Oral Administration of 17α-Methyltestosterone Increased Male Percentage of Freshwater Crayfish Cherax quadricarinatus by O. Carman, M.Y. Jamal, . Alimuddin

“…Two-week-old of Cherax quadricarinatus were fed ad libitum on diets containing various dose of MT, i.e., 25, 50, 75, 100 and 150 mg/kg diet or diet containing no MT as control, 3 times daily for 30 days.  …”
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Adsorption of phenol on activated carbon obtained from date palm branches by Sameh Ahmed, E. S. Gogina, N. A. Makisha

“…However, the discharge of wastewater containing phenol is a priority due to its high toxicity to humans and animals, even at low concentrations. …”
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The Comparison of Using Andesite Waste Powder and Fly Ash in Concrete by Hakan Ceylan, Metin Davraz

“…These are wasted and not reclaimed. Andesite contains SiO2 as the main component. Therefore, andesite may have pozzolanicity and thus may be used as mineral additive in concrete. …”
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Exploring Sensory Attributes in Spinach- and Offals-Filled Chicken Roulades: An Empirical Analysis by Paul-Corneliu Boișteanu, Bianca-Georgiana Anchidin, Marius-Mihai Ciobanu

“…According to hedonic analysis and preference mapping (PrefMap), the majority of customers favored roulades with spinach fillings as opposed to those containing chicken offals, which only a small portion of customers liked. …”
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Optimization of Dual-energy Spectral Lower-extremity Computed Tomography Venography Scanning Protocol: Phantom Study by Shigeng WANG, Renwang PU, Yijun LIU, Xin FANG, Wei WEI, Beibei LI

“…A 4 mgI/mL iodine rod was used to mimic venous enhancement in the lower extremities, and duck blood clots of various sizes were placed in test tubes containing 4 mgI/mL of iodine solution to simulate thrombi of different sizes in the lower-extremity veins. …”
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Analisis Perbandingan Model Bert Dan Xlnet Untuk Klasifikasi Tweet Bully Pada Twitter by Teuku Radillah, Okta Veza, Sarjon Defit

“…In order to address this issue, automatic detection of tweets containing bullying content is crucial. This study aims to compare the performance of two recent natural language processing models, namely BERT (Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers) and XLNet, in the classification of tweets containing bullying. …”
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STUDY ON LOAD MEASURING METHOD AND TEST OF THE PIN-SHAFT IN LOADER WORKING DEVICE by WAN YiPin, SONG XuDing, YU LuPing, YUAN ZhengWen

“…Without changing the loading characteristics of the working device,the pin-shaft dynamic force test system was established with the pin-shaft sensor design and the bucket structure modification. Primary soil containing granular iron ore was chosen as the shovel loading operation case,and the dynamic forces in three directions of the pin-shaft linking the arm and the bucket were acquired through the shovel loading test. …”
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Cigarette-Smoke-Induced Dysregulation of MicroRNA Expression and Its Role in Lung Carcinogenesis by Rebecca Russ, Frank J. Slack

“…Cigarette smoke may lead to genetic or epigenetic damage to miRNAs, many of which map to fragile sites and some of which contain single nucleotide polymorphisms. Cigarette smoke may also cause dysregulation by affecting regulatory mechanisms controlling miRNA expression. …”
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A Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Single-Center, Crossover Study to Evaluate the Effects of Pre-Meal Whey Protein Microgel on Post-Prandial Glucometabolic and Amino Acid Response i... by Ian J Neeland, Luiz H de Gregório, Roberto Zagury, Bo Ahrén, Joel Neutel, Christian Darimont, John Corthesy, Yohan Grzywinski, Emilie Perrin, Maximilian von Eynatten, Odd Erik Johansen

“…<b>Conclusions</b>: A 125 mL pre-meal drink containing just 10 g WPM before a mixed meal reduced PPG and increased insulin, GLP-1, and BCAAs. …”
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Hybrid Deep-Learning Framework Based on Gaussian Fusion of Multiple Spatiotemporal Networks for Walking Gait Phase Recognition by Tao Zhen, Jian-lei Kong, Lei Yan

“…The framework proposed in this paper implements the inner loop that also contains the EM algorithm in the outer loop and optimizes the reverse gradient in the entire network. …”
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Lexical Ambiguity in the Lyrics of the Cigarettes After Sex Album: A Semantic Study by Francis Varian Chin, Hero Gunawan

“…The main focus of this study is to identify the types of words that having lexical ambiguity and explore the meanings of the words contained in these words in the context of the album with a semantic approach. …”
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Effect of temperature on oxidation behavior and occurrence state of sulfur in KR slag by Jiang J.-J., Xiao C., Yu Y., Li J.-L.

“…Furthermore, the types of sulfur-containing phases in the oxidized slag samples gradually decrease with the increase of temperature, and the sulfur in the oxidized slag samples is mainly present in the silicate phase when the temperature is less than or equal to 1220℃.…”
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Nutritional composition and antioxidant potential of Kluai Pakchong KU 46 and Kluai Nam wa Pakchong 50 banana cultivars and properties of their flours by Kunlayanee Suvittawat, Rutai Ruangthamsing, Pimnipa Phengchang, Kwanhatai Tanongjid, Arpathsra Sangnark, Nongnuch Siriwong

“…A comparative analysis of physical characteristics, nutritional composition, bioactive compounds and antioxidant activity of Kluai Pakchong KU 46 (KU-46) and Kluai Nam Wa Pakchong 50 (PC-50) banana cultivars at unripe and ripe stages were conducted. KU-46 bananas contained higher levels of dietary fiber than that of PC-50 at both ripeness stages. …”
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Properties characterization and microstructural analysis of alkali-activated solid waste-based materials with sawdust and wastewater integration. by Liang Li, Xianhui Zhao, Haoyu Wang, Jianran Cao, Xian-En Zhao

“…These findings provide valuable insights for the sustainable recycling of bioresources and solid wastes containing silicon-aluminum in construction materials.…”
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Load Sharing Design of 8 MW Wind Power Gearbox based on ADAMS Simulation Driving by Dong Huimin, Xia Yong, Li Yamei, Yu Tianlong, Wang Delun, Qiu Jun

“…The real dynamics analysis of functional virtual prototype is carried out to research the bearing property of planet gears and pinions,and then conduct its contained load sharing design. The load sharing of each planetary wheel and pinion is analyzed by fitting data of the extracting gear meshing force simulation data,and take center external gear in ordinary gear train and the internal ring gear in the differential gear train floating as design scheme in order to improve the system load characteristics,the results show that the performance of the load sharing is effectively improved. …”
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A Primer on Exporting to Trinidad and Tobago by Christina D. Storz, Timothy G. Taylor, Gary F. Fairchild

“…It is hoped that the information contained in this report provides a useful starting point for individuals interested in exploring export or investment opportunities in Trinidad and Tobago. …”
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Immunoinformatic Analysis of Calcium-Dependent Protein Kinase 7 (CDPK7) Showed Potential Targets for Toxoplasma gondii Vaccine by Ali Taghipour, Sanaz Tavakoli, Mohamad Sabaghan, Masoud Foroutan, Hamidreza Majidiani, Shahrzad Soltani, Milad Badri, Ali Dalir Ghaffari, Sheyda Soltani

“…Considering the Ramachandran plot, the favored region contains more than 92% of the amino acid residues. …”
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Large Planting Stock Type and Mechanical Release Effects on the Establishment Success of Picea glauca Plantations in Quebec, Canada by Nelson Thiffault, Benoit Lafleur, Vincent Roy, Josianne DeBlois

“…Our results indicate that the use of large containerized or bareroot stock had limited effects on seedling growth, although bareroot seedlings presented higher mortality than containerized seedlings. …”
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Mechanical properties and microstructure of pre-treated luffa fiber reinforced cement mortar. by Renqiang Yang, Zhengjun Guan, Lihua Zhang, Yong Shu

“…The SEM-EDS images revealed that cement mortar containing 1 cm fibers had a substantial presence of tinfoil-like C-S-H (hydrated calcium silicate) and needle-like AFt (ettringite) structures. …”
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Application of expert opinion in investigation and proof of criminal offences against justice by V. V. Grytsenko

“…In addition, it is determined that typical examinations also include handwriting examination, the objects of which are primarily protocols of procedural actions, official documents containing forged signatures or false text. Another typical method used in the investigation of criminal offences against justice is the technical examination of a document, which is aimed at confirming/refuting the fact of its forgery. …”
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