Index pregnancy emotional fertility intention and its correlates in Ethiopia: evidence from a national women and newborns baseline survey by Solomon Abrha Damtew, Tariku Dejene Demissie, Assefa Seme, Niguse Tadele Atnafu, Fitsum Tariku Fantaye, Mahari Yihdego Gidey, Kelemua Mengesha Sene, Bezawork Ayele Kassa, Hailay Gebremichael Gebrekidan, Tariku Tesfaye Bekuma, Aynaw Amogne, Solomon Shiferaw

“…Frequencies were computed to characterize pregnant women, and chi-square statistics was used to assess cell sample size adequacy. Multinomial logistics regression statistical modeling was fitted to identify correlates affecting index pregnancy women´s emotional fertility intention. …”
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School-level variation in children’s moderate to vigorous intensity physical activity before and after COVID-19: a multilevel model analysis by Ruth Salway, Danielle House, Robert Walker, Lydia Emm-Collison, Katie Breheny, Kate Sansum, Joanna G Williams, William Hollingworth, Frank de Vocht, Russell Jago

“…After the pandemic, offering lots of after-school sports clubs was more important. Schools that struggled with physical education lessons because of a lack of space had fewer active pupils. …”
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Clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential and type 2 diabetes mellitus among patients with STEMI: from a prospective cohort study combing bidirectional Mendelian randomizatio... by Xiaoxiao Zhao, Jiannan Li, Shaodi Yan, Yu Tan, Runzhen Chen, Nan Li, Jinying Zhou, Chen Liu, Peng Zhou, Yi Chen, Hongbing Yan, Hanjun Zhao, Li Song

“…Conclusion CHIP mutations, particularly TET2, are more prevalent in patients with T2DM compared to individuals without diabetes. …”
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Effects of different low temperatures on postharvest physiology and storage quality in Youhou sweet persimmon by JIAO Xuan, ZHANG Huihui, REN Huihui, FENG Zhihong, GAO Zhenfeng, SHI Junfeng, WANG Rufu, ZHANG Lixin

“…The objective of this study was to investigate the storage characteristics of Youhou sweet persimmon and confirm the appropriate cold storage temperature. [Methods] Fruits of Youhou sweet persimmon (Diospyros kaki L. cv. …”
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Correlation between the polymorphism of growth hormone gene with the growth performance in Shaoxing ducks by Li Li, Xu Qi, Chen Yang, Huang Xuetao, Li Liumeng, Tao Zhonglian, Chen Guohong

“…The genomic DNA was extracted by phenol chloroform method from blood. All data were sampled randomly according to the group. …”
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Presenting Iran's new economic diplomacy model with an export approach for neighboring countries with an emphasis on cultural and media diplomacy capacities by sekhavat kheirkhah, sayed Ali Tabatabai Panah, Alireza Soltani, Hamid Reza Shirzad

“…The current research is "applicable" in terms of purpose, and "descriptive-correlative" and "causal-communicative" in terms of method, and the structural equation modeling method was used in the analysis of the results. …”
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Facile, single-pot preparation of nanoporous SiO2 particles (carrier) with AgNPs at core and crust for controlled disinfectant release by M. Salman Haider, Godlisten Shao, Ayyaz Ahmad, S. Muhammad Imran, Nadir Abbas, Ghulam Abbas, Manwar Hussain, Hee Taik Kim

“…Antibacterial activities of the samples were tested to evaluate the disinfection performance of the samples on gram-negative bacteria (Escherichia coli) using disk diffusion and the LB-agar method. …”
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Intelligent single-cell manipulation: LLMs- and object detection-enhanced active-matrix digital microfluidics by Zhiqiang Jia, Chen Jiang, Jiahao Li, Yacine Belgaid, Mingfeng Ge, Li Li, Siyi Hu, Xing Huang, Tsung-Yi Ho, Wenfei Dong, Zhiwen Yu, Hanbin Ma

“…However, most existing single-cell sample manipulation (SCSM) systems suffer from various drawbacks such as high cost, low throughput, and heavy reliance on human interventions. …”
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Contamination and washing of cloth masks and risk of infection among hospital health workers in Vietnam: a post hoc analysis of a randomised controlled trial by Abrar Ahmad Chughtai, Chandini Raina MacIntyre, Bayzidur Rahman, Holly Seale, Tham Chi Dung

“…The risk of infection was more than double among HCW self-washing their masks compared with the hospital laundry (HR 2.04 (95% CI 1.03 to 4.00); p=0.04). …”
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Physical activity during pregnancy: key beliefs to support intervention by Laurence Simard, Stéphanie Girard, Jean Lemoyne, Véronique Babineau, Stephanie-May Ruchat

“…The interaction was interpreted with the pick-a-point method and the Johnson-Neyman graphical method.Results The sample consists of 193 women (Mage = 31.2±3.6). …”
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Representation of introduced vegetation in pollen spectra of the Petrozavodsk State University Botanic Garden by Gornov Daniil, Gavrilova Olga, Semenov Andrey

“…In two years, totally, 36 samples were studied. Materials from the pollen traps were treated according Erdtman acetolysis method and subsurface materials were treated according to Grichuk separation method. …”
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Ultrasound-enhanced fine-needle biopsy improves tissue yield in head and neck tumors ex vivo by Minna Rehell, Yohann Le Bourlout, Jetta Kelppe, Jaana Rautava, Emanuele Perra, Jouni Rantanen, Gösta Ehnholm, Nick Hayward, Kristofer Nyman, Kenneth P. H. Pritzker, Jussi Tarkkanen, Timo Atula, Heikki J. Nieminen, Katri L S Aro

“…In contrast, CNB provides a histological sample but is typically more labor-intensive to obtain. …”
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Development of a Widely Accessible, Advanced Large-Scale Microfluidic Airway-on-Chip by Brady Rae, Gwenda F. Vasse, Jalal Mosayebi, Maarten van den Berge, Simon D. Pouwels, Irene H. Heijink

“…With our construction method, this larger culture area allows for easier handling, the potential for a wide range of exposures, as well as the collection of low-quantity samples (e.g., volatiles or mitochondrial RNA). …”
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Comparison of Two Types of Composite-Opaquer Combinations Masking Ability for Tooth Discoloration without Clinically Visible Opacity by Hossein Chalakinia, Farideh Darabi, Yasaman Sadeghi, Reza Tayefe Davalloo, Seyedeh Maryam Tavangar, Aidin Sooratgar

“…The number of samples with desirable ΔE was significantly higher in the Vitalescence composite group than in the Gradia composite, and the Creative Color A2 opaquer had significantly more desirable ΔE than the Pink opaquer.Conclusion: Most results that achieved acceptable masking ability were obtained with combinations of Creative Color opaquer A2+ Vitalescence / Gradia composite in 0.5 or 1mm thicknesses.…”
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‘‘Practices and factors affecting on-site medical equipment maintenance at Wau Teaching Hospital, South Sudan’’ by Natale Massimino Ucin, Manassé Nimpagaritse, Shital Mahindra Maru, Mulatedzi Makhado, Shiferaw Mitiku Tebeka

“…Abstract Background of the study Along with developments in the clinical domain, medical equipment is becoming more sophisticated, and it needs to function at peak efficiency. …”
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Damage prediction of recycled aggregate concrete under a sulfate attack using the seasonal ARIMA model by Ting Du, Pengyu Qu, Qian Chen, Yue Cheng, Jinghao Chen, Yidong Gan, Benyi Xie

“…Considering the fly ash content and water-binder ratio, the trend moving average method was introduced to expand the data sample based on the experimental data, and a sulfate durability damage model of RAC based on the seasonal autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA)was proposed. …”
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Enhanced Acetone-Sensing Performance of a Bilayer Structure Gas Sensor Composed of a ZnO Nanorod Top Layer and a ZnFe₂O₄ Nanoparticle Decorated ZnO Nanorod Bo... by Hao Wu, Huichao Zhu, Jianwei Zhang, Jun Yu, Zhenan Tang, Guanyu Yao, Wenqing Zhao, Guohui Wu, Xia Jin

“…ZnO nanorods were synthesized via a water-bath method, after which the ZnFe₂O₄ nanoparticle-decorated ZnO nanorods were prepared using a simple immersion and calcination method. …”
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A Novel Approach of Semi‐Quantifying Gypsum in Sedimentary Rocks by Visible and Near‐Infrared Diffuse Reflectance Spectroscopy by Jingyu Zhang, Wei Cao, Yang Lu, Fernando Gázquez, Wout Krijgsman, Xiandi Zeng, Yi Zhong, Wei Liu, Qingsong Liu

“…Measuring variations in gypsum content, rapidly and with high accuracy, will contribute to more extensive paleoclimate reconstructions. However, a fast, convenient, and non‐destructive method for quantifying gypsum in sedimentary rocks is still lacking. …”
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Accurate Parcel Extraction Combined with Multi-Resolution Remote Sensing Images Based on SAM by Yong Dong, Hongyan Wang, Yuan Zhang, Xin Du, Qiangzi Li, Yueting Wang, Yunqi Shen, Sichen Zhang, Jing Xiao, Jingyuan Xu, Sifeng Yan, Shuguang Gong, Haoxuan Hu

“…Traditional edge detection fails in complex scenes with difficult post-processing, and deep learning models are time-consuming in terms of sample preparation and less transferable. Based on this, we designed a method combining multi-resolution remote sensing images based on the Segment Anything Model (SAM). …”
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Determination of hydroxy derivatives of PAHs in sewage sludge by GC-MS/MS by Laura Frydel, Zuzanna Prus, Karolina Cwynar, Justyna Pamuła, Justyna Pyssa, Rosa Rego, Katarzyna Styszko

“…The sediments were prepared by extraction using the QuEChERS method and analysed by GC-MS/MS technique. The results confirmed the highest levels of 1-naphthol and 2-naphthol in sludge samples collected in summer (78.1 ± 8.2 μg·kg‐1 and 126.9 ± 10.9 μg·kg‐1, respectively) compared to samples collected in winter (68.5 ± 9.3 μg·kg‐1 and 54.7 ± 9.7 μg·kg‐1, respectively). …”
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