Comparison of Performance, Egg Quality, and Egg Cost of Different Laying Genotypes in Free-Range System from 21 to 44 Weeks of Age by Ali Aygun, Doğan Narinç, Hasan Arısoy

“…The aim of this study was to compare the performance, egg quality and economic aspects of laying hybrids of different genotypes in free-range system. In the study, three different laying genotypes (Lohmann Brown, Lohmann Sandy and ATAK-S genotype) were used. …”
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Genetic diversity and population structure analyses of tropical maize inbred lines using Single Nucleotide Polymorphism markers. by Rodreck Gunundu, Hussein Shimelis, Seltene Abady Tesfamariam

“…Population structure analysis identified three distinct subpopulations among founder lines and two among derived lines. …”
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Masculinization of betta fish Betta splendens by embryo immersion in extract of purwoceng Pimpinella alpina by Harton Arfah, Dinar Tri Soelistyowati, Asep Bulkini

“…This research used completely randomized design with three treatments that were distinguished by doses of purwoceng extract, which were 10, 20, and 30 µL/L, and 0 µL/L as control. …”
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Causal Links Between Brain Functional Networks and Endometriosis: A Large-Scale Genetic-Driven Observational Study by Feng S, Wang Y, Liu S, Zhang Y, He L

“…Sensitivity analyses were conducted to ensure the robustness of the findings.Results: Forward MR analysis identified three brain networks (Pheno20, Pheno38, Pheno44) significantly associated with endometriosis risk (P FDR < 0.05). …”
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Reducing Environmental Pollution Through Behavioral Change and Education: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Pilot Study by Junu Shrestha, Ranju Karki, Esther A. Adewusi

“…The data collection phases were divided into three behavioral change intervention timelines: Before-Intervention (BI-Week 1-5), Phase -1 (PH1I- Week 6-10), and Phase-2 Intervention (PH2I-Week 11-14). …”
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Preoperative Risk Factors for Short-Term Postoperative Mortality of Acute Mesenteric Ischemia after Laparotomy: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis by Wenhan Wu, Jianbo Liu, Zongguang Zhou

“…Meta-analysis of predictors based on more than three studies identified the following preoperative risk factors for higher short-term postoperative mortality risk: old age (odds ratio [OR], 1.90, 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.57–2.30), arterial occlusive mesenteric ischemia versus mesenteric venous thrombosis (OR, 2.45, 95% CI 1.12–5.33), heart failure (OR 1.33, 95% CI 1.03–1.72), renal disorders (OR 1.61, 95% CI 1.24–2.07), and peripheral vascular disease (OR 1.38, 95% CI 1.00–1.91). …”
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PARADOXES OF ARAB POLITICAL SYSTEMS CHANGES by V. A. Kusnetsov

“…Therefore, the author (enhances the theoretical framework), identifying three models of political transformation in the Arab world: the Levant-Iraqi, North African and Gulf-Libyan models. …”
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Self-assessed health of adult Australian sport club participants during and after COVID-19 restrictions: a longitudinal study by Rochelle Eime, Jack Harvey, Melanie Charity

“…The six health assessments were cross-tabulated against three patterns of participation (dropout, dropout and return, continuation), for the survey sample overall and for six demographic subsamples: 42 crosstabulations in all. …”
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Method for Identifying Abnormal Hot Spots on the Surface of Composite Insulators by LIU Yao

“…【Objective】To avoid the operational risk of high-voltage transmission lines caused by thermal faults of composite insulators, a method for identifying abnormal hot spots on the surface of composite insulators is studied.【Methods】Three types of abnormal surface heating forms of composite insulators, current heating type, voltage heating type, and comprehensive heating type, are analyzed. …”
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A comparison of kinesiophobia, pain-activity patterns and fear-avoidance beliefs in patients with chronic low back pain by Egemen Kızılay, Fatma Kızılay, Betül Ergün

“…Chronic pain affects individuals’ activity levels. Three activity patterns are observed among individuals with chronic pain: avoidance, overdoing, and regularization. …”
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Pain medication tapering for patients with Persistent Spinal Pain Syndrome Type II, treated with Spinal Cord Stimulation: A RCT-study protocol of the PIANISSIMO study. by Maarten Moens, Cleo Lina Crunelle, Koen Putman, Elke Wuyts, Frenn Bultinck, Hubert Van Puyenbroeck, PIANISSIMO consortium, Lisa Goudman

“…<h4>Methods and design</h4>A three-arm, parallel-group multicenter randomized controlled trial will be conducted including 195 patients who will be randomized (1:1:1) to either (a) a standardized pain medication tapering program, (b) a personalized pain medication tapering program, or (c) no tapering program before SCS implantation, all with a follow-up period until 12 months after implantation. …”
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Cloning and expression analysis of the glucocorticoid receptors and the effects of cortisol in sex differentiation in protogynous hermaphroditic swamp eel, Monopterus albus by Jialin Su, Lei Sun, Jiaqi Yang, Weizhi Yao, Hongyan Xu, Ke Feng

“…During female-to-male sex reversal, the expression levels of gr1a and gr1b decreased significantly at the stage of ovotestis III, and gr2 showed a trend of increase, and increased significantly in the testis. …”
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Design of a Ka-band Wideband Multibeam Phased Array by GUAN Jin, SUN Jie, XING Chen, LIAO Yi, LI Yi

“…The front-end single integrated subarray adopts the three-dimensional high-density heterogeneous tile integration scheme of different material substrates, which greatly improves the integration degree of the subarray. …”
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Low-Load Blood-flow Restriction Training for Medial Tibial Stress-Syndrome in Athletes: A Case Series by Anders F. Brekke, Johanne Bjørklund, Rosa C. Holse, Christian Larsen, Mikkel H. Hjortshoej

“…Participants underwent a progressive six-week home-based LL-BFR training intervention with three sessions per week and were allowed to continue sports activities if pain was ≤ NRS 5. …”
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Cáncer gástrico. Caracterización de los casos operados en la provincia de Cienfuegos (2009-2011) by Herson Leonel Otzoy Cún, Lidia TorresAjá, Susan Paola Orosco Aguirre

“…El mayor porciento de los tumores se localizó en el antro gástrico en las etapas clínicas III y IV en el momento del diagnóstico. El tipo histológico más frecuente fue el adenocarcinoma. …”
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Are Emirati consumers in United Arab Emirates open to alternative proteins? Insights into their attitudes and willingness to replace animal protein sources by Sajid Maqsood, Feyisola Fisayo Ajayi, Hussein Mostafa, Kehinde Ganiyat Lawal, Juliet Mubaiwa, Noora Alantali, Maryam Alshihhi, Meera Aldhaheri

“…Using linear regression model, the following were factors influencing willingness to replace meat: (i) meat, dairy and cereal attachment, (ii) sustainability awareness, (iii) awareness of alternative proteins, (iv) nutrition consciousness, (v) availability of alternative proteins, (vi) taste of alternative proteins products, and (vii) advertisement. …”
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A Method for Quantifying Automobile Brake Creep Groan Intensity Based on Friction-Induced Vibration and Noise by Lijun Zhang, Jianfeng Wu, Dejian Meng

“…To quantify the intensity of automobile brake creep groan, both experimental and analytical studies are innovatively conducted on the friction-induced vibration and noise of the disc brake in this paper. Experimentally, three factors, brake disc initial temperature, terrain, and gear position, are comprehensively contemplated to design six different test conditions, based on which a creep groan vehicle road test is conducted. …”
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Verfahren der Modusdarstellung in Gioseffo Zarlinos Musici quinque vocum moduli by Roman Lüttin

“…His examination of the thematic complex modality can furthermore be traced in the works themselves. An analysis of three motets reveals procedures and models that Zarlino uses to represent and sonically establish a mode in a polyphonic composition. …”
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Correlation Analysis between Nerve Fiber Layer Thickness and Peripapillary Vessel Density and Influencing Factors of Peripapillary Vessel Density in Preclinical Diabetic Retinopath... by Donghui Li, Qichang Wang

“…Thirty-four eyes of 34 type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) patients diagnosed with preclinical diabetic retinopathy (DR) were included in our study, with twenty-three eyes of 23 healthy subjects set up as normal controls. …”
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La datation des aqueducs de Lyon : nouvelles données et contribution de l’analyse statistique bayésienne by Christine Oberlin, Jean-Claude Lefèvre

“…We concluded our study by integrating the separate models established for the three aqueducts within ChronoModel, without adding any relation of anteriority or posteriority between them, as well as the TPQ of 50 BC. …”
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