Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci and Its Associated Risk Factors among HIV-Positive and -Negative Clients Attending Dessie Referral Hospital, Northeast Ethiopia by Seid Ali, Martha Alemayehu, Mulat Dagnew, Teklay Gebrecherkos

“…Therefore, there should be a need to perform continuous surveillance, rational use of antibiotics, and more detailed study using phenotypic and genotypic methods.…”
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CLSI Validation of Exchangeable Copper Determination in Serum by ICP-MS: A Focus on Alzheimer’s Disease and Wilson Disease by Rosanna Squitti, Amit Pal, Irena D. Ivanova, Massimo Marianetti, Mauro Rongioletti

“…However, traditional methods for estimating non-Cp Cu are indirect and analytically imprecise. …”
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Landslide susceptibility assessment based on machine learning and encoder coupling by ZHANG Mengmeng, LI Shaoda, WANG Xiao, LI Xinyue, DAI Keren

“…ObjectivesTo enhance the ability of machine learning models to extract data features with limited samples and improve the predictive accuracy of the models，MethodsJiulong County， Kangding City， Luding County and Muli County， the key provincial erosion prevention areas in the middle and lower reaches of the Yalong and Dadu Rivers in Sichuan Province， were selected as the study area for landslide susceptibility evaluation. …”
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Galectin-10 Characterization in Cleft Lip Palate – Affected Palatal Tissue by Alise Elizabete Rone, Mara Pilmane

“…Elevated levels of Gal-10 were found in the epithelium in correlation with age, from milk to mixed dentition, as well as in both the control and the patient samples. Notable differences in expression can be seen by comparing the milk and the mixed dentition patient muscle tissue, where the milk dentition palate shows a more elevated factor expressed in comparison to the mixed dentition palate. …”
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Effect of using a hemostatic gelatin sponge versus a dense polytetrafluorethylene membrane for socket sealing following immediate implant placement: a randomized clinical study by Mahmoud Shalash, Aalaa Emara

“…A larger study sample to verify the outcomes of this stud is recommended.…”
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What Are the Predictors of Acute Care Nurses' Stroke Knowledge?: Empirical Research Quantitative by Catherine T. Leach, Linda P. Bolin, Melvin S. Swanson, Ashley E. Burch, Patricia C. Woltz

“…Design Non‐experimental, descriptive correlational. Methods A convenience sample of registered nurses caring for adult, hospitalized patients recruited from the urban Southeast. …”
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Techniques for obtaining dermal extracellular matrix scaffold by A. S. Sotnichenko, I. V. Gilevich, K. I. Melkonian, Y. A. Yutskevich, A. V. Karakulev, S. B. Bogdanov, I. M. Bykov, A. N. Redko, V. A. Porhanov, S. N. Alekseenko

“…Despite advancements in modern surgery in the treatment of cutaneous injuries, the search for new methods of ensuring faster and more effective wound healing appears especially urgent today. …”
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AN EPIDEMIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF OSTEOPOROTIC FRACTURES IN OLDER RESIDENTS FROM THE MIDDLE URALS by E. N. Gladkova, V. N. Khodyrev, O. M. Lesnyak

“…The findings were processed using parametric and nonparametric statistical methods.Results. During two years, 1371 fractures, including FPH, FDF, fractures of the humerus, distal shin, and ribs, were registered in the examined sample of persons aged 50 years and over from Pervouralsk. 383 (27.9%) of these fractures occurred in men and 988 (72.1%) in women. …”
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Empowering minds: how self-efficacy, self-esteem, and social support drive digital mental health engagement by Jack Ng Kok Wah

“…However, the cross-sectional nature of the study limits causal interpretations, and the localized sample restricts generalizability. Future research should incorporate longitudinal methods and explore cultural differences. …”
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Produce Safety Behaviors, Motivators, Barriers, and Beliefs in Pediatric Cancer Patient Caretakers by Carly B. Gomez, Tyler J. Stump, Monique M. Turner, Jade Mitchell, Bradley P. Marks

“…Such diets are clinically disputed because they have never been proven effective in reducing foodborne illness, leading to unstandardized dietary guideline content, format, and delivery methods. To inform a strategic communication approach, this study explored the produce safety handling behavior, barriers, motivators, and beliefs of pediatric cancer patient caretakers using a mixed methods convergent parallel design. …”
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The attitudes of communicators toward cybersecurity concerning security, safety in national institutions by Husain A. Murad, Mohammad Qudah

“…The questionnaire was distributed to a sample of 140 communicators in Kuwaiti national institutions. …”
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What are the health outcomes of trans and gender diverse young people in Australia? Study protocol for the Trans20 longitudinal cohort study by Monsurul Hoq, Michelle Anne Tollit, Carmen C Pace, Michelle Telfer, Janet Bryson, Nicholas Fulkoski, Charlie Cooper, Ken C Pang

“…Nevertheless, there are limited empirical data on the presentation and outcomes of these patients, and there is an urgent need for more evidence to ensure optimal medical and psychosocial interventions. …”
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OSCILLATORY ROLL OF THE ROAD ROLLER WITH A DOUBLE SIDE PLATE by S. V. Saveliev, V. V. Dubkov, M. K. Shushubaeva, V. B. Permyakov

“…The purpose of the research is the development of an innovative design of the road roller vibratory working body, realizing not only  harmonic, but also oscillatory vibrations, which have a more ergonomic amplitude response. The article presents a sample of the working body improvement of an oscillator roll with double shell, showing the positive qualities of vibrating oscillatory and static road rollers, when thick layers are thickened or low - when thick layers are thickened and the contact pressure angle of rotation of the inner and outer shells require to achieve regulatory density. …”
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Descriptive epidemiology and outcomes of emergency department visits with complicated urinary tract infections in the United States, 2016–2018 by Marya D. Zilberberg, Brian H. Nathanson, Kate Sulham, Andrew F. Shorr

“…We evaluated the contemporary annual burden of emergency department (ED) visits with cUTI. Methods We conducted a cross‐sectional multicenter study within the National Emergency Department database, a 20% stratified sample of all US hospital‐based EDs, 2016–2018, to explore characteristics of visits with a cUTI. …”
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Sleep health and its correlates among male and female military recruits in Jordan: a cross-sectional study by Ahmad M. Malkawi, Stef P. J. Kremers, Ree M. Meertens

“…Results showed that better sleep hygiene practices (especially among women) and more sleep knowledge (particularly among men) were associated with better sleep quality. …”
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Autopsy Prevalence of Tuberculosis and Other Potentially Treatable Infections among Adults with Advanced HIV Enrolled in Out-Patient Care in South Africa. by Aaron S Karat, Tanvier Omar, Anne von Gottberg, Mpho Tlali, Violet N Chihota, Gavin J Churchyard, Katherine L Fielding, Suzanne Johnson, Neil A Martinson, Kerrigan McCarthy, Nicole Wolter, Emily B Wong, Salome Charalambous, Alison D Grant

“…Twenty decedents (59%) had evidence of two or more concurrent infections; 9/16 (56%) individuals with TB had evidence of bacterial disease and two (13%) cryptococcal disease.…”
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To study the effect of the dose of organomineral fertilizers on the accumulation and distribution of Fe, Mn, Zn and Cu in the organs of rapeseed plants by Olga A. Dubrovina, Tatyana V. Zubkova, Dmitry V. Vinogradov, Vladimir A. Kravchenko, Vyacheslav L. Zakharov

“…The mineralization of the samples was carried out by dry salinization according to GOST 26657-85. …”
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Characteristics and antibiotic resistance patterns of urinary tract isolates in hospitalized and non-hospitalized patients: a cross-sectional study in Khartoum, Sudan by Samah El-Arifi, Eltayeb AbdAlla, El Sheikh Mahgoub, Bothyna Fadol, Rashida Elmubarak

“…Bacterial identification and antimicrobial susceptibility testing were performed using standard bacteriological methods and Kirby-Bauer’s disc diffusion method. Genotyping for Extended Spectrum Beta-Lactamase (EsβL) production was conducted using multiplex PCR. …”
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Biochemical and Raman spectroscopic insights into plant-mold interactions by Ayse SEN, Muhammad AHMED, Omar DARKAZANLI, Duygu GOKSAY-KADAIFCILER, Feyza GUZELCIMEN

“…To validate these findings, advanced multivariate techniques such as Principal Component Analysis (PCA) and Linear Discriminant Analysis (LDA) were employed, achieving high accuracy in distinguishing mold-infected samples from controls. These results highlight the potential of RS as a rapid, non-invasive diagnostic tool for plant health monitoring, offering significant advantages over traditional methods. …”
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Using explainable machine learning to investigate the relationship between childhood maltreatment, positive psychological traits, and CPTSD symptoms by Xiaoxiao Zhou, Zongbao Liang, Guangzhen Zhang

“…Existing research has found that CPTSD symptoms are closely associated with childhood maltreatment; however, researchers debate whether CPTSD symptoms are predominantly influenced by a specific type of childhood maltreatment or the combined influence of multiple maltreatment types.Objective: (1) Examines the impact of childhood maltreatment on CPTSD symptoms, specifically exploring whether specific types of maltreatment or the cumulative exposure to multiple types of maltreatment play a predominant role. (2) Investigates the role of positive psychological traits in this relationship, assessing whether these traits serve as protective factors or are outcomes of the negative psychological consequences of maltreatment.Methods: A sample of 1894 adolescents (Mage = 13.88; SD = 1.00) from a chronically impoverished rural area in China completed the International Trauma Questionnaire – Child and Adolescent Version for CPTSD symptoms, the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire – Short Form for childhood maltreatment types. …”
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