Effects of Providing Enrichment to Broilers in an Animal Welfare Environment on Productivity, Litter Moisture, Gas Concentration (CO₂ and NH₃), Animal Welfare... by Chan-Ho Kim, Woo-Do Lee, Ji-Seon Son, Jung-Hwan Jeon, Se-Jin Lim, Su-Mi Kim

“…This study used two facilities that could accommodate 32,000 one-day-old broilers (Arbor acres) per building, and two groups (control and treatment groups) were designed after creating two identical areas within each building (total two treatments, two replicates, 16,000 birds per replicate). …”
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Socially inclusive valorization of gold mill tailings from the small-scale gold mining sector by R.M. Balanay, R.P. Varela, A. Balbin, M.A. Lavapiez

“…Elevated levels of mercury, lead, and free cyanide were detected in the wastewater, with concentrations of 0.029 milligram per liter, 0.40 milligram per liter, and 1.9 milligram per liter, respectively, surpassing the allowable thresholds. …”
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Tuberculosis and Sudden Death in Lithuania by Gintarė Zarembaitė, Gabrielė Žiūkaitė, Sigitas Chmieliauskas, Diana Vasiljevaitė, Sigitas Laima, Jurgita Stasiūnienė

“…Lithuania has the third-highest tuberculosis incidence rate per 100,000 and the second-highest mortality rate per 100,000 in EU/EEA countries. …”
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Cost-effectiveness and budget impact of covering Burkitt lymphoma in children under Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme by Richmond Owusu, Dakota Pritchard, Lieke Fleur Heupink, Godwin Gulbi, Brian Asare, Ivy Amankwah, Joycelyn Azeez, Martha Gyansa-Lutterodt, Lydia Dsane-Selby, Ruby Aileen Mensah, William Omane-Adjekum, Francis Ruiz, Mohamed Gad, Justice Nonvignon, Lumbwe Chola, Ghana Health Technology Assessment Technical Working Group

“…The ICER was -$219 per DALY averted from societal perspective and $113 per DALY averted from health system perspective. …”
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Turning green: the impact of changing to more eco-friendly respiratory healthcare – a carbon and cost analysis of Dutch prescription data by Evelyn A Brakema, johan Kooistra, Niels Chavannes, Paul Hagedoorn, Pieter ten Have, Peter van Hal, Iris Wichers, Pauline de Heer, Hans C Ossebaard

“…We estimated that this could be reduced by 70% which would lead to an annual reduction in greenhouse gas emission of 63 million kg.CO2 equivalents saving at best EUR 49.1 million per year.Conclusions In the Netherlands, substitution of pMDIs to NPIs for eligible patients is theoretically safe and in accordance with medical guidelines, while reducing greenhouse gas emission by 63 million kg.CO2 equivalents on average and saving at best EUR 49.1 million per year. …”
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Association of workforce participation with depression among US older adults: results from NHANES 2005–2018 by Zhenyu Sun, Yi Wang, Xi Chen, Dongfu Qian

“…A significant decreased PHQ-9 score and depression risk as hours worked per week increased until reaching 34.86 and 25.35 in the RCS for generalised linear and logistic regression models, respectively. …”
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Australian children’s foot, ankle and leg problems in primary care: a secondary analysis of the Bettering the Evaluation and Care of Health (BEACH) data by Hylton B Menz, Christopher Harrison, Peter A Lazzarini, Cylie M Williams, Julie Gordon

“…The top four most frequently managed problems were injuries (755.9 per 100 000 encounters), infections (458.2), dermatological conditions (299.4) and unspecified pain (176.3). …”
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Perspectiva del (des)empleo en Sonora, 2000-2015 by Ernesto Peralta

“…El objetivo aquÌ planteado es m·s modesto, pero dimensionar el n ̇mero de los que ofrecer·n sus servicios de trabajo contra la pers- pectiva de creaciÛn de empleos permanentes implica un reto a la economÌa sonorense, pues las per- sonas que buscar·n trabajo en el horizonte referido ya existen. …”
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Source material from the VIR collection for hybrid breeding of multiple-ear maize by V. N. Boyko, E. B. Khatefov

“…Sources of the following traits were identified: long cob (score 9, > 20 cm): k-9054, k-4535, k-13730, k-14817 and k-14996; higher number of rows per ear (score 5–9, > 16 grain rows): k-14904, k-14979, k-14968, k-15442, k-15330, k-15322 and k-9257; and higher number of grains in a row (score 5–9, > 31 grains per row): k-14904, k-14996, k-15639, k-15353, k-15330, k-15322, k-15344, k-15281, k-15439, k-9357 and k-15237. …”
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The anthropogenic activities in Makere north forest reserve in Tanzania and implications to conservation by Eberehard Daudi, Hussein Luswaga, Pensia Mapunda, Hamisi Nchimbi

“…The extent of agriculture and firewood collection per hectare were not significantly different between the study sites (p = 0.4441 and p = 0.5797 respectively). …”
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Risk Factors for Incident Myopia among Teenaged Students of the Experimental Class of the Air Force in China by Lin-song Qi, Lu Yao, Xue-feng Wang, Jiu-mei Shi, Yong Liu, Teng-yun Wu, Zhi-kang Zou

“…Near-work time ≥28 h per week was a significant risk factor (OR = 2.579, 95% CI: 1.314 to 5.061). …”
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VOWEL FORMANT VARIABILITY IN THE SPEECH OF PATIENTS WITH DEMENTIA: A PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS by Gloria Gagliardi, Chiara Meluzzi

“…Allo stato attuale, gli unici studi che si sono concentrati sulla variazione vocalica in parlanti con demenza sono basati su un piccolo dataset giapponese. Per questa ragione, presentiamo qui un’indagine preliminare su 2 pazienti madrelingua italiani diagnosticati con demenza comparati con altrettanti parlanti di controllo bilanciati per tutti i parametri sociolinguistici. …”
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Linear transformation shift register sequences by Ming-sheng WANG, Zai-liang TANG

“…Linear transformation shift registers (TSR) were introduced by Tsaban and Vishne,which was a word-oriented shift register output a word per step.Some basic properties of sequences generated by the TSR were presented,and a new criterion for deciding if the characteristic polynomial of a TSR system is irreducible was given.This criterion avoids operations in extension fields.…”
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Production Budget for Tomatoes in Southwest Florida by John VanSickle, Scott Smith, Eugene McAvoy

“…FE818, a 5-page fact sheet by John VanSickle, Scott Smith, and Eugene McAvoy, provides producers with a brief overview of the tomato industry and production practices in southwest Florida, with a per-acre composite budget for a representative grower. …”
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Production Budget for Bell Peppers in Southwest Florida by John VanSickle, Scott Smith, Eugene McAvoy

“…FE810, a 4-page fact sheet by John VanSickle, Scott Smith, and Eugene McAvoy, provides an overview of bell pepper production practices for Southwest Florida producers, including a per-acre composite budget breaking down the specific cost components. …”
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One Bite or Two? A Prospective Trial Comparing Colonoscopy Biopsy Technique in Patients with Chronic Ulcerative Colitis by Lawrence C Hookey, David J Hurlbut, Andrew G Day, Paul N Manley, William T Depew

“…The aim of the present study was to determine if two biopsies could be obtained with jumbo forceps before removing them from the instrument (double biopsy technique), as opposed to one biopsy per pass, without sacrificing the histological quality of the biopsy material.…”
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Production Budget for Tomatoes in Southwest Florida by John VanSickle, Scott Smith, Eugene McAvoy

“…FE818, a 5-page fact sheet by John VanSickle, Scott Smith, and Eugene McAvoy, provides producers with a brief overview of the tomato industry and production practices in southwest Florida, with a per-acre composite budget for a representative grower. …”
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Production Budget for Bell Peppers in Southwest Florida by John VanSickle, Scott Smith, Eugene McAvoy

“…FE810, a 4-page fact sheet by John VanSickle, Scott Smith, and Eugene McAvoy, provides an overview of bell pepper production practices for Southwest Florida producers, including a per-acre composite budget breaking down the specific cost components. …”
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On the Effect of Labour Productivity on Growth: Endogenous Fluctuations and Complex Dynamics by F. Grassetti, C. Mammana, E. Michetti

“…It is found that labour productivity influences the existence of boom and bust periods as well as the level of capital per capita in equilibrium.…”
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Examining the association between public health unit spending and adolescent substance use by Urvi Rai, Karen A. Patte, Brendan T. Smith, Ambikaipakan Senthilselvan, Elaine Hyshka, Scott T. Leatherdale, Roman Pabayo

“…Per capita spending ranged from $54.07 to $224.95, with a median spending amount of $89.62. …”
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