Bacterial gastroenteritis in the world of culture-independent diagnostic testing: a study to evaluate the kinetics of bacterial shedding by culture and CIDT by Nathan K. McCartney, Surangi H. Thilakarathna, Tara Hluchy, Dylan R. Pillai, Linda Chui, Byron M. Berenger

“…Many clinical microbiology laboratories have implemented CIDT methods for screening stool specimens due to the slower turnaround times and variable sensitivity of culture. …”
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Determining mosquito age using surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy and artificial neural networks: insights into the influence of origin and sex by Zili Gao, Yuzhen Zhang, Laura C. Harrington, Courtney C. Murdock, Elisabeth Martin, Dalton Manbeck-Mosig, Steve Vetrone, Nicolas Tremblay, Christopher M. Barker, John M. Clark, Lili He, Wei Zhu

“…Performance metrics included accuracy, correlation coefficient (R), and root mean square error (RMSE). t-Distributed stochastic neighbor embedding (t-SNE) visualizations and confusion matrices offered additional model insights into effectiveness. Results The ANN models demonstrated superior performance in differentiating mosquito age relative to non-ANN methods. …”
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A multicenter study on developing a prognostic model for severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome using machine learning by Jian-She Xu, Kai Yang, Bin Quan, Jing Xie, Yi-Shan Zheng, Yi-Shan Zheng

“…A clinical tool based on this model has been developed and implemented using the Streamlit framework.ConclusionThe interpretable XGBoost-based prognostic model for SFTS shows high predictive accuracy and has been translated into a clinical tool. …”
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A qualitative study to explore healthcare providers' perspectives on barriers and enablers to early detection of breast and cervical cancers among women attending primary healthcar... by Gugulethu Tshabalala, Charmaine Blanchard, Keletso Mmoledi, Desiree Malope, Daniel S O'Neil, Shane A Norris, Maureen Joffe, Janan Janine Dietrich

“…Nevertheless, cost-effective interventions can be implemented to address these perceived barriers including multistakeholder education, mobile and tent screening facilities and using existing community fieldworkers and NGO partners in providing screening services. …”
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Exploration of pharmaceutical graduate course teaching reform under the concept of translational medicine: a case study of the ‘biopharmaceuticals and translational medicine’ cours... by Shihui Zhang, Qin Zhu, Qiuyu Sun, Jianan Ni, Yuxin Lei, Wenjie Guo, Yanmin Han, Lin Cai

“…Therefore, it is necessary to implement pharmaceutical education based on the principles and practices of translational medicine to help students gain a deeper understanding of the drug development process and to cultivate professionals capable of translating basic research findings into clinical applications. …”
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Surveillance and Coinfection Dynamics of Infectious Bronchitis Virus and Avian Influenza H9N2 in Moroccan Broiler Farms (2021–2023): Phylogenetic Insights and Impact on Poultry Hea... by Rim Regragui, Oumayma Arbani, Nadia Touil, Khalid Bouzoubaa, Mohamed Oukessou, Mohammed El Houadfi, Siham Fellahi

“…This underscores the urgent need to establish surveillance systems to track pathogen circulation and implement strategies to control virus spread, ensuring the protection of animals and public health.…”
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Proposing a framework for body mass prediction with point clouds: A study applied in typical swine pen environments by Gabriel Pagin, Luciane Silva Martello, Rubens André Tabile, Rafael Vieira de Sousa

“…Challenges persist in implementing these techniques in pens with a large number of animals, especially in extracting physical body characteristics from images in a production environment. …”
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Continuum topological derivative - A novel application tool for segmentation of CT and MRI images by Viswanath Muthukrishnan, Sandeep Jaipurkar, Nedumaran Damodaran

“…In this study, we have implemented the CTD denoising algorithm to produce denoised CT/MR images, serving as ground truth for subsequent segmentation steps. …”
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Clinical prediction of intravenous immunoglobulin-resistant Kawasaki disease based on interpretable Transformer model. by Gahao Chen, Ziwei Yang

“…The top-performing model was subsequently subjected to interpretability analysis through Shapley Additive Explanations (SHAP) to elucidate feature contributions. …”
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ASSESSMENT OF CITIZENS'AWARENESS REGARDING ORAL HYGIENE AND PREVENTION OF DENTAL DISEASES by L.F. Kaskova, O.S. Pavlenkova, M.O. Sadovski, L.I. Amosova

“… Recently, sanitary and educational work for the prevention of dental diseases in children is widely implemented, but the problem of awareness and oral hygiene in young and middle-aged people remains quite relevant. …”
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Evaluation of an outreach programme for patients with COVID-19 in an integrated healthcare delivery system: a retrospective cohort study by Vincent Liu, Laura C Myers, Yi-Fen Irene Chen, Gabriel J Escobar, Catherine Lee, Brian L Lawson, Kathleen A Daly, Richard Dlott

“…Objectives In the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic, health systems implemented programmes to manage outpatients with COVID-19. …”
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A multiple biomolecules-based rapid life detection protocol embedded in a rover scientific subsystem for soil sample analysis by Akib Zaman, Fardeen Ashraf, Haseena Khan, Faria Noshin Ahona, Oliullah Samir, Asif Mahmud Rayhan, Sadia Nur Nazifa, Hafsah Mahzabin Chowdhury, Md. Mahbubur Rahman

“…Based on the suitable biomolecules, a scientific exploration subsystem is developed, and the implemented protocol is built to perform onboard sample analysis. …”
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Clinical application of capsule sponge testing in symptomatic reflux disease: a national prospective cohort study by Siobhan Chien, Paul Glen, Gavin Bryce, Neil Cruickshank, Ian Penman, Kevin Robertson, Perminder Phull, Andrew Crumley, Ivan Gunjaca, Jeyakumar Apollos, Michael Miller, Jonathan Fletcher, Grant Fullarton

“…Abstract Background Capsule sponge testing, using an oesophageal cell collection device with biomarkers, was implemented nationally across Scotland in 2020 for symptomatic reflux patients referred to secondary care for non-urgent endoscopy. …”
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Impact of maternal nutritional literacy and feeding practices on the growth outcomes of children (6–23 months) in Gujranwala: a cross-sectional study by Aaiza Tahreem, Allah Rakha, Rimsha Anwar, Roshina Rabail, Cristina Maria Maerescu, Claudia Terezia Socol, Florin Leontin Criste, Gholamreza Abdi, Rana Muhammad Aadil

“…Complementary foods were timely introduced to 53% of infants, 47% received minimum meal frequency and 34% met the minimum dietary diversity criteria. Additionally, the consumption of unhealthy foods, sugar-sweetened beverages, and zero consumption of fruits and vegetables was practiced by 71, 23, and 27% of infants and young children, respectively. …”
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Concentração de macronutrientes e metais pesados em maravalha de unidade de suínos em cama sobreposta Concentrations of macronutrients and heavy metal in wood shavings from deep be... by Martha M. Higarashi, Arlei Coldebella, Paulo A. V. de Oliveira, Airton Kunz, Rosemari M. Mattei, Virgínia S. Silva, Armando L. do Amaral

“…Deep bedding system for swine production appears as a promising alternative, because it reduces the risks of contamination by converting manure management from liquid to solid phase. Additionally, it makes possible the production of organic compost, which can generate extra income or can be applied in the same farm to implement an organic agricultural production. …”
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Prevention in nursing care: a study protocol of a cluster-randomized controlled trial on the effects of physical exercise and environmental interventions on physical activity behav... by Vera Belkin, Tanja I. Janssen, Julian Rudisch, Bettina Wollesen, Claudia Voelcker-Rehage, Claudia Voelcker-Rehage

“…The exercise intervention involves group-based sessions twice a week, while the environmental intervention focuses on implementing PA into daily routines. The guided environmental intervention is equivalent to the non-guided one but provides additional support two to four times weekly. …”
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Receiver Processing of the Multibeam Azimuth Scanning CC-OFDM-MIMO Radar by Devy Kuswidiastuti, L. P. Ligthart, Gamantyo Hendrantoro, Titiek Suryani, Prasetiyono Hari Mukti, Yuyu Wahyu

“…The proposed design of long-range radar with low power transmission can be implemented by transmitting multi-orthogonal CC-OFDM symbols in series, which extends the maximum unambiguous range and improves the Signal-to-Noise of the radar system. …”
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Economic burden of five common cancers in Iran: a systematic review of cost-of-illness with a focus on healthcare resource utilization by Kamran Irandoust, Vahid Alipour, Jalal Arabloo, Azin Nahvijou, Akram Akbari

“…Strategies such as improving early detection, optimizing treatment pathways, and implementing cost-effective interventions could help reduce both healthcare costs and the overall financial strain on patients and the healthcare system.…”
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Bacterial isolates and antibiotic resistance in critically ill sepsis patients at a tertiary hospital in Ethiopia by Girum Tesfaye Kiya, Zeleke Mekonnen, Elsah Tegene Asefa, Esayas Kebede Gudina, Hanan Ahmed, Getenet Beyene, Mekidim Mekonnen, Gemeda Abebe

“…ESBL and CP producers accounted for 11/25 (44%) and 12/25(48%) of GNB, respectively. Additionally, 80% of Staphylococcus aureus isolates were methicillin resistant. …”
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The outcome prediction method of football matches by the quantum neural network based on deep learning by Yang Sun, Hongyang Chu

“…A multilayer perceptron model consisting of an input layer, multiple hidden layers, and an output layer is designed and implemented. During the model training phase, gradient descent is used to optimize weight parameters, and quantum algorithms are integrated to continuously adjust network weights to minimize prediction errors. …”
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