Rising Trend of Colistin Resistance and Shift in Minimum Inhibitory Concentrations Toward the Higher Side Among Enterobacteriaceae Isolated from Clinical Samples by Shila K. Singh, Lahunlyne Kaharakor, Najmiara S. Ahmed

“…Conclusion: In this study, the overall resistance to Colistin was high (51.8%), which highlights an increasing trend of Colistin resistance amongst Enterobacteriaceae isolates, which impacts the clinical outcome and limits the treatment options. This study calls for more research by implementing newer methods to understand the pattern of resistance against Colistin both phenotypically and genotypically.…”
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Efficacy and acceptability of a self-collected medical grade tampon as a novel vaginal sample collection tool for the detection of HPV and STIs by Valentina Milanova, Iva Lazarova, Kalina Mihaylova, Michelle Gomes, Teodora Georgieva, Jan Multmeier

“…Samples were stored in ThinPrep Vials (TP Vial) or Aptima® Multitest Swab Collection Kit (APTIMA®) solutions. …”
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Operational Feasibility and Performance of mRPA Versus PCR for the Detection of HPV Types 16, 18, and 52 in Clinical Samples: An Exploratory Study by Hartanti MD, Amtha R, Wratsangka R, Rinanti A, Djuana E, Hizbulloh I, Teguh CA, Kogoya A, Subekti DT, Desem MI, Lestari CSW, Asmaria T

“…This study aims to evaluate whether mRPA can serve as a faster, simpler, and more accessible alternative for HPV screening in primary healthcare environments.Methods: A total of 20 clinical samples from cervical swabs were tested using both mRPA and conventional PCR. …”
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Disordered eating behaviors among a sample of final-year medical students at Cairo University and its relationship with alexithymia and social cognition by Esraa S. Elsherif, Mona Y. Al-Rakhawy, Heba Fathy, Ashraf Adel, Ola O. Khalaf

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Tips and tricks for gut microbiota investigation using scanning electron microscopy (SEM): going from sample preparation to imaging and landscape analysis by Meriem Boukili, Omar Zmerli, Florence Fenollar, Sara Bellali, Jacques Bou Khalil

“…Epithelial and red blood cells were more prevalent in CDI group. Statistical analyses of objects proved clear clustering of samples into CDI and control groups. …”
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Prevalence of Positive Diabetes-Associated Autoantibodies among Type 2 Diabetes and Related Metabolic and Inflammatory Differences in a Sample of the Bulgarian Population by Emanuela Tsvetkova Zaharieva, Tsvetelina Veselinova Velikova, Adelina Dimitrova Tsakova, Zdravko Asenov Kamenov

“…Methods. Patients with T2D, patients with LADA, and control participants were enrolled. …”
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DNA methylation of leptin before and after weight loss intervention program among sample of Egyptian obese females: Epigenetic approach in obesity by Nayera E. Hassan, Sahar A. El-Masry, Waheba A. Zarouk, Nayra S. Mehanna, Rehab M. Mosaad, Maha M Kobesiy, Mohamed S. Kishta, Mohamed Selim, Mahmoud A.S. Afify, Khadija Alian, Aya Khalil, Heba T. Aboud

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Hedonic capacity in a Chinese community population sample: psychometric properties of the dimensional anhedonia rating scale (DARS) and exploration of gender differences by Qi Wang, Yankun Wu, Yunshu Zhang, Keqing Li, Yun-Ai Su, Tianmei Si

“…The observed gender differences in hedonic capacity imply that future mental health services could be more effective if adapted based on gender.…”
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Assessment of musculoskeletal disorders risk using MFA method and the survey of correlation between its results and results of RULA method by M Zokaei, M Flahati, H Jalilian, Mamin Faghih, M Normohammadi, S Amiry

“…In addition, in MFA method, the details of body’s limbs are assessed more than RULA method.…”
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Effects of Different Voided Urine Sample Storage Time, Temperature, and Preservatives on Analysis with Multiplex Bead-Based Oncuria Bladder Cancer Immunoassay by Sunao Tanaka, Kaoru Murakami, Toru Sakatani, Riko Lee, Wayne Hogrefe, Fernando Siguencia, Charles J. Rosser, Hideki Furuya

“…The multiplex Oncuria bladder cancer immunoassay currently needs urine samples stored at 4 °C until analysis, which requires more effort, equipment, and workflow than storing samples at room temperature. …”
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Chlamydia trachomatis Antibody Testing in Vaginal Mucosal Material versus Blood Samples of Women Attending a Fertility Clinic and an STI Clinic by Ingrid V. F. van den Broek, Jolande A. Land, Jan E. A. M. van Bergen, Servaas A. Morré, Marianne A. B. van der Sande

“…This “proof of principle” study aimed to assess whether Chlamydia antibodies are detectable in easier to obtain, noninvasive, vaginal mucosa samples and relate to current or past infection. Methods. …”
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Pareto-driven gradient-boosted Bayesian optimization for multi-objective inverse design of Aerogel-cement-EPS panels in small-sample regimes by Lu Lu, Anming Bai, Haodong Wang, Wenjia Xi, Shan Yun, Shangbing Gao, Mingming Wang, Xinguo Sun

“…The gradient-boosted Bayesian optimization model rapidly establishes complex mappings between material composition and performance, enabling more efficient global optimum search. It elevates the prediction accuracy of small-sample learning to 0.99. …”
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Measurement of factor XIII for the diagnosis and management of deficiencies: insights from a retrospective review of 10 years of data on consecutive samples and patients by Mohammed Abdullah Al Sharif, Natalie Mathews, Subia Tasneem, Karen A. Moffat, Stephen A. Carlino, Siraj Mithoowani, Catherine P.M. Hayward

“…Results: Two thousand one hundred ninety-one samples from 1915 patients (ages: 0-90 years; 38% local) were tested. …”
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A Comparison of Logistic Regression Models for DIF Detection in Polytomous Items: The Effect of Small Sample Sizes and Non-Normality of Ability Distributions by Yasemin KAYA, Walter L. Leite, M. David Miller

“…Continuation ratio model worked best to detect uniform DIF, but the cumulative logits model gave more acceptable type I error results. As sample size increased, type I errors increased at cumulative logits model results. …”
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A Comparison of Logistic Regression Models for DIF Detection in Polytomous Items: The Effect of Small Sample Sizes and Non-Normality of Ability Distributions by Yasemin KAYA, Walter L. Leite, M. David Miller

“…Continuation ratio model worked best to detect uniform DIF, but the cumulative logits model gave more acceptable type I error results. As sample size increased, type I errors increased at cumulative logits model results. …”
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Evaluate Group Sequential Design Sample Sizes for Reference-Scaled Average Bioequivalence Based on Monte Carlo Simulations in Highly Variable Drugs by FuDong Wen, Dan Liu, Wei Tian, Ce Ji, Yue Su, Miao He, Nan Yang, YuPeng Wang

“…Extensive Monte Carlo simulations have shown that the new method is more accurate in estimating sample size than the inflation factor method, and the type I error rate is controlled below 5% in all conditions. …”
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Development, Validation and Approbation Analytical Method for the Quantitative Determination of Taurine by HPLC-UV Method in the Test of Comparative Dissolution Kinetics by A. M. Poluyanov, A. Kochug, L. S. Mitrofanova, I. D. Nikitin, O. Yu. Vergasov, I. E. Shohin, E. N. Fisher

“…The method was tested in 4 dissolution media, in all media, there was a complete release in both dosages (more than 85 % by 30 minutes).Conclusion. …”
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Electrosynthesis of coNi and FeNi LDHs and studying the effect of intercalated cobalt and iron on the electrocatalysis and determination of glucose in human salivary samples by Fatemeh Masoumi, Rahim Mohammad-Rezaei, Mahdi Golmohammadpour

“…In this research, two different types of layered double hydroxides (LDHs) based on FeNi and CoNi were electrosynthesized on the surface of carbon ceramic electrode (CCE) as a renewable and polishable substrate and their electrocatalytic response for the detection of glucose in saliva samples were studied. Active surface area and electron transfer performance of CCE/Co-Ni-LDH and CCE/Fe-Ni-LDH were investigated in detail revealing that cobalt is more efficient than iron for intercalation in the LDH structure for electrocatalytic purposes. …”
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Formation of Instantaneous Differential and Restraining Cur-rents for Differential Protection of Busbar Assemblies by V. S. Kachenya, M. S. Loman

“…The methods of forming differential and restraining currents for busbar differential protection are reviewed; their advantages and disadvantages are considered. …”
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A method to predict overall food preferences. by Vilis O Nams, Matt W Hayward

“…Accuracy is greater with fewer missing prey types, more prey types and more sites, and is affected by the number of sites more than the number of prey types. …”
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