Reducing the dietary starch:protein ratios in low-protein diets enhanced the growth performance of goslings from 1 to 28 days of age by Xucheng Zheng, Qian Lu, Chunhui Huang, Usman Nazir, Zhi Yang, Haiming Yang, Zhiyue Wang

“…Moreover, SGLT1 and GLUT2 genes expression were generally down-regulated, and SLC7A5 gene expression was up-regulated in reduced S: P ratio groups. …”
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Inflammation and endothelial gene polymorphism are associated with ischemic stroke by Wanli Chen, Jie Li, Jintao Zhou, Xingyang Yi, Hong Chen

“…Analyze gene–gene interaction through generalized multifactor dimensionality reduction (GMDR).ResultsAnalysis found no statistically significant differences in age, gender, hypertension, BMI, and smoking history between ischemic stroke patients and healthy control group. …”
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Clinically meaningful improvements after gene therapy for aromatic L-amino acid decarboxylase deficiency (AADCd) in the Peabody Developmental Motor Scale, Second Edition (PDMS-2) a... by Wuh-Liang Hwu, Hui-Min Lee, John Devin Peipert, Rongrong Zhang, Christian Werner, J. Rafael Sierra, Thomas O’Connell, Jonathan J. Woolley, Marjorie Crowell, Antonia Wang, Ioannis Tomazos

“…Results An MSD of 40 points for Total PDMS-2 score was selected for analysis as it yielded specificity > 0.95 using the ROC approach, and generally aligned with the mean-difference approach. …”
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Ecological and genetic assessment of the consequences of radiation influence on contaminated areas by A. B. Bigaliev, K. Z. Shalabaeva, B. E. Shimshikov, S. S. Kobegenova, L. M. Adilova, A. N. Kozhakhmetova, S. Sharakhmetov, M. N. Burkhanova

“…Indicators of the gamma-survey of the levels of radiation background of the surveyed territories as wellas data on pollution of soil, surface and ground waters, dominant forms of plants, biosubstrates (hair of domestic animals: camel, horse, cow) are given. The generally accepted research methods were used: standard sampling me thods, radiological, atomic adsorption spectrophotometry, cytogenetic (micronucleus) method. …”
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Budgetary VAT Compensation as a Tax-Budgetary Tool for Fiscal Consolidation in Public Finances by Viktor Synchak, Yuriy Yarmolenko

“…The study results indicate that the balance of fiscal interests will prevent arrears in VAT budget reimbursement, reduce its impact on the state's debt obligations, and generally contribute to achieving the broad goal of fiscal consolidation in public finances.…”
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Development and internal validation of prognostic models for event-free survival in newly diagnosed Ewing sarcoma patients based on routinely collected clinical characteristics fro... by Richard Riley, BERNADETTE BRENNAN, Kym Snell, Piers Gaunt, Laura Kirton

“…Disease type (ie, localised disease, lung/pleuropulmonary metastases and other metastases) is used to guide treatment decisions, with metastatic patients generally having worse outcomes than localised disease patients. …”
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A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Single-group Studies Assessing the Role of Calcium Hydroxylapatite in Aesthetic Enhancements and Satisfaction by Mojgan Amiri, MSc, Renald Meçani, MD, Christa D. Niehot, MSc, Terri L. Phillips, MD, Katherine Goldie, MD, Janina Kolb, MD, Taulant Muka, PhD, Hua Daughtry, PhD

“…Summary measures of patients satisfaction and global aesthetic improvement scores were combined using the generalized linear mixed model. This systematic review adhered to the PRISMA reporting standards. …”
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The international multi-system OSEs/OSSEs by the UN Ocean Decade Project SynObs and its early results by Yosuke Fujii, Yosuke Fujii, Elisabeth Remy, Magdalena Alonso Balmaseda, Shoichiro Kido, Jennifer Waters, K. Andrew Peterson, Gregory C. Smith, Ichiro Ishikawa, Kamel Chikhar

“…For example, impacts of the altimetry data on the assimilated sea surface height (SSH) field are generally large in the westerly boundary current regions and around Antarctic Circumpolar Currents where SSH has large variability but are small in the tropical regions, despite the relatively large SSH variability there. …”
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Violence Detection From Industrial Surveillance Videos Using Deep Learning by Hamza Khan, Xiaohong Yuan, Letu Qingge, Kaushik Roy

“…The modularity of this stage supports adaptability to new datasets, as it can leverage transfer learning to generalize across diverse surveillance contexts. Unlike traditional systems constrained by hand-crafted features, this design dynamically learns from data, reducing reliance on prior domain knowledge and improving generalizability. …”
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Specific Physical Performances of Young Male Basketball Players in Palestine: An Assessment by Maturity Status by Layla Jawabreh, Mohamed Tounsi, Ghazi Racil, Johnny Padulo, Gian Mario Migliaccio, Luca Russo, Yassine Trabelsi

“…Early-maturing players generally demonstrated greater strength and endurance, whereas late-maturing players excelled in agility and speed. …”
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A Neurophysiological Study of Musical Pitch Identification in Mandarin-Speaking Cochlear Implant Users by Jieqing Cai, Yimeng Liu, Minyun Yao, Muqing Xu, Hongzheng Zhang

“…Music perception in cochlear implant (CI) users is far from satisfactory, not only because of the technological limitations of current CI devices but also due to the neurophysiological alterations that generally accompany deafness. Early behavioral studies revealed that similar mechanisms underlie musical and lexical pitch perception in CI-based electric hearing. …”
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Anxiety, Anger and Depression Amongst Low-Income Earners in Southwestern Uganda During the COVID-19 Total Lockdown by Archibong, Victor, Usman, Ibe Michael, Keneth Iceland, Kasozi, Osamudiamwen, Eric Aigbogun Jr., Josiah, Ifie, Monima, Ann Lemuel, Ssebuufu, Robinson, Chekwech, Gaudencia, Terkimbi, Swase Dominic, Owoisinke, Okon, Mbiydzenyuy, Ngala Elvis, Adeoye, Azeez, Aruwa, oshua Ojodale, Afodun, Adam Moyosore, Odoma, Saidi, Ssempijja, Fred, Ayikobua, Emmanuel Tiyo, Ayuba, John Tabakwot, Nankya, Viola, Onongha, Comfort, Sussan, Henry, Matama, Kevin, Yusuf, Helen, Nalugo, Halima, MacLeod, Ewan, Welburn, Susan Christina

“…Two hundred and fifty-three (n = 253) male and female low-income earners between the ages of 18 and 60 years of age were recruited to the study. Modified generalized anxiety disorder (GAD-7), Spielberger’s State-Trait Anger Expression Inventory-2 (STAXI-2), and Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) tools as appropriate were used to assess anxiety, anger, and depression respectively among our respondents. …”
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MSH-YOLOv8: Mushroom Small Object Detection Method with Scale Reconstruction and Fusion by YE Dapeng, JING Jun, ZHANG Zhide, LI Huihuang, WU Haoyu, XIE Limin

“…This indicated that the MSH-YOLOv8 method possesses strong cross-dataset generalization capability and effectively recognizes small-scale targets. …”
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Ce se scria în secolul al XVIII-lea în țările române? by Maria Magdalena Székely

“…Bien que les manuscrits étudiés soient pleins de toutes sortes d’histoires, généralement tirées de la Bible, du Paterikon ou des Vies des saints, aucun d’entre eux n’a stimulé les copistes à faire des exercices personnels en prose. …”
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Diagnostic Accuracy of Periapical Radiography in Detection and Measurement of the External Root Resorption in Primary Molars: A Single-Blind Prospective Clinical Study by Shirin Taravati, Zohreh Balak, Vahid Rakhshan

“…Although proper accuracy of digital radiography in the diagnosis of external root resorption has been established in permanent dentition, it cannot be at all generalized to the primary root being superimposed by the succeeding permanent teeth. …”
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Dietary Tryptophan Requirement of Juvenile Hybrid Grouper (<i>Epinephelus fuscoguttatus</i>♀ <i>× E. lanceolatus</i>♂) by Jiaxian Chen, Xiaohui Dong, Qihui Yang, Shuyan Chi, Shuang Zhang, Beiping Tan, Junming Deng

“…Dietary levels of 0.32–0.62% Trp generally promoted growth performance and feed utilization in hybrid grouper, with the 0.46% Trp level demonstrating the highest weight gain and protein efficiency ratio. …”
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Household transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in five US jurisdictions: Comparison of Delta and Omicron variants. by Julia M Baker, Jasmine Y Nakayama, Michelle O'Hegarty, Andrea McGowan, Richard A Teran, Stephen M Bart, Lynn E Sosa, Jessica Brockmeyer, Kayla English, Katie Mosack, Sanjib Bhattacharyya, Manjeet Khubbar, Nicole R Yerkes, Brooke Campos, Alina Paegle, John McGee, Robert Herrera, Marcia Pearlowitz, Thelonious W Williams, Hannah L Kirking, Jacqueline E Tate

“…This investigation aimed to estimate differences in household transmission risk comparing the SARS-CoV-2 Delta and Omicron variants using data from contact tracing and interviews conducted from November 2021 through February 2022 in five U.S. public health jurisdictions (City of Chicago, Illinois; State of Connecticut; City of Milwaukee, Wisconsin; State of Maryland; and State of Utah). Generalized estimating equations were used to estimate attack rates and relative risks for index case and household contact characteristics. …”
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A mixed methods exploration of self-presentation, authenticity, and role model function on Instagram: perspectives from female influencers in Germany by Daniel Zimmermann, Colleen Schneider, Kai Kaspar

“…Quantitative data was examined via inter-correlation matrix and ANOVA, and qualitative data was analyzed via an established approach for qualitative content analysis.ResultsInfluencers pursue mostly self-realization (50% of participants gave at least one related answer) and commercial goals (50%). While they generally perceive their self-presentation as authentic (84.6%) and positive (76.9%), they still see room for improvement in content creation (61.5%) and self-presentation (30.8%). …”
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A Multi-Branch Convolution and Dynamic Weighting Method for Bearing Fault Diagnosis Based on Acoustic–Vibration Information Fusion by Xianming Sun, Yuhang Yang, Changzheng Chen, Miao Tian, Shengnan Du, Zhengqi Wang

“…Furthermore, its superiority across different data scales, especially in small-sample learning and stability, highlights its strong generalization capability.…”
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Impact of the Timing of Enzyme Replacement Therapy Initiation and Cognitive Impairment Status on Outcomes for Patients with Mucopolysaccharidosis II (MPS II) in the United States:... by Karen S. Yee, David Alexanderian, Yidie Feng, Xiaowei Ren, Bernd Schweikert, Olulade Ayodele

“…Evaluation of developmental and behavioral signs and symptoms in the full study population showed that communication delay (70.0% of patients), cognitive delay (62.1%), behavioral problems (52.9%), and toileting delay (50.0%) were particularly common; earliest documented signs and symptoms were motor delay (median [range] age at first documentation: 4.2 [0.9-18.7] years) and behavioral problems (4.4 [0.6-13.7] years). Patients with CI generally experienced greater symptom burden and higher HRU than those without CI, with the most notable differences documented for communication and toileting delays. …”
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