Integrated single cell and bulk RNA sequencing analyses reveal the impact of tryptophan metabolism on prognosis and immunotherapy in colon cancer by Yanyan Hu, Ximo Xu, Hao Zhong, Chengshen Ding, Sen zhang, Wei Qin, Enkui Zhang, Duohuo Shu, Mengqin Yu, Naijipu Abuduaini, Xiao Yang, Bo Feng, Jianwen Li

“…This study analyzed colon cancer samples from a training cohort of 473 tumors and 41 normal tissues from TCGA, with validation in 902 cancer patients across multiple GEO datasets. …”
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Feeding rumen-protected choline during the periconceptional period programs postnatal phenotype of suckled beef calves by Masroor Sagheer, McKenzie L. J. Haimon, Samuel Hincapie Montoya, Daniella Heredia, Federico Tarnonsky, Mauro E. Venturini, Angella Gonella-Diaza, Nicolas DiLorenzo, Joseph W. McFadden, Gabriela Dalmaso de Melo, Ky G. Pohler, Peter J. Hansen

“…., 0, 8.6, 17.3 and 25.9 g choline chloride) and blood samples were collected at random times after feeding. …”
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Diagnostic potential of salivary microbiota in persistent pulmonary nodules: identifying biomarkers and functional pathways using 16S rRNA sequencing and machine learning by Xiao Zeng, Qiong Ma, Chun-Xia Huang, Jun-Jie Xiao, Xi Fu, Yi-Feng Ren, Yu-Li Qu, Hong-Xia Xiang, Mao Lei, Ru-Yi Zheng, Yang Zhong, Ping Xiao, Xiang Zhuang, Feng-Ming You, Jia-Wei He

“…Materials and methods This study included a total of 483 participants (141 healthy controls and 342 patients with pPNs) from June 2022 and January 2024. Saliva samples were subjected to sequencing of the V3–V4 region of the 16S rRNA gene to assess microbial diversity and differential abundance. …”
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Rapid identification of high-temperature Daqu Baijiu with the same aroma type by UV-VIS sensor of HBT combined with Zn2+ by Yanmei Zhu, Yuanyuan Su, Yipeng Cang, Hengye Chen, Wanjun Long, Wei Lan, Xue Jiang, Haiyan Fu

“…Conclusions: This method not only improves the specificity of spectral detection, and the amount of information extracted from Baijiu samples, but also the detection time is shortened to less than 3 min, and the accurate identification of high-temperature Daqu Baijiu with the same aroma type was realized. …”
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Gender prevalence and pattern structure of various online behaviors among adolescents in Abakan by L. S. Evert, S. Yu. Tereshchenko, Yu. R. Kostyuchenko, N. B. Semenova

“…A one-time screening examination of random samples of students from 4 schools in the city of Abakan was carried out from April to May 2019. …”
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Microbiome-based prediction of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation outcome by Oshrit Shtossel, Adi Eshel, Shalev Fried, Mika Geva, Ivetta Danylesko, Ronit Yerushalmi, Noga Shem-Tov, Joshua A. Fein, Marco Fabbrini, Avichai Shimoni, Sondra Turjeman, Yoram Louzoun, Arnon Nagler, Omry Koren, Roni Shouval

“…Conclusions Microbiome profiling of stool and saliva samples offers robust, time-sensitive prediction of post-HSCT complications. …”
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Seroprevalence and Associated Risk Factors of Rift Valley Fever in Domestic Small Ruminants in the North Region of Cameroon by R. Poueme, F. Stoek, N. Nloga, J. Awah-Ndukum, M. Rissmann, A. Schulz, A. Wade, J. Kouamo, M. Moctar, A. Eisenbarth, L. God-yang, S. Dickmu, M. Eiden, M. H. Groschup

“…We conducted a cross-sectional study (January 2016–January 2017) to investigate the seroprevalence and potential risk factors of Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) in sheep and goats in the North region of Cameroon. Stratified sampling approach was used to select herds where sera were collected from 680 randomly selected small ruminants (355 goats and 325 sheep) in eight localities (Kismatari, Lagdo, Pitoa, Garoua, Bocklé, Dembo, Poli and Touboro) within three administrative divisions (Bénoué, Mayo-Rey and Faro) in the North region. …”
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The effectiveness of the educational package of happiness skills based on Islamic approach and comparison with Fordyce's happiness package on happiness, life satisfaction and anger... by Tayebe Vahdani Khorram, Fatemeh Fayyaz, j avad Eynypour

“…The statistical population included married mothers aged 20 to 40 in the whole city of Tehran and the sample were chosen using purposing sampling based on the entry criteria. …”
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Bioequivalence study of generic nirmatrelvir in healthy volunteers by R. A. Oseshnyuk, A. G. Nikiforova, A. Yu. Boroduleva, P. D. Sobolev, S. A. Lesnichuk, B. B. Garyaev, A. A. Abramova, V. G. Mozgovaya, O. V. Filon, A. V. Zinkovskaya, A. N. Dolgorukova, E. K. Khanonina, V. G. Ignatiev, M. Yu. Samsonov

“…This research was an open-label, randomized, two-period crossover bioequivalence study. …”
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Estimating double burden of malnutrition among rural and urban children in Amazonia using Bayesian latent models by Jesem Douglas Yamall Orellana, Luke Parry, Luke Parry, Francine Silva Dos Santos, Laísa Rodrigues Moreira, Patricia Carignano Torres, Antônio Alcirley da Silva Balieiro, Fernanda Rodrigues Fonseca, Paula Moraga, Erick Albacharro Chacón-Montalván

“…We evaluated four river-dependent municipalities, sampling children in randomly selected households in each town and a total of 60 riverine forest-proximate communities. …”
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Deep learning radiomics of left atrial appendage features for predicting atrial fibrillation recurrence by Yanping Yin, Sixiang Jia, Jing Zheng, Wei Wang, Ziwen Wang, Jiangbo Lin, Wenting Lin, Chao Feng, Shudong Xia, Weili Ge

“…Cox proportional hazard regression analysis assessed the relationship between AF recurrence and LAA volume. The dataset was randomly split into training (70%) and validation (30%) cohorts using stratified sampling. …”
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A Preliminary Study on Control Indices and Emission Limits of Substation Noise by Zhang Xiang, Chen Xingwang, Fang Xiaojian, Shi Yuzhu, Lu Lingyun, Chen Yuhua, Di Guoqing

“…Substation noise is a typical low-frequency noise with several tonalities, so it is necessary to further optimize the control indices and emission limits of substation noise. 280 subjects were randomly recruited, and 111 noise samples from 110-1000 kV substations were used to carry out listening tests of noise annoyance. …”
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Los Angeles County dentists’ opinions on discussing human papilloma virus-related oral health issues and recommending vaccine to patients by Vinodh Bhoopathi, Jeffrey L. Fellows, Beth Glenn, Roshan Bastani, Kathryn Ann Atchison

“…We mailed a 19-item survey to 2000 randomly sampled LA County dentists for this cross-sectional study. …”
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Rural Water Point Functionality Estimates and Associations: Evidence From Nine Countries in Sub‐Saharan Africa and South Asia by Anna L. Murray, Gabriela Stone, Audrey R. Yang, Nicholas F. Lawrence, Hannah Matthews, Georgia L. Kayser

“…Data included 1,805 randomly selected water points (tap stands, spring protections, rainwater collection, and boreholes and hand‐dug wells with hand pumps) from two cross‐sectional samples: older construction (1–12 years old) and new construction (<1 year). …”
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Distributions of pathogenic bacteria, antibiotic resistance genes, and virulence factors in pig farms in China by Bingzhen Ji, Qian Chen, Yali Song, Zhiling Dong, Jianqin Ding, Guoliang Wang, Guiming Liu, Pengfei Gao, Junxing Zhao

“…In total, 216 ARGs, 479 VFGs, 143 MGEs and 78 HBPs were identified across all pig feces, soil, and wastewater samples. The most prominent ARGs were those related to tetracycline, aminoglycoside, and MLS resistance. …”
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Unraveling the threshold and interaction effects of environmental variables on soil organic carbon mapping in plateau watershed by Chi Zhang, Yiyun Chen, Yujiao Wei, Peiheng Yu, Yongsheng Hong, Yazhen Hu, Jiaxue Wang, Zhou Shi

“…The results indicated that GBDT (R2 = 0.47) outperformed random forest (R2 = 0.38), achieving higher accuracy and lower uncertainty, indicated by a narrower 90% prediction interval. …”
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EPHA2 polymorphisms and age-related cataract in India. by Periasamy Sundaresan, Ravilla D Ravindran, Praveen Vashist, Ashwini Shanker, Dorothea Nitsch, Badrinath Talwar, Giovanni Maraini, Monica Camparini, Bareng Aletta S Nonyane, Liam Smeeth, Usha Chakravarthy, James F Hejtmancik, Astrid E Fletcher

“…<h4>Methods</h4>We carried out a population-based genetic association study. We enumerated randomly sampled villages in two areas of north and south India to identify people aged 40 and over. …”
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Effects of a 12-week aerobic dance programme on diastolic blood pressure in stage one hypertensive adults by Lucy-joy Wachira, Mshilla Maghanga, Constance Adron Nakayiza Nsibambi, Edwin Kiptolo Boit, Loyce Nahwera

“…The study participants were randomly allocated into either the experimental or control groups. …”
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Interventions for increasing colorectal cancer screening uptake among African-American men: A systematic review and meta-analysis. by Charles R Rogers, Phung Matthews, Lei Xu, Kenneth Boucher, Colin Riley, Matthew Huntington, Nathan Le Duc, Kola S Okuyemi, Margaret J Foster

“…<h4>Results</h4>Our final sample comprised 41 studies with 2 focused exclusively on African-American men. …”
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A thematic analysis of South African opinions about COVID-19 vaccination on Twitter by Philippa Kerr, Kevin Durrheim, Maria Schuld, Davide Morselli

“…We conducted a thematic analysis of 800 randomly selected tweets containing vaccine-related keywords, sampled from four time periods in 2021. …”
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