Treatment of mine water containing ammonia nitrogen by sodium hexametaphosphate modified zeolite by Liping ZHANG, Xiang HU, Weiwei WANG, Wenbo LEI, Huitong LI, Huaran SUN, Yongqi ZHAN, Zeyu LIAN

“…Research on treating low-concentration ammonia nitrogen in actual mine water with SHMP−NZ shows that after 1 h of oscillating adsorption at a dosage of 1 g/L and at 25 °C, the effluent meets the ammonia nitrogen requirements of category III as per the environmental quality standards for surface water.…”
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Demographic and clinical impact on preoperative BREAST-Q ePROM completion and baseline outcomes in women undergoing breast cancer surgery: a quantitative descriptive study at a Dan... by Karin Piil, Volker Jürgen Schmidt, Stine Thestrup Hansen, Lone Bak Hansen, Anna Mejldal, Julie Hougaard Prüsse, Lotte Gebhard Ørsted

“…Body mass index (BMI) was negatively associated with sexual well-being, with a 0.75-point decline per additional BMI point (ba=−0.75, (-1.12; −0.37), p<0.001).Conclusions The present study demonstrates a positive attitude towards completing BREAST-Q as ePROMs among women diagnosed with breast cancer in the investigated region in Denmark. …”
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Effect of Rearing Density on Growth and Survival Rate of Balashark (Balantiocheilus melanopterus Blkr.) Fry at Recirculation Culture System by I. Effendi, T.D. Ratih, T. Kadarini

“…Selama pemeliharaan, benih ikan ini diberi cacing sutera dua kali sehari sebanyak 15% bobot tubuh atau 0,168 g per ekor. Pengukuran panjang dan bobot ikan dilakukan dua minggu sekali sebanyak 10% populasi. …”
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Maximum ozone concentrations in the southwestern US and Texas: implications of the growing predominance of the background contribution by D. D. Parrish, I. C. Faloona, I. C. Faloona, R. G. Derwent

“…Recent contributions of US background ozone to ODVs (primarily due to transported baseline ozone) are 64–70 ppb (parts per billion) over most of the southwestern US, and wildfires (also generally considered a background contribution) add further enhancements of 2–6 ppb in southwestern US urban areas. …”
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Reproduction performance of climbing perch Anabas testudineus F1 and F2 broodstock with different dietary supplementation by Helmizuryani, Helmizuryani, Boby Muslimin, Khusnul Khotimah

“…Penelitian ini menggunakan metode rancangan acak lengkap tiga perlakuan dan tiga kali ulangan, yang diawali dengan pemeliharaan induk betina F1 dan F2 dengan menggunakan suplemen pakan berbeda pada setiap perlakuan, yaitu P1: vitamin E (250 mg/kg pakan), P2: vitamin C (125 mg/kg pakan), dan P3: Spirulina sp. (10% per berat pakan). Penelitian dilanjutkan dengan perkawinan induk betina (♀) F1 dan F2 dengan induk jantan (♂) F1 rasio perkawinan 2:1 pada masing-masing perlakuan. …”
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Effectiveness of a Web-Based Self-Guided Intervention (MINDxYOU) for Reducing Stress and Promoting Mental Health Among Health Professionals: Results From a Stepped-Wedge Cluster Ra... by Yolanda López-del-Hoyo, Selene Fernández-Martínez, Adrian Perez-Aranda, Alicia Monreal-Bartolomé, Alberto Barceló-Soler, Loreto Camarero-Grados, Carilene Armas-Landaeta, José Guzmán-Parra, Vera Carbonell, Daniel Campos, Xinyuan Chen, Javier García-Campayo

“…They were divided into 6 clusters—3 per region—and randomly assigned to 1 of the 3 sequences, each starting with a control phase and then transitioning to the intervention phase (the MINDxYOU program) after 8, 16, or 24 weeks. …”
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Folic acid alleviates the negative effects of dexamethasone induced stress on production performance in Hyline Brown laying hens by Xi Sun, Chaohui Wang, Sijing Li, Xiaoying Liu, Yun Li, Yumeng Wang, Yuxin Niu, Zhouzheng Ren, Xin Yang, Xiaojun Yang, Yanli Liu

“…Birds in the DXM and FA groups receiving subcutaneous DXM injections at a dosage of 4.50 mg/kg per day during the first seven days of the trial. …”
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UltraTimTrack: a Kalman-filter-based algorithm to track muscle fascicles in ultrasound image sequences by Tim J. van der Zee, Paolo Tecchio, Daniel Hahn, Brent J. Raiteri

“…Furthermore, UltraTimTrack’s processing time (0.2 s per image) was at least five times shorter than that of these recently-proposed algorithms. …”
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Evaluation of corn steep powder as a protein source for feed of Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus by Dodi Hermawan, Muhammad Agus Suprayudi, Dedi Jusadi, Alimuddin Alimuddin, Julie Ekasari

“…Ikan nila dengan bobot tubuh rata-rata 6.44 ± 0.29 dipelihara dalam akuarium (95×45×45 cm3) yang diisi air 100 L dengan kepadatan 15 ekor per akuarium dan diberi pakan tiga kali sehari secara at satiation selama 30 hari masa pemeliharaan. …”
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Distribution of Airway Findings in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis: A 20-Year Observational Analysis by Megan M. Sullivan, Maximiliano Diaz Menindez, Hassan Baig, Anushka Irani, Ronald Butendieck, Benjamin Wang, Florentina Berianu, Carolyn Mead-Harvey, Andy Abril, Vikas Majithia

“…Maximum likelihood estimation with 10 repetitions per model ensured robustness in model selection, guided by the Akaike information criterion (AIC). …”
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Molecular epidemiology of carbapenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii group in Taiwan by Tran Lam Tu Quyen, Yu-Chia Hsieh, Shiao-Wen Li, Lii-Tzu Wu, Ya-Zhu Liu, Yi-Jiun Pan

“…Our analysis revealed that the rpoB alleles of OXA51-like-negative strains matched those of two NAB species, A. seifertii and A. nosocomialis, while all OXA51-like-positive strains matched A. baumannii, as per the Pasteur MLST scheme database. Among the 492 strains, 240 exhibited carbapenem resistance, including 237 carbapenem-resistant A. baumannii (CRAB) strains and three CR-NAB strains. …”
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Assessment of Bowel Preparation Using Low-Volume Sulphate-Based Preparations in Comparison with Macrogols: A Multicenter, Randomized, Comparative Clinical Study of the 3rd Phase by Evgeny D. Fedorov, Viktor V. Veselov, Sergey V. Kashin, Ekaterina V. Tikhomirova, Alexey V. Veselov, Dmitry V. Zavyalov, Anne Kornowski, Tatyana Gorskaya, Magali Volteau, Thierry Ponchon

“…The primary end point was the proportion of patients with a successful bowel preparation for colonoscopy ≥6 points, as determined by the Boston Bowel Preparation Scale of quality assessment (BBPS scale).Results. 296 patients were randomized in the study (147 patients were treated with OSS, 149 patients received Macrogol); 294 participants were included in the Intention to Treat population (ITT-population), and 274 participants were included in the population of patients who completed the study according to the protocol (Per-Protocol; PP-population) (139 patients received OSS, 135 patients received Macrogol). …”
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Efficacy and safety of 3D-therapy at HCV-related subcompensated liver cirrhosis (genotype 1b) by P. O. Bogomolov, M. V. Matsiyevich, A. O. Buyeverov, V. D. Beznosenko, Ye. V. Fedosova, M. Yu. Petrachenkova, S. V. Koblov, K. Yu. Kokina, O. S. Kuzmina, N. V. Voronkova

“…Taking into account the change of the group quantity during the course of therapy because of treatment cancellation for safety reasons and the subsequent assessment of its efficacy in patients with early treatment cancellation, the modified «intent­to­treat» (ITT) analysis was the basic method of results evaluation. Along with that «per protocol» (PP) analysis was carried out as well. …”
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RECURRENCE OF BREAST CANCER AFTER SUBCUTANEOUS MASTECTOMY WITH SIMULTANEOUS RECONSTRUCTION by A. D. Zikiryakhodzhaev, E. A. Rasskazova

“…Herzen patients performed radical subcutaneous mastectomy (95,5%) or konohana radical mastectomy (4.5 per cent). When radical subcutaneous mastectomy keep the skin of the breast, the nipple-areola complex (NAC), submammary fold, remove the entire gland tissue together with the axillary, subclavian and subscapularis lymph nodes. …”
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Evaluation of food digestibility in Nile tilapia fish Oreochromis niloticus given NSP enzymes and organic chromiium by Amelia Oktaviani, Muhammad Agus Suprayudi, Mia Setiawati, Ichsan Achmad Fauzi

“…The fish used were tilapia with an average weight of 33.09 ± 0.06 g per fish. The feed used was commercial feed supplemented with organic chromium and NSP enzymes. …”
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4D Radar Imaging and Camera Fusion for Road Crossing Detection and Classification Using Deep Learning by Liyaana Shahirah Wan Abd Aziz, Farah Nadia Mohd Isa, Faridah Abd Rahman, Arvind Hari Narayanan, Ahmad Reza Alghooneh, George Shaker

“…Retina-4F provides real-time 4D information on detected objects, operating in a cascading architecture with three transmitters and four receivers per chip. Two road-crossing scenes were simulated to collect data, generating a point cloud dataset labeled with target classes for neural network training and testing. …”
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Analysis and comparison of the trends in burden of spinal cord injury in China and worldwide from 1990 to 2021: an analysis of the global burden of disease study 2021 by Hao Qin, Yuhang Diao, Mingyu Hao, Zhitan Wang, Minghao Xie, Xiaojun Hu, Tao Zhu

“…Projections indicate that by 2036, the ASIR and ASPR for SCI in China will reach 6 and 146 cases per 100,000 people, respectively.ConclusionThe number and burden of SCI in China and globally have increased in the past. …”
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Magnetocaloric Effect for a <i>Q</i>-Clock-Type System by Michel Aguilera, Sergio Pino-Alarcón, Francisco J. Peña, Eugenio E. Vogel, Natalia Cortés, Patricio Vargas

“…We calculate the thermodynamic quantities using Monte Carlo simulations for even <i>Q</i> numbers, ranging from <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>Q</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>2</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> to <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>Q</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>8</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> spin orientations per site in a lattice. We use lattices of different sizes with <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>N</mi><mo>=</mo><mi>L</mi><mo>×</mo><mi>L</mi><mo>=</mo><msup><mn>8</mn><mn>2</mn></msup><mo>,</mo><msup><mn>16</mn><mn>2</mn></msup><mo>,</mo><msup><mn>32</mn><mn>2</mn></msup><mo>,</mo><msup><mn>64</mn><mn>2</mn></msup><mo>,</mo><mi>and</mi><mspace width="4pt"></mspace><msup><mn>128</mn><mn>2</mn></msup></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> sites, considering free boundary conditions and an external magnetic field varying between <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>B</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>0</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> and <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>B</mi><mo>=</mo><mn>1.0</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> in natural units of the system. …”
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Production of Arthrospira platensis algae to increase production efficiency and enhance immune system of grass carp, Ctenopharyngodon idella against Aeromonas hydrophila by Hossein Adineh

“…Two hundred and forty fish (7.86 ± 0.47 g) were randomly distributed in 12 tanks (20 fish per 50 L). Also, together with the consumption of basic food (protein 32.29% and energy 3984.80 kcal/kg), different levels of spirulina algae were added with a concentration of 4 × 104, 5 × 104 and 6 × 104 cells/mL (S1, S2 and S3, respectively) and basic food without algae (C), daily to rearing tanks for 60 days. …”
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Alimentation d’une population historique by Estelle Herrscher

“…Three kinds of tissues per individual were sampled: a growing tooth root, corresponding to a diet signal at the time of death, and two pieces of mandibular bone—one close to a tooth bud and the second close to an erupted tooth - both corresponding to different diet signals prior to the time of death. …”
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