Effects of mosquito-proofing storm drains on adult and larvae mosquito abundance: Protocol of the IDAlErt storm drAin randomiSed controlled trial (IDEAS) by Marina Treskova, Tomás Montalvo, Joacim Rocklöv, Charles Hatfield, Frederic Bartumeus, Shouro Dasgupta, João Encarnação, Rachel Lowe, Jan C. Semenza, Pascale Stiles, Jordi Noya, Andrea Valsecchi, Till Bärnighausen, John R.B. Palmer, Aditi Bunker

“…Primary outcomes are adult mosquito counts and secondary outcomes are larvae and mosquito presence, assessed weekly at each drain until no mosquitoes are detected. …”
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Understanding pre-service teachers' intention to adopt and use artificial intelligence in Nigerian inclusive classrooms by Olufemi Timothy Adigun, Olufemi Timothy Adigun, Faisat Adeniran Tijani, Cynthy K. Haihambo, Simasiku Limbo Enock

“…IntroductionThis study applied the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology (UTAUT) to provide an understanding of the behavioral intentions of pre-service teachers in the adoption and utilization of artificial intelligence (AI) tools for educational engagement in the inclusive classroom.MethodsThe cross-sectional study collected data through a validated questionnaire from 411 pre-service teachers were analyzed with descriptive statistics such as frequency counts and simple percentage calculation, as well as inferential statistics which involved correlational analysis and Structural Equation Modeling (SEM).ResultsThe study established that effort expectancy had a positive and direct significant contribution to the perceived behavioral intention of pre-service teachers to adopt and use AI for inclusive education teaching. …”
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Polyphenols and pectin enriched golden kiwifruit (Actinidia chinensis) alleviates high fructose-induced glucolipid disorders and hepatic oxidative damage in rats: in association wi... by Aamina Alim, Ting Li, Tanzeela Nisar, Zeshan Ali, Daoyuan Ren, Yueyue Liu, Xingbin Yang

“…This study delivers a scientific foundation for developing kiwifruit (counting peel)-based dietary supplements for those with glucolipid-metabolic disorders and liver damage.…”
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Neutrophil Extracellular Traps Contribute to the Disease Severity of Dengue Virus Infection by Cucunawangsih Cucunawangsih, Ratna Sari Wijaya, Nata Pratama Hardjo Lugito, Ivet Suriapranata

“…The level of CitH3 was negatively correlated with platelet counts. Conclusion: Our results suggest NETs have contributed to the disease severity of dengue infection. …”
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Effects of Exercise Training Combined with Increased Physical Activity to Prevent Chronic Pain in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Preliminary Randomized Controlled Trial by Tatsuya Hirase, Hideki Kataoka, Shigeru Inokuchi, Jiro Nakano, Junya Sakamoto, Minoru Okita

“…The program to increase physical activity required participants to record their daily step counts using pedometers. Pain intensity, total number of pain sites, and physical activity were assessed before and 12 weeks after the intervention. …”
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Characteristics of lower respiratory microbiota in children’s refractory Mycoplasma pneumoniae pneumonia pre- and post-COVID-19 era by Zhimin Xi, Jinglong Chen, Libo Wang, Aizhen Lu

“…The abundance of Mycoplasmoides pneumoniae positively correlated with the levels of D-dimer and LDH, negatively correlated with the counts of CD3+ T cells, CD8+ T cells, CD19+ B cells and CD16+CD56+ NK cells.DiscussionOur study showed that high abundance of MP was correlated with the severity of RMPP and decrease of immune cells. …”
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Purification, structural elucidation, and in vitro antitumor effects of novel polysaccharides from Bangia fuscopurpurea by Jingna Wu, Xiaoting Chen, Kun Qiao, Yongchang Su, Zhiyu Liu

“…The backbone of BFP-3 was primarily composed of repeating 5-α-l-Araf-1→(4-α-d-Glcp-1)4→4,6-β-d-Manp-1 units, and the side chains consisted of repeating β-d-Galp-1→(4-β-d-Galp-1)4→4,6-β- d-Galp-1→3,4-α-l-Rhap, β-l-Arap-1→(3-β-d-Galp-1)3, and β-l-Arap-1 units. Counting Kit-8 assays revealed that BFP-3 significantly inhibited the proliferation of A2780, COC1, SKOV3, HO-8910, and OVCAR3 ovarian cancer cells in vitro, indicating that BFP-3 could have potential applications in the treatment of ovarian cancer.…”
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Contribution of Experimental Animal Research Studies to the Emergency Medicine Literature by Umut Ocak, John H. Zhang

“…All data regarding the journal name, publication year, country, department and institution of the first author, subject species, type of the experimental model, target organ/system/functions, evaluation method, outcome measures, and citation counts were noted. Resultantly, a total of 736 articles were found to be published in 18 journals. …”
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The efficiency of some post-emergence herbicides for controlling problematic weeds of lawn areas by R. Gürbüz, H. Alptekin

“…The percentage effects of the herbicides applied in the study on weed dry weights, weed species, and the percentage effects of herbicides on these weed species were determined according to the 3 counts made at certain intervals for the weed species with a density of 1 weeds/m2 and above in the census.As a result of the study, a total of 14 weed species belonging to 8 families were determined in the trial area. …”
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Potential of Eisenia fetida (Redworm) for the conversion of three varieties of organic waste by Kishor Maharjan, Prakrit Noppradit, Kuaanan Techato

“…The mature worms, offspring, and cocoons were then counted after 14 weeks of the experiment. Moisture and pH of vermicompost were measured in the laboratory.Result The results show that Eisenia fetida preferred tea waste more than vegetable and mixed food waste. …”
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Scutellarin combined with lidocaine exerts antineoplastic effect in human glioma associated with repression of epidermal growth factor receptor signaling. by Xiu-Ying He, Yui-Si Yang, Yue-Xiang Zheng, Qing-Jie Xia, Hong-Zhou Yu, Xiao-Ming Zhao, Ting-Hua Wang

“…Cell proliferation was detected by cell counting kit-8 (CCK8), plate clone formation assay, EdU incorporation assay and xCELLigence real-time cell analyzer. …”
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Invasion of Chicken Intestinal Cells Is Higher for <i>Enterococcus cecorum</i> Lesion Strains Compared to Cloacal Strains in an Organoid Model by Lonneke Vervelde, Thijs T. M. Manders, Samira Kammourieh, Jeanine Wiegel

“…The organoids were inoculated with the different <i>E. cecorum</i> strains and after 3 or 6 h treated with an antimicrobial mixture, lysed, and quantified by bacterial plate counting. Significantly higher (<i>p</i> < 0.0001) numbers of bacteria isolated from lesions invaded the organoids compared to cloacal strains in a dose-dependent manner. …”
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Enhanced Hypercoagulability in Sickle Cell Anaemia Patients with Chronic Leg Ulcers by David Sackey, Yvonne Dei-Adomakoh, Edeghonghon Olayemi

“…SCA patients with and without CLUs had elevated mean platelet counts, shorter mean aPTT, and marginally prolonged mean PT  compared to HbAA patients. …”
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Une motte castrale dans le contexte des recompositions politiques au tournant de l’an mil (Région Centre, Indre-et-Loire) by Samuel Riou, Flore Marteaux

“…Dating from the artefacts shows that the bailey was built at the end of the 10th century, a period when counts and princes wanted emancipation from the last Carolingian kings. …”
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Interleukin-1 Receptor-Associated Kinase 4 Deficiency in a Greek Teenager by Panagiota Karananou, Anastasia Alataki, Efimia Papadopoulou-Alataki

“…Peripheral blood immunophenotyping by flow cytometry and dihydrorhodamine (DHR) test revealed normal counts. She was able to make functional antibodies against vaccine antigens, including tetanus and diphtheria. …”
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The person-based approach to intervention development: A scoping review of methods and applications by Lydia Holt, Sarah Denford, Hannah Bowers, Paula Kuberka, Ingrid Muller, Richard Amlôt, Lucy Yardley

“…Results are presented using frequency counts, and qualitative data were summarised using content analysis. …”
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Deep Learning-Based Robust Automated System for Predicting Human Sperm DNA Fragmentation Index by Roopini Sathiasai Kumar, Swapnil Sharma, Arunima Halder, Vipin Gupta

“…Background: Determining the DNA fragmentation index (DFI) by the sperm chromatin dispersion (SCD) test involves manual counting of stained sperms with halo and no halo. Aims: The aim of this study is to build a robust artificial intelligence-based solution to predict the DFI. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Antimicrobial Activities of Different Types of Luting Cements by Sazan Sherdl Saleem

“…In MDCT, bacterial suspensions were exposed to the cements, and colony-forming unit (CFU) counts were recorded at various time points to assess microbial survival.Top of Form Results: In ADT, GC Gold Label glass ionomer exhibited the highest inhibition zones (17.75 mm) after one week, surpassing other intervals of the same cement and all other cements tested. …”
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Effects of recombinant human growth hormone in severe neurosurgical patients: A single center, retrospective study. by Xixian Liao, Haorun Huang, Binghui Qiu, Jiaping Chen, An Zhang, Haoxin Liang, Chuanping Huang, Fen Mei, Jian Mao, Fan Liu, Ming Jin, Xiaojie Peng, Haidie Ma, Wenjie Ding, Songtao Qi, Yun Bao

“…Parameters including CD4+ T cell counts, inflammatory mediators and prognosis were recorded and assessed.…”
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Defining “Adverse Environmental Impact” and Making § 316(b) Decisions: A Fisheries Management Approach by David E. Bailey, Kristy A.N. Bulleit

“…This definition focuses not on counting individual fish or eggs cropped by the various uses of a water body, but on preserving populations of aquatic organisms and their functions in the aquatic community. …”
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