Weekly Biological Variation of Urine Protein Creatinine Ratio and Urine Specific Gravity in Healthy Dogs by Yanick Couture, Deborah Keys, Stacie Summers

“…Urine protein concentration, urine creatinine concentration, and USG were measured using a colorimetric pyrogallol red molybdate complex, enzymatic Jaffe method, and manual refractometer, respectively. Restricted maximum likelihood estimations were used to determine within‐individual, between‐individual, and analytical coefficients of variation and calculation of RCV and IoI. …”
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Energy-aware data compression and transmission range control for energy-harvesting wireless sensor networks by Jun Min Yi, Eom Ji Oh, Dong Kun Noh, Ikjune Yoon

“…At this point, of the two methods, the method that can more effectively increase the network performance can be selected. …”
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Hybrid Position-Based and DTN Forwarding for Vehicular Sensor Networks by Fan Li, Lei Zhao, Xiumei Fan, Yu Wang

“…The proposed routing method makes use of vehicle driving direction to determine whether holding or forwarding the packet. …”
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Mapping the interactions of critical factors in China’s first-contact healthcare systems using causal loop diagrams by Wenjun He, Yusupujiang Tuersun, Tao Yang, Yuting Wan, Minji Yong, Zizhen Huang, Zhiyong Xiao, Menglin Luo, Yujia Zhang, Yujie Liu, Tao Yang, Yi Qian, Dong Roman Xu

“…This study aims to explore the dynamic interactions of key factors influencing first-contact effectiveness and provide evidence-based policy recommendations. Methods A systematic approach was employed, integrating a literature review, qualitative interviews, and MICMAC structural analysis. …”
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Optimized Production of Virus-like Particles in a High-CHO-Cell-Density Transient Gene Expression System for Foot-and-Mouth Disease Vaccine Development by Ana Clara Mignaqui, Alejandra Ferella, Cintia Sánchez, Matthew Stuible, Romina Scian, Jorge Filippi, Sabrina Beatriz Cardillo, Yves Durocher, Andrés Wigdorovitz

“…While novel vaccine technologies have been explored, most fail to meet industrial scalability, cost-efficiency, or multiserotype flexibility required for effective FMD control. …”
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Distinguishing Low Expression Levels of Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 in Breast Cancer: Insights from Qualitative and Quantitative Magnetic Resonance Imaging Analysis by Yiyuan Shen, Xu Zhang, Jinlong Zheng, Simin Wang, Jie Ding, Shiyun Sun, Qianming Bai, Caixia Fu, Junlong Wang, Jing Gong, Chao You, Yajia Gu

“…Methods: Pre-treatment breast MRI images from 232 patients with pathologically confirmed breast cancer were retrospectively analyzed. …”
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Temperature simulation and experimental for polishing TC4 with abrasive cloth wheel by Libo WANG, Chao XIAN, Hongmin XIN

“…Therefore, studying the distribution laws and influencing factors of surface temperature in polishing and grinding, and controlling the processing surface temperature are of great significance.MethodsA polishing test platform is built, and polishing temperatures are measured under different process parameters. …”
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Applying the Nonadoption, Abandonment, Scale-Up, Spread, and Sustainability (NASSS) Framework to Adapt the CHAMP App for Pediatric Feeding Tube Weaning: Application and Case Report by Dana M Bakula, Alexandra Zax, Sarah Edwards, Kristina Nash, April Escobar, Rachel Graham, Amy Ricketts, Ryan Thompson, Sarah Bullard, Julianne Brogren, Leah Shimmens, Lori A Erickson

“…MethodsWe used the Non-adoption, Abandonment, Scale-up, Spread, and Sustainability (NASSS) framework as a formative tool and conducted a case study beta test. …”
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Uncertainty-aware automatic TNM staging classification for [18F] Fluorodeoxyglucose PET-CT reports for lung cancer utilising transformer-based language models and multi-task learni... by Stephen H. Barlow, Sugama Chicklore, Yulan He, Sebastien Ourselin, Thomas Wagner, Anna Barnes, Gary J.R. Cook

“…This is combined with an uncertainty classification task (‘u’) to account for studies with ambiguous TNM status. Methods 2498 reports were annotated by a nuclear medicine physician and split into train, validation, and test datasets. …”
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Development and Certification of Calcium Chloride Casein Reference Standard by S. M. Sukhanova, R. A. Volkova, N. E. Zakharova, O. V. Fadeikina

“…In accordance with the requirements of the State Pharmacopoeia of the Russian Federation, 14th edition, Clostridium novyi 198 test strain is used to determine growth promoting properties of thioglycollate medium when testing sterility of immunobiological medicinal products. …”
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Chromato-mass spectroscopy of tinctures from the underground part of Valerian plants growing in Zaporizhzhia region by V. M. Odyntsova, Yu. I. Korniievskyi, D. Yu. Skoryna, V. Н. Korniievska

“…In the 18th century, valerian was included in all European pharmacopeias. High efficiency, good tolerability, and virtually no side effects ensure the widespread use of valerian and its phytopreparations in medical practice, especially for the treatment of geriatric patients. …”
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Motherhood unveiled: examining the dynamic relationship between sleep quality and breastfeeding confidence in postpartum primiparous women in Syria: a cross-sectional study by Alaa Aldairy, Jamal Ataya, Dana Haymoun, Roula Samer Kashlan, Joudi Kouran, Nagham Amouna, Dema Adwan, Marwan Alhalabi

“…Materials and methods This descriptive study included 316 primiparous women who delivered babies in Damascus, Syria. …”
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The P Balasubramaniam Award-2024 Singapore Orthopaedic Association Annual Scientific Meeting Award: Novel artificial intelligence algorithm for soft tissue balancing and bone cuts... by Matthew Song Peng Ng, Ryan Wai Keong Loke, Melvin Kian Loong Tan, Yau Hong Ng, Zi Qiang Glen Liau

“…This is highly promising for achieving both reproducibility and efficiency in rTKAs. Video Abstract…”
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EMCC dispatch priority for trauma patients in Norway: a retrospective cohort study by Inger Marie Waal Nilsbakken, Torben Wisborg, Stephen Sollid, Elisabeth Jeppesen

“…Methods This registry-based study included 3633 patients from the Norwegian Trauma Registry and Oslo EMCC during 2019–2020. …”
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Evaluation of Stress Hormone Levels, Preoperative Anxiety, and Information Needs before and after Hysteroscopy under Local Anesthesia in Relation to Transvaginal Procedures under G... by Karolina Chmaj-Wierzchowska, Katarzyna Wszołek, Adrian Nowak, Natalia Ignaszak-Kaus, Magdalena Muszyńska, Maciej Wilczak

“…To determine cortisol and prolactin levels using electrochemiluminescence, blood was collected from the patients on the day of admission to the hospital, i.e., the day of surgery, in the morning, while fasting. …”
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HIV treatment as prevention: systematic comparison of mathematical models of the potential impact of antiretroviral therapy on HIV incidence in South Africa. by Jeffrey W Eaton, Leigh F Johnson, Joshua A Salomon, Till Bärnighausen, Eran Bendavid, Anna Bershteyn, David E Bloom, Valentina Cambiano, Christophe Fraser, Jan A C Hontelez, Salal Humair, Daniel J Klein, Elisa F Long, Andrew N Phillips, Carel Pretorius, John Stover, Edward A Wenger, Brian G Williams, Timothy B Hallett

“…<h4>Methods and findings</h4>Twelve independent mathematical models evaluated a set of standardised ART intervention scenarios in South Africa and reported a common set of outputs. …”
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Econometric predictive model for assessing the functional state of students during the examination period: a cross-sectional exploratory pilot study by I. S. Knyazhev, L. V. Karaulova, O. V. Reztsov, A. P. Spitsin

“…Methods. The cohort observational study enrolled 74 students of Kirov State Medical University, aged 18–23 years, who gave consent to the survey. …”
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Nicotinamide mononucleotide biosynthesis and the F-actin cytoskeleton regulate spindle assembly and oocyte maturation quality in post-ovulatory aged porcine oocytes by Hyo-Jin Park, Seul-Gi Yang, Ji-Hyun Shin, Seung-Bin Yoon, Ji-Su Kim, Deog-Bon Koo

“…Here, we investigated the mechanisms by which the NAD+ salvage pathways function in poor oocyte maturation upon POA through the F-actin cytoskeleton. Methods Porcine oocytes were aged by extending in vitro maturation (IVM) for an additional 24 h to create a POA model. …”
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CHANGES OF THE HYGIENE AND PERIODONTAL INDEXES SOON AFTER THE MANAGEMENT OF CHRONIC HYPERTROPHYC GINGIVITIS IN THE ORTHODONTIC PATIENTS TREATED BY BRACKET TECHNIQUE by A.D. Babenko

“…The aim of investigation: to determine the efficiency of the therapy in treatment of chronic hypertrophic gingivitis by assessment of oral hygiene and periodontal tissues after three month of administration of the treatment in orthodontic patients handled by bracket system. …”
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Enhanced Intranasal Delivery of Atorvastatin via Superparamagnetic Iron-Oxide-Loaded Nanocarriers: Cytotoxicity and Inflammation Evaluation and In Vivo, In Silico, and Network Phar... by Kristina Zarif Attalla, Doaa H. Hassan, Mahmoud H. Teaima, Carol Yousry, Mohamed A. El-Nabarawi, Mohamed A. Said, Sammar Fathy Elhabal

“…Entrapment efficiency (EE%), particle size (PS), zeta potential (ZP), and drug release after 6 h (Q6h) were evaluated for NLCs. …”
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