Evaluation of the electrocoagulation process in API oil refinery wastewater treatment (case study: Arak , Shazand) by Toktam Shahriari, Abdolreza Karbasi, Milad Reihani

“…The higher their production rates, the more removal will occur. To do this, the optimal parameters for producing them should be optimally set. …”
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Patient Perceptions of a Population Health Management Program to Improve Kidney Care: Optimizing care in CKD by Linda-Marie U. Lavenburg, Susan M. Devaraj, Ambreen Gul, Melanie R. Weltman, Balchandre Neilesh Kenkre, Flor de Abril Cameron, Jane O. Schell, Megan E. Hamm, Manisha Jhamb

“…Study Design: An ancillary study of Kidney CHAMP using qualitative methods. Setting & Participants: Participants were sampled from Kidney CHAMP intervention group using 3 predefined strata (racial/ethnic minorities, low socioeconomic status, and multimorbidities) from May 2021 to February 2022. …”
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Attenuated immune surveillance during squamous cell transformation of pancreatic adenosquamous cancer defines new therapeutic opportunity for cancer interception by Jie Chen, Xianlong Chen, Xinyuan Chen, Shanyue Sun, Shuofeng Li, Shuangni Yu

“…We employed mIHC to quantify three in situ panels of immuno-oncology-related biomarkers at subcellular resolution. We then used five samples to perform laser capture microdissection, RNA sequencing, and whole-exome sequencing to explore the underlying mechanisms of the compartment-specific immune phenotypes in PASC.Results Our findings revealed a more immunosuppressive TIME in PASC compared with PDAC, characterized by a decreased abundance of T cells. …”
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INVESTIGATION OF IMMUNOGENICITY AND SAFETY OF 23-VALENT POLYSACCHARIDE PNEUMOCOCCAL VACCINE IN PATIENTS WITH SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS by G. M. Tarasova, B. S. Belov, D. V. Bukhanova, M. V. Cherkasova, S. K. Solovyev, E. A. Aseeva, T. M. Reshetnyak, T. V. Popkova

“…There is a need for further investigations conducted in large samples of patients during long-term follow-ups in order to more fully evaluate the clinical efficacy, tolerability, and immunogenicity of PPV-23.…”
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Higher Ultra-Processed Food (UPF) Intake Is Associated with Poorer Overall Dietary Quality Compared to Lower UPF Intake: Results from a Pilot Study by Marios Skordis, Maria Ioannidou, Dionisia Sarakini, Tereza Santeladze, Afroditi Korogiannaki, Evaggelia Fappa

“…Further research is needed to verify the present findings and to explore the relationship between UPFs and overall dietary intake more thoroughly, as well as to identify those UPFs that actually contribute to a poorer dietary quality.…”
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Screen-based sedentary behaviours in Italian school children: the ZOOM8 study by Myriam Galfo, Laura D'Addezio, Laura Censi, Romana Roccaldo, Giordano Giostra

“…T</span></span><span><span>he purpose of this study was to</span></span><span> describe the screen-based sedentary behaviours and to examine factors associated in a sample of Italian school children. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: -.05pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; line-height: normal;"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span>Methods:</span></strong><span> 2129 children, aged 8-9 years, from the </span><span>three main geographical areas of Italy were</span><span> involved. …”
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Diagnostic Value of Ascitic Tumor Markers for Gastric Cancer-associated Malignant Ascites by Yaewon Yang, Hong Jun Kim, Se-il Go, Woo Kyun Bae, Eun-Kee Song, Seonggyu Byeon, Hee Kyung Kim, Yusook Jeong, Jihyun Kwon, Ki Hyeong Lee, Hee Bok Chae, Seung-Myoung Son, Dae Hoon Kim, Hyo Yung Yun, Hye Sook Han

“…Conclusions Measurement of tumor markers, such as CEA, CA 72-4, and CA 19-9, in ascites samples could help diagnose GC-ascites, and combining two or more tumor markers could further increase the diagnostic yield, even in cytology-negative patients.…”
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No-Test Screening Protocols May Disproportionately Exclude Structurally Oppressed Communities Who Could Benefit from Accessing Medication Abortion by M. Antonia Biggs, Lauren Ralph, Katherine Ehrenreich, Shelly Kaller, Kelly Blanchard, Deb Hauser, Nathalie Kapp, Tammi Kromenaker, Ghazaleh Moayedi, Jamila Perritt, Elizabeth Raymond, Kari White, Daniel Grossman

“…In adjusted analyses, ineligibility using no-test criteria was significantly greater among people ages 15–19 (86.8% [105/121] vs. 71.5% for full sample, p < 0.001) and experiencing food or housing insecurity (75.8% [525/690] vs. 67.2%[464/693], p < 0.01); people ages 20–24 were more likely to screen false positive (56.1% [263/469] vs. 51.4% for full sample [713/1,386], p = 0.03). …”
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Research on the micro-pore structure and multiscale fractal characteristics of shale under supercritical CO2 action: A case study of the Chang 73 submember in the Ordos Basin, Chin... by Lili Jiang, Leng Tian, Zhangxing Chen, Zechuan Wang, Wenkui Huang, Xiaolong Chai

“…Specifically, total specific surface area and average pore diameter are more sensitive to temperature, while total pore volume and effective porosity are more influenced by pressure. …”
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Evidence of SARS‐CoV‐2 Exposure in Cats and Dogs From Households in Romania and Long‐Term Specific Seroconversion in Cats by Luanda Elena Oslobanu, Luciana Alexandra Crivei, Gheorghe Savuta, Laro Gómez‐Marcos, Pablo Nogales‐Altozano, José M. Rojas, Noemí Sevilla

“…Studies have shown that cats are more susceptible to natural infection and can transmit the virus to other cats and humans. …”
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Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli illness in Aotearoa | New Zealand, 2016-2022: epidemiological, genomic and traditional typing analyses provide insight into a significant end... by Jacqueline Wright, David Duncan, Hugo Strydom, Shevaun Paine, Sarah Jefferies, Joep de Ligt, Joep de Ligt, Lucia Rivas, Michael Addidle, Michael Addidle, Adrian L. Cookson, Adrian L. Cookson, David Winter, Hilary Miller, Geraldine Casey, Geraldine Casey, Jing Wang

“…Multiple STEC strains were inadvertently identified in 1.2% of culture positive case samples suggesting that carriage of more than one strain could be more prevalent. …”
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PARTICULARITY OF SENSORY EVALUATION OF “BOAR TAINT” IN THE PORK BY CONSUMERS by Mykola POVOD, Irina BANKOVSKA, Mykola SHPETNYI, Olekasndr MYKHALKO

“…The independent examination of the samples of cooked meat and fat from pigs of different gender and different methods of castration. …”
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Prediction of grey mould disease from greenhouse tomato based on radical basis function neural network by Zhang Zhi, Hu Xiaohui, Zou Zhirong

“…And also, the performance of the experiments could be improved if there were more sample data.…”
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Alcohol use, heavy episodic drinking, and associated cardiovascular risk in Guyana by M. Shastri Motilal, Reeta Gobin, Raveed Khan, Rohan G. Maharaj

“…Younger males were significantly more likely to consume alcohol. Using the weighted sample, Amerindian individuals had lower odds of alcohol use (odds ratio [OR] 0.36; 95% CI [0.25, 0.51]) compared to Indo-Guyanese. …”
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Channel preferences and attitudes of domestic buyers in purchase decision processes of high-value electronic devices by Krisztina Taralik, Tamás Kozák, Zsolt Molnár

“…To identify homogenous groups in the sample, we used cluster analysis based on factors we determined among the technology-readiness variables. …”
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Leukocyte morphological changes in COVID-19, a peripheral smear study and analysis at a tertiary health care centre in India by Gokula Kannan, Mamta Soni

“…Subjects and Methods: Microscopic peripheral smear examination of leukocyte morphology on study samples. …”
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Merits photocatalytic activity of rGO/zinc copper ferrite magnetic nanocatalyst for photodegradation of methylene blue (MB) dye by Osama H. Abuzeyad, Ahmed M. El-Khawaga, Hesham Tantawy, Mohamed Gobara, Mohamed A. Elsayed

“…From the results, the photocatalytic activity of MRGO 20 reduced to 54.6% after five cycles of methylene blue (MB) dye degradation. The produced samples' observed efficacy in both UV and visible light may encourage continued research into more effective photocatalysts for the filtration of water.…”
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Epidemiological importance of humans and domestic animals as reservoirs of verocytotoxin-producing Escherichia coli by Lazić Srđan, Čobeljić Miloje, Dimić Bane, Opačić Dolores, Stojanović Valentina

“…Therefore, the aim of this study was to investigate the frequency of isolation of VTEC from the intestinal tract of humans and animals and to determine the serogroups of the isolated strains. Methods. A total of, 3 401 stool samples from humans and 2 660 samples from five different species of domestic animals were tested for the presence of this pathogen. …”
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Is there any role of mast cell density and microvessel density in cervical squamous cell carcinoma? A histologic study with special reference to CD-34 immunomarker staining by Santosh Kumar Mondal, Senjuti Dasgupta, Palash Kumar Mandal, Shankha Chatterjee, Debdutta Chakraborty

“…Results: Both MCD and MVD increased from normal samples through CIS to invasive cervical CA. In the four cases of microinvasive CA, the MCD and MVD were more than that of the control samples, but less than that of the six cases of CIS. …”
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Interfacial investigation of AISI 321 / Al in compound casting: Casting temperature and melt to solid ratio by Ali Bakhtiari, Zahra-Sadat Seyedraoufi, Yazdan Shajari

“…Compared to other methods, this approach is more cost-effective for producing the mentioned materials. …”
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