Biosynthesis silver nanoparticle using Bacillus thuringiensis strain BT2 and its potential use against Spodoptera frugiperda J.E. Smith (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) by Khoiri Syaiful, Rahmawati Isna Nur, Djunaedy Achmad, Pawana Gita, Megasari Dita

“…This research aims to determine the ability of Bacillus thuringiensis as a reductant in the formation of silver nanoparticles and to test its activity as an insecticide against S. frugiperda. …”
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Measuring emotional intelligence with the MSCEIT 2: theory, rationale, and initial findings by John D. Mayer, David R. Caruso, Peter Salovey, Iris Y. Lin, Braden J. Hansma, Joanna Solomon, Gill Sitarenios, Manolo Romero Escobar

“…Study 5 (N = 221) examined the relation between the original and revised tests.ResultsThe studies provide evidence for factor-supported subscale scores, and good reliability at the overall test level, with acceptable reliabilities for 3 of the 4 subscale scores, and adequate measurement precision across the range of most test-takers’ abilities.DiscussionOverall, the MSCEIT 2 used updated theory to guide its construction and development. …”
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The effects of game therapy on the static and dynamic balance of 4-10-year-old children with spastic diplegic cerebral palsy by Maryam Emami Korande, Amirhossein Barati, Mina Haghighi, Pejman Javid

“…After 20 game therapy sessions, (four 20-minute sessions per week,) tests were repeated in the post-test. The data were analyzed with tow way ANOVA Test and paired T-test by SPSS, 20.Results: The results of the paired t-test indicate a significant improvement in static balance in the post-test for the game therapy group when compared to the pre-test (P<0.0001). …”
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The phenolic and flavonoid content and biological activity of Curcuma (Curcuma xanthorrhiza) fractions with different solvent polarities. by Ucop Haroen, Syafwan Syafwan, Kiki Kurniawan, Agus Budiansyah, Nilawati Widjaja, Saitul Fakhri.

“…The results of the antioxidant activity test showed that the ethyl acetate fraction had the highest inhibitory value for antioxidant activity of 50% (IC50) 22.59 mg/l. …”
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A case of neonatal sepsis, early diagnosis and preventive intensive care by M. Yu. Kurochkin, A. H. Davydova, O. M. Krupinova

“…He underwent clinical and biochemical blood tests, microbiological, radiological and ultrasound examinations using the hospital equipment. …”
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Analysis and Validation of a Diagnostic Nomogram for Predicting the Risk of Acute Respiratory Failure for Non-HIV Related Pneumocystis Jirovecii Pneumonia Patients by Bian W, Xin Y, Bao J, Gong P, Li R, Wang K, Xi W, Chen Y, Ni W, Gao Z

“…The area under the ROC curve (AUROC) in the development group has reached 0.8576, while the validation group has an AUROC of 0.7372, indicating commendable ability for predicting ARF. In addition, results for Hosmer-Lemeshow test indicate the effectiveness of our model. …”
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Double weighted k nearest neighbours for binary classification of high dimensional genomic data by Amjad Ali, Zardad Khan, Hailiang Du, Saeed Aldahmani

“…To achieve this goal, the estimated weighted distances from the observations in the k nearest neighbourhood to the test point are used in an exponential function. The outputs of the function are summed for both the classes separately and the test point is assigned the class label with the largest sum. …”
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Evaluating quasi-experimental approaches for estimating epidemiological efficacy of non-randomised field trials: applications in Wolbachia interventions for dengue by Jo Yi Chow, Lin Geng, Somya Bansal, Borame Sue Lee Dickens, Lee Ching Ng, Ary Anthony Hoffmann, Jue Tao Lim

“…We further designed a stochastic simulation framework to assess the methods’ ability to reproduce true intervention efficacies (IE). …”
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Curcumin reduce creatine kinase (CK) levels without decreasing malondialdehyde (MDA) levels after 24 hours of high-intensity physical exercise by Nining Widyah Kusnanik, Novadri Ayubi, Lilik Herawati, Tutur Jatmiko, Abd. Muin, Stephen P. Bird

“…On the first day, all subjects took data on the characteristics of the research subjects, and then the subjects did the high-intensity physical exercise in the form of squad and leg press exercises with an intensity of 80-90% of maximum ability.  On the second day, after 24 hours, all subjects took pre-test data samples to measure serum CK and MDA levels, then the intervention was given based on their respective groups. …”
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Comparison of Photofermentative Hydrogen Production in Cylindrical Photobioreactors Using Different Mixing Systems by Raffaella Margherita Zampieri, Eleftherios Touloupakis, Cecilia Faraloni, Isabela Calegari Moia

“…In this work, the ability of the photosynthetic purple non-sulfur bacterium <i>Rhodopseudomonas</i> sp. to produce H₂ was investigated in two cylindrical photobioreactors (PBRs). …”
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In Silico Analysis of Triamterene as a Potential Dual Inhibitor of VEGFR-2 and c-Met Receptors by Stuart Lutimba, Baraya Saleem, Eiman Aleem, Mohammed A. Mansour

“…Further preclinical and clinical investigations are needed to validate the efficacy of these compounds in clinical settings and to test their ability to overcome resistance and improve patient outcome.…”
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A murine experimental model of the pulmonary thrombotic effect induced by the venom of the snake Bothrops lanceolatus. by Alexandra Rucavado, Erika Camacho, Teresa Escalante, Bruno Lomonte, Julián Fernández, Daniela Solano, Isabel Quirós-Gutiérrez, Gabriel Ramírez-Vargas, Karol Vargas, Ivette Argüello, Alejandro Navarro, Carlos Abarca, Álvaro Segura, Jonathan Florentin, Hatem Kallel, Dabor Resiere, Remi Neviere, José María Gutiérrez

“…When administered intravenously (i.v.) venoms did not affect classical clotting tests (prothrombin time and activated partial thromboplastin time) but caused a partial drop in fibrinogen concentration. …”
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Weight-adjusted waist index shows superior detection of coronary artery disease than body mass index in NHANES 1999–2020 by Bowen Wang, Xinxin Sun

“…ROC curve analysis demonstrated that WWI had superior predictive ability for CAD compared to BMI (AUC 0.694 vs. 0.547, De-long test P < 0.001). …”
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Shared genetics between breast cancer and predisposing diseases identifies novel breast cancer treatment candidates by Panagiotis N. Lalagkas, Rachel D. Melamed

“…Fifteen out of these candidate drugs are already in advanced clinical trial phases or approved for breast cancer (OR = 9.28, p = 7.99e-03, one-sided Fisher’s exact test), highlighting the ability of our approach to identify likely successful candidate drugs for repurposing. …”
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ECG-based beat-to-beat assessment of AV node conduction properties during AF by Mattias Karlsson, Mattias Karlsson, Felix Plappert, Pyotr G. Platonov, Sten Östenson, Mikael Wallman, Frida Sandberg

“…The methodology was evaluated using simulated data and using synchronized electrogram (EGM) and ECG recordings from five patients in the intracardiac atrial fibrillation database. The methodology’s ability to quantify ANS-induced changes in AV node conduction properties was evaluated by analyzing ECG data from 21 patients in AF undergoing a tilt test protocol.ResultsThe estimated refractory period and conduction delay matched the simulated ground truth based on ECG recordings with a mean absolute error (± std) of 169±14 ms for the refractory period in the fast pathway; 131±13 ms for the conduction delay in the fast pathway; 67±10 ms for the refractory period in the slow pathway; and 178±28 ms for the conduction delay in the slow pathway. …”
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The Relationship of Health Literacy and Adherence to Self-care Behaviors in Patients With Metabolic Syndrome by Reza Zahedi, Mojgan Baghaei, Mohammad Reza Yeganehfarzand, Ehsan Kazemnezhad Leili

“…On the whole, regression test analyses confirmed the predicting ability of decision making and health literacy behaviors in adherence to medication (β=0.006; 95%CI=1.269-2.948; P=0.001), diet (β=1.525; 95%CI=2.108-10.006; P=0.001), smoking (β=1.244; 95%CI=1.814-6.632; P=0.001), and weight control (β=0.931; 95%CI=1.458-4.415; P=0.001). …”
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NFATc3 and VIP in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. by Anthony M Szema, Edward Forsyth, Benjamin Ying, Sayyed A Hamidi, John J Chen, Sonya Hwang, Jonathan C Li, Debra Sabatini Dwyer, Juan M Ramiro-Diaz, Wieslawa Giermakowska, Laura V Gonzalez Bosc

“…Empirical strategies applied to test hypotheses regarding VIP, NFATc3 expression and activity, and disease type and severity. …”
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Effectiveness of Anti-Gravity Treadmill Exercise After Total Knee Arthroplasty: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial by Elina Jääskeläinen, Mikko Manninen, Heikki Hurri, Mikko Rantasalo, Yun Zhou, Hannu Kautiainen, Leena Ristolainen

“…Research data were collected through questionnaires and functional tests. All patients in both groups responded to the questionnaires and participated in functional tests before surgery as well as 4 and 12 months after surgery. …”
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Computational thinking in the context of higher education: Analytical review by E. K. Khenner

“…In computational thinking, cognitive skills include abstraction, decomposition, pattern recognition, algorithmisation, visualisation, logical thinking, communicative competence, the ability to present, structure and analyse data, and some others skills. …”
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FloodGNN-GRU: a spatio-temporal graph neural network for flood prediction by Arnold Kazadi, James Doss-Gollin, Antonia Sebastian, Arlei Silva

“…In particular, once trained, ML models can be tested/deployed much more efficiently than classical approaches. …”
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