Evaluation of the clinical performance of 2 point‐of‐care cryptococcal antigen tests in dogs and cats by Krystle L. Reagan, Ian McHardy, George R. Thompson III, Jane E. Sykes

“…Objective To determine the sensitivity and specificity of 2 POC lateral flow cryptococcal serum antigen tests, CrAg LFA (Immy, Norman, OK) and the CryptoPS (Biosynex, Strasbourg, France) for diagnosis of cryptococcosis in dogs and cats, using the cryptococcal antigen latex agglutination system (CALAS) as the reference standard. …”
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Evaluation of the effectiveness of a South African laboratory cryptococcal antigen screening programme using a retrospective cohort and a cluster-randomised trial design by David R Boulware, Radha Rajasingham, Rudzani Mashau, Nelesh P Govender, Daniel J DeSanto, Ananta S Bangdiwala, Erika Van Schalkwyk, Caleb P Skipper, Greg Greene, Juliet Paxton, Kathy Huppler Hullsiek

“…The CRT will determine if the appointment and mentoring of a healthcare worker, or ‘crypto champion’, at intervention facilities is associated with a higher proportion of CrAg-positive persons initiating pre-emptive fluconazole therapy. …”
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Industry 4.0 and NDE – AutosonicTM mini + Auto: Automatic system for periodical inspection and test of seamless aluminum-alloy gas cylinders (ISO 18119) by Luca Scaccabarozzi, Oliver von Trzebiatowski, Marco Induti

“…Block chain technology, mainly known for crypto applications, is a promising technology for storing digital identity and test records offering traceability, safety and availability of the data. …”
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High-assurance zeroization by Santiago Arranz Olmos, Gilles Barthe, Ruben Gonzalez, Benjamin Grégoire, Vincent Laporte, Jean-Christophe Léchenet, Tiago Oliveira, Peter Schwabe

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A lattice-based linkable ring signature supporting stealth addresses by Liu, Zhen, Nguyen, Khoa, Yang, Guomin, Wang, Huaxiong, Wong, Duncan S.

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Unveiling vulnerable smart contracts: Toward profiling vulnerable smart contracts using genetic algorithm and generating benchmark dataset by Sepideh HajiHosseinKhani, Arash Habibi Lashkari, Ali Mizani Oskui

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Theoretical innovation and applications of ore-field tectonic lithofacies mapping by FANG Weixuan, GUO Yuqian, LI Tiancheng, JIA Runxing, MA Zhenfei

“…The Jia–Cha epithermal Au-Ag-Pb-Zn ore-field in Inner Mongolia of northern China is dominated by volcanic lake-basin, volcanic dome structure, facies-type of volcanic rocks, and volcanic hydrothermal crypto-explosive breccias, whereas porphyry Cu-Mo-Au and epithermal Au-Cu ore-fields in the South Gebi area of Mongolia are formed in the Devonian–Carboniferous plutonic magmatic arc. …”
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