Cell therapy for ARDS: efficacy of endobronchial versus intravenous administration and biodistribution of MAPCs in a large animal model by Nayra Cardenes, Paola Aranda-Valderrama, Jonathan P Carney, Jacobo Sellares Torres, Diana Alvarez, Julie A Wolfram Smith, Antony E Ting, Luigi Lagazzi, Zheming Yu, Scott Mason, Ernesto Santos, Brian J Lopresti, Mauricio Rojas, Ergin Kocyildirim

“…To date, there is no agreement on which is the best method for stem cells delivery in ARDS. Here, we compared the efficacy of two different methods of administration and biodistribution of MAPC for the treatment of ARDS in a sheep model.Methods MAPC were labelled with [18F] fluoro-29-deoxy-D-glucose and delivered by endobronchial (EB) or intravenous route 1 hour after lipopolysaccharide infusion in sheep mechanically ventilated. …”
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Cost-effectiveness analysis of AI-based image quality control for perinatal ultrasound screening by Yihan Tan, Yulin Peng, Liangyu Guo, Dongmei Liu, Yingchun Luo

“…Abstract Purpose This study aimed to compare the cost-effectiveness of AI-based approaches with manual approaches in ultrasound image quality control (QC). Methods Eligible ultrasonographers and pregnant volunteers were prospectively recruited from the Hunan Maternal and Child Health Hospital in May 2023. …”
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Evaluation of Drug Resistance Pattern and Molecular Detection of ISAba1 and ISAba2 in Acinetobacter baumannii Strains Isolated from Hospitalized Patients by Seyed Mohammad Mahdi Mousavi, Hamid Reza Goli, Elham Amiri, Mehrdad Gholami

“…The antibiotic susceptibility pattern of the isolates was evaluated using the disk diffusion method according to the CLSI 2021 guidelines. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of colistin was determined using the micro broth method. …”
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Unveiling Potential Blood Markers for Endometriosis Through the Integration and Experimental Validation of Immune Cell Traits Genome and Genome-Wide Associated Data by Mei J, Jiang XY, Zhang B, Wang L, Zhang AX, Li JJ, Chen SX, Xu X, Hu JJ, Zhou SG

“…Jie Mei,1– 3,* Xi-Ya Jiang,1,2,* Bin Zhang,4,* Li Wang,5 Ai-Xi Zhang,6 Jie-Jie Li,1– 3 Shun-Xia Chen,1,2 Xiao Xu,1,2 Jing‑Jing Hu,7 Shu-Guang Zhou1– 3 1Department of Gynecology, The Fifth Affiliated Clinical College of Anhui Medical University, Maternal and Child Health Center of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, 230001, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Gynecology, Anhui Women and Children’s Medical Center, Hefei, Anhui, 230001, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Gynecology, Linquan Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, Fuyang, Anhui, 236400, People’s Republic of China; 4Department of Scientific Research, Hefei Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, Hefei, Anhui, 230001, People’s Republic of China; 5Department of Clinical Laboratory, Linquan Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, Fuyang, Anhui, 236400, People’s Republic of China; 6Department of Public Health, Linquan Maternity and Child Healthcare Hospital, Fuyang, Anhui, 236400, People’s Republic of China; 7Department of reproduction, The First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, Anhui, 230032, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Shu-Guang Zhou; Jing‑Jing Hu, Email zhoushuguang@ahmu.edu.cn; janejj55@126.comBackground: While endometriosis (EM) has been previously associated with multiple immune factors, the causal relationship underlying these associations remains unclear.Objective: In this study, Two-sample Mendelian randomization (MR) method was employed to investigate the causal relationship between 731 immune cell traits and EM based on tabulated data from genome-wide association studies (GWAS).Methods: MR method includes inverse variance weighting (IVW), the weighted median (WM), MR-Egger, the weighted model, and the simple model. …”
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Application of Collective Intelligence of Artificial Bee Colony Algorithm in Optimization of Estimation and Zoning of Wind Erosion Intensity Using Geomorphological data (Case Study... by Mehdi Saghafi, Moohamadali Moodaresi

“…The average annual precipitation in the plain over a period of 50 years equals to 177 mm and its climate is generally dry. 2- Materials and Methods In order to study wind erosion, erosion models with different goals, such as Successive approximation of erosion and designing of erosion control tools, are used. …”
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Self-Training Can Reduce Detection False Alarm Rate of High-Resolution Imaging Sonar by Jingqi Han, Yue Fan, Zheng He, Zhenhang You, Peng Zhang, Zhengliang Hu

“…The results show that, under the conditions of equal or higher recall rates, this method can reduce the false alarm rate by 3.91% and 18.50% on 240 kHz and 450 kHz sonar images, respectively, compared to traditional transfer learning methods.…”
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The Creation of the Basic Inventions Classification Model for the Estimating Significance of Intellectual Property Objects considering the Development of Means of Protection agains... by O. N. Nikonova, D. V. Frolov, A. I. Sorokin, E. D. Kleshchenko, Y. P. Zlobina, O. N. Tjazhin

“…For the predictive prospectivity estimation, the universal selection forms of inventions were developed, which are matrix-type evaluation tables that take into account various characteristics of inventions, ranked by degree of importance; the universal selection forms for each type of invention («device», «method», «substance», «new purpose application») and groups of inventions («substance + method», «device + method») were developed as well. …”
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PERBANDINGAN METODE PENYETARAAN SKOR TES MENGGUNAKAN BUTIR BERSAMA DAN TANPA BUTIR BERSAMA by Heri Retnawati

“…The results show that (1) 20 sets of tests in the national exams show equal tendencies; (2) in equating with graphical methods, the means and sigmas produce the most equal scores; (3) Haebara and Stocking Lord methods generate the smallest RMSE scores; and (4) the concordance produces RMSE smaller than equating.   …”
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Presentation the Model of Empowerment in Physical Education Teachers by Atefeh Sami, Amir Hossein Labbaf

“…To measure the reliability, the intra-subject agreement method was used, which was equal to 0.85 and was confirmed. …”
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DeepLASD countermeasure for logical access audio spoofing by Hamed Al-Tairi, Ali Javed, Tasawer Khan, Abdul Khader Jilani Saudagar

“…Extensive experimentation was conducted on the large-scale and diverse ASVspoof 2019 and 2021 datasets. Achieving an Equal Error Rate as low as $$4.98\%$$ and a minimum Tandem Detection Cost Function of 0.1208, along with strong generalization to both VC and TTS spoof types, demonstrate the competency of the proposed method for LA spoofing detection. …”
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Effectiveness of Relationships Enrichment Education on Improvement of Life Quality and Marital Satisfaction in Married Female Students by Mahsa Amini, Hassan Heydari

“…In order to perform the study, 32 married female students were selected through convenient sampling method and divided equally to experimental and control groups. …”
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CORAK PENAFSIRAN ACARA SERAMBI ISLAMI TVRI DAN RELEVANSINYA TERHADAP PENDIDIKAN DIVERSITAS SOSIO- KULTURAL SELAMA MASA PANDEMI by Yuliandre Darwis, Darwis Hude, Muhammad Hariyadi

“…The results show that most speakers used the ijmali interpretation method with a more contextual approach, although there was variation in the delivery methods. …”
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OVERDISPERSION HANDLING IN POISSON REGRESSION MODEL BY APPLYING NEGATIVE BINOMIAL REGRESSION by Yesan Tiara, Muhammad Nur Aidi, Erfiani Erfiani, Rika Rachmawati

“…A negative binomial regression can overcome an unfulfilled equidispersion assumption where the mean is greater than the standard deviation value (overdispersion). This method is more flexible because it does not require that the variance be equal to the mean. …”
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Investigating Peer Evaluations and Satisfaction of Group Presentations of Physiology for Nursing Students by Reza Mohebbati, Morteza Rostamian

“…This study investigates peer evaluation as a new model of educational evaluation of group presentation of a physiology course for nursing students and their satisfaction with this new method. Methods: This descriptive study was conducted on nursing students of Gonabad University of Medical Sciences who had chosen the physiology course. …”
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The Antibacterial Activity of Lactophenol, Safranin, and Methyl Red Dyes Against Clinically Isolated Escherichia Coli by Haneen Waheed Ahmeed, Falah Hasan Obayes Al-Khikani, Khadeeja Kareem Khudair

“…Well diffusion method used to evaluate the antimicrobial activity of lactophenol, methyl red, and safranin stains. …”
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OPTIMAL PARAMETERS OF ASYMMETRICAL OSCILLATIONS OF THE TOOL FOR CIRCULARING WITH VISCOUS STRUCTURAL STEEL by S. S. Danilchyk, V. K. Sheleh

“…A turning method with asymmetric oscillations of cutting tool has been proposed on the basis of the analysis of various methods for chip crushing in the process of structural steel lathe turning and the method makes it possible to ensure a stable crushing of discharge chips and to reduce roughness of the machined surfaces. …”
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Nutrition Education Effect in Increasing Knowledge and Ability to Interpret Nutrition Facts in Adolescents by Jovita Octa Meylinda, Ditia Fitri Arinda, Indah Yuliana, Desri Maulina Sari

“…The sample size included 60 participants, divided into 2 equal groups, receiving education through lecture method and leaflets, respectively. …”
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Measuring. Monitoring. Management. Control by F.A. Bobylev, D.A. Tashlintsev, V.M. Chaykovskiy

“…The task of producing high-speed semiconductor elements is inextricably linked with the use of MD structures used as the basis for these elements with weakly pronounced relaxation properties. Materials and methods. To measure the time constant of the exponential component of the pulse voltage, the «two-serif» method is used, implemented using a controlled ADC included in the microcontroller (MC). …”

Sobre a leucotomia pré-frontal de Egas Moniz by Mario Yahn

“…One hundred and sixty-one patients were operated on by the Egas Moniz's method of leucotomy and 48 by the Freeman and Watts's technique of prefrontal lobotomy. …”
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National law and legal pluralism by S. V. Biryukov

“…In particular, the system approach, dialectical method, methods of formal logic, formal-legal and comparative-legal methods, theoretical-sociological and theoretical-cultural analysis are used.The main results, scopresue of application. …”
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