empirical approach in a general population sample by Manuel González, Mario González, Lastenia Hernández, Laureano Lorenzo

“…Objectives: We present an approach to the Bidimensional Model of Mental Health (BDSM) that considers psychological distress and subjective well-being as two separate but related dimensions. Methods: In a sample of 290 adults from the community, with 55.2% women and a mean age of 28.6 (Dt = 12.0). …”
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The prevalence of nine human herpesviruses in urogenital samples from young women in Finland by Hanna Välimaa, Tiina Eriksson, Matti Lehtinen, Ville N. Pimenoff, Mirja Puolakkainen

“…Similarly, EBV DNA was detected more frequently in women with DNA from sexually transmitted microbes in their samples (C. trachomatis, Mycoplasma genitalium, HPV, or HSV), with a prevalence of 11.4% compared to 4.0% (p = 0.0132). …”
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The Correlation among the Incidences of Sialolithiasis, Urolithiasis, and Cholelithiasis in Samples from the Iraqi Populations by Ali Mihsen Hussein Alyassiri

“…Conclusion: In terms of the familial incidence of stone pathology, both SL and UL are more common than CL. This study proposed that familial clustering is unique to each stone disease and further indicated that the underlying disease mechanisms are distinct.…”
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The study of genetic potential of pea variety samples of various morphotypes in the Rostov region by A. R. Ashiev, K. N. Khabibullin, P. I. Kostylev, N. G. Ignatieva

“…The study of genetic potential of pea variety samples of various morphotypes in the Rostov region The result of the breeding work largely depends on proper selection of the initial material: the more diverse and richer it is, the faster it is possible to reach the goals. …”
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Frontal assessment battery in a Brazilian sample of healthy controls: normative data by Rogério Beato, Viviane Amaral-Carvalho, Henrique Cerqueira Guimarães, Vitor Tumas, Carolina Pinto Souza, Guiomar Nascimento de Oliveira, Paulo Caramelli

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Orthognathic surgical norms for a sample of Saudi adults: Hard tissue measurements by Sahar F. AlBarakati, Laila F. Baidas

“…Objective: The aim of the study is to establish hard tissue cephalometric norms for orthognathic surgery for a sample of Saudi adults. Materials and methods: Sixty-two lateral cephalometric radiographs for 31 females and 31 males, age range of 22–24 years, were analysed. …”
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Effect of Iron Deficiency Anemia on IGF-1 Level Among Sample of Children by Kani Rast Noori, Abbas Abdulkadir Rabaty

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