In Vitro Acaricidal Activity of Selected Medicinal Plants Traditionally Used against Ticks in Eastern Ethiopia by Jelalu Kemal, Tesfaheywet Zerihun, Sisay Alemu, Kedir Sali, Musa Nasir, Ashebr Abraha, Teka Feyera

“…Diazinon (0.1%) and distilled water were used as positive and negative controls, respectively. Standard procedures were applied to screen the phytochemical constituents of the tested plant parts. …”
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Goitre Prevalence and Urinary Iodine Concentration in School-Aged Children in the Ashanti Region of Ghana by Daniel Gyamfi, Yaw Amo Wiafe, Enoch Ofori Awuah, Evans Asamoah Adu, Emmanuel Kodie Boadi

“…Thyroid volume and urinary iodine concentrations of the children were determined using the standardized methods recommended by WHO/ICCIDD. Anthropometric measurements were also evaluated. …”
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Effects of apple cider vinegar on glycemic control and insulin sensitivity in patients with type 2 diabetes: A GRADE-assessed systematic review and dose–response meta-analysis of c... by Donya Arjmandfard, Mehrdad Behzadi, Zahra Sohrabi, Mohsen Mohammadi Sartang

“…The present study assessed publication bias, sensitivity analysis, meta-regression, and heterogeneity based on standard methods. We assessed the bias risk of the included studies using Cochrane quality assessments and used GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation) to calculate evidence certainty. …”
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Ambient PM2.5 Temporal Variation and Source Apportionment in Mbarara, Uganda by Silver Onyango, Crystal M. North, Hatem A. Ellaithy, Paul Tumwesigye, Choong-Min Kang, Vasileios Matthaios, Martin Mukama, Nuriat Nambogo, J. Mikhail Wolfson, Stephen Ferguson, Stephen Asiimwe, Lynn Atuyambe, Data Santorino, David C. Christiani, Petros Koutrakis

“…In Uganda, ambient PM2.5 levels exceed international health standards. However, most studies focus only on urban environments and do not characterize pollutant sources. …”
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Wind speed and direction on predicting wind energy availability for a sustainable ecosystem by B. Baranitharan, D. Sivakumar, M. Perarul Selvan

“…The forecasting analysis was expanded from 2024 to 2050 based on the three-parameter Weibull distribution and Anderson-Darling test results for future sustainable wind energy production.FINDINGS: The average wind speed was found to be 6.51 meters per second, with a standard deviation of 0.280 meters per second between 1981 and 2023. …”
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Identifying the Factors That Drive Health Service Utilization Among Healthy and Non‐Healthy Agers in a Sample of Older Ethiopians: A Cross‐Sectional Study by Amare Belachew, Nicolas Cherbuin, Nasser Bagheri, Richard Burns

“…Associations between risk factors and health service utilization were examined using Poisson regression with robust standard errors. Results A total of 79.3% of older adults utilized health services, with consistent usage between healthy and non‐healthy agers. …”
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Life in green: Associations between greenspace availability and mental health over the lifecourse – A 40-year prospective birth cohort study by B. Deng, J. Boden, N. Ye, J. Morgenroth, M. Campbell, P. Eggleton, G. McLeod, M. Hobbs

“…However, in adulthood, a one standard deviation increase in greenspace availability within 1500m and 2000m buffers was associated with a 12% and 13% reduced risk of depressive symptoms, respectively, after adjusting for various covariates. …”
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Effects of chronic exposure of specific water quality parameters in poultry drinking water on dietary amino acid digestibility and early broiler performance by Rabin Raut, Biswajit Kumar Biswas, Thyneice Taylor-Bowden, Agnes Kilonzo-Nthenge, Bharat Pokharel, Tom Tabler, Samuel N. Nahashon, Pramir Maharjan

“…A total of 288 birds (Cobb 500 males), fed a standard diet (day(d) 0-21), were utilized for the study, creating six replicates/treatment with 12 birds/replicate cage unit. …”
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CTX-M, SHV, TEM and VEB β-lactamases, and MCR-1 among multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli and Klebsiella isolates from environment near animal farms in Thailand by Arpasiri Srisrattakarn, Bhanubong Saiboonjan, Patcharaporn Tippayawat, Sunpetch Angkititrakul, Aroonwadee Chanawong, Chanakan Pornchoo, Chokdee Smithkittipol, Aroonlug Lulitanond

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Changes in climate extreme indices and agricultural drought monitoring in the semi-arid areas of Borana zone, southern Ethiopia by Girma Asefa Bogale, Asfaw Kebede Kassa, Mengistu Mengesha Maja

“…Warm spell duration index (WSDI), monthly or annual maximum of daily minimum temperature (TNx), warm nights (TN90p), and warm days (TX90p) showed an increase in the study area. However, standardized precipitation indices of R10, R20, R95p, and R99p indicated moderate drought across the studied districts of Borana zone. …”
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Diagnostics and treatment of cardiac achalasia and cardiospasm: guidelines of the Russian gastroenterological association by V. T. Ivashkin, A. S. Trukhmanov, E. A. Godzhello, I. V. Mayev, Yu. V. Evsyutina, T. L. Lapina, O. A. Storonova

“…Endoscopy discloses dilation and deviation of esophageal lumen, presence of food remnants, liquids and mucus, uniform opening of cardia at air insufflation and capability of passage of endoscope into the stomach. «The gold standard» of investigation of patients with suspected achalasia is manometry. …”
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Environmental microbial communications in gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria by P. Srikanth, D. Sivakumar, J. Nouri

“…The larger part of quorum sensing recognizing inhibitor takes bacterial quorum sensing share identifying as the even-handed and simply blocks the larger part recognizing plan of pathogenic organisms, which can demolish the pathogenicity of microorganisms without applying explicit squeezing factor, and doesn't execute the regular organisms or then again intrude with their standard physiological activities. To talk with each other, bacteria mix, release, and total minimal diffusible signal molecules, known as pheromones or autoinducers a pheromone (recognizing) depends upon its edge centre. …”
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The Global Burden of Migraine: A 30-Year Trend Review and Future Projections by Age, Sex, Country, and Region by Lingkang Dong, Wenqi Dong, Yuchen Jin, Yumeng Jiang, Zhuangzhuang Li, Dongzhen Yu

“…Regionally, high SDI regions having the highest age-standardized rate (ASR) and low SDI regions having the lowest ASR in DALYs. …”
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Modelling Hysteresis in Shape Memory Alloys Using LSTM Recurrent Neural Network by Mohammad Reza Zakerzadeh, Seyedkeivan Naseri, Payam Naseri

“…Specifically, a long short-term memory (LSTM) neural network is selected due to its ability to address issues encountered in standard recurrent networks. There are major drawbacks with modelling hysteresis with NNs that do not account for historical behavior. …”
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The Gut Microbiota and Its Relevance to Peripheral Lymphocyte Subpopulations and Cytokines in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis by Yuan Li, Sheng-Xiao Zhang, Xu-Fang Yin, Ming-Xing Zhang, Jun Qiao, Xiao-Hong Xin, Min-Jing Chang, Chong Gao, Ya-Feng Li, Xiao-Feng Li

“…The levels of peripheral lymphocyte subpopulation such as T, B, CD4+T, CD8+T, NK, T helper 1 (Th1), Th2, Th17, and regulatory T cells (Tregs) of these subjects were detected by flow cytometry combined with standard absolute counting beads. The serum levels of cytokines interleukin-2 (IL-2), IL-4, IL-6, IL-10, IL-17, tumour necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), and interferon-γ (INF-γ) were tested by flow cytometric bead array (CBA). …”
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Climatic Factors Influencing Aleppo Pine Sap Flow in Orographic Valleys Under Two Contrasting Mediterranean Climates by Ana M. Sabater, José Antonio Valiente, Juan Bellot, Alberto Vilagrosa

“…No significant rainfall events or droughts were recorded during the period of study, indicating a standard climatic condition in these areas. The main findings demonstrated that the variability in sap flow could be attributed to the interaction between soil water content and vapour pressure deficit in all the forests studied. …”
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Pirfenidone regulates seizures through the HMGB1/TLR4 axis to improve cognitive functions and modulate oxidative stress and neurotransmitters in PTZ-induced kindling in mice by Mansi Dahalia, Sparsh Gupta, Haya Majid, Divya Vohora, Nidhi

“…Pirfenidone was administered at doses of 100, 200, and 300 mg/kg, orally, with sodium valproate as a standard drug. Seizure severity and cognitive function were assessed in the pentylenetetrazol-kindling model, along with biochemical assays that evaluated antioxidant enzymes, inflammatory markers, neurotransmitter levels, and liver enzyme levels. …”
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The development and validation testing of a comprehensive frailty assessment in women with breast cancer by Sheng-Miauh Huang, Ling-Ming Tseng, Chi-Cheng Huang, Pei-Ju Lien, Su-Chen Fang, Yinhui Hong

“…Using the G8 screening tool as a standard indicator of frailty, analysis of receiver operating characteristic curve showed that 31.5 was the best cut point (area under curve = 0. 816, 95% confidence interval: 0.757 to 0.874) with a sensitivity of 63.5% and specificity of 84.4%. …”
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Bacterial Profile and Antibiotic Susceptibility Pattern of Urinary Tract Infection among Pregnant Women Attending Antenatal Care at a Tertiary Care Hospital in Southern Ethiopia by Ashenafi Tula, Abraham Mikru, Tsegaye Alemayehu, Beyene Dobo

“…Culture and sensitivity were performed using a standard operating procedure of the microbiology laboratory. …”
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Characterization, Molecular Identification and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing of Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli Isolated from Diarrhea Infected Patients Around Dhaka City by Fahima Akter, Md. Shamimuzzaman, Susmita Roy Chowdhury, Faria Islam, Rajib Kanti Roy

“…Agreement and error were analyzed based on Clinical & Laboratory Standards Institute (CLSI) guidelines. Results: With the VITEK 2 COMPACT system, 218 (97.75%) of the 223 isolates were accurately identified to the species level. 32.7% (73 out of 218) of the isolates in the research we conducted were classified as very good, and 45.7% (102 out of 218) of the isolates were recognized at the excellent level. …”
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