The diagnostic accuracy of point-of-care nucleic acid-based isothermal amplification assays for scrub typhus: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Rashi Dixit, Sandeep Manikandan, John Antony Jude Prakash, Manisha Biswal, Dharitri Mohapatra, Natarajan Gopalan, G. Gnanamani, Sujit Kumar Behera

“…Using the methodology of systematic reviewing and meta-analysis, the study aimed to synthesize and compare the diagnostic performances of all the available isothermal assays for the detection of classical rickettsial diseases.MethodsStudies were retrieved from PubMed and Scopus, and selection and screening were conducted using pre-determined inclusion and exclusion criteria. …”
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Design, spectroscopic analysis, DFT calculations, adsorption evaluation, molecular docking, comprehensive in silico and in vitro bioactivity studies of thiocarbohydrazide grafted d... by Magda A. Akl, Aya G. Mostafa, Abdelrahman S. El-Zeny, El-Sayed R. H. El-Gharkawy

“…The adsorption process was determined to be exothermic and spontaneous across varying temperatures. …”
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Automated sleep staging model for older adults based on CWT and deep learning by Qunfeng Niu, Ranran Gui, Hengfang Liu, Liuyi Li, Lei Shi, Kunming Jia, Peng Li, Li Wang

“…To further validate the superiority of the RICM-SleepNet model, this study compared it with recent research methods that have demonstrated good performance in sleep staging. …”
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Analysis of Irrigation, Crop Growth and Physiological Information in Substrate Cultivation Using an Intelligent Weighing System by Jiu Xu, Lili Zhangzhong, Peng Lu, Yihan Wang, Qian Zhao, Youli Li, Lichun Wang

“…Compared to traditional estimation methods, the MAE and RMSE decreased by 12.5% and 15.0%, respectively. …”
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Inhibition of Aspartate β-Hydroxylase Enhances Anti-Tumor Immunity by Johari SD, Krausova K, Zucha B, Madureira Trufen CE, Polakova I, Olsen M, Smahel M

“…Different types of lymphoid and myeloid cells were likely involved in the activated immune response that was efficient against tumors with MHC-I downregulation, which are often resistant to T-cell-based therapies. …”
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Diagnostics-linked Antimicrobial Surveillance: A Route to Patient-Centred Microbiology Diagnostics? by Dr Alex Howard, Dr Charlotte Brookfield, Dr Conor Rosato, Dr Anoop Velluva, Dr Alessandro Gerada, Professor William Hope

“…However, the provision of efficient and effective microbiology diagnostics is hampered by a poor understanding of the impact of microbiology tests on antimicrobial treatment in real-world settings – this is partly due to antimicrobial treatment surveillance and datasets being detached from antimicrobial diagnostic surveillance, particularly in resource-restricted global settings. …”
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Dynamic Mechanical and Charlesby-Pinner Analyses of Radiation Cross-Linked Ethylene-Vinyl Acetate Copolymer (EVA) by Anna Svarcova, Petr Svoboda

“…Due to a higher VA content (12 wt.%), EVA 212 exhibits more efficient network formation.…”
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High INtensity Interval Training In pATiEnts with intermittent claudication (INITIATE): protocol for a multicentre, proof-of-concept, prospective interventional study by Gordon McGregor, Chao Huang, Maureen Twiddy, Judith Long, Amy Harwood, Lee Ingle, Saïd Ibeggazene, Sean Pymer, Adam R Nicholls, Sean Carroll, Marjorie Rooms, I C Chetter

“…High-intensity interval training (HIIT) is more time-efficient and therefore has the potential to overcome this barrier. …”
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Estimating Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Carbon Storage in <i>Roinia pseudoacacia</i> Plantations in the Caijiachuan Watershed Using Sample Plots and Uncrewed Aerial Vehicle-Borne Las... by Yawei Hu, Ruoxiu Sun, Miaomiao He, Jiongchang Zhao, Yang Li, Shengze Huang, Jianjun Zhang

“…Compared to traditional methods based on diameter at breast height (DBH), carbon storage assessments demonstrated superior accuracy and scientific validity. …”
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Harnessing image processing for precision disease diagnosis in sugar beet agriculture by Varucha Misra, A.K. Mall

“…Sugar beet, a sugar crop, faces a persistent threat from foliar and root diseases, finally leading to substantial yield losses. Traditional methods of disease identification and severity assessment are often time-consuming, error-prone, and impractical, particularly in large production areas. …”
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Comparison of strategies for automatic video-based detection of piling behaviour in laying hens by Dan Børge Jensen, Michael Toscano, Esther van der Heide, Matias Grønvig, Franziska Hakansson

“…The specific aim of this preliminary study is to determine which secondary modelling strategy is best suited for the accurate and efficient detection of piling behaviour. …”
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Hydrophobicity and performance analysis of beverage and agricultural waste torrefaction for high-grade bio-circular solid fuel by Napat Kaewtrakulchai, Sutthipoj Wongrerkdee, Benjapon Chalermsinsuwan, Namfon Samsalee, Chao-Wei Huang, Kanit Manatura

“…Furthermore, this study demonstrates an efficient method for enhancing the fuel quality of biomass, contributing significantly to the bio-circular green economy concept.…”
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Impact of Promoters on the Catalytic Performance of Nanostructured Nickel/Carbon Matrix for the Decomposition of Methane by Adeel Ahmad, Iqra Reyaz Hamdani, Abdul Rasheed Pillantakath, Ahmed Al Shoaibi, Srinivasakannan Chandrasekar, Mohammad Mozahar Hossain

“…Hence, an attempt is made to assess the effect of promoters namely Cu and Mo on the Ni/porous carbon matrix, synthesized using a hydrothermal method. The proportion of Cu and Mo are varied to determine the optimal loading, to maximize conversion and stability using pure methane as the feedstock. …”
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Research on anti-error operation warning of power grid dispatching based on deep bidirectional gated recurrent neural network by Jinglong He, Dunlin Zhu, Sheng Yang, Jinming Liu, Tianyun Luo, Yuan Fu

“… To improve the security and overall efficiency of grid scheduling work and accurately optimize scheduling decisions, a grid scheduling error-proof operation warning method based on a deep bidirectional gated recurrent neural network is proposed. …”
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A Segment Anything Model Approach for Rice Seedlings Detection Based on UAV Images by H. Rezvan, M. J. Valadan Zoej, F. Youssefi, F. Youssefi

“…Our findings reveal that the point prompt method emerges as the preferred choice for rice seedling detection, offering superior accuracy and reliability. …”
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Using Spinodal Decomposition to Investigate Diffusion Enhancement and Vacancy Population by Xinren Chen, Frédéric De Geuser, Alisson Kwiatkowski da Silva, Chuanlai Liu, Eric Woods, Dirk Ponge, Baptiste Gault, Dierk Raabe

“…It allows for the assessment of diffusion enhancement and determination of vacancy supersaturation in sub‐micrometer regions. …”
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Fog Computing and Industry 4.0 for Newsvendor Inventory Model Using Attention Mechanism and Gated Recurrent Unit by Joaquin Gonzalez, Liliana Avelar Sosa, Gabriel Bravo, Oliverio Cruz-Mejia, Jose-Manuel Mejia-Muñoz

“…<i>Background</i>: Efficient inventory management is critical for sustainability in supply chains. …”
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Fast-track analysis of beetroot using the liquid generated during the cooking processOpen Data is available at under the name “UBU-Polymers Research Group 02062025″. by María Gaona-Ruiz, Saúl Vallejos, Ana Rodríguez, Miriam Trigo-López, Celia Carrillo

“…Beetroots are vegetables with high antioxidant capacity owing to their content of bioactive compounds such as betalains, polyphenols, and other antioxidants, which serve as quality markers for beetroot products. Conventional methods for determining these compounds rely on time-consuming solid-liquid extractions requiring large amounts of solvents, which is a drawback in the food industry. …”
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Detection of antiferromagnetic order in a RuO2/Pt bilayer by spin Hall magnetoresistance by Yuta Kobayashi, Shutaro Karube, Itaru Sugiura, Hideki Narita, Ryusuke Hisatomi, Yoichi Shiota, Teruo Ono

“…Thus, it is important to apply other methods by which to determine functionality based on magnetic structure. …”
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Behavioral assessment of well-being in the naïve laboratory ferret (Mustela putorius furo) by Molly J. Goodfellow, Lorena E. Hong, Boris Piskoun, Julie L. Proctor, Jody C. Cantu, Gary Fiskum

“…Overall, this study provides a simple and efficient method to assess psychological well-being and environmental exploration in both juvenile and young adult laboratory ferrets. …”
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