Frequency Of Bacterial Co-Infections Isolated from Covid-19 Positive Patients From Tertiary Care Hospital Of Karachi by Fouzia Zeeshan Khan, Ambreen Fatima, Hareem Gohar, Mehwish Sajjad, Mona Siddiqui, Saima Naseem

“…Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed using the Kirby Bauer disc diffusion method. Results: A total of 202 clinical samples, including blood, sputum, tracheal aspirates, and bronchial lavage, were collected from COVID-19-positive patients. …”
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Development and Comparison of Interrupt-Based and Analog-to-Digital Converter Algorithms for Seed Counting in Precision Planters by A. Ghaffarnezhad, H. Navid, H. Karimi

“…Each research initiative aims to address specific challenges associated with these sensors, with the overarching goal of facilitating effective commercialization, optimizing resource use, and minimizing waste.Materials and MethodsTwo distinct algorithms, utilizing analog-to-digital converter and interrupt-based methodologies, were meticulously developed and thoroughly evaluated to determine the more effective method for monitoring. …”
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Structure and properties of Li ferrite synthesized from Fe₂O₃–Li₂CO₃–Sm₂O₃ powders by E. N. Lysenko, V. A. Vlasov, Yu. S. Elkina, A. P. Surzhikov

“…To study the structure and properties of lithium ferrites obtained by preliminary solid-phase synthesis of samples based on Fe2O3-Li2CO3-Sm2O3 powder mixtures having various concentrations of samarium oxide (0, 4.7, and 14.7 wt %) at 900°C and their subsequent high-temperature sintering at 1150°C.Methods. …”
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Perception of individual and group discrimination among LGB individuals in Puerto Rico: A descriptive study by Caleb Esteban, Juan Aníbal González-Rivera

“…Background: Discrimination is one or more unjustified negative behaviors towards a person based on one or more characteristics of that person. …”
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Immunoassay–mass spectrometry to identify Brucella melitensis by Amirreza Sharif, Ramin Bagheri Nejad, Alireza Ghassempour

“…The concentration of Brucella bacterial cells increases the protein spectrum’s visibility by a factor of 103, making it possible to quickly identify Brucella spp. without first growing them in cultural conditions. This method has been successfully used to achieve a limit of detection (LOD) of 50 CFU/mL in an aqueous medium and genuine sample—milk. …”
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Effects of the Menstrual Cycle Phase on Cortisol Responses to Maximum Exercise in Women With and Without Premenstrual Syndrome by Raul Cosme Ramos Prado, Tamires Nunes Oliveira, Bryan Saunders, Roberta Foster, Zsuzsanna Ilona Katalin de Jármy Di Bella, Marcus W. Kilpatrick, Ricardo Yukio Asano, Anthony C. Hackney, Monica Yuri Takito

“…Future studies should consider alternative maximal incremental test protocols and incorporate a more comprehensive hormonal profile to provide a deeper physiological understanding of this population.…”
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Results of a national survey among occupational physicians to estimate the number of workers with active medical devices and their types in the context of managing electromagnetic... by Rebecca Gasparini, Fabriziomaria Gobba, Andrea Bogi, Giovanni Calcagnini, Federica Censi, Rosaria Falsaperla, Eugenio Mattei, Cecilia Vivarelli, Simona D'Agostino, Alberto Modenese

“…Aim of the study is to provide an estimate of the proportion of workers with AIMD and AWMD, and to list the main types of devices involved.MethodsWe performed an online survey among a sample of Occupational Physicians (OPs) from two Italian Regions.Results132 OPs responded, based their answers on a whole number of more than 200,000 workers visited within HS activities in the previous year. …”
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PARP Inhibition Attenuates Histopathological Lesion in Ischemia/Reperfusion Renal Mouse Model after Cold Prolonged Ischemia by Raimundo M. G. del Moral, Mercedes Gómez-Morales, Pedro Hernández-Cortés, David Aguilar, Trinidad Caballero, Jose Aneiros-Fernández, Mercedes Caba-Molina, Mª  Dolores Rodríguez-Martínez, Andreina Peralta, Pablo Galindo-Moreno, Antonio Osuna, F. Javier Oliver, Raimundo G. del Moral, Francisco O'Valle

“…Parp10/0 knockout mice were more resistant to IR-induced renal lesion. In conclusion, PARP inhibition attenuates ATN and other IR-related renal lesions in mouse kidneys under prolonged cold storage in UW solution. …”
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Stable White Matter Structure in the First Three Years After Psychosis Onset by Peter C. Van Dyken, Kun Yang, Andreia V. Faria, Akira Sawa, Michael MacKinley, Ali R. Khan, Lena Palaniyappan

“…Nearly all studies reported to date have been cross-sectional, so despite their large sample sizes, they cannot determine whether changes accumulate as a degenerative process or patients with preexisting white matter damage are predisposed to more chronic forms of schizophrenia. …”
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Complementary insights into gut viral genomes: a comparative benchmark of short- and long-read metagenomes using diverse assemblers and binners by Huarui Wang, Chuqing Sun, Yun Li, Jingchao Chen, Xing-Ming Zhao, Wei-Hua Chen

“…We also evaluated four binning methods, finding that CONCOCT incorporated more unrelated contigs into the same bins, while MetaBAT2, AVAMB, and vRhyme balanced inclusiveness and taxonomic consistency within bins. …”
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The Effect of Vitamin D Supplementation on Symptoms of Depression in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials by Rudi Putranto, Kuntjoro Harimurti, Siti Setiati, Eka Dian Safitri, Siti Rizny F Saldi, Imam Subekti, Martina Wiwie S Nasrun, Hamzah Shatri

“…Vitamin D is significantly more effective than placebo (95% CI: -0.70 to - 0.08, p = 0.01). …”
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Canopy-Level Rice Yield and Yield Component Estimation Using NIR-Based Vegetation Indices by Hyeok-Jin Bak, Eun-Ji Kim, Ji-Hyeon Lee, Sungyul Chang, Dongwon Kwon, Woo-Jin Im, Do-Hyun Kim, In-Ha Lee, Min-Ji Lee, Woon-Ha Hwang, Nam-Jin Chung, Wan-Gyu Sang

“…Accurately predicting rice yield and its components is crucial for optimizing agricultural practices and ensuring food security. Traditional methods of assessing crop status wwcan be time-consuming and labor-intensive. …”
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Computerized cognitive testing to capture cognitive decline in Alzheimer's disease: Longitudinal findings from the ARMADA study by Roos J. Jutten, Emily H. Ho, Tatiana Karpouzian‐Rogers, Carol van Hulle, Cynthia Carlsson, Hiroko H. Dodge, Cindy J. Nowinski, Richard Gershon, Sandra Weintraub, Dorene M. Rentz

“…Future directions include replication of these findings in larger and more demographically diverse samples. Highlights We examined NIH Toolbox—Cognition Battery scores across the clinical AD spectrum. …”
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Improved digital mapping of soil texture using the kernel temperature–vegetation dryness index and adaptive boosting by Xu Zhai, Yuzhong Liu, Yuanyuan Hong, Yunjie Yang, Pengju Wang, Zhicheng Ye, Xiaoyan Liu, Tianlong She, Lihui Wang, Chen Xu, Lili Zhang, Qiang Wang

“…Existing soil texture mapping methods cannot accurately predict soil texture in complex geographical environments. …”
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Application of machine learning algorithm incorporating dietary intake in prediction of gestational diabetes mellitus by Tianze Ding, Peijie Liu, Jie Jia, Hui Wu, Jie Zhu, Kefeng Yang

“…In addition, dietary data may have a positive effect on improving model performance, which deserves more in-depth investigation with larger sample size.…”
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The Treatment Effect of Plantago Major on Lung Cancer Based on the Computed Tomography and Pathological Findings: A Case Report Study by Saade Abdalkareem Jasim, Bashar Mudhaffar Abdullah, Patricio Yánez-Moretta, Wesam R. Kadhum, Yasser Fakri Mustafa, Enas R. Alwaily, Munther Abosoda, Ali Alsalamy, Sada Ghalib Al-Musawi, Alaa A. Omran

“…Conclusion: Based on our human study, PM, as a natural compound with antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, and antibiotic characteristics, could have an anti-proliferative effect on non-small cell lung cancer. However, more follow-up examinations on big sample sizes are needed to assess the treatment effect of PM. …”
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Comparison of analytical sensitivity of automated microbiological blood culture systems by Lyamin A.V., Ismatullin D.D., Kozlov A.V., Alekseev D.V., Kayumov K.A., Bochkareva P.V., Antipov V.A.

“…At this value and values below, the analyzers did not detect the growth of microorganisms significantly more often. Also, a comparable median inoculation dose of 5 CFU per vial was established for both devices. …”
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AEROfen: protocol for a phase I, open-label, randomised crossover study evaluating the efficiency of nebulised fentanyl in healthy volunteers – comparing facial versus intranasal a... by Muriel Quillard, André Gillibert, Florian Vallin, Nathalie Donnadieu, Sophie Ruault, Cassandre Follet, Audrey Dumont, Melanie Roussel, Cyprienne Boedard, Davis Nunes Ferreira, Tony Pereira, Luc-Marie Joly, Virginie Lvovschi, Thomas Duflot

“…At each visit, blood samples (n=11) will be collected for fentanyl quantification by liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry, and pupillary unrest in ambient light (PUAL) measurements (n=9) will be recorded. …”
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Exposure to hate in online and traditional media: A systematic review and meta‐analysis of the impact of this exposure on individuals and communities by Pablo Madriaza, Ghayda Hassan, Sébastien Brouillette‐Alarie, Aoudou Njingouo Mounchingam, Loïc Durocher‐Corfa, Eugene Borokhovski, David Pickup, Sabrina Paillé

“…Most of the existing research has focused on analyzing the content and the extent of the problem. More research in this area is needed to develop better intervention programs that are adapted to the current reality of hate. …”
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Comparison and chemometrics analysis of phenolic compounds and mineral elements in Artemisia Argyi Folium from different geographical origins by Lifei Hu, Fengxiao Zhu, Yifan Wang, Tao Wu, Xin Wu, Zhian Huang, Daihua Sun, Mingxing Liu

“…Phenols were more effective at distinguishing samples from seven provinces, while minerals were adept at differentiating samples from the Dabie Mountain region (three provinces) and those from four other provinces. …”
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