Comparative analysis of intestinal microbiome of local cattle and Aberdeen Angus cattle imported to Kazakhstan by A. T. Daugaliyeva, S. T. Daugaliyeva, M. A. Kineev, B. S. Aryngaziyev, A. I. Sembaeva, T. A. Lavrentieva

“…Small numbers (0.5%) of bacteria of the family Prevotellaceae were detected only in the local breed cows demonstrating high body weight gain. …”
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The Political Complexity of Regional Electricity Policy Formation by Kyungjin Yoo, Seth Blumsack

“…Representing voting behavior as a network, we use a community detection method to identify strong coalitions of stakeholders in PJM that provide support for some stakeholder perceptions of political power and refute other perceptions. …”
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VisGraphVar: A benchmark generator for Assessing Variability in Graph Analysis Using Large Vision-Language Models by Camilo Chacon Sartori, Christian Blum, Filippo Bistaffa

“…In response to these challenges, we introduce <monospace>VisGraphVar</monospace> (Visual Graph Variability), a customizable benchmark generator able to produce graph images for seven distinct task categories (detection, classification, segmentation, pattern recognition, link prediction, reasoning, matching), designed to systematically evaluate the strengths and limitations of individual LVLMs. …”
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Influence of snow cover on albedo reduction by snow algae by Pablo Almela, James J. Elser, J. Joseph Giersch, Scott Hotaling, Trinity L. Hamilton

“…This suggests that spectral remote sensing can detect these hidden algae, although their biomass might be underestimated. …”
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Mixoid Liposarcoma by Azamris Azamris, Peri Handayani, Muhammad Rifki

“…Liposarcoma is malignant tumor or cancer at fatty tissue, characterized by abortif differentiated cells to lipocyte and the common type of soft tissue sarcoma, appearing slowly, enlarged, painless, nonulceratif mass submucosal at the middle age. If the early detected the cure rate can be better. Wide Excision Tumor is the modality for treatment of Liposarcoma. …”
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Laminin-5 γ2 Chain Expression Correlates with Unfavorable Prognosis in Colon Carcinomas by C. Lenander, J. K. Habermann, Å. Öst, B. Nilsson, H. Schimmelpenning, K. Tryggvason, G. Auer

“…Demonstration of laminin-5 γ2 chain positivity also facilitates detection of individual cells or minor cell clusters invading the surrounding stroma.…”
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Exceptional Enlargement of the Mitochondrial Genome Results from Distinct Causes in Different Rain Frogs (Anura: Brevicipitidae: Breviceps) by Keitaro Hemmi, Ryosuke Kakehashi, Chiaki Kambayashi, Louis Du Preez, Leslie Minter, Nobuaki Furuno, Atsushi Kurabayashi

“…Furthermore, a high nucleotide substitution rate and relaxation of selective pressures, which are considered to be involved in changes in genome size, were also detected in afrobatrachian lineages. Our results suggest that these factors were not direct causes but may have indirectly affected mt genome enlargements in Breviceps.…”
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Comparison of Asymptomatic Brain Lesions Between Thalassemia Major and Sickle Cell Anemia Patients by Derya Yavuz Demiray, Özge Eriş Davut, Gönül Oktay

“…Variables including age, years of education, presence and type of MRI-detected ischemia, smoking status, hemoglobin, hematocrit, platelet count, ferritin levels, vitamin B12 levels, fasting blood sugar, splenectomy status, chelation therapy, and hydroxyurea treatment were compared between the two groups. …”
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Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells Decrease the Expression of RANKL in Collagen-Induced Arthritis Rats via Reducing the Levels of IL-22 by Fang Li, Xin Li, Guiyan Liu, Chong Gao, Xiaofeng Li

“…The concentrations of IL-22 and RANKL in serum were detected by ELISA and those in synovial tissue of rats’ joints by immunohistochemical staining. …”
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Perception of Nurses Towards Documentation of Patients Records at Kabale Regional Referral Hospital. by Katushabe, Annet

“…It also allows early detection of problems, makes nurses to be respected and it is for legal interest. …”
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Assessing the Impact of Covid19-Pandemic on the Household Income in Kamuganguzi Sub-County Kabale District. by Arinda, Redeemer Present

“…Innovative approaches, such as using artificial intelligence in high-risk/high-traffic sites to enhance COVID-19 detection efficiency while protecting medical staff and the general public from cross-infections, should be considered. …”
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Diagnosis and Classification of Tuberculosis Chest X-ray Images of Children Less Than 15 years at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital Using Deep Learning. by Kawuma, Simon, Kumbakumba, Elias, Mabirizi, Vicent, Nanjebe, Deborah, Mworozi, Kenneth, Mukama, Adolf Oyesigye, Kyasimire, Lydia

“…To this end, this research aims to close the TB mortality gap in children by applying AI, primarily deep learning techniques, to detect TB in children. The study created five models, one from scratch and four pre-trained Transfer Learning (TL) and were trained and verified using digital CXR radiograph images of children who visit the TB clinic at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital. …”
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Prevalence of Bovine Fasciolosis,Financial Losses and Risk Factors Associated with the Disease in Lira and Gulu Districts, Northern Uganda by Ogwal, Anthony, Okello, Daniel Micheal, Aliro, Tony, Owiny, David Okello, Ndyomugyenyi, Elly Kurobuza

“…In the farms, 120 rectal faecal samples were taken to a laboratory for Fasciola egg detection by simple microscopy, while risk factors were assessed by administering a questionnaire to farm owners. …”
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Neuroprotective Effect of Crocin on Rats with Focal Cerebral Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury Based on TLR4/NF-κB Pathway by LI Xiaolei, ZHU Haisheng, MA Ruijuan, HU Ke, FENG Lina, WANG Xudong

“…After reperfution for 24 h, modified neurological severity score (mNSS) was used to evaluate the neurological deficits; triphenyltetrazolium chloride (TTC) staining method was used to evaluate cerebral infarction rate, and dry-wet method was used to evaluate brain water content; hematoxylin-eosin staining (HE) staining and TUNEL staining were used to observe pathological changes and apoptosis of cortical neurons; ELISA method was used to detect the level of inflammatory factors in brain tissue (TNF-α, IL-1β, IL-6, etc.); western blot was used to detect the expression of toll-like receptor 4 (TLR4), nuclear factor-κB p65 (NF-κB p65), p-NF-κB p65, IκBα, p-IκBα, Cleved Caspase-3, B-lymphoma-2 gene (Bcl-2), Bcl-2-related X protein (Bax).Results(1) Neurological function, cerebral infarction rate and cerebral water content: compared with the sham operation group, the mNSS score, cerebral infarction rate, cerebral water content in the model group increased significantly (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05); compared with the model group, the mNSS score, cerebral infarction rate, cerebral water content in the crocin group and the crocin + lipopolysaccharide group decreased significantly (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05); compared with the crocin group, the mNSS score, cerebral infarction rate, cerebral water content in the crocin + lipopolysaccharide group increased significantly (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). (2) Pathological changes and apoptosis of cortical neurons: the cortical neurons in the sham operation group showed normal morphology and complete structure; the pathological changes of cortical neurons such as disordered arrangement, decreased number, vacuolar degeneration, hyperchromatic cytoplasmic pyknosis, unclear nuclear membrane boundary, inflammatory cell infiltration were observed in the model group; the pathological changes of cortical neurons in the crocin group were significantly improved. …”
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Study on Anti-fatigue Effect and Mechanism of <italic>Angelica sinensis</italic> Polysaccharide by HUANG Caiyun, HE Jifu, SONG Chunhong, WANG Nan, MA Yude

“…Then the specimens were gathered, the serum muscle glycogen, liver glycogen, blood lactic acid and blood urea nitrogen were detected, and the content of ATPase in liver, kidney and hindlimb muscle was detected.Results1) Compared with the model group, the swimming time of mice in the ASP medium-dose group and ASP high-dose group was prolonged (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05); compared with the ASP low-dose group and ASP medium-dose group, the ASP high-dose group showed longer loaded swimming time (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). 2) Compared with the blank control group, the serum muscle glycogen and liver glycogen content of mice in the model group decreased (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05); compared with the model group, the serum liver glycogen content of mice in the ASP medium-dose group increased (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05), and the serum muscle glycogen and liver glycogen content of mice in the ASP high-dose group increased (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05), and the serum muscle glycogen content of mice in the ASP high-dose group had the most significant increase (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). 3) Compared with the blank control group, the serum blood lactic acid and urea nitrogen content of mice in the model group increased (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05); compared with the model group, the serum blood lactate content of mice in the ASP low-dose group decreased (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05), and the serum blood lactate and blood urea nitrogen content of mice in the ASP medium-dose group and ASP high-dose group decreased (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05), with the most significant decrease shown in the serum blood lactic acid content of mice in the ASP high-dose group (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). 4) Compared with the blank control group, the Na⁺-K⁺-ATPase and Ca²⁺-Mg²⁺-ATPase in liver of mice in the model group decreased (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05), the Na⁺-K⁺-ATPase, Mg²⁺-ATPase and Ca²⁺-Mg²⁺-ATPase in kidney decreased (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05), and the Na⁺-K⁺, Mg²⁺, Ca²⁺ and Ca²⁺-Mg²⁺ ATPase in hindlimb muscles of mice in the model group decreased (<italic>P</italic>&lt;0.05). …”
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Leptomeningeal Cells Transduce Peripheral Macrophages Inflammatory Signal to Microglia in Reponse to Porphyromonas gingivalis LPS by Yicong Liu, Zhou Wu, Xinwen Zhang, Junjun Ni, Weixian Yu, Yanmin Zhou, Hiroshi Nakanishi

“…The expression of Toll-like receptor 2 (TLR2), TLR4, TNF-α, and inducible NO synthase was mainly detected in the gingival macrophages of chronic periodontitis patients. …”
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Pirfenidone Inhibits Hypoxic Pulmonary Hypertension through the NADPH/ROS/p38 Pathway in Adventitial Fibroblasts in the Pulmonary Artery by Song Zhang, ZongXiu Yin, WeiDong Qin, XiaoLi Ma, Yao Zhang, EnXiu Liu, YanBiao Chu

“…Proliferation of HPAAFs was quantified by colorimetric 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2-yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium (MTT) assays to assess cellular metabolic activity, cell counts, and ethynyldeoxyuridine (EdU) assays to detect DNA synthesis. Migration of HPAAFs was assessed by a wound healing assay. …”
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Frequency and Risk Factors of Advanced Neoplasia in Korean Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients with Low-grade Dysplasia by Kyeong Ok Kim, Dong Hyun Kim, Soo-Kyung Park, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Internal Medicine and Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Chang Kyun Lee, IBD Research Group of the Korean Association for the Study of Intestinal Diseases (KASID)

“…Background/Aims: Studies on the clinical outcomes after detecting low-grade dysplasia (LGD) in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are insufficient. …”
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Investigating the effect of synthetic cobalt and nickel oxide nanoparticles on the growth and physiology of Mungbean (Vigna radiata L.) seedlings, and exploring tunable magnetism s... by Anjali Joshi, Simranjeet Kaur, Pargat Singh, Havneet Singh, Keya Dharamvir, Harsh Nayyar, Gaurav Verma

“…This study examines the dual effects of cobalt oxide (CoO) and nickel oxide (NiO) nanoparticles on Mungbean (Vigna radiata L.) seedlings, emphasizing their biological responses and magnetic properties for detection and monitoring applications. Seeds were treated with CoO and NiO nanoparticles at concentrations of 50 and 100 mg/L and cultivated under controlled conditions. …”
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Analysis of Uneven Settlement of Long-Span Bridge Foundations Based on SBAS-InSAR by Kaixuan Zhang, Weifo Xiao, Haojie Zhu, Shaowei Ning, Shenjiang Huang, Dongxing Jin, Rong A, Bhesh Raj Thapa

“…Current remote sensing methods have not been thoroughly evaluated for their capability to detect and analyze complex foundation settlement patterns in challenging environments with multiple influencing factors. …”
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