The Effectiveness of β-glucan in the Treatment of Caprine Mastitis Induced by Candida albicans by Saddam H Mahmoud, Shaimaa N Yassein

“… This study evaluated the efficacy of β-glucan, extracted from Candida albicans isolated from mastitic goat milk using an alkaline-acidic method, in treating C. albicans-induced mastitis. …”
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Investigating a Suitable Ratio of Iron Ore Tailings and Quarry Dust in Concrete Production. by Kasozi, Mark

“…Sustainable development is a development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. …”
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Multimodal ultrasound radiomics containing microflow images for the prediction of central lymph node metastasis in papillary thyroid carcinoma by Jiangyuan Ben, Jiangyuan Ben, Qiying Yv, Pengfei Zhu, Junhao Ren, Pu Zhou, Guifang Chen, Ying He, Ying He

“…Radiomics features were extracted from multimodal images and subsequently screened via the least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO). …”
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A Novel Hybrid Model for Brain Ischemic Stroke Detection Using Feature Fusion and Convolutional Block Attention Module by Ahmad Abumihsan, Amani Yousef Owda, Majdi Owda, Mobarak Abumohsen, Lampros Stergioulas, Mohammad Ahmad Abu Amer

“…This study proposes a novel approach for ischemic stroke detection from computed tomography (CT) images, utilizing a hybrid feature extraction technique combined with a convolutional block attention module (CBAM). …”
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Disaster mechanism and dynamic manifestation control of rock burst in the Ordos Mining Area by Zhen WU, Heng GAO, Zhaofeng FAN, Tianliang HU, Xiaohu WANG, Xuegang WANG, Jinpeng YAO

“…The burst tendency of coal and rock is an inherent factor measuring the ability of coal and rock to accumulate and release energy during burst events. …”
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Automated Detection of Gastrointestinal Diseases Using Resnet50*-Based Explainable Deep Feature Engineering Model with Endoscopy Images by Veysel Yusuf Cambay, Prabal Datta Barua, Abdul Hafeez Baig, Sengul Dogan, Mehmet Baygin, Turker Tuncer, U. R. Acharya

“…This DFE model comprises four primary stages: (i) feature extraction, (ii) iterative feature selection, (iii) classification using shallow classifiers, and (iv) information fusion. …”
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Long Short-Term Memory-Based Fall Detection by Frequency-Modulated Continuous Wave Millimeter-Wave Radar Sensor for Seniors Living Alone by Yun Seop Yu, Seongjo Wie, Hojin Lee, Jeongwoo Lee, Nam Ho Kim

“…The HOG-LSTM model included an additional preprocessing step upon the RAW-LSTM model where HOG features were extracted and classified using an SVM. The HOG-LSTM-Attention model built upon the HOG-LSTM model by incorporating a self-attention mechanism to enhance the model’s ability to accurately classify activities. …”
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Deployment of a Vibrio cholerae ordered transposon mutant library in a quorum-competent genetic background by Nkrumah A. Grant, Gracious Yoofi Donkor, Jordan Sontz, William Soto, Christopher M. Waters

“…Library transfer was aided by a novel gDNA extraction method we developed using thymol, which also showed high lysis specificity for Vibrio. …”
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RDRM-YOLO: A High-Accuracy and Lightweight Rice Disease Detection Model for Complex Field Environments Based on Improved YOLOv5 by Pan Li, Jitao Zhou, Huihui Sun, Jian Zeng

“…We propose RDRM-YOLO, an enhanced YOLOv5-based network, integrating four key improvements: (i) a cross-stage partial network fusion module (Hor-BNFA) is integrated within the backbone network’s feature extraction stage to enhance the model’s ability to capture disease-specific features; (ii) a spatial depth conversion convolution (SPDConv) is introduced to expand the receptive field, enhancing the extraction of fine-grained features, particularly from small disease spots; (iii) SPDConv is also integrated into the neck network, where the standard convolution is replaced with a lightweight GsConv to increase the accuracy of disease localization, category prediction, and inference speed; and (iv) the WIoU Loss function is adopted in place of CIoU Loss to accelerate convergence and enhance detection accuracy. …”
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Impact of oral hygiene on the development of oropharyngeal neoplasms by D. G. Kiparisova, Yu. S. Kiparisov, N. S. Nurieva

“…The patients, examination employed routine dental examinations, determination of oral hygiene index, CFE index (a sum of carious, filled, and extracted teeth), and assessment of a patient, s skill and desire to perform individual oral hygiene. …”
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The Diagnostic Utility of Host RNA Biosignatures in Adult Patients With Sepsis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Mervin V. Loi, MBBS, MSc, FRCPCH, Rehena Sultana, MSc, MBA, Tuong Minh Nguyen, MSc, Shi Ting Tia, Jan Hau Lee, MBBS, MCI, MRCPCH, Daniel O’Connor, DPhil

“…Controls where applicable were patients without clinical sepsis. DATA EXTRACTION:. Data including population demographics, sample size, study design, tissue specimen, type of transcriptome, health status of comparator group, and performance of transcriptomic biomarkers were independently extracted by at least two reviewers. …”
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Comparative analysis of commercial and “In-House” molecular tests for the detection of intestinal protozoa in stool samples by Giuseppe Di Pietra, Raffaele Gargiulo, Margherita Ortalli, Luciana Petrullo, Ester Oliva, Annibale Raglio, Annachiara Frigo, Ignazio Castagliuolo, Valeria Besutti

“…Microscopy remains the reference diagnostic method for intestinal protozoa, but is limited in terms of sensitivity, specificity and the ability to differentiate closely related species. …”
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Efficacy of Papain Gel—A Smart Alternative to Conventional Methods of Carious Dentin Removal: An <i>In Vitro</i> Study by Paras Angrish, Ashish Kamboj, Malay Mitra, Rahul Kaul, Dempsy MM Chengappa, Aarti Sharma

“…Aim: The study was aimed at finding out the efficacy of the caries removal ability of a chemomechanical agent (papain gel) and comparing it with that of conventional slow-speed rotary carbide burs and mechanical hand excavators in deciduous extracted molars. …”
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YOLOv9-AAG: Distinguishing Birds and Drones in Infrared and Visible Light Scenarios by Peichun Suo, Jincan Zhu, Qingyang Zhou, Weili Kou, Xiuyan Wang, Wen Suo

“…The ability to distinguish between birds and drones is essential for applications in wildlife preservation, aviation security, and defense operations. …”
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DCP-YOLOv7x: improved pest detection method for low-quality cotton image by Yukun Ma, Yajun Wei, Minsheng Ma, Zhilong Ning, Minghui Qiao, Uchechukwu Awada

“…This paper proposes a low-light environments cotton pest detection method, DCP-YOLOv7x, based on YOLOv7x, to address the issues of degraded image quality, difficult feature extraction, and low detection precision of cotton pests in low-light environments.MethodsThe DCP-YOLOv7x method first enhances low-quality cotton pest images using FFDNet (Fast and Flexible Denoising Convolutional Neural Network) and the EnlightenGAN low-light image enhancement network. …”
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Identification of marijuana using silver-phosphine ion complexation and a semi-quantitative 1 % decision-point assay by Alleigh N. Couch, Jayleigh M. Lanza, Christopher M. Zall, J. Tyler Davidson

“…Due to the strict federal regulations concerning ∆9-tetrahydrocannabinol (∆9-THC) content for the differentiation of hemp and marijuana outlined in the 2018 Farm Bill, the ability to quickly and reliably differentiate cannabis as marijuana or hemp is crucial within both the seized drug community and hemp industry. …”
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Ensemble learning approach for prediction of early complications after radiotherapy for head and neck cancer using CT and MRI radiomic features by Benyamin Khajetash, Seied Rabi Mahdavi, Alireza Nikoofar, Lee Johnson, Meysam Tavakoli

“…The results suggest the extracted features from $$T_1$$ weighted images have superior prediction ability compared to $$T_2$$ weighted acquisitions. …”
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Antibacterial and antioxidant properties of selected Yemeni stones: potential for safe and cost-effective therapeutic applications by Wafa M. Al-Madhagi, Mohammed A. Alkhawlani, Majed Alwan, Maged Al-Najar

“…In antioxidant assays, Orthoclase (Sample 2) exhibited the most potent free radical scavenging ability with an IC₅₀ of 23.08 ± 0.78 mg/100 µL, approaching the efficacy of vitamin C (IC₅₀ = 13.93 ± 1.12 mg/100 µL). …”
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Retinal Vascular Permeability in Diabetic Subjects without Retinopathy Compared with Mild Diabetic Retinopathy and Healthy Controls by Sarah R. Vavrek, Elif Kayaalp Nalbant, PhD, Nicholas Konopek, Nicole L. Decker, Amani A. Fawzi, MD, William F. Mieler, MD, Kenneth M. Tichauer, PhD, Jennifer J. Kang-Mieler, PhD

“…Main Outcome Measures: Extraction fraction, i.e., the fluorescein dye leakage measured during 1 pass through surrounding retinal tissue, is extracted via DTKM method and directly relates to retinal vascular permeability. …”
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Rapid and Accurate Detection of <i>Chrysomya megacephala</i> (Diptera: Calliphoridae) Using Recombinase Polymerase Amplification Combined with Lateral Flow Dipstick by Chengxin Ye, Xuan Tang, Fengqin Yang, Xiangyan Zhang, Yanjie Shang, Yang Xia, Yuanxing Wang, Shaojiang Guo, Lagabaiyila Zha, Yadong Guo, Dan Wen

“…Only 7.8 × 10⁻⁴ ng or more of target DNA fragments were required, and a positive detection rate of 100% was achieved in 18 <i>C. megacephala</i> samples from actual cases. In addition, the ability of the developed RPA-LFD detection system in combination with rapid DNA extraction methods to enable on-site detection was preliminarily explored. …”
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