Fermentation of Azolla sp. leaves and the utilization as a feed ingredient of tilapia Oreochromis sp. by Nur Bambang Priyo Utomo, Nurfadhilah ., Julie Ekasari

“…Faecal collection for digestibility measurement was conducted for 15 days and fish growth rate was observed for 40 days. Azolla meal fermented for two days (AF2) showed the best results among the other treatments with a crude fiber decrease of 37.19% and protein increase of 38.65%. …”
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Establishment and characterization of a new mouse gastric carcinoma cell line, MCC by Yushen Wang, Xianju Li, Yi Wang, Jun Qin

“…Genomic and proteomic analyses identified mutations frequently observed in clinical gastric cancer patients, such as Kras, Egfr, and Ccnd3. …”
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COVID-19 Mortality in Children: A Referral Center Experience from Iran (Mofid Children’s Hospital, Tehran, Iran) by Shahnaz Armin, Seyed Alireza Fahimzad, Sedigheh Rafiei Tabatabaei, Roxana Mansour Ghanaiee, Noushin Marhamati, Seyyedeh Narjes Ahmadizadeh, Azita Behzad, Seyedeh Masumeh Hashemi, Saeed Sadr, Maryam Rajabnejad, Mahnaz Jamee, Abdollah Karimi

“…According to our knowledge, we are the first team to report such a thorough study in the field of COVID-19 pediatric mortality in Iran. Mortality was observed in all age groups of children, especially in those with previous comorbidities, specifically neurological disease. …”
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Preliminary evidence of immune infiltration and neutrophil degranulation in peripheral blood of non-obese OSA patients related to cognitive decline by Qingqing Liu, Yanru Ou, Ting Liu, Yuming He, Xiangming Quan, Ruoyun Ouyang, Zhihui Shi

“…The level of Lipocalin-2 was positively correlated with apnea-hypopnea index (AHI) and ODI and negatively correlated with LSaO2 and MoCA score. We also observed a negative correlation between H2O2 and mean oxygen saturation (MSaO2). …”
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The importance of the Autostrain RV technique in the treatment of right ventricular myocardial alterations in patients with breast cancer receiving chemotherapy by Yan Liang, Ping Du, Yabo Song, Xinshi Li, Yingying Han, Hongfang Dongye, Hongqiang Liu, Jinqiu Li

“…The patients included those with breast cancer who underwent surgery and were primarily administered anthracycline-based chemotherapeutic drugs. (1) Compared with the pre-chemotherapy period, the absolute values of the right ventricular global longitudinal strain (RV4CSL) and right ventricular free-wall longitudinal strain (RVFWSL) decreased after the fourth chemotherapy cycle, and no significant differences were observed in tricuspidannular plane systolic excursion (TAPSE), right ventricular Tei index, and right ventricular fractional area change (FAC); (2) Compared with the pre-chemotherapy period, the absolute values of RV4CSL and RVFWSL decreased after the eighth chemotherapy cycle. …”
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Polymorphisms and dental age in non-syndromic cleft lip and palate: a cross-sectional study by Gabriela Fonseca-Souza, Lhorrany Alves-Souza, Maria Angélica Hueb de Menezes-Oliveira, Nikolaos Daratsianos, Svenja Beisel-Memmert, Christian Kirschneck, Rafaela Scariot, Juliana Feltrin-Souza, Erika Calvano Küchler

“…In the group with CL ± P, no significant differences in DA were observed among the genotypes. Conclusion Children with CL ± P presented delayed DA compared with children without CL ± P. …”
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Identification of climate-sensitive disease incidences in vietnam: A longitudinal retrospective analysis of infectious disease rates between 2014 and 2022 by Cuong Quoc Hoang, Quang Phuong Huynh Nguyen, Thao Phuong Huynh Nguyen, Hieu Trung Nguyen, Linh Thuy Hoang, Giang Huong Vu, Woong-Ki Kim, Hai Duc Nguyen

“…Positive associations with humidity were observed for dengue fever and HFMD. Temperature was positively associated with malaria. …”
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Evaluation of the impact of acidic medications and fluoride-containing mouthwash on the enamel surface using quantitative light-induced fluorescence, microhardness, and scanning el... by Saanya Bhasin, Simran Singh, Manuel Sebastian Thomas, Karuna Yarmunja Mahabala, Ramya Shenoy

“…Results Following exposure to medication, significantly higher QLF values were observed in Group VC_F and Group SB_F than in Group DW-NF (control group) (p = 0.15 and 0.004, respectively). …”
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EFFECT OF DIFFERENT SEED PRIMING METHODS ON PERFORMANCE OF DIRECT BROADCAST SEEDED RICE (DBSR) IN CHITWAN, NEPAL by Raj Narayan Chaudhary, Surya Bahadur Thapa

“…The lowest grain yield (3369 kg ha-1) was observed in non-priming. Grain yield in priming techniques ranged from 3369 to 4132 kg ha-1. …”
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Effect of a Vibration System on Pain Reduction during Injection of Dental Anesthesia in Children: A Randomized Clinical Trial by Muhanad AlHareky, Jehan AlHumaid, Sumit Bedi, Maha El Tantawi, Mazin AlGahtani, Yousef AlYousef

“…The parents were requested to evaluate the child’s ability to tolerate pain using a behavioral/observational pain scale. Sound, Eyes, and Motor (SEM) scale and Faces, Legs, Activity, Cry, and Consolability (FLACC) scale were used to record the child’s pain as perceived by the external evaluator. …”
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Carbon sequestration effects of the typical restored vegetation types in Eastern Qinling Mountains by XU Xiaoming, YAN Shanshan, PENG Xiaobang

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Analyse des terres cuites architecturales de l’aqueduc de Nyon/Colonia Iulia Equestris (Suisse) by Benjamin Clément, Christophe Henny, Anne Schmitt

“…Indeed, a diversification in the sources of architectural terracotta can be observed, while the same modules are retained. This scenario allows us to propose two hypotheses: the construction of the aqueduct by one team working in successive sections and obtaining supplies close to each section; or the construction of this work by several teams working at the same time on successive sections with their own supplies.…”
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Effective dietary interventions during pregnancy: a systematic review and meta-analysis of behavior change techniques to promote healthy eating by Hannah O’Connor, Nina Meloncelli, Shelley A. Wilkinson, Anna Mae Scott, Lisa Vincze, Alita Rushton, Samantha Dawson, Jenna Hollis, Bree Whiteoak, Sarah Gauci, Susan de Jersey

“…High heterogeneity was observed across intervention characteristics and measures of fidelity. …”
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Development of improved deep learning models for multi-step ahead forecasting of daily river water temperature by Mehdi Gheisari, Jana Shafi, Saeed Kosari, Samaneh Amanabadi, Saeid Mehdizadeh, Christian Fernandez Campusano, Hemn Barzan Abdalla

“…The outcomes illustrated that the hybrid models performed better than the relevant individual methods; however, the river WT forecasts of EEMD-LSTM and EEMD-GRU were found to be much closer to the observed data than those of the EEMD-AdaBoost method. …”
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A Survey on the Organization and Operation of Level II/III Neonatal Intensive Care Units in Greece: A Comparison Between 2004 and 2022 by Kosmas Sarafidis, Nicoletta Iacovidou, Eleftheria Hatzidaki, Ilias Chatziioannidis, Gabriel Dimitriou

“…Significant regional differences were observed in the number of NICUs (<i>p</i> = 0.033), live births (<i>p</i> < 0.001), and NICUs per 10,000 live births (<i>p</i> = 0.025). …”
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The proper application of logistic regression model in complex survey data: a systematic review by Devjit Dey, Md. Samio Haque, Md. Mojahedul Islam, Umme Iffat Aishi, Sajida Sultana Shammy, Md. Sabbir Ahmed Mayen, Syed Toukir Ahmed Noor, Md. Jamal Uddin

“…When discussing logistic regression, the review considered multiple methodological problems such as the model adequacy assessment, handling dependence of observations, utilization of complex survey design, dealing with missing values, outliers, and more. …”
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Randomized, Open-Label Phase 2 Study of Apalutamide plus Androgen Deprivation Therapy versus Apalutamide Monotherapy versus Androgen Deprivation Monotherapy in Patients with Bioche... by Rahul Aggarwal, Joshi J. Alumkal, Russell Z. Szmulewitz, Celestia S. Higano, Alan H. Bryce, Angela Lopez-Gitlitz, Sharon A. McCarthy, Branko Miladinovic, Kelly McQuarrie, Shibu Thomas, Ke Zhang, Eric J. Small

“…Patients with BCR PC after primary definitive therapy and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) doubling time ≤12 months were randomized to open-label apalutamide (240 mg/d) alone, apalutamide plus ADT, or ADT alone (1 : 1:1 ratio) for 12 months followed by a 12-month observation period (NCT01790126). Mean changes from baseline in Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy-Prostate (FACT-P) at 12 months (primary endpoint) and other prespecified assessments of health-related quality of life (HRQoL), PSA nadir, time to PSA progression, time to testosterone recovery, recovered testosterone >150 ng/dL without PSA progression at 24 months, and molecular markers were evaluated. …”
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SDUST2023BCO: a global seafloor model determined from a multi-layer perceptron neural network using multi-source differential marine geodetic data by S. Zhou, S. Zhou, J. Guo, H. Zhang, Y. Jia, H. Sun, X. Liu, D. An

“…<p>Seafloor topography, as a fundamental marine spatial geographic information, plays a vital role in marine observation and science research. With the growing demand for high-precision bathymetric models, a multi-layer perceptron (MLP) neural network is used to integrate multi-source marine geodetic data in this paper. …”
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Comprehensive bioinformatics analysis identifies hub genes associated with immune cell infiltration in early-onset schizophrenia by Shasha Wu, Tailian Xue, Yilin Li, Weikang Chen, Yan Ren

“…In addition, significant differences were observed among the four immune cell types in the two groups of samples. …”
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Comprehensive investigation of ergonomic challenges and predictors of work-related musculoskeletal disorders among intensive care unit nurses of Western India through convergent mi... by Sonali Detroja, Rajkumar Mahajan, Ankit Sheth

“…A high prevalence of WRMSDs (84%) was observed, with the lower back and neck being the most affected regions. …”
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