Prevalence, Characteristics, and Selection of Bacillus cereus Subgroups from Dairy Products for Challenge Testing and Predictive Model Development by Maryam Maktabdar, Lisbeth Truelstrup Hansen, Ellen Wemmenhove, Elissavet Gkogka, Paw Dalgaard

“…Prevalence, toxin gene profiles, lactose fermentation, and growth responses of B. cereus sensu lato subgroups in various dairy and dairy alternative products and ingredients were studied to identify relevant isolates for challenge testing and model development to predict and manage growth responses. …”
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Silver Nanoparticle Production by Ruta graveolens and Testing Its Safety, Bioactivity, Immune Modulation, Anticancer, and Insecticidal Potentials by Hamed A. Ghramh, Essam H. Ibrahim, Mona Kilnay, Zubair Ahmad, Sadeq K. Alhag, Khalid Ali Khan, Ramadan Taha, Fawziah M. Asiri

“…Immunological, physiological, anticancer, antibacterial, and insecticidal potentials of the extract and its prepared AgNPs were tested. Results showed the ability of the leaf extract to synthesize. …”
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Modeling Reductions in Liver Fat: Comparing Noninvasive Tests to Magnetic Resonance Imaging–Proton Density Fat Fraction by Santos Carvajal-Gonzalez, Theresa Tuthill, Vincent Wai-Sun Wong, Amy Lauren Ashworth, Zeid Kayali, Céline Fournier-Poizat, Neeta B. Amin

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Benchmarking Differential Abundance Tests for 16S microbiome sequencing data using simulated data based on experimental templates. by Eva Kohnert, Clemens Kreutz

“…We employ the same 14 DA tests that were previously used with the same experimental data in benchmark studies alongside 8 DA tests that were developed subsequently. …”
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Predictive Value of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing Parameters in Patients under Percutaneous Coronary Intervention with High Pulse Pressure by Qiang Ren, Xingbo Mu, Yushan Li, Jian Zhang, Yanchun Liang, Quanyu Zhang, Yaling Han

“…Background: The correlation between cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) parameters and the prognosis of patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with high pulse pressure (PP) is unclear. …”
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Phosphate Peritoneal Equilibration Test, Hypothesizing New Parameters to Classify Peritoneal Phosphate Handling Through the Peritoneal Membrane by Francesca K. Martino, Chiara Ciotti, Anna Basso, Ruggero Zanella, Lucia F. Stefanelli, Dorella Del Prete, Federico Nalesso

“…In peritoneal dialysis (PD), phosphate removal is related to residual kidney function, dietary intervention, and the ability of the visceral peritoneum to transport phosphate. …”
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Subjective cognitive decline predicts longitudinal neuropsychological test performance in an unsupervised online setting in the Brain Health Registry by Jae Myeong Kang, Manchumad Manjavong, Chengshi Jin, Adam Diaz, Miriam T. Ashford, Joseph Eichenbaum, Emily Thorp, Elizabeth Wragg, Kenton H. Zavitz, Francesca Cormack, Anna Aaronson, R. Scott Mackin, Rachana Tank, Bernard Landavazo, Erika Cavallone, Diana Truran, Sarah Tomaszewski Farias, Michael W. Weiner, Rachel L. Nosheny

“…Additionally we assessed the ability of ECog to identify ‘decliners’, who exhibited the worst PAL progression slopes corresponding to the fifth percentile and below. …”
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A customizable multiplex protein microarray for antibody testing and its application for tick-borne and other infectious diseases by Hari Krishnan Krishnamurthy, Vasanth Jayaraman, Karthik Krishna, Tianhao Wang, Kang Bei, Chithra Changalath, Shiny Matilda, Alex J. Rai, Renata Welc-Falęciak, Agnieszka Pawełczyk, Lucas S. Blanton, Aleš Chrdle, Andrea Fořtová, Daniel Růžek, Gheyath K. Nasrallah, Laith J. Abu-Raddadi, Duaa W. Al-Sadeq, Marah Abed Alhakim Abdallah, Daniele Lilleri, Chiara Fornara, Piera D’Angelo, Milena Furione, Maria Söderlund-Venermo, Klaus Hedman, Dimosthenis Chochlakis, Eirini Makridaki, Artemis Ntoula, Anna Psaroulaki, Angélica Escárcega-Ávila, John J. Rajasekaran

“…The diagnostic tests currently available for tick-borne diseases are severely limited in their ability to provide accurate results and cannot detect multiple pathogens in a single run. …”
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Design, development, and testing of a new multi-locus sequence typing scheme for the zoonotic pathogen Cryptosporidium parvum by Karin Troell, Christen Rune Stensvold, Anna Rosa Sannella, Martha Betson, Emma Östlund, Rachel M. Chalmers, Umer Chaudhry, Rebecca Davidson, Lauren Davies, Ralf Ignatius, Anton de Jong, Gregory Karadjian, Karim Adjou, Christian Klotz, Sokratis Ptochos, Guy Robinson, Jeroen Roelfsema, Barbara Soba, Jacek Sroka, Paolo Vatta, Jonas Johansson Wensman, Simone M. Cacciò

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Convolutional neural networks for sea surface data assimilation in operational ocean models: test case in the Gulf of Mexico by O. Zavala-Romero, O. Zavala-Romero, A. Bozec, E. P. Chassignet, J. R. Miranda, J. R. Miranda

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Machine Learning Techniques for Simulating Human Psychophysical Testing of Low‐Resolution Phosphene Face Images in Artificial Vision by Na Min An, Hyeonhee Roh, Sein Kim, Jae Hun Kim, Maesoon Im

“…Notably, the superior model adeptly mirrors the behavioral trend of human subjects, offering precise predictions for 8 out of 9 phosphene quality levels on the overlapping test queries. Subsequently, human recognition performances for untested phosphene images are predicted, streamlining the process and minimizing the need for additional psychophysical tests. …”
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Reliability Assessment of Functional Balance Tests in Semi-Professional Adolescent and Young Girls of Several Selected Sport Fields by Shamin Ghandili, Heydar Sadeghi

“…Different sports need different amount of balance according to their characteristics and requirements and different athletes have different abilities to maintain balance. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess reliability of functional balance tests in semi-professional adolescent and young girls of several selected sports. 66 semi-professional athletes of badminton, basketball and taekwondo from two groups of adolescents (10-15 years old) and young subjects (20-30 years old) who had a general health participated in this study. …”
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IELTS and TOEFL Applicants’ Self-assessment and Actual Test Performance: A Mixed-Methods Study of Relationship and Variation by Reza Rezvani, Farshad Khadivikia

“…On the other hand, self-assessments in listening for both IELTS and TOEFL, as well as TOEFL writing, were poor predictors of actual test scores. Furthermore, qualitative data analyses highlighted the influence of factors such as experience, psychological aspects, linguistic abilities, background knowledge and feedback in explaining the variations between self-assessments and actual test performance. …”
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Normative Data for the D-KEFS Tower Test in Greek Adult Population Between 20 and 85 Years Old by Marianna Tsatali, Despina Eleftheriadou, Nikoleta Palla, Magda Tsolaki, Despina Moraitou

“…<b>Background</b>: The Delis–Kaplan Executive Function System (D-KEFS) Tower Test (TT) is a widely used neuropsychological tool that assesses complex executive functions, including planning, cognitive flexibility, inhibition, switching, and impulsivity—key abilities often impaired in individuals with frontal dysfunction. …”
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Laboratory test alterations in patients with COVID-19 and non COVID-19 interstitial pneumonia: a preliminary report by Panagiotis Paliogiannis, Angelo Zinellu, Valentina Scano, Giulia Mulas, Giacomo De Riu, Rosa M Pascale, Luigi B Arru, Ciriaco Carru, Pietro Pirina, Arduino A Mangoni, Alessandro G Fois

“…Some of these indexes showed promising prognostic abilities. Further studies are necessary to confirm these results. …”
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Association between psychiatric symptoms with multiple peripheral blood sample test: a 10-year retrospective study by Jianqing Qiu, Cheng Yu, Yalan Kuang, Yao Hu, Ting Zhu, Ting Zhu, Ke Qin, Wei Zhang, Wei Zhang, Wei Zhang, Wei Zhang

“…In this study, we investigated the associations between peripheral blood test indexes with various symptom levels of major depressive disorder (MDD), bipolar disorder (BD), and schizophrenia (SCZ) to explore the availability of peripheral blood test indexes.MethodsWe extracted cases diagnosed with MDD, BD, and SCZ at West China Hospital from 2009 to 2021, translated their main complaints into Research Domain Criteria (RDoC) symptom severity scores using nature language processing (NLP), and collected their detailed psychiatric symptoms and peripheral blood test results. …”
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Predicting independent walking ability using the Simplified Stroke Rehabilitation Assessment of Movement, Berg Balance Scale, and Barthel Index for Activities of Daily Living in in... by Mykola Romanyshyn

“…The study’s second goal was to establish statistical dependence between the tests the S-STREAM, BBS, BI, and the Functional Ambulation Category (FAC). …”
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Influences of Gait Training with Knee–Ankle–Foot Orthosis on Gait Ability and Independence in Severe Hemiplegia and Pusher Behavior with Unilateral Spatial Neglect Following Stroke... by Kota Sawa, Miko Tamura, Saori Arai

“…This hindered gait independence in patients with pusher pain and USN, despite observed improvements in gait ability over time during the recovery process.…”
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Validity and reliability of the Russian version of the second version of “the Coronary Artery Disease Education Questionnaire” (CADE-Q II) in patients with chronic coronary syndrom... by A. I. Laskova, Yu. M. Lopatin

“…Test-retest reliability of the questionnaire’s scales was 0,81, while Cronbach’s alpha varied from 0,613 to 0,877, which indicates its sufficient reliability. …”
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The role of fluid intelligence and socioeconomic status on reading development in students with intellectual disability: The mediated role of early literacy skills and moderation b... by Lisa Palmqvist, Mikael Heimann, Jenny Samuelsson, Gunilla Thunberg, Monica Reichenberg, Mats Lundälv, Emil Holmer

“…Purpose: This is the first study to investigate how fluid intelligence and socioeconomic status (SES) influence reading ability in beginning readers with intellectual disability, focusing on the mediating role of early literacy skills while testing the possible moderated mediation of SES. …”
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