Highly efficient assessment and selective determination of pancreatic cancer biomarker CA-19-9 using co-electrodeposited MXene-AgNPs nanocomposite by Mahsa Mirzayi, Balal Khalilzadeh, Sattar Akbari Nakhjavani, Rahim Mohammad-Rezaei

“…The desirable LOD was recorded as 1 nU/mL. The repeatability and reproducibility were successfully inspected for ten repeated mensuration and the lowest RSD percentages were observed as about 5 % for the concentration of 1, 10 and 20 nU/mL. …”
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Diffused Multi-scale Generative Adversarial Network for low-dose PET images reconstruction by Xiang Yu, Daoyan Hu, Qiong Yao, Yu Fu, Yan Zhong, Jing Wang, Mei Tian, Hong Zhang

“…Generated images are inputted into the u-net discriminator, extracting details from both overall and specific perspectives to enhance the quality of the generated F-PET images. …”
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First Use of Superpulsed Fibre Thulium Laser-Based Contact Stone Ablation in Common Bile and Main Pancreatic Ducts by S. A. Budzinskiy, S. G. Shapovalyants, E. D. Fedorov, E. A. Vorobyeva, M. Yu. Svirin, M. G. Malyarov, P. L. Chernyakevich, E. N. Platonova

“…We describe two clinically successful ablations of large biliary and pancreatic calculi using a FiberLase U2 superpulse fibre thulium laser appliance (IRE-Polus, Russia) during oral transpapillary cholangiopancreaticoscopy in patients with technically unfeasible conventional minimally invasive treatment for choledocho- and pancreatic lithiasis. …”
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Роль фигуры отца ребенка при формировании материнского отношения к новорожденному с заболеванием... by Ирина Александровна Золотова

“…У женщин при рождении ребенка с заболеванием превалирует выраженность эйфорического (U = 268; p < 0,001) и тревожного (U = 245,5; p = 0,007) компонентов в структуре субъективной оценки отношения отца ребенка. …”
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Is There a Relationship between Serum Anti-Mullerian Hormone Levels and Abortion Rates in Patients Who Received In vitro Fertilisation-Embryo Transfer Cycles? by Pinar Karacin, Serdar Dilbaz, Oya Aldemir, Berna Dilbaz, Yaprak Engin Ustun

“…Statistical Analysis Used: The Mann–Whitney U-test was used in comparison of non-parametric data of two groups; the Kruskal–Wallis test was used to compare the data of more than two groups. …”
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Comparison of ultraviolet C light and isopropyl alcohol for the disinfection of cellular phones in a paediatric intensive care unit setting by L Thomas, J John, H Lochan

“…The reduction ratio of colony-forming units (CFUs) before and after intervention was analysed using the Mann-Whitney U-test. In addition, the effectiveness of the disinfection methods was compared using the Wilcoxon signed-rank paired test. …”
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Competencia de lectura crítica en residentes de medicina familiar by Esaú Rojas Carrillo, Hector Alejandro Montoya Trejo, Veronica Benites Godínez, Luisa Elizabeth Velasco González, Adriana Gabriela Ramirez Corona, Eduardo Manuel Benítez Godínez

“…Concluimos que la competencia de lectura crítica encontrada en los médicos residentes de la U.M.F. No. 24 es de nivel medio, siendo mayor que el nivel encontrado en otros estudios bajo condiciones similares. …”
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A Beginner’s Guide to Water Management — Symbols, Abbreviations & Conversion Factors by Florida LAKEWATCH

“… This 44-page booklet provides the tools for reading, converting, interpreting and/or translating units of measure commonly used by people involved in water management in the U.S. and internationally. Much of this information is typically only available by searching numerous publications, but we have assembled it here under one cover for quick reference. …”
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The Squash Bug, Anasa Tristis (Heteroptera: Coreidae): A Potential Greenhouse Pest of Beit Alpha Cucumber by Silvia I. Rondon, Daniel J. Cantliffe, James F. Price

“… The squash bug, Anasa tristis (DeGeer) (Heteroptera: Coreidae), is considered an important pest of cucurbits in open fields in the U.S. (Bonjour and Fargo, 1989; Cook and Neal, 1999). …”
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Apalachee Crapemyrtle—Lagerstroemia indica × fauriei ‘Apalachee’ by Gary W. Knox

“…Lagerstroemia indica x fauriei ‘Apalachee’ is one of the hybrids released in 1987 from the breeding program of the U.S. National Arboretum. It grows as an upright to vase-shaped multi-stemmed tree in USDA Cold Hardiness Zones 7a-9b. …”
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Chronology of Cuban Reform Policies with Emphasis on Agriculture, 1993-1995 by José Alvarez

“… The reports included in this series intend to address the increasing level of interest in the Cuban market for food and agricultural products among U.S. firms and to assist them in becoming more familiar with that market. …”
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Tropical sod webworm Herpetogramma phaeopteralis Guenée (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Crambidae) by Nastaran Tofangsazie, Steven P. Arthurs, Ronald Cherry

“…Tropical sod webworm larvae are destructive pests of warm season turfgrasses in the southeastern U.S., especially on newly established sod, lawns, athletic fields, and golf courses. …”
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The Potential Correlation between Natural Disasters and Cuba's Agricultural Performance by José Alvarez

“… The reports included in this series intend to address the increasing level of interest in the Cuban market for food and agricultural products among U.S. firms and to assist them in becoming more familiar with that market. …”
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Some notes on complex symmetric operators by Marcos S. Ferreira

“…Moreover, we prove some relations of complex symmetry between the operators $T$ and $\left|T\right|$, where $T =U\left|T\right|$ is the polar decomposition of bounded operator $T\in\mathcal{L}\left(\mathcal{H}\right)$ on the separable Hilbert space $\mathcal{H}$.…”
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Healthy Eating: Understanding the Nutrition Facts Label by Linda Bobroff, Karla P. Shelnutt

“… The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requires that most food packages have the Nutrition Facts label. …”
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Hydrilla Stem Weevil: Bagous hydrillae O’Brien by Emma Weeks, Jim Cuda, Michael J. Grodowitz

“…This weevil was discovered during overseas surveys for biological control agents for hydrilla during the 1980s and was first introduced to the U.S. in Florida in 1991 after extensive host-specificity testing. …”
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Growth, Reduction, and Survival of Bacteria on Melon Types by Thao P. Nguyen, Michelle D. Danyluk, Keith R. Schneider

“…From 1990 to 2000, over 700 cases of foodborne illness were associated with outbreaks due to melon consumption in the U.S. and Canada. Even with efforts to educate industry and consumers of safe produce-handling practices, in the last decade there were still over 1,100 documented illnesses associated with melon consumption. …”
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Hydrilla tuber weevil Bagous affinis Hustache (Insecta: Coleoptera: Curculionidae) by Emma Weeks

“…The weevil was discovered during surveys for biological control agents for hydrilla in Pakistan in 1980 and was first introduced to the U.S. in Florida from India in 1987. This 5-page fact sheet was written by Emma Weeks, and published by the UF Department of Entomology and Nematology, June 2014. …”
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Swampland bounds on magnetized extra dimensions by Yuta Hamada, Maki Takeuchi

“…Abstract We consider a six-dimensional U(1) gauge theory compactified on two-dimensional manifolds. …”
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The Risks of Obesity, Weight Control Behaviors, and Disordered Eating to Adolescents by Emily Johnson, Kate Fogarty

“… Over the past 15 years, unhealthy weight-loss behaviors among U.S. adolescents are becoming more widespread. …”
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