Leveraging environmental microbial indicators in wastewater for data-driven disease diagnostics by Gayatri Gogoi, Gayatri Gogoi, Sarangthem Dinamani Singh, Sarangthem Dinamani Singh, Devpratim Koch, Devpratim Koch, Emon Kalyan, Rashmi Rani Boro, Aradhana Devi, Hridoy Jyoti Mahanta, Hridoy Jyoti Mahanta, Pankaj Bharali, Pankaj Bharali

“…IntroductionWastewater-based surveillance (WBS) is an emerging tool for monitoring the spread of infectious diseases, such as SARS-CoV-2, in community settings. …”
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Impact of Mahalanobis-Taguchi System on Health Performance Among Academicians by Nur Aisyah Mardhiah Halim, Mohd Yazid Abu, Nor Suhadah Razali, Nurul Haziyani Aris, Emilia Sari, Nur Najmiyah Jaafar, Ahmad Shahrizan Abdul Ghani, Faizir Ramlie, Wan Zuki Azman Wan Muhamad, Nolia Harudin

“…Therefore, MTS is a valuable tool for evaluating health performance among academicians, offering robust classification and optimization capabilities.…”
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Early detection of left atrial dysfunction in young hypertensive patients with a normal left atrial size: a comprehensive analysis using four-dimensional auto left atrial quantific... by Luyi Ping, Yulin Huang, Gufeng Sun, Lin Jin, Xu Huang, Chunquan Zhang, Jiwei Wang

“…LA volume and strain parameters were evaluated with a 4D Auto LAQ. A correlation analysis was conducted between the clinical and strain parameters. …”
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Improving aquifer vulnerability assessment and its explainability in the Zanjan aquifer: Integrating DRASTIC model and optimized long short-term memory-based metaheuristic algorith... by Mojgan Bordbar, Khabat Khosravi, Changhyun Jun, Dongkyun Kim, Sayed M Bateni, Mahmood Safarzadeh, Hamid Kardan Moghaddam, Shohreh Azizi

“…Overall, the coupling of the DRASTIC and deep learning models can be a cost-effective tool in groundwater management.…”
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Natural and Organic Input-Based Integrated Nutrient-Management Practices Enhance the Productivity and Soil Quality Index of Rice–Mustard–Green Gram Cropping System by Sukamal Sarkar, Anannya Dhar, Saikat Dey, Sujan Kr. Chatterjee, Shibasis Mukherjee, Argha Chakraborty, Gautam Chatterjee, Natesan Ravisankar, Mohammed Mainuddin

“…The soil quality index (SQI) serves as a tool to assess the physical, chemical, and biological potential of soils as influenced by various edaphic and agronomic practices. …”
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Psychiatric Outcomes of Subthalamic Nucleus Deep Brain Stimulation: A Systematic Review of Short- and Long-Term Effects by Mattia Vittorio Pomes, Giordano D’Urso, Ilaria Bove, Luigi Maria Cavallo, Lorenzo Della Ragione, Carmela Palmiero, Francesco Perrotta, Felice Esposito, Teresa Somma

“…Studies examining psychiatric effects of STN-DBS in PD or OCD, reporting quantitative/qualitative psychiatric measures, and specifying stimulation parameters were included. Risk of bias was assessed using the Newcastle-Ottawa Scale (NOS) for observational studies and the Cochrane Risk of Bias Tool for randomized controlled trials (RCTs). …”
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Biochemical, Hematological and Clinical Profile of Dengue Patients in a Tertiary Care Centre by Ramsha Waseem, Hania Tariq, Abdul Rafey, Zain Nasir, Momina Hayat, Javed Iqbal

“…Data were collected using a standardized tool capturing clinical features and laboratory parameters (hemoglobin, hematocrit, platelet count, total leukocyte count). …”
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Enhancing Typhoid Fever Diagnosis Based on Clinical Data Using a Lightweight Machine Learning Metamodel by Fariha Ahmed Nishat, M. F. Mridha, Istiak Mahmud, Meshal Alfarhood, Mejdl Safran, Dunren Che

“…This study aims to develop a lightweight machine learning-based diagnostic tool for the early and efficient detection of typhoid fever using clinical data. …”
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Simple and High-Throughput Quantification of Mono- and Bivalent Foot-and-Mouth Disease Virus Vaccine Antigens by Differential Scanning Fluorimetry by Yanli Yang, Xiaojie Chen, Ming Li, Fei Xin, Yi Zhao, Chengfeng Zhang, Yiping Pan, Chuanyu He, Sun He

“…Conclusions: In summary, DSF represents a simple, rapid, and high-throughput tool for the quality control of monovalent and bivalent FMDV vaccines.…”
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Relationship among the quality of cognitive abilities, depression symptoms, and various aspects of handgrip strength in the elderly by Jovanović Stevan S., Trajkov Marija T., Dopsaj Milivoj J., Arsić Slađana D., Milošević Radovan Lj., Stojanović-Jovanović Biljana N., Pavlović Dragan M.

“…Therefore, HG strength can be a useful tool in geriatric practice in monitoring not only physical, but also cognitive function status and de-cline. …”
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A nomogram based on quantitative MR signal intensity predicts early response to combined systemic treatment in patients with hepatocellular carcinoma by Ran Tao, Haohao Lu, Xiangjun Dong, Qian Qian Ren, Hongjie Fan, Zhaoming Tang, Xiangwen Xia

“…The predictive value of the relative signal intensity attenuation index (rSIAI) based on enhanced MR parameters and laboratory parameters on disease control was evaluated using receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curves, with the determination of optimal cut-off values (COVs) accomplished via Youden’s index. …”
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Effects of land use/cover change on propagation dynamics from meteorological to soil moisture drought considering nonstationarity by Meng Dai, Ping Feng, Jianzhu Li, Xiaogang Shi, Hanye Wang

“…Finally, the optimal parameters of the model were established on the basis of land use data from 1980 via the soil and water assessment tool (SWAT) model, and the land use data from 2000 and 2018 were replaced to investigate the comprehensive effects of land use/cover change (LUCC) and climate on drought propagation. …”
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Intravoxel incoherent motion and diffusion kurtosis imaging for subtype differentiation in salivary gland tumors: a diagnostic performance study by Jinru Yu, Huimin Huang, Jiawen Gao, Han Zhang, Shuo Shao, Ning Zheng

“…Conclusion IVIM and DKI synergistically enhance the preoperative differentiation of SGT subtypes by quantifying tumor microstructure and perfusion. Combined parameters outperform individual metrics, offering a non-invasive tool to guide clinical decision-making.…”
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Long-term retinal microvascular alterations after endoscopic endonasal surgery in patients with sellar region tumors by Sebnem Kaya Ergen, Anil Ergen, Busra Gunduz, Ecem Cemre Ceylan, Sevgi Subasi, Melih Caklili, Burak Cabuk, Ihsan Anik, Savas Ceylan

“…OCT-A may serve as a valuable prognostic tool for assessing structural and functional recovery in these patients.…”
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Assessment of quality indicators in construction by L. D. Mailyan, N. O. Sizen

“…By developing the research, it is further possible to develop methods for calculating technology parameters taking into account technological variability, as well as establish new indicators to regulate the required level of quality and safety of buildings being built.…”
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Comprehensive evaluation of U-Net based transcranial magnetic stimulation electric field estimations by Taylor A Berger, Kathleen Mantell, Zachary Haigh, Nipun Perera, Ivan Alekseichuk, Alexander Opitz

“…Computational models are an important tool for informing TMS targeting and dosing. State-of-the-art modeling techniques use numerical methods, such as the finite element method (FEM), to produce highly accurate simulation results. …”
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Propagation of optical spatial solitons in nematic liquid crystals with quadruple power law of nonlinearity appears in fluid mechanics by Yousaf Muhammad Zain, Abbas Muhammad, Lupas Alina Alb, Abdullah Farah Aini, Iqbal Muhammad Kashif, Alharthi Muteb R., Hamed Yasser S.

“…The present research explores nematicons in liquid crystals (LCs) with quadruple power law nonlinearity utilizing the modified extended Fan sub-equation technique as an analytical tool to investigate the optical spatial soliton solutions. …”
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Diabetes Management Delivery and Pregnancy Outcomes in Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus during the First Wave of the 2020 COVID-19 Pandemic: A Single-Reference Center Repor... by Magdalena Wilk, Paulina Surowiec, Bartłomiej Matejko, Albert Wróbel, Joanna Zięba-Parkitny, Katarzyna Cyganek, Hubert Huras, Maciej T. Małecki

“…We evaluated the impacts of the first COVID-19 wave on parameters such as the GDM treatment, glycemic control, and pregnancy outcomes. …”
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Development and Evaluation of Modified Rotor–Stator Knives for Enhanced Fine Grinding of Chicken Meat–Bone Raw Material in Colloid Mill by Zhanibek Yessimbekov, Rasul Turagulov, Aitbek Kakimov, Anuarbek Suychinov, Eleonora Okuskhanova, Assemgul Baikadamova

“…Comparative analysis confirmed that tool geometry and rotor speed have critical effects on grinding quality, energy use, and thermal load. …”
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Optimizing cascade refrigeration systems with low GWP refrigerants for Low-Temperature Applications: A thermodynamic analysis by Md. Miraj Arefin, Dipayan Mondal, Md. Ashraful Islam

“…The ECS model incorporating in REFPROP 10.0a tool was utilized to extract the data through coding for analysis. …”
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