Some hematological and biochemical parameter levels in healthy van cats at different age and gender by Cumali Özkan, Süleyman Kozat, Abdullah Kaya, Yakup Akgül

“…The cats 6 to 12 months were taken to the study as 1st group, 12 to 24-month cats were taken to the 2nd group, and 24 to more-month cats were taken to the 3rd group. From blood samples received, hematological and biochemical parameter values were identified.…”
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Improved isolation and PCR detection of Phytophthora agathidicida oospores from soils by Jade T.T. Palmer, Jochem N.A. Vink, Leticia M. Castro, Oliver J.S. Craig, Emily E. Davison, Monica L. Gerth

“…Performance assessment against 65 soil samples from kauri forests revealed P. agathidicida in 69% of samples compared to only 11% detected by existing methods. …”
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Effect of Anthelmintic Treatment on the Agreement Between Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction (RT-PCR) and Kato–Katz Microscopic Technique in the Diagnosis of Soil-Transmitted Helm... by Paul Alvyn Nguema-Moure, Jean Claude Dejon-Agobé, Roméo-Aimé Laclong Lontchi, Gédéon Prince Manouana, Moustapha Nzamba Maloum, Brice Meulah, Danny Carrel Manfoumbi Mabicka, Marguerite Emmanuelle Nzame Ngome, Peter Gottfried Kremsner, Ayôla Akim Adegnika

“…Methods: Stool samples were collected before and after three- or six-weeks post-treatment from study participants and analyzed using Kato–Katz and RT-PCR methods for the diagnosis of STHs infections. …”
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The Use of Physical Restraint and Its Alternatives Among Jordanian Nurses in the Intensive Care Units by Heba N. Hudhud, Ayman M. Al-Qaaneh, Kholood E. Al-Nbabteh, Eslam H. Bani Mohammad, Jumana H. Shehadeh

“…Background: Physical restraint (PR) is one of the most common methods nurses use to reduce patient movement, especially in intensive care units (ICUs); however, PR is considered one of the undesirable methods due to its related clinical and ethical issues. …”
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Evaluation of the epidemiological situation of intestinal schistosomiasis using the POC-CCA parasite antigen test and the Kato-Katz egg count test in school-age children in endemic... by Sokouri Edwige A., Ahouty Bernardin, Abé Innocent A., Yao Flora G.D., Konan Thomas K., Nyangiri Oscar A., MacLeod Annette, Matovu Enock, Noyes Harry, Koffi Mathurin

“…We compared the conventional Kato Katz (KK) test and a more sensitive but rarely used method, the point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen (POC-CCA), in order to contribute to the development of a more appropriate strategy for the control and elimination of intestinal schistosomiasis in western Côte d’Ivoire. …”
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Identification of therapeutic target genes for age-related hearing loss through systematic genome-wide mendelian randomization of druggable genes by Kun Zhang, Bo Hou, Tao Yan, Ruru Qiao, Peng Qu, Xinbo Xu, Hanbing Zhang

“…Therefore, we performed a systematic genome-wide MR of drug-eligible individuals to explore potential therapeutic targets for ARHL. Methods: We obtained data on the expression quantitative trait locis (eQTLs) of druggable genes, which were then subjected to two-sample MR analyses and co-localisation analyses with data from the ARHL genome-wide association study to identify genes highly associated with ARHL. …”
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Review of microRNA detection workflows from liquid biopsy for disease diagnostics by Dulguunnaran Naranbat, Emilia Herdes, Nikos Tapinos, Anubhav Tripathi

“…This review comprehensively analyses distinct liquid biopsy microRNA detection methods validated with clinical samples. Each step in the microRNA detection workflow, including sample collection, RNA isolation, processing, and detection of target microRNAs, has been thoroughly assessed. …”
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Evolution endodontic obturation of systems as indicator of technical progress in stomatology

“…Results showed decrease of quantity and the size of pores, closer locating of particles and more homogeneous structure in samples of the seals mixed after influence on it of EMP than in samples without influence of EMP. …”
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CHARACTERISTICS OF MAIN DRUG THERAPY TYPES IN SUBJECTS WITH ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN POPULATION by S. K. Malyutina, М. Yu. Shapkina, A. N. Ryabikov, E. V. Mazdorova, Е. М. Avdeeva, L. V. Shcherbakova, M. Bobak, J. A. Hubacek, Yu. P. Nikitin

“…To assess the frequency and main groups of drug therapy in patients with AF in the Russian population sample of middle, elderly and senile age in cross-sectional study, 2015-2016.Material and methods. …”
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Clinical applicability and cost of a 46-gene panel for genomic analysis of solid tumours: Retrospective validation and prospective audit in the UK National Health Service. by Angela Hamblin, Sarah Wordsworth, Jilles M Fermont, Suzanne Page, Kulvinder Kaur, Carme Camps, Pamela Kaisaki, Avinash Gupta, Denis Talbot, Mark Middleton, Shirley Henderson, Anthony Cutts, Dimitrios V Vavoulis, Nick Housby, Ian Tomlinson, Jenny C Taylor, Anna Schuh

“…From 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2013, solid tumour samples (including non-small-cell lung carcinoma [NSCLC], colorectal carcinoma, and melanoma) were sequenced in the context of the UK National Health Service from 351 consecutively submitted prospective cases for which treating clinicians thought the patient had potential to benefit from more extensive genetic analysis. …”
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Challenges and Obstacles in the Development of Winter Sports Tourism in the Ski Slopes of Tehran by Siavash Imeni, Leyla Asadpour Shirazi

“…The research population comprised all tourists and athletes frequenting these slopes, who responded to a 40-item, researcher-developed questionnaire. Using available sampling methods and Cochran's formula, 384 samples were collected from an unlimited population. …”
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Metabolomics analysis of aqueous humor from patients with high-myopia complicated nuclear cataract by Qiuyi Huo, Qiuyi Huo, Yitong Xu, Yaqi Wang, Shenrong Zhang, Zhexuan Liu, Jin Li

“…Univariate and multivariate analyses were performed to identify differential metabolites with potential biological significance.ResultsFor HMnC patients, the level of glutathione was decreased, whereas arginine, tyrosine, and tryptophan were more abundant in AH. Dihomomethionine and 8-methylthiooctanaldoxime located in the methionine metabolic pathways were downregulated in NC samples compared with HMnC samples. …”
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Lateral Flow Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Test with Stem Primers: Detection of Cryptosporidium Species in Kenyan Children Presenting with Diarrhea by Timothy S. Mamba, Cecilia K. Mbae, Johnson Kinyua, Erastus Mulinge, Gitonga Nkanata Mburugu, Zablon K. Njiru

“…The developed stem LFD LAMP test is an appropriate method for the detection of C. hominis, C. parvum, and C. meleagridis DNA in human stool samples. …”
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Equipment Maintenance Support Effectiveness Evaluation Based on Improved Generative Adversarial Network and Radial Basis Function Network by Zhen Li, Jianping Hao, Cuijuan Gao

“…Compared with traditional neural network evaluation methods, the improved GAN-RBF model has higher evaluation accuracy, better solves the problem of poor generalization ability caused by insufficient training samples, and can be more effectively applied to maintenance support effectiveness evaluation. …”
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Development of fi lm forming formulation and technology of polymeric fi lm coating on Indotril tablets by L. I. Kucherenko

“…As filming agents we used different samples of hydroxypropyl methylcellulose (HPMC) by Japan company Shin-Etsu Chemical Co and English company Colorcon. …”
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Reinterpreting ethnic patterns among white and African American men who inject heroin: a social science of medicine approach. by Philippe Bourgois, Alexis Martinez, Alex Kral, Brian R Edlin, Jeff Schonberg, Dan Ciccarone

“…African Americans had earlier and more negative contact with law enforcement but maintained long-term ties with their extended families. …”
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Insight on the relationship between heart rate variability parameters and the risk of stroke among non-valvular paroxysmal atrial fibrillation patients by Yaohua Bu, Fabrice Yves Ndjana Lessomo, Zhiquan Wang

“…The sample was sorted into cases and controls based on specific inclusion and criteria. …”
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Communicating treatment options to older patients with advanced kidney disease: a conversation analysis study by Lucy E. Selman, Chloe B. Shaw, Ryann Sowden, Fliss E. M. Murtagh, James A. Tulsky, Ruth Parry, Fergus J. Caskey, Rebecca K. Barnes

“…The OSCAR study (Optimising Staff-Patient Communication in Advanced Renal disease) aimed to identify how clinicians present kidney failure treatment options in consultations with older patients and the implications of this for patient engagement. Methods An observational, multi-method study design was adopted. …”
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Internet addiction in adolescents in Central Siberia: analysis of prevalence and structure of consumed content by L. S. Evert, S. Yu. Tereshchenko, O. I. Zaitseva, N. B. Semenova, M. V. Shubina

“…The structure of the consumed content was estimated in the overall sample and in two age groups. The data obtained were processed by non-parametric statistical methods using the Statistica 12.0 software. …”
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The influence of origin and race location on performance in IRONMAN® age group triathletes. by Beat Knechtle, David Valero, Elias Villiger, Mabliny Thuany, Pantelis T Nikolaidis, Ivan Cuk, Marilia Santos Andrade, Pedro Forte, Lorin Braschler, Thomas Rosemann, Katja Weiss

“…Several model interpretability tools were used to explore how each predictor contributed to the model's predictive power, from which we intended to infer whether one or more predictors were more important than the others.…”
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