The Collection of Rhizosphere Microorganisms: its importance for the study of associative plant-bacterium interactions by O. V. Turkovskaya, S. N. Golubev

“…The broad range of useful properties found in these microorganisms, including the fixation of atmospheric nitrogen, production of phytohormones, solubilization of phosphates, control of pathogens, and formation of induced systemic resistance in the colonized plants, make these bacteria an all-purpose tool that has been used for several decades in basic and applied research. …”
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Implementation of Uterine Artery Doppler Scanning: Improving the Care of Women and Babies High Risk for Fetal Growth Restriction by Emmanuel Ekanem, Faris Karouni, Emmanuoil Katsanevakis, Habiba Kapaya

“…UtAD is a useful second trimester screening tool for women identified as high risk for FGR and helps stratify the intensity of surveillance. …”
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CSF shunts as conduits for metastasis: is there a discrepancy between retrograde and antegrade spread? by Andrea Cuschieri, Robert Pisani, Shawn Agius

“…The JBI case report critical appraisal tool assessed reporting quality. Grey literature was not included. …”
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PROGNOSIS OF INHALATION INJURY MORTALITY RATE WITH REVISED BAUX SCORE AT DR. SOETOMO GENERAL ACADEMIC HOSPITAL, SURABAYA, INDONESIA (2019-2021) by Dhea Hasna Salsabilla, Agus Santoso Budi, Diah Mira Indramaya, Ronaldo Muslim

“…Additionally, the revised Baux Score was identified as a useful tool for predicting the prognosis of burn patients with inhalation injury. …”
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A randomized controlled trial comparing immersive virtual reality games versus nitrous oxide for pain reduction in common outpatient procedures in pediatric surgery by Cordula Scherer, Ladina A. Lanz, Thoralf R. Liebs, Nadine Kaiser, Mirjam Zindel, Steffen M. Berger

“…Preliminary evidence suggests VR may offer a viable alternative to traditional pain management methods, as VR technology could be an effective distraction and pain management tool for pediatric patients undergoing outpatient surgical procedures. …”
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AN INVESTIGATION ON THE EFFECTIVE PARAMETERS OF LOOSE SANDS LIQUEFACTION POTENTIAL USING IMPROVED HYPERCUBE SAMPLING METHOD by S. Golmoghani Ebrahimi, A. Noorzad, H. Javaheri Koupaei

“…The results show that the proposed approach is a favorable and useful tool for the reliability analysis of liquefaction potential estimations. …”
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Intermittent versus daily oral iron folic acid supplementation and pregnancy outcome in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis of experimental stud... by Serawit Lakew Chillo, Endrias Markos Woldesemayat, Mesay Hailu Dangisso

“…The GRADE approach and Cochrane collaboration tool were used in the quality evaluation. The selected trials were narrated for basic characteristics and major findings. …”
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Development of a Mobile Application Platform for Self-Management of Obesity Using Artificial Intelligence Techniques by Sylvester M. Sefa-Yeboah, Kwabena Osei Annor, Valencia J. Koomson, Firibu K. Saalia, Matilda Steiner-Asiedu, Godfrey A. Mills

“…In this work, we present an artificial intelligence- (AI-) based application that is driven by a genetic algorithm (GA) as a potential tool for tracking a user’s energy balance and predicting possible calorie intake required to meet daily calorie needs for obesity management. …”
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Development and validation of a risk prediction model for acute kidney injury in coronary artery disease by Ming Ye, Chang Liu, Duo Yang, Hai Gao

“…The nomogram provided a practical tool for AKI risk assessment. Conclusion This study introduced a refined AKI risk prediction model for CAD patients. …”
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Visual impairment prevention by early detection of diabetic retinopathy based on stacked auto-encoder by Shagufta Almas, Fazli Wahid, Sikandar Ali, Ahmed Alkhyyat, Kamran Ullah, Jawad Khan, Youngmoon Lee

“…Comparative analysis underscores the model’s superiority over existing methods, positioning it as a promising tool for early-stage DR detection and blindness prevention.…”
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To Study the Thyroid Hormone Levels in Neonates of Rural and Urban Vidarbha Region by Ankita Kondhalkar, Meghali Kaple, Ranjit S. Ambad, Archana Dhok, Ashsish Anjankar

“…However, TSH levels can vary significantly and exhibit a broad reference range within the general population, which presents challenges in interpreting the results during newborn screening and in using it later as a clinical diagnostic tool for thyroid function.…”
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Evaluating ecosystem multifunctionality in tree-based intercropping: a case study from southern Québec, Canada by David Rivest, Marc-Olivier Martin-Guay, Ève-Marie Hébert, Samuel Dulac, Alain Cogliastro, Audrey Maheu

“…Agroforestry is increasingly recognized as an effective tool for enhancing multifunctionality in agroecosystems globally, improving land-use efficiency and delivering multiple ecosystem services (ES). …”
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Multi-sequence MRI-based nomogram for prediction of human epidermal growth factor receptor 2 expression in breast cancer by Mengyi Shen, Li Zhang, Dingyi Zhang, Xin He, Nian Liu, Xiaohua Huang

“…Conclusion: The developed multi-sequence MRI-based nomogram presents a promising tool for predicting HER2 expression, and is expected to improve the diagnosis and treatment of BC.…”
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SSMM-DS: A semantic segmentation model for mangroves based on Deeplabv3+ with swin transformer by Zhenhua Wang, Jinlong Yang, Chuansheng Dong, Xi Zhang, Congqin Yi, Jiuhu Sun

“…Experimental results highlight SSMM-DS's effectiveness in extracting mangrove features, making it a valuable tool for monitoring and managing these critical ecosystems.…”
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Acceptance and adoption determinants of telemedicine in public healthcare institutions by Kokisa E. Phorah, Lovemore Motsi

“…Both the alpha and power values were set at 0.05 for the statistical analysis. The statistical tool used for the data analysis was SPSS v. 23.0. …”
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[18F]-(2S,4R)4-Fluoroglutamine PET Imaging of Glutamine Metabolism in Murine Models of Hepatocellular Carcinoma (HCC) by Youngho Seo, Miranda C. Craig, Stephanie T. Murphy, Jinjin Feng, Xin Chen, Mariia Yuneva

“…Our study has demonstrated the potential of [18F]FGln PET imaging as a tool to assess glutamine metabolism in HCC tumors in vivo with a caution that it may not be able to clearly distinguish HCC tumors from normal liver tissue.…”
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A SYBR green I-based multiplex real-time PCR for simultaneous detection of pseudorabies virus, porcine circovirus 3 and porcine parvovirus by Lihua Cao, Wenke Lv, Anqi Li, Lulu Yang, Feng Zhou, Feng Wen, Sheng Yuan, Shujian Huang, Zhili Li, Jinyue Guo

“…Conclusions This multiplex real-time PCR assay could be used as a diagnostic tool that is rapid, sensitive and reliable for the detection of co-infection of PRV, PPV and PCV3 as well as for molecular epidemiological surveillance.…”
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Communicating with Deaf Patients in the Clinical Environment through Deaf-Hearing Teams: Lessons Learned from a Virtual Patient Panel [version 2; peer review: 2 approved] by Dimitrios Papanagnou, Natalie P. Snyder, Rosemary Frasso, Benedicta O. Olonilua, Julia Croce

“…Patient panels are an effective tool in medical education to model communication strategies. …”
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A VersaTile Approach to Reprogram the Specificity of the R2-Type Tailocin Towards Different Serotypes of <i>Escherichia coli</i> and <i>Klebsiella pneumoniae</i> by Dorien Dams, Célia Pas, Agnieszka Latka, Zuzanna Drulis-Kawa, Lars Fieseler, Yves Briers

“…<b>Conclusions:</b> This work lays the groundwork for a scalable platform for the development of engineered tailocins, marking an important step towards making R2 tailocins a practical therapeutic tool for targeted bacterial infections.…”
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Role of antimicrobial photodynamic therapy for the management of peri‑implant diseases among habitual nicotinic product users: A systematic review by Abdulrahman M. AlMubarak

“…The risk of bias (RoB) was assessed using the Cochrane RoB 2 tool. Results: Seven RCTs performed on adult males were included and processed for data extraction. …”
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