Genetic parameters for lifetime productivity in Holstein and Brown Swiss dairy cows in Honduras by Karen Alessa Copas-Medina, Manuel Valladares-Rodas, Juan José Baeza-Rodríguez, José Candelario Segura-Correa, Juan Magaña-Monforte

“…In both cattle breeds, rg among L, UL and P, traits were positive. Conclusions. For all traits evaluated low to medium heritability’s for BS suggest that a slow genetic improvement could be achieved if independent selection of traits is applied, and better response could be expected for H breed. …”
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Determination of Carbon Footprint for Local Administrations: A Case Study for Ümraniye Municipality by Betül Hande GÜRSOY HAKSEVENLER, G. Nur Çelik Onat, Begüm Akpinar, Tuğba Bedel

“…According to the obtained results, the carbon footprint in the district came from housing, business and public institutions, transportation, industry at the rate of 43%, 35%, 16%, 4% respectively. Among all, it was determined that especially the effect of the electricity consumption in business and public institutions (29%) and housing (22%) were major for the carbon footprint. …”
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Predictive value of gemstone spectral imaging for chemotherapy response in colorectal cancer liver metastases: A retrospective study by Hou-Fa Ning, Yun-Long Qin, Kui-Tao Yue, Shuai Wang, Wei-Guang Shao, Guang-Zhi Wang

“…The iodine concentration value and computed tomography (CT) value on VMIs and slope of spectral attenuation curves of all lesions were compared. A logistic regression analysis was used to determine the predictor of chemotherapy response. …”
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Traditions of the revived Lithuanian press in Vilnius in 1904-1914 by Violeta Černiauskaitė

“…This censorship is analyzed first of all bearing in mind war censorship, which was present in interwar Lithuania between 1919 and 1933. …”
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Diet diversity score might be associated with reproductive health in women and infant outcomes: a systematic review by Paniz Ahmadi, Niloofar Bayat, Behnood Abbasi

“…Our study was conducted based on 27 articles from 2012 to 2023, all containing a possible link between dietary diversity and reproductive complications. …”
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A scoping review on heat indices used to measure the effects of heat on maternal and perinatal health by Anayda Portela, Debra Jackson, Nathalie Roos, Chuansi Gao, Francesca Conway, Ijeoma Solarin, Chloe Brimicombe, Darshnika Lakhoo

“…Negative birth outcomes can occur from change in hormonal levels (ie, cortisol), dehydration and blood flow diversion away from the placenta and fetus when suffering from heat stress. All studies demonstrate that certain socioeconomic factors influence the effect of heat on maternal and perinatal health outcomes.Conclusion We make three suggestions based on the results: (1) heat indices should be standardised across studies and explained. (2) An increased number of perinatal and maternal health outcomes explored. …”
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Enhancing Agricultural Disease Detection: A Multi‐Model Deep Learning Novel Approach by Muhammad Khalid Hamid, Said Khalid Shah, Ghassan Husnain, Yazeed Yasin Ghadi, Shahab Ahmad Al Maaytah, Ayman Qahmash

“…The results demonstrate that the VGG16 model outperformed all others in every evaluation criterion. Experimental simulations were performed in Jupyter Notebook utilizing Anaconda and Python. …”
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Analysis of the ASMT Gene Family in Pepper (Capsicum annuum L.): Identification, Phylogeny, and Expression Profiles by Luzhao Pan, Jiaqiu Zheng, Jia Liu, Jun Guo, Fawan Liu, Lecheng Liu, Hongjian Wan

“…Phylogenetic analyses of all the CaASMTs were divided into three groups (group I, group II, and group III) with a high bootstrap value. …”
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Acute Invasive Fungal Rhinosinusitis-Related Orbital Infection: A Single Medical Center Experience by Yu-Fang Huang, Kai-Li Liang, Chiao-Ying Liang, Po-Chin Yang, Jun-Peng Chen, Li-Chen Wei

“…Five patients in the orbital involvement group expired, with all of them having an initial presentation of conscious disturbance (p<0.01). …”
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Changes in Quality and Flavor of Chopped Chili Peppers in Ceramic Jars during Fermentation by WANG Hongwei, LIU Hongjuan, QIN Yeyou, XU na, HU Jialiang, YUAN Xiao, LIU Yang, JIANG Liwen

“…Among them, linalool and methyl salicylate, ethyl salicylate, 4-ethyl-2-methoxyphenol were common to all samples. The samples stored for 1–3 years were superior in terms of organoleptic quality, physicochemical properties and volatile components, while those stored for more than 3 years had a strong aroma but poorer texture.…”
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Ameliorative Potential of Tamarindus indica on High Fat Diet Induced Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Rats by Suja Rani Sasidharan, Joshua Allan Joseph, Senthilkumar Anandakumar, Vijayabalaji Venkatesan, Chandrasekharan Nair Ariyattu Madhavan, Amit Agarwal

“…The present study evaluated the ameliorative effect of extract of Tamarindus indica seed coat (ETS) on high fat diet (HFD) induced NAFLD, after daily administration at 45, 90, and 180 mg/kg body weight dose levels for a period of 6 weeks, in albino Wistar rats. Treatment with ETS at all tested dose levels significantly attenuated the pathological alterations associated with HFD induced NAFLD viz. hepatomegaly, elevated hepatic lipid and lipid peroxides, serum alanine aminotransferase, and free fatty acid levels as well as micro-/macrohepatic steatosis. …”
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The interplay of trophic interactions and game dynamics gives rise to life-history trade-offs, consistent personalities, and predator–prey and aggression power laws by Mohammad Salahshour

“…The model relates predator–prey scaling laws with food web control and shows that small offspring size, high relative prey mobility, low predator conversion efficiency, predator competition, and prey competition all favor prey control over the food web. Our findings illuminate how large-scale ecological patterns—including power laws in predator–prey biomass and avalanche-like resource pulses—can relate to evolutionary outcomes such as consistent personalities, life-history trade-offs, and density-dependent growth. …”
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Configurations associated with the efficiency of the ophthalmology departments in public hospitals of Central South China. by Yimeng Li, Yao Chen, Bosheng Ma, Jyu-Lin Chen, Jie Zhong, Yan Jiang, Jing Luo, Jia Guo

“…<h4>Methods</h4>This cross-sectional study included a province-level survey of ophthalmology departments of public hospitals. All the ophthalmology departments of public hospitals in Hunan Province were invited to complete an online survey on ophthalmic competence resources. …”
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Effect of Gum Arabic (Acacia senegal) on Growth Performance, Carcass Quality and Health of Clarias gariepinus Juveniles by Augustine Eyiwunmi Falaye, Abel Abah, Shakiru Okanlawon Sule

“…At inclusion above GA5 the gill, liver, and kidney were affected histologically with no changes in the intestines of all treatments. Diet supplemented with gum arabic at 10 g/100 g improved indices of performance of C. gariepinus juveniles in this study.…”
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A scoping review of strategies for the prevention of hip fracture in elderly nursing home residents. by Anna M Sawka, Nofisat Ismaila, Ann Cranney, Lehana Thabane, Monika Kastner, Amiram Gafni, Linda J Woodhouse, Richard Crilly, Angela M Cheung, Jonathan D Adachi, Robert G Josse, Alexandra Papaioannou

“…Two reviewers independently reviewed all citations and full-text papers; consensus was achieved on final inclusion. …”
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Evaluation and selection of yeasts as potential aroma enhancers for the production of dry-cured ham by Xiaohui Gong, Ruifang Mi, Xi Chen, Qiujin Zhu, Suyue Xiong, Biao Qi, Shouwei Wang

“…Yarrowia bubula and Yarrowia alimentaria were found at the first two-phase of dry-cured ham. All isolates of yeast showed enzymatic activities against milk protein and tributyrin, while only 4 strains displayed proteolytic activity on meat protein. …”
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Factors enhancing implementation of occupational safety and health management systems in manufacturing industry of Mutare, Zimbabwe by Johanes Mandowa, Mark Matsa, Steven Jerie

“…Strong senior management commitment, involvement and support was identified as a catalyst of all other factors enhancing implementation of OSHMSs, hence a recommendation is made for employers to invest in programmes aimed at bolstering management commitment, involvement and support to OSH management.DiscussionConsidering that lack of adequate resources emerged as a significant impediment to OSHMS implementation, the study challenges the Government to take a leading role in establishing policies that unlocks various funding mechanisms to support workplaces in overcoming financial barriers in the implementation of OSHMSs. …”
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Prevalence and Anatomic Distribution of Serrated and Adenomatous Lesions in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease by Lik Hang Lee, Marietta Iacucci, Miriam Fort Gasia, Subrata Ghosh, Remo Panaccione, Stefan Urbanski

“…No relationship was identified between lesion type and IBD type. Comparing all IBD patients, the distribution of lesion types was significantly different (p=0.02) with Ad/Ds more common distally, SSA/Ps more common proximally, and TSAs evenly distributed. …”
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Factors of International Activity of Russian Cities: The Results of the Empirical Analysis by R. S. Mukhametov

“…In conclusion, it is noted that the influence of demographic, geographical, economic, political, legal, and cultural-historical features of municipalities on the number of sister cities does not explain all cases. The author believes that the political factor has a certain explanatory power.…”
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Thermal-Hydraulic Analysis of Coolant Flow Decrease in Fuel Channels of Smolensk-3 RBMK during GDH Blockage Event by A. Lombardi Costa, M. Cherubini, F. D'Auria, W. Giannotti, A. Moskalev

“…It was also observed that, during the event, the fuel channels at higher thermal power values tend to undergo first cladding rupture leaving the reactor to scram and safeguarding all the other FCs connected to the affected GDH.…”
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