Lactobacillus fermentum B153 from human colostrum modulates intestinal immunity and gut microbiota in obese mice model by Juqing Huang, Xiaohui Cai, Xiaoyan Liu, Gongti Lai, Xuefang Guan, Bingyan Chen, Qi Wang

“…The results indicate that treatment with L. fermentum B153 significantly decreased the perirenal adipose index and increased the villus height to crypt depth (V/C) ratio in both the ileum and jejunum of obese mice. …”
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Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Statins by V. V. Genkel, I. I. Shaposhnik

“…According to the results of clinical studies, atorvastatin administration to IBD patients resulted in a statistically significant decrease in the serum markers of inflammation and the activity index of ulcerative colitis. Retrospective clinical studies demonstrated different effects of statins on the risk of IBD.Conclusions. …”
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Assessing the Impact of Human Activities on Water Quality Parameters of River Kiruruma in Kabale District. by Tugume, Alex

“…The mean values of water Temperature, pH, Alkalinity, Acidity, Total hardness, Sulphate, Chloride, TDS, and phosphorus were found to be 28.36° C, 6.25, 275.63ppm, 19.75ppm, 259.29ppm, 70.74ppm, 534.63ppm, 778.83ppm & 0.904ppm, respectively. Water Quality Index (WQI) values were found to be 99.92, which indicates that the water quality is not good.…”
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A Survey of Avian Fauna in Kabale Municipality, South Western Uganda by Sarah, Nachuha, Fortunate, Twagiramaria

“…Birds were categorized into families and the Shannon–Weaver (H') diversity index and the abundance of all the species was calculated. …”
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Heavy metals in sediments and fishery catches from the Beibu Gulf, China: Bioaccumulation, potential risks, and human by Zhao Shuwen, Huang Liangliang, Wang Caiguang, Yang Yiheng, Yang Xi

“…The contents of studied HMs reached China’s national first-class benchmark of marine sediment quality. The ecological risk index (RI) of HMs from surface sediments ranged from 17.77 to 133.88, with a mean value of 56.45, which portrayed minor potential.…”
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Detection of the Extended γ-Ray Emission around TeV Source 1LHAASO J0249+6022 with Fermi-LAT by Yunlu Gong, Liancheng Zhou, Qi Xia, Shan Chang, Jun Fang, Li Zhang

“…The results show that its γ -ray spectrum can be well fitted by a single power law with an index of 1.54 ± 0.17, and integral photon flux is (4.28 ± 1.03)  × 10 ^−11 photons cm ^−2 s ^−1 . …”
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Design and validation of ultra-compact metamaterial-based biosensor for non-invasive cervical cancer diagnosis in terahertz regime. by Musa N Hamza, Mohammad Tariqul Islam, Sunil Lavadiya, Iftikhar Ud Din, Bruno Sanches, Slawomir Koziel, Md Shabiul Islam

“…Meanwhile, utilization of frequency-domain data to detect refractive index changes improves resolution of cancerous tissue identification. …”
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Copper deposit development potential on the Qinghai-Xizang Plateau in China based on the pressure-state-response framework by Chonghao Liu, Jinshan Xu, Jianan Zhao, Jian Dong, Xiangying Jia, Jing Liu, Xiu Wang

“…By applying a pressure-state-response (PSR) framework and innovatively establishing a comprehensive potential evaluation index, we are able to quantify the development potential of copper deposits on the QXP and to identify key factors influencing the development potential. …”
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Geotechnical analysis of potential landslides on slopes in the Rimbo Panjang area of Padang City and mitigation by Fardan Fadlan Abileo, Yuliet Rina, Koting Suhana, Mardhiah Ainul, Sucita Ikhsan Bunga, Hafizh, Fadhlurahman Raihan

“…The results of the classification show that the soil in the Rimbo Panjang area is inorganic silt - high plasticity (MH). The plasticity index value is 2.5 – 10.4%, indicating that the soil has low swelling potential. …”
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Retroperitoneal hemorrhage following spinal anesthesia: A case report by Haneen Hawsawi, Lamia ALjeraisy, Rothana Aljehani, Majed Alharbi

“…We report a case of a 31-year-old female patient, parturient, Gravida 2 Para 1, with a body mass index (BMI) of 25 kg/m2 who had a paramedian approach spinal anesthesia using 23-gauge Quincke spinal needle for an emergent cesarean section due to failure to progress. …”
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IGJR 2/2019: Open topic issue on intergenerational justice by IF and FRFG

“…Its editorial board consists of about 50 internationally renowned experts from ten different countries. IGJR is indexed under Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). …”
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Assessing the effects of partially substituting chicken breast meat with oyster mushroom stalk powder on the quality attributes of mushroom-chicken burgers by Sabah Mounir, Randa Mohamed, K. V. Sunooj, Sohier El-Saidy, Eman Farid

“…However, a contradictory trend was observed for crude fiber, ash, carbohydrates, antioxidant properties, water-binding capacity, and browning index. The cooking loss and shrinkage were reduced by about 81.6% and 72.6%, respectively, for the formulation prepared with 10% compared to the control sample. …”
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Study on disaster-causing probability evaluation of gas pipeline in karst area. by Qiaochu Li, Peng Zhang

“…The hazard evaluation index system of gas pipeline disaster events in karst areas is established from three aspects: the activity of disaster-prone environment, the risk of disaster factors and the vulnerability of disaster-bearing bodies. …”
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Case report: First reported case of spondylodiscitis caused by Gemella morbillorum in South Africa by J Pillay, N M van der Linden

“…It is important to have a high index of suspicion when a patient has a history of dental work, and to rule out associated infection such as endocarditis. …”
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Green modification techniques for modulating the properties and starch digestibility of rich-polyphenol low-amylose Riceberry rice (Oryza sativa L.) flour by Tai Van Ngo, Naphatrapi Luangsakul

“…Pregel reduced the pasting properties, led to a weak gel structure, and increased estimated glycemic index (eGI = 69.69 ± 2.69). US sample improved the solubility and increased the polyphenols bioavailability, and significantly decreased rate of digestion (eGI = 60.77 ± 0.90). …”
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The bearing capacity based on standard penetration test by Widiarso Dian Agus, Qadaryati Nurakhmi, Winarno Tri

“…N-SPT correlation with soil physical properties (clay fraction percentage, plasticity index percentage, and activity value) was also carried out, but most of the data stations were not in accordance with normal conditions.…”
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Monitoring of agricultural drought using remote sensing data in the Sebou watershed, Morocco by El-Bouhali Abdelaziz, El Ouazani Ech-Chahdi Khadija, Amyay Mhamed

“…We used the NDVI derived from MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer) satellite images to calculate the Vegetation Condition Index (VCI) during the crop growth season. The analysis of the VCI over 14 years shows that the Sebou watershed has undergone droughts of varying severity, with a notable increase in drought events from 2016 to 2023. …”
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Evaluation of Natural Image Generation and Reconstruction Capabilities Based on the β-VAE Model by Zhang Honghao

“…Train the model on the CelebA dataset, using three metrics: Mean Squared Error (MSE), Structural Similarity Index (SSIM), and Fréchet Inception Distance (FID) for matrix evaluation, to analyze the generation quality and reconstruction capability of each model. …”
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Using GIS and Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) for flood hazard assessment based on morphological and hydrological criteria, case of the Meknes region, Morocco by Essahlaoui Narjisse, Ijlil Safae, Alitane Abdennabi, Mohajane Meriame, El Ouali Abdelhadi, Rhazi Abdelaziz, Oumou Abdellah, Alouane Ayoub, Ammari Zakaria, Khrabcha Abdelali, El Hafyani Mohamed, Essahlaoui Ali, Aouragh My Hachem, Van Rompaey Anton

“…This hazard is assessed by taking into account morphological criteria (slope, altitude, density of the hydrographic network, curvature) and hydrological criteria (drainage density, stream power index (SPI) and rainfall data). The methodology adopted is essentially based on a multicriteria analysis using analytical hierarchy process (AHP), with the use of GIS tools and satellite data. …”
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Interpreting seasonal droughts over the Yangtze River Basin utilizing anomalies of local-scale atmospheric circulation by Hao Yin, Zhiyong Wu, Hai He

“…An Explainable Artificial Intelligence framework was then applied to assess the influence of these local-scale factors on the Standardized Precipitation Index (SPI3) at the grid scale. New hydrological insights for the region: Low-level specific humidity significantly influences drought conditions in the northern middle and lower reaches, while mid-level vertical velocity is the dominant factor in the southern middle and lower reaches. …”
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