The population growth and the nutritional status of Moina macrocopa feed with rice bran and cassava bran suspensions by Ahmad Shofy Mubarak, Dedi Jusadi, Muhammad Zairin Junior, Muhammad Agus Suprayudi

“…Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menganalisis efektifitas pengunaan pakan suspensi dedak dan tepung ketela pohon Manihot utilisima dalam budidaya M. macrocopa terhadap populasi, produksi anak per induk, persentase dewasa, biomasa, FCR, dan metabolismenya (asam amino, DNA, RNA, dan RNA/DNA). …”
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Unique thermal architecture integrating heliostat solar fields with a dual-loop power generation cycle employing thermoelectric; thermal/financial study and GA optimization by Amr S. Abouzied, Xiaoming Guo, Azher M. Abed, Mohammed A. Alghassab, Fahad M. Alhomayani, Baseem Khan, Yasser Elmasry, Ahmad Almadhor, Salem Alkhalaf, Albara Ibrahim Alrawashdeh

“…The optimization efforts achieved an exergetic efficiency of 17.69 % and an overall cost of $359.58 per hour.…”
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Determinants of fertility in timed artificial insemination programs in beef cattle: predictive ability and risk factors from almost 2 million data points by R.E.F. Assis, F. Baldi, L.B. Temp, R. Ungerfeld, M.F. de Sá Filho

“…Farm, A.I. technician, sire, and the interaction between the female category and BCS class were the variables with the highest predictive abilities on pregnancy per TAI. Conjunctural factors, which are more adjustable, have a higher impact on P/AI prediction ability than structural factors. …”
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Genomic Characterization of Carbapenemase-Producing Enterobacteriaceae from Clinical and Epidemiological Human Samples by Alexander Tristancho-Baró, Laura Eva Franco-Fobe, Monica Pilar Ariza, Ana Milagro, Ana Isabel López-Calleja, Blanca Fortuño, Concepción López, Miriam Latorre-Millán, Laura Clusa, Rosa Martínez, Carmen Torres, Antonio Rezusta

“…<b>Methods</b>: CPE isolates were the first isolate per patient, year, species, and carbapenemase from January 2021 to December 2023. …”
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Comparative effectiveness of urine drug screening strategies alongside opioid agonist treatment in British Columbia, Canada: a population-based observational study protocol by Malcolm Maclure, M Eugenia Socías, Evan Wood, Paul Gustafson, Robert W Platt, Bohdan Nosyk, Jeong Eun Min, Micah Piske, Julie Bruneau, U Siebert, P Todd Korthuis, Paxton Bach, B Carolina Guerra-Alejos, Megan Kurz, Laura M Dale, X Joan Hu, Kyle Kampman, Tom Loughin

“…To determine the effectiveness of the intervention, we will emulate a ‘per-protocol’ target trial using a clone censoring approach to compare fixed and dynamic UDT monitoring strategies. …”
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Mechanism of Exogenous Silicon in Enhancing Cold Stress Tolerance in <i>Solanum lycopersicum</i> L. Seedlings: Insights from Resistance and Quality Indicators by Fan Zhang, Yihong Zhao, Yuanbo Zhang, Yu Shi, Leiping Hou, Abid Khan, Ruixing Zhang, Yi Zhang

“…Under low-temperature stress, 50 mg L⁻¹ ionic Si was the most effective for increasing tomato yield per plant, which was significantly increased by 22.44% compared with the control treatment (<i>p</i> < 0.05). …”
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Aspartate aminotransferase to alanine aminotransferase ratio and short-term prognosis of patients with type 2 diabetes hospitalized for heart failure by Dan Liu, Li Liu, Nan Li, Yiling Zhou, Hongmei Huang, Jidong He, Heling Yao, Xiangyang Chen, Xiaochi Tang, Miye Wang, Ying Qi, Si Wang, Ye Zhu, Haoming Tian, Zhenmei An, Sheyu Li

“…Higher AST/ALT ratio was associated with higher risks of poor endpoints (with per standard deviation increment in AST/ALT ratio, for death within 30 days after discharge: adjusted hazard ratio [HR], 1.35, 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.21 to 1.50; for composite cardiac events: HR, 1.18, 95% CI: 1.06 to 1.31). …”
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Trends in tuberculosis mortality among older adults in China, 2004–2021: a Joinpoint regression and age–period–cohort analysis by Mengdi Zhang, Xin Wang, Yiran Xiao, Qiqi Wang, Fei Huang, Xiang Ren, Xiaomin Guo, Wenshan Sun, Jinqi Deng, Qi Jiang, Jianjun Liu, Wenjing Zheng, Hongyan Yao

“…An age–period–cohort (APC) analysis using the intrinsic estimator (IE) method was conducted to estimate the independent effects of age, period, and cohort.ResultsThe age-standardized TB mortality rate was 5.68 per 100,000, with higher rates observed in men, rural areas, and western regions. …”
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Investigation of the Protective Effects of Dexmedetomidine, Midazolam, Propofol, and Intralipid on Oxidative Stress and Inflammation in Rats with Lidocaine-Induced Toxicity by Kucun MK, Guler EM, Saracoglu A, Yildirim M, Demirtas C, Serdogan F, Beyaztas H, Aktas S, Kacan M, Gaszynski T, Ratajczyk P, Saracoglu KT

“…Mustafa Kemal Kucun,1 Eray Metin Guler,2,3 Ayten Saracoglu,4 Mehmet Yildirim,5 Cumaali Demirtas,5 Ferda Serdogan,6 Hakan Beyaztas,2,7 Selman Aktas,8 Merve Kacan,9 Tomasz Gaszynski,10 Pawel Ratajczyk,10 Kemal Tolga Saracoglu11 1Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Bartin State Hospital, Bartin, Turkey; 2Department of Medical Biochemistry, Hamidiye Faculty of Medicine, University of Health Sciences Turkey, Istanbul, Türkiye; 3Department of Medical Biochemistry, Hamidiye Institute of Health Sciences, University of Health Sciences Turkey, Istanbul, Türkiye; 4Department of Anesthesiology, ICU & Perioperative Medicine Aisha Bint Hamad Al Attiyah Hospital HMC, Doha, Qatar; 5Department of Physiology, Hamidiye Faculty of Medicine, University of Health Sciences, Istanbul, Turkey; 6Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Turhal State Hospital, Tokat, Turkey; 7Department of Medical Biochemistry, HaydarpasaNumune Health Application and Research Center, University of Health Sciences Turkey, Istanbul, Türkiye; 8University of Health Sciences, Hamidiye Faculty of Medicine, Department of Biostatistics and Medical Informatics, Istanbul, Turkey; 9Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Kocaeli City Hospital, Kocaeli, Turkey; 10Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Therapy, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland; 11Department of Anesthesiology, ICU & Perioperative Medicine Hazm Mebaireek General Hospital HMC, Industrial Area Ar-Rayyan, Doha, QatarCorrespondence: Mustafa Kemal Kucun, Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Bart&inodot;n State Hospital, Bart&inodot;n, Turkey, Email mustafakemalkucun@hotmail.comAim: The aim of this study was to compare the effects of dexmedetomidine, midazolam, propofol, and intralipid on lidocaine-induced cardiotoxicity and neurotoxicity.Methods: Forty-eight male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into six groups (n = 8 per group): control (C), lidocaine (L), lidocaine + dexmedetomidine (LD), lidocaine + midazolam (LM), lidocaine + propofol (LP), and lidocaine + intralipid (LI). …”
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Clinical Study on Lumbar Disc Herniation Treated by Sling and Tuina Exercise Technique by Yi DING, Chenchen GUO, LI Li

“…All the above groups were treated for 30 minutes, once a day, 5 times per week for 4 weeks. Japanese Orthopaedic Association Scores(JOA)and VisualAnalogue Score(VAS)were used to evaluate the clinical efficacy before treatment and four weeks after treatment. …”
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OPTIMALISASI PENCAHAYAAN ALAMI DENGAN USEFUL DAYLIGHT ILLUMINANCE PADA DESAIN RUMAH TOKO (RUKO) DI KOTA LHOKSEUMAWE by Atthaillah Atthaillah, Amril Bakhtiar, Badriana Badriana

“…Hasil menunjukkan pencahayaan alami yang optimal dapat ditingkatkan dari 22 persen, pada Ruko eksisting, menjadi 73 persen per tahun pada desain proposal penelitian ini. Kata Kunci: Pencahayaan Alami; Useful Daylight Illuminance (UDI); Ruko; Rhinoceros & Grasshopper; Ladybug & Honeybee   Abstract_ This study offered a daylight-friendly design of shophouse for Lhokseumawe, which it contributed to the immediate save of energy.  …”
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Establishing an Electrophysiological Recording Platform for Epidural Spinal Cord Stimulation in Neuropathic Pain Rats by Yang CT, Shyu BC, Lin WT, Lu KH, Lin CR, Wen YR, Chen CC

“…All device implantations or pUHF-SCS per se did not cause evident spinal cord damage. …”
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Associations between age, red cell distribution width and 180-day and 1-year mortality in giant cell arteritis patients: mediation analyses and machine learning in a cohort study by Si Chen, Rui Nie, Xiaoran Shen, Yan Wang, Haixia Luan, Xiaoli Zeng, Yanhua Chen, Hui Yuan

“…Additionally, RDW levels were found to modestly mediate the relationship between age (per 10-year increase) and 180-day or 1-year mortality in GCA patients hospitalized or admitted to the ICU. …”
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Time-dynamic associations between symptom-related expectations, self-management experiences and somatic symptom severity in everyday life: an ecological momentary assessment study... by Bernd Löwe, Yvonne Nestoriuc, Anne Toussaint, Stefanie Hahn, Franz Pauls, Simon Kirchhof

“…Multilevel mixed-effects linear regression analyses were conducted for data analysis.Setting Data was collected in real-time from university students via smartphones, with three predetermined assessments per day over seven consecutive days.Participants A total of 104 students (63.5% male, 0% diverse) who were 18 years or older, possessing sufficient German language skills and had access to an Android-powered smartphone were included.Interventions Participants were randomised to one of two different expectation framing groups, either receiving questionnaires for the expected impairment due to somatic symptoms (negative framing) or for the expected freedom from impairment due to somatic symptoms (positive framing).Primary outcome measures Somatic symptom severity was assessed using an adapted version of the Patient Health Questionnaire, with 11-point instead of 3-point Likert-scales. …”
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Effectiveness of an online food shopping intervention to reduce salt purchases among individuals with hypertension – findings of the SaltSwitch Online Grocery Shopping (OGS) random... by Jason HY Wu, Damian Maganja, Liping Huang, Kathy Trieu, Fraser Taylor, Eden M. Barrett, Clare Arnott, Xiaoqi Feng, Aletta E. Schutte, Gian Luca Di Tanna, Cliona Ni Mhurchu, Adrian J. Cameron, Mark D. Huffman, Bruce Neal

“…The primary outcome was the difference in mean sodium density (mg sodium per 1000 kcal of energy) of packaged food purchases between the intervention and control groups. …”
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Optimizing Tongue Fluid Sampling and Testing Protocols for Enhanced PRRSV Isolation from Perinatal Swine Mortalities by Onyekachukwu Henry Osemeke, Isadora Machado, Elisa De Conti, Mariah Musskopf, Mafalda Pedro Mil-Homens, Samuel Stutzman, Baoqing Guo, Thomas Petznick, Gustavo De-Sousa-E Silva, Phillip Gauger, Jianqiang Zhang, Daniel C. L. Linhares

“…Tongues were collected in 20 batches (~30 mortalities per batch). Within each batch, each tongue tissue was cut into four quarters, with each quarter randomly assigned to one of the four collection protocols and RT-qPCR tested. …”
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Summer Research Internship Curriculum to Promote Self-Efficacy, Researcher Identity, and Peer-to-Peer Learning: Retrospective Cohort Study by Yulia A Levites Strekalova, Rachel Liu-Galvin, Samuel Border, Sara Midence, Mishal Khan, Maya VanZanten, John Tomaszewski, Sanjay Jain, Pinaki Sarder

“…Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed rank test was performed to assess the difference in the mean scores per respondent before and after participating in the internship. …”
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Effects of laminarin on antioxidant capacity and non-specific immunity of spotted sea bass (Lateolabrax maculatus) by Sishun Zhou, Huihui Qin, Zhongying Long, Lumin Kong, Jianrong Ma, Yi Lin, Hao Lin, Zhangfan Huang, Zhongbao Li

“…This study explores the antioxidant capacity and nonspecific immune effects of laminarin by adding different concentration gradients (0 %, 0.4 %, 0.8 %, 1.2 %, 1.6 %, and 2 %) to the diet of spotted sea bass, Lateolabrax maculatus. 450 spotted sea bass (initial weight: 7.14 ± 0.10 g) were randomly divided into 6 groups, each group was repeated 3 times, 25 fish per experimental tank, and fed with different concentrations of laminarin. …”
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Genetic diversity and population structure studies of West African sweetpotato [Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam] collection using DArTseq. by Issa Zakari Mahaman Mourtala, Arnaud Comlan Gouda, Dan-Jimo Baina, Nwankwo Innocent Ifeanyi Maxwell, Charlotte O A Adje, Moussa Baragé, Oselebe Ogba Happiness

“…<h4>Background</h4>Sweetpotato is a vegetatively propagated crop cultivated worldwide, predominantly in developing countries, valued for its adaptability, short growth cycle, and high productivity per unit land area. In most sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries, it is widely grown by smallholder farmers. …”
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High-time-cadence Spectroscopy and Photometry of Stellar Flares on M dwarf YZ Canis Minoris with the Seimei Telescope and TESS. I. Discovery of Rapid and Short-duration Prominence... by Yuto Kajikiya, Kosuke Namekata, Yuta Notsu, Hiroyuki Maehara, Bunei Sato, Daisaku Nogami

“…Based on this interpretation, the lower limit of occurrence frequency of prominence eruptions can be estimated to be ∼1.1 events per day. Our discovery of short-duration events suggests that previous studies with low time cadence may have missed these events, potentially leading to an underestimation of the occurrence frequency of prominence eruptions/CMEs.…”
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