Meat Production in a Feedlot System of Zebu—Holstein Steers and Heifers with Dairy Genetics: Productive and Biological Analyses by Gustavo Chamon de Castro Menezes, Sebastião de Campos Valadares Filho, José Reinaldo Mendes Ruas, Edenio Detmann, Arismar de Castro Menezes, Diego Zanett, Lays Débora Silva Mariz, Luciana Navajas Rennó, Jarbas Miguel da Silva Junior

“…They were distributed over four feedlot times, 30, 60, 90, and 120 days with four replications for each sex, and were slaughtered at the end of each period. …”
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Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetes Patients Reveals a Potential Risk of Hypoglycemia in Older Men by Feng-fei Li, Bing-li Liu, Hong-hong Zhu, Ting Li, Wen-li Zhang, Xiao-fei Su, Jin-dan Wu, Xue-qin Wang, Ning Xu, Wei-Nan Yu, Qun Yuan, Guan-cheng Qi, Lei Ye, Kok-Onn Lee, Jian-hua Ma

“…CSII therapy was maintained for 3 weeks after the glycemic target was reached. CGM was performed 2 times before and after completion of insulin treatment. …”
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Morphology and biochemical variables in rats’placentas with pregestational visceral obesity by Catherina Capote Guitian, Nínive Núñez López, Gladys González Aguilar, Amanda Llanes Tamayo, Maryanis Mosqueda Furones, Gipsis Suárez Román

“…An increase in the area of the trophoblast and a decrease in the area of maternal blood in the labyrinth and an increase in glycogen reserve cells in the junction zone were observed at both times of development.<br /><strong>Conclusions:</strong> The rats’ placentas with pregestational visceral obesity induced by monosodium glutamate present structural alterations that show a decrease in maternal-fetal exchange.…”
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Socioeconomic status and delayed surgery: impact on non-metastatic papillary thyroid carcinoma outcomes by Kun Zhang, Xinyi Wang, Jianyong Lei, Anping Su, Tao Wei, Zhihui Li, Ya-Wen Chen, Ya-Wen Chen, Ya-Wen Chen, Ya-Wen Chen, Ya-Wen Chen

“…In this study, we aim to investigate the interplay among various oncological factors, socioeconomic status, and surgical timing with respect to survival outcomes of papillary thyroid cancer.MethodsA total of 58,378 non-metastatic papillary thyroid cancer patients from 2000 to 2018 were screened from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results database. …”
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Three-dimensional diffractive acoustic tomography by Luca Menozzi, Tri Vu, Aidan J. Canning, Harshal Rawtani, Carlos Taboada, Marie Elise Abi Antoun, Chenshuo Ma, Jesse Delia, Van Tu Nguyen, Soon-Woo Cho, Jianing Chen, Theresa Charity, Yirui Xu, Phuong Tran, Jun Xia, Gregory M. Palmer, Tuan Vo-Dinh, Liping Feng, Junjie Yao

“…Moreover, powered by the fast focal line volumetric reconstruction, 3D-DAT has achieved 50-fold faster reconstruction times than traditional photoacoustic imaging reconstruction. …”
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Stress-Driven Production of γ-Aminobutyric Acid Using Non-Conventional Yeast Strains <i>Kluyveromyces marxianus</i> JMY140K and <i>Metschnikowia reukaufii</i> JMY075 by Ting-Ting Fan, Chao Chen, Du-Wen Zeng, Feng-Lou Wang, Zhao-Xian Xu, Ming-Jie Jin, Yue Zou, Jun Li, Xin-Qing Zhao

“…In particular, <i>K. marxianus</i> JMY140K showed 7.93 times higher GABA titers under thermal stress than that of the control. …”
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Decellularized Liver Matrices for Expanding the Donor Pool—An Evaluation of Existing Protocols and Future Trends by Marcin Morawski, Maciej Krasnodębski, Jakub Rochoń, Hubert Kubiszewski, Michał Marzęcki, Dominik Topyła, Kacper Murat, Mikołaj Staszewski, Jacek Szczytko, Marek Maleszewski, Michał Grąt

“…This method may lead to shorter detergent exposure times and less scaffold damage. The introduction of apoptosis induction in the field of organ engineering may provide a valuable alternative to existing long perfusion protocols, which lead to significant matrix damage. …”
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Differential Diagnosis between Ulcerative Colitis and Clostridium Difficile-Associated Disease in a Patient with Autoimmune Polyglandular Syndrome Type 1 by Elizaveta A. Trush, Alexander V. Korolev, Elena A. Poluektova, Pavel V. Pavlov, Maria G. Pavlova, Alexander S. Tertychny, Yulia O. Sidorina, Natalia A. Ponkratova, Oleg S. Shifrin

“…A 25-year-old patient with autoimmune polyglandular syndrome type 1 (APS-1) complained of loose stools up to 10 times a day with blood admixture, rapidly growing weakness and a weight loss of 5 kg per week. …”
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Chronological trend of social contact patterns in Japan after the emergence of COVID-19 by Hwichang Jeong, Sehyun Park, June Young Chun, Norio Ohmagari, Yongdai Kim, Shinya Tsuzuki

“…Contact matrices were obtained from the survey data. The impacts of the timing of the survey and the ILIs were examined using negative binomial regression analysis. …”
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Athermal Tantalum Pentoxide Mach-Zehnder Interferometers Based on Structural Compensation Method by Mingjian You, Zhenyu Liu, Weiren Cheng, Xingyu Tang, Ning Ding, Zhengqi Li, Min Wang, Li Shen, Qiancheng Zhao

“…The temperature-dependent wavelength shift (TDWS) of the AMZI device is only 1.98 pm/K around 1550 nm which is 4.6 times smaller than a regular MZI. The TDWS remains below 2.23 pm/K across a broad bandwidth from 1480 nm to 1580 nm. …”
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Smart technologies to improve the management and resilience to climate change of livestock housing: a systematic and critical review by Francesco Bordignon, Giorgio Provolo, Elisabetta Riva, Maria Caria, Giuseppe Todde, Gabriele Sara, Francesco Cesarini, Giampiero Grossi, Andrea Vitali, Nicola Lacetera, Andrea Pezzuolo

“…By providing precise and timely data, these technologies enable better resource management, early detection of stressors, and adaptive responses to environmental changes. …”
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Flanker Task-Elicited Event-Related Potential Sources Reflect Human Recombinant Erythropoietin Differential Effects on Parkinson’s Patients by Maria L. Bringas Vega, Shengnan Liu, Min Zhang, Ivonne Pedroso Ibañez, Lilia M. Morales Chacon, Lidice Galan Garcia, Vanessa Perez Bocourt, Marjan Jahanshahi, Pedro A. Valdes-Sosa

“…N1 and N2 event-related potential (ERP) components were identified and a low resolution tomography (LORETA) inverse solution was employed to localize the neural generators. Reaction times and errors were increased for the incongruent flankers for PD patients compared to controls. …”
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Remote sensing-based winter wheat yield estimation integrating machine learning and crop growth multi-scenario simulations by Xin Du, Jiong Zhu, Jingyuan Xu, Qiangzi Li, Zui Tao, Yuan Zhang, Hongyan Wang, Haoxuan Hu

“…Accurate and timely winter wheat yield prediction is critical for effective agricultural management and food security. …”
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Attitude towards research and self-study in Cuban medical science students during COVID-19 by Juan Arturo Berenguer Gouarnaluses, Margarita Montes de Oca Carmenaty, Adrián Alejandro Vitón-Castillo, Elizabeth Melissa Tablada Podio, Maritza del Carmen Berenguer Gouarnaluses

“…<br /><strong>Results:</strong> It was found a predominance of female students (66.5%), aged between 18 and 20 years (56.5%), of the medical career (92.5%) and of the third year (25.5 %). 34.5% of those surveyed came from the medical universities of Holguín and Pinar del Río. 87.5% of the surveyed students reported having joined the active investigations, in 87.0% of the cases the relatives did not present any objection. 66.0% of the surveyed students found this task useful. 79.5% affirmed that their incorporation into conducting active investigations in times of the COVID-19 pandemic had a great influence on their professional and humanistic training. 68.5% of the students expressed feeling support from the different health institutions. …”
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A more accurate relationship between serum androgen and metabolism among healthy, nonobese, reproductive-age women based on liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry by Sha Ye, Yepei Huang, Yi Lu, Xiaoyan Li, Meiling Ye, Hongyu Lu, Junhua Shi, Jian Huang, Hong Cai

“…Yearly metabolic assessments are necessary, particularly for FBG and HDL, since these markers can predict the likelihood of hyperandrogenemia, enabling timely interventions.…”
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Estimation of radiation doses of population residing nearby area of uranium ore mining and processing in Kazakhstan by tooth enamel EPR spectroscopy by Kassym Zhumadilov, Alexander Ivannikov, Murat Kassymzhanov, Assel Bagramova, Issa Zhantore, Sarsenova Samal, Valeriy Stepanenko, Artem Khailov, Masaharu Hoshi

“…The average ADER through the microdistricts of Stepnogorsk was 0.23 ± 0.01 µGy/hour (corresponding to 2.0 ± 0.1 mGy/year), which is consistent with the average DR measured by EPR.For some tooth donors significantly higher individual EPR doses and DR, exceeding up to several times the bulk level for the investigated group of population were obtained. …”
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Strengthening and toughening an ultra-high strength medium Mn steel by fibrous ferrite bridging mechanism by Chao Zhang, Qian Cheng, Bo Yang, Wuli Su, Xue Chen, Qingyuan Wang, Wenquan Cao, Chongxiang Huang

“…A fibrous ferrite can even activate the bridging mechanism multiple times. This stage takes full advantage of the ductility of fibrous ferrites, leading to high elongation. …”
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Optimizing Photovoltaic Array Performance Under Partial Shading Using a Golden Ratio-Based Configuration: A Comparative Analysis of 16 Configurational Variants by Sakthivel Ganesan, Prince Winston David, Hariharasudhan Thangaraj, Devakirubakaran Samithas, Praveen Kumar Balachandran, Muhammad Ammirrul Atiqi Mohd Zainuri

“…In this work, we propose a new array configuration for a <inline-formula> <tex-math notation="LaTeX">$4\times 4$ </tex-math></inline-formula> solar PV array under different partial shading environments. …”
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Effects of Prognostic Nutrition Index, Neutrophil/Lymphocyte Ratio, and C-reactive Protein/Albumin Ratio on Prognosis Undergoing Open Heart Surgery by Anil Kilinc, Nilay Tas, Melih Urkmez, Ebru Canakci, Ilker Coskun, Merve Elif Demirhan

“…A one-unit reduction in PNI value increased mortality by 1.07 times (p=0.002). The other variables showed no significant effects on intensive care duration, total hospitalization, and 30-day mortality rates. …”
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Anthelmintic activity of 1,10-phenanthroline-5,6-dione-based metallodrugs by Maria E. Cirino, Thainá R. Teixeira, Alessandro M. H. Silva, Ana C. C. Borges, Lucas Fukui-Silva, Luis G. Wagner, Christiane Fernandes, Malachy McCann, André L. S. Santos, Josué de Moraes

“…The lethal dose (LD50) values in C. elegans were over 40 times higher, indicating selective antiparasitic effects. …”
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