Combined bacterial and fungal intestinal microbiota analyses: Impact of storage conditions and DNA extraction protocols. by Cécile Angebault, Amine Ghozlane, Stevenn Volant, Françoise Botterel, Christophe d'Enfert, Marie-Elisabeth Bougnoux

“…Standardized protocols for storage and DNA extraction from fecal samples have been established mostly for bacterial microbiota analysis. …”
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Flexible piezoelectric polymer composites with magnetic-field-oriented BNNS and imprinted micropillars for self-powered sensors by Xin Chaojie, Zhao Hu, Chen Xiaoming, Shi Chao, Ma Duo, Song Qihang, Zhao Quanyi, Zhang Jie, Wang Chunhui

“…Due to the strain confinement effect, the outputted voltage of m-BNNS/PDMS composite film (SA_BNNS) demonstrated an improvement of 115.5% compared to the film sample with randomly dispersed nanoparticles. And the device showed a high sensitivity and rapid response capability to human motion. …”
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AI-aided short-term decision making of rockburst damage scale in underground engineering by Chukwuemeka Daniel, Shouye Cheng, Xin Yin, Zakaria Mohamed Barrie, Yucong Pan, Quansheng Liu, Feng Gao, Minsheng Li, Xing Huang

“…Nine classifier algorithms, including random forest (RF), were evaluated using a dataset of 254 samples. …”
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Efficacy of two mouth rinse sprays in inhibiting Streptococcus mutans growth on toothbrush bristles by Dalia Mamdouh Talaat, Aly Abd El-Aziz Sharaf, Mona Abd El-Moneim Ghoneim, Soraya Ali EL-Shazly, Omar Abd El Sadek El Meligy

“…Methods: An experimental comparative study was performed. The sample included 60 children aged 6–8 years with high caries index. …”
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Multi-Step Natural Gas Load Forecasting Incorporating Data Complexity Analysis with Finite Features by Ning Tian, Bilin Shao, Huibin Zeng, Meng Ren, Wei Zhao, Xue Zhao, Shuqiang Wu

“…Firstly, the complexity features of the series are quantified by rolling the fractal dimension, Hurst exponent, sample entropy, and maximum Lyapunov exponent. The analysis contributes to understanding data characteristics and provides information on complex features. …”
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The impact of price and image warnings on the social perception of gifting cigarettes in China by Guang Xu, Yibin Shi, Kecheng Du, Gang Wang, Liyun Wu

“…Methods This study employed a randomized survey experiment to examine the effects of cigarette price treatment and pictorial health warning labels (HWLs) on cigarette gifting. …”
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Establishment and validation of a nomogram model for early diagnosis of gastric cancer: a large-scale cohort study by Haiyu Wang, Yumin Ding, Shujing Zhao, Kaixu Li, Dehong Li

“…The cases were divided into the training set and validation set randomly, with a ratio of 7:3. Variable screening was performed by least absolute shrinkage and selection operator (LASSO) and logistic regression analysis. …”
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Loneliness, Stigma, and the Tendency for Interpersonal Victimhood Inhibit Compassion for Some but Not All Suffering Social Groups by Colter D. Ray, Ningyang Ocean Wang, Lindsay A. Duede, Ben Garza, Julien Burns

“…Using a nationally representative sample of 627 U.S. adults, this study used cross-sectional survey data to determine if loneliness, the tendency for interpersonal victimhood, and stigmatizing attitudes held toward suffering social groups correlated with less compassion for suffering social groups. …”
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The Effect of Acute Endurance and Resistance Training with Low and Moderate Intensity on the Executive Functions of Overweight Adolescents’ boys by M Tabatabaei, B Aria, L Khavari Khorasani

“…This study aimed to investigate the acute effects of endurance and resistance training at low and moderate intensities on the executive functions of overweight adolescent boys.Method:The present study is a quasi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design and a control group. A sample of 50 overweight adolescent boys, aged 15 to 17 years, was selected and randomly assigned to four exercise groups and one control group, with 10 subjects in each group. …”
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Ocular and Periocular Tattoo Adverse Effects: A Review by Kar Wai Alvin Lee, Lisa Kwin Wah Chan, Angela Wai Kay Lee, Cheuk Hung Lee, Jovian Wan, Kyu-Ho Yi

“…The reviewed papers were evaluated based on study design, including blinding, sample size, control use, randomization, and objective endpoints, and classified according to the Oxford Center for Evidence-Based Medicine evidence hierarchy. …”
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Breast cancer application protocol: a randomised controlled trial to evaluate a self-management app for breast cancer survivors by Yingchun Zeng, Xiangyu Liu, Andy S K Cheng, Peter H F Ng, Cindy T T Kwok, Michael Feuerstein

“…Eligible participants will be allocated randomly into either an intervention group or a control group at a 1:1 ratio. …”
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Technological Entrepreneurship Model with Open Innovation Approach: Sustainable Development of Oil and Gas Knowledge-Based Companies by Mohammad Hossein Saber Kohne Goorabi, Seyed Hossein Iranmanesh, Parivash Jafari

“…In Path Analysis Stage a sample of 230 questionnaires were randomly distributed among company managers. …”
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Effect of myo-inositol on the prevention of gestational diabetes in high-risk pregnant women: An RCT by Ashraf Moini, Mahboobeh Shirazi, Mahdi Sepidarkish, Maryam Rabiei, Afsaneh Tehranian, Arshia Shizarpour, Reihaneh Pirjani

“…With insufficient evidences, more studies with an appropriate sample size are recommended. …”
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Onco-mNGS facilitates rapid and precise identification of the etiology of fever of unknown origin: a single-centre prospective study in North China by Bingbing Liu, Tengfei Yu, Ruotong Ren, Na Wu, Nanshu Xing, Jingya Wang, Wenjie Wu, Xuefang Cao, Jingping Zhang

“…Methods In this single-centre prospective study, we included 65 patients with classic FUO, who were randomly divided into control group (sample cultivation) and mNGS group (cultivation + Onco-mNGS). …”
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Determining Arabic Language Proficiency: An Examination of Grammar Mastery, Active Usage, and Discipline of Linguistic by Mukmin Mukmin, Nurul Hidayah, Arifah Salma Haya, Nurul Jawahir Md Ali, Abdurrahman Wahid Abdullah

“…A correlational research method was employed to collect and analyze data from a randomly selected sample of students at the pesantren. …”
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The Use of Ibuprofen Arginate in Pain Management Following Third Molar Surgery—A Scoping Review by Claudia Lorenzi, Ilaria Cammarota, Vincenzo Mazzetti, Claudio Arcuri, Paolo Carosi, Alberto Maria Pujia

“…Results: Four studies, with a combined sample of 1245 patients, met the inclusion criteria. …”
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The efficacy and safety of micro-needling combined with tacrolimus <i>versus</i> tacrolimus monotherapy for vitiligo treatment: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Hadeel A. Maaddawi, Abdulaziz A. Aljuaid, Awadh M. Alamri, Dhaifallah H. Alghowairi, Abdullah S. Bawazeer

“…The risk ratio (RR) was used to represent dichotomous outcomes, whereas the odds ratio (OR) was used for adverse events. Three randomized control trials (RCTs) (n=148 participants) were deemed eligible. …”
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Comparative assessment between chewing gum, bite wafers, and ibuprofen in pain control following separators placement among orthodontic patients by Eman Alshayea, Aljazi Aldweesh, Hana Albalbeesi, Mohammad Aldosari

“…The patients were randomly selected and classified into three groups (35 each). …”
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Septic shock upon admission to pediatric intensive care units: prognostic analysis of mortality in a retrospective cohort by Ricardo Rodriguez-Portilla, Isabel Pinedo-Torres, Claudia C. Guerra-Ríos, Angela Parra del Riego-Freundt-Thurne, Nilton Yhuri-Carreazo

“…Method: This retrospective cohort study was conducted in the PICU of Hospital Nacional Edgardo Rebagliati Martins (HNERM) in Lima, Peru, from January 2018 to December 2021. The sample size was determined based on annual mortality rates, and randomization was used to create two groups: patients with and without septic shock. …”
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Adaptation of the Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Checklist for DSM-5 by Pablo D. Valencia, Anabel de la Rosa-Gómez, Alan Ernesto Barba-Sánchez, Alejandrina Hernández-Posadas, María Jesús Hernandez-Jiménez

“…This study employed exploratory and confirmatory methods to develop a brief 7-item version of the PCL-5 involving1,337 individuals seeking psychological support in Mexico. The sample was randomly distributed, using the first half to create the new short version and the second to test this and other previously proposed versions. …”
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