HALAL INDUSTRY IN KYRGYZSTAN: CURRENT STATE AND DEVELOPMENT PROSPECTS by Niyazali Turdalievich Aripov, Murat Zhuratovich Abdiev, Ahmad Syukran Baharuddin, Mirlanbek Baidusenovich Ubaidullaev

“…It was examined whether it is necessary to create an appropriate infrastructure, increase the efficiency of the value chain, integrate the participants of the halal market: the private sector, government agencies and foreign investors, improve the qualifications and skill of workers, introduce an automated traceability system for halal products, introduce rules for trading halal products in retail establishments and implement a control system. The subject of the study are the organisational and economic mechanisms of the halal industry in the Kyrgyz Republic where the development of the halal industry relies on the basis of innovative investments by orienting themselves on international standards. …”
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Evaluation of 3D-CRT Radiotherapy Treatment Planning with Radiobiological Effects in Patient-Specific 3D Printed Anthropomorphic Phantom Postmastectomy Breast Cancer Axillary Metas... by Endarko Endarko, Aditya Hariyanto, Siti Aisyah, Nandia Kavilani, Ahmad Syafi'i

“…Material and Methods: The chest wall and axilla were the two treatment targets for 3D-CRT planning techniques. Each target was subjected to variations of two and three irradiation fields, with a dose of 50.00 Gy and fractionation of 2.00 Gy. …”
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Influence of TMPRSS6 genotype on iron status parameters in stable COPD patients by Trtica Marko, Novaković Ivana, Dopsaj Violeta, Milenković Branislava, Janković Jelena, Dimić-Janjić Sanja, Dopuđa-Pantić Vesna, Martinović Jelena, Jovičić Snežana

“…Results: The frequency distribution of SNP rs855791 was comparable between the COPD patients and control subjects (p=0.791). Iron status parameters were within their respective reference values and showed neither statistically nor clinically significant difference between the WT and HH group of COPD patients. …”
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Real-time shear wave elastography in measuring normal ileocolon intestinal wall stiffness using colonoscopy as reference: A single-center research by Shuo Wang, Shihui Li, Shuling Chen, Manying Li, Xiaoyan Xie, Mao Ren, Yujun Chen

“…Purpose: To investigate the feasibility of real-time shear wave elastography (SWE) in evaluating intestinal wall stiffness, and to establish the threshold SWE value of normal intestinal wall and explore the influencing factors of intestinal SWE. Method: 659 subjects who underwent intestinal SWE and colonoscopy were retrospectively enrolled. …”
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Telemedicine in home enteral nutrition: a structured survey exploring acceptability, preferences and experiences among patients by Ya Ma, Xuemei Li, Qian You, Wen Hu, Zhiyong Rao, Yanru Deng, Yiyao Zhang, Lei Shi

“…Median age was 58.0 years, and most patients were from Chengdu (61.3%). For interview subjects, distance and expense from home to hospital for HENST patients were more than those for face-to-face clinic visit patients, illustrating that HENST can save time and expenses. …”
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Insights into bioactivity guided chemical profiling of Ziziphus jujuba Mill. fruits wild-growing in Montenegro by Tatjana Perović, Biljana Lazović, Mirjana Adakalić, Ana Džamić, Lazar Žarković, Uroš Gašić, Marina Kostić, Jovana Petrović, Dejan Stojković, Ana Ćirić

“…The results of antifungal activity showed lower potential to inhibit growth of pathogenic fungi than bacteria, whereas cytotoxicity assay showed extracts have no effects towards HaCaT skin cell line.The n-butanol fraction had the overall most promising activity, and therefore was subjected to more in depth chemical analysis.…”
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Beyond averaging: A transformer approach to decoding event related brain potentials by Philipp Zelger, Manuel Arnold, Sonja Rossi, Josef Seebacher, Franz Muigg, Simone Graf, Antonio Rodríguez-Sánchez

“…In the study, 29 normal-hearing participants between 18 and 30 years were presented with acoustic stimuli at five different sound levels between 65 and 95 dB and provided their subjective loudness rating, which was categorized as ”too loud” and ”not too loud”. …”
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Risk of depression in glaucoma patients with vision impairment: A nationwide cohort study by Sheng-Min Wang, Younhea Jung, Kyungdo Han, Kyoung Ohn, Hae-young Lopilly Park, Chan Kee Park, Jung Il Moon

“…Results: Among 3,680,570 individuals screened through the Korean National Health Screening Program in 2009, 681,515 were newly diagnosed with depression during follow-up. Subjects with glaucoma showed a higher risk of depression than those without glaucoma, with an adjusted hazard ratio (HR) of 2.011 (95 % confidence interval [CI]: 1.946–2.078) pre-adjustment and 1.085 (95 % CI: 1.050–1.121) post-adjustment for covariates. …”
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Leptospirosis Prevalence in Patients with Initial Diagnosis of Dengue by A. Dircio Montes Sergio, E. González Figueroa, Verdalet Guzmán María Saadia, Soler Huerta Elizabeth, Rivas Sánchez Beatriz, M. Altuzar Aguilar Víctor, J. Navarrete Espinosa

“…Leptospirosis prevalence in subjects under suspicion of dengue fever is high, as well as the coincidence of both infections. …”
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Impacts of benchmarking choices on inferred model skill of the Arctic–Boreal terrestrial carbon cycle by Jeralyn Poe, Deborah Huntzinger, Nathan Collier, Christopher Schwalm, Jon Wells, Christina Schädel, William J Riley, Stephen Sitch

“…However, inferred model performance can be heavily influenced by subjective choices made in the selection and application of observational data products. …”
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Effect of prolonged starvation on nutrition utilization and transcriptional responses in Pacific oyster (Crassostrea gigas) by Mingkun Liu, Chenchen Wei, Wenwen Xu, Lintao Tan, Li Li, Guofan Zhang

“…This study investigated nutrient utilization and transcriptional responses in oysters subjected to a 44-day starvation period. Nutrient analysis revealed a distinct three-phase pattern in nutrient utilization. …”
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Enhanced automated text categorization via Aquila optimizer with deep learning for Arabic news articles by Muhammad Swaileh A. Alzaidi, Alya Alshammari, Abdulkhaleq QA Hassan, Shouki A. Ebad, Hanan Al Sultan, Mohammed A. Alliheedi, Ali Abdulaziz Aljubailan, Khadija Abdullah Alzahrani

“…These DL techniques can efficiently discern the subject matter by leveraging the contextual and semantic data embedded in the Arabic text, enabling accurate classification. …”
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Exposure to Air Pollution Exacerbates Inflammation in Rats with Preexisting COPD by Jing Wang, Ya Li, Peng Zhao, Yange Tian, Xuefang Liu, Huihui He, Rui Jia, Brian G. Oliver, Jiansheng Li

“…Then, from week 9 to week 16, some of these rats with COPD were subjected to real-time concentrated atmospheric PM2.5. …”
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Dynamic Detection of Monocyte Subsets in Peripheral Blood of Patients with Acute Hypertriglyceridemic Pancreatitis by Junyuan Zheng, Junjie Fan, Chunlan Huang, Yingying Lu, Zehua Huang, Xingpeng Wang, Yue Zeng

“…Methods. A total of 90 subjects were enrolled, among which 16 diagnosed with HTGP, 34 with acute biliary pancreatitis (ABP), 20 with hypertriglyceridemia (HTG), and 20 healthy controls (HC). …”
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How does the medicines retail sector ensure continued access to medicines during public health emergencies? Lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic in Uganda by Eleanor Hutchinson, Sunday Mundua, Jessica Myers, Sian E. Clarke, Kristian Schultz Hansen, Chrispus Mayora, Freddie Ssengooba, Freddy Eric Kitutu

“…In the community, residents described their reliance on the MRS to provide medicines, especially during lockdowns. Medicine sellers subject to stringent rules on their movement during lockdown, reported some disruptions in tracer medicine stocks and an increase in prices at their suppliers. …”
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Polypropylene/myristic acid assisted electrodeposition of eco-friendly micro-engineered copper superhydrophobic coating for enhancing hydrophobicity and anti-corrosion efficiency o... by Himanshu Prasad Mamgain, Krishna Kanta Samanta, Rajeev Gupta, Ranjeet Brajpuriya, Pravat Ranjan Pati, Jitendra Kumar Pandey, Abhijit Bhowmik, Abdulaziz AlHazaa

“…The stability studies demonstrated that the altered superhydrophobic coating retained a contact angle exceeding 120° even when subjected to severe conditions such as elevated temperatures (up to 180 °C), high pressure, and a 52-day submersion in a 3.5% NaCl solution. …”
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Association between serum testosterone changes and parameters of the metabolic syndrome by Sohei Kuribayashi, Shinichiro Fukuhara, Hiroaki Kitakaze, Go Tsujimura, Takahiro Imanaka, Norichika Ueda, Kentaro Takezawa, Hiroshi Kiuchi, Ayaka Tachi, Jiro Sakamoto, Toyofumi Abe, Go Tanigawa, Yasushi Miyagawa, Takashi Fujimoto, Norio Nonomura

“…We included 178 male subjects who visited our hospital multiple times between 2018 and 2023 for medical checkups for at least 3 years. …”
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Osteoprotegerin, Soluble Receptor Activator of Nuclear Factor-κB Ligand, and Subclinical Atherosclerosis in Children and Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus by Irene Lambrinoudaki, Emmanouil Tsouvalas, Marina Vakaki, George Kaparos, Kimon Stamatelopoulos, Areti Augoulea, Paraskevi Pliatsika, Andreas Alexandrou, Maria Creatsa, Kyriaki Karavanaki

“…To evaluate carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) and biomarkers of the osteoprotegerin/receptor activator of nuclear factor-κB ligand (OPG/RANKL) system in type 1 diabetes (T1DM) children and adolescents and controls. Subjects and Methods. Fifty six T1DM patients (mean ± SD age: 12.0 ± 2.7 years, diabetes duration: 5.42 ± 2.87 years and HbA1c: 8.0 ± 1.5%) and 28 healthy matched controls, were studied with anthropometric and laboratory measurements, including serum OPG, soluble RANKL (sRANKL) and cIMT. …”
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Fracture behavior of sandstone with partial filling flaw under mixed-mode loading: Three-point bending tests and discrete element method by Dongdong Ma, Yu Wu, Xiao Ma, Xunjian Hu, Wenbao Dong, Decheng Li, Lingyu Li

“…The fracture behavior of natural fracture in the geological reservoir subjected to filling property, affects the crack initiation and propagation under stress perturbation. …”
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Effects of the Vivifrail-B multicomponent exercise program based on society ecosystems theory on physical function in community-dwelling frail older adults: A randomized controlled... by Yue Li, Shasha Li, Xu Weng, Xinyu Yang, Jianyi Bao, Shufang Liao, Yingxue Xi, Xiaofang Song, Guojing Guo

“…Results: At T1 (6-week), SPPB (P = 0.040) and PSMS (P = 0.042) of subjects in the intervention group were statistically different from the control group. …”
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