Evaluating shear strength and acoustic emission in rock-like materials with non-persistent joint geometries under freeze-thaw conditions by Sadegh Kefayati, Mosleh Eftekhari, Kamran Goshtasbi, Morteza Ahmadi

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Childhood amblyopia in a tertiary eye care center in western India by Jai A. Kelkar, Harsh H. Jain, Aditya S. Kelkar, Shreekant Kelkar

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A systematic review of multi-mode analytics for enhanced plant stress evaluation by Abdolrahim Zandi, Seyedali Hosseinirad, Hossein Kashani Zadeh, Kouhyar Tavakolian, Byoung-Kwan Cho, Fartash Vasefi, Moon S. Kim, Pantea Tavakolian, Pantea Tavakolian

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Role of endosomal toll-like receptors in immune sensing of Klebsiella pneumoniae by Giuseppe Valerio De Gaetano, Agata Famà, Germana Lentini, Francesco Coppolino, Mario Venza, Isabella Venza, Pasqualina Laganà, Alessia Berbiglia, Federica Grasso, Luigi Fiore, Giuseppe Teti, Concetta Beninati, Concetta Beninati

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Plasma Epstein-Barr virus DNA for the prediction of treatment response and disease progression in non-keratinizing differentiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma by Guan-Zhong Lu, Yun-Xia Huang, Lin-Feng Guo, Yi-Feng Yu, Zhen-Zhen Lu, Qin Lin, San-Gang Wu

“…Abstract Purpose To explore the failure patterns, outcomes, and treatment response of differentiated non-keratinizing nasopharyngeal carcinoma (DNKC) and to further investigate the role of plasma Epstein-Barr virus (EBV)-DNA in follow-up monitoring, prognostic prediction, and assessment of treatment efficacy in DNKC. …”
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Survival benefit from adjuvant chemoradiotherapy in local advanced gastric cancer without accurate D2 confirmation: a real-world retrospective study (TJ-ARK01) by Xiao-Xiao Luo, Ben Zhao, Li Sun, Yu-Hong Dai, Hong Qiu, Xiang-Lin Yuan

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Healthcare-associated infections in a newly opened pediatric intensive care unit in Turkey: Results of four-year surveillance by Serkan Atici, Ahmet Soysal, Eda Kepenekli Kadayifci, Ayşe Karaaslan, Gülşen Akkoç, Nurhayat Yakut, Sevliya Öcal Demir, Feyza İnceköy Girgin, Gülcan Çulha, Gülşen Altınkanat, Nilüfer Öztürk, Güner Söyletir, Mustafa Bakır

“…The aim of this study was to assess the rate and distribution of HAIs, pathogens, and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns in a newly opened pediatric intensive care unit (PICU). …”
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Longitudinal surveillance of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) in urban coastal Kenya: population dynamics, blood feeding frequency and dengue virus infection rates by Josephine Osalla, Louis-Clement Gouagna, Gilbert Rotich, Maureen Nzilani, Penina Safari, Kennedy Senagi, Francis Mutuku, Baldwyn Torto, David P. Tchouassi

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Coexistence of Sympatric Large Carnivores: Spatio‐Temporal Interactions Between Tigers and Leopards in Parsa National Park, Nepal by Dol Raj Thanet, Pramod Raj Regmi, Babu Ram Lamichhane, Dipanjan Naha, Caitlin Kupferman, James C. Beasley, Mandip Pangeni, Anil Shrestha, Saneer Lamichhane, Haribhadra Acharya, Bed Kumar Dhakal, Bhagawan Raj Dahal, Chiranjibi Prasad Pokheral, Naresh Subedi

“…Camera trap data obtained from 157 sampling sites (2 × 2 km grid cells) were used to assess daily temporal activity patterns, single‐species occupancy, and density of tigers and leopards using spatially explicit capture‐recapture models (SECR) to further examine their coexistence mechanism in light of the recent recovery of tiger populations in PNP. …”
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Genome-Wide Identification of the <i>Heat Shock Transcription Factor</i> Gene Family in Rosemary (<i>Salvia rosmarinus</i>) by Weitong Cui, Zongle Xu, Yuhua Kong, Lin Yang, Hao Dou, Dangquan Zhang, Mingwan Li, Yuanyuan Chen, Shen Ding, Chaochen Yang, Yong Lai

“…A total of 49 <i>SrHSFs</i> were detected, unevenly distributed across 12 chromosomes. …”
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Diagnosis of invasive encapsulated follicular variant papillary thyroid carcinoma by protein-based machine learning by Truong Phan-Xuan Nguyen, Minh-Khang Le, Sittiruk Roytrakul, Shanop Shuangshoti, Nakarin Kitkumthorn, Somboon Keelawat

“…Background Although the criteria for follicular-pattern thyroid tumors are well-established, diagnosing these lesions remains challenging in some cases. …”
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Genome-Wide Identification of HSP70 Gene Family and Their Roles in the Hybrid Tea Rose Heat Stress Response by Xinyu Yan, Yaoyao Huang, Minghua Deng, Jinfen Wen

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Genome-wide identification of the Sec14 gene family and the response to salt and drought stress in soybean (Glycine max) by Jinyu Zhang, Liying Zou, Li Wang, Dongchao Zhang, Ao Shen, Yongqi Lei, Maoni Chao, Xinjuan Xu, Zhiwei Xue, Zhongwen Huang

“…Tissue expression analysis of the GmSec14 genes indicated that they exhibited distinct tissue-specific expression patterns. In response to salt stress, multiple genes were found to be either upregulated or downregulated. …”
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Aetiology, antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and factors associated with bacteriuria among HIV-infected women attending Prevention of Mother-to-Child Transmission (PMTCT) clini... by Eustadius Kamugisha Felician, Loveness Urio, Mtebe Majigo, Said Aboud

“…Due to the importance of bacteriuria, we determined the etiology, antimicrobial susceptibility patterns, and factors associated with bacteriuria in HIV-infected women.…”
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Development and validation of a machine learning model for predicting vulnerable carotid plaques using routine blood biomarkers and derived indicators: insights into sex-related ri... by Yimin E, Zhichao Yao, Maolin Ge, Guijun Huo, Jian Huang, Yao Tang, Zhanao Liu, Ziyi Tan, Yuqi Zeng, Junjie Cao, Dayong Zhou

“…Abstract Background Early detection of vulnerable carotid plaques is critical for stroke prevention. …”
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When people are away the cats will play: African leopards alter visitation patterns at a safari guest lodge in association with the COVID-19 quietus on Loisaba Conservancy, Kenya by Nicholas W. Pilfold, Laiyon Lenguya, Ambrose Letoluai, Hannah Campbell, Megan A. Owen

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Hepatitis B virus mutation pattern rtL180M+A181C+M204V may contribute to entecavir resistance in clinical practice by Yan Liu, Yi Zhou, Xiaodong Li, Ming Niu, Rongjuan Chen, Jinman Shao, Lanlan Si, Dan Luo, Yayun Lin, Le Li, Kai Zhang, Xiaohe Xiao, Zhihui Xu, Min Liu, Mengji Lu, Fabien Zoulim, Dongping Xu

“…In clinical practice, undetectable serum HBV DNA was achieved in two of five longitudinally followed rtA181C-positive patients who received switching-to TDF therapy, but not in the other three who received add-on adefovir therapy during observation.Conclusions: Both clinical and experimental data support rtL180M+A181C+M204V as a novel non-classical ETV-resistance mutation pattern.…”
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The Impact of Trusted Community Navigators in Improving Care Utilization Patterns for a Population With Chronic Kidney Disease Enrolled in Medicare Advantage: A Longitudinal Claims... by Claude Pinnock, Francesca Gordon, Jordan Ziskin, Tom Carlough, Ken Wake

“…Conclusions: For CKD MA enrollees in the intervention population, more efficient utilization patterns and lower costs while maintaining quality were observed. …”
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Multiple old differentiation centres around the Alps and complex range expansion patterns in a semi-aquatic insect: the phylogeny and biogeography of the Wormaldia occipitalis spec... by Valentine Mewis, Peter Neu, Thomas Schmitt

“…The understanding of cryptic species complexes with their often highly interesting biogeographical patterns is still a crucial aspect in evolutionary biology and related disciplines. …”
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Bacteriological Profile and Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns of Bacteria Isolated from Pus/Wound Swab Samples from Children Attending a Tertiary Care Hospital in Kathmandu, Ne... by Salu Rai, Uday Narayan Yadav, Narayan Dutt Pant, Jaya Krishna Yakha, Prem Prasad Tripathi, Asia Poudel, Binod Lekhak

“…In Nepal, little is known about the microbiological profile of wound infections in children and their antimicrobial susceptibility patterns. Total of 450 pus/wound swab samples collected were cultured using standard microbiological techniques and the colonies grown were identified with the help of biochemical tests. …”
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