Radiation hazards from natural radionuclides contained in rice from former tin mining land by J. Mellawati, N. Madyaningarum, E.A. Fajrianshah, E.B. jumpeno, T.R.D. Larasati, N. Mulyana, E. Nurtjahya, K. Khotimah

“…The estimated risk of Indonesian people getting cancer due to rice consumption is 1.23 people per 10,000 population, lower than reference value (2.9 people per 10,000 population). …”
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Effect of Floating Needle Perfusion Therapy combined with Joint Mobilization on Shoulder Pain of Hemiplegia after Stroke by Xin WANG, Hu LI, Xiuyan LU

“…The affected muscle was taked as the needle entry point, and the needle tip was facing the shoulder joint, after inserting into the loose connective tissue, the needle body was scanned in arc, 100 times per min, one min per group, three groups each time. …”
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Prevalence of dyslipidemia and its influencing factors among adult residents in Hebei province: a cross-sectional survey by Qianyu LI, Yajing CAO, Lijuan TANG, Yuhuan LIU, Xiaoying LU, Qi QI, Shifan WANG, Xiaoli LIU, Ze CUI

“…Unconditional multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that among adult residents, age ≥ 25 years, current smoking, overweight, obesity, central obesity, body fat percentage ≥ 27.2%, and basal metabolic rate ≥ 1 504 kcal were risk factors for dyslipidemia, whereas female gender, rural residence, and sedentary time of 2 – 4 hours per day were protective factors against dyslipidemia; age ≥ 25 years, college education or higher, current smoking, central obesity, and body fat percentage ≥ 37.9% were risk factors for hypercholesterolemia, whereas a basal metabolic rate of 1 199 – 1 503 kcal was a protective factor; age 25 – 64 years, current smoking, consumption of animal and poultry meat 300 – 500 g per week, overweight, obesity, central obesity, and body fat percentage ≥ 27.2% were risk factors, whereas female gender was a protective factor for hypertriglyceridemia; age ≥ 25 years, central obesity, sedentary time ≥ 2 hours per day, and body fat percentage ≥ 37.9% were risk factors, whereas basal metabolic rate 1 199 – 1 503 kcal was a protective factor for hyper-LDL-C; ethnic minority, current smoking, overweight, obesity, central obesity, physical inactivity, body fat percentage 33.0% – 37.8%, and basal metabolic rate ≥ 1 327 kcal were risk factors, whereas being female, aged 45 – 54 years, living in rural areas, drinking alcohol, consuming livestock and poultry meat > 500 g per week, and being sedentary for ≥ 2 hours per day were protective factors for hypo-HDL-C. …”
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Effects of effluent recirculation on two-stage anaerobic digestion in treatment of biodegradable municipal solid waste by P.V. Dinh, T. Fujiwara, A.N. Peni, C.K. Tran

“…Then, the liquid part was collected and pumped into the methane reactor at an organic loading rate of 7.64 grams of total solids per liter per day at 36 degrees Celsius. The methane reactor was an up-flow reactor that contained both granular sludge and suspended sludge. …”
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Evaluation of Yield, Yield Component and Usefulness Indices of Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris) and Maize (Zea mays) Intercropping under Inoculation with Rhizobium phaseoli by Ebrahim Zolfagari Kotbehsara, Peyman Sharifi, Mohammad Hossein Ansari

“…The analysis involved variance assessment, mean comparisons, and calculations of intercropping usefulness indices, all performed using R software.Results and DiscussionIn bean, the effect of inoculation were significant on plant height, number of pods per plant, number of seeds per pod, pod length, hundred seed weight, biological yield, seed yield, harvest index and the effect of intercropping were significant on plant height, number of pods per plant, number of seeds per pod, biological yield, seed yield and harvest index and the interaction effects of two factor were significant on plant height, biological yield and seed yield. …”
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Do doctors in dispensing practices with a financial conflict of interest prescribe more expensive drugs? A cross-sectional analysis of English primary care prescribing data by Ben Goldacre, Carl Reynolds, Anna Powell-Smith, Alex J Walker, Tom A Yates, Richard Croker, Liam Smeeth

“…Total cost savings in England available from all four classes are £628 875 per month or £7 546 502 per year.Conclusions Doctors in dispensing practices are more likely to prescribe higher cost drugs. …”
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Comparison of specialist ataxia centres with non-specialist services in terms of care access and organisation, health services resource utilisation and costs in Germany using patie... by Julie Vallortigara, Julie Greenfield, Barry Hunt, Holm Graessner, Carola Reinhard, Andreas Nadke, Bart-Jan Schuman, Deborah Hoffman, Steve Morris, Paola Giunti

“…Costs were not significantly different between those attending a SAC and those who did not, although the average cost per patient per year found in SACs was higher compared with non-SACs. …”
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Phenotypic effects of the dwarfing gene Rht-17 in spring durum wheat under two climatic conditions by A. G. Chernook, P. Yu. Kroupin, L. A. Bespalova, V. V. Panchenko, V. Ya. Kovtunenko, M. S. Bazhenov, L. A. Nazarova, G. I. Karlov, A. Yu. Kroupina, M. G. Divashuk

“…The number of grains per main spike in plants with Rht-B1p was higher in comparison to that with Rht-B1a by 6.5 % in Moscow due to an increase in spikelet number per main spike and by 11 % in Krasnodar due to an increase in grain number per spikelet. …”
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Unpacking the benefits of black soldier fly frass fertilizer towards nematode suppression and potato production by Emmanuel O. Anedo, Emmanuel O. Anedo, Emmanuel O. Anedo, Dennis Beesigamukama, Benson Mochoge, Nicholas K. Korir, Solveig Haukeland, Solveig Haukeland, Xavier Cheseto, Moses Nyongesa, Patrick Pwaipwai, Sevgan Subramanian, Abdou Tenkouano, Betty Kibaara, Chrysantus M. Tanga

“…Both BSFFF and NPK+nematicide treatments achieved comparable suppression of the number of eggs and infective juveniles (J2) per cyst-1 and eggs g-1 of soil. However, BSFFF+5% chitin reduced the number of eggs and J2 per cyst-1 and eggs g-1 of soil by 55–92% compared to SAFI. …”
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Diagnostic accuracy in coronary CT angiography analysis: artificial intelligence versus human assessment by James K Min, Paul Knaapen, Nick S Nurmohamed, Erik S G Stroes, Andrew D Choi, Ibrahim Danad, James Earls, Michiel J Bom, Ruben W de Winter, Rachel Bernardo, Ruurt Jukema, Ralf Sprengers

“…Accuracy of AI-QCT was compared with a level 3 and two level 2 clinical readers against an invasive quantitative coronary angiography (QCA) reference standard (≥50% stenosis) in an area under the curve (AUC) analysis, evaluated per-patient and per-vessel and stratified by plaque volume.Results Among 208 patients with a mean age of 58±9 years and 37% women, AI-QCT demonstrated superior concordance with QCA compared with clinical CCTA assessments. …”
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Quantifying the impact of fermented liquid bio formulations, biofertilizers and organic amendments on horticultural and soil nutrient traits of garden pea ( Pisum sativum L.) by Vandana Thakur, Praveen Sharma, Pradeep Kumar, Payal Sharma, Sartaj Ahmad Bhat, Sunny Sharma, Rehan Azmi, Shivender Thakur

“…However, the application of Jeevamurta 20 % + Rhizobium 100 % + Farm yard manure on pea variety GS-10, resulted a positive increment in yielding traits namely, plant height, number of pods per plant, single pod weight, total pod yield, pod yield per plant and pod yield per plot. …”
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Effectiveness of progesterone supplementation in women presenting low progesterone levels on the day of frozen embryo transfer: a randomised controlled trial by Quang Thanh Le, Thi Minh Chau Le, Khue Tu Duong, Quoc Anh Nguyen, Phuc Thinh Ong, Thi Hong Nhung Nguyen, Thi Cam Thu Thai, Matheus Roque, Carlo Alviggi

“…To demonstrate a difference of 10% with regard to rate of ongoing pregnancy, at least 370 participants per arm are required (type I error α=0.05, power=0.8). …”
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De muziekfabriek. TMF en de Nederlandse popcultuur by Jesper Verhoef

“…TMF en de Nederlandse popcultuur (Mazirel Pers, 2024), 183 pp., ISBN: 978 9464 560 527.…”
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Noncoding RNA in the Regulation of Acute Aortic Dissection: From Profile to Mechanism by Ruibin Wei, Yingqing Feng

“…As Nienaber reported, aortic dissection is most common in people 65–75 years old and has an incidence of 35 cases per 100,000 people per year in this population. …”
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The role of nano fertilizers and compost in improving agricultural soil properties and their impact on faba bean productivity by Kamel Walaa M.

“…The results showed that when nano-fertilizers and compost were applied, there were increases in plant height (cm), number of branches per plant, number of pods per plant, pod weight (ton/acre), and 100-seed weight compared to when mineral fertilizers were used at different concentrations. …”
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Joyce, Rossetti, Dante. L’edizione “preraffaellita” della "Vita Nuova" nella biblioteca e nell’immaginario di James Joyce by Valentina Mele

“… Grazie alle ricostruzioni della biblioteca personale di Joyce (Ellmann, 1977; Power 2018), ci è noto che l’edizione della Vita Nuova acquistata dallo scrittore è una prestigiosa ristampa (datata 1911) del libello di Dante, illustrata dai quadri di Dante Gabriel Rossetti, pubblicata per la prima volta in Italia nel 1902 per Roux e Viarengo. …”
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Broiler Performance From Cull Eggs by Gary D. Butcher, Amir H. Nilipour

“… In a commercial broiler integration, the objective is to provide the best quality hatching eggs that produce the greatest number of quality chicks per hen housed. A properly managed hen can produce more than 180 eggs, which potentially can result in approximately 600 pounds of broiler meat. …”
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Broiler Performance From Cull Eggs by Gary D. Butcher, Amir H. Nilipour

“… In a commercial broiler integration, the objective is to provide the best quality hatching eggs that produce the greatest number of quality chicks per hen housed. A properly managed hen can produce more than 180 eggs, which potentially can result in approximately 600 pounds of broiler meat. …”
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Lightning Damage to Landscape Palms by Stephen H. Brown, Douglas Caldwell, Ralph Mitchell

“…Florida has on average 3,500 cloud-to-ground lightning strikes per day and 1.2 million strikes per year. Given so many strikes, the probability of damage to certain palms is significant. …”
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Cybersicurezza e protezione dati: un rapporto ambivalente by Federica Resta

“…Si è infatti compreso come, sul terreno del rapporto tra sicurezza (anche cibernetica) e protezione dati si giochi una sfida cruciale per la democrazia: quella di coniugare entrambe per essere più efficaci, non meno liberi.…”
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