PCR enables rapid detection of dermatophytes in practice by E. Aho-Laukkanen, V. Mäki-Koivisto, J. Torvikoski, S. P. Sinikumpu, L. Huilaja, I. S. Junttila

“…Diagnosis of dermatophyte infections has relied on relatively slow culture-based methods. Nucleic acid-based detection (PCR) methods might provide results more rapidly. …”
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Contents and ecological stoichiometry characteristics of soil carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus in wetlands of Ningxia plain by BO Xiaoyan, MI Wenbao, XU Hao, ZHANG Xueyi, MI Nan, SONG Yongyong

“…Ecological stoichiometry is a comprehensive and effective method to learn the relationship and regularity of the elements in the biogeochemical cycle and the ecological process. …”
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Zoonotic diseases awareness and food safety practices among livestock farmers in Nepal by Deepak Subedi, Alok Dhakal, Sumit Jyoti, Sanjay Paudel, Sanjay Paudel, Ganesh Ranabhat, Ananda Tiwari, Ahmad I. Al-Mustapha, Ahmad I. Al-Mustapha, Ahmad I. Al-Mustapha

“…They were recruited using the purposive sampling method from October to December 2022. Descriptive statistics revealed that most (72.1%; n = 202/280) livestock farmers were aware of zoonosis. …”
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Prevalence and correlates of alcohol and tobacco use among key populations in Togo in 2017: a cross-sectional study by Antoine Jaquet, Alexandra Marie Bitty-Anderson, Fifonsi Adjidossi Gbeasor-Komlanvi, Pascal Johnson, Essèboè K Sewu, Claver A Dagnra, Mounerou Salou, Tetouyaba J Blatome, Patrick Ahuatchi Coffie, Didier Koumavi Ekouevi

“…Objectives The aim of this study was to estimate alcohol and tobacco use prevalence and their correlates among female sex workers (FSW), men who have sex with men (MSM) and drug users (DU) in Togo.Design, setting and participants A cross-sectional bio-behavioural study was conducted among 2115 MSM, FSW and DU in 2017 using a respondent-driven sampling method, in the eight biggest towns of Togo. …”
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Heterogeneous effects of horticulture commercialization and gender-based decision-making on smallholder farmers’ income: Evidence from a quasi-experimental study in Jimma zone, Eth... by Asmiro Abeje Fikadu, Hisako Nomura, Girma Gezimu Gebre, Payal Shah, Yoshifumi Takahashi, Mitsuyasu Yabe

“…This study uses quantile regression to assess the heterogeneous effects of horticulture commercialization and gender-based decision-making on income in the Jimma zone using a quasi-experimental design sampling method with location-specific data. This study applies propensity score matching at two levels before quantile regression estimation. …”
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The Effect of General Anesthesia Induction Drugs on Cardiac Output of Patients in Azadi Teaching Hospital/Duhok/Iraq by Faheema Mahmood Ali, Haidar nasser mohammed

“…If there is any, which patient is affected more?”. The Study Design: It is a cross sectional study with convenient sampling procedure. …”
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Investigating the Mediating Role of Self-Efficacy in the Relationship between Job Demand and Role Ambiguity with Employee Well-Being by Mahnaz Rahimi, Mohammad Hassani, Hasen Ghalavand

“…The statistical population included all the employees of Razi University of Kermanshah, which were 490, 215 of whom were selected as a sample from different faculties using Morgan's table and stratified random sampling method. …”
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On the relationship of Poisson’s ratio with geophysical characteristics of rocks by D. V. Shustov, Yu. A. Kashnikov, A. E. Kukhtinskii, A. A. Efimov

“…These dependencies allow for more accurate estimation of the Poisson’s ratio for different types of rocks and fields, representing a significant step in developing methods for assessing elastic properties of rocks in oil fields. …”
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Spatial prediction based on Third Law of Geography by A‐Xing Zhu, Guonian Lu, Jing Liu, Cheng‐Zhi Qin, Chenghu Zhou

“…The Second Law of Geography contributes to the revision of these methods so they are adaptive to local conditions but at the cost of increasing demand for samples. …”
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External minifixation in unstable fractures of the metacarpal by Yovanny Ferrer Lozano, Pablo Oquendo Vázquez

“…<strong>Background:</strong> External fixation is one of the surgical treatment methods more used in traumatology for its versatility and the care it provides to the soft parts. …”
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Fault diagnosis model of rolling bearings based on the M-YOLO network by NING Shaohui, ZHANG Shaopeng, WU Yukun, DU Yue, FAN Xiaoning

“…ObjectiveThe algorithms developed for the combination of deep learning and bearing fault diagnosis have achieved initial results, but most of them are processed by processing one-dimensional vibration data and input into the network structure for diagnosis, while the research on fault diagnosis technology using two-dimensional signals as input is still on the surface, and the analysis of such methods is rarely reported. The rolling bearing is taken as the research object, and the fault diagnosis algorithm with two-dimensional signal as the input is studied, and the fault diagnosis model of rolling bearing based on M-YOLO network is constructed for the problems of multi-condition fault diagnosis, small data sample, and long model training time.MethodsFirstly, the mosaic data augmentation method was used to enrich the samples to improve the interference of unbalanced data on the diagnostic results. …”
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Assessment of Management Effectiveness of Protected Areas for Sustainable Development (Case Study: Dez, Shimbar, Koraii) by Fakhrieh Mohseni, Gholam Reza Sabzghabaei, Soolmaz Dashti

“…These areas, which have undergone many changes in recent years, require more attention and management studies. 2-Materials and Methods The methodology of rapid assessment and prioritization of Protected Area Management (RAPPAM) is based on the process of a set of questionnaires. …”
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Carcinogenic health risks and water quality assessment of groundwater around lead–zinc mining areas of Ebonyi state Nigeria: a data-driven machine learning approach by Obinna Chigoziem Akakuru, Moses Oghenenyoreme Eyankware, Godwin O. Aigbadon, Ayatu Ojonugwa Usman, Alexander Iheanyi Opara, Kizito Ojochenemi Musa, Micheal Akaninyene Okon, Okechukwu Pius Aghamelu, Gabriel Ehriga Odesa, Ifeyinwa Juliana Ofoh, Annabel U. Obinna-Akakuru

“…A systematic and purposive sampling approach was employed to collect 42 groundwater samples from various sources across the study area and analyzed using standard methods. …”
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Cost-effectiveness in the diagnosis of tuberculosis: choices in developing countries by Paola Molicotti, Alessandra Bua, Stefania Zanetti

“…The most common direct method for diagnosing TB worldwide is sputum smear microscopy (developed more than 100 years ago), where bacteria are observed in sputum samples examined under a microscope. …”
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Unsupervised Anomaly Detection on Metal Surfaces Based on Frequency Domain Information Fusion by Wenfei Wu, Tao Tao, Jinsheng Xiao, Yichu Yao, Jianfeng Yang

“…Metal products are widely used in industrial manufacturing, and the quality of metal products is becoming more and more demanding. At present, although there are many methods for detecting defects on metal surfaces, there are still various limitations. …”
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Construction of Event Graph for Ship Collision Accident Analysis to Improve Maritime Traffic Safety by Jun Ma, Yang Wang, Liguang Wang, Luhui Xu, Jiong Zhao

“…The advantages of this method include the following: (i) it can construct a more complete and accurate ontology; (ii) adopting this approach can unify various information extraction tasks and achieve good results based on small sample annotation data; and (iii) using this method, we can conduct contribution degree analysis of different causes, accident conduction path analysis, and spatial distribution analysis. …”
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Influence of Cold Atmospheric Plasma on Acinetobacter baumannii by Atta et al.

“…The important conclusion that HHR1 more resistance to DBD-CAP than ATCC 17904 because it is more virulence than standard strain; thus, the growth of both strains is largely affected by plasma and this influence is increased by increasing the time of exposure, also the plasma affects the DNA especially on standard strain as it is explained in sequencing result, so it causes more deletion in DNA sequence. …”
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The Effects of Home Bleaching and Laser Bleaching on Tooth Color Change: A Comprehensive Review by Marzieh Rohaninasab, Mohammad Alamdar

“…Therefore, additional research with larger sample sizes and real clinical conditions is recommended to better evaluate the efficacy and durability of bleaching methods, assess their long-term impact on tooth and enamel health, and develop optimized laser bleaching techniques aimed at minimizing damage and enhancing efficiency.…”
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Students’ and teachers’ attitudes towards the use of tools with generative artificial intelligence at the university by K. I. Buyakova, Ya. A. Dmitriev, A. S. Ivanova, A. V. Feshchenko, K. I. Yakovleva

“…Methodology and research methods. The main research methods were sociological and statistical methods. …”
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LAPM: The Location Aware Prediction Model in Human Sensing Systems by Ruiyun Yu, Pengfei Wang, Shiyang Liao

“…The mobile human social network actually might be the hugest and best “sensor network” because of the explosive growth in social network content. Nowadays, more and more mobile social applications offer a much easier way for people to share their feeling including vision, haptic, hearing, and smell with the location information by words, images, or even videos. …”
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