Evaluating cell-free DNA integrity index as a non-invasive biomarker for neoadjuvant chemotherapy in colorectal cancer patients by Takuma Iwai, Takeshi Yamada, Kay Uehara, Seiichi Shinji, Akihisa Matsuda, Yasuyuki Yokoyama, Goro Takahashi, Toshimitsu Miyasaka, Shintaro Kanaka, Michihiro Koizumi, Hiroshi Yoshida

“…Methods This retrospective study included 31 locally advanced colorectal cancer patients who underwent NAC and surgery at the Nippon Medical School Hospital between 2016 and 2020. Blood samples were collected pre-post-NAC to assess cfDNA levels using quantitative polymerase chain reaction. …”
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MODERN ANALYSIS METHODS USE IN ORDER TO ESTABLISH THE GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN OF FOOD PRODUCTS by L. A. Oganesyants, A. L. Panasyuk, E. I. Kuzmina, D. A. Sviridov

“…The analysis of the works aimed at studying the qualitative and quantitative composition of trace elements and rare earth metals (As, B, Ba, Cd, Li, Mn, Pd, Rb, Se, Te, Tl, Dy, U, etc.), as well as research of isotopic relations values of some elements (87Sr/86Sr, 207Pb/206Pb, etc.) in product samples and soils of studied region. …”
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Understanding Behavioral Intention to Adopt Electric Vehicles Among Motorcycle Taxi Pilots: A PLS-SEM Approach by Sitaram Sukthankar, Relita Fernandes, Shilpa Korde, Sadanand Gaonkar, Disha Kurtikar

“…This study aims to analyze the factors prompting the behavioral intention to adopt EVs by motorcycle taxi pilots in Goa, India, focusing on six key determinants: charging infrastructure, effort expectancy, performance expectancy, price value, social influence, and satisfaction with incentive policies. A quantitative approach was employed, utilizing stratified proportionate random sampling techniques to collect data from 242 motorcycle taxi pilots registered with the Goa State Government Transport Department. …”
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USP7‐Mediated ICAM1 Facilitates Lipopolysaccharide‐Induced Human Pulmonary Microvascular Endothelial Cell Injury to Accelerate Pediatric Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome by Jing Li, Jing Wu, Lili Zhao, Lian Liu

“…However, its role and mechanism in pediatric ARDS process need further revealed. Methods Serum samples were selected from pediatric ARDS patients and age‐matched healthy individuals. …”
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Linguistic and translational features of the international vocabulary of military subject by L. R. Vartanova, Yu. V. Ryndina

“…In the work such methods were used as a component analysis to establish the semantic components of the lexical units, a comparative-comparative analysis, which involves comparing the contextual units as a result of analyzing the German and Russian language materials, the method of continuous sampling and quantitative calculations, descriptive-analytical, contextual analysis methods, which constitute a comprehensive method of text interpretation. …”
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Supply chain performance in the age of Industry 4.0 by Tahsina Khan, Md Mehedi Hasan Emon

“…Structural equation modeling (SEM) using SmartPLS was applied to analyze the data and test the hypothesized relationships. …”
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Feasibility of Using New Technologies and Artificial Intelligence in Preventive Measures in Building Works by Mercedes del Río Merino, María Segarra Cañamares, Miriam Zamora Calleja, Antonio Ros Serrano, Rafael Alberto Heredia Morante

“…Building Information Modeling (BIM) and drones were highlighted as the most valued tools for risk management and site supervision. …”
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Medical students’ attitudes toward providing patients with audio recordings of their medical encounters: a cross-sectional online survey by Cheyenne Topf, Marina Buzo, Pola Hahlweg, Isabelle Scholl

“…Methods We conducted a nationwide cross-sectional quantitative online survey with medical students in Germany, assessing attitudes toward and desire for future consultation recordings. …”
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THE ISSUE OF INSECTICIDE REGULATION ON SKIN SURFACE FOR PREDICTING THE RISK OF OCCUPATIONAL SKIN PATHOLOGY IN AGRICULTURAL WORKERS by Heorhii P. Bardov, Mykola V. Kondratiuk, Olena P. Vavrinevych, Oleksandr S. Vavrinevych

“…The quantitative determination of pesticide content was carried out using gas-liquid chromatography and high-performance liquid chromatography. …”
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Risk Assessment of <i>Brucella</i> Exposure Through Raw Milk Consumption in India: One Health Implications and Control Strategies by Vijay Sharma, Balbir B. Singh, Victoria J. Brookes

“…Samples from lactating cattle and buffalo (N = 261) in ten villages were tested using the Rose Bengal plate test and indirect IgG ELISA. …”
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Evaluation of the pharmacokinetics of an experimental combined form of IFNα and IFNγ for intranasal use by E. V. Kravchenko, E. V. Bezrukova, E. V. Vorobeychikov, N. V. Skvortsov

“…The control group included 30 animals that were alternately administered intranasally with a similar dose of IFNα2b and IFNγ dissolved in water for injection (IFN2). Quantitative determination of interferon concentration in blood samples was carried out using the enzyme immunoassay method. …”
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Hepatoprotective Effects of Curcumin and Thymoquinone Against Chemically Induced Liver Injury: A Schematic Study with Meta-Analysis of Antioxidant and Anti-inflammatory Outcomes by Madiha Niamat, Mohammad Abid, Abdul Rehman Khalil Shaikh, Sana Masood, Fiza

“…Nevertheless, restricted study designs and inconsistency of models indicated that future research should include standardized dosing as well as extended human studies. …”
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Exploring experiences of healthcare and clinical challenges for Deaf people: for better healthcare equity! A mixed-methods study protocol by Min Wang, Liping Wang, Jiaqi Sun, Chengang Hong, Zhongling Zhou, Feier Zhou, Jinhui Chu, Weichao Liu, Jinghan Yang, Qianyu Zhang

“…Important factors influencing the healthcare experience of the Deaf population and the pathways through which the factors interact will be validated through structural equation modelling. The second phase of the qualitative research will involve face-to-face semistructured interviews with members of the Deaf population using purposive and maximum variance sampling techniques to gain insights into their experiences of healthcare and clinical challenges they may have encountered. …”
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Assessing Community Needs and Expectations with Healthcare Quality: A Case Study of Lawawoi Community Health Center by Muhammad Tahir, Hasrul Hasrul, Nur Annisa Parno, Asnuddin Asnuddin

“…Future studies should explore longitudinal impacts of community engagement and evaluate continuous quality improvement models to advance equity oriented healthcare practices in resource limited settings.…”
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Harnessing self-efficacy: Mediating the connection between TPACK and AI intentions among teachers by Christina Ismaniati, Nurul Inayah Khairaty, Nuraini Yusuf, Agus Supramono

“…Constructs were described by descriptive statistics, and the hypothesized model was tested through mediation analysis of SmartPLS 4.0's bootstrapping algorithm. …”
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The impact of redeployment during COVID-19 on nurse well-being, performance and retention: a mixed-methods study (REDEPLOY) by Hannah Hartley, Alice Dunning, Jenni Murray, Ruth Simms-Ellis, Kerrie Unsworth, Angela Grange, Michael Dunn, Jayne Marran, Olivia Joseph, Pam Essler, Uduak Archibong, Judith Johnson, Rebecca Lawton

“…The survey measured well-being, performance and intentions to leave. Multilevel modelling was conducted to explore relationships between variables over time. …”
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Diversity of cereal pests (wheat and barley) grown in arid climate in Ziban region (provence of Biskra – southeastern Algeria) by Nourelhouda BAKROUNE, Abdelmoneim Tarek OUAMANE, Meriem BOULTIF, Farida ` BETTICHE, Somia TORKI

“…Homoptera and according to quantitative analysis, Thysanoptera was the most dominant taxa, with six and four occurrences, respectively. …”
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Rapid Detection of Antibiotic Mycelial Dregs Adulteration in Single-Cell Protein Feed by HS-GC-IMS and Chemometrics by Yuchao Feng, Yang Li, Wenxin Zheng, Decheng Suo, Ping Gong, Xiaolu Liu, Xia Fan

“…The differences in VOCs between NR and AMD mainly came from aldehydes, alcohols, and esters. The OPLS-DA models effectively identified AMD in adulterated NR samples (Accuracy = 100%), demonstrating the HS-GC-IMS data’s good application potential for the SCPF adulteration. …”
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Exploration of biomarkers associated with histone lactylation modification in spinal cord injury by Yisong Sun, Jie Gao, Juehua Jing

“…The expression of biomarkers was validated through reverse transcription-quantitative polymerase chain reaction (RT-qPCR).Results In GSE151371, eight biomarkers (HDAC1, HDAC2, HDAC3, SIRT1, SIRT3, LDHA, LDHB, and GCN5 [KAT2A]) exhibited area under the curve (AUC) &gt; 0.7 and were significantly differentially expressed between SCI and control samples. …”
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Potato leaves disease classification based on generalized Jones polynomials image features by Ala’a R. Al-Shamasneh

“…The methodology of this study relies on: • Modules for preprocessing, feature extraction, dimension reduction, and classification. • Generalized jones polynomials as new image features method is used to extract the texture features from potato images for diagnosing potato diseases.The data used in this model were collected from the plant village image dataset using samples of potato leaves. …”
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