Policies Affecting the Efficiency of Beef Production in Alberta: A Supply Chain Analysis by Derek Brewin

“…With demand for livestock-derived food expected to jump by 38 per cent in the next 30 years, Canadian cattle ranchers need to take advantage of this global increase through freer trade. …”
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Photochemical oxidation and landfarming as remediation techniques for oil-contaminated soil by M. Mambwe, K.K. Kalebaila, T. Johnson

“…Highest oil reduction was 10.86 milligrams per kilogram. Combined remediation (biocarb and grafted clays) produced high degradation rate constants, k (0.046-0.049/day) and low degradation half-lives, t½ (15.2, 17.4 days). …”
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Adaptive radiotherapy in locally advanced head and neck cancer: The importance of reduced margins by Hedda Enocson, André Haraldsson, Per Engström, Sofie Ceberg, Maria Gebre-Medhin, Gabriel Adrian, Per Munck af Rosenschöld

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Transplantation of mitochondria from human malignant tumor cells as a method of tumor growth formation in the lungs of laboratory animals by O. I. Kit, E. M. Frantsiyants, A. I. Shikhlyarova, I. V. Neskubina

“…Mitochondrial samples were diluted with 0.9 % NaCl solution to a protein concentration of 3 mg per animal. Freshly isolated lung cancer mitochondria were once transplanted into the tail vein of male Balb/c Nude mice (n = 6) at the rate of 3 mg of protein per 1 animal in 0.4 ml of saline. …”
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Maximizing the performance of heat stressed broilers by optimizing starch-to-lipid ratios, digestible amino acid, and metabolizable energy during the finisher phase by Dilshaan Duhra, Denise Beaulieu, Tory Shynkaruk, Juliano C. de Paula Dorigam, Rose Whelan, Karen Schwean-Lardner

“…BW and feed residual weights were measured on d 21, 27, and 32, then used to calculate BW gain (BWG) and feed-to-gain ratios (F:G). On d 33, 20 birds per treatment per sex were slaughtered to determine carcass characteristics. …”
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Advanced analysis via statistical physics model to study the efficiency of catechol removal from wastewater using Brazil nut shell activated carbon by Salah Knani, Ismahene Ben Khemis, Wassim Zahrouni, Besma Graba, Ridha Selmi, Safwat A. Mahmoud, Abdulaziz Alenazi, Abdulmajeed Alshammari, Guilherme Luiz Dotto

“…Model physicochemical parameters, which may be categorized as stereographic parameters such as the maximum adsorbed quantity (Q M ), the number of adsorbed catechol molecules per one Brazil nut shell activated carbon binding site (n), and the number of effectively occupied binding sites (N M ) and energetic parameter such as the half saturation concentration (C HS ), were analyzed. …”
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Historical snow measurements in the central and southern Apennine Mountains: climatology, variability, and trend by V. Capozzi, F. Serrapica, A. Rocco, C. Annella, C. Annella, G. Budillon

“…For clusters including only stations above 1000 m above the sea level, a significant (at 90 % or 95 % confidence levels) decreasing trend has been found in the winter season (i.e. from December to February), with <span class="inline-formula">−3.2</span> [<span class="inline-formula">−6.0</span> to 0.0] d per 10 years for snow cover duration and <span class="inline-formula">−1.6</span> [<span class="inline-formula">−2.5</span> to <span class="inline-formula">−0.6</span>] d per 10 years for number of days with snowfall. …”
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A Novel Multiplex LAMP Assay for the Rapid and Accurate Diagnosis of Visceral Leishmaniasis Caused by Leishmania infantum from Iran by Sahar Samsami, Sahar Namavari, Saeed Ataei, Abdolmajid Ghasemian, Ava Yazdanpanah, Neda Sepahi, Gholamreza Hatam, Hossein Faramarzi, Hadi Mirzaei, Razie Ranjbar, Ali Ghanbariasad

“…Additionally, the multiplex LAMP detection limit was approximately equivalent to RT-qPCR for L. major and L. tropica, which included 0.342 picograms (pg) and 342 femtograms (fg) of plasmid concentration, 4 × 103 and 4 × 102 copy number of plasmid, and 17.1 and 1.71 parasite DNA per μL for L. major and L. tropica, respectively. …”
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Klasifikasi Mutu Telur Burung Puyuh Berdasarkan Warna dan Tekstur Menggunakan Metode K-Nearest Neighbor (KNN) dan Fusi Informasi by Arwin Datumaya Wahyudi Sumari, Putri Indah Mawarni, Arie Rachmad Syulistyo

“…NS Quail Farm mampu memproduksi ribuan telur dalam sehari karena seekor burung Puyuh mampu menghasilkan 250-300 butir telur per tahun. Penyeleksian ribuan telur-telur tersebut dilakukan secara tradisional oleh para pekerja peternakan sehingga kualitas telur-telur hasil seleksi bergantung pada perspektif masing-masing pekerja. …”
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Effects of on-farm hatching versus hatchery hatching on growth performance, gut development, and intestinal health and function in broiler chickens by Muhammad Zeeshan Akram, Ester Arévalo Sureda, Matthias Corion, Luke Comer, Nadia Everaert

“…A total of 560 Ross 308 male chicks were reared until d 38, hatched either in a hatchery (n = 280) or on-farm (n = 280), with 14 replicates per system and 20 birds per pen. Production parameters were periodically monitored. …”
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Low-cost male urogenital simulator for penile implant surgery training: a 3D printing approach by Zixi Wang, Carlo Saija, Nicholas Raison, Abdullatif Aydin, Zhouyang Xu, Katie Zuo, Kawal Rhode, Antonia Pontiki

“…Trainees, averaging three per simulator, practiced corporotomy, dilation, measurement, penile prosthesis, and scrotal pump placement under expert guidance. …”
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Interactive effects of triploidy induction and culture densities on growth performance and stress, immune, and metabolic responses in juvenile rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) by Roghayeh Mahmoudi, Mahdi Naderi, Hakimeh Dopeikar, Seyed Ali Khorasaninasab, Seyed Hadi Seyedalhosseini

“…After 9 weeks, final weight, weight gain, specific growth rate, and protein efficiency ratio (PER) in fish cultured at 20, 30, and 40 kg/m3 were significantly higher and feed conversion ratio (FCR) was lower compared to those cultured at 50 kg/m3 (P < 0.05). …”
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Changes in Uterine Cancer Incidence Rates in Egypt by Saad Alshahrani, Amr S. Soliman, Ahmed Hablas, Mohamed Ramadan, Jane L. Meza, Steven Remmenga, Ibrahim A. Seifeldein, Robert M. Chamberlain

“…The study confirmed the low ASR of uterine cancer in Egypt, (4.1 per 100,000 (95% CI: 3.8–4.4)). The incidence rate increased significantly over the 12-year period. …”
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Bio-reinforcement for improving shear strength in road embankments towards eco-friendly soil stabilization and sustainable infrastructure by S. Chezhiyan, K. Sudalaimuthu

“…The cohesion of bio-reinforced soil in Location 1 increased from 5.23 to 11.52 kilonewtons per square meter, while in Location 2, it rose from 10.56 to 24.52 kilonewtons per square meter. …”
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Effect of Tuber Size and Intra-Row Spacing on the Yield and Quality of Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) Varieties by Miressa Regasa, Weyessa Garedew, Ambecha Olika

“…There were significant interaction effects of variety, intra-row spacing, and tuber size (P<0.05) on plant height, number of main stems per plant, average tuber weight, tuber number per plant, total tuber yield, marketable tuber yield, unmarketable tuber yield, large tuber mean yield, medium tuber mean yield, and small tuber mean yield. …”
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Preferences of Integrated Care and the Influencing Factors Among Chinese Community-Dwelling Older Adults by Liu S, Zhao J, Liu N, Qin T, Wang F

“…Gender, age, education, living arrangement, resident city, income per month, access to medication, and self-care capability were significantly associated with older adults’ preferences (p< 0.05 each). …”
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Phenology, growth, and seed tuber yield in potato (Solanum tuberosum L) varieties as influenced by plant density at adet, northwestern Ethiopia by Shege Getu Yayeh, Wassu Mohammed, Kebede Woldetsadk, Tewodros Bezu, Yigzaw Dessalegn, Semagn Asredie

“…The highest seed tuber number per hill (3.96), the highest average seed tuber weight (63 g), and the highest seed tuber weight per hill (248 g) were recorded from propagation by seed tuber (control). …”
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DNA-loaded targeted nanoparticles as a safe platform to produce exogenous proteins in tumor B cells by Maria Cristina Grimaldi, Sara Bozzer, Dick J. Sjöström, Dick J. Sjöström, Linnea I. Andersson, Tom Eirik Mollnes, Tom Eirik Mollnes, Per H. Nilsson, Per H. Nilsson, Luca De Maso, Federico Riccardi, Michele Dal Bo, Daniele Sblattero, Paolo Macor

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Probiotic administration aggravates dextran sulfate sodium salt-induced inflammation and intestinal epithelium disruption in weaned pig by Kunhong Xie, Weidong Cai, Lingjie Li, Bing Yu, Yuheng Luo, Zhiqing Huang, Xiangbing Mao, Jie Yu, Ping Zheng, Hui Yan, Hua Li, Jun He

“…From 1 to 15 d, the CA and DA groups were orally fed with 1.0 × 1011 colony-forming units A. muciniphila per day, while the CON and DCON groups were received gastric infusion of anaerobic sterile saline per day. …”
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Pengembangan Aplikasi Berlatih Membaca Cepat Berbahasa Inggris Berbasis Progressive Web App dengan Metode Prototyping by Muhammad Fajar Alfath, Lutfi Fanani, Agi Putra Kharisma

“…Melalui pengujian efisiensi, didapatkan waktu penyelesaian tugas sebesar 0,156 tugas per detik. Hasil pengujian kepuasan pengguna melalui pengukuran System Usability Scale (SUS) mencapai nilai 84 dengan kategori grade B dan tergolong acceptable. …”
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