Baseline characterisation of microplastics in surface water, sediment, and seafood from the Escravos Estuary, Nigeria by Amarachi P. Onyena, Mary E. Tekeme, Jessica C. Uwakwe, Deborah Aderibigbe, Kabari Sam

“…Statistical analysis revealed no significant differences in nurdles, pellets, fibres, and filaments across samples (P > 0.05). Principal Component Analysis indicated industrial sources for certain MPs, while linear regression revealed a weak negative relationship between MPs concentrations in different matrices (adjusted R² = 0.053). …”
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Dental Fluorosis according to Birth Cohort and Fluoride Markers in an Endemic Region of Colombia by Alexandra Saldarriaga, Manuel Restrepo, Diego F. Rojas-Gualdrón, Thamyris de Souza Carvalho, Marilia Afonso Rabelo Buzalaf, Lourdes Santos-Pinto, Fabiano Jeremias

“…Period and birth cohort frequencies were estimated by a generalized linear model, binomial family, and logarithmic link function. …”
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Environmentally friendly synthesis of gelatin hydrogel nanoparticles for gastric cancer treatment, bisphenol A sensing and nursing applications: Fabrication, characterization and A... by Sun Qian, Ruiyan Xu

“…Also, in this study, an artificial neural network (ANN) was used to estimate the release of docetaxel (%) at 72 h, the release of paclitaxel (%) at 72 h, tensile strength with sample (wt%), and porosity (%) in broader ranges than the experimental samples. …”
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Emotion regulation skills, brain-derived neurotrophic factor, cortisol hormone levels in primary school students in Türkiye: a cross-sectional and correlational analysis study by Zila Özlem Kırbaş, Bülent Bayraktar, Elif Odabaşi Aktaş

“…Data were evaluated using the SPSS 26.0 for Windows (SPSS, Chicago, Il, USA) package program. Independent Samples Test and One-Way ANOVA test, correlation and Multiple Linear Regression analysis were used to evaluate the data. …”
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Prediction of Body Mass of Dairy Cattle Using Machine Learning Algorithms Applied to Morphological Characteristics by Franck Morais de Oliveira, Patrícia Ferreira Ponciano Ferraz, Gabriel Araújo e Silva Ferraz, Marcos Neves Pereira, Matteo Barbari, Giuseppe Rossi

“…The dataset was split into 90% for training (419 samples), 5% for validation (23 samples), and 5% for testing (23 samples). …”
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Surface properties and susceptibility to staining of a resin composite after brushing with different whitening toothpastes by Aline da Silva Barros, Carolina Meneghin Barbosa, Renata Siqueira Scatolin, Waldemir Francisco Vieira Junior, Laura Nobre Ferraz

“…After that, an immersion in coffee (10 mL/sample) was performed for 30 minutes for 30 days. …”
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Novel equations for estimating gross energy in feed ingredients for non-ruminants by Yoon Soo Song, Ah Reum Son, Beob Gyun Kim

“…Results Based on the evaluation using 2,279 samples, the equation developed by Ewan in 1989 underestimates GE by 218 kcal/kg DM (standard error = 4 and p<0.001) on average and underestimates more for low-GE ingredients (linear bias = −0.121; standard error = 0.025 and p<0.001). …”
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Rate of Progression in Activity and Participation Outcomes in Exercisers with Parkinson’s Disease: A Five-Year Prospective Longitudinal Study by Stephanie A. Miller, Mindy Mayol, Elizabeth S. Moore, Audra Heron, Victoria Nicholos, Brian Ragano

“…Annual progression rates demonstrated by this sample of exercisers were lower than those previously reported for motor decline in general samples with PD. …”
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Processing of Polymers Stress Relaxation Curves Using Machine Learning Methods by Anton S. Chepurnenko, Tatiana N. Kondratieva, Ebrahim Al-Wali

“…Tables of initial data for training models for all samples are presented, a statistical analysis of the characteristics of the initial data sets is carried out. …”
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Alterations of the interactome of Bcl-2 proteins in breast cancer at the transcriptional, mutational and structural level. by Simon Mathis Kønig, Vendela Rissler, Thilde Terkelsen, Matteo Lambrughi, Elena Papaleo

“…Pro-survival Bcl-2 family members carry out their function by binding the BH3 short linear motif of pro-apoptotic proteins in a modular way, creating a complex network of protein-protein interactions. …”
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Prevalence and genotypes of HPV in pre-invasive ocular surface squamous neoplasia in Pretoria by Lucia N. Mhlongo, Moshawa C. Khaba, Ramokone L. Lebelo, Cornelius M. Nkosi

“…Contribution: This study contributes valued insights about HPV involvement in OSSN oncogenesis and HPV detection techniques in FFPE samples.…”
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Sex‐specific diet differences in harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) via spatial assortment by Holland C. Conwell, Zoë K. Lewis, Austen Thomas, Alejandro Acevedo‐Gutiérrez, Dietmar Schwarz

“…We analyzed 2405 harbor seal scat samples using generalized linear mixed models (GLMMs) to examine the factors influencing harbor seal sex ratio at haul‐out sites and permutational multivariate analysis of variance (PERMANOVA) to examine the influence of sex and haul‐out site on harbor seal diet composition. …”
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Mechanical Properties of Faecal Sludge and Its Influence on Moisture Retention by Arun Kumar Rayavellore Suryakumar, Sergio Luis Parra-Angarita, Angélique Léonard, Jonathan Pocock, Santiago Septien

“…The results of the textural properties using a penetrometer showed that the initial slope of the positive part of the penetration curve was related to the stiffness of the sludge sample and similar to that of sewage sludge. The dynamic oscillatory measurements exhibited a firm gel-like behaviour with a linear viscoelastic behaviour of the sludges due to the change in EPSs because of anaerobicity. …”
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Analytical Validation of MyProstateScore 2.0 by Jacob I. Meyers, Tabea M. Schatz, Cameron J. Seitz, Rachel Botbyl, Bradley S. Moore, Bill G. Crafts, John R. Kitchen, Spencer Heaton

“…The reproducibility of the MPS2 scores was evaluated across post-DRE and non-DRE clinical urine samples. <b>Results</b>: MPS2 analytes demonstrated high linearity (R² ≥ 0.975) across defined quantification ranges, with PCR efficiencies of 97–105%. …”
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Physical and Mechanical Behaviours of Tympanotonus Fuscatus Reinforced Polyethylene by Victoria Dumebi Obasa, Samuel Okonkwo, Oludolapo Akanni Olanrewaju, Samson Oluropo Adeosun, Olugbemi Omotoso, Adebola Omoolorun

“…Specifically, composites' peak impact energy, and flexural strength, of 21.54 J for 150 μm sample at 40 wt. % filler content and 11.96 MPa for 106 µm sample at 5 wt. % filler content was recorded respectively. …”
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Determination of 60 Food-Borne Stimulant Drug Residues in Animal-Derived Foods by Solid-Phase Extraction Purification and Ultra-High-Performance Liquid Chromatography-Quadrupole/Or... by Liangna He, Qiang Li, Junmei Ma, Meirong Cao, Lixin Fan, Xiaowei Ren, Guohua Shi, Yan Zhang

“…After enzymatic hydrolysis at 37°C for 16 h, the samples were extracted with acetonitrile solution. …”
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Exploring ethical monitoring of physical activity behaviors among adults: a Smart Platform study operationalizing digital citizen science by Caitlin Hung, Sheriff Tolulope Ibrahim, Tarun Reddy Katapally

“…Linear regression models examined associations between socio-demographic and contextual factors and both types of PA reporting. …”
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Influence of storage conditions on the quality of jerusalem artichoke by N. M. Mudrykh, S. A. Semakova

“…Samples were taken every 30 days. The quality was assessed by organoleptic parameters, dry matter content, total sugar, inulin and vitamin C. …”
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Analysis for Bopivirus B in goats in the Sichuan province, China using a novel TaqMan real-time polymerase chain reaction assay by Kehamo Abi, Youwen Yang, Chen Yang, Kegu Ji’e, Falong Yang

“…A total of 257 goat fecal samples were collected from six farms in Sichuan and tested using the newly developed method. …”
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Fatty Acids of European Sardine (<i>Sardina pilchardus</i>) White Muscle Can Discriminate Geographic Origin Along the Iberian Atlantic Coast by Ricardo Calado, Marcos Palma, Maria Rosário Domingues, Fernando Ricardo, Felisa Rey

“…An average 83% correct allocation of landed specimens was achieved, with some landing locations presenting 100% correct allocation (e.g., Ría de Pontevedra in northern Spain and Peniche in central Portugal). Linear discriminant analysis revealed a separation of samples from northern Spain and Peniche, and a partial overlap of all other locations. …”
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