Clinical evaluation of two pathogen enrichment approaches for next-generation sequencing in the diagnosis of lower respiratory tract infections by Xiao Lei, Xiumei Xu, Chao Liu, Lipeng Zhong, Shupeng Yin, Biaoxian Li, Ling Cao, Zhiting Xie, Jing Li, Xuan Zhang, Yaping Guo, Liang Zhang, Haiyan Lin, Sufeng Zhang, Chengsheng Zhang, Tian Gong

“…We evaluated two enrichment methods based on multiplex PCR. One method utilized a primer design strategy to amplify over 1,000 respiratory pathogens (bs-tNGS), while the other specifically targeted 194 pathogens (ps-tNGS). …”
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Attention speed and anterior cingulate cortex volume in female and male veterans with suicide ideation and attempts by Erin C. McGlade, Erin C. McGlade, Erin C. McGlade, James R. Yancey, James R. Yancey, James R. Yancey, Keenan E. Roberts, Keenan E. Roberts, Keenan E. Roberts, Audrey Elias, Audrey Elias, Chelsea Carson, Chelsea Carson, Chelsea Carson, Jiyoung Ma, Jiyoung Ma, Margaret R. Legarreta, Margaret R. Legarreta, Deborah A. Yurgelun-Todd, Deborah A. Yurgelun-Todd, Deborah A. Yurgelun-Todd

“…When analyses were divided by sex, males with a history of SA performed more slowly than SI and HC on ADS and more slowly on CSS and Total Speed than males with a history of SI. …”
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Determination of Dynamic Stresses and Displacements under the Action of an Impact Load on a Two-Layer Structure during the Indentation Process by N. E. Babushkina, A. A. Lyapin

“…The advantages of dynamic indentation methods and the distribution of stress intensity on the surface and inside the sample are investigated. …”
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Assessing various Infrared (IR) microscopic imaging techniques for post-mortem interval evaluation of human skeletal remains. by Claudia Woess, Seraphin Hubert Unterberger, Clemens Roider, Monika Ritsch-Marte, Nadin Pemberger, Jan Cemper-Kiesslich, Petra Hatzer-Grubwieser, Walther Parson, Johannes Dominikus Pallua

“…PMI specific features were identified and visualized by overlaying IR imaging data with morphological tissue structures obtained using light microscopy to differentiate between forensic and archaeological bone samples. ATR and reflection spectra revealed that a more prominent peak at 1042 cm-1 (an indicator for bone mineralization) was observable in archeological bone material when compared with forensic samples. …”
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T(ime) T(o) S(tart) synthesising audio description in China? Results of a reception study by Irene Tor-Carrogio

“…Text-to-speech audio description has proven to be an accepted method to increase the output of this access service in several languages, such as English, Japanese, Polish, Spanish and Catalan – at least as an interim solution until more audio description is available with human narrators. …”
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Diagnostic value of motor evoked potential parameters in patients with Parkinson’s disease stage II by A. V. Demchenko, Dzh. N. Aravitska

“…The MEP latencies of the premotor cortex, which is ipsilateral to the side with more pronounced motor symptoms, have a particularly close relationship with UPDRS part III total score in the samples with 1.10–1.76 Tl magnetic inductions (r = 0.31–0.34, P ˂ 0.05). …”
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Ethical attitudes of the future Russian officials and businessmen: Comparative analysis by A. A. Maksimenko, O. S. Deyneka, D. V. Krylova, E. V. Zabelina, E. A. Bulgakova

“…The background sample consisted of the government and municipal employees (39.0% of the total sample) and the employees of commercial companies (36.5%), as well as the representatives of NGOs (6.8%). …”
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Beverage consumption among adults in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada prior to the implementation of a sugar-sweetened beverage tax by Daniel A. Zaltz, Rachel Prowse, Yanqing Yi, Jessica O’Dea, Scott V. Harding

“…SSB tax evaluations rely on detailed understandings of beverage consumption patterns prior to policy implementation, but there is no recent literature about such patterns among NL residents during the pre-tax period. Methods We recruited a convenience sample of NL adults ages 19 and older and measured participant characteristics via online surveys and beverage intake via previously-validated, semi-quantitative beverage frequency questionnaires. …”
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How equitable is digital rehabilitation for people after stroke? A systematic review using an equity approach by Rachel C. Stockley, Yasemin Hirst, Chantelle Hayes, Kimberley E. Watkins, Peter C. Goodwin

“…This study systematically investigates the reporting of equity factors in digital stroke rehabilitation research.MethodsThis systematic review examined equity factors contained in the PROGRESS-Plus framework in a random sample of clinical trials of technologies used as part of stroke rehabilitation published in 2011–2021. …”
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Extraction-free RT-RPA assay for detection of HPV16, HPV18, and HPV45 mRNA expression by Emilie Newsham Novak, Ariel Ma, Kathryn A. Kundrod, Megan M. Chang, Cannon J. Hansen, Jane Richards Montealegre, Michael E. Scheurer, Philip E. Castle, Ming Guo, Mila P. Salcedo, Kathleen Schmeler, Rebecca Richards-Kortum

“…Eleven cervicovaginal samples were tested at the point of care using these methods and showed 100% agreement between RT-RPA and RT-qPCR results, including two samples that were positive for HPV16 mRNA. …”
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Inventario de las aves de un bosque altoandino: comparación de dos métodos by Stiles Hurd Frank Galfierd, Rosselli Loreta

“…Capturing birds with mist-nets has been the sole method used or proposed for making species inventories of several Neotropical forests, but this method has rarely been evaluated relative to the use of visual and auditory observations in these forests. …”
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Clinical and Epidemiological Manifestations of Ixodic Tick-Borne Borreliosis Foci in the Tomsk region by O. V. Voronkova, E. N. Ilyinskikh, A. A. Rudikov, T. N. Poltoratskaya, I. E. Esimova, L. V. Lukashova, M. R. Karpova

“…As a result of an annual study using PCR tests of ticks taken from people who applied to emergency prevention centers, Borrelia DNA was detected on average in 40% of samples; blood samples from individuals affected by tick bites were positive on average in 3.7% of cases. …”
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Construction and Preliminary Validation of the Children's Academic Readiness Test to Enter Primary School in Afghanistan Country by Mohammad Naeem Rasooli, Ahmad Abedi, Mohammad Ashori

“…The study population consisted of children aged 5 to 7 years entering school in Kabul, Afghanistan, with a cluster sampling method selecting 290 children (155 girls and 135 boys) for participation. …”
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Region-Focusing Data Augmentation via Salient Region Activation and Bitplane Recombination for Target Detection by Huan Zhang, Xiaolin Han, Weidong Sun

“…In addition, this is the first time that data augmentation has been examined from the perspective of meaningful focusing regions, rather than the whole sample image. Experiments on target detection with public datasets have demonstrated the effectiveness of this proposed method, especially for small targets.…”
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A novel Campylobacter jejuni sequence type from a culture-negative patient in the Gambia. by Gerard A J Morris, Usman N Ikumapayi, Martin Antonio, Stephen R C Howie, Richard A Adegbola

“…We re-addressed the analysis of the blood sample from this case more recently (after 6.5 years in archival storage) in pilot work establishing 16S rRNA PCR in our molecular laboratory. …”
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Ctta: a novel chain-of-thought transfer adversarial attacks framework for large language models by Xinxin Yue, Zhiyong Zhang, Junchang Jing, Weiguo Wang

“…However, this capability also introduces the potential for more covert and effective adversarial attack methods. …”
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Knowledge Level of Patients Undergoing Coronary Angiography by Burak Tunç, Anita Karaca

“…Aim: This study aimed to determine the level of knowledge and related factors of patients undergoing coronary angiography. Methods: It is a descriptive cross-sectional study. …”
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Influence of hepatitis c in the development of histological and morfological changes in the placenta by O. M. Filipovich, N. I. Kuznetsov, V. E. Karev, E. A. Malahovskaya

“…The purpose: detection of morphological changes of fetoplacental complex in pregnant women with chronic hepatitis C.Methods: The study involved 48 pregnant women , 38 of them with chronic hepatitis C and 10 – healthy pregnant women without complicated obstetric – gynecological history. …”
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Effects of acute inflammation on platelet indices: An experimental study by Veysel Tahiroglu, Fatih Kara

“…In addition, plantar tissue samples belonging to the control and inflammation groups were evaluated histopathologically. …”
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Effect of the Frictional Properties of Sunflower Seeds on the Efficiency of Pressing Equipment by Berezin M., Borisov V.

“…The first stage of the experiment featured volume characteristics of ten samples. The second stage featured friction characteristics of the five first samples obtained during the first stage at different pressures. …”
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