Contrast-Enhanced Magnetic Resonance Cholangiography: Practical Tips and Clinical Indications for Biliary Disease Management by Stefano Palmucci, Federica Roccasalva, Marina Piccoli, Giovanni Fuccio Sanzà, Pietro Valerio Foti, Alfonso Ragozzino, Pietro Milone, Giovanni Carlo Ettorre

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Genetic variation in zona pellucida-3 (ZP3) gene and its association with litter size variation in Kari sheep by Izaz Ali, Muhammad Ibrahim, Sohail Ahmad, Sher Hayat Khan, Ihtesham Ul Haq, Ibrahim A. Alhidary, Rifat Ullah Khan, Naseer Khan Momand, Marco Ragni

“…Two missense mutations (I101L in exon 1 and R408H in exon 8) were heterozygous in twin-producing Kari ewes but homozygous in other groups, correlating with LS. …”
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Dynamic Demodulation Algorithm for Bio-radar Sensors Based on Range Tapper by Changyu LIU, Hao ZHANG, Fanglin GENG, Zhongrui BAI, Peng WANG, Zhenfeng LI, Lidong DU, Xianxiang CHEN, Zhen FANG

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Undergraduates' lifestyle and Suboptimal Health Status (SHS): A cross-sectional study in the Ha'il region of Saudi Arabia. by Bandar Alsaif, Collins Otieno Asweto, Sehar-Un-Nisa Hassan, Mohamed Ali Alzain, Mohammed Elshiekh Saeed, Ahmed Kassar, Kamal Elbssir Mohammed Ali, Mouna Ghorbel, Rafat Zrieq, Wei Wang

“…Furthermore, the extracted significant variables from the multiple regression analysis indicated the final model (Model 3) was statistically significant, R2 = 0.646, F (6,9019), p <0.0001, suggesting that 64.6% of the variance in the SHS can be explained by the predictor variables in the model. …”
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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 adsorption kinetics demonstrated that the pseudo-second-order reaction (PSO) model shows a good regression coefficient (R2=0.94). The removal of Total Dissolved Solids (TDS), Biochemical Oxygen Demand (BOD), turbidity, and Chemical Oxygen Demand (COD) were 39.8 %, 69.7 %, 48.1 %, and 90.1 %, respectively. …”
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EFFECT OF DIFFERENT WEED MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON GROWTH AND YIELD OF INDIAN MUSTARD (BRASSICA JUNCEA) by Puspa Raj Bista, Krishna Bohara, Dhirendra Man Thapa, Keshav Bahadur Karki, Keshar Bahadur Shahi

“…The experiment followed a Randomized Block Design (R.B.D) with eight weed management treatments and three replications, resulting in 24 experimental plots. …”
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Removal of Cd(II) and Cu(II) from Aqueous Solution by Na+-Modified Pisha Sandstone by Xia Wang, Yongxing Cui, Qi Peng, Chenbin Fan, Zhiqin Zhang, Xingchang Zhang

“…The adsorption of Cu(II) and Cd(II) on PS and Na-PS was characterized by kinetic models and adsorption isotherms and was well represented by pseudo-second-order kinetics (R2 > 0.99) and the Langmuir and Freundlich isotherm models. …”
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Yolk free egg substitute improves the serum phospholipid profile of mice with metabolic syndrome based on lipidomic analysis by Zhihui Yu, Lingyu Fan, Fei Tai, Lixin Zhang, Xiaoyu Zhang, Yisheng Chen

“…Sphingomyelin biomarkers were positively related to the TC (|r| > 0.6), while PPAR-α was negatively correlated with triglyceride and LDL-C levels. …”
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Expression and prognostic value of ferritinophagy-related NCOA4 gene in low-grade glioma: integration of bioinformatics and experimental validation by Guangtang Chen, Xueping Shi, Rukai Jiao, Jiacai Qian, Xiaolin Du, Jian Liu, Xi Zeng

“…NCOA4 correlated weakly with B cells, CD8 + T cells, macrophages, and dendritic cells infiltration (all with correlation coefficients r < 0.3, and p < 0.05) in LGG. Multivariate Cox regression identified NCOA4, age, CD8 T cells, and macrophages as LGG independent prognostic factors (all p < 0.05). …”
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Artificial neural network detection of pancreatic cancer from proton (1H) magnetic resonance spectroscopy patterns of plasma metabolites by Meiyappan Solaiyappan, Santosh Kumar Bharti, Raj Kumar Sharma, Mohamad Dbouk, Wasay Nizam, Malcolm V. Brock, Michael G. Goggins, Zaver M. Bhujwalla

“…The trained ANNs achieve a sensitivity and specificity of 87.5% and 93.1% respectively (AUC: ROC = 0.931, P-R = 0.854), with 45 blinded plasma samples. Further, we show that the salient spectral regions of the ANN discrimination correspond to metabolites of known importance for their role in cancers. …”
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Laboratory stand for development of method and system for continuous non-contact non-destructive testing of technical condition of insulation equipment by T. G. Galieva, D. A. Ivanov, M. F. Sadykov, A. V. Golenishchev-Kutuzov

“…For testing and calibration of the developed new methods with the contact method, a laboratory stand has been developed in accordance with GOST R 55191-2012 (IEC 60270:2000). The article suggests the use of acoustic and electromagnetic methods for a system of continuous non-contact non-destructive testing of the technical condition of insulation equipment, which will allow monitoring insulation equipment online and predicting its residual life. …”
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Cardiovascular diseases health literacy among Italian navy personnel: A cross-sectional survey by L. Rondinini, V. Di Fiore, M. Pasquale, G. Cruschelli, D. Rocchi, F. Baglivo, A. Baggiani, A.D. Porretta

“…Statistical analyses included logistic regression conducted with R software. Results: A total of 785 participants were enrolled. …”
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Comparison of retinal and choroidal vascular changes via optical coherence tomography angiography between pseudoexfoliative glaucoma and pseudoexfoliation syndrome and control grou... by Mohammad Hossein Ahoor, Rana Sorkhabi, Farhad Najafzadeh, Sheyda Mahmoudzadeh, Amin Arasteh, Tahereh Attar Gharamaleki

“…Besides, the peripapillary VD was significantly correlated with the RNFL thickness (R2:0.789, p:<0.0001). Conclusion: In patients with PEX, regardless of glaucoma, the retinal VD showed deficiencies compared to the controls. …”
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FORECASTING OF POTATO YIELD ESTIMATION BY SATELLITE BASED REMOTE SENSING TECHNIQUE by Mohammad Mukhlesur Rahman, Mohammad Amirul Islam, Md. Golam Mahboob, Nur Mohammad, Istiak Ahmed

“…The findings demonstrated that there is a substantial co-efficient of determination (R2 = 0.93 and 0.78) between remotely sensed NDVI and field-level potato yield. …”
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Hybrid intelligence framework for optimizing shear capacity of lightweight FRP-reinforced concrete beams by Iman Faridmehr, Moncef L. Nehdi, Mohammad Ali Sahraei, Kiyanets Aleksandr Valerievich, Chiara Bedon

“…The hybrid intelligence models reached superior predictive accuracy over traditional codes, achieving R2 values of 0.89. Notably, for beams without stirrups, model predictions closely matched experimental data, with a lower average ratio (1.02) compared to Eurocode (1.65) and ACI (1.58). …”
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Bacterial Isolation from Natural Grassland on Nitrogen-Free Agar Yields Many Strains Without Nitrogenase by Amrit Koirala, Nabilah Ali Alshibli, Bikram K. Das, Volker S. Brözel

“…Streaking of the 432 isolates on nitrogen-rich R2A revealed many cocultures. In most cases, only one community member then grew on NFA, indicating the coexistence of nonfixers in coculture with fixers when growing under nitrogen-limited conditions. …”
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The immunity-promoting activity of porcine placenta in mice as an immunomodulator for functional foods by Zhiwei Zhou, Dan Wang, Wei Liu, Lang He, Pengkuan Liang, Junli Hao, Qun Sun

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Coconut Shell Activated Carbon/CoFe2O4 Composite for the Removal of Rhodamine B from Aqueous Solution by Le Phuong Hoang, Huu Tap Van, Thi Thuy Hang Nguyen, Van Quang Nguyen, Phan Quang Thang

“…The pseudo-second-order model also suited the most for RhB adsorption with the most remarkable correlation coefficient (R2 = 0.934). The adsorption process was controlled by a chemisorption mechanism through electrostatic attraction, hydrogen bonding interactions, and π-π interactions.…”
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Diagnostic Performance of Soluble Triggering Receptor Expressed on Myeloid Cells-1 in Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia of Patients with Ischemic Stroke by Yuetian Yu, Cheng Zhu, Chunyan Liu, Yuan Gao, Rong Yin, Jianguo Cao

“…The optimum cut-off value for sTREM-1 in BALF was 23.61 pg/mL, yielding sensitivity and specificity of 85.5% and 73.1%. sTREM-1 in BALF had excellent correlation with that in EBC (R2 = 0.78, p<0.05). Conclusions. sTREM-1 in EBC and BALF had good diagnostic performance in differentiating patients with and without VAP.…”
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Prevalence and Subtypes Distribution (ST10, ST14, ST25, ST26) of Blastocystis spp. in Anatolian Water Buffalo (Bubalus bubalis) in Van, Türkiye by Adnan Ayan, Burcak Aslan Celik, Ozgur Yasar Celik, Ali Bilgin Yilmaz, Ozlem Orunc Kilinc, Ozge Oktay Ayan

“…After PCR amplification of the SSU rRNA gene region positive Blastocystis spp., amplicons from buffalo faeces were sequenced and then deposited in GenBank (OR576949.1, OR576950.1, OR576970.1, OR576971.1, OR577019.1, PP837943.1, PP837940.1, PP837939.1, PP837604.1, PP837937.1, PP837934.1, PP837601.1, PP837936.1 and PP837603.1). …”
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