Facilitating bootstrapped and rarefaction-based microbiome diversity analysis with q2-boots [version 1; peer review: 1 approved, 2 approved with reservations] by J Gregory Caporaso, Evan Bolyen, Anthony Simard, Andrew Manley, Jeff Meilander, Chloe Herman, Elizabeth Gehret, Isaiah Raspet

“…Background We present q2-boots, a QIIME 2 plugin that facilitates bootstrapped and rarefaction-based microbiome diversity analysis. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of the Antimicrobial Efficacy of Sodium Hypochlorite, Silver Nanoparticles, and Zinc Nanoparticles against Candidal Biofilm: An In Vitro Study by Varsha Ravi, Sandya Kini, Neetha Shenoy, Krishnaraj Somayaji, Padmaja Shenoy

“…The aim of the present investigation was to evaluate and compare the antifungal activity of sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl), silver nanoparticles (Ag-NP), and zinc nanoparticles (ZnO-NP) against candidal biofilms. …”
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Investigation of thermal properties of ethylene glycol-based Williamson hybrid-nanofluid over stretchable/shrinking flat plate and their effects on solar panels by L.O. Aselebe, A.T. Adeosun, K.B. Kasali, B.M. Yisa, K.A. Salaudeen, R.O. Adesina

“…The findings in the research will provide more insight in the design and improvement of solar panel plate efficiency.…”
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Um refinamento do algoritmo tabu de Dowsland para o problema de carregamento de paletes do produtor A refinement of Dowsland's tabu search algorithm for the manufacturer's pallet l... by Cintia A. Yamassaki, Vitória Pureza

“…The MPLP has been successfully handled by block heuristics, which generate loading patterns with one or more blocks where the pieces have the same orientation. …”
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Diagnosis and Treatment of Autoimmune Pancreatitis in China: A Systematic Review. by Qianqian Meng, Lei Xin, Wenyu Liu, Han Lin, Bo Tian, Luowei Wang, Zhaoshen Li

“…Knowledge of AIP should be more widespread to avoid unnecessary surgery.…”
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Experimental Validation of a Multi-Functional Metasurface for 5G and Satellite Communication by Hilal Rauf, Babar Kamal, Sadiq Ullah, Usman Ali, Ladislau Matekovits

“…The proposed configuration converts linear polarization (LP) to an orthogonal polarization in five frequency bands, i.e., 9-10.6, 15.9-16, 18.6-22.9, 23.7-23.8, and 25.9-26.9 GHz with more than 90% polarization conversion ratio (PCR). …”
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Genetic diversity of barley accessions from East Asian countries in terms of resistance to powdery mildew by R. A. Abdullaev, K. A. Lukina, B. A. Batasheva, O. N. Kovaleva, E. E. Radchenko

“…Barley is an ancient crop currently cultivated in more than 100 countries. High adaptability makes it possible to cultivate it in environments unfavorable for many other crops. …”
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Panel estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate (GFR): Statistical considerations for maximizing accuracy in diverse clinical populations. by Nora F Fino, Lesley A Inker, Tom Greene, Ogechi M Adingwupu, Josef Coresh, Jesse Seegmiller, Michael G Shlipak, Tazeen H Jafar, Roberto Kalil, Veronica T Costa E Silva, Vilmundur Gudnason, Andrew S Levey, Ben Haaland

“…However, accuracy of estimated GFR (eGFR) is limited by large errors (>30% error present in >10-50% of patients), adversely impacting patient care. …”
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Accuracy in navigated percutaneous sacroiliac screw fixation: a systematic review and meta-analysis by R. A. Haveman, L. Buchmann, P. C. Haefeli, F. J.P. Beeres, R. Babst, B.-C. Link, B. J.M van de Wall

“…Effect estimates were pooled (random effects) and presented as odds ratio, mean difference and standardized mean difference with a 95% confidence interval. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Dupilumab Across Different Th2-Type-Mediated Diseases: A Real-Life Preliminary Experience by Ciro Romano, Domenico Cozzolino, Maria Elena Corona, Ernesto Aitella

“…When eosinophilia was present at baseline, this also normalized during dupilumab treatment. …”
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Baseline predictors of pathological Q Waves and their associations with different angiographic findings in patients with ST- segment elevation myocardial infarction treated by prim... by Amr Youssef Hassan, Talaat Al Hachem, Mohamed Al Ramly, Hussien Heshmat Kassem

“…Objective: Q waves on the electrocardiogram (ECG) of patients presenting with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) was an independent predictor of adverse clinical outcomes. …”
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MONITORING DATA AGGREGATION OF DYNAMIC SYSTEMS USING INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES by Dmytro Shevchenko, Mykhaylo Ugryumov, Sergii Artiukh

“…Looking at the fact that the architectures of the autoencoders are the same, except for the peculiarities of the autoencoders, it can be noted that a vanilla autoencoder compresses data better by keeping more useful variables for later recovery from the bottleneck. …”
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PEGASUS-XL with saliency-guided scoring and long-input encoding for multi-document abstractive summarization by Rawan Alsultan, Alaa Sagheer, Hala Hamdoun, Lamya Alshamlan, Latifah Alfadhli

“…Human evaluations further confirm that PEGASUS-XL produces summaries that are more coherent, informative, and faithful. Efficiency profiling shows that the framework achieves substantial quality gains without incurring disproportionate computational costs. …”
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Substantiation for a new non-contact measurement technique in electrical resistance surveys by A. D. Karinskiy, A. A. Ivanov, I. A. Zudenkov, A. A. Matyushenko, Р. V. Novikov

“…In comparison with the method currently used for non-contact measurements, it seems more effective to determine the apparent electrical resistivity from the reactive component of the electric field voltage E in the measuring line MN that varies in phase with the current I in the generator line AB.…”
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Ehrlichia, Hepatozoon, and Babesia Coinfection Patterns Among Owned Dogs in Central Thailand by Rungrote Osathanon, Aeknarin Saechin, Chalisa Mongkolphan, Benjaporn Bhusri, Siriporn Tangsudjai

“…Coinfections peaked in April, occurred in all age groups, and were more frequent in dogs younger than 1 year compared to dogs older than 7 years. …”
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Descriptive Data Analysis of Tuberculosis Surveillance Data, Sene East District, Ghana, 2020 by Rapheal Gyan Asamoah, Delia Akosua Bandoh, Samuel Dapaa, Joseph Asamoah Frimpong, Ernest Kenu

“…We sensitized the TB coordinator on the need to provide regular feedback to health facility staff to motivate them to do more.…”
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Peculiarities of nasogastric and nasojejunal feeding during the early period of acute severe pancreatitis by O. G. Sivkov, A. O. Sivkov, I. B. Popov, E. U. Zaitsev

“…The null hypothesis was rejected at p<0.05.RESULTS. The presented findings demonstrate that a more severe multiple organ failure (SOFA – OR – 1.283, 95 % CI 1.029–1.6, p=0.027), the operative day (OR – 4.177, 95 % CI 1.542–11.313, p=0.005) increase while the nasojejunal route of nutrients delivery decreases (OR – 0.193, 95 % CI 0.08–0.4591, p≤0.001) the incidence of large residual stomach volumes. …”
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Body Conjunction = Wavering Between Actual and Virtual Spaces by Jia-Rey Chang

“… In the present digital age, the body tends to extend beyond it being flesh, it can be extended, it is a body without organs, and it might belong to more than your own-self. …”
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Biomimetic Computing for Efficient Spoken Language Identification by Gaurav Kumar, Saurabh Bhardwaj

“…Further, one more challenge is the significant variance in speech signals caused by factors such as different speakers, content, acoustic settings, language differences, changes in voice modulation based on age and gender, and variations in speech patterns. …”
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Characteristics of Medical Care During in-hospital Cardiopulmonary-cerebral Resuscitation by Viviana de la Concepción García Escudero, Liset Fuentes Santana, Víctor René Navarro Machado, Aymara Marcia Hernández Cardoso, Yanisleidys Chacón Blay, Camilo Rodríguez Pérez

“…The variables related to the patient, the symptoms and signs presented by the patients prior to the PCR, as well as vital signs, were studied. …”
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