Beef cattle performance and hair cortisol accumulation in silvopastoral and pastoral systems: a 2-year assessment by A. Ripamonti, G. Foggi, A. Mantino, L. Turini, J. Goracci, A. Silvi, M. Finocchi, M. Mele

“…In both years, the highest ADG values were recorded in spring: 1.49 kg/day in PA and 1.25 kg/day in SP in 2021 and 1.24 kg/day in PA and 1.17 kg/day in SP in 2022. During spring, PA-reared animals performed best, likely because of favourable microclimate conditions and abundant pasture, making tree shade unnecessary. …”
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Combined characterization of pore structurein deep medium-rank coal using mercury intrusion and liquid nitrogen adsorption methods and its pore fractal characteristics by Qi LI, Yong WU, Lei QIAO

“…The fractal dimensions based on the FHH model ranged from 2.0 to 2.7, indicating a relatively simple and regular structure. (3) The differences in pore structures of deep medium-rank coal were discussed. …”
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Effects of Different Molasses Levels and Slow-Release Urea Combinations on Growth Performance, Serum Biochemistry, Rumen Fermentation, and Microflora of Holstein Fattening Bulls by Zhiyuan Xu, Shuaihong Li, Fangzhou Yu, Yinghao Huang, Tao Xie, Hanbing Bian, Longfei Lv, Yapeng Hu, Ruoran Tao, Caiyun Fan, Sijia Liu, Jianbo Cheng

“…The dominant phyla in each group were <i>Bacteroidetes</i>, <i>Firmicutes</i>, and <i>Patescibacteria</i>, and the relative abundance of <i>Bacteroidetes</i> in the MMU increased by 5.47% compared with that in the CON. In the MMU, <i>Prevotellaceae</i>, <i>Lachnospiraceae</i>, and <i>Ruminococcaceae</i> increased by 9.03%, 0.67%, and 3.43%, respectively, compared with the CON. …”
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Factores de riesgo asociados al suicidio en el municipio Sancti Spíritus en el quinquenio 2005-2009 by Yurien Negrín Calvo, Jorge Luis Toledo Prado, José Andrés Cabrales Escobar, Emilio Carpio Muñoz, Amparo Muro García, Esther Oria Barreto

“…<strong><br />Resultados:</strong> el análisis con múltiples variables mostró una asociación significativa del suicidio con la esquizofrenia (RP 8,10; IC de 95 % 1,48-44,36), la depresión a nivel neurótico (RP 3,16; IC de 95 % 1,19-8,35), los trastornos de la personalidad (RP 7,22; IC de 95 % 2,40-21,72), el alcoholismo (RP 4,72; IC de 95 % 1,46-15,26), la ideación suicida en los últimos 5 años (RP 7,35; IC de 95 % 2,77-19,72), y las limitaciones o secuelas por enfermedad somática (RP 3,87; IC de 95 % 1,75-8,58). …”
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Soil chemical factors contributing to differences in bacterial communities among tea field soils and their relationships with tea quality by Shuning Zhang, Shuning Zhang, Naoki Yanagisawa, Mio Asahina, Hiroto Yamashita, Hiroto Yamashita, Hiroto Yamashita, Takashi Ikka, Takashi Ikka, Takashi Ikka, Takashi Ikka

“…While the relationships between soil bacterial communities and plant nutrient status have been investigated, the specific role by which soil bacterial communities interacted with soil properties to influence tea plant nutrients and quality remained underexplored.MethodsIn this study, different soil types were collected from tea gardens and designated as soil A (pH 3.41), soil B (pH 3.75), soil C (pH 4.16), soil D (pH 4.17) and soil E (pH 5.56) based on the initial soil pH. …”
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Prediction accuracy of discrete choice experiments in health-related research: a systematic review and meta-analysisResearch in context by Ying Zhang, Thi Quynh Anh Ho, Fern Terris-Prestholt, Matthew Quaife, Esther de Bekker-Grob, Peter Vickerman, Jason J. Ong

“…Pooled sensitivity and specificity estimates were 89% (95% CI:77–95, I2 = 97%) and 52% (95% CI:32–72, I2 = 95%), respectively. …”
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Ambient air pollution and Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias: a global study between 1990 and 2019 by Cui Guo, Dongze Wu, Jun Yang, Xingcheng Lu, Xiang Yan Chen, Jun Ma, Changqing Lin, Alexis K. H. Lau, Yingzhao Jin, Ruiyun Li, Shenjing He

“…Results During 1990–2019, the global ASMR, DALYs and O3 increased by 0.11%, 0.09%, and 0.17% per year, respectively. In contrast, PM2.5 and NO2 decreased by 0.33% and 0.14% per year, respectively. …”
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Laser Applications in Metal Orthodontic Bracket Debonding: A Systematic Review by Patryk Woś, Sylwia Kiryk, Tomasz Dyl, Jan Kiryk, Tomasz Horodniczy, Magdalena Szablińska, Magdalena Aleksandra Dubowik, Wojciech Dobrzyński, Marcin Mikulewicz, Jacek Matys, Maciej Dobrzyński

“…After eliminating 256 duplicates, 197 unique records were left for screening, which ultimately led to the qualification of 8 articles that met the inclusion criteria for both qualitative and quantitative analyses. …”
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Particulate matter emission in agricultural biomass residue combustion by M.G. Nugraha, A. Sharfan, V.S.Y. Prakoso, M. Hidayat, H. Saptoadi

“…Meanwhile, the utilization of closed combustion systems has been demonstrated to decrease the emission factor within the range of 0.37 to 1.98 grams of particulate matter per kilogram of biomass. …”
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Level of fecal neopterin and calprotectin in asymptomatic and symptomatic norovirus-infected children with malnutrition in Indonesia by Anisa Lailatul Fitria, Zayyin Dinana, Aussie Tahta Maharani, Alinda Syifa Fumizuki, Faiz Nabila Mumtazya, Dominikus Raditya Atmaka, Laura Navika Yamani, Juniastuti, Maria Inge Lusida, Soetjipto, Septa Indra Puspikawati

“…Results: The level of fecal neopterin (mean ± SD, 15.46 ± 1.75 nmol/L and 15.12 ± 2.41 nmol/L; p-value: 0.744) and calprotectin (mean ± SD, 184.35 ± 35.09 ng/ml and 177.95 ± 49.55 ng/ml; p-value: 0.457) between ANV and SNV was comparable, also between Mal and Healthy groups. …”
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CitySEIRCast: an agent-based city digital twin for pandemic analysis and simulation by Shakir Bilal, Wajdi Zaatour, Yilian Alonso Otano, Arindam Saha, Ken Newcomb, Soo Kim, Jun Kim, Raveena Ginjala, Derek Groen, Edwin Michael

“…We discuss future work that can significantly improve the scalability and real-time application of this digital city-based epidemic modelling system, such that validated predictions and forecasts of the paths that may followed by a contagion both over time and space can be used to anticipate the spread dynamics, risky groups and regions, and options for responding effectively to a complex epidemic.…”
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Ovarian cancer prevention through opportunistic salpingectomy during abdominal surgeries: A cost-effectiveness modeling study. by Angela Kather, Habib Arefian, Claus Schneider, Michael Hartmann, Ingo B Runnebaum

“…Preventable ovarian cancer cases dropped to 4.07% (I versus IV), 1.90% (II versus IV), and 0.37% (III versus IV) if risk reduction would be <27% (hazard ratio [HR] > 0.73). …”
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Status and influencing factors of health literacy among college students of traditional Chinese medicine: a cross-sectional study by Jie Zhu, Cuixia Lin, Yanhui Yang, Rui Yao, Ran Yang, Mingqian Jiang

“…The results of multifactorial logistic regression analyses showed that females (AOR: 1.92; 95%CI: 1.40–2.62), college seniors (AOR: 2.02; 95%CI: 1.01–4.05), never smokers (AOR: 2.99; 95%CI: 1.57–5.72), and awareness of the concept of “health literacy” (AOR: 1.54; 95%CI: 1.11–2.13) were protective factors for health literacy, and the health literacy level of students in TCM colleges and universities was statistically significantly positively correlated with their health literacy level (p &lt; 0.050).ConclusionCompared with most studies at home and abroad, the overall level of health literacy among students of TCM colleges is high. …”
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Inducible engineering precursor metabolic flux for synthesizing hyaluronic acid of customized molecular weight in Streptococcus zooepidemicus by Rui Zhao, Jun Li, Yingtian Li, Xujuan Pei, Jingyi Di, Zhoujie Xie, Hao Liu, Weixia Gao

“…When induced with sucrose concentrations of 3, 5–10 g/L, the HA MW of SE3 reached 0.78 to 1.77 MDa, respectively. Conclusions Studies on regulating the balance of the HA precursor substances indicate that an oversupply of either UDP-GlcNAc or UDP-GlcUA can reduce HA MW. …”
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Common mental disorders and associated factors among adult patients admitted in non-psychiatric wards of public hospitals in Harari regional State, Eastern Ethiopia by Hirko Assefa, Tilahun Ali, Ibsa Mussa, Tadesse Misgana, Dawit Abdi, Abinet Zewudie, Abdi Temesgen

“…Results The prevalence of common mental disorders among adult patients admitted to non-psychiatric wards was found to be 45.3%, with a 95% CI: of 41.3–49.2. Age 41–51 years (AOR = 1.732, 95% CI: 1.030, 2.913), age 51 and above (AOR = 2.429, 95% CI: 1.515, 3.894), staying at hospital for 1–2 weeks (AOR = 1.743, 95% CI: 1.065, 2.853), staying at hospital for more than 4 weeks (AOR = 2.12, 95% CI: 1.77, 3.29), history of mental illness (AOR = 5.841, 95% CI: 2.274, 15.004), stressful life events (AOR = 1.876, 95% CI: 1.206, 2.9196), current substance use (AOR = 1.688, 95% CI: 1.75, 2.650), and poor social support (AOR = 2.562, 95% CI:1.166, 5.629) were factors significantly associated with common mental disorders. …”
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Management of Vasoproliferative Tumors of the Retina with Macular Complications by Pars Plana Vitrectomy Combined with Episcleral Cryotherapy by Wenhua Zhang, Zeyuan Qiang, Hao Song, Xiaoli Li, Handong Dan, Keke Ge, Pan Li, Zixu Huang, Dongdong Wang, Feng Chen, Bin Zheng, Zongming Song

“…Thus, the combination of PPV with episcleral cryotherapy can be considered effective and safe for the management of VPTR with macular complications.…”
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Peripheral blood cell counts as predictors of immune-related adverse events in cancer patients receiving immune checkpoint inhibitors: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Xinyu Zhang, Bei Zhang, Danfei Li, Yunchao Yang, Sen Lin, Ruiqi Zhao, Yijia Li, Lisheng Peng

“…Compared to patients without irAEs, those experiencing irAEs had significantly higher baseline continuous ALC (SMD = 0.12, 95% CI = 0.01-0.24), while ANC (SMD = -0.18, 95% CI = -0.28 to -0.07) and PLR (SMD = -0.32, 95% CI = -0.60 to -0.04) were significantly lower. …”
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Influence of environmental variables and anthropogenic activities on soda-saline lakes chemistry in northern Tanzania: A remote sensing and GIS approach by Azaria Stephano Lameck, Brian Rotich, Abdalrahman Ahmed, Harison K. Kipkulei, Peto Akos, Emil Boros

“…Land use/land cover changes results indicated dynamics in the various classes with an overall decrease in areas under water bodies (−39.80 %), forests (−22.57 %) and bareland (−36.18) while agricultural land (111.01 %) built-up areas (434.72 %), shrubs and grasses (72.77 %) increased in area coverage over the 23 years study period (2000–2023). …”
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Preoperative hemoglobin A1c is associated with postoperative bleeding after vitrectomy for vitreous hemorrhage in patients with diabetic retinopathy by Saori Motoda, Masanori Kanai, Susumu Sakimoto, Harutoshi Ozawa, Chisaki Ishibashi, Shingo Fujita, Yoshiya Hosokawa, Megu Y. Baden, Yukari Fujita, Takekazu Kimura, Ayumi Tokunaga, Takao Nammo, Kenji Fukui, Junji Kozawa, Hirokazu Sakaguchi, Kohji Nishida, Iichiro Shimomura

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A meta-core outcome set for stillbirth prevention and bereavement care following stillbirth in LMIC by Jamie J Kirkham, Declan Devane, Carol Bedwell, Tina Lavender, Tracey A Mills, Sabina Wakasiaka, Rose Laisser, Bellington Vwalika, Nasim Chaudhry, Angela Chimwaza, Elizabeth Ombeva Ayebare, Sudhindrashayana Fattepur, Tayyeba Kiran, Kushupika Dube, Farai Marenga, Idesi Chilinda, Unice Goshomi, Allen Nabisere, Zaib Un Nisa

“…The results of the Delphi were summarised and then discussed at a virtual consensus meeting where the final COS were agreed.Results 287 participants contributed towards the Delphi (143 midwives, 32 obstetricians, 50 mothers, 12 fathers and 50 researchers), with at least 2 parents attending the full consensus meetings. …”
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