A national survey of suicidality and non-suicidal self-injury in bipolar disorder: insights from network analysis by Lvchun Cui, Yuncheng Zhu, Yang Li, Jia Zhou, Guiyun Xu, Miao Pan, Zhiyu Chen, Wenfei Li, Zhian Jiao, Mingli Li, Yong Zhang, Jingxu Chen, Xiuzhe Chen, Na Li, Jing Sun, Jian Zhang, Shaohua Hu, Haishan Wu, Zhaoyu Gan, Yan Qin, Yumei Wang, Yantao Ma, Xiaoping Wang, Xiaohong Li, Chuangxin Wu, Yiyun Cai, Jiaye Chen, Baichuan Wu, Zuowei Wang, Daihui Peng, Yiru Fang

“…Results Of the 1,055 participants recruited, over 50% with depressive or mixed episodes had SI, more than 20% engaged in SA, and over 40% reported NSSI. …”
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Advancing early detection of organ damage and cardiovascular risk prevention: the Suzhou cardiometabolic health study protocol - exploring the role of oral microbiome and metabolic... by Mengmeng Zhu, Mengmeng Zhu, Yiwen Li, Wenting Wang, Longkun Liu, Wenwu Liu, Jiayu Yu, Qian Xu, Jing Cui, Yanfei Liu, Keji Chen, Yue Liu, Yue Liu

“…Existing primary and secondary prevention strategies for cardiovascular disease have limitations in identifying some high-risk groups, and 1.5-level prevention aims to achieve more precise intervention by early identification of subclinical target organ damage. …”
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Sediment Particle Size Distribution behind the Check Dams of the Lashkaran Watershed, Salmas, West Azerbaijan by Afsaneh Jafari, Habib Nazarnejad, Saeed Najafi, farrokh asadzadeh

“…The particle size distribution of sediment samples was determined by the hydrometric method. …”
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Pramipexole in addition to mood stabilisers for treatment-resistant bipolar depression: the PAX-BD randomised double-blind placebo-controlled trial by Hamish McAllister-Williams, Nicola Goudie, Lumbini Azim, Victoria Bartle, Michael Berger, Chrissie Butcher, Thomas Chadwick, Emily Clare, Paul Courtney, Lyndsey Dixon, Nichola Duffelen, Tony Fouweather, William Gann, John Geddes, Sumeet Gupta, Beth Hall, Timea Helter, Paul Hindmarch, Eva-Maria Holstein, Ward Lawrence, Phil Mawson, Iain McKinnon, Adam Milne, Aisling Molloy, Abigail Moore, Richard Morriss, Anisha Nakulan, Judit Simon, Daniel Smith, Bryony Stokes-Crossley, Paul Stokes, Andrew Swain, Zoë Walmsley, Christopher Weetman, Allan H Young, Stuart Watson

“…The trial was conducted during the COVID-19 pandemic and was terminated early due to funding reasons. Therefore, the sample size was much more limited, and the follow-up of some participants was shorter than planned. …”
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THERMAL MONITORING IN MICROCHANNELS by M. V. Freytes, A. Donofrio, A. E. Juarez

“…It was found that the recorded fluorescence intensity profiles are consistent with the expected temperature gradients. The method proved to be efficient for implementation in more complex platforms.…”
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In Vitro Antimicrobial Activity of Volatile Compounds from the Lichen <i>Pseudevernia furfuracea</i> (L.) Zopf. Against Multidrug-Resistant Bacteria and Fish Pathogens by Yasser Essadki, Adel Hilmi, Antonio Cascajosa-Lira, Mariana Girão, El Mehdi Darrag, Rosário Martins, Abderrahmane Romane, Soukaina El Amrani Zerrifi, Richard Mugani, Zakaria Tazart, El Mahdi Redouane, Angeles Jos, Ana M. Cameán, Vitor Vasconcelos, Alexandre Campos, Fatima El Khalloufi, Brahim Oudra, Mustapha Barakate, Maria de Fátima Carvalho

“…The antimicrobial activity of these compounds was assessed using disc diffusion and broth microdilution methods. Both samples demonstrated significant antimicrobial effects against multidrug-resistant human bacteria, reference microorganisms, fish pathogens, and <i>Candida albicans</i>, with minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) ranging from 1000 µg/mL to 31.25 µg/mL. …”
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Partial depletion of circulating neutrophil granulocytes in mice exacerbates the inflammatory response and hypothermia during LPS induced severe systemic inflammation by Jessica Hernandez, Fabian Johannes Pflieger, Julia Schäffer, Leona Bähr, Jenny Schneiders, Thomas Reichel, Marita Meurer, Marita Meurer, Benjamin Lamp, Natali Bettina Bauer, Karsten Krüger, Lois Harden, Maren von Köckritz-Blickwede, Maren von Köckritz-Blickwede, Christoph Rummel, Christoph Rummel, Christoph Rummel

“…LPS-induced hypothermia was more severe in PMN-pretreated mice while other physiological parameters were only altered by LPS alone. …”
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Proteomic profile of plasma-derived extracellular vesicles from Colombian pregnant women with Plasmodium-soil transmitted helminths coinfection by Jahnnyer A. Martínez-Moreno, Alberto Ayllon-Hermida, Alberto Ayllon-Hermida, Alberto Ayllon-Hermida, Berta Barnadas-Carceller, Berta Barnadas-Carceller, Carmen Fernández-Becerra, Carmen Fernández-Becerra, Carmen Fernández-Becerra, Hernando A. del Portillo, Hernando A. del Portillo, Hernando A. del Portillo, Jaime Carmona-Fonseca, Eliana M. Arango-Flórez, Eliana M. Arango-Flórez

“…The size range of EVs was more variable in the three infected groups (100-700 nm) compared to the size range of the uninfected groups (50-300 nm). …”
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PD-L1 and IFN-γ modulate Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) cell plasticity associated to immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI)-mediated hyperprogressive disease (HPD) by Stefania Angelicola, Francesca Giunchi, Francesca Ruzzi, Mariateresa Frascino, Mary Pitzalis, Laura Scalambra, Maria Sofia Semprini, Olga Maria Pittino, Chiara Cappello, Irene Siracusa, Ilaria Candida Chillico, Martina Di Noia, Cristian Turato, Silvia De Siervi, Francesco Lescai, Teresa Ciavattini, Giulia Lopatriello, Luca Bertoli, Hugo De Jonge, Luisa Iamele, Annalisa Altimari, Elisa Gruppioni, Andrea Ardizzoni, Marzia Rossato, Francesco Gelsomino, Pier-Luigi Lollini, Arianna Palladini

“…Results NSCLC-H exhibited increased expression of specific CD44 isoforms and a more aggressive phenotype, including organoid formation ability, compared to NSCLC-B. …”
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Effect of prednisolone on live birth rate in women with unexplained recurrent pregnancy loss: a study protocol for a double-blind, placebo-controlled, multicentre, randomised contr... by Saskia le Cessie, Nan van Geloven, Marie-Louise van der Hoorn, Michael Eikmans, Annemarie Mulders, Eileen Lashley, Jantien Visser, Moniek van der Zanden, Mariette Goddijn, Tess Meuleman, Salwan Al-Nasiry, Harold Verhoeve, Gijs Teklenburg, Jan-Peter de Bruin, Yentl Béquet, Renate Van der Molen, Elske van den Akker-van Marle, Marloes Vermeulen, Merel van den Berg, Astrid Cantineau, Dana Huppelschoten

“…Introduction Recurrent pregnancy loss (RPL) is defined as the occurrence of two or more spontaneous pregnancy losses from the time of conception until 24 weeks of gestation. …”
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A Simple and Precise Procedure for a Complete Characterization of a Cone-Beam Computed Tomography System by Kun-Long Shih, Shih-Chun Jin, Chia-Wei Wang, Jyh-Cheng Chen

“…We present here a validated method for calibrating a CBCT system and rectifying the effect of its tilting sample platform with good accuracy.…”
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HEALTH MONITORING OF STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS USING CT-XRAY by F. Nateghi Alahi, S.S. Kamali

“…Considering the capabilities of this method, in this research, a baggage inspection device at the MehrAbad airport was used to examine a number of concrete and wooden samples to identify defects such as cracks, holes, or knots in wooden samples. …”
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Determination of Acetyl Salicylic Acid in Aspirin tablets by Lana Mohammed Ali, Mariwan Abdulla Hama Salih, Omed Ismael Hayder

“…The result from Spectrophotometric method showed more accurate than both direct and indirect titration when compared to the reference value from standard HPLC technique due to the high rate of accuracy and precision of this method. …”
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Campylobacter colonization and undernutrition in infants in rural eastern Ethiopia — a longitudinal community-based birth cohort study by Dehao Chen, Dehao Chen, Sarah Lindley McKune, Sarah Lindley McKune, Yang Yang, Ibsa Aliyi Usmane, Ibsa Abdusemed Ahmed, Jafer Kedir Amin, Abdulmuen Mohammed Ibrahim, Abadir Jemal Seran, Nurmohammad Shaik, Amanda Ojeda, Bahar Mummed Hassen, Loic Deblais, Belisa Usmael Ahmedo, Kedir Abdi Hassen, Mussie Bhrane, Xiaolong Li, Nitya Singh, Kedir Teji Roba, Nigel P. French, Gireesh Rajashekara, Mark J. Manary, Jemal Yusuf Hassen, Arie Hendrik Havelaar, on behalf of the CAGED Research Team

“…We measured anthropometry, surveyed sociodemographic determinants, and collected stool and urine samples. A short survey was conducted during monthly visits, infant stool samples were collected, and Campylobacter spp. was quantified using genus-specific qPCR. …”
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Real-world pathogen diagnosis in critically ill infected children: A retrospective study using metagenomic next-generation sequencing with different enrichment strategies by Huili Shen, Xiaolei Zhang, Junfeng Xu, Weike Ma, Weiming Chen, Yixue Wang, Caiyan Zhang, Panpan Fan, Xuemei Zhu, Liming He, Huiyuan Yan, Meili Shen, Guoping Lu, Gangfeng Yan

“…Abstracts: Background: Study on the clinical pathogen diagnosis in large cohort of critically ill children using metagenomic next-generation sequencing (mNGS) with different enrichment strategies has been limited. Methods: 763 samples were enrolled and we summarized the clinical pathogen diagnosis and compared the performance between mNGS and clinical microbial tests (CMTs) in different sample types, as well as between shotgun-based (S-mNGS) and hybrid capture-based mNGS (C-mNGS). …”
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Assessment of <i>ERBB2</i> and HER2 expression in metastatic breast cancer using the nCounter® system and a 100-gene scale by R.  M.  Paltuev, O.  A.  Volynshchikova, Sh.  R.  Abdullaeva, S.  N.  Aleksakhina, A.  S.  Artemyeva, E.  A.  Baychorov, S.  Yu.  Bakharev, Yu.  A.  Belaya, A.  A.  Bozhok, V.  A.  Vasin, V.  I.  Vladimirov, A.  Yu.  Vorontsov, E.  A.  Gaysina, A.  A.  Gofman, V.  N.  Dmitriev, E.  N.  Imyanitov, V.  V.  Klimenko, A.  V.  Komyakhov, M.  M.  Konstantinova, M. V.  Kopp, A.  G.  Kudaybergenova, I.  A.  Lalak, D.  L.  Matevosyan, N.  M.  Mudzhiri, O.  V.  Poltareva, O.  I.  Sevryukova, V.  F.  Semiglazov, T.  Yu.  Semiglazova, M.  M.  Urezkova, A.  S.  Chichkanova, L.  A.  Churilova, M.  V.  Shomova

“…To increase the efficacy of systemic therapy for breast cancer, reduce inappropriate prescribing, and ensure a tailored approach to systemic breast cancer therapy using the information on individual molecular characteristics of the tumor.Materials and methods. We explored the expression of 100 genes involved in breast cancer development in 106 tumor samples from patients with metastatic breast cancer. …”
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Study on the Satisfaction Level of Lecturers and Educational Staff Towards the Quality of Remuneration Services Using the Service Quality Model at Muhammadiyah University Sorong by Rais Dera Pua Rawi, Ramli Lewenussa, Hendra Setiawan

“…The increase in satisfaction is more driven by the quick responsiveness of the remuneration service, followed by tangible evidence, reliability, and assurance. …”
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The Impact of the Selection Process on Organizational Performance: A Case Study of Swedish Development Aid Organization (SWEDO) in the Kurdistan Region by Mehabad Sade Ali, Ali Awni Bestani

“…For this, quantitative method is used in which a sample of 200 employees working at SWEDO Organization. …”
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An improved BKW algorithm on the learning with rounding problem by Yu Wei, Lei Bi, Kunpeng Wang, Xianhui Lu

“…Additionally, by incorporating a novel heuristic method in the reduction phase, our algorithm further improves the sample complexity by 3.7–48.7 bits.…”
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Annotation-free Generation of Training Data Using Mixed Domains for Segmentation of 3D LiDAR Point Clouds by Cop Konrad, Sułek Bartosz, Trzciński Tomasz

“…In this paper, we introduce a set of strategies to efficiently generate large datasets by combining real and synthetic data samples. More specifically, the method populates recorded empty scenes with navigation-relevant obstacles generated synthetically, thus combining two domains: real life and synthetic. …”
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