Gonadal aspects, testosterone and estradiol profiles of the Lebranche mullet Mugil liza subjected to different temperatures during the larviculture phase by Marco Shizuo Owatari, Vanessa Martins da Rocha, Cleize Sales da Silva, Marina Cesconeto dos Santos, Mariana Rangel Pilotto, Fabiola Santiago Pedrotti, Caio Magnotti, Maurício Laterça Martins, Vinicius Ronzani Cerqueira

“…The juveniles were subsequently transferred to growth units where they remained identified, according to the treatments, for 24 months. …”
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Research on the Ground Vacuum Shortwave Calibration of Moon-Based Earth Radiation Budget Detector by Jieling Yu, Wei Fang, Duo Wu, Silong Wang, Zhitao Luo, Yuwei Wang, Yisu Zhang, Xin Ye

“…For traceability to International System of Units (SI) and improve the calibration accuracy in the ERSR wave band, a vacuum shortwave radiance calibration system is built, which consists of an in-situ traceable Electrical Substitution Transfer Radiometer (ESTR) and a Shortwave Calibration Light Source (SWCLS). …”
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Deep Transfer Learning for Lip Reading Based on NASNetMobile Pretrained Model in Wild Dataset by Ashwaq Waleed Abdul Ameer, Pedram Salehpour, Mohammad Asadpour

“…The proposed framework involves a process that extracts features from video frames in a time sequence, employing methods such as Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN), CNN-Gated Recurrent Units (CNN-GRU), Temporal CNN, and Temporal PoinWise. …”
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Initial Experience with Sildenafil, Bosentan, and Nitric Oxide for Pediatric Cardiomyopathy Patients with Elevated Pulmonary Vascular Resistance before and after Orthotopic Heart T... by Babak Daftari, Juan Carlos Alejos, Gregory Perens

“…Seven patients with PVR >6 Wood's units (WU) prior to transplant were compared pre- and postoperatively with 20 matched controls with PVR <6 WU. …”
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Economic–Energy–Environmental Optimization of a Multi-Energy System in a University District by Luca Bacci, Enrico Dal Cin, Gianluca Carraro, Sergio Rech, Andrea Lazzaretto

“…To this end, three new configurations of the multi-energy system (MES) of the district are proposed considering (i) the installation of new energy conversion and storage units, (ii) the enlargement of the existing district heating network, and (iii) the inclusion of new branches of the electrical and heating network. …”
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Modeling and Dynamic Performance Analysis of Hydraulic Top Drive Main Transmission System with Long Hydraulic Pipelines by Yuanling Shi, Pingsong Zhang

“…A mathematical model of hydraulic top drive main transmission with differential equation of hydraulic units and state space equation of hydraulic long pipelines was deduced in this research. …”
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Bioresource Rent Value of Mt. Malindang Range Natural Park, Philippines, for Access and Benefit Sharing Scheme by Grace V. Villanueva, Jersam C. Calago, Bobby B. Alaman, Joseph Glenn Laput, Emmarie F. Mapi-ot, Richard B. Parilla, Gemmalyn M. Trespalacio, Joan U. Ureta, J. Carl Ureta

“…It is strongly recommended that joint close monitoring and supervision by relevant agencies such as the Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR), local government units (LGUs), and Protected Area Management Boards (PAMB) be implemented. …”
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Urgent restraining and restrictive orders as special response forms for domestic violence: international experience and national practice by K. B. Levchenko, M. M. Lehenka

“…The authors have characterized the urgent restraining order as a special measure to counteract domestic violence, which is used by the authorized units of the National Police of Ukraine as a response to the fact of domestic violence and aimed at its immediate termination, elimination of the danger to the lives and health of victims and preventing the continuation or re-execution of such violence. …”
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Intra-Amnionic Threonine Administered to Chicken Embryos Reduces Salmonella Enteritidis Cecal Counts and Improves Posthatch Intestinal Development by Alexandre L. de B. Moreira Filho, Celso J. B. Oliveira, Oliveiro C. Freitas Neto, Candice M. C. G. de Leon, Mauro M. S. Saraiva, Maria F. S. Andrade, Bryan White, Patrícia E. N. Givisiez

“…At 2 days of age, half of the birds from each in ovo treatment were given either 0.5 mL of nutrient broth (sham-inoculated) or nalidixic acid-resistant Salmonella Enteritidis (SE NalR) in nutrient broth (8.3 × 107 colony forming units (CFU) SE NalR/mL). The birds were distributed using a completely randomized design with four treatments after the Salmonella challenge: no in ovo Thr supplementation and sham-inoculated in the posthatch challenge (NT-SHAM), in ovo Thr supplementation and sham-inoculated (T-SHAM), no in ovo Thr supplementation and SE NalR-challenged (NT-SE), and in ovo Thr supplementation and SE NalR-challenged (T-SE). …”
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Antioxidative and hepatoprotective activities of a novel polysaccharide (LSAP) from Lepista sordida mycelia by Yingyin Xu, Yuanhui Li, Yuxiao Lu, Xiaobin Feng, Guoting Tian, Qinghong Liu

“…The FT-IR and 2D NMR confirmed that LSAP was composed of Xylp, Araf, 4-O-Me-α-D-GlcpA, (1→4)-linked β-D-Glcp, and (1→4)-α-D-GalA, and β-glycosidic linkages between these sugar units. LSAP displayed notable effects on 1,1-dephenyl-2-picryhydrazyl (DPPH) radical scavenging, hydrogen peroxide scavenging, lipid peroxidation inhibitory ability, reducing power and Fe2+ chelating property. …”
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GEOPOLITICAL VARIATION IN THE REPORTAGE OF SECURITY BY THE NATION AND DAILY TRUST NEWSPAPERS (2010-2020): A PROGNOSIS by M. M. NURUDDEN, M. M. NURUDDEN

“…For the content analysis, front page and editorial columns were identified as units of analysis, whereby five (5) frames tagged by the research as geopoliticization, glorification, escalation, de-escalation and neutral (GEOGLOESDEN) were content analysed. …”
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Influence of the coefficient of non-uniformity of expansion of clay soil specimen on mechanical characteristics by A. Z. Ter-Martirosyan, G. O. Angelo, L. Yu. Ermoshina, I. A. Bokov

“…High accuracy in determining mechanical characteristics plays a huge role at every stage of project development. Triaxial compression units are one of the most popular and widely used devices for laboratory research, as this type of testing allows you to reproduce the stress-strain state of the soil mass and determine its mechanical characteristics most accurately.Materials and methods. …”
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Resistance to P. brasiliensis Experimental Infection of Inbred Mice Is Associated with an Efficient Neutrophil Mobilization and Activation by Mediators of Inflammation by Felipe Fornias Sperandio, Gisele Pesquero Fernandes, Ana Carolina Silvério Cerqueira Mendes, Giulia Maria de Alencar Castro Bani, Vera Lucia Garcia Calich, Eva Burger

“…We also assessed the fungal colony forming units and the levels of soluble inflammatory mediators (LTB4, KC, IFN-γ, GM-CSF, and IL-10) inside subcutaneous air-pouches to compare the efficiency of the PMN present at this site in relation to the two main neutrophil functions: initial lysis of the invading pathogen and modulation of the acquired immune response. …”
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Development of New Settlement Areas and Solid Waste Problem in Cities: Case Study on Izmit - Yahyakaptan Neighbourhood by Kazım Onur Demirarslan, Deniz Demirarslan

“…In Turkey settlement units enlarged, developed and spread within time due to increasing population and other developments. …”
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Public oversight of the audit profession – Comparison of implemented practices in the EU and the U.S. by Maja Zaman Groff, Marko Hočevar

“…Following financial scandals at the turn of the century, the audit profession in the European Union, the United States and elsewhere, has undergone profound legislative and regulatory reforms, including the requirement for intense public oversight of the profession. …”
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The leading “blended” civil medical evacuation operation (MEDEVAC) in unforeseen health emergency. From military use to civil development by Nazzareno Fagoni, Giuseppe Stirparo, Giuseppe Maria Sechi, Andrea Comelli, Gabriele Perotti, Guido Francesco Villa, Alberto Zoli, Marco Botteri

“…Outcome and mortality rates among transferred patients were comparable to those within regional intensive care units. One life-threatening event was reported during transport. …”
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Retrospective of Human Rights Activities of the World Federation of Ukrainian Women’s Organizations by I. V. Periv

“… The article provides a retrospective analysis of the human rights activities of the World Federation of Ukrainian Organizations (WFUO), which unites Ukrainian diaspora structures in the struggle for the rights of Ukrainians in the world. …”
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Revealing Elasmobranch Distributions in Turbid Coastal Waters: Insights From Environmental DNA and Particle Tracking by Nick Dunn, Sophie Ward, Joanna Barker, Jake Davies, Sarah Davies, Ben Wray, Peter Robins, Isabelle Apetroaie, Jake Williams, Kevin Hopkins, David Curnick

“…These results show that the two SACs represent important areas for elasmobranchs in the United Kingdom and demonstrate that eDNA methods combined with particle tracking simulations can represent a new frontier for monitoring marine species.…”
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Emergence and Distribution of Diverse Serovars of Non-Typhoidal Salmonellae in Mangalore, Coastal Karnataka: A 12-year Experience by Beena Antony, Anup Kumar Shetty, Thomas S. Kuruvilla

“…It is very essential to adopt strict quality measures in poultry, fish, dairy, and meat processing units as they are widely distributed in animals. …”
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Why Men Have Abortions: Quantitative and Qualitative Perspectives From Urban Family Planning Clinics in Chicago, Illinois, USA by Jenna M. Heath, Brian T. Nguyen

“…Support for abortion is comparable between men and women in the United States; one in five reproductive age men reports abortion involvement. …”
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