A Systematic Review of the Microfinance Literature: An ADO-TCM Framework Approach by Bahman Khodapanah, Mohammad Bashokouh Ajirlou, Fariba Mesri

“…The primary objective of this study is to conduct a systematic review of microfinance literature utilizing a framework-based approach grounded in the ADO-TCM model, which employs the meta-synthesis approach. …”
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The mitigative effects of Blautia producta 1009924 on DSS-induced intestinal inflammation by Yishu Chen, Yan Ma, Yang Leng, Xiaoling Li, Sishi Qin, Xiaoyan Li, Zhao Zhang, Zhao Zhang, Huajun Yu

“…Compared with the DSS-induced enteritis model group, B. producta 1009924 inhibited reactive oxygen species (ROS) production and neutrophil accumulation in zebrafish intestines. …”
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Incomplete Thermal Ablation-Induced FOXP4-Mediated Promotion of Malignant Progression in Liver Cancer via NDST2 by Wan W, Pan Y, Pang J, Bai X, Li L, Kang T, Chen J, Wen R, Wen D, Yang H, He Y

“…FOXP4 expression was detected in clinical samples of HCC. The gene expression levels in an in vitro heat-stressed HCC cell model were determined using quantitative real-time PCR (RT-qPCR) and Western blotting. …”
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Effect of Allostatic Load on hepatic steatosis and fatty liver-associated liver fibrosis by Lei Zhang, Mingyu Chen

“…Abstract Background The Allostatic Load Index (ALI), as a comprehensive biomarker for assessing the body’s chronic stress response, has been widely used in quantitative studies of the physiological mechanisms of stress. …”
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Geographic variation in secondary metabolites contents and their relationship with soil mineral elements in Pleuropterus multiflorum Thunb. from different regions by Yaling Yang, Siman Wang, Ruibin Bai, Feng Xiong, Yan Jin, Hanwei Liu, Ziyi Wang, Chengyuan Yang, Yi Yu, Apu Chowdhury, Chuanzhi Kang, Jian Yang, Lanping Guo

“…Furthermore, an RF algorithm was employed to establish an interrelationship model, effectively forecasting the abundance of the majority of differential metabolites in HSW samples based on the content data of soil mineral elements. …”
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The formulated microbicide RC-101 was safe and antivirally active following intravaginal application in pigtailed macaques. by Alexander M Cole, Dorothy L Patton, Lisa C Rohan, Amy L Cole, Yvonne Cosgrove-Sweeney, Nicole A Rogers, Deena Ratner, Alexandra B Sassi, Carol Lackman-Smith, Patrick Tarwater, Bharat Ramratnam, Piotr Ruchala, Robert I Lehrer, Alan J Waring, Phalguni Gupta

“…At one and four days following the final application, the presence of RC-101 was assessed in peripheral blood, cervicovaginal lavage, cytobrushed cervicovaginal cells, and biopsied cervical and vaginal tissues by quantitative western blots. One day following the last film application, cervical biopsies from RC-101-exposed and placebo-controlled macaques were collected and were subjected to challenge with RT-SHIV in an ex vivo organ culture model. …”
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TransLIBS-CRS: Integrating LIBS with transfer learning for accurate cross-regional soil total nitrogen detection by Peng Lin, Shixiang Ma, Zhizheng Shi, Peiying Li, Leizi Jiao, Hongwu Tian, Zhen Xing, Chunjiang Zhao, Daming Dong

“…However, soil variability across different regions limits the generalization ability of calibration models. To address this challenge, this study introduces a model named transfer-learning-assisted laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy for cross-regional soil analysis (TransLIBS-CRS), specifically designed to mitigate the low cross-domain prediction accuracy caused by variations in regional soil properties. …”
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Application of spectral characteristics of electrocardiogram signals in sleep apnea by Jiayue Hu, Liu Yang, Xintong Zhao, Haicheng Wei, Jing Zhao, Miaomiao Li

“…Finally, three spectral features—maximum instantaneous frequency (femax), instantaneous frequency amplitude (V), and marginal spectrum energy (S)—are quantitatively compared between normal and sleep apnea populations using an independent-sample t-test. …”
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Effect of spacer length between N atoms of linear alkyl triamines on adsorption of anionic platinum(IV) ions by Fatih Bilgin, Mustafa Imamoglu

“…In the column solid phase extraction studies, Pt(IV) ions could be quantitatively recovered from 500 mL sample solutions using both modified silica gels by eluting with acidic thiourea solutions. …”
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Remote Sensing Retrieval Method Based on Few-Shot Learning: A Case Study of Surface Dissolved Organic Carbon in Jiangsu Coastal Waters, China by Jiahao Zhang, Huan Li, Yiyang Miao, Zeng Zhou, Huihua Lyu, Zheng Gong

“…Subsequently, the machine learning model learned the complex relationships between target parameters and multidimensional features using the virtual dataset, which was then applied to real remote sensing reflectance images to obtain retrieval results. …”
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Evaluation of the therapeutic effect of pomegranate peel ginger ultrafine powder on chronic enteritis in mice by regulating intestinal microbiota by Zhenhuan Guo, Xiaohua Wang, Xiaohua Wang, Yupeng Li, Yanling Zhang, Yanling Zhang, Peng Guo, Jicheng Zhang, Zhiqiang Zhang, Xia Ma, Xia Ma

“…A chronic enteritis mouse model was established using a multifactorial method of low temperature + ice water + castor oil. …”
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Whole lung radiomic features are associated with overall survival in patients with locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer treated with definitive radiotherapy by Meng Yan, Zhen Zhang, Jia Tian, Jiaqi Yu, Andre Dekker, Dirk de Ruysscher, Leonard Wee, Lujun Zhao

“…Feature selection of radiomic features was done by the least absolute shrinkage (LASSO) method embedded with a Cox proportional hazards (CPH) model with 5-fold cross-internal validation, with 1000 bootstrap samples. …”
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The effect of contextual advertising on e-engagement with content relevance as mediation: Survey on Kienka official Instagram followers by Lili Adi Wibowo, Sherly Aulia Nurizky, Puspo Dewi Dirgantari, Usep Suhud, Inomjon Qudratov

“…Design/methodology/approach – This research is descriptive and verification with a quantitative approach. The sampling technique uses simple random sampling with 348 respondents. …”
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Identifying Diagnostic Biomarkers for Electroacupuncture Treatment of Rheumatoid Arthritis Using Bioinformatic Analysis and Machine Learning Algorithms by Sun Y, Dong G, Gao H, Yao Y, Yang H

“…Diagnostic biomarkers were identified using three distinct machine learning algorithms (LASSO, Random Forest and SVM-REF). A rat model of RA was established using Complete Freund’s Adjuvant (CFA), and quantitative real-time PCR was performed to confirm the differential expression of identified diagnostic biomarkers and assess the modulatory impact of EA on these genes.Results: Twenty-six genes were identified as differentially expressed following EA treatment. …”
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Dominance structure of the communities of soil and litter mesofauna in old-growth forests of the Ukrainian Roztochchia by Inna Tsaryk, Vasyl Yavornytskyi, Ostap Reshetylo

“…The sampling of soil and litter mesofauna was accomplished in 2023 by means of soil layer excavation to the depth of its distribution, manual analysis of soil and litter samples, and Barber pitfall traps. …”
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OPTIMIZING SERVICE QUALITY MANAGEMENT OF THE BUS RAPID TRANSPORT SYSTEM IN LAGOS USING THE MULTI-CRITERIA DECISION ANALYSIS by Sulaimon Olanrewaju ADEBIYI, Oluwagbenga John AKINRINMADE, Bilqis Bolanle AMOLE

“…Samples were drawn through a multi-stage sampling procedure and a total of 402 copies of questionnaires were administered to BRT users based on their experience with the system. …”
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Identification and experimental validation of BMX as a crucial PANoptosis‑related gene for immune response in Spinal Cord Injury. by Tianbao Feng, Jiating Hu, Mi Xie, Guodong Shi, Qi Wang, Jingyuan Yao, Xiaoqin Liu

“…Finally, we created a rat model of SCI to experimentally confirm the elevated expression of BMX in the SCI group by quantitative real-time PCR (qRT-PCR), western blot (WB) and immunohistochemistry (IHC). …”
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Multi-Channel Coupled Variational Bayesian Framework with Structured Sparse Priors for High-Resolution Imaging of Complex Maneuvering Targets by Xin Wang, Jing Yang, Yong Luo

“…Experimental results on both simulated and real-measured data demonstrate that the proposed method achieves significantly improved image resolution and noise robustness compared with existing approaches, particularly under conditions of sparse sampling or strong interference. Quantitative evaluation further shows that under the continuous sparse mode with a 75% sampling rate, the proposed method achieves a significantly higher Laplacian Variance (LV), outperforming PCSBL and CPESBL by 61.7% and 28.9%, respectively and thereby demonstrating its superior ability to preserve fine image details.…”
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Empowering women through agricultural cooperatives: a multilevel analysis in Morocco’s Marrakech-Safi region by Aomar Ibourk, Sana Hninou

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Novel mRNA biomarker-based liquid biopsy for the detection of resectable pancreatic cancer by Jong-chan Lee, Sung Won Kang, Eun-Jin Sim, Jin-Sik Bae, Seong-mo Koo, Mun-sub Byoun, Serin Kwon, Seoi Hong, Yunji Kim, Yuna Youn, Kwangrok Jung, Jaihwan Kim, Hyoung Hwa Jeong, Jihie Kim, Jin-Hyeok Hwang

“…Candidate mRNA biomarkers were identified through literature review, and their expression levels in buffy coat samples were measured using reverse-transcription quantitative polymerase chain reaction. …”
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