Complement Fixation Test for Specific Antibody Detection against Bovine Brucellosis in Selected Peasant Association of Guto Gida District, East Wollega Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia by Gudeta Ararsa, Eyob Hirpa, Morka Amante

“…Eighty (80) blood samples were collected from grazing cattle above six months of age. Serum was tested by complement fixation test (CFT) for Brucella antibody detection. …”
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A Simple(r) Tool For Examining Fixations by Francesco Di Nocera, Claudio Capobianco, Simon Mastrangelo

“…This feature is crucial given that the spatial distribution of fixations must be used to test hypotheses about the time course of mental load.…”
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Enhanced N2‐fixation and NH4+ recycling during oceanic anoxic event 2 in the proto‐North Atlantic by I. Ruvalcaba Baroni, I. Tsandev, C. P. Slomp

“…With the updated version of the model, we test the hypothesis that enhanced availability of P can fuel N2‐fixation, increase primary productivity and drive large parts of the proto‐North Atlantic to anoxia during OAE2. …”
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Cannabis Use and Postoperative Risks: A Comprehensive Analysis of Medical Complications Within 90 Days Following Ankle Fracture Fixation by Arman Kishan MBBS, Victoria E. Bergstein BA, Stanley E. Zhu BS, Sanjay Kubsad BS, James R. Ficke MD, Amiethab A. Aiyer MD

“…Demographic and comorbidity profiles, as well as medical and surgical post-operative outcomes were compared using Chi-square tests. Results: Out of 788,702 patients undergoing ankle fracture open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) during the study period, 46,105 had documented cannabis use. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Diagnostic Tests for Brucellosis in Humans and Animals: A Meta-Analytical Approach by Shahid Nazir, Muhammad Farooq, Raheel Khan, Aman Ullah Khan, Ali Husnain, Muhammad Ali Hassan, Hosny El-Adawy, Heinrich Neubauer

“…Similarly, the complement fixation test (CFT) had a lower detection rate than the RBPT for brucellosis both in cattle [RR = 0.97 (95% CI: 0.94–0.99), <i>I</i>² = 9%] and sheep [RR = 0.97 (95% CI: 0.95–0.99), <i>I</i>² = 0%]. …”
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Effectiveness of arrangement of the long cargo transportation on the fi tting platforms with different length of freight storage by S. V. Mozgrin, G. E. Pisarevskiy

“…The value of the annual economic effect for the freight owner (Eyearown) is determined as the change of the freight owner’s expenses due to usage of the new option relative to the basic transportation option.The economic assessment of the transportation is performed considering the interests of each member of the transportation process and tested based on specific data. The results demonstrate the effectiveness of implementation of the technical and technological solution under consideration.…”
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Seroprevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Camel Brucellosis in the Gumbi Bordode District of the Oromia Region, Eastern Ethiopia by Aklilu Asmelash, Diriba Achalu, Getachew Tuli

“…The Rose Bengal plate test (RBPT) served as the initial screening method, whereas the indirect enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (i-ELISA) and complement fixation test (CFT) were used for confirmation. …”
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Brucellosis in Camels and Humans: Seroprevalence and Associated Risk Factors in Amibara District of Afar Region, Ethiopia by Fekadu Gutema Wegi, Kebede Amenu, Adugna Chalchisa, Gezahegne Mamo

“…A total of 250 camel and 120 human sera were serially tested using the Rose Bengal plate test (RBPT) and complement fixation test (CFT). …”
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Prevalence of human brucellosis in Ethiopia: systematic review and meta-analysis by Fikir Asrie, Mastewal Birhan, Mulat Dagnew, Nega Berhane

“…The analysis included 26 studies covering 5,718 human serum samples. The Complement Fixation Test served as the confirmatory diagnostic test. …”
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Assessing webcam-based eye-tracking during comic reading in the classroom: a feasibility study by Jade Antunes Nascimento, Paulo Rodrigo Bazán, Raymundo Machado de Azevedo Neto, Edilene Santos Silva, Daniela Arruda Soares, Joana Bisol Balardin, Edson Amaro Junior

“…Qualitative quality control was implemented to exclude low-quality data. Fixation dwell time was measured to determine whether specific areas of the image received more attention. …”
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The Learning Curve for Laparoscopic Sacrocolpopexy Based on Dissection Skills if Structured Teaching and Standardized Surgery are Applied by Studer AM, Krebs J, Brambs C, Christmann-Schmid C

“…Consequently, the learning curve is supposed to be ascribed to only on-patient trainable skills like tissue preparation.Patients and Methods: To test this hypothesis, a structured training and stepwise surgical program were implemented to perform laparoscopic sacrocolpopexy (SCP) for urogynecological fellows adapting existing literature.The program was structured and recorded as following: dry-lab training weekly for knotting and suturing skills, assisting 20 SCP, stepwise overtaking defined steps under supervision including preparation of the dissecting planes anteriorly, posteriorly and at the level of the promontory, mesh fixation and retroperitoneal closure. …”
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Human Perception of the Emotional Expressions of Humanoid Robot Body Movements: Evidence from Survey and Eye-Tracking Measurements by Wa Gao, Shiyi Shen, Yang Ji, Yuan Tian

“…Statistical methods, including K-means clustering, repeated analysis of variance (ANOVA), Friedman’s ANOVA, and Spearman’s correlation test, were used to analyze the data. According to the statistical results of emotional categories, intensities, and arousals perceived by humans, a guide to grading the designed robot’s bodily expressions of emotion is created. …”
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Trace elements changes in the forebrain and their influence on the rats behavior in elevated plus maze in acute period of mild blast-induced traumatic brain injury by Yu.V. Kozlova

“…Standard deviation, Mann-Whitney U test (р<0.01, р<0.05), Spearman's correlation coef­ficient (r, р<0.01) were statistically calculated. …”
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Complete Spontaneous Bone Regeneration following Surgical Enucleation of a Mandibular Cemento-Ossifying Fibroma by Saeed Shirafkan, Mehdi Gholamian, Ali Rohani, Sadaf Sadat Mahmoudinezhad, Mahshid Razavi, Kooshan Moradi

“…It had a firm consistency, and the covering mucosa was normal in terms of color and texture. The aspiration test was negative. The lesion had caused severe mobility of the second premolar and first and second molar teeth. …”
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The models of the impact of interactive relationship between thinking style and the format of the advertising message on advertisement attractiveness and purchase intention by mean... by Alireza Haddadi, Rosa Hendijani, Tahmores Hasangholi pour

“…Purchase intention can be used to test the implementation of a new distribution channel to help managers determine whether the concept deserves further development and decide which geographic markets and consumer segments to target through a channel (Morwitz et al., 2017). …”
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Deep learning based decision-making and outcome prediction for adolescent idiopathic scoliosis patients with posterior surgery by Kai Chen, Xiao Zhai, Ziqiang Chen, Haojue Wang, Mingyuan Yang, Changwei Yang, Yushu Bai, Ming Li

“…The mean square error (MSE), mean absolute error (MAE) and curve fitting between the predicted and corresponding real postoperative spinal coordinates of the test set were adopted to validate and compare the efficacy of the DL models. …”
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Utility of Cell Blocks from Lymph Node Aspirates to Improve the Diagnostic Accuracy of Fine Needle Aspiration Cytology: A Cross-sectional Observational Study from Eastern India by Upajna Pal, Abhinandan Bayen, Debajyoti Nanda, Manisha Sarkar, Dipanwita Nag

“…The Cohen’s kappa statistical coefficient test was performed to represent diagnostic accuracy. …”
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Comprehensive pharmacogenomics profiling of the Serbian population by Marina Jelovac, Djordje Pavlovic, Biljana Stankovic, Nikola Kotur, Bojan Ristivojevic, Sonja Pavlovic, Branka Zukic

“…BackgroundPharmacogenomics offers a possibility of anticipating drug response based on individuals’ genetic profiles and represents a step toward implementation of personalized treatment through routine genetic testing. …”
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Applicability of Strain Gauge Methods for Experimental Determination of Operating Stress of Construction, Road and Agricultural Machines Attached to Tractors by Aleksey F. Rogachev, Anatoly A. Karsakov, Anatoly A. Martynov

“…The operating stress of construction, road and agricultural machines is determined during experimental and factory tests using force sensors. The aim of the research is to improve the methods of experimental determination of horizontal forces transferred by mobile implements using strain gauges combined with the elements of fastening of technological machines. …”
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Gradual poisoning of a chest x-ray convolutional neural network with an adversarial attack and AI explainability methods by Stephen B. Lee

“…In the 16.7% poisoned model, SHAP focus did not fixate on the trigger in the normal test set. Minimal effects were seen in the 2% model. …”
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