Effects of the Maximum Recommended Levels of Fumonisins in the EU on Oxylipin Profiles in the Liver and Brain of Chickens by Philippe Guerre, Elodie Lassallette, Amélie Guerre, Didier Tardieu

“…This study aimed to assess the effects of a diet containing 20.8 mg FB1 + FB2/kg over four and nine days on oxylipin (OL) profiles in the liver and brain of chickens. …”
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Plankton diversity and aquatic ecology of a freshwater lake (L3) at Bharti Island, Larsemann Hills, east Antarctica by Pawan K. Bharti, U.K. Niyogi

“…The Larsemann Hills area contains more than 150 lakes at different Islands and peninsulas. …”
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Deep Learning-Based Robust Automated System for Predicting Human Sperm DNA Fragmentation Index by Roopini Sathiasai Kumar, Swapnil Sharma, Arunima Halder, Vipin Gupta

“…Results: Binary and multiclass datasets containing 8887 and 15,528 cropped sperm image regions showed an accuracy of 80.15% versus 75.25%. …”
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Food security and dietary intake of a cohort of South African students during COVID-19 by Juanita Jonker, Corinna Walsh

“…Food security comprises having access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food at all times. The COVID-19 containment measures negatively influenced economies, impacting citizens’ food security. …”
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In Vitro Evaluation of Antimicrobial Efficacy of Extracts Obtained from Raw and Fermented Wild Macrofungus, Lenzites quercina by Olusola Clement Ogidi, Victor Olusegun Oyetayo, Bamidele Juliet Akinyele

“…The antimicrobial effects of L. quercina extracts indicate that this wild macrofungus contains significant amount of pharmacological agents, which could be extracted to curb the menace of antibiotic resistances by pathogenic organisms.…”
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Sb distribution in the phases of SiO2 saturated Sb-Fe-O-SiO2-CaO system in air by Zhang Z.T., Nie H.P., Yan K.

“…The results indicated that the Sb-containing phase primarily existed in the solid solution phase at 1200°C. …”
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Building a Framework for Visual Question Answering Systems by Maya Abu Hamoud, Wasim Safi

“…The model was trained using the MSCOCO dataset, which contains a variety of images and related questions. …”
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Seasonal Characteristics of Volatile Organic Compounds in Seoul, Korea: Major Sources and Contribution to Secondary Organic Aerosol Formation by Yeonjung Lee, Soo Ran Won, Hye Jung Shin, Dae Gon Kim, Ji Yi Lee

“…In the summer, solvent usage containing high proportion of ethylbenzene and xylenes contributed more than twice as much to SOA formation compared to the winter.…”
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Insect Pests and Diseases in Stored Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor L.) and Maize (Zea mays L.) in West Hararghe, Ethiopia by Gelana Keno Beyene, Amin Mohammed Yones, Ahmed Beyan Heji, Mukaddes Kayim

“…The results revealed that maize and sorghum grains stored in sacks, ground pits, markets, and hanging (maize cob) storage containers were infested with insect species: maize weevil (S. zeamais), Angoumois grain moth (S. cerealella), rice weevil (S. oryzae), Red flour beetle (T. castaneum), confused flour beetle (T. confusum), and Lesser grain borer (R. dominica). …”
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A Decentralized Storage and Security Engine (DeSSE) Using Information Fusion Based on Stochastic Processes and Quantum Mechanics by Gerardo Iovane, Riccardo Amatore

“…In other words, the focus is not on device security but rather on the protection and security of the information contained within those devices. As we will see, the result is a next-generation decentralized infrastructure that simultaneously integrates two cognitive areas: data storage and its protection and security. …”
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Prevalence of Hypertension in Area I Cienfuegos Municipality. Second Measurement of CARMEN Initiative by Hilda María Delgado Acosta, Karelis Lastre Navarro, María Lina Valdés Gómez, Mikhail Benet Rodríguez, Alain Francisco Morejón Giraldoni, Juan Rafael Zerquera Rodríguez

“…The sampling units were: districts, areas and sections that contained the houses, were the individuals were selected; the sample consisted on 373 people, their blood pressure was taken and an opinion poll was applied, the variables were: age, sex, personal record of hypertension and diabetes mellitus, tobacco addiction, type of physical activity, weight, size, abdominal circumference. …”
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Molecular survey on the parasitic nematode Contracaecum spp. in fish (Planiliza abu) destined for human consumption by Alali Firas, Hussein Muayad A., Jawad Marwa

“…Anisakiasis in humans is caused due to consumption of raw infected or undercooked seafood that contains nematode larvae. In this study, the prevalence of Contracaecum spp. nematodes in the fish, Planiliza abu, was determined over eight months from June 2022 to January 2023. …”
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The interdisciplinarity of the publications of the Medical University of Silesia in Katowice based on the analysis of the co-occurrence of issues specific to medicine and computer... by Ewelina Paluch, Marcela Mikulska

“…The strenght of the connections between concepts regarding medicine and computer science was calculated by calculating the arithmetic mean of the score value for each pair of IT and medical concepts contained in a single publication. The study showed the importance of computer Science issues in the medical publications and highligted the growing importance of AI in the field of medicine. …”
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The Improvement of Bioethanol Production by Pentose-Fermenting Yeasts Isolated from Herbal Preparations, the Gut of Dung Beetles, and Marula Wine by Mahlatse Ellias Moremi, Elbert Lukas Jansen Van Rensburg, Daniël Coenrad La Grange

“…Ten yeasts fermenting both D-xylose and L-arabinose were subjected to an adaptation process with L-arabinose as carbon source in a medium containing acetic acid. Four Meyerozyma caribbica-adapted strains were able to ferment L-arabinose to ethanol in the presence of 3 g/L acetic acid at 35°C. …”
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Wind Tunnel Tests of Wind-Induced Snow Distribution for Cubes with Holes by Xintong Jiang, Zhixiang Yin, Hanbo Cui

“…Therefore, a wind tunnel simulation was performed, in which quartz particles with an average particle size of 0.14 mm as snow particles were used, and cubes with dimensions of 100 mm × 100 mm × 100 mm each containing a hole with the size of 20 mm × 20 mm were employed as structures. …”
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Development and validation of the treatment expectation scale for patients with liver cancer by Xiaoyi Yang, Ruijun Yang, Yang Xu, Shuang Zang

“…Results The final version of the TES-LC contains 19 items in 5 dimensions: disease symptoms, practical needs, psychological state, emotional satisfaction, and social function. …”
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Development and implementation of a digiphysical screening model with nationwide reach to diagnose familial hypercholesterolemia by Karin Littmann, Gustav Kindborg, Matthias Lidin, Linda Mellbin, Daniel Eriksson Hogling, Jonas Brinck

“…FH is underdiagnosed in most countries including Sweden. Aim To develop and evaluate the implementation of a digiphysical screening model to diagnose FH in the clinical routine. …”
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Ultra-processed foods and plant-based alternatives impair nutritional quality of omnivorous and plant-forward dietary patterns in college students by Svenja Fedde, Miriam Wießner, Franziska A Hägele, Manfred J Müller, Anja Bosy-Westphal

“…Plant-based alternatives contained more fiber and less saturated fatty acids whereas the content of protein and micronutrients was lower compared with animal products (all p < 0.05). …”
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Microstructural, mechanical and thermodynamic properties ınvestigation of the novel rare earth-free multicomponent Mg-15Al-8Ca-3Zn-2Ba alloy by Türe Y.

“…In the SEM analysis, the alloy was determined to consist of an α-Mg matrix, a block-like compact structure containing Ba (Mg17Ba2), a regional eutectic structure (Ca2Mg6Zn3), and independently growing lamellae (Al2Ca). …”
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Incidence and Implications of Culture-Positive Corneoscleral Rims in Corneal Transplantation by Meeraalam Z, Alreshidi SO, ALBalawi HB, Alali NM, Hashem F, Kirat OM

“…Statistical analysis revealed no significant association between CPCR occurrence and death-preservation or preservation-surgery times.Conclusion: The study underscores the reduced impact of contaminated CPCR on graft outcomes, advocating for targeted fungal culturing, intraoperative practices to mitigate post-transplant infections, and maintaining current prophylactic antibiotic regimens, such as optisolGS ™, which contains streptomycin and gentamicin.Keywords: corneal transplant, keratitis, endophthalmitis, infection, bacterial keratitis…”
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