Clinical course and outcomes of COVID-19 infection in liver transplant recipients: single-center cross-sectional study by S. E. Voskanyan, A. I. Sushkov, V. S. Rudakov, D. S. Svetlakova, M. V. Popov, A. N. Pashkov, M. Muktarzhan, A. S. Lukianchikova

“…Despite this, there were no large Russian studies of COVID-19 course and outcomes in liver transplant recipients.The study purpose was to determine prevalence, clinical course, severity, outcomes of COVID-19, as well as to assess the safety and efficiency of vaccination for disease prevention in liver transplant recipients.Material and methods. 260 recipients (71% of all patients at risk of COVID-19 disease) who underwent liver transplantation at State Research Center – Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center from May 2010 to September 2021 were included in a single-center cross-sectional study. …”
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Proposing a two-stage screening approach to distinguish between transient and enduring postnatal depressive symptoms: A prospective cohort study by Johanne Smith-Nielsen, Ida Egmose, Stephen Matthey, Maria Stougård, Sophie Reijman, Mette Skovgaard Væver

“…This approach significantly improves referral efficiency and minimizes over-pathologization, enhancing clinical practice in perinatal mental health.…”
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The relation of changes in intraoperative EEg and ECog with age, anamnesis duration and outcome of surgical treatment in children with symptomatic epilepsy by A. B. Kozlova, M. B. Korsakova, N. A. Arkhipova, P. A. Vlasov, A. G. Melikyan, L. V. Shishkina, E. L. Masherov

“…To reveal relation of change in intraoperative electroencephalography (EEG), electrocorticography (EсoG) with age of patients, the anamnesis duration, localization and type of pathology, the result of treatment.   Materials and methods. 64 patients with symptomatic epilepsy operated at N.N. …”
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EVALUATION OF PERSONNEL PERFORMANCE WITHIN A COMPANY’S HR DEPARTMENT by Nicoleta ISAC, Waqar BADSHAH

“…This activity allows the determination of the degree to which the employees perform their tasks efficiently and pay fairly and completely the responsibilities they have been assigned. …”
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Spectroscopic analysis (UV-VIS-NIR) for predictive modeling of macro and micronutrients in grapevine leaves by J.I. Manzano, M. Rodríguez-Febereiro, M. Fandiño, M. Vilanova, J.J. Cancela

“…Assessing nutrient concentrations in grapevines is crucial not only for the overall physiology of the plant but also for the quality of the resulting wine. Accurate determinations are also relevant for enhancing nutrient use efficiency and formulating fertilizer recommendations. …”
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Metabolome Profiling and Predictive Modeling of Dark Green Leaf Trait in Bunching Onion Varieties by Tetsuya Nakajima, Mari Kobayashi, Masato Fuji, Kouei Fujii, Mostafa Abdelrahman, Yasumasa Matsuoka, Jun’ichi Mano, Muneo Sato, Masami Yokota Hirai, Naoki Yamauchi, Masayoshi Shigyo

“…<b>Background:</b> The dark green coloration of bunching onion leaf blades is a key determinant of market value, nutritional quality, and visual appeal. …”
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Explaining the Effects of Geotourism on the Development of Entrepreneurship in City- Village Ghori-Ghalhe with Structural Equation Approach by Davood Jamini, Mmnad Salari, Himan Shahabi

“…and how much do the residents benefit from entrepreneurship features? 2-Materials and Methods The study, in terms of methodology, is a descriptive-analytic research and, in terms of purpose, is an applied one. …”
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Profiling of driver mutations in lung adenocarcinoma patients identifies rare compound EGFR mutations sensitive to second-generation EGFR-TKIs by Jun Li, Cuiyun Zhang, Yuping Guan, Siyu Wang, Jiawen Zheng, Junnan Feng, Sile Han, Ruijuan Ma, Pengfei Ren, Shasha Li, Harry J. M. Groen, Klaas Kok, Anke van den Berg, Bing Wei, Jie Ma, Hongle Li, Yongjun Guo

“…Material and methods Targeted sequencing covering the hotspot regions of eight LUAD driver genes was performed across 853 treatment-naive LUAD patients admitted in Henan Cancer Hospital (HNCH cohort). …”
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Combined L-Band Polarimetric SAR and GPR Data to Develop Models for Leak Detection in the Water Pipeline Networks by Yuyao Zhang, Hongliang Guan, Fuzhou Duan

“…At present, the rapid development of remote sensing and computer technologies makes it possible to detect water pipeline leaks on a large scale efficiently and timely. The leakage will cause an increase in the water content and dielectric constant of the soil around the pipeline, so it is feasible to determine the leakage site by measuring the subsurface soil relative dielectric constant (SSRDC). …”
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Pooling sputum for Xpert MTB/RIF and Xpert Ultra testing during the Covid-19 pandemic in Lao People's Democratic Republic. by Vibol Iem, Phonenaly Chittamany, Sakhone Suthepmany, Souvimone Siphanthong, Silaphet Somphavong, Konstantina Kontogianni, James Dodd, Jahangir Akber Mahmud Khan, Jose Dominguez, Tom Wingfield, Jacob Creswell, Luis Eduardo Cuevas

“…The global Covid-19 pandemic has limited access to molecular TB diagnostics and National Programmes are struggling to maintain essential services. The pooling method (testing several samples together) could reduce the number of cartridges and staff time needed for TB diagnosis but has not been tested within the pandemic. …”
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Transdermal influenza immunization with vaccine-coated microneedle arrays. by Dimitrios G Koutsonanos, Maria del Pilar Martin, Vladimir G Zarnitsyn, Sean P Sullivan, Richard W Compans, Mark R Prausnitz, Ioanna Skountzou

“…The objective of this study is to investigate a novel method for transdermal delivery using metal microneedle arrays (MN) coated with inactivated influenza virus to determine whether this route is a simpler and safer approach than the conventional immunization, capable to induce robust immune responses and confer protection against lethal virus challenge.…”
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Comprehensive Evaluation of Green Construction in Building Projects Using an Integrated MCDM and Plithogenic Set Approach by Yuqian Liu, Xuan Yu, Shuangquan Zheng

“…The simple additive weighting (SAW) method is employed to rank the alternatives. Three experts evaluated nine criteria and eight alternatives to determine the criteria weights and rank the alternatives. …”
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Intravenous Administration of sRNA Nanoparticles for Treatment of Osteoporosis in Mice by Xuemeng Mu, Xinyi Du, Huitian Han, Fei Liu, Zhifa Zheng, Jing Hao, Lijin Liu, Su Liu, Ze Wei, Changfa Huang, Annan Liang, Wei Zou, Lina Zhao, Zhihong Wu, Jia Zhang

“…This study explores the potential of LNPs as an effective delivery system to treat osteoporosis. <b>Methods</b>: LNPs were prepared using microfluidic techniques with varying lipid compositions, and characterized in terms of size, zeta potential, and entrapment efficiency (EE%). …”
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Phase I-IIa clinical trial to evaluate the safety, feasibility and efficacy of the use of a palate mucosa generated by tissue engineering for the treatment of children with cleft p... by Ingrid Garzón, Antonio Campos, Miguel Alaminos, Gloria Carmona, Antonio España-López, Ricardo Fernández-Valadés, Elisa Cubiles, Miguel Angel Martin-Piedra, Víctor Carriel, Fernando Campos, Adoración Martínez-Plaza, Daniel Vallejo, Esther Liceras-Liceras, Jesús Chato-Astrain, Oscar Dario García-García, David Sánchez-Porras, Paula Ávila-Fernández, Miguel Etayo-Escanilla, Blanca Quijano, Elisabet Aguilar

“…Preliminary signs of efficiency will be explored by sequentially evaluating craniomaxillofacial development, hearing impairment, speech capability and quality of life of the family. …”
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Estimating Chlorophyll-a Concentrations in Optically Shallow Waters Using Gaofen-1 Wide-Field-of-View (GF-1 WFV) Datasets from Lake Taihu, China by Fuli Yan, Yuzhuo Li, Xiangtao Fan, Hongdeng Jian, Yun Li

“…This paper identifies submerged and emergent plants, determines the retrieval models for the upwelling (K_u) and downwelling (K_d) irradiance attenuation coefficients, and proposes a phytoplankton chlorophyll-a retrieval model using a water depth optimization-based method to remove the bottom effect. …”
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Key experimental technologies and their development directions for the exploration and production of deep coalbed methane by Xia YAN, Fengyin XU, Xianyue XIONG, Feng WANG, Chunhu LI, Jiyuan ZHANG, Borui XU, Qianhui CHENG, Xiong HU, Xueguang ZHU, Wei LIANG, Pu YUAN, Yanqing FENG, Zhenji WEI

“…However, the exploration and production of deep CBM are still confronted with many technical challenges, and there is a lack of studies on key experimental technologies related to the geological characteristics and engineering assessment of deep CBM reservoirs, the occurrence characteristics and production mechanisms of gas and water, the formulation of production systems, and methods for enhanced CBM recovery. Advances in ResearchGiven the characteristics of deep coal seams and CBM, this study identifies four challenges in the exploration and exploitation of deep coal seams: the collection of large coal samples, the high-temperature, high-pressure, and high-stress in-situ conditions, high-precision characterization and desorption of sub-nano- to nano-scale micropores, and the accurate determination of gas content. …”
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The Validity of Cryptocurrency Transactions and the Analysis of Associated Disputes by Hossein Qahari, Javad Hosseinzadeh

“…If a transaction involves a specified subject matter and, after determining the price, the parties choose cryptocurrency as a payment method: In this case, firstly, based on the principle of validity of transactions the transaction cannot be deemed invalid. …”
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Technology of automated video observation of a drogue-sensor basket in the problem of autonomous aerial refueling by A. V. Gaidenkov, M. I. Kanevskiy, A. S. Ostrovskiy, O. I. Ganyak, N. Yu. Chizhov

“…The technology is based on the use of a passive optoelectronic system and incorporates the logic of automated refueling observation of a refueling process using algorithms for the automatic detection and tracking of a drogue-sensor, a methodical apparatus for suboptimal linear filtering of the observed process under the conditions of spatial and temporary non-stationarity of the refueling process, algorithms for automatic correlation detection and tracking of a drogue-sensor using suboptimal filtering. …”
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10-YEARS ANALYSIS OF CRYOBAG FRACTURE IN A LARGE INVENTORY OF CELLULAR THERAPY PRODUCTS: RATES AND RISK FACTORS by AR Belisário, LT Mendonça, RK Andrade, MC Martins, LA Costa, KL Prata

“…Methods: This retrospective cohort study included cryobags from individuals referred for hematopoietic stem cell transplantation or immunotherapy. …”
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Effects of Supplementary Irrigation and some Stress Modifiers (Vermicompost, Nano Iron Oxide, and Humic Acid) on Grain Filling Components, Nodulation and Grain Yield of Chickpea (C... by R Seyed Sharifi, R Seyedsharifi

“…The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of supplementary irrigation and stress modifiers (such as humic acid, nano iron oxide and vermicompost) on nodulation and yield of chickpeas under rain fed conditions.Materials and MethodsA factorial experiment was performed at a farm near Ardabil city in 2023 using a RCBD with three replications. …”
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