Determining of trend variation in quality parameters of Shabestar plain underground water by Mehdi Panahi, Farhad Misaqi, Farid Ghanbari

“…Introduction: Groundwater has long been the most ´trusted water source of human beings that is used in the agricultural and drinking sectors. …”
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A non-hypothesis-driven practical laboratory activity on functional metagenomics: “fishing” protein-coding DNA sequences from microbiomes by Melissa Morra, Denise Marradi, Luca Gandini, Vittorio Ivagnes, Giulia Ottolini, Alessandro Bovio, Grace Jabali, Lorenzo Maraschi, Ifeoluwa Ayomide Dada, Tonderai Vitalis Chawanda, Martina Gorla, Olga Tarasiuk, Chiara Mocchetti, Maria Felicia Soluri, Maria Felicia Soluri, Francesca Boccafoschi, Daniele Sblattero, Diego Cotella

“…Here, we describe a simple protocol for the construction of a metagenomic DNA library, optimized and tested by a team of undergraduate biotechnology students. …”
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Advances in Traditional Chinese Medicine research in diabetic kidney disease treatment by Shiyi Shen, Huiyun Zhong, Xiaoshi Zhou, Guolin Li, Changji Zhang, Yulian Zhu, Yong Yang

“…Over recent decades, extensive research has explored the mechanisms of TCM for preventing and managing DKD, with substantial studies that endorse the therapeutic benefits of TCM compounds and single agents in the medical intervention of DKD.Objective This review lays the foundation for future evidence-based research efforts and provide a reference point for DKD investigation.Methods The relevant literature published in Chinese and English up to 30 June 2023, was sourced from PubMed, Cochrane Library, VIP Database for Chinese Technical Periodicals (VIP), Wanfang Data, CNKI, and China Biology Medicine disc (CBM). …”
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Role of ketogenic and low-carbohydrate diets in the pathogenesis and treatment of obesity and diabetes mellitus type 1 and 2 - A Literature Review by Dominika Bąk, Julia Buszek, Piotr Czerniak, Adrianna Antoszewska, Weronika Bargiel, Halszka Wajdowicz, Mateusz Warzocha, Aldona Sokołowska

“…Aim of the Study: The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of low-carbohydrate and ketogenic diets on the pathogenesis and treatment of obesity, type 1  and 2 diabetes mellitus. Materials and Methods: An analysis of papers available in PubMed was performed. …”
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Economic evaluation of [18F]fluorocholine PET/CT in pre operative assessment of hyperfunctional parathyroids in primary hyperparathyroidism: a cost effectiveness analysis by Adel Mamou, Sihame Chkair, Olivier Gilly, Laurent Maimoun, Yassine Mamou, Sean C. Sheppard, Pierre Olivier Kotzki, Benjamin Lallemant, Vincent Boudousq

“…Costs were calculated from the perspective of the French healthcare system, and utilities were sourced from the literature and validated by experts. …”
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The association between vitamin D intake and the prevalence and mortality of asthma in the US adults by Yu Lei, Yu Luo, Yi Wang, Caiyang Liu, Lei Luo, Ji Li

“…The data for this analysis were sourced from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey database. …”
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Wild ActionFormer: Enhancing wildlife action recognition for 11 endangered species in Wolong by Dan Liu, Qianqian Sun, Jin Hou, Bochuan Zheng, Jindong Zhang, Desheng Li, Tomas Norton, Jifeng Ning

“…We utilize UniformerV2 as the base backbone network, integrating self-supervised learning methods to enhance feature extraction capabilities. …”
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Design and simulation of a 5 KW solar-powered hybrid electric vehicle charging station with a ANN–Kalman filter MPPT and MPC-based inverter control for reduced THD by Youness Hakam, Hajar Ahessab, Ahmed Gaga, Mohamed Tabaa, Benachir El Hadadi

“…This ensures a reliable and sustainable power source for EV charging, reducing grid dependency during peak demand. …”
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The impact of the timing of pasta intake on sleep quality and health outcomes: a protocol for a randomized controlled trial by S. Lotti, M. Dinu, A. Napoletano, G. Pagliai, M. Tristan Asensi, I. Giangrandi, F. Cesari, M. Becatti, A. Amedei, C. Fiorillo, R. Marcucci, B. Colombini, F. Sofi

“…Abstract Background Pasta is a fundamental component of the Mediterranean diet and a key source of carbohydrates. Despite its nutritional benefits, misconceptions persist regarding its potential to promote weight gain, particularly when consumed at dinner. …”
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Manufacturing Process Development for <i>Bison bison</i> Organ-Specific Lyophilized Extracts: Formulation and Benchmarking of Antioxidant Activities for Nutraceutical Preparations by Alexandre Porcello, Kim Girardet, Basste Hadjab, Kelly Lourenço, Corinne Scaletta, Philippe Abdel-Sayed, Nathalie Hirt-Burri, Lee Ann Applegate, Alexis E. Laurent

“…Lyophilized organ extracts from livestock such as beef or elk are widely commercially proposed as animal-sourced nutraceuticals. Such preparations contain blends of vitamins and nutrients that may be employed for general or specific dietary supplementation. …”
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Antimicrobial photodynamic therapy for managing the peri-implant mucositis and peri-implantitis: A systematic review of randomized clinical trials by Rashin Bahrami, Nariman Nikparto, Fateme Gharibpour, Maryam Pourhajibagher, Abbas Bahador

“…The reviewed articles used a light source (60 s, 1 session) with a wavelength of 635 to 810 nm for optimal tissue penetration. …”
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Effect of sodium doping in NiO/Vermiculite composite on photocatalytic hydrogen production from methanol-water decomposition by Bartosz Zawadzki, Marta Valaskova, Alexandr Martaus, Jiri Pavlovsky, Kamila Koci

“…Photocatalytic tests demonstrated that sodium doping enhances the stability and activity of the photocatalysts by reducing electron-hole recombination rates, with NaOH proving to be a more effective sodium source than NaNO3. Among the samples, those synthesized via capillary impregnation (NiO(OH)/Vm-C) and dry synthesis (NiO(OH)/Vm-M) showed the highest hydrogen yields (550 and 540 μmol/g cat., respectively) due to optimal crystallite size (∼22–23 nm) and defect-induced charge transfer efficiency. …”
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Factors associated with the export of traditional Chinese medicinal products: A stochastic frontier analysis. by Ying Chen, Shuduo Zhou, Zhongfei Pei, Weili Zhao, Jian Yang, Yunxuan Hu, Xiangning Feng, Ming Xu

“…The export value data was sourced from the China Chamber of Commerce for Import and Export of Medicines and Health Products. …”
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Fine-grained building function recognition with street-view images and GIS map data via geometry-aware semi-supervised learning by Weijia Li, Jinhua Yu, Dairong Chen, Yi Lin, Runmin Dong, Xiang Zhang, Conghui He, Haohuan Fu

“…In this work, we propose a geometry-aware semi-supervised method for fine-grained building function recognition, which effectively uses multi-source geoinformation data to achieve accurate function recognition in both single-city and cross-city scenarios. …”
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From digitized whole‐slide histology images to biomarker discovery: A protocol for handcrafted feature analysis in brain cancer pathology by Xuanjun Lu, Yawen Ying, Jing Chen, Zhiyang Chen, Yuxin Wu, Prateek Prasanna, Xin Chen, Mingli Jing, Zaiyi Liu, Cheng Lu

“…Among the 72 models combining nine feature selection methods and eight machine learning classifiers, the optimal model combination achieved discriminative performance with an average area under the curve (AUC) of 0.615 over 100 iterations under five‐fold cross‐validation. …”
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Soluble TIM-3, likely produced by myeloid cells, predicts resistance to immune checkpoint inhibitors in metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma by Ivan Pourmir, Nadine Benhamouda, Thi Tran, Hugo Roux, Joséphine Pineau, Alain Gey, Andyara Munoz, Nesrine Mabrouk, Nicolas Epaillard, Virginie Verkarre, Yann-Alexandre Vano, Eric Tartour, Stéphane Oudard

“…We assess soluble TIM-3 (sTIM-3) in the plasma of mccRCC patients as a potential theranostic biomarker, as well as its source and biological significance. Methods We analyzed the association between sTIM-3 and overall survival (OS), tumor response, and common clinical and biological factors in two mccRCC cohorts treated with anti-PD-1 (nivolumab, n = 27), anti-PD-1 or anti-PD-1 + anti-CTLA-4 (nivolumab + ipilimumab – N + I, n = 124). …”
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The line Rico is the earliest maturing accession in the VIR collection of spring bread wheat by B. V. Rigin, E. V. Zuev, A. S. Andreeva, Z. S. Pyzhenkova, I. I. Matvienko

“…Background. To optimize the process of bread wheat breeding for earliness and environmental adaptability, searching for new source material is a crucial task. …”
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of penpulimab plus carboplatin-paclitaxel as first-line treatment for metastatic squamous non-small-cell lung cancer in China by Luwei Wang, Jiasheng Chen, Lihui Lin, Xiaowei Huang

“…Clinical efficacy data were sourced from the AK105-302 trial, while drug costs were derived from national tender prices. …”
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Are tailored primary care services for social inclusion good value for money? A health economics evaluation with Monte-Carlo probabilistic sensitivity analysis comparing tailored s... by Síle Kelly, Anne Dee, Patrick O’Donnell

“…The analysis compares cost outcomes between SEP who have access to a tailored SIPC service with those who do not. Methods A cost analysis of the part-time SIPC service, based on available Irish-sourced data on the usage and costs of acute care in the Health Service Executive (HSE), and a literature review were used to identify the cost and outcome parameters of the economic framework. …”
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NeuroFuzzXAI: A Hybrid Artificial Intelligence Framework for Epileptic Seizure Detection by Flavia COSTI, Emanuel COVACI, Ovidiu ROMAN, Darian ONCHIS

“…Future work will focus on real-time deployment in healthcare settings to support epilepsy diagnosis and monitoring. [i] Dataset source: https://www.kaggle.com/datasets/harunshimanto/epileptic-seizure-recognition …”
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