The efficiency of interferon stimulated gene 15 expression in peripheral blood for early pregnancy prediction in Awassi ewes by Eman H. Lazim, Khawla A. Hussein, Dhafer M. Aziz

“…Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analysis showed that the area under the curve (AUC) on days 0 and 6 of pregnancy was 0.405, whereas on days 15 and 25 it was 0.952 and 1.00, respectively. The accuracy, specificity, sensitivity, and positive and negative predictive values of ISG15 expression on days 15 and 25 of pregnancy were 90%, 100%, 85.7%, 100%, and 75%, and 100%, 100%, 100%, 100%, and 100%, respectively. …”
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Effects of Different Treatments on Seed Germination Improvement of Calotropis persica by Asghar Farajollahi, Bahram Gholinejad, Hamed Jonaidi Jafari

“…This species is known to have long time for seed germination considering arid region condition and short time of access moist. …”
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Monitoring Driving in a Monotonous Environment: Classification and Recognition of Driving Fatigue Based on Long Short-Term Memory Network by Hao Han, Kejie Li, Yi Li

“…The result shows that the fatigue degree of drivers increases as driving time increases on both expressways and low-grade rural roads. …”
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Extraction of Water Treatment Coagulant from Locally Abundant Kaolin Clays by Fidelis Chigondo, Benias Chomunorwa Nyamunda, Vuyo Bhebhe

“…The optimum leaching conditions for the calcined kaolin clay were found to be particle size 100 µm, acid-kaolin clay weight ratio 6 : 1, acid concentration 4 M, leaching temperature 100°C, and leaching time 90 min. …”
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Depletion of Amoxicillin Residue in Edible Tissue of Broiler Chicken by Different Cooking Methods by Aynalem Lakew, Negussie Megersa, Bhagwan S. Chandravanshi

“…The effects of various cooking methods (boiling, pan-frying, and microwaving) on residues of Amox were conducted under different combinations of temperature and time. Moreover, the heat stability of Amox standard solutions under boiling water and cooking oil at 100°C was investigated. …”
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APPLE BREEDING PROGRAMS AND METHODS: THEIR DEVELOPMENT AND IMPROVEMENT by E. N. Sedov

“…A perfect cultivar is impossible, because cultivar requirements change faster than the time required for breeding, but we should aspire to it.As a result of long-term breeding for the improvement of fruit biochemical composition, we managed to raise cultivars with high contents of P-active substances (up to 400–600 mg/100 g), but cultivars with the desirable content of ascorbic acid 25–30 mg/100 g have not been developed so far.A number of apple cultivars resistant to scab (bearing the Vf gene) have been developed in Russia. …”
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The Comet Assay for the Evaluation of Genotoxic Potential of Landfill Leachate by Kamila Widziewicz, Joanna Kalka, Magdalena Skonieczna, Paweł Madej

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Effect of Parboiling Conditions on Physical and Cooking Quality of Selected Rice Varieties by Ayenew Meresa, Ayalew Demissew, Seifu Yilma, Getu Tegegne, Kiber Temesgen

“…Percentage chalkiness had decreased as soaking temperature and steaming time increased: 97.33% to 0.00% for Gumara, 97.80% to 0.00% for Edget, and 100.00% to 0.13% for Narica4 as compared to 100% for control of all varieties. …”
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Selective dry cow therapy: Clinical field trial on prevention and cure of intramammary infections by R.E. Niemi, M. Hovinen, P.J. Rajala-Schultz

“…The untreated quarters in the NoDCT100–250 group had a 1.1 times higher risk of failing to cure over the dry period than the treated quarters in the DCT100–250 group (unadjusted risk ratio [RR] 1.10, 95% CI 0.94–1.28) and a 1.2 times higher risk than the treated quarters in the DCT>250 group (unadjusted RR 1.15, 95% CI 1.00–1.33). …”
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Synthesis of Galactosyl Mannitol Derivative Using β-Galactosidase from Kluyveromyces lactis by Klewicki Robert, Belina Iwona, Wojciechowska Aleksandra, Klewicka Elżbieta, Sójka Michał

“…An increase in the concentration of the reactive mixture had a positive impact on the quantity of gal-mannitol obtained every single time, i.e. 4.39 g were obtained from 100 mL of a 23 g/100 mL solution and over 10 g were obtained from a 48 g/100 mL solution. …”
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Recent advances in the extraction technology and bioactivity of lentinan by Sizhu Ren, Chunyan Xie, Hua Liu, Liyan Li, Xiaoling Han, Wenjie Chen

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Drying Kinetics and Chemical Properties of Mango by Jonathan Ampah, Komla Agbeko Dzisi, Ahmad Addo, Ato Bart-Plange

“…Moisture ratio decreased from 1.00 to 0.13, 1.00 to 0.12, 1.00 to 0.12, and 1.00 to 0.10 at 55°C for Kent, Keitt, Haden, and Palmer varieties, respectively. …”
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Remote Detection of the Electric Field Change Induced at the Seismic Wave Front from the Start of Fault Rupturing by Yukio Fujinawa, Kozo Takahashi, Yoichi Noda, Hiroshi Iitaka, Shinobu Yazaki

“…The rare but repeated detection indicates that the phenomenon is real. The characteristic time of diffusion is almost instantaneous, that is, less than 1 second to travel 100 km, more than ten times faster than ordinary seismic P wave propagation. …”
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Estimation of initial functions for systems with delays from discrete measurements by Krzysztof Fujarewicz

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COCONUT HUSK CHAR BIOSORPTIVITY IN HEAVY METAL DIMINUTION FROM CONTAMINATED SURFACE WATER by AJAYI-BANJI ADEMOLA, SANGODOYIN ABIMBOLA, IJAOLA OPOLOLA

“…Heavy metals sorption on 100 g of the char dosage was studied under five different contact times in the column experiment. …”
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SUCROSE PULSING AND COLD STORAGE ON POST-STORAGE ATTRIBUTES OF CUT LILY FLOWERS IN DALAT, VIETNAM by Lê Như Bích, Nguyễn Thị Hồng Nhung

“…The results showed that when cut lilies were treated with 50g/L sucrose in combination with STS 0.2mM and one-week cold storage, the vase life increased to 16.8 days with better color, the time of bud opening slowed down to 5.8 days, buds fully opened (100%), and the water uptake remained constant at 91.5ml.…”
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Analysis of the efficacy of MALDI-TOF MS technology in identifying microorganisms in cancer patients and oncology hospital environment by Grażyna Czeszewska-Rosiak, Iwona Adamczyk, Agnieszka Ludwiczak, Piotr Fijałkowski, Paweł Fijałkowski, Magdalena Twarużek, Michał Złoch, Dorota Gabryś, Wioletta Miśta, Andrzej Tretyn, Paweł Piotr Pomastowski

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Influence of Pretreatments on Microwave Vacuum Drying Kinetics, Physicochemical Properties and Sensory Quality of Apple Slices by Yingqiang Wang, Hongxiao Zhao, Huiwen Deng, Xi Song, Wenjie Zhang, Sirui Wu, Jing Wang

“…The results showed that the pretreatments prior to MVD could reduce the drying time of apple slices by 25-45% as compared to the non-pretreated apple slices, and the drying time in the SB+OD apple slices sample was shortest. …”
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Efficacy of Chitosan as Pb Remover and its Effect on Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Embryo Development by K. Nirmala, J. Sekarsari, P. Suptijah

“…The treatments in this study was control, and chitosan concentration of 70, 85 and 100 mg/L. the results of this study showed that maximum reducing of Pb was obtained at the time of 48 and 72 hours after treatment by chitosan, but Pb level was returning to increase after 96 hours of chitosan treatment.  …”
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Comparison of Outcomes of Colorectal Polypectomy Using Traditional Snare and Rotary Snare: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Trial by Lu Xu, Zhixing Zhang, Jiarong Xie, Lei Xu, Weihong Wang

“…The primary outcome measure was the comparison of the average time of removing a polyp between those two groups. …”
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