Effect of Age and Breed on Carcass and Meat Quality Characteristics of Beni-Guil and Ouled-Djellal Sheep Breeds by Kamal Belhaj, Farid Mansouri, Aziz Tikent, Yassin Taaifi, Mohamed Boukharta, Hana Caid Serghini, Ahmed Elamrani

“…Two hundred eight sheep, belonging to two main breeds of eastern Morocco, “Beni-Guil” and “Ouled-Djellal,” were investigated for carcass traits and meat quality. …”
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The Ultrasonic P-Wave Velocity-Stress Relationship and Energy Evolution of Sandstone under Uniaxial Loading-Unloading Conditions by Long Zhang, Zetian Zhang, Ru Zhang, Mingzhong Gao, Jing Xie

“…Under elastic loading, the energy accumulation is mainly reflected by an increase in elastic energy, and less energy is dissipated during the elastic loading period. …”
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Rapid growing mass of the mandible due to an oral metastasis of thymoma: Case report of an extremely rare localization and review of published cases by Francesco Scilla, Cosimo Rupe, Gioele Gioco, Luca Raffaelli, Filippo Lococo, Ciro Mazzarella, Guido Rindi, Romeo Patini, Carlo Lajolo

“…Thymomas and thymic carcinomas are the two main tumors that can affect the thymus, a lymphatic gland that plays an important role in regulating the immune system. …”
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Semantic Tokenization-Based Mamba for Hyperspectral Image Classification by Ri Ming, Na Chen, Jiangtao Peng, Weiwei Sun, Zhijing Ye

“…However, these Mamba-based methods mainly focus on spectral and spatial dimensions. They tend to extract semantic information in very long feature sequences or represent semantic information in several typical tokens, which may ignore some important semantics of the HSIs. …”
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An Updating Method for Finite Element Models of Flexible-Link Mechanisms Based on an Equivalent Rigid-Link System by R. Belotti, R. Caracciolo, I. Palomba, D. Richiedei, A. Trevisani

“…The aim is to correct mass, stiffness, and damping matrices of dynamic models, usually based on nominal and uncertain parameters, to accurately represent the main vibrational modes within the bandwidth of interest. …”
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Bufalin targets the SRC-3/c-Myc pathway in chemoresistant cells to regulate metastasis induced by chemoresistance in colorectal cancer by Jinbao Chen, Chenqi Wu, Kun Yu, Jinpei Liu, Jiahua Yang, Wei Li, Xiaoxia Tang, Yihai Shi, Ke Xu, Yi Chen, Xiaoyu Qin

“…Moreover, the clinical drug cinobufacini and its main active monomer bufalin reduced liver metastasis of colorectal cancer caused by chemoresistance in vivo. …”
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Lunar and Martian gravity alter immune cell interactions with endothelia in parabolic flight by Yu Du, Bing Han, Katharina Biere, Nathalie Abdelmalek, Xinyu Shu, Chaoyang Song, Guangyao Chen, Ning Li, Marina Tuschen, Huan Wu, Shujin Sun, Alexander Choukér, Mian Long, Dominique Moser

“…Abstract Returning to the moon and traveling to Mars represent the main targets of human space exploration missions within the upcoming decades. …”
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A systematic review of plant-based therapy for the management of diabetes mellitus in the East Africa community by Nancy Bonareri Mitaki, Ilemobayo Victor Fasogbon, Onyinye Vivian Ojiakor, Wusa Makena, Emmanuel O. Ikuomola, Reuben Samson Dangana, Ibe Micheal Usman, Ekom Monday Etukudo, Augustine Oviosun, Swase Dominic Terkimbi, Elizabeth Bessy Umoren, Angela Mumbua Musyoka, Solomon A Mbina, Esther Ugo Alum, Ibrahim Babangida Abubakar, Godson Emeka Anyanwu, Patrick Maduabuchi Aja

“…Conclusion: The phytochemical properties of these medicinal plants, mainly containing alkaloids, tannins, and flavonoids, may contribute to their hypoglycemic effects. …”
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Influence of Alkali Metal Oxide Slag Aggregating Agent on the Performance of Magnesium Desulfurization Slags by Wufeng JIANG, Liang TIAN, Suju HAO, He BO, Tengfei MA, Yuzhu ZHANG

“…A slag aggregation agent whose main component is SiO2 was designed to control the performance of desulfurization slag. …”
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Clinician’s perceptions and experiences with tobacco treatment in people who use cannabis: a qualitative study by Cristina Martínez, Marga Pla, Ariadna Feliu, Marta Enríquez, Judith Saura, Carmen Cabezas, Joan Colom, Josep M. Suelves, Sílvia Mondon, Pablo Barrio, Magalí Andreu, Antònia Raich, Jordi Bernabeu, Xavier Roca, Maite Narváez, Esteve Fernández, Group of clinicians of the ACT_ATAC study

“…Thematic analysis was conducted to identify key patterns and insights in their discourse, focusing on shared themes and divergences across groups. Results Five main themes and 17 subthemes emerged: Individual characteristics, Clinician characteristics, Models of intervention, Organizational healthcare models, and Health policies. …”
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Study of Zuojin Pill in Treating Chronic Atrophic Gastritis by UPLC-Q-TOF/MS Based on Serum and Urine Metabolomics Combined with Network Pharmacology by Shihua Wu, Xing Chen, Honghong Liu, Ruilin Wang, Jianyu Li, Jianxia Wen, Tao Yang, Ying Wei, Sichen Ren, Shizhang Wei, Manyi Jing, Haotian Li, Min Wang, Houlin Xia, Yanling Zhao

“…Metabolomic results indicated that the therapeutic effects of ZJP were mainly related to ten metabolites, namely, choline, L-threonine, hydroxypyruvic acid, creatine, taurine, succinic acid, cis-aconitic acid, citric acid, succinic acid semialdehyde, and uric acid. …”
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Tuberculosis Mimicking-Musculoskeletal Tumor of The Hand: An Uncommon Case of Extrapulmonary Tuberculosis by Andy Lesmana, Hapsari Retno Dewanti, Lenty BR Perangin Angin, Muhamad Irvan Muzakky, Stefi Geovani Valentin Hayon, Mentari Maratus Sholihah, Muhammad Ifham Hanif

“…Discussion: Extrapulmonary tuberculosis typically results from secondary hematogenous dissemination and reactivation of the main foci. There are no specific tests to diagnose musculoskeletal tuberculosis preoperatively, leading to delayed diagnosis. …”
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Native Microbiota of Rapeseed Cake as Potential Source of Industrial Producers by Olga P. Sverdlova, Elizaveta V. Podshivalova, Natalya Yu. Sharova, Daria D. Belova

“…Rapeseed oil production is very active in Russia. Its main by-product is cake: its chemical composition and availability make it an excellent source of nutrients in microbial cultivation to be used as biologically active compounds or as part of functional products. …”
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IgG4-Related Autoimmune Prostatitis: Is It an Unusual or Underdiagnosed Manifestation of IgG4-Related Disease? by María T. Bourlon, Mónica Sánchez-Ávila, Fredy Chablé-Montero, Ricardo Arceo-Olaiz

“…Involved prostate zones include mainly central and transitional zones and less frequently the peripheral. …”
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Wild pink bayberry free phenolic extract induces mitochondria-dependent apoptosis and G0/G1 cell cycle arrest through p38/MAPK and PI3K/Akt pathway in MDA-MB-231 cancer cells by Wen Xia, Er-sheng Gong, Yanyun Lin, Bisheng Zheng, Wenhan Yang, Tong Li, Sheng Zhang, Peng Li, Rui-hai Liu

“…In this study, the mechanisms of wild pink bayberry free phenolic extract (WPBFE) inhibiting the proliferation and inducing apoptotic of MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells was examined. The main phenolic acids and flavonols in WPBFE were gallic acid ((18.83 ± 0.44) μg/g FW) and myricetin ((1.52 ± 0.05) μg/g FW), respectively. …”
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Preparation of High Strength Ceramic Materials from Titanium-bearing Blast Furnace Slags by Shuqin LI, Shaoguang HUA, Xiangmei LI, Dejian PEI, Daya WANG

“…The prepared high-strength ceramics belong to low-silica pyroxene ceramics, and the main phases are pyroxene, albite, perovskite and brookite, in which the amount of pyroxene increases gradually with the increase of sintering temperature, while perovskite comes from raw materials and decreases gradually with the increase of sintering temperature. …”
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Low carbon effects of super large diameter shield directly cutting piles project: A case study in China by Yifan Chen, Xiangsheng Chen, Jian Ouyang, Xiang Shen, Shuhua Huang, Jian Sheng, Liang Zhang

“…The results show that the material production phase is the primary source of carbon emissions in cutting pile projects using the pile underpinning method (with concrete and steel being the main contributors, accounting for over 90 %), comprising 69.86 % of the total emissions. …”
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Protocol for a systematic review on tertiary prevention interventions for patients with stroke in African countries by Adamu Addissie, Eva Johanna Kantelhardt, Thomas Frese, Eric Sven Kroeber, Lucas Adam, Alexander Bauer, Susanne Unverzagt

“…Details of all eligible studies will be extracted and risk of bias for outcomes on global disability or dependence in daily living will be assessed. Main aim of this systematic review is to provide a narrative description of evidence on tertiary prevention strategies (including rehabilitation) for stroke. …”
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Numerical Evaluation of Thermal Comfort and Indoor Air Quality in an Office Space Equipped with a Radiant Ceiling Cooling System and Hybrid Radiative-Convective Cooling System by Mohammad Amini, Asgar Minaei, Negin Moallemi Khiavi

“…Due to the non-uniformity of the environment equipped with radiant ceiling cooling system, the main purpose of this research is to evaluate the standard thermal comfort indexes for individual bodey parts. …”
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Gliadin Proteins in Muffins with Quinoa Flour by Vesna S. Gojković Cvjetković, Dragana M. Škuletić, Željka R. Marjanović-Balaban, Dragan P. Vujadinović, Danijela Z. Rajić, Vladimir M. Tomović

“…Muffins have a long shelf life, which also contributes to their popularity. However, gluten, the main protein in wheat flour, is commonly associated with celiac disease. …”
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