Hormonal induction maturation of silver pompano Trachinotus blochii by Wiwin Kusuma Atmaja Putra, Tengku Said Raza’i

“…The best result was PG600 treatment with 0.12% gonadosomatic index, 2.29% hepatosomatic index, TKG IV, and 85 g absolute growth for four weeks. This study concludes that the most suitable hormone to induce gonad maturation of silver pompano Trachinotus blochii is PG600 with 20 IU/kg body weight, which effectively affects GSI, HSI, and absolute growth of silver pompano.   …”
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Estimating avoidable burden of stillbirth attributable to greenness improvement in Iran by Yang Yuan, Fatemeh Mayvaneh, Yaqi Wang, Jixing Yang, Yunquan Zhang, Fang Shi

“…Stillbirth was defined as the birth of babies with no signs of life at ≥22 weeks of gestation. Multivariable-adjusted logistic regression models were employed to investigate greenness-stillbirth associations. …”
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Genetic Evidence of Killer Whale Predation on White Sharks in Australia by Isabella M. M. Reeves, Andrew R. Weeks, Alison V. Towner, Rachael Impey, Jessica J. Fish, Zach S. R. Clark, Paul A. Butcher, Lauren Meyer, David M. Donnelly, Charlie Huveneers, Nicky Hudson, Adam D. Miller

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Acute portal vein thrombosis in an isolated, blunt, minor liver injury near the porta hepatis by Onchuda Wongweerakit, Osaree Akaraborworn, Burapat Sangthong, Komet Thongkhao

“…The CT of the whole abdomen performed 2 weeks after anticoagulant therapy showed small residual thrombosis in the left portal vein. …”
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The relationship between interpersonal trust, family capital, and physical activity behavior among university students: a cross-lagged study by Bo Li, Ying He, Xielin Zhou

“…A longitudinal follow-up survey was conducted among 412 college students in Sichuan Province, using the Interpersonal Trust Scale, Physical Activity Rating Scale, and Family Capital Scale, in two phases over eight weeks from early March (T1) to early May (T2) 2024. (1) The autoregressive path coefficients for interpersonal trust, family capital, and physical activity behavior were 0.51, 0.41, and 0.66, respectively, indicating good stability (p < 0.001). (2) Interpersonal trust at T1 positively predicted family capital at T2 (β = 0.28, p < 0.001), and family capital at T1 also positively predicted interpersonal trust at T2 (β = 0.23, p < 0.001), indicating a mutual influence between family capital and interpersonal trust. (3) Family capital at T1 did not predict physical activity behavior at T2 (p > 0.05), but physical activity behavior at T1 positively predicted family capital at T2 (β = 0.20, p < 0.001), indicating that physical activity behavior is a causal variable for family capital. (4) Interpersonal trust at T1 positively predicted physical activity behavior at T2 (β = 0.16, p < 0.001), while physical activity behavior at T1 did not predict interpersonal trust at T2 (p > 0.05), suggesting that interpersonal trust is a causal variable for physical activity behavior. (5) Family capital mediated the relationship between interpersonal trust and physical activity behavior (α = 0.046), with a confidence interval of [0.014,0.097]. …”
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Some utilisation options for cattle dung as soil amendment and their effects in coarse-textured Ultisols and maize growth by Solange Ndzeshala, Sunday Obalum, Charles Igwe

“…Also, NPK-15:15:15 was added at 400 kg ha–1 equivalent after sowing.Results After 9 weeks, BC, CDU and PD had similar effects on soil pH, organic matter, total N and available P which increased by 49-51%, 30-34%, 200-333% and 164-176%, respectively relative to the control. …”
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Multicomponent intervention for schoolchildren with asthma: Pilot cluster randomized controlled trial by Marina Reznik, MD, MS, Florinda Islamovic, MD, Jill S. Halterman, MD, MPH, Cheng-Shiun Leu, PhD, Jiaqing Zhang, PhD, Philip O. Ozuah, MD, PhD

“…Similar beneficial intervention effects were found in improvement in SFD over 2 weeks in the entire sample (β = 1.38, P = .018) and in children with persistent or uncontrolled asthma (β = 1.82, P = .011) compared to controls. …”
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Hypoglychemic activity of Moringa oleifera extract in streptozotocin-induced diabetic rats by Rabiatul Adawiyah, Tri Setyawati, Rahma Badaruddin, Listawati

“…Method: Healthy male Wistar rats (weight 200-300 g, aged 9-11 weeks) were used in the experiment. The rats were divided into five groups: normal control (healthy), negative control (diabetic without treatment), positive control (diabetic treated with 9 mg/200 g metformin), treatment 1 (diabetic treated with 400 mg/kg BW M. oleifera extract), and treatment 2 (diabetic treated with 800 mg/kg BW M.oleifera extract). …”
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Gum Arabic (Acacia Senegal) Augmented Total Antioxidant Capacity and Reduced C-Reactive Protein among Haemodialysis Patients in Phase II Trial by Nour Elkhair Ali, Lamis AbdelGadir Kaddam, Suad Yousif Alkarib, Babikir Gabir Kaballo, Sami Ahmed Khalid, Abdalazim Higawee, Alaa AbdElhabib, Alaa AlaaAldeen, Aled O. Phillips, Amal Mahmoud Saeed

“…The patients received 30 g/day of GA for 12 weeks. C-reactive protein (CRP) and complete blood count (CBC) were measured as baseline and monthly. …”
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Acute and Subchronic Toxicity Assessment of Conventional Soxhlet Cymbopogon citratus Leaves Extracts in Sprague–Dawley Rats by Jacob Apibilla Ayembilla, Abdul Raouf Khalid, Sharif Buari Abubakari, Abdul Rashid Adams, Felix Abekah Botchway, Stephen Antwi, Phyllis Naa Yarley Otu, Michael Appiah, George Osei-Adjei, Kwame Owen Kottoh, Peace Ahiabenu-Williams, Olga Quasie

“…In the subchronic study, the treatment groups were administered 200 mg/kg, 600 mg/kg, and 1200 mg/kg, respectively, of the CSE C. citratus leaves extract for six weeks. Analyses were conducted on the blood, urine, and serum samples of the rats. …”
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Relationship between biometric characteristics with semen quality of buffalos (Bubalus bubalis) by Juanita Velásquez, Juan E. Duque, Juan D. Montoya, Alexandra Usuga

“…For four months, a semen sample was collected weekly from each buffalo by the artificial vaginal method; the date and time of collection and the weight of each male were recorded. …”
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Effects of Different Carbohydrate Levels in Diets on Growth Performance and Muscle Nutritive Value of Ying Carp and Scattered-Scaled Mirror Carp (Cyprinus carpio) by Pengfei Xiao, Yunya Wu, Hang Sha, Xiangzhong Luo, Guiwei Zou, Hongwei Liang

“…Ying carp (4.5 ± 0.2 g) and scattered-scaled mirror carp (5.01 ± 0.2 g) were fed isonitrogenous diets containing 20%, 30%, and 40% carbohydrates for 8 weeks; the nitrogen content of the three feeds was (5.12% ± 0.03%). …”
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Immunogenicity of recombinant fragment of orthopoxvirus p35 protein in mice by Ya. A. Khlusevich, A. L. Matveev, E. P. Goncharova, I. K. Baykov, N. V. Tikunova

“…In this work, recombinant protein р35Δ12 produced in E. coli cells XL1-blue and purified by chromatography was used for two-time immunization of mice. Two weeks after the second immunization, blood samples were taken from mice and serum antibodies were analyzed. …”
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Accuracy of a step counter during treadmill and daily life walking by healthy adults and patients with cardiac disease by Erik Elgaard Sørensen, John Hansen, Charlotte Brun Thorup, Mette Grønkjær, Jan Jesper Andreasen, Birthe Irene Dinesen

“…Background Step counters have been used to observe activity and support physical activity, but there is limited evidence on their accuracy.Objective The purpose was to investigate the step accuracy of the Fitbit Zip (Zip) in healthy adults during treadmill walking and in patients with cardiac disease while hospitalised at home.Methods Twenty healthy adults aged 39±13.79 (mean ±SD) wore four Zips while walking on a treadmill at different speeds (1.7–6.1 km/hour), and 24 patients with cardiac disease (age 67±10.03) wore a Zip for 24 hours during hospitalisation and for 4 weeks thereafter at home. A Shimmer3 device was used as a criterion standard.Results At a treadmill speed of 3.6 km/hour, the relative error (±SD) for the Zips on the upper body was −0.02±0.67 on the right side and −0.09 (0.67) on the left side. …”
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Severe subcutaneous infection with Clostridium septicum in a herd of native Icelandic horses by Charlotta Oddsdóttir, Ólöf G. Sigurðardóttir, Vala Friðriksdóttir, Vilhjálmur Svansson, Birkir Þór Bragason, Sigríður Björnsdóttir

“…Abscesses, some with subsequent spontaneous drainage of seropurulent material, were observed at the presumed injection site on eight surviving horses approximately 2 weeks post-injection. Bacterial culture of samples from the necropsied horse and from abscesses from three surviving horses yielded the growth of C. septicum. …”
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Urban and Rural Differences in Cancer Treatment Disruption Among Patients With COVID‐19: An Analysis of the US ASCO COVID‐19 in Oncology Registry by Yu Chen Lin, Kea Turner, Oliver T. Nguyen, Emma Hume, Marlene Camacho‐Rivera, Jessica Y. Islam

“…Cancer TDD was defined as any scheduled treatment by more than 2 weeks. Rurality was examined through both patient residence and oncology practice. …”
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Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis in patients treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors: analysis of WHO global database of individual case safety reports by Alessandro Ceschi, Roberta Noseda, Raffaela Bertoli, Laura Müller

“…HLH developed a median of 6.7 weeks after initiation of ICI treatment (IQR 2.9–15.4, n = 18, 47%).Conclusions By evaluating the largest cohort of ICI-related HLH cases, we observed that ICI-related HLH arises with a delayed timing with respect to initiation of ICI treatment, and usually presents without other irAEs and concomitant infections. …”
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Role and mechanism of dexmedetomidine in regulating bone metabolism in tail-suspended osteoporotic rats by GUO Yunliang, WANG Can, ZHANG Xinyu

“…Rat model of osteoporosis was established by hind limb suspension for 4 weeks. Dex at a dose of 10 μg/kg was given intraperitoneally, once every other day from the day of tail suspension. …”
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Role of B7H4 and Fas in regulation of trophoblast cells and development of pre-eclampsia: a cross-sectional study by Xiujuan Dong, Cuicui Nie, Yanli Yin, Haixia Xu, Yanxia Zhang, Lihua Han, Congcong Xu

“…In addition, the clinical characteristics of all participants were collected, including age, gestational weeks at delivery, gestational time, number of births, systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure and foetal weight. …”
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Activities of daily living after surgery among older patients with gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary-pancreatic cancers: a retrospective observational study using nationwide healt... by Ayako Okuyama, Takahiro Higashi, Hisashi Kosaka, Asao Ogawa, Masaki Kaibori

“…This study aimed to evaluate activities of daily living (ADLs) after oncological surgery in patients with gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary-pancreatic cancers by age groups in Japan.Design Retrospective observational study using health services utilisation data from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2016.Setting Data for patients with gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary-pancreatic cancers diagnosed in 2015 from 431 hospitals nationwide in Japan.Participants Patients who underwent endoscopic submucosal dissection (ESD), endoscopic mucosal resection (EMR) and laparoscopic or open surgery were included.Outcome measures The proportion of ADL decline at discharge, death and unexpected readmission within 6 weeks postsurgery was calculated by age groups (40–74, 75–79 and ≥80 years).Results Data for 68 032 patients were analysed. …”
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