The influence of calfhood diarrhea and pneumonia on preweaning growth and reproductive performance of Holstein heifers by Mely T. Olivera, Jesús Mellado, José E. García, Juan A. Encina, Perpetuo Álvarez, Ulises Macías-Cruz, Leonel Avendaño, Miguel Mellado

“…Heifers without diarrhea and pneumonia during the preweaning period conceived 25 days earlier (p<0.05) than herdmates suffering diarrhea comorbid with pneumonia and required 0.4 less (p<0.05) inseminations per pregnancy. The pregnancy rate for healthy heifers during the preweaning period was higher (93.6%; p<0.05) than those of their herdmates who experienced diarrhea (89.2%), pneumonia (89.8%), or both diseases (87.2%). …”
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Post-traumatic pituitary stalk transection syndrome (PSTS) expeditiously manifested after a fall from a height combined with acute traumatic spinal cord injury: a rare case report... by Yohei Ishiki, Atsuko Tamaki, Ken-ichiro Honma, Ken Yonaha, Takamitsu Yabiku, Taiki Teruya, Moriyuki Uehara, Yoshiro Nakayama, Rei Chinen, Tsugumi Uema, Sawako Nakachi, Shiki Okamoto, Hiroaki Masuzaki

“…Post-traumatic pituitary stalk transection syndrome (PSTS) is an extremely rare cause of combined pituitary hormone deficiency (CPHD), affecting approximately 9 per 100,000 cases of traumatic brain injury. In contrast, pituitary stalk interruption syndrome (PSIS) is also a rare cause of CPHD. …”
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Clinical Impact of Viral Load on the Development of Hepatocellular Carcinoma and Liver-Related Mortality in Patients with Hepatitis C Virus Infection by Ran Noh, Doo Hyuck Lee, Byoung Woon Kwon, Yong Hyun Kim, Suk Bae Kim, Il Han Song

“…The cumulative risk of HCC development was higher in subjects with high HCV RNA titer (log HCV RNA IU/mL > 6) than subjects with low titer (log HCV RNA IU/mL ≦ 6) (HR = 4.63, P=0.032), giving an incidence rate of 474.1 and 111.5 per 10,000 person-years, respectively. Old age (HR = 9.71, P=0.014), accompanying cirrhosis (HR = 19.34, P=0.004), and low platelet count (HR = 13.97, P=0.009) were other independent risk factors for the development of HCC. …”
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Nursing of a patient with chemotherapy-induced oral ulcer treated with Traditional Chinese Medicine mouthwash combined with moxibustion (中药含漱疗法联合艾灸治疗化疗相关性口腔溃疡1例的护理)... by LI Fang (李芳), LIU Shuhong (刘书红), ZHAO Yanan (赵亚楠), ZHAO Yan (赵燕)

“…Traditional Chinese Medicine mouthwash (30 min per time, four times a day) was administrated for relieving external heat, moistening dryness, and promoting fluid production. …”
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Influence of the moisture and ash content in flue gases on the performance of adsorption processes using activated carbons to capture the CO2 for reuse in greenhouses by R. López Pastor, M.G. Pinna-Hernández, J.A. Sánchez Molina, F.G. Acién Fernández

“…The experimental conditions were based on those that are achievable under real operating conditions, namely an inlet flow rate from 1.2 to 4.8 L per minute, humidity from 3 % to 65 %, and an ash concentration from 0 % to 1 %. …”
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Exposure to PM2.5 and its components leads to obesity: role of socioeconomic status by Yindi Peng, Yamin Zhao, Minzhen Wang, Yingqian He, Lulu Zhang, Yanan Zhao, Jing Liu, Shan Zheng

“…We employed the “Jinchang Cohort” as a platform to investigate the influence of SES (education level, monthly income per household, and marital status) on the obesity risk associated with PM2.5 and its constituents. …”
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Exploring the Variability in Acute Glycemic Responses to Exercise in Type 2 Diabetes by Tasuku Terada, Alanna Friesen, Baljot S. Chahal, Gordon J. Bell, Linda J. McCargar, Normand G. Boulé

“…Fifteen individuals with T2D were randomly assigned to energy-matched high intensity interval exercise (HI-IE) and moderate intensity continuous exercise (MI-CE) interventions and performed a designated exercise protocol 5 days per week for 12 weeks. The duration of exercise progressed from 30 to 60 minutes. …”
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Neonatal mortality of live births with congenital diaphragmatic hernia in São Paulo State, Brazil: Failure of care? by Ana Sílvia Scavacini Marinonio, Milton Harumi Miyoshi, Daniela Testoni Costa Nobre, Adriana Sanudo, Kelsy Catherina Nema Areco, Mandira Daripa Kawakami, Rita de Cássia Xavier Balda, Tulio Konstantyner, Carina Nunes Vieira e Oliveira, Paulo Bandiera-Paiva, Rosa Maria Vieira de Freitas, Monica La Porte Teixeira, Bernadette Cunha Waldvogel, Carlos Roberto Veiga Kiffer, Maria Fernanda Branco de Almeida, Ruth Guinsburg

“…The distribution of CDH-associated neonatal mortality (per 10,000 live births) and NICU beds’ availability (≥1 or not available) was mapped, and their association was evaluated by the Mann–Whitney test. …”
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Preparation of recombinant myoglobin and investigation of the liquid antigen stability for quality control materials by Yu-Hui Wang, Xi-Feng Sun, Chun-Xin Xu, Feng-Qiang Sun, Rong-Rong Wang, Xiao-Kun Bian, Zhan-Zhao Wang, Qiang Wu

“…The coefficient of determination (R2) of the curve fitted with dilution ratio and Mb concentration as variables was greater than 0.95, which indicated that Mb had good immunoreactivity. The concentrations per gradient measured using different kits had no significant difference (p-value>0.05), which indicated that the reactivity between the Mb antigen and Mb antibodies with different epitopes was good. …”
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Risk of acute coronary syndrome and relationship with the use of khat and tobacco products in the Jazan region, Saudi Arabia: A prospective case-control study by Rashad Alsanosy, Mohamed Salih Mahfouz, Abdulelah Mohammed Arishi, Siddig Ibrahim Abdelwahab, Manal Taha, Osama Albasheer, Hasan Mohammed Daghriri, Khalid Ahmed Majrashi, Abdullah Farasani, Ahmed A. A. Altraifi, Isameldin E. Medani, Nasser Hakami

“…ACS cases were more likely to be frequent khat users with chewing sessions of five or more days per week. Regular tobacco use was also reported in those who reported ACS, and this increases with the amount of tobacco used. …”
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Reshaping lipid metabolism with long-term alternate day feeding in type 2 diabetes mice by Eleni Beli, Yuanqing Yan, Leni Moldovan, Todd A. Lydic, Preethi Krishman, Sarah A. Tersey, Yaqian Duan, Tatiana E. Salazar, James M. Dominguez, Dung V. Nguyen, Abigail Cox, Sergio Li Calzi, Craig Beam, Raghavendra G. Mirmira, Carmella Evans-Molina, Julia V. Busik, Maria B. Grant

“…Abstract Strategies to improve metabolic health include calorie restriction, time restricted eating and fasting several days per week or month. These approaches have demonstrated benefits for individuals experiencing obesity, metabolic syndrome, and prediabetes. …”
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Neutralizing antibody immune correlates in COVAIL trial recipients of an mRNA second COVID-19 vaccine boost by Bo Zhang, Youyi Fong, Lauren Dang, Jonathan Fintzi, Shiyu Chen, Jing Wang, Nadine G. Rouphael, Angela R. Branche, David J. Diemert, Ann R. Falsey, Daniel S. Graciaa, Lindsey R. Baden, Sharon E. Frey, Jennifer A. Whitaker, Susan J. Little, Satoshi Kamidani, Emmanuel B. Walter, Richard M. Novak, Richard Rupp, Lisa A. Jackson, Chenchen Yu, Craig A. Magaret, Cindy Molitor, Bhavesh Borate, Sydney Busch, David Benkeser, Antonia Netzl, Derek J. Smith, Tara M. Babu, Angelica C. Kottkamp, Anne F. Luetkemeyer, Lilly C. Immergluck, Rachel M. Presti, Martín Bäcker, Patricia L. Winokur, Siham M. Mahgoub, Paul A. Goepfert, Dahlene N. Fusco, Robert L. Atmar, Christine M. Posavad, Jinjian Mu, Mat Makowski, Mamodikoe K. Makhene, Seema U. Nayak, Paul C. Roberts, Peter B. Gilbert, Dean Follmann, Coronavirus Variant Immunologic Landscape Trial (COVAIL) Study Team

“…., exposure-proximal hazard ratio per 10-fold increase in BA.1 titer 0.74 (95% CI 0.59, 0.94) for naïve vs. 0.41 (95% CI 0.23, 0.64) for non-naïve; interaction p = 0.013]. …”
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An optimized lightweight real-time detection network model for IoT embedded devices by Rongjun Chen, Peixian Wang, Binfan Lin, Leijun Wang, Xianxian Zeng, Xianglei Hu, Jun Yuan, Jiawen Li, Jinchang Ren, Huimin Zhao

“…In addition, it provides a detection frame rate of up to 33 Frames Per Second (FPS), satisfying the real-time requirement. …”
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Dye adsorption on fish scale biosorbent from tannery wastewater by Md. Abul Hashem, Forhad Ahammad, Bishwajit Chandra Das, Eshtiyaq Tauhid Enan, Modinatul Maoya, Mohammad Jakir Hossain Khan, Md. Mukimujjaman Miem

“…The maximum dye removal efficiency (81.8 %) was achieved with a 2 g biosorbent dose per 50 mL of wastewater, 25 min stirring time, 30°C temperature, and 20 h settling time at pH 4.8. …”
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Sexual dimorphism in basal and post stress parameters of neuro-endocrine-immune complex, metabolome, electrocardiogram, and gastric mucosa at rats by Oksana Fihura, Mykhaylo Korda, Ivan Klishch, Sofiya Ruzhylo, Oksana Melnyk, Walery Zukow, Roman Yanchij, Alyona Vorobienko, Oleksandr Plyska, Dariya Popovych, Igor Popovych

“…In intact rats, significant sex differences were found for a number of endocrine, immune, and metabolic variables, which increase under the influence of acute stress per se, and to an even greater extent against the background of preventive use of a phytoadaptogen. …”
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Evaluating Sampling Designs to Survey Fish Diversity in Lakes From Northern Temperate Zones by Erik García‐Machado, Eric Normandeau, Guillaume Côté, Isabeau Caza‐Allard, Charles Babin, Louis Bernatchez

“…We also demonstrate that for the minimum sequence threshold and sample replication used in our study, a sequencing depth of 50K reads per sample is adequate to obtain a reliable portrayal of species richness. …”
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Prioritization of Surgical, Obstetric, Trauma, and Anesthesia Care in South and Southeast Asian Countries’ Health Planning and Policy-making: 'SOTA Care Policies in South and South... by Saloni Mitra, Ritika Shetty, Shirish Rao, Sweta Dubey, Siddhesh Zadey

“…We used the keyword frequency (mentions per keyword or MPK) as a measure to compare prioritization between SOTA care and non-SOTA care. …”
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Implementation of 2% Chlorhexidine Bathing to Reduce Healthcare-Associated Infections Among Patients in the Intensive Care Unit by Hsu-Liang Chang, Tzu-Ying Liu, Po-Shou Huang, Chin-Hwan Chen, Chia-Wen Yen, Hui-Zhu Chen, Shin-Huei Kuo, Tun-Chieh Chen, Shang-Yi Lin, Po-Liang Lu

“…The total number of patients and patient days admitted to the ICU per year were around 1330–1412 patients and 6702–6927 patient days, respectively, during 2018–2020. …”
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Effect of different protocols in preventing demineralization in irradiated human enamel, in vitro study by Natchaya Suwannapong, Soranun Chantarangsu, Porawit Kamnoedboon, Murali Srinivasan, Chawalid Pianmee, Chalermchart Bunsong, Pimduean Sivavong, Dusit Nantanapiboon

“…These slabs were randomly distributed into five groups (n = 12 per group): professional-use groups received fluoride varnish either weekly (FV1) or biweekly (FV2); home-use groups applied 5000 ppm (FT5) or 1450 ppm (FT) fluoride toothpaste; and a control group (control) received no treatment. …”
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Design and Characteristics of a Single-Story Building Model Incorporating Waste by Mohamed Darwish, Mohamed Elnakeb, Marina Moawad, Marwan Mohamed Shawki, Ehab Abdelhamid, Donia Eldwib, Mohamed Nagib Abouzeid, Maram Saudy, Safwan Khedr, Khaled Nassar

“…Analysis of both the short-term and long-term costs and carbon emissions was performed by acquiring the carbon emissions per unit of material from literature and multiplying it by the quantities of the materials used within the different building alternatives. …”
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