Assessing microbial population dynamics, enzyme activities and phosphorus availability indices during phospho-compost production by F. R. Kutu, T. J. Mokase, O. A. Dada, O. H. J. Rhode

“…Compost samples were taken at mesophilic, thermophilic, cooling–stabilization and maturing phases for microbial counts, enzyme activities and P assessment. Results Abundance of different microbial groups across the composting phases varied greatly (p < 0.001) mostly dominated by fungi that was generally more in the cattle than poultry manure-based phospho-composts. …”
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Maintenance of inflorescence size variability within common buckwheat (<i>Fagopyrum esculentum</i> Moench) cultivars of various origin: the phenomenon and its possible causes by A. N. Fesenko, I. N. Fesenko, O. V. Biryukova

“…The objective of the present work was to analyze the variation within a set of buckwheat cultivars representing different morphological types of the crop, and try to make out possible mechanisms that underlie it. …”
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Effects of non-pharmacological interventions on depressive and anxiety symptoms in pregnant women: a systematic review and network meta-analysisResearch in context by Guowei Zeng, Jianfeng Niu, Ke Zhu, Fei Li, Liwen Li, Kaiming Gao, Yanlong Zhuang, Boyang Zhang, Xiaoqiang Han, Gang Ye, Zhikun Gao, Haobai Li

“…Findings: We included 101 studies (92 RCTs and 9 quasi-RCTs) involving a total of 15,330 participants across 11 interventions (mindfulness, education, counseling, cognitive behavioral therapy, muscle acupoint therapy, relaxation, mind-body exercise, psychotherapy, foetal movement counting, physical exercise, and music). …”
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Haematobiochemical alterations and lesion characterization induced by haemonchosis in slaughtered sheep at Gondar ELFORA abattoir, Ethiopia by Birhan Anagaw Malede, Mersha Chanie Kebede, Asnakew Mulaw Berihun, Muluken Yayeh Mekonnen, Mohammed Yesuf, Tadegegn Mitiku, Mastewal Birhan, Ambaye Kenubih, Abraham Belete Temesgen

“…Erythrocyte indices indicated microcytic normochromic anemia. Gross examination revealed hemorrhages, dark brown abomasal contents, blood streaks, and a nodular lesion. …”
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Reusable Tourniquets as Potential Transmitters of Infection: A Microbiological Analysis by Julia Szymczyk, Monika Kurpas, Bartosz Krasiński, Katarzyna Zorena, Wioletta Mędrzycka-Dąbrowska

“…The average number of CFU/cm² across all stages of this study was 545 CFU/cm² for the emergency department and 101 CFU/cm² for the operating theatre. …”
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Synchronization and Channel Estimation Design for Multi-Stream MIMO System in Sub-Terahertz Channel Model by Chung-Lun Tu, Chen-Yuan Tseng, Wei-Che Lee, Kang-Lun Chiu, Pei-Yun Tsai, Shyh-Jye Jou

“…To streamline hardware complexity, we employ Golay cross-correlation across all detection and estimation schemes. …”
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A growing degree day model determines the effect of temperature stress on diverse chickpea genotypes by Cara Jeffrey, Cara Jeffrey, Cara Jeffrey, Laura Ziems, Laura Ziems, Brent Kaiser, Brent Kaiser, Richard Trethowan, Richard Trethowan

“…It was determined that there is a significant correlation between yield, GDD, and SDD at all locations, sowing times, and life stages of the crop. These metrics allowed greater differentiation between environments when compared to a count of the number of calendar days required for each cultivar to reach a set life stage (flowering and maturation), allowing more accurate investigation the impacts of high temperature stress. …”
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1 × N All‐Logic Optical Switch Based on Polymer Platform Using Multimode Interferometer by Guoyan Zeng, Daming Zhang, Fei Wang, Xibin Wang, Yuexin Yin

“…The compact and broadband optical switch with a large port count is demanded with the increasing communication capacity. …”
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Psychological Impact on the Orthodontic Postgraduate Residents and Their Anxiety Level during the COVID-19 Pandemic by Hareem Sultan, Sameeruddin Shaikh, Sadaf Shaheen, Hana Pervez, Syed Adnan Ali, Saman Baseer

“…This was a descriptive, cross-sectional study, which aimed to investigate orthodontic postgraduate residents’ knowledge regarding COVID-19, its association with anxiety around quality of their training, and performance of routine orthodontic procedures during the pandemic. …”
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Cells and Cytokines in Milk of Subclinically Infected Bovine Mammary Glands after the Use of Immunomodulatory Composition GLP 810 by Gundega Gulbe, Māra Pilmane, Vaira Saulīte, Simona Doniņa, Jevgenijs Jermolajevs, Lilija Peškova, Anda Valdovska

“…However, there were significant differences between mammary glands with high and low milk somatic cell count. The results suggest that the composition GLP 810 has an immunomodulatory effect on mammary glands and it could be used for improving the immune response in cows with subclinical mastitis during lactation.…”
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Enzymatic Activity and Horizontal Gene Transfer of Heavy Metals and Antibiotic Resistant Proteus vulgaris from Hospital Wastewater: An Insight by Manzar Alam, Nilofer Bano, Tarun Kumar Upadhyay, Reem Binsuwaidan, Nawaf Alshammari, Amit Baran Sharangi, Radhey Shyam Kaushal, Mohd Saeed

“…Among all the examined metals, Ni and Zn had the highest viable counts, whereas Hg, Cd, and Co had the lowest viable counts. …”
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Leucocytosis and Asymptomatic Urinary Tract Infections in Sickle Cell Patients at a Tertiary Hospital in Zambia by Taonga Musonda, Mildred Zulu, Mulemba Samutela, Annie Kalonda, Hamakwa Mantina, Pauline Okuku, Musalula Sinkala, Panji Nkhoma

“…Using the one-way analysis of variance test, we found no significant difference in mean WBC count and Hb concentration across various age-group categories that we defined. …”
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Survey on Effect of Biology Teacher's Variables (Factors) on Academic Performance of Senior Secondary Schools Students in Sokoto Metropolis, Nigeria by Yusuf Sarkingobir, Nafisa Abdulrahman Ashafa, Maida Saidu Nahantsi, Abubakar Muazu, Sa’adu Abubakar, Sagir Shehu Aliyu

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Plant MicroRNA Prediction by Supervised Machine Learning Using C5.0 Decision Trees by Philip H. Williams, Rod Eyles, Georg Weiller

“…Our aim was to train a predictor using a cross-section of different species to accurately predict miRNAs outside the training set. …”
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Prenatal Developmental Toxicity and Histopathological Changes of the Placenta Induced by Syzygium guineense Leaf Extract in Rats by Melese Shenkut Abebe, Kaleab Asres, Yonas Bekuretsion, Samuel Woldekidan, Bihonegn Sisay, Girma Seyoum

“…The number of resorptions, implantation sites, and live or dead fetuses was counted. The weight and crown-rump length of the fetuses were measured. …”
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Metabolic disorders as a factor in pathogenesis of infectious diseases in cattle by A. D. Alekseev

“…The product was injected subcutaneously at a dose of 0.025 ml/kg of live weight to cows in late gestation and calves showing mild anemia, low red blood cells counts, leukocytosis, high lymphocyte and monocyte counts and elevated erythrocyte sedimentation rate, which suggest inflammatory processes in the animal body. …”
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Task Effects on Sentence Comprehension in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Evidence from Sentence–Picture-Matching Tests by Maria Andreou, Konstantina Sonia Antoniou, Eleni Peristeri

“…The study had three aims: (1) to examine sentence comprehension performance across various syntactically complex structures (passives, clitic pronouns, subject, and object relative clauses) and identify comprehension asymmetries among these types; (2) to investigate task effects on syntactic comprehension accuracy by comparing performance across the two tests; and (3) to examine differences in error types across tasks. …”
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Milk yield and some milk quality traits of akkaraman, bafra and bafra x akkaraman f1 sheep by Mücahit Kahraman, Banu Yüceer Özkul

“…The overall means in sheep from Akk, Baf and F1 were found as %5,85; 5,44 and 5,67 (P>0,05) for fat rate; %5,09; 5,02 and 5,03 (P>0,05) for protein rate; %4,89; 5,04 and 5,02 (P>0,05) for lactose rate; %16,81; 16,42 and 16,67 for dry matter rate; 275,46; 216,48 and 258,86 x103/ml (P>0,05) for somatic cell count respectively.<p> <b>Conclusion:</b> It was determined that the crossing study of Bafra x Akkaraman F1 genotype sheep showed positive results in terms of milk yield. …”
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Municipal variations in the housing arrangements of international students by Feng Hou, Max Stick, Haozhen Zhang

“…Among those living in owner-occupied homes, a large proportion were subtenants who likely paid rent but were not counted in the rental market. Across municipalities, there was substantial variability in the housing arrangements of international students, mostly reflecting the availability of rented housing stock and the sociodemographic characteristics of international students.…”
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In vivo evidence for cell body loss in cortical lesions in people with multiple sclerosis by Eva A. Krijnen, Hansol Lee, Samantha Noteboom, Florence L. Chiang, Martijn D. Steenwijk, Menno M. Schoonheim, Eric C. Klawiter, Susie Y. Huang

“…Abstract Objective To quantify alterations in soma and neurite density imaging measures within and surrounding cortical lesions in people with multiple sclerosis using in vivo high‐gradient diffusion MRI. Methods In this cross‐sectional study, 41 people with multiple sclerosis and 34 age‐ and sex‐matched healthy controls underwent 3 T high‐gradient diffusion MRI. …”
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