Factors influencing pregnancy rate following estradiol-free fixed TAI protocols in water buffaloes by Adriana Camacho de Gutiérrez, Obdulio Camacho, Steward Fernández, Yerixo González, Juan Carlos Gutiérrez-Añez

“…Two hundred forty-seven buffalo cows (1-14 calvings), with a body condition score (BCS) between 2.5 and 4.5, were used. The TAI protocol consisted of: Day 0, an injection of GnRH analog (10.5μg of buserelin benzoate acetate, Gestar®) intramuscularly (im) and one intravaginal device (IVD) for 9 days [TRIUB®: 1.0gr P4, (n=139); CIDR®: 1.38gr P4 (n=77); or PREGNAHEAT- E®: 250mg of medroxyprogesterone acetate (MPA), (n= 18)]. …”
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Speciation of Potentially Carcinogenic Trace Nickel(II) Ion Levels in Human Saliva: A Sequential Metabolomics-Facilitated High-Field ¹H NMR Investigation by Kayleigh Hunwin, Georgina Page, Mark Edgar, Mohammed Bhogadia, Martin Grootveld

“…At low added concentrations (71 µmol/L), low-WMSS-level N-donor amino acids (especially histidine) and amines with relatively high stability constants for this paramagnetic metal ion were the most responsive (severe resonance broadenings were observed). …”
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Typologie et caractéristiques des pâturages de la commune urbaine de Téra dans l'ouest du Niger by Hamza Seydou Korombé, Idrissa Soumana, Abdoul Aziz Maman Lawal, Ibrahim Djibo, Sanoussi Atta

“…L’analyse de la matrice des 71 relevés a permis d’identifier sept types de pâturages dont la productivité varie de 0,48± 0,02 tMs/ha à 3,23 tMs/ha, soit des capacités de charge comprises entre 0,07 UBT/ha et 0, 47 UBT/ha. …”
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Using a Simplified Quantum Counter to Implement Quantum Circuits Based on Grover’s Algorithm to Tackle the Exact Cover Problem by Jehn-Ruey Jiang, Yu-Jie Wang

“…Leveraging Grover’s algorithm, our quantum circuits achieve a quadratic speedup, querying the oracle O(<inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><msqrt><mi>N</mi></msqrt></semantics></math></inline-formula>) times, compared to O(<i>N</i>) for classical methods, where <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>N</mi><mo>=</mo><msup><mn>2</mn><mi>n</mi></msup></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> is the total number of unstructured input instances and <i>n</i> is the number of input (quantum) bits. For the whole quantum circuit, the simplified quantum counter saves <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mrow><mo>(</mo><mn>4</mn><mi>m</mi><mi>b</mi><mo>−</mo><mn>4</mn><mi>m</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mrow><mo>⌊</mo><mi>π</mi><mo>/</mo><mn>4</mn><msqrt><mrow><mi>N</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>M</mi></mrow></msqrt><mo>⌋</mo></mrow></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> quantum gates and reduces the quantum circuit depth by <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mrow><mo>(</mo><mn>2</mn><mi>m</mi><mi>b</mi><mo>)</mo></mrow><mrow><mo>⌊</mo><mi>π</mi><mo>/</mo><mn>4</mn><msqrt><mrow><mi>N</mi><mo>/</mo><mi>M</mi></mrow></msqrt><mo>⌋</mo></mrow></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> compared to Heidari et al.’s design, where <inline-formula><math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" display="inline"><semantics><mrow><mi>b</mi><mo>=</mo><mo>⌊</mo><mo form="prefix">log</mo><mi>n</mi><mo>⌋</mo><mo>+</mo><mn>1</mn></mrow></semantics></math></inline-formula> is the number of counting qubits used in a counter. …”
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NUCB2/Nesfatin-1 Regulation of Chronic Visceral Hyperalgesia by Qiaoyan Gu, Yuan Lei, Jianming Wu, Ting He, Juanjuan Li, Shanshan Song

“…Neonatal and mature Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into the healthy control and chronic visceral hyperalgesia model groups. The model was built by combining maternal separation with the acetic acid enema. …”
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Digestion, faeces microbiome, and selected blood parameters in dogs fed extruded food containing Black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) meal by Kanber Kara, Oğuzhan Kahraman, Fatma İnal, Zekeriya Safa İnanç, Sena Yilmaz Öztaş, M. Selçuk Alataş, Ibrar Ahmed

“…Then, in vivo feeding in dogs was performed to determine preference test, digestion, blood variables and faecal microbiome, faecal score and organic acids. The HI larva meal up to 15% in dog food linearly increased the molarities of acetic (AA) and propionic (PA) acids in faeces (p <.05), but linearly decreased the molarities of butyric (BA) and valeric (VA) acids (p < 0.05). …”
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Micropropagation, Micromorphological Studies, and In Vitro Flowering in Rungia pectinata L. by Mahipal S. Shekhawat, M. Manokari, C. P. Ravindran

“…The shoots were further multiplied using MS medium augmented with 0.5 mg L−1 each of BAP and kinetin (Kin) + 0.1 mg L−1 indole-3 acetic acid (IAA). Maximum 13.2 shoots per explant with 5.2 cm length were observed. …”
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Determination of 17 types of phthalates in drinking water by solid-phase extraction coupled with multiple reaction monitoring of gas chromatography-mass spectrometry by SHI Mengxing, YANG Yan, DU Limin

“…Objective: To determine 17 types of phthalic acid esters (PAEs) in drinking water using solid-phase extraction coupled with gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (GC-MS) in multiple reaction monitoring (MRM) mode. …”
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Determination of Five Fluoroquinolones in Aquatic Products by High Performance Liquid Chromatography with Solid Phase Extraction Using Metal-Organic Framework as Sorbent by NIU Canjie, YE Sudan, ZHU Qiancong, HU Yuxia

“…The FQs were enriched and purified with a solid phase extraction (SPE) column filled with 30 mg of UiO-66-NH2 using 6 mL of 20% acetic acid-methanol solution as the eluent. The collected eluate was blown to dryness under nitrogen, redissolved and detected by HPLC with a fluorescence detector. …”
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Purification, Characterization and Antibacterial Mechanism of Plantaricin 2-1 by Mengyang LI, Xiaoxue CHE, Qingshen SUN

“…To explore the basic properties and antibacterial mechanism of bacteriocin produced by Lactobacillus plantarum L3, the strain was sub-cultured in MRS medium, and the broth was extracted by ethyl acetate extraction, followed by purification serially through dextran gel chromatography, cation exchange chromatography and reverse phase high performance liquid chromatography (RP-HPLC), and finally identified by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). …”
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A flexible PI/MXene triboelectric nanogenerator for energy harvesting and motion monitoring in table tennis by Dazhong Xu, Xiaoxin Ma, Yong Ma

“…Integration into a table tennis paddle highlights its applicability in real-time sports monitoring, while its frequency-responsive current output underscores adaptability to dynamic sensing scenarios. …”
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Electrophysiological and Behavioral Responses of <i>Orchestes steppensis</i> (Coleoptera: Curculionidae) to <i>Ulmus</i> Plant Volatiles by Meng Yang, Qin Li, Guoshuai Zhao, Yalin Liu, Yonggen Lou

“…The results demonstrated that 3-hexen-1-ol, 3,7-dimethyl-1,3,6-Octatriene, methyl salicylate, 1-hexanol, and 3-hexen-1-ol, acetate were attractive to <i>O. steppensis</i>, while nonanal and 2-hexenal were repellent.…”
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Interleukin‐37 promotes DMBA/TPA skin cancer through SIGIRR‐mediated inhibition of glycolysis in CD103+DC cells by Fan‐lian Zeng, Xiao‐yan Wang, Ya‐wen Hu, Zhen Wang, Ya Li, Jing Hu, Jia‐dong Yu, Pei Zhou, Xiu Teng, Hong Zhou, Hua‐ping Zheng, Fu‐lei Zhao, Lin‐na Gu, Cheng‐cheng Yue, Shu‐wen Chen, Juan Cheng, Yan Hao, Qi‐xiang Zhao, Chen Zhang, Song Zou, Zhong‐lan Hu, Xiao‐qiong Wei, Xiao Liu, Guo‐lin Li, Nong‐yu Huang, Wen‐ling Wu, Yi‐fan Zhou, Wei Li, Kaijun Cui, Jiong Li

“…Here, we report that IL‐37b‐transgenic mice (IL‐37tg) treated with the carcinogenic 7,12‐dimethylbenzoanthracene (DMBA)/12‐o‐tetradecylphorbol‐13‐acetate (TPA) exhibited enhanced skin cancer and increased tumor burden in the skin by inhibiting the function of CD103+ dendritic cells (DCs). …”
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Simultaneous Determination of Pesticides in Fruits by Using Second-Order Fluorescence Data Resolved by Unfolded Partial Least-Squares Coupled to Residual Bilinearization by Mercedes Villar Navarro, Miguel Angel Cabezón, Patricia C. Damiani

“…The extraction technique was validated against a commonly applied technique based on the use of ethyl acetate and sodium sulfate. Besides, results obtained for real samples were statistically compared with those obtained by using HPLC. …”
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Single inhaler with beclometasone, formoterol, and glycopyrronium versus triple therapies in adults with uncontrolled asthma: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Fulvio Braido, Ioanna Vlachaki, Georgios F. Nikolaidis, Dimitrios Tzelis, Ifigeneia Barouma, Alessio Piraino, Alessandra Madoni, Nicola Scichilone

“…The objective of this study was to determine the comparative efficacy of extra-fine single-inhaler medium-dose (MD) or high-dose (HD) of beclometasone/formoterol/glycopyrronium bromide (BDP/FOR/GLY) compared to other triple therapies in patients whose asthma remains uncontrolled with MD or HD inhaled corticosteroids and long-acting β2-agonists. A systematic literature review identified randomized control trials on adult patients with uncontrolled asthma. …”
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Agrupación de transformadores de potencia según su riesgo de falla by Jefferson Zúñiga-Balanta, Gustavo Coria, Andrés Arturo Romero-Quete

“…Para evaluar las CoF, se utiliza el factor de consecuencia encontrado en la metodología de gestores de redes de distribución (DNO) del Reino Unido, que considera factores como sobrecargas a otros activos, carga media suministrada por la unidad, cargas críticas alimentadas, volumen de aceite, proximidad a otros edificios y penalizaciones por indisponibilidad, entre otros. …”
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Distribution and heterogeneity of mast cells in different regions of the genital canal in female quails during the prepubertal and postpubertal periods by Nariste Kadyralieva, Hasan Huseyin Donmez

“…The tissue samples of both groups were fixed in either 10% neutral formaldehyde or isotonic formaldehyde acetic acid solution. The tissue sections were stained with the toluidine blue and combined alcian blue/safranin O staining methods.…”
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Gut microbiome in non-alcoholic fatty liver disease by Anastasios Mpountouridis, Christina Tsigalou, Ioanna Bezirtzoglou, Eugenia Bezirtzoglou, Elisavet Stavropoulou

“…Additionally, in NAFLD there is a reduction in intestinal levels of short-chain fatty acids, such as butyrate, propionate and acetate. …”
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Removal of Matrix Interferences by Nano-MgO and Co-Adsorbents for Accurate Multi-Pesticide Residue Analysis in the Chinese Medicinal Herb, Paeoniae Radix Alba by Chunyu Wang, Xinquan Wang, Jiao Wang, Shanshan Di, Zhiwei Wang, Hao Xu, Huiyu Zhao, Changshan Zhao, Peipei Qi

“…Various PRA samples were extracted using 8 mL 0.5% acetic acid-acetonitrile solution and purified by a dispersive solid-phase extraction method with 30 mg nano-MgO, 40 mg primary secondary amine (PSA), and 40 mg octadecylsilane (C18) as the cleanup adsorbents, followed by liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS). 70.7% of pesticides showed a weak matrix effect after the purification process, indicating that this method can give the precise quantitative analysis of trace pesticides residue. …”
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Potensi Kombinasi Naringenin-Liposom Sebagai Anti-Viral dan Anti-Fibrotik dalam Penatalaksanaan Hepatitis C by Ida AyuWidya Anjani, I Wayan Windi Artha, Ni Made Ari Purwaningrum, Sinta Wiranata, I Gede Putu Supadmanaba, Desak Made Wihandani

“…Sebagai anti-viral, naringenin mampu menghambat sekresi virus hepatitis C sebanyak 80% melalui penghambatan aktivitas MTP, ACAT2, dan HMGR. Sebagai anti-fibrotik, naringenin mampu menghambat jalur NF-kB dan TGF-β Smad3, tetapi naringenin memiliki bioavailabilitas dan solubilitas yang rendah, sehingga penyerapannya hanya sebesar 15%. …”
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