Functional and Structural Investigation of Myenteric Neurons in the Human Colon by Kristin Elfers, Alina Sophia Sehnert, Alexander Wagner, Ulrich Zwirner, Helena Linge, Ulf Kulik, Daniel Poehnert, Markus Winny, Benjamin Gundert, Heiko Aselmann, Gemma Mazzuoli-Weber

“…Background and Aims: The enteric nervous system independently controls gastrointestinal function including motility, which is primarily mediated by the myenteric plexus, therefore also playing a crucial role in functional intestinal disorders. Live recordings from human myenteric neurons proved to be challenging due to technical difficulties. …”
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Prenatal ultrasound diagnosis, associated anomalies and pregnancy outcomes of fetal right aortic arch by Yuting Xie, Zongjie Weng, Ronghua Wang, Qiumei Wu, Wen Ling, Jinwen Chen, Shan Guo

“…In terms of typing, 78 cases (49.7%) of right aortic arch-aberrant left subclavian artery (RAA-ALSA) and 75 cases (47.8%) of right aortic arch-mirror branch (RAA-MB), 3 cases (1.9%) of right aortic arch-isolated left subclavian artery (RAA-ILSA) and 1 case (0.6%) of right aortic arch-isolated left innominate artery (RAA-ILINA) were identified, and the incidence of combined cardiac anomalies and chromosomal anomalies was significantly greater in the RAA-MB group than the RAA-ALSA group. The live birth rate was significantly lower in the nonisolated RAA group than the isolated RAA group, and the prognosis of RAA-MB was significantly worse than that of RAA-ALSA. …”
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Safety and Efficacy of Incorporating Actellic^® 300 CS into Soil Wall Plaster for Control of Malaria Vectors in Rural Northeastern Uganda by Tonny Jimmy Owalla, Emmanuel Okurut, Kenneth Ssaka, Gonsaga Apungia, Barbara Cemeri, Andrew Akileng, Basil Ojakol, Mark J. I. Paine, Hanafy M. Ismail, Thomas G. Egwang

“…We assessed the safety and efficacy of a user-friendly, locally tailored malaria vector control approach dubbed “Hut Decoration for Malaria Control” (HD4MC) based on the incorporation of a WHO-approved insecticide, Actellic^® 300 CS, into a customary hut decoration practice in rural Uganda where millions of the most vulnerable and malaria-prone populations live in mud-walled huts. Three hundred sixty households were randomly assigned to either the HD4MC (120 households), IRS (120 households) or control group without any wall treatment (120 households). …”
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Exploring public perceptions and awareness of Parkinson's disease: A scoping review. by Sophie Crooks, Gillian Carter, Christine Brown Wilson, Lisa Wynne, Patrick Stark, Michail Doumas, Matthew Rodger, Emma O'Shea, Gary Mitchell

“…As the disease progresses, individuals living with the disease are likely to lose their independence and autonomy, subsequently affecting their quality of life. …”
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Maternal and Perinatal Outcome in Women with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus: A Retrospective Bicenter Cohort Study by Sylvia J. Kroese, Carolien N. H. Abheiden, Birgit S. Blomjous, Jacob M. van Laar, Ronald W. H. M. Derksen, Irene E. M. Bultink, Alexandre E. Voskuyl, A. Titia Lely, Marjon A. de Boer, Johanna I. P. de Vries, Ruth D. E. Fritsch-Stork

“…Mean number of pregnancies was 2.4 and live births 1.7. Conclusion. In this SLE population with low disease activity, pregnancy complications were present irrespective of antiphospholipid antibody status. …”
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Sobre fogones y semáforos: Percepciones y analogías de dos geografías desencontradas. El caso del volcán Callaqui en la geografía ancestral pehuenche de Alto Biobío by Claudio Contreras Véliz

“…Abstract In Alto Biobío, an area in the central south of Chile, part of the original Pehuenche people live, whose communities or Mapu lobs are located around the Callaqui volcano (‘Callavquen’ in the local language, which means ‘jealous of men’). …”
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Growth, biomass, and chlorophyll-a and carotenoid content of Nannochloropsis sp. strain BJ17 under different light intensities by Muhammad Fakhri, Nasrullah Bai Arifin, Anik Martina Hariati, Ating Yuniarti

“…ABSTRACT   Nannochloropsis sp. has been identified as sources of live feed and pigment in aquaculture. To increase the production, the optimal environmental conditions for microalgae are required. …”
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Tousled-like kinase loss confers PARP inhibitor resistance in BRCA1-mutated cancers by impeding non-homologous end joining repair by Min-ah Kim, Banseok Kim, Jihyeon Jeon, Jonghyun Lee, Hyeji Jang, Minjae Baek, Sang-Uk Seo, Dongkwan Shin, Anindya Dutta, Kyung Yong Lee

“…The recruitment of proteins that promote NHEJ and HR to DSBs was analyzed using immunostaining, live-cell imaging following laser-induced microirradiation, and FokI-inducible single DSB generation. …”
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Pair replacement on the spawning success of broodstock Seahorse (Hippocampus barbouri) by . Syafiuddin, M. Zairin Junior, Dedi Jusadi, Odang Carman, Ridwan Affandi

“… Seahorse, (Hippocampus barbouri) is one of marine living resources having high commercial values and has commonly been traded especially as live ornamental aquarium fish, raw material of traditional medicine and as souvenirs. …”
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Nissen-Sleeve procedure versus laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass in patients with morbid obesity and gastro-oesophageal reflux disease: protocol for a non-inferiority randomise... by Jan A Apers, Martin Dunkelgrun, Ivonne Leeuwenburgh, Judith W H 't Hart, Bo J Noordman, Laser U Biter

“…Secondary outcome measures are long-term GORD improvement; failure rate of procedure; health-related quality of live; weight loss; proton pump inhibitor use; postoperative complications <30 days and >30 days; length of hospital stay; duration of primary surgery; effect on comorbidities; presence and grade of oesophagitis (grade A–D) and/or presence of Barrett’s oesophagus and cost-effectiveness.Ethics and dissemination The protocol was approved by the Medical Research Ethics Committees United (MEC-U), Nieuwegein, on 15 September 2021. …”
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The Use of Coffee Cherry Pulp Extract as an Alternative to an Antibiotic Growth Promoter in Broiler Diets by Wanaporn Tapingkae, Phatchari Srinual, Pimporn Khamtavee, Naret Pintalerd, Thanongsak Chaiyaso, Mongkol Yachai, Chanidapha Kanmanee, Chompunut Lumsangkul, Orranee Srinual

“…Drip loss in the breast at 24 and 48 h decreased (<i>p</i> < 0.05). Additionally, live weight, defeathered weight, and carcass weight significantly increased (<i>p</i> < 0.05). …”
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Identifikasi Emosi Pengguna Konferensi Video Menggunakan Convolutional Neural Network by Lina Lina, Arthur Adhitya Marunduh, Wasino Wasino, Daniel Ajienegoro

“…The developed system can be applied to all types of video conference technology, both recorded or live versions, The developed application can be used for general purpose, such as in group meetings, lectures, webinars, and other types of meetings. …”
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Extracellular vesicles (EVs) in seminal plasma of buffalo bulls possess spermatozoa specific fertility associated proteins and enzymes by Rakesh Kumar, Mir Ahmad, Bala Subramaniam, Ankit Pal, Aditya Patel, Shiva Shiva, Vitika Chauhan, Seema Karanwal, Mukesh Bhakat, Tirtha K. Datta

“… Buffaloes are the backbone of the Indian dairy and live-stock industry. They contribute nearly 53% of milk and 30% of meat production in India. …”
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Growth of tiger shrimp Penaeus monodon post-larvae fed on Artemia containing Vibrio SKT-b probiotic by . Widanarni, Yani Hadiroseyani, Asri Sutanti

“…Administration of probiotic bacteria can be conducted through artificial feed or live food such as Artemia. This study was done to examine the effectiveness of various doses of probiotic Vibrio SKT-b through Artemia on the growth and survival of post-larval shrimp. …”
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Physically based modelling of glacier evolution under climate change in the tropical Andes by J. D. Mackay, J. D. Mackay, N. E. Barrand, D. M. Hannah, E. Potter, E. Potter, N. Montoya, W. Buytaert

“…JULES–OGGM is applied to over 500 tropical glaciers in the Vilcanota-Urubamba basin in Peru, home to more than 800 000 people that predominantly live in rural communities with low socioeconomic development and high vulnerability to climate change. …”
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Comparison of vaginal versus intramuscular progesterone in programmed cycles for frozen-thawed blastocyst transfer in patients with endometriosis by Ziqi Jin, Guoxia Yang, Tianrui Wen, Benyu Miao, Chen Wang, Qingyan Zhang, Fang Gu, Yanwen Xu

“…Abstract Background Previous studies have shown that due to the presence of endometrium progesterone resistance in patients with endometriosis, it is considered that higher levels of progesterone may be required to achieve live birth during programmed frozen-thawed embryo transfer (FET) cycles. …”
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Chemical analysis of buffalo meat in a self-consumption system in northeastern of Argentina by Gladis Rébak, Gladys Obregón, Diego Gómez, Laura Vázquez-Acosta, Mariano Pino, Julia Obregón, Rosa Molina, Victoria Cantero, Luz Segovia-Espinola

“…Animals were raised on natural fields, with access to self-consumption hoppers to supply food composed of alfalfa bales, broken and whole corn, and soybean pellets with a consumption of 1.5% of live weight. The composition of the food supplied as strategic supplementation to achieve the slaughter weight was studied, as well as the chemical composition of the meat, taking samples of the Longissimus dorsi muscle between the 11th and 13th ribs, obtaining steaks with a thickness of 2.5 cm., being conditioned in bags of first use and refrigerated at 4 ºC until its processing in the laboratory of the Food Technology Service of the Faculty of Veterinary Sciences of Corrientes. …”
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Disparities in anxiety and related factors among Chinese older adults across different aged-care models: a comparison of two cross-sectional studies by Xin Zheng, Ziwen Xu, Jiajie Zhao, Sanyuan Hao, Fuqin Xu, Shuo Ding, Guoqing Liu, Shufan Yang, Benjamin Otsen, Wen Zhu, Zhongliang Bai, Jie Yang, Ren Chen

“…Several factors including age, gender, residence, education, income level, live alone, and number of chronic diseases showed a linkage with anxiety among community-dwelling older adults. …”
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Anomaly Detection in High Mobility MDT Traces Through Self-Supervised Learning by J. M. Sanchez-Martin, C. Gijon, M. Toril, S. Luna-Ramirez, V. Wille

“…Model assessment is carried out using MDT data collected in a live Long-Term Evolution (LTE) network. Performance analysis includes the comparison of six well-known SL algorithms and 3 different sets of input features aiming to improve model accuracy, generalizability, and explainability, respectively. …”
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Dietary supplementation of Astragalus polysaccharide or its nanoparticles enhances testicular hemodynamics, echotexture, scrotal circumference, concentration of testosterone, estra... by Eman Fayez, Ali Salama, Mohamed Ahmed Ismail, Fady Sayed Youssef, Zaher Mohamed Rawash, MR Oshba, Haney Samir

“…Increases (P < 0.05) were noticed in the mass motility, progressive motility %, live sperm %, and membrane integrity % in nano APS and APS groups, compared to the control. …”
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